http://www.montesolberg.com/blog.htm Monte has been blogging for a while now, and "eventhough" he doesn't have my political views usually, he's witty and smarmy which makes for a good read.
I was wondering how long it would take someone to confuse the issue with ozone holes, and it only took the first post.
Even if you're kidding, there are still too many knumbnills out there that think the ozone layer depletion from CFC use is contributing to global warming, when it's a buildup of greenhouse gasses that does it.
Ozone depletion is a different atmospheric problem, people.
"However, you would have to be an idiot to think that smoking should be avoided for that reason: 99.975% of all smokers never develop lung cancer."
OK, I was with you up to that point. The ones who don't get lung cancer still suffer from other problems, including lung problems that aren't cancerous. What is YOUR reason for not smoking, purely economics?
It'd be interesting to know how many politicians are smokers, or how likely they are to be extremely addicted to smoking or other drugs, since those adictions also require a lapse of logic to take them up and continue them while they kill the addict.
Actually back when it was leaked it was known as Pheonix, then Firebird, then Firefox. I'm still waiting for Mozilla Lightning Chicken, but the Firesomething extension will have to do for now.
I suggest making the top of the "footnote" story have a rounded edge just like the bottom so it looks self contained instead of being flat on one side.
I didn't know there were extra stories in the sections until last year when someone mentiond they'd had a Slashdot article accepted but not to the main page. Later I had one put in the science section but not on the main page so I saw what he meant. I like the change, as long as the footnote effect is eliminated I think most people will too. More stories = good.
I read a short story in Grade 7 English, about 3 people who cryogenically froze themselves to be revived later. One wanted to be rich, but found out inflation had made him very poor. One later was revived looking to be cured of his ailment. They had cured him, but when he coughed from the cold air, they "sterilized" him because he might have the cold virus they'd wiped out by exterminating the sick. The third was looking for a way to get out of jail-time, and when he awoke, society was no different from the prison he came out of.
It's not just conservatives you have to look out for, after all the Liberal party in Canada has been in power and has had money related scandals. I think the incumbent party in any system is the one to watch. Diebold's machines would be bad whoever was in charge, after all, a government should win openly and fairly.
eBay's no different from a casino now. They have analyzed every possible profit making angle, and any which way you try to sell, they'll come out ahead more than 50% of the time.
You're from SK too? Two SK posts in a row on Slashdot, that can't happen to often.
Anyway people should feel free to look to SK as an example of both what's right and wrong with technology in rural areas these days. We have decent highspeed Internet service in many small towns that wouldn't be a blip on the radar of some areas in the States, yet Sasktel makes it work somehow. But there are some communities like Bredenbury that are supposed to be getting Wireless service, but no one in the community can access it, and Sasktel [the ISP] isn't addressing it, even though it's one of the communities they promised to provide Wireless to in their government ordained Community Net II project. Smaller towns, not on a major highway like 16 have DSL service.
Without good DSL, a small town will have a hard time competing on the Internet, there are just too many business chances lost when there's only dialup.
Technology can save old small town America, but it will be the technology of the past. Organic farming will play a large role, as will the re-opening of hospitals and schools in smaller centers so there are shorter distances for people to travel. The Internet will lend a hand of course, but improving communication and the need to go large distances for some school classes where there are good teachers for some subjects. It will also spread problem solving, for things like how to combat thistle without spraying. People will work in the fields, and live healthier lives with better locally grown food. The field work will give jobs to children looking to get into trouble if they can't find something interesting, and a way to make money to boot.
If we want to keep what we had, we have to find new ways to bring about how we were doing it in the first place.
It'd be nice if Cringely put in something about the Rule of Law.
It means that no one, not even the President, is above the law. That means that if the President commits a crime, then he/she is held responsible for the crime, and punished like you would be if you'd broken the law. Without the rule of law, there would be widespread corruption in the political and legal systems, because those governing and enforcing the law would be the people in charge, and not the electorate.
There are systems in place to take over the country should the President find himself in jail for authorizing illegal spying.
I don't *like* patching software. It leaves thousands of CDs and DVDs out there with ticking time bombs, or hunks of rock software that are unsafe to install, without then connecting to highspeed Internet, and downloading the fix. I found Ubuntu's auto-update to be pretty easy to use, but it's still a pain, and forget the ease if you're on dialup.
The way I see it, is that when Bush leaves in 2008, the stock price will have dropped to a much more buyable value. It ought to pick up when McCain takes his place.
It's excellent that we'll have a chance to study this material close up. Metorites are valuable, but this Stardust material is even more precious, because it will give us a look at unformed planetary material that was not likely ever part of a planetary body. Some of the meteorites we've studied may have been part of a smashed planet, or mal-formed planet, but comet material could have very interesting molecular structures I predict.
There's nothing undignified with community theatre. It was the entertainment of kings until television came along. The world would be a better place if there weren't so many uptight losers everywhere that would rather make amateur actors feel bad for doing something with their nights rather than sitting at home reading Slashd... err something else.
Star Wreck is from Finland, not Norway. And yes the acting was bad, and you couldn't understand the words, but the special effects were at Deep Space 9's level, and it was as good or better than the acting in New Voyages.
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Just wait until we start blasting spent nuclear fuel into the Sun. The the Space-environment hippies will really let us have it!
http://www.montesolberg.com/blog.htm
Monte has been blogging for a while now, and "eventhough" he doesn't have my political views usually, he's witty and smarmy which makes for a good read.
I was wondering how long it would take someone to confuse the issue with ozone holes, and it only took the first post.
Even if you're kidding, there are still too many knumbnills out there that think the ozone layer depletion from CFC use is contributing to global warming, when it's a buildup of greenhouse gasses that does it.
Ozone depletion is a different atmospheric problem, people.
"However, you would have to be an idiot to think that smoking should be avoided for that reason: 99.975% of all smokers never develop lung cancer."
OK, I was with you up to that point. The ones who don't get lung cancer still suffer from other problems, including lung problems that aren't cancerous. What is YOUR reason for not smoking, purely economics?
It'd be interesting to know how many politicians are smokers, or how likely they are to be extremely addicted to smoking or other drugs, since those adictions also require a lapse of logic to take them up and continue them while they kill the addict.
You could say that putting a rocket on a bike is a bit like strapping a jet engine on a cow. It'll go faster, but what's the point if the cow is dead?
Imagine if Google, for one minute, redirected traffic from every search at one site? The bandwidth bill for that month would "be evil".
Actually back when it was leaked it was known as Pheonix, then Firebird, then Firefox. I'm still waiting for Mozilla Lightning Chicken, but the Firesomething extension will have to do for now.
I suggest making the top of the "footnote" story have a rounded edge just like the bottom so it looks self contained instead of being flat on one side.
I didn't know there were extra stories in the sections until last year when someone mentiond they'd had a Slashdot article accepted but not to the main page. Later I had one put in the science section but not on the main page so I saw what he meant. I like the change, as long as the footnote effect is eliminated I think most people will too. More stories = good.
I think sex in video games reached the climax of possibilities with Leisure Suit Larry's suite.
I read a short story in Grade 7 English, about 3 people who cryogenically froze themselves to be revived later. One wanted to be rich, but found out inflation had made him very poor. One later was revived looking to be cured of his ailment. They had cured him, but when he coughed from the cold air, they "sterilized" him because he might have the cold virus they'd wiped out by exterminating the sick. The third was looking for a way to get out of jail-time, and when he awoke, society was no different from the prison he came out of.
What does Google being the sexiest search engine have to do with Gmail? Oh, I kinda mis.read that.
It's not just conservatives you have to look out for, after all the Liberal party in Canada has been in power and has had money related scandals. I think the incumbent party in any system is the one to watch. Diebold's machines would be bad whoever was in charge, after all, a government should win openly and fairly.
eBay's no different from a casino now. They have analyzed every possible profit making angle, and any which way you try to sell, they'll come out ahead more than 50% of the time.
"Who needs math? There are calculators."
Ever whipped out a calculator when trying to pay a tab at a restaurant? Who brings their dictionary with them to a place they need to spell correctly?
You're from SK too? Two SK posts in a row on Slashdot, that can't happen to often.
Anyway people should feel free to look to SK as an example of both what's right and wrong with technology in rural areas these days. We have decent highspeed Internet service in many small towns that wouldn't be a blip on the radar of some areas in the States, yet Sasktel makes it work somehow. But there are some communities like Bredenbury that are supposed to be getting Wireless service, but no one in the community can access it, and Sasktel [the ISP] isn't addressing it, even though it's one of the communities they promised to provide Wireless to in their government ordained Community Net II project. Smaller towns, not on a major highway like 16 have DSL service.
Without good DSL, a small town will have a hard time competing on the Internet, there are just too many business chances lost when there's only dialup.
Technology can save old small town America, but it will be the technology of the past. Organic farming will play a large role, as will the re-opening of hospitals and schools in smaller centers so there are shorter distances for people to travel. The Internet will lend a hand of course, but improving communication and the need to go large distances for some school classes where there are good teachers for some subjects. It will also spread problem solving, for things like how to combat thistle without spraying. People will work in the fields, and live healthier lives with better locally grown food. The field work will give jobs to children looking to get into trouble if they can't find something interesting, and a way to make money to boot.
If we want to keep what we had, we have to find new ways to bring about how we were doing it in the first place.
It'd be nice if Cringely put in something about the Rule of Law.
It means that no one, not even the President, is above the law. That means that if the President commits a crime, then he/she is held responsible for the crime, and punished like you would be if you'd broken the law. Without the rule of law, there would be widespread corruption in the political and legal systems, because those governing and enforcing the law would be the people in charge, and not the electorate.
There are systems in place to take over the country should the President find himself in jail for authorizing illegal spying.
I don't *like* patching software. It leaves thousands of CDs and DVDs out there with ticking time bombs, or hunks of rock software that are unsafe to install, without then connecting to highspeed Internet, and downloading the fix. I found Ubuntu's auto-update to be pretty easy to use, but it's still a pain, and forget the ease if you're on dialup.
Stupid crackers...
The way I see it, is that when Bush leaves in 2008, the stock price will have dropped to a much more buyable value. It ought to pick up when McCain takes his place.
I certainly won't be buying a Sony book device. It probably hides the ending from you, and makes you pay extra to reveal it.
It's excellent that we'll have a chance to study this material close up. Metorites are valuable, but this Stardust material is even more precious, because it will give us a look at unformed planetary material that was not likely ever part of a planetary body. Some of the meteorites we've studied may have been part of a smashed planet, or mal-formed planet, but comet material could have very interesting molecular structures I predict.
There's nothing undignified with community theatre. It was the entertainment of kings until television came along. The world would be a better place if there weren't so many uptight losers everywhere that would rather make amateur actors feel bad for doing something with their nights rather than sitting at home reading Slashd... err something else.
Don't worry, I got the joke even before the worm hole comment, but I perhaps have the same sort of "Onion" humour.
Boooo Mods!
Star Wreck is from Finland, not Norway. And yes the acting was bad, and you couldn't understand the words, but the special effects were at Deep Space 9's level, and it was as good or better than the acting in New Voyages.