My college (Swarthmore College) has recently installed Firebird on all the computers. Me and a bunch of geeks had recommended it last year, and I installed it on the public account of a few of them.
I think that they should take a statistic asking people how many different browser names they know, then multiplying that by their favorite browser's score. I bet that Internet Explorer won't even be near the top of the list then.
Not always. My grandma is one of the nicest people I know (in a way...), but she has no concept of money. She has never been able to understand that when you borrow money, you need to repay it. She already went bankrupt onece, and is about to go bankrupt again, and possibly loose her home. She is the type of person who would buy expensive cat food to feed stray cats, than complain that all the neighborhood's cats come to her house and she can't feed them all. She is the type of person who will trade in her car to buy a different one because the car dealer can smooth talk her into it (wow, you can push the button and it will pop the trunk), then have to trade it in again for a different car because it has 8 cylinders and guzzles gas, and she can't afford the monthly payment. I feel sorry for her, she has lost a lot of money to these people, and now gets calls from creditors so often that she refuses to answer the phone without checking caller id.
In summary, she is not exactly trying to avoid them, she just can't pay them. She doesn't know any better.
ignore the service Yes, problems will always go away if you would just ignore them. Ignore corruption and it will go away.
calmly argue against it I've heard writing an angry letter and not mailing it is a good way to make you feel better. Oh, did you want your complaint to get noticed?
*gasp* find a way to make it not work Because everyone has the knowledge of how the fuck the phones work (yes, I know that the phone company can do something about it since they know who to send the bill to)
Those choosing to voice their concerns through death threats just make the rest of you look worse to the point where nobody takes you serious. Yea, don't take death threats seriously, either.
As for myself, I will just ignore the problem unless it rears its ugly head at me. (Yes, that is speaking for my own lazy, unsympathetic self here. Yes, I am a bastard and don't care about this because it doesn't affect me, but at least I don't mind letting people who are affected by it try to do something about it.)
No, I think it's that people don't like it when people use technology for slimy things, and want to get paid for the slimy things [pr0n aside].
Are you implying that pr0n is slimy? Or does it just look slimy because you haven't cleaned your monitor in a while?</bad joke> Really, I don't get what people have against pr0n. Is it because it involves nakedness? There is plenty of bikini pr0n, which does not involve nakedness and you might see on a nice day on the beach. Because it involves sexuality? Anything wrong with that? I might as well say it, "I bet your parents never had sex."
Now here is an interesting question: Is al Quaeda's statement of support for Bush intended to help him, or to hinder him? It would depend on what level of sneakiness they have. If I am not mistaken, most Americans would take this as a way for al Quaeda to support Bush, by appearing afraid of him... and therefore my guess is that al Quaeda is in fact supporting Bush. No one would expect a terrorist organization to be honest.
But then again, that is too many levels of guessing what people would do, and it is late at night.
Just thought I'd add: Sniper guns are designed to kill (fast!) Special operations guns are also designed to kill. Most guns are designed so that they are able to kill
Even so, a large number of guns are bought for use only in self defense (ie, hoping to never need to use them). But I think (haven't checked) that 99.98% is a bit much, unless you also count toy guns
I think it is a good idea to allow ideas to be patentable, under certain conditions. Most importantly, the idea must be very, very unobvious, and only be able to claim perhaps 1% of the revenue from specific patents related to it.
Basically, I am suggesting that finding a good question is very important to progress, and it would be good to reward. Do note that there are some things that have rather obvious solutions once the proper question is asked. For example, asking "how can we implement something simple, like pointing, to run programs and stuff" is just asking for a touchscreen or mouse, but might not have occurred to many programmers who worked with only a shell.
(note: I have equated an unimplemented idea to the question "how can I implement $IDEA")
I think its great how Microsoft steals ideas from other people (*cough*NIX), comes up with a totally frelled implementation that many times doesn't work - and then A) breaks the existing standards, B) goes off and patents the idea as their own or C) both
Now the M$ police will come and get you. You do know it is illegal to publcize trade secrets, don't you?
I think it is a good idea to separate the server and the client so each does its own stuff. This will increase modularity and compatibility quite a bit, IMCUO (in my completely uninformed opinion)
As you might be aware, pov-ray can be used to make pr0n. Since us geeks only get to see pictures of pretty girls but never touch them, why not take the next logical step and look at pictures of pretty girls that don't even exist?
And even better, if the source for the picture is available, you can even modify the picture so she looks like you want her to. Geek heaven! Finally a girl we can all understand!
so does "don't be evil" still apply as their motto?
Not sure. Maybe that motto only applies to their search engine/adds (since I get the feeling that in the business world, not being evil would likely get you kicked around and trampled upon?). Remember that the goal of a business is to make money.
Also, I don't think they are trying to screw their investors. From what I understand, they are trying to screw the greedy bastards that run the auction and take a good portion of the money, or something like that.
I use google as much as the next person and they're a good company, but what does it have to do with the stock market?
Several things: 1) Many people like Google and hope they succeed. This will affect their stock prices, to some extent. 2) Google is a famous company and there has been some contraversy about their going public. This means that their stock trade might be more chaotic and thus an opportunity for day traders. 3) We're bored.
Why does society insist make making more and more disposable crap?
Because at the rate (this) technology is advancing, you might as well consider all digital cameras disposable within a few years. Also, there are people who demand desposable cameras so they won't be afraid to take it on their mountain climbing trip.
This whole disposable movement just evolves us to making more stuff that has lower and lower quality.
Yes, because we all know that this 2 megapixel camera with LCD display is of extremely poor quality as compared to the 1 megapixel cameras that cost several times more. (Won't even bother to tell you that these are returnable, not disposable)
Hence the saying "They don't make 'em like they used to."
Reminds me of another old saying, "Do not say, 'Why were the old days better than these?' For it is not wise to ask such questions." -- Ecclesiastes 7:10 it is not wise to ask such questions." People have been complaining about how good the old days were for 3000 years already. Maybe you should just accept progress and be happy with our improvements in medicine, travel, etc. (You can mod me down now, for mentioning the bible.)
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Actually I preffer "beautiful" than "slimy". Stuff like from Domai, who are among the few who can claim they have art. Met-Art is pretty good, too.
Strange, the statistics for kernel.org showed that IE had a market share of only 2%.
Or did you think that geeks would be visiting some large entertainment company's website (unless it was pr0n, of course)
My college (Swarthmore College) has recently installed Firebird on all the computers. Me and a bunch of geeks had recommended it last year, and I installed it on the public account of a few of them.
I think that they should take a statistic asking people how many different browser names they know, then multiplying that by their favorite browser's score. I bet that Internet Explorer won't even be near the top of the list then.
That way any page written by the laziest, poorest educated author can still be seen.
And this is good why?</elitism>
It's not like the man is running a web based puppy killing service, folks.
I was going to find some online puppy killing service, just to fuck around with you, but after several minutes of googling I couldn't find one.
Not always. My grandma is one of the nicest people I know (in a way ...), but she has no concept of money. She has never been able to understand that when you borrow money, you need to repay it. She already went bankrupt onece, and is about to go bankrupt again, and possibly loose her home. She is the type of person who would buy expensive cat food to feed stray cats, than complain that all the neighborhood's cats come to her house and she can't feed them all. She is the type of person who will trade in her car to buy a different one because the car dealer can smooth talk her into it (wow, you can push the button and it will pop the trunk), then have to trade it in again for a different car because it has 8 cylinders and guzzles gas, and she can't afford the monthly payment. I feel sorry for her, she has lost a lot of money to these people, and now gets calls from creditors so often that she refuses to answer the phone without checking caller id.
In summary, she is not exactly trying to avoid them, she just can't pay them. She doesn't know any better.
Any bill collector who lies or uses fraud to collect a debt, should be tossed in a cell with Bruno, the sex machine.
What about homosexual bill collectors, you insensitive clod!!!
Actually, its not that ineffective
ignore the service
Yes, problems will always go away if you would just ignore them. Ignore corruption and it will go away.
calmly argue against it
I've heard writing an angry letter and not mailing it is a good way to make you feel better. Oh, did you want your complaint to get noticed?
*gasp* find a way to make it not work
Because everyone has the knowledge of how the fuck the phones work (yes, I know that the phone company can do something about it since they know who to send the bill to)
Those choosing to voice their concerns through death threats just make the rest of you look worse to the point where nobody takes you serious.
Yea, don't take death threats seriously, either.
As for myself, I will just ignore the problem unless it rears its ugly head at me. (Yes, that is speaking for my own lazy, unsympathetic self here. Yes, I am a bastard and don't care about this because it doesn't affect me, but at least I don't mind letting people who are affected by it try to do something about it.)
No, I think it's that people don't like it when people use technology for slimy things, and want to get paid for the slimy things [pr0n aside].
Are you implying that pr0n is slimy? Or does it just look slimy because you haven't cleaned your monitor in a while?</bad joke> Really, I don't get what people have against pr0n. Is it because it involves nakedness? There is plenty of bikini pr0n, which does not involve nakedness and you might see on a nice day on the beach. Because it involves sexuality? Anything wrong with that? I might as well say it, "I bet your parents never had sex."
Now here is an interesting question: Is al Quaeda's statement of support for Bush intended to help him, or to hinder him? It would depend on what level of sneakiness they have. If I am not mistaken, most Americans would take this as a way for al Quaeda to support Bush, by appearing afraid of him ... and therefore my guess is that al Quaeda is in fact supporting Bush. No one would expect a terrorist organization to be honest.
But then again, that is too many levels of guessing what people would do, and it is late at night.
That's the nice thing about manufacturing -- there is so much virgin material.
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Or do I just have a dirty mind?
For those of us in the US:
500 ml = 16.9070113 US fluid ounces
I'm a scientist, you insensitive clod!
Just thought I'd add:
Sniper guns are designed to kill (fast!)
Special operations guns are also designed to kill.
Most guns are designed so that they are able to kill
Even so, a large number of guns are bought for use only in self defense (ie, hoping to never need to use them). But I think (haven't checked) that 99.98% is a bit much, unless you also count toy guns
I think it is a good idea to allow ideas to be patentable, under certain conditions. Most importantly, the idea must be very, very unobvious, and only be able to claim perhaps 1% of the revenue from specific patents related to it.
Basically, I am suggesting that finding a good question is very important to progress, and it would be good to reward. Do note that there are some things that have rather obvious solutions once the proper question is asked. For example, asking "how can we implement something simple, like pointing, to run programs and stuff" is just asking for a touchscreen or mouse, but might not have occurred to many programmers who worked with only a shell.
(note: I have equated an unimplemented idea to the question "how can I implement $IDEA")
I think its great how Microsoft steals ideas from other people (*cough*NIX), comes up with a totally frelled implementation that many times doesn't work - and then A) breaks the existing standards, B) goes off and patents the idea as their own or C) both
Now the M$ police will come and get you. You do know it is illegal to publcize trade secrets, don't you?
I think it is a good idea to separate the server and the client so each does its own stuff. This will increase modularity and compatibility quite a bit, IMCUO (in my completely uninformed opinion)
Thanks, I fixed it.
Would some Slashdotter with some spare time please hack their network and install SSH and a firewall? Thanks!
As you might be aware, pov-ray can be used to make pr0n. Since us geeks only get to see pictures of pretty girls but never touch them, why not take the next logical step and look at pictures of pretty girls that don't even exist?
And even better, if the source for the picture is available, you can even modify the picture so she looks like you want her to. Geek heaven! Finally a girl we can all understand!
I forgot:
4) Several groups of crazy geeks are giving them publicity, so they will have a better auction than otherwise expected.
What happened to 'Don't be evil'?
Dunno, but in Soviet Russia, evil won't be YOU!
so does "don't be evil" still apply as their motto?
Not sure. Maybe that motto only applies to their search engine/adds (since I get the feeling that in the business world, not being evil would likely get you kicked around and trampled upon?). Remember that the goal of a business is to make money.
Also, I don't think they are trying to screw their investors. From what I understand, they are trying to screw the greedy bastards that run the auction and take a good portion of the money, or something like that.
I use google as much as the next person and they're a good company, but what does it have to do with the stock market?
Several things:
1) Many people like Google and hope they succeed. This will affect their stock prices, to some extent.
2) Google is a famous company and there has been some contraversy about their going public. This means that their stock trade might be more chaotic and thus an opportunity for day traders.
3) We're bored.
Why does society insist make making more and more disposable crap?
Because at the rate (this) technology is advancing, you might as well consider all digital cameras disposable within a few years. Also, there are people who demand desposable cameras so they won't be afraid to take it on their mountain climbing trip.
This whole disposable movement just evolves us to making more stuff that has lower and lower quality.
Yes, because we all know that this 2 megapixel camera with LCD display is of extremely poor quality as compared to the 1 megapixel cameras that cost several times more. (Won't even bother to tell you that these are returnable, not disposable)
Hence the saying "They don't make 'em like they used to."
Reminds me of another old saying, "Do not say, 'Why were the old days better than these?' For it is not wise to ask such questions." -- Ecclesiastes 7:10
it is not wise to ask such questions." People have been complaining about how good the old days were for 3000 years already. Maybe you should just accept progress and be happy with our improvements in medicine, travel, etc. (You can mod me down now, for mentioning the bible.)