Animosity against Christians? Oh hogwash, that is just a vast oversimplification of a set of very complex socio-political dynamics which play out here on Slashdot. Christian folks like yourself are quite welsome to join in and partcipate in any capacity.
Anyway, we have some activities planned this afternoon over at the Coliseum. Invite your friends, and don't forget to bring a loincloth. Lunch will be served.
I just donated $SUM via PayPal. It was quick and easy, and it's not like I don't use their software every freaking day of my life, with several SSH sessions open 24/7.
As others have commented, donations are better than shirt/CD purchases. As much as I'd like to see a ton of orders pour in to OpenBSD, I'd rather that they just take the cash and get back to their (fine, important) work.
I'd have to agree that they can be uncomfortable for some people. I have no problem with the earpieces, but the headband could do with some padding (which I added). In terms of sonics, nothing can touch them at twice the price, at least for the lower-end phones like the SR-80. In the higer-end models like the SR-225, they have solid competition from AKG.
If you own a set of these, heed the manufacturer's warnings about excessive volume levels. These phones are so low in distortion that they give the user almost nothing in terms of loudness cues, and it's quite easy to damage your hearing even if the phones do not sound "loud" to you.
Keep in mind that loudness is purely an observation, and is not a quantitative measure of sound energy. This is why volume controls say "volume" and not "loudness" - they control the *amount* of sound, whereas the listener determines the loudness from observation. If your equipment has a loudness control, you'll notice that it makes the sound appear louder, without necessarily changing the overall volume.
Beyond any doubt, I would have concluded the ceremony with a Fat Lady, singing.
That aside, this is pretty sad news. Better times on the other side, man.. and my personal condolences to his family, friends and colleauges at Opera Software.
Just think about this one.. If you've got the cha-ching, and a dry sense of humor, the possibilities are about unlimited. Buy a block of network airtime, and just say any old god damn thing that amuses you. You could say things like shit, fuck, cunt, or even "I shit your fucking cunt lol!1!1". Just pay the fines on the way out the door, and you are gold.
Take a guy like Gates.. he could sing "Uncle Fucker" from the South Park movie, quote highlights from "The Aristocrats" and finish up with an 8mm snuff flim, and the fines would be below the noise floor on his balance sheet.
But no.. it's all about the medicine for African childern. If they're really so poor, why are they living in Africa? I can't even afford to visit that place..
You're describing a famous film short "Powers of Ten" by Ray & Charles Eames. I'm too lame to make a clicky link, so here is the URL:
http://www.powersof10.com/
Fantastic film, one of the few (good) films that most schoolchildren saw in the 1970's, along with "Our Mister Sun". If there is a better method of presenting The Relative Size of Things in the Universe, I've yet to see it. Ray & Charles were way ahead of their time.
Did you really read the original (yesterday's) commentary on this? It looked like a basic peer-review process to me, albeit in true/. style. A person steps up, makes an extraordinary claim, and the community of peers does its best to suggest every possibility for falsification.
It took a while, but the truly hare-brained ideas (like a photoshopped image of a MacBook) were discredited leaving only a couple of reasonable possibilities (like a full-screen display of an XP screengrab image).
So honestly, would you really prefer that a peer-review process work from the premise that the proposal is true, as opposed to false? While the former is certainly much "nicer", the latter is more in keeping with scientific modes of thought. I'd have expected nothing less, had I presented the same claims + shaky evidence.
Stupid as it sounds, I don't think most people can intuitively pronounce "PostgreSQL" (I know I can't). It's much easier to say "My SQL" and not risk sounding (or feeling) like a dunce.
Check with the marketing folks - this kind of thing is really important when it comes to general acceptance. When it rolls easily off of the the tongue, it's more likely to be discussed.
It's like the war on drugs, except 10x more pointless.
That's exactly right, Gary.. and the war on drugs was 10X more pointless than the war on poverty, leaving the war on piracy somewhere between 20X and 1000X more pointless than that.
For those of you to young to remember this, Arlen Specter was the chief architect and proponent of the (in)famous and absurd "Magic Bullet Theory" of the Kennedy assination. That's right folks, one of the most laughable ideas about one of the most un-funny events in the history of the nation, is his brainchild.
This man has been arm-in-arm with the ruling elite since day one, and is not to be trusted under any circumstances.
Anyway, welcome to our side. As a convert, you will be appointed to the Jannisary guard of Slashdot, and equipped with a +5 Wand of Windows Bashing (Special powers: Reloads upon posting comment).
Logical fallacies (you are correct) aside, it was just a dumb comment. After the third time I edited the preview, I should have realized it was pointless and just dumped it.
This is pretty amusing, really. Commercial aircraft flew just fine, and with an excellent safety record for over 50 years before GPS technology was introduced.
Then, the GPS system was added - ostensibly as an aid to safe navigation. But the quote in the summary implies that it has become a single point of failure, which can result in an accident. ("CAUTION: Loss of aircraft may occur").
I know this article is about cellphones, not GPS systems. But am I the only one who has a vision of a dog chasing its tail? Features are failures, as the saying goes.
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Animosity against Christians? Oh hogwash, that is just a vast oversimplification of a set of very complex socio-political dynamics which play out here on Slashdot. Christian folks like yourself are quite welsome to join in and partcipate in any capacity.
Anyway, we have some activities planned this afternoon over at the Coliseum. Invite your friends, and don't forget to bring a loincloth. Lunch will be served.
For you non-native English speakers, this means that there are at least one hundred available instances of: "Dude, it's like totally mirrored.".
I just donated $SUM via PayPal. It was quick and easy, and it's not like I don't use their software every freaking day of my life, with several SSH sessions open 24/7.
As others have commented, donations are better than shirt/CD purchases. As much as I'd like to see a ton of orders pour in to OpenBSD, I'd rather that they just take the cash and get back to their (fine, important) work.
I'd have to agree that they can be uncomfortable for some people. I have no problem with the earpieces, but the headband could do with some padding (which I added). In terms of sonics, nothing can touch them at twice the price, at least for the lower-end phones like the SR-80. In the higer-end models like the SR-225, they have solid competition from AKG.
If you own a set of these, heed the manufacturer's warnings about excessive volume levels. These phones are so low in distortion that they give the user almost nothing in terms of loudness cues, and it's quite easy to damage your hearing even if the phones do not sound "loud" to you.
Keep in mind that loudness is purely an observation, and is not a quantitative measure of sound energy. This is why volume controls say "volume" and not "loudness" - they control the *amount* of sound, whereas the listener determines the loudness from observation. If your equipment has a loudness control, you'll notice that it makes the sound appear louder, without necessarily changing the overall volume.
Sennheiser makes some great headphones, but I'd take a USA-made Grado set over Sennheiser any day.
http://www.gradolabs.com
Even the basic SR-80 phones (around $80.00) are excellent. And you're supporting a nice family-owned & run business, with a 50 year history.
"...and thank you for sending the Windows Vista to kill all the spyware, which you also sent."
As much as I love The Prisoner series, this game "Escape" sounds more like Prince of Persia , to me.
Parent hit the nail right on the head. It's called plausible deniability.
Beyond any doubt, I would have concluded the ceremony with a Fat Lady, singing.
That aside, this is pretty sad news. Better times on the other side, man.. and my personal condolences to his family, friends and colleauges at Opera Software.
Despite all of the potentially malfunctioning electronics in a given home, candles are still the leading cause (21%) of house fires in the USA.
In this case, 'candles' includes other open-flame devices, like oil lamps, etc. Still, kind of ironic for 2006
Since we're talking about Wendy, don't forget her excellent and very creepy soundtrack from The Shining. Her best work, IMO.
Just think about this one.. If you've got the cha-ching, and a dry sense of humor, the possibilities are about unlimited. Buy a block of network airtime, and just say any old god damn thing that amuses you. You could say things like shit, fuck, cunt, or even "I shit your fucking cunt lol!1!1". Just pay the fines on the way out the door, and you are gold.
Take a guy like Gates.. he could sing "Uncle Fucker" from the South Park movie, quote highlights from "The Aristocrats" and finish up with an 8mm snuff flim, and the fines would be below the noise floor on his balance sheet.
But no.. it's all about the medicine for African childern. If they're really so poor, why are they living in Africa? I can't even afford to visit that place..
Sorry, what was I saying?
You're describing a famous film short "Powers of Ten" by Ray & Charles Eames. I'm too lame to make a clicky link, so here is the URL:
http://www.powersof10.com/
Fantastic film, one of the few (good) films that most schoolchildren saw in the 1970's, along with "Our Mister Sun". If there is a better method of presenting The Relative Size of Things in the Universe, I've yet to see it. Ray & Charles were way ahead of their time.
Did you really read the original (yesterday's) commentary on this? It looked like a basic peer-review process to me, albeit in true /. style. A person steps up, makes an extraordinary claim, and the community of peers does its best to suggest every possibility for falsification.
It took a while, but the truly hare-brained ideas (like a photoshopped image of a MacBook) were discredited leaving only a couple of reasonable possibilities (like a full-screen display of an XP screengrab image).
So honestly, would you really prefer that a peer-review process work from the premise that the proposal is true, as opposed to false? While the former is certainly much "nicer", the latter is more in keeping with scientific modes of thought. I'd have expected nothing less, had I presented the same claims + shaky evidence.
Stupid as it sounds, I don't think most people can intuitively pronounce "PostgreSQL" (I know I can't). It's much easier to say "My SQL" and not risk sounding (or feeling) like a dunce.
Check with the marketing folks - this kind of thing is really important when it comes to general acceptance. When it rolls easily off of the the tongue, it's more likely to be discussed.
Exactly. If they'd used a name like Suprnova or something, everyone would have just left well enough alone.
I think you are missing a crucial point here, in addition to a smidge of irony.
It's like the war on drugs, except 10x more pointless.
That's exactly right, Gary.. and the war on drugs was 10X more pointless than the war on poverty, leaving the war on piracy somewhere between 20X and 1000X more pointless than that.
Shame on you, you should know better than to call them "Zombies"... what is this, 1965?
They prefer to be called the living impaired
I suppose you think they should stick to eating the back of the head, too..
Can lobsters get crabs?
I think you underestimate the importance of toast to we English.
You're quite right. Actually, a much better analogy would have been: "Like the queen announcing a new toast rack in Buckingham Palace."
"It smells like money, to the Japanese"
For those of you to young to remember this, Arlen Specter was the chief architect and proponent of the (in)famous and absurd "Magic Bullet Theory" of the Kennedy assination. That's right folks, one of the most laughable ideas about one of the most un-funny events in the history of the nation, is his brainchild.
This man has been arm-in-arm with the ruling elite since day one, and is not to be trusted under any circumstances.
What's next Arlen, the Magic Freedoms Theory?
Oops, my bad.
Anyway, welcome to our side. As a convert, you will be appointed to the Jannisary guard of Slashdot, and equipped with a +5 Wand of Windows Bashing (Special powers: Reloads upon posting comment).
Logical fallacies (you are correct) aside, it was just a dumb comment. After the third time I edited the preview, I should have realized it was pointless and just dumped it.
It's been an off-day in general..
This is pretty amusing, really. Commercial aircraft flew just fine, and with an excellent safety record for over 50 years before GPS technology was introduced.
Then, the GPS system was added - ostensibly as an aid to safe navigation. But the quote in the summary implies that it has become a single point of failure, which can result in an accident. ("CAUTION: Loss of aircraft may occur").
I know this article is about cellphones, not GPS systems. But am I the only one who has a vision of a dog chasing its tail? Features are failures, as the saying goes.