Funny how people have trouble differentiating two rigid coins that have slightly different dimensions, yet no problem at all differentiating several different floppy paper bills all of the exact same dimension and color.
Ugh. Chris Rock had it right: "Keepin' it real. Real dumb." Because dumb is the way sloppy writing looks.
It's not a matter of hiring someone to clean up what you could not be bothered to get right in the first place. It's that you don't care enough to get it right in the first place.
To my way of thinking, one's level of correctness-checking in writing should be in direct proportion to the number of people who will be reading it times the average level of one's respect for them.
Writing an email to a handful of friends you respect highly = check well
Writing a Joe-Schmo blog post to a few hundred people you don't care much about = check sorta
Writing an article summary to ~10^5 (~10^6?) people you care somewhat about = check quite well
Writing an article summary to ~10^5 (~10^6?) people you care about not at all = check not at all
It's this last situation most of us think is the reality here -- that you consider us all so beneath contempt that you say things like "not to long, not to short". Sitting here, reading, notionally, alongside our throngs of fellow Slash-denizens, we think: No! It's TOO, dammit! Get it right! Sheesh!!
One would think that Taco (and others involved in Slashdot development) would be as extra-sensitive to correct spelling and grammar as the rest of us, since in writing programs, I think each one of us gets bitten in the ass on a daily basis by getting one character wrong in an expression or reordering parameters wrongly. One would think that this would train them the same way it trains the rest of us. That it doesn't, I think, is why we're all so peeved and perplexed about this "hey whatever man" attitude.
Avoiding duct tape design insures my wallet can actually survive the occasional trip through the washer and dryer.
Wait. You put your wallet through the laundry? Is it empty emough that you don't notice it in your clothes? You have coins made of Upsidasium in there or what?
Having wondered why two different sports were called "football", especially when one has not much foot/ball interaction, I recently took a minute to read up on good ol' Wikipedia:
"Football" (or "foot-ball") originally referred to a wide variety of games played in medieval Europe, which were played on foot -- that is, by peasants -- as opposed to the games played by horse-riding aristocrats. The name was used initially for any game played on foot with a ball, not just those that involved kicking a ball.
So, you're all a bunch of commoners. Now excuse me while I saddle up and attempt a two-point conversion.
What a hell is happening on Microsoft? They have a major Windows version upgrade and they don't even audit their portable old code for such things?!
They have to hold something over...how else are they going to maintain their have-their-cake-and-eat-it-too copyright notice of "(C)1985-$CURRENT_YEAR"?
However, this storage option is limited by the size of the spent fuel pool and the need to keep individual fuel rods from getting too close to other rods and initiating a criticality or nuclear reaction.
Shouldn't they just use the energy generated by putting "too many" of them together? Duh?
The more automatic, the better. My ideal car is where I hop in, say "take me to work" (or wherever), then I'm free to do whatever till we get there, at which point there's a pleasant "ding" sound, I look up, and see that I'm parked in the best available spot at my destination.
The usual 33% trolls/flamebaiters/incoherents 20% jokes about mutations/glowing green/etc. 17% entreaties to consider some other pet energy technology 11% actual discussion of the article 9% spelling corrections/grammar corrections/questioning of the article classification/general complaints about Slashdot 5% "nuclear energy is evil"/"we're all gonna die", posted non-ironically 2% comparison between energy industry and RIAA/MPAA/Microsoft/etc. 2% insults toward Europe or one of its constituent countries, plus indignant replies 1% genuinely insightful/interesting posts 0.005% meta-posts about what the thread will contain
I don't really have time to address everything you said point-by-point, and you could really see it all laid out in the rest of the thread anyway. Therefore, I'd just like to take a moment to say something simple.
How about multiple read/write heads? One more would mean double the throughput. You could easily get four in there though (one at each corner of the frame). A 7200 RPM drive with 28800 RPM throughput? Sign me up...
10) [HD tape] I guess... A great gadget because they DIDN'T change the physical format.
I was thinking how sad that is. They did something that preserves compatibility, and they're called "surprising, generous[, and] kind-hearted" for it. Yow. Is that how bad things have gotten? What used to be expected is now kind-hearted generosity? And a surprise to boot?
Far be it from me to reply to a.sig and ignore the body, but...now $world says, among other things, "Racism is good". I think you need to rethink that code.
You know what I love about that quote? Here, let's look at it again:
"(Telecoms) and the cable companies have made an investment, and for a Google or Yahoo or Vonage or anybody to expect to use these pipes (for) free is nuts!"
-- SBC Communications CEO Ed Whitacre
See what they did there? The guy actually used the word free correctly, and they "corrected" it to the wrong usage: for free.
Good going, Wired.</sarcasm> Now, how about some real journalism?
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Funny how people have trouble differentiating two rigid coins that have slightly different dimensions, yet no problem at all differentiating several different floppy paper bills all of the exact same dimension and color.
It's not a matter of hiring someone to clean up what you could not be bothered to get right in the first place. It's that you don't care enough to get it right in the first place.
To my way of thinking, one's level of correctness-checking in writing should be in direct proportion to the number of people who will be reading it times the average level of one's respect for them.
Writing an email to a handful of friends you respect highly = check well
Writing a Joe-Schmo blog post to a few hundred people you don't care much about = check sorta
Writing an article summary to ~10^5 (~10^6?) people you care somewhat about = check quite well
Writing an article summary to ~10^5 (~10^6?) people you care about not at all = check not at all
It's this last situation most of us think is the reality here -- that you consider us all so beneath contempt that you say things like "not to long, not to short". Sitting here, reading, notionally, alongside our throngs of fellow Slash-denizens, we think: No! It's TOO, dammit! Get it right! Sheesh!!
One would think that Taco (and others involved in Slashdot development) would be as extra-sensitive to correct spelling and grammar as the rest of us, since in writing programs, I think each one of us gets bitten in the ass on a daily basis by getting one character wrong in an expression or reordering parameters wrongly. One would think that this would train them the same way it trains the rest of us. That it doesn't, I think, is why we're all so peeved and perplexed about this "hey whatever man" attitude.
It would all be fine if they weren't exclusively using laser weapons.
BUSH: "Hey, I'm president, let's invade somebody! How about that guy that tried to kill mah diddy?"
ADVISOR/CRONY FROM OIL INDUSTRY: "Uhhh..." [Quickly consults oil numbers for Iraq] "...yeah, ok! Let's do it!"
It's dull downtime.
The more automatic, the better. My ideal car is where I hop in, say "take me to work" (or wherever), then I'm free to do whatever till we get there, at which point there's a pleasant "ding" sound, I look up, and see that I'm parked in the best available spot at my destination.
Ah, bliss...
This thread will be:
The usual 33% trolls/flamebaiters/incoherents
20% jokes about mutations/glowing green/etc.
17% entreaties to consider some other pet energy technology
11% actual discussion of the article
9% spelling corrections/grammar corrections/questioning of the article classification/general complaints about Slashdot
5% "nuclear energy is evil"/"we're all gonna die", posted non-ironically
2% comparison between energy industry and RIAA/MPAA/Microsoft/etc.
2% insults toward Europe or one of its constituent countries, plus indignant replies
1% genuinely insightful/interesting posts
0.005% meta-posts about what the thread will contain
(May not sum to 100% due to rounding)
I can't tell if you're serious or joking (the WMF thing).
I also can't tell if this is because Microsoft sucks or you're clever.
...until DVD Jon (or someone like him) comes along and unlocks the doors, they can continue to pound their various inorganic compounds.
Sony and their rootkittery is just one symptom of a much larger problem.
After all, they're trying not to trip the flow, yo.
...music players have no way of running executables you copy into them.
I don't really have time to address everything you said point-by-point, and you could really see it all laid out in the rest of the thread anyway. Therefore, I'd just like to take a moment to say something simple.
You're an idiot.
That is all.
Remember, your right to free speech is in inverse proportion to the power of the corporation or institution you're offending by using it.
Welcome to modern times.
Because in doing so, I just found an explanation with a citation of someone actually trying this, and even a quasi-related previous Slashdot story.
Rule #1: Google it!
How about multiple read/write heads? One more would mean double the throughput. You could easily get four in there though (one at each corner of the frame). A 7200 RPM drive with 28800 RPM throughput? Sign me up...
...but I like them both.
I admit, at first, I thought American Dad was a pale imitation, but it has found a place of its own now.
Excuse me, I must go down a few shots of rum now.
Far be it from me to reply to a .sig and ignore the body, but...now $world says, among other things, "Racism is good". I think you need to rethink that code.
Good going, Wired.</sarcasm> Now, how about some real journalism?
Has this ever happened before?
Could be a whole new category of metric showing how little quality control goes on around here.