I deleted my account after the first incident, and followed up to make sure. They actually asked me why I wanted to delete it, and I spelled it out very plainly for them. Guess they didn't exactly take it to heart.
If they had to pay a dollar for every byte of data stolen, would that make these goofballs more cautious?
If there should be (or you simply want) a stronger, more centralized government, then amend the Constitution to make it so, don't just ignore the "damn piece of paper" because you don't like it.
Opera 9's tab behavior is missing one piece I really want...the one thing that keeps it from being my preferred browser. When I close a tab, the last accessed tab gets focus. I want an option to have the focus go to the right-most tab (most recently created). The default behavior can stay just where it is, but I want that option. I have that behavior in FF, and that's a happy little rut that I refuse to leave. I know it's a minor issue to most people, but it's a big "ease of use" item for me.
That's my one and only gripe with Opera, aside from which I gladly sing its praises (yes, I did look for a way to implement/shortcut/hack this behavior and came up empty).
Trying to run broadband internet all over the country doesn't make any more sense than building multi-million dollar 4-lane highway bridges to remote islands in Alaska.
Or running power lines all over the country? That would be a closer analogy.
What about people that have been in a rural area all their lives that suddenly find themselves thrust into a world where they need to have decent Internet service to compete? I've spoken to several local farmers that wouldn't stand a chance without satellite access (mostly due to regulatory changes).
Since IQ is based upon median intelligence (100 = median), wouldn't the list continue to expand as the lower end is knocked off and the median rises? Or is this the clever joke you were constructing? The only way to stay alive would be to maintain vastly more intelligence than the next most intelligent person, but that would only work until you're the last person alive, at which point your IQ would be 100 (based on a sample size of one) and you'd have to jump off a building. Or somesuch...gah!
I'm sure this thread is/will be filled with gushing posts of thanks. I'd hate to be left out, so...thanks! Firebug has been a wonder and a lifesaver on countless occasions.
I was neither serious, nor trolling. I believe in many cultures my original statement would be considered "a joke". Typically goes well with a sense of humor.
From TA: "it's going to make things a little more complicated and a little more expensive"
Everybody panic! Apparently, "a little more expensive" == "potentially lethal"!
I guess people should buy from Wal Mart instead of Target, since the latter is "a little more expensive". Obviously making a purchase at Target will kill you. I love sensationalist headlines.
"Sometimes change for the sake of change is not necessarily a good idea."
Hear, hear.
In nominally backwater Oklahoma, we've used the fill-in-the-arrow-with-the-black-marker ScanTron system for 15+ years. It's very clean and neat, and we've never had any problems with it. The optical scanner does the tally quickly. It lets you know immediately if there's a problem. And the paper trail is the heavy card stock ballot itself. Best of all, every polling station in the entire state uses the same system set up exactly the same way every election.
There was some minor discussion in 2000 about going to a "more modern" system, but that thankfully died a quick and quiet death.
I just started playing WoW, pretty much in "single player mode". I enjoy games in general, and WoW is a fun escape in reasonable doses. Last night I spent an hour or so fishing and chatting with another fisherman and joking about our excessively pointy ears. It was fun, but it wasn't hard to say "It's time for bed, catch you next time."
Fun, but I just can't see myself getting addicted to it. People on there 10 hours a day clearly aren't working full time, then coming home to cook dinner and chop firewood like I am. Priorities, anyone?
I have to agree. Somehow, they seem to have accurately captured the "Star Wars Experience" in the game. It's one of the most fun games I've played in quite a while.
Why, we used to DREAM of boxes and punchcards! In MY day we had to line up large stones into neat rows to represent binary. On a steep slope. In the middle of an earthquake. In Antarctica.
On the first, I really don't see how those examples compare in obscurity. The constitution is readily available, spoken about often, and generally taught in school. In contrast, I'd never heard of the "First Pillar" until you mentioned it here. It's not on the home page, nor in the pages that follow the "Editing" link that you find there (none of the 11 tutorial pages). The link path I finally found to it was Article -> Policies and Guidelines (at the bottom of the edit page, well below the actual edit area) -> "Other Concise summaries of key policies" section -> Five Pillars. To know about it I would have needed to follow a lot of miscellaneous links until I encountered it, or have searched for it by name once told. IMO, that's quite a bit more obscure than the Constitution of the United States.
Reading the First Pillar, I don't see where that was violated by the article in question. The article was not source documents, trivia, soapbox, etc. Sources were cited and the article was facturally accurate. Am I missing something here?
Because the article was for my game, I didn't post in the Wiki discussion about its removal. I did follow it, however, and the "no advertising, no self-promotion" rule was not cited, whether it applied or not (I'm sure it did, as I created the original article by request). The WP:Software rule states plainly that a company putting its own article in Wikipedia is not forbidden.
What I don't "get" is if an article is factually correct, why delete it? Why should it matter if a company put an article there itself, as in your example, as long as it is correct? Trust but verify. This seems especially sensible with so many reports of error-laden articles elsewhere.
As for my Slashdot signature being "enough", I don't post all that often, and "enough" isn't really the issue for me.
Who indeed. An article for my online game was deleted for failing to conform to some obscure rule that essentially distilled to "You're not popular enough." There was not even the suggestion that anything in the article was even remotely inaccurate. Glad to see them yanking an article for such solid reasons rather than, you know, fixing errors and outright lies in other articles.
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Schrodinger's Ticket?
I deleted my account after the first incident, and followed up to make sure. They actually asked me why I wanted to delete it, and I spelled it out very plainly for them. Guess they didn't exactly take it to heart.
If they had to pay a dollar for every byte of data stolen, would that make these goofballs more cautious?
If there should be (or you simply want) a stronger, more centralized government, then amend the Constitution to make it so, don't just ignore the "damn piece of paper" because you don't like it.
Opera 9's tab behavior is missing one piece I really want...the one thing that keeps it from being my preferred browser. When I close a tab, the last accessed tab gets focus. I want an option to have the focus go to the right-most tab (most recently created). The default behavior can stay just where it is, but I want that option. I have that behavior in FF, and that's a happy little rut that I refuse to leave. I know it's a minor issue to most people, but it's a big "ease of use" item for me.
That's my one and only gripe with Opera, aside from which I gladly sing its praises (yes, I did look for a way to implement/shortcut/hack this behavior and came up empty).
Trying to run broadband internet all over the country doesn't make any more sense than building multi-million dollar 4-lane highway bridges to remote islands in Alaska.
Or running power lines all over the country? That would be a closer analogy.
What about people that have been in a rural area all their lives that suddenly find themselves thrust into a world where they need to have decent Internet service to compete? I've spoken to several local farmers that wouldn't stand a chance without satellite access (mostly due to regulatory changes).
Ineptitude, or possibly a short attention span?
I completely agree about Adobe reader. A post here a few days ago suggested Foxit Reader. I've been pretty happy with it, and it seems very stable.
Since IQ is based upon median intelligence (100 = median), wouldn't the list continue to expand as the lower end is knocked off and the median rises? Or is this the clever joke you were constructing? The only way to stay alive would be to maintain vastly more intelligence than the next most intelligent person, but that would only work until you're the last person alive, at which point your IQ would be 100 (based on a sample size of one) and you'd have to jump off a building. Or somesuch...gah!
Now I have a headache, thanks a lot.
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Doesn't the game Locomotion qualify?
I'm sure this thread is/will be filled with gushing posts of thanks. I'd hate to be left out, so...thanks! Firebug has been a wonder and a lifesaver on countless occasions.
I think you're being generous.
My personal longstanding theory is that the total global I.Q. is a constant. It's just split up among an exponentially growing population.
Every seven seconds or so I feel a brain cell trying to die.
I think it's patently obvious that I'm not. :)
To summarize my earlier response: It's called a joke.
I was neither serious, nor trolling. I believe in many cultures my original statement would be considered "a joke". Typically goes well with a sense of humor.
From TA: "it's going to make things a little more complicated and a little more expensive"
Everybody panic! Apparently, "a little more expensive" == "potentially lethal"!
I guess people should buy from Wal Mart instead of Target, since the latter is "a little more expensive". Obviously making a purchase at Target will kill you. I love sensationalist headlines.
Hear, hear.
In nominally backwater Oklahoma, we've used the fill-in-the-arrow-with-the-black-marker ScanTron system for 15+ years. It's very clean and neat, and we've never had any problems with it. The optical scanner does the tally quickly. It lets you know immediately if there's a problem. And the paper trail is the heavy card stock ballot itself. Best of all, every polling station in the entire state uses the same system set up exactly the same way every election.
There was some minor discussion in 2000 about going to a "more modern" system, but that thankfully died a quick and quiet death.
Gaaaaaahhhh! My head just exploded out of agitation.
I just started playing WoW, pretty much in "single player mode". I enjoy games in general, and WoW is a fun escape in reasonable doses. Last night I spent an hour or so fishing and chatting with another fisherman and joking about our excessively pointy ears. It was fun, but it wasn't hard to say "It's time for bed, catch you next time."
Fun, but I just can't see myself getting addicted to it. People on there 10 hours a day clearly aren't working full time, then coming home to cook dinner and chop firewood like I am. Priorities, anyone?
Yes, it's hard to get away from it all when you want to take it with you. :)
I have to agree. Somehow, they seem to have accurately captured the "Star Wars Experience" in the game. It's one of the most fun games I've played in quite a while.
Why, we used to DREAM of boxes and punchcards! In MY day we had to line up large stones into neat rows to represent binary. On a steep slope. In the middle of an earthquake. In Antarctica.
I'm relieved to hear the second.
On the first, I really don't see how those examples compare in obscurity. The constitution is readily available, spoken about often, and generally taught in school. In contrast, I'd never heard of the "First Pillar" until you mentioned it here. It's not on the home page, nor in the pages that follow the "Editing" link that you find there (none of the 11 tutorial pages). The link path I finally found to it was Article -> Policies and Guidelines (at the bottom of the edit page, well below the actual edit area) -> "Other Concise summaries of key policies" section -> Five Pillars. To know about it I would have needed to follow a lot of miscellaneous links until I encountered it, or have searched for it by name once told. IMO, that's quite a bit more obscure than the Constitution of the United States.
Reading the First Pillar, I don't see where that was violated by the article in question. The article was not source documents, trivia, soapbox, etc. Sources were cited and the article was facturally accurate. Am I missing something here?
Are you seriously attempting to put those two items on equal footing?
Because the article was for my game, I didn't post in the Wiki discussion about its removal. I did follow it, however, and the "no advertising, no self-promotion" rule was not cited, whether it applied or not (I'm sure it did, as I created the original article by request). The WP:Software rule states plainly that a company putting its own article in Wikipedia is not forbidden.
What I don't "get" is if an article is factually correct, why delete it? Why should it matter if a company put an article there itself, as in your example, as long as it is correct? Trust but verify. This seems especially sensible with so many reports of error-laden articles elsewhere.
As for my Slashdot signature being "enough", I don't post all that often, and "enough" isn't really the issue for me.
Who indeed. An article for my online game was deleted for failing to conform to some obscure rule that essentially distilled to "You're not popular enough." There was not even the suggestion that anything in the article was even remotely inaccurate. Glad to see them yanking an article for such solid reasons rather than, you know, fixing errors and outright lies in other articles.