Editors might not be necessary for all 50,000 new articles each month. The vast majority of those are on subjects that are not controversial.
That's true, fortunately.
It would be much more feasible to set up a system of editors only for articles that were potentially controversial. Editing would become a much less daunting task if there were ways to require a submitter to tag an article as a religious one or a current event or maybe even allow viewers a hassle free way to bring an editors attention to an article.
A system sorta like this already exists. The original writer doesn't tag his own writing as controversial. Controversial articles can be identified by the pattern of edits and reverts in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Recentchanges. Some Wikipedians make a hobby of watching this page.
It might be easier if a little AI was added, so that a "cloud" display could be used to make the most frequently changed articles stand out. It might also be helpful if "trusted" editors could access the changed pages sooner than anonymous or new users. By trusted, I mean a user who has earned "karma" by submitting good articles over a period of time. If a user went to the trouble to earn trust, he would be less likely to blow it by writing overly biased articles.
If my DVD player (a Sony Playstation 2) has this feature, it isn't documented in the papers that came with the machine. Where would I insert this file? The machine has no network connection, but it does have some memory expansion ports. All programming of the sort that you mention (as I understand the spec) must be on the DVD itself. If I added a file to that, I'd be creating a derivitive work. This is something that can only be done legally by the copyright holder.
I suppose I'd have to change my service. I'd provide readers with a list of page #'s to tear out, or frames to skip. To enable that latter service, I'd sell a programmable video player that could be programmed to skip frames. That way, the customer would have the unedited disk which seems to be what is required. Unfortunately, the kids would still be able to watch it if they got ahold of it. If I only had the edite disk, I could leave it next to the player for the kids to watch at their convenience without me doing th editing mumblejumble.
Okay, why not LPS? I just made that up, it means Local Positioning System. It's like GPS, but instead of receiving satalite signals, it receives signals transmitted from 3 corners of the building that you are in. Obviously, each building has it's own database that can be transmitted while wondering around inside the building with the most useful part received just after entering.
I don't always get to read every last story on Slashdot (like some of the complainers, I suspect) and I even less often get to read a decent chunk of the comments.
That's interesting. I do it the other way. If I see a catchy headline, I skip straight to the comments. You can usually figure everything else out by reading the first +5 informative comment ya run across. You can even figure out whether it's a good idea to RTFA.
I wonder what goes through the mind of the average person, when thinking about buying there next computer.
Hey Billy! Need a computer? Here's a big pile of them here in the main aisle of Walmart. Look at the list of free stuff it includes: a printer, AOL, IE, and the internet. Heck and we can afford it too, it fits on our Walmart Card.
Yet, you do seem to understand the meaning. Do you have the same problem with flammable and inflamable?
Re:"Review Pictures" job would get old really fast
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Yeah, I can look at a whole screen of photos in less than a second. I might not catch all the details, but I'd recognize the obvious ones, the subtle ones might get through.
But, as a parent, I wouldn't want any picture of my kid that was attached to name, address, or phone number. Not sure if MySpace can handle that requirement, so I guess it's my responsibility.
It's like anything else. It's a little bit of creativity, a little bit of business savvy, work, and time.
People have been going into business for themselves since prehistory. eBay is just a variation on a theme, it's very similar to opening up retail shop in a strip mall. It has a few advantages that make it more convenient/less risky than the shop at the mall - you don't need to lease the space, there's more driveby traffic that might actually be looking for your product, you can expand without leasing more space or franchising, can go from small to equivalent of bigbox without ever relocating.
The risk/reward ratio is higher than working for an established business (the government being one of the most firmly entrenched businesses there is. Many small businesses go bust, others stay small, but some make their owners extremely wealthy.
NO, please don't expand the duties of the electorial college. It exists to solve a problem that no longer exists, that of electing presidents in a country where it can take days to travel or even communicate.
YES, the 2 party system is a problem, but, if you will refer to my sig, we currently have an electorial system that almost guarantees that we will have only 2 viable parties. One of those parties must mess up big time in order for a new party to replace them in the lucky 2.
Stevens was first elected in the 60's when he probably knew as much about the internet as possible for someone in his position. Unfortunately, a legislator who works cooperatively within the party system for 50 years acquires quite a bit of power without the necessity of maintaining expertise in anything other than the art of acquiring power. Unless he commits a much more significant blunder than this, he has a job for life.
Sorry, hit the submit button instead of preview. Didn't edit out the excess or add my own 2 cents.
So here it is:
As you can read, Ted was quite a guy back in his younger days. He probably was quite knowledgable about whatever the hottest tech of the 30's was. Unfortunately, he was old before most of us were born, and was well behind in his reading before I learned to read.
Also unfortunately, our system rewards senority more than any other qualification. Most incumbents have no trouble getting reelected. The longer they are in, the more powerful they become, and the more likely their constituents vote for them because they hold leadership positions. It is more important to be a leader than to be knowledgeable, and ye get to be a leader simply by working within the party system.
Ted Stevens was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, on November 18, 1923. During World War II he was a pilot in the China-Burma-India theater, supporting the Flying Tigers of the 14th Air Force. He received two Distinguished Flying Crosses, two Air Medals, and the Yuan Hai medal awarded by the Republic of China. Following the war he graduated from UCLA and Harvard Law School, and practiced law in Washington, D.C. In the early 1950s he moved to Alaska, at the time a territory of the U.S. He practiced law in Fairbanks, and subsequently was appointed U.S. Attorney in Fairbanks in 1953, a position he held for three years.
He transferred to Washington, D.C. in 1956 to work as legislative counsel and then as an assistant to Secretary of the Interior Fred Seaton. In 1960, he was appointed Solicitor (chief counsel) of the Department of the Interior by President Eisenhower. While in Washington, Stevens worked successfully for Alaska's and Hawaii's admissions to the Union.
Stevens returned to Alaska to practice law in Anchorage and in 1964 he was elected to the Alaska House of Representatives. In his second term in Alaska's legislature he became the House Majority Leader.
Following the death of Senator E.L. Bob Bartlett in December of 1968, Governor Walter Hickel appointed Stevens to fill the vacancy. Under Alaska law, Stevens sought election in 1970. Stevens was subsequently elected for a full term in 1972, and re-elected in 1978, 1984, 1990, 1996 and 2002.
no, it's not funny, it is sad when what should be minimum requirements for doing a job seem ridiculous to you and those in office.
If a student didn't go to class and couldn't keep up with his reading assignments, either he's irresponsible or too much reading is being assigned.
I don't see why it should be any different for these people who are supposed to understand issues well enough to have an informed opinion and cast meaningful votes.
In the case of Congress, too much legislation is being introduced with voting happening too soon for even a very intelligent person to stay on top of every bill. Of course, this gives the parties a purpose, since legislators can't figure out for themselves which way to vote, they just vote the way the party tells them to on issues they don't understand.
Yeah, that's what I want. I don't want anyone but me hooked up to it then I won't have to worry about getting virusses or slashdotted or my internets (short for packets, I guess) bogged down behind your internets.
if ye don't go far enough for everyone to be an ancestor, but far enough for someone to be an ancestor, he was either someone who travelled a lot and mated at every stop along the road or he had wives brought to him from all over, back in the days when wives and camels were the gifts and choice for the elite.
I might be able to save some money by buying a car that isn't programmed for icy conditions. Then I could just stay home on icy days. Why buy a car that's overengineered since it only ices here once or twice a year? The auto company would be immune if it did ice up and I did take the car for a spin.
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Editors might not be necessary for all 50,000 new articles each month. The vast majority of those are on subjects that are not controversial.
s . Some Wikipedians make a hobby of watching this page.
That's true, fortunately.
It would be much more feasible to set up a system of editors only for articles that were potentially controversial. Editing would become a much less daunting task if there were ways to require a submitter to tag an article as a religious one or a current event or maybe even allow viewers a hassle free way to bring an editors attention to an article.
A system sorta like this already exists. The original writer doesn't tag his own writing as controversial. Controversial articles can be identified by the pattern of edits and reverts in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Recentchange
It might be easier if a little AI was added, so that a "cloud" display could be used to make the most frequently changed articles stand out. It might also be helpful if "trusted" editors could access the changed pages sooner than anonymous or new users. By trusted, I mean a user who has earned "karma" by submitting good articles over a period of time. If a user went to the trouble to earn trust, he would be less likely to blow it by writing overly biased articles.
If my DVD player (a Sony Playstation 2) has this feature, it isn't documented in the papers that came with the machine. Where would I insert this file? The machine has no network connection, but it does have some memory expansion ports. All programming of the sort that you mention (as I understand the spec) must be on the DVD itself. If I added a file to that, I'd be creating a derivitive work. This is something that can only be done legally by the copyright holder.
I suppose I'd have to change my service. I'd provide readers with a list of page #'s to tear out, or frames to skip. To enable that latter service, I'd sell a programmable video player that could be programmed to skip frames. That way, the customer would have the unedited disk which seems to be what is required. Unfortunately, the kids would still be able to watch it if they got ahold of it. If I only had the edite disk, I could leave it next to the player for the kids to watch at their convenience without me doing th editing mumblejumble.
Iraq != terror
Maybe the Shuttle wouldn't fall apart if the whole thing was covered in that stuff. What kind of bird makes it? Those High Gravity Super Chickens?
Headphones, please
Okay, why not LPS? I just made that up, it means Local Positioning System. It's like GPS, but instead of receiving satalite signals, it receives signals transmitted from 3 corners of the building that you are in. Obviously, each building has it's own database that can be transmitted while wondering around inside the building with the most useful part received just after entering.
I don't always get to read every last story on Slashdot (like some of the complainers, I suspect) and I even less often get to read a decent chunk of the comments.
That's interesting. I do it the other way. If I see a catchy headline, I skip straight to the comments. You can usually figure everything else out by reading the first +5 informative comment ya run across. You can even figure out whether it's a good idea to RTFA.
I wonder what goes through the mind of the average person, when thinking about buying there next computer.
Hey Billy! Need a computer? Here's a big pile of them here in the main aisle of Walmart. Look at the list of free stuff it includes: a printer, AOL, IE, and the internet. Heck and we can afford it too, it fits on our Walmart Card.
Yet, you do seem to understand the meaning. Do you have the same problem with flammable and inflamable?
Yeah, I can look at a whole screen of photos in less than a second. I might not catch all the details, but I'd recognize the obvious ones, the subtle ones might get through.
But, as a parent, I wouldn't want any picture of my kid that was attached to name, address, or phone number. Not sure if MySpace can handle that requirement, so I guess it's my responsibility.
It's like anything else. It's a little bit of creativity, a little bit of business savvy, work, and time.
People have been going into business for themselves since prehistory. eBay is just a variation on a theme, it's very similar to opening up retail shop in a strip mall. It has a few advantages that make it more convenient/less risky than the shop at the mall - you don't need to lease the space, there's more driveby traffic that might actually be looking for your product, you can expand without leasing more space or franchising, can go from small to equivalent of bigbox without ever relocating.
The risk/reward ratio is higher than working for an established business (the government being one of the most firmly entrenched businesses there is. Many small businesses go bust, others stay small, but some make their owners extremely wealthy.
How about if you're in a semi-colon? Or a period?
If surviving a period makes you better, that would explain women.
NO, please don't expand the duties of the electorial college. It exists to solve a problem that no longer exists, that of electing presidents in a country where it can take days to travel or even communicate.
YES, the 2 party system is a problem, but, if you will refer to my sig, we currently have an electorial system that almost guarantees that we will have only 2 viable parties. One of those parties must mess up big time in order for a new party to replace them in the lucky 2.
Stevens was first elected in the 60's when he probably knew as much about the internet as possible for someone in his position. Unfortunately, a legislator who works cooperatively within the party system for 50 years acquires quite a bit of power without the necessity of maintaining expertise in anything other than the art of acquiring power. Unless he commits a much more significant blunder than this, he has a job for life.
Sorry, hit the submit button instead of preview. Didn't edit out the excess or add my own 2 cents.
So here it is:
As you can read, Ted was quite a guy back in his younger days. He probably was quite knowledgable about whatever the hottest tech of the 30's was. Unfortunately, he was old before most of us were born, and was well behind in his reading before I learned to read.
Also unfortunately, our system rewards senority more than any other qualification. Most incumbents have no trouble getting reelected. The longer they are in, the more powerful they become, and the more likely their constituents vote for them because they hold leadership positions. It is more important to be a leader than to be knowledgeable, and ye get to be a leader simply by working within the party system.
http://stevens.senate.gov/about.cfm
no, it's not funny, it is sad when what should be minimum requirements for doing a job seem ridiculous to you and those in office.
If a student didn't go to class and couldn't keep up with his reading assignments, either he's irresponsible or too much reading is being assigned.
I don't see why it should be any different for these people who are supposed to understand issues well enough to have an informed opinion and cast meaningful votes.
In the case of Congress, too much legislation is being introduced with voting happening too soon for even a very intelligent person to stay on top of every bill. Of course, this gives the parties a purpose, since legislators can't figure out for themselves which way to vote, they just vote the way the party tells them to on issues they don't understand.
Yeah, that's what I want. I don't want anyone but me hooked up to it then I won't have to worry about getting virusses or slashdotted or my internets (short for packets, I guess) bogged down behind your internets.
The high school wrestling coach, that's exactly who we need when Bush and Cheney fail us
The big store where I grew up in the 60's used this modern internet technology:
Pneumatic Tubes
Most Modern stores also had this technology
Fluoroscopes
if ye don't go far enough for everyone to be an ancestor, but far enough for someone to be an ancestor, he was either someone who travelled a lot and mated at every stop along the road or he had wives brought to him from all over, back in the days when wives and camels were the gifts and choice for the elite.
Doesn't go where I want to go, and even if it did, I couldn't leave my crap in it all night or bring home a load of pine nuggets.
I might be able to save some money by buying a car that isn't programmed for icy conditions. Then I could just stay home on icy days. Why buy a car that's overengineered since it only ices here once or twice a year? The auto company would be immune if it did ice up and I did take the car for a spin.
I can see that, or we want to limit to current technology, we can catch up on email and read slashdot