One difference between the pre-built machine and the homebrew machine is when something does fail, you don't have to know anything about computers to get support on a pre-built machine. If it's under warranty it's taken care of.
WTF? An apostrophe-savvy anonymous coward? I must be hallucinating!
In the same way, not all thieves are bad. I think we can still agree that in general, thieves and lawyers are both bad.
Are you sure you wouldn't have a different opinion about Robin Hood after encountering his Merry Men yourself?
Taking from the rich to give to the poor sounds fine in principle until its our own meagre hoardings in question, regardless of the poor families starving. Why should their nameless plight be made into your problem? You earned your money with good honest labour, what's that got to do with somebody else's inability to manage their lot?
Next up, the bleeding-hearts brigade with their old favourite, "Please won't someone think of the children?"
Is it that difficult for you to show a different kind of maturity and just be indifferent (or even pleased) that someone else is having a laugh?
That is an excellent question, one I wish was considered more broadly and frequently than the fleeting forum a momentary flash of brilliance in a random slashdot post offers.
As far as your sense of humour goes, all I have to say is Thank God for Wikipedia.
Incidentally, 'fear' and 'respect' are often used interchangeably.
No they are not.
Perhaps I'm reading more into this than I should but I don't see dfenstrate making the mistake of using fear and respect interchangeably himself; rather, he was suggesting that it is not an uncommon mistake to see made.
Of course, I complete agree with the rest of your post.
It can be impossible to imagine from our point of view but there are those who, being blessed with unusually long perspectives, say that while life is a very precious gift, death still remains the most incredible experience a person can have.
I have the same desire for things to be fair (e.g., good people seldom seem to be rewarded by life). I wonder sometimes if for the sake of our growth as a species we ought to remind ourselves from time to time that fairness is a human concept and not one mother nature feels any need to uphold. I know I stress less myself when I remember that life is not in the business of living up to our expectations even when innocent people are suffering.
Your writings are not fit for this site, a place that educated professionals in the industry come to read relevant news and comment on it with intelligent and relevant prose.
Ooh, educated professionals, relevant, intelligent prose? What site is this then, it sounds interesting!
Never mind, it'll probably be behind a paywall or something..
I don't think drinkypoo was trolling you. It looks more to me like he's simply espousing his view that the idea is infeasible - laughably so.
I put to you that your real objection is with the GP's tone of mild exasperation. Understandable perhaps, as your reply does seem to rather deliberately miss his point. You then go on to press a personal attack in preference to addressing the issue.
Is this not in itself an example of trollish behaviour?
Noooo, nooo - we can't hear you - our fingers are in our ears, coz you said the BAD SWEAR.
Nobody's allowed to use the 'N' word in these enlightened times. We don't care that the dirty 'N' is a sane and rational way of reducing our carbon emissions in lieu of a better idea.
We're just happy someone is thinking of the children and stopping all this silliness with their wailing and hand-waving so we can all get back to Coronation Street and not have to worry our little heads with any more complicated thinks.
For the record, I think 99% of what's out there (hollywood or otherwise) as "sci-fi" is shit, and should not really be considered sci-fi.
So here's his point again, troll-question notwithstanding.
Most of the stuff that is churned out *is* shit and I'm surprised the 'dot has been so hard on someone merely exhibiting a strong purist position. We're all purists! More than likely, everyone here has at least one topic we're known to be a little.. opinionated about.
I'm no expert in the subject matter at hand but it does seem to be difficult to convey subtleties of thought between cultures. Perhaps this helps explain why so much stuff seems to miss whatever it was aiming for. Of course, Slashdot readers aren't a good example of big media's target audience.
For what it's worth I don't agree with sexconker on a lot of his other points, but criticise the man for his choice of example, not his desire for quality!
Heh, the homophobic trolls all seem obsessed with anal sex - they find a way to mention their own involvement in it every time (whilst accusing the OP of homosexuality).
Now, do I intentionally raak-up an entirely different class of troll by suggesting this whole thing is a tad.. ironic.. ?
You deserve modding up for this, although you do not cite your references.
It is important to remember there are two sides to every story. I'm dead-set against the gaming of the ISO and so of course I want to hang on to every nugget like this; anything that shows up the appalling behaviour of Microsoft and the ISO itself in the public eye.
Without your comment I would have been unaware that this is a Pyrrhic victory and of little consequence; in fact, the real story would have been if they hadn't resigned in 'disgust'.
As a Kiwi I'm sorry to say that we're also suffering some serious issues with corrupt politicians down here in NZ and with the encumbent party in particular.
The New Zealand Labour government - ostensibly centre-left in political leaning - finds itself somewhat out of touch with its constituency, having furthered some very sinister policies (believe it or not, it is now actually illegal to smack your child for discipline in NZ).
After three terms in office with a sycophantic media burying Labour's political gaffes and providing a pleasant sideshow to distract the great unwashed, they've managed to quietly gut the social structure of what was once a rather nice place to live. It seems as a nation we may have finally woken up to this, making 08 November 2008 a very important day for us indeed.
We evolved ourselves out of the mud and the slime. We learnt to walk, to cook food, to build skyscrapers and airplanes and put a man on the fucking moon. We did it our fucking selves. We are our own gods. That's the 'miracle' right there.
Well said. Sorry to reply to an old post but you hit the nail on the head from where I sit.
I've visited a few religions, swung back and forth from extreme athiesm to religious conviction and back again.
At age 32 I've finally settled on 'my' truth, which is that all religions generally agree but don't want the real truth to become common knowledge:
We are all God.
Omnipotent beings (so I hear) are pretty grunty things and can do whatever they please - by definition. Why shouldn't an omnipotent, omnipresent being be able to incarnate within its own creation? Pop down to enjoy its own game from an infinite number of angles over and over again?
Maybe you have a slightly different size RJ-45 port on your card; a metric/imperial conversion issue perhaps?
Facetiousness aside, GP is correct. If you are trying to connect up a PC by braille (facing the PC's front, groping around the back) it is surprisingly easy to insert a USB-A connector into an ethernet port and the tactile feedback one perceives whilst doing so is similarly misleading.
Probably slightly off-topic, but disabling write caching on USB devices (via Device Mangler) obviates the need for the irritating 'Safely Remove Hardware' step; just mentioning it in case it proves useful to someone.
I used to think that too, until someone took the time to point out to me that such a system would collect such a pifflingly small amount of energy even on a car utterly slathered in solar panels that it would be almost unnoticable in terms of additional driving range.
Of course, this was a while ago so I may yet receive a clue-bat of correction from a/.er with more up-to-date data.
I reckon there's some value in the Moderation Log being more like an actual LOG. It could be interesting to see the various mods in the order applied (anonymously of course) before the final score, effectively documenting the thinking process of the/. organism.
Slashdot Mirror
Sublime.
Mod parent up!
One difference between the pre-built machine and the homebrew machine is when something does fail, you don't have to know anything about computers to get support on a pre-built machine. If it's under warranty it's taken care of.
WTF? An apostrophe-savvy anonymous coward? I must be hallucinating!
And I don't think that joke is as funny as you think it is.
Parent's +5 Funny mod would appear to suggest otherwise..
In the same way, not all thieves are bad. I think we can still agree that in general, thieves and lawyers are both bad.
Are you sure you wouldn't have a different opinion about Robin Hood after encountering his Merry Men yourself?
Taking from the rich to give to the poor sounds fine in principle until its our own meagre hoardings in question, regardless of the poor families starving. Why should their nameless plight be made into your problem? You earned your money with good honest labour, what's that got to do with somebody else's inability to manage their lot?
Next up, the bleeding-hearts brigade with their old favourite, "Please won't someone think of the children?"
Starbucks, Harbringer of Death.
Um, isn't that a Harbinger?
..proud purveyors of pedantry for over a hundred years.
Is it that difficult for you to show a different kind of maturity and just be indifferent (or even pleased) that someone else is having a laugh?
That is an excellent question, one I wish was considered more broadly and frequently than the fleeting forum a momentary flash of brilliance in a random slashdot post offers.
As far as your sense of humour goes, all I have to say is Thank God for Wikipedia.
This technology could be quite useful. We should use it to implement a "fag drag" program so we can get rid of the degenerates.
Here at slashdot we'll all miss you and your friends, but we'll find a way to carry on, somehow..
No they are not.
Perhaps I'm reading more into this than I should but I don't see dfenstrate making the mistake of using fear and respect interchangeably himself; rather, he was suggesting that it is not an uncommon mistake to see made.
Of course, I complete agree with the rest of your post.
It can be impossible to imagine from our point of view but there are those who, being blessed with unusually long perspectives, say that while life is a very precious gift, death still remains the most incredible experience a person can have.
I have the same desire for things to be fair (e.g., good people seldom seem to be rewarded by life). I wonder sometimes if for the sake of our growth as a species we ought to remind ourselves from time to time that fairness is a human concept and not one mother nature feels any need to uphold. I know I stress less myself when I remember that life is not in the business of living up to our expectations even when innocent people are suffering.
Nerd rage is the funniest rage.
Bwaugh! You'll see plenty of nerd rage with comments like that about The Abyss or Terminator!!
Prepare... to laugh
Your writings are not fit for this site, a place that educated professionals in the industry come to read relevant news and comment on it with intelligent and relevant prose.
Ooh, educated professionals, relevant, intelligent prose? What site is this then, it sounds interesting!
Never mind, it'll probably be behind a paywall or something..
Wow, a real, live talking arsehole! Now I've seen it all.
I don't think drinkypoo was trolling you. It looks more to me like he's simply espousing his view that the idea is infeasible - laughably so.
I put to you that your real objection is with the GP's tone of mild exasperation. Understandable perhaps, as your reply does seem to rather deliberately miss his point. You then go on to press a personal attack in preference to addressing the issue.
Is this not in itself an example of trollish behaviour?
Noooo, nooo - we can't hear you - our fingers are in our ears, coz you said the BAD SWEAR.
Nobody's allowed to use the 'N' word in these enlightened times. We don't care that the dirty 'N' is a sane and rational way of reducing our carbon emissions in lieu of a better idea.
We're just happy someone is thinking of the children and stopping all this silliness with their wailing and hand-waving so we can all get back to Coronation Street and not have to worry our little heads with any more complicated thinks.
For the record, I think 99% of what's out there (hollywood or otherwise) as "sci-fi" is shit, and should not really be considered sci-fi.
So here's his point again, troll-question notwithstanding.
Most of the stuff that is churned out *is* shit and I'm surprised the 'dot has been so hard on someone merely exhibiting a strong purist position. We're all purists! More than likely, everyone here has at least one topic we're known to be a little.. opinionated about.
I'm no expert in the subject matter at hand but it does seem to be difficult to convey subtleties of thought between cultures. Perhaps this helps explain why so much stuff seems to miss whatever it was aiming for. Of course, Slashdot readers aren't a good example of big media's target audience.
For what it's worth I don't agree with sexconker on a lot of his other points, but criticise the man for his choice of example, not his desire for quality!
Heh, the homophobic trolls all seem obsessed with anal sex - they find a way to mention their own involvement in it every time (whilst accusing the OP of homosexuality).
Now, do I intentionally raak-up an entirely different class of troll by suggesting this whole thing is a tad.. ironic.. ?
..and by the grace of Gawd Almighty, our Psychotria finds himself duly rewarded for feeding the troll. :)
(have to admit though it's pretty hard to ignore them when they make their attacks so personal)
You deserve modding up for this, although you do not cite your references.
It is important to remember there are two sides to every story. I'm dead-set against the gaming of the ISO and so of course I want to hang on to every nugget like this; anything that shows up the appalling behaviour of Microsoft and the ISO itself in the public eye.
Without your comment I would have been unaware that this is a Pyrrhic victory and of little consequence; in fact, the real story would have been if they hadn't resigned in 'disgust'.
Oh, that it were as you say!
As a Kiwi I'm sorry to say that we're also suffering some serious issues with corrupt politicians down here in NZ and with the encumbent party in particular.
The New Zealand Labour government - ostensibly centre-left in political leaning - finds itself somewhat out of touch with its constituency, having furthered some very sinister policies (believe it or not, it is now actually illegal to smack your child for discipline in NZ).
After three terms in office with a sycophantic media burying Labour's political gaffes and providing a pleasant sideshow to distract the great unwashed, they've managed to quietly gut the social structure of what was once a rather nice place to live. It seems as a nation we may have finally woken up to this, making 08 November 2008 a very important day for us indeed.
This is a good point - I always wondered why only diesel engines use what seems (to my uneducated head) to be a better method of fuel injection.
Apparently, they're not.
We evolved ourselves out of the mud and the slime. We learnt to walk, to cook food, to build skyscrapers and airplanes and put a man on the fucking moon. We did it our fucking selves. We are our own gods. That's the 'miracle' right there.
Well said. Sorry to reply to an old post but you hit the nail on the head from where I sit.
I've visited a few religions, swung back and forth from extreme athiesm to religious conviction and back again.
At age 32 I've finally settled on 'my' truth, which is that all religions generally agree but don't want the real truth to become common knowledge:
We are all God.
Omnipotent beings (so I hear) are pretty grunty things and can do whatever they please - by definition. Why shouldn't an omnipotent, omnipresent being be able to incarnate within its own creation? Pop down to enjoy its own game from an infinite number of angles over and over again?
Sounds like fun. I'll have to give it a go!
Maybe you have a slightly different size RJ-45 port on your card; a metric/imperial conversion issue perhaps?
Facetiousness aside, GP is correct. If you are trying to connect up a PC by braille (facing the PC's front, groping around the back) it is surprisingly easy to insert a USB-A connector into an ethernet port and the tactile feedback one perceives whilst doing so is similarly misleading.
Probably slightly off-topic, but disabling write caching on USB devices (via Device Mangler) obviates the need for the irritating 'Safely Remove Hardware' step; just mentioning it in case it proves useful to someone.
I used to think that too, until someone took the time to point out to me that such a system would collect such a pifflingly small amount of energy even on a car utterly slathered in solar panels that it would be almost unnoticable in terms of additional driving range.
/.er with more up-to-date data.
Of course, this was a while ago so I may yet receive a clue-bat of correction from a
I reckon there's some value in the Moderation Log being more like an actual LOG. It could be interesting to see the various mods in the order applied (anonymously of course) before the final score, effectively documenting the thinking process of the /. organism.