If you must put so many naughty words into a story, kindly warn people. Some (most?) of us read/. at work, and some of us have an over-sensitive naughty-word filter that throws up a very obviously naughty-word-filter-generated page for all to see. So, yeah, thanks for that.
Had to wait till I was home just to post this.
I've got no problem with swearing, but use your brain!
TFA was pretty light on detail, but these look like a completely different animal from the (warning: gratuitous Wikipedia link) mountain waves so beloved of glider pilots. Wonder if they're soarable?
Installed updates when I turned my computer on, not off
And I'd say, "Screw that! When I turn my PC on, I want to use it NOW, dammit, not wait for a bunch of updates!" I much prefer walking away when I'm done and letting the updates run. But then, I'm not jumping on a motorbike.
We should be able to choose between the two, and have our preference recorded for future updates.
I really like Slashdot and think it's a better site with me here than away. I can't imagine what others would do to it if I left!
airliners.net is going through exactly that. It's an unholy mess. A quick look at the Site Related forum tells you everything about what happens to a site when the founder sells out to a bunch of corporate bastards.
If anything, cranking up your magnetron might make you - and your car - a navigational waypoint.
I used to work at an airfield in Scotland, and we had two navigation beacons at opposite ends of the main runway, so about 900m apart. It was fascinating to watch flocks of Canada geese track directly overhead one or the other before setting a new course. (Of course, the bastards would always do this at circuit height...)
We used to joke about the birds having a different avionics fit - but maybe some lead birds just thought the VOR made a prettier colour than the NDB, and vice versa. *shrug*
Till now, I've never seen the point in multiple desktops. Finally, I think I've found a use for them. Free phone call displaying ads on one I'm not looking at, work on the other. Eat me, advertisers.
Agreed. Unfortunately, they don't see it that way. Instead of making the ads more subtle and bearable (and less likely to be blocked), they start committing atrocities like inserting them into the content.
Take airliners.net. They just got bought out, and the new crowd immediately slapped those damned IntelliTXT ads into the forum content.
All hell broke loose, in part because it was handled so spectacularly badly. Nearly 300 replies later, there are still members threatening to sue because their content's been "modified without permission".
But the management were forced into removing the abominations for logged-in users.
The thread's an interesting insight into how users feel about these ads - not to mention a very amusing lesson into how not to do PR.
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once there was a time when keyboards had shift keys
once there was a time when slashdotters knew the difference between its and it's, and how to use full stops
Canadian librarians IT
Go on, just use the acronym - you know you want to...
Then all your base would belong to US!
In the case of automobiles, probability is high but the impact is low. It's the other way around in aircraft failures.
Doesn't the impact happen at ground level either way?
If you must put so many naughty words into a story, kindly warn people. Some (most?) of us read /. at work, and some of us have an over-sensitive naughty-word filter that throws up a very obviously naughty-word-filter-generated page for all to see. So, yeah, thanks for that.
Had to wait till I was home just to post this.
I've got no problem with swearing, but use your brain!
...and when the rotors dig in, think how far the chair will get thrown!
Buggering... Buggering... Buggering...
Get thee back to Myspace.
TFA was pretty light on detail, but these look like a completely different animal from the (warning: gratuitous Wikipedia link) mountain waves so beloved of glider pilots. Wonder if they're soarable?
That's not a spiral - that's gibbon-guts!
Installed updates when I turned my computer on, not off
:P
And I'd say, "Screw that! When I turn my PC on, I want to use it NOW, dammit, not wait for a bunch of updates!" I much prefer walking away when I'm done and letting the updates run. But then, I'm not jumping on a motorbike.
We should be able to choose between the two, and have our preference recorded for future updates.
But my way should still be the default
As long as Demand Media don't get their hands on Slashdot........ because a.net's screwed.
George Foreman must be ecstatic.
Either that or leave him out in the back yard as a Buzzard Collector.
I really like Slashdot and think it's a better site with me here than away. I can't imagine what others would do to it if I left!
airliners.net is going through exactly that. It's an unholy mess. A quick look at the Site Related forum tells you everything about what happens to a site when the founder sells out to a bunch of corporate bastards.
I'm glad you're still here, Rob.
Haven't gynaecologists been checking boxes for years?
Of course, Ctrl-I, text to italicise, Ctrl-I is even faster. It even makes sense.
If anything, cranking up your magnetron might make you - and your car - a navigational waypoint.
I used to work at an airfield in Scotland, and we had two navigation beacons at opposite ends of the main runway, so about 900m apart. It was fascinating to watch flocks of Canada geese track directly overhead one or the other before setting a new course. (Of course, the bastards would always do this at circuit height...)
We used to joke about the birds having a different avionics fit - but maybe some lead birds just thought the VOR made a prettier colour than the NDB, and vice versa. *shrug*
"This, just a few days after the discovery of a search-based exploit was discovered."
Woo-hoo, meta-discovery! Oh wait - no, it's just Zonk screwing up.
Very reactive is all well and good - but very proactive is better.
Till now, I've never seen the point in multiple desktops. Finally, I think I've found a use for them. Free phone call displaying ads on one I'm not looking at, work on the other. Eat me, advertisers.
Would that all of us could live to read something so moving about ourselves, to know we made a difference.
Prefix a question with "wild-ass guess", and get modded Informative. Only on Slashdot...
Wild-ass guess - was that originally intended to nail the Ku Klux Klan?
Agreed. Unfortunately, they don't see it that way. Instead of making the ads more subtle and bearable (and less likely to be blocked), they start committing atrocities like inserting them into the content.
Take airliners.net. They just got bought out, and the new crowd immediately slapped those damned IntelliTXT ads into the forum content.
All hell broke loose, in part because it was handled so spectacularly badly. Nearly 300 replies later, there are still members threatening to sue because their content's been "modified without permission".
But the management were forced into removing the abominations for logged-in users.
The thread's an interesting insight into how users feel about these ads - not to mention a very amusing lesson into how not to do PR.