...and the Holland, Michigan Public Library system were to have access to such a law...
Pardon me? The library was the victim in the internet filter fiasco here, not one of the bad guys. The library had no intention of allowing anal right wing religious freaks from out of town to dictate filtering to them, even if it meant a crippling loss of funding. The librarian is a hero in these eyes.
====== "Rex unto my cleeb, and thou shalt have everlasting blort." - Zorp 3:16
I would figured that they would have just lobbied Congress to develop a nuke large enough to make the Earth spin the "correct" direction.
Of course. Thats what they mean by "We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available."
====== "Rex unto my cleeb, and thou shalt have everlasting blort." - Zorp 3:16
The GOVERNMENT used to require Social Security numbers when you got a job, now they require every child six months and older to have one for "tax purposes". A seven-month old needs to pay taxes? Since when?
You obviously are too young and inexperienced to have actually dealt with having kids and paying taxes. In order to circumvent all the double claiming and invented children people were listing on thier tax forms (there is a 'tax benefit' in having children to support)the IRS now requires a social security number to be listed for every child over 6 months which you claimed as a dependent. Under six months doesn't matter, since you cannot claim ANYBODY as a dependent unless you have supported them for at least 6 months.
A fine line, admittedly, but there is no requirement to have the social security number for anything other than the above stated 'tax purposes'. Not getting one for the child is a choice you can make, but this choice ensures that you cannot "enjoy" the "tax benefit" of claiming the child as a dependent.
====== "Rex unto my cleeb, and thou shalt have everlasting blort." - Zorp 3:16
Microsoft cannot arbitrarily decide to revoke the license. All terms of revokation must be explicitly spelled out in the license. Think of the chaos that would result if this were otherwise. Licenses would mean absolutely nothing because the licenser could pull the rug out from under you at any time they choose.
So, you have yet to encounter the Office 2000 Registration Wizard. I stole this bit word for word from Woody's Office Watch, a non-GPL'd email newsletter. Shame on me.
====== "Rex unto my cleeb, and thou shalt have everlasting blort." - Zorp 3:16
Chris Rock is partially responsible for the marginalization of black culture.
so-called black pop culture, quite precisely summarized in rap music, is marginal at best. why speak as if the marginalization of it were a distinct action by some external force with sinister motivation? a reeking pile of shit is a reeking pile of shit.
====== "Rex unto my cleeb, and thou shalt have everlasting blort." - Zorp 3:16
You have to remember that many of the/. moderators got those positions a year or more ago...
I don't think you know what you are talking about. There are no moderator positions. Moderators are chosen on the fly by the software. You have to stop by fairly regularly, post occasionally, and some other criteria, but there are no moderator "positions" and nobody has ever been moderator for a year. The 5 points expires after 3 days. It may be weeks before you get chosen to moderate again. As for anonymous posting being a requirement, the rule (enforced by the software) is only that you may not post in a discussion you are moderating. One time I forgot this, and after previously moderating 2 comments, I posted one. Slash undid my previous 2 moderations in that discussion while informing me of the fact, I lost those 2 points, but I was still a moderator with 3 more to spend. Do you ever actually use this site, or do you just hang on the sidelines posting anonymous speculation about how you think it works?
====== "Rex unto my cleeb, and thou shalt have everlasting blort." - Zorp 3:16
Since alot of the technology workers in the US take trips to Nepal, many of you might know, just how amazing thinking about the internet in Nepal actually is.
Ever occur to you that the internet is so advanced there precisely because a lot of tech workers take trips to Nepal?
====== "Rex unto my cleeb, and thou shalt have everlasting blort." - Zorp 3:16
Which is more amazing.. that you people bitch and whine about the "corporate" music and the "spoon-fed" attitude, or the fact that you steal said music. Whether or not they're ethical is a personal decision. If they're really the bad bad people you say they are, why don't you 1) not BUY the music, and 2) not DOWNLOAD the music. Its pretty amazing you blasphemize these companies then justify stealing their goods because they're evil.. indeed...
Well, y'all mostly missing the point.
Go back to the beginning. The music industry IS evil - musicians basically sell thier souls (and all rights to thier works) for distribution. The industry is the largest legal pimping operation ever created. The whole thing is an upside down pyramid scheme with the creators of what drives it on the bottom rung.
It could ONLY exist for as long as it has because distribution was expensive. All that vinyl to stamp, all that cardboard for jackets (age giveaway!), all those CD's to burn, all that plastic for cases, advertising, shipping, etc etc etc.
Why do people keep claiming that the internet will change the world? Because the internet changes the fundamental paradigms underlying countless industries. Anybody can distribute anything digitally. Musicians (and all other creators of art) will find a way to self-distribute, or cooperatively distribute, thier works at a reasonable profit. Like water flowing downhill, the free market will see to it. Count on it.
Remember, it's still early times. Once the internet is as ubiquitous as television, it is inevitable. It cannot be controlled.
It is also inevitable that as this occurs, the entrenched and very rich interests in the current paradigm will literally flood the world with fear, propoganda, lobbying money, and outright lies. We've only just begun to see the types of inane laws and regulations that this will bring about. But in the end, it's just noise.
The old paradigms are already dead. They aren't going to die quietly, but dead they are. Digital distribution isn't going away.
====== "Rex unto my cleeb, and thou shalt have everlasting blort." - Zorp 3:16
Thanks for the suitable reproof. As the author of the error I am suitably embarassed, but for good purpose.
One wonders whether I used 'reproof' correctly. Methinks it perchance ought to have been 'reprove.' But I know not of what I speak, me being a mere apprentice to newbies in the vineyards of computerdom.
Go to Preferences|AutoCorrect|Grammar and turn off Anal.
====== "Rex unto my cleeb, and thou shalt have everlasting blort." - Zorp 3:16
The moral of the story is to go to Internet Options --> Security --> Custom Level on your IE browser and turn off ActiveX.
Of course, MacroSuck makes it very painful to do this - EVERY TIME IE encounters a page with ActiveX you will receive a warning that the page may not display correctly - this absolutely drives me wild. IE will let you turn off Java in every form and will never issue a peep about it, but turn off MacroSuck's ActiveX and it will pester you about it forever.
Microsoft sucks, GoHip sucks, I want my internet back, and like someone else said earlier, I want these bastards in the ring with me and my lead-weighted baseball bat.
====== "Rex unto my cleeb, and thou shalt have everlasting blort." - Zorp 3:16
The column goes on to say that, since the processor will run Windows code, there must be some thing wrong with Linux.
Well, the article may be total bullshit, but I read it 4 times and I'm still looking for the statement quoted above. It isn't there. The only mention of x86 code is, and I quote, "Worse, Crusoe is touted for running Intel X86 software, and in particular, Microsoft Windows. Doesn't the open-source community say Windows is beneath contempt?".
Is someone at Slashdot gunning for an editorial position over at ZDNN, or what?
====== "Rex unto my cleeb, and thou shalt have everlasting blort." - Zorp 3:16
When I was a little kid (first or second grade or so) I thought "Arkansas" was pronounced "Our Kansas." This had special meaning for me because I believed, for whatever reason, that the state of Kansas belonged to some other country and that Arkansas belonged to us (meaning the United States.) I also believed that "Utah" was a nation-state like Vietnam where wars were being continually fought (to this day, the word "Utah" brings visions of air-raid bunkers to mind for no apparent reason.)
What makes a person remember weird shit like this?:)
Inbreeding.
====== "Rex unto my cleeb, and thou shalt have everlasting blort." - Zorp 3:16
Why is it cool to have only computer purchases included in these tax holidays?
Since the plan favors the PC as an internet delivery device, I expect lawsuits based on unfair market interference will soon be filed by WebPC, WebTV, and those web-enabled refrigerator folks.
====== "Rex unto my cleeb, and thou shalt have everlasting blort." - Zorp 3:16
Slashdot Mirror
Pardon me? The library was the victim in the internet filter fiasco here, not one of the bad guys. The library had no intention of allowing anal right wing religious freaks from out of town to dictate filtering to them, even if it meant a crippling loss of funding. The librarian is a hero in these eyes.
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"Rex unto my cleeb, and thou shalt have everlasting blort." - Zorp 3:16
No. There is no need for me to be polite. There is no need for ME to make ANY REQUEST of ANY sort.
That instrument is in my home to serve MY communication needs. I pay for it. They are abusing it.
Go to the store and buy yourself a boat horn. Compressed air in a can. Apply liberally to handset as needed.
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"Rex unto my cleeb, and thou shalt have everlasting blort." - Zorp 3:16
I would figured that they would have just lobbied Congress to develop a nuke large enough to make the Earth spin the "correct" direction.
Of course. Thats what they mean by "We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available."
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"Rex unto my cleeb, and thou shalt have everlasting blort." - Zorp 3:16
The GOVERNMENT used to require Social Security numbers when you got a job, now they require every child six months and older to have one for "tax purposes". A seven-month old needs to pay taxes? Since when?
You obviously are too young and inexperienced to have actually dealt with having kids and paying taxes. In order to circumvent all the double claiming and invented children people were listing on thier tax forms (there is a 'tax benefit' in having children to support)the IRS now requires a social security number to be listed for every child over 6 months which you claimed as a dependent. Under six months doesn't matter, since you cannot claim ANYBODY as a dependent unless you have supported them for at least 6 months.
A fine line, admittedly, but there is no requirement to have the social security number for anything other than the above stated 'tax purposes'. Not getting one for the child is a choice you can make, but this choice ensures that you cannot "enjoy" the "tax benefit" of claiming the child as a dependent.
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"Rex unto my cleeb, and thou shalt have everlasting blort." - Zorp 3:16
Microsoft cannot arbitrarily decide to revoke the license. All terms of revokation must be explicitly spelled out in the license. Think of the chaos that would result if this were otherwise. Licenses would mean absolutely nothing because the licenser could pull the rug out from under you at any time they choose.
So, you have yet to encounter the Office 2000 Registration Wizard. I stole this bit word for word from Woody's Office Watch, a non-GPL'd email newsletter. Shame on me.
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"Rex unto my cleeb, and thou shalt have everlasting blort." - Zorp 3:16
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"Rex unto my cleeb, and thou shalt have everlasting blort." - Zorp 3:16
Chris Rock is partially responsible for the marginalization of black culture.
so-called black pop culture, quite precisely summarized in rap music, is marginal at best. why speak as if the marginalization of it were a distinct action by some external force with sinister motivation? a reeking pile of shit is a reeking pile of shit.
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"Rex unto my cleeb, and thou shalt have everlasting blort." - Zorp 3:16
You have to remember that many of the
I don't think you know what you are talking about. There are no moderator positions. Moderators are chosen on the fly by the software. You have to stop by fairly regularly, post occasionally, and some other criteria, but there are no moderator "positions" and nobody has ever been moderator for a year. The 5 points expires after 3 days. It may be weeks before you get chosen to moderate again. As for anonymous posting being a requirement, the rule (enforced by the software) is only that you may not post in a discussion you are moderating. One time I forgot this, and after previously moderating 2 comments, I posted one. Slash undid my previous 2 moderations in that discussion while informing me of the fact, I lost those 2 points, but I was still a moderator with 3 more to spend. Do you ever actually use this site, or do you just hang on the sidelines posting anonymous speculation about how you think it works?
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"Rex unto my cleeb, and thou shalt have everlasting blort." - Zorp 3:16
AI is too complex for one single person.
So, what you are saying is, it takes a village to raise an AI entity.
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"Rex unto my cleeb, and thou shalt have everlasting blort." - Zorp 3:16
Since alot of the technology workers in the US take trips to Nepal, many of you might know, just how amazing thinking about the internet in Nepal actually is.
Ever occur to you that the internet is so advanced there precisely because a lot of tech workers take trips to Nepal?
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"Rex unto my cleeb, and thou shalt have everlasting blort." - Zorp 3:16
Lets all buy stock in the RIAA and then pirate more negative amounts.
Put me down for negative 2000 shares!
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"Rex unto my cleeb, and thou shalt have everlasting blort." - Zorp 3:16
Which is more amazing.. that you people bitch and whine about the "corporate" music and the "spoon-fed" attitude, or the fact that you steal said music. Whether or not they're ethical is a personal decision. If they're really the bad bad people you say they are, why don't you 1) not BUY the music, and 2) not DOWNLOAD the music. Its pretty amazing you blasphemize these companies then justify stealing their goods because they're evil.. indeed...
Well, y'all mostly missing the point.
Go back to the beginning. The music industry IS evil - musicians basically sell thier souls (and all rights to thier works) for distribution. The industry is the largest legal pimping operation ever created. The whole thing is an upside down pyramid scheme with the creators of what drives it on the bottom rung.
It could ONLY exist for as long as it has because distribution was expensive. All that vinyl to stamp, all that cardboard for jackets (age giveaway!), all those CD's to burn, all that plastic for cases, advertising, shipping, etc etc etc.
Why do people keep claiming that the internet will change the world? Because the internet changes the fundamental paradigms underlying countless industries. Anybody can distribute anything digitally. Musicians (and all other creators of art) will find a way to self-distribute, or cooperatively distribute, thier works at a reasonable profit. Like water flowing downhill, the free market will see to it. Count on it.
Remember, it's still early times. Once the internet is as ubiquitous as television, it is inevitable. It cannot be controlled.
It is also inevitable that as this occurs, the entrenched and very rich interests in the current paradigm will literally flood the world with fear, propoganda, lobbying money, and outright lies. We've only just begun to see the types of inane laws and regulations that this will bring about. But in the end, it's just noise.
The old paradigms are already dead. They aren't going to die quietly, but dead they are. Digital distribution isn't going away.
======
"Rex unto my cleeb, and thou shalt have everlasting blort." - Zorp 3:16
Thanks for the suitable reproof. As the author of the error I am suitably embarassed, but for good purpose.
One wonders whether I used 'reproof' correctly. Methinks it perchance ought to have been 'reprove.' But I know not of what I speak, me being a mere apprentice to newbies in the vineyards of computerdom.
Go to Preferences|AutoCorrect|Grammar and turn off Anal.
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"Rex unto my cleeb, and thou shalt have everlasting blort." - Zorp 3:16
The moral of the story is to go to Internet Options --> Security --> Custom Level on your IE browser and turn off ActiveX.
Of course, MacroSuck makes it very painful to do this - EVERY TIME IE encounters a page with ActiveX you will receive a warning that the page may not display correctly - this absolutely drives me wild. IE will let you turn off Java in every form and will never issue a peep about it, but turn off MacroSuck's ActiveX and it will pester you about it forever.
Microsoft sucks, GoHip sucks, I want my internet back, and like someone else said earlier, I want these bastards in the ring with me and my lead-weighted baseball bat.
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"Rex unto my cleeb, and thou shalt have everlasting blort." - Zorp 3:16
They're reasonably quick, and their site is fairly easy to sue as well.
Priceless! A Freudian typo?
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"Rex unto my cleeb, and thou shalt have everlasting blort." - Zorp 3:16
fish in a barrel indeed!
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"Rex unto my cleeb, and thou shalt have everlasting blort." - Zorp 3:16
Shouldn't it be "== Old News"?
Assignment or comparison, the headline works either way.
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"Rex unto my cleeb, and thou shalt have everlasting blort." - Zorp 3:16
The column goes on to say that, since the processor will run Windows code, there must be some thing wrong with Linux.
Well, the article may be total bullshit, but I read it 4 times and I'm still looking for the statement quoted above. It isn't there. The only mention of x86 code is, and I quote, "Worse, Crusoe is touted for running Intel X86 software, and in particular, Microsoft Windows. Doesn't the open-source community say Windows is beneath contempt?".
Is someone at Slashdot gunning for an editorial position over at ZDNN, or what?
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"Rex unto my cleeb, and thou shalt have everlasting blort." - Zorp 3:16
The whole point of posting to a forum is to release your memes on the collective consciousness.
sounds unsanitary.
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"Rex unto my cleeb, and thou shalt have everlasting blort." - Zorp 3:16
Um, really, I forgot...
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"Rex unto my cleeb, and thou shalt have everlasting blort." - Zorp 3:16
Why, then, is it motor trend's 2000 car of the year?
same reason windows2000 will be pc magazines "editors choice".
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"Rex unto my cleeb, and thou shalt have everlasting blort." - Zorp 3:16
When I was a little kid (first or second grade or so) I thought "Arkansas" was pronounced "Our Kansas." This had special meaning for me because I believed, for whatever reason, that the state of Kansas belonged to some other country and that Arkansas belonged to us (meaning the United States.) I also believed that "Utah" was a nation-state like Vietnam where wars were being continually fought (to this day, the word "Utah" brings visions of air-raid bunkers to mind for no apparent reason.)
What makes a person remember weird shit like this? :)
Inbreeding.
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"Rex unto my cleeb, and thou shalt have everlasting blort." - Zorp 3:16
Why is it cool to have only computer purchases included in these tax holidays?
Since the plan favors the PC as an internet delivery device, I expect lawsuits based on unfair market interference will soon be filed by WebPC, WebTV, and those web-enabled refrigerator folks.
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"Rex unto my cleeb, and thou shalt have everlasting blort." - Zorp 3:16
I would like to beg all legislators not to pass this bill I've got enough work as it is.
hey! you're that pimple-faced package checker from Best Buy, right?
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"Rex unto my cleeb, and thou shalt have everlasting blort." - Zorp 3:16
My question is this: shouldn't they have known this before doing anything?
Why would you expect a large web hosting company to have ever heard of whois? (tongue planted firmly in cheek)
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"Rex unto my cleeb, and thou shalt have everlasting blort." - Zorp 3:16