You must be new here. On Slashdot, only Google's "black box" search engine (and related products) and Apple's proprietary OS and hardware are considered "good". All other products and companies (with some rare open source project exceptions) are considered bad and/or evil.
Despite all the warm, fuzzy talk of open source and community development, the fact remains that, at the kernel level at least, Linux is still controlled by a small group of elitist "prigs." Stick too close to the "approved" Linux path and you end up with a crappy desktop experience. Stray too far, and you risk having your customizations broken if/when the kernel team decides to take things in a new direction.
Why is this even controversial? If you don't like the way things work, the beauty of open source is that you can fork the code at any point. So...quit whining ("prings"?) and good luck with your fork.
Practical application: self-laying mines. Think how annoying it would be to clear a path and then overnight see the 95% of the mines you missed on day one redeployed in near-randomness across your path back.
(Yes I have MOD points today...it's just more fun to talk.)
...cut-and-paste, the origin of which the 56-year-old Levy had to explain to 20-something Google employees
I call B.S. on this one. Anyone dumb enough not to figure out where "cut and paste" came from doesn't deserve a job (must less a promotion to second grade).
The (product) isn't in stores yet, but (whatever) has a nice summary of how the ("gee whiz" feature) of the (product) works.
Excellent opening statement. It stimulates Desire, which we all know is the precursor to in the marketing "AIDA" scheme. (And when you release the product, just submit another article.)
With its (feature 2) and (feature 3), the (product) might sound like a big step up from (previous model of product). But the (product) isn't for everyone.
Great introduction of the features, especially the "big step up" part. And you've even given your target audience a reason to click into the submitted link too. (You've suggested there are people this product may not be perfect for, not that anyone reading this on Slashdot would fall into that "un-hip" category.)
Fellow Slashvertisers take note - this format can be applied to your next submission too!
The device is a fuel-air explosive, commonly known as a vacuum bomb...
Nah...that type of thing is more widely known as a fuel-air explosive. Even my old flight sims from the late 1980s called them that. (Even back then the common target was Iran...)
I suppose the editors deserve a pat on the back for not posting EXACTLY the same story on the same day, but I think the SlashDot faithful got the message: Halo 3 is coming out soon, if anyone still cares. Any TECH news go down today or is it just games?
Also, there've been billboards and such... http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-6109379-7.html...and don't forget the four-color printed commercial-quality cardboard boxes with ready-to-install Ubuntu disks - giveaways in an attractive package is a classic advertising gimmick.
In the [Dead Tree Magazine] world, you'll usually find that the number of [Award]s a product gets is related to the dollar value of ads that product places in that magazine. "Secure Computing" magazine is still today a classic example of this premise.
And Slashdotters care because they are marketing geeks?
Or is this kind of an in-joke among the editors: Microsoft's spending $10M to promote interest in Halo3 so we'll give them free press on a mostly anti-Microsoft site too! (Heh-heh-heh...)
Still dunno why all the fuss about blogs...
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I've been using the Internet since 1993 or so. So far, I've yet to find a blog-oriented site that I find interesting or useful enough to come back to a second time. I still find my value in sites that aggregate the opinions of many (including Slashdot and traditional media).
Pundits of the blogosphere would be remiss in not reading his book.
If it's so good and so applicable, why doesn't he just post the content on his blog and let those who care find it there? (Why a "book"?)
...I don't think it is healthy for the field of games studies, which is still emerging, to be so fixated on a single game franchise -- no matter what the franchise. A few years ago, it might have been The Sims or GTA, now it's WoW.'"
"Games Studies"? Are you kidding me?
Are they studying at the University of We'll-Take-Your-Money-And-Give-You-A-More-Useless-Than-English-Degree?
(BTW, the franchise or brand should probably be "Warcraft" - Vivendi, Inc. is probably pretty keen on making sure its "Warcraft" brand extends beyond its MMORPG product.)
Hey editors, can we scale back on the ManHunt Slashvertising a bit?
I really don't care about this game one way or another, and I think ManHunt's target audience is fully aware that it's now available for sale, coming soon, or whatever the goal of ManHunt's marketeers is at the moment.
("Oooh...it's so radical that it's an ADULT game. No, teen boys, it's not for you - WINK WINK.)
Intel has quietly launched a new online community that it plans to use to take feedback and suggestions from... end users for new features in its... chips...
I'd be quiet about this too if I were Intel. This is a stupid idea. Half your end users (including me) couldn't care less about what chip they have in their computer as long at works. The other half of your end users want the chips in pink or with an integrated LED. Either way a forum like this will just piss people off, because even the good suggestions aren't going to mesh with their five-year development schedule.
I know the mineral - it's LEAD! Yes, just grind it up into a fine powder and sprinkle it into your radioactive brew: even the glowing-est cup of water will be safe to drink again.
"It seems ISO is not prepared for a politicized process where a big and influential commercial enterprise will use any means possible to push its own standard through to certification. Committees are flooded by the vendor in support of the standard. Votes are bought and results are hijacked. Several national bodies have flawed and skewed procedures open for corruption." --FreeCode CEO Geir Isene
How old is this CEO - 13? He sounds like a whiny little whatever.
In any case, he's late to the party. Vendors have been trying to get standards bodies to favor their wares since the dawn of standards. If anything, I think a vendor's ability to force through a standard in this manner ensures that that standard can get off the whiteboard and actually make it to a product the world can use, because a vendor isn't going to throw any effort at a standard unless it thinks there's a market that can benefit from it.
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By "meanwhile", do you mean "ho-hum"? (e.g.,, nothing new to see here?)
I always thought a wiffle ball bat worked fine for a light saber. Then again, I was about 8 the last time Star Wars seemed interesting.
You must be new here. On Slashdot, only Google's "black box" search engine (and related products) and Apple's proprietary OS and hardware are considered "good". All other products and companies (with some rare open source project exceptions) are considered bad and/or evil.
Awesome. This would take Second Life scams to a whole new level.
All your Linden Dollars are belong to us.
Why is this even controversial? If you don't like the way things work, the beauty of open source is that you can fork the code at any point. So...quit whining ("prings"?) and good luck with your fork.
Practical application: self-laying mines. Think how annoying it would be to clear a path and then overnight see the 95% of the mines you missed on day one redeployed in near-randomness across your path back.
(Yes I have MOD points today...it's just more fun to talk.)
I'd say "no." Here's why:
I call B.S. on this one. Anyone dumb enough not to figure out where "cut and paste" came from doesn't deserve a job (must less a promotion to second grade).
Excellent opening statement. It stimulates Desire, which we all know is the precursor to in the marketing "AIDA" scheme. (And when you release the product, just submit another article.)
Great introduction of the features, especially the "big step up" part. And you've even given your target audience a reason to click into the submitted link too. (You've suggested there are people this product may not be perfect for, not that anyone reading this on Slashdot would fall into that "un-hip" category.)
Fellow Slashvertisers take note - this format can be applied to your next submission too!
Nah...that type of thing is more widely known as a fuel-air explosive. Even my old flight sims from the late 1980s called them that. (Even back then the common target was Iran...)
Let's call this a near-dup...
http://games.slashdot.org/games/07/09/12/1912212.shtml
I suppose the editors deserve a pat on the back for not posting EXACTLY the same story on the same day, but I think the SlashDot faithful got the message: Halo 3 is coming out soon, if anyone still cares. Any TECH news go down today or is it just games?
I think that's a "yes".
They do have a commercial entity that accepts and disburses cash:
http://www.ubuntu.com/aboutus
Also, there've been billboards and such...
http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-6109379-7.html
In the [Dead Tree Magazine] world, you'll usually find that the number of [Award]s a product gets is related to the dollar value of ads that product places in that magazine. "Secure Computing" magazine is still today a classic example of this premise.
And Slashdotters care because they are marketing geeks?
Or is this kind of an in-joke among the editors: Microsoft's spending $10M to promote interest in Halo3 so we'll give them free press on a mostly anti-Microsoft site too! (Heh-heh-heh...)
If it's so good and so applicable, why doesn't he just post the content on his blog and let those who care find it there? (Why a "book"?)
"Games Studies"? Are you kidding me?
Are they studying at the University of We'll-Take-Your-Money-And-Give-You-A-More-Useless-Than-English-Degree?
(BTW, the franchise or brand should probably be "Warcraft" - Vivendi, Inc. is probably pretty keen on making sure its "Warcraft" brand extends beyond its MMORPG product.)
Hey editors, can we scale back on the ManHunt Slashvertising a bit?
I really don't care about this game one way or another, and I think ManHunt's target audience is fully aware that it's now available for sale, coming soon, or whatever the goal of ManHunt's marketeers is at the moment.
("Oooh...it's so radical that it's an ADULT game. No, teen boys, it's not for you - WINK WINK.)
I'd be quiet about this too if I were Intel. This is a stupid idea. Half your end users (including me) couldn't care less about what chip they have in their computer as long at works. The other half of your end users want the chips in pink or with an integrated LED. Either way a forum like this will just piss people off, because even the good suggestions aren't going to mesh with their five-year development schedule.
Is this "Mindbridge" a real company? I know geeks with 15 servers in their basement...
A PROTESS ship in New York Harbor? Surely, the Zerg can't be far behind...
I know the mineral - it's LEAD! Yes, just grind it up into a fine powder and sprinkle it into your radioactive brew: even the glowing-est cup of water will be safe to drink again.
I like MOVEit Freely for the same reason...(it's a command-line FTP/SSL client for Windows)
How old is this CEO - 13? He sounds like a whiny little whatever.
In any case, he's late to the party. Vendors have been trying to get standards bodies to favor their wares since the dawn of standards. If anything, I think a vendor's ability to force through a standard in this manner ensures that that standard can get off the whiteboard and actually make it to a product the world can use, because a vendor isn't going to throw any effort at a standard unless it thinks there's a market that can benefit from it.
AAA = Triple-A?
http://triplea.sourceforge.net/mywiki
Anyway, that's what I thought when I saw the headline...