You seriously can't compare bands of the 60s to Paris, Britney and Lindsey. For starters, most bands of the 60s era actually had something the latter bunch don't have any of . . . TALENT!
We must also keep George Lucas around to digitally remaster Lord of the Rings.
George Lucas?!?! What? Are you crazy? He wouldn't DARE touch anything Peter Jackson has put together, or else the whole of slashdot would revoke HIS geek card!!!! I don't even want to think about Lucas redoing LOTR... after what he did to the prequels. I'm sure he'd have Gollum acting like some looney gungan,... "My precious" would somehow have a jamaican accent,...
The research was done at Oregon State University and the University of Washington? What, is the Pacific Northwest finally getting tired of all the damn hippies or something?
I thought this was just another stupid "LSD" joke, but then I saw "Salt Lake City" and "LDS"... "Latter Day Saints"... I knew those mormons were up to something!;-)
Looks like Carbonite has just become the hottest new geek chastity device... oh wait! Geeks don't need anything to help prevent them from getting laid; they need something to help get them laid. Carbonite's not going to do it,...;-)
Going along with that idea, Wikipedia's Proposed Flagged Revisions Policy might be trying to solve that problem. It's not official yet, but essentially what they're aiming to do is to have responsible editors "sight" versions of the article that are generally free of vandalism, and these "sighted versions" will be the default view for users that are not logged in to the system. Users that are logged in, will continue, by default, to see the most recently edited version of the page. They're suggesting that in order to designate a version of an article as "sighted", this process will be pretty open, and most users will have this privilege (unless taken away by an admin). There's another proposal to create "quality versions", which would go through a more extensive review for more accurate fact checking and be applied kind of like featured articles and such. It will be interesting to keep an eye on this proposed policy, to see how/if it will be implemented (currently, it's just being discussed).
By reposting the article's text and sharing said article with everyone on slashdot, you have just committed a violation of copyright law. The submitter, and Anonymous Coward, must now pay the fine of $300,000 immediately, or be subjected to further lawsuits.
Allow Facebook users to add MySpace users as friends.
Umm, no. Doing so would open a massive flood gate and we'd see an exodus of virtually every facebook user out there. Part of the attraction to facebook is that it's NOT myspace, and is more closed and private. If I started to constantly get messages by some spammer claiming to be a hot 18-year-old chick on her myspaced webcam, I'd leave.
I hate to say it, but,... even "pirated Windows Vista" is still "Windows Vista",... you're better off sticking with Windows XP,... or MacOS X... or Linux.
Perhaps one of the real problems with OO.o's failure to really catch on in the mainstream is really due to all the concerns and talk about piracy. With all the media talk about "illegal software downloads" and "piracy", thanks to the **AA and others, a lot of people are probably misassociating legitimate free software projects with piracy. They're thinking:
And, of course, they don't give a damn about actually doing their homework and reading the open source licenses (GFDL, creative commons, etc), either. But then again, most people don't read the Microsoft EULAs, and just click on the 'agree' button, too. Plus, there's also the problem that these people are not really listening when they hear all the hype about "downloading software" and "viruses". Their buddies just tell them, "don't download anything on the internets!" And they listen to it, without recognizing the difference between a "good" download and a "bad" one.
Of course, a lot of people are also just more incinded to purchase a product in a store, because it's easier, than, "going to the intarwebs and navigating all that techie stuff." They're just, "not familiar with 'downloading'," and don't want to screw up their computer.
Calling Microsoft? Yeah, right! The telephone technical support thing is really nothing more than a sales pitch for Microsoft. In reality, what happens if someone has a "problem" with office, is one of two scenarios: (a) if they are a student or teacher, they talk to the school's IT department, who probably is another slashdotter and will laugh at their problem once they solve it in 10 minutes or less; or (b) if they're a typical home user, they'll ask their kid, or the local kid on the block that's been labelled as the "computer techie" by all the parents in the neighborhood, who probably also reads slashdot and will laugh at the problem once they solve it in about 10 minutes or less. Microsoft technical support is actually very, very rarely involved in these things at all. And that's the way Bill likes it,...;-)
The local CBS affiliate out here in the Phoenix, AZ, market isn't showing this, either. Instead, they started their programming at 9 AM MST (NOON EDT) with some kid's show called Cake, followed by a DDR tournament from 9:30-10 (ok, we're getting closer, but still not on target to the slashdot article), then a rerun of Rocky III from 10-12, and the Canadian Open golf tournament all afternoon.
Still, not like I really care too much about video game tournament coverage. I'm guessing that they'll most likely be studying from the same lesson plans on this that was used by G4, meaning that it'll pretty much suck,...
The main reason that we don't see much video game tournament coverage on television is because it's not designed for that type of passive media. Video games, by nature, are supposed to be interactive. The vast majority of television viewers don't want to watch some overly pimple-enladen teenage punk playing some video game; we'd rather play the game ourselves. Sure, there some watching going on; you watch during a two player game while your buddy makes his/her moves, or you might watch someone to gain skills, and such. But the real entertainment value of video games comes from the interactive part.
If CBS really wanted to get some bang for its advertising dollar out of airing video games on its airwaves, do something really creative with the games, like the Red vs. Blue guys, or these WoW addicts,...
Imagine the RIAA trying to figure out how to stop it.
Wouldn't be a problem for them, actually. The RIAA would just get Homeland Security to define "file sharing" as "terrorism", and then the TSA would have to search our laptop hard drives for any illegal songs.
I say we maintain the current status quo in internet connectivity for Africa, until Nigeria cleans up their act. And if they don't stop sending these 401 emails, we cut the damn cable to Portugal. I think the Navy Seals could have that cable cut overnight,...;-)
..not to mention the fact that laptops/notebooks are NOT upgradable -- unless they're planning on addressing that.
That's really a bunch of hogwash these days. My HP dv9000t is very upgradeable,... I can add RAM, a second hard drive, plus I've got four USB ports! USB has largely solved the upgradability problem. Even with desktops, most people adding accessories just plug 'em in!
Granted, I guess I can't really upgrade the processor. But when I get ready to do that, I think I'll just buy a new system,...
Plus, IF you're going to get a docking station, make sure you get a decent-sized monitor. I've actually seen one clueless PHB that had a 17" LCD on his notebook, connected to a docking station with a 15" LCD. WTF?
I use my notebook all the time for photo editing, and even created a video slideshow using Adobe Premiere just last week, mainly using photos and music stored on an external (USB 2.0) hard disk. Even burned the DVD. No problems with a 1.66 GHz Core2Duo with 1 GB RAM on a notebook,...
Granted, I'm not running Windows Vista. Maybe by 2010, I'll be able to run Vista on this thing, even though it's got a sticker on it that says, "Windows Vista Capable," today. Ha!;-)
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You seriously can't compare bands of the 60s to Paris, Britney and Lindsey. For starters, most bands of the 60s era actually had something the latter bunch don't have any of . . . TALENT!
And 640 terabytes ought to be enough for anybody,...
Don't you mean, "Emporer Cheney"? "Darth Bush" is just a servant,... ;-)
George Lucas?!?! What? Are you crazy? He wouldn't DARE touch anything Peter Jackson has put together, or else the whole of slashdot would revoke HIS geek card!!!! I don't even want to think about Lucas redoing LOTR ... after what he did to the prequels. I'm sure he'd have Gollum acting like some looney gungan,... "My precious" would somehow have a jamaican accent,...
The research was done at Oregon State University and the University of Washington? What, is the Pacific Northwest finally getting tired of all the damn hippies or something?
I thought this was just another stupid "LSD" joke, but then I saw "Salt Lake City" and "LDS" ... "Latter Day Saints" ... I knew those mormons were up to something! ;-)
Looks like Carbonite has just become the hottest new geek chastity device ... oh wait! Geeks don't need anything to help prevent them from getting laid; they need something to help get them laid. Carbonite's not going to do it,... ;-)
Going along with that idea, Wikipedia's Proposed Flagged Revisions Policy might be trying to solve that problem. It's not official yet, but essentially what they're aiming to do is to have responsible editors "sight" versions of the article that are generally free of vandalism, and these "sighted versions" will be the default view for users that are not logged in to the system. Users that are logged in, will continue, by default, to see the most recently edited version of the page. They're suggesting that in order to designate a version of an article as "sighted", this process will be pretty open, and most users will have this privilege (unless taken away by an admin). There's another proposal to create "quality versions", which would go through a more extensive review for more accurate fact checking and be applied kind of like featured articles and such. It will be interesting to keep an eye on this proposed policy, to see how/if it will be implemented (currently, it's just being discussed).
By reposting the article's text and sharing said article with everyone on slashdot, you have just committed a violation of copyright law. The submitter, and Anonymous Coward, must now pay the fine of $300,000 immediately, or be subjected to further lawsuits.
I thought Adam & Jamie busted the whole "brown note" myth?
Just call me, "Ric Romero!" Oh wait! Damn! Wrong forum! ;-)
Umm, no. Doing so would open a massive flood gate and we'd see an exodus of virtually every facebook user out there. Part of the attraction to facebook is that it's NOT myspace, and is more closed and private. If I started to constantly get messages by some spammer claiming to be a hot 18-year-old chick on her myspaced webcam, I'd leave.
I hate to say it, but,... even "pirated Windows Vista" is still "Windows Vista",... you're better off sticking with Windows XP, ... or MacOS X ... or Linux.
I think that Smiling Bob won't be smiling so much in Federal Pound-Me-In-The-Ass Prison! ;-)
download software == piracy == illegal "hacker" activity
And, of course, they don't give a damn about actually doing their homework and reading the open source licenses (GFDL, creative commons, etc), either. But then again, most people don't read the Microsoft EULAs, and just click on the 'agree' button, too. Plus, there's also the problem that these people are not really listening when they hear all the hype about "downloading software" and "viruses". Their buddies just tell them, "don't download anything on the internets!" And they listen to it, without recognizing the difference between a "good" download and a "bad" one.
Of course, a lot of people are also just more incinded to purchase a product in a store, because it's easier, than, "going to the intarwebs and navigating all that techie stuff." They're just, "not familiar with 'downloading'," and don't want to screw up their computer.
Calling Microsoft? Yeah, right! The telephone technical support thing is really nothing more than a sales pitch for Microsoft. In reality, what happens if someone has a "problem" with office, is one of two scenarios: (a) if they are a student or teacher, they talk to the school's IT department, who probably is another slashdotter and will laugh at their problem once they solve it in 10 minutes or less; or (b) if they're a typical home user, they'll ask their kid, or the local kid on the block that's been labelled as the "computer techie" by all the parents in the neighborhood, who probably also reads slashdot and will laugh at the problem once they solve it in about 10 minutes or less. Microsoft technical support is actually very, very rarely involved in these things at all. And that's the way Bill likes it,... ;-)
Still, not like I really care too much about video game tournament coverage. I'm guessing that they'll most likely be studying from the same lesson plans on this that was used by G4, meaning that it'll pretty much suck,...
The main reason that we don't see much video game tournament coverage on television is because it's not designed for that type of passive media. Video games, by nature, are supposed to be interactive. The vast majority of television viewers don't want to watch some overly pimple-enladen teenage punk playing some video game; we'd rather play the game ourselves. Sure, there some watching going on; you watch during a two player game while your buddy makes his/her moves, or you might watch someone to gain skills, and such. But the real entertainment value of video games comes from the interactive part.
If CBS really wanted to get some bang for its advertising dollar out of airing video games on its airwaves, do something really creative with the games, like the Red vs. Blue guys, or these WoW addicts,...
"Jimmy, you ever seen a grown astronaut naked?"
Wouldn't be a problem for them, actually. The RIAA would just get Homeland Security to define "file sharing" as "terrorism", and then the TSA would have to search our laptop hard drives for any illegal songs.
I say we maintain the current status quo in internet connectivity for Africa, until Nigeria cleans up their act. And if they don't stop sending these 401 emails, we cut the damn cable to Portugal. I think the Navy Seals could have that cable cut overnight,... ;-)
When laptops get really low in price ($50), it has been known to cause riots in the ghettos,...
That's really a bunch of hogwash these days. My HP dv9000t is very upgradeable,... I can add RAM, a second hard drive, plus I've got four USB ports! USB has largely solved the upgradability problem. Even with desktops, most people adding accessories just plug 'em in!
Granted, I guess I can't really upgrade the processor. But when I get ready to do that, I think I'll just buy a new system,...
Plus, IF you're going to get a docking station, make sure you get a decent-sized monitor. I've actually seen one clueless PHB that had a 17" LCD on his notebook, connected to a docking station with a 15" LCD. WTF?
Granted, I'm not running Windows Vista. Maybe by 2010, I'll be able to run Vista on this thing, even though it's got a sticker on it that says, "Windows Vista Capable," today. Ha! ;-)
No thanks, I'd prefer to steer clear of your dungeon --er, I mean-- mother's basement!