I copied the dictionary definition to say that cesnorship is not just deletion, it is also supression. Just because its labelled as "Flamebait" or "off-topic" it's somewhat censored.
If you were standing on a soapbox ranting on something you believed in, then I'm sure a lot less people would listen to you if you had a sign around your neck saying "Don't listen to me, I'm flaming". Same idea.
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(psst. Moderators: don't moderate this down as off-topic, so you can limit the number of other people that you would have to also mod down as off-topic. just a suggestion..)
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The Rio can be a lot more legal since most people rip their *own* cd's into MP3s for their *own* usage. You usually don't get MP3s from others because you own the cd -- unless your CD-ROM can't rip MP3s, you make your MP3s yourself.
Trading MP3s is a different thing altogether.
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I understand that MP3s are not intrinsically illegal, but I would venture to say that 90% or more of MP3s are illegally obtained. The people behind Napster most probably know this. That was my argument. BTW, all my friends (but *cough* not me) use the file transfer feature of ICQ to transmit warez as well as MP3s.
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I think this is a lot more dangerous -- When you take your eyes off the road you have to look down & right to focus on this screen. In the Cadillac version you just look a little lower on the windshield.
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Prodigy isn't responsible for defamatory material sent over its network. That's a good thing (tm), since it wasn't designed for the transmission of defamatory material. Napster, on the other hand, is designed for illegal MP3 distribution. There's a big difference -- just my take.. (Not to say I want the RIAA to win, quite the opposite).
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wow, someone mark this up as "funny", i laughed so hard when i read "Who can imagine...a McDonald's without Ronald as CEO". I don't know if that was intentional, I sure hope so.
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It wasn't as funny as promised.. Ivory (the soap people) had the best reply by far...
Finally, you're concerns are valid about Y2K. It's my understanding that accordion players are particularly at risk when we hit the new millennium. I'd also watch out for the little monkey you dress up and force to dance when you play. It's my advice you seek shelter far, far away from your access to e-mail.
Other companies had little/no fun with the questions. I would have appreciated if Fade To Black focussed more on the Y2K question rather than making it an afterthought, though.
Eh, just my thoughts.
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Unfortunately, when I bought my computer (in August) the Athlon chips were out, but motherboards weren't readily available. Whats the current situation with motherboards? How many options does one have?
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Thats like saying "thank you for only shooting me in the leg, and not killing me." OK, not really, not that far. But this isn't something to be thanking HIM for.
*sniff*. My beloved id software, QuakeII treated me so well. No wait, it killed my GPA....
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This is a side effect of the sheer volume of submissions that slashdot gets. Shouldn't they hire more people to wade through this crap, so we don't have to suffer?
Probably to be moderated down, i dont display scores, and my threshhold is -1. post accordingly.
I used to cruise slashdot at a 0 threshhold. A lot of cowards aren't moderated up for saying decent things (remember: AC's aren't ALL bad..), and a lot of decent comments are moderated down. But now, I've become so annoyed with the bad moderation that I cruise at -1 with scores hidden. Why don't we change it so moderators aren't anonymous?
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20 minutes? To absorb 10 or so articles, and the 2000+ comments per day? No, make them read slashdot all the time! Give bonuses for karma!:)
(Off-topic : Does it annoy anyone else that people submit one-line posts in the beginning of articles, in an obvious attempt to get the first post? This is evidenced in BWS's case since he got the first post, then took more time to write a better post (CID #2).)
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I copied the dictionary definition to say that cesnorship is not just deletion, it is also supression. Just because its labelled as "Flamebait" or "off-topic" it's somewhat censored.
If you were standing on a soapbox ranting on something you believed in, then I'm sure a lot less people would listen to you if you had a sign around your neck saying "Don't listen to me, I'm flaming". Same idea.
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Seeing how most responses to this have been moderated down as "offtopic", I invite you to where a discussion about moderation *ISN'T* offtopic...
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid= moderation
(psst. Moderators: don't moderate this down as off-topic, so you can limit the number of other people that you would have to also mod down as off-topic. just a suggestion..)
i dont display scores, and my threshhold is -1. post accordingly.
The Rio can be a lot more legal since most people rip their *own* cd's into MP3s for their *own* usage. You usually don't get MP3s from others because you own the cd -- unless your CD-ROM can't rip MP3s, you make your MP3s yourself.
Trading MP3s is a different thing altogether.
i dont display scores, and my threshhold is -1. post accordingly.
I understand that MP3s are not intrinsically illegal, but I would venture to say that 90% or more of MP3s are illegally obtained. The people behind Napster most probably know this. That was my argument. BTW, all my friends (but *cough* not me) use the file transfer feature of ICQ to transmit warez as well as MP3s.
i dont display scores, and my threshhold is -1. post accordingly.
I think this is a lot more dangerous -- When you take your eyes off the road you have to look down & right to focus on this screen. In the Cadillac version you just look a little lower on the windshield.
i dont display scores, and my threshhold is -1. post accordingly.
Prodigy isn't responsible for defamatory material sent over its network. That's a good thing (tm), since it wasn't designed for the transmission of defamatory material. Napster, on the other hand, is designed for illegal MP3 distribution. There's a big difference -- just my take.. (Not to say I want the RIAA to win, quite the opposite).
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Censor : Function: transitive verb - to examine in order to suppress or delete anything considered objectionable.
It can be (validly) argued that moderating a post down due to objectionable is supressing it.
Just a thought.
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Haha, yea really -- You know you have problems when you see NWO & you think of "professional" wrestling. I really should seek counseling.
(Not a wrestling fan, but apparently knows too much.)
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Sony CD-R's have been good to me, I think it depends on the brand of the CD-R (media, not the drive) you use to make it listenable in the car.
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He was born with sight: he could see until he was five, IIRC.
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Flamebait, eh? The point was how the "e" in "eToys" would be outdated, and I was noting
how the "i" in "iMac" or "iBook" would one day be outdated.
Moderators, get a grip & READ the comments.
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Hey, wanna buy an iMac? how about an iBook? err. nevermind.
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wow, someone mark this up as "funny", i laughed so hard when i read "Who can imagine...a McDonald's without Ronald as CEO". I don't know if that was intentional, I sure hope so.
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And its long been part of Issue9mm's (the author's) signature.
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That way you don't get moderated down as off-topic, too.
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it's just you, until you explain which flag? hehe. I see a flag, I don't recognize it.
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It wasn't as funny as promised.. Ivory (the soap people) had the best reply by far...
Finally, you're concerns are valid about Y2K. It's my understanding that accordion players are particularly at risk when we hit the new millennium. I'd also watch out for the little monkey you dress up and force to dance when you play. It's my advice you seek shelter far, far away from your access to e-mail.
Other companies had little/no fun with the questions. I would have appreciated if Fade To Black focussed more on the Y2K question rather than making it an afterthought, though.
Eh, just my thoughts.
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http://www.fadetoblack.com/y2k
The right link... I think.
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1 word: How?
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Unfortunately, when I bought my computer (in August) the Athlon chips were out, but motherboards weren't readily available. Whats the current situation with motherboards? How many options does one have?
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Thank him?
Thats like saying "thank you for only shooting me in the leg, and not killing me." OK, not really, not that far. But this isn't something to be thanking HIM for.
*sniff*. My beloved id software, QuakeII treated me so well. No wait, it killed my GPA....
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Um... They still know that it was sold. They just don't know who specifically bought it. Big difference.
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This is a side effect of the sheer volume of submissions that slashdot gets. Shouldn't they hire more people to wade through this crap, so we don't have to suffer?
Probably to be moderated down,
i dont display scores, and my threshhold is -1. post accordingly.
I used to cruise slashdot at a 0 threshhold. A lot of cowards aren't moderated up for saying decent things (remember: AC's aren't ALL bad..), and a lot of decent comments are moderated down. But now, I've become so annoyed with the bad moderation that I cruise at -1 with scores hidden. Why don't we change it so moderators aren't anonymous?
i dont display scores, and my threshhold is -1. post accordingly.
20 minutes? To absorb 10 or so articles, and the 2000+ comments per day? No, make them read slashdot all the time! Give bonuses for karma! :)
(Off-topic : Does it annoy anyone else that people submit one-line posts in the beginning of articles, in an obvious attempt to get the first post? This is evidenced in BWS's case since he got the first post, then took more time to write a better post (CID #2).)
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