I have no idea if there really is a high priority submission queue or not, so if there is I've obviously not been invited to be part of "the inner circle" and my sig is a (supposedly) humorous comment on the all-to-human tendency to look down on snobs, until we get the chance to join them, at which point ego averrules ideals.
About an hour after the above was posted it got a +1, funny. Some time later, apparently, another moderator did the same, and while I'm flattered, it wasn't *that* funny and that second mod point could have been put to better use elsewhere. If the second moderator never saw the first moderation then please ignore this post as I am spouting nonsense. Note to moderators: Don't feel compelled to waste yet another point marking it overrated. I'll try to bear up under the strain of the extra karma:)
There is an interesting article on The Register about how the GAO strongly disagrees with the DOJ about all of this. They (the General Accounting Office) "recently looked into computer and information security procedures in numerous government bureaus" and had a lot to say about not concentrating on intrusion detection to the exclusion of other pre-emptive techniques, and The Register offered a plausible theory about the reason for the DOJ's approach--turf!
Linux, of any flavor, isn't ready for the desktop if we're talking about my mother's computer (even though she's used them on and off since the days of the Apple II in her office--they went to x86-based years ago, I've got one of their old PC-XT's and their old Lantastic software), but then, neither is anything from Microsoft, unless I'm around to do the install and then answer questions from time to time, so the question of whether or not something's ready for the desktop depends as much on how it gets and stays there as it does on how it acts.
"...establish a procedure to verify...that a system meets the standards..." Doesn't say they have to do it for free, so I expect you'll have to pay a more than nominal fee to obtain verification that the system in question meets those standards, and seeing as how it says "...upon the petition of an interested party..." you'll probably have to pay a lawyer to file the papers as well. You may well overload your wallet before overloading some particular branch of government.
The R.I.A.A. is worried about what they consider to be their rights. They probably aren't particularly worried about yours, or whatever difficulties enforcing their rights would cause you.
Not if they're doing the job properly, they won't. They'll go back and read as much of the original thread as necessary to judge properly. (this is easier with redundant than with troll or funny, however)
Unfortunately, voting for Slick Willie was the only viable way to keep the Republicans out.:) Now if the voting system were changed so that you voted "yes" or "no" on each candidate (you could vote for or against any and/or all of them), so that you could vote for the Independent *and* for the Republican and against the Democrat, or for the Independent *and* for the Democrat and against the Republican, then one could safely vote for the Independent without losing a chance to help block the Democrat or Republican that you fear the most. I realize that this could have put Ross Perot in office, which is a pretty scary thought (although at least he knows a little about computers:), but then again, if *all* the candidates received more "no" votes than "yes" votes that would have sent a wonderful message to all of them.
For Independent read "3rd party wacko of your choice".
Looked at the test, didn't take it, don't know what kind of answers give what kind of score, but I thought Signal 11's post was mildly humorous and not really deserving of downward moderation. This opinion doesn't necessarily apply to any of his/her other posts:)
"The PC Weasel distinguishes itself even further by being an open-source product." In that case, anyone know where I can download the schematic and parts list so that I can roll my own?
If accepts a standard of measure that calls Microsoft a large software company (as opposed to a gargantuan one), can any other companies qualify for that appellation? Especially if one excludes "large hardware*and*software companies" such as IBM?
and to extend the garbage analogy... Archeologists of the future may find this stuff fascinating and extremely helpful in understanding the present era, but right now it's just garbage, and it just gets in the way.
How about the logic of subject/comment agreement. Think of Slashdot as a vacant lot that some of us are trying to build on and some of us are dumping garbage on. If we see someone walking up carrying a trash can, we're likely to jump to the conclusion that they're there to dump more, not to pick some up.
the government has a bad habit of selling off as surplus/discontinuing stuff only to find out 5 minutes later that they need it more than ever. Like wind tunnels years ago (see remarks of Alex Tremaine, auto designer, from a car mag years ago) or the SR-71.
When you put 1st post in the subject line, it tends to color the perception of whatever follows. Perhaps this is unfair, but people tend to judge by appearances, and all the first post idiots (Okay, I did it once, but that was a long time ago) have irreversibly poisoned the well, so to speak. So posters have a choice. They can submit something that they want to share and have appreciated, or they can blow it by letting themsleves be mistaken for your average useless first poster, troller, etc.
"We both agreed that the roadblocks placed in the way of B&N by Amazon's patents are small. After all, what did it take B&N to work around the 1-click patent? They had to add a second click for the user to confirm the order." I thought Microsoft had the patent on the second click.:)
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I have no idea if there really is a high priority submission queue or not, so if there is I've obviously not been invited to be part of "the inner circle" and my sig is a (supposedly) humorous comment on the all-to-human tendency to look down on snobs, until we get the chance to join them, at which point ego averrules ideals.
About an hour after the above was posted it got a +1, funny. Some time later, apparently, another moderator did the same, and while I'm flattered, it wasn't *that* funny and that second mod point could have been put to better use elsewhere. :)
If the second moderator never saw the first moderation then please ignore this post as I am spouting nonsense.
Note to moderators: Don't feel compelled to waste yet another point marking it overrated. I'll try to bear up under the strain of the extra karma
Didn't he work for Marvel in the mid to late '60's? (Last time I read them)
Anybody got a buzzword to English dictionary I could borrow?
There is an interesting article on The Register about how the GAO strongly disagrees with the DOJ about all of this.
They (the General Accounting Office) "recently looked into computer and information security procedures in numerous government bureaus" and had a lot to say about not concentrating on intrusion detection to the exclusion of other pre-emptive techniques, and The Register offered a plausible theory about the reason for the DOJ's approach--turf!
Linux, of any flavor, isn't ready for the desktop if we're talking about my mother's computer (even though she's used them on and off since the days of the Apple II in her office--they went to x86-based years ago, I've got one of their old PC-XT's and their old Lantastic software), but then, neither is anything from Microsoft, unless I'm around to do the install and then answer questions from time to time, so the question of whether or not something's ready for the desktop depends as much on how it gets and stays there as it does on how it acts.
"...establish a procedure to verify...that a system meets the standards..."
Doesn't say they have to do it for free, so I expect you'll have to pay a more than nominal fee to obtain verification that the system in question meets those standards, and seeing as how it says "...upon the petition of an interested party..." you'll probably have to pay a lawyer to file the papers as well. You may well overload your wallet before overloading some particular branch of government.
The R.I.A.A. is worried about what they consider to be their rights. They probably aren't particularly worried about yours, or whatever difficulties enforcing their rights would cause you.
I can see that someone might disagree as to whether the above was funny or not, but I'd say it was perfectly on-topic.
If one posts and is attacked by an AC, is one's response to the AC really off-topic?
Not if they're doing the job properly, they won't. They'll go back and read as much of the original thread as necessary to judge properly. (this is easier with redundant than with troll or funny, however)
No, you're thinking of his great-great-great-great grandson, Professor Thomas Hemmings Jefferson. :)
Now if the voting system were changed so that you voted "yes" or "no" on each candidate (you could vote for or against any and/or all of them), so that you could vote for the Independent *and* for the Republican and against the Democrat, or for the Independent *and* for the Democrat and against the Republican, then one could safely vote for the Independent without losing a chance to help block the Democrat or Republican that you fear the most.
I realize that this could have put Ross Perot in office, which is a pretty scary thought (although at least he knows a little about computers
For Independent read "3rd party wacko of your choice".
Looked at the test, didn't take it, don't know what kind of answers give what kind of score, but I thought Signal 11's post was mildly humorous and not really deserving of downward moderation. This opinion doesn't necessarily apply to any of his/her other posts :)
"The PC Weasel distinguishes itself even further by being an open-source product."
In that case, anyone know where I can download the schematic and parts list so that I can roll my own?
If accepts a standard of measure that calls Microsoft a large software company (as opposed to a gargantuan one), can any other companies qualify for that appellation? Especially if one excludes "large hardware*and*software companies" such as IBM?
Sevice or Kipling?
Yeah, I know, you've never kippled.
and to extend the garbage analogy...
Archeologists of the future may find this stuff fascinating and extremely helpful in understanding the present era, but right now it's just garbage, and it just gets in the way.
How about the logic of subject/comment agreement.
Think of Slashdot as a vacant lot that some of us are trying to build on and some of us are dumping garbage on. If we see someone walking up carrying a trash can, we're likely to jump to the conclusion that they're there to dump more, not to pick some up.
the government has a bad habit of selling off as surplus/discontinuing stuff only to find out 5 minutes later that they need it more than ever. Like wind tunnels years ago (see remarks of Alex Tremaine, auto designer, from a car mag years ago) or the SR-71.
When you put 1st post in the subject line, it tends to color the perception of whatever follows. Perhaps this is unfair, but people tend to judge by appearances, and all the first post idiots (Okay, I did it once, but that was a long time ago) have irreversibly poisoned the well, so to speak. So posters have a choice. They can submit something that they want to share and have appreciated, or they can blow it by letting themsleves be mistaken for your average useless first poster, troller, etc.
"We both agreed that the roadblocks placed in the way of B&N by Amazon's patents are small. After all, what did it take B&N to work around the 1-click patent? They had to add a second click for the user to confirm the order." :)
I thought Microsoft had the patent on the second click.
This rates a +1 Funny? I was right, the moderators are either under or over medicated.
It's one o' them love-hate co-dependent enabler type things.
So what you want me to do is go to a URL that just happens to include your name? :)
Well, the overall subject is unwanted advertising