We felt it on the top (third) floor of our building. The closest I've experienced to this is if someone is running through the cubicle farm, where the floor shakes a bit. This was definitely more of a side-to-side shake, though. Felt a little dizzy. Good preparation for my future dream move to San Francisco!
I just bought two of the WD Green 500GB drives to be used in a hardware RAID (Adaptec 2610SA, aka Dell CERC SATA1.5/6ch) on my Ubuntu-based server. I was going to format it in ext3. Will this problem affect me?
I agree that their motivation and reasoning behind their attacks (religious fundamentalism) is dumb, yes, but I'm talking more about their actual plotting out of the attacks. That takes a level of intelligence that I would think that wouldn't be hindered by having to take off your shoes.
I also agree about the failure of government, but I would add the entertai...news media to that. The constant reference to terrorism to keep the public on edge is terrorism at its core definition. I think it's also a failure within the individual to not quite comprehend the true threat of death by terrorist versus the other thousands of ways to die. Hell, I just read an article today about how more people died last year from super-germs that came from animals who are fed antibiotics than from prostate and breast cancer. The number of deaths from terrorist acts still pale in comparison to that relatively small number (63,000, I believe).
I think the biggest mistake that we appear to make is that we think these people attempting to pull of these attacks are dumb. I think we grossly underestimate their intelligence, almost as if it's dangerous or anti-American to think of them as smart and very capable. In response to their failed attempts, we institute rules that'll potentially prevent that specific attempt in the future, and any person of average intelligence can see how absurd it is to think that will make us any safer, as if there's not a thousand other ways to commit such an act. In turn, that makes us look absolutely foolish. Shouldn't we at least try to look like we're outsmarting them?
As in, it's a shock that they're still in business. I walked in there a couple weeks ago to grab some female RJ-45 jacks and they had them, sure...at $6.50 a piece. I turned right around out the door and ordered them for $1.60 from the internet (firefold.com...note that I am in no way affiliated with this site, I'm just a two-times satisfied customer). I guess that's the price you pay if you're in a pinch, but how the hell does this store survive in the age of Wal-Mart, Best Buy, and the Internet?
...he writes a How-To and puts it up online. That's when I'd expect people to really take notice, and those in charge may think, "Oh, maybe that wasn't such a great idea."
Then again, we Americans as a whole really haven't given a shit about our privacy rights for the last eight years (or more), so why start now?
Ah, the age-old question of graphics in video games. In my opinion, to answer this question, you need to address two points: context and evolution/adaptation.
Context: How central are graphics to the gaming experience? What genre is the game? On one end of the spectrum you have the first-person shooter (or, nowadays, RPG), which is arguably most directly linked to graphics. On the other end, you have text-based games, where graphics are non-existent. The end experience depends on the user, really. Someone could have as much fun in a text-based game as they could a first-person shooter. Fun/enjoyment/fulfillment is arguably the end of the day goal for most if not all games.
Back to first person shooters, though. Graphics in a first-person shooter are central to the overall experience. Is it not the latest first-person game that has pushed us every few years to upgrade our PC? Dynamic lighting, shadows, long-distance rendering, cell shading, skeletal animation, etc. etc. These technologies have marked the start of new eras in the timeline of gaming. Graphics in first-person shooters and other games have evolved over time, which leads us to...
Evolution/Adaptation: We adapt to our new visual experiences. How hard is it to play a game without anti-aliasing after spending countless hours on other games with anti-aliasing? How easily can you pick up a first-person shooter from ten years ago and fully enjoy the experience as much as you did when it was contemporary? I'd be willing to bet that it'd be pretty difficult, and I'd put my money on the idea that it's because you're used to the modern games which offer better graphics. Sure, it's fun to sit down an play old Nintendo games, but that's for other reasons, nostalgia being one of them. Since I've adapted to newer, better looking games, it's hard to turn back to the old games, much in the same way it's hard to get off the plane when I return to Michigan from California (ugh).
Unfortunately for you and your bigotry, the OP said "if they could prove that sexual preference is genetic." They would have to prove intelligence is genetic for your argument to be valid.
But you are correct in one aspect. We do have a choice. People have the choice to fight their sexuality and live in denial, or people can choose to accept who they really are. Fortunately for us and for future generations, society in general is becoming more accepting of homosexuality, as old bigots are dying off and our younger generation has taken a more welcoming approach.
I'm kind of surprised that Left 4 Dead is noted, because that really is the perfect example. When the demo came out, I gave it a shot. I liked the game, it was pretty enjoyable (I'd give it a 6/10), but I didn't $50 like it. When friends asked me about it, I gave them the same response. I said that I wouldn't buy it unless it came out for a reasonable price. Alas, this last weekend, when they dropped it to $25, I snatched it right up.
I've always wanted to use a similar device to put in the back window of my car to display messages such as "Please remove your car from my trunk" and other similar messages.
I completely agree with you. I was just telling my girlfriend the other day how much I disliked Circuit City as we walked past it in the mall. The only thing that made me change my mind was that the entire store was on sale. Even their liquidation sale was lousy. But anyway, back to my point...
Several months ago, me and a few of my coworkers--two of us who had previously worked for Best Buy--were discussing how much more we liked shopping at Best Buy than Circuit City. I really disliked the way Circuit City had their stores laid out. It was poorly planned, poorly lit, and often times poorly staffed. The cash registers were never manned; I always had to go up to customer service to buy, which always ended with me being handed a gigantic receipt.
Best Buy, on the other hand, was brightly lit, colorful, open, and well laid-out. They spent a lot of time and money on their "customer centricity" program, in which they aimed to enhance the store's appearance and the customer's shopping experience. They understood the psychology of shopping. That's why they're the #1 electronics retailer in the US, and that's why Circuit City is tanking.
The error message that I've come to love most after working extensively with.NET-based software is "Object reference not set to an instance of an object." It's so poetic. And so specific.
My girlfriend and I went to the theater this weekend to see "The Dark Knight" and spent $20 on tickets. Theater going is a luxury and nothing more. Unless they can price themselves better (which will never happen), they will continue to lose theatergoers, especially as home theater equipment is coming down in price.
No real friend leaves voicemails because they know how much of a chore it is. It seems like something so minor, but it's a pain in the ass to call my voicemail and sit there listening to someone rattling off about nothing in particular. I'd rather someone text me after they attempt to call me and ask for a call back or something. Texts are far less intrusive.
Catwoman is a very good bet, though I don't know if they'll necessarily make her the main villain. The reason why I say this is because of the line Lucius drops about the new suit being able to protect him from cats.
When I first heard you speak, I was moved, literally. Very few people who speak give me chills, and you were one of them. Later, I was excited to attend your speech at Joe Luis Arena when you came to Detroit--not only excited to hear you speak in person, but excited to be a part of something big and meaningful. Though I am still young and have only been following politics for the past eight awful years, I felt honored to be able to finally support a politician who seemed different from any other.
I'm now several months removed from the first time I heard you speak and a few weeks past the night I attended your speech in Detroit. I'm writing to you five days after Independence Day, and only a few hours after you voted for the FISA Amendment Act. Simply put, I feel cheated, and I know I'm only one of tens of thousands of supporters who feel the same way. It's one thing for the majority of the Senate to pass this legislation, it's another for someone who you thought was different to vote for it. That's the biggest slap in the face.
In light of your vote, I'm no longer excited about your stake for presidency. I thought that we might be on a path to something new, something better. But your vote tells a different story, and that's not change that I can believe in. It's simply more of the same.
No, it's one thing for someone to think you're harming them and act, and it's another for someone to know you're harming them and act. In this case, it was quite clear that Lori Drew was actively attacking Megan and sought to harm her. No, you can't force someone to kill themselves, but you can willingly and unnecessarily abuse them. That's what Lori Drew did here. I do not agree with the angle they took with regards to the law, because this could set a very, very dangerous precedent, but I do believe she needs to be charged with something.
Every time a story like this is posted, we get a lot of well-worded responses about why it's a bad thing, and that's it. We don't have a call for organized action. We don't have a set agenda. We all share in the outrage, but we end up internalizing it and stewing in our own fury. Why don't who have good writing skills and an understanding of law or politics and can actually articulate why this is a Bad Thing actually come up with a generic template letter that fellow Slashdotters can copy and paste to their senator or house representative? Why don't we do something with our outrage? There may be a few out there who actually do this, so why not share your letter with Slashdot and have everyone else do the same? I know EFF.org does this often, but why not do something here at Slashdot?
Slashdot Mirror
We felt it on the top (third) floor of our building. The closest I've experienced to this is if someone is running through the cubicle farm, where the floor shakes a bit. This was definitely more of a side-to-side shake, though. Felt a little dizzy. Good preparation for my future dream move to San Francisco!
I just bought two of the WD Green 500GB drives to be used in a hardware RAID (Adaptec 2610SA, aka Dell CERC SATA1.5/6ch) on my Ubuntu-based server. I was going to format it in ext3. Will this problem affect me?
I agree that their motivation and reasoning behind their attacks (religious fundamentalism) is dumb, yes, but I'm talking more about their actual plotting out of the attacks. That takes a level of intelligence that I would think that wouldn't be hindered by having to take off your shoes.
I also agree about the failure of government, but I would add the entertai...news media to that. The constant reference to terrorism to keep the public on edge is terrorism at its core definition. I think it's also a failure within the individual to not quite comprehend the true threat of death by terrorist versus the other thousands of ways to die. Hell, I just read an article today about how more people died last year from super-germs that came from animals who are fed antibiotics than from prostate and breast cancer. The number of deaths from terrorist acts still pale in comparison to that relatively small number (63,000, I believe).
I think the biggest mistake that we appear to make is that we think these people attempting to pull of these attacks are dumb. I think we grossly underestimate their intelligence, almost as if it's dangerous or anti-American to think of them as smart and very capable. In response to their failed attempts, we institute rules that'll potentially prevent that specific attempt in the future, and any person of average intelligence can see how absurd it is to think that will make us any safer, as if there's not a thousand other ways to commit such an act. In turn, that makes us look absolutely foolish. Shouldn't we at least try to look like we're outsmarting them?
I wonder how many Polish people it took to Photoshop that picture...
(Hey, I'm Polish. I can say that.)
As in, it's a shock that they're still in business. I walked in there a couple weeks ago to grab some female RJ-45 jacks and they had them, sure...at $6.50 a piece. I turned right around out the door and ordered them for $1.60 from the internet (firefold.com...note that I am in no way affiliated with this site, I'm just a two-times satisfied customer). I guess that's the price you pay if you're in a pinch, but how the hell does this store survive in the age of Wal-Mart, Best Buy, and the Internet?
...he writes a How-To and puts it up online. That's when I'd expect people to really take notice, and those in charge may think, "Oh, maybe that wasn't such a great idea."
Then again, we Americans as a whole really haven't given a shit about our privacy rights for the last eight years (or more), so why start now?
Ah, the age-old question of graphics in video games. In my opinion, to answer this question, you need to address two points: context and evolution/adaptation.
Context: How central are graphics to the gaming experience? What genre is the game? On one end of the spectrum you have the first-person shooter (or, nowadays, RPG), which is arguably most directly linked to graphics. On the other end, you have text-based games, where graphics are non-existent. The end experience depends on the user, really. Someone could have as much fun in a text-based game as they could a first-person shooter. Fun/enjoyment/fulfillment is arguably the end of the day goal for most if not all games.
Back to first person shooters, though. Graphics in a first-person shooter are central to the overall experience. Is it not the latest first-person game that has pushed us every few years to upgrade our PC? Dynamic lighting, shadows, long-distance rendering, cell shading, skeletal animation, etc. etc. These technologies have marked the start of new eras in the timeline of gaming. Graphics in first-person shooters and other games have evolved over time, which leads us to...
Evolution/Adaptation: We adapt to our new visual experiences. How hard is it to play a game without anti-aliasing after spending countless hours on other games with anti-aliasing? How easily can you pick up a first-person shooter from ten years ago and fully enjoy the experience as much as you did when it was contemporary? I'd be willing to bet that it'd be pretty difficult, and I'd put my money on the idea that it's because you're used to the modern games which offer better graphics. Sure, it's fun to sit down an play old Nintendo games, but that's for other reasons, nostalgia being one of them. Since I've adapted to newer, better looking games, it's hard to turn back to the old games, much in the same way it's hard to get off the plane when I return to Michigan from California (ugh).
Unfortunately for you and your bigotry, the OP said "if they could prove that sexual preference is genetic." They would have to prove intelligence is genetic for your argument to be valid.
But you are correct in one aspect. We do have a choice. People have the choice to fight their sexuality and live in denial, or people can choose to accept who they really are. Fortunately for us and for future generations, society in general is becoming more accepting of homosexuality, as old bigots are dying off and our younger generation has taken a more welcoming approach.
Ah man, that's quite possibly one of the funniest posts I've read on Slashdot. Cheers.
I'm kind of surprised that Left 4 Dead is noted, because that really is the perfect example. When the demo came out, I gave it a shot. I liked the game, it was pretty enjoyable (I'd give it a 6/10), but I didn't $50 like it. When friends asked me about it, I gave them the same response. I said that I wouldn't buy it unless it came out for a reasonable price. Alas, this last weekend, when they dropped it to $25, I snatched it right up.
Really, does anyone want to remember that eight-year nightmare?
I've always wanted to use a similar device to put in the back window of my car to display messages such as "Please remove your car from my trunk" and other similar messages.
I completely agree with you. I was just telling my girlfriend the other day how much I disliked Circuit City as we walked past it in the mall. The only thing that made me change my mind was that the entire store was on sale. Even their liquidation sale was lousy. But anyway, back to my point...
Several months ago, me and a few of my coworkers--two of us who had previously worked for Best Buy--were discussing how much more we liked shopping at Best Buy than Circuit City. I really disliked the way Circuit City had their stores laid out. It was poorly planned, poorly lit, and often times poorly staffed. The cash registers were never manned; I always had to go up to customer service to buy, which always ended with me being handed a gigantic receipt.
Best Buy, on the other hand, was brightly lit, colorful, open, and well laid-out. They spent a lot of time and money on their "customer centricity" program, in which they aimed to enhance the store's appearance and the customer's shopping experience. They understood the psychology of shopping. That's why they're the #1 electronics retailer in the US, and that's why Circuit City is tanking.
The error message that I've come to love most after working extensively with .NET-based software is "Object reference not set to an instance of an object." It's so poetic. And so specific.
So, is it going to record all of your conversations "for your convenience" so "you" can search through them at any time later?
My girlfriend and I went to the theater this weekend to see "The Dark Knight" and spent $20 on tickets. Theater going is a luxury and nothing more. Unless they can price themselves better (which will never happen), they will continue to lose theatergoers, especially as home theater equipment is coming down in price.
No real friend leaves voicemails because they know how much of a chore it is. It seems like something so minor, but it's a pain in the ass to call my voicemail and sit there listening to someone rattling off about nothing in particular. I'd rather someone text me after they attempt to call me and ask for a call back or something. Texts are far less intrusive.
Catwoman is a very good bet, though I don't know if they'll necessarily make her the main villain. The reason why I say this is because of the line Lucius drops about the new suit being able to protect him from cats.
Senator Obama:
When I first heard you speak, I was moved, literally. Very few people who speak give me chills, and you were one of them. Later, I was excited to attend your speech at Joe Luis Arena when you came to Detroit--not only excited to hear you speak in person, but excited to be a part of something big and meaningful. Though I am still young and have only been following politics for the past eight awful years, I felt honored to be able to finally support a politician who seemed different from any other.
I'm now several months removed from the first time I heard you speak and a few weeks past the night I attended your speech in Detroit. I'm writing to you five days after Independence Day, and only a few hours after you voted for the FISA Amendment Act. Simply put, I feel cheated, and I know I'm only one of tens of thousands of supporters who feel the same way. It's one thing for the majority of the Senate to pass this legislation, it's another for someone who you thought was different to vote for it. That's the biggest slap in the face.
In light of your vote, I'm no longer excited about your stake for presidency. I thought that we might be on a path to something new, something better. But your vote tells a different story, and that's not change that I can believe in. It's simply more of the same.
Thank you for your time.
No, it's one thing for someone to think you're harming them and act, and it's another for someone to know you're harming them and act. In this case, it was quite clear that Lori Drew was actively attacking Megan and sought to harm her. No, you can't force someone to kill themselves, but you can willingly and unnecessarily abuse them. That's what Lori Drew did here. I do not agree with the angle they took with regards to the law, because this could set a very, very dangerous precedent, but I do believe she needs to be charged with something.
This is what organized consumer outrage gets you. Money talks. Keep up the good fight.
In order:
Yahoo! News: Top Stories
Boing Boing: A Directory of Wonderful Things http://www.boingboing.net/ - Links of cool stuff / interesting political stuff on the web
Slashdot.org (some nerd website)
Penny Arcade http://www.penny-arcade.com/ - Best webcomic evar
Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com/ - Gaming news
BensBargains.net http://www.bensbargains.net/ - Website that lists awesome deals on all sorts of stuff
FOUND Magazine http://www.foundmagazine.com/ - Website where people submit random interesting/hilarious/beautiful/sad/etc things that they find (letters, pictures, notes, signs, etc.)
SlickDeals.net http://www.slickdeals.net/ - Same as above
Techbargains.com http://www.techbargains.com/ - Ditto.
Everyone needs to copy and paste this letter to their Senator.
Every time a story like this is posted, we get a lot of well-worded responses about why it's a bad thing, and that's it. We don't have a call for organized action. We don't have a set agenda. We all share in the outrage, but we end up internalizing it and stewing in our own fury. Why don't who have good writing skills and an understanding of law or politics and can actually articulate why this is a Bad Thing actually come up with a generic template letter that fellow Slashdotters can copy and paste to their senator or house representative? Why don't we do something with our outrage? There may be a few out there who actually do this, so why not share your letter with Slashdot and have everyone else do the same? I know EFF.org does this often, but why not do something here at Slashdot?