Yeah, I too have violated/. protocol in Ray B.'s case., and have also been entertained and mesmerized by his courtroom fu...enough to add him to my (short) friends list.
Here's hoping he can get some good mileage from this monumental boner, if anyone can, it will be him-I have faith.
I hope this proves to be a very heavy straw for the camel's back in the end...talk about karmic justice!
The Simpson's Nelson Obligatory Quote (tm) seems best here: "Ha!Ha!"
At least as of now the layers of gum under desks and chairs can be ignored. If this comes about, then this new 'non-stick' gum will be dropping onto the floor, getting smeared around, collecting gunk...ewhh!
Leave gum where it is...under desks and chairs! Not on the floor where we can see it, step in it, and smear it around!
Think of the children! They could be trapped in this morass!...Stuck to the floor, just sitting ducks for the terrorists! Something has to be done!!..call a televangelist, get a politician...get a grip?!?!?
Or: "Holy Fsckwad, Batman! I Can't believe my boxers are stuck to my a$$cheeks after that bubblegum tasting party last night!"
"Liquidation cannot cure your victims, but it should help prevent you from finding any more."
While I agree with what you are saying with the rest of your post, I have to dispute this comment. "There's one born every minute." comes to mind (an old one)as well as "You can fool some of the people..."...you get my point I hope.
There seems to be a reason that there are only 7 basic plots to any possible story, and we seem to have to re-learn history to keep it fresh and alive.
Some of us study/remember history, and some of us have to re-learn it.
"Hey you kid!! Get off of my lawn!!!!"
My wife got an email that claimed it was examples of humorous Canadian billboards that had a lot of images), one of them was a depiction of the old Daisy Red Ryder BB Gun (tm) with the caption of something like this (from drunken, senile memory!): "Keeping Lawns Kid Free for 77 Years!" or something real similar. LOL!!!
I resemble that remark!! (No, I have never shot at ANYTHING but 'official' targets that I have not intended to kill!)
And let's not forget Dasanti: when someone else has tap water that seems better than yours!
I can't believe the number of people nowadays that will pay a dollar for a 20 oz. bottle of water, feed $0.75 into an AIR pump, pay $1.29 for a 20 oz. bottle of Coca-Cola (when the 2 litre bottle is $1.84!), but then bitch about the price of gas or tobacco. WTF?!?!?... Falling all over themselves to buy water and air, but bitch about distilled petroleum products?!?!?
As a society we are clearly educated beyond our intelligence, and are now actively outsmarting ourselves!
But it's not our fault..ask any 10 people around you, and probably 7-9 out of 10 will give some lame (but sometimes well argued excuse that depends on an assumption) excuse as to why it's someone else's fault that we are heading to hell in a hand basket.
If I did not have a part in all of this, I would be happy to become a hermit...with internet access....and new PC hardware...and new updates/upgrades to Kubuntu...and a new car...and...Fsck it! I'm stuck here by my own devices! HELP!!!! Ahggghhhh!
From 'eln:21727' "The most common way for young data to be corrupted is to be saved on a block that once contained pornographic data."
Unfortunately, as to your "Fortunately there is a legal social firewall of 18.", it depends on which block in which city you are cruising as to whether or not they may be at least/over 14, much less 18.
At least that's what a traveling friend of mine told me....honest!
I know it goes against/. rules to RTFA, much less check out links in TFA, but in this case I did.
Disclaimer: I was a paratrooper, and this intrigued me...I wish I could be a part of bringing this about, but my teflon kneecaps (from the last jump I ever made...#433) dissuade me from trying to keep up with the young ones now.
I wish them all of the success in the world for this, military AND civilian applications! Fsck hang gliding, parasailing, etc...jump out of a C-130 at 20,000 ft. with a Gryphon and an O2 bottle and CRUISE like superman for more than a few very short minutes before having to 'pop the chute' and worry about the ground!
Pedants need not reply...If you haven't went HALO, you have no concept of WTF is going on here! The only possible better physical experience than HALO, is HALO with sex...but there is that whole windchill/cold temp thing to deal with!
BTW, Thanks for not only the work you do in this field (as Eivind said), but also a hearty thanks for you spending time on/. giving us your professional insight. It does make a difference to those of us that actually pay attention to this crap. (not to dis you, but this whole MPAA/RIAA extravaganza is crap a lot of the time-but not all)
Having worked in NYC, and having friends in Watertown, NY, I would not insult you inadvertently by abbreviating your UID as NYCLawyer!...instead I will use NY Country Lawyer if I feel the need to abbreviate.
Lawyers have a bad rep on/. , but you are (at least to me) the exception to the/. rule, and a credit to your profession.
I've kept track of your posts over the past several years here, and feel good about the fact that you are on *our* side.
And let's not forget all of TFA's about the NSA, FBI, and who only knows who (or should it be whom?) else is tapping into our tubes in the War Against Terrorism! (tm) here in the good old USA.
I could go on and on here, but I think this should suffice for now.
Yes, he probably has not crawled out of mom's basement yet. Let's have a good laugh at his expense just thinking what a shock to his world it will be when he finally does!
Recipe for an unforgettable, unremembered weekend:
Materials needed:
1. Big Bambu Album liner
2. 1/4 lb. Kona bud, cleaned (at the time you could get a lid/ounce of tasty Panama Red or Columbian Gold for about $25, the Kona was a BAIRGAN at $160 a lid!)
3. several friends to help
4. ??????
5. Profit?!?!?
We still hear about that Saturday night we took a break to go into town for munchies from friends that (at that time in 1973) worked in the 7-11, liquor, and grocery stores. I think my dog was pissed 'cause we even munched out on all his dogfood prior to that trip, and was eyeing him up! Hmm...poodles-n-noodles, slab of lab, sharpei fillet.... just kidding, I think.
Yeah, I tried the same thing with "Helicopters" and the top link was Google's own for "images of helicopters", next was Wkipedia's page on helicopters.
I'd have a hard time believing that Wikipedia paid Google a bazillion dollars to get at the top of the search page.
And yes, the Sponsored Links where in a separate column with a different background color, as usual. I don't get it...this part of the deal seems a non-issue.
here ya go, the only relevant page: (http://crave.cnet.co.uk/0,39029477,49292669-3,00.htm) if you want to see the photo referenced in TFA.
"SLASHDOT What's the story? Slashdot is a well-respected science and technology news aggregation Web site. It lists user-submitted news stories with a bias towards geeks. Each story is vetted by a moderator before being posted, at which point visitors can leave their opinions in Slashdot's highly active forums. It was created in September 1997 by Rob 'CmdrTaco' Malda, who still runs the site.
The first Slashdot submission was recorded on 31 December 1997. By 18 August 2004 it had recorded 10 million posts. During this time its users helped create a unique subculture that was responsible for the propagation of several Internet memes. Among these were Al Gore's spurious claim to have invented the Internet, Chuck Norris' refusal to use email because he comes from the cowboy generation, and countless hyperlink-related 'pranks' involving the Goatse phenomenon.
Slashdot's core audience is thought primarily to be Linux users. Contrary to popular opinion, however, over half of its visitors use a Windows PC. Approximately a third use some form of Linux, with 10 per cent using Mac OS X.
Did you know? Before Slashdot was Slashdot, it was known as 'Chips & Dips'. The site was launched in July 1997 but less than three months later it was renamed. The name Slashdot was allegedly chosen to confuse those poor souls who pronounce the full URL of the site ("h-t-t-p-colon-slash-slash- slashdot-dot-org"). You've got to love geek humour.
What Slashdot says about you Slashdot's tagline is "news for nerds", so no prizes for guessing what type of people visit the site. The average male Slashdot user probably looks a lot like our model -- but has more acne and bigger glasses. Users are 23 years old but look twice their age and steadfastly refuse to accept the fact that Windows is actually not a bad operating system.
Far from being lovable dorks, the Slashdotters have a vicious streak. They hunt like spiders, awaiting the arrival of an article from their victims -- usually a hapless news reporter. The second moderators accept a story, they pounce -- pedantry, suspicion and anonymity their weapons of choice."
"...so the inability to do that on Beta was big..."
I'm assuming you are referring to Betamax. I can assure you there was a lot of porn available on Betamax. When I worked at Goddard Space Flight Center in 1976 and 1977 there was a Betamax tape library of porn that had over 400 tapes...I know, over time I watched quite a few of them on graveyard shift.
MLease is giving you the straight info. The moderating guidelines spell it out pretty well (MLease's link), and will give you a good idea what to do.
You will see in each post (when you have mod points) a window with a drop-down menu with the choices available (-1 Troll; +1, Informative, etc.). It will show up near where you are used to seeing the 'Reply to This' link. If you want to mod that post, select from the window and go on. At the very bottom of the page will be a 'Moderate' button. Just click on that button to 'apply the mods' you made-if you forget this, your mods won't take effect. Pretty intuitive when you actually see it.
As for #2, you could use : '-1, overrated' as a safe starting point. I do get your point about having some mod category updates though, but overall,/. does pretty good IMHO.
Really and truly not trying to be a jerk, but wouldn't you try calling your service provider with those same questions to get an at least semi-accurate answer?
Disclaimer: I do not use/own, or have in my presence a cell phone- I do not really know Jack about this subject, but was just curious.
Hhmm?...There are the 'buy some minutes' type solutions for most of the mainstream service providers...ie: AT&T, NetZero, Xingular, etc... at least in Oklahoma...If we have it, surely it is already thriving everywhere else. After all, we still have Cowboys and Indians out here!!!!
I don't normally go for Country music, but I do understand a lot of the sentiment behind Merle Haggard's "I'm Proud to Be an Okie From Muskogee" after transplanting here 18 years ago.
If you are going to base your argument on made up parameters, then what's to stop the other side from doing the same?....Where does it stop? (I know, in this case it stops at your opinion).
Here, let me spell it out for you:
The basic formula (long ago established) is: 1. Rape 2. Pillage (modern def.:loot,physical destruction/vandalize, derisive graffiti,lewd gestures, etc.) 3. Burn 4. ???? 5. Profit (hey!, this is/.!)
So, to correct your post:
'At least the greenpeace protesters would have pimped the fourteen year old girl(and her mom- I've seen those web sites!), pissed in their well, spray-painted gang signs on their front door, and then kill and burn her entire family, and invent a story that they were under attack when it all happened...self-made film at 11!'
I had a run in with you people once. I was a Vet Tech at a major Mid-West Veterinary college. The tree-huggers (yes, Greenpeace and PETA- a joint effort) decided that we would NOT perform euthanasia on the research sheep!!!!! (sports medicine research-basically the doctor surgically 'hole-punched'[yes, an actual office type hole punch I had sterilized!] the Achilles' Heel(hock)on the sheep, and tried different healing protocols to determine the best treatment method for torn tendons/ligaments.
Before you and your ilk made their unwelcome presence, we used to use the (appropriate!) research animals as the centerpiece of a big cook-out/party, or, if more PRACTICAL, we would 'donate' the critter to a seemingly worthy person(donate-meaning a 'warranty' on the critter-free health care). Thanks to you, now all that can be done is to rely on euthanasia.
Back to the story....PETA and Greenpeace marching in the doors as I am clocking in at 0800... Dr. H: What are we going to do? I have to euthanise the research sheep today or get crosswise with the terms!
Me: How quick can you get the 'blue juice'? (VERY concentrated barbituate used to put critters 'to sleep')
Dr. H.: They're coming in the front door!
Me: How quick can you get me the blue juice?
Dr. H. I have it in my pocket, why?
Me: GIVE! *fills 6 syringes- 6 sheep(Yeah I know..say this 6 times fast...), enters pen holding sheep- grabs sheep #1...injects in jugular....rinse and repeat 5 more times- in 55 seconds*
Dr. H. *meets delegation of tree-huggers, and falls back to my position in defense*
FW's (short for Fsck Wads, ie:tree huggers and their ilk): We will not allow the murder of these research animals...they are only poor sheep!
Dr. H.: Hhmm, errhh, it seems my assistant has already sent these poor sheep to heaven while we were heading this way.
Me:*coming out of pen, stuffing syringes in pockets, give a two thumbs up to Dr. H., and attempt to go on my way*
FW's: Hey! Wait a minute! Those sheep are already dead! We just got here!
Me: Yes, they were scheduled to be euthanised at 0805 today.
FW's: Yes, but it's only 8:06!!??!
Me: Yes, 6 sheep means: "Gone In 60 Seconds" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0187078/)
All joking aside, it was very easy to catch, expose jugular vein, and inject blue juice into all 6 sheep in less than a minute. (10 ft.x 10 ft. pen, and the sheep still a bit groggy from the last surgery to evaluate the treatment protocols)....And yes, I am a wolf!
Remember kiddies: if it bleeds, you can kill it! (props to the movie 'Predator' for this gem)
Wasn't this already covered? Wasn't this setting the 'Fair Use' argument in favor of the customer? (I refuse to use the word consumer unless it applies to a customer, hireling, pet, livestock,slave or chattel actually eating/drinking the afore mentioned 'product')
If this is left up to the parties pushing this brainwashing, then soon you will have to give up your credit card/banking info to the MafIAA, and be willing to be charged for even thinking of a snippet of some advertising jingle, much less a line from a covered song, or a memory of a movie scene.
Near Future Scenario: (I am skating as a clerk in a 'Shit-N-Git' in OK-long story, but in this town if you want gas/petrol, you either use a credit card at the pump, or prepay inside at the register.):
Me: Can I help you? *100th cusomer this hour* Customer: Twenty in gas! *throws $50 bill on counter and starts walking out; there are 8 vehicles at our 12 fuel pumps-all can deliver gas...4 can deliver diesel...(WTF is up with this throwing money thingy?!?!?*) Me: Which pump are you at? Customer:*still walking out of door...(There are 2 cash registers with approx. 4-6 people at each register at this time)..THE WHITE TRUCK,YOU DUMBSHIT!!! Me: *looks out front window to see 10 of the 12 pumps occupied....5 of them are white trucks?!?!?!- the credit/debit fuel purchases show up different on the register, but there are still 3 'white trucks' at the pump, with no fueling activated...tour bus towing an SUV pulls up blocking view of the pumps...OPPORTUNITY HERE!..Hmmmm...Fsck it! Wanna play asshole with me? Heh! Heh! Heh!, I can't ignore the customers in line that do have their shit together. *runs 6 people inside through checkout...looks out window- tourbus pulling away, not much else happening except for a group of guys back by the beer cooler have stopped to sniff asses/bullshit-they own 2 of the 3 white trucks at the pumps...Heh!, Heh! $50 bill, $20 IN GAS AT one OF THE THREE WHITE TRUCKS?hEH! hEH!...tOTALLY IGNORE HIM AND HIS TRUCK..do I pocket the $50?
Me:* keeps waiting on customers in line in the store- just sets $50 bill on top of register* 10 minutes later: 'By now pissed off, arrogant asshole' comes back in.. still 2 customers in line...Ignore asshole as he's shouting about not getting fuel...take care of last two customers, then: What's the problem? Can I help you?
Asshole (was customer): Where's my fuel? Me: What fuel? Asshole: In the White Truck! Me: Which White Truck? (still three out there) Asshole: THAT WHITE TRUCK!!! Me:*throws $50 bill across, and off of the counter* Which white truck, or you just an asshole? Asshole: Huh? *picks up $50 bill from floor* I want 50 in gas on pump #6, dickhead! Me: I'm sorry you cn't express yourself in a polite enough manner to conclude this transaction....NEXT!
Wish I had mod points for you for bringing me back down to Earth, so to speak. (why yes, that IS a selfish attitude!)
My first thought when I read the summary was along the lines of this: WTF?!?!? We've been building semi's (18 wheelers) and satellites about the same amount of time- have the rocket scientists not heard of crossover fuel lines? (they connect left and right tanks and allow for equalization of the fuel level), then I thought...Hmmm...Space, the final frontier...Oh wait! Uhmmm atmospheric pressure, constant gravity from a predictable direction, reasonably constant temps and density- in a moderate range....none of this applies! WTF do we do now?
I hereby revoke my armchair Astrophysics and Rocket Scientist privileges for a week.
Mechanical/electrical engineering in space is no trivial thing. Obvious Earth-bound solutions seem to fail frequently when applied to cold vacuum with micro-gravity. It may not always seem to be so difficult from here, but up there it could be a whole new problem.
Hopefully, even their most inaccurate 'fuel gauge' is better than the one in my car...I either have a quarter of a tank (when FULL) or it reads Empty below an actual 3/4 tank, and you have to use the odometer (Oh Sh*t!, was it reset last fuel-up?!?!?) to guesstimate what the real fuel level may be.
Yes, you all can laugh at me for this. My only semi-reasonable defense can be that I just walked in from work 10 minutes ago, after dealing with John Q Public and Josephine Sixpack for the last 10 hours. I mistakenly bit this worm, dunked the bobber, and now am caught...hook, line, and sinker.
My bad, but I'm at least mouse/man enough to admit it!
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Yeah, I too have violated /. protocol in Ray B.'s case., and have also been entertained and mesmerized by his courtroom fu...enough to add him to my (short) friends list.
Here's hoping he can get some good mileage from this monumental boner, if anyone can, it will be him-I have faith.
I hope this proves to be a very heavy straw for the camel's back in the end...talk about karmic justice!
The Simpson's Nelson Obligatory Quote (tm) seems best here: "Ha!Ha!"
But then you would be denying them access to FREE V1@gRA! *just click here*, and Nigerian emails, and UK lottery winnings!
How will they catch up to the rest of us without this?..Think of the Children!?!?!
At least as of now the layers of gum under desks and chairs can be ignored. If this comes about, then this new 'non-stick' gum will be dropping onto the floor, getting smeared around, collecting gunk...ewhh!
Leave gum where it is...under desks and chairs! Not on the floor where we can see it, step in it, and smear it around!
Think of the children! They could be trapped in this morass!...Stuck to the floor, just sitting ducks for the terrorists! Something has to be done!!..call a televangelist, get a politician...get a grip?!?!?
Or: "Holy Fsckwad, Batman! I Can't believe my boxers are stuck to my a$$cheeks after that bubblegum tasting party last night!"
"Liquidation cannot cure your victims, but it should help prevent you from finding any more."
While I agree with what you are saying with the rest of your post, I have to dispute this comment.
"There's one born every minute." comes to mind (an old one)as well as "You can fool some of the people..."...you get my point I hope.
There seems to be a reason that there are only 7 basic plots to any possible story, and we seem to have to re-learn history to keep it fresh and alive.
Some of us study/remember history, and some of us have to re-learn it.
"Hey you kid!! Get off of my lawn!!!!"
My wife got an email that claimed it was examples of humorous Canadian billboards that had a lot of images), one of them was a depiction of the old Daisy Red Ryder BB Gun (tm) with the caption of something like this (from drunken, senile memory!):
"Keeping Lawns Kid Free for 77 Years!" or something real similar. LOL!!!
I resemble that remark!! (No, I have never shot at ANYTHING but 'official' targets that I have not intended to kill!)
"Evian: apply it directly to the gullible"
And let's not forget Dasanti: when someone else has tap water that seems better than yours!
I can't believe the number of people nowadays that will pay a dollar for a 20 oz. bottle of water, feed $0.75 into an AIR pump, pay $1.29 for a 20 oz. bottle of Coca-Cola (when the 2 litre bottle is $1.84!), but then bitch about the price of gas or tobacco. WTF?!?!?... Falling all over themselves to buy water and air, but bitch about distilled petroleum products?!?!?
As a society we are clearly educated beyond our intelligence, and are now actively outsmarting ourselves!
But it's not our fault..ask any 10 people around you, and probably 7-9 out of 10 will give some lame (but sometimes well argued excuse that depends on an assumption) excuse as to why it's someone else's fault that we are heading to hell in a hand basket.
If I did not have a part in all of this, I would be happy to become a hermit...with internet access....and new PC hardware...and new updates/upgrades to Kubuntu...and a new car...and...Fsck it! I'm stuck here by my own devices! HELP!!!! Ahggghhhh!
From 'eln:21727' "The most common way for young data to be corrupted is to be saved on a block that once contained pornographic data."
Unfortunately, as to your "Fortunately there is a legal social firewall of 18.", it depends on which block in which city you are cruising as to whether or not they may be at least/over 14, much less 18.
At least that's what a traveling friend of mine told me....honest!
See this link in TFA to help keep your bubble from completely bursting.http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,428830,00.html
/. rules to RTFA, much less check out links in TFA, but in this case I did.
I know it goes against
Disclaimer: I was a paratrooper, and this intrigued me...I wish I could be a part of bringing this about, but my teflon kneecaps (from the last jump I ever made...#433) dissuade me from trying to keep up with the young ones now.
I wish them all of the success in the world for this, military AND civilian applications!
Fsck hang gliding, parasailing, etc...jump out of a C-130 at 20,000 ft. with a Gryphon and an O2 bottle and CRUISE like superman for more than a few very short minutes before having to 'pop the chute' and worry about the ground!
Pedants need not reply...If you haven't went HALO, you have no concept of WTF is going on here!
The only possible better physical experience than HALO, is HALO with sex...but there is that whole windchill/cold temp thing to deal with!
BTW, Thanks for not only the work you do in this field (as Eivind said), but also a hearty thanks for you spending time on /. giving us your professional insight. It does make a difference to those of us that actually pay attention to this crap. (not to dis you, but this whole MPAA/RIAA extravaganza is crap a lot of the time-but not all)
/. , but you are (at least to me) the exception to the /. rule, and a credit to your profession.
Having worked in NYC, and having friends in Watertown, NY, I would not insult you inadvertently by abbreviating your UID as NYCLawyer!...instead I will use NY Country Lawyer if I feel the need to abbreviate.
Lawyers have a bad rep on
I've kept track of your posts over the past several years here, and feel good about the fact that you are on *our* side.
So basically, if I catch M$ spying on me, I should get the hell out of the U$?
There, fixed that for you.
But, yeah...I understand your sarcasm, but for the clueless wonder you replied to, here are some Educational links (heh!heh!):
Maybe you missed these earlier: http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/13/1259202, http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/11/1615211,
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/11/1228241, http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/07/22/1712252, http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/07/02/139251, http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/22/2223236, or this...their version of the future: http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/13/1447235.
And let's not forget all of TFA's about the NSA, FBI, and who only knows who (or should it be whom?) else is tapping into our tubes in the War Against Terrorism! (tm) here in the good old USA.
I could go on and on here, but I think this should suffice for now.
Yes, he probably has not crawled out of mom's basement yet. Let's have a good laugh at his expense just thinking what a shock to his world it will be when he finally does!
And can you imagine a Beowulf cluster of these?...Oh wait....nevermind.
Hear! Hear!
I remember that well.
Recipe for an unforgettable, unremembered weekend:
Materials needed:
1. Big Bambu Album liner
2. 1/4 lb. Kona bud, cleaned (at the time you could get a lid/ounce of tasty Panama Red or Columbian Gold for about $25, the Kona was a BAIRGAN at $160 a lid!)
3. several friends to help
4. ??????
5. Profit?!?!?
We still hear about that Saturday night we took a break to go into town for munchies from friends that (at that time in 1973) worked in the 7-11, liquor, and grocery stores.
I think my dog was pissed 'cause we even munched out on all his dogfood prior to that trip, and was eyeing him up! Hmm...poodles-n-noodles, slab of lab, sharpei fillet.... just kidding, I think.
Those were the days....
Similar to my thoughts, but which side would be 'the good guys' here, are should this be an 'Asshat Deathmatch...In a Cage...of hungry lions, and...
Well, Sony may have more money to fight with, but as for asshattedness, CoE have been past masters for centuries before Sony was even started.
It would be an interesting match.
Yeah, I tried the same thing with "Helicopters" and the top link was Google's own for "images of helicopters", next was Wkipedia's page on helicopters.
I'd have a hard time believing that Wikipedia paid Google a bazillion dollars to get at the top of the search page.
And yes, the Sponsored Links where in a separate column with a different background color, as usual.
I don't get it...this part of the deal seems a non-issue.
here ya go, the only relevant page: (http://crave.cnet.co.uk/0,39029477,49292669-3,00.htm) if you want to see the photo referenced in TFA.
"SLASHDOT
What's the story?
Slashdot is a well-respected science and technology news aggregation Web site. It lists user-submitted news stories with a bias towards geeks. Each story is vetted by a moderator before being posted, at which point visitors can leave their opinions in Slashdot's highly active forums. It was created in September 1997 by Rob 'CmdrTaco' Malda, who still runs the site.
The first Slashdot submission was recorded on 31 December 1997. By 18 August 2004 it had recorded 10 million posts. During this time its users helped create a unique subculture that was responsible for the propagation of several Internet memes. Among these were Al Gore's spurious claim to have invented the Internet, Chuck Norris' refusal to use email because he comes from the cowboy generation, and countless hyperlink-related 'pranks' involving the Goatse phenomenon.
Slashdot's core audience is thought primarily to be Linux users. Contrary to popular opinion, however, over half of its visitors use a Windows PC. Approximately a third use some form of Linux, with 10 per cent using Mac OS X.
Did you know?
Before Slashdot was Slashdot, it was known as 'Chips & Dips'. The site was launched in July 1997 but less than three months later it was renamed. The name Slashdot was allegedly chosen to confuse those poor souls who pronounce the full URL of the site ("h-t-t-p-colon-slash-slash-
slashdot-dot-org"). You've got to love geek humour.
What Slashdot says about you
Slashdot's tagline is "news for nerds", so no prizes for guessing what type of people visit the site. The average male Slashdot user probably looks a lot like our model -- but has more acne and bigger glasses. Users are 23 years old but look twice their age and steadfastly refuse to accept the fact that Windows is actually not a bad operating system.
Far from being lovable dorks, the Slashdotters have a vicious streak. They hunt like spiders, awaiting the arrival of an article from their victims -- usually a hapless news reporter. The second moderators accept a story, they pounce -- pedantry, suspicion and anonymity their weapons of choice."
This was where I stopped reading.
"...so the inability to do that on Beta was big..."
I'm assuming you are referring to Betamax. I can assure you there was a lot of porn available on Betamax.
When I worked at Goddard Space Flight Center in 1976 and 1977 there was a Betamax tape library of porn that had over 400 tapes...I know, over time I watched quite a few of them on graveyard shift.
MLease is giving you the straight info. The moderating guidelines spell it out pretty well (MLease's link), and will give you a good idea what to do.
/. does pretty good IMHO.
You will see in each post (when you have mod points) a window with a drop-down menu with the choices available (-1 Troll; +1, Informative, etc.). It will show up near where you are used to seeing the 'Reply to This' link. If you want to mod that post, select from the window and go on. At the very bottom of the page will be a 'Moderate' button. Just click on that button to 'apply the mods' you made-if you forget this, your mods won't take effect. Pretty intuitive when you actually see it.
As for #2, you could use : '-1, overrated' as a safe starting point. I do get your point about having some mod category updates though, but overall,
Really and truly not trying to be a jerk, but wouldn't you try calling your service provider with those same questions to get an at least semi-accurate answer?
Disclaimer:
I do not use/own, or have in my presence a cell phone- I do not really know Jack about this subject, but was just curious.
Hhmm?...There are the 'buy some minutes' type solutions for most of the mainstream service providers...ie: AT&T, NetZero, Xingular, etc... at least in Oklahoma...If we have it, surely it is already thriving everywhere else. After all, we still have Cowboys and Indians out here!!!!
I don't normally go for Country music, but I do understand a lot of the sentiment behind Merle Haggard's "I'm Proud to Be an Okie From Muskogee" after transplanting here 18 years ago.
If you are going to base your argument on made up parameters, then what's to stop the other side from doing the same?....Where does it stop? (I know, in this case it stops at your opinion).
/.!)
Here, let me spell it out for you:
The basic formula (long ago established) is:
1. Rape
2. Pillage (modern def.:loot,physical destruction/vandalize, derisive graffiti,lewd gestures, etc.)
3. Burn
4. ????
5. Profit (hey!, this is
So, to correct your post:
'At least the greenpeace protesters would have pimped the fourteen year old girl(and her mom- I've seen those web sites!), pissed in their well, spray-painted gang signs on their front door, and then kill and burn her entire family, and invent a story that they were under attack when it all happened...self-made film at 11!'
I had a run in with you people once. I was a Vet Tech at a major Mid-West Veterinary college.
The tree-huggers (yes, Greenpeace and PETA- a joint effort) decided that we would NOT perform euthanasia on the research sheep!!!!!
(sports medicine research-basically the doctor surgically 'hole-punched'[yes, an actual office type hole punch I had sterilized!] the Achilles' Heel(hock)on the sheep, and tried different healing protocols to determine the best treatment method for torn tendons/ligaments.
Before you and your ilk made their unwelcome presence, we used to use the (appropriate!) research animals as the centerpiece of a big cook-out/party, or, if more PRACTICAL, we would 'donate' the critter to a seemingly worthy person(donate-meaning a 'warranty' on the critter-free health care). Thanks to you, now all that can be done is to rely on euthanasia.
Back to the story....PETA and Greenpeace marching in the doors as I am clocking in at 0800...
Dr. H:
What are we going to do? I have to euthanise the research sheep today or get crosswise with the terms!
Me: How quick can you get the 'blue juice'? (VERY concentrated barbituate used to put critters 'to sleep')
Dr. H.: They're coming in the front door!
Me: How quick can you get me the blue juice?
Dr. H. I have it in my pocket, why?
Me: GIVE! *fills 6 syringes- 6 sheep(Yeah I know..say this 6 times fast...), enters pen holding sheep- grabs sheep #1...injects in jugular....rinse and repeat 5 more times- in 55 seconds*
Dr. H. *meets delegation of tree-huggers, and falls back to my position in defense*
FW's (short for Fsck Wads, ie:tree huggers and their ilk): We will not allow the murder of these research animals...they are only poor sheep!
Dr. H.: Hhmm, errhh, it seems my assistant has already sent these poor sheep to heaven while we were heading this way.
Me:*coming out of pen, stuffing syringes in pockets, give a two thumbs up to Dr. H., and attempt to go on my way*
FW's: Hey! Wait a minute! Those sheep are already dead! We just got here!
Me: Yes, they were scheduled to be euthanised at 0805 today.
FW's: Yes, but it's only 8:06!!??!
Me: Yes, 6 sheep means: "Gone In 60 Seconds" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0187078/)
All joking aside, it was very easy to catch, expose jugular vein, and inject blue juice into all 6 sheep in less than a minute. (10 ft.x 10 ft. pen, and the sheep still a bit groggy from the last surgery to evaluate the treatment protocols)....And yes, I am a wolf!
Remember kiddies: if it bleeds, you can kill it! (props to the movie 'Predator' for this gem)
Superb!...Astounding!...New Breakthrough in Critical Thinking!...Details at 11!
If you run for Pres. on this platform, I will vote for you just on this!
You propose the best idea yet I have heard of to keep copyright/patents, yet bring some sanity to the current system.
My hat's off to you! (alas, I also have no mod points currently, but you are deservedly capped out anyways!)
Okay...Hmmm....
Normally I would say something like: 'you must be new here'.
In this case, I might have to say:'maybe you've been here too long', but I can see the association with JT and Goatse-Ewwhhh!
Now I have to go scrub my brain with bleach.
Why didn't I just go to bed when I got home from work?
A*hhckk!
*tries to disgorge swallowed dentures, while wiping down monitor and keyboard from spewed Mt. Dew, nose still burning!*
LOL! Oooohhhh!!!! RIB CRAMPS! Arrrghhh!
Fsck you, you Insensitive Clod, I think?!?!?
*head asplodes contemplating which party has been insulted*
Disclaimer:
I have some respect for RMS, and even agree with him sometimes.
I hereby award him my exclusive Wiley E. Coyote, S.G. (Super Genius) Award for dedication to the mission, staying insanely focused, and perseverance.
*salutes monitor*
Hopefully the debate was not on a dial-up connection- if it was , then I feel for ya, if not, then fsck ya.
No, he did not. You did not get the point.
/.)
Here's a little help:
!. Shampoo
2. Rinse
3. Repeat..adconveince nauseum. (and since this is
????
4. Profit!
With your UID, you should know better...shame on you!
Wasn't this already covered? Wasn't this setting the 'Fair Use' argument in favor of the customer? (I refuse to use the word consumer unless it applies to a customer, hireling, pet, livestock,slave or chattel actually eating/drinking the afore mentioned 'product')
If this is left up to the parties pushing this brainwashing, then soon you will have to give up your credit card/banking info to the MafIAA, and be willing to be charged for even thinking of a snippet of some advertising jingle, much less a line from a covered song, or a memory of a movie scene.
Near Future Scenario: (I am skating as a clerk in a 'Shit-N-Git' in OK-long story, but in this town if you want gas/petrol, you either use a credit card at the pump, or prepay inside at the register.):
Me: Can I help you? *100th cusomer this hour*
Customer: Twenty in gas! *throws $50 bill on counter and starts walking out; there are 8 vehicles at our 12 fuel pumps-all can deliver gas...4 can deliver diesel...(WTF is up with this throwing money thingy?!?!?*)
Me: Which pump are you at?
Customer:*still walking out of door...(There are 2 cash registers with approx. 4-6 people at each register at this time)..THE WHITE TRUCK,YOU DUMBSHIT!!!
Me: *looks out front window to see 10 of the 12 pumps occupied....5 of them are white trucks?!?!?!- the credit/debit fuel purchases show up different on the register, but there are still 3 'white trucks' at the pump, with no fueling activated...tour bus towing an SUV pulls up blocking view of the pumps...OPPORTUNITY HERE!..Hmmmm...Fsck it! Wanna play asshole with me? Heh! Heh! Heh!, I can't ignore the customers in line that do have their shit together.
*runs 6 people inside through checkout...looks out window- tourbus pulling away, not much else happening except for a group of guys back by the beer cooler have stopped to sniff asses/bullshit-they own 2 of the 3 white trucks at the pumps...Heh!, Heh! $50 bill, $20 IN GAS AT one OF THE THREE WHITE TRUCKS?hEH! hEH!...tOTALLY IGNORE HIM AND HIS TRUCK..do I pocket the $50?
Me:* keeps waiting on customers in line in the store- just sets $50 bill on top of register*
10 minutes later: 'By now pissed off, arrogant asshole' comes back in.. still 2 customers in line...Ignore asshole as he's shouting about not getting fuel...take care of last two customers, then:
What's the problem? Can I help you?
Asshole (was customer): Where's my fuel?
Me: What fuel?
Asshole: In the White Truck!
Me: Which White Truck? (still three out there)
Asshole: THAT WHITE TRUCK!!!
Me:*throws $50 bill across, and off of the counter* Which white truck, or you just an asshole?
Asshole: Huh? *picks up $50 bill from floor* I want 50 in gas on pump #6, dickhead!
Me: I'm sorry you cn't express yourself in a polite enough manner to conclude this transaction....NEXT!
Wish I had mod points for you for bringing me back down to Earth, so to speak. (why yes, that IS a selfish attitude!)
My first thought when I read the summary was along the lines of this:
WTF?!?!? We've been building semi's (18 wheelers) and satellites about the same amount of time- have the rocket scientists not heard of crossover fuel lines? (they connect left and right tanks and allow for equalization of the fuel level), then I thought...Hmmm...Space, the final frontier...Oh wait! Uhmmm atmospheric pressure, constant gravity from a predictable direction, reasonably constant temps and density- in a moderate range....none of this applies! WTF do we do now?
I hereby revoke my armchair Astrophysics and Rocket Scientist privileges for a week.
Mechanical/electrical engineering in space is no trivial thing. Obvious Earth-bound solutions seem to fail frequently when applied to cold vacuum with micro-gravity. It may not always seem to be so difficult from here, but up there it could be a whole new problem.
Hopefully, even their most inaccurate 'fuel gauge' is better than the one in my car...I either have a quarter of a tank (when FULL) or it reads Empty below an actual 3/4 tank, and you have to use the odometer (Oh Sh*t!, was it reset last fuel-up?!?!?) to guesstimate what the real fuel level may be.
Yes, you all can laugh at me for this. My only semi-reasonable defense can be that I just walked in from work 10 minutes ago, after dealing with John Q Public and Josephine Sixpack for the last 10 hours. I mistakenly bit this worm, dunked the bobber, and now am caught...hook, line, and sinker.
My bad, but I'm at least mouse/man enough to admit it!