How the fuck is using the word 'gay' or even the phrase 'gay as hell' supposed to make someone a homophobe?
Neither of those make someone a homophobe. You took them out of context. They were used in a derogatory fashon. Or would you like to argue that what the poster really meant was, "People who use the work lame, in my book, are cool as hell."
Yeah, my favorite right now (and you don't even have to be at -1!) is OOG. If not for the content, then for watching the moderators fall over themselves trying to moderate the posts one way or the other.
People keep bandying around the word plagiarism and that is 100% dead wrong. Plagiarism is taking someone elses work and claiming it to be your own. I'm assuming these quotes are simply anonymous. Like this:
One Slashdot reader commented, "I'm a blithering idiot, and a zealot to boot!"
There's a huge difference between that and plagiarism. They aren't even in the same ball park. Not to mention that accusing an author of plagiarism is somewhat akin to accusing a judge of accepting bribes, or a sports player of throwing a game. It strikes right at the heart of their profession and isn't an accusation that should be leveled lightly.
I would have a problem with my posts really being in the public domain because I don't want to be misquoted.
Yeah, I think republishing rights is a better choice of words. Copyrights should still be retained by the poster, but being able to opt out of giving republishing rights is really the issue.
You people should stick to hip-hop. You don't see any of them trying to dick napster.
Well, on the Rap scene Dr. Dre is screeming bloody murder. His lawyers wrote a letter to napster demanding that they remove all of his music from thier databases. As if they have any control over that.
Yeah, when I was younger (sort of the geeky version of a "punk kid"), I used to have fun hooking chips on old circuit boards up to the wrong voltage and making them blow up. It smells terrible though. (probably causes cancer, too).
Anyway, the smoke you refer to is called "magic smoke". It's trapped in side each chip and is what makes chips do what they do. When you see the magic smoke escape from the chip, it magically no longer works.:)
My gosh, you're right! Well, I'm simply not going to stand for this. I'm cancelling my subscription to the Weekly World News immediately. Furthermore, I'll be writing a letter to the editor to let them know exactly how I feel. It's sad really, they used to be a quality newspaper. I mean, they're the ones that broke the scoop on Satan excaping from hell and killing 26 people (26 people!!!). Now that was investigative reporting. But with this, they've lost my trust and they've lost a customer.
I actually would like to have the option to see very highly moderated comments on the phone. The thing is, the screen is tiny, and the connection is slow. So I don't see it being terribly useful. If I really want to read slashdot from anywhere I can just hook my phone up to my laptop and use a real browser.
I when I read this, I fired up the web browser on my phone. Works nicely but the text formatting is a little wierd. You, of course, don't get to see the comments.
If you want, I'll bet anyone $10 that there will be Net taxes (not on ISPs, but on sales and e-commerce) for municipal, county, and states, in existence by 2010.
I think what this is comming down to is the geeks need an international legal/political organization.
Kind'a like the EFF but a lot larger.
I agree completely, and I fully support the EFF, but one of the biggest problems with the EFF making a real difference is the fact that they are a charity as far as the IRS is concerned, which greatly restricts what they can do politically (though "lobbying" is apparently allowed). This is why organizations such as the ACLU and (shudder) the NRA don't allow you to deduct donations. This frees them to do whatever they want politically.
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How the fuck is using the word 'gay' or even the phrase 'gay as hell' supposed to make someone a homophobe?
Neither of those make someone a homophobe. You took them out of context. They were used in a derogatory fashon. Or would you like to argue that what the poster really meant was, "People who use the work lame, in my book, are cool as hell."
I don't think so.
--GnrcMan--
Okay:
1. Don't be a homophobe
2. You are lame as hell
3. Don't post as an AC without good reason
4. You are an asshole
--GnrcMan--
No, she was a decent author who used her novels to push her crackpot theories. Much like Robert Heinlein.
--GnrcMan--
I hear he's the subject of Al Franken's next book, "ESR is a Big Fat Idiot, and Other Observations".
--GnrcMan--
Yeah, my favorite right now (and you don't even have to be at -1!) is OOG. If not for the content, then for watching the moderators fall over themselves trying to moderate the posts one way or the other.
--GnrcMan--
Informative? Funny, maybe. Informative, not a chance.
--GnrcMan--
Oops, didn't read the end of your comment. I feel dumb now. :)
--GnrcMan--
Howard King?!?!
Isn't that also Metallica's attorney?
--GnrcMan--
Where I come from this borders on plagiarism
People keep bandying around the word plagiarism and that is 100% dead wrong. Plagiarism is taking someone elses work and claiming it to be your own. I'm assuming these quotes are simply anonymous. Like this:
One Slashdot reader commented, "I'm a blithering idiot, and a zealot to boot!"
There's a huge difference between that and plagiarism. They aren't even in the same ball park. Not to mention that accusing an author of plagiarism is somewhat akin to accusing a judge of accepting bribes, or a sports player of throwing a game. It strikes right at the heart of their profession and isn't an accusation that should be leveled lightly.
--GnrcMan--
I would have a problem with my posts really being in the public domain because I don't want to be misquoted.
Yeah, I think republishing rights is a better choice of words. Copyrights should still be retained by the poster, but being able to opt out of giving republishing rights is really the issue.
--GnrcMan--
You people should stick to hip-hop. You don't see any of them trying to dick napster.
Well, on the Rap scene Dr. Dre is screeming bloody murder. His lawyers wrote a letter to napster demanding that they remove all of his music from thier databases. As if they have any control over that.
--GnrcMan--
I'd say this post gets best troll of the day, hands down. Should be +5 funny.
--GnrcMan--
One bottle only?
Geez you lush. How many bottles of vodka do you need to get soused?
--GnrcMan--
To be pedantic I think it's 7PM.
--GnrcMan--
This is a company that can't even trust it's own employees to not go into a building they don't actually work in.
Where'd you get that idea from? MS employees can get into any MS building they want 24 hours a day.
--GnrcMan--
Both, I think. It's swampland, useless for obvious reasons. And it's protected wetlands.
--GnrcMan--
Hey, I've got some prime Florid^h^h^h^h^h^h Moon real estate I can sell you. Dirt cheep!
--GnrcMan--
Actually I thought the descision to drop Alpha/NT was Microsoft's?
No, it was Compaq.
--GnrcMan--
Yeah, when I was younger (sort of the geeky version of a "punk kid"), I used to have fun hooking chips on old circuit boards up to the wrong voltage and making them blow up. It smells terrible though. (probably causes cancer, too).
:)
Anyway, the smoke you refer to is called "magic smoke". It's trapped in side each chip and is what makes chips do what they do. When you see the magic smoke escape from the chip, it magically no longer works.
--GnrcMan--
My gosh, you're right! Well, I'm simply not going to stand for this. I'm cancelling my subscription to the Weekly World News immediately. Furthermore, I'll be writing a letter to the editor to let them know exactly how I feel. It's sad really, they used to be a quality newspaper. I mean, they're the ones that broke the scoop on Satan excaping from hell and killing 26 people (26 people!!!). Now that was investigative reporting. But with this, they've lost my trust and they've lost a customer.
Outraged,
U. R. Rube
--GnrcMan--
Hey! I've seen that car before. I think you were stopped in front of me at a light. Hmmm.
--GnrcMan--
I actually would like to have the option to see very highly moderated comments on the phone. The thing is, the screen is tiny, and the connection is slow. So I don't see it being terribly useful. If I really want to read slashdot from anywhere I can just hook my phone up to my laptop and use a real browser.
--GnrcMan--
I when I read this, I fired up the web browser on my phone. Works nicely but the text formatting is a little wierd. You, of course, don't get to see the comments.
--GnrcMan--
If you want, I'll bet anyone $10 that there will be Net taxes (not on ISPs, but on sales and e-commerce) for municipal, county, and states, in existence by 2010.
:)
Is that $10 adjusted for inflation?
--GnrcMan--
I think what this is comming down to is the geeks need an international legal/political organization.
Kind'a like the EFF but a lot larger.
I agree completely, and I fully support the EFF, but one of the biggest problems with the EFF making a real difference is the fact that they are a charity as far as the IRS is concerned, which greatly restricts what they can do politically (though "lobbying" is apparently allowed). This is why organizations such as the ACLU and (shudder) the NRA don't allow you to deduct donations. This frees them to do whatever they want politically.
--GnrcMan--