What is going to soak up more of the Internet's bandwidth ? A MySQL worm port scanning every IP in existance, or a gigantic mob of Slashdotters flaming Microsoft because it only affects Windows machines ? And will either of them even come close to breaking the current record held by BitTorrent Porn ?
For the stirring conclusion, stay tuned to Netcraft: As the Internet turns...
No, the great-grandparent post was, in essence, a "me too" post. ("I'm-going-in-management too !") The grandparent was being facetious in mocking him, with a reference to the thread you mentioned. It was funny, goddamnit.
Well, it was funny, until I went and explained it.
But that's just me. I feel the same way about other weird rules of the English language, like capitalization. Why do we do it? It doesn't change the meaning of things one bit, and you can very easily hold entire written conversations without capitalizing anything./shrug
FYI, capitalization makes the job of the reader a lot easier. They help break up sentences. (Along with periods, obviously) Trying to read a paragraph sans any capitals can be quite the headache.
Likewise, capitals on proper nouns helps distinguish them as such. Now, with context, you can usually figure it out in the end. But it's still a crazy hassle. And in the case of legitimate mistakes, discerning the true meaning of a malformed sentence becomes impossible when one is also throwing away 'convenience' rules such as this.
Basically, written language is a means to communicate. While it still works without some of the rules, it's nowhere near as efficient. So show a bit of respect for your readers, and don't make them spend five minutes decoding your work.
Hahahahahah. Your excuse for not proofreading was: "I was too busy working !" That's awesome. Not necessarily bullet-proof, nor logically sound. But you get mad credit just for having the balls to make such a claim. =)
Sad that you actually had to explain that. Depressing that this is the sort of thing that makes it onto the front page. I feel like I'm watching one of those shittacular closed-circuit news shows produced by high schoolers, for highschoolers.
I've actually spent some time in the UK teaching some British relatives how to play baseball. (Way back when) And sadly enough, at least one of the girls was about that age. Not only did she like it, but she kept comparing it to Rounders. Damn your accuracy. *shakes fist*
someone sent me a deb of lazarus (which is not yet packaged in debian sarge or sid)
dpkg said it couldn't install it because of dependency issues
on the next run of apt it said theier was a package not completely installed and told me to run apt-get -f install
on doing so apt happilly installed the original lazarus package and all the dependencies it needed!
To the average user, this IS dependency hell. Sure, perhaps not as bad as it used to be, but that doesn't mean it's easy. And it's still something more an intranet admin has to worry about. C'mon, Slashdotters. It won't kill you to admit that Microsoft's way of doing things may have some advantages.
Perhaps a I was lucky in my server choice. Still all I see here is the typical exaggeration that is common to/.
It's not an exaggeration. But not is it a consistent issue with all servers. I play on a Mountain time zone PvP server, (Deathwing) and are facing similar problems. AH and mail system lag was getting extreme, so Blizzard brought this, and several other, servers down for that wonderful 16 hour maintenance. After that, the server would crash and restart every few hours during peak time. Then queues were instituted. The threshold was obviously set below the current server population, so the lines got pretty long. I've personally waited an hour, and simply said "fuck it" on anything longer.
Now, keep in mind, Deathwing wasn't a heavily populated server from the getgo. In fact, we specifically chose it because it had a light population. Hence the Mountain time zone. Sure, there were minor queue issues at launch, but that's not news. It appears that the mail/AH system simply gagged and choked under the presssure of what I assume was an increasing usage. Then the 16 hour maintenance just fucked things to high holy hell.
I contemplated just modding you down, but I figured this would be the best course of action. Blockquoth the parent:
violated the sovereignty of neighbors Iran...
You just used the Iraq-Iran war as rational for the US to invade Iraq ?!? Are you insane ? Are you aware who was supporting Iraq during that war ? As in...who was giving them equipment, training, and weapons ? (Both conventional and BNC) That's right, the US. Are you advocating we bomb the whitehouse as well ?
Now, as far as Saddamn being an evil dictator, there isn't much debate. However, he's not the most evil, nor the most dictatorial. Nor is Iraq the first choice as far as saving human lives per cost goes. And more importantly, this wasn't the reasoning touted before the war. This sort of things goes a LONG way towards making us look like a bunch of arrogant asswipes.
Unfortunately, it's not just what you do, but how you do it.
"For every 1 windows user using [notepad>], there are 2 linux users using emacs."
As you pointed out, this does not say "thus there are more emacs users than notepad users"
Actually, yes. That's EXACTLY what that says. (assuming that only people on Linux use Emacs, and only people on Windows use Notepad) If you say "For every X, there are two Y's", then there are more of Y. That's how a ratio works !
nowhere did I say "this means there are more autodicksuckers than linux users", which seems to be the logical (and incorrect) leap of faith you are accusing me of making.
From TFOP: Do we already make the whole 1% ?
I remember reading a "report" in a "men's entertainment" magazine that gave the statistic that 2% of men could orally pleasure themselves.
If these numbers are accurate, that means for every person using Linux, there are 2 guys who can suck their own dicks.
Here's what you did. You took the two statistics:
1% of computer users use Linux
AND
2% of men can suck fellaciate themselves
And then came to the conclusion:
For every linux user, there are two men that can orally pleasure themselves.
In order for your conclusion to be correct, The number of computer users would have to be exactly equal to the number of men. Otherwise, the actual people represented by those percentages are different, and the 1:2 ratio falls apart. You could certainly say that self-fellatio has twice the market penetration amongst men as Linux does amongst computer users...but you didn't. You drew a person-to-person comparison. And that just does not work.
Yeah, it's been two weeks since this was posted. But the fact that you're totally and horribly wrong combined with your attitude required *someone* to set you straight. I am confident that absolutely no one will read this. And even fewer people will reply. But oh well.
I just say, "Yeah honey, I've always thought your tits were too small and saggy. I say you get a second job and fix them up nice. Get me a beer."
See, it's like a lottery. The coolness of the remote possibility of success is worth the probability of losing, and having to sleep on the couch for a week.
If your punishment for a comment like that is just a week on the couch, your wife is waaay too good for you.
Look at it this way. 1% of computer users != 1% of men. They're the same percentage, yes, but they don't represent the same actual numer of people. 2% of men is roughly 1% of the population. Unless you can show there are half as many computer users as there are people, there's no 2-to-1 ratio.
As a more valid analogy, assume that 2% of Linux users users use Emacs, and 1% of Windows users use Notepad. Does this mean that Emacs has twice the usage of Notepad ? Of course not. The group of Windows users is different than the group of Linux users, and so are any percentages of them.
By my own similar method of comparison I can conclude Apples Mac OS X is 2000 times cheaper than MS server 2003*.
* Mac OS X running on a dual G5 Xserve. MS sever 2003 running on a quad quantum cyberdine systems X-9000 with gold plated tri-lithium cooled case and diamond studded cup holder.
Ermm...given the exorbitant prices of Macs...I think the Apple machine is only about four times cheaper than the Microsoft one. Maybe five. =)
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What is going to soak up more of the Internet's bandwidth ? A MySQL worm port scanning every IP in existance, or a gigantic mob of Slashdotters flaming Microsoft because it only affects Windows machines ? And will either of them even come close to breaking the current record held by BitTorrent Porn ?
For the stirring conclusion, stay tuned to Netcraft: As the Internet turns...
--LordPixie
No, the great-grandparent post was, in essence, a "me too" post. ("I'm-going-in-management too !") The grandparent was being facetious in mocking him, with a reference to the thread you mentioned. It was funny, goddamnit.
Well, it was funny, until I went and explained it.
--LordPixie
But that's just me. I feel the same way about other weird rules of the English language, like capitalization. Why do we do it? It doesn't change the meaning of things one bit, and you can very easily hold entire written conversations without capitalizing anything. /shrug
FYI, capitalization makes the job of the reader a lot easier. They help break up sentences. (Along with periods, obviously) Trying to read a paragraph sans any capitals can be quite the headache.
Likewise, capitals on proper nouns helps distinguish them as such. Now, with context, you can usually figure it out in the end. But it's still a crazy hassle. And in the case of legitimate mistakes, discerning the true meaning of a malformed sentence becomes impossible when one is also throwing away 'convenience' rules such as this.
Basically, written language is a means to communicate. While it still works without some of the rules, it's nowhere near as efficient. So show a bit of respect for your readers, and don't make them spend five minutes decoding your work.
--LordPixie
Hahahahahah. Your excuse for not proofreading was: "I was too busy working !" That's awesome. Not necessarily bullet-proof, nor logically sound. But you get mad credit just for having the balls to make such a claim. =)
--LordPixie
if any of these lines appear in missiles, airoplanes, or cars, big bucks!
yeah I know patens and ocpyright are sep, but paptent portfolio sounded good!
I see you're trying to avoid infringing the copyrights on individual words by spelling them incorrectly. Very clever of you !
--LordPixie
Sad that you actually had to explain that. Depressing that this is the sort of thing that makes it onto the front page. I feel like I'm watching one of those shittacular closed-circuit news shows produced by high schoolers, for highschoolers.
--LordPixie
I've actually spent some time in the UK teaching some British relatives how to play baseball. (Way back when) And sadly enough, at least one of the girls was about that age. Not only did she like it, but she kept comparing it to Rounders. Damn your accuracy. *shakes fist*
--LordPixie
someone sent me a deb of lazarus (which is not yet packaged in debian sarge or sid)
dpkg said it couldn't install it because of dependency issues
on the next run of apt it said theier was a package not completely installed and told me to run apt-get -f install
on doing so apt happilly installed the original lazarus package and all the dependencies it needed!
To the average user, this IS dependency hell. Sure, perhaps not as bad as it used to be, but that doesn't mean it's easy. And it's still something more an intranet admin has to worry about. C'mon, Slashdotters. It won't kill you to admit that Microsoft's way of doing things may have some advantages.
--LordPixie
Perhaps a I was lucky in my server choice. Still all I see here is the typical exaggeration that is common to /.
It's not an exaggeration. But not is it a consistent issue with all servers. I play on a Mountain time zone PvP server, (Deathwing) and are facing similar problems. AH and mail system lag was getting extreme, so Blizzard brought this, and several other, servers down for that wonderful 16 hour maintenance. After that, the server would crash and restart every few hours during peak time. Then queues were instituted. The threshold was obviously set below the current server population, so the lines got pretty long. I've personally waited an hour, and simply said "fuck it" on anything longer.
Now, keep in mind, Deathwing wasn't a heavily populated server from the getgo. In fact, we specifically chose it because it had a light population. Hence the Mountain time zone. Sure, there were minor queue issues at launch, but that's not news. It appears that the mail/AH system simply gagged and choked under the presssure of what I assume was an increasing usage. Then the 16 hour maintenance just fucked things to high holy hell.
--LordPixie
Use: & L T ; for a < ;.
Sans spaces, of course. If you want a Greater Than symbol, use & g t
Oh, and please turn over your geek license on the way out. Thank you. =)
--LordPixie
Anonymous Coward, capitalization. Capitalization, Anonymous Coward.
=)
--LordPixie
Republicrat = Republican + Democrat = Both.
<obligatory> Dumbass. </obligatory>
--LordPixie
You posted a link to Geocities on Slashdot ?!? Did you honestly think anyone would be able to see that ?
What the heck have you been smoking, dude ?
--LordPixie
I contemplated just modding you down, but I figured this would be the best course of action. Blockquoth the parent:
violated the sovereignty of neighbors Iran...
You just used the Iraq-Iran war as rational for the US to invade Iraq ?!? Are you insane ? Are you aware who was supporting Iraq during that war ? As in...who was giving them equipment, training, and weapons ? (Both conventional and BNC) That's right, the US. Are you advocating we bomb the whitehouse as well ?
Now, as far as Saddamn being an evil dictator, there isn't much debate. However, he's not the most evil, nor the most dictatorial. Nor is Iraq the first choice as far as saving human lives per cost goes. And more importantly, this wasn't the reasoning touted before the war. This sort of things goes a LONG way towards making us look like a bunch of arrogant asswipes.
Unfortunately, it's not just what you do, but how you do it.
--LordPixie
"For every 1 windows user using [notepad>], there are 2 linux users using emacs."
As you pointed out, this does not say "thus there are more emacs users than notepad users"
Actually, yes. That's EXACTLY what that says. (assuming that only people on Linux use Emacs, and only people on Windows use Notepad) If you say "For every X, there are two Y's", then there are more of Y. That's how a ratio works !
nowhere did I say "this means there are more autodicksuckers than linux users", which seems to be the logical (and incorrect) leap of faith you are accusing me of making.
From TFOP:
Do we already make the whole 1% ?
I remember reading a "report" in a "men's entertainment" magazine that gave the statistic that 2% of men could orally pleasure themselves.
If these numbers are accurate, that means for every person using Linux, there are 2 guys who can suck their own dicks.
Here's what you did. You took the two statistics:
1% of computer users use Linux
AND
2% of men can suck fellaciate themselves
And then came to the conclusion:
For every linux user, there are two men that can orally pleasure themselves.
In order for your conclusion to be correct, The number of computer users would have to be exactly equal to the number of men. Otherwise, the actual people represented by those percentages are different, and the 1:2 ratio falls apart. You could certainly say that self-fellatio has twice the market penetration amongst men as Linux does amongst computer users...but you didn't. You drew a person-to-person comparison. And that just does not work.
Yeah, it's been two weeks since this was posted. But the fact that you're totally and horribly wrong combined with your attitude required *someone* to set you straight. I am confident that absolutely no one will read this. And even fewer people will reply. But oh well.
--LordPixie
I just say, "Yeah honey, I've always thought your tits were too small and saggy. I say you get a second job and fix them up nice. Get me a beer." See, it's like a lottery. The coolness of the remote possibility of success is worth the probability of losing, and having to sleep on the couch for a week.
If your punishment for a comment like that is just a week on the couch, your wife is waaay too good for you.
--LordPixie
Claiming that a coding DJ is high on drugs gets you modded INSIGHTFUL.
God damnit. I love Slashdot.
--LordPixie
What do you think the other 98% of Linux users are using in my analogy ?
--LordPixie
Look at it this way. 1% of computer users != 1% of men. They're the same percentage, yes, but they don't represent the same actual numer of people. 2% of men is roughly 1% of the population. Unless you can show there are half as many computer users as there are people, there's no 2-to-1 ratio.
As a more valid analogy, assume that 2% of Linux users users use Emacs, and 1% of Windows users use Notepad. Does this mean that Emacs has twice the usage of Notepad ? Of course not. The group of Windows users is different than the group of Linux users, and so are any percentages of them.
--LordPixie
Anyone know what that 481 on the signature strip is for?
It actually depends on what the name is on the front of the card. It has different meanings for different names.
Yours would be.... ?
--LordPixie
...flamebait ? Anyone ? =)
--LordPixie
Could I get some troll points ? Thanks.
--LordPixie
And I thought geeks sodomizing the SI prefixes was bad. Now they've hijacked basic arithmetic !
--LordPixie
By my own similar method of comparison I can conclude Apples Mac OS X is 2000 times cheaper than MS server 2003*. * Mac OS X running on a dual G5 Xserve. MS sever 2003 running on a quad quantum cyberdine systems X-9000 with gold plated tri-lithium cooled case and diamond studded cup holder.
Ermm...given the exorbitant prices of Macs...I think the Apple machine is only about four times cheaper than the Microsoft one. Maybe five. =)
--LordPixie
Ooooohhhhhh....
--LordPixie