Don't most Slashdot readers read K5?
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The AudioGalaxy Story
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That's pretty old news, I would think most have seen it already.
I read it a few weeks ago. The author attempted to portray his company as an innocent victim of the RIAA, and I certainly wouldn't support what they did. However, AudioGalaxy, at least the later versions, were a piece of trash. The most recent one before they were shutdown had tracking software that you couldn't not opt-out of. They were in the p2p business to make money through gathering consumer information and violating privacy, and I would support them no more than the RIAA.
* Every position has an assigned cost that's looked up from a table. The OEU/HTN positions of Dvorak have no cost. A and S are 1 unit; I and D are two; P and GCR are three; Y and F are four; ", QJK, MWV, and L are five; : and Z are six; and X and B are seven. * Using the same finger twice in succession on distinct letters costs 10 units. * When two keys in a row are struck with the same hand, it costs two units if they're on different rows or on the bottom row, and one unit if they're not adjacent. * If three or more keys are hit in succession by the same hand, one unit is charged for each key after the second.
Using this algorith, it doesn't make sense to me, at least, to use 4096 random generations and then "evolve" them. I would be curious how a keyboard layout designed based on which letters are typed the most would compare. Using the point system above, it seems to me that it would make sense to put the most commonly typed letters in the 0 position (say a,e,i,t,r,s) and then the next most commonly typed in the 1 position (o,n?) and so on.
There is a very easy and simple way to prevent something like that happening: uncap the moderation totals.
Doing that, at least for interviews, would ensure that the questions that Slashdot readers most want to see are asked. Slashdot editors would also no longer get to pick which questions they want to see asked, which is an ability I think they are hesisitant to relinquish.
Is that second puzzle supposed to be hard? The hotel manager has $26, the maid has $1, and each guy has $1. 26+1+1*3=30. Do people really have trouble solving something like that?
I quit playing about 1.5-2 years ago, and hadn't really heard much about M:TG online. However, before I quit, many people played online with a program known as Apprentice. It was free, and had all the cards in the game in the database, so that you could build decks and then test them against other people online. It wasn't a high quality program, the cards had no pictures, the program had bugs, etc, but it was still a great way to play at your house and to test decks. Does anyone know if WotC has done anything to them?
For the German Impared
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Draw!
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AMD is up 11-7, with 8 stalemates. AMD has 15 points (57.7%) while Intel has 11 (42.3%). I assume the points are some sort of chess match scoring mechanism. I've only had 2 years of rudementary German, so I can't translate the article or anything close.
If you saw Minority Report, you would know that you can get replacement eyes on the street for $2-3k US. Also, if you saw Men In Black, they have that neat machine that burns your fingerprints off your hand.
Marge: Homer, it's 2 am. What happened?
Homer: It was an alien, Marge! It appeared in front of me and said "Don't be Afraid."
Marge: (smells) Have you been drinking?
Homer: No! Well, ten beers.
To assert that because Microsoft advertises on slashdot they control it is assanine at best. Anyone who reads this site on a regular basis will consistantly see stories biased against Microsoft. If Microsoft wants to waste their money funding a site that spreads negative information about them, more power to them. I'm confident that Microsoft has no control over slashdot or we wouldn't see so many negative stories about them.
Slashdot Mirror
So let them fucking starve.
That's pretty old news, I would think most have seen it already.
I read it a few weeks ago. The author attempted to portray his company as an innocent victim of the RIAA, and I certainly wouldn't support what they did. However, AudioGalaxy, at least the later versions, were a piece of trash. The most recent one before they were shutdown had tracking software that you couldn't not opt-out of. They were in the p2p business to make money through gathering consumer information and violating privacy, and I would support them no more than the RIAA.
* Every position has an assigned cost that's looked up from a table. The OEU/HTN positions of Dvorak have no cost. A and S are 1 unit; I and D are two; P and GCR are three; Y and F are four; ", QJK, MWV, and L are five; : and Z are six; and X and B are seven.
* Using the same finger twice in succession on distinct letters costs 10 units.
* When two keys in a row are struck with the same hand, it costs two units if they're on different rows or on the bottom row, and one unit if they're not adjacent.
* If three or more keys are hit in succession by the same hand, one unit is charged for each key after the second.
Using this algorith, it doesn't make sense to me, at least, to use 4096 random generations and then "evolve" them. I would be curious how a keyboard layout designed based on which letters are typed the most would compare. Using the point system above, it seems to me that it would make sense to put the most commonly typed letters in the 0 position (say a,e,i,t,r,s) and then the next most commonly typed in the 1 position (o,n?) and so on.
Is there a way to prevent this?
There is a very easy and simple way to prevent something like that happening: uncap the moderation totals.
Doing that, at least for interviews, would ensure that the questions that Slashdot readers most want to see are asked. Slashdot editors would also no longer get to pick which questions they want to see asked, which is an ability I think they are hesisitant to relinquish.
Is that second puzzle supposed to be hard? The hotel manager has $26, the maid has $1, and each guy has $1. 26+1+1*3=30. Do people really have trouble solving something like that?
I quit playing about 1.5-2 years ago, and hadn't really heard much about M:TG online. However, before I quit, many people played online with a program known as Apprentice. It was free, and had all the cards in the game in the database, so that you could build decks and then test them against other people online. It wasn't a high quality program, the cards had no pictures, the program had bugs, etc, but it was still a great way to play at your house and to test decks. Does anyone know if WotC has done anything to them?
AMD is up 11-7, with 8 stalemates. AMD has 15 points (57.7%) while Intel has 11 (42.3%). I assume the points are some sort of chess match scoring mechanism. I've only had 2 years of rudementary German, so I can't translate the article or anything close.
Here. I think that's the same article.
Ever wonder just what they were doing over there?
But you can't change your biometrics.
If you saw Minority Report, you would know that you can get replacement eyes on the street for $2-3k US. Also, if you saw Men In Black, they have that neat machine that burns your fingerprints off your hand.
Marge: Homer, it's 2 am. What happened? Homer: It was an alien, Marge! It appeared in front of me and said "Don't be Afraid." Marge: (smells) Have you been drinking? Homer: No! Well, ten beers.
to take this article seriously?
It's easier to vandalize a Web site than to program a remote control.
Seems like a sensationalist piece intending to attract attention through misinformation rather than inform the reader.
Here's another story I'm sure you'll believe.
To assert that because Microsoft advertises on slashdot they control it is assanine at best. Anyone who reads this site on a regular basis will consistantly see stories biased against Microsoft. If Microsoft wants to waste their money funding a site that spreads negative information about them, more power to them. I'm confident that Microsoft has no control over slashdot or we wouldn't see so many negative stories about them.
Who wants to watch robots play soccer?
link (it fills out the form and refers you, it's not a trick)
There were some other juicy parts released not too long ago.