Unless we ended reproduction, or severely limited it (perhaps, by removing reproductive capabilities of newborns), the world would soon be extraordinarily overpopulated. Economies would crumble, society would be in shambles, etc.
Of course, we could always legalize murder to balance it out a little, but I think having everyone not live 1,000 years is a better idea.
That currently watch G4TechTV, i'm surprised they haven't gone bankrupt or closed down. Really, I don't know anyone that watches it.
Maybe they're just trying to save face by holding up a money-loser.
Mirrodor only mirrors the first page of the site and it didn't mirror the images so I can only find out about 2 of the games.
Well, typically, people from slashdot rarely even read the article after clicking it. So, I doubt they click through all the pages. Therefore, mirrordot is probably pretty useful for the majority of the load slashdot pushes onto a web site.
How would you like your 10 year old daughter's email winding up on every porn list known to man? Or maybe your mother's home address, phone #, email posted to alt.sex.milf?
Uh, why would I give my daughter's email out to anyone when i'm signing up for things, if I wanted her email private? On the other hand, if she did it herself, she's obviously independent enough that I trust her to not care about, or filter out, 'bad stuff.' Also, why would the 'evil corporations' post emails that they paid for to alt.sex.milf? Those two hypotheticals seem absurd to me.
By the way, I could sell the iPod and use the money from it to buy McAfee Spamkiller AND come out with a profit. It's a win-win situation.
...Projects that are centered directly around one person are a bad, bad idea. OpenBSD would suffer from this, too... specifically because Theo owns copyrights and whatnot. What happens when he quits, dies, or gives up?
All major projects should have elected core members, and shouldn't be dependent on them.
...the level of prosperity where it's not shocking when people or organizations ditch IE for it? Firefox is the obvious better choice, this shouldn't be 'news'.
If you're naive enough to trust companies, rather than getting multiple reviews of products or services from unaffiliated sources... then you need to get your head checked.
iTunes already has most of the market share, and AOL certainly isn't a very popular name among many computer users. People that use AOL will probably be semi-interested, but with AOL's trouble... that might not be very many people. Non-AOL users will likely choose iTunes over it, without much thought.
Logic and math skills are certainly genetic. People can be born without the mental capability to do high level math. I could change your story to the following:
My manager wanted to be mathematician, but his IQ is only ~100, and there were much smarter pupils in high school and college, so he didn't really get a chance to shine (read: he didn't get into honors or upper-level math classes). No amount of study or work is going to help if what you really need is higher IQ.
People need 'lucky breaks' in pretty much any career. Just as with Math and intelligence, there are plenty of professional sports players that aren't physically gifted. Mugsey Bogues in the NBA, et al.
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You were pwnt in your attempt to pwn that guy, chuck.
Thanks, spambot.
If you made it through using a mac for more than a week and never hearing of, or using, Fink... then you're a retard. Friggin' idiot. GOSH.
There's an entire part on using Fink to do it. RTFA, plzkthx.
Unless we ended reproduction, or severely limited it (perhaps, by removing reproductive capabilities of newborns), the world would soon be extraordinarily overpopulated. Economies would crumble, society would be in shambles, etc.
Of course, we could always legalize murder to balance it out a little, but I think having everyone not live 1,000 years is a better idea.
I work for an international bank and we fixed 2-300 Y2K bugs.
You fixed somewhere from 2 to 300 bugs? That's kind of a broad range, isn't it?
That currently watch G4TechTV, i'm surprised they haven't gone bankrupt or closed down. Really, I don't know anyone that watches it. Maybe they're just trying to save face by holding up a money-loser.
Mirrodor only mirrors the first page of the site and it didn't mirror the images so I can only find out about 2 of the games.
Well, typically, people from slashdot rarely even read the article after clicking it. So, I doubt they click through all the pages. Therefore, mirrordot is probably pretty useful for the majority of the load slashdot pushes onto a web site.
Am I the only one seeing the IPOD going the way of POG in a few years? Still this has some interesting implications.
Yes.
You should. The apocalypse is on it's way one way or another.
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MARK MY WORD!
Whether I have to cause it or not.
How would you like your 10 year old daughter's email winding up on every porn list known to man? Or maybe your mother's home address, phone #, email posted to alt.sex.milf?
Uh, why would I give my daughter's email out to anyone when i'm signing up for things, if I wanted her email private? On the other hand, if she did it herself, she's obviously independent enough that I trust her to not care about, or filter out, 'bad stuff.' Also, why would the 'evil corporations' post emails that they paid for to alt.sex.milf? Those two hypotheticals seem absurd to me.
By the way, I could sell the iPod and use the money from it to buy McAfee Spamkiller AND come out with a profit. It's a win-win situation.
I don't think most people care their information is being sold away. It's really not that big of a deal.
You can spam me all you please, if you'll give me a free iPod first.
Personally, i'm always too afraid the handle will break off and leave my iMac looking messed up to even use the handle.
...Projects that are centered directly around one person are a bad, bad idea. OpenBSD would suffer from this, too... specifically because Theo owns copyrights and whatnot. What happens when he quits, dies, or gives up?
All major projects should have elected core members, and shouldn't be dependent on them.
What part of "News for Nerds" translates into "News for OSS zealots?"
What part of "News for Nerds" translates into "Welcome to freshmeat.net?"
Gotta watch out for the blue states and their Democratic governors.
Only 20 people made up the 10 million downloads.
...the level of prosperity where it's not shocking when people or organizations ditch IE for it? Firefox is the obvious better choice, this shouldn't be 'news'.
If you're naive enough to trust companies, rather than getting multiple reviews of products or services from unaffiliated sources... then you need to get your head checked.
iTunes already has most of the market share, and AOL certainly isn't a very popular name among many computer users. People that use AOL will probably be semi-interested, but with AOL's trouble... that might not be very many people. Non-AOL users will likely choose iTunes over it, without much thought.
With a little luck, they might just break even.
I'm sure it's much cheaper to go purchase incense from your local hippy.
Everyone loves RSS. If the sites with lots of users taking up bandwidth ask for some donations to keep it alive, i'm sure they'll get some help.
Interweb fanatics tend to be very generous.
Logic and math skills are certainly genetic. People can be born without the mental capability to do high level math. I could change your story to the following:
My manager wanted to be mathematician, but his IQ is only ~100, and there were much smarter pupils in high school and college, so he didn't really get a chance to shine (read: he didn't get into honors or upper-level math classes). No amount of study or work is going to help if what you really need is higher IQ.
People need 'lucky breaks' in pretty much any career. Just as with Math and intelligence, there are plenty of professional sports players that aren't physically gifted. Mugsey Bogues in the NBA, et al.
...and NFL players average millions of dollars per year. Mathematicians don't.
A country with a lot fewer people is a lot more likely to have a better percentage of children that excel in math, etc. That's pretty simple logic.