Now look, before we go chopping off Rob's head, perhaps we need to look at this logically:
1) Slashdot uses A LOT of bandwidth. Bandwith ain't cheap. 2) Traditionally, Slashdot has provided very decent advertising that actually does catch my interest from time to time (IE, ThinkGeek). 3) More stable income for Slashdot would mean more resources for Slashdot to be improved... not to mention just stay around. 4) I agree on PayPal being a poor choice for getting Slashdot paid -- but I have a feeling that PayPal is just a temporary measure until a permanent solution is found.
Not to mention...
The only thing that costs more money than our little hobby is women, and Rob just got hooked by one:-)
On the negative side:
1) I agree that a "per page" system will not work -- a system based on time, not page counters, would be more fair for those who do the most to make Slashdot great.
Here's a memo leaked to me from Bill Gates himself:
January 25, 2002
Fr: Gates, Bill (Microsoft-Redmond, WA)
To: All Mail Users
Re: New Security Focus
I'm sure that everyone here has read our previous announcements in reference to the new security focus here at Microsoft. Let me be the first to make sure it is clear that these announcements will be followed up by actions, not just words.
Of course new technology is what Microsoft is all about, so I am dictating this letter to you as you read it.
Of course you know we have already taken the initiative to instruct the Windows team to cease development of new features, and focus on using existing technology from our competitor's software for placement into Windows, over ten years ago.
Now it seems that some of the "glue" holding all these technologies together has, shall we say... uh, cracked.
Therefore it is imperitive that we cease adding new functionality not relevant to squashing those little bastards who think they have a better haircut than me!!!! and... uh...
I mean, we really need to focus on stability and security, I mean, after all, to meet our vaporware deadlines we didn't really get the chance to read the code we stole... I mean, to reincorporate new ideas properly into Windows.
You know, I'm turning this damn dictation off now ASH!*%(#@$
Why not just write a program which watches for any other programs writing to memory at exactly the moments when you're typing, and then alerts you as to which software is doing the snooping? This would foil ANY key-logging software. That would certainly be less expensive than hardware-based keys on a mouse or keyboard.
I would like to propose more amendments to the Constitution.
Amendment 28
No law restricting the Right of the People to engage in academic study of copyrighted and patented materials shall be passed, or to restrict the reverse engineering for the purpose thereof, nor to participate in the free discussion of the merits thereof.
Amendment 29
Section 1. No government body shall engage in the restriction of the Right of the People to free speech, regardless of the medium which the People shall express themselves.
Section 2. No law shall be passed which allows an individual to be held liable for directing others to material which has been deemed harmful to any party, given the individual is not the original author.
Amendment 30
Section 1. No branch of government shall grant a copyright or other guaranty of exclusive rights to intellectual property beyond fifty years from the original date of the original grant.
Section 2. Those items which are deemed vital to national security shall be exempted from this provision.
Section 3. No laws from other sovereign nations which extend grants of intellectual property beyond this scope shall be recognized.
Cox has already purchased all the necessary equipment to set up data centers to replace @Home's data centers. Basically all they have to do is migrate the DHCP databases / subscriber services and flip the switch. I imagine Cox is delaying this as long as possible due to their estimated cost overruns they're having right now (gotta please the stockholders first). However, should Excite go belly-up I'm sure no Cox subscribers would lose their connection; they'd probably just find they have a new domain on their e-mail.
I have full expectations that the design will change by then. But I doubt very seriously that Nintendo will screw up again and go cartridge-only -- it's cost Nintendo very dearly with the Nintendo 64, with Zelda 64 being the only thing that really is keeping this system as a true contender.
Slashdot Mirror
Now look, before we go chopping off Rob's head, perhaps we need to look at this logically:
:-)
1) Slashdot uses A LOT of bandwidth. Bandwith ain't cheap.
2) Traditionally, Slashdot has provided very decent advertising that actually does catch my interest from time to time (IE, ThinkGeek).
3) More stable income for Slashdot would mean more resources for Slashdot to be improved... not to mention just stay around.
4) I agree on PayPal being a poor choice for getting Slashdot paid -- but I have a feeling that PayPal is just a temporary measure until a permanent solution is found.
Not to mention...
The only thing that costs more money than our little hobby is women, and Rob just got hooked by one
On the negative side:
1) I agree that a "per page" system will not work -- a system based on time, not page counters, would be more fair for those who do the most to make Slashdot great.
Here's a memo leaked to me from Bill Gates himself:
...for my dose of foreign cinema today, I'm going to see "Kung Pow!"
Here's another thought --
Why not just write a program which watches for any other programs writing to memory at exactly the moments when you're typing, and then alerts you as to which software is doing the snooping? This would foil ANY key-logging software. That would certainly be less expensive than hardware-based keys on a mouse or keyboard.
Just my $.02
I would like to propose more amendments to the Constitution.
Amendment 28
No law restricting the Right of the People to engage in academic study of copyrighted and patented materials shall be passed, or to restrict the reverse engineering for the purpose thereof, nor to participate in the free discussion of the merits thereof.
Amendment 29
Section 1. No government body shall engage in the restriction of the Right of the People to free speech, regardless of the medium which the People shall express themselves.
Section 2. No law shall be passed which allows an individual to be held liable for directing others to material which has been deemed harmful to any party, given the individual is not the original author.
Amendment 30
Section 1. No branch of government shall grant a copyright or other guaranty of exclusive rights to intellectual property beyond fifty years from the original date of the original grant.
Section 2. Those items which are deemed vital to national security shall be exempted from this provision. Section 3. No laws from other sovereign nations which extend grants of intellectual property beyond this scope shall be recognized.
Amendment 31
Thou shalt read Slashdot.
Cox has already purchased all the necessary equipment to set up data centers to replace @Home's data centers. Basically all they have to do is migrate the DHCP databases / subscriber services and flip the switch. I imagine Cox is delaying this as long as possible due to their estimated cost overruns they're having right now (gotta please the stockholders first). However, should Excite go belly-up I'm sure no Cox subscribers would lose their connection; they'd probably just find they have a new domain on their e-mail.
...is there a way that programs will automatically render anti-aliased text, or will they have to specifically call the FreeType libraries?
Ok. So there's a Black Lab as the mascot.
SOOOOOO, isn't anyone besides be disturbed by the friendly words, "Enter the Lab" on their web site?
...the nerd's toy of the 2000's?
I have full expectations that the design will change by then. But I doubt very seriously that Nintendo will screw up again and go cartridge-only -- it's cost Nintendo very dearly with the Nintendo 64, with Zelda 64 being the only thing that really is keeping this system as a true contender.
Nintendo *does* learn from its mistakes.
Well, if you don't like it, start your own damn Slashdot. People didn't learn their lesson from Freshmeat, did they...?
Well, you know it's not often you see Johnny Mathis in the wild.
From my understanding, GNOME and KDE can compliment each other, and aren't really competitors.
At least, that's how I seem to understand it.
Take that, Microsoft, you collection of liars, theives, and no-gooders!
Hahahahahahaha!!!
Somehow, I just have to think that Pinky the Cat didn't get adopted. Poor Pinky.