Give the advertisers a smack across the head and tell them: "We will put text ads, you know, the kind that annoy no one and actually provide enough information for people to click on.
This is briliant. After slashdot manages to get rid of the advertisers (which pay for the site), maybe they can start telling each one of the visitors (especialy the ones that pay) to go fuck themselves. In this way, they can lower their costs because the less people that are looking at the website, the less money they will lose.
Also, don't forget - Slashdot has been owned, in the worst way, by Andover. Andover is only here to make a profit. People who use this site and are not interested in helping it generate money, via ads or subscriptions, are a parasite and will be removed. Get used to it people - the world is not a happy place and shit is not free all the time!
Exactly the kind of person who does not deserve to reproduce. Child kills himself, problem solved. Now if only the state would make it illegal for that particular person to adopt another child......
Keep in mind that we used to beat clothes on a rock in a stream to do our laundry. Now we throw it into a cylinder that holds water and spins back and forth with an 'agitator' to stir things up a bit. How simple does the washing machine seem? Did someone get a patent on it? Hell yes. Are we paying $5,000 for a washing machine? Hell no! But some people did shell out big bucks when they first came out.
So don't waste your time - in 10 years no one is going to care anyway. Well, not untill they go to Avant their palm. So go buy some "klenix" to blow your nose, use a "bandaid" to cover your scrapes, and be glad that no one is suing you to use their brand name.
Your argument that people 'have to accept it anyway' is very interesting. I am unable to understand how you, or anyone else, *has* to buy Microsoft software?
I can think of atleast 1 decent competitor that offers nearly everything Microsoft offers, Apple Computer. Sure the apple does cost more when it comes to hardware but you get what you pay for. Same goes for Sun on the server side.
In reality, no one is FORCED to buy Microsoft software but rather people CHOOSE to buy Microsoft software. They COULD pay more for the Apple. They COULD hire expensive admins to manage a cluster of 5,000 Unix boxes.
In short, people will continue to use Microsoft untill something "better" comes out. And remember that each person has a completly different view of what exactly "better" is!
Shut up you wild fool. They are all looking at you and they want to harm you ever so painfully.
Beware the man with the iron spoon, for he shall remove your heart from your chest with it if you don't obey him.
SGI now has something beter and they no longer need OpenGL. They just offloaded something onto MS that had no value for them and managed to get some ok money in the process. Or they are completly broke in half and need the money or they die. But even then 60 Mil wont get a dying company very far.
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Give the advertisers a smack across the head and tell them: "We will put text ads, you know, the kind that annoy no one and actually provide enough information for people to click on. This is briliant. After slashdot manages to get rid of the advertisers (which pay for the site), maybe they can start telling each one of the visitors (especialy the ones that pay) to go fuck themselves. In this way, they can lower their costs because the less people that are looking at the website, the less money they will lose. Also, don't forget - Slashdot has been owned, in the worst way, by Andover. Andover is only here to make a profit. People who use this site and are not interested in helping it generate money, via ads or subscriptions, are a parasite and will be removed. Get used to it people - the world is not a happy place and shit is not free all the time!
Exactly the kind of person who does not deserve to reproduce. Child kills himself, problem solved. Now if only the state would make it illegal for that particular person to adopt another child......
Keep in mind that we used to beat clothes on a rock in a stream to do our laundry. Now we throw it into a cylinder that holds water and spins back and forth with an 'agitator' to stir things up a bit. How simple does the washing machine seem? Did someone get a patent on it? Hell yes. Are we paying $5,000 for a washing machine? Hell no! But some people did shell out big bucks when they first came out. So don't waste your time - in 10 years no one is going to care anyway. Well, not untill they go to Avant their palm. So go buy some "klenix" to blow your nose, use a "bandaid" to cover your scrapes, and be glad that no one is suing you to use their brand name.
Your argument that people 'have to accept it anyway' is very interesting. I am unable to understand how you, or anyone else, *has* to buy Microsoft software? I can think of atleast 1 decent competitor that offers nearly everything Microsoft offers, Apple Computer. Sure the apple does cost more when it comes to hardware but you get what you pay for. Same goes for Sun on the server side. In reality, no one is FORCED to buy Microsoft software but rather people CHOOSE to buy Microsoft software. They COULD pay more for the Apple. They COULD hire expensive admins to manage a cluster of 5,000 Unix boxes. In short, people will continue to use Microsoft untill something "better" comes out. And remember that each person has a completly different view of what exactly "better" is!
Shut up you wild fool. They are all looking at you and they want to harm you ever so painfully. Beware the man with the iron spoon, for he shall remove your heart from your chest with it if you don't obey him.
If your happy and you know it, clap your hands
has anyone tried to figure out how many layers deep a nesting can go? Lets find out!
SGI now has something beter and they no longer need OpenGL. They just offloaded something onto MS that had no value for them and managed to get some ok money in the process. Or they are completly broke in half and need the money or they die. But even then 60 Mil wont get a dying company very far.