Similar to how (cigarette) smoking causes more health problems and thus raises health costs (and why Philip Morris got sued), what do you think legalized marijuana would do to health costs?
It only seems like a victimless crime -- same with cigarette smoking, but there's second-hand smoke, etc.
I'm not saying we should ban cigarette smoke either, just that there are reasons pot is banned.
Since they conveniently eliminated Antarctica from being considered "land area" (since they have "no data"..), I thought I'd figure it out with it included.
Supposed land amount used: 43,333,252 sq mi
Supposed total land (without Antarctica): 52,208,738 sq mi
Actual total land (with Antarctica): 57,308,738 sq mi
Their percentage: 83%
Actual percentage: 75% Knowing the environmentalists are eating funny mushrooms: priceless
Not a huge difference, but this isn't including the other areas that had "no data".
Since I've already been slammed for being OT (though I meant to be a cross between insightful and funny, since their site is based on numbers anyway), I'll spare any explanation.
On their website, they have a (worthless) hit counter..
From the Perl FAQ: I still don't get locking. I just want to increment the number in the file. How can I do this?
Didn't anyone ever tell you web-page hit counters were useless? They don't count number of hits, they're a waste of time, and they serve only to stroke the writer's vanity. It's better to pick a random number; they're more realistic.
My comment wasn't only directed toward your comment -- I also found many comments slamming the author (for good reason), and I found it interesting that everyone assumed that he/she was male. Rather, it seems that the author is female.
A quick google search revealed that the person who wrote the article is most likely not a "he" (as many have been assuming), but rather, a "she".
http://www.bridgewriter.com/references.html
Very interesting that we be condemning the author's knowledge (regardless of gender, since many did not know the above), especially considering the geeky crowd we're a part of here on slashdot is 90+% male. (ie - do people hire females in the tech industry more readily (with perhaps less knowledge) so they can show their diversity?)
This is all similar to broadband. For example, when suggesting that my mom dump dialup in favor of broadband (since it became available in her area), she said "I don't need it, and I don't know how to use it -- it'll just be a worthless expense".
I ended up convincing her to get it, and now she loves it and completely sees the value in it.
Now she complains about how busy she is and how she can't watch her favorite shows anymore. I told her about the TiVo, and she said the same thing as she did about broadband..
People just don't see the value in something like this until they actually use it.
"When a British media consultancy recently distributed some TiVos, 30 percent of the recipient households "never really got to grips with them"--or, in other words, they preferred to let the pricey boxes gather dust rather than waste another second figuring out the labyrinthine menus."
Now, what they didn't include in the article: "30 percent of the recipient households "did not own a television"-or, in other words, they didn't have anything to use the TiVo with."
1. New company introduces a great geek gadget idea
2. It only appeals to geeks, since the concept & product isn't refined yet
3. Big Companies see the good idea and have the $$$ to market it appropriately, and make it more user-friendly
4. By this time, there are many such products on the market, more refined w/cheaper price tags
5. The more technically savvy Younger Generation appreciates it, and buys it
This phenomenon is quite interesting. In regards to TiVo, it's sad that they have to be the guinea pigs, but it'll benefit consumers in the long run.
I just hope that the current TiVo owners don't get hosed because the company goes under. (Especially the lifetime subscription holders)
The only advantage I see in the SliMP3 is its size..
The big downside I see is that it plays digital music through an analog medium (only RCA, no digital out). That's enough for me never to buy it, and a serious gap in the feature set.
Go Audiotron - if I weren't completely remodeling my house, I'd have one by now.
Slashdot Mirror
AFAIC, domain names are first come, first served, period. It should be independent of trademarks, etc. Why? Two big reasons:
1) Trademarks don't apply outside of the US
2) You claim your "trademark" domain name when you register it.
Disclaimer: this more applies to the Nissan aspect of this original post
Tip for the Anonymous Cow^H^H^HMORON:
Disabling WMC closes down all of 1/65536th of your system. A firewall (or a router) gives you next to no worries.
It's not a matter of repairing the vehicle.. it's a matter of putting on your seatbelt.
Unless you've visited the sites recently. DNS info should be cached up (down?) the tree.
You make it seem as though the root servers get every DNS lookups, which is definitely not the case (for obviously good reason!)
Similar to how (cigarette) smoking causes more health problems and thus raises health costs (and why Philip Morris got sued), what do you think legalized marijuana would do to health costs?
It only seems like a victimless crime -- same with cigarette smoking, but there's second-hand smoke, etc.
I'm not saying we should ban cigarette smoke either, just that there are reasons pot is banned.
"six are already generating revenue"
Yeah, but what about profit??...
They could run the business into the ground with expenses, sell a cup of lemonade on the corner, and consider themselves "generating revenue"...
I haven't been given mod points yet in my young /. career, so it was a good learning experience on the brak mirror to use them and get a feel for it.
Since they conveniently eliminated Antarctica from being considered "land area" (since they have "no data"..), I thought I'd figure it out with it included.
Supposed land amount used: 43,333,252 sq mi
Supposed total land (without Antarctica): 52,208,738 sq mi
Actual total land (with Antarctica): 57,308,738 sq mi
Their percentage: 83%
Actual percentage: 75%
Knowing the environmentalists are eating funny mushrooms: priceless
Not a huge difference, but this isn't including the other areas that had "no data".
Not if I turn cookies off..
Then they'd be wasting their time trying to make me waste my time.. (and still racking up hits on their pathetic counter..)
You can get 128MB CompactFlash cards for $45 or less, no problem, and they're always going down in price.
Also, unlike mini-disc, they can serve many more purposes (quick transport between computers, digital cameras, etc)
There's no way I'd buy the hardware required to support mini-disc when they have such a one-track function.
Since I've already been slammed for being OT (though I meant to be a cross between insightful and funny, since their site is based on numbers anyway), I'll spare any explanation.
Instead, I'll direct you to this rant/explanation.
Basically, I can hit refresh all day and it records every one of those "hits"..
On their website, they have a (worthless) hit counter..
From the Perl FAQ:
I still don't get locking. I just want to increment the number in the file. How can I do this?
Didn't anyone ever tell you web-page hit counters were useless? They don't count number of hits, they're a waste of time, and they serve only to stroke the writer's vanity. It's better to pick a random number; they're more realistic.
If so, maybe he's just relieving frustration, since even they're losing too...
That's why the entire /. community must sue together in a class action suit.
I think edible would be the more appropriate word.
Shit is organic -- do you eat that, too?
I'm glad you took that in jest -- no harm intended, and apparently none taken. :-)
It seems M$ pulled the site -- maybe from being slashdotted?....
It'll will probably make you look a little more intelligent.
It'll certainly will.
Sorry for the bad formatting.. I forgot to select Plain text. (yep, should've previewed)
It's an answer to your first point (Who is Masha Zager?)
Check out the link.
My comment wasn't only directed toward your comment -- I also found many comments slamming the author (for good reason), and I found it interesting that everyone assumed that he/she was male. Rather, it seems that the author is female.
Again, sorry for the confusion.
A quick google search revealed that the person who wrote the article is most likely not a "he" (as many have been assuming), but rather, a "she". http://www.bridgewriter.com/references.html Very interesting that we be condemning the author's knowledge (regardless of gender, since many did not know the above), especially considering the geeky crowd we're a part of here on slashdot is 90+% male. (ie - do people hire females in the tech industry more readily (with perhaps less knowledge) so they can show their diversity?)
Did you see the poll recently that /. did about gender?
/. readers that are "somewhere in the middle" than female..
Yeah.. there are twice as many
This is all similar to broadband. For example, when suggesting that my mom dump dialup in favor of broadband (since it became available in her area), she said "I don't need it, and I don't know how to use it -- it'll just be a worthless expense".
I ended up convincing her to get it, and now she loves it and completely sees the value in it.
Now she complains about how busy she is and how she can't watch her favorite shows anymore. I told her about the TiVo, and she said the same thing as she did about broadband..
People just don't see the value in something like this until they actually use it.
"When a British media consultancy recently distributed some TiVos, 30 percent of the recipient households "never really got to grips with them"--or, in other words, they preferred to let the pricey boxes gather dust rather than waste another second figuring out the labyrinthine menus."
Now, what they didn't include in the article: "30 percent of the recipient households "did not own a television"-or, in other words, they didn't have anything to use the TiVo with."
1. New company introduces a great geek gadget idea
2. It only appeals to geeks, since the concept & product isn't refined yet
3. Big Companies see the good idea and have the $$$ to market it appropriately, and make it more user-friendly
4. By this time, there are many such products on the market, more refined w/cheaper price tags
5. The more technically savvy Younger Generation appreciates it, and buys it
This phenomenon is quite interesting. In regards to TiVo, it's sad that they have to be the guinea pigs, but it'll benefit consumers in the long run.
I just hope that the current TiVo owners don't get hosed because the company goes under.
( Especially the lifetime subscription holders)
The only advantage I see in the SliMP3 is its size.. The big downside I see is that it plays digital music through an analog medium (only RCA, no digital out). That's enough for me never to buy it, and a serious gap in the feature set. Go Audiotron - if I weren't completely remodeling my house, I'd have one by now.