We produce light popular entertainment, and light popular entertainment is trivial, disposable, and therefore culturally insignificant, at least so far as podunk city councilors and ill-advised state legislators are concerned.
Yes, because culturally significant music, books, and movies never draw criticism from School Boards, City Councils, and State Legislators.
No, wait. I was thinking of Bizarro world. In the world I live in, if games were actually culturally insignificant then School Boards, City Councils, and State Legislators wouldn't even be aware they existed.
Based on his prior posts, your assessment of dismal dada's facilities are probably correct. No matter how hard he tries, or how many times he posts, he'll probably never get anything right, let alone more right.
Did you even read the paragraph, let alone the article? Where do you think the condition of 'no-profit' came from?
It came straight from the mouth of a guy with no legal training, and apparently without enough money or sense to ask a competent lawyer.
I can't blame the guy though. He wants very badly to make a star wars film, and he's left with a terrible dilema. He can either spend money on a lawyer and almost certainly be told that his idea opens him to untold liability, or he can go ahead and make the film without consulting a lawyer, and plead ignorance of the law.
one day wireless USB devices will really work with out-of-the-box Linux!
Has the Wireless USB (WUSB) specification even been finalized yet? Isn't it a little early to get excited about a niche protocol that may never reach the market?
Or does the submitter not understand the difference between Wireless USB and USB Wireless Networking Adapters?
Maybe possibly an editor will see my correction and post a correction to the article so people simply skimming the main page of RSS feed won't be getting the wrong information.
Strange. You have a low UID, yet you write as if you have absolutely no idea how slashdot works. Seriously, dude, the entire article was clearly submitted by one of the many, many trolls who flood the submission queue. Almost every single fact in the article was wrong, even including the time the orbiter landed.
Anyone who believes anything they read on slashdot is beyond help.
Anyway, my point: The other day I was sitting on said curb with my girlfriend while my friends went inside. She says, "I don't understand why you can't just even go inside. I'm done trying to figure you out."
I don't understand why you can't just even go inside. Are you afraid you're going to see something shiny, and buy it by accident?
And why can't your girlfriend go inside? Does she have to sit on the street because you're unable to control your wallet?
None of the russian probes planned for mars ever launched, let alone reached the planet.
The Soviet Mars 2 lander was the first manmade object on Mars, and the Mars 3 lander achieved the first soft landing. Both reached Mars five years before the American Viking.
In general, I think the "slashdot was wrong" posts are pointless. Never trust anything you read on slashdot. Half the posters are confused, half the posters are wrong, and half the posters are lying.
However, in this case Slashdot is partially correct. Mars Pathfinder carried the Sojourner Rover, which according to the robot hall of fame:
The flight team lost communication with the Sojouner September 27, after 83 days of daily commanding and data return. In all, the small 10.5 kilogram (23 lb) Sojouner operated 12 times its expected lifetime of seven days.
Of course, that wasn't multiple rovers, and a short 83 days hardly compares to the longevity of the more recent rovers, Spirit and Opportunity.
No, that's flamebait. Trolling is just trying to incite any reply.
The Coultergeist comment is a fricken joke, as if you couldn't tell that from the fact that I used the name "Coultergeist."
Ann Coulter frequently calls people juvenile names to dismiss their arguments. You called Ann Coulter a juvenile name to dismiss her arguments. This must be one of those "recursive" jokes that was all the rage among lisp programmers in the 70's. I'm sorry I didn't catch it earlier.
But seriously, don't pretend like your conversations with dada are dialectic. The guy is a lunatic screaming at the dark. If you scream at him, he'll scream back. But it's like hitting tennis balls at a wall. It's a perfectly fine exercise, but don't confuse it for real tennis.
Of course, a conversation with me is like hitting tennis balls to a dog.
I sometimes take a slightly more radical position than I really feel, for effect, for testing of my ideas, and for moving the window of discussion (hey, if the Coultergeist can do it, so can I)
The technical definition for what you do is "trolling." If you're fine with posting "for effect" rather than for discussion, and actively emulate the rhetorical style of Ann Coulter, then it hardly matters if you and dada are technically two seperate posters. You're the same side of the same coin.
Although, I have agree that you and dada are probably two seperate people. Dada's slashdot personality is an infinitely more interesting troll than you are.
If I were dada, I wouldn't astroturf myself unless there was some profit to be made, (Haha, only kidding, dada... Or am I?)
LOL. You should just create an account named "Teve Torbes", so we can avoid these discussions.
I'm actually curious, do you just not agree with his arguments or do you think he doesn't put together a good argument?
Seriously, dada, your arguments are complete shit. The gaping christmas goat-sized holes in your reasoning have been pointed out more times than I can count. The logic flaws demonstrated in nearly every of your posts are either intentional (which would make this conversation humorous, but pointless), or they are inadvertent (which would make this conversation sad, but pointless).
Either way, I really am wondering when you're going to get bored of the whole thing.
I'm guessing you just don't like his philosophy...
Interesting. You make an unsupported claim, and then spend the rest of your post following up that claim with irrelevant flamebait insults. If I didn't know better, I'd guess you're just dada, astroturfing yourself.
Ah, good old dada21. Whenever I'm looking for a good argument, as opposed to getting hit on the head lessons, which is what most conversation here amounts to, you are one of the ones I turn to.:)
If you think dada21 provides anything like a good argument, then you've been the student in far too many "getting hit on the head lessons."
Honestly dude, I often wonder if you are really just an extremely elaborate troll. "Dada" indeed.
You wonder if he's a troll? Of course he's a troll. He trolls slashdot to get attention and drive up the advertising revenue on his blogs. He's never been shy about admitting it, either. And he admits very frankly that since he never has anything particularly intelligent, interesting, or insightful to say, he's found that the best way to get people's attention is by trolling.
I have absolutely no way to know if believes the absolutely absurd things he posts on slashdot. But I am certain that he does not post to spread his beliefs (whatever those may be). He posts because he makes money doing it. He's the Slashdot equivilant of adware or spyware. He destroys the medium for his own personal benefit.
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Hemos, you got trolled so hard I bet your ass hurts. The article never mentions any Britsh wiretap of any kind.
No one cares
No, wait. I was thinking of Bizarro world. In the world I live in, if games were actually culturally insignificant then School Boards, City Councils, and State Legislators wouldn't even be aware they existed.
You live in a trailer park in south milwaukee and drive a used toyota corolla. Who, exactly, do you think wants to "mimic" your lifestyle? Junis?
I can't blame the guy though. He wants very badly to make a star wars film, and he's left with a terrible dilema. He can either spend money on a lawyer and almost certainly be told that his idea opens him to untold liability, or he can go ahead and make the film without consulting a lawyer, and plead ignorance of the law.
What do you mean "you believe there's some evidence?" Either evidence exists, or evidence does not exist. Put up or shut up.
Actually, both the article and the submission only talk about USB, and never mentions networking cards at all.
"Wireless USB" is just something timothy (the editor) made up and tacked on the end.
Oh noes! Teh Framers are teh infallibles!
Has the Wireless USB (WUSB) specification even been finalized yet? Isn't it a little early to get excited about a niche protocol that may never reach the market?
Or does the submitter not understand the difference between Wireless USB and USB Wireless Networking Adapters?
DIS
Strange. You have a low UID, yet you write as if you have absolutely no idea how slashdot works. Seriously, dude, the entire article was clearly submitted by one of the many, many trolls who flood the submission queue. Almost every single fact in the article was wrong, even including the time the orbiter landed.
Anyone who believes anything they read on slashdot is beyond help.
And why can't your girlfriend go inside? Does she have to sit on the street because you're unable to control your wallet?
However, in this case Slashdot is partially correct. Mars Pathfinder carried the Sojourner Rover, which according to the robot hall of fame: Of course, that wasn't multiple rovers, and a short 83 days hardly compares to the longevity of the more recent rovers, Spirit and Opportunity.
Ann Coulter frequently calls people juvenile names to dismiss their arguments. You called Ann Coulter a juvenile name to dismiss her arguments. This must be one of those "recursive" jokes that was all the rage among lisp programmers in the 70's. I'm sorry I didn't catch it earlier.
But seriously, don't pretend like your conversations with dada are dialectic. The guy is a lunatic screaming at the dark. If you scream at him, he'll scream back. But it's like hitting tennis balls at a wall. It's a perfectly fine exercise, but don't confuse it for real tennis.
Of course, a conversation with me is like hitting tennis balls to a dog.
Although, I have agree that you and dada are probably two seperate people. Dada's slashdot personality is an infinitely more interesting troll than you are.
Seriously, dada, your arguments are complete shit. The gaping christmas goat-sized holes in your reasoning have been pointed out more times than I can count. The logic flaws demonstrated in nearly every of your posts are either intentional (which would make this conversation humorous, but pointless), or they are inadvertent (which would make this conversation sad, but pointless).
Either way, I really am wondering when you're going to get bored of the whole thing.
I have absolutely no way to know if believes the absolutely absurd things he posts on slashdot. But I am certain that he does not post to spread his beliefs (whatever those may be). He posts because he makes money doing it. He's the Slashdot equivilant of adware or spyware. He destroys the medium for his own personal benefit.