Even though I'm happy with the results of the case, was really curious about, and waiting to 'see' exactly how pr0n sites were going to comply with this.
I really wish us stubborn americans would just switch to SI...
So what are the S.I. units for a good ol'/.'ing?
Hits?
Sysadmin pagings?
Attempted GB's of transfer?
I'm just imagining what the local newscast tease would sound like, "Scientists at Caltech are reporting a slashdotting of 7.4 on the POSA* scale, centered under poorslashdottedbastard.com. Film at 11."
With the speed of current and future processors the delivery of a stable OS is preferable to a 3 year late, and tweaked OS that runs the same things just a little faster.
Exactly. When Copeland comes out it's gonna be smokin'.
Can you imagine having a Beowulf cluster of these "Profit" jokes?
step 1. Create Beowolf cluster of "Profit" jokes
step 2. ???
step 3. Profit!
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I'm using QT6 pro / Mac OS 9.2.2. It later dawned on me that I also have some Indeo Video extensions that I installed long ago (with Quicktime 5.0.5 according to the Get Info), though I don't know if these are crucial.
Did this tip work (or not) for anyone else?
So if Bush gets his way...
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So if Bush gets his way and we obliterate Iraq, what will become of the.iq domain?
here in the Netherlands we have quite a bit of advertising on the commercial (non-public) stations. Not as much as in the US, but the thing is that advertising time on the commercial stations is very expensive, so you tend to see good quality commercials
Heh - I went to see 'Welcome to Collinwood' (I grew up in Euclid, about a mile from Collinwood) this past Friday evening. A 10:15 showing, the final showing of the evening. I walked in at 10:19 and the movie was already playing. I'm not sure if it was because it's an independent film, the theater ('The Esquire' in Chicago) is an artsy theater, or because the theater will save more by closing a few minutes earlier than they otherwise would if the movie had a commercial prefix.
Contrast this to seeing movies at Universal City (in Los Angeles). Between movie ads, Pepsi ads, and other crap, it's rare that a movie starts within 17 minutes of its listed time.
By the way, unless you can see 'Welcome to Collinwood' in a packed theater, wait for the DVD - it's that kind of comedy.
"The directors argue the breaks are degrading from an artistical point of view."
This concept is so foreign in the United States I'm not sure if anyone will get it.
Other than when we pay (in theater, premium channels on cable, renting movies) we Americans are rarely exposed to commercial free anything. And not just on television. There's advertising everywhere.
A few years ago I taught in Finland and was impresssed by the fact that the "Government office of whatever..." mandated that movies broadcast over (the peoples!!!) airwaves could only have one (two?) commercial break, had to be uncut, and with the exception of children's titles, had to be subtitled (the 'no cheesy dubbing' law). The subtitling provision even applies to theaters.
It was wonderful.
To any Europeans reading this post - can you imagine watching the mini-series version of Das Boot (running time over five hours) on American television - 20 minutes of commercials per hour would bring the running time to eight hours. Our (Americans') collective attention span is currently about eight seconds - I suspect that American television networks have played a large part in this. In addition, imagine watching a deep movie that is interrupted with a commercial that's narrative starts out with, "Painful, burning vaginal itch...." I'm not making this up - this is an actual commercial here that runs during prime time on national networks.
I feel a rant coming on, so I'll end with this - Europeans might not know the value of a law like this because they have not been exposed to the unrelenting onslaught of advertising that is American Television. Americans might not know the value of a law like this because we have not been exposed to the bliss that is commercial free movies and sporting events. Well, except for the eight or ten of us who watched the World Cup.
microrant And God Dammit!!!! I had to stop watching the World Series last night (kept the sound on though) because of the fscking inserted ads right in the pitch trajectory - you MUST read the ad on every goddamn pitch, and it changes every half inning. FUCK I HATE THOSE THINGS. /microrant
It would appear that muropaketti.com's server is using the same technology to avoid the slashdotting meltdown that I fully expected.
I can hear it talkin' smack right now - "Bring it on you/.'ers. Brrrr. Is that all you've got? Fsck it's cold in here. All your hits are belong to us. God Dammit!!!, when I was shipped here from California I knew Finland was cold, but this is just fscking ridiculous."
Another important provision included in the bill makes it illegal
for corporate executives to receive loans from the company coffers.
The President has acknowledged he received a loan from Harken
in the late 1980s.
In recent days, questions have resurfaced about the way Bush
sold $848,000 worth of shares in Harken Energy Corp. just before
the stock price slumped, and about Bush's delay in filing the
required insider-trading report. The Harken deal helped Bush pay
off the loan on his $606,000 investment in the Texas Rangers baseball
team, for which he walked away with $14.9 million. In his defense,
Bush has repeatedly noted that the Securities and Exchange Commission
investigated possible insider trading but took no action against
him. The investigation occurred during his father's administration.
Bush's critics have sometimes joked - as they did of his father
- that he was ''born on third base and thought he hit a triple.''
In fact, the full context of Bush's business dealings provides
a somewhat different metaphor: This is the story of a man who
struck out numerous times before being bailed out by big hitters
who often were family members, friends, or supporters of his father.
Any idea what these are actually fueled with? Alcohol or something proprietary?
Methanol, IIRC. Might also run on ethanol, so if your laptop starts running low, just pour some vodka into it
I read the above and thought the opposite - you're coding, or whatever, and get frustrated to the point where you just say, "Fsck it", crack open the battery and drink it.
Comparing the volume of the 20GB offering from each company gives: iPod: 132 cc Zen: 209 cc
The Zen is 58% larger.
Given the overall dimensions, I suspect that the Zen is using a 2.5" HD vs. the iPod's 1.8"
On another note, after almost a year of heavy use / abuse, my 5GB iPod's battery life sucked - only about 3-4 hours, and it would be dead if left unplugged for a few days. I brought it to my local (Schaumburg, IL) Apple store and they swapped it out for a new (?) unit which has a kickass 11 hours of playtime. I have no experience with Creative Labs, but I wonder what level of warranty, and in my case out of warranty, support they give.
Slashdot Mirror
I'm not sure why a space was inserted into the URL, but here it is again:
T im e.hqx
http://wsidecar.apple.com/cgi-bin/qtc/nph-Quick
Can someone please mod down my previous comment.
The 10.1 MB OS9 standalone version is here:Q uickTim e.hqx
http://wsidecar.apple.com/cgi-bin/qtc/nph-
Maybe some lamerz...
Now 00:00:00:31:33:73...
Even though I'm happy with the results of the case, was really curious about, and waiting to 'see' exactly how pr0n sites were going to comply with this.
I really wish us stubborn americans would just switch to SI...
/.'ing?
So what are the S.I. units for a good ol'
Hits?
Sysadmin pagings?
Attempted GB's of transfer?
I'm just imagining what the local newscast tease would sound like, "Scientists at Caltech are reporting a slashdotting of 7.4 on the POSA* scale, centered under poorslashdottedbastard.com. Film at 11."
POSA - Pissed Off SysAdmin
With the speed of current and future processors the delivery of a stable OS is preferable to a 3 year late, and tweaked OS that runs the same things just a little faster.
Exactly. When Copeland comes out it's gonna be smokin'.
This I did not know.
0 &h l=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn
...
http://news.google.com/news?q=searchking&num=10
Google Sued over Page Ranking
Slashdot-4 hours ago
OrangeHairMan writes Google.com is being sued by SearchKing.com because Google purposefully
devalued his companies' and his customers' web sites, causing his
Can you imagine having a Beowulf cluster of these "Profit" jokes?
step 1. Create Beowolf cluster of "Profit" jokes
step 2. ???
step 3. Profit!
I'm using QT6 pro / Mac OS 9.2.2. It later dawned on me that I also have some Indeo Video extensions that I installed long ago (with Quicktime 5.0.5 according to the Get Info), though I don't know if these are crucial.
Did this tip work (or not) for anyone else?
So if Bush gets his way and we obliterate Iraq, what will become of the .iq domain?
step 1. mount X-10 camera to RC car
step 2. drive through a crowd of skirts
step 3. ???
step 4. Profit!
While the .avi played fine with QT6, the quicktime file did not.
If you change the filetype and creator of the quicktime file to:
VfW¥
TVOD
they'll work fine with Quicktime.
I did this for my mom about 10 minutes after Apple made the announcement. I felt authorized, given that I'm her sysadmin.
h ers/i ndex2.html
/.?
Go to:
http://www.apple.com/education/macosxforteac
fill in the zip code of the school of your favorite teacher, and then enter their name and email. OSX will be sent to them. Takes 90 seconds.
P.S. This was announced days ago. What took it so long to make
here in the Netherlands we have quite a bit of advertising on the commercial (non-public) stations. Not as much as in the US, but the thing is that advertising time on the commercial stations is very expensive, so you tend to see good quality commercials
Yeah, especially this one:
http://mjfrazer.org/~mjfrazer/movies/dutch.qt
After thinking, "What kind of sick...." I spewed milk through my nose when I saw the end of the commercial.
Heh - I went to see 'Welcome to Collinwood' (I grew up in Euclid, about a mile from Collinwood) this past Friday evening. A 10:15 showing, the final showing of the evening. I walked in at 10:19 and the movie was already playing. I'm not sure if it was because it's an independent film, the theater ('The Esquire' in Chicago) is an artsy theater, or because the theater will save more by closing a few minutes earlier than they otherwise would if the movie had a commercial prefix.
Contrast this to seeing movies at Universal City (in Los Angeles). Between movie ads, Pepsi ads, and other crap, it's rare that a movie starts within 17 minutes of its listed time.
By the way, unless you can see 'Welcome to Collinwood' in a packed theater, wait for the DVD - it's that kind of comedy.
"The directors argue the breaks are degrading from an artistical point of view."
This concept is so foreign in the United States I'm not sure if anyone will get it.
Other than when we pay (in theater, premium channels on cable, renting movies) we Americans are rarely exposed to commercial free anything. And not just on television. There's advertising everywhere.
A few years ago I taught in Finland and was impresssed by the fact that the "Government office of whatever..." mandated that movies broadcast over (the peoples!!!) airwaves could only have one (two?) commercial break, had to be uncut, and with the exception of children's titles, had to be subtitled (the 'no cheesy dubbing' law). The subtitling provision even applies to theaters.
It was wonderful.
To any Europeans reading this post - can you imagine watching the mini-series version of Das Boot (running time over five hours) on American television - 20 minutes of commercials per hour would bring the running time to eight hours. Our (Americans') collective attention span is currently about eight seconds - I suspect that American television networks have played a large part in this. In addition, imagine watching a deep movie that is interrupted with a commercial that's narrative starts out with, "Painful, burning vaginal itch...." I'm not making this up - this is an actual commercial here that runs during prime time on national networks.
I feel a rant coming on, so I'll end with this - Europeans might not know the value of a law like this because they have not been exposed to the unrelenting onslaught of advertising that is American Television.
Americans might not know the value of a law like this because we have not been exposed to the bliss that is commercial free movies and sporting events. Well, except for the eight or ten of us who watched the World Cup.
microrant And God Dammit!!!! I had to stop watching the World Series last night (kept the sound on though) because of the fscking inserted ads right in the pitch trajectory - you MUST read the ad on every goddamn pitch, and it changes every half inning. FUCK I HATE THOSE THINGS.
/microrant
Sorry.
It would appear that muropaketti.com's server is using the same technology to avoid the slashdotting meltdown that I fully expected.
/.'ers. Brrrr. Is that all you've got? Fsck it's cold in here. All your hits are belong to us. God Dammit!!!, when I was shipped here from California I knew Finland was cold, but this is just fscking ridiculous."
I can hear it talkin' smack right now - "Bring it on you
It's not reported nearly enough that Bush Jr. (Jar Jar Bush) got his breaks through insider loans. The second article is worth reading through.
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http://www.american-reporter.com/1954/112.html
Another important provision included in the bill makes it illegal for corporate executives to receive loans from the company coffers. The President has acknowledged he received a loan from Harken in the late 1980s.
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines02/0712-06.h
In recent days, questions have resurfaced about the way Bush sold $848,000 worth of shares in Harken Energy Corp. just before the stock price slumped, and about Bush's delay in filing the required insider-trading report. The Harken deal helped Bush pay off the loan on his $606,000 investment in the Texas Rangers baseball team, for which he walked away with $14.9 million. In his defense, Bush has repeatedly noted that the Securities and Exchange Commission investigated possible insider trading but took no action against him. The investigation occurred during his father's administration. Bush's critics have sometimes joked - as they did of his father - that he was ''born on third base and thought he hit a triple.'' In fact, the full context of Bush's business dealings provides a somewhat different metaphor: This is the story of a man who struck out numerous times before being bailed out by big hitters who often were family members, friends, or supporters of his father.
Finally - Microsoft designs and markets a product that's MEANT to suck.
Any idea what these are actually fueled with? Alcohol or something proprietary?
Methanol, IIRC. Might also run on ethanol, so if your laptop starts running low, just pour some vodka into it
I read the above and thought the opposite - you're coding, or whatever, and get frustrated to the point where you just say, "Fsck it", crack open the battery and drink it.
I can see the future of Slashdot:
poster1: blah blah blah blah blah blah
poster2: RTFA!
poster1: F you! I would have RTFA, but hey, I'm an American. RTFDMCA.
I can hear it whimpering in the corner as I type. Something about a /.'ing.
The best part of the article:
"A spokeswoman from Apple would not comment"
Yeah - because she was still cleaning up all of the millk that she laughed through her nose.
Comparing the volume of the 20GB offering from each company gives:
iPod: 132 cc
Zen: 209 cc
The Zen is 58% larger.
Given the overall dimensions, I suspect that the Zen is using a 2.5" HD vs. the iPod's 1.8"
On another note, after almost a year of heavy use / abuse, my 5GB iPod's battery life sucked - only about 3-4 hours, and it would be dead if left unplugged for a few days. I brought it to my local (Schaumburg, IL) Apple store and they swapped it out for a new (?) unit which has a kickass 11 hours of playtime. I have no experience with Creative Labs, but I wonder what level of warranty, and in my case out of warranty, support they give.
Will they be suing pr0n sties next? Is goatse.cx accessible?