I hardly think it was intended to be useful research.
I think they were having fun and in passing they were showing the Rest of The World that scientists are not a bunch of freaks holed up in a lab somewhere doing wierd stuff. These guys were showing the world that they are just like everyone else, no different from a group of folks in the FedEx warehouse playing stickball with a roll of tape.
I think it is important, if scientists want to be listened to by the general public, that they seek to de-seperate themselves from those with which they wish to communicate.
You should know that while you think you have solved your problem, the fact is that there may be people who sent you an email legitmately but are unwilling to follow a link.
I ignore them- email should be easy for the sender.
I read somewhere on the grid.org site that the additional electricity cost of using the processor vs. idle is the equivalent of leaving a xWatt lightbulb on.
As a long time IE user I am normally loathe to try new browswers. Opera doesn't give me enough screen space, Mozilla I found to be slow and bloated, etc.
Just installed Firebird and this thing is cool!!
Cookie management, image management, tabbed browsing, keyboard shortcut for damn near everything, integrated Google search, link searching, text searching.
After years of IE, I finally feel like *I* am back in charge of my web experience.
You forget that damn near everyone in Georgia owns a gun. Keeps most everyone from holding a "bust a cap" attitude 'cause the other guys gun just might have more and bigger caps.
Ahh, Slashdot logic- point out the inconsistency of a position and get labeled a troll. I see that you did not address my original assertion, instead choosing to dismiss it with a label.
I'll bet you're one of the dotters screaming the loudest about 'monolopy'. Were you just propagandizing or did you truly believe what you said? If you truly believe something, you hold that position regardless, not just when it conveniently forwards your agenda. To do otherwise diminishes your position, and for a position worth fighting for such as Open Source, diminishes the entire movement.
Time to be intellectually honest....or you could just label anyone that points out the dishonesty a troll. The choice is yours.
Not sure about you, but where I come from an MBA from Harvard is not "poorly educated". Like the last poster, your propaganda-induced myopia allows you to completely disregard the truth to give you self satisfaction about your feelings. I am sure that you consider yourself an honest truth-seeker but you allow your hatred for someone you disagree with to skew your mind so badly that you are willing to completely ignore the truth.
Granted, if you're a typical/.er, your childhood and adolescence were inundated with the propaganda of class warfare and class hatred
Don't be too sure that most/. 'ers are little Bolsheviks. Just as with most things in this great country, the majority is mostly silent and the minority is mostly overly loud. I call it the Small Groups Screaming Loudly syndrome. It is a basic tenet of propagandism
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I hardly think it was intended to be useful research.
I think they were having fun and in passing they were showing the Rest of The World that scientists are not a bunch of freaks holed up in a lab somewhere doing wierd stuff. These guys were showing the world that they are just like everyone else, no different from a group of folks in the FedEx warehouse playing stickball with a roll of tape.
I think it is important, if scientists want to be listened to by the general public, that they seek to de-seperate themselves from those with which they wish to communicate.
For that matter, the average /.'er *certainly* knows how to spell "lonely" of all words.
I ignore them- email should be easy for the sender.
Sure- An article
I read somewhere on the grid.org site that the additional electricity cost of using the processor vs. idle is the equivalent of leaving a xWatt lightbulb on.
Just installed Firebird and this thing is cool!!
Cookie management, image management, tabbed browsing, keyboard shortcut for damn near everything, integrated Google search, link searching, text searching.
After years of IE, I finally feel like *I* am back in charge of my web experience.
I would pay money for this thing.
In typical dotter hypocrite fashion it would be:
"Four legs good, two legs better"
I'll see yer .38 and raise you my .44 Magnum.
I read somewhere that the names of the heads of these telemarketing firms can be found on the Do-Not-Call list.....
That oughtta screw up some hypocrisy meters.
This combined with the Verisign/ICANN thing is gonna leave a whole lotta angsty dotter teens unsure about all that they thought they knew.
Not sure who to hate today?
I'll bet you're one of the dotters screaming the loudest about 'monolopy'. Were you just propagandizing or did you truly believe what you said? If you truly believe something, you hold that position regardless, not just when it conveniently forwards your agenda. To do otherwise diminishes your position, and for a position worth fighting for such as Open Source, diminishes the entire movement.
Time to be intellectually honest....or you could just label anyone that points out the dishonesty a troll. The choice is yours.
A Microsoft monopoly is bad, a Linux monopoly is good.
You are either true to your principles or not, time to decide.
Your hatred is cancerous. Your lack of capitalization of the word "American" tells me all I need to know about you - Fruedian slip Mr. America Hater?
Not sure about you, but where I come from an MBA from Harvard is not "poorly educated". Like the last poster, your propaganda-induced myopia allows you to completely disregard the truth to give you self satisfaction about your feelings. I am sure that you consider yourself an honest truth-seeker but you allow your hatred for someone you disagree with to skew your mind so badly that you are willing to completely ignore the truth.
I know this might not fit into your myopia but he is a pilot. Ridicule his service if you want but the man did learn to fly a jet.
While you seem to have a mainframe stuffed up yer butt, the rest of us are having a bit of fun at the office.
You must be a real hoot to work with....
El Nino? Aren't you aware the Bush is to blame for everything these days?
Please, oh please, let's not damage ham radio's image this way. Some folks here on ./ still think we are okay.
Holy Shit that was funny!
Perhaps I misinterpreted but that's what it sounds like.
Don't be too sure that most /. 'ers are little Bolsheviks. Just as with most things in this great country, the majority is mostly silent and the minority is mostly overly loud. I call it the Small Groups Screaming Loudly syndrome. It is a basic tenet of propagandism
This is exactly what I do if I start getting hassled about being on time. It used to be called Work to Rule
Crap like you are getting is usually caused by brain-dead HR bitches who are pissed that a 24 year old computer punk is paid more than they are.
Spoken like a true Peon.....
He didn't control the media and won the last election, regardless of what the whiney liberals say.
I agree that the bias in the media is sickening.
Can you substantiate this assertion or are you just mouthpieceing for the NY Times' propaganda machine?