Ever since my apartment complex (cheap 'ghetto' area of arlington, va, or at least the closest you get to a ghetto in arlington) advertised its apartments on CL they have been getting some young, attractive, american females.
I no longer have to ask "hablo ingles" when someone is stealing my socks in the laundry room!!.
The only difference, would be Roland profiting for doing absolutely nothing. He could have just as easily put the article text on slashdot.
I hate to use the phrase "site whore", but that is essentially what he is doing. I feel the same way when anyone else uses the same dishonest tactic. There is no need for a middleman in the process when slashdot is already providing this service.
I am just asking for bad karma here I can completely see where you are coming from. Yes, slashdot does something similar. But 99% of the articles that slashdot links to are original content, where the originator PROFITS (through advertisements) from the link from slashdot (or in some cases loses tons of money from the extra bandwidth, but that is bit beyond the matter at hand).
If Roland wants to provide the information that he provided, he could have submitted what he wrote on his website instead of a summary. There is no reason for him to profit from the click-throughs. It's shady, and dishonest.
Newspapers actually pay for services like the AP or UPI or Reuters.
Roland makes money by copy and pasting articles and then writing a few sentences about them. I have nothing against his blog. I do have something against him profiting from it.
Try it yourself some day, you might realize it takes time and money to produce content that many people seem to enjoy.
I am sure the people who originally wrote the articles you copy and pasted would say something similar to you.
That said, I refuse (and have refused in the past) to click through to your website. If someone could kindly just paste the article text from his site to/. it would solve the problem of him recieving click-throughs and $$!
I have been waiting for a long time to see what Chad Paulson has up his sleeves with this "DEMASKED" Project.
He really did a good job with the original warp pipe project, and I think that with his supposed "support" from Nintendo will only ensure that he is again delivering a quality product or service. Its just a matter of figuring out what the hell he plans on providing.
PA is always under extreme duress. Their servers, webspace, and bandwidth are donated by the kind folks at Homelan.
I am also under the impression that they are working on a faster loading (perhaps less graphical) CMS for the new year. Take that with a grain of salt though, I really don't know if its going to happen.
I know that their won't literally be a bug everyday for three years. I was just comparing it to the statement that they made about microsoft having a bug every day. Completely innocent.
No, I am not a programmer. I am not saying that their comparison to MS was wrong. I am saying that they didn't do a full investigation. They just make a blanket statement of microsoft having a new bug every day, and I in turn said that with 985 bugs it gives linux a new bug everyday for 3 years. That is pure logic.
On top of that, I know that no program is error free. I know that no matter how many peer/code reviews you do, you will always find a flaw. The fact that this code review was done by humans shows that it is fallible, just like everything that is man made (including windows!).
A standardized rendering engine. Its not like different browsers need to render pages differently. Wouldn't it be smart to just make all browsers render things in exactly the same manner? Wouldn't the best way to do this be the implementation of a standardized rendering engine?
This is the kind of project that the W3C needs to take on right now, and then IE, Firefox, Opera, etc.. could all be on equal footing. Web designers/developers could sleep easier knowing that no matter what they do, its all going to look and operate the same no matter what the end user is browsing with.
It really depends on the type of authentication they are doing on the site. For the most part, what you are talking about is handled well by firefox. I use it to save my work related passwords, but I have it set to never store my bank, credit card, or home based web mail passwords.
Of the 985 bugs identified, 627 were in critical parts of the kernel. Another 569 could cause a system crash, 100 were security holes, and 33 of the bugs could result in less-than-optimal system performance.
So I guess that means that your theory about the bugs all being in "hardly used code" doesn't hold.
985 bugs is enough to give you a new bug every day for the next 3 years. How does that make it better than microsoft? How does that make this article seem any less biased towards linux? Seriously?
Kill my karma all you want, but the jab at windows ruins any objectivity in the article. Its obvious that they didn't research the actual number of bugs in microsofts product, so really this is just a marketing pitch for open source instead of an actual reason to embrace it.
Penny-Arcade refuses to recognize their east coast fans for the umpteenth time. It would be great to go to an event like this, but airfare and hotels make it a no go.
It would be great if the folks at PA actually showed they cared about us folks on the right coast.
I would definitely love to have an East Coast style get together sponsored by the PA crew. Its not like the east coast isn't full of venues for you guys to come over.
There are tons of comic cons, shit loads of fans and a bunch of state of the art convention centers for you guys to hit up.
This question needs to be modded up.
I am pretty sure they answered this in the past. I know that Gabe has a video of himself creating the comic itself (after he scans in the drawings). I am pretty sure in that post he stated the whole life of a penny-arcade comic.
I would of couse check this on their site, but as usual its not working right now.
Most companies will tell non-techie users that the CD is needed for a full install. Thats how they get their brand across. They use the folks that have no clue what broadband is. They just know that it makes them better e-Bayer's.
Slashdot Mirror
Ever since my apartment complex (cheap 'ghetto' area of arlington, va, or at least the closest you get to a ghetto in arlington) advertised its apartments on CL they have been getting some young, attractive, american females.
I no longer have to ask "hablo ingles" when someone is stealing my socks in the laundry room!!.
Write your congressman
I don't think my congressman has alot of clout in african countries that are run by warlords.
The only difference, would be Roland profiting for doing absolutely nothing. He could have just as easily put the article text on slashdot.
I hate to use the phrase "site whore", but that is essentially what he is doing. I feel the same way when anyone else uses the same dishonest tactic. There is no need for a middleman in the process when slashdot is already providing this service.
I am just asking for bad karma here
I can completely see where you are coming from. Yes, slashdot does something similar. But 99% of the articles that slashdot links to are original content, where the originator PROFITS (through advertisements) from the link from slashdot (or in some cases loses tons of money from the extra bandwidth, but that is bit beyond the matter at hand).
If Roland wants to provide the information that he provided, he could have submitted what he wrote on his website instead of a summary. There is no reason for him to profit from the click-throughs. It's shady, and dishonest.
Newspapers actually pay for services like the AP or UPI or Reuters.
Roland makes money by copy and pasting articles and then writing a few sentences about them. I have nothing against his blog. I do have something against him profiting from it.
Try it yourself some day, you might realize it takes time and money to produce content that many people seem to enjoy.
/. it would solve the problem of him recieving click-throughs and $$!
I am sure the people who originally wrote the articles you copy and pasted would say something similar to you.
That said, I refuse (and have refused in the past) to click through to your website. If someone could kindly just paste the article text from his site to
Is Bill Gates Rich enough?.
dismantle them due to space?
Did you live in a breadbasket?
I have been waiting for a long time to see what Chad Paulson has up his sleeves with this "DEMASKED" Project.
He really did a good job with the original warp pipe project, and I think that with his supposed "support" from Nintendo will only ensure that he is again delivering a quality product or service. Its just a matter of figuring out what the hell he plans on providing.
Penny-Arcades webspace and bandwidth are donated by the folks at Homelan.
This was referenced in the past by Tycho. I assume that the bandwidth and webspace for childs play is covered under the same agreement.
PA is always under extreme duress. Their servers, webspace, and bandwidth are donated by the kind folks at Homelan.
I am also under the impression that they are working on a faster loading (perhaps less graphical) CMS for the new year. Take that with a grain of salt though, I really don't know if its going to happen.
I know that their won't literally be a bug everyday for three years. I was just comparing it to the statement that they made about microsoft having a bug every day. Completely innocent.
No, I am not a programmer. I am not saying that their comparison to MS was wrong. I am saying that they didn't do a full investigation. They just make a blanket statement of microsoft having a new bug every day, and I in turn said that with 985 bugs it gives linux a new bug everyday for 3 years. That is pure logic.
On top of that, I know that no program is error free. I know that no matter how many peer/code reviews you do, you will always find a flaw. The fact that this code review was done by humans shows that it is fallible, just like everything that is man made (including windows!).
A standardized rendering engine. Its not like different browsers need to render pages differently. Wouldn't it be smart to just make all browsers render things in exactly the same manner? Wouldn't the best way to do this be the implementation of a standardized rendering engine?
This is the kind of project that the W3C needs to take on right now, and then IE, Firefox, Opera, etc.. could all be on equal footing. Web designers/developers could sleep easier knowing that no matter what they do, its all going to look and operate the same no matter what the end user is browsing with.
It really depends on the type of authentication they are doing on the site. For the most part, what you are talking about is handled well by firefox. I use it to save my work related passwords, but I have it set to never store my bank, credit card, or home based web mail passwords.
RTFA:
Of the 985 bugs identified, 627 were in critical parts of the kernel. Another 569 could cause a system crash, 100 were security holes, and 33 of the bugs could result in less-than-optimal system performance.
So I guess that means that your theory about the bugs all being in "hardly used code" doesn't hold.
985 bugs is enough to give you a new bug every day for the next 3 years. How does that make it better than microsoft? How does that make this article seem any less biased towards linux? Seriously?
Kill my karma all you want, but the jab at windows ruins any objectivity in the article. Its obvious that they didn't research the actual number of bugs in microsofts product, so really this is just a marketing pitch for open source instead of an actual reason to embrace it.
As everyone knows, there are many good reasons to mod your XBox and not all of them involve piracy.
But they all involve doing something illegal, which is exactly why Microsoft is justified in deleting XBL accounts of those that have done it.
Jude Law.
He has the Hair.
He has the Face.
He has the Body.
And he can act!
You need to pivot it to adjust daylight savings time.
You are required to move it so it gives correct time for 6 months out of the year. I think that qualifies as a moving part.
Penny-Arcade refuses to recognize their east coast fans for the umpteenth time. It would be great to go to an event like this, but airfare and hotels make it a no go.
It would be great if the folks at PA actually showed they cared about us folks on the right coast.
I would definitely love to have an East Coast style get together sponsored by the PA crew. Its not like the east coast isn't full of venues for you guys to come over.
There are tons of comic cons, shit loads of fans and a bunch of state of the art convention centers for you guys to hit up. This question needs to be modded up.
I am pretty sure they answered this in the past. I know that Gabe has a video of himself creating the comic itself (after he scans in the drawings). I am pretty sure in that post he stated the whole life of a penny-arcade comic. I would of couse check this on their site, but as usual its not working right now.
Agreed.
It was one of the best toys out there. I remember burning my hand thousands of times while trying to change the lightbulb.
I enjoy the virtual one as much as I enjoy the original.
Most companies will tell non-techie users that the CD is needed for a full install. Thats how they get their brand across. They use the folks that have no clue what broadband is. They just know that it makes them better e-Bayer's.