I wonder if it's possible to craft a comment that is so mind-numbingly obviously sarcastic that every Slashdot reader (or at least all the ones who bother to reply) will get it. It's not looking likely, though.
(I hope I'm not picking on someone with Asperger's or something...)
Nothing stops the artist from being self-published, and indeed the Internet has helped small artists get a broader audience.
Except, you know, the monopoly control of distribution channels. Digital distribution is starting to change that, but it has to fight the nearly unlimited resources the "traditional" media companies accumulated over the last few decades.
Having complete control over the distribution (and the advertising) means they have the artist by the balls, doesn't really matter what they agree to at that point.
Being confident about being heterosexual do not make you one.
Uh, I think the OP meant confident in the other orientation. It's just silly that they always get called "confused" - some of them know exactly what they want.
Most of the guys you listed usually get the label of "father of" for their respective fields; and most are very well known to the general public, as well. I think a more apt comparison would be:
Peers such as Turing, Shannon, Dijkstra, Boole, Babbage, von Neumann, Hopper... (etc.) are all more important
Well yeah, if those are his peers, he does stand out from the rest of that Wikipedia list. And he definitely belongs on that short list, obviously after Turing and Church - and after Euler, Shannon, Boole, etc - around the same level of recognition as Dijkstra, I would say.
So, out of 7 replies so far: 2 got the joke, 2 missed the point entirely, and 2 rushed in to correct your faux pas (I have no idea about the last one, I don't think it's entirely in English).
I guess the best way to feel smart is to assume that everyone else is borderline retarded. Sometimes thinking about the Slashdot community as a whole makes me sad.
(Oh, and now one more smartass decided to keep score on the whole process)
Unfortunately, the Russians still do not really understand american culture and so they find it difficult to penetrate deeply into any establishment domestically.
Oh please, you'd think that Russians were from the fucking moon. American and (contemporary) Russian cultures are built around the same main principles: a) power is based on wealth, b) the people as a whole are materialistic to a distasteful degree, and c) pop music sucks. In at least two of those, Russia has actually surpassed the US. No one wakes up in Russia with the consuming yearning to build the Workers' Paradise (and hardly anyone ever has, at that).
And Russians love American culture; not sure who that says more about.
I'm not seeing how it's better than Foxit. Rendering seems to be slower, for one thing. And the minimalist tool bar is great and everything, but having the zoom control buttons accessible in one click is handy (or to put it another way, hiding them in a menu is annoying). No tabs, either.
As a former T-Mobile employee I can tell you that if ANY person under contract dies, the account is cancelled with no termination fee. But thats T-Mobile, they at least try to pretend to have a soul.
The article is vague about this, and the Slashdot summary goes out of the way to insinuate a more sensationalist interpretation, but it's apparently her contract, not the husband's (since the issue only came up once she decided to move).
I'm all for being compassionate, but lots of people die, and businesses still need to function. If someone's spouse dies and they can no longer afford the mortgage on their house, does that mean they should just get the house for free?
Oh, but cell phone companies are evil, so it's different, right?
So, should everyone whose spouse dies be let out of such contract, or only the spouses of Marines?
Maybe only those who died serving the public - firefighters, police, military, etc? What about private "military contractors"? They kinda do the same thing (you know, defend Freedom, Justice, and the American Way), just for more money.
Maybe only those who were married to someone who's nice?
I'm fine with it either way, really, I just need to know what the rules are.
Which is why I used the word "helped" and I was careful to say it that way. Whether it helped more inside Iran by providing a communications platform for Iranians or outside by providing increased attention to the world, I don't know.
I took "helped fuel" as actually helping the protests themselves, not just reporting on them; perhaps in this case that was overly pedantic, but many Twitter enthusiasts do seem to show a certain lack of skepticism in that area.
I don't know if you're assuming my attitude towards professional news organizations or assuming everyone else's.
The latter. Well, not everyone's, just the aforementioned group.
My point was only that twitter is the latest in a never ending evolution in communication and media. I couldn't very well applaud communications evolution while simultaneously hating previous developments like our current news networks.
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I can only imagine that this will also be worse than the original Spore.
Is that even possible?
Nick Pelling (Firetrack, Frak!, Wing Commander, Mortal Kombat 2, Duke Nukem)
Wait, is that the "The Curse of the Voynich" Nick Pelling?
Had no idea he worked on so many well-known games.
Perhaps not to intercept the missiles, but to destroy US GPS satellites so the US missiles won't track.
GPS satellites are at 20,000 km - if the Chinese could hit those, that would really be something!
All the satellites shot down so far have been well under 1,000 km.
I wonder if it's possible to craft a comment that is so mind-numbingly obviously sarcastic that every Slashdot reader (or at least all the ones who bother to reply) will get it. It's not looking likely, though.
(I hope I'm not picking on someone with Asperger's or something...)
Holy shit, that just completely blew my mind!
Nothing stops the artist from being self-published, and indeed the Internet has helped small artists get a broader audience.
Except, you know, the monopoly control of distribution channels. Digital distribution is starting to change that, but it has to fight the nearly unlimited resources the "traditional" media companies accumulated over the last few decades.
Having complete control over the distribution (and the advertising) means they have the artist by the balls, doesn't really matter what they agree to at that point.
That's their product, and it's how they make money; fair enough that they don't want people exploiting it.
Except in most cases the product is created by artists, but for some reason "owned" by the people who print CDs; doesn't actually seem all that fair.
Being confident about being heterosexual do not make you one.
Uh, I think the OP meant confident in the other orientation. It's just silly that they always get called "confused" - some of them know exactly what they want.
working on my Angelfire web page
That's an odd way to misspell "masturbating furiously".
Sure, those are probably better (I'm not a physicist, that was probably the weakest of my examples).
Most of the guys you listed usually get the label of "father of" for their respective fields; and most are very well known to the general public, as well. I think a more apt comparison would be:
Genetics: Sanger
Physics: Friedman
Mathematics: Erdos
Philosophy: Derrida
FLOSS: Cox
Games: Williams (either one)
It would still be pretty shocking to find someone in one of those fields who has never heard the name.
It's highly unlikely to be P!=NP
Ok, what about P=NP, then?
Peers such as Turing, Shannon, Dijkstra, Boole, Babbage, von Neumann, Hopper... (etc.) are all more important
Well yeah, if those are his peers, he does stand out from the rest of that Wikipedia list. And he definitely belongs on that short list, obviously after Turing and Church - and after Euler, Shannon, Boole, etc - around the same level of recognition as Dijkstra, I would say.
Their terrible name is already worse than Apple's terrible name, so I'd say it's getting to be competitive even at this early stage.
So, out of 7 replies so far: 2 got the joke, 2 missed the point entirely, and 2 rushed in to correct your faux pas (I have no idea about the last one, I don't think it's entirely in English).
I guess the best way to feel smart is to assume that everyone else is borderline retarded. Sometimes thinking about the Slashdot community as a whole makes me sad.
(Oh, and now one more smartass decided to keep score on the whole process)
The mens rea was the attempt, but if there is no actus rea did they really break the law?
Every notice how people who try too hard to sound smart, end up sounding stupid?
Unfortunately, the Russians still do not really understand american culture and so they find it difficult to penetrate deeply into any establishment domestically.
Oh please, you'd think that Russians were from the fucking moon. American and (contemporary) Russian cultures are built around the same main principles: a) power is based on wealth, b) the people as a whole are materialistic to a distasteful degree, and c) pop music sucks. In at least two of those, Russia has actually surpassed the US. No one wakes up in Russia with the consuming yearning to build the Workers' Paradise (and hardly anyone ever has, at that).
And Russians love American culture; not sure who that says more about.
I'm not seeing how it's better than Foxit. Rendering seems to be slower, for one thing. And the minimalist tool bar is great and everything, but having the zoom control buttons accessible in one click is handy (or to put it another way, hiding them in a menu is annoying). No tabs, either.
"Think of the children" obviously already worked back then.
This is Athenians we're talking about, they "thought of the children" quite often. Lithe, athletic children.
As a former T-Mobile employee I can tell you that if ANY person under contract dies, the account is cancelled with no termination fee. But thats T-Mobile, they at least try to pretend to have a soul.
The article is vague about this, and the Slashdot summary goes out of the way to insinuate a more sensationalist interpretation, but it's apparently her contract, not the husband's (since the issue only came up once she decided to move).
I'm all for being compassionate, but lots of people die, and businesses still need to function. If someone's spouse dies and they can no longer afford the mortgage on their house, does that mean they should just get the house for free?
Oh, but cell phone companies are evil, so it's different, right?
to the Soudan Underground Laboratory in Minnesota
Does that mean that there's also a Minnesouta Underground Laboratory in Sudan?
Yeah, and it could just as well be a TLD for the city of Amsterdam.
Wait, that's still kind of the same thing...
So, should everyone whose spouse dies be let out of such contract, or only the spouses of Marines?
Maybe only those who died serving the public - firefighters, police, military, etc? What about private "military contractors"? They kinda do the same thing (you know, defend Freedom, Justice, and the American Way), just for more money.
Maybe only those who were married to someone who's nice?
I'm fine with it either way, really, I just need to know what the rules are.
"Widow moves out of service area, gets early termination fee on canceled contract waived."
Would be more accurate.
Which is why I used the word "helped" and I was careful to say it that way. Whether it helped more inside Iran by providing a communications platform for Iranians or outside by providing increased attention to the world, I don't know.
I took "helped fuel" as actually helping the protests themselves, not just reporting on them; perhaps in this case that was overly pedantic, but many Twitter enthusiasts do seem to show a certain lack of skepticism in that area.
I don't know if you're assuming my attitude towards professional news organizations or assuming everyone else's.
The latter. Well, not everyone's, just the aforementioned group.
My point was only that twitter is the latest in a never ending evolution in communication and media. I couldn't very well applaud communications evolution while simultaneously hating previous developments like our current news networks.
Fair enough.