According to an independent study, it takes an average of four months to watch the latest episodes of top-rated shows like Lost and Desperate Housewives.
Four months is impressive. It would take me much longer to make it through an episode of "Desperate Housewives."
This is the first time I've ever taken the time to explain one of my posts. I don't intend on doing this regularly.
My posts are almost always meant to be light-hearted in nature. Not withstanding the colloquial or jargonistic meanings of the word "subpoena," a subpoena is a writ to testify in a proceding. As any copy editor will tell you, the headline is the most important part of a story, and in this instance, I was poking fun at the poorly-written headline -- "Cryptome Log Subpoenaed."
Perhaps my post deserved to be "modded" down as it was a few times, but that's not relevant. It was clearly meant to be entertaining to to those who are amused by that sort of thing. If you choose to take it seriously, that's your call.
Oh, man. Does this mean no more Linux on the X-Box? This news wouldn't be so devastating if there were perhaps some other device capable of running Linux.
*cough*
What a great idea Mr. Lessig has. I've adapted his legislation to be Slashdot-specific. I'm convinced that if my legislation is passed, there will be a significant reduction in "In Soviet Russia" posts. If a) the legislation is passed, and b) it doesn't work, then I'll forfeit all my karma.
A "Video iPod"? Good grief. Why would I want a device that's bigger than my PDA, and less functional than my notebook PC?
Apple needs to read Slashdot and see what people really want. Then, they can start working on an iPod with a bacteria-based hard drive, made of X-Box parts, and mounted to a scooter. Of course, the manual would have to be open source.
I was going to throw out my old microwave oven, but after reading this, I think I'll keep it. It has an Intel 80186 controller. Maybe when the X-Box guys are done, they could put Linux on my microwave?
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Mandrakesoft was obviously intent on combining "Mandrake" with "Connectiva" for the new name, so I came up with the following:
1. Condrakula
2. ConMan
3. MaC OS 10.2
According to an independent study, it takes an average of four months to watch the latest episodes of top-rated shows like Lost and Desperate Housewives. Four months is impressive. It would take me much longer to make it through an episode of "Desperate Housewives."
They neglected to mention that the real reason for creating a 70 TFlop system was to get Yum to run smoothly.
I'm using my tricorder to see if there are in fact red squares floating around the room.
Readings indicate that there are no red squares; the giant red Oracle ad is etched into my retinas.
Dodge Caravan represent!
Aww, man. I only have a Celeron 500. Does that mean I'm going to get stuck with "The Best of Perry Como"?
"Hello, Dell? I forgot the password to my EFI" just doesn't have the same ring to it.
I swear it wasn't my fault. Hans Blix told me that he couldn't find any worms on my SQL Server.
I read a similiar article recently that had the headline "Former AMD and IBM Employees Working Together on Fish n' Chips."
It took all night, but I finally got Debian installed on my TiVo. Where's my $200,000?
Several other tech companies have tried this and failed. Will MS learn from history?
1.) The Apple/John Sculley watch --- Your own watch fires you every hour.
2.) The IBM watch -- They had a $35M marketing budget, and forgot to ship the watches to their distributors.
3.) The Xerox watch -- The Xerox executives decided that people don't want watches, they want photocopiers. Project scrapped.
4.) The Compaq watch -- "Sorry, we discontinued that watch. It's your problem now."
5.) Dude, I'm getting a watch!
This is the first time I've ever taken the time to explain one of my posts. I don't intend on doing this regularly.
My posts are almost always meant to be light-hearted in nature. Not withstanding the colloquial or jargonistic meanings of the word "subpoena," a subpoena is a writ to testify in a proceding. As any copy editor will tell you, the headline is the most important part of a story, and in this instance, I was poking fun at the poorly-written headline -- "Cryptome Log Subpoenaed."
Perhaps my post deserved to be "modded" down as it was a few times, but that's not relevant. It was clearly meant to be entertaining to to those who are amused by that sort of thing. If you choose to take it seriously, that's your call.
How does one subpoena a log file? I imagine the conversation went something like this:
"We have a summons for your log file."
"Uh, would you like us to send an admin to court with the log files?"
"No, just tell the log file to show up in court on the date indicated on the summons."
Oh, man. Does this mean no more Linux on the X-Box? This news wouldn't be so devastating if there were perhaps some other device capable of running Linux.
*cough*
Since Hormel Foods owns the name "Spam," couldn't they force Network Associates to call their product "Nasty Synthetic Luncheon Meat Assassin"?
"...after a preset number of days, the eBook will lock out the current reader so another patron can check it out"
How are libraries going to cope with the loss of 50 cent overdue fees?
What a great idea Mr. Lessig has. I've adapted his legislation to be Slashdot-specific. I'm convinced that if my legislation is passed, there will be a significant reduction in "In Soviet Russia" posts. If a) the legislation is passed, and b) it doesn't work, then I'll forfeit all my karma.
Verisign tried to change the name last July, but it took six months for the change to go through.
ATI's 147 fps has always been a problem for me in Quake. I like to blink a lot.
A "Video iPod"? Good grief. Why would I want a device that's bigger than my PDA, and less functional than my notebook PC? Apple needs to read Slashdot and see what people really want. Then, they can start working on an iPod with a bacteria-based hard drive, made of X-Box parts, and mounted to a scooter. Of course, the manual would have to be open source.
"All right. Which one of you bastards put the penicillin in my hard drive?"
"Novel Concept." Nice pun.
The Microsoft Press will be pissed about this. "Open Source books will be the death of the industry!"
I was going to throw out my old microwave oven, but after reading this, I think I'll keep it. It has an Intel 80186 controller. Maybe when the X-Box guys are done, they could put Linux on my microwave?
Mr. Robertson's project is indeed important, but am I the only one having trouble using vi with a gamepad?