Let's not forget that the US didn't even make the semis in the baseball at the Athens Olympics. The four top teams there were Cuba, Australia, Japan and Canada.
I'd love to see the day that Unilever, Nestlé and Procter & Gamble would all do something so outrageous (maybe RFID tracking) that somebody wishes to boycott them
My University boycotted Nestlé when I was there 15 years ago, and AFAIK it still does.
Hmm, you seem to have forgotten that a wormhole can only be sustained for around 38 minutes, unless there's some sort of weird time dilation happening on the other side (a black hole, for instance).
Ah crap, I forgot to turn my reality filter back on. Sorry, I got Stargate seasons 1-8 for Christmas and I'm having trouble coping when I'm back onworld...
And there's the point. If encrypting email became as normal as using an envelope there would be nothing suspicious about it.
Obviously it's a little more difficult than that--swapping keys and so on is a lot less convenient than just ripping open a tamper proof envelope. But I suspect that if most people used encryption just 1% of the time--in other words, to the people they send email to most--that would make the whole thing 'normal' enough to no look suspicious.
I think Melbourne is the *worst* Australian city to drive around now.
You clearly haven't driven in Perth or Adelaide then.
In Perth, they seem to be so worried about breaking the law they don't give a rat's about anyone else. In Adelaide they don't care about anyone else, the roads are terrible, and the drivers have no skill or willingness to learn to drive safely.
Granted, Melbourne seems a little more insane, but once you get used to it, it seems a lot more intuitive than anything west of the Murray.
And on a hot day, how do you prevent your scrotum from hanging in the water?
Assuming the cable is still to be laid, I quite like the cooling effect. With the ensuing shrinkage and all it's a good example of dynamic equilibrium. Don't know how that'd go in chemistry class, though.
Actually, no. Water in Australian toilets doesn't swirl, it just foams and splashes in a chaotic mess for a few seconds. The episode is partly correct--the American embassy would actually have to import special equipment if they wanted the toilet to flush according to Truth, Justice and the American Way.
I had to have a few extra flushes the first time I used an American style toilet because the whole thing looked so orderly and nice. Ironic really, given what I'd just done to the poor thing.
The point is you've taken an anonymous potshot at someone who isn't anonymous. Fair enough, a person like Joel who seems to have a flair for self promotion (with or without the goods to back it up) puts themselves in the firing line.
It makes me wonder why you actually read this particular forum. Obviously you're aware of Joel's history. Did that influence your decision to read it? Given your post, I suspect it might have. If Joel had done this anonymously, I wonder if you would have bothered.
The point of the Slashdot login and friend/foe/fan/feak system is so you can filter out posts based on people's posting history. Be honest now--how many people have CyricZ filtered out?
But you, my brave, potty-mouthed friend, won't give me that. I can't even get a list of prior posts. So how, apart from a well formed but ultimately abusive post am I supposed to judge what I think of your future posts before you post them?
My experience is that soccer mums make great project managers.
Organising six kids (four of whom are somebody else's and refuse to be organised), planning and acquiring resources for activities and meals, transporting everyone in a safe and timely manner and then coaching the soccer team... I think I'd rather just be a cubicle jockey.
Some of the projects I've been involved in would be a walk in the park compared to a lot of the 'normal' families I know.
You might be right about this being an ego driven war, but let's face it, Winston Churchill was driven by ego as well as a desire to save Britain. Egotists can be right. And nobody wants to lose.
But there is one serious useability issue that seems to be at the heart of the whole debate--MS-Office doesn't support ODF. If they did, there would be no argument from anyone, and Massachusets would probably use MS quite happily.
So the question is, whose ego's causing the problem?
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Let's not forget that the US didn't even make the semis in the baseball at the Athens Olympics. The four top teams there were Cuba, Australia, Japan and Canada.
My University boycotted Nestlé when I was there 15 years ago, and AFAIK it still does.
http://www.babymilkaction.org/pages/boycott.html
Actually, there are a few website owners out there who enjoy the buzz of a slashdotting, but twice in two days?
Excuse me, you're not supposed to be posting about the article. This is a chance for everyone to complain about /.'s dupe policy.
To appreciate the effect fully, go back to the original article and (if you have points left) moderate everything redundant.
Aah, the power of Slashdot...
Close, but it would have been funnier if you said 'It took me just 50ms to see that your post was a dupe.'
I'd like to know how much time the /. editors spent working it out. 50 ms seems such a long time.
I come to read the normal diatribe, and I get greeted with nothing.
Slashdot heroism doesn't feel that good. Maybe I'll go off and RTFA.
Oh yeah, FRIST POST!!
'Manual Slashdotting Denial of Service' works better. Of course, 'Slashdotting' implies 'Distributed.'
Come to think of it, it implies 'Manual' too.
Hmm, you seem to have forgotten that a wormhole can only be sustained for around 38 minutes, unless there's some sort of weird time dilation happening on the other side (a black hole, for instance).
Ah crap, I forgot to turn my reality filter back on. Sorry, I got Stargate seasons 1-8 for Christmas and I'm having trouble coping when I'm back onworld...
Obviously it's a little more difficult than that--swapping keys and so on is a lot less convenient than just ripping open a tamper proof envelope. But I suspect that if most people used encryption just 1% of the time--in other words, to the people they send email to most--that would make the whole thing 'normal' enough to no look suspicious.
You clearly haven't driven in Perth or Adelaide then.
In Perth, they seem to be so worried about breaking the law they don't give a rat's about anyone else. In Adelaide they don't care about anyone else, the roads are terrible, and the drivers have no skill or willingness to learn to drive safely.
Granted, Melbourne seems a little more insane, but once you get used to it, it seems a lot more intuitive than anything west of the Murray.
And there are two schools of thought as to why Queenslanders call their brew 'XXXX'--either they can't spell 'beer' or they can't spell 'piss.'
Yes, but wouldn't the act of observing the slip up change it's state?
LDS?
I guess... enough Mormons around will make you see anything.
Assuming the cable is still to be laid, I quite like the cooling effect. With the ensuing shrinkage and all it's a good example of dynamic equilibrium. Don't know how that'd go in chemistry class, though.
Please explain?
Actually, no. Water in Australian toilets doesn't swirl, it just foams and splashes in a chaotic mess for a few seconds. The episode is partly correct--the American embassy would actually have to import special equipment if they wanted the toilet to flush according to Truth, Justice and the American Way.
I had to have a few extra flushes the first time I used an American style toilet because the whole thing looked so orderly and nice. Ironic really, given what I'd just done to the poor thing.
The point is you've taken an anonymous potshot at someone who isn't anonymous. Fair enough, a person like Joel who seems to have a flair for self promotion (with or without the goods to back it up) puts themselves in the firing line.
It makes me wonder why you actually read this particular forum. Obviously you're aware of Joel's history. Did that influence your decision to read it? Given your post, I suspect it might have. If Joel had done this anonymously, I wonder if you would have bothered.
The point of the Slashdot login and friend/foe/fan/feak system is so you can filter out posts based on people's posting history. Be honest now--how many people have CyricZ filtered out?
But you, my brave, potty-mouthed friend, won't give me that. I can't even get a list of prior posts. So how, apart from a well formed but ultimately abusive post am I supposed to judge what I think of your future posts before you post them?
Nice rant, and I'm probably inclined to agree, but I think it would be better form to actually log in before you start...
Then again, I suppose there's a reason ACs are known as 'cowards.'
My experience is that soccer mums make great project managers.
Organising six kids (four of whom are somebody else's and refuse to be organised), planning and acquiring resources for activities and meals, transporting everyone in a safe and timely manner and then coaching the soccer team... I think I'd rather just be a cubicle jockey.
Some of the projects I've been involved in would be a walk in the park compared to a lot of the 'normal' families I know.
That reminds me--where's 'Plan Nine from Outer Space'? Or, for that matter, 'Slave Girls from Beyond Infinity'?
On second thoughts...
You might be right about this being an ego driven war, but let's face it, Winston Churchill was driven by ego as well as a desire to save Britain. Egotists can be right. And nobody wants to lose.
But there is one serious useability issue that seems to be at the heart of the whole debate--MS-Office doesn't support ODF. If they did, there would be no argument from anyone, and Massachusets would probably use MS quite happily.
So the question is, whose ego's causing the problem?
I'm running the non-capitalist OOo version over here and it's called 'Impress.'
You think so? I hadn't thought of that.
Hmmm.... watch this space!
I remember downloading stuff from Tucows, but I never saw a Finnish milkman...