Wow, it's like the ads in Minority Report!
Look at me! I'm clever! I made a really obvious connection to a very recent and very mediocre movie!
I've finally got into the groove of Slashdot!
Why is it that everyone wants so many damn features in their "media player"?
Doesn't anyone just fucking LISTEN to their MP3s? I swear that half of you freaks just organize them obsessively. And really, is there a need for 20,000 MP3s? I doubt that there are that many songs I would ever want to listen to, much less have in my playlist.
I've been working on a mod for my LCD that makes Slashdot interesting.
I've got some more work to do on it, but right now, what happens when I go to Slashdot is that the screen goes blank. I hope to add neon lights, and extra fan, and an airbrushed picture of Goku to it later.
Godzilla vs. Davezilla vs. Mozilla? When is that coming out on DVD? Can I preorder it from Amazon.com?
I hope they sub it. I hate dubs. By the way, I've already got some bootleg resin kits of all 3 monsters, if anyone is interested.
He used a goddamn RESTORE CD to install Win2K. Everyone knows that restore CDs are awful. The restore CD is responsible for the McAfee ad, and the fact that the Administrator account was setup as the default account.
This guy is a tool.
Besides, really, who cares how long it takes to install? Windows is easier to use in every way. You may save 30 minutes during the install with Linux, but you'll blow another 30 hours a week making it do the things Windows does out-of-the-box.
I think IMAX is dumb. But it does seem to satisfy the retards who like everything big. Really big. So big that it's not watchable.
People that think IMAX is cool are just as bad as people that drive SUVs, and like to watch monster truck races.
Fucking tasteless retards.
Oh yes, I'm sure that the movie studios are going to stop selling their movies to TV networks, because a few people are copying those movies. How much do they make by selling TV broadcast rights for their movies? Isn't it, oh, I don't know. MILLIONS of dollars for every movie? Not to mention the advertising revenue the networks themselves get
It's like saying to a mugger: "If you don't put that gun down, I'm gonna shoot myself!"
Fucking media companies.
"the TiVo outshines the PC-based systems by being easier to use and by offering more built-in intelligence."
Well, duh. In other news, tests show that a toaster beats a wood-burning furnace for toasting bread.
There ARE advantages to specialization.
Once you install CrazyBrowser, you'll never go back to Mozilla and it's crappy interface. CrazyBrowser is just about perfect. And it's free-as-in-beer.
Umm, everyone knows that a single, faster CPU is very often faster than dual, slower CPUs.
Not many applications really "split the load" properly (or at all) between mulitiple CPUs. So the fact that the MP2200+ was faster than your dual Xeons isn't surprising, or an indication that Intel is "slipping".
If I don't want to watch ads, I'm free to skip them. Is there ANY kind of law that says otherwise? Looks like there soon will be if the MPAA has their way.
If no one wants to see the networks' ads, it's up to the NETWORKS to find a new source of income. Not that they will.
Personally, I could give a shit. There's almost nothing on TV worth watching, and there hasn't been for, well, forever.
X-Box?
The thing is a computer (fairly powerful one, actually), and it sells for $200.
Of course, there really isn't an operating system for it yet....
"incapable of delivering an utility IP network"
Should be "incapable of delivering *a* utility IP network".
"An" is used before vowel *sounds*, not before any vowel. For example, if you were playing Wheel of Fortune, you would say to Vanna, "Is there an L?". Not "Is there a L?".
Anyway, standard "Slashdot editors have embarrassingly bad English skills" rant.
I have to side with Time-Warner on this. As someone else said in this thread, cablemodem (and DSL, and dial-up) service is cheap because the ISP assumes that only a small percentage of users are going to be active at any given moment. Once you have a high percentage of them that are ALWAYS using bandwidth, a couple of things can happen a)everyones connection slows down or b)the ISP shells out more money for more bandwidth. In the case of 'B', that probably means that the price of the connection will go up, or the ISP will start lowering the "cap" on download/upload speed, or the ISP will simply go out of business.
Time-Warner, and all the high-speed ISPs, screwed up when they sold their services as "all you can eat" connections. I'm sure they figured that no one would actually take them up on it, but well....Napster;)
Still, do we want them to raise prices? Or stop service altogether? Simply because a certain group of geeks wants to share their connection with their equally geeky buddies? Fuck them. If they want to be an ISP, they should have to pay through the nose for bandwidth like the rest of the ISPs do.
Uhh, ethanol doesn't hurt your engine. Any modern (as in, post 1983) car can handle it just fine.
Do you really think that they would manufacture a car that COULDN'T handle ethanol? And if they did, wouldn't they tell you that when you bought it, and have warnings all over the car saying "Do Not Use Ethanol"? If the innards of your car rotted because you used ethanol because they didn't tell you NOT to, they'd be liable for the repairs. As well as being pretty vulnerable to a lawsuit.
Think before you post, retards.
I love his novels, but the publishers of his earlier work TOTALLY did him a disservice with the tiles they chose.
"Solar Lottery", "Clans of the Alphane Moon", "Martian Time-Slip"- these all sound like REALLY cheesy, juvenile sci-fi novels. When in fact they are very deep, and creepy literature.
The later novels finally got titles that hinted at the true weirdness inside, though.
Why is it that every book review featured on Slashdot reads like it was written by an 8th grader following the teacher's "How To Write A Book Report" outline?
There are never any real opinions or insights in the reviews. They're completely devoid of personality. I might as well read the blurb on the back of the cover.
What we really need is an *uncompressed* video format.
That said, DVDs look pretty good. I do wish that they would've made the standard for the format a disc in a cartridge, though. I HATE having to deal with bare discs that can get scratched easily.
Great. Now AOL is going to go around to the PC manufacturers, and cut weird deals with them so that Netscape Communicator and Realplayer are the defaults for everything.
Problem is, Communicator sucks, and Realplayer sucks.
Internet Explorer and Media Player are GOOD. They're better than the competition. This does nothing to help the consumer. But whatever. Microsoft must be punished for giving away software that is better than what the competition has.
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Apparently English is taught *incorrectly* as well.
Taught wrong. Jesus.
Wow, it's like the ads in Minority Report! Look at me! I'm clever! I made a really obvious connection to a very recent and very mediocre movie! I've finally got into the groove of Slashdot!
Why use a bomber or a spyplane when you can use a missile and a satellite? Both of which are much faster and much harder to shoot down.
Why is it that everyone wants so many damn features in their "media player"? Doesn't anyone just fucking LISTEN to their MP3s? I swear that half of you freaks just organize them obsessively. And really, is there a need for 20,000 MP3s? I doubt that there are that many songs I would ever want to listen to, much less have in my playlist.
I've been working on a mod for my LCD that makes Slashdot interesting. I've got some more work to do on it, but right now, what happens when I go to Slashdot is that the screen goes blank. I hope to add neon lights, and extra fan, and an airbrushed picture of Goku to it later.
Godzilla vs. Davezilla vs. Mozilla? When is that coming out on DVD? Can I preorder it from Amazon.com? I hope they sub it. I hate dubs. By the way, I've already got some bootleg resin kits of all 3 monsters, if anyone is interested.
He used a goddamn RESTORE CD to install Win2K. Everyone knows that restore CDs are awful. The restore CD is responsible for the McAfee ad, and the fact that the Administrator account was setup as the default account.
This guy is a tool.
Besides, really, who cares how long it takes to install? Windows is easier to use in every way. You may save 30 minutes during the install with Linux, but you'll blow another 30 hours a week making it do the things Windows does out-of-the-box.
I think IMAX is dumb. But it does seem to satisfy the retards who like everything big. Really big. So big that it's not watchable. People that think IMAX is cool are just as bad as people that drive SUVs, and like to watch monster truck races. Fucking tasteless retards.
Oh yes, I'm sure that the movie studios are going to stop selling their movies to TV networks, because a few people are copying those movies. How much do they make by selling TV broadcast rights for their movies? Isn't it, oh, I don't know. MILLIONS of dollars for every movie? Not to mention the advertising revenue the networks themselves get It's like saying to a mugger: "If you don't put that gun down, I'm gonna shoot myself!" Fucking media companies.
It's too bad Bruce Sterling is a fucking dork. He almost has a few good points in there. But it's all lost in the noise of his fucking dork-ness.
Why would you need to monitor the BIOS on startup? What's that going to do for you?
"the TiVo outshines the PC-based systems by being easier to use and by offering more built-in intelligence." Well, duh. In other news, tests show that a toaster beats a wood-burning furnace for toasting bread. There ARE advantages to specialization.
If you install CrazyBrowser:
http://www.crazybrowser.com
Once you install CrazyBrowser, you'll never go back to Mozilla and it's crappy interface. CrazyBrowser is just about perfect. And it's free-as-in-beer.
Umm, everyone knows that a single, faster CPU is very often faster than dual, slower CPUs.
Not many applications really "split the load" properly (or at all) between mulitiple CPUs. So the fact that the MP2200+ was faster than your dual Xeons isn't surprising, or an indication that Intel is "slipping".
If I don't want to watch ads, I'm free to skip them. Is there ANY kind of law that says otherwise? Looks like there soon will be if the MPAA has their way. If no one wants to see the networks' ads, it's up to the NETWORKS to find a new source of income. Not that they will. Personally, I could give a shit. There's almost nothing on TV worth watching, and there hasn't been for, well, forever.
The PS2 would be fine, but the X-Box has a hard drive included in the price.
X-Box? The thing is a computer (fairly powerful one, actually), and it sells for $200. Of course, there really isn't an operating system for it yet....
"incapable of delivering an utility IP network" Should be "incapable of delivering *a* utility IP network". "An" is used before vowel *sounds*, not before any vowel. For example, if you were playing Wheel of Fortune, you would say to Vanna, "Is there an L?". Not "Is there a L?". Anyway, standard "Slashdot editors have embarrassingly bad English skills" rant.
I have to side with Time-Warner on this. As someone else said in this thread, cablemodem (and DSL, and dial-up) service is cheap because the ISP assumes that only a small percentage of users are going to be active at any given moment. Once you have a high percentage of them that are ALWAYS using bandwidth, a couple of things can happen a)everyones connection slows down or b)the ISP shells out more money for more bandwidth. In the case of 'B', that probably means that the price of the connection will go up, or the ISP will start lowering the "cap" on download/upload speed, or the ISP will simply go out of business. Time-Warner, and all the high-speed ISPs, screwed up when they sold their services as "all you can eat" connections. I'm sure they figured that no one would actually take them up on it, but well....Napster ;)
Still, do we want them to raise prices? Or stop service altogether? Simply because a certain group of geeks wants to share their connection with their equally geeky buddies? Fuck them. If they want to be an ISP, they should have to pay through the nose for bandwidth like the rest of the ISPs do.
Uhh, ethanol doesn't hurt your engine. Any modern (as in, post 1983) car can handle it just fine. Do you really think that they would manufacture a car that COULDN'T handle ethanol? And if they did, wouldn't they tell you that when you bought it, and have warnings all over the car saying "Do Not Use Ethanol"? If the innards of your car rotted because you used ethanol because they didn't tell you NOT to, they'd be liable for the repairs. As well as being pretty vulnerable to a lawsuit. Think before you post, retards.
I love his novels, but the publishers of his earlier work TOTALLY did him a disservice with the tiles they chose. "Solar Lottery", "Clans of the Alphane Moon", "Martian Time-Slip"- these all sound like REALLY cheesy, juvenile sci-fi novels. When in fact they are very deep, and creepy literature. The later novels finally got titles that hinted at the true weirdness inside, though.
It's too bad that Bruce Sterling is a fucking dork.
Why is it that every book review featured on Slashdot reads like it was written by an 8th grader following the teacher's "How To Write A Book Report" outline?
There are never any real opinions or insights in the reviews. They're completely devoid of personality. I might as well read the blurb on the back of the cover.
What we really need is an *uncompressed* video format.
That said, DVDs look pretty good. I do wish that they would've made the standard for the format a disc in a cartridge, though. I HATE having to deal with bare discs that can get scratched easily.
Great. Now AOL is going to go around to the PC manufacturers, and cut weird deals with them so that Netscape Communicator and Realplayer are the defaults for everything.
Problem is, Communicator sucks, and Realplayer sucks.
Internet Explorer and Media Player are GOOD. They're better than the competition. This does nothing to help the consumer. But whatever. Microsoft must be punished for giving away software that is better than what the competition has.
This whole situation is retarded.