thank you for that comment:D it seems the more technology that is introduced, the more we are encouraged to separate ourselves from other people. take the iPod--I refuse to buy one. I listen to music when I am alone and I share it with people I like. I had a minidisc player years ago but I eventually sold it--all of my friends complained "YOU JUST SIT THERE IGNORING EVERYONE LISTENING TO MUSIC ON YOUR HEADPHONES!"--of course, those same friends now embrace the iPod trend:| or cellphones. they only encourage us to interrupt our face-to-face interactions so we can talk to someone else. I am not an anti-luddite, but jesus, is there some median between overuse of new technology and not using technology at all? maybe people just like the idea of having as many "friends" as possible; take myspace, for instance: how many people can honestly tell you one damn thing about 3/4th of their 150+ friends lists? I refuse to add people I don't know... I use it to communicate with friends I can't easily contact the list goes on... you get the idea.
I've always found the Christian Science Monitor to be "balanced" with a "comprehensive understanding of current issues." In fact, it is the only newspaper around I would call "unbiased." but, like you, I read news from many sources... lately, I find myself enjoying google's news aggregator more and more.
from what I've seen, they have you sign a waiver explaining what you can and can't do on the computers. usually, the waiver clearly states if you violate it you lose your privileges.
Obviously, he's a time traveller from the year 1996, so the whole concept of "Slashdot" confuses him. He seems to understand Karma Whoring pretty well, though.
It is offensive. However, after watching the call-in reactions on C-SPAN, it seems the majority support the PATRIOT act and believe it is going to eradicate "multi-culturalism", "political correctness", defeat liberalism, bring back god into the schools, etc. Thank you, Fox News, for putting a nice spin on such a neo-McCarthyistic piece of legislation.
I think this raises interesting questions about abandonware... what's the legality of taking over a project that was aborted? even though the company who owned it literally trashed the project, don't they still own some sort of rights to it? if it became popular, could they do anything, since they bought the rights from Starwave... or does throwing it in the trash forfeit those rights?
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dyslexia is not dehabilitating. I don't see the problem with sites suing judges over design...
what are your sources?
it even lets you recreate the experience of standing in line to buy Spore!
amazing.
non-content analaysis? isn't that patented by slashdot readers?
guess he didn't see the old commercial with sam waterston selling robot insurance.
thank you for that comment :D :| or cellphones. they only encourage us to interrupt our face-to-face interactions so we can talk to someone else.
it seems the more technology that is introduced, the more we are encouraged to separate ourselves from other people. take the iPod--I refuse to buy one. I listen to music when I am alone and I share it with people I like. I had a minidisc player years ago but I eventually sold it--all of my friends complained "YOU JUST SIT THERE IGNORING EVERYONE LISTENING TO MUSIC ON YOUR HEADPHONES!"--of course, those same friends now embrace the iPod trend
I am not an anti-luddite, but jesus, is there some median between overuse of new technology and not using technology at all?
maybe people just like the idea of having as many "friends" as possible; take myspace, for instance: how many people can honestly tell you one damn thing about 3/4th of their 150+ friends lists? I refuse to add people I don't know... I use it to communicate with friends I can't easily contact
the list goes on... you get the idea.
I've always found the Christian Science Monitor to be "balanced" with a "comprehensive understanding of current issues." In fact, it is the only newspaper around I would call "unbiased."
but, like you, I read news from many sources... lately, I find myself enjoying google's news aggregator more and more.
this essay by Steve Albini explains the situation perfectly...
they're a "christian" band, not indie. which, for some reason, only adds humor to the situation for me...
hey, we don't know if ebay is the winner yet, the auction still has 7+ hours left...
worse than it used to be? boring, catering to the average user?
you obviously don't remember JonKatz...
more importantly, why would you SUBMIT something that old?
from what I've seen, they have you sign a waiver explaining what you can and can't do on the computers. usually, the waiver clearly states if you violate it you lose your privileges.
isn't microsoft part of their competition?
so they can drive microsoft out of the broadband business... interesting.
that firewall doesn't do much good if I'm *on* your local network.
people are too busy pissing their moderation points away contro^H^H^H^H^H^Hmoderating an interview with a microsoft PR man.
Obviously, he's a time traveller from the year 1996, so the whole concept of "Slashdot" confuses him. He seems to understand Karma Whoring pretty well, though.
oddly enough, netcraft runs FreeBSD... does that mean netcraft is dying?
works fine for me... use hostapd.
It is offensive.
However, after watching the call-in reactions on C-SPAN, it seems the majority support the PATRIOT act and believe it is going to eradicate "multi-culturalism", "political correctness", defeat liberalism, bring back god into the schools, etc. Thank you, Fox News, for putting a nice spin on such a neo-McCarthyistic piece of legislation.
what they're going to make out of their server, after it overheated from being slashdotted.
if someone breaks into your house, I doubt they're going to steal cookies... unless, of course, it's the cookie monster.
let me guess... 52Trexler?
I hope they had the sense to change their password...
I think this raises interesting questions about abandonware...
what's the legality of taking over a project that was aborted? even though the company who owned it literally trashed the project, don't they still own some sort of rights to it?
if it became popular, could they do anything, since they bought the rights from Starwave... or does throwing it in the trash forfeit those rights?