They are the not-we! We must band together to stop ourselves getting screwed by a group that has the interests of the whole world in mind. Only our interests are important!
From what I understand, Alphas have better floating point performance. That, in conjunction with wanting to keep the number of nodes down, would tend to push your decision toward Alphas.
It's surprisingly like the way you decide issues in, say, science.
But in science, you have objective, measureable facts. With most things that you are trying to determine the "rightness" of, you don't.
Some people believe it is wrong to kill animals (even to eat them). How could this be other than a matter of opinion? There is no way of looking at the facts to determine if something is right or wrong.
I mean, hell, your whole world is subjective (you don't/really/ know that it isn't all in your mind). So, I don't think it's possible to assert that there is "the one true way" by which things' morality can be judged. There's no way to stand outside your world and look in.
perhaps not so much more than IRC, but talk hardly compares to messaging systems.
MIT's Zephyr is the shit. (Ok, it may not be MIT's originally, I forget, but that's where I saw it.)
It's much more like instant, bursty email. ICQ isnt that hot for chatting, but it's nice to be able to fire off a quick note and know that the other person is there, on their computer, and will see it immediately if they choose to.
Plus, it's much less disruptive to working, since you cna process at your own pace, and don't have to immediately drop something you're doing to avoid missing your opportunity to comment on something. I wish ICQ (or whatever) would support the forum-style messaging (kind of like instant newsgroups).
...but even local copying, say, me and my 10 friends sharing MP3's will result in a huge decrease in album purchases.
I know tons of people who already do this with CDs. MP3 is irrelevant, other than that you don't have to have a CDR drive. But, they are pretty cheap already, and I don't think that it'll take that much longer before they are prevalent. (I couldn't believe that a (shitty) scanner starts at $49 now.)
I've thought this for a long time, it's nice to see someone thinks the same way.
Anytime I'm on IRC trying to get new MP3s, I always wish I could just go to a URL and pay to download them. I'd easily pay $8 or so for an MP3 version of an album.
Basically, all that making MP3s available online (for pay) does is make it easier for pirates to get the original MP3 file (that they then share with others). But, it's not all that much easier than just ripping it yourself. So, I don't think it'd increase piracy at all.
I know a college dorm where they ripped each others CDs and traded the MP3 files amongst themselves. This is not at all affected by having online versions available for download. Negatively, or positively.
Usually, if the album is any good, I buy a CD anyway, so I can play it in my car. Until HD technology can handle the temperature extremes of the east coast, I won't be able to have an MP3 player in the car.
That always happens with rental movies. The problem is that these movies have been viewed several times and aren't even close to "new" condition. So, if you were collecting movies, I don't think you'd want to settle for one.
Why do people insist on only seeing the applications of college towards a job?
There is so much more that you get out of college than just things that are applicable towards a job. Like hanging out with friends, even if it's just being around a lot of people your own age all the time.
The drinking/partying that you might participate in. The ease of finding someone to play cool board games with (like Titan, or Diplomacy).
There's also the social skills you learn. Granted, some people may already have them, so YMMV.
All-in-all, I think there are a lot of good reasons to go to college. Very few of them (IMHO) have to do with your job-skills. I'm glad I went (even if I did quit after 3.5 years with 1.5 years to go).
Why must music have a physical basis? It's only sound, after all.
What?!? Think about that sentence. Sound inherently has a physical basis. That's how you experience it. What's tricky is trying to record that very complex pressure variation, and capture it permanently.
A free operating system, that runs free server daemons is going head to head with a company that would charge $12,000, just in licensing, to offer 600 users email services using thier groupware solution.
Ok, so I keep seeing people talking about how linux is free. Frankly, $12,000 doesn't seem like that much to me, for something like an enterprise email system. That's an initial cost, and eliminating it will save some money, but you also have to support this infrastructure.
There aren't that many people who are able to administer linux boxes. At least, not that many that companies are looking to hire. Granted, many large businesses are managed by idiots who are completely out of touch with reality. But they still won't hire an 18-year-old to run their mission-critical system. However well he (or she) can do the job.
So, they buy a solution that they can hire people to administer. Their support costs are lower due to them being able to hire less-skilled people, and pay them less.
I think the strength of linux is not that it is free, but that it is better. That's how you have to sell it to the companies.
Slashdot Mirror
Apparently, the engine can't do "near" type searches. If you search for more than one thing, it looks through the whole transcript for the words.
So, you might get a result back that isn't quite what you are looking for.
Jordan
They are the not-we! We must band together to stop ourselves getting screwed by a group that has the interests of the whole world in mind. Only our interests are important!
Well, damn. How could they not have made them pull it?
Wait, is the math wrong on that? If we are at -5, doesn't that mean that 2am UTC is 5 hours "earlier" for EDT? Which would be 9pm, no?
I do.
If the gas tank "goes off," this will ruin your day, whether you're at an altitude of 5 feet or 50,000 feet
WTF???
What are you talking about? Gas tank going off? He doesn't have a gas tank. It's not an airplane, it's a home.
How did this post get moderated up? It's not even funny, it's just dumb.
Jordan
I've never understood the appeal of portals. Do you seriously just go to a webpage, and use links off of it, rather than your own bookmarks?
I make heavy use of the "Links" or "Personal Toolbar" buttons instead of using a portal site. Don't most people do this?
Jordan
That is the most hysterical thing I have seen in a long, long time.
Props to you.
Nitrous is N20.
http://www.resort.com/~banshee/Inf o/N2O/N2O.html
Wonder how much these things cost and if we can talk Andover into buying us one.
Uhh, why would Andover need to buy one for you? Wasn't slashdot sold for (literally) millions in cash?
Sorry, it's just a pet peeve of mine. You have millions. Get used to it.
Jordan
From what I understand, Alphas have better floating point performance. That, in conjunction with wanting to keep the number of nodes down, would tend to push your decision toward Alphas.
It's surprisingly like the way you decide issues in, say, science.
/really/ know that it isn't all in your mind). So, I don't think it's possible to assert that there is "the one true way" by which things' morality can be judged. There's no way to stand outside your world and look in.
But in science, you have objective, measureable facts. With most things that you are trying to determine the "rightness" of, you don't.
Some people believe it is wrong to kill animals (even to eat them). How could this be other than a matter of opinion? There is no way of looking at the facts to determine if something is right or wrong.
I mean, hell, your whole world is subjective (you don't
Jordan
I think it's his .sig
perhaps not so much more than IRC, but talk hardly compares to messaging systems.
MIT's Zephyr is the shit. (Ok, it may not be MIT's originally, I forget, but that's where I saw it.)
It's much more like instant, bursty email. ICQ isnt that hot for chatting, but it's nice to be able to fire off a quick note and know that the other person is there, on their computer, and will see it immediately if they choose to.
Plus, it's much less disruptive to working, since you cna process at your own pace, and don't have to immediately drop something you're doing to avoid missing your opportunity to comment on something. I wish ICQ (or whatever) would support the forum-style messaging (kind of like instant newsgroups).
Jordan
Speaking of ratings, why not release two differently rated versions of the same movie?
Is that not allowed?
Jordan
...but even local copying, say, me and my 10 friends sharing MP3's will result in a huge decrease in album purchases.
I know tons of people who already do this with CDs. MP3 is irrelevant, other than that you don't have to have a CDR drive. But, they are pretty cheap already, and I don't think that it'll take that much longer before they are prevalent. (I couldn't believe that a (shitty) scanner starts at $49 now.)
Jordan
Amen, brother.
I've thought this for a long time, it's nice to see someone thinks the same way.
Anytime I'm on IRC trying to get new MP3s, I always wish I could just go to a URL and pay to download them. I'd easily pay $8 or so for an MP3 version of an album.
Basically, all that making MP3s available online (for pay) does is make it easier for pirates to get the original MP3 file (that they then share with others). But, it's not all that much easier than just ripping it yourself. So, I don't think it'd increase piracy at all.
I know a college dorm where they ripped each others CDs and traded the MP3 files amongst themselves. This is not at all affected by having online versions available for download. Negatively, or positively.
Usually, if the album is any good, I buy a CD anyway, so I can play it in my car. Until HD technology can handle the temperature extremes of the east coast, I won't be able to have an MP3 player in the car.
That always happens with rental movies. The problem is that these movies have been viewed several times and aren't even close to "new" condition. So, if you were collecting movies, I don't think you'd want to settle for one.
Jordan
I think it was funny. Not too often does something make me laugh out loud when I read it. Ok, chuckle out loud.
Besides, his comment actually made me read the "hippy" comment, instead of skipping it.
Why do people insist on only seeing the applications of college towards a job?
There is so much more that you get out of college than just things that are applicable towards a job. Like hanging out with friends, even if it's just being around a lot of people your own age all the time.
The drinking/partying that you might participate in. The ease of finding someone to play cool board games with (like Titan, or Diplomacy).
There's also the social skills you learn. Granted, some people may already have them, so YMMV.
All-in-all, I think there are a lot of good reasons to go to college. Very few of them (IMHO) have to do with your job-skills. I'm glad I went (even if I did quit after 3.5 years with 1.5 years to go).
So, is this a game between two baseball teams composed of top players (All-Stars) as voted by the fans?
How often does this happen?
Why must music have a physical basis? It's only sound, after all.
What?!? Think about that sentence. Sound inherently has a physical basis. That's how you experience it. What's tricky is trying to record that very complex pressure variation, and capture it permanently.
A free operating system, that runs free server daemons is going head to head with a company that would charge $12,000, just in licensing, to offer 600 users email services using thier groupware solution.
Ok, so I keep seeing people talking about how linux is free. Frankly, $12,000 doesn't seem like that much to me, for something like an enterprise email system. That's an initial cost, and eliminating it will save some money, but you also have to support this infrastructure.
There aren't that many people who are able to administer linux boxes. At least, not that many that companies are looking to hire. Granted, many large businesses are managed by idiots who are completely out of touch with reality. But they still won't hire an 18-year-old to run their mission-critical system. However well he (or she) can do the job.
So, they buy a solution that they can hire people to administer. Their support costs are lower due to them being able to hire less-skilled people, and pay them less.
I think the strength of linux is not that it is free, but that it is better. That's how you have to sell it to the companies.
I can't believe this is sitting at a score of 1. Someone moderate this up. It actually has content, rather than opinion.
I guess it's good to know that this is going on, but there's really not that much actual content in the story.
I almost ask, "Why post it?"