This page says "Fast, Safe, Free". Maybe it's a different Kazaa. I don't know. I seem to remember previous marketing material that says more directly, you can download as much as you want with the software. It seems deceptive to me, like putting up a sign on a table of 50 cupcakes that says "Free Cupcakes" without actually mentioning that only one or two of the cupcakes are free.
I would love to know how this got moderated as a troll 3 times in a row.
Casually typing "nigger" would have caused me to mod you down if I had mod points.
Doesn't trolling generally seek to elicit a negative response, or somehow misrepresent facts and lie to incense the audience?
If any of the people on Slashdot are Black (like me) then putting that word out there definitely elicits a negative response.
I referenced a few common slashdot trolls and running jokes in a tongue-in-cheek manner. Christ.
It was inconsistent. You said "Russian", not "Commie". You said "gay", not "fag". Instead of saying "Black", you said "nigger".
But relax. You ultimately ended up getting modded funny above all else. And given the environment here, I wouldn't be surprised if I ultimately got modded down for being a "troll".
The best case scenario is, it catches on and he can sell it for 1.6 billion. Or 1 million. In the worst case, he'll become known for discovering the next Goatse.
I think if two opposing tags are applied, they should cancel each other out and both tags should disappear. And "maybe" shouldn't even be a tag. Then we'd only have to deal with itsatrap and thinkofthechildren.
So they could have changed something like lateralVelocityMaxTolerance = 40 to lateralVelocityMaxTolerance = 50 and made it work. I don't think the "bean counter" is the one to blame. The software engineer is the one who burnt the beans.
I'm not convinced. I think the community of people who contribute to Wikipedia is a culture in itself. So you're not necessarily gaining an understanding of world cultures. You're gaining an understanding of world cultures as they are perceived by the Wikipedia culture. It may be possible to gain more insight about said cultures by looking at their own work through traditional archeology and discovery.
Trust me, nobody outside of the IT community calls them applications. They'll think that "folder" has something to do with applying for a job. I think if the person sits there long enough without touching anything then this contest would go to Windows. They'll look at the three computers sitting there and wonder how to get them to start doing something. That's where the start button will look very inviting. And all of those annoying popup messages in the bubbles will seem informative or at least interesting the first time. But if they're anxious then they'll probably go for the most pretty one. In that case, I think it will depend on which one has the best default background picture.
You're obviously joking. However, for a female, this is kind of true. There are a fair number of guys who are attracted by a female who knows her way around a computer. If you can program one and have some degree of sexuality, you can compete with the likes of Tyra Banks and Angelina Jolie in the eyes of an IT crowd. If you're absolutely sexy, you can reign supreme. The problem comes when there's only one computer between the two of you.
I haven't had any crashes, which is a step up for me and Firefox. The main differences I've noticed are I keep clicking the wrong place to close a tab, and things are going slower. Typing in forms is slower, I guess because it's spell checking everything now. So that's okay. Even though it's got "okay" underlined as a mispelled word. But when I type a URL, the browser takes forever to load the type-ahead information and let me finish typing an address. I lost a few themes but the only plugin I'm still waiting on is Reveal. I like the upgrade for the spell checker if nothing else, but I hope they fix the slow response in the address bar.
I downloaded IE7 but didn't install it for fear that it would ruin the computer's stability. I downloaded Firefox 2 and installed it immediately. This is mainly because Firefox is more separate from the rest of the computer than Internet Explorer (at least to this point) so I wasn't so worried about it not working. I decided to wait for the automatic update so I'd get it the same time as everybody else and there would be more time to work out any potential issues. So if there are other people like me then IE7 may have a bunch of people who are eager to use it but don't want to be early adopters. That could result in the download rates spiking heavily after the comfort level increases.
I personally like it for old music videos. I've gotten into a lot of music from the eighties, some of which came out before I was born. I'm thinking there's a slight chance that stuff will be left on there. So maybe YouTube will become a haven for the very old video clips that no media company thinks are valuable. Or maybe I should follow my own advice and download it all right now.
My colleagues and I have learned a lesson from Napster, game ROM download sites and the like. That lesson is if there's anything downloadable that you like, then you'd better start downloading like crazy as soon as you find it.
It pretty much
does consider the RIAA will now have to prosecute the case on the
facts. A remotely full hardrive with a defrag scheduled every week
is all the plausable deniability you need.
Man, maybe they just don't want to break the law. Maybe they like to have things right now, wherever they are. Maybe downloading wirelessly is just fun. And maybe they are "suckers". But not all of them are suckers.
There's tons of better sounding players out there. Try an iRiver or Cowon with some decent headphones. The sonic quality far outstrips that of Apple's iPod. These other players just aren't "hip," apparently.
Maybe the iPod sounds good enough. I know a couple of people who were in no hurry to switch from audio cassettes to compact discs because a metal tape with Dolby B noise reduction was good enough for them. I have a cousin who still uses her VCR to record television right now because it's adequate. And I have definitely had no problem with the way my iPod sounds.
Slashdot Mirror
This page says "Fast, Safe, Free". Maybe it's a different Kazaa. I don't know. I seem to remember previous marketing material that says more directly, you can download as much as you want with the software. It seems deceptive to me, like putting up a sign on a table of 50 cupcakes that says "Free Cupcakes" without actually mentioning that only one or two of the cupcakes are free.
Casually typing "nigger" would have caused me to mod you down if I had mod points.
If any of the people on Slashdot are Black (like me) then putting that word out there definitely elicits a negative response.
It was inconsistent. You said "Russian", not "Commie". You said "gay", not "fag". Instead of saying "Black", you said "nigger".
But relax. You ultimately ended up getting modded funny above all else. And given the environment here, I wouldn't be surprised if I ultimately got modded down for being a "troll".
And if Red Hat gets it, there will be a Beowulf cluster of these.
He'll probably settle for a Playstation and an extra controller.
The best case scenario is, it catches on and he can sell it for 1.6 billion. Or 1 million. In the worst case, he'll become known for discovering the next Goatse.
I think if two opposing tags are applied, they should cancel each other out and both tags should disappear. And "maybe" shouldn't even be a tag. Then we'd only have to deal with itsatrap and thinkofthechildren.
Wouldn't it be a slap in the face of the people volunteering their computer resources, to make them look at ads too?
So you're saying the only people it will affect are Slashdot users?
I nominate this for shortsighted thought of the day.
So they could have changed something like lateralVelocityMaxTolerance = 40 to lateralVelocityMaxTolerance = 50 and made it work. I don't think the "bean counter" is the one to blame. The software engineer is the one who burnt the beans.
Manager #1: Well, we got away with all this bullshit. We'll probably get away with that bullshit too.
Manager #2: Let's buy it.
Couldn't you just search for +ass -iraq -china?
I bet they could have made $800 million if everybody who profited from jpeg in their product actually licensed it.
I'm not convinced. I think the community of people who contribute to Wikipedia is a culture in itself. So you're not necessarily gaining an understanding of world cultures. You're gaining an understanding of world cultures as they are perceived by the Wikipedia culture. It may be possible to gain more insight about said cultures by looking at their own work through traditional archeology and discovery.
Trust me, nobody outside of the IT community calls them applications. They'll think that "folder" has something to do with applying for a job. I think if the person sits there long enough without touching anything then this contest would go to Windows. They'll look at the three computers sitting there and wonder how to get them to start doing something. That's where the start button will look very inviting. And all of those annoying popup messages in the bubbles will seem informative or at least interesting the first time. But if they're anxious then they'll probably go for the most pretty one. In that case, I think it will depend on which one has the best default background picture.
You're obviously joking. However, for a female, this is kind of true. There are a fair number of guys who are attracted by a female who knows her way around a computer. If you can program one and have some degree of sexuality, you can compete with the likes of Tyra Banks and Angelina Jolie in the eyes of an IT crowd. If you're absolutely sexy, you can reign supreme. The problem comes when there's only one computer between the two of you.
I haven't had any crashes, which is a step up for me and Firefox. The main differences I've noticed are I keep clicking the wrong place to close a tab, and things are going slower. Typing in forms is slower, I guess because it's spell checking everything now. So that's okay. Even though it's got "okay" underlined as a mispelled word. But when I type a URL, the browser takes forever to load the type-ahead information and let me finish typing an address. I lost a few themes but the only plugin I'm still waiting on is Reveal. I like the upgrade for the spell checker if nothing else, but I hope they fix the slow response in the address bar.
Speaking as a government employee, I can tell you this is not true. It has to be able to play a CD too.
I downloaded IE7 but didn't install it for fear that it would ruin the computer's stability. I downloaded Firefox 2 and installed it immediately. This is mainly because Firefox is more separate from the rest of the computer than Internet Explorer (at least to this point) so I wasn't so worried about it not working. I decided to wait for the automatic update so I'd get it the same time as everybody else and there would be more time to work out any potential issues. So if there are other people like me then IE7 may have a bunch of people who are eager to use it but don't want to be early adopters. That could result in the download rates spiking heavily after the comfort level increases.
I personally like it for old music videos. I've gotten into a lot of music from the eighties, some of which came out before I was born. I'm thinking there's a slight chance that stuff will be left on there. So maybe YouTube will become a haven for the very old video clips that no media company thinks are valuable. Or maybe I should follow my own advice and download it all right now.
My colleagues and I have learned a lesson from Napster, game ROM download sites and the like. That lesson is if there's anything downloadable that you like, then you'd better start downloading like crazy as soon as you find it.
Yeah, fill it up with the horse porn.
Man, maybe they just don't want to break the law. Maybe they like to have things right now, wherever they are. Maybe downloading wirelessly is just fun. And maybe they are "suckers". But not all of them are suckers.
Maybe the iPod sounds good enough. I know a couple of people who were in no hurry to switch from audio cassettes to compact discs because a metal tape with Dolby B noise reduction was good enough for them. I have a cousin who still uses her VCR to record television right now because it's adequate. And I have definitely had no problem with the way my iPod sounds.