No kidding. My pet hate is the way they squish words together. I know that the planet is in danger of overcrowding, but still there's no need to go writing things like LloydsPharmacy, BestSave, or my (least) favourite to date: HarveyJamesEarlSolicitors
I apologise to whoever has this as his/her.sig, but it's SOOO funny: The day Microsoft sells something that doesn't suck will be the day they sell vacuum cleaners.
Ta, that's how it was meant. I'm going through a funny phase at the moment. Serious service will be resumed as soon as I've finished watching all my Monty Python videos. Excuse me, I feel an urge to burst into song...
I actually take a perverse enjoyment out of watching the crestfallen looks on peoples faces when I say 'No' to their plaintive 'Would you like a reward card?' Most people seem to expect me to say 'No, because...' and they get very puzzled when I just give them a monosyllabic reply, smile, and leave the shop.:) I suspect that they are carefully trained to counter all arguments as to/why/ someone doesn't want a reward card, and given no room to manoeuvre, they get lost:)
I spoke to Diamond Cable (now NTL) a few months ago about this (Diamond Cable/NTL are one of the large - largest? - UK cable companies), and was assured that, as long as I ran an ISP as a non-profit service, my customers could dial in for free. I've been talking to neighbors over the last week or two (we're getting cable installed as I type this) and we're thinking about doing just that - a neighborhood ISP service. No idea if it's practical yet, though. With the advent of cable modems and ADSL, it's probably not practical at all. Oh well, no harm in dreaming:)
After 12 months of fixing Y2K stuff (and playing 'Watch-the-M$-website-to-see-what's-suddenly-non-c ompliant-THIS-week:) I've decided to do three things:
a) Cancel the year 2000. We'll just invent new months of 1999 (Undecember, Duodecember, etc) for another 50 years until we're sure everyone who remembers 1900 is pushing up the daisies, then we'll go back to 1900. Simple.
b) Buy an abacus. These neat little doodabs almost never demand more memory or processing power, although you can get new beads that operate in extended memory wire-frame, but you need a proprietary driver for them and they don't work with all mathematics.
c) Move to Venezuela and rescue howler monkeys. (Perhaps I could train them to make abaci... could be a winner... 'Genuine Venezuelan abacususususes made by genuine Venezuelan howler monkeys. Get 'em while they're hot!')
Oh Heck (Hi, Phil). I was going to make a comment about why anonymous cowards feel it necessary to announce their departure, but now I'm typing it it seems rather petty, so I apologise for having uncharitable thoughts.
However, I do want to express my thanks to Rob and Jeff for all their time and effort (and money) in running and maintaining this site, and to wish them the very best of luck in the new regime - they certainly deserve to be able to make a living out of Slashdot et al. Like many people, I'm a little concerned that the essence of Slashdot could be changed as a result of the acquisition, but I am prepared to trust Rob and Jeff when they say that this is not going to happen.
Way to go guys!
PS: I'm in Europe, and I add my tiny voice to those who say it would be really nice if there was something to read when I got to work:)
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Hmm... I'm feeling whimsical today.
NT has been around for... how long? And I understand that the principles to which it attempts to subscribe have been around in various Unices for longer still. I always thought it was a bit cheeky of MS to go round calling it New Technology.
Sorry, I've been forced to drink decaffeinated coffee all day and I think it's affected me.
Since kernelnotes.org and linuxhq.com are now quite clearly two totally separate entities, shouldn't the link on Slashdot be changed to read 'Kernel Notes' (the LinuxHQ link currently points to kernelnotes.org)? I suppose to be completely nonpartisan, Rob should include a Kernel Notes AND a LinuxHQ link:)
For what it's worth, I've always found what is now known as Kernel Notes to be up to the minute and informative.
Umm... not really the insightful and informative comment that I hoped my first non-anonymous post would be, but there ya go.
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No kidding. My pet hate is the way they squish words together. I know that the planet is in danger of overcrowding, but still there's no need to go writing things like LloydsPharmacy, BestSave, or my (least) favourite to date: HarveyJamesEarlSolicitors
No, that will be the MS-Vac vacuum cleaner.
.sig, but it's SOOO funny: The day Microsoft sells something that doesn't suck will be the day they sell vacuum cleaners.
I apologise to whoever has this as his/her
:)
>I only replied as your post was funny!!
Ta, that's how it was meant. I'm going through a funny phase at the moment. Serious service will be resumed as soon as I've finished watching all my Monty Python videos. Excuse me, I feel an urge to burst into song...
/me wanders off singing the Lumberjack Song
I actually take a perverse enjoyment out of watching the crestfallen looks on peoples faces when I say 'No' to their plaintive 'Would you like a reward card?' Most people seem to expect me to say 'No, because...' and they get very puzzled when I just give them a monosyllabic reply, smile, and leave the shop. :) I suspect that they are carefully trained to counter all arguments as to /why/ someone doesn't want a reward card, and given no room to manoeuvre, they get lost :)
:)
I shouldn't be so nasty, really
I'm trying not to smile, really I am.
I spoke to Diamond Cable (now NTL) a few months ago about this (Diamond Cable/NTL are one of the large - largest? - UK cable companies), and was assured that, as long as I ran an ISP as a non-profit service, my customers could dial in for free. I've been talking to neighbors over the last week or two (we're getting cable installed as I type this) and we're thinking about doing just that - a neighborhood ISP service. No idea if it's practical yet, though. With the advent of cable modems and ADSL, it's probably not practical at all. Oh well, no harm in dreaming :)
After 12 months of fixing Y2K stuff (and playing 'Watch-the-M$-website-to-see-what's-suddenly-non-c ompliant-THIS-week :) I've decided to do three things:
a) Cancel the year 2000. We'll just invent new months of 1999 (Undecember, Duodecember, etc) for another 50 years until we're sure everyone who remembers 1900 is pushing up the daisies, then we'll go back to 1900. Simple.
b) Buy an abacus. These neat little doodabs almost never demand more memory or processing power, although you can get new beads that operate in extended memory wire-frame, but you need a proprietary driver for them and they don't work with all mathematics.
c) Move to Venezuela and rescue howler monkeys. (Perhaps I could train them to make abaci... could be a winner... 'Genuine Venezuelan abacususususes made by genuine Venezuelan howler monkeys. Get 'em while they're hot!')
What's that? Oh, yes, nurse, I'll come quietly...
However, I do want to express my thanks to Rob and Jeff for all their time and effort (and money) in running and maintaining this site, and to wish them the very best of luck in the new regime - they certainly deserve to be able to make a living out of Slashdot et al. Like many people, I'm a little concerned that the essence of Slashdot could be changed as a result of the acquisition, but I am prepared to trust Rob and Jeff when they say that this is not going to happen.
Way to go guys!
PS: I'm in Europe, and I add my tiny voice to those who say it would be really nice if there was something to read when I got to work :)
Hmm... I'm feeling whimsical today.
NT has been around for... how long? And I understand that the principles to which it attempts to subscribe have been around in various Unices for longer still. I always thought it was a bit cheeky of MS to go round calling it New Technology.
Sorry, I've been forced to drink decaffeinated coffee all day and I think it's affected me.
Since kernelnotes.org and linuxhq.com are now quite clearly two totally separate entities, shouldn't the link on Slashdot be changed to read 'Kernel Notes' (the LinuxHQ link currently points to kernelnotes.org)? I suppose to be completely nonpartisan, Rob should include a Kernel Notes AND a LinuxHQ link :)
For what it's worth, I've always found what is now known as Kernel Notes to be up to the minute and informative.
Umm... not really the insightful and informative comment that I hoped my first non-anonymous post would be, but there ya go.