Great, let's keep offering a crutch to crappy programmers instead of letting them be shamed out of the industry when they cock up something that nowadays is quite well understood.
an unworkable online environment for content creators and content providers
Boohoo. They wanted someone else to do their dirty work for them, but now they have to actually use the legal system as intended which requires a great deal more effort. Cry me a river that they don't get a short cut to justice.
Please lets vote Turnbull in, enough is enough (already)
If a Double Dissolution happens Turnbull (or another Lib, I doubt Turnbull could run) that might just happen, so long as no-one utters the words "work choices" they should get in.
You assume the majority of voters are concerned about this single issue. Most wouldn't even know there is an issue. Others honestly think filtering and stopping "pirates" (who fund terrorism, didn't you know) is a good idea that must be done by the government (think of the children!).
Nope, unfortunately the people who understand the pitfalls of both are vastly in the minority.
I have to say that's a refreshingly astute observation coming from a large entertainment corp, one that like so many entertainment companies so often takes the safe option of flogging a concept, genre or property to death.
In my experience he's right about revisiting old games. I've fired up a few of my old favourites, and still play some arcade games with MAME, but the memories and feelings of nostalgia almost always are far better than playing the actual game. Among other things, taste changes with age.
If they were to do this right, you could mix the nostalgia of your experience playing the old version with some of the best things of today's consoles or PCs, like new inputdev (wii anyone). Throw in some astute in jokes and tributes to elements of the original (remember how Day of the Tentacle had the full version of Maniac Mansion as an in game surprise) and you could have a winner.
Of course, we're all a bit jaded by bad experiences with remakes and sequels (and those god-awful prequels- you know the ones...)
Congratulations, I think this is the most insightful comment I've read on slashdot in 2 years. We need another moderation option- "actually insightful".
Donate it. There's not enough blood in a single cord to be useful for transfusion purposes. You don't need your own cord blood for the expected applications of cord blood (i.e. stem cell therapies).
It's more useful now to researchers, or even more practical- in combination with other cord donations to treat a patient with leukaemia (or a number of other diseases) now.
Donate it. Consider it a "pay it forward" situtation.
Sadly we wanted to donate both our kids cords, but the private hospital we used was not part of the national cord blood bank program.
Don't sweat it, you don't want to work for the companies that would exclude on such a basis.
I can tell you from my experience being a hiring manager that it's a really tough job. You can see dozens of resumes in a short period (I saw over 100 in a 2 month period), with all degrees of truth and creative fiction. It becomes tempting to try to cull using testing. We used a short technical test. (As an aside, we promised we'd only test for technologies the candidate mentioned on their resume- I was amazed how many people we caught out). I learned slowly that personality "testing" was most effectively done by talking to the candidate, conversational style rather than like an interview. Get them to relax and talk about the things that interest them. Better than a test.
Anyway, I'm with you, pessimism and introversion are not a crutch and are often an asset in the tech profession. That bares out in the experience I've had from the candidates with these traits that became successful team members. I'm an introvert by nature. Introverts are often *better* communicators, because their terror of speaking means they prepare better and are more thoughtful in their responses. Pessimists can also be useful in their defensive approach, just as long as it's not the life draining/buzz killing kind of pessimism that brings everyone down:-)
Don't let other people's attempts to pidgeon hole the "right" candidate get your goat. Ultimately, they'll get what they want and will probably find out that having all the same personalities wasn't what they needed.
While most of the world's population lives in the northern hemisphere admittedly, can we please reduce the ambiguity by referring to an approximate date (e.g. August 2009) instead of the season?
It's likely that one of them will have the money and legal prowess to fight the good fight. Not to mention, it seems like this would be a sure-fire win for anyone willing to fight it. Counter-sue for legal fees anyone?
People pull out that chestnut about counter-suing for legal fees, but you never really get the entire cost back.
A relative had to defend against a spurious lawsuit and even after victory came out behind- financially, in lost time, stress, and lost opportunities to pursue other business because they were wasting time on this.
Ultimately, only the very wealthy have the resources/financial stamina for a lawsuit. And ultimately the only people to really win in a lawsuit are the lawyers.
What a ghastly overreaction, but hey, this is slashdot.
Best of the best? I may get flamed for this, but I'd barely heard of OpenMosix.
When Apache, the Linux kernel, Eclipse and (name a popular GNU project) look like "shutting down", then maybe we can bleat about the failure of open source.
And as some have said, there's not real reason the baton can't be passed on to interested new parties.
There appears to be a constant confusion between copyright infringing code and patent infringing code.
If MS reveal which parts of GNU/Linux infringe their patents, it may very well be that there is no way to code around it. We've all seen examples reported here on Slashdot of broad software patents being granted. These are ideas, of which the software is an implementation. The case may be that the functionality can't be created without infringing the patent.
If it were simply a matter of copyright infringement, it should be a trivial matter in most cases to write an alternative implentation that does not infringe the copyright.
We can only hope that the reluctance of MS to reveal the patents is based on fear that the validity of the patents could be challenged, or that an IBM or other company with a decent patent portfolio could counter claim and start the equivalent of a patent nuclear war.
a USB memory stick in my pocket, and a DVD-RW disk in my bag.
Works well since most computers have USB, and practically all new computers have DVD writers. Of course, you could have a whole external DVD-RW drive in your bag if you like.
Slashdot Mirror
Great, let's keep offering a crutch to crappy programmers instead of letting them be shamed out of the industry when they cock up something that nowadays is quite well understood.
But like the body of this post, the reality is not the revelation you were hoping for.
an unworkable online environment for content creators and content providers
Boohoo. They wanted someone else to do their dirty work for them, but now they have to actually use the legal system as intended which requires a great deal more effort. Cry me a river that they don't get a short cut to justice.
If a Double Dissolution happens Turnbull (or another Lib, I doubt Turnbull could run) that might just happen, so long as no-one utters the words "work choices" they should get in.
You assume the majority of voters are concerned about this single issue. Most wouldn't even know there is an issue. Others honestly think filtering and stopping "pirates" (who fund terrorism, didn't you know) is a good idea that must be done by the government (think of the children!).
Nope, unfortunately the people who understand the pitfalls of both are vastly in the minority.
Larson hated the new series
I have to say that's a refreshingly astute observation coming from a large entertainment corp, one that like so many entertainment companies so often takes the safe option of flogging a concept, genre or property to death.
In my experience he's right about revisiting old games. I've fired up a few of my old favourites, and still play some arcade games with MAME, but the memories and feelings of nostalgia almost always are far better than playing the actual game. Among other things, taste changes with age.
If they were to do this right, you could mix the nostalgia of your experience playing the old version with some of the best things of today's consoles or PCs, like new inputdev (wii anyone). Throw in some astute in jokes and tributes to elements of the original (remember how Day of the Tentacle had the full version of Maniac Mansion as an in game surprise) and you could have a winner.
Of course, we're all a bit jaded by bad experiences with remakes and sequels (and those god-awful prequels- you know the ones...)
Maybe I should have clipped the quote to just
We have too many people on this planet as it is
Find me evidence to support that claim.
I think anyone with a brain knows an offworld solution is ridiculous.
We have too many people on this planet as it is, and there's no good way to get them off the planet, the energy requirements are simply too great ...
Oh come on moderators! There isn't even a link in support of this wild claim (not even a lame one to a wikipedia article).
+1 insightful != +1 agree
At least attempt to unsure make claims based on some facts.
Yeah everybody, I know, this is slashdot. What a shame.
Congratulations, I think this is the most insightful comment I've read on slashdot in 2 years. We need another moderation option- "actually insightful".
how about we just kill all twitter users instead?
If I could mod you up to 10 I would.
Donate it. There's not enough blood in a single cord to be useful for transfusion purposes. You don't need your own cord blood for the expected applications of cord blood (i.e. stem cell therapies).
It's more useful now to researchers, or even more practical- in combination with other cord donations to treat a patient with leukaemia (or a number of other diseases) now.
Donate it. Consider it a "pay it forward" situtation.
Sadly we wanted to donate both our kids cords, but the private hospital we used was not part of the national cord blood bank program.
tr/Vl/M/d
Because culling the lowest 5-10% performing staff is good for the overall business
Except nowadays it's more often cutting the highest paid 5-10% that can be replaced by cheaper labour in other countries.
Are you from the ACT perhaps? Certain locations are subject to a 99 year lease (see Australian Capital Territory (Planning and Land Management) Act 1988), but your broader assertion is wrong.
Don't sweat it, you don't want to work for the companies that would exclude on such a basis.
I can tell you from my experience being a hiring manager that it's a really tough job. You can see dozens of resumes in a short period (I saw over 100 in a 2 month period), with all degrees of truth and creative fiction. It becomes tempting to try to cull using testing. We used a short technical test. (As an aside, we promised we'd only test for technologies the candidate mentioned on their resume- I was amazed how many people we caught out). I learned slowly that personality "testing" was most effectively done by talking to the candidate, conversational style rather than like an interview. Get them to relax and talk about the things that interest them. Better than a test.
Anyway, I'm with you, pessimism and introversion are not a crutch and are often an asset in the tech profession. That bares out in the experience I've had from the candidates with these traits that became successful team members. I'm an introvert by nature. Introverts are often *better* communicators, because their terror of speaking means they prepare better and are more thoughtful in their responses. Pessimists can also be useful in their defensive approach, just as long as it's not the life draining/buzz killing kind of pessimism that brings everyone down :-)
Don't let other people's attempts to pidgeon hole the "right" candidate get your goat. Ultimately, they'll get what they want and will probably find out that having all the same personalities wasn't what they needed.
While most of the world's population lives in the northern hemisphere admittedly, can we please reduce the ambiguity by referring to an approximate date (e.g. August 2009) instead of the season?
It's likely that one of them will have the money and legal prowess to fight the good fight. Not to mention, it seems like this would be a sure-fire win for anyone willing to fight it. Counter-sue for legal fees anyone?
People pull out that chestnut about counter-suing for legal fees, but you never really get the entire cost back.
A relative had to defend against a spurious lawsuit and even after victory came out behind- financially, in lost time, stress, and lost opportunities to pursue other business because they were wasting time on this.
Ultimately, only the very wealthy have the resources/financial stamina for a lawsuit. And ultimately the only people to really win in a lawsuit are the lawyers.
This is really sad to hear.
A death certificate from the next of kin opens many doors.
They're not likely to help you since you're not a relative and certainly if all you do is point them to a link to an obituary.
What a ghastly overreaction, but hey, this is slashdot.
Best of the best? I may get flamed for this, but I'd barely heard of OpenMosix.
When Apache, the Linux kernel, Eclipse and (name a popular GNU project) look like "shutting down", then maybe we can bleat about the failure of open source.
And as some have said, there's not real reason the baton can't be passed on to interested new parties.
There appears to be a constant confusion between copyright infringing code and patent infringing code.
If MS reveal which parts of GNU/Linux infringe their patents, it may very well be that there is no way to code around it. We've all seen examples reported here on Slashdot of broad software patents being granted. These are ideas, of which the software is an implementation. The case may be that the functionality can't be created without infringing the patent.
If it were simply a matter of copyright infringement, it should be a trivial matter in most cases to write an alternative implentation that does not infringe the copyright.
We can only hope that the reluctance of MS to reveal the patents is based on fear that the validity of the patents could be challenged, or that an IBM or other company with a decent patent portfolio could counter claim and start the equivalent of a patent nuclear war.
Just over $38 per system or ~$8.50 an item.
Can anyone suggest an alternative site to Slashdot, without:
-Posts like the last two Ask Slashdot's where posters become free technical support or market research guinea pigs.
-Sensationalist headlines and misleading blurbs
-Pore speling
-Content/link whoring (hi Roland)
Honestly slashdot, I'm deleting my bookmark. This site is just disappointing now.
and it gives a whole new meaning to "talking your ear off"
a USB memory stick in my pocket, and a DVD-RW disk in my bag.
Works well since most computers have USB, and practically all new computers have DVD writers. Of course, you could have a whole external DVD-RW drive in your bag if you like.
I think with the majority of Slashdotters, the hardware which suffers most from stink problems lies between the keyboard and chair...
So that would be SEMCAK (as opposed to PEBCAK).