I thought only the most important/interesting things got put on the front page? No offence, and no flamebait intended, but what the FUCK is this doing here? Something more important could have gone on it's place.
Er they did get the van arriving on video, and there was a guy inside when the package was opened, and he was arguing on the phone with the person picking it up, saying there was something wrong. No pictures of his face when he opened it up, unfortunately
Another SA Goon checking in, I cant believe this made Slashdot.
On the subject of microphones, the Cassini-Huygens probe currently on its way to Saturn/Titan is carrying one, so that we can hear Titan. The prospect of hearing the first waves lapping against an alien shore is quite remarkable. If theres any liquid there, that is.
Has anyone else noticed that on the link to that software company, Curt Shillings email address is on there?
You'd think he'd not have it so easily accessible.
Well, ill give it a go. Its not just slashdot it happens with but quite a few sites, i thought it was some kind of HTML parsing error. Usually tables are the problem.
I know it's a troll, but I'll offer a reply anyway
I suppose when you are talking about a website that has made SUCH an impact in our lives that people now use "to google" as a verb (expect it being added to dictionaries in a few years time) then it is pretty significant. Come on, we all (ab)use it daily.
Everyone says space is 100km, for the benefit of the X-Prize.
Nasa defines it as about 400,000 feet, when the atmosphere has a significant effect, and the space shuttle hits about Mach 25 on reentry. It orbits about Mach 24.5, but as you fall back towards earth on reentry you gain speed until the atmosphere slows you down
Why *THE HOLY FUCK* has this been modded a troll? It's his opinion, it seems well informed, and well researched based on this users experienced.
This is another one of those "HOW DARE HE SIDE WITH MICROSOFT!!!111oneoneone" things isnt it?
How the FUCK are they going to accelerate something of that size to Mars. You are looking at ~3,500m/s deltaV, assuming it'll be built in orbit and then fired out to mars, and the fuel for pushing that much weight that fast will take up lots of room. You wont be able to do that without designing a new propulsion technology.
Presumably, the content is downloaded via HTTP on the normal port, so you wouldn't be able to JUST block the adverts unless you found out the filename convention and coded something that looked for that specific pattern.
What a fantastic idea... Anyone got a spare afternoon with nothing to occupy their time?:)
...that they would learn from past mistakes. But no, of course not.
The problem is, are ICANN going to back down this time and let it slide, or are they going to continue to give Verisign hell over this, and pressure them, as they should definitely do?
Are we likely to see another backlash from users and network admins?
And will there be the same sort of media coverage that basically gave Verisign quite a bad bit of PR for 2 weeks.
It seems like they have sneaked this out again with the minimal amount of fanfare in an attempt to try and stifle the opposition, but when you have so many people mistyping domains everyday, you cant really expect it to go unnoticed and not to piss people off.
Do you think your average Windows virus writer is brainy enough to think about doing such a thing to cause trouble for the Linux community?
By the way, I like your music;)
Oh, i agree for sure, 100%, but thats not the issue here. It's a case of one mouldy apple ruining an entire crap, and yes, it sucks cock. I'm just saying, it seems likely that it WAS some renegade Linux user, venting his/her anger.
Hence, it's up to US to show people that they're wrong, and that we arent like this. Which is why we should do what a poster somewhere up there *points up to rest of thread* said and use the feedback form to offer our opinions in a calm, insightful, and informed manner.
To suggest that it DOESN'T have anything to do with Linux users is just as bad. I mean, it seems the most logical choice. Who else would have such hatred for SCO and Microsoft that they'd want to attack them? Surely not your everyday Windows users, thats for sure. Most of THEM have never even heard of SCO.
I'm going to get flamed for this for sure, but if you think this had nothing to do with Linux users, you're an idiot.
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I thought only the most important/interesting things got put on the front page? No offence, and no flamebait intended, but what the FUCK is this doing here? Something more important could have gone on it's place.
Er they did get the van arriving on video, and there was a guy inside when the package was opened, and he was arguing on the phone with the person picking it up, saying there was something wrong. No pictures of his face when he opened it up, unfortunately Another SA Goon checking in, I cant believe this made Slashdot.
Monoculture.
If linux was more widespread, you'd get more stuff written for it. It's been pointed out countless times before.
On the subject of microphones, the Cassini-Huygens probe currently on its way to Saturn/Titan is carrying one, so that we can hear Titan. The prospect of hearing the first waves lapping against an alien shore is quite remarkable. If theres any liquid there, that is.
I do of course mean Schilling. *hides*
Has anyone else noticed that on the link to that software company, Curt Shillings email address is on there? You'd think he'd not have it so easily accessible.
Only explanation I can think of for this utterly useless story.
Yes, Until Farmer Eavis chases you across Worthy Farm with a shotgun :-)
Well, ill give it a go. Its not just slashdot it happens with but quite a few sites, i thought it was some kind of HTML parsing error. Usually tables are the problem.
I suppose when you are talking about a website that has made SUCH an impact in our lives that people now use "to google" as a verb (expect it being added to dictionaries in a few years time) then it is pretty significant. Come on, we all (ab)use it daily.
And it doesnt display right first time in Firefox, i have to keep pummelling F5.
Everyone says space is 100km, for the benefit of the X-Prize.
Nasa defines it as about 400,000 feet, when the atmosphere has a significant effect, and the space shuttle hits about Mach 25 on reentry. It orbits about Mach 24.5, but as you fall back towards earth on reentry you gain speed until the atmosphere slows you down
Flamebait, yes. Correct? Certainly.
Why *THE HOLY FUCK* has this been modded a troll? It's his opinion, it seems well informed, and well researched based on this users experienced. This is another one of those "HOW DARE HE SIDE WITH MICROSOFT!!!111oneoneone" things isnt it?
How the FUCK are they going to accelerate something of that size to Mars. You are looking at ~3,500m/s deltaV, assuming it'll be built in orbit and then fired out to mars, and the fuel for pushing that much weight that fast will take up lots of room. You wont be able to do that without designing a new propulsion technology.
Presumably, the content is downloaded via HTTP on the normal port, so you wouldn't be able to JUST block the adverts unless you found out the filename convention and coded something that looked for that specific pattern. What a fantastic idea... Anyone got a spare afternoon with nothing to occupy their time? :)
And thats going to make sense to newbies how?
...that they would learn from past mistakes. But no, of course not.
The problem is, are ICANN going to back down this time and let it slide, or are they going to continue to give Verisign hell over this, and pressure them, as they should definitely do?
Are we likely to see another backlash from users and network admins?
And will there be the same sort of media coverage that basically gave Verisign quite a bad bit of PR for 2 weeks.
It seems like they have sneaked this out again with the minimal amount of fanfare in an attempt to try and stifle the opposition, but when you have so many people mistyping domains everyday, you cant really expect it to go unnoticed and not to piss people off.
Except, now it doesnt matter, cos posting undid it. All is good :)
Er. hang on. I didnt mean to mod this as flamebait. Clearly, Internet Exploder sucks dick. Apologies my good man. :(
I'm thinking, photoshopped mouse-shuttle crews, getting in the nasa bus on the way to the pad, and hopping about on the moon.
Come on you graphics people, don't let us down, this is a comedy goldmine (c) something awful
Do you think your average Windows virus writer is brainy enough to think about doing such a thing to cause trouble for the Linux community? By the way, I like your music ;)
Hence, it's up to US to show people that they're wrong, and that we arent like this. Which is why we should do what a poster somewhere up there *points up to rest of thread* said and use the feedback form to offer our opinions in a calm, insightful, and informed manner.
I'm going to get flamed for this for sure, but if you think this had nothing to do with Linux users, you're an idiot.
Just my opinion, of course...
Wait, who are you from the Orbiter forums? Its pretty obvious who I am heh... Just got made a mod on there by Martin and Radu..