It doesn't really matter to me, because his and Roland's stories are much more likely to be of interest to me than stories from just about any other major submitter (with the possible exception of NewYorkCountryLawyer).
Let's celebrate when someone can consistently send us interesting stuff.
I would really appreciate it if all my extension cords were clearly labeled for recommended maximum voltage. I mean, sure I can figure I shouldn't put on too much, but knowing that figure each time I use it would be handy.
The GP noted that from the other direction the galaxies were never aligned. What he implies is as GR shows, that alignment is only a relative condition. Currently these stars are aligned relative to our current space/time position.
Not Really. There tend to be other students who resent the ones who get invited to such parties who spend time cruising online. These are very easy, if stupid revenge.
This would be a more useful comment given a percentage fall or some baseline for that $20 per share drop. The high a year ago was close to $25. It's fallen very hard.
EBay Wii resellers are just an inevitable part of the economics of capitalism. If this was a commodity, the price would rise instantly as demand started to approach supply. Here, Demand far exceeds supply, so the MSRP is an artificial price ceiling. If I was in the market for a Wii and didn't have the time to search for one, I would appreciate that there was service charge I could opt to pay for someone else to find one for me.
In other words, why the hostility towards the trade?
If the study had mentioned having controlled for income level I may pay more attention to it, but typically land values aren't their highest near any power plants. (except hydro, 'cause lakes are pretty!)
More than that, conversations in person are naturally regulated by the ambient noise level. (Most easily noticed when someone ignores these queues.) Phone conversations don't provide this same information to both parties, so the volume tends to be less related to ambient noise, and thus often louder.
This is why I come to slashdot: people talk geek about absolutely anything. I've seen chemistry foodies before, but a MechE-type foodie is a first. Necro81, I salute you.
I don't, but service people at my office often have a phone the company pays for, and one of their own. The idea here being that customers can call their business phones, but they only get voice mail after a certain hour. Also, when they travel to other countries they like the company paying whatever charges might come up, but they don't want the company's bills detailing all their personal calls.
For the same reason books still have chapters and music albums still have tracks. Humans like pauses between though, time to digest and segregate before doing something different.
Ever read a book without chapters? It's a pain. Likewise, can you imagine playing a Mario game where you were just running form the beginning to the end? that would be nuts. Sure, for some applications, continuous can be really interesting. But that's just not what is most natural to people, whether it's like the real world or not.
You say your story supports the idea that Digg is easily gamed, and I have to disagree. (Not that I'm disagreeing that Digg can easily be gamed, just that's not what you did.) You found something that you thought would be interesting to Digg's patrons. You submitted it in an appropriate context (even a new blog can be worth reading--and often more so: the writer still has new ideas).
Lots of other people also found it interesting. I don't know the numbers, but I guess that means a thousands of people found something that gave them at least a marginal amount of entertainment. You effectively received a few cents from each of them for the service.
I think this is exactly how Digg and sites like it are supposed to work. Certainly they can't be free--bandwidth is still too expensive for that. You, the content provider just got a cut. If you were to find more interesting IT stories you could do this more, and everyone in the process would gain from it again.
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It doesn't really matter to me, because his and Roland's stories are much more likely to be of interest to me than stories from just about any other major submitter (with the possible exception of NewYorkCountryLawyer).
Let's celebrate when someone can consistently send us interesting stuff.
You're absolutely right. Voltage. Ugh. I knew there was a reason us MechE's keep EE's around.
I would really appreciate it if all my extension cords were clearly labeled for recommended maximum voltage. I mean, sure I can figure I shouldn't put on too much, but knowing that figure each time I use it would be handy.
The GP noted that from the other direction the galaxies were never aligned. What he implies is as GR shows, that alignment is only a relative condition. Currently these stars are aligned relative to our current space/time position.
Not Really. There tend to be other students who resent the ones who get invited to such parties who spend time cruising online. These are very easy, if stupid revenge.
Sell? They're the Pirate Bay. Why would they buy it?
So the vector is Pigeons?
This would be a more useful comment given a percentage fall or some baseline for that $20 per share drop. The high a year ago was close to $25. It's fallen very hard.
But now it is winter, so my computer is at worst a badly directed space heater.
EBay Wii resellers are just an inevitable part of the economics of capitalism. If this was a commodity, the price would rise instantly as demand started to approach supply. Here, Demand far exceeds supply, so the MSRP is an artificial price ceiling. If I was in the market for a Wii and didn't have the time to search for one, I would appreciate that there was service charge I could opt to pay for someone else to find one for me. In other words, why the hostility towards the trade?
If the study had mentioned having controlled for income level I may pay more attention to it, but typically land values aren't their highest near any power plants. (except hydro, 'cause lakes are pretty!)
More than that, conversations in person are naturally regulated by the ambient noise level. (Most easily noticed when someone ignores these queues.) Phone conversations don't provide this same information to both parties, so the volume tends to be less related to ambient noise, and thus often louder.
He'll turn down NAMBLA money. Everyone turns down NAMBLA money.
No, but it'll keep up if you hum a few bytes.
This is why I come to slashdot: people talk geek about absolutely anything. I've seen chemistry foodies before, but a MechE-type foodie is a first. Necro81, I salute you.
I don't, but service people at my office often have a phone the company pays for, and one of their own. The idea here being that customers can call their business phones, but they only get voice mail after a certain hour. Also, when they travel to other countries they like the company paying whatever charges might come up, but they don't want the company's bills detailing all their personal calls.
Ever read a book without chapters? It's a pain. Likewise, can you imagine playing a Mario game where you were just running form the beginning to the end? that would be nuts. Sure, for some applications, continuous can be really interesting. But that's just not what is most natural to people, whether it's like the real world or not.
The elephant dies of AC. That story was revolting.
This research is now a decade old, but it's the most recent I can find. The 100% death epidemic is just terrible.
Lots of other people also found it interesting. I don't know the numbers, but I guess that means a thousands of people found something that gave them at least a marginal amount of entertainment. You effectively received a few cents from each of them for the service.
I think this is exactly how Digg and sites like it are supposed to work. Certainly they can't be free--bandwidth is still too expensive for that. You, the content provider just got a cut. If you were to find more interesting IT stories you could do this more, and everyone in the process would gain from it again.
Only if it passes...
http://www.votesmart.org/. This actually already is what you're looking for.
It'd be nice if we could get a total tally of them though. Just to see how paranoid we should be.
No. There is imminent danger of boring leftover inhabitants to death. I mean, have you seen the movie?
But is it Art?