It's 2005. "Journalism" means everything and everything.
Always has--it's just more obvious now that everyone has a 'press.' It's important to remember, too, because the press will tell you that they are a special class, with special privleges. They're not. They're every bit as beholden to the law as the rest of us.
I'm afraid you're only seeing part of the story. CBS blew it in a
number of ways.
They sure did, but that's beside the point. Your contention was that Rathergate was a better example of 'Open Source Journalism'. I'm saying that the model in the Plame/Gannon story is more like what you find in (the more popular) Open Source Projects. The participants found each other (through dailyKos), organized themselves, distributed the work (one guy did coporate records checks, e.g.) and generated a bunch of new information. Exactly what we would expect of investigative journalists--except they're not.
Rathergate was similar, but (with the inspired exception of Buckhead actually firing up MS Word) was more about experts in their fields offering critiques (e.g., of language in the documents.) Like I said, it's similar, but the Gannon story is more "FOSSy", if you will.
FWIW, I'm a rock-ribbed Republican, and my girlfriend's a Kossack.
is the dismantling of CBS's attempt to flaunt the(obiviously) fake
National Guard memos
No, although it's related. The Rathergate story exposed a weakness of journalists--they're mostly generalists. Whereas in any large group (Freepers, Rightwing Bloggers, etc.) you're going to have all kinds of experts in diverse fields (eg., TexANG memo format and terminology, MS Word.)
The Gannon story was fed by people (Kossacks, mostly) who were so interested in the story (originally, the Plame story, which Gannon covered) that they were willing to track down all kinds of loose ends. It's the other little secret of journalism--it's not hard, it's just time-consuming. This story was more about a distributed, self-organized approach to research--much like an FOSS project.
It's fascinating to watch the Media come to terms with these trends.
Render the tables in TFA correctly, re-sort the tables, etc.
Aside from its incredible speed, though, the best reason to use lynx is that you can keep it open in a little window on your desktop with nothing but text showing. Their motto should be "Lynx: It Looks Like You're Working!"
The readers that are designed for doorways can do roughly 2 feet, but they're huge and very very obvious - they're designed for store entrances, where they make you walk through the "gates" to get in/out of the store. You can't miss a 4-foot (max) separated row of columns covering all the exits...
Right, but as they become more and more common, you won't notice them. And I'm sure plenty of businesses would love to know if you're carrying a lot of chips around.
My company recently merged 3 production servers and 2 test servers
You might also be able to move users onto a thin client setup (like LTSP.)
Also, consider using free alternatives to licensed products, like OpenOffice.org. (Bleedin' obvious around here, but I haven't seen anybody mention it yet.)
AppleScript is the only language I have ever used that is
easier to read than it is to write
I think they're ALL easier to read than write, but I know what you mean. It's easy to write a perfectly understandable statement that the interpreter can't handle. Personally, I think the problem is a lack of consistancy more than anything else. Scripting InDesign is VERY different than scripting Quark. That's not going to change, either, since so much depends on the way the application 'understands' the data.
What's really missing is an easy front end, like HyperCard used to provide. AppleScript Studio (unfortunate abbreviation, that) is a bit more complex than necessary.
It doesn't seem to work with Lynx, either. The URLs are obviously different from what they're supposed to be, and they don't point to any site at all.
Lynx does try the URL, though, so it may be possible to set up another domain to catch it, but the URL would still be obviously wrong (something like p%a%y%p%a%l.com)
what I could really use is an external
keyboard without the PDA.
The original Alphasmart was exactly that. Now they're more of a PDA+Keyboard device. You might find the originals on Ebay or somesuch. The new ones are at Alphasmart.com.
Sorry, your password must contain at least 10 letters, some of which
must be letters, some special symbols, some numbers).
It's not so hard:
Pick random syllables (e.g., by stabbing at a dictionary) and a number, then combine them into a nonsense 'word', (e.g., "FawUDau7")
Pick a phrase/song/poem and use the first x letters, with the number x added to them. Using the opening of the Star Spangled Banner we get 5Oscys.
Pick a phrase that is in plain sight of your computer, then pick two numbers x and y. Use the numbers and y letters of the phrase starting at letter x. Thus "World's Greatest Dad", 6, and 7 gives us "sGreate67". With a scheme like this, you can probably even leave the numbers written down in plain sight, and the same phrase can be used with different numbers ("Hotmail=67, Gmail=38").
I haven't used special characters in these, but obviously you could. (Of course, don't use any of these examples exactly as written.)
Tech companies
have opened their checkbooks to pay for administrative support,
including a legal staff that scans every stitch of code to make sure
it can bear patent scrutiny.
I thought that you weren't supposed to do that for fear of triple damages. What am I missing?
It's interesting to look at the (nearer) "2010" one (done in 1996.) I was expecting a laugh, but it's not too bad. Tidbits that struck me:
The "Social Security-Medicare" debate already reverberating throughout the developed world will be acute.
We anticipate genetic engineering fueling a fourth agricultural revolution by the end of this timespan. As in the past, shortages will be man-made.
To compete, businesses will continue to move beyond regional or national perspectives to optimize global trade.
Potential adversaries will attempt to blunt our military superiority in other ways: improving their capabilities relative to their neighbors, and using unconventional and often asymmetric means--ranging from the increased use of terrorism to the possible use of weapons of mass destruction.
The likely course at least through 2010 will be an enlarged NATO serving s the primary vehicle for launching and sustaining "coalitions of the willing."
US-European strategic interests will be buffeted by several contentious issues: differences over -a policy toward Iran and Iraq (where political changes will occur in both countries by 2010); costs of underwriting a Middle East peace; divergent views on the future of Turkey's relations with Europe; and US positions on "fair vs. free trade," extraterritoriality, and the role of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in settling trade disputes.
From TFA: So far the overhaul has cost $581 million, and the software problems are expected to set off a debate over how well the bureau has been spending those dollars.
Let me get this straight... Microsoft prematurely releases details of their products and grabs marketshare as a result. Apple sues everyone who talks about their products before the official unveiling. I've been a Machead for over ten years, but I think Apple could learn something from the boys in Redmond on this one. Especially when it comes to the iPod, where they are the Microsoft of the field.
Slashdot Mirror
Damn, I thought of another pun but now it's scone!
D'OH!
(sorry everyone)
Effective from April 1th, 2005, all non-converted accounts will stop working.
And they want us to take this seriously?
Man, a day of awful joke stories on /. AND free usenet stops working? Worst April 1st ever...
Instead of emailing your questions to Martin, we did this interview by phone
What, Outlook acting up again?
It's 2005. "Journalism" means everything and everything.
Always has--it's just more obvious now that everyone has a 'press.' It's important to remember, too, because the press will tell you that they are a special class, with special privleges. They're not. They're every bit as beholden to the law as the rest of us.
my user id is like a tenth of yours.
Man. This would be funny if it wasn't so sad.
I'm afraid you're only seeing part of the story. CBS blew it in a number of ways.
They sure did, but that's beside the point. Your contention was that Rathergate was a better example of 'Open Source Journalism'. I'm saying that the model in the Plame/Gannon story is more like what you find in (the more popular) Open Source Projects. The participants found each other (through dailyKos), organized themselves, distributed the work (one guy did coporate records checks, e.g.) and generated a bunch of new information. Exactly what we would expect of investigative journalists--except they're not.
Rathergate was similar, but (with the inspired exception of Buckhead actually firing up MS Word) was more about experts in their fields offering critiques (e.g., of language in the documents.) Like I said, it's similar, but the Gannon story is more "FOSSy", if you will.
FWIW, I'm a rock-ribbed Republican, and my girlfriend's a Kossack.
is the dismantling of CBS's attempt to flaunt the(obiviously) fake National Guard memos
No, although it's related. The Rathergate story exposed a weakness of journalists--they're mostly generalists. Whereas in any large group (Freepers, Rightwing Bloggers, etc.) you're going to have all kinds of experts in diverse fields (eg., TexANG memo format and terminology, MS Word.)
The Gannon story was fed by people (Kossacks, mostly) who were so interested in the story (originally, the Plame story, which Gannon covered) that they were willing to track down all kinds of loose ends. It's the other little secret of journalism--it's not hard, it's just time-consuming. This story was more about a distributed, self-organized approach to research--much like an FOSS project.
It's fascinating to watch the Media come to terms with these trends.
lynx...is there anything it can't do?
Render the tables in TFA correctly, re-sort the tables, etc.
Aside from its incredible speed, though, the best reason to use lynx is that you can keep it open in a little window on your desktop with nothing but text showing. Their motto should be "Lynx: It Looks Like You're Working!"
The readers that are designed for doorways can do roughly 2 feet, but they're huge and very very obvious - they're designed for store entrances, where they make you walk through the "gates" to get in/out of the store. You can't miss a 4-foot (max) separated row of columns covering all the exits...
Right, but as they become more and more common, you won't notice them. And I'm sure plenty of businesses would love to know if you're carrying a lot of chips around.
Bah. Let's see how Louis Vuitton likes their search results now!
(Link provided for entertainment purposes only. Do not click.)
My company recently merged 3 production servers and 2 test servers
You might also be able to move users onto a thin client setup (like LTSP.)
Also, consider using free alternatives to licensed products, like OpenOffice.org. (Bleedin' obvious around here, but I haven't seen anybody mention it yet.)
... there's not much to say, is there?
AppleScript is the only language I have ever used that is easier to read than it is to write
I think they're ALL easier to read than write, but I know what you mean. It's easy to write a perfectly understandable statement that the interpreter can't handle. Personally, I think the problem is a lack of consistancy more than anything else. Scripting InDesign is VERY different than scripting Quark. That's not going to change, either, since so much depends on the way the application 'understands' the data.
What's really missing is an easy front end, like HyperCard used to provide. AppleScript Studio (unfortunate abbreviation, that) is a bit more complex than necessary.
Shouldn't that be the other way 'round? Or am I missing somethinig?
It doesn't seem to work with Lynx, either. The URLs are obviously different from what they're supposed to be, and they don't point to any site at all.
Lynx does try the URL, though, so it may be possible to set up another domain to catch it, but the URL would still be obviously wrong (something like p%a%y%p%a%l.com)
Astroturfing in the political sense is fake "grassroots"
Which this is not. It's similar--shadowy funding buying a biased report--but it's not pretending to be a grassroots organization.
There ought to be another term for this. "Fakesearch" or somesuch.
what I could really use is an external keyboard without the PDA.
The original Alphasmart was exactly that. Now they're more of a PDA+Keyboard device. You might find the originals on Ebay or somesuch. The new ones are at Alphasmart.com.
Sorry, your password must contain at least 10 letters, some of which must be letters, some special symbols, some numbers).
It's not so hard:
I haven't used special characters in these, but obviously you could. (Of course, don't use any of these examples exactly as written.)
Tech companies have opened their checkbooks to pay for administrative support, including a legal staff that scans every stitch of code to make sure it can bear patent scrutiny.
I thought that you weren't supposed to do that for fear of triple damages. What am I missing?
It's interesting to look at the (nearer) "2010" one (done in 1996.) I was expecting a laugh, but it's not too bad. Tidbits that struck me:
Have there been many magazine how-to articles on amatuer aerial photography?
Who needs magazines?
or the photo of a city building to see its history"
Substitute "person" for "building". (Is that a cameraphone, officer?)
(and that new mac mini has a whopping 32 megs of RAM. jeepers)
Er, that's just for the graphics. The memory is 256K, stock. check it out.
From TFA: So far the overhaul has cost $581 million, and the software problems are expected to set off a debate over how well the bureau has been spending those dollars.
I'm going to go with "not well."
Let me get this straight... Microsoft prematurely releases details of their products and grabs marketshare as a result. Apple sues everyone who talks about their products before the official unveiling. I've been a Machead for over ten years, but I think Apple could learn something from the boys in Redmond on this one. Especially when it comes to the iPod, where they are the Microsoft of the field.