While the idea of these things is good, they make it very difficult to avoid people you'd rather not waste your time with. The loud, twitchy, obnoxious, guy everyone is trying to stay away from better not have the same likes and dislikes as you - or 'Beep! Beep! Beep!' the badge will let him know you are a potential friend.
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The public nature of the web allows writers to put their work up and see how people like it. That's why I made my site - to try and improve my writing, and see if people like what I do.
Anyone else have similar stories of content online long after its due time?
Yes. I have a website on fortunecity that I made in highschool and I lost the password/username/email for it. I've asked them to take it down, hell, I even had a lawyer send them a letter, but they've just ignored me every time. Any ideas what I can do?
If a person is consistently able to come up with good content s/he will be recognized for that. People will perceive that person as an expert on topics s/he writes regularly about.
You can also learn that s/he is an uptight grammar/gender nazi.
PaulGraham.Com and Stallman.Org are websites of two well-known individuals in the computing industry. The two websites make very different statements about the respective individuals. Paul Graham's site is neat, and organized. Richard M. Stallman's site has lots of information and links related to his idealogies. Even the choice of the domain name reflects something about their personalities. Paul Graham has chosen a dot com, while Stallman prefers a dot org.
Ummm. Exactaly what does the ending tell about the person? Is Stallman an entire organization? Is Graham a commercial operation? What does a dot net say about me?
On the other hand, I wish I could pay $50 to shut down each self-indulgent, long-winded "blog" operated by a man that expects to be paid for his "efforts."
But I don't expect to be paid... that's the whole point. I put up my blog because I like doing it, and if someone wants to give me some money for my efforts, then I'm happy to take it. : )
What about the 'pay what you think it's worth' model. That's what I use on my London Blog. If people like my writing and want to help pay my school bills then they can drop a pound or two. This way everyone is happy, those who want free content can get it, and every once in a while I get some support from the people who enjoy my work the most.
I'm sure it was a mega-crapload in 1890 when the Sherman act was written. What needs to happen is fines specified in legislation need to be indexed to inflation. So that $10 mil would be like $1 billion today or something
Michael Ende's A Neverending Story, read the book. Really, you should.
I did, and it's one of the very, very rare times I think that the movie is better than the book. The first half is alright, but in the end when Bastian becomes all powerful, it's just awful. The book is so boring and so tedious, and Bastian lost all my sympathy. He became a self centered jerk. The only thing I liked about the book was the different colored text to let you know what world things were happening in.
The problem isn't with power point, the problem is that is lowers the barrier for an incompetent speaker to put together a speech - a good speaker, however can use power point to do amazing things. IE, just yesterday I was at an hour long presentation where a librarian told us how to use the library. It's was just slide after slide of URLs and paragraphs she read from the screen. On the other hand, a few years ago, I saw an excellent speaker use power point to give a talk on the basics of string theory. He used power point well - as a way of organizing his diagrams and animations.
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Mapping the higher order functions (if there are any) of the teenage and prepubescent female brain is nigh impossible.
;)
I didn't know there were any higher order functions
No visual display as a speech synthesiser reads everything that appears on the screen out loud.
Umm... if there is no visual, how does the speech synthesiser read off the screen?
The glowing pets is just some creepy Frankensteinian commercial spin-off of this research tool.
I would appreciate it if you did not call Mr. Swim Swim names. Pets have feelings too. : P
Copyright infringement is copyright infringement - and not theft, be you 15 or 115
It always buged me he didn't start with 000-0000, 000-0001
chief among them being the establishment of specific school policies
Nothing makes kids (or adults) behave better like more rules : /
While the idea of these things is good, they make it very difficult to avoid people you'd rather not waste your time with. The loud, twitchy, obnoxious, guy everyone is trying to stay away from better not have the same likes and dislikes as you - or 'Beep! Beep! Beep!' the badge will let him know you are a potential friend.
Frell yeah!
There are some good ones here
No kidding,
The public nature of the web allows writers to put their work up and see how people like it. That's why I made my site - to try and improve my writing, and see if people like what I do.
Why do you think most people are on Slashdot. Self promotion! ;)
Anyone else have similar stories of content online long after its due time?
Yes. I have a website on fortunecity that I made in highschool and I lost the password/username/email for it. I've asked them to take it down, hell, I even had a lawyer send them a letter, but they've just ignored me every time. Any ideas what I can do?
If a person is consistently able to come up with good content s/he will be recognized for that. People will perceive that person as an expert on topics s/he writes regularly about.
You can also learn that s/he is an uptight grammar/gender nazi.
PaulGraham.Com and Stallman.Org are websites of two well-known individuals in the computing industry. The two websites make very different statements about the respective individuals. Paul Graham's site is neat, and organized. Richard M. Stallman's site has lots of information and links related to his idealogies. Even the choice of the domain name reflects something about their personalities. Paul Graham has chosen a dot com, while Stallman prefers a dot org.
Ummm. Exactaly what does the ending tell about the person? Is Stallman an entire organization? Is Graham a commercial operation? What does a dot net say about me?
Plus, the actual amount of radioactive material would be tremendously small
What about the price? Microscopicly huge?
On the other hand, I wish I could pay $50 to shut down each self-indulgent, long-winded "blog" operated by a man that expects to be paid for his "efforts."
But I don't expect to be paid... that's the whole point. I put up my blog because I like doing it, and if someone wants to give me some money for my efforts, then I'm happy to take it. : )
What about the 'pay what you think it's worth' model. That's what I use on my London Blog. If people like my writing and want to help pay my school bills then they can drop a pound or two. This way everyone is happy, those who want free content can get it, and every once in a while I get some support from the people who enjoy my work the most.
Is slashdot dupe story checker on the list?
Yeah, it's all so crazy, that I'm beginning to thing there must be a brilliant plan behind it all : )
I'm sure it was a mega-crapload in 1890 when the Sherman act was written. What needs to happen is fines specified in legislation need to be indexed to inflation. So that $10 mil would be like $1 billion today or something
Or set it as a % of the companies total assets.
If the government tells you you can't use one of those, its real simple, don't use them. Use it and suffer the penalty!
:/
Wow! I bet that will work just as well as the War on Drugs.
A previous Slashdot story mentions the device, though not the Michigan legislature's subsequent ire.
Nice way to try and cover up the dupe. "Ummmm. We did post this story already, but not from the same source!"
Back-Door Hack
Was the password "Jeff"?
Michael Ende's A Neverending Story, read the book. Really, you should.
I did, and it's one of the very, very rare times I think that the movie is better than the book. The first half is alright, but in the end when Bastian becomes all powerful, it's just awful. The book is so boring and so tedious, and Bastian lost all my sympathy. He became a self centered jerk. The only thing I liked about the book was the different colored text to let you know what world things were happening in.
The problem isn't with power point, the problem is that is lowers the barrier for an incompetent speaker to put together a speech - a good speaker, however can use power point to do amazing things. IE, just yesterday I was at an hour long presentation where a librarian told us how to use the library. It's was just slide after slide of URLs and paragraphs she read from the screen. On the other hand, a few years ago, I saw an excellent speaker use power point to give a talk on the basics of string theory. He used power point well - as a way of organizing his diagrams and animations.