Looks like they moved this into the 'Developers' section (instead of the previous 'invisible' one) and linked to it in Slashback. At least they could've mentioned the mistake instead of saying 'In case you missed it...' It's not our fault we missed it! No one could see it!
I noticed this too. This is a new category as of today. While it isn't turned off by default in regular accounts, the story is only appearing to a select few. Which people those select few are is hard to tell, but maybe they're testing the new subscriber 'perk' of being able to see stories before they're posted by giving folks with good+ karma access to this story first? I'm not a subscriber, so it probably isn't that. Just a guess. Maybe it's just a bug.
This may just be me, but I think it goes like this:
Software Developer: If you love it and want to do it for a living, you can get a job that pays you a decent wage for your work, the company makes money because of your efficent work. A company can compensate you fairly or you can go elsewhere. Lots of options (economic conditions not withstanding).
Rock star: If you love it and want to do it for a living, you can get a job with a major record label and get paid a small percentage or actually end up losing money. The company will almost always make a huge sum of money while you are not compensated fairly. This is, however, the norm in the industry, so if you go elsewhere, you're almost guaranteed to get the same or a worse deal. Limited options.
Granted, it's a lot more in depth than that (yep, rockstars get to travel and have random sex with groupies, not to mention be famous if that's your thing - you can go indie, but 9 times out of 10, you just don't make that much money), but that's how I see it on a basic level. If you want to make it even more basic, everyone hates to see the big evil corporation take advantage of the average joe just trying to make his way in the world. Or jealousy of success. Take your pick. Not sure if I buy into either of those, but whatever.
Either one you can do for free and for the love of it and then you don't have to sweat the money aspect. I play music and don't make shit from shows. Doesn't bother me because I know what I'm getting in to, and I've got a real job (whether I'm fairly compensated is up for debate) to fund the rest of my life. It is a choice - the music industry's methods aren't exactly a secret these days.
Sense of taste / Genetics?
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The Taste of Pain
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Favorite quote from the last linked article: "This is genetic -- what you taste determines what you like to eat," chief researcher Linda Bartoshuk, an experimental psychologist at Yale University in New Haven, Conn., told United Press International. "What you like to eat determines your diet, and your diet is a risk factor for all kinds of diseases."
So, dieting is like a form of gene control? Maybe gene therapy could be the basis for a new Weight Watchers... the profit making potential is limitless!
Seems everyone is making an Athlon/SS40 combo these days (several people in this thread at least and myself included - at least they made it relatively easy to remove bays/drives/fans/etc. for people who don't have 6 year old hands). How long will it be until someone taps MythTV and Shuttle to just make a cheapo all-in-one PC/DVR/Jukebox package? It seems like an obvious step to us, so I'm surprised the money hounds haven't picked up the scent.
I was under the impression that some architectural sacrifices were made on the epias that would require some sort of major overhaul to be even close to on par with AMD/Intel procs, but I'm admittedly underread.
Just like the trucking companies that put signs on the back of their trucks that say "We're not responsible for damage to your vehicle. Stay back 10 feet!" Of course they're responsible if they neglect to strap down the couch in their truck bed. I would think similar prinicples would apply here, but what do I know.
I imagine the RIAA won't mind at all because they'll certainly find a way to acquire 98% of the profits from it (either through friendly negotiations or litigation).
Neat idea, though. Sounds like they'll need to have a fast food like setup trying to burn enough CDs to satisfy a good sized crowd.
The Simpsons was one of the deepest shows on American TV. Now it's a Saturday morning cartoon starring Captain Wacky (aka Homer). I use to watch it religiously, participate in forums, even did some work and article writing for a Simpsons website. Now the show seems so geared towards an age group far younger than mine, I hardly bother trying to catch it anymore.
IMHO, Entertainment Weekly did a fine job of picking episodes - much better than most publications do. Now if only the writers would pick up on that and say, "Maybe we should start doing that sort of thing again."
What affect would it have on the ISS if NASA backed out? Would it be negligable or monetarily catastrophic? Are there any groups (like the Chinese) who are eyeing a stake in that crazy place? My space politics are lacking.
NASA is definitely great. Today was an unfortunate and sad incident that will definitely linger for a while.
I stand corrected. The quote I heard was something along the lines of "since the Israeli was on board, there is a concern of a terrorist act" and I interpreted that in a different way than I would've had I know the history of the situation (or the full quote for that matter). So screw me for being uninformed.
"Now they're speculating about the presence of an Israeli on board."
That's irritating. They're making terrorism speculations (at least on the radio) because of an Israeli on board. Does he have a history of terrorism? I imagine he wouldn't make it on to a shuttle with that kind of record. Have they proven links to Al-Qaeda? Did he hide a dirty bomb in his space helmet? Jesus - I swear we're going backwards socially because of the war on terrorism...
People with tan colored skin == terrorists: It's the new societally acceptable prejudice!
ABC radio is reporting that some eyewitnesses claim to have seen flaming debris falling to the Earth and that the shuttle hasn't been heard from in an unusually long time. Here's something to get you started. Whoever they're interviewing now is talking about investigating terrorism. We sure are f'ing paranoid these days. Now mod me down, please.
Re:General "Book Review" question
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A Word a Day
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"Generally that involves the insertion of what is known to the lay man as a "penis" into what I believe is called a "vagina." Since this goal is not within the reach of the Slashdot population, there must be another way. I'm waiting for something to be posted to science.slashdot.org about this..."
2002-11-28 11:28:51 Procreation Without Penetration: Amazing Discovery in Florida (articles,science) (rejected)
It doesn't really sound like you're disagreeing... or at least I'm in agreement with you. You absolutely should be able to access your music from anywhere, but I fail to see what that has to do with p2p networks. That's everyone accessing your music from anywhere (or you accessing everyone else's music from anywhere - your choice). The fact of the matter is that it's your responsiblity to have your music available to you, not some Kazaa user's. What if your CDs get stolen or your hard drive with all of your MP3s dies? You should've made backups. You're allowed, so do it. I dumped all of my CDs to MP3 and locked away the originals. Several of them are out of print indie CDs or from local bands who will never be seen again. I only carry around and listen to copies of CDs so it's not a big deal if someone steals them or if I lose them or something. I realize that this is not a situation that is plausible for everyone, but there's always a solution if it's that important to you.
This is not to say that I'm against p2p networks. I'm not in the least bit. I use them regularly to try and find new music or to check out a band I've heard about. Or just to pick up a Lisa Loeb song that I'd be too embarrased to buy in a store. I like having a passive search running in the background sometimes and just snagging things. The thing that drives me nuts is when people try to justify downloading from them like it's their god given right or they're Robin Hood or something. I violate copyright sometimes. Not that big a deal.
I'll bet you're not far off on the whole validation thing, though. That's going to suck.
Um.... so it's actually that p2p users such as yourself are providing a good samaritan service to the world at large? That's the dumbest thing I've read in a while, and I read slashdot daily.
If you're too lazy to convert your own CDs to MP3s (arguably a one or two click task for most people), you're probably not going to hassle yourself with the often ardous task of trying to find a non-fake, good quality version of your entire CD with someone that doesn't have a full queue or not on dial-up. Chances are you'll get a hodge-podge of songs ripped at different qualities from different people, but you might get lucky. Or you might like pop music. Whatever. Moreover, I'm pretty sure the copyright law says you have the right to make backup copies for personal use, not for public use... so you theoretically are doing something illegal (breaking copyright law) by having them in a publically available area. By your logic, warez FTP sites aren't breaking the law because they're saving others the hassle of ripping their game CDs to isos. Geez.
"We're fighting spam, bannerads and god knows what more and now there are sites devoted only to tv-commercials?"
I think that's a Good Thing. The sooner that advertisers realize that we enjoy and watch/discuss *good* ads, the more likely it is that we'll be able to avoid even more invasive forms of advertising (i.e. TV popups/in-show product advertising). I'll gladly host a commercials FTP site if it'll keep me from getting a TV popup for Cheerios over some PG lesbian scene on Fox. Of course, the gravy is getting to see entertaining commercials instead of the drab look-at-this-SUV-climbing-an-incline sort of crap. That's just me, though...
I've been given the 'routine maintenance' runaround on non-mssql bombing days twice. About 8 months ago they told me I wouldn't be able to activate for at least 24 hours because of 'routine maintenance and a database upgrade'. Activated two days after. 2 months later I called about 3am CST and was told that during that time is when they do their 'routine maintenance'. When I got them during a good time after that, the operator (poor guy) hassled me about my re-activating. Even after I told him that I just changed out some hardware on the same computer, he insisted on telling me that I couldn't install XP on a second computer (as in he didn't believe me). After a 10 minute conversation he finally gave up and gave me activation, but with a stern warning ("Well, just remember that this is the third time you've activated this copy in 6 months").
2 months after that I left Windows for good and latched on to Linux. So far I haven't had to call my distros for product activation, so I'm happy.
(Disclaimer: Linux isn't for everyone, not preaching, just my experience, yadda yadda yadda...)
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"You didn't take into account the amount of visualization (images) a person does during a day. That's thinking too."
So now we have to figure out if we think in jpeg, gif or png?
...why not take advantage of the very lucrative used Mac business? Sell it. These things are like freakin Hondas.
Maybe the answer is 42?
"Microsoft Brand Penis enlargers anyone?"
Ah, this time the bloat would be a good thing.
Looks like they moved this into the 'Developers' section (instead of the previous 'invisible' one) and linked to it in Slashback. At least they could've mentioned the mistake instead of saying 'In case you missed it...' It's not our fault we missed it! No one could see it!
I'll take my offtopic now, please.
Don't worry, they'll repost it.
I noticed this too. This is a new category as of today. While it isn't turned off by default in regular accounts, the story is only appearing to a select few. Which people those select few are is hard to tell, but maybe they're testing the new subscriber 'perk' of being able to see stories before they're posted by giving folks with good+ karma access to this story first? I'm not a subscriber, so it probably isn't that. Just a guess. Maybe it's just a bug.
Regardless, it's kind of odd.
Software Developer: If you love it and want to do it for a living, you can get a job that pays you a decent wage for your work, the company makes money because of your efficent work. A company can compensate you fairly or you can go elsewhere. Lots of options (economic conditions not withstanding).
Rock star: If you love it and want to do it for a living, you can get a job with a major record label and get paid a small percentage or actually end up losing money. The company will almost always make a huge sum of money while you are not compensated fairly. This is, however, the norm in the industry, so if you go elsewhere, you're almost guaranteed to get the same or a worse deal. Limited options.
Granted, it's a lot more in depth than that (yep, rockstars get to travel and have random sex with groupies, not to mention be famous if that's your thing - you can go indie, but 9 times out of 10, you just don't make that much money), but that's how I see it on a basic level. If you want to make it even more basic, everyone hates to see the big evil corporation take advantage of the average joe just trying to make his way in the world. Or jealousy of success. Take your pick. Not sure if I buy into either of those, but whatever.
Either one you can do for free and for the love of it and then you don't have to sweat the money aspect. I play music and don't make shit from shows. Doesn't bother me because I know what I'm getting in to, and I've got a real job (whether I'm fairly compensated is up for debate) to fund the rest of my life. It is a choice - the music industry's methods aren't exactly a secret these days.
Favorite quote from the last linked article:
"This is genetic -- what you taste determines what you like to eat," chief researcher Linda Bartoshuk, an experimental psychologist at Yale University in New Haven, Conn., told United Press International. "What you like to eat determines your diet, and your diet is a risk factor for all kinds of diseases."
So, dieting is like a form of gene control? Maybe gene therapy could be the basis for a new Weight Watchers... the profit making potential is limitless!
Seems everyone is making an Athlon/SS40 combo these days (several people in this thread at least and myself included - at least they made it relatively easy to remove bays/drives/fans/etc. for people who don't have 6 year old hands). How long will it be until someone taps MythTV and Shuttle to just make a cheapo all-in-one PC/DVR/Jukebox package? It seems like an obvious step to us, so I'm surprised the money hounds haven't picked up the scent.
I was under the impression that some architectural sacrifices were made on the epias that would require some sort of major overhaul to be even close to on par with AMD/Intel procs, but I'm admittedly underread.
Just like the trucking companies that put signs on the back of their trucks that say "We're not responsible for damage to your vehicle. Stay back 10 feet!" Of course they're responsible if they neglect to strap down the couch in their truck bed. I would think similar prinicples would apply here, but what do I know.
I imagine the RIAA won't mind at all because they'll certainly find a way to acquire 98% of the profits from it (either through friendly negotiations or litigation).
Neat idea, though. Sounds like they'll need to have a fast food like setup trying to burn enough CDs to satisfy a good sized crowd.
The Simpsons was one of the deepest shows on American TV. Now it's a Saturday morning cartoon starring Captain Wacky (aka Homer). I use to watch it religiously, participate in forums, even did some work and article writing for a Simpsons website. Now the show seems so geared towards an age group far younger than mine, I hardly bother trying to catch it anymore.
IMHO, Entertainment Weekly did a fine job of picking episodes - much better than most publications do. Now if only the writers would pick up on that and say, "Maybe we should start doing that sort of thing again."
I don't think I could bring myself to pay 5 bucks a month to use a chat room.
It's not the first, but somehow I doubt that'll be the last time Windows XP is linked to Scientology...
What affect would it have on the ISS if NASA backed out? Would it be negligable or monetarily catastrophic? Are there any groups (like the Chinese) who are eyeing a stake in that crazy place? My space politics are lacking.
NASA is definitely great. Today was an unfortunate and sad incident that will definitely linger for a while.
I stand corrected. The quote I heard was something along the lines of "since the Israeli was on board, there is a concern of a terrorist act" and I interpreted that in a different way than I would've had I know the history of the situation (or the full quote for that matter). So screw me for being uninformed.
"Now they're speculating about the presence of an Israeli on board."
That's irritating. They're making terrorism speculations (at least on the radio) because of an Israeli on board. Does he have a history of terrorism? I imagine he wouldn't make it on to a shuttle with that kind of record. Have they proven links to Al-Qaeda? Did he hide a dirty bomb in his space helmet? Jesus - I swear we're going backwards socially because of the war on terrorism...
People with tan colored skin == terrorists: It's the new societally acceptable prejudice!
ABC radio is reporting that some eyewitnesses claim to have seen flaming debris falling to the Earth and that the shuttle hasn't been heard from in an unusually long time. Here's something to get you started. Whoever they're interviewing now is talking about investigating terrorism. We sure are f'ing paranoid these days. Now mod me down, please.
2002-11-28 11:28:51 Procreation Without Penetration: Amazing Discovery in Florida (articles,science) (rejected)
*shrug* I tried.
It doesn't really sound like you're disagreeing... or at least I'm in agreement with you. You absolutely should be able to access your music from anywhere, but I fail to see what that has to do with p2p networks. That's everyone accessing your music from anywhere (or you accessing everyone else's music from anywhere - your choice). The fact of the matter is that it's your responsiblity to have your music available to you, not some Kazaa user's. What if your CDs get stolen or your hard drive with all of your MP3s dies? You should've made backups. You're allowed, so do it. I dumped all of my CDs to MP3 and locked away the originals. Several of them are out of print indie CDs or from local bands who will never be seen again. I only carry around and listen to copies of CDs so it's not a big deal if someone steals them or if I lose them or something. I realize that this is not a situation that is plausible for everyone, but there's always a solution if it's that important to you.
This is not to say that I'm against p2p networks. I'm not in the least bit. I use them regularly to try and find new music or to check out a band I've heard about. Or just to pick up a Lisa Loeb song that I'd be too embarrased to buy in a store. I like having a passive search running in the background sometimes and just snagging things. The thing that drives me nuts is when people try to justify downloading from them like it's their god given right or they're Robin Hood or something. I violate copyright sometimes. Not that big a deal.
I'll bet you're not far off on the whole validation thing, though. That's going to suck.
Um.... so it's actually that p2p users such as yourself are providing a good samaritan service to the world at large? That's the dumbest thing I've read in a while, and I read slashdot daily.
If you're too lazy to convert your own CDs to MP3s (arguably a one or two click task for most people), you're probably not going to hassle yourself with the often ardous task of trying to find a non-fake, good quality version of your entire CD with someone that doesn't have a full queue or not on dial-up. Chances are you'll get a hodge-podge of songs ripped at different qualities from different people, but you might get lucky. Or you might like pop music. Whatever. Moreover, I'm pretty sure the copyright law says you have the right to make backup copies for personal use, not for public use... so you theoretically are doing something illegal (breaking copyright law) by having them in a publically available area. By your logic, warez FTP sites aren't breaking the law because they're saving others the hassle of ripping their game CDs to isos. Geez.
Mmmm... caramel.
"We're fighting spam, bannerads and god knows what more and now there are sites devoted only to tv-commercials?"
I think that's a Good Thing. The sooner that advertisers realize that we enjoy and watch/discuss *good* ads, the more likely it is that we'll be able to avoid even more invasive forms of advertising (i.e. TV popups/in-show product advertising). I'll gladly host a commercials FTP site if it'll keep me from getting a TV popup for Cheerios over some PG lesbian scene on Fox. Of course, the gravy is getting to see entertaining commercials instead of the drab look-at-this-SUV-climbing-an-incline sort of crap. That's just me, though...
I've been given the 'routine maintenance' runaround on non-mssql bombing days twice. About 8 months ago they told me I wouldn't be able to activate for at least 24 hours because of 'routine maintenance and a database upgrade'. Activated two days after. 2 months later I called about 3am CST and was told that during that time is when they do their 'routine maintenance'. When I got them during a good time after that, the operator (poor guy) hassled me about my re-activating. Even after I told him that I just changed out some hardware on the same computer, he insisted on telling me that I couldn't install XP on a second computer (as in he didn't believe me). After a 10 minute conversation he finally gave up and gave me activation, but with a stern warning ("Well, just remember that this is the third time you've activated this copy in 6 months").
2 months after that I left Windows for good and latched on to Linux. So far I haven't had to call my distros for product activation, so I'm happy.
(Disclaimer: Linux isn't for everyone, not preaching, just my experience, yadda yadda yadda...)