Man, I thought I was pretty bitter about LittleBigPlanet getting delayed. Actually I still am.
Hey Sony, I'm part of a culture that doesn't like paying exorbitant prices for stuff like music and software...when do you start catering to OUR group?
How does Torvalds react? This one's very simple, actually. Torvalds (The Penguin) would side with the Joker in an effort to destroy Batman and his career. Besides, Batman's got a fallback career in Wayne Enterprises...which probably owns Redhat anyway.
I can cut plywood that's about 3 feet wide and 2 inches high and can make it unbeatable in air hockey.
See, as the GM of my wooden army of air hockey players, I KNOW that goaltending and defense wins championships. You're still thinking offense, speed, agility, yadda yadda. Solid goaltending, boys. That's how you win.
some GOOG stock 'cause you gotta take care of that 401K SPECIALLY after retirement.
A seat in the OLPC project's board of dudes that make decisions...it's only a matter of time.
Ubuntu...and by that I mean "humanity to others" -- actually, a wish of good luck as he concentrates more in philantrophy. As much as I (and c'mon, I can't be alone here) enjoy Microsoft bashing, I think the Gates foundation could (continue to) actually do a lot of good.
I call it HAKTCHA -- where you put in all your usernames and passwords in a text file and password-protect the directory with the same code I use on my luggage, "1234" The HAKTCHA then proceeds to download the file from your computer, store it into a database, and verify that you are an actual real-live id10t...which qualifies you to use hotmail.
I understand the general idea of privacy...but to expect any sort of privacy by putting your pictures online onto a server out of your control isn't exactly the smartest thing to do. I say if you've voluntarily uploaded it on one of the social networks, it can't be THAT private.
I know, I know, the myspace demographic doesn't know any better.
0) Geeks will argue which pen and which paper is the best. 1) The Gentoo crowd will make their own paper from pulp. 2) Where's the ^H on Pen? 3) There are some serious latency issues 4) Sometimes the output is so horrible that others can't read the file. 5) Sometimes the output is so horrible that I can't read my own file. 6) You can backspace on a word processor. You can shake an etch-a-sketch. If you mess up on paper, you need new hardware.
Look, we've all been told quite a few different contradictory things when it comes to health and diet. Milk was bad, milk was good, milk has lots of carbs, etc. Eggs are bad, eggs are good, egg yolks are bad but egg whites are good. Cholesterol issues -- have less meat, focus on vegetables and carbs. Diabetes and obesity -- must cut down on carbs. Going strictly vegetarian may make you deficient in certain things only found in meat. Coffee is bad for you, coffee is good for you. Chocolate bad, chocolate good. Wine bad, wine good.
I think the only constant I have heard is that exercise is good for you and that eating things in moderation is probably a good thing.
This thing won't even be a race at all if the modern pc is equipped with a method of contacting Bruce Schneier. Remember, folks, he's the only guy that can encrypt things in ROT13 TWICE and still have the cipher unbreakable.
Virus writers tend to lean towards spreading the viruses more than they lean towards causing major destruction to the "host". Think ebola vs. common cold here.
That said, it seems my browser renders those nulls just fi [NO CARRIER]
You can go viral on youtube similar to the way Ok Go became well-known. Be creative, come up with something different...it doesn't even really have to be good (but that helps for longevity). You might not make umpteen million dollars like Radiohead but I'm sure there'll be some money there.
Between the amount of control you'll have with your own music and not having to pay a record label, it really might not be a bad idea.
Though I'll give him some credit for doing a mea culpa, here are a few things I have a problem with (as also expressed by the other slashbots already)
1) It took him a while to say what we've known all along -- that SCO got this wrong. I mean doing this after SCO files for bankruptcy is like vocally backing a sports team and then doing a complete 180 after that team gets slaughtered. He had what, 4 years to change his mind? Why just now?
2) The man is a journalist -- not an expert as you pointed out. As a journalist, why form an opinion without asking the experts? You know, do a little research like we were taught in grade school. He's not an expert...let alone a journalist if he isn't going to dig in.
3) Yes, the actual villains are the SCO group -- but they wouldn't have had much weight if any of these people didn't trumpet their case. Others have pointed out Enderle, O'Gara, and Didio as well. These were the people that PHBs and the like were listening to, not the so-called "nerds" who got it right. These folks share a responsibility in the FUD-slinging that went on.
4) I don't think I'm holding the man to unreasonable standards. I think admitting one's mistake in a timely manner isn't unreasonable. I'd like to think journalistic integrity shouldn't be unreasonable...especially if you're a journalist.
5) It's a tough sell when you end up wrong on an issue against a lot of zealots. I think he'll continue writing and the PHBs will continue to read his stuff. "Awww, he apoligizes when he makes a mistake. That makes him even more credible!" As for me, I'm taking anything these particular folks write with all the salt in Costco.
1) I guess I was the only one who sent my $699 for my copy of Kubuntu.
2) They can sell their furniture to Microsoft -- I hear they could always use more chairs.
3) Two words, guys -- "bake sale"
I'm just glad these extortion deals about copyrights and patents are sorted out -- I mean after this, nobody's going to strongarm linux distros into signing patent protection agreements...ever...right? Um...right?
Incidentally, where are the folks from Yankee Group (Laura Didio, etc) who were so damn sure SCO was right? Wonder if their credibility has been appropriately damaged in all of this.
Assuming your post was a direct invitation...suppose I come over to your house to discuss the problem itself, and while I'm there, I happen to be illuminated by your light bulb, cooled by your air conditioning (please tell me you have AC 'cause it's too damn hot to discuss anything otherwise), and also suppose that on my way to your front door, as I'm walking on the public sidewalk, your sprinkler system sprays me with water, would it be fair to ask just this one question --
Slashdot Mirror
Not even McDonalds remembered to sudo make that sandwich... Obligatory XKCD Reference: http://xkcd.com/149/
Man, I thought I was pretty bitter about LittleBigPlanet getting delayed. Actually I still am. Hey Sony, I'm part of a culture that doesn't like paying exorbitant prices for stuff like music and software...when do you start catering to OUR group?
Wait, did Jack Thompson convert or something?
This is clearly not for Aunt Tillie, as you mentioned. Bob and Alice, on the other hand, may want to check their credit reports more frequently.
How does Torvalds react? This one's very simple, actually. Torvalds (The Penguin) would side with the Joker in an effort to destroy Batman and his career. Besides, Batman's got a fallback career in Wayne Enterprises...which probably owns Redhat anyway.
Storm Dtroopers were imperfect clones of Django.
Dboba is a perfect clone of Django.
If you want to stop the Django process, you have to su to Windu and kill -9 Django
If you're looking for Dboba, try this command: cat \dev\sarlac | grep Mandalorian
I can cut plywood that's about 3 feet wide and 2 inches high and can make it unbeatable in air hockey. See, as the GM of my wooden army of air hockey players, I KNOW that goaltending and defense wins championships. You're still thinking offense, speed, agility, yadda yadda. Solid goaltending, boys. That's how you win.
I call it HAKTCHA -- where you put in all your usernames and passwords in a text file and password-protect the directory with the same code I use on my luggage, "1234" The HAKTCHA then proceeds to download the file from your computer, store it into a database, and verify that you are an actual real-live id10t...which qualifies you to use hotmail.
And by reading the subject line of this reply, you agree to give me all my rights back.
However, I'll voluntarily do the one foot, howl at sky thing. Sounds fun enough.
I understand the general idea of privacy...but to expect any sort of privacy by putting your pictures online onto a server out of your control isn't exactly the smartest thing to do. I say if you've voluntarily uploaded it on one of the social networks, it can't be THAT private.
I know, I know, the myspace demographic doesn't know any better.
Anyone wanna bet Ballmer's word list looks a bit like this:
chair
developers
chair
banana
ooohshiny
developers!
developers!
developers!
As much as I love the Y2K compliant Office App...
0) Geeks will argue which pen and which paper is the best.
1) The Gentoo crowd will make their own paper from pulp.
2) Where's the ^H on Pen?
3) There are some serious latency issues
4) Sometimes the output is so horrible that others can't read the file.
5) Sometimes the output is so horrible that I can't read my own file.
6) You can backspace on a word processor. You can shake an etch-a-sketch. If you mess up on paper, you need new hardware.
...and I have a feeling neither do they.
Look, we've all been told quite a few different contradictory things when it comes to health and diet. Milk was bad, milk was good, milk has lots of carbs, etc. Eggs are bad, eggs are good, egg yolks are bad but egg whites are good. Cholesterol issues -- have less meat, focus on vegetables and carbs. Diabetes and obesity -- must cut down on carbs. Going strictly vegetarian may make you deficient in certain things only found in meat. Coffee is bad for you, coffee is good for you. Chocolate bad, chocolate good. Wine bad, wine good.
I think the only constant I have heard is that exercise is good for you and that eating things in moderation is probably a good thing.
Quick, someone send this over to the folks who wrote Excel!
This thing won't even be a race at all if the modern pc is equipped with a method of contacting Bruce Schneier. Remember, folks, he's the only guy that can encrypt things in ROT13 TWICE and still have the cipher unbreakable.
Virus writers tend to lean towards spreading the viruses more than they lean towards causing major destruction to the "host". Think ebola vs. common cold here.
That said, it seems my browser renders those nulls just fi [NO CARRIER]
You can go viral on youtube similar to the way Ok Go became well-known. Be creative, come up with something different...it doesn't even really have to be good (but that helps for longevity). You might not make umpteen million dollars like Radiohead but I'm sure there'll be some money there.
Between the amount of control you'll have with your own music and not having to pay a record label, it really might not be a bad idea.
Then again, I'm not in the music biz.
Wait...you mean...
then WTF am I doing running on this hamster wheel with my dreamcast plugged in? Damn you, Digg -- fooled me again!
Thanks for giving me the red pill, I guess.
maybe, maybe not...or both!
Though I'll give him some credit for doing a mea culpa, here are a few things I have a problem with (as also expressed by the other slashbots already)
1) It took him a while to say what we've known all along -- that SCO got this wrong. I mean doing this after SCO files for bankruptcy is like vocally backing a sports team and then doing a complete 180 after that team gets slaughtered. He had what, 4 years to change his mind? Why just now?
2) The man is a journalist -- not an expert as you pointed out. As a journalist, why form an opinion without asking the experts? You know, do a little research like we were taught in grade school. He's not an expert...let alone a journalist if he isn't going to dig in.
3) Yes, the actual villains are the SCO group -- but they wouldn't have had much weight if any of these people didn't trumpet their case. Others have pointed out Enderle, O'Gara, and Didio as well. These were the people that PHBs and the like were listening to, not the so-called "nerds" who got it right. These folks share a responsibility in the FUD-slinging that went on.
4) I don't think I'm holding the man to unreasonable standards. I think admitting one's mistake in a timely manner isn't unreasonable. I'd like to think journalistic integrity shouldn't be unreasonable...especially if you're a journalist.
5) It's a tough sell when you end up wrong on an issue against a lot of zealots. I think he'll continue writing and the PHBs will continue to read his stuff. "Awww, he apoligizes when he makes a mistake. That makes him even more credible!" As for me, I'm taking anything these particular folks write with all the salt in Costco.
1) I guess I was the only one who sent my $699 for my copy of Kubuntu.
2) They can sell their furniture to Microsoft -- I hear they could always use more chairs.
3) Two words, guys -- "bake sale"
I'm just glad these extortion deals about copyrights and patents are sorted out -- I mean after this, nobody's going to strongarm linux distros into signing patent protection agreements...ever...right? Um...right?
Incidentally, where are the folks from Yankee Group (Laura Didio, etc) who were so damn sure SCO was right? Wonder if their credibility has been appropriately damaged in all of this.
1) Put the machine in the living room. That'll help a little by making it easier to visually monitor.
2) dansguardian or squidproxy. Yes, proxies and filters aren't foolproof but if you're willing to at least try, it's a good way to go.
3) the obligatory -- talk to and spend time with your children...though at the teenage years, that may be more challenging.
disclaimer: I'm a clueless non-parent
Wait, you went to the prom? I'm not sure whether to be amazed, awed, or inspired by that.
On second thought, I'm gonna have to ask you to turn over your geek badge.
Assuming your post was a direct invitation...suppose I come over to your house to discuss the problem itself, and while I'm there, I happen to be illuminated by your light bulb, cooled by your air conditioning (please tell me you have AC 'cause it's too damn hot to discuss anything otherwise), and also suppose that on my way to your front door, as I'm walking on the public sidewalk, your sprinkler system sprays me with water, would it be fair to ask just this one question --
will there be punch and pie?