In a move to cash-in on name recognition, AOL will be naming this service 'Netscape'
I would think at this point more people, especially the newbies, would be aware of AOL then Netscape. AOL is the one with the constant stream of television commercials and coaster CDs.
Author and activist Naomi Klein has been working for the anti-globalisation, anti-corporate movement for some years but shot to fame with her first book, No Logo, examining the politics of big business, among other things.
The book provided a rallying call for those disenchanted with huge brands and, although Klein has no specific beef with the world of technology as such (despite her open criticism of Microsoft), her stance against the big corporations has struck a cord with - and mobilised - previously apolitical youth which is sure to have repercussions for the industry at large.
I almost bought this list until I came across Naomi Klein at 43rd. Let me summarize why she's on the list.
"Naomi Klein doesn't really write about technology per se and doesn't enjoy any real currency with most segments of the population. If she does write about technology then she will suddenly become more influential then Steve Ballmer and Tim Berners-Lee as unwashed teenagers throw rocks in windows with Microsoft and Gateway products."
Ummm, okay. As much as he's a toad, Jeremy Rifkin is far more influential in terms of criticizing aspects of technology then Klein and I wouldn't even place him on the list.
Sweet, we can trade people who don't know how to secure a Windows box for people who don't know how to secure a Linux box.
No offense dude, but informed computer users don't come from the choice of an operating system, they exist because people are genuinely interested in computers as an ends into itself.
To make matters worse, he refused to answer basic questions about his judicial philosophy during Senate hearings.
Untrue. What he was asked was a series of litmus questions -- basically abortion -- which was completely inappropriate. He was essentially being asked to rule on future court cases before he was even confirmed and presented them.
Ah statistics. Raw numbers sound impressive but they mean nothing. The fact of the matter is that history actually proves that Bush the Younger's judicial nominees are getting the shaft.
Former presidents Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton each saw most of their circuit court nominees confirmed -- 100 percent, 95 percent, 96 percent and 86 percent, respectively. For George W. Bush, that number is a paltry 53 percent and, unlike his predecessors, he has had many of his initial nominees ignored completely.
I'm sure Miguel Estrada, who was stonewalled because he was a Hispanic judge that didn't toe the Democratic Party line, might disagree with you on whether delays are going on.
Finally, the Senate Democrats themselves announced they would delay appointments. They issue a fscking statement to the media saying exactly that. Proof enough for you? Do I have to get Tom Daschle to call you and tell you exactly the same thing?
Did Mr. Sagan include himself? If so, how would he know intelligent life if he actually detected it?
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I read an article in the paper today that some high schools are now charging between 10 and 100 bucks to participate in any extracurricular activity because there's no budget for them. In related news, the reconstruction of Iraq will cost between 70 and 150 billion dollars.
Care to explain how they are related? Education is not a federal mandate under the constitution and though it's been a while I know for a fact that the funding of sports programs at schools definately isn't a federal mandate, Title X or no Title X.
...have enough money to buy both. It's not stupid to buy stuff you want, generally. Yes it's stupid to waste your money on cigarettes. Unless you're one of those people who are addicted (or just really, really like them). It's stupid to buy junk food. Unless you're addicted. It's stupid to buy an SUV, unless you don't care about the environment. Or just value your personal safety over that of the environment.
So let me get this straight, it's not stupid for you to buy the same DVD twice but it is stupid if I choose to buy those things on your list of mildly verbotten items.
Well, I'm happy to say that I own two SUVs (To quote you, I have enough money to buy both), I smoke and I occasionally eat junk food. I think your stupid for spending the money to buy the same DVD twice.
At/. it is difficult when inane comments are meant seriously or sarcastically. That's why I hedged my comment.
And besides, I prefer a clue by four over a bottle.
Basic looks pretty horrible, and it does the usual blocky MPEG artefacts when something moves quickly but it's better than VHS at least.
Really? You must have the cheapest VCR on the planet if you get pictures from it that feature artifacting. What are the heads on your VCR made out of, crayon?
That's why I laugh when I see the Microsoft icon with Bill Gates as a Borg. Who are the real parrots for a central intelligence? Mac owners. Who provides your hardware? Who provides your software? Who provides your excuses? That's right, the Queen aka Steve Jobs.
I frankly don't care what Apple does but the lack of intellectual consistency by owners of their computers and software is absolutely stunning.
It's also copyright infringement and if you don't believe that WaPo goes after web sites that allow their content to be reprinted, you should visit Free Republic and find out you are quite wrong.
Well said. I've been tired for a very long time of Star Trek's rampant PC politics. My dad had the power to lecture me and on occasion he still can so I don't need California vegetarian liberals telling me why I'm evil and not as enlightened as they are.
I'd like to educate my peers on the alternatives to Windows (Linux and Open Source), how hardware works and fits together, job offerings in computer-related fields, and anything else that may be of interest.
So you're less interested in starting a computer club then you are in "educating" people in Windows alternatives. That's called proselytizing, not educating.
Because they didn't destroy all the Terminator parts before he lowered himself into the molten metal. If you'll remember, they threw the arm and the chip from Cyberdyne (or whatever it was called) but they didn't throw in the arm that was ripped from Arnold by that big gear.
Is it possible I'm the only one who ever noticed this, or am I dumb and didn't notice them throwing in the second arm?
I suspect "discussing fan funded production of the show" will end when they find out how expensive television is. I realize that Farscape didn't cost as much as let's say ST:TNG or something but I doubt each episode cost less than $500 000.
I'm not trying to be a troll here but I honestly don't understand the devotion that people had to this show. Sub-par writing and sub-par acting the whole way.
V8? I think your being generous. I remember back in university (early to mid-90s) people despising anything other than v5.1 of WP.
Frankly, I date WP's death back in the day when Novell put out one of the worst versions of a software running on windows. After 5.1, people I know just switched to Word simply because WP on Windows (that first version) was just plain horrible.
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At the risk of seeming like a traffic whore, I reviewed the book myself last year here.
I would think at this point more people, especially the newbies, would be aware of AOL then Netscape. AOL is the one with the constant stream of television commercials and coaster CDs.
Author and activist Naomi Klein has been working for the anti-globalisation, anti-corporate movement for some years but shot to fame with her first book, No Logo, examining the politics of big business, among other things.
The book provided a rallying call for those disenchanted with huge brands and, although Klein has no specific beef with the world of technology as such (despite her open criticism of Microsoft), her stance against the big corporations has struck a cord with - and mobilised - previously apolitical youth which is sure to have repercussions for the industry at large.
I almost bought this list until I came across Naomi Klein at 43rd. Let me summarize why she's on the list.
"Naomi Klein doesn't really write about technology per se and doesn't enjoy any real currency with most segments of the population. If she does write about technology then she will suddenly become more influential then Steve Ballmer and Tim Berners-Lee as unwashed teenagers throw rocks in windows with Microsoft and Gateway products."
Ummm, okay. As much as he's a toad, Jeremy Rifkin is far more influential in terms of criticizing aspects of technology then Klein and I wouldn't even place him on the list.
Sweet, we can trade people who don't know how to secure a Windows box for people who don't know how to secure a Linux box.
No offense dude, but informed computer users don't come from the choice of an operating system, they exist because people are genuinely interested in computers as an ends into itself.
Untrue. What he was asked was a series of litmus questions -- basically abortion -- which was completely inappropriate. He was essentially being asked to rule on future court cases before he was even confirmed and presented them.
Former presidents Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton each saw most of their circuit court nominees confirmed -- 100 percent, 95 percent, 96 percent and 86 percent, respectively. For George W. Bush, that number is a paltry 53 percent and, unlike his predecessors, he has had many of his initial nominees ignored completely.
I'm sure Miguel Estrada, who was stonewalled because he was a Hispanic judge that didn't toe the Democratic Party line, might disagree with you on whether delays are going on.
Finally, the Senate Democrats themselves announced they would delay appointments. They issue a fscking statement to the media saying exactly that. Proof enough for you? Do I have to get Tom Daschle to call you and tell you exactly the same thing?
Did Mr. Sagan include himself? If so, how would he know intelligent life if he actually detected it?
Care to explain how they are related? Education is not a federal mandate under the constitution and though it's been a while I know for a fact that the funding of sports programs at schools definately isn't a federal mandate, Title X or no Title X.
Caligula's motto was better: "Oderint dum metuant" or in English: "Let them hate as long as they fear us."
Which is more than Mozilla ever made anyway...
So Slashdot is in love with someone as liberal as Gray Davis? Hey, as long as she's cute and reads Slashdot right?
So let me get this straight, it's not stupid for you to buy the same DVD twice but it is stupid if I choose to buy those things on your list of mildly verbotten items.
Well, I'm happy to say that I own two SUVs (To quote you, I have enough money to buy both), I smoke and I occasionally eat junk food. I think your stupid for spending the money to buy the same DVD twice.
At /. it is difficult when inane comments are meant seriously or sarcastically. That's why I hedged my comment.
And besides, I prefer a clue by four over a bottle.
> Is MicroSoft evil?
/. that would agree with that statement, then I apologize to you.
Cool, so Bill Gates is the equivalent of Adolph Hitler? I wish my grandfather were still alive so I could tell him of your casual stupidity.
Unless, of course, you're illustrating the casual stupidity found at
Really? You must have the cheapest VCR on the planet if you get pictures from it that feature artifacting. What are the heads on your VCR made out of, crayon?
That's why I laugh when I see the Microsoft icon with Bill Gates as a Borg. Who are the real parrots for a central intelligence? Mac owners. Who provides your hardware? Who provides your software? Who provides your excuses? That's right, the Queen aka Steve Jobs.
I frankly don't care what Apple does but the lack of intellectual consistency by owners of their computers and software is absolutely stunning.
It's also copyright infringement and if you don't believe that WaPo goes after web sites that allow their content to be reprinted, you should visit Free Republic and find out you are quite wrong.
Perhaps with the job description they could also specify someone who's never been with a woman because they'd get two for the price of one...
You! Have you ever kissed a girl?
Well said. I've been tired for a very long time of Star Trek's rampant PC politics. My dad had the power to lecture me and on occasion he still can so I don't need California vegetarian liberals telling me why I'm evil and not as enlightened as they are.
So you're less interested in starting a computer club then you are in "educating" people in Windows alternatives. That's called proselytizing, not educating.
Because they didn't destroy all the Terminator parts before he lowered himself into the molten metal. If you'll remember, they threw the arm and the chip from Cyberdyne (or whatever it was called) but they didn't throw in the arm that was ripped from Arnold by that big gear.
Is it possible I'm the only one who ever noticed this, or am I dumb and didn't notice them throwing in the second arm?
Your problem isn't with statistics, it's with people forecasting trends. There is a difference.
Well said brother. Well said.
I suspect "discussing fan funded production of the show" will end when they find out how expensive television is. I realize that Farscape didn't cost as much as let's say ST:TNG or something but I doubt each episode cost less than $500 000. I'm not trying to be a troll here but I honestly don't understand the devotion that people had to this show. Sub-par writing and sub-par acting the whole way.
V8? I think your being generous. I remember back in university (early to mid-90s) people despising anything other than v5.1 of WP.
Frankly, I date WP's death back in the day when Novell put out one of the worst versions of a software running on windows. After 5.1, people I know just switched to Word simply because WP on Windows (that first version) was just plain horrible.