I rent a lot of cars, 'cause I go on the road, and when I drive a rental car, I don't know what's going on with them, right. So a lot of times I'll drive for like ten miles with the emergency brake on. That doesn't say a lot for me, but it really doesn't say a lot for the emergency brake. It's really not an emergency brake, it's an emergency 'make the car smell funny' lever. --- What subliminalmessage? Generated by SlashdotRndSig via GreaseMonkey
...the value they get from OSS is far more than anything they contribute.
And how do you expect it to be any different? You can't survive as a buisness if your policy is to give away more than you recieve.
It seems to me that you've forgotten what OSS is about. It is free, and written to be useful to everyone, not as a means to make other people write code for you. Google is taking advantage of this the way it's expected to.
Think of how normal people use OSS. I myself have a full operating system with an awesome desktop environment, and I use software that's the best of the best. But have I written a full window manager with a widget system, a web browser, an instant messaging client, a first-person shooter, and countless other apps to contribute back? No, I've made a small bugfix to the Greasemonkey script I use for my signatures and a small hack to better integrate a plugin in a content management system. Once I wrote a breakout clone in Java that nobody wanted. That's about it, and it's okay, because that little bit still adds to the whole. I think Google's contributions are more than equivilant.
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Compilers do not understand code if you write it as a haiku! </silly>
Actually, that seems like an interesting concept. I always felt that my computer science class needed to be more challenging, and now I know how to do it!
System.out.println(
"Should I count puncutation?"
);// terrible haiku
It only works properly for positive numbers, though.
-1.3 + 0.5 = -0.8 truncates to 0, and I'm pretty sure that's not what you want. He should test to see which side of 0 the number is on, and then add or subtract depending on positive or negative.
I'm assuming he wants standard rounding, going to the next integer (up for positive, down for negative) if it's on the 0.5 mark.
In this article, it says that the original Orion design was large enough for 150 people but would have used less than 2,000 bombs to reach escape velocity. If they used fusion bombs instead of fission bombs, there would be much less radioactive waste and much higher yield per explosion. It also mentions that the testing proccess for the entire project, despite using thousands of bombs, would increase the total atmospheric contamination by less than 1%. --- If nobody notices, it's not illegal. Generated by SlashdotRndSig via GreaseMonkey
Not to troll, but I can't think of any major new improvements Windows and Linux have made in the past five years. Linux has made progress, but still nothing that's ZOMG REFOLUTINRRY, and Windows is busy making the start bar look "pretty".
A simple media campaign would be far more effective.
If you haven't noticed, this little stunt got them stories on Slashdot and several other news sites. --- I'm actually just a script. Generated by SlashdotRndSig via GreaseMonkey
Most IM clients require the user to manually accept an image or file embedded into the message, or enter a special mode that the other user has to confirm. Avatars are loaded automatically, though - but it might not be possible to set this image as an avatar (dimensions/length/format constraints, or something)
RSS and similar feeds do not use HTML by their very nature (they are a language of their own), though it is entirely possible to send HTML code as the content. It probably will not be parsed, though. Also, some feed formats support an avatar for users mentioned in the feed, so that could be another mode of transmission.
That's about as helpful as advising tsunami victims that they move.
Which happens to be amazingly effective against the problem. And switching OSes isn't as radical or difficult of a change as most people seem to think. --- What subliminalmessage? Generated by SlashdotRndSig via GreaseMonkey
Yes. But it couldn't roundhouse kick her like Chuck Norris could. --- (\(\ (-.-) Give me back my damn feet! Generated by SlashdotRndSig via GreaseMonkey
Come on, man. This is Slashdot. --- The only thing I hate more than a hypocrite is a person who hates hypocrites. Generated by SlashdotRndSig via GreaseMonkey
The question "why" is always satisfied by "Because it's [day of week]!" So, in this case: Because it's Wednesday! Duh! --- What subliminalmessage? Generated by SlashdotRndSig via GreaseMonkey
This page is considered a guideline on Wikipedia. It illustrates standards of conduct, which many editors agree with in principle. However, it is not policy.
Emphasis mine, on both. Of course, on the same page is this:
"It is a social faux pas to write about yourself," according to Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia's founder.
Ooops. --- PS - This is what part of the alphabet would look like if Q and R were eliminated. Generated by SlashdotRndSig via GreaseMonkey
Whether "nothingness" is Void, Null, Cipher, Zero, Nothing, or Jersey is still under debate.
Despite being there for over a week. They really need to rotate the polls more often, or at least have them drop off the front page or something. --- "Man, when the day comes, count me in with the robot smashers." - Anonymous Coward Generated by SlashdotRndSig via GreaseMonkey
Strategy in Counter-Strike consists entirely of "rush left".
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Slashdot Mirror
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I rent a lot of cars, 'cause I go on the road, and when I drive a rental car, I don't know what's going on with them, right. So a lot of times I'll drive for like ten miles with the emergency brake on. That doesn't say a lot for me, but it really doesn't say a lot for the emergency brake. It's really not an emergency brake, it's an emergency 'make the car smell funny' lever.
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It seems to me that you've forgotten what OSS is about. It is free, and written to be useful to everyone, not as a means to make other people write code for you. Google is taking advantage of this the way it's expected to.
Think of how normal people use OSS. I myself have a full operating system with an awesome desktop environment, and I use software that's the best of the best. But have I written a full window manager with a widget system, a web browser, an instant messaging client, a first-person shooter, and countless other apps to contribute back? No, I've made a small bugfix to the Greasemonkey script I use for my signatures and a small hack to better integrate a plugin in a content management system. Once I wrote a breakout clone in Java that nobody wanted. That's about it, and it's okay, because that little bit still adds to the whole. I think Google's contributions are more than equivilant.
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I prefer to use blame_ninjas() myself.
</silly>
Actually, that seems like an interesting concept. I always felt that my computer science class needed to be more challenging, and now I know how to do it!
-1.3 + 0.5 = -0.8 truncates to 0, and I'm pretty sure that's not what you want. He should test to see which side of 0 the number is on, and then add or subtract depending on positive or negative.
I'm assuming he wants standard rounding, going to the next integer (up for positive, down for negative) if it's on the 0.5 mark.
In this article, it says that the original Orion design was large enough for 150 people but would have used less than 2,000 bombs to reach escape velocity. If they used fusion bombs instead of fission bombs, there would be much less radioactive waste and much higher yield per explosion. It also mentions that the testing proccess for the entire project, despite using thousands of bombs, would increase the total atmospheric contamination by less than 1%.
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Not to troll, but I can't think of any major new improvements Windows and Linux have made in the past five years. Linux has made progress, but still nothing that's ZOMG REFOLUTINRRY, and Windows is busy making the start bar look "pretty".
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Most IM clients require the user to manually accept an image or file embedded into the message, or enter a special mode that the other user has to confirm. Avatars are loaded automatically, though - but it might not be possible to set this image as an avatar (dimensions/length/format constraints, or something)
RSS and similar feeds do not use HTML by their very nature (they are a language of their own), though it is entirely possible to send HTML code as the content. It probably will not be parsed, though. Also, some feed formats support an avatar for users mentioned in the feed, so that could be another mode of transmission.
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Yes. But it couldn't roundhouse kick her like Chuck Norris could.
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Come on, man. This is Slashdot.
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The question "why" is always satisfied by "Because it's [day of week]!"
So, in this case:
Because it's Wednesday! Duh!
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His website layout is nice, but he should write it in valid HTML before he considers himself a UI guru. http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1&uri=http%3 A//www.billbuxton.com/
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They really need to rotate the polls more often, or at least have them drop off the front page or something.
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No windows I guess?
#!/bin/sh
while [ 1 ]
do
wget -r -l 999 --proxy=off -i site-backup-list.txt
done
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Strategy in Counter-Strike consists entirely of "rush left".
For real strategy, try something like Tribes 2, or even Red Orchestra. You actually have to work with your teammates, and there is a distinct difference between offense and defense instead of just "shoot the other guys".
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Of course, the sister will be the one that gets in trouble.
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This is your brain on Slashdot: ><));>
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This is your brain on Slashdot: >
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