In my opinion, it's commenting without reading the story that makes Slashdot comments irrelevant for most people outside the Slashdot community. Tasteless humor is only tasteless in a certain timeframe and cultural context. Uninformed opinions are not getting less useless as the time passes, but tasteless jokes usually become more palatable.
I actually remember reading comments at +5, Funny on September 11, 2001, and they actually helped me deal with the situation. Sometimes it's good to know that the world as we know it hasn't come to the end, despite what politicians are telling us.
That only works as intended is a very strong economy compared to the rest of the world. Otherwise, the taxes are increased and the business goes to better places, like China. You are left with companies that can produce Mars rockets, but cannot produce even simplest things for a competitive price. And please don't forget the internal debt.
What's unintended is that the "reduced functionality mode" on a server system that is not used as a desktop. You swap the motherboard on Wednesday, the server is up, then it stops working on Saturday when the sysadmin is camping 200 miles away.
Actually, 802.11 specifies that the version number in 802.11 frames should be 0, not 11. In fact, there are only two bits allocated for the version, so 11 (binary) would be the last possible version.
The phone line would radiate the EM waves, polluting the EM spectrum. That's the same problem as with the power lines. The gas pipeline, on the other hand, would contain the signal inside the pipe, which would allow stronger signals and the frequencies that would not be allowed on the open wires.
It would probably more effective to spray the orbiter in mineral oil. The oil would cause the chunks of foam to roll on impact and slip away instead of grinding into the tiles with their hard edges. I don't think the oil would protect against brick-sized chunks, but neither would any liner. The upside of oil - no debris shedding in orbit and on the way back. Possible downside - more heat penetrating the shield through the oil-soaked gap fillers.
Actually, a female astronaut commanded the Return to Flight expedition, also aboard Discovery, which was also a very "clean" flight in terms of the tile damage.
I don't see any definite word that Bcc: wasn't used all all or that the story author didn't receive the spam. The author states merely that his name wasn't in the To: field, which makes him somewhat "offended".
I have received spams in the past that had dozens of recipients in To: and Cc:, but my address wasn't there. I think the explanation is that the address list is split between To:, Cc: and Bcc: fields.
Actually, your comparison is not quite correct. It may be OK between two private persons, but "I" in your example is actually the government, which is supposed to be responsible to the people. Generally, governments should only do things they are allowed to by the law, unlike private persons, who can do whatever they want unless it's forbidden by the law.
Alan Cox should seek refuge in a more democratic country before he has his computers seized his antisocial work on an operation system that enables cybercrime.
I don't think sperm can be made from female stem cells, i.e. those without Y chromosomes. Without the genetical information from Y chromosomes, the cells would not know how to turn into sperm.
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I actually remember reading comments at +5, Funny on September 11, 2001, and they actually helped me deal with the situation. Sometimes it's good to know that the world as we know it hasn't come to the end, despite what politicians are telling us.
That only works as intended is a very strong economy compared to the rest of the world. Otherwise, the taxes are increased and the business goes to better places, like China. You are left with companies that can produce Mars rockets, but cannot produce even simplest things for a competitive price. And please don't forget the internal debt.
What's unintended is that the "reduced functionality mode" on a server system that is not used as a desktop. You swap the motherboard on Wednesday, the server is up, then it stops working on Saturday when the sysadmin is camping 200 miles away.
Actually, 802.11 specifies that the version number in 802.11 frames should be 0, not 11. In fact, there are only two bits allocated for the version, so 11 (binary) would be the last possible version.
The Onion respectfully disagrees
I know, I did this to Adblock recently. Although I'm a bit hesitant about forcing something written for 1.0 to work for 2.0.
Installing latest patches on all bacteria in my stomach would be a nightmare
Imagine what happens if President Bush podcasts his speech. I guess he'll be impeached for violating Apple's trademark.
It does. But it doesn't play ogg. So I'm not buying it.
... our new UNIX-replacing daemon overlords!
BOPM - broadband over pirated music
BOPIP - broadband over pirated intellectual property
BOCDL - broadband over cease and desist letters
The phone line would radiate the EM waves, polluting the EM spectrum. That's the same problem as with the power lines. The gas pipeline, on the other hand, would contain the signal inside the pipe, which would allow stronger signals and the frequencies that would not be allowed on the open wires.
Actually, there was a much worse disaster on Baikonur, which killed over 100 people
Nice misspelling of carry-on! For a moment, I imagined the airport security checking luggage full of putrefying animals.
Just wait until "hello" is translated.
It would probably more effective to spray the orbiter in mineral oil. The oil would cause the chunks of foam to roll on impact and slip away instead of grinding into the tiles with their hard edges. I don't think the oil would protect against brick-sized chunks, but neither would any liner. The upside of oil - no debris shedding in orbit and on the way back. Possible downside - more heat penetrating the shield through the oil-soaked gap fillers.
Actually, a female astronaut commanded the Return to Flight expedition, also aboard Discovery, which was also a very "clean" flight in terms of the tile damage.
I have received spams in the past that had dozens of recipients in To: and Cc:, but my address wasn't there. I think the explanation is that the address list is split between To:, Cc: and Bcc: fields.
Ever heard of Bcc:? One don't need to be in To: or Cc: to get a message.
Actually, your comparison is not quite correct. It may be OK between two private persons, but "I" in your example is actually the government, which is supposed to be responsible to the people. Generally, governments should only do things they are allowed to by the law, unlike private persons, who can do whatever they want unless it's forbidden by the law.
Oops, it's not Ubuntu, it's just plain Debian.
Alan Cox should seek refuge in a more democratic country before he has his computers seized his antisocial work on an operation system that enables cybercrime.
I don't think sperm can be made from female stem cells, i.e. those without Y chromosomes. Without the genetical information from Y chromosomes, the cells would not know how to turn into sperm.