Ah. You double triple win, then. I can't even hope to argue against such solid compelling evidence.
Things like heirachies of species, fossil evidence of changes over time, comsic radiation in line with that expected from the big bang theory, and a complete lack of evidence of 'God' mean nothing compared to some slashdot poster's faith.
I hereby grant all authority on such matters to you, due to your evidence in the form of faith.
Any why would I care about if it's my reader pulling it or their server pushing it? As the user it's being pushed to ME, and that's all that matters. It could be delivered by trained monkeys for all I care.
Oh and don't lump me in with "OSS freaks" - I don't even use Linux. The reason I like RSS over channels is that they're in an open standard that I can use however I want. In a reader, on my PDA, in outlook, in firefox, in a custom webpage... it's information working for ME.
Guess what, moron - I don't give a damn about push or pull, just getting what I want, when I want it, with minimum effort.
I find it much more reasonable to believe it was created with a snap of the fingers and admit I cannot understand how God could always exist than to believe this Awesome Universe "evolved" exactly the way it did!
I find it much more reasonable to believe that this awesome universe evolved exactly the way it did than that some mythical guy called God snapped his fingers and it all, like, happened dude!
Funny how we both believe different, contradictary, things. It's almost as if beliefs mean crap all...
I guess we have to fall back on that tried and true method of applying logic and evidence to the situation. What evidence do you have? Some crusty old multitranslated book written by some random people? Well I guess you win...
Since 99%+ of known free matter in the universe is hydrogen, and the solar system formed out of... mostly hydrogen... is this really a surprise? I'd actually be shocked to find out that there WASN'T that much hydrogen in the atmosphere when things kicked off.
This is like putting out a newsflash "We found something in the middle of the ocean - AND IT WAS WET!!!"
An eMagazine implies having a fixed multipage document such as a PDF file.
That's the beauty of RSS - a well formed and standard file that can contain header info (title, category...) and optionally actual content. Then with a smart client you subscribe to multiple feeds and mix and match what you want. Decent providers such as the BBC provide different RSS feeds for different topics too, such as tech, space, money, whatever. If you want you can go an extra mile and filter out within feeds on the client side to only present news of particular interest or conversely filter out the crap.
The point is that at the end of the day I'm presented with news tailored to what I want instead of a predigested "this is what we want you to read" eMag.
So you suggest giving kids STDs and getting them pregnant to teach them what STDs and teenage mothers are all about?
I'd suggest changing the way society treats this BS are force them to be accountable for their actions for once...And then teach the ones who survive about good security practices, which involves both a good defence and in insight into how systems are attacked.
Am I the only one who thinks that the live bookmarks feature is a monstrosity?
Mixing up static links that I explicitly placed with dynamic links publishde by a 3rd party is crazy. The right place for RSS in a browser is a sidebar if anywhere. Better than that is a seperate app that just opens links in your browser - be that a full app or some form of a scrolling marquee.
Seriously, IMO RSS is one of the best things to hit the net since porn. Having the news come to me instead of me going to the news is like night and day.
If it takes a few news vendors and their branding to popularise it, so be it, just as long as they don't bastardise the standard.
and that makes it generally cheaper, too.
Probably not on the scale of the megacorps, but there's little in the way of cheap support for small companies in the Linux world. Regardless of the quality of MCSEs, there's sure a lot of them.
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Ah. You double triple win, then. I can't even hope to argue against such solid compelling evidence.
Things like heirachies of species, fossil evidence of changes over time, comsic radiation in line with that expected from the big bang theory, and a complete lack of evidence of 'God' mean nothing compared to some slashdot poster's faith.
I hereby grant all authority on such matters to you, due to your evidence in the form of faith.
Any why would I care about if it's my reader pulling it or their server pushing it? As the user it's being pushed to ME, and that's all that matters. It could be delivered by trained monkeys for all I care.
Oh and don't lump me in with "OSS freaks" - I don't even use Linux. The reason I like RSS over channels is that they're in an open standard that I can use however I want. In a reader, on my PDA, in outlook, in firefox, in a custom webpage... it's information working for ME.
Guess what, moron - I don't give a damn about push or pull, just getting what I want, when I want it, with minimum effort.
I find it much more reasonable to believe it was created with a snap of the fingers and admit I cannot understand how God could always exist than to believe this Awesome Universe "evolved" exactly the way it did!
I find it much more reasonable to believe that this awesome universe evolved exactly the way it did than that some mythical guy called God snapped his fingers and it all, like, happened dude! Funny how we both believe different, contradictary, things. It's almost as if beliefs mean crap all... I guess we have to fall back on that tried and true method of applying logic and evidence to the situation. What evidence do you have? Some crusty old multitranslated book written by some random people? Well I guess you win...
Since 99%+ of known free matter in the universe is hydrogen, and the solar system formed out of... mostly hydrogen... is this really a surprise? I'd actually be shocked to find out that there WASN'T that much hydrogen in the atmosphere when things kicked off. This is like putting out a newsflash "We found something in the middle of the ocean - AND IT WAS WET!!!"
An eMagazine implies having a fixed multipage document such as a PDF file. That's the beauty of RSS - a well formed and standard file that can contain header info (title, category...) and optionally actual content. Then with a smart client you subscribe to multiple feeds and mix and match what you want. Decent providers such as the BBC provide different RSS feeds for different topics too, such as tech, space, money, whatever. If you want you can go an extra mile and filter out within feeds on the client side to only present news of particular interest or conversely filter out the crap. The point is that at the end of the day I'm presented with news tailored to what I want instead of a predigested "this is what we want you to read" eMag.
So you suggest giving kids STDs and getting them pregnant to teach them what STDs and teenage mothers are all about? I'd suggest changing the way society treats this BS are force them to be accountable for their actions for once. ..And then teach the ones who survive about good security practices, which involves both a good defence and in insight into how systems are attacked.
I've marked out an area in my sock draw for storing apple juice. I always know where to find my apple juice. That doesn't make my idea sane, though...
Oh well, I guess you could always patent the idea and retroactively sue them.
Am I the only one who thinks that the live bookmarks feature is a monstrosity?
Mixing up static links that I explicitly placed with dynamic links publishde by a 3rd party is crazy. The right place for RSS in a browser is a sidebar if anywhere. Better than that is a seperate app that just opens links in your browser - be that a full app or some form of a scrolling marquee.
Seriously, IMO RSS is one of the best things to hit the net since porn. Having the news come to me instead of me going to the news is like night and day. If it takes a few news vendors and their branding to popularise it, so be it, just as long as they don't bastardise the standard.
That must make it a bit of a bitch to buy a house.
and that makes it generally cheaper, too. Probably not on the scale of the megacorps, but there's little in the way of cheap support for small companies in the Linux world. Regardless of the quality of MCSEs, there's sure a lot of them.