damn, I should have scrolled down and read the same premise posted by someone else already. Please mod me -1 redundant for the above, and -1 offtopic for this comment.
It's (ostensibly) a prewar antique. This isn't a fungible item. Paypal orders someone to destroy a counterfeit handbag, you might get reimbursed the cost of the bag if your take them to court, but that violin isn't coming back.
*Obviously* nobody on/. uses unicode for our comments, so that would be an entire waste of time, implementing that. It's not like we're in the 21st century or anything...
Fuck unicode. It's a passing fad.
But seriously, unicode support should have been implemented years ago. Slashdot is a dinosaur in this respect.
However, doing so was a real pain in the ass since I have a tiny netbook and the user options "overlay-dialog" shit was nearly impossible to use. Ironically I needed to the un-check "small screen" option which was needlessly difficult because said dialog box wouldn't fit on the damn screen. Why even have a small screen option?!
Alright. Done complaining, save for that in my.sig which I'm not going to attempt to fix until I get a bigger screen or the admins fix these weird layout issues...
Incidentally, I haven't posted many comments recently, and this new posting system is nicer than the last.
This is a totally off-topic meta-post, but I'm tagging on a top comment anyway...
Is it just my browser, or is the./ layout radically different all of a sudden? I seem to have lost the sidebars and slashboxes on the front page and the comments are spanning the width of the screen instead of the normal layout. I haven't changed anything myself far as I can tell.
Yes. I'll let my.sig explain my views on this matter. Actually, on second thought the 120 character limit is, well, limiting.
Metamoderation used to actually *do* something (I think). It allowed the metamoderator to determine whether or not the moderation was fair. It did this by posting the comment and one of its moderations, but not the handle of the person who posted the comment. In this way, the metamoderator was not instantly swayed by *who* was making the comment, and the entire point was to determine if the "+5: Funny", "-1: Troll" or "+2: Insightful" were warranted moderations.
As it is now, I don't even know what the fuck metamoderation is supposed to do, or what it is for. I have no idea. All I know is that there is no decent explanation of what metamoderation is supposed to do, how it is going to accomplish it, or what. To those of us who used to be regular metamods, the new system is entirely broken.
To be fair, I think Apple would have tanked by then, but who knows what kind of magic is possible when one has Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum at their disposal.
Either that or Apple will probably still be using proprietary, non-compatible connectors on their products, unless one buys the camera connector peripheral adapter!
Along those lines, perhaps far enough in the future, humans could develop the technology to engineer genes into these simple life forms that will evolve into hominiod (or other more advanced) beings after so many generational iterations in the given planet's environment.
Furthermore, if that kind of genetic manipulation would one day be possible, it would seem likely possible to store "data" in the so-called junk-DNA of these beings that would allow the evolved creatures to learn about their earthling heritage by understanding their own genes.
Science fantasy, for sure, but an interesting thought nonetheless.
AFAIR slashdot has only removed a couple of posts, and only at the behest of their lawyers. One was the famous Scientology post and another was, I think, some leaked Microsoft code.
For one, I wouldn't have been downmodded as ":-1, Flamebait". Overrated perhaps. For two, slashdot itself is broken -- The editors are just "dialing it in" anymore. Probably literally, as in they just wake up and click a few radio-buttons on the "new story" queue from their iPhones or Android phones or whatever. And fuck them because I'm just about done with this whole site. The commentary is going to shit and the moderation and meta-moderation that used to make this site worthwhile no longer seem to do anything worthwhile.
I've been a regular reader since early 2000, though I didn't get my username until early 2002 or thereabouts, and I can honestly say that the last 2 years have been very hard on slashdot. The trolls and skivs have finally taken over.
Does she have *any money to spend - If yes, then pay an [arbitrary but trusted] adult to charge the credit for the sheet music online if necessary. If no, then do without.
Slashdot Mirror
damn, I should have scrolled down and read the same premise posted by someone else already. Please mod me -1 redundant for the above, and -1 offtopic for this comment.
Heh, manual typewriters were "hacked" a very, very long time before computers were even invented. Ever hear of reading the ink ribbon?
Commenting here to remove an accidental negative moderation. Please ignore.
Then again, some of those "robot" gizmos that wiggle around are pure genius
It's (ostensibly) a prewar antique. This isn't a fungible item. Paypal orders someone to destroy a counterfeit handbag, you might get reimbursed the cost of the bag if your take them to court, but that violin isn't coming back.
No, but it appears to be a frangible item.
Agreed -- see my .sig line.
*Obviously* nobody on /. uses unicode for our comments, so that would be an entire waste of time, implementing that. It's not like we're in the 21st century or anything...
Fuck unicode. It's a passing fad.
But seriously, unicode support should have been implemented years ago. Slashdot is a dinosaur in this respect.
Thank you!! That fixed it.
However, doing so was a real pain in the ass since I have a tiny netbook and the user options "overlay-dialog" shit was nearly impossible to use. Ironically I needed to the un-check "small screen" option which was needlessly difficult because said dialog box wouldn't fit on the damn screen. Why even have a small screen option?!
Alright. Done complaining, save for that in my .sig which I'm not going to attempt to fix until I get a bigger screen or the admins fix these weird layout issues...
Incidentally, I haven't posted many comments recently, and this new posting system is nicer than the last.
This is a totally off-topic meta-post, but I'm tagging on a top comment anyway...
Is it just my browser, or is the ./ layout radically different all of a sudden? I seem to have lost the sidebars and slashboxes on the front page and the comments are spanning the width of the screen instead of the normal layout. I haven't changed anything myself far as I can tell.
I wouldn't. She might actually win.
Oh the irony.
Wait, this is irony, isn't it?
Until it's your father telling you this during the ambulance ride to the hospital... Interesting, perhaps, but not *twitter* interesting.
Ere I am, JH... The ghost in the machine...
(Score:2, Funny)
Really? More like (Score:5, Insightful)
To be clear, some other book. Or at least not a "Discovery Productions" book.
No, that would be the "anti-slash jihad"
Or, yes for that matter.
Yes. I'll let my .sig explain my views on this matter. Actually, on second thought the 120 character limit is, well, limiting.
Metamoderation used to actually *do* something (I think). It allowed the metamoderator to determine whether or not the moderation was fair. It did this by posting the comment and one of its moderations, but not the handle of the person who posted the comment. In this way, the metamoderator was not instantly swayed by *who* was making the comment, and the entire point was to determine if the "+5: Funny", "-1: Troll" or "+2: Insightful" were warranted moderations.
As it is now, I don't even know what the fuck metamoderation is supposed to do, or what it is for. I have no idea. All I know is that there is no decent explanation of what metamoderation is supposed to do, how it is going to accomplish it, or what. To those of us who used to be regular metamods, the new system is entirely broken.
Slashdot used to be better about this, but I'll just let my .sig speak here.
To be fair, I think Apple would have tanked by then, but who knows what kind of magic is possible when one has Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum at their disposal.
Either that or Apple will probably still be using proprietary, non-compatible connectors on their products, unless one buys the camera connector peripheral adapter!
Along those lines, perhaps far enough in the future, humans could develop the technology to engineer genes into these simple life forms that will evolve into hominiod (or other more advanced) beings after so many generational iterations in the given planet's environment.
Furthermore, if that kind of genetic manipulation would one day be possible, it would seem likely possible to store "data" in the so-called junk-DNA of these beings that would allow the evolved creatures to learn about their earthling heritage by understanding their own genes.
Science fantasy, for sure, but an interesting thought nonetheless.
AFAIR slashdot has only removed a couple of posts, and only at the behest of their lawyers. One was the famous Scientology post and another was, I think, some leaked Microsoft code.
Let this shit die already. SCO has nothing.
Being a municipality, we are entitled to free expanded basic cable as a part of the franchise agreement back in 1982.
From the summary.
For one, I wouldn't have been downmodded as ":-1, Flamebait". Overrated perhaps. For two, slashdot itself is broken -- The editors are just "dialing it in" anymore. Probably literally, as in they just wake up and click a few radio-buttons on the "new story" queue from their iPhones or Android phones or whatever. And fuck them because I'm just about done with this whole site. The commentary is going to shit and the moderation and meta-moderation that used to make this site worthwhile no longer seem to do anything worthwhile.
I've been a regular reader since early 2000, though I didn't get my username until early 2002 or thereabouts, and I can honestly say that the last 2 years have been very hard on slashdot. The trolls and skivs have finally taken over.
They won.
Her parent's approval is a moot point.
Does she have *any money to spend - If yes, then pay an [arbitrary but trusted] adult to charge the credit for the sheet music online if necessary. If no, then do without.