In the spirit of all the recent off topic "Slashdot has changed for the worse when ____" posts:
I am posting off topic to say that I actually LIKE Slashdot. In fact I plan to continue to visit Slashdot! I may even visit more often than I have ever before. I enjoy many of the posts and think there are lots of great posts. I ignore the trolls and flames and enjoy the stories and many comments posted. I enjoy what is posted for what it is and participate frequently. Slashdot is a good site, and I plan to continue to visiting. Feel free to post your opinion about when you felt Slashdot "went good" below.
Of course I have to add the ever martyr bating: Moderate as you will!
My personal apologies to those who were reading for comments regarding the Linux Game Tome site. I think it's great they're back up too, it's nice to have a good central location for such stuff. Very useful for me to point friends also new to Linux to for game stuff.
I noticed that you haven't posted anything recently with the exception of this post. Maybe you were out of town or something, but it is hard to take the post too seriously when you seem to be not participating. Just complaining about the lack of intelligent posts and not posting any doesn't help.
I would note that I do not agree with your assessment that if you get moderated up "I will know that the community I call myself a part of feels the same way I do." I'm sure you can say that at least some of the community agrees with you. However claiming that you would represent the community as whole or even majority seems far fetched. I only takes a few people with some moderator points at that specific time to mod something up.
Regarding your commentary on the advertisers, I doubt/. (or any sites) would have any advertisers if they removed every companies adds with whom someone had a bad experience with. Advertising between you and that company, and not the site you saw an advertisement on.
"Look at how much we bitch and moan about frivolous lawsuits, and even not so frivolous ones like the DeCSS, Napster, and Microsoft suits. How come the first idea for action has to be a lawsuit? Would a lawsuit even help in this case?"
Well if the person above was filing a lawsuit obviously they would not think it's frivolous, and think it would help in some way or another. I'm not quite sure what logic your using there. "Hey don't do that because you think you should do that, and I don't think you should, but I'm going to question it by asking you if you think you should do that." What?
"Why must all problems be solved with a lawsuit?"
Mainly because the NSA, MI5 and several other orgs reading my mail do not reply to the polite letters I've sent them asking them to respect my privacy. Oddly enough the French have replied and noted they put me on the "Do not violate his/her privacy list". So I guess not all problems must be solved with a lawsuit.
Seriously though: Regarding the PGP solution I think that is somewhat dangerous. Granted it's something I would do in the very short term, however that does not address the real problem. Addressing the root cause is much more important. Saying "Britain (or any other country, company, person, or machine for that matter) can look at my encrypted e-mail all the want for all that I care." just seems far too passive a response. Years later after they've taken it farther than e-mail and demand your key and it's an established and accepted practice to read e-mail you'll be in a bad position. Like saying "Sure you have a search warrant for my home, but you can't look in my safe!" In fact, in the US, if they have a search warrant for your home and your safe is in it you have to turn over the key in a timely manner or they can break into it legally. If they can not break in it and you do not turn over the key or "lost it" your criminally responsible. As you said picking a fight is not a good response, but picking one when it's too late is bad too.
Won't releasing the code for the robots make it easier for Supervillons to create their army of killer robots out of some code origionally designed to dust my house and feed my cat?
"There are no benchmarks yet on the website, but reading through the tech specs it seems that this chip will blow everything else away."
Does snack sound like he works for ATI PR people to anyone else? If I were ATI I'd submit every announcement I can to/. in hopes of it being posted. This is not to say it shouldn't have been posted, that's not my call, and I do find the news interesting. Snack's comments just sound like a press release to me:-)
I'm somewhat disturbed by the sighting of sources here. ABC news reports that The Washington Post and USA Today published 2 different accounts of possible action against MS. I would at least like to see them note that they have a source that can confirm this, or have some sort of source in the DOJ or something. For all I know the Post and USA Today are reporting that ABC is reporting that they reported . . .
It sort of reminds me of that game where you whisper a message to the person next to you and they to the person next and without fail the message gets screwed up. I wouldn't be shocked if this all started with some attorney asking another attorney "Hey, do you know where I can get some really cool clip art?"
LOL At this rate tomorrow we'll see stories quoting "unnamed sources" about the ice cream and soon see news about "ACLU Supports Dairy Farmers In Struggle Against Ice Cream Oppression!" Then George Bush will come out in favor of ice cream consumption regulation.
Apologies to my conservative friends, the joke got a bit out of hand.
I would agree. I think the ACLU is stating the obvious, and NOT supporting one or the other. Like me saying "I'd rather be shot in the head rather than suffocated?" Just because I said I'd rather be shot in the head, doesn't mean it wouldn't try to prevent both. I think what they're saying is being taken out of context, possibly for dramatic effect.
I'm reading the comments on the article above where I see the following line:
"Essentially they are telling the court "you should not allow COPA because, instead of banning sex, the government could install censorware and that would be better.""
I read the article and I see where the article notes that the ACLU seems to support parents installing such software. That I understand. However, I do not see where the ACLU has suggested the government too install such software, just suggesting that they seem to support parents doing so. That's a big jump assuming that because the ACLU SEEMS to support individuals installing software to filter something from their children that they also support the government doing so based on the fact that fact and that they note that censorware is "a less restrictive alternative."
Just because the ACLU doesn't seem to have a problem with me sending my kids (actually I don't have kids, but if I did) to bed without ice cream. Does not mean that they would support the government mandating that everyone has been a "bad boy/girl" and somehow restrict everyone's ice cream intake, just because the ACLU feels that it is less restrictive than making ice cream illegal in general. I don't think they would support either myself (and thank goodness!)
I wonder if anyone else sees it that way or if I've maybe misread this?
I can see why/. wouldn't post this. There would be quite a bit of posts if every lug got announcements regarding their "vital information" or such activities posted on Slashdot. If my local lugs were organizing a protest I'd already know about it because I'm already a member. Since I'm not a member of the NY lug the demonstration its self really doesn't concern me. Not that I disagree with the protest or anything.
I used to visit Slashdot on and off over about the past year until about October when I actually signed up for an account that I'd remember. There are stories I think they should post that they haven't (of course I'm referring to my own:-)), and trolls are annoying but I can ignore the trolls. The only thing I've noticed change on Slashdot for the worst are some of the posts by some readers.
One thing I've noticed about the posts is that so many are now lacking in any logical argument. an example would be this post. The post labels Japanese government as "a nasty, repressive, corrupt and unethically pro-corporate government." There's no actual evidence posted regarding that particular generalization (generalizations being illogical to begin with)other than his/her personal claim that "illegal to sell used video tapes and video games.
I'm not suggesting that everyone pull out their note cards and write up their posts on there, then take them to their nearest English or debate expert before posting. However, I do remember that most posts in the past actually were fairly logical, and if not, you could post a question below and have a polite discussion regarding the issue. There seems to be an extreme zealot attitude about many posts are not conducive to any discussion anymore. I'm not referring to a zealot attitude regarding any particular subject like Linux or Open Source. This seems to cover all positions on all subjects. I often am tempted to run around and post a reply referencing something like this. However, I'm not sure that it would actually help any, and might be trolling.
In the end I think Slashdot has not gone bad. It is still one of the best sites I've found that makes me think. While I do not like the changes in some of the posting that I think I've seen, I do what I can by moderating and meta-moderating fairly when I can, and move on. In the future maybe "Oh yeah? Well they suck anyway!" will be a legitimate argument,and those out there who post that way are just on the cutting edge.:-) It seems to work in politics sometimes anyway.
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Fire people Then hire them back Wash, rinse, repeat
I just had to post this for everyone that has ever worked for Unisys:-)
If you login and go to user options you can do it yourself if your really sensitive to a gif appearing on your screen. Granted the logo and adds (if you don't block adds them) are still there, but you can't get everything the way you like it I guess.
I'm not totally concerned at the possibility of my TV habits being tracked, as long as they have to ask my permission and it is anonymous. They could even have some limited demographic data (I'm sure they'd want it) and such information. I also wouldn't mind a "Oh man this blows.", "This is good.", "I'm not actually watching this, it's just on until something better comes on.", or "I'd watch this more if it wasn't on at such an inconvenient time." options on my remote, or something similar. While if they track people without their permission I would object to gathering such information, I don't think such ideas are all bad.
The unfortunate thing for me (maybe i'm not alone) is that every time I visit thesync.com I see the pic for Jenni Show and the latest Geeks In Space tittle. I'm not sure what is sadder, that I would think Jenni would actually be on Geeks In Space, or that I'm disappointed every time I visit that she's not.
It would seem that such backdoors (security flaw, or intentional) were much more common in the past, or at the least more openly spoken of. I've worked with some old IBM, and a few other companies, network and software engineers from "way back in the day" and it seemed as if when they worked on new networks and software in the past that it was almost expected that there would be a backdoor of one sort or another (usually a bug later discovered). Most of them explained that it was used then because the companies who would contract them out, would then hire clueless engineers to run them (sadly seems like today still) who would not know how to manage the systems mainly because they were proprietary and often customized for each company. So eventually they'd probably need to manipulate a bug or designed backdoor to repair damage done to the system by some fool. Fortunately, unlike today, that wasn't entirely insecure because most likely only a few companies had the same backdoor and very few people were aware of the bugs or backdoors. Now with nearly everyone using the same software a backdoor seems much more dangerous.
Although I think it's hard to say if this is indeed a case of the flaw being a back door by design.
I know of few commercial companies that do not have something of a backdoor (to one extreme or another) designed in their software, or a flaw they find that they do not fix intentionally.
When working on my own personal systems I hate the idea of such a "backdoor" existing. However, to be honest in the past I have exploited such tricks on other people systems (or avoided fixing some "backdoors" in other peoples systems) to save them time in the future, and it's worked.
It's one of those things I hate to know is out there, but I have to admit I've used it to my benefit.
I could be the only one here who things this is a great thing, but so be it. I'm referring only to the fact that they claim that the flaw identifies some Netscape employees as "weenies" not the flaw it's self.
You know that there's rivalry between competing companies, and they discuss how much their competition sucks. I was disappointed after Apple directed that it's coders stop putting in Easter eggs, and their own names in products, and I was worried that this would keep other people from doing things like this. It's good to see this habit is still there from the days of old. I think some peoples complaints about this are a bit exaggerated because it's M$. If Netscape or anyone else tossed in an insult about MS somewhere (and you what I'm talking about Rick:-)) I'm sure it wouldn't be received with such hostility. I think it's great, and I'd be flattered if MS went out of their way to describe myself or my coworkers as "weenies!"
"Who came up with this stupid rule that all fantasy names have to sound like exotic chemicals and/or have apostrophes in them?"
I think part of the explanation is the fantasy aspect to the games. It would seem hard to draw up an elaborate fantasy world where everything is different, exciting, and fun to explore. Then you have to believe the main characters are Bob, Fred, and Jim, the same as in RL. I can see where that just doesn't work.
At the same time I have to agree that the names sometimes are terribly annoying. They should come with some sort of explanation how to verbalize these names. Nothing is worse than picking up a game, playing it for hours, then talking about it to your friends only to find you've been pronouncing the main character's name wrong in your head for the past 3 weeks. Ok, yes, that's happened to me personally. The game just never seems the same after that.
Somewhat like after I struggled with Linux for a few months only to be chastised for saying it "the wrong way."
www.xenu.net Some of the stuff on there seems somewhat hyped *insert grian of salt*. However they do seem to cover the basics concerns many people have regarding CoS, including copyright enforcement.
Did anyone find the way the article was written a little curious?
My Example: " "He described his "main value" as "teamwork" - which was how he tried to cure the "friction" - and alleged there was a "group within a group with a heavy vested interest in painting me in an unfavorable light." "
Couldn't they just quote him in complete sentences? The only reason I can see to chop it up word by word would seem to be to make the comment more concise. However I wonder what exactly we lose when someone is quoted small bit by bit like that?
I don't mind the writer conceding the interview. After all, I'd rather not hear the chitchat about Fernand Sarrat's dog was barking in the background. However, I think the readers at least deserve to get at least whole phrases (god forbid a whole sentence) so we can judge for ourselves.
I could note that in this interview Fernand Sarrat spoke about "young men" and "pornography" but that really doesn't say much. In fact it may infer a different meaning than Fernand Sarrat meant.
I disagree in some cases. At my workplace we're about to begin the ever tedious job of an ISO 9000 audit. I have much information that I thought wished to be free that is sitting on my desk. Sadly, it has not yet made that wish apparent by filling out the appropriate paperwork to become free. Of course I can not violate and ISO standards and just give such information to those who need it. After filling out the paper work it must be approved, dated, given some bizarre version number and distributed on the website.
Since it has yet to make it's wishes clear to me I believe that my information in fact does not wish to be free, regardless of it's usefulness to those who might appreciate it. I plan to soon impose my wishes on the information and fill out the paperwork on it's behalf during a midnight run to the copier. May God keep me save from the ISO storm troopers!
Come to think of it, my information has yet to make any requests to me. Has anyone else been able to communicate with their information? If so, what did it say?
Slashdot Mirror
In the spirit of all the recent off topic "Slashdot has changed for the worse when ____" posts:
I am posting off topic to say that I actually LIKE Slashdot. In fact I plan to continue to visit Slashdot! I may even visit more often than I have ever before. I enjoy many of the posts and think there are lots of great posts. I ignore the trolls and flames and enjoy the stories and many comments posted. I enjoy what is posted for what it is and participate frequently. Slashdot is a good site, and I plan to continue to visiting. Feel free to post your opinion about when you felt Slashdot "went good" below.
Of course I have to add the ever martyr bating:
Moderate as you will!
My personal apologies to those who were reading for comments regarding the Linux Game Tome site. I think it's great they're back up too, it's nice to have a good central location for such stuff. Very useful for me to point friends also new to Linux to for game stuff.
I noticed that you haven't posted anything recently with the exception of this post. Maybe you were out of town or something, but it is hard to take the post too seriously when you seem to be not participating. Just complaining about the lack of intelligent posts and not posting any doesn't help.
/. (or any sites) would have any advertisers if they removed every companies adds with whom someone had a bad experience with. Advertising between you and that company, and not the site you saw an advertisement on.
I would note that I do not agree with your assessment that if you get moderated up "I will know that the community I call myself a part of feels the same way I do." I'm sure you can say that at least some of the community agrees with you. However claiming that you would represent the community as whole or even majority seems far fetched. I only takes a few people with some moderator points at that specific time to mod something up.
Regarding your commentary on the advertisers, I doubt
"Look at how much we bitch and moan about frivolous lawsuits, and even not so frivolous ones like the DeCSS, Napster, and Microsoft suits. How come the first idea for action has to be a lawsuit? Would a lawsuit even help in this case?"
Well if the person above was filing a lawsuit obviously they would not think it's frivolous, and think it would help in some way or another. I'm not quite sure what logic your using there. "Hey don't do that because you think you should do that, and I don't think you should, but I'm going to question it by asking you if you think you should do that." What?
"Why must all problems be solved with a lawsuit?"
Mainly because the NSA, MI5 and several other orgs reading my mail do not reply to the polite letters I've sent them asking them to respect my privacy. Oddly enough the French have replied and noted they put me on the "Do not violate his/her privacy list". So I guess not all problems must be solved with a lawsuit.
Seriously though:
Regarding the PGP solution I think that is somewhat dangerous. Granted it's something I would do in the very short term, however that does not address the real problem. Addressing the root cause is much more important. Saying "Britain (or any other country, company, person, or machine for that matter) can look at my encrypted e-mail all the want for all that I care." just seems far too passive a response. Years later after they've taken it farther than e-mail and demand your key and it's an established and accepted practice to read e-mail you'll be in a bad position. Like saying "Sure you have a search warrant for my home, but you can't look in my safe!" In fact, in the US, if they have a search warrant for your home and your safe is in it you have to turn over the key in a timely manner or they can break into it legally. If they can not break in it and you do not turn over the key or "lost it" your criminally responsible. As you said picking a fight is not a good response, but picking one when it's too late is bad too.
Won't releasing the code for the robots make it easier for Supervillons to create their army of killer robots out of some code origionally designed to dust my house and feed my cat?
That would be a neat poll, but you'd have to and an extra one that you forgot.
9)Hemos
"There are no benchmarks yet on the website, but reading through the tech specs it seems that this chip will blow everything else away."
/. in hopes of it being posted. This is not to say it shouldn't have been posted, that's not my call, and I do find the news interesting. Snack's comments just sound like a press release to me :-)
Does snack sound like he works for ATI PR people to anyone else? If I were ATI I'd submit every announcement I can to
I'm somewhat disturbed by the sighting of sources here. ABC news reports that The Washington Post and USA Today published 2 different accounts of possible action against MS. I would at least like to see them note that they have a source that can confirm this, or have some sort of source in the DOJ or something. For all I know the Post and USA Today are reporting that ABC is reporting that they reported . . .
It sort of reminds me of that game where you whisper a message to the person next to you and they to the person next and without fail the message gets screwed up. I wouldn't be shocked if this all started with some attorney asking another attorney "Hey, do you know where I can get some really cool clip art?"
LOL
At this rate tomorrow we'll see stories quoting "unnamed sources" about the ice cream and soon see news about "ACLU Supports Dairy Farmers In Struggle Against Ice Cream Oppression!" Then George Bush will come out in favor of ice cream consumption regulation.
Apologies to my conservative friends, the joke got a bit out of hand.
I would agree.
I think the ACLU is stating the obvious, and NOT supporting one or the other. Like me saying "I'd rather be shot in the head rather than suffocated?" Just because I said I'd rather be shot in the head, doesn't mean it wouldn't try to prevent both. I think what they're saying is being taken out of context, possibly for dramatic effect.
I'm reading the comments on the article above where I see the following line:
"Essentially they are telling the court "you should not allow COPA because, instead of banning sex, the government could install censorware and that would be better.""
I read the article and I see where the article notes that the ACLU seems to support parents installing such software. That I understand. However, I do not see where the ACLU has suggested the government too install such software, just suggesting that they seem to support parents doing so. That's a big jump assuming that because the ACLU SEEMS to support individuals installing software to filter something from their children that they also support the government doing so based on the fact that fact and that they note that censorware is "a less restrictive alternative."
Just because the ACLU doesn't seem to have a problem with me sending my kids (actually I don't have kids, but if I did) to bed without ice cream. Does not mean that they would support the government mandating that everyone has been a "bad boy/girl" and somehow restrict everyone's ice cream intake, just because the ACLU feels that it is less restrictive than making ice cream illegal in general. I don't think they would support either myself (and thank goodness!)
I wonder if anyone else sees it that way or if I've maybe misread this?
I can see why /. wouldn't post this. There would be quite a bit of posts if every lug got announcements regarding their "vital information" or such activities posted on Slashdot.
If my local lugs were organizing a protest I'd already know about it because I'm already a member. Since I'm not a member of the NY lug the demonstration its self really doesn't concern me. Not that I disagree with the protest or anything.
When did Slashdot go bad?
:-)), and trolls are annoying but I can ignore the trolls. The only thing I've noticed change on Slashdot for the worst are some of the posts by some readers.
:-) It seems to work in politics sometimes anyway.
I used to visit Slashdot on and off over about the past year until about October when I actually signed up for an account that I'd remember. There are stories I think they should post that they haven't (of course I'm referring to my own
One thing I've noticed about the posts is that so many are now lacking in any logical argument. an example would be this post. The post labels Japanese government as "a nasty, repressive, corrupt and unethically pro-corporate government." There's no actual evidence posted regarding that particular generalization (generalizations being illogical to begin with)other than his/her personal claim that "illegal to sell used video tapes and video games.
I'm not suggesting that everyone pull out their note cards and write up their posts on there, then take them to their nearest English or debate expert before posting. However, I do remember that most posts in the past actually were fairly logical, and if not, you could post a question below and have a polite discussion regarding the issue. There seems to be an extreme zealot attitude about many posts are not conducive to any discussion anymore. I'm not referring to a zealot attitude regarding any particular subject like Linux or Open Source. This seems to cover all positions on all subjects. I often am tempted to run around and post a reply referencing something like this. However, I'm not sure that it would actually help any, and might be trolling.
In the end I think Slashdot has not gone bad. It is still one of the best sites I've found that makes me think. While I do not like the changes in some of the posting that I think I've seen, I do what I can by moderating and meta-moderating fairly when I can, and move on. In the future maybe "Oh yeah? Well they suck anyway!" will be a legitimate argument,and those out there who post that way are just on the cutting edge.
Fire people
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Then hire them back
Wash, rinse, repeat
I just had to post this for everyone that has ever worked for Unisys
If you login and go to user options you can do it yourself if your really sensitive to a gif appearing on your screen.
Granted the logo and adds (if you don't block adds them) are still there, but you can't get everything the way you like it I guess.
I request a full version of "My Laptop is Booting" by Hemos be on the next GIS please (I think it was Hemos), he actually sang pretty well.
I'm not totally concerned at the possibility of my TV habits being tracked, as long as they have to ask my permission and it is anonymous. They could even have some limited demographic data (I'm sure they'd want it) and such information.
I also wouldn't mind a "Oh man this blows.", "This is good.", "I'm not actually watching this, it's just on until something better comes on.", or "I'd watch this more if it wasn't on at such an inconvenient time." options on my remote, or something similar. While if they track people without their permission I would object to gathering such information, I don't think such ideas are all bad.
The unfortunate thing for me (maybe i'm not alone) is that every time I visit thesync.com I see the pic for Jenni Show and the latest Geeks In Space tittle.
I'm not sure what is sadder, that I would think Jenni would actually be on Geeks In Space, or that I'm disappointed every time I visit that she's not.
I had not heard of that one.
It would seem that such backdoors (security flaw, or intentional) were much more common in the past, or at the least more openly spoken of. I've worked with some old IBM, and a few other companies, network and software engineers from "way back in the day" and it seemed as if when they worked on new networks and software in the past that it was almost expected that there would be a backdoor of one sort or another (usually a bug later discovered). Most of them explained that it was used then because the companies who would contract them out, would then hire clueless engineers to run them (sadly seems like today still) who would not know how to manage the systems mainly because they were proprietary and often customized for each company. So eventually they'd probably need to manipulate a bug or designed backdoor to repair damage done to the system by some fool.
Fortunately, unlike today, that wasn't entirely insecure because most likely only a few companies had the same backdoor and very few people were aware of the bugs or backdoors. Now with nearly everyone using the same software a backdoor seems much more dangerous.
Although I think it's hard to say if this is indeed a case of the flaw being a back door by design.
I know of few commercial companies that do not have something of a backdoor (to one extreme or another) designed in their software, or a flaw they find that they do not fix intentionally.
When working on my own personal systems I hate the idea of such a "backdoor" existing. However, to be honest in the past I have exploited such tricks on other people systems (or avoided fixing some "backdoors" in other peoples systems) to save them time in the future, and it's worked.
It's one of those things I hate to know is out there, but I have to admit I've used it to my benefit.
I could be the only one here who things this is a great thing, but so be it. I'm referring only to the fact that they claim that the flaw identifies some Netscape employees as "weenies" not the flaw it's self.
:-)) I'm sure it wouldn't be received with such hostility. I think it's great, and I'd be flattered if MS went out of their way to describe myself or my coworkers as "weenies!"
You know that there's rivalry between competing companies, and they discuss how much their competition sucks. I was disappointed after Apple directed that it's coders stop putting in Easter eggs, and their own names in products, and I was worried that this would keep other people from doing things like this. It's good to see this habit is still there from the days of old.
I think some peoples complaints about this are a bit exaggerated because it's M$. If Netscape or anyone else tossed in an insult about MS somewhere (and you what I'm talking about Rick
"Who came up with this stupid rule that all fantasy names have to sound like exotic chemicals and/or have apostrophes in them?"
I think part of the explanation is the fantasy aspect to the games. It would seem hard to draw up an elaborate fantasy world where everything is different, exciting, and fun to explore. Then you have to believe the main characters are Bob, Fred, and Jim, the same as in RL. I can see where that just doesn't work.
At the same time I have to agree that the names sometimes are terribly annoying. They should come with some sort of explanation how to verbalize these names. Nothing is worse than picking up a game, playing it for hours, then talking about it to your friends only to find you've been pronouncing the main character's name wrong in your head for the past 3 weeks. Ok, yes, that's happened to me personally. The game just never seems the same after that.
Somewhat like after I struggled with Linux for a few months only to be chastised for saying it "the wrong way."
www.xenu.net
Some of the stuff on there seems somewhat hyped *insert grian of salt*. However they do seem to cover the basics concerns many people have regarding CoS, including copyright enforcement.
Did anyone find the way the article was written a little curious?
My Example:
" "He described his "main value" as "teamwork" - which was how he tried to cure the "friction" - and alleged there was a "group within a group with a heavy vested interest in painting me in an unfavorable light." "
Couldn't they just quote him in complete sentences? The only reason I can see to chop it up word by word would seem to be to make the comment more concise. However I wonder what exactly we lose when someone is quoted small bit by bit like that?
I don't mind the writer conceding the interview. After all, I'd rather not hear the chitchat about Fernand Sarrat's dog was barking in the background. However, I think the readers at least deserve to get at least whole phrases (god forbid a whole sentence) so we can judge for ourselves.
I could note that in this interview Fernand Sarrat spoke about "young men" and "pornography" but that really doesn't say much. In fact it may infer a different meaning than Fernand Sarrat meant.
Does anyone know what the lyrics in the commercial mean? I can't get them out of my head!
"Information wants to be free."
I disagree in some cases.
At my workplace we're about to begin the ever tedious job of an ISO 9000 audit. I have much information that I thought wished to be free that is sitting on my desk. Sadly, it has not yet made that wish apparent by filling out the appropriate paperwork to become free. Of course I can not violate and ISO standards and just give such information to those who need it. After filling out the paper work it must be approved, dated, given some bizarre version number and distributed on the website.
Since it has yet to make it's wishes clear to me I believe that my information in fact does not wish to be free, regardless of it's usefulness to those who might appreciate it. I plan to soon impose my wishes on the information and fill out the paperwork on it's behalf during a midnight run to the copier. May God keep me save from the ISO storm troopers!
Come to think of it, my information has yet to make any requests to me. Has anyone else been able to communicate with their information? If so, what did it say?