It's simple really. Monochrome = professional; two berries = professional -- these are things that an amateur would consider to be professional-looking.
What your cat did today is not news for the entire world to hear. Nor is your diary-online.
Your friends (both of them!) might be quite interested in reading it, though...
While a lot of people get a kick out of such Voyuerism, the rest of the civilized world doesn't really want to hear about it.
Just because everyone can read it, it doesn't mean that everyone will read it. One of dot-bomb-boom's little lessons:7
What we do want to hear about are [..] etc. You know, i'm not really sure that's what we want to hear about. Thats something you want to hear about and -- to a lesser extent -- what i want to hear about (i do not really care that much about politics), but there's millions of people out there that don't really care that much about "useful" information, yet are more interested in, say, your cat's personal life. And these people are not ever going to leave the internet. It is quite likely, though, that personal blog craze will eventually pass (just like the fad of contentless personal homepages) and make way for more community-oriented services.
The way i saw it, he was pretty much screaming "BLOGS HAVE GOT TO GO!!!" all over the place. And if such flamebait gets posted to Slashdot, then surely there's no harm in posting some myself in return:7
Seriously, the guy's daydreaming or something, as no matter how much he should wish for it to be so, blogs aren't going nowhere (unless, of course, the masses of bloggers somehow manage to cause the internet to collapse under its own weight -- which i doubt. But even if they do, then i'm sure someone will still start a LiveJournal-on-a-cow or something like that). They might not retain their current form, but still, blogs are here to stay. The traditional media -- newspapers, TV, radio -- will be the ones to go, if they don't adapt to the new situation. And this should please anyone that considers themselves a liberal person.
A true story: someone in Russia discovered that if you type the sentence "Legal capacity is a person's capacity to exercise rights and fulfil obligations" (in Russian) in MS Word with Russian spellchecking turned on, Word will immediately exit. It's probably just a bug, though, not a deal between Microsoft and the Russian government.
Not only is the article summary pure flamebait, it also misses the point of the articles linked (I wonder if the submitter and the editor in charge even bothered to read any further than the first two paragraphs?) It is not about evangelical Mac users; it's about the reasons why would Apple push people to buy PPC-based Macs instead of holding off for the (supposedly faster) Intel-based ones.
I downloaded the beta yesterday and installed it on my home box. I must say that I was quite impressed, especially with the usability (especially when compared to Gimp). It was a bit slow on my 800 mhz Pentium III, though. Even though I doubt that Microsoft will conquer this market, it's still nice to finally see some real competition to Photoshop, especially considering that the price of Acrylic will be much lower than that of Photoshop.
Calling someone "inherently evil" makes just as much sense as claiming that man was born from a monkey. Noone's inherently evil. There's no such thing as the original sin or the original evil, inherited from father to son, from grandfather to grandson.
Not even Microsoft (you were referring to MS, weren't you?) is inherently evil. Not even Roland Piquepaille.
You are so the person i'd pick to run my company. So what if i'd be bankrupt in about two weeks, for hey, at least i'd still have my pride: noone would be able to say that i subjugated myself to my customers' demands.
I'm sorry to disappoint you, but your optimism is a bit premature. While the "no" to the constitutional treaty has thrown the EU into a crisis, the union will not, in all likelyhood, suddenly just "go away" because of that. For one, the previous treaties still hold, and because of that, the EU will keep on existing in its current state.
See, young man, while some of us can see into the past, our powers are still limited. If, for instance, the previous article is just two articles down on the front page (like it happened to be in one particular case a few days ago), the dupe is easy to notice. But the longer the timeframe between the two -- the further to the past we have to look -- the less accurate the results will be.
Yes, i know. And the/. Effect is one of the reasons why the story submissions must not be badly worded (repeating the same sentence twice in unacceptable) or confusing (just like this one was).
You'd be surprised to learn how many Slashdot readers "can't be bothered to follow the links." Now, while reading the linked story would have avoided the grandparent poster's kneejerk reaction, it's still not an excuse for confusing story blurbs.
Make it 2007 -- that is, if he is as talented as he claims he is. But, seeing what he himself says about his skills, i highly doubt it:
The problem is, I feel it would be a waste of my talents right now to be stuck folding shirts at the local mall or flipping cheeseburgers when I could be helping develop a cutting-edge game, the next-generation compiler, or even the Linux kernel as an intern. I have a higher than most college students' understanding of concepts, and some real programming experience in languages like assembly and C/C++
I'm sorry, but you're not qualified for an internship, as a) you're way up in the clouds ("helping develop a cutting-edge game"? Get real), b)you lack the concept of what a real world programming job is, and c) you probably lack the experience ("some real programming experience" doesn't really say much about your skills). Get your feet back on the ground, and then maybe someone will hire you. Otherwise, you will end up wasting your talents on nothing.
FTA: Researchers from the University of Oklahoma recently found that two-thirds of school fights were instigated by regular video game players, but in the study of 607 students only four fights were started by children who had never played such games.
Other studies showed that violent games would not cause serious problems in healthy families, but could do so in families where children were left alone for many hours.
It must have occurred to someone that maybe videogames are only part of the problem. Of course they do deserve researchers' attention, but the media attention has, imo, been way too one-sided (videogames are bad!).
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It's simple really. Monochrome = professional; two berries = professional -- these are things that an amateur would consider to be professional-looking.
No. This would imply that bloggers have lives :p
I'm quite enjoying myself, thank you very much.
Your friends (both of them!) might be quite interested in reading it, though...
While a lot of people get a kick out of such Voyuerism, the rest of the civilized world doesn't really want to hear about it.
Just because everyone can read it, it doesn't mean that everyone will read it. One of dot-bomb-boom's little lessons :7
What we do want to hear about are [..] etc. You know, i'm not really sure that's what we want to hear about. Thats something you want to hear about and -- to a lesser extent -- what i want to hear about (i do not really care that much about politics), but there's millions of people out there that don't really care that much about "useful" information, yet are more interested in, say, your cat's personal life. And these people are not ever going to leave the internet. It is quite likely, though, that personal blog craze will eventually pass (just like the fad of contentless personal homepages) and make way for more community-oriented services.
The way i saw it, he was pretty much screaming "BLOGS HAVE GOT TO GO!!!" all over the place. And if such flamebait gets posted to Slashdot, then surely there's no harm in posting some myself in return :7
Seriously, the guy's daydreaming or something, as no matter how much he should wish for it to be so, blogs aren't going nowhere (unless, of course, the masses of bloggers somehow manage to cause the internet to collapse under its own weight -- which i doubt. But even if they do, then i'm sure someone will still start a LiveJournal-on-a-cow or something like that). They might not retain their current form, but still, blogs are here to stay. The traditional media -- newspapers, TV, radio -- will be the ones to go, if they don't adapt to the new situation. And this should please anyone that considers themselves a liberal person.
- [tt]
A true story: someone in Russia discovered that if you type the sentence "Legal capacity is a person's capacity to exercise rights and fulfil obligations" (in Russian) in MS Word with Russian spellchecking turned on, Word will immediately exit. It's probably just a bug, though, not a deal between Microsoft and the Russian government.
So please, RTFA. It's worth it.
I downloaded the beta yesterday and installed it on my home box. I must say that I was quite impressed, especially with the usability (especially when compared to Gimp). It was a bit slow on my 800 mhz Pentium III, though. Even though I doubt that Microsoft will conquer this market, it's still nice to finally see some real competition to Photoshop, especially considering that the price of Acrylic will be much lower than that of Photoshop.
Right there.
Just as likely as one of Roland Piquepaille's "[t]echnology [t]rends" actually becoming one.
And since when is denying one form of determinism considered "taking determinism to its extreme"?
Not even Microsoft (you were referring to MS, weren't you?) is inherently evil. Not even Roland Piquepaille.
- [tt]
You are so the person i'd pick to run my company. So what if i'd be bankrupt in about two weeks, for hey, at least i'd still have my pride: noone would be able to say that i subjugated myself to my customers' demands.
I'm sorry to disappoint you, but your optimism is a bit premature. While the "no" to the constitutional treaty has thrown the EU into a crisis, the union will not, in all likelyhood, suddenly just "go away" because of that. For one, the previous treaties still hold, and because of that, the EU will keep on existing in its current state.
See, young man, while some of us can see into the past, our powers are still limited. If, for instance, the previous article is just two articles down on the front page (like it happened to be in one particular case a few days ago), the dupe is easy to notice. But the longer the timeframe between the two -- the further to the past we have to look -- the less accurate the results will be.
Who said news have to be about something new?
Stairway to Heaven vs Skyhooks -- hell, i know which one i'd choose and i wouldn't even think twice about it.
I hereby propose the following corollary to Godwin's law: "Likewise for terrorists."
Yes, i know. And the /. Effect is one of the reasons why the story submissions must not be badly worded (repeating the same sentence twice in unacceptable) or confusing (just like this one was).
You'd be surprised to learn how many Slashdot readers "can't be bothered to follow the links." Now, while reading the linked story would have avoided the grandparent poster's kneejerk reaction, it's still not an excuse for confusing story blurbs.
Make it 2007 -- that is, if he is as talented as he claims he is. But, seeing what he himself says about his skills, i highly doubt it:
The problem is, I feel it would be a waste of my talents right now to be stuck folding shirts at the local mall or flipping cheeseburgers when I could be helping develop a cutting-edge game, the next-generation compiler, or even the Linux kernel as an intern. I have a higher than most college students' understanding of concepts, and some real programming experience in languages like assembly and C/C++
I'm sorry, but you're not qualified for an internship, as a) you're way up in the clouds ("helping develop a cutting-edge game"? Get real), b)you lack the concept of what a real world programming job is, and c) you probably lack the experience ("some real programming experience" doesn't really say much about your skills). Get your feet back on the ground, and then maybe someone will hire you. Otherwise, you will end up wasting your talents on nothing.
Can't wait what they'll come up with next!
At least he won't wet himself in public over something as insignificant (at least in the cosmic scale) as a giant asteroid.
It must have occurred to someone that maybe videogames are only part of the problem. Of course they do deserve researchers' attention, but the media attention has, imo, been way too one-sided (videogames are bad!).