It could work if the power-supply was built into the base for the sphere to sit on... with perhaps a little tube or something that hooked into the sphere. It doesn't seem to show what's in the top half of the sphere either.. could be hiding there somewhere?
They still forgot the blinking lights and cool glowing surface. Wonder if they could partially integrate a PC into a big lightning ball without it frying (touch, zap, on)?
So in other words... you should probably wash the butter and salt residue off your fingers before putting your hands near its face.
If my rats (deemed some of the smarter rodents) can't figure out the difference between a food-coated finger and actual food... I'm not about to trust some disney AI!
Name it after a historic event, a place in a well-known book, or perhaps even something from a movie.
Suggests:
The Matrix: Almost anybody gets that one
NeverNever Land: For MS machines, because that's where data goes too in some cases...
Tarterus (sp?): Depends on how much you like your job.
Might also depend on what you name your servers, or what you plan to name them. You could have a theme place from a book, and name your servers after the characters.
Which reminds me, I was going to ask a very similar question... as to what cool names people have heard for servers. We have ours named after Political Figures and trees here. I have the first server of my own being built and was thinking of naming it after a celestial body, or perhaps a galaxy
If this is a real number... or an exaggeration. The editors must really have a tough time of it sometimes, if they get this many articles. No wonder we get dupe posts etc.
I've had a question submission in pending since last week, they're probably really busy (or, hopefully, saving mine for a slow day).
17,232 on a Microsoft court ruling... I wonder how many post when the next distro of brand-X linux comes out. Also wonder how many people are visiting/. in a day lately, if this many are actually posting submissions.
Also wonder if they chose the AC just so that the other 17,231 people didn't have a name to cry foul upon when theirs was not the chosen submission.
Indeed he probably is. I wasn't trying to be a grammer Nazi (or whatever other type is associated with movie catchphrases), I was more interested in finding the meaning of the term. It did give me a chuckle though, but perhaps my geeky sense of humour is warped.
Nice try at BS'ing... and it would make a cool plot twist. The only problem is that agents are electronic and computerized entities. The don't have human bodies. Unless Neo were an android, which I'm sure they would have realized as they were rebuilding his body etc etc, that plot twist is a no-fly.
That's one of my ultimate annoyance. You fill out a form, something goes wrong, and you have to click "back" (which reloads the page) and fill everything out.
Much preferred is
Click " onClick="history.back(); return false;">here to go back.
You get the best of both worlds. If JS is on... the user goes back to a nice friendly form with most data still there. If not, the user still has at least a working link.
Of course the best way is sometimes to repost the form with data filled in, and bad fields tagged for fixing... but for a one-click solution that's the easier.
That includes breaking out the soldier and a flash-rom you bought and having fun.
At first I was confused.. then I saw the mistake and I got a good laugh. I'm assuming you mean Solder, the material used with a gun to melt little metallic pieces onto a wire, PCB, etc.
If somebody was likely to break out the soldier, it would probably be the corps, as I've heard one cableco already sicked the FBI on some poor modem crackers.
As mentioned previously... aren't you going to be slightly pissed when your 6-8yr old kid scratches his one month old DVD slightly, but just in the right spot so that it doesn't play anymore? I keep all my PC games on backup. When I go somewhere with them (e.g. LAN parties, etc), I am ensured that
a) My originals don't walk
b) The don't get scratched/damaged/screwed
It's bad enough to have to worry about the kids not breaking the $300 console, without worrying about a little scratch rendering a $60+ game worthless too. You can back up the games, stick them in a closet, and let the kiddies play on the copies. Trust me, it's a very legitimate use, and one that parents tend to greatly appreciate without being labelled immediately as pirates.
I love the ones that tell you to "check this site", and it includes your email address as part of a GET string. I just go to the main site to find the webmaster/info email (or use a whois), and sign in happily using:
www.someurl?somebullshit=blahvlah&id=webmaster@spa mmersdomain.com
I wonder how many of these idiots are actually getting their own SPAM. It wouldn't make me the least bit sad to discover that 99% of employees at spam-friendly inc are themselves getting spammed.
Gun's don't kill people, people kill people
That's always been my primary standing against gun register. Criminals aren't likely to register their weapons. All it really does is make sure that if "average joe" shoots somebody with a registered weapon (crimes of passion, etc), it is easier to track him down.
That being said, I still don't see the point in automatic, or semi-automatic weapons in common society. Last time I checked, nobody was going to take down a deer with an Uzi - unless they like their meat well-ventilated:-)
Not all boss's are uptight and don't know how to have fun. Some companies actually promote (legal) gaming during breaks, and some bosses actually join in
I wouldn't be surprised if his boss is the one in the corner yelling "John, if you camp out and frag me with that railgun one more time you're not getting a Christmas bonus!"
Guns are made for killing. Killing equals illegal.
Last time I checked, it was perfectly legal to go out and shoot a deer (licensed, in season). I can't see much reason for anyone having semi-automatics etc though.
Most video cards with TV-out are cheaper than this. GF4 for example - via S-video, with optional conversion to RCA-style connector, and a booster to bypass Macrovision issues if connected to a VCR (or in my case, an old BETA machine). Combined with a PC DVD-ROM and you can play everything just fine.
Granted, wireless is pretty cool, but this seems to be not-entirely-useful in a comparative aspect... unless your computer is beyond TV proximity.
Nice thing about computers though - people may biatch about the cost, the the addons sometimes replace home electronics more cheaply. PC DVD-ROM's were a helluva lot cheaper than console ones for a loooong time, and you can play around with them more.
I remember reading about this quite some time ago too... however - much as I'd like to check that link - I'm at work right now and wary of anything that has "goat" in it when posted on slashdot.
If anyone else checks it and finds it to be ok, let me know, otherwise I'll wait until returning home.
In regards to the spidergoats though... what happens in they are not milked regularly... wouldn't the buildup be dangerous as silk is somewhat less liquid/etc than mulk.
Winamp doesn't belong to MS, so we're probably just warning people.
I'm not sure which is worse:
a) Those that imagine everything MS does is attempt to rule the world
b) Those that imagine every posting mentioning a bug in MS is a covert attack.
Considering the amount of geeks here that are into Mp3's, or those that maintain networks (with users who play downloaded Mp3's, permitted or not), this warning sounds like it fits well on slashdot.
This applies to a lot of formats actually, including many of the windows media ones (I have used some of the AVI variants, and some ASF ones too though they tend to suck). Once you've updated the CODEC, you can play your file on most players.
The Direct Marketing Association is threatening to sue to save U.S. consumers from the potential loss of buying opportunities
Seems to me that if you took the time to sign up for this list, then you would be just plain pissed off by any further telemarketer calls, and thus not likely to purchase anything anyways. No customer lost here.
Now, if they really want to advertise, I've found those washroom/urinal advertising signs to be quite effective as most men prefer to look straight forward and having something to read helps prevent the possibility of peripheral vision eye-wandering.
I pay with the credit card and eat teh (sic) 3% non-cash markup
Did you know that it's actually against the Visa contract to charge the consumer +3% on the purchase? The seller is suppose to eat this charge - I think it was mentioned on an earlier slashdot post/thread.
Getting the old fax number of a Chinese businessman. I used to get continual faxes to my land-line at about 2-3am... try were traced to China.
Spam is annoying in your inbox, when it makes it to your phone it is ten times the annoyance. Shouldn't they mandate a block/allow list for cellphones, since (on many plans) it's a pay-per service. i.e. with my local carrier, it's $0.10 for text message unless you subscribe to the service.
More recently, they allowed users to be exempt from either the service subscription or the per-use payments... but it's still annoying to have so little control over your phone email - especially once spammers decide to start hitting random 1235555555@text.mycellphoneprovider.com
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It could work if the power-supply was built into the base for the sphere to sit on... with perhaps a little tube or something that hooked into the sphere. It doesn't seem to show what's in the top half of the sphere either.. could be hiding there somewhere?
They still forgot the blinking lights and cool glowing surface. Wonder if they could partially integrate a PC into a big lightning ball without it frying (touch, zap, on)?
So in other words... you should probably wash the butter and salt residue off your fingers before putting your hands near its face.
If my rats (deemed some of the smarter rodents) can't figure out the difference between a food-coated finger and actual food... I'm not about to trust some disney AI!
Not much snow, except the upper heights, here in BC either. Kamloops, Merritt, Vancouver... all bare.
Which leads me to think... computers+snow, not good.
Name it after a historic event, a place in a well-known book, or perhaps even something from a movie.
Suggests:
The Matrix: Almost anybody gets that one
NeverNever Land: For MS machines, because that's where data goes too in some cases...
Tarterus (sp?): Depends on how much you like your job.
Might also depend on what you name your servers, or what you plan to name them. You could have a theme place from a book, and name your servers after the characters.
Which reminds me, I was going to ask a very similar question... as to what cool names people have heard for servers. We have ours named after Political Figures and trees here. I have the first server of my own being built and was thinking of naming it after a celestial body, or perhaps a galaxy
If this is a real number... or an exaggeration. The editors must really have a tough time of it sometimes, if they get this many articles. No wonder we get dupe posts etc.
/. in a day lately, if this many are actually posting submissions.
I've had a question submission in pending since last week, they're probably really busy (or, hopefully, saving mine for a slow day).
17,232 on a Microsoft court ruling... I wonder how many post when the next distro of brand-X linux comes out. Also wonder how many people are visiting
Also wonder if they chose the AC just so that the other 17,231 people didn't have a name to cry foul upon when theirs was not the chosen submission.
Indeed he probably is. I wasn't trying to be a grammer Nazi (or whatever other type is associated with movie catchphrases), I was more interested in finding the meaning of the term. It did give me a chuckle though, but perhaps my geeky sense of humour is warped.
I'm sure the people of Scotland were overjoyed.... I'm fairly sure the term is "Great Scot" though.
While on the topic, anyone know the origin of this term?
Nice try at BS'ing... and it would make a cool plot twist. The only problem is that agents are electronic and computerized entities. The don't have human bodies. Unless Neo were an android, which I'm sure they would have realized as they were rebuilding his body etc etc, that plot twist is a no-fly.
Still thing it would be cool though.
That's one of my ultimate annoyance. You fill out a form, something goes wrong, and you have to click "back" (which reloads the page) and fill everything out.
Much preferred is Click " onClick="history.back(); return false;">here to go back.
You get the best of both worlds. If JS is on... the user goes back to a nice friendly form with most data still there. If not, the user still has at least a working link.
Of course the best way is sometimes to repost the form with data filled in, and bad fields tagged for fixing... but for a one-click solution that's the easier.
That includes breaking out the soldier and a flash-rom you bought and having fun.
At first I was confused.. then I saw the mistake and I got a good laugh. I'm assuming you mean Solder, the material used with a gun to melt little metallic pieces onto a wire, PCB, etc.
If somebody was likely to break out the soldier, it would probably be the corps, as I've heard one cableco already sicked the FBI on some poor modem crackers.
As mentioned previously... aren't you going to be slightly pissed when your 6-8yr old kid scratches his one month old DVD slightly, but just in the right spot so that it doesn't play anymore? I keep all my PC games on backup. When I go somewhere with them (e.g. LAN parties, etc), I am ensured that
a) My originals don't walk
b) The don't get scratched/damaged/screwed
It's bad enough to have to worry about the kids not breaking the $300 console, without worrying about a little scratch rendering a $60+ game worthless too. You can back up the games, stick them in a closet, and let the kiddies play on the copies. Trust me, it's a very legitimate use, and one that parents tend to greatly appreciate without being labelled immediately as pirates.
I love the ones that tell you to "check this site", and it includes your email address as part of a GET string. I just go to the main site to find the webmaster/info email (or use a whois), and sign in happily using:a mmersdomain.com
www.someurl?somebullshit=blahvlah&id=webmaster@sp
I wonder how many of these idiots are actually getting their own SPAM. It wouldn't make me the least bit sad to discover that 99% of employees at spam-friendly inc are themselves getting spammed.
Welllll, it didn't say *which* SCSI drive it outperformed. So it could very well beat SCSI (of models X-years-old, anyways).
Nothing like flubbing a few facts, wonder how much WD slipped to "Tom's" for this one...
Ahhh... I guess I should have made a point of specially speaking on semi-auto/automatic handguns...
Still... I wonder if you're allowed to use an Uzi for hunting. It would be interesting to see somebody try.
From this?
Gun's don't kill people, people kill people
:-)
That's always been my primary standing against gun register. Criminals aren't likely to register their weapons. All it really does is make sure that if "average joe" shoots somebody with a registered weapon (crimes of passion, etc), it is easier to track him down.
That being said, I still don't see the point in automatic, or semi-automatic weapons in common society. Last time I checked, nobody was going to take down a deer with an Uzi - unless they like their meat well-ventilated
Not all boss's are uptight and don't know how to have fun. Some companies actually promote (legal) gaming during breaks, and some bosses actually join in
I wouldn't be surprised if his boss is the one in the corner yelling "John, if you camp out and frag me with that railgun one more time you're not getting a Christmas bonus!"
Guns are made for killing. Killing equals illegal.
Last time I checked, it was perfectly legal to go out and shoot a deer (licensed, in season). I can't see much reason for anyone having semi-automatics etc though.
Most video cards with TV-out are cheaper than this. GF4 for example - via S-video, with optional conversion to RCA-style connector, and a booster to bypass Macrovision issues if connected to a VCR (or in my case, an old BETA machine). Combined with a PC DVD-ROM and you can play everything just fine.
Granted, wireless is pretty cool, but this seems to be not-entirely-useful in a comparative aspect... unless your computer is beyond TV proximity.
Nice thing about computers though - people may biatch about the cost, the the addons sometimes replace home electronics more cheaply. PC DVD-ROM's were a helluva lot cheaper than console ones for a loooong time, and you can play around with them more.
I remember reading about this quite some time ago too... however - much as I'd like to check that link - I'm at work right now and wary of anything that has "goat" in it when posted on slashdot.
If anyone else checks it and finds it to be ok, let me know, otherwise I'll wait until returning home.
In regards to the spidergoats though... what happens in they are not milked regularly... wouldn't the buildup be dangerous as silk is somewhat less liquid/etc than mulk.
Winamp doesn't belong to MS, so we're probably just warning people.
I'm not sure which is worse:
a) Those that imagine everything MS does is attempt to rule the world
b) Those that imagine every posting mentioning a bug in MS is a covert attack.
Considering the amount of geeks here that are into Mp3's, or those that maintain networks (with users who play downloaded Mp3's, permitted or not), this warning sounds like it fits well on slashdot.
This applies to a lot of formats actually, including many of the windows media ones (I have used some of the AVI variants, and some ASF ones too though they tend to suck). Once you've updated the CODEC, you can play your file on most players.
The Direct Marketing Association is threatening to sue to save U.S. consumers from the potential loss of buying opportunities
Seems to me that if you took the time to sign up for this list, then you would be just plain pissed off by any further telemarketer calls, and thus not likely to purchase anything anyways. No customer lost here.
Now, if they really want to advertise, I've found those washroom/urinal advertising signs to be quite effective as most men prefer to look straight forward and having something to read helps prevent the possibility of peripheral vision eye-wandering.
I pay with the credit card and eat teh (sic) 3% non-cash markup
Did you know that it's actually against the Visa contract to charge the consumer +3% on the purchase? The seller is suppose to eat this charge - I think it was mentioned on an earlier slashdot post/thread.
Getting the old fax number of a Chinese businessman. I used to get continual faxes to my land-line at about 2-3am... try were traced to China.
Spam is annoying in your inbox, when it makes it to your phone it is ten times the annoyance. Shouldn't they mandate a block/allow list for cellphones, since (on many plans) it's a pay-per service. i.e. with my local carrier, it's $0.10 for text message unless you subscribe to the service.
More recently, they allowed users to be exempt from either the service subscription or the per-use payments... but it's still annoying to have so little control over your phone email - especially once spammers decide to start hitting random 1235555555@text.mycellphoneprovider.com