I'm pretty sure frequency hopping and spread spectrum are the same thing.
Hey, if we didn't have multiple names for all this tech stuff, ordinary people might be able to figure some of it out, and we can't have that, now can we?
My suggestion would be that sig nazis should at least post under a user name known to the Slashdot community from previous posts so we'll have some idea as to their credibility.
My other suggestion would be that they find something actually worth worrying about.
Good, I'm not the only person to have noticed. I can see it now, though. "I'm not crazy, officer, it really was down. Anonymous coward can corroborate my story!
Apparently being moderated up isn't going to be a problem here. Hope I get this one in Meta-moderating.
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You get a zero because everybody who posts anonymously gets a zero, and you need to have a user account, so that you're eligible to have your posts start at +1, and so that you'll be in the moderator pool eventually (or in 2 days at the rate Slashdot is growing). The guy two posts up from you got moderated down from a zero to a -1 because some of the moderators here either need their medication adjusted or they're jerks or idiots or some combination thereof. That's why we need people like you in the eligible to moderate category.
"Matlock is not thin." Matlock wore those baggy suits. The Salvage 1 character wore snug flannel shirts. Andy Griffith's appearance changed considerably prior to the "Matlock" series due to a medical condition. Also, he got older.
(would have replied sooner but I wasn't able to get Slashdot to load for several hours, even though other web sites seemed okay)
If you go back to the first comment and my reply, you'll see that someone has, over 48 hours after it was posted, moderated my reply down as offtopic, even though it was directly related to the content of the first post. I'm pretty sure now that it's an organized effort. Whoever they are, they seem to strike about once every 10 to 14 days. From some things I've read elsewhere I'm pretty sure several others are being targeted as well. The funny thing is, about a month ago, after my karma had been sitting at 12 for probably half a year, with me not particularly worried about it one way or another, only checked my user page frequently looking for replies, I got up to about 16 over the course of 3 or 4 days off of a few posts. Then within 2 days the "attack moderators" had me back down to 12, and I got annoyed enough to sink to their level and got busy, posting often, and, despite one temporary setback a couple of weeks ago, I'm now high enough up the karma scale to be able to spare plenty. I'm thinking of discontinuing playing the game and scaling back my efforts in order to qualify to moderate again. The trouble with getting older is that being juvenile becomes wearying, especially with problems in the real world that actually matter to deal with.
note to all the sig nazis: I'm posting this without checking the box that prevents the extra point from being added so this post will show up as a +2 instead of my usual +1.
note to all the sig nazis: I'm posting this without checking the box that prevents the extra point from being added so this post will show up as a +2 instead of my usual +1. note to taco: Why don't you make posting without a bonus point the default and give us a checkbox for adding it, since according to the moderator guidelines we're supposed to use it sparingly.
Tower, hope you check your user page for replies (and not just to see if your kama has gone up or down:-). Most of the moderators are decent people but as with any other community there are some that are on either too much or too little medication and some that are just plain jerks. Apparently, there are also a discouraging number that don't understand the meaning of the word "redundant".
Maybe we should post with the bonus all the time to draw the fire of the "attack" moderators to protect other posters (karma's for burning, right?).
Would the moderator who marked the above "redundant" please point out where someone else disagreed with the original poster about the educational value of broken glass before I did.
Redundant, in discourse, means unnecessarily repetitious. It does not mean irrelevant. If you think a post irrelevant, moderate it as off-topic.
People who go into a 2 day old thread with a total of 8 posts just to find something to moderate down make me wonder.
Seeing as how the actual Constitution (the piece of paper under glass somewhere in D.C.) is not your personal property, I don't think anything in it could be used to defend your actions if you actually tried to burn it. If you've got a copy printed on paper that you actually own, then feel free to use it to get those briquettes glowing.
I guess I'm going to have to change my sig to keep from having to constantly answer all the people who don't get it. Funny how the nastier they are about revealing their inability to understand it, the more likely they are to be Anonymous Cowards.
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Hey, if we didn't have multiple names for all this tech stuff, ordinary people might be able to figure some of it out, and we can't have that, now can we?
Do you suppose this could be related to the 3 disappearing government/military laptops?
Fraternity initiation? Scavenger hunt?
Isn't it time you got a user name to post this drivel under? My humble suggestion: sig nazi
We feel the same way about you.
To save bandwidth, refer to my previous post.
My other suggestion would be that they find something actually worth worrying about.
Maybe we *should* close down the entire Internet for a day or so for spring cleaning.
Good, I'm not the only person to have noticed.
I can see it now, though. "I'm not crazy, officer, it really was down. Anonymous coward can corroborate my story!
I thought they tried it last night (EDT) for 4 or 5 hours. I sure couldn't get through, even though I could reach plenty of other sites.
Apparently being moderated up isn't going to be a problem here. Hope I get this one in Meta-moderating.
You get a zero because everybody who posts anonymously gets a zero, and you need to have a user account, so that you're eligible to have your posts start at +1, and so that you'll be in the moderator pool eventually (or in 2 days at the rate Slashdot is growing).
The guy two posts up from you got moderated down from a zero to a -1 because some of the moderators here either need their medication adjusted or they're jerks or idiots or some combination thereof. That's why we need people like you in the eligible to moderate category.
Yeah, that'll work. Look how effective peer pressure is on AC's here on Slashdot. :-)
"Matlock is not thin."
Matlock wore those baggy suits. The Salvage 1 character wore snug flannel shirts. Andy Griffith's appearance changed considerably prior to the "Matlock" series due to a medical condition. Also, he got older.
Grits (known in some circles as "Georgia ice cream") are made by grinding hominy. Hominy is made from corn.
If you go back to the first comment and my reply, you'll see that someone has, over 48 hours after it was posted, moderated my reply down as offtopic, even though it was directly related to the content of the first post. I'm pretty sure now that it's an organized effort. Whoever they are, they seem to strike about once every 10 to 14 days. From some things I've read elsewhere I'm pretty sure several others are being targeted as well.
The funny thing is, about a month ago, after my karma had been sitting at 12 for probably half a year, with me not particularly worried about it one way or another, only checked my user page frequently looking for replies, I got up to about 16 over the course of 3 or 4 days off of a few posts. Then within 2 days the "attack moderators" had me back down to 12, and I got annoyed enough to sink to their level and got busy, posting often, and, despite one temporary setback a couple of weeks ago, I'm now high enough up the karma scale to be able to spare plenty.
I'm thinking of discontinuing playing the game and scaling back my efforts in order to qualify to moderate again.
The trouble with getting older is that being juvenile becomes wearying, especially with problems in the real world that actually matter to deal with.
note to all the sig nazis: I'm posting this without checking the box that prevents the extra point from being added so this post will show up as a +2 instead of my usual +1.
note to taco: Why don't you make posting without a bonus point the default and give us a checkbox for adding it, since according to the moderator guidelines we're supposed to use it sparingly.
Tower, hope you check your user page for replies (and not just to see if your kama has gone up or down :-). Most of the moderators are decent people but as with any other community there are some that are on either too much or too little medication and some that are just plain jerks.
Apparently, there are also a discouraging number that don't understand the meaning of the word "redundant".
Maybe we should post with the bonus all the time to draw the fire of the "attack" moderators to protect other posters (karma's for burning, right?).
Redundant, in discourse, means unnecessarily repetitious.
It does not mean irrelevant. If you think a post irrelevant, moderate it as off-topic.
People who go into a 2 day old thread with a total of 8 posts just to find something to moderate down make me wonder.
First we elect Judge Jackson to the Presidency, and then he can appoint him.
Seeing as how the actual Constitution (the piece of paper under glass somewhere in D.C.) is not your personal property, I don't think anything in it could be used to defend your actions if you actually tried to burn it. If you've got a copy printed on paper that you actually own, then feel free to use it to get those briquettes glowing.
"...let's take a look at the trolls. They've given us all kinds of innovations ..." :)
Microsoft is always bragging about *their* innovation, too.
I guess I'm going to have to change my sig to keep from having to constantly answer all the people who don't get it. Funny how the nastier they are about revealing their inability to understand it, the more likely they are to be Anonymous Cowards.
It was Andy Griffith. Dick Van Dyke was a dentist in Arizona at the time.
Unfortunately, poor grammar on a site aimed at *students* probably won't be the "set back" it really should.
Dear Moderator:
See Butterfly, Madame
"They actually read the comments on /.?!!"
Of course, where better to conduct surveillance of the impending geek threat?