It's ridiculous how Slashdot readers are so bias, e.g. pro-LOTR, pro-iPOD, pro-Google, and anti everything else. A helping of objectivity wouldn't kill the site.
AOL has all the makings of a great Windows alternative; Mozilla for browsing, mail and news, Winamp for media and Time Warner for content. Man, if they could just get their act together...
The Toshiba I had was awful; I had low-level hardware problems that were causing all kinds of problems with battery life, etc. The firmware updates were useless and so was Toshiba.
I would also add that AOL had the makings of a real desktop OS competitor before bringing "The AOL Way" to Winamp, arguably the best media player for Windows period.
Two years ago I could imagine an AOL that loads off a CD/DVD using a RedHat distribution, bypasses all Windows related software, uses Netscape for mail/browsing/calendar, Winamp for media and web-based apps for word processing, spreadsheet, etc. along with superior Time Warner content. But I guess that's just it - I can imagine it....
You have a great point, but consider this: your analogy is in human-to-computer interaction (e.g. fluent=familiarity).
I once heard that a computer would best be able to relate to Sanskrit as a language, but I guess using ancient Sanskrit would require rethinking computing from a computer-to-human perspective.
"Fortunately, that specification license does permit releasing an implementation as free software; others who receive the library can be allowed to change it and are not required to adhere to the specification. But the requirement has the effect of prohibiting the use of a collaborative development model to produce the free implementation.
That's not entirely true; you can have a collabrorative development model and implement the spec accordingly - you just can't release it to the public until it's fully implemented. Also, I'm pretty sure you'd still have to adhere to the specification if further modifying released code.
Our natural resources belong to everyone, as does the law governing our society. By that token, software that serves only one organization is a bug, not a feature.
I've met both Bill Gates and Richard Stallman; netiher one demonstrates the personality characteristics of a fanatic.
I realize such trite characterizations are convinient for your attempted analogy/metaphor, but remember that there is a small number of people who read Slashdot who (1) think of the people with the names that you bash on a personal basis and (2) who might take offense to such a comment.
Don't doubt the man; I think he was taking offense to the way in which the original message was written: The note was poignant, personal, and almost touching; then there was the mention of Christ.
For most of Pagans, that's the point at which the message goes south, and I think that's what sinic was trying (successfully?) to draw attention to.
Dude, I love Slashdot; I love the postings, the commentary, the banter, and even the flamebait.
But I HATE the Lord of the Rings. I hate the stupid 'LOTR' abbreviation. I hate how everyone in our geek culture is obsessed with the trilogy, both in book and movie form, and I ultimately fail to understand just what the hell you people like about those stupid movies!
I'm pretty sure I'm alone in my feelings, but honestly: those movies sucked. They did not move me emotionally one bit, and I didn't find one redeeming aspect about the whole series. I saw over 300 movies last year and LOTR definitely scraped the bottom of the barrel. Somebody please enlighten me as to what is so great about LOTR.
That is amazingly cool; do you have a write-up of the hack?
I really hope you read the response to your post, it doesn't seem like you've enabled any other way to contact you!
I'm glad I opted out. The two most evil industries in America (music business and software, specifically Microsoft) seem to think that we're all whores: they rip off the public, abuse the rules of the marketplace, and then throw a partly sum at the victims.
The progression of comments is a reflection of Slathdot and (in some sense) the internet itself: highly moderate (and immedeate) discussion when the article was posted showed the comments of the first in line: haughty four-eyed geeks laughing at the clowns in the back of the line/end of the thread, who happen to be posting the more reflective and summary elements of those who post in the middle.
I guess we can't say that the internet is just a time-elapsed picture of a line getting longer (the article doesn't, anwyay).
Slashdot Mirror
It's ridiculous how Slashdot readers are so bias, e.g. pro-LOTR, pro-iPOD, pro-Google, and anti everything else. A helping of objectivity wouldn't kill the site.
If they were to add the nutitional info for all their SKUs and let you get at the information for everything you purchased, that would be great!
AOL has all the makings of a great Windows alternative; Mozilla for browsing, mail and news, Winamp for media and Time Warner for content. Man, if they could just get their act together...
I find ISBN.NU to be the best book-price comparison engine.
What's the signal-to-noise issue with this player? THD?
I thought I had a right to scream 'FIRE' in crowded buildings!
The Toshiba I had was awful; I had low-level hardware problems that were causing all kinds of problems with battery life, etc. The firmware updates were useless and so was Toshiba.
Haven't you ever eaten a leechee? All the sweet yummy goodness is hidden under the tough exterior!!!
Absolutely correct on all accounts.
I would also add that AOL had the makings of a real desktop OS competitor before bringing "The AOL Way" to Winamp, arguably the best media player for Windows period.
Two years ago I could imagine an AOL that loads off a CD/DVD using a RedHat distribution, bypasses all Windows related software, uses Netscape for mail/browsing/calendar, Winamp for media and web-based apps for word processing, spreadsheet, etc. along with superior Time Warner content. But I guess that's just it - I can imagine it....
Is it hackable? Can I easily move the contents to a more permanent form of storage?
You have a great point, but consider this: your analogy is in human-to-computer interaction (e.g. fluent=familiarity).
I once heard that a computer would best be able to relate to Sanskrit as a language, but I guess using ancient Sanskrit would require rethinking computing from a computer-to-human perspective.
There was one factual oversight in RMS' position:
"Fortunately, that specification license does permit releasing an implementation as free software; others who receive the library can be allowed to change it and are not required to adhere to the specification. But the requirement has the effect of prohibiting the use of a collaborative development model to produce the free implementation.
That's not entirely true; you can have a collabrorative development model and implement the spec accordingly - you just can't release it to the public until it's fully implemented. Also, I'm pretty sure you'd still have to adhere to the specification if further modifying released code.
Our natural resources belong to everyone, as does the law governing our society. By that token, software that serves only one organization is a bug, not a feature.
I've met both Bill Gates and Richard Stallman; netiher one demonstrates the personality characteristics of a fanatic.
I realize such trite characterizations are convinient for your attempted analogy/metaphor, but remember that there is a small number of people who read Slashdot who (1) think of the people with the names that you bash on a personal basis and (2) who might take offense to such a comment.
Don't doubt the man; I think he was taking offense to the way in which the original message was written: The note was poignant, personal, and almost touching; then there was the mention of Christ.
For most of Pagans, that's the point at which the message goes south, and I think that's what sinic was trying (successfully?) to draw attention to.
Now if you could just legally obtain music for it, you'd be all set!
Hell, even iTunes can't offer The Beatles.
No, I hated Titanic too =)
But I will give your book suggestion some serious thought, as soon as I pare down some of my existing book list.
Dude, I love Slashdot; I love the postings, the commentary, the banter, and even the flamebait.
But I HATE the Lord of the Rings. I hate the stupid 'LOTR' abbreviation. I hate how everyone in our geek culture is obsessed with the trilogy, both in book and movie form, and I ultimately fail to understand just what the hell you people like about those stupid movies!
I'm pretty sure I'm alone in my feelings, but honestly: those movies sucked. They did not move me emotionally one bit, and I didn't find one redeeming aspect about the whole series. I saw over 300 movies last year and LOTR definitely scraped the bottom of the barrel. Somebody please enlighten me as to what is so great about LOTR.
I had cancer (thyroid); I also had a bad 75GXP.
Is there any problem that IBM hasn't caused?
'nuff said
That is amazingly cool; do you have a write-up of the hack? I really hope you read the response to your post, it doesn't seem like you've enabled any other way to contact you!
I'm glad I opted out. The two most evil industries in America (music business and software, specifically Microsoft) seem to think that we're all whores: they rip off the public, abuse the rules of the marketplace, and then throw a partly sum at the victims.
You're not qualified to say who needs music and who doesn't.
errr, 'Slashdot' that is......
The progression of comments is a reflection of Slathdot and (in some sense) the internet itself: highly moderate (and immedeate) discussion when the article was posted showed the comments of the first in line: haughty four-eyed geeks laughing at the clowns in the back of the line/end of the thread, who happen to be posting the more reflective and summary elements of those who post in the middle.
I guess we can't say that the internet is just a time-elapsed picture of a line getting longer (the article doesn't, anwyay).