Ok, isn't there some rule that says if you're going to make fun of someone's typo and call it an English mistake, you have to TYPE PROPER ENGLISH YOURSELF.
You know, you might be able to check out a book on irony at your local library.
Yeah, I agree. Do they not have street sign in other countries? Or is this for those times you forget what country you're in. God knows that happens to me all the time.
Why was this modded down? In order for a public figure to sue for libel, they have to prove that the actions we of actual malice. This differs from non-public figures. This modding is ridiculous.
Even if his statement was only partially correct, give someone a chance to correct it.
Ok, slashdotters complain all the time about ridiculous patens being accepted because the people in the patent office appear to be mentally incompetent. So, I ask, how can hiring better engineers be a step in any direction but the right one?
This is a recurring problem. Society seems to think we have to solve a problem with a one dimensional attack. Why not use a socio-technical or legal-technical solution? I'm not saying I have the answers; but we should take more than one angle.
As for the guy who thinks banning targeted ads is a bad thing. I'm sure a lot of people disagree with you. I know I do. I would much rather get ads from slashdot telling me about 6.0Mbps/768kbps DSL from Speakeasy than tampon ads from OB or someone. Besides, if you can drive down the cost of advertising, it should theoretically drive down the cost of consumer goods... if that pans out, we have yet to see for sure.
The post puts a negative spin on the issue, and I CAN CLEARLY see why.
However, the system might be good for finding repeat suers, which could bring down the cost of malpractice insurance and possibly lower the cost of insurance, therefore helping a great many people. That's not to say that would necessarily happen. But if insurance market (which I know little about) was competitive (price driven), it might work out for the better.
still, I'd hate so see someone get hurt because their doctor wouldn't help them because a previous doctor took the wrong leg off.
My highschool was all about word processing on WordPerfect (I think it was 6.x) from '94 to '99. I remember how cool all the stoners thought you were when you were able to change screen settings.
Then again, they freaked out when you wrote little batch files than told them the virus they installed was deleting the hard drive and their names were being reported to the principal and inserted them into autoexec.bat.
Ok, besides this being stupid, I distinctly remember being on the internet prior to 1999 and using URLs to access web sites and email addresses to send email.
According to that patent page the patent was filed on November 23, 1999. As the Spanish say: Que? Seriously, who in patent office granted this patent?
God damn it, I'm going to sleep now and hope I wake up somewhere else...
I can confirm that I read that, I also don't know where I read it, but I found some semi-related articles. But yes, some new silicon is supposedly coming out that will drive the cost of TVs way down.
http://biz.yahoo.com/rm/031217/tech_intel_televisi on_2.html
I think the more important underlying issue is that we slashdotted Sony's web site (the one with the pictures). Seriously, this is Sony we're talking about here... WTF?
We don't here 'aboot' YOU SAY 'aboot'. It's basic linguistics man. Take a course or something. There is not right or wrong way because a dialect is a dialect is a dialect. Besides, the differences in various phonemes between Canadian English and American English are very small. Unless you're talking to some drunk guy without a tongue (or some other strange outliers), I think you're the one with the [hearing] problem.
I don't know if I like *this* particular use of embedded computing, but it's nice to see the technology moving along. Just wait until the technology is more useful. You know, something like a book car you can take around with you swipe by a book's tag or ISBN number that remembers to order the book for you later.
Slashdot Mirror
first of all, this is /. not ./
Here's a quote from the article: "On April 27, 2004 Humphrey Cheung, an editor for THG, along with three other hackers took to the skies to find out."
So I'm going to have to doubt your claim.
Ok, isn't there some rule that says if you're going to make fun of someone's typo and call it an English mistake, you have to TYPE PROPER ENGLISH YOURSELF.
You know, you might be able to check out a book on irony at your local library.
Yeah, I agree. Do they not have street sign in other countries? Or is this for those times you forget what country you're in. God knows that happens to me all the time.
Why was this modded down? In order for a public figure to sue for libel, they have to prove that the actions we of actual malice. This differs from non-public figures. This modding is ridiculous.
Even if his statement was only partially correct, give someone a chance to correct it.
No QVC isn't invasive and annoying enough. He's probably calling up all the door-to-door sales men and Jehovah's Witnesses he knows.
I wonder if I could make money with uselesscrapyouthinkyouwant.com...
Ok, slashdotters complain all the time about ridiculous patens being accepted because the people in the patent office appear to be mentally incompetent. So, I ask, how can hiring better engineers be a step in any direction but the right one?
Amen!
This is a recurring problem. Society seems to think we have to solve a problem with a one dimensional attack. Why not use a socio-technical or legal-technical solution? I'm not saying I have the answers; but we should take more than one angle.
As for the guy who thinks banning targeted ads is a bad thing. I'm sure a lot of people disagree with you. I know I do. I would much rather get ads from slashdot telling me about 6.0Mbps/768kbps DSL from Speakeasy than tampon ads from OB or someone. Besides, if you can drive down the cost of advertising, it should theoretically drive down the cost of consumer goods... if that pans out, we have yet to see for sure.
The post puts a negative spin on the issue, and I CAN CLEARLY see why.
However, the system might be good for finding repeat suers, which could bring down the cost of malpractice insurance and possibly lower the cost of insurance, therefore helping a great many people. That's not to say that would necessarily happen. But if insurance market (which I know little about) was competitive (price driven), it might work out for the better.
still, I'd hate so see someone get hurt because their doctor wouldn't help them because a previous doctor took the wrong leg off.
My highschool was all about word processing on WordPerfect (I think it was 6.x) from '94 to '99. I remember how cool all the stoners thought you were when you were able to change screen settings. Then again, they freaked out when you wrote little batch files than told them the virus they installed was deleting the hard drive and their names were being reported to the principal and inserted them into autoexec.bat.
I don't know about groundzero for linux, but Portland is definitely ground zero for drugged up basketball players who beat women.
Then again, even they might use linux and I could be way off here.
Ok, besides this being stupid, I distinctly remember being on the internet prior to 1999 and using URLs to access web sites and email addresses to send email.
According to that patent page the patent was filed on November 23, 1999. As the Spanish say: Que? Seriously, who in patent office granted this patent?
God damn it, I'm going to sleep now and hope I wake up somewhere else...
Some how a space got stuck in my link... how I don't know, anyway:
i on_2.html
http://biz.yahoo.com/rm/031217/tech_intel_televis
also, by semi-related I mean, it's not the article I read, but it's related...
I can confirm that I read that, I also don't know where I read it, but I found some semi-related articles. But yes, some new silicon is supposedly coming out that will drive the cost of TVs way down. http://biz.yahoo.com/rm/031217/tech_intel_televisi on_2.html
I think the more important underlying issue is that we slashdotted Sony's web site (the one with the pictures). Seriously, this is Sony we're talking about here... WTF?
Too bad for them; I like warm soda!
Ummmm... obviously they PAID them to be objective... yeah, that's it.
Legal ignorance not an excuse in the US either. There is prosecutorial discretion, but I doubt that will be used here.
I dunno, maybe they don't want to pay for their OS and then want something they can use without a lot of re-learning.
Man, you pass the 'Turing Test'... you don't 'pass' the award.
I don't think just because you win the Turing award you win the test.
We don't here 'aboot' YOU SAY 'aboot'. It's basic linguistics man. Take a course or something. There is not right or wrong way because a dialect is a dialect is a dialect. Besides, the differences in various phonemes between Canadian English and American English are very small. Unless you're talking to some drunk guy without a tongue (or some other strange outliers), I think you're the one with the [hearing] problem.
Now when I call to get support for my laptop I can't swap receipies and get those authentic spicy Indian dishes!
On the bright side, I won't have to think Apu offering me a squishy while I'm asking them to repeat theirselves for the 8th time.
He speaks the truth. Think of a wafer as a slice out of a log of beef (except the beef is silicon).
I assume this means we'll get smaller chips from AMD now...
ROFL! Why isn't this modded as funny?
Sorry, the talking squirrel told me to post this.
of course I meant book CARD not book car.. though a book that you can drive around might be interesting to look at.
I don't know if I like *this* particular use of embedded computing, but it's nice to see the technology moving along. Just wait until the technology is more useful. You know, something like a book car you can take around with you swipe by a book's tag or ISBN number that remembers to order the book for you later.