Nah - I'm older than that. I'd have used the punchline of "...and then I invented ISPF!" but most of you wouldn't get it. Thanks anyway for the comic reference - I never saw that one but I suppose that guy's illustrated just about all the good IT jokes by now.
1) Anything you post online will be there forever 2) Always lie about your age, use a fake name, and never provide a real address 3) Don't post nude pics 4) Don't post anything racist, etc. 5) Don't post anything illegal, etc. 6) At any time, I can haz your phone/computer/account and I may burn your devices and your online profiles down to the waterline if I don't like what I see
>> (Nightfall is) an amazing story. I thought I had read everything by Asimov, but I somehow missed that one.
Happy you found it, but how did you miss that story if you've read so much else by Asimov? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightfall_(Asimov_novelette_and_novel) "In 1968, the Science Fiction Writers of America voted Nightfall the best science-fiction short story written prior to the 1965 establishment of the Nebula Awards..." and some would say it launched Asimov's full time career.
>> Unless we wipe out all the fungi, large scale coal formation is unlikely to recur.
Well, now that we know what to do, we just need the plan and the willpower to execute it. How about: 1) We'll build a WALL to keep the fungi out of America 2) We'll DEPORT any fungi still left in America 3) We'll make any country still producing fungi PAY FOR OUR DAMN WALL 4) America is great again
For most of China's history, renewable energy has meant: 1) Grow enough rice to feed the peasants 2) Have them do manual labor, including growing rice 3) Goto 1
Also, ever try to use a laptop in coach (i.e., "cattle car" or "steerage") on an airplane? There, having enough elbow room for a single small monitor (plus a keyboard + trackpad) is a challenge. I can't imagine what trying to roll out three monitors would be like.
I use two extra monitors with my top two laptops, but they are a lot larger than these because I use them when docked at work or home. I wouldn't want two dinky little laptop monitors strapped onto my laptop, not even for free.
>> the rare occasion something went wrong, Amazon made it right
That's the change I pointed out in my OP - for the first time Amazon told me to screw off instead of complete the order (which was direct since I don't do the reseller thing). Something's starting to go wrong up there...
In the world of ecommerce, there are a lot of others as convenient as Amazon (and some more) And yes, I get spooked by online shops that can't deliver my order (after promising "in stock" on their site), even if they are the 900-pound gorilla. I think we're all looking for the moment when Amazon jumps the shark and starts becoming Sears.
I abandoned Amazon for Xmas shopping this year after I got an order (hard drive related) delayed and then outright cancelled last month. I hadn't seen that yet.
>> AMD's FreeSync technology and Nvidia's rival G-Sync allow a graphics card to adjust the monitor's refresh rate on the fly, matching it to the computer's frame rate.
Hmmm...this sounds like something that could cause "screen lag" if the card tries a 1+ second refresh rate because it thinks the computer is busy. (We see it in networking - and networked games - way too often.) Can someone please tell me I'm wrong?
This fake news stuff is getting boring. Let's start a conspiracy theory instead: the CIA splashed a Russian military plane in retaliation for helping Wikileaks expose Clinton and the rest of the Democrats as people you wouldn't trust to walk your dog.
>> Ten of the staff who work on early education programs -- one-third of the total -- commute two or more hours each way a day because they cannot find housing they can afford.
Bullshit. Here's your solution: move to San Jose, then commute 45 minutes to work. Here's some listings for rooms and apartments starting at just $500 if you're too fucking lazy to use one of the hundreds of "find an apartment" web sites.
Slashdot Mirror
Does this mean the Visual Studio based "write once run anywhere" encapsulated in microsoft xamarin won?
Nah - I'm older than that. I'd have used the punchline of "...and then I invented ISPF!" but most of you wouldn't get it. Thanks anyway for the comic reference - I never saw that one but I suppose that guy's illustrated just about all the good IT jokes by now.
Now GTFO my lawn.
>> app...without needing to install anything
Congratulations - you invented the World Wide Web
>> Also #6 is needlessly autocratic, slightly narcissistic, and (if you ever executed on that threat) quite possibly abusive.
Wow, I didn't know my son was on Slashdot. Thanks for the...er...thoughts. Now go clean your home.
1) Anything you post online will be there forever
2) Always lie about your age, use a fake name, and never provide a real address
3) Don't post nude pics
4) Don't post anything racist, etc.
5) Don't post anything illegal, etc.
6) At any time, I can haz your phone/computer/account and I may burn your devices and your online profiles down to the waterline if I don't like what I see
>> (Nightfall is) an amazing story. I thought I had read everything by Asimov, but I somehow missed that one.
Happy you found it, but how did you miss that story if you've read so much else by Asimov?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightfall_(Asimov_novelette_and_novel)
"In 1968, the Science Fiction Writers of America voted Nightfall the best science-fiction short story written prior to the 1965 establishment of the Nebula Awards..."
and some would say it launched Asimov's full time career.
>> searchable collection of everything the president and his administration posted on Instagram, Twitter, Flickr, Facebook, Google+, and Pinterest
Yeah - just want we wanted: the headlines from a hundred thousand press releases. How about some of the staff's Tinder profiles and the like instead?
>> Unless we wipe out all the fungi, large scale coal formation is unlikely to recur.
Well, now that we know what to do, we just need the plan and the willpower to execute it. How about:
1) We'll build a WALL to keep the fungi out of America
2) We'll DEPORT any fungi still left in America
3) We'll make any country still producing fungi PAY FOR OUR DAMN WALL
4) America is great again
Now, who's with me?
For most of China's history, renewable energy has meant:
1) Grow enough rice to feed the peasants
2) Have them do manual labor, including growing rice
3) Goto 1
Coal IS a renewable fuel...given a couple million years or so. :)
Also, ever try to use a laptop in coach (i.e., "cattle car" or "steerage") on an airplane? There, having enough elbow room for a single small monitor (plus a keyboard + trackpad) is a challenge. I can't imagine what trying to roll out three monitors would be like.
I use two extra monitors with my top two laptops, but they are a lot larger than these because I use them when docked at work or home. I wouldn't want two dinky little laptop monitors strapped onto my laptop, not even for free.
Hot, hot, hot, hot damn.
News for nerds.
Verizon: Fuck this, we're out.
Yahoo: Even if we brought Carly...er...I mean Marissa back to run the division?
>> the rare occasion something went wrong, Amazon made it right
That's the change I pointed out in my OP - for the first time Amazon told me to screw off instead of complete the order (which was direct since I don't do the reseller thing). Something's starting to go wrong up there...
I think we'd all like an account preferences option:
[x] Never show me shit that's not direct and guaranteed from (ecomm vendor)
Unfortunately, the whole "marketplace" thing is becoming more common, not less, and it's not just Amazon's fault.
>> stop shopping at the most convenient location
In the world of ecommerce, there are a lot of others as convenient as Amazon (and some more) And yes, I get spooked by online shops that can't deliver my order (after promising "in stock" on their site), even if they are the 900-pound gorilla. I think we're all looking for the moment when Amazon jumps the shark and starts becoming Sears.
I abandoned Amazon for Xmas shopping this year after I got an order (hard drive related) delayed and then outright cancelled last month. I hadn't seen that yet.
Thank you - probably the funniest thing I've read in 2017 so far.
Ditto. This crap belongs on Yahoo "News", not Slashdot. "OMG - view this one weird picture Facebook banned"
>> AMD's FreeSync technology and Nvidia's rival G-Sync allow a graphics card to adjust the monitor's refresh rate on the fly, matching it to the computer's frame rate.
Hmmm...this sounds like something that could cause "screen lag" if the card tries a 1+ second refresh rate because it thinks the computer is busy. (We see it in networking - and networked games - way too often.) Can someone please tell me I'm wrong?
>> "MIT Study advises Eliminating 10,000 New York City Jobs"
Nice to see someone try the math. (There are just over 13K cabs in NYC today.) However, this only works if one cab = one driver.
>> Scribd says that they informed subscribers
"...in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying "Beware of the Leopard."
This fake news stuff is getting boring. Let's start a conspiracy theory instead: the CIA splashed a Russian military plane in retaliation for helping Wikileaks expose Clinton and the rest of the Democrats as people you wouldn't trust to walk your dog.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/28/europe/russian-military-plane-crash/index.html
>> Ten of the staff who work on early education programs -- one-third of the total -- commute two or more hours each way a day because they cannot find housing they can afford.
Bullshit. Here's your solution: move to San Jose, then commute 45 minutes to work. Here's some listings for rooms and apartments starting at just $500 if you're too fucking lazy to use one of the hundreds of "find an apartment" web sites.
https://www.trulia.com/for_rent/San_Jose,CA/price;a_sort/