The first part of your post sounded like some of the spam I've been getting. You've fallen for their trap. Observe:
1. Get story submitted on/. for their solutions to your need for content for your next round of GET RICH QUICK spam. 2.Spam the hell out of people touting the new GET RICH QUICKER!!! scheme. 3.PROFIT!!!
" I don't want to oppress your freedom of speech, but perhaps you should actually play the game before you start offering your opinions on it."
Not only that, but where does this guy get off saying that a game must suck in general because he just doesn't have interest in it? Parent may not like the game, but that hardly says anything for the success and quality of the game.
Exactly. I was at an anime workshop at my college, and we were presented a study between Japanese and American children of the same young age (10 I think). The differences were astounding. The Japanese already had a solid grasp on perspective while the Americans were very far behind in terms of skill. It just so happens that because of the pervasiveness of manga and such in their culture, they grow up with this stuff, and become very accustomed to it very early on.
Way to TOTALLY not get the joke. Try reading it over again. My point was that if a computer was powered by hand movements, their um....."actions" would power it, thus it wouldn't matter if they were using that hand for something else.
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I run Win98SE (yeah yeah I know) and as much as I hate real, there are media files I want to view on the net that need it. I wish someone would come along with software that could read their streaming files but which was as streamlined as Google is.
We need a slim, fast, powerful, free media player that will be to streaming media what Google is to search engines.
"Yeah, Spamhaus isn't a blacklist either. Where's my centralized site to check to see what doctors have been sued or cited by their state board of healing arts for malpractice or misconduct?"
No shit. I hope some of the people on the list get together and create a site that is the exact opposite. And they need to make sure they get plenty of press.
Just out of curiosity, I know the green laser pointer for sale on ThinkGeek is visible as a beam because of the frequency of the color, and its a little souped up. Are there any cool properties like this that a blue laser has?
"Finally, a fridge that Ken can keep his beer cold with.
Who needs a demanding, anorexic bitch like Barbie when you have cold beer."
But who's going to get the beer for Ken?
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"The point I'm trying to make is that I'm stunned by the FUDders that want to make us believe that AIM is a jungle with a IDthief behind every tree."
Well, think of it this way. Most of us Slashdotters know this. We would laugh if someone warned us seriously of this. However, many people would take it seriously if they weren't very computer savvy. Personally, I'd rather have all of the teenyboppers on AIM be terrified of identity theft and learn to use caution when giving away their information. Even if it means they think its more dangerous than it really is. The people who know enough to not believe that are usually good enough to handle themselves online.
No, I don't, why don't you educate me. He asked for a recipe for what he had, and since I cook a lot, and since I cook a LOT of chinese food, I gave him a recipe. Whats the problem here?
"So Elvish geeks are hipper than Klingon-speaking geeks? Not that geeks are known to be hip, but this just makes Elvish geeks slightly less dispised than Klingon geeks. It is like Musolini bragging that he is less hated than Hitler."
Its like the Apple geek thinking they are cooler and more stylish than a Linux geek.
" I think Gencon is probably the only place where there may actually be a need for Klingon-Elvish translators. It's a Klingon that speaks Elvish. It's an Elf that speaks Klingon. It's a hellish creature made in the darkest depths of geekdom. Run away! "
We'll definitely need Klingon-Elvish translators at the cons of the future. Seriously, if this keeps up, these people are going to forget english entirely. They will not be able to communicate with anyone outside the convention and will have no choice but to become permanent, live in, staff.
This is hardly a culture. This is a personality stereotype. And a fairly accurate one at that. It's a derogative term used to identify people who do not make their software toys on their own, but instead download the hard labor of others and use it to perform meaningless, and often times annoying pranks.
I think I have a comparison to sum this up.
Script Kiddies is as much a Culture as 1337 5p34k is a Language.
" Just so they dont make the Simalarion. That was freaking painful!"
Funny you should mention this. When I was a freshman in 9th grade, we had to do our first ever research paper for our english class. I chose the Silmarilion as my book, thinking I could make a logical argument about the story in my thesis and be done with it. After a couple weeks hammering through it, I began to hallucinate and think it was part of the torah.
Seriously, half the book was "and so-and-so begot so-and-so, who later went on and married so-and-so who begot so-and-so". By the time I was done, and my fragile little freshman mind was completely fried from trying to figure this thing out, I had a research paper on how Sauron wasn't evil and everybody else was out to get him. I don't remember how I proved this, but I somehow managed to find enough evidence to back it up. I got an A, and was forever known in that class as "the kid has too much time on his hands". God what I wouldn't give to still have a copy of that paper.
'Oh, no! Not the NY Times...I've already forgotten the last three thousand names I used to register:-)"
You jest, but few on here realize the sway the NY Times holds. Many business professionals read it daily in print form. Hell, I'm a college student in Minneapolis and I have a subscription. The NY Times is one of America's biggest news sources, and that was BEFORE they had online access.
"Lose a marketing person and see if your business folds."
Now its time for a marketing person to enter the frey. I'm in marketing/advertising, and I have to tell you that you cannot accurately make a blanket statement like that. You see, in marketing, there are very good marketing people and very bad marketing people to put it into basic terms. Also you need to take into account how many people are actually in the marketing department.
One marketing person may be a drop in the bucket to a large marketing department like in most large companies. However, if that is a very skilled individual, who was particularly creative, or who had the right connections, etc, it could be very fatal indeed.
The skill of the marketer becomes an even more important factor when there are fewer. Some companies have one person doing marketing, if any at all. Marketing is what drives the communication side of business. For example, think of how much better a freelance IT consultant would do if he had someone to do full time marketing for him who knew the right people for PR efforts and could handle basic advertising. If he doesn't do marketing in SOME regard, he will most likely have his freelance consulting business "fold" because unless he's someone special, people won't be knocking down his door for his services because they won't even know about him.
Sorry, its just very aggitating that people on Slashdot group ALL marketers/advertisers/PR people together. Some of us actually have ethics, make intelligent business decisions, AND treat our good IT people with the respect they deserve. They're not just IT people, they're coworkers. Hell, some of us are even geeks, such as myself. I recognize there are good IT people and bad IT people, and I try to make my judgements accordingly. The least you could do is the same.
Thanks, Representing the Marketers on Slashdot you insensitive clod.
Sincce this is dealing with food and search engines.....I have an intersting bit of info I read about a long time ago, but forget where. It was basically saying how scientists had figured out all of the flavor combinations that can be created on the tongue, and thus it was a matter of time before they could reproduce the flavor of any dish. A couple of questions......does anybody know anything about this here? Could this lead to modern day replicators?
It would be cool if I could have a machine where I could move "flavor sliders" and have it make a sample for me to taste, and then if I liked it I could use the recipe that the flavor sliders generated.
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No, I think he means the um.....other grass. Quite profitable if distributed in a dense urban area, so no need for these silly legal lawns.
Not only that, but where does this guy get off saying that a game must suck in general because he just doesn't have interest in it? Parent may not like the game, but that hardly says anything for the success and quality of the game.
We need a slim, fast, powerful, free media player that will be to streaming media what Google is to search engines.
Me too, just as I don't have to go to a dentist. They're just doctors who couldn't cut it.
No shit. I hope some of the people on the list get together and create a site that is the exact opposite. And they need to make sure they get plenty of press.
But who's going to get the beer for Ken?
Well, think of it this way. Most of us Slashdotters know this. We would laugh if someone warned us seriously of this. However, many people would take it seriously if they weren't very computer savvy. Personally, I'd rather have all of the teenyboppers on AIM be terrified of identity theft and learn to use caution when giving away their information. Even if it means they think its more dangerous than it really is. The people who know enough to not believe that are usually good enough to handle themselves online.
So that's what they're calling it these days...........
That was my point.
Its like the Apple geek thinking they are cooler and more stylish than a Linux geek.
We'll definitely need Klingon-Elvish translators at the cons of the future. Seriously, if this keeps up, these people are going to forget english entirely. They will not be able to communicate with anyone outside the convention and will have no choice but to become permanent, live in, staff.
I think I have a comparison to sum this up.
Script Kiddies is as much a Culture as 1337 5p34k is a Language.
Funny you should mention this. When I was a freshman in 9th grade, we had to do our first ever research paper for our english class. I chose the Silmarilion as my book, thinking I could make a logical argument about the story in my thesis and be done with it. After a couple weeks hammering through it, I began to hallucinate and think it was part of the torah.
Seriously, half the book was "and so-and-so begot so-and-so, who later went on and married so-and-so who begot so-and-so". By the time I was done, and my fragile little freshman mind was completely fried from trying to figure this thing out, I had a research paper on how Sauron wasn't evil and everybody else was out to get him. I don't remember how I proved this, but I somehow managed to find enough evidence to back it up. I got an A, and was forever known in that class as "the kid has too much time on his hands". God what I wouldn't give to still have a copy of that paper.
You jest, but few on here realize the sway the NY Times holds. Many business professionals read it daily in print form. Hell, I'm a college student in Minneapolis and I have a subscription. The NY Times is one of America's biggest news sources, and that was BEFORE they had online access.
Now its time for a marketing person to enter the frey. I'm in marketing/advertising, and I have to tell you that you cannot accurately make a blanket statement like that. You see, in marketing, there are very good marketing people and very bad marketing people to put it into basic terms. Also you need to take into account how many people are actually in the marketing department.
One marketing person may be a drop in the bucket to a large marketing department like in most large companies. However, if that is a very skilled individual, who was particularly creative, or who had the right connections, etc, it could be very fatal indeed.
The skill of the marketer becomes an even more important factor when there are fewer. Some companies have one person doing marketing, if any at all. Marketing is what drives the communication side of business. For example, think of how much better a freelance IT consultant would do if he had someone to do full time marketing for him who knew the right people for PR efforts and could handle basic advertising. If he doesn't do marketing in SOME regard, he will most likely have his freelance consulting business "fold" because unless he's someone special, people won't be knocking down his door for his services because they won't even know about him.
Sorry, its just very aggitating that people on Slashdot group ALL marketers/advertisers/PR people together. Some of us actually have ethics, make intelligent business decisions, AND treat our good IT people with the respect they deserve. They're not just IT people, they're coworkers. Hell, some of us are even geeks, such as myself. I recognize there are good IT people and bad IT people, and I try to make my judgements accordingly. The least you could do is the same.
Thanks,
Representing the Marketers on Slashdot you insensitive clod.
It would be cool if I could have a machine where I could move "flavor sliders" and have it make a sample for me to taste, and then if I liked it I could use the recipe that the flavor sliders generated.