I know this was meant as a funny comment, but if you'll notice, of the replies to your comment there are as many different responses as there are posts!
The more we "exploit the semantic gap" the more problems like this are likely to arise.
I write a presentation and I get told I use too many words, sum it up take some out and make it shorter and the words bigger. Until it is bullet points, five per page, with pictures. Of course some information will be lost that way. If I do it the way I want to do it, I get a lower grade and people get bored and lose interest in the presentation. The presentation is an important part of some college classes.
I think this perfectly exemplifies the problem. PowerPoint is a presentation aide, not the presentation itself. It is only to help reinforce what the speaker is saying. Sure, you won't be able to fit all of your information on the slides, but that information isn't lost. It's in your speaking notes which you are going to deliver to the audience.
Threatcon Level 4
Extreme : Full alert
This condition applies when extreme global network incident activity is in progress. Implementation of measures in this Threat Condition for more than a short period probably will create hardship and affect the normal operations of network infrastructure.
Heh heh heh... Why didn't they just say "pull the incoming network cable and pray you aren't already infected"?
"Talk about a HUGE step backwards! X11R6.x supports dozens of platforms. X11R7 supports only two. What a shame."
Yeah, but for a near-total rewrite/restructuring of a huge-monolithic-behemoth? That ain't easy. I personally offer my own humble kudos to the Xorg team and am excited to see what lays in store for the future.
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Turing Complete: You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
Ahh... Nothing quite like the smell of a good ol' arms race in the morning...
How the heck is this "insightful"?!?!
I'm going to use my mod points to...
Oh. Crap.
I think Richard Stallman might disagree...
I for one am glad that they are interested in increasing public safety.
...Any area that has high risk of zombie infestations should be eliminated.
They should do this with people who smoke and drop their cigarette butts on the ground.
What? Send them to the vet to get a DNA swab so they'll be eligible for coupons on dog food and doggie toys?
I know this was meant as a funny comment, but if you'll notice, of the replies to your comment there are as many different responses as there are posts!
The more we "exploit the semantic gap" the more problems like this are likely to arise.
Or even better... We could spawn two threads, one to handle each print. That way we could never be quite sure what order they'd appear in!
From TFA:
Quick Details
Version: 1
Date Published: 4/1/2008
Language: English
Download Size: 428 KB - 1.0 MB
Is the fact that this was posted on April 1st a bad thing?
Which of course is totally different from the Mercury and Apollo missions...
Where do I go to get my 34 seconds back?
...Wow.
I don't know which is sadder...
The fact that someone took the time to put this together...
Or that fact that I remember watching the original sketch on Sesame Street...
so how are we supposed to give a presentation?
I write a presentation and I get told I use too many words, sum it up take some out and make it shorter and the words bigger. Until it is bullet points, five per page, with pictures. Of course some information will be lost that way. If I do it the way I want to do it, I get a lower grade and people get bored and lose interest in the presentation. The presentation is an important part of some college classes.
I think this perfectly exemplifies the problem. PowerPoint is a presentation aide, not the presentation itself. It is only to help reinforce what the speaker is saying. Sure, you won't be able to fit all of your information on the slides, but that information isn't lost. It's in your speaking notes which you are going to deliver to the audience.
In two years time, 1 terabyte of storage will probably be standard on mid range computers.
Holy crap... That means that in two years Windows will take around 15 gigabytes to install...
Heh heh heh... Why didn't they just say "pull the incoming network cable and pray you aren't already infected"?
"Talk about a HUGE step backwards! X11R6.x supports dozens of platforms. X11R7 supports only two. What a shame."
Yeah, but for a near-total rewrite/restructuring of a huge-monolithic-behemoth? That ain't easy. I personally offer my own humble kudos to the Xorg team and am excited to see what lays in store for the future.
Maybe we should forward the article straight to Microsoft?
You never know, he might win!
Uhm... Actually, they have just such a device at COSI.
Sure, it's something of a triviality, but kinda neat nonetheless...
By the way, I highly recomend COSI if you're ever in the area. It's a great place to teach kids about engineering, science, and the like...
[Disclaimer: They couldn't pay me enough to work there every day with all those anoying little kids though]
The EU compelled Microsoft, in a March 2004 antitrust ruling in which it fined the company 497 million euros ($640 million dollars)
You know, $640 million dollars ought to be enough fine for any company...
If you didn't put a lock on your door, would it "not be unlocked" until someone came by and realized that the door lacked a lock?
Uhm... Yeah. That pretty much covers it.
Sincerely,
Erwin Schrödinger
As I loaded Slashdot, there was an ad at the top for...
you guessed it...
The Sun Grid, available for $1/cpu-hr...
Are you sure Slashdot isn't selling advertising space disguised as news items?
Is this the first (fairly) wide-spread example of a white knight virus?
What are the downsides to using a white knight?
Holy crap! 150 Libraries of Congress? That's a heckovalotta code!
--- end sarcasm ---
It's obvious:
1). Convince geeks worldwide to use "The GIMP"
2). Summon evil demonic hordes
3). ????
4). Profit!