Way to make an over-generalization there. Can't get two devices to work, so Windows hardware support sucks. I guess this is all about personal experience, though. I've had a few hardware headaches in Windows, as I'm sure everyone has had. I've had more hardware issues under Linux, though. I'm not saying Linux hardware support is worse; I think they both support a decent amount of hardware fine. The thing is that most Linux distros come with a metric ton of drivers. The single Windows CD-ROM can only hold a finite number of drivers. For most newer hardware you have to download drivers to get the newest version. If Windows came on 3 or 4 CD-ROMS it would probably have drivers for everything. The problem with Windows drivers is that they depend on binary compatibility. With Linux, when some interface or something in the kernel is changed you can just recompile (most of) your drivers. With Windows, it is up to the device manufacturers to provide new binaries. Windows has maintained pretty decent binary-compatible over the years, though.
Not to flame, but in my own personal experience I've had more problems with Linux than Windows.
You forgot the apostrophe in "I'm" and "That's". While we're at it, there should be a question mark at the end of your first sentence as it is actually a question. If you want to get really technical, I would put either a semicolon or hyphen between the last two sentences as they are really a continuing train of thought.
Here is your grammatically correct comment:
I'm pretty sure he was being modest, but who's going to claim to know everything?
That's the great thing about the net - its knowledge is the summation of everybody who participates.
Everyone should just do what I do: get a bunch of niggers to push your broken car. When one of them dies from exhaustion, just get another one. New niggers pop out about every 9 months. Talk about renewable energy!
Nobody's identity was stolen. Someone "hacked" Paris Hilton's pictures / address book and posted everything online. Nobody is trying to get a loan in her name or anything; the worst thing is that famous people in her book are getting a ton of prank calls. People will change their numbers and life will go on. Identity theft? Absolutely not. Invasion of personal privacy? Yes.
I really think this should be a story on YRO. As I understand it, the person who got this information never even touched Hilton's phone. He just got into Hilton's account and could access everything online; all the stuff is stored on a T-Mobile server somewhere. Hell, maybe he just guessed a really weak password. This should serve as a reminder to us normals that your personal information is anything but personal in the digital age. We should stress strong passwords, other means of identification, and encryption. And who will be held accountable? Paris Hilton is famous, therefore someone must be held accountable. Maybe that someone's job is not so different than yours. People write this off as another dumb Paris Hilton moment, but it really isn't. This could have just as easily happened to anybody else, famous or not.
On a related issue, NEVER record yourself or someone else having sex. It will inevitably be used for evil.
In addition to what you said, the "editors" often use a script to post stories. They will sift through their inbox at the start of their shift, pick some stories for the day, and a script will post them every 30 minutes (or whatever durating the "editor" chooses). The only reason Slashdot needs more than one "editor" is because interesting stories will be submitted throughout the day, so something good might be missed after the initial queue of stories is filled. It boggles my mind that "Slashdot 'editor'" is a paying job.
It's quite obvious that the editors don't even bother to search for dupes on the front page. I remember one time when a dupe was posted and the original was 3 stories down on the front page. If "Slashdot 'editor'" is a paying job, surely someone can be paid to be a "Slashdot dupe checker".
It almost seems like they just don't care anymore. Just post enough stories so that it looks like you're doing work and the paycheck will come.
On the bright side, michael was fired. Maybe Timothy will be next. Wouldn't it be a cruel twist of fate if OSTG outsourced the Slashdot editors? LOL
I can live with most of the shit the industry is doing (in fact, I respect copyright law), but forcing me to watch commercials in my own home crosses the line. I paid $5 for the "privilege" of watching the movie in my own home, and now they are controling how I watch it? That is total fucking bullshit.
It'as always the same. The day or time you go doesn't matter. There are only three lanes open. One is the express lane, which I never use because I always stock up when I shop. The other two lanes share a single bagger, and there is always an old lady in front of you who gets the bagger to push her cart out to her car. So you get stuck with some girl still in high school who couldn't add or subtract to save her life. She scans all your stuff very slowly, and probably won't help you bag your groceries. This is the modern supermarket; there are no exceptions.
I was watching that, too. Fucking hillarious. "Two generations. Directly. I'm Hitler's grandson". However, I don't understand why Hitler's grandson would need to be a coke mule to pay his way through school...
...when idiots like you try to speak (or in this case, write).
"It looks like the article..."
"... when we can't even get past a basic fact."
I'm amazed that you spelled "consciousness" correctly. You probably looked it up in a dictionary.
The grammar issues aside, how does this compare to plant patents? If you can apply for and receive a patent on a plant design, why not for an animal design? It's all genetic engineering, right? I don't think anybody would argue that plants are not living things, but there is some rudimentary evidence that plants have a very basic consiousness (basically some knowledge of their surroundings). If a blade of grass had a mouth, would it scream when you cut it? Maybe we are better off not knowing...
In the case of Iran the last thing the ruling mullahs want is to give a nuclear device or supplies to someone and have that same person/group turn around and set off that device in the middle of Tehran.
That is all true. But what makes you think the mullahs have to be involved? George W. Bush isn't personally responsible for all the "nucular" weapons in this country. With a few spies, a truck, and a couple of hours, you have a nuke in any number of hostile nations. A few days, and it could be anywhere in the world.
I'm not terribly concerned about the mullahs or George W. Bush doing anything with nuclear weapons. In that regard, I am afraid of people like Osama bin Laden or Timothy McVeigh and their followers.
Some of those girls almost look like they could pass as 18. I was *slightly* aroused at the more mature-looking girls, but this feeling went away when I saw the obviously pre-teen girls. I have the funny picture in my mind of a 13 year old pimp daddy with a bunch of 9 and 10 year old honeys in his arms. Is something wrong with me?
Nobody around here really talks about Star Trek as "beating a dead horse." Whereas everybody seems to think that American Idol and "reality" shows have outlived their usefulness. Not that I disagree about so-called reality television, but Star Trek is older than dirt. People can only watch something so long before it gets old and boring. I guess it's kind of analogous to Slashdot. People whined and bitched about Michael forever and his ratings really went down the toilet. And now he's gone. I guess the system really does work!
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Way to make an over-generalization there. Can't get two devices to work, so Windows hardware support sucks. I guess this is all about personal experience, though. I've had a few hardware headaches in Windows, as I'm sure everyone has had. I've had more hardware issues under Linux, though. I'm not saying Linux hardware support is worse; I think they both support a decent amount of hardware fine. The thing is that most Linux distros come with a metric ton of drivers. The single Windows CD-ROM can only hold a finite number of drivers. For most newer hardware you have to download drivers to get the newest version. If Windows came on 3 or 4 CD-ROMS it would probably have drivers for everything. The problem with Windows drivers is that they depend on binary compatibility. With Linux, when some interface or something in the kernel is changed you can just recompile (most of) your drivers. With Windows, it is up to the device manufacturers to provide new binaries. Windows has maintained pretty decent binary-compatible over the years, though.
Not to flame, but in my own personal experience I've had more problems with Linux than Windows.
FIRST POST!
Asking Slashdot about computer laws is like asking the NRA aboug gun laws.
You forgot the apostrophe in "I'm" and "That's".
While we're at it, there should be a question mark at the end of your first sentence as it is actually a question. If you want to get really technical, I would put either a semicolon or hyphen between the last two sentences as they are really a continuing train of thought.
Here is your grammatically correct comment:
I'm pretty sure he was being modest, but who's going to claim to know everything?
That's the great thing about the net - its knowledge is the summation of everybody who participates.
HEIL GRAMMAR!
Article: "Linus created Linux".
Slashbot: "That's good."
Article: "Linus fixes security holes quietly."
Slashbot: "That's bad."
Article: "Linux security fixes are released fast."
Slashbot: "That's good."
Article: "Linus may have been drunk when writing a security fix."
Slashbot: "That's bad."
Article: "There is a OSS developer named Alan Cox."
Slashbot: "?"
Me: "LOL @ ANAL COCKS!"
YOU FAIL IT! LOL @ FAILURE
Everyone should just do what I do: get a bunch of niggers to push your broken car. When one of them dies from exhaustion, just get another one. New niggers pop out about every 9 months. Talk about renewable energy!
Nobody's identity was stolen. Someone "hacked" Paris Hilton's pictures / address book and posted everything online. Nobody is trying to get a loan in her name or anything; the worst thing is that famous people in her book are getting a ton of prank calls. People will change their numbers and life will go on. Identity theft? Absolutely not. Invasion of personal privacy? Yes.
I really think this should be a story on YRO. As I understand it, the person who got this information never even touched Hilton's phone. He just got into Hilton's account and could access everything online; all the stuff is stored on a T-Mobile server somewhere. Hell, maybe he just guessed a really weak password. This should serve as a reminder to us normals that your personal information is anything but personal in the digital age. We should stress strong passwords, other means of identification, and encryption. And who will be held accountable? Paris Hilton is famous, therefore someone must be held accountable. Maybe that someone's job is not so different than yours. People write this off as another dumb Paris Hilton moment, but it really isn't. This could have just as easily happened to anybody else, famous or not.
On a related issue, NEVER record yourself or someone else having sex. It will inevitably be used for evil.
Paris Hilton's T-Mobile SideKick II address book has been hacked! The worst celebrity disaster since Tom Sizemore's fake penis drug test failure has just occurred, and all you can talk about is a power outage taking down Wikimedia?!?!
GET SOME PRIORITIES!
South Korea has now surpassed Japan as the world's undisputed tentacle rape porn leader (in terms of anal and vaginal penetration).
That is fucking disgusting, even to me. And I've seen a lot of nasty shit. You sicken me.
... what kind of cookie was it?
So
In addition to what you said, the "editors" often use a script to post stories. They will sift through their inbox at the start of their shift, pick some stories for the day, and a script will post them every 30 minutes (or whatever durating the "editor" chooses). The only reason Slashdot needs more than one "editor" is because interesting stories will be submitted throughout the day, so something good might be missed after the initial queue of stories is filled. It boggles my mind that "Slashdot 'editor'" is a paying job.
It's quite obvious that the editors don't even bother to search for dupes on the front page. I remember one time when a dupe was posted and the original was 3 stories down on the front page. If "Slashdot 'editor'" is a paying job, surely someone can be paid to be a "Slashdot dupe checker".
It almost seems like they just don't care anymore. Just post enough stories so that it looks like you're doing work and the paycheck will come.
On the bright side, michael was fired. Maybe Timothy will be next. Wouldn't it be a cruel twist of fate if OSTG outsourced the Slashdot editors? LOL
I can live with most of the shit the industry is doing (in fact, I respect copyright law), but forcing me to watch commercials in my own home crosses the line. I paid $5 for the "privilege" of watching the movie in my own home, and now they are controling how I watch it? That is total fucking bullshit.
It'as always the same. The day or time you go doesn't matter. There are only three lanes open. One is the express lane, which I never use because I always stock up when I shop. The other two lanes share a single bagger, and there is always an old lady in front of you who gets the bagger to push her cart out to her car. So you get stuck with some girl still in high school who couldn't add or subtract to save her life. She scans all your stuff very slowly, and probably won't help you bag your groceries. This is the modern supermarket; there are no exceptions.
I was watching that, too. Fucking hillarious. "Two generations. Directly. I'm Hitler's grandson". However, I don't understand why Hitler's grandson would need to be a coke mule to pay his way through school...
...when idiots like you try to speak (or in this case, write).
..."
"It looks like the article
"... when we can't even get past a basic fact."
I'm amazed that you spelled "consciousness" correctly. You probably looked it up in a dictionary.
The grammar issues aside, how does this compare to plant patents? If you can apply for and receive a patent on a plant design, why not for an animal design? It's all genetic engineering, right? I don't think anybody would argue that plants are not living things, but there is some rudimentary evidence that plants have a very basic consiousness (basically some knowledge of their surroundings). If a blade of grass had a mouth, would it scream when you cut it? Maybe we are better off not knowing...
The first thing I thought of was this.
It's obviously time for me to move to Norway.
In the case of Iran the last thing the ruling mullahs want is to give a nuclear device or supplies to someone and have that same person/group turn around and set off that device in the middle of Tehran.
That is all true. But what makes you think the mullahs have to be involved? George W. Bush isn't personally responsible for all the "nucular" weapons in this country. With a few spies, a truck, and a couple of hours, you have a nuke in any number of hostile nations. A few days, and it could be anywhere in the world.
I'm not terribly concerned about the mullahs or George W. Bush doing anything with nuclear weapons. In that regard, I am afraid of people like Osama bin Laden or Timothy McVeigh and their followers.
You fail it. Please behead yourself. Thanks.
My distribution of choice is Gread Up Yoda Linux 1.0.
Also,
NOT FIRST POST!
Some of those girls almost look like they could pass as 18. I was *slightly* aroused at the more mature-looking girls, but this feeling went away when I saw the obviously pre-teen girls. I have the funny picture in my mind of a 13 year old pimp daddy with a bunch of 9 and 10 year old honeys in his arms. Is something wrong with me?
A research group from GNAA has discovered an even larger hole in hello.jpg.
Are you GAY?
Are you a LIBERAL?
Are you a GAY LIBERAL?
If you answer "Yes" to all of the above questions, then GLAA (GAY LIBERAL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA) might be exactly what you've been looking for!
Nobody around here really talks about Star Trek as "beating a dead horse." Whereas everybody seems to think that American Idol and "reality" shows have outlived their usefulness. Not that I disagree about so-called reality television, but Star Trek is older than dirt. People can only watch something so long before it gets old and boring. I guess it's kind of analogous to Slashdot. People whined and bitched about Michael forever and his ratings really went down the toilet. And now he's gone. I guess the system really does work!