I allowed ads through Slashdot as well even though I had this option. Within a few days I had my first case of "Waiting for ads.whatever.com" while my page wouldn't load.
I never bought one because of the monthly fee. I would buy one immediately if there was no monthly fee. I assume there is still a monthly fee, correct?
There is absolutely no reason to have a monthly fee on this piece of hardware. I understand there is a minor "service" they provide in getting schedules and being able to set up recording through an internet page, but in no way does that constitute the size of the monthly fee I remember seeing.
Also, I believe the device stopped working after you stopped paying the monthly fee. What? Why can't it work like an old-school VCR at that point where you have to manually program when it should record?
Please correct me if my history is off, or things have changed. I'd take a serious look at a TiVo if things are now different.
I agree this is an insightful post, but it would have been much more so had you not used Junior High language. It degrades Slashdot. Take a second to compare the discussion sections of this site and others.
I'm actually disappointed the mods didn't take that into consideration.
And I've compared the search results, 80% of the time I prefer Google's results (there was this site that compared Bing/Google/Yahoo and had you pick your favorite and then told you what it was, don't know the URL at the time)
I've always wanted to do this objectively, so I found the following site. Not sure if this is the one you mentioned, but it worked great. http://blindsearch.fejus.com/
I found that site by searching for "bing google yahoo search compare" on google. Doing that using our search compare, I chose the correct search site for the answer I was looking for (though it was one link deeper than direct)... http://blindsearch.fejus.com/?q=bing+google+yahoo+search+compare&type=web
Instead, we provided an incentive for people to move out into the country, leading to sprawl, demand for more roads, foreign dependence on oil, etc... From a pure efficiency point-of-view, living in the city is much more efficient than living in the country. So providing all these services to the country leads to a very inefficient system.
Life isn't about being the most efficient in everything. Actually, there's a perfect solution to the efficiency problem of a life.
There is a minor error in the summary. Next July starts fiscal year 2011. The article actually has it correct...
The sixth job posting arrived on November 20, 2009, requesting a Sr. Manager, Partner Skills Development - Launch Lead who is to change business focus from Windows 7 to Windows 8 in fiscal year 2011. Microsoft's fiscal year starts in July, which is only eight months away.
You green freaks are like people on a diet. It does nothing but consume every waking thought. Just like the people on a diet, that's all they ever talk about in conversation.
What kind of life are you leading if all you do is dwell on one thing.
Sorry, but I'm just getting really tired of hearing about diets and "going green" constantly.
sure, they may label it as pesticide-free, but how do you know?
Openness
Which is RMS's whole point. In the farming case, would they let a 3rd party view their farming methods to confirm their claim? That is the physical world analogy to "is their source code open?"
I think RMS may be more interested in openness than trust. If you have openness, you don't need trust because everything is visible.
In your example of someone building your house, you don't really need trust if the blue prints are viewable by you, and you can inspect the house as it is being built. You can look inside the walls before the drywall is up. And actually, you could say that building a house is not a trusted thing since many many 3rd party inspections are always done before the house is "released".
I find it interesting that anyone blindly trusts anymore, especially slashdoters. I know I absolutely minimize the things I blindly trust in my life.
I think "insanely furious" is the appropriate initial gut reaction to this type of news. I'd be kind of worried if it wasn't.
It's probably hard for someone without kid's to imagine what it would be like to have your daughter strip-searched.
I've had similar questions about myself if my kids were ever forceably taken from me (even by authority). I'm almost 100% sure I would lose rational judgement.
You can see multiple people this discussion are having the same irrational thoughts about how they would deal with the administrators. I'll bet they are parents.
The second part of the quote was what the guy was saying on stage to the audience. So yeah, the guy announcing the new iPhone OS from Apple could be considered a typical Apple shill, I guess.
It isn't standards compliant. When standards disintegrate the consumer pays.
I'm kind of thinking this is a new standard (Apple can be good at introducing that kind of thing). Wouldn't it be cool if we could control all of our devices with a small remote on the headphone jack? Volume and track skip at least.
Or should we just stick with what we've always had, dumb earphones and never progress beyond that?
Slashdot Mirror
I allowed ads through Slashdot as well even though I had this option. Within a few days I had my first case of "Waiting for ads.whatever.com" while my page wouldn't load.
Needless to say, I blocked everything again.
Excellent point.
I never bought one because of the monthly fee. I would buy one immediately if there was no monthly fee. I assume there is still a monthly fee, correct?
There is absolutely no reason to have a monthly fee on this piece of hardware. I understand there is a minor "service" they provide in getting schedules and being able to set up recording through an internet page, but in no way does that constitute the size of the monthly fee I remember seeing.
Also, I believe the device stopped working after you stopped paying the monthly fee. What? Why can't it work like an old-school VCR at that point where you have to manually program when it should record?
Please correct me if my history is off, or things have changed. I'd take a serious look at a TiVo if things are now different.
I agree this is an insightful post, but it would have been much more so had you not used Junior High language. It degrades Slashdot. Take a second to compare the discussion sections of this site and others.
I'm actually disappointed the mods didn't take that into consideration.
And I've compared the search results, 80% of the time I prefer Google's results (there was this site that compared Bing/Google/Yahoo and had you pick your favorite and then told you what it was, don't know the URL at the time)
I've always wanted to do this objectively, so I found the following site. Not sure if this is the one you mentioned, but it worked great.
http://blindsearch.fejus.com/
I found that site by searching for "bing google yahoo search compare" on google. Doing that using our search compare, I chose the correct search site for the answer I was looking for (though it was one link deeper than direct)...
http://blindsearch.fejus.com/?q=bing+google+yahoo+search+compare&type=web
Then, couldn't resist a Meta compare...Which site is better at telling me which site is better...
http://blindsearch.fejus.com/?q=which+is+better%2C+google%2C+yahoo+or+bing+search&type=web
My results are similar to yours. I favor Google about 70-80% of the time.
The elephant I see: it's meant for entertainment, nothing else.
Instead, we provided an incentive for people to move out into the country, leading to sprawl, demand for more roads, foreign dependence on oil, etc... From a pure efficiency point-of-view, living in the city is much more efficient than living in the country. So providing all these services to the country leads to a very inefficient system.
Life isn't about being the most efficient in everything. Actually, there's a perfect solution to the efficiency problem of a life.
Keep this in mind, all of you reading slashdot at work !
Good point. I really should land this plane sometime soon.
You green freaks are like people on a diet. It does nothing but consume every waking thought. Just like the people on a diet, that's all they ever talk about in conversation.
What kind of life are you leading if all you do is dwell on one thing.
Sorry, but I'm just getting really tired of hearing about diets and "going green" constantly.
Any story with RMS and the word free always means free as in freedom, not free as in no cost.
sure, they may label it as pesticide-free, but how do you know?
Openness
Which is RMS's whole point. In the farming case, would they let a 3rd party view their farming methods to confirm their claim? That is the physical world analogy to "is their source code open?"
This is exactly the point that everyone seems to be missing. Thank you for putting it so well.
I think RMS may be more interested in openness than trust. If you have openness, you don't need trust because everything is visible.
In your example of someone building your house, you don't really need trust if the blue prints are viewable by you, and you can inspect the house as it is being built. You can look inside the walls before the drywall is up. And actually, you could say that building a house is not a trusted thing since many many 3rd party inspections are always done before the house is "released".
I find it interesting that anyone blindly trusts anymore, especially slashdoters. I know I absolutely minimize the things I blindly trust in my life.
Did you just put mass murder on the same level as making someone watch a movie?
11 in the master bedroom
Interesting.
Why not make discussion sites more interesting? Keep it please!
Welcome to American justice.
I think "insanely furious" is the appropriate initial gut reaction to this type of news. I'd be kind of worried if it wasn't.
It's probably hard for someone without kid's to imagine what it would be like to have your daughter strip-searched.
I've had similar questions about myself if my kids were ever forceably taken from me (even by authority). I'm almost 100% sure I would lose rational judgement.
You can see multiple people this discussion are having the same irrational thoughts about how they would deal with the administrators. I'll bet they are parents.
The second part of the quote was what the guy was saying on stage to the audience. So yeah, the guy announcing the new iPhone OS from Apple could be considered a typical Apple shill, I guess.
First two sentences of quote - tongue in cheek.
It isn't standards compliant. When standards disintegrate the consumer pays.
I'm kind of thinking this is a new standard (Apple can be good at introducing that kind of thing). Wouldn't it be cool if we could control all of our devices with a small remote on the headphone jack? Volume and track skip at least.
Or should we just stick with what we've always had, dumb earphones and never progress beyond that?
But now it can break those web standards much FASTER than it could previously!
+1 Sad, But True
If I come up with a unique and new idea, it's mine (or at least it belongs to the company I created it for.)
I picture a 3 year old with a toy that he doesn't want to share. "MINE, MINE, MINE"
Any time you want to join us in society, let us know.
Sorry for being harsh.