Nice attempt at sophistry-- but a tad obvious. It's a really dumb analogy... and is not convincing at all. First George Lucas's son is not making these movies- Geroge is. Second- Michaelangelo was forced to paint the chapel and probably wasn't interested in it very much, he never owned it, and he did paint the figures naked- boobies included. Third- they are not selling Sistine Chapels- you are not a paying customer. Anyways kudos for trying.
Are you so sure there was a global outpouring of sympathy after september 11th?
being outside of America- I didn't really see it, or feel it.
If you lived in Indonesia- you may have a different perspective when aid comes in, and people began to return.
There is a chance that there are alien civilizations "out there" that are equal to, or less advanced than the human race.
Not that I am sticking up for SETI, but I don't think they have ever assumed that aliens would be trying to communicate with us- they are merely trying to find evidence that there are other inhabited planets, with creatures that are using electricity like we do.
It is part of our culture to believe that aliens *must* be smarter than us- and that humans are inherently stupid... but perhaps people should look at it a different way-
We are the most capable and smartest creatures on this planet- we choose not to reach our potential-- but the potential is there-- and perhaps we are the smartest life-forms in the universe....
They were looking for Radio waves- not radio transmissions.
Every electric device you own releases some EM pollution- and they were using some assumptions in hopes that they might stumble across a planet with lots of EM pollution.
You are totally right. Stories like this turn me off from Slashdot big time.
Is there a head editor to slashdot- or are these stories just posting themselves.
So these are the people that are working at Microsoft... it all comes together now!
It is so ironic that someone from Microsoft is critiquing the "problems" with Firefox... I have no clue where his errors came from- I have installed FF on at least 10 machines without one problem. This blog is yet another Microsoft PR nightmare-- and yet another reason I am proud to use a Macintosh.
Some of these posts are really ignorant.
Ok first of all it's not the RIAC- it is the CRIA. The levy is going to the CPCC. For all the people who are saying this is a bad thing- you are complete morons. We are in a common law system- putting music on a hard drive is not going to be suddenly illegal because the courts found the CPCC levy illegal. The CPCC does not have unlimited powers of taxation-- and I am glad that this has happened. So for all you trolls- nothing has changed regarding your rights, and it is doubtful that the Liberal government is going to start passing laws limiting your rights-- it is political suicide for them.
woops I didnt even notice it:( I still think Safari's implementation of a bookmark window and history menu is better. Also a sidebar in html is different than a sidebar in your browser
Wouldn't it be better to just have separate folders in the bookmarks bar under the URL window... then you can click the folder with the bookmarks in them and have it go away? Side-Bars take up a huge chunk of space, and to me seem counter-intuitive-- and I can't be alone on this one since they have been excluded from Safari and from Firefox.
First I cannot believe the author is advocating bloaty, useless things like side-bars?
Sidebars are useless- why would you need to see a list of links permanently in the window you are browsing? The so-called theory this is based on is merely a bunch of assumptions that all lead to one simple solution... If you want to build a theory on navigation- go take some cognitive psychology courses, and do some real studies.
Research & Annotations... How much more unnecessary can things get? Why not just create a bookmark folder and save the website, or if you are using OS X create a PDF of the page. I personally do not want to be switching constanly between my web-browser/organizer and a text editor while I'm writing an essay.
RSS as an over-rated concept? I don't think so. This essay is just flat out wrong. You cannot improve the user experience of the WWW by adding stupid features like side-bars and research tools-- RSS may not be innovative alone, but how browsers and search engines are using RSS is innovative-- Safari RSS, and Firefox Live bookmarks are time-saving, useful features. The innovation will now come from the WWW itself. Google is a great attempt at centralizing information while making it easier to access, sites like Google and protocols like RSS will be the source of major usability innovations- not browsers. I think it's time the author gets his head out of the '90s and looks at the browser as a simple conduit to information, and not a tool for organizing the web.
I think this is great news!
Google offers a great service, the ads aren't very intrusive... It is getting to the point that I can't stand banner ads-flashing low quality.gifs, flash..it's annoying I wouldn't care if google tagged on a "this e-mail brought to you by..." to the bottom of an e-mail that arrives through pop3 mail. Text isn't that distracting. And finally if my demographic information, or the context of my e-mails are enough to pay for this service- I'm all for it.
Why would you want a written constitution? First you are in the common law system which probably gives more rights than any written constitution could. Secondly if you look at the Canadian constitution you can see there are problems with it- it creates constitutional citizens, and is used by business more than it is by people-- Written constitutions suck- especially in a common law system.
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I can't believe Steve Jobs didn't win best manager of the year--
...they must be holding out for best manager of the century.
Nice attempt at sophistry-- but a tad obvious. It's a really dumb analogy... and is not convincing at all.
First George Lucas's son is not making these movies- Geroge is. Second- Michaelangelo was forced to paint the chapel and probably wasn't interested in it very much, he never owned it, and he did paint the figures naked- boobies included. Third- they are not selling Sistine Chapels- you are not a paying customer.
Anyways kudos for trying.
Are you so sure there was a global outpouring of sympathy after september 11th?
being outside of America- I didn't really see it, or feel it.
If you lived in Indonesia- you may have a different perspective when aid comes in, and people began to return.
There is a chance that there are alien civilizations "out there" that are equal to, or less advanced than the human race.
Not that I am sticking up for SETI, but I don't think they have ever assumed that aliens would be trying to communicate with us- they are merely trying to find evidence that there are other inhabited planets, with creatures that are using electricity like we do.
It is part of our culture to believe that aliens *must* be smarter than us- and that humans are inherently stupid... but perhaps people should look at it a different way-
We are the most capable and smartest creatures on this planet- we choose not to reach our potential-- but the potential is there-- and perhaps we are the smartest life-forms in the universe....
They were looking for Radio waves- not radio transmissions.
Every electric device you own releases some EM pollution- and they were using some assumptions in hopes that they might stumble across a planet with lots of EM pollution.
You are totally right. Stories like this turn me off from Slashdot big time.
Is there a head editor to slashdot- or are these stories just posting themselves.
What makes me sick is the amount of propaganda that is shamelessly peddled to adults- from the evening news, to the daily paper.
...well, at least we finally know why Longhorn was delayed.
First: the guy is from Long Island NY.
Second: Here is a definition of the word propagandist.
-Hope that makes you feel less stupid now.
So these are the people that are working at Microsoft... it all comes together now!
It is so ironic that someone from Microsoft is critiquing the "problems" with Firefox... I have no clue where his errors came from- I have installed FF on at least 10 machines without one problem.
This blog is yet another Microsoft PR nightmare-- and yet another reason I am proud to use a Macintosh.
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Some of these posts are really ignorant.
Ok first of all it's not the RIAC- it is the CRIA.
The levy is going to the CPCC.
For all the people who are saying this is a bad thing- you are complete morons. We are in a common law system- putting music on a hard drive is not going to be suddenly illegal because the courts found the CPCC levy illegal. The CPCC does not have unlimited powers of taxation-- and I am glad that this has happened.
So for all you trolls- nothing has changed regarding your rights, and it is doubtful that the Liberal government is going to start passing laws limiting your rights-- it is political suicide for them.
Completely locked up 'Preview' in Mac OS X... and they just updated preview (as you all know from the 10.3.7 slashdot story) blah.
woops I didnt even notice it :( I still think Safari's implementation of a bookmark window and history menu is better. Also a sidebar in html is different than a sidebar in your browser
Wouldn't it be better to just have separate folders in the bookmarks bar under the URL window... then you can click the folder with the bookmarks in them and have it go away? Side-Bars take up a huge chunk of space, and to me seem counter-intuitive-- and I can't be alone on this one since they have been excluded from Safari and from Firefox.
First I cannot believe the author is advocating bloaty, useless things like side-bars?
Sidebars are useless- why would you need to see a list of links permanently in the window you are browsing? The so-called theory this is based on is merely a bunch of assumptions that all lead to one simple solution... If you want to build a theory on navigation- go take some cognitive psychology courses, and do some real studies.
Research & Annotations... How much more unnecessary can things get? Why not just create a bookmark folder and save the website, or if you are using OS X create a PDF of the page. I personally do not want to be switching constanly between my web-browser/organizer and a text editor while I'm writing an essay.
RSS as an over-rated concept? I don't think so.
This essay is just flat out wrong. You cannot improve the user experience of the WWW by adding stupid features like side-bars and research tools-- RSS may not be innovative alone, but how browsers and search engines are using RSS is innovative-- Safari RSS, and Firefox Live bookmarks are time-saving, useful features.
The innovation will now come from the WWW itself. Google is a great attempt at centralizing information while making it easier to access, sites like Google and protocols like RSS will be the source of major usability innovations- not browsers.
I think it's time the author gets his head out of the '90s and looks at the browser as a simple conduit to information, and not a tool for organizing the web.
and I'm sure Teens are the only ones doing this-- Everyone knows after 30 you become infinitesimally wise and infallible.
Prepare yourself for the next apple.slashdot story:
...just a prediction.
Apple goes after iTunes.ca cybersquatter.
I think Apple has been working hard to get people to move away from Linux and come [back] to the Mac.
yet another reason not to get married.
I think this is great news! .gifs, flash..it's annoying
Google offers a great service, the ads aren't very intrusive... It is getting to the point that I can't stand banner ads-flashing low quality
I wouldn't care if google tagged on a "this e-mail brought to you by..." to the bottom of an e-mail that arrives through pop3 mail. Text isn't that distracting.
And finally if my demographic information, or the context of my e-mails are enough to pay for this service- I'm all for it.
The upside is this will all end after the first lawsuit against ICANN.
Which should be in about 7 days.
Why would you want a written constitution? First you are in the common law system which probably gives more rights than any written constitution could. Secondly if you look at the Canadian constitution you can see there are problems with it- it creates constitutional citizens, and is used by business more than it is by people-- Written constitutions suck- especially in a common law system.
In order to qualify for the opt-out you must smash your head on pavement until you hear a distinctive cracking sound.