"The whole reason for a computer for me was a hobby and I'm interested in always having to upgrade the hardware whenever a new version of the OS comes out. Which is why I stopped working with Windows 10 years ago. I have yet to ever find a reason to want to. If I want to write a program I can - I have don't have to buy anything for my computer"
What? If you're going to post, please make at least *some* sense, for the benefit of those among us who don't speak confugese.
How much jealousy there is on Slashdot. A fellow user made this, and the most all of you can do is put down something almost none of you could do if you tried. Go ahead. Mod me as flamebait if you want; I don't give a damn. What you're doing is just wrong - the whole lot of you.
I remember watching an old episode of Millionaire back when Regis Philbin was still the host on ABC, instead of Meredith Viera on the syndicated version. There was a contestant in the hot seat who said he worked for the military (I believe it was the Army), and he was a blonde, blue-eyed fellow who said he was a Farsi translator. So Regis asked him how he learned the language, and he talked about how they studied it for 8-9 hours a day for 4 years in a row. I've always been curious as to if that's all it would really take to fully learn a foreign language or two. Imagine if, instead of going to college for four years to get a degree in this or that, and having to take general requirements for a year out of those 4 that had nothing to do with your major - imagine if, instead of that, you could spend 4 years fully immersed in a language of your choice. It would be the only thing you'd have to study, but you'd have to do it all the time. And four years later, you'd be as fluent as a native speaker in whatever language you'd chosen. I wonder if that's how the CIA and NSA train their people.
There's no need to be a geek 24 hours a day. If everyone here's as hip to iTunes/BitTorrent as we claim to be, I don't see anything wrong with listening to music on your way to the ball and chain.
I agree with the two AC's. Stop propping yourself up, buddy. This is slashdot. We already know just how 'special' we are. You're no better than any of us:^)
Several Google executives have also been called on to testify following claims that they've produced a blackmarket implant that allows people to search Google with their brain. Sources close to Google acknowledged they've done research on such devices, but claim none have been produced or used outside of the lab environment.
Even though you're joking, reading this part got me to thinking of how much our concepts of time and memory at large could be altered if we were able to search through the vast archives of past memories (repressed and active) with the efficiency of Google. Can you imagine being able to remember being slapped by the doctor in a white hospital room, seeing the world for the very first time? Or how about every single dream you ever had - *ever*?
There are so many things we have yet to discover about ourselves, and about the human mind.
The fact that the parent was modded "4: Informative" is the clearest indicator yet that a pack of trained chimpanzees are responsible for moderating slashdot.
I wonder if he means Cambridge, Massachussetts or Cambridge, England. Because I'd wager that most slashdotters are significantly closer to one than to the other.
Stop being so arrogant. Yahoo isn't some feeble online company with a penny-pound server. It's going to take a lot more than a patrol of online geeks to "Slashdot" one of the world's largest online corporations.
During the investigation, Speck said they uncovered a list of video files on the Web site from different artists such as Eminem, Ja Rule, Nelly, Avril Lavigne and Jennifer Lopez, among others.
The sooner we get that rubbish (and the fools whom insist on sharing it) off the p2p networks, the better. If you're fool enough to share the nonsense you hear on the radio, well then...you deserve a visit from the ARIA.
It seems to make sense that posting on a blog would be considered a liability, especially if you work in a job where you wouldn't want your boss reading what you wrote. Blog-keeping is fine for high-schoolers, and to an extent, for college students.
But when you're ready for the real world, leave the xanga/livejournal behind. It's that simple.
However, if your blog is used for matters of a technical nature, or if it's more about news than it's about you (or if you have the political clout to keep one without worry of repercussion), then go for it. Photoblogs are good in this respect, when they're not simply pictorial documentaries of what you and your friends did on the weekend.
Not quite. Actually, not at all. A sun-like star doesn't end its life cycle with a nova burst, or anything like that. Rather, it swells into a red giant, and eventually *slowly* puffs out its outer layers and forms a planetary nebula, with a white dwarf at its center. Stars that (go) Nova are typically several times larger than our sun, and stars that go supernova can be hundreds of times larger than our Sun (hence their names: red or blue supergiants). Sirius (brightest star in the night sky) is an example of a blue supergiant, while Antares (the heart of the Scorpion) is a red supergiant. After supernovaing, it's *these* stars that can form neutron stars or black holes. But not our sun, or stars in close mass to our sun -- those form planetary nebulae, and white dwarves.
Furthermore, neutron stars aren't dead -- they often radiate a hell of a lot of energy. Those that do are called *Pulsars* -- that's where all those directional radio/x-ray waves come from in deep space -- they spin like lighthouses, you see.
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What? If you're going to post, please make at least *some* sense, for the benefit of those among us who don't speak confugese.
How much jealousy there is on Slashdot. A fellow user made this, and the most all of you can do is put down something almost none of you could do if you tried. Go ahead. Mod me as flamebait if you want; I don't give a damn. What you're doing is just wrong - the whole lot of you.
I remember watching an old episode of Millionaire back when Regis Philbin was still the host on ABC, instead of Meredith Viera on the syndicated version. There was a contestant in the hot seat who said he worked for the military (I believe it was the Army), and he was a blonde, blue-eyed fellow who said he was a Farsi translator. So Regis asked him how he learned the language, and he talked about how they studied it for 8-9 hours a day for 4 years in a row. I've always been curious as to if that's all it would really take to fully learn a foreign language or two. Imagine if, instead of going to college for four years to get a degree in this or that, and having to take general requirements for a year out of those 4 that had nothing to do with your major - imagine if, instead of that, you could spend 4 years fully immersed in a language of your choice. It would be the only thing you'd have to study, but you'd have to do it all the time. And four years later, you'd be as fluent as a native speaker in whatever language you'd chosen. I wonder if that's how the CIA and NSA train their people.
That was so last month. Napster enforced an 11mb-download limit for the 14-day trial after too much buzz spread about the winamp ripping device.
There's no need to be a geek 24 hours a day. If everyone here's as hip to iTunes/BitTorrent as we claim to be, I don't see anything wrong with listening to music on your way to the ball and chain.
You best watch out. I hear Federal (bang me in the ass) prison is nothing compared to Abu Ghraib.
I agree with the two AC's. Stop propping yourself up, buddy. This is slashdot. We already know just how 'special' we are. You're no better than any of us :^)
Even though you're joking, reading this part got me to thinking of how much our concepts of time and memory at large could be altered if we were able to search through the vast archives of past memories (repressed and active) with the efficiency of Google. Can you imagine being able to remember being slapped by the doctor in a white hospital room, seeing the world for the very first time? Or how about every single dream you ever had - *ever*?
There are so many things we have yet to discover about ourselves, and about the human mind.
The fact that the parent was modded "4: Informative" is the clearest indicator yet that a pack of trained chimpanzees are responsible for moderating slashdot.
I wonder if he means Cambridge, Massachussetts or Cambridge, England. Because I'd wager that most slashdotters are significantly closer to one than to the other.
Now come on. Would we really need Google to do that?
I'm surprised that very few people have mentioned these two phenomena from the article. I found them to be quite fascinating.
Why would you need 2mbps up, and 15mbps down? You wouldn't be sharing copywrighted music, would you?
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Shut up. Just shut up.
Stop being so arrogant. Yahoo isn't some feeble online company with a penny-pound server. It's going to take a lot more than a patrol of online geeks to "Slashdot" one of the world's largest online corporations.
Don't make fun of Ugos. Some of us appreciate ugliness.
The sooner we get that rubbish (and the fools whom insist on sharing it) off the p2p networks, the better. If you're fool enough to share the nonsense you hear on the radio, well then...you deserve a visit from the ARIA.
I wonder if we'll have a volcano-relief telethon if erupts.
But when you're ready for the real world, leave the xanga/livejournal behind. It's that simple.
However, if your blog is used for matters of a technical nature, or if it's more about news than it's about you (or if you have the political clout to keep one without worry of repercussion), then go for it. Photoblogs are good in this respect, when they're not simply pictorial documentaries of what you and your friends did on the weekend.
This wouldn't have been a problem if we'd just built the Millenium Falcon like our interstellar neighbors in a galaxy far, far away once did.
Furthermore, neutron stars aren't dead -- they often radiate a hell of a lot of energy. Those that do are called *Pulsars* -- that's where all those directional radio/x-ray waves come from in deep space -- they spin like lighthouses, you see.
The land of incest can be warchalked as a safehaven for spammers as well!
I wonder if the 43,000+ scans came from 43,000 Windows machines already infected with trojans...
The Best thing about Microsoft/Love is never having to say your'e sorry :^)
I just downloaded it. 3 tabs open (2 running Acrobat Reader), and only 35k of RAM held hostage.
The update works. Quit yer bitchin'.