I'll never get Slashdotters' obsession with KDE and GNOME. Both projects absolutely suck. Their APIs are a joke. GNUStep/OpenStep, on the other hand, is a true object-oriented environment, and it really does make Gnome and KDE obsolete.
But, as with their defense of the ancient X11 protocol, Slashdotters fear change and will defend what they've been using no matter how inferior it is. Hence, all the sarcasm we see here. If you guys would actually take a look at it (OpenStep is the basis for the incredible OS X development system), you'd realize it really does wipe the floor with GTK/QT.
Hmm. An article on Slashdot entitled "Your Rights Online: The RIAA's Halloween Tricks."
I'm sure it will be fair, impartial, and accurately portray both sides of the issue, and will be followed with educated, insightful commentary that illuminates the topic.
You see, Slashdot must always employ one dumb editor that everyone hates the most. I know, you think all of them are dumb, but this one is especially dumb. In the past, it was Jon Katz. Everyone hated Jon Katz. Katz left, and Michael came along. Everyone hated Michael. Michael was canned, and now we have Zonk. Everyone hates Zonk. I think they serve as a lightning rod of hate to draw attention away from the crumbling quality of the site.
Hey, dumbass, when you download something on P2P, your downloaded chunks are shared and uploaded to others simultaneously. You ARE exchanging infringing materials.
Besides, simply downloading alone is enough to infringe. You've already been owned by other posters over this, so I leave it to them.
Yeah, isn't it funny how in one article, all the Slashdotters will bitch and complain about "evil corporations" (never mind that Slashdot is owned by a Linux-selling corporation), copyright, DMCA, etc. Read all the rallying cries in the Bnetd articles of the past. But in another article, they become 12-year-old gamers again and jump up and down over anything Blizzard says?
But hey, they're throwing a Blizzcon, and you're just so addicted to WoW! Better write a long-ass article on Slashdot about it! Free advertising!
Well, given that MySQL's online documentation in the past claimed that you didn't need transactions and triggers and that you were better off without them, I don't blame people for looking elsewhere for docs.
OS X is that operating system Steve Jobs has been talking about for the past five years, pronouncing it "oh ess ten." "OS-X" is some mysterious misspelling that plagues Slashdot posts, just like "OS/X."
Apple DID introduce a windowing system and a mouse to the public. In fact, much of the desktop metaphor is theirs (pulldown menus, standard "Trash" can, etc.).
Clearly, Apple's successes contradict your claim that he is not visionary. Who is it again who introduced GUIs to the world? Apple. Who is it again that legitimized online music? Apple. Who is it again that has 80+% of music players? Apple. Who forced manufacturers to provide USB devices by making the 1998 iMac USB-only, thereby making the PC world universally adopt USB? Who was the first to have 3 1/2 inch floppy drives in every machine? Etc. etc. etc.....
There are a lot of Steve stories that don't explain the context. Saying Steve got pissed when a note was left on his car doesn't explain that the reason Steve was parking right up front was due to political tensions between him and the Mac team, which is why he got angry. So mod parent up.
Hi, I'm a Mac user who uses OS X. However, you make mention of an alternative operating system called "OS/X." Along with "OS-X," I often see Slashdotters making mention of these other operating systems. Where did you get "OS/X" and what systems does it run on? As of right now, I'm still using plain ol' vanilla OS X.
Hi, I have OS X installed on my Mac, but I noticed you make mention of something called "OS-X." Could you tell me where I could try out this alternative operating system? I've also heard of "OS/X" and other derivatives. For some reason, many Slashdotters seem to know about these strangely named products, while the rest of us use plain ol' OS X.
I know it's hip and cool to defend Microsoft for karma purposes, but the criticism is warranted. This is the top software company in the world whose software several country's economy's rely on. Yet the research paper shows they didn't do proper investigation, leading to two patches months apart instead of one.
How did the American economy come to rely on something so...unreliable?
Translation: "I'm going to defend Microsoft on Slashdot to get karma (it makes you look enlightened and individual to moderators), so in an article where Microsoft was clearly caught with their pants down, I'm going to instead distract the issue by mocking the coding experience of some of the commenters, as if that has anything to do with the #1 software company in the world not getting the 'software' part right. It's kind of like telling movie reviewers who've never made a movie before that they can't criticize movies."
And given this research paper, how would that statement be inaccurate, sir?
I suggest people see my comment here. There's this vocal cross-section of astroturfing Microsoft defenders who have infiltrated Slashdot. Report the huge news that two more key executives have left? They'll bitch in the comments. Had problems with things just mysteriously not working anymore in Windows? All the "I've never had it crash in five years" people will jump down your throat to drown you out. Post the huge news that Microsoft shipped a half-assed patch that required another patch to fix it? Someone will try to preemptively dismiss the responses.
This is a huge screwup that is illustrative of the lack of testing and management that MiniMSFT commenters have previously mentioned. Don't try to sweep this under the rug--Microsoft is the company whose software is running on most of the world's computers, and they can't get a patch right.
Articles that say the opposite of this one
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No Porn for You, iPod
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· Score: 4, Insightful
The submissions says pornographers are staying away, but I've been reading the opposite conclusion in the past few weeks:
I think it's silly to think pornographers won't be taking advantage of the iPod. Millions of people have them, and millions would love to have porn on them. It's easy business.
Lately, a ton of militant Microsoft and Windows defenders have really gotten vocal around here. There's always been that contingent, but now you can't even report the big news that more two key executives have left Microsoft without a bunch of "WHY IS THIS FRONTPAGE NEWS OMG THAT'S/. FOR YOU" comments. You also get the "XP hasn't blue-screened for me in years, which means the other 99% of the population who have had problems don't count" comments and the wannabe MSDN subscribing know-it-alls who write vast essays listing all the breathless Microsoft marketing points about Avalon, Indigo, and all the other crappy new APIs that already exist elsewhere.
So while the editors and many of the readers are vehemently anti-Microsoft to a fault, a lot of the moderators and a loud cross-section of readers are vehemently pro-Microsoft/X-Box 360/any other crappy Microsoft technology that the marketing brochures told them was cool.
So, yes, praising Microsoft will get you karma. It makes you look hip, enlightened, and individual. Go against the grain!
Please, Zonk, I know you were the Games section editor before you replaced Michael, but can't you keep all these game reviews in the Games section where they belong? Save the front page for Gold or release date announcements. Like when Civilization IV was released, you should have, you know, mentioned that Civ IV was out that day like Slashdot did with Civ III. Not post a review of Black & White 2, a game that had been out for over a week.
It's like Zonk thinks Slashdot is now his little gamers' blog. Well, please, no more Slashvertisements, thank you.
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I'll never get Slashdotters' obsession with KDE and GNOME. Both projects absolutely suck. Their APIs are a joke. GNUStep/OpenStep, on the other hand, is a true object-oriented environment, and it really does make Gnome and KDE obsolete.
But, as with their defense of the ancient X11 protocol, Slashdotters fear change and will defend what they've been using no matter how inferior it is. Hence, all the sarcasm we see here. If you guys would actually take a look at it (OpenStep is the basis for the incredible OS X development system), you'd realize it really does wipe the floor with GTK/QT.
Hmm. An article on Slashdot entitled "Your Rights Online: The RIAA's Halloween Tricks."
I'm sure it will be fair, impartial, and accurately portray both sides of the issue, and will be followed with educated, insightful commentary that illuminates the topic.
Yeah, and I'm banging Natalie Portman.
It's the "Dumb Editor" theory.
You see, Slashdot must always employ one dumb editor that everyone hates the most. I know, you think all of them are dumb, but this one is especially dumb. In the past, it was Jon Katz. Everyone hated Jon Katz. Katz left, and Michael came along. Everyone hated Michael. Michael was canned, and now we have Zonk. Everyone hates Zonk. I think they serve as a lightning rod of hate to draw attention away from the crumbling quality of the site.
Behold...the Dumb Editor theory.
Aka "Slashvertisement."
Anyone noticed what's happening? Remember when TechTV became more gamer-oriented and became G4? Same thing happening to Slashdot.
The story loop is:
Google
Google
Microsoft
iPod
Game Review
Google
Microsoft
Google
iPod
Game Review
Rinse, repeat.
Hey, dumbass, when you download something on P2P, your downloaded chunks are shared and uploaded to others simultaneously. You ARE exchanging infringing materials.
Besides, simply downloading alone is enough to infringe. You've already been owned by other posters over this, so I leave it to them.
Yeah, isn't it funny how in one article, all the Slashdotters will bitch and complain about "evil corporations" (never mind that Slashdot is owned by a Linux-selling corporation), copyright, DMCA, etc. Read all the rallying cries in the Bnetd articles of the past. But in another article, they become 12-year-old gamers again and jump up and down over anything Blizzard says?
But hey, they're throwing a Blizzcon, and you're just so addicted to WoW! Better write a long-ass article on Slashdot about it! Free advertising!
Well, given that MySQL's online documentation in the past claimed that you didn't need transactions and triggers and that you were better off without them, I don't blame people for looking elsewhere for docs.
OS X is that operating system Steve Jobs has been talking about for the past five years, pronouncing it "oh ess ten." "OS-X" is some mysterious misspelling that plagues Slashdot posts, just like "OS/X."
Anything else you need me to teach you?
Actually, Apple edged out Google for top recognizable brand this year (do a search, it was reported on/.). Your list is about revenues and size.
Apple DID introduce a windowing system and a mouse to the public. In fact, much of the desktop metaphor is theirs (pulldown menus, standard "Trash" can, etc.).
Clearly, Apple's successes contradict your claim that he is not visionary. Who is it again who introduced GUIs to the world? Apple. Who is it again that legitimized online music? Apple. Who is it again that has 80+% of music players? Apple. Who forced manufacturers to provide USB devices by making the 1998 iMac USB-only, thereby making the PC world universally adopt USB? Who was the first to have 3 1/2 inch floppy drives in every machine? Etc. etc. etc.....
There are a lot of Steve stories that don't explain the context. Saying Steve got pissed when a note was left on his car doesn't explain that the reason Steve was parking right up front was due to political tensions between him and the Mac team, which is why he got angry. So mod parent up.
Hi, I'm a Mac user who uses OS X. However, you make mention of an alternative operating system called "OS/X." Along with "OS-X," I often see Slashdotters making mention of these other operating systems. Where did you get "OS/X" and what systems does it run on? As of right now, I'm still using plain ol' vanilla OS X.
Thanks.
Uh, sure, prove it. Apple's desktop share is 4.3% and growing. I'd be surprised if Linux's desktop share was more than 1%.
Hi, I have OS X installed on my Mac, but I noticed you make mention of something called "OS-X." Could you tell me where I could try out this alternative operating system? I've also heard of "OS/X" and other derivatives. For some reason, many Slashdotters seem to know about these strangely named products, while the rest of us use plain ol' OS X.
It's a well known fact since the mid-90s. A couple of Google searches will give you some relevant information. Check the FBI's crime stats.
I'm not surprised nobody really knows about it. The media wants America to be this bad, crime-ridden place. It's not.
No, you don't have a birthright to copy information.
Face it, the GPL is based on copyright--notice how many people get up in arms when a company violates the copyright of the GPL.
MP3s and warez aren't a birthright.
If you don't like copyright, then that means you also think it's okay to violate the GPL, since it also relies on copyright.
Next.
Posts like these sometimes make me think the USA is some kind of third world country with a civil war waging.
Actually, it's more like you already had that prejudgement in your mind, and you singled out something that reinforced it.
Meanwhile, most of our crime rates are lower than those in Europe, and their violent crimes are rising while ours are lowering.
Did you RTFA?
I know it's hip and cool to defend Microsoft for karma purposes, but the criticism is warranted. This is the top software company in the world whose software several country's economy's rely on. Yet the research paper shows they didn't do proper investigation, leading to two patches months apart instead of one.
How did the American economy come to rely on something so...unreliable?
MSFT's stock price has been flat for five years at ~$25. Maybe that's the hurt.
Translation: "I'm going to defend Microsoft on Slashdot to get karma (it makes you look enlightened and individual to moderators), so in an article where Microsoft was clearly caught with their pants down, I'm going to instead distract the issue by mocking the coding experience of some of the commenters, as if that has anything to do with the #1 software company in the world not getting the 'software' part right. It's kind of like telling movie reviewers who've never made a movie before that they can't criticize movies."
And given this research paper, how would that statement be inaccurate, sir?
I suggest people see my comment here. There's this vocal cross-section of astroturfing Microsoft defenders who have infiltrated Slashdot. Report the huge news that two more key executives have left? They'll bitch in the comments. Had problems with things just mysteriously not working anymore in Windows? All the "I've never had it crash in five years" people will jump down your throat to drown you out. Post the huge news that Microsoft shipped a half-assed patch that required another patch to fix it? Someone will try to preemptively dismiss the responses.
This is a huge screwup that is illustrative of the lack of testing and management that MiniMSFT commenters have previously mentioned. Don't try to sweep this under the rug--Microsoft is the company whose software is running on most of the world's computers, and they can't get a patch right.
The submissions says pornographers are staying away, but I've been reading the opposite conclusion in the past few weeks:
iPod Porn Now Available
Apple iPod delivers "iPorno" revolution
I think it's silly to think pornographers won't be taking advantage of the iPod. Millions of people have them, and millions would love to have porn on them. It's easy business.
Lately, a ton of militant Microsoft and Windows defenders have really gotten vocal around here. There's always been that contingent, but now you can't even report the big news that more two key executives have left Microsoft without a bunch of "WHY IS THIS FRONTPAGE NEWS OMG THAT'S /. FOR YOU" comments. You also get the "XP hasn't blue-screened for me in years, which means the other 99% of the population who have had problems don't count" comments and the wannabe MSDN subscribing know-it-alls who write vast essays listing all the breathless Microsoft marketing points about Avalon, Indigo, and all the other crappy new APIs that already exist elsewhere.
So while the editors and many of the readers are vehemently anti-Microsoft to a fault, a lot of the moderators and a loud cross-section of readers are vehemently pro-Microsoft/X-Box 360/any other crappy Microsoft technology that the marketing brochures told them was cool.
So, yes, praising Microsoft will get you karma. It makes you look hip, enlightened, and individual. Go against the grain!
Please, Zonk, I know you were the Games section editor before you replaced Michael, but can't you keep all these game reviews in the Games section where they belong? Save the front page for Gold or release date announcements. Like when Civilization IV was released, you should have, you know, mentioned that Civ IV was out that day like Slashdot did with Civ III. Not post a review of Black & White 2, a game that had been out for over a week.
It's like Zonk thinks Slashdot is now his little gamers' blog. Well, please, no more Slashvertisements, thank you.