I agree - and to prove your point, you just got modded 'Troll'. You are off topic, but you're not trolling. And there is no reason why your earlier, informative post got modded down. There is some particularly stupid moderator around here right now, and I fully expect that I will be modded down soon as well. But don't give up on Slashdot: just browse at -1, and decide for yourself what's worth reading.
I am able only to spend a limited time on Slashdot each day. It is then under the great weight of expectation that every minute here impels contribution. Not contribution to karma. No. Contribution to discussion. Alas, when a new article appears and I find myself with nothing in my personal experience to contribute, I can, if nothing else, express my mastery of Google, or, more pertinently, provide some subtle sign of accord with the others whose sense of dismay I share at finding, in my few spare moments, a Slashdot article of little interest to me.
Actually, it is interesting that as track, swimming, cycling, etc, events become even more precisely measured, gymnastics and diving remain judged by entirely fallible humans. Listening a couple of nights ago to the commentators wonder if the judges noticed one diver's poor entry makes the Games described here seem a little alien to me.
The false assumption is that new users will automatically be able to more easily use Windows than some other OS.
You're missing the point. I'm not saying that Windows is an easier operating system than Fedora (while that is probable, even for a first-time user without MS preconceptions, it's irrelevant), just that for people new to PCs, learning Fedora - or any Linux distribution - leaves them with far fewer choices in seeking help. My grandparents, for example, are learning to use their new PC from a free course designed for seniors. The course teaches Windows. Using Fedora would limit their options and generally overcomplicate things. And to what gain? Ideological?
And the cool part is that the entire thing is under an attributions-required OSI-approved Creative Common license, and is available in.sxw (OpenOffice.org Writer) or PDF formats.
Neither a.sxw or a PDF one would be very useful for someone new to PCs - they need some basic knowledge to even view it, and it would get incredibly confusing to try to use the computer and read instructions off it at the same time. The alternative is to get the manual printed by someone you know who already knows how to use a PC and has a lot of paper and ink to waste and... If you were learning a computer for the first time, what would be more convenient, this or a reasonably cheap, easy to find Dummies guide to PCs (which would refer to Windows)?
I know we're into OSS evangelism here, but honestly, for someone new to PCs, it would be much better to choose the platform most common and hence easiest to find advice and help for, and that's Windows. As I've seen with my grandparents, learning PCs for the first time is hard enough as it is without the extra trouble of pursuing a minority desktop OS.
1. Lack of awareness
2. Lack of demand
3. Poor distribution
4. Return to Step 1
More niche items for the in-the-know, I suspect. It would be nice to see the Western gaming palette expand, but in a clone-saturated market, trying games you haven't heard of usually ends up being a waste of time and money.
"Oh, that's no problem. Gmail's got 1GB, we'll respond in kind and give all those bastards TWICE as much!"
"Wow, Johnny, if 1GB is good, imagine how neato 2GB would be!"
Talk about linear thought. Google does something new, so Hotmail's solution is to replicate that something new + 1 (except entirely without the newness). And of course they leave out in their plans all the things more complicated for committees to understand, like Gmail's improved usability. "Google has 1GB!" is probably as much they could grasp of the situation, because it's certainly all they've responded to.
MSIE - from a non-technical perspective, the way people access the web. Google - the second layer. If it goes the way I expect, Google will be the new MSIE. Anyway, farewell to Google idealism; hello, aggressive short-term-profit-hungry exploitative corporate beast. Shareholders didn't have the insight to create a Google, and they won't have the insight to respond to the next innovation now that Google will answer to them.
Greed is not the problem - greed is a pejorative word for self interest. Any system that does not recognize that all human (and most animal and plant) behavior is based on self-interest is doomed to failure.
And self-interest didn't succeed. Nature eventually and inevitably produced humans, and we continued act in self-interest but with more power, destroying ourselves and the world that created us. Essentially, nature's policy of self-interest is doomed eventually to destroy it. Nature's encouragement of greed/self-interest is now something that humanity, if it wants to survive, must overcome.
There's been an assumption that since communism failed, capitalism is triumphant, therefore humans have stopped evolving new systems for economic production
This is absolutely right. Now, every new innovation to our way of life is evaluated on its relationship to money making. As long as we allow power to people who continue to consider OSS, the Internet and file-sharing in terms of capital and business in its current form, the potential of these developments for making a new and different world - one not built on the old system of capitalism and one bringing real freedom - will be wasted. I think the world is at a crossroads - either it will harden into corporate monarchies and stay that way forever or it will, in coming years, see the failure of the status quo and new governments with new values take the lead.
Official site of the games part of the festival, Nvidia sponsors and some pre-Fringe hype. And my 2 pence: it's nice to see games being part of a celebration of culture, and that they've found their place as an established medium.
In fact, if all you do is drink beer and play hockey, I'd question your ability to actually produce shit. Piss, certainly. But shit? Something to ponder.
Idiot didn't make virus. Idiot modified virus in an attention-seeking way, got attention, and now is being punished in a way more for symbolic purposes than those of justice. I hope everyone realizes that there isn't one less virus writer out there now, there is one less desperate and irresponsible punk full of intent but without the skills to actually devise something damaging.
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I agree - and to prove your point, you just got modded 'Troll'. You are off topic, but you're not trolling. And there is no reason why your earlier, informative post got modded down. There is some particularly stupid moderator around here right now, and I fully expect that I will be modded down soon as well. But don't give up on Slashdot: just browse at -1, and decide for yourself what's worth reading.
I am able only to spend a limited time on Slashdot each day. It is then under the great weight of expectation that every minute here impels contribution. Not contribution to karma. No. Contribution to discussion. Alas, when a new article appears and I find myself with nothing in my personal experience to contribute, I can, if nothing else, express my mastery of Google, or, more pertinently, provide some subtle sign of accord with the others whose sense of dismay I share at finding, in my few spare moments, a Slashdot article of little interest to me.
For those who, like me, hadn't heard of this guy, a quick Googling turned this, this book page and this interview up. Also, an author profile.
But who the hell cares? Is the athlete who was 0.01s faster in a 60s race really a better athlete?
It's not about who's the better athlete. It's about what happens on the night. The Olympics spontaneity is part of its fun.
Actually, it is interesting that as track, swimming, cycling, etc, events become even more precisely measured, gymnastics and diving remain judged by entirely fallible humans. Listening a couple of nights ago to the commentators wonder if the judges noticed one diver's poor entry makes the Games described here seem a little alien to me.
The false assumption is that new users will automatically be able to more easily use Windows than some other OS.
You're missing the point. I'm not saying that Windows is an easier operating system than Fedora (while that is probable, even for a first-time user without MS preconceptions, it's irrelevant), just that for people new to PCs, learning Fedora - or any Linux distribution - leaves them with far fewer choices in seeking help. My grandparents, for example, are learning to use their new PC from a free course designed for seniors. The course teaches Windows. Using Fedora would limit their options and generally overcomplicate things. And to what gain? Ideological?
And the cool part is that the entire thing is under an attributions-required OSI-approved Creative Common license, and is available in .sxw (OpenOffice.org Writer) or PDF formats.
.sxw or a PDF one would be very useful for someone new to PCs - they need some basic knowledge to even view it, and it would get incredibly confusing to try to use the computer and read instructions off it at the same time. The alternative is to get the manual printed by someone you know who already knows how to use a PC and has a lot of paper and ink to waste and... If you were learning a computer for the first time, what would be more convenient, this or a reasonably cheap, easy to find Dummies guide to PCs (which would refer to Windows)?
Neither a
I know we're into OSS evangelism here, but honestly, for someone new to PCs, it would be much better to choose the platform most common and hence easiest to find advice and help for, and that's Windows. As I've seen with my grandparents, learning PCs for the first time is hard enough as it is without the extra trouble of pursuing a minority desktop OS.
1. Lack of awareness
2. Lack of demand
3. Poor distribution
4. Return to Step 1
More niche items for the in-the-know, I suspect. It would be nice to see the Western gaming palette expand, but in a clone-saturated market, trying games you haven't heard of usually ends up being a waste of time and money.
"Gmail looks like it might become popular!"
"Oh, that's no problem. Gmail's got 1GB, we'll respond in kind and give all those bastards TWICE as much!"
"Wow, Johnny, if 1GB is good, imagine how neato 2GB would be!"
Talk about linear thought. Google does something new, so Hotmail's solution is to replicate that something new + 1 (except entirely without the newness). And of course they leave out in their plans all the things more complicated for committees to understand, like Gmail's improved usability. "Google has 1GB!" is probably as much they could grasp of the situation, because it's certainly all they've responded to.
and doesn't work on anything but MSIE
MSIE - from a non-technical perspective, the way people access the web. Google - the second layer. If it goes the way I expect, Google will be the new MSIE. Anyway, farewell to Google idealism; hello, aggressive short-term-profit-hungry exploitative corporate beast. Shareholders didn't have the insight to create a Google, and they won't have the insight to respond to the next innovation now that Google will answer to them.
I've been using the Mozilla Calendar for the last few days I half expected you to say, "Or was it the week before?" Wouldn't have been a good sign.
Some respawning time to kill them with.
"Brahimi"? You (U.N. Special Envoy) idiot.
Example: Look at Rap. Rap recycles old music into newer stuff. Should that be outlawed too?
No, and neither should the old music it recycles.
RTFS
So your response was... name-calling? And then you call me juvenile?
Greed is not the problem - greed is a pejorative word for self interest. Any system that does not recognize that all human (and most animal and plant) behavior is based on self-interest is doomed to failure.
And self-interest didn't succeed. Nature eventually and inevitably produced humans, and we continued act in self-interest but with more power, destroying ourselves and the world that created us. Essentially, nature's policy of self-interest is doomed eventually to destroy it. Nature's encouragement of greed/self-interest is now something that humanity, if it wants to survive, must overcome.
There's been an assumption that since communism failed, capitalism is triumphant, therefore humans have stopped evolving new systems for economic production
This is absolutely right. Now, every new innovation to our way of life is evaluated on its relationship to money making. As long as we allow power to people who continue to consider OSS, the Internet and file-sharing in terms of capital and business in its current form, the potential of these developments for making a new and different world - one not built on the old system of capitalism and one bringing real freedom - will be wasted. I think the world is at a crossroads - either it will harden into corporate monarchies and stay that way forever or it will, in coming years, see the failure of the status quo and new governments with new values take the lead.
Official site of the games part of the festival, Nvidia sponsors and some pre-Fringe hype. And my 2 pence: it's nice to see games being part of a celebration of culture, and that they've found their place as an established medium.
do nothing all day long, leech off the dole and make your redneck family starve in your kkk trailer park
Yeah, you show him how not to use insulting stereotypes!
In fact, if all you do is drink beer and play hockey, I'd question your ability to actually produce shit. Piss, certainly. But shit? Something to ponder.
Yeah but posting "First post!" around this point seems to lose it its usual charming innocence.
Yes, but posting "First post!" around this point loses the charming innocence it usually has.
Idiot didn't make virus. Idiot modified virus in an attention-seeking way, got attention, and now is being punished in a way more for symbolic purposes than those of justice. I hope everyone realizes that there isn't one less virus writer out there now, there is one less desperate and irresponsible punk full of intent but without the skills to actually devise something damaging.
Here you go kids: we call it brain cleaning!