"'I think the puppet on the right represents my point of view.' 'Well, I think the puppet on the left is more to my liking.' But there's only one guy holding the puppets. That's politics in america." R.I.P. Bill Hicks.
I have to disagree. There are two sayings that come to mind, "you can't imagine what you can't imagine" and "neccesity is the mother of invention". Without the challenge of space, nobody might have ever thought about the problems whose solution turns out to be useful.
This has to be the most ironic position either side could possibly be in.
Microsoft - convicted monopolist, one of the richest companys in the world, complaining about being ripped of by
The music industry - convicted price fixers, convicted conspirators, defacto ologopoly.
three out of four wasted more than an hour every week simply finding out what some technical term meant.
You can stop reading the article right there.
1. Everyone knows that users don't educate themselves, as this implies.
2. Doing so is not a "waste of time", as this implies.
Don't know which is worse, users, or this media distortion, acting like educated people using "computer jargon" are to blame. It's not jargon when everyone is now required to know what it means. Computers are ubiquitous. Deal with it.
My company's present flagship product was spawned out of my little "time stealing" sessions.
What are you going to get in the end, a big "thanks"?
Exactly. He came up with the "flagship" product for his company. So now he runs that company, right? Wrong. "Hey, thanks for the million bucks, your special, you get a 7% raise this year!! isn't that Great?!?!
I believe that they should have designed the mouse for both right and left handed people, but....the molds for the injected plastic parts alone for this mouse probably cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. They would also need to have a completely different circuit board, to reposition the button to the other side.
It's simply not economically feasible to create two versions.
And being a righty, I'd prefer that the mouse conform to my hand rather than just being a symmetrical lump of plastic like the Razer.
Are the full time moderators on vacation or something?
I never realized that slashdot's moderation system was so fake. A hand full of people don't show up, and nothing gets moderated above a 2?
I do all of those searches you mentioned (except movie listings)right in google.
As a matter of fact, you can type "define foo" in google, and it will give you a definition. And if you type a word and wikipedia or just wiki in google, the wikipedia entry will be right at the top. Same with IMDB.
I also like to search wikipedia. I get there by opening google and typing wikipedia/enter.
My point is, google is the PERFECT place to start on the web. Anything you want is a few key words away. Built in spell check.
This isn't about "incredibly high standards of NASA." They knew about the fuel sensor problem months ago. They didn't get it fixed. Then, during the final checks, they realized, "Hey, if this fuel sensor doesn't work, the ship will blow up," so they scrubbed the mission.
That's not being "risk-averse" its plain common sense. I think the real incompentence here is that they went to the launch stage without fixing a problem they knew about months ago.
If you're talking about totalnewz.com, I'd bet that you were booted because your site is very similar to google news, basically a wire service tracker.
Slashdot Mirror
No No No... it's 127.0.0.1
/obligatory
Hack away...
I recently read that over 1 million people in the US still rent their phone for $60 a year. And you can just buy one for $10.
"'I think the puppet on the right represents my point of view.' 'Well, I think the puppet on the left is more to my liking.' But there's only one guy holding the puppets. That's politics in america."
R.I.P. Bill Hicks.
Here's your fiesty upstart http://www.alientechnology.com/ and here's your huge, entrenched competetor http://www.sensormatic.com/home.asp
Call me crazy,
/obligatory
YOU'RE CRAZY
That is all.
I object to your use of the future tense.
It's the Eight Fold Path.
http://www.boloji.com/buddhism/00110.htm
Only the word "I" divides me from god.
You must be new here......
In soviet russia puns mod YOU
I, for one, welcome our new punny overlords!
Edited for accuracy.
Don't lie to us like that.....not all of us are N00bs
I have to disagree. There are two sayings that come to mind, "you can't imagine what you can't imagine" and "neccesity is the mother of invention".
Without the challenge of space, nobody might have ever thought about the problems whose solution turns out to be useful.
The dead birds could be turned in to Biodiesel http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=26177
This has to be the most ironic position either side could possibly be in.
Microsoft - convicted monopolist, one of the richest companys in the world, complaining about being ripped of by
The music industry - convicted price fixers, convicted conspirators, defacto ologopoly.
three out of four wasted more than an hour every week simply finding out what some technical term meant.
You can stop reading the article right there.
1. Everyone knows that users don't educate themselves, as this implies.
2. Doing so is not a "waste of time", as this implies.
Don't know which is worse, users, or this media distortion, acting like educated people using "computer jargon" are to blame. It's not jargon when everyone is now required to know what it means. Computers are ubiquitous. Deal with it.
Google + Skype = soiled telco executive underwear
/dr spatso voice/ "I hear you talking about underwear, would you like to buy some underware?"
google advertising during my phone conversations is terrifying.
My company's present flagship product was spawned out of my little "time stealing" sessions.
What are you going to get in the end, a big "thanks"?
Exactly. He came up with the "flagship" product for his company. So now he runs that company, right? Wrong. "Hey, thanks for the million bucks, your special, you get a 7% raise this year!! isn't that Great?!?!
DVD Jon
A toilet that plays DVD's????
The problem will only get worse, and there's no obvious solution.
Move somewhere else!
I'm tired of paying my government to rebuild your stupid houses next to the ocean and below sea level.
You should really mark your kunowalls link as not safe for work (nsfw).
I believe that they should have designed the mouse for both right and left handed people, but....the molds for the injected plastic parts alone for this mouse probably cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. They would also need to have a completely different circuit board, to reposition the button to the other side.
It's simply not economically feasible to create two versions.
And being a righty, I'd prefer that the mouse conform to my hand rather than just being a symmetrical lump of plastic like the Razer.
Are the full time moderators on vacation or something?
I never realized that slashdot's moderation system was so fake. A hand full of people don't show up, and nothing gets moderated above a 2?
Just what we need, more advertising before movies start.
Nothing like wasting your customers time (up to 20 minutes) to get them to come back for more.
I hate the arrogance and huberis of making someone spend a punishing amount of time just to get the "privalage" of spending their hard earned money.
I do all of those searches you mentioned (except movie listings)right in google.
As a matter of fact, you can type "define foo" in google, and it will give you a definition. And if you type a word and wikipedia or just wiki in google, the wikipedia entry will be right at the top. Same with IMDB.
I also like to search wikipedia. I get there by opening google and typing wikipedia/enter.
My point is, google is the PERFECT place to start on the web. Anything you want is a few key words away. Built in spell check.
This isn't about "incredibly high standards of NASA." They knew about the fuel sensor problem months ago. They didn't get it fixed.
Then, during the final checks, they realized, "Hey, if this fuel sensor doesn't work, the ship will blow up," so they scrubbed the mission.
That's not being "risk-averse" its plain common sense.
I think the real incompentence here is that they went to the launch stage without fixing a problem they knew about months ago.
If you're talking about totalnewz.com, I'd bet that you were booted because your site is very similar to google news, basically a wire service tracker.