Well many of us who believe in Valhalla are agreed that the name of Thor should not be uttered or written except by those who believe. Thor himself is rightly pissed, especially since Loki bombed and its only a question of time before the lightening bolts start and people are getting clattered with a fuck off hammer.
Anything that provides cheap and easy acccess to millions of 'potential customers' will always attract morons prepared to abuse the system regardless of the consequences for others. To replace email at this point would be a staggering endeavour with no guarantee the same abuse will not take place with the new system.
You mean their QA actually signed off a product that rejected p but accepted 25 other potentially dangerous alphabetical characters ? The mind boggles. The only way to be safe is to block all the evil characters and let the digits through
I am dubious to the value of using a bunch of students for this project. Many virus writers etc seem to be highly motivated, determinded individuals hell bent on annoying the crap out of the rest of us. I cant see the students replicating this commitment
"Having just finished my first batch of home-brew beer, I've been thinking about my attraction to 'lost arts'
Drinking a skinful of beer will put these thoughts in your head. I usually solve all the worlds problems after a few. Can never seem to remember the solutions the next day though
So they are going to make a movie about some kid who pilots a huge robotic weapon to battle alien invaders.
Did I miss a centry or so cos last I heard we were still alone in the universe and we did not possess huge robotic weapons. Aussuming then most of this movie will be CGI where exactly does the live part come into this ? Is throwing a few actors into a CGI extravaganza all thats required these day?
Do some research. Get one and a take a trip couple of miles out to sea in a boat. Attach watch to wrist. Attach a large lump of concrete to your ankles and throw the concrete overboard whilst grasping nokia communicator firmly between your teeth. Post results to slashdot as you go.
I know women are supposed to suffer for their beauty but I think expecting then to get into a
bath of molten calcium chloride salt at 850 C is probably a bit more than most are willing to do just to get bigger tits. Oh you said silicon...
Late Sunday, Microsoft general counsel Brad Smith said acquiring the license from SCO "is representative of Microsoft's ongoing commitment to respecting intellectual property and the IT community's healthy exchange of IP through licensing
(or possibly because the government isn't ready to revel the information)
You have got to be kidding. If the goverment had that information it would be rammed down our throats 24/7 for the next month as justification for the war in the first place.
and they probably also moved them to other countries
Yeah I can just see the head of some bananna republic thinking to himself that despite the fact
that Sadam was universally hated in both east and west and the most powerful army in the world will invade on the even the assumption of possession of these weapons why not hide then for him. What harm could it do eh ?
Did Iraq have limited chemical weapon capability yes, probably developed from Antrax sold to them by the US. This is where the US certainty come in. They 'know' because they provided the foundation.
Did Iraq they have WMD? more than likely not. Does it matter? NO the US has access to the Oil, all else is irrelevant now.
What makes you so sure there is a truly intuitive desktop.
Self preservation, feelings, sex, these things are intuitive to us as humans after millions of years of evolution. A GUI is a man made construct, its not natural and unlikely to invoke emotional reponses within us .
A GUI is a paradigm represented to the user. The quality of the paradigm varies between implementations but they all will have a few key elements which tune the user to expect a certain response to a certain action, ie its not intuitive to them, it becomes 'intuitive' because they learn more about it. Consistency as you point out has been one of the strongest point of MS GUI's so there ware now 10's of millions of users who find it 'intuituive' despite whatever short comings it might have. The MS GUI usually does what the user has come to expect. Attempting to impose a new paradigm will prove extremely difficult at this point in time.
What is the linux community coming to when people actually write tutorials on how to use applications. Man pages with so many options they resemble a form of Hieroglyph were just about acceptable. Worse was to follow a lot half heart how-to's which fortunately seldom explained what you actually wanted.
Next thing you know linux apps will be come fully documented, with samples and context sensitive help. Anyone will be able to use them !!
in 10 years when Redhat has achieved total domination and released their new home entertainment system there will be a rush to see who will be the first to port win2010 to it and then posting to cfullcolon to brag about their l33t skillz and demanding the right to be allowed install the home entertainment systems as their car stereo if they so choose without being forced to make their car available to anyone who wants to drive it under the terms of the new Redhat GPL
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Well many of us who believe in Valhalla are agreed that the name of Thor should not be uttered or written except by those who believe. Thor himself is rightly pissed, especially since Loki bombed and its only a question of time before the lightening bolts start and people are getting clattered with a fuck off hammer.
Anything that provides cheap and easy acccess to millions of 'potential customers' will always attract morons prepared to abuse the system regardless of the consequences for others. To replace email at this point would be a staggering endeavour with no guarantee the same abuse will not take place with the new system.
You mean their QA actually signed off a product that rejected p but accepted 25 other potentially dangerous alphabetical characters ? The mind boggles. The only way to be safe is to block all the evil characters and let the digits through
Gene stop trying to plug your book
where did they get the figure of $1.6-trillion of damage done by viruses
I was out sick for 2 weeks a few months ago with a virus so that explains a lot but I'm dammed if I know where they got the other half trillion from.
I am dubious to the value of using a bunch of students for this project. Many virus writers etc seem to be highly motivated, determinded individuals hell bent on annoying the crap out of the rest of us. I cant see the students replicating this commitment
You are a lifesaver. I will now be an intellectual giant compared to my pathetic mates with their hangovers and disconnected memories.
Spoken like a true geek virgin. My inner need is for something a lot more tangible, soft, feminine and preferably with large breasts.
"Having just finished my first batch of home-brew beer, I've been thinking about my attraction to 'lost arts'
Drinking a skinful of beer will put these thoughts in your head. I usually solve all the worlds problems after a few. Can never seem to remember the solutions the next day though
to all they stars. were they removed from the photo ?
Na with the automation of weapons and IRC communication it just means the recruiting adds will change their requirements to something like
Ability to work alone (usually forced)
Extensive experience in underground bunkers (parents basement is acceptable)
Ability to type 80 wpm
Extensive experience with RTS and FPS games
Childish desire to hit back at society for rejecting your inept social skills by attempting to achieve global domination
So they are going to make a movie about some kid who pilots a huge robotic weapon to battle alien invaders.
Did I miss a centry or so cos last I heard we were still alone in the universe and we did not possess huge robotic weapons. Aussuming then most of this movie will be CGI where exactly does the live part come into this ? Is throwing a few actors into a CGI extravaganza all thats required these day?
Exactly. If this is how he gets his thrills he really needs to stay home more often.
Why do you need one of these to tell your robot to pull the power plug out ?
Do some research. Get one and a take a trip couple of miles out to sea in a boat. Attach watch to wrist. Attach a large lump of concrete to your ankles and throw the concrete overboard whilst grasping nokia communicator firmly between your teeth. Post results to slashdot as you go.
There are already plenty on chumps in it already
I know women are supposed to suffer for their beauty but I think expecting then to get into a bath of molten calcium chloride salt at 850 C is probably a bit more than most are willing to do just to get bigger tits. Oh you said silicon...
Late Sunday, Microsoft general counsel Brad Smith said acquiring the license from SCO "is representative of Microsoft's ongoing commitment to respecting intellectual property and the IT community's healthy exchange of IP through licensing
Only the minions of Satan work on Sunday
Students bring peace to the Middle East, and an end to war and world hunger in a single session at the Mock UN.
No film as 11 because we all to happy to watch TV
(or possibly because the government isn't ready to revel the information)
You have got to be kidding. If the goverment had that information it would be rammed down our throats 24/7 for the next month as justification for the war in the first place.
and they probably also moved them to other countries
Yeah I can just see the head of some bananna republic thinking to himself that despite the fact that Sadam was universally hated in both east and west and the most powerful army in the world will invade on the even the assumption of possession of these weapons why not hide then for him. What harm could it do eh ?
Did Iraq have limited chemical weapon capability yes, probably developed from Antrax sold to them by the US. This is where the US certainty come in. They 'know' because they provided the foundation.
Did Iraq they have WMD? more than likely not. Does it matter? NO the US has access to the Oil, all else is irrelevant now.
Dont worry the article will have a much more interesting header in the dupe tomorrow.
What makes you so sure there is a truly intuitive desktop.
Self preservation, feelings, sex, these things are intuitive to us as humans after millions of years of evolution. A GUI is a man made construct, its not natural and unlikely to invoke emotional reponses within us .
A GUI is a paradigm represented to the user. The quality of the paradigm varies between implementations but they all will have a few key elements which tune the user to expect a certain response to a certain action, ie its not intuitive to them, it becomes 'intuitive' because they learn more about it. Consistency as you point out has been one of the strongest point of MS GUI's so there ware now 10's of millions of users who find it 'intuituive' despite whatever short comings it might have. The MS GUI usually does what the user has come to expect. Attempting to impose a new paradigm will prove extremely difficult at this point in time.
What is the linux community coming to when people actually write tutorials on how to use applications. Man pages with so many options they resemble a form of Hieroglyph were just about acceptable. Worse was to follow a lot half heart how-to's which fortunately seldom explained what you actually wanted.
Next thing you know linux apps will be come fully documented, with samples and context sensitive help. Anyone will be able to use them !!
in 10 years when Redhat has achieved total domination and released their new home entertainment system there will be a rush to see who will be the first to port win2010 to it and then posting to cfullcolon to brag about their l33t skillz and demanding the right to be allowed install the home entertainment systems as their car stereo if they so choose without being forced to make their car available to anyone who wants to drive it under the terms of the new Redhat GPL
My real name is Anonymous Coward. What does this mean for me ??