That's not the case here in the UK, infact google.co.uk actually has a link to google.com on the main page. Any searches on google.com give me results from google.com & any searches from google.co.uk give me results from google.co.uk. In the UK at least, I have a choice, personally I use googleUK as we have no restrictions here & occasionaly I want UK only results.
These stories arn't new, that's the whole point, they've always been there, just 'hidden' and have always been moderated in the same way as front page stories. The moderator point only becomes a factor if significant numbers of people post to sub section stories, making them harder to moderate (in which case they were probably worthy of being a front page story in the first place).
It's been years since I saw goodness Gracious Me, but that still made me spill my coffee on my keayboard. Damn you, now I'll have to clean my keyboard;)
That's one of thge best ideas I have read today, it'd also stop alot of the moaning when we can all see how much junk the editors have to put up with; If moderators could see everything that was submitted, it would take alot of the pressure off the editors, and any dupes would be our own fault; to name but 2 more advantages.
That's actually a really good idea, the reason I keep coming to slashdot is the atmosphere & the comments, somthing it seems that digg will never have, but a 'community' section like you suggest means that/. may be able to keep up with digg on the stories aswell.
Heck I would really would like a negative moderation for "incorrect" or "wrong".
I totally agree, when somone says somthing just plain wrong, like 2+2=6 the only option I have is to mod them overrated, and I don't like doing that much as Overratted\Underrated don't get meta-moderated so If I was wrong about my moderation it goes unchecked.
for instance, there are folks in India who believe in not eating anything where the plant is killed
Those people are of the Jain religion. IIRC they are strictly non-violent, and even go to the extent of wearing face masks (similar to those you sometimes see cyclists wearing in polluted cities) to avoid hurting even the smallest of insects by accedentally breathing it in.
Infact, Alexa rates it thrird behind CNN aswell as the BBC
In order it goes:
1. CNN
2. BBC
3. MSNBC
followed by the Newyouk times, Google news etc.
Link
well, as a member of a religion different to yours (I'm a hindu) I can say to you that your religion is 100% correct* when viewed through the lens of mine, as is Islam, Judaism, Sikhism, Buddism, Paganisim or none of the above. Afterall we all just believe in different manifestations of the same one god. Yes contrary to appearances hinuism is actually monotheistic we just believe that god can be mainifest or viewed in many ways. Is my religion 'invalid'?
I agree with the fact that you shouldn't seek to convert others, however what should I tell the white english woman whom freely chose to come and worship at my local temple? As A hindu I'm not particularly strict, for examplt I eat meat; she is far more observant of the religion, who am I to tell her she's not hindu? I certainly don't know of any scripture that prohibits anyone from becoming hindu.
It would be more accurate to say that hindus don't believe that anyone needs to be converted to hindism as we all follow the same god[1].
[1]Contrary to appearance, hindism is not polytheistic, we believe that there is only one god, however (s)he can manifest his\her self (or be viewed) in many ways. The usual way to explain this is to take the example of one man, to his sons he is a father, to his father he is a son, to his sister he is a brother, to his wife, he is a husband; if one man can be viewed in this many ways, then god can be viewed in infinatly more ways. You choose weather that be through Krishna, Jesus, Yahweh, Allah or none of the above.
You can have religious belief and still be intelligent; you can still even believe in evolution as I do (well intelligent is for others to judge). My religious beliefs are not Christian, they are hindu and effectively state that god kickstarted the universe at the big bang and it's been doing it's own thing ever since; I take religious stories as parables and metaphors to help me guide the way I live my life. I do not evangalise or force my beliefs on others. Is that so hard to accept?
I, myself am hindu (and born as such) and what you've said isn't entirely true. *Some* Hindus believe you can't become a hindu, but the majority I know do not. Afterall what would the Hare Karishnas[1] do if people couldn't become hindu, on a more day to day level there are people who come to my local temple who definately wern't born hindu and seem to have converted, as they are members of the white indiginious population here in the UK.
[1]The Hare Krishnas are the only evangelical group of Hindus I know of. Most that I know (who actually take time to study the religion) respect and believe all faiths (including athesim & agnostisism) to be of equal value and as such believe evangelisism (is that even a word?) to be pointless.
Here in the UK the only time I discovered what OS an ATM was using is when it crashed on me. It was using NT 4. I got a BSOD, and the machine swallowed my card. IIRC The Bank was Natwest. I run a Windows Box at home (dual boot) and at work, and they hardly ever crash but it's just my luck that I can make a cash machine do it.
"Based upon our common goal of helping consumers enjoy the song lyrics they want - and our common belief that technology can help to transform the music industry to the benefit of consumers and artists alike - we are committed to working together to provide consumers a convenient, legal way to find accurate song lyrics.
The goal of Warner/Chappell's prior letter to pearworks was to gain assurance that pearLyrics operated according to those principles. However, in both tone and substance, that letter was an inappropriate manner in which to convey that inquiry. Warner/Chappell apologizes to Walter Ritter and pearworks.
Our solution will adhere to our shared belief that songwriters must be fairly compensated for their work and that legitimate web sites with accurate lyrics must not be undermined by unlicensed web sites.
We look forward to working together, and to helping to advance the evolution of the music industry cooperatively for the benefit of consumers and artists alike."
You don't want to go around talking like that, special branch and MI5 will be at you door before you know it. Our only hope is to vote Monster Raving Looney. At least then we'll have honest politicians;p
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That's not the case here in the UK, infact google.co.uk actually has a link to google.com on the main page. Any searches on google.com give me results from google.com & any searches from google.co.uk give me results from google.co.uk. In the UK at least, I have a choice, personally I use googleUK as we have no restrictions here & occasionaly I want UK only results.
Nah, Women can work in tech, look: http://img504.imageshack.us/full.php?image=femalei texp8rc.jpg
:-)
*note to mods this is a joke, I actually know a couple of female software engineers, they're beter at it than me.
These stories arn't new, that's the whole point, they've always been there, just 'hidden' and have always been moderated in the same way as front page stories. The moderator point only becomes a factor if significant numbers of people post to sub section stories, making them harder to moderate (in which case they were probably worthy of being a front page story in the first place).
Well, we can start by emailing Charlie McCreevy: Charlie.Mc-Creevy@cec.eu.int
(according to his contact page on the commision website.
Firefox does the same, execpt you have to type google instead of just g then the search terms.
It's been years since I saw goodness Gracious Me, but that still made me spill my coffee on my keayboard. Damn you, now I'll have to clean my keyboard ;)
That's one of thge best ideas I have read today, it'd also stop alot of the moaning when we can all see how much junk the editors have to put up with; If moderators could see everything that was submitted, it would take alot of the pressure off the editors, and any dupes would be our own fault; to name but 2 more advantages.
That's actually a really good idea, the reason I keep coming to slashdot is the atmosphere & the comments, somthing it seems that digg will never have, but a 'community' section like you suggest means that /. may be able to keep up with digg on the stories aswell.
Heck I would really would like a negative moderation for "incorrect" or "wrong".
I totally agree, when somone says somthing just plain wrong, like 2+2=6 the only option I have is to mod them overrated, and I don't like doing that much as Overratted\Underrated don't get meta-moderated so If I was wrong about my moderation it goes unchecked.
And with a little help from google translate even a Brit like me can get it ;)
Working linkt to a whole bunch of portable apps:p s_suite/
http://johnhaller.com/jh/useful_stuff/portable_ap
Hey, we still own the Falkland Islands...
for instance, there are folks in India who believe in not eating anything where the plant is killed
Those people are of the Jain religion. IIRC they are strictly non-violent, and even go to the extent of wearing face masks (similar to those you sometimes see cyclists wearing in polluted cities) to avoid hurting even the smallest of insects by accedentally breathing it in.
Infact, Alexa rates it thrird behind CNN aswell as the BBC
In order it goes:
1. CNN
2. BBC
3. MSNBC
followed by the Newyouk times, Google news etc. Link
The Clangers perhaps? I expect that the soup dragon isn't too happy either.
well, as a member of a religion different to yours (I'm a hindu) I can say to you that your religion is 100% correct* when viewed through the lens of mine, as is Islam, Judaism, Sikhism, Buddism, Paganisim or none of the above. Afterall we all just believe in different manifestations of the same one god. Yes contrary to appearances hinuism is actually monotheistic we just believe that god can be mainifest or viewed in many ways. Is my religion 'invalid'?
I agree with the fact that you shouldn't seek to convert others, however what should I tell the white english woman whom freely chose to come and worship at my local temple? As A hindu I'm not particularly strict, for examplt I eat meat; she is far more observant of the religion, who am I to tell her she's not hindu? I certainly don't know of any scripture that prohibits anyone from becoming hindu.
It would be more accurate to say that hindus don't believe that anyone needs to be converted to hindism as we all follow the same god[1].
[1]Contrary to appearance, hindism is not polytheistic, we believe that there is only one god, however (s)he can manifest his\her self (or be viewed) in many ways. The usual way to explain this is to take the example of one man, to his sons he is a father, to his father he is a son, to his sister he is a brother, to his wife, he is a husband; if one man can be viewed in this many ways, then god can be viewed in infinatly more ways. You choose weather that be through Krishna, Jesus, Yahweh, Allah or none of the above.
You can have religious belief and still be intelligent; you can still even believe in evolution as I do (well intelligent is for others to judge). My religious beliefs are not Christian, they are hindu and effectively state that god kickstarted the universe at the big bang and it's been doing it's own thing ever since; I take religious stories as parables and metaphors to help me guide the way I live my life. I do not evangalise or force my beliefs on others. Is that so hard to accept?
I, myself am hindu (and born as such) and what you've said isn't entirely true. *Some* Hindus believe you can't become a hindu, but the majority I know do not. Afterall what would the Hare Karishnas[1] do if people couldn't become hindu, on a more day to day level there are people who come to my local temple who definately wern't born hindu and seem to have converted, as they are members of the white indiginious population here in the UK.
[1]The Hare Krishnas are the only evangelical group of Hindus I know of. Most that I know (who actually take time to study the religion) respect and believe all faiths (including athesim & agnostisism) to be of equal value and as such believe evangelisism (is that even a word?) to be pointless.
Here in the UK the only time I discovered what OS an ATM was using is when it crashed on me. It was using NT 4. I got a BSOD, and the machine swallowed my card. IIRC The Bank was Natwest. I run a Windows Box at home (dual boot) and at work, and they hardly ever crash but it's just my luck that I can make a cash machine do it.
Are you two gay?
If they are they can now get married here in the UK. Well have a "civil partnerhip" anyway: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4530803.stm
It's using the date format dd/mm/yyyy, not the American mm/dd/yyyy
Yes, here: http://www.pearworks.com/pages/pearLyrics.html
"Based upon our common goal of helping consumers enjoy the song lyrics they want - and our common belief that technology can help to transform the music industry to the benefit of consumers and artists alike - we are committed to working together to provide consumers a convenient, legal way to find accurate song lyrics.
The goal of Warner/Chappell's prior letter to pearworks was to gain assurance that pearLyrics operated according to those principles. However, in both tone and substance, that letter was an inappropriate manner in which to convey that inquiry. Warner/Chappell apologizes to Walter Ritter and pearworks.
Our solution will adhere to our shared belief that songwriters must be fairly compensated for their work and that legitimate web sites with accurate lyrics must not be undermined by unlicensed web sites.
We look forward to working together, and to helping to advance the evolution of the music industry cooperatively for the benefit of consumers and artists alike."
You don't want to go around talking like that, special branch and MI5 will be at you door before you know it. Our only hope is to vote Monster Raving Looney. At least then we'll have honest politicians ;p
I'm not complaining about your moderation - you've obviously hit some sort of chord somewhere
Obviously part of the slashdot groupthink is that there is slashdot groupthink...