True, and the subscribers (I'm one) get to formulate the highly-rated funniest first replies.
Often I look back into stories that I *know* some of the regulars will chime-in on later because I value their opinions. I enable "notify me of replies to my post" for that reason. There are some really smart people here whose thoughts are worth paying attention to.
I get points every now and then and it's usually not during a period where stories are interesting to me or related to my expertise. It's getting to the point where I dread my random moderation status and then I end up up-modding anything with a Monty Python reference, imagined or not.
Slashdot readers are getting older and wiser (yeah, right), while Digg readers need to see the latest, coolest stuff to pass on to their friends. Plus, Taco was never a TV personality, so points to Rose in that regard.
The stuff I pass on to people are the comments, not the video of the guy that lit his fart on fire and rocketed into space. Rob, have you tried that yet? It might help with the Digg wars.
I agree. Fluid dynamics is very fascinating. Since I'm not so smart I've devoted my limited abilities to trying to understand the things we put conventional fluids into so that we can transmit them.
How many jobs that exist today are there that *totally* rely upon computers and software? I'm biased and obsolete, as I can still operate pencil, paper and a straightedge competently and also effectively communicate relatively complicated concepts by drawing pictures without electricity.
Oh wait, I forgot that death will take care of that problem.
By the time that YouTube arrived, Google was already perceived as "establishment" to the kids that wanted to see uncensored stuff. YouTube was "new" and "fresh" and not used by your parents, so it was cool and caught on like wildfire because it was "underground".
Most people [1] (especially teens) want to feel like they are unique or belong to an exclusive group. Once said group goes mainstream, it's boring and dull.
[1] Not me of course, I read Slashdot for the scintillating comments at -1 threshhold and I've not been a teen for decades.
Personally, I'd like to see some geniuses take the open source 3D modeling software BRL-CAD and build it into a giant-killer.
The (non-software) engineering world has been fragmented by differing, non-interchangeable data formats over the past 30 years. This hurts not only the end owners of the files but also those who wish to learn or obtain employment in the field (eg, "good designer but no knowledge of program X that *we* use? Sorry")
RPN is your friend. It also tends to keep people from swiping your precious calculator.
Funny, but true. Flash (horror of horrors) might be a good application to demonstrate how replacing variables in equations can affect the graphical output and get some interest going in learners' minds. Maybe this already exists for all I know.
I'm pretty sure that since as long as language exists those who have the ability to make up new words or to grasp the meaning of a new word without a lot of explanation belonged to the smarter segment of the population.
But probably most maker-uppers-of-words/terms do so for marketing reasons.
A lot of them were, actually. They were hired after the Avro debacle and the debate about "Canada's brilliant design" for a fighter goes on to this day. To summarize, the official story is that the Americans didn't want to buy it due to NIH syndrome and felt that fighter planes were obsoleted by long-range missiles.
Since you are from the country, can you tell me if the (female) Swedish Bikini Team actually exists? If possible, please also include phone numbers. TIA
Seriously though, you write better English than I can verbally fumble through in French, and I'm an ex-Montrealer!
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Information is a fluid now? You kids today with all your newfangled inventions...
Dammit, my +1, perceptive mod for your comment just got undone.
Early comments get most of the mod points.
True, and the subscribers (I'm one) get to formulate the highly-rated funniest first replies.
Often I look back into stories that I *know* some of the regulars will chime-in on later because I value their opinions. I enable "notify me of replies to my post" for that reason. There are some really smart people here whose thoughts are worth paying attention to.
I get points every now and then and it's usually not during a period where stories are interesting to me or related to my expertise. It's getting to the point where I dread my random moderation status and then I end up up-modding anything with a Monty Python reference, imagined or not.
Slashdot readers are getting older and wiser (yeah, right), while Digg readers need to see the latest, coolest stuff to pass on to their friends. Plus, Taco was never a TV personality, so points to Rose in that regard.
The stuff I pass on to people are the comments, not the video of the guy that lit his fart on fire and rocketed into space. Rob, have you tried that yet? It might help with the Digg wars.
I agree. Fluid dynamics is very fascinating. Since I'm not so smart I've devoted my limited abilities to trying to understand the things we put conventional fluids into so that we can transmit them.
...most of us have been forced to use...
How many jobs that exist today are there that *totally* rely upon computers and software? I'm biased and obsolete, as I can still operate pencil, paper and a straightedge competently and also effectively communicate relatively complicated concepts by drawing pictures without electricity.
Oh wait, I forgot that death will take care of that problem.
By the time that YouTube arrived, Google was already perceived as "establishment" to the kids that wanted to see uncensored stuff. YouTube was "new" and "fresh" and not used by your parents, so it was cool and caught on like wildfire because it was "underground".
Most people [1] (especially teens) want to feel like they are unique or belong to an exclusive group. Once said group goes mainstream, it's boring and dull.
[1] Not me of course, I read Slashdot for the scintillating comments at -1 threshhold and I've not been a teen for decades.
In some less important fields of endeavour, the use of computers is really a job creation program.
Personally, I'd like to see some geniuses take the open source 3D modeling software BRL-CAD and build it into a giant-killer.
The (non-software) engineering world has been fragmented by differing, non-interchangeable data formats over the past 30 years. This hurts not only the end owners of the files but also those who wish to learn or obtain employment in the field (eg, "good designer but no knowledge of program X that *we* use? Sorry")
The IT field needs more mechanical engineers actively involved in programming and CAD.
On average, about 102,4 Kg.
If it's the concepts, have someone explain it to you in laymen's terms.
And if that someone can't explain it to you effectively in that way they likely don't understand the subject matter fully enough themselves.
RPN is your friend. It also tends to keep people from swiping your precious calculator.
Funny, but true. Flash (horror of horrors) might be a good application to demonstrate how replacing variables in equations can affect the graphical output and get some interest going in learners' minds. Maybe this already exists for all I know.
I'm pretty sure that since as long as language exists those who have the ability to make up new words or to grasp the meaning of a new word without a lot of explanation belonged to the smarter segment of the population.
But probably most maker-uppers-of-words/terms do so for marketing reasons.
Erm... this is Slashdot, not "slash"dot .
Crap, now that I re-read that, "slashdot" looks like a really odd word, doesn't it?
It'll actually be named, "Lost in MySpace" in the trailers in order to draw in a new generation.
Rounding (zeroes are roundish) error or myopia due to today's high screen resolutions?
Seriously though, filenames like ac0005000Ojan0O.txt tend to lead to errors.
It's strange to think that technology really could lead to a more moral society.
Morality is not the same thing as honesty. I prefer the latter over the former, as "morality" depends on one's interpretation.
Like Joe Isuzu?
What, did they put Type-R stickers and an outrageous rear wing on the machine or something?
My parents tell me that I actually saw the moon landing, but since I was a baby at the time I really can't comment on what I heard him say.
Get off my lawn.
A lot of them were, actually. They were hired after the Avro debacle and the debate about "Canada's brilliant design" for a fighter goes on to this day. To summarize, the official story is that the Americans didn't want to buy it due to NIH syndrome and felt that fighter planes were obsoleted by long-range missiles.
Since you are from the country, can you tell me if the (female) Swedish Bikini Team actually exists? If possible, please also include phone numbers. TIA
Seriously though, you write better English than I can verbally fumble through in French, and I'm an ex-Montrealer!
I always thought basements (parents' or otherwise) were relatively cool places.