I am the Way, The Truth, and The One True Hemos. Only through me shall the hemos be dispensed, and thus only through me shall the Hordes of hemos control the earth.
To be expected, really. I'm just surprised he hasn't moderated it up to Score: 7 (Brilliant). -- "HORSE."
My dream would be to see an Usenet-2 (or whatever you wish to call it) incorporating some of the ideas we see here.
Like what? Moderation? Post scoring? Ever hear of killfiles, d00d?
I'm sorry, but I will always prefer a self-maintained scorefile to a system whereby the community decides which posts are worthy. I use slrn, which has the most utterly godly scorefiling/killfiling system imaginable, to read USENET, and I get far less unwanted noise there than I do on/., even when reading ultra-busy weird strange alt groups like alt.slack. Sure, it takes effort to write up a decent killfile rather than letting the 'community' decide for you, but dammit, TANSTAAFL or something.
Fuck, I just quoted Heinlein. I think I'm going to go nip off and shoot myself... -- "HORSE."
But isn't Starcraft a little old? Does it still have a huge number of players? I dunno, but I would imagine that there are probably more profitable games Loki could do.
Starcraft's pretty old, but then again, so is chess. Quality strategy games have this habit of hanging around for a while...
Mars has about the same gravity as earth, you say? Quite a feat for a planet half earth's size...must be made of solid uranium or something. -- "HORSE."
If you're going to get the kid into dystopias, try Yevgeny Zamyatin's "We". It's the book that inspired both Brave New World and 1984, and everyone I've convinced to read it agrees that it is of far higher quality than those two. That said, Stanislaw Lem is absolutely perfect for everything. Beyond that, if you're prepared to have the kid's parents breathe fire at you, try your best to get her hooked on Philip K. Dick. Start with "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep", of course, though try to get a copy without the lame Blade Runner cover art. Nothing like reading headtrip fiction when you're in the early teens. She'll be screwed up, but in a/good/ way. Speaking of screwed up in a good way, if you can smuggle the Book of the SubGenius to her, consider it. It's incredibly naughty, but very very clever. Of course, this is completely out of the question if you're not interested in inspiring "Diamond Age" style subversiveness in your niece. Oh yeah, Stephenson's good too:) -- "HORSE."
Bah. Damned near everything Penrose's book, what's it called, "The Emperor's New Mind"? something like that, was pretty thoroughly debunked within hours after publication. -- "HORSE."
Well, I'm sure most rational readers reject the soulist hypothesis out of hand (and for good reason, considering how generally poorly-defined it is), but any serious consideration of these sort of machine-clone issues leads one to suspect that the very concept of there being a self per se, that "I" am, is rather...well, it just doesn't seem to work. -- "HORSE."
I've found the hockey puck mouse isn't that awful, if you hold it sideways. Sure, you have to internally (brainwise) remap left-right to up-down and vice-versa, but that's not/too/ difficult. -- "HORSE."
Nah, that's cheesy, by naming that Nashville food bank as the 'default' he's pretty much dictated (well, to anyone with taste) that giving it to some software organization is The Wrong Thing. Maybe it'd be best to work out some kinda deal where whoever wins the auction splits the cash between the Nashville charity and a similar charity in wherever they live, with maybe a small portion going to the FSF? -- "HORSE."
See, the thing is, a Klein bottle doesn't have a hole in it (well, a/real/ Klein bottle, sadly impossible in 3-d), but it still wouldn't have an inside or outside. -- "HORSE."
Yeah, I know, the company's worth gazillions, they can afford this mistake, and it is their own mistake. But I don't see how exploiting this loophole does anything other than steal money from them.
As several other people have pointed out earlier, it's not as if Microsoft didn't know that this was possible when they drafted the CA and OR contracts. This isn't some small loophole that they overlooked, this is Microsoft deliberately handing out money. They were betting that far fewer people would notice this than otherwise, and unfortunately they lost. I mean, say Bill Gates walks up to you and draws up a contract stating that he will give you one hundred thousand dollars if a coin flip comes up heads, would you refuse to accept the money if it did? -- "HORSE."
You know, when adults cut a deal, they should hold up their end.
The whole idea that someone would drop that because Microsoft was at the other end is just sick. I don't steal from my friends, and I don't steal from my enemies either. I don't do things like that because they're wrong.
I guess nobody here ever paid for shareware either. I thought this was supposed to be a community that was reasonable even without government intervention. Maybe I was wrong. *sigh*
Sure, that SOUNDS good, but how are you going to justify it to the shareholders? If you live in CA or OR and you don't take advantage of this, you are clearly not exercising due diligence. -- "HORSE."
All that's clear is that you can't tell the difference between a hole in your head and a hole in your ass, since you're blending together two protocols plus one programming language in your blathering little rants. Why don't you explain what the fundamental problem with HTTP is that makes it completely unsuitable for Slashdot? Why don't you explain what the fundamental problem with HTML is that makes it completely unsuitable for Slashdot? Why don't you explain what the fundamental problem with mod_perl/Apache is that makes it completely unsuitable for Slashdot? And why don't you explain why millions of other sites work just fine?
Not that he's not a nutfuck, of course, but it really would be convenient to be able to read/. using, say, slrn (I'm thinking slrn's scoring/killfiling abilities, here) -- "HORSE."
Was it a slow busy or a fast busy? Generally, if the reason you're getting the busy signal is because of too many people using the phone network, rather than the line you're calling actually being busy, the busy signal tone will beep much faster... -- "HORSE."
We'll post an in-depth story within a day or two. Please dont... Slashdot is a great place for bouncing around headlines of 'news for nerds' and for associated discussion (though that part is slowly falling to pieces), but as far as 'reporting' you suck more than Commodore's marketing department. [...] If you want to hire an/experienced/ reporter to do this kind of stuff please do - but the drivle youve so far demonstrated you produce is crap. There is more to news production that you have yet grasped.
Hey! I like/.'s reporting style! It's not that bad, really. They may be tremendously biased, but they are clueful, and I for one will take biased over clueless any day of the week...at least with a biased reporter, there's at least a chance e might actually be right.
Of course, I wouldn't let Katz touch this one with a ten foot pole, since he's got all of the bias and very little of the technological knowhow (not to say that he isn't at least occasionally an enjoyable read, especially when he bothers to *ahem* spellcheck).
Three computers? And if they disagree, the decision is made by majority rule? Ooh, if I worked in NASA, it'd be so hard not to refer to them as Melchior, Casper, and Balthazar...teehee... -- "HORSE."
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To be expected, really. I'm just surprised he hasn't moderated it up to Score: 7 (Brilliant).
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"HORSE."
Like what? Moderation? Post scoring? Ever hear of killfiles, d00d?
I'm sorry, but I will always prefer a self-maintained scorefile to a system whereby the community decides which posts are worthy. I use slrn, which has the most utterly godly scorefiling/killfiling system imaginable, to read USENET, and I get far less unwanted noise there than I do on /., even when reading ultra-busy weird strange alt groups like alt.slack. Sure, it takes effort to write up a decent killfile rather than letting the 'community' decide for you, but dammit, TANSTAAFL or something.
Fuck, I just quoted Heinlein. I think I'm going to go nip off and shoot myself...
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"HORSE."
Starcraft's pretty old, but then again, so is chess. Quality strategy games have this habit of hanging around for a while...
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"HORSE."
Mars has about the same gravity as earth, you say? Quite a feat for a planet half earth's size...must be made of solid uranium or something.
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"HORSE."
If you're going to get the kid into dystopias, try Yevgeny Zamyatin's "We". It's the book that inspired both Brave New World and 1984, and everyone I've convinced to read it agrees that it is of far higher quality than those two. That said, Stanislaw Lem is absolutely perfect for everything. Beyond that, if you're prepared to have the kid's parents breathe fire at you, try your best to get her hooked on Philip K. Dick. Start with "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep", of course, though try to get a copy without the lame Blade Runner cover art. Nothing like reading headtrip fiction when you're in the early teens. She'll be screwed up, but in a /good/ way. Speaking of screwed up in a good way, if you can smuggle the Book of the SubGenius to her, consider it. It's incredibly naughty, but very very clever. Of course, this is completely out of the question if you're not interested in inspiring "Diamond Age" style subversiveness in your niece. Oh yeah, Stephenson's good too :)
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"HORSE."
Bah. Damned near everything Penrose's book, what's it called, "The Emperor's New Mind"? something like that, was pretty thoroughly debunked within hours after publication.
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"HORSE."
Well, I'm sure most rational readers reject the soulist hypothesis out of hand (and for good reason, considering how generally poorly-defined it is), but any serious consideration of these sort of machine-clone issues leads one to suspect that the very concept of there being a self per se, that "I" am, is rather...well, it just doesn't seem to work.
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"HORSE."
I've found the hockey puck mouse isn't that awful, if you hold it sideways. Sure, you have to internally (brainwise) remap left-right to up-down and vice-versa, but that's not /too/ difficult.
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"HORSE."
linuxsux has retracted his bid...
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"HORSE."
Nah, that's cheesy, by naming that Nashville food bank as the 'default' he's pretty much dictated (well, to anyone with taste) that giving it to some software organization is The Wrong Thing. Maybe it'd be best to work out some kinda deal where whoever wins the auction splits the cash between the Nashville charity and a similar charity in wherever they live, with maybe a small portion going to the FSF?
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"HORSE."
Ahem. I think now would be a good time for my all-time favorite J. R. "Bob" Dobbs quote.
"Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day."
"Give that same man a gun, and others will feed him for a lifetime."
Damn straight, Mr. Dobbs!
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"HORSE."
I thought 80286s couldn't run Linux...
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"HORSE."
See, the thing is, a Klein bottle doesn't have a hole in it (well, a /real/ Klein bottle, sadly impossible in 3-d), but it still wouldn't have an inside or outside.
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"HORSE."
As several other people have pointed out earlier, it's not as if Microsoft didn't know that this was possible when they drafted the CA and OR contracts. This isn't some small loophole that they overlooked, this is Microsoft deliberately handing out money. They were betting that far fewer people would notice this than otherwise, and unfortunately they lost. I mean, say Bill Gates walks up to you and draws up a contract stating that he will give you one hundred thousand dollars if a coin flip comes up heads, would you refuse to accept the money if it did?
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"HORSE."
J.r. "bob" Dobbs!
your Wu-Name is
Dependable Skeleton
Use it wisely, soldier.
Dependable Skeleton!
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Use it wisely, soldier.
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Cheeky Delinquent
Use it wisely, soldier.
Cheeky Delinquent!
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Ol' filthy Sweaty bastard!
your Wu-Name is
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Use it wisely, soldier.
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your Wu-Name is
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Use it wisely, soldier.
Monolithic Fishmonger-x!
your Wu-Name is
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Use it wisely, soldier.
Tha eurythmic king of Nowhere!
your Wu-Name is
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Use it wisely, soldier.
Well-liked Assman!
your Wu-Name is
Ol` Filthy, Sweaty Bastard
Use it wisely, soldier.
Yes! A loop! I AM VICTORIOUS!!!!1!
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"HORSE."
The whole idea that someone would drop that because Microsoft was at the other end is just sick. I don't steal from my friends, and I don't steal from my enemies either. I don't do things like that because they're wrong.
I guess nobody here ever paid for shareware either. I thought this was supposed to be a community that was reasonable even without government intervention. Maybe I was wrong. *sigh*
Sure, that SOUNDS good, but how are you going to justify it to the shareholders? If you live in CA or OR and you don't take advantage of this, you are clearly not exercising due diligence.
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"HORSE."
...Ed! Ed! is the standard text editor! Ed, man! !man ed
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"HORSE."
>Bah, use Emacs and the latest GNUS (gnus?), it has an interface that makes slashdot articles look like a news group, etc etc..
:), and it's great for reading articles. (Gnus scoring on top of slashdot scoring... :)
/will/ hunt you down and...and I think I'll gut you. Yes, that's it.
I haven't posted back from it yet, but it *looks* cool
Are you serious? I didn't know this was even possible, if you're lying to me I
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"HORSE."
If so what distro of Linux have you used?
You sound like Joseph McCarthy :)
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Not that he's not a nutfuck, of course, but it really would be convenient to be able to read /. using, say, slrn (I'm thinking slrn's scoring/killfiling abilities, here)
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"HORSE."
Was it a slow busy or a fast busy? Generally, if the reason you're getting the busy signal is because of too many people using the phone network, rather than the line you're calling actually being busy, the busy signal tone will beep much faster...
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"HORSE."
Bugger off. Everyone celebrates Newtonmas now. It's better that way (HHOS).
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We'll post an in-depth story within a day or two. Please dont ... Slashdot is a great place for bouncing around headlines of 'news for nerds' and for associated discussion (though that part is slowly falling to pieces), but as far as 'reporting' you suck more than Commodore's marketing department. /experienced/ reporter to do this kind of stuff please do - but the drivle youve so far demonstrated you produce is crap. There is more to news production that you have yet grasped.
[...]
If you want to hire an
Hey! I like /.'s reporting style! It's not that bad, really. They may be tremendously biased, but they are clueful, and I for one will take biased over clueless any day of the week...at least with a biased reporter, there's at least a chance e might actually be right.
Of course, I wouldn't let Katz touch this one with a ten foot pole, since he's got all of the bias and very little of the technological knowhow (not to say that he isn't at least occasionally an enjoyable read, especially when he bothers to *ahem* spellcheck).
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"HORSE."
Three computers? And if they disagree, the decision is made by majority rule? Ooh, if I worked in NASA, it'd be so hard not to refer to them as Melchior, Casper, and Balthazar...teehee...
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"HORSE."