In regard to this question of quality vs. quantity, where is the line between "censored" and "moderated"? I'm thinking of the official WoW forums compared Elitist Jerks forums. The EJ forums are heavily moderated, whereas the WoW forums are not. The WoW forums get many, many, many times as many posts...yet most of it is total crap. Anybody who wants to seriously discuss WoW and not just have flame wars goes to EJ.
And in response to concerns that "oversight doesn't scale", the advantage of moderation is not just that the moderators weed out the junk, but that people end up posting less junk in the first place.
Doesn't anybody find it curious that this "anonymous" poster knew the article was coming out before it did, and that the author of the article happened to look up his subject on wikipedia just as the entry was updated?
If I wanted to discredit Wikipedia, or at least cause a minor stir, I would probably construct an artificial circular-reference scenario, and this is how I would do it.
In any event, the previous comments to the effect that the flaw was in the journalism are spot on.
Think even further outside the box:
1) Learn to rock climb.
2) Learn to surf.
3) Go mountain biking.
4) Climb an Alp.
5) Get your SCUBA license.
You are looking at your physical skills degrading and you're thinking about VIDEO GAMES?!?!!?
Anyway, I gotta go raid BWL. Later.
This contest is SO last century. Building stand alone applications for specific OS's just isn't interesting anymore. All the interesting new applications are web-based and run in any browser. At best this contest will produce some clever little organizational application./yawn.
Here are a few:
1) Macs rarely crash and don't need to be rebooted frequently to clear out cruft.
2) Macs come with a whole suite of neat media applications.
3) Macs don't get viruses.
4) Macs work seamlessly with a huge variety of 3rd party devices.
5) Walter Mossberg says it's the best value for a home PC available today.
Oh, wait, those are the points the ads were making....
I've been thinking for years that Lucas should do a Star Wars version of the Yusagi Yojimbo story. It got retold as a Clint Eastwood Western (For A Few Dollars More), so why not as Sci Fi? Lone Jedi on a remote mining colony, two alien races in conflict, light saber vs. blaster. "My mistake, make that 4 cryogenic suspension tubes."
A TV Series would be a perfect opportunity for this idea.
I was just at MoMA on Sunday (one of the locations using Node technology) but I didn't even bother with the official audio tour. Instead I subscribed to Art Mobs' podcasts. Best audio guides to an art museum I've ever heard.
Now if they could combine the guerilla art commentary with GPS contextualization it'd be perfect.
I expect those whiny Euro poofter-weenies will next want us to turn the GPS system over to the U.N., too.
Maybe Al Gore didn't invent the Internet, but the U.S. did. The rest of y'all are welcome to use it, though. Don't say we never did anything for ya.
I've been using v.X, and while the functionality is there something down deep isn't quite right. My Powerbook runs hotter if any of the MS apps are running, even in the background, so even idling they're hitting the processor hard. Worse, with Tiger my Powerbook FREQUENTLY gets tied up paging the harddrive, and I'm pretty sure it correlates to whether the MS apps are running or not. In particular Entourage (i.e. Outlook for OS X) is a piece of garbage. Quitting Entourage often seems to clear the carburetors out for me. Again, got much worse with Tiger, so I'm hoping (but not exactly holding my breath) for an update.
Hmmm. I live and work in Greenwich (the former to facilitate the latter) and while I'm none too fond of many of the residents, in 5 years of bicycling and motorcycling around town have yet to a public road blocked by the police.
Maybe you just look like an out-of-towner and the cops harrass you?
I have to admit, access to Greenwich GIS information sounds like fun because of all the staggeringly rich people that live here. I ride past these amazing gated driveways (think of the mansion in "Eyes Wide Shut" and you'll have the right idea) and I always kind of wonder who lives there. Now I can write an application for a GPS'd Palm Pilot that will tell me whose estate I'm in front of. Yippee!
I decided to check up on the Micrsoft's guy's research and discovered that BitTorrent isn't nearly as culpable as HTTP and SMTP. Yes, that's right, a vast majority of todays viruses, trojans, phishing, pharming, adware, spyware, malware, and herpes are all acquired through HTTP and SMTP. Thus, those protocols must actually be to blame and we should stop using them immediately.
This is the interesting part. Sure, it's fun to bash Hilary for writing this garbage, but has anybody really stopped to wonder about her motive? I don't think this is about the RIAA and record sales. Somehow she's in bed with either Microsoft or one of the "other" music sites.
Boy would I love to do a live question and answer session with Hilary to prove that she's never actually tried ANY of the technologies she's mentioned and this is all just sound bytes the PR fed to her.
But by officially sanctioning the monetary exchange, they are changing their business.
You can legally make a pretend gambling site where you play for virtual chips, but if you then host a server where you can exchange those chips for money, you're in new territory.
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Well, the last gate in Sunwell just opened. Sounds to me like you've got 4 weeks to down Kil'jaeden.
And in response to concerns that "oversight doesn't scale", the advantage of moderation is not just that the moderators weed out the junk, but that people end up posting less junk in the first place.
Doesn't anybody find it curious that this "anonymous" poster knew the article was coming out before it did, and that the author of the article happened to look up his subject on wikipedia just as the entry was updated? If I wanted to discredit Wikipedia, or at least cause a minor stir, I would probably construct an artificial circular-reference scenario, and this is how I would do it. In any event, the previous comments to the effect that the flaw was in the journalism are spot on.
Wait...they broadcast Layla and Good Vibrations and admitted it publicly? Expect to hear from RIAA lawyers soon...
I haven't even mastered Dance Dance Revolution #1 yet. There's already a 3?
Think even further outside the box: 1) Learn to rock climb. 2) Learn to surf. 3) Go mountain biking. 4) Climb an Alp. 5) Get your SCUBA license. You are looking at your physical skills degrading and you're thinking about VIDEO GAMES?!?!!? Anyway, I gotta go raid BWL. Later.
This contest is SO last century. Building stand alone applications for specific OS's just isn't interesting anymore. All the interesting new applications are web-based and run in any browser. At best this contest will produce some clever little organizational application. /yawn.
kthnxbai.
Hehe....I can see Bill Gates having this exact same reaction to the new commercials. "But humans don't run operating systems. I don't get it."
Here are a few: 1) Macs rarely crash and don't need to be rebooted frequently to clear out cruft. 2) Macs come with a whole suite of neat media applications. 3) Macs don't get viruses. 4) Macs work seamlessly with a huge variety of 3rd party devices. 5) Walter Mossberg says it's the best value for a home PC available today. Oh, wait, those are the points the ads were making....
Google "Willie Horton".
Won't this help solve the overpopulation problem?
A TV Series would be a perfect opportunity for this idea.
Now if they could combine the guerilla art commentary with GPS contextualization it'd be perfect.
"Bag of bytes" probably would have been more fair/accurate, at least. It is plaintext, after all.
I expect those whiny Euro poofter-weenies will next want us to turn the GPS system over to the U.N., too. Maybe Al Gore didn't invent the Internet, but the U.S. did. The rest of y'all are welcome to use it, though. Don't say we never did anything for ya.
Ditto: I work on my Mac; I play games on my Xbox.
I've been using v.X, and while the functionality is there something down deep isn't quite right. My Powerbook runs hotter if any of the MS apps are running, even in the background, so even idling they're hitting the processor hard. Worse, with Tiger my Powerbook FREQUENTLY gets tied up paging the harddrive, and I'm pretty sure it correlates to whether the MS apps are running or not. In particular Entourage (i.e. Outlook for OS X) is a piece of garbage. Quitting Entourage often seems to clear the carburetors out for me. Again, got much worse with Tiger, so I'm hoping (but not exactly holding my breath) for an update.
Hmmm. I live and work in Greenwich (the former to facilitate the latter) and while I'm none too fond of many of the residents, in 5 years of bicycling and motorcycling around town have yet to a public road blocked by the police. Maybe you just look like an out-of-towner and the cops harrass you? I have to admit, access to Greenwich GIS information sounds like fun because of all the staggeringly rich people that live here. I ride past these amazing gated driveways (think of the mansion in "Eyes Wide Shut" and you'll have the right idea) and I always kind of wonder who lives there. Now I can write an application for a GPS'd Palm Pilot that will tell me whose estate I'm in front of. Yippee!
I decided to check up on the Micrsoft's guy's research and discovered that BitTorrent isn't nearly as culpable as HTTP and SMTP. Yes, that's right, a vast majority of todays viruses, trojans, phishing, pharming, adware, spyware, malware, and herpes are all acquired through HTTP and SMTP. Thus, those protocols must actually be to blame and we should stop using them immediately.
Yeah, that's why I stick with Microsoft: I get to use their OS's for a good 4 or 5 years without worrying about being out of fashion.
Anyone have any insight on this?
Boy would I love to do a live question and answer session with Hilary to prove that she's never actually tried ANY of the technologies she's mentioned and this is all just sound bytes the PR fed to her.
Can't crash if it can't start.
You can legally make a pretend gambling site where you play for virtual chips, but if you then host a server where you can exchange those chips for money, you're in new territory.