Yes, samething, but Microsoft is going to make it a big deal this time so they can pretend they are keeping up with Apple's updates on the MAC OS. I'm sure Microsoft's updates won't be called "service packs", but we all know that's what they'll be.
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An Early Look at JUnit 4
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A famous rapper named 50 Cent has a click/gang/group called G-unit. They often say "G-G-G-G-G-G-UNIT" in their songs so people can recognize who they are. Saying "J-J-J-J-J-J-UNIT" is just a play off of this.
Good to see that more companies are trying to keep their software free, but perhaps the Slashdot crowd could offer advice on a better business model than spam and merchandising?
How about we keep the base model of the program free, but allow customized versions for companies or individuals who want things specific to what they are doing?
I agree with the fact that it will get hacked around, but I disagree with this being a "no biggie" for two reasons: 1)It's a pain to have to get/create a hack for this. 2)This shows the beginning (or maybe the further progression) of how restrictive things are and are going to be in our future.
This is only complaint I have so far about my Nano... The back of mine has a ton of fingerprints all over it. They should have used a different metal or put the same white color on the back as they have on the front, because the front doesn't have any fingerprints that I can see.
I'm very happy with my purchase. I've used and have had other MP3 players, and can honestly say the click-wheel alone is worth the extra pocket change.
FTFA "West rips through All Falls Down and Gold Digger, but he barely gets a head bob out of those people. When he raps, "If you aint no punk, holla 'We want prenup!,'" not a single, solitary soul hollas back."
I thought that was funny... What were they thinking inviting Kanye West to this?!
/.Likes Kanye's Gold Digger Song //.Would have holla'd "We want Prenup!" ///.Aren't these slashdots cool?
I think it should be okay for businesses to call if they have a pre-existing business relationship. A big power of our (American) Do-Not-Call list is the ability to say to these pre-existing relationships, "Thank you, but I do not need any further business from you so please take me off your list and do not call again." Hopefully the Canadian one will work the same way.
I like hearing about Firefox exploits this way rather than having it mess up my computer by learning about these exploits the hard way.
I've had problems with another browser (guess) in the past where I found out about an exploit the hard way and then found out that the exploit had been a known problem for a very long time. At least we know that the people behind Firefox will have a fix probably within the next few days, but no longer than a couple weeks.
It's great to have a ton of space, but I have enough for what I do on the pc without these massive half a TB drives. I want faster drives now... not bigger ones.
Even if they built their Biosphere who would want to live there? Sure, it would be fun to vacation on Mars just to see what it was like, and a ton of people with a lot of money would do that.. But to live there? Noway... You can't even go outside!
We take that for granted right now since most of us stay inside all day working, but to never be able to run around freely outside is terrible. Plus you'd have to stare at a red surface all day, everyday... No oceans, no greenery, just red rocks. Yuck!
I will never play WoW let alone buy it. No, not because I don't like the game or because I don't think it would be fun. It's because I don't have the time to invest in a game of this type. I like playing games where I can start up, play, have fun for a little while, then quit.
I'm sure there are a ton of people out there like me, which means other games still have a good chance.
People of New Orleans are not going to forget this and many of them are probably going to be terrified of this happening again. Many have already said they're never going back. For those that do, they will want some security.
I'm sure they will be looking at this technology, and maybe even come up with their own before it's all rebuilt. I see this being like rebuilding the World Trade Center buildings - where we will have many ways to fix the levee system or create a entirely new system.
I'm not sure how many others are with me on this, but I am getting tired of realistic games in general.
It's cool to have physics that work like real life but then again, that's not why I play games! I play them so I can see things that can't be done in real life. Remember in Virtua Cop when you shot someone they flipped around like the bullet was 20 times powerful than it should be? That was cool! I loved it when RUSH came out because it let cars drive with semi-realistic physics but they could fly off cliffs and float in the air unrealisticly - but it was awesome and fun! I want the physics to be a little warped. I want characters to be huge compared to normal humans. I want them to be able to do things not possible in real life... I want to see things I've seen in a few games to be extended upon - such as jumping off walls, or small explosions that make characters bounce really far into the distance... I don't know! Just something new and crazy that isn't supposed to happen in our laws of physics!
"which allows users to select a song, album or track by navigating a succession of menus."
How the hell did they actually patent that? It makes me sick... What other ways are you going to navigate your music library if not by artist, album, or genre?! There's not too many ways to impliment this.
Nintendo is playing it smart. They haven't released much info because they are waiting for MS and Sony to give out all their information about their systems. Right before MS releases its 360 I'm sure Nintendo will pull a couple rabbits out of it's hat and try to make people think, "Wow, that Nintendo is pretty cool... Maybe I should wait...?"
If MS has already showed everything it has to offer they can't counter with anything new to make gamers want to buy the system now rather than wait to check out what Nintendo has to offer.
Ok, so authorities say browsers other than IE are too much unlike IE to find the information they are looking for, but if these other browsers were more like IE then the authorities would say they are copying IE and there would be copyright issues... (Along with all browsers being crappy.)
Slashdot Mirror
Yes, samething, but Microsoft is going to make it a big deal this time so they can pretend they are keeping up with Apple's updates on the MAC OS. I'm sure Microsoft's updates won't be called "service packs", but we all know that's what they'll be.
A famous rapper named 50 Cent has a click/gang/group called G-unit. They often say "G-G-G-G-G-G-UNIT" in their songs so people can recognize who they are. Saying "J-J-J-J-J-J-UNIT" is just a play off of this.
Good to see that more companies are trying to keep their software free, but perhaps the Slashdot crowd could offer advice on a better business model than spam and merchandising?
How about we keep the base model of the program free, but allow customized versions for companies or individuals who want things specific to what they are doing?
I agree with the fact that it will get hacked around, but I disagree with this being a "no biggie" for two reasons:
1)It's a pain to have to get/create a hack for this.
2)This shows the beginning (or maybe the further progression) of how restrictive things are and are going to be in our future.
This is only complaint I have so far about my Nano... The back of mine has a ton of fingerprints all over it. They should have used a different metal or put the same white color on the back as they have on the front, because the front doesn't have any fingerprints that I can see.
I'm very happy with my purchase. I've used and have had other MP3 players, and can honestly say the click-wheel alone is worth the extra pocket change.
FTFA "West rips through All Falls Down and Gold Digger, but he barely gets a head bob out of those people. When he raps, "If you aint no punk, holla 'We want prenup!,'" not a single, solitary soul hollas back."
I thought that was funny... What were they thinking inviting Kanye West to this?!
/.Likes Kanye's Gold Digger Song
//.Would have holla'd "We want Prenup!"
///.Aren't these slashdots cool?
I have Comcast cable internet and I'm pretty happy with my download speeds. The thing that I wish they would allow for is higher upload speeds.
So this new service offers 12Mbps download... but what are the upload speeds?
Good point. Unfortunately, most people are browsing at sense of humor -2 since I got marked off-topic...
/bitter
/will get over it
I think it should be okay for businesses to call if they have a pre-existing business relationship. A big power of our (American) Do-Not-Call list is the ability to say to these pre-existing relationships, "Thank you, but I do not need any further business from you so please take me off your list and do not call again." Hopefully the Canadian one will work the same way.
These damn Frist Post/Frosty Piss... whatever posts!
Let's start a do-not-post list too! =)
I like hearing about Firefox exploits this way rather than having it mess up my computer by learning about these exploits the hard way.
I've had problems with another browser (guess) in the past where I found out about an exploit the hard way and then found out that the exploit had been a known problem for a very long time. At least we know that the people behind Firefox will have a fix probably within the next few days, but no longer than a couple weeks.
It's great to have a ton of space, but I have enough for what I do on the pc without these massive half a TB drives. I want faster drives now... not bigger ones.
Even if they built their Biosphere who would want to live there? Sure, it would be fun to vacation on Mars just to see what it was like, and a ton of people with a lot of money would do that.. But to live there? Noway... You can't even go outside!
We take that for granted right now since most of us stay inside all day working, but to never be able to run around freely outside is terrible. Plus you'd have to stare at a red surface all day, everyday... No oceans, no greenery, just red rocks. Yuck!
I will never play WoW let alone buy it. No, not because I don't like the game or because I don't think it would be fun. It's because I don't have the time to invest in a game of this type. I like playing games where I can start up, play, have fun for a little while, then quit.
I'm sure there are a ton of people out there like me, which means other games still have a good chance.
People of New Orleans are not going to forget this and many of them are probably going to be terrified of this happening again. Many have already said they're never going back. For those that do, they will want some security.
I'm sure they will be looking at this technology, and maybe even come up with their own before it's all rebuilt. I see this being like rebuilding the World Trade Center buildings - where we will have many ways to fix the levee system or create a entirely new system.
I'm not sure how many others are with me on this, but I am getting tired of realistic games in general.
It's cool to have physics that work like real life but then again, that's not why I play games! I play them so I can see things that can't be done in real life. Remember in Virtua Cop when you shot someone they flipped around like the bullet was 20 times powerful than it should be? That was cool! I loved it when RUSH came out because it let cars drive with semi-realistic physics but they could fly off cliffs and float in the air unrealisticly - but it was awesome and fun! I want the physics to be a little warped. I want characters to be huge compared to normal humans. I want them to be able to do things not possible in real life... I want to see things I've seen in a few games to be extended upon - such as jumping off walls, or small explosions that make characters bounce really far into the distance... I don't know! Just something new and crazy that isn't supposed to happen in our laws of physics!
The quarterly thing would be good. Maybe we can band together and create a Slashdot Zen Garden! =)
Like this!
Can you hear me now? GOOD!
:-/
I hope this will be helpful somehow although I just can't see it doing much.
"which allows users to select a song, album or track by navigating a succession of menus."
How the hell did they actually patent that? It makes me sick... What other ways are you going to navigate your music library if not by artist, album, or genre?! There's not too many ways to impliment this.
Nintendo is playing it smart. They haven't released much info because they are waiting for MS and Sony to give out all their information about their systems. Right before MS releases its 360 I'm sure Nintendo will pull a couple rabbits out of it's hat and try to make people think, "Wow, that Nintendo is pretty cool... Maybe I should wait...?"
If MS has already showed everything it has to offer they can't counter with anything new to make gamers want to buy the system now rather than wait to check out what Nintendo has to offer.
iSorry... =(
FTFA - "It's more likely that the purpose is to prevent competing media players from supporting the NSC format," he observed.
Exactly right... Why don't they just leave this kind of thing open for everyone to impliment with their own player and let the best player win? Argh!
No worries... Apple will come out with iSQL and things will be all better.
We still have neanderthals among us... =)
Sorry.. I just had to!
Ok, so authorities say browsers other than IE are too much unlike IE to find the information they are looking for, but if these other browsers were more like IE then the authorities would say they are copying IE and there would be copyright issues...
(Along with all browsers being crappy.)