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She's featured in the bonus material offered in the news stand version of Maxim magazine. I check ed it out and while the 3D graphic girl is VERY real looking, a careful eye will be able to tell which one is computer generated and which one is not.
Damn, they are the most important invention in my mind. I can't wait for the Railroad technology to be discovered whenever I play Civiliaztion 2. You can quickly build railroads to all your cities, improving food and trade which leads to an abundant growth in new technology.
You're telling me Fallout or Fallout 2 doesn't even get an Honorable Mention?!? Come on, while those games didn't have the popular, mass market appeal of Quake, SimCity or Diablo, they were an incredible combination of graphics and storyline.
There is a lot of truth and wisdom in the above post. Those people who just want to "get in on the Internet game" should take the words to heart. Nice job telling it like it is, OlympicSponsor.
Abandonware rules. I feel that morally, it's not software piracy and I support it.
That said, can someone recommend some software to slow down my CPU (Athlon 500) so that I can play Wing Commander? I downloaded WC from an abandonware site, but it's impossible to play. Any suggestions would be appreciated! Thanx!
Man, I've spent more time cleaning my damn M-16 than shooting it. It's fun to goto the range, but then you sit there wiping carbon off the firing pin and wondering, "what's the point?".
Everybody wants to get out of the military now because the economy is going so well and civilian jobs pay very well. However, if/when the economy goes sour, you can bet those bonuses for enlistment will look very nice.
I waited at a Target in New Jersey with some buds. All we did was chat with people on the line waiting for the Target to open. We got there around 3AM and the Target security guy gave out tickets at 4AM. He said there were 33 PS2s and luckily all the people in our group got tickets.
Yeah, so eventually, the doors opened and we systematically filed into Target and bought our PlayStation 2 Entertainment Systems. Yeah I'm going to Ebay mine. Easy profit for just chillin' outside with some friends. Nothing big, and yeah the PS2 is a big deal. Target security turned away dozens of people after the tickets were all gone.
Just wait till Christmas time and the prices will really skyrocket.
And if the Net is, in fact, fostering a political/social movement designed to protest, curb or transform corporatism, that could well be the most significant and unexpected contribution to public life that technology has made since e-mail
Yes, the Net definitely fosters faster communications which can allow individuals to transmit their praise/hatred of corporate actions quickly. I think that Slashdot helps aid this process by providing the Anonymous Coward feature which allows people to speak and hide their identity.
In addition, there are various rating sites that are popular with people. These sites allow people to speak and rant about the positives and negatives about consumers goods/services. Some examples are Deja and (referral link) Epinions, which I use almost everytime I need to do consumer research.
However, any communication on the Internet is useless if the courts don't enforce free speech. With the news that URLs aren't property, this is just more ammunition that corporate sharks^H^H^H^H^H^Hlawyers can use against people who register RandomFortune500CompanySucks.com. And some companies think they can control free speech by using the trademark game! Is this trademark clause the future loophole that will control free speech? I hope it doesn't follow along the paths of the Interstate Commerce Act.
I don't know what else to say. I can only hope the laws allow the Internet to help in fighting corporatism (and government??).
Very interesting post. But how come Buy.com and BarnesandNoble.com haven't taken advantage of this latest uproar of an Amazon policy. If I was ecommerce director of either competitor, I would have links to the CNet article on the front page of my website. Not only that, but price comparision search engines (PriceScanMySimonPriceWatchDealTimeShopper) should be having a field day with this!
Perhaps Buy and Barnes & Noble are conducting the SAME experiment but at a more discreet level?!?!
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I married a non-geek girl
Yeah, like we believe this. Mod this as Flamebait!
Just kidding. I feel for ya btlzu2. Bet ya love Slashdot and IRC...
I just feel that Amazon it offering "non-essential" goods. They don't sell food, clothing or anything people really NEED to survive. Just stuff people WANT. However, Amazon forgets that the Internet works both ways and that they can change prices quickly, just like consumers can shop at different stores (or comparision shop) at Internet speed too. My whole point was to remind people that we, as consumers, can use the Internet to our advantage also.
Don't like people making assumptions about you based on seriously incomplete information and stupid assumptions? Whoops. Now. Explain to me how Phil can make literally hundreds of thousands of dollars (all in cash, no stock options here) designing very specific custom backend/ecommerce solutions in cold fusion and have most of it in the bank still and have a huge loft in midtown NYC and have enough spare creativity to create an international media sensation and huge traffic site over the weekend. Then to be told he doesn't know much about technology and running a business by some nimrod who thinks he invented computer science and hasn't done shit. That's beautiful dude. Keep on keepin' on.
I'm happy for Phil and whatever work he has done including FuckedCompany. I'm glad he can make money and have a nice Manhattan apartment. However, you need to get a clue. Other people have been doing the same. Some people have been doing it without Cold Fusion (the horrors!). Some people sell their businesses to real companies or real investors through real M&A firms.
Perhaps I am one of those people.
Yes I will keep on keepin' on. You can go back to work at Allaire.
Amazon has taken its fair-share of heat on Slashdot. I remember that the uproar when Amazon patented "one-click shopping". IMHO, that was well deserved, but Amazon has invented new shopping "technologies" that I like.
I definitely like the wish lists. It's easy to add stuff to my wish list and update it when I purchase something. Also, it's nice to be able to publish wish lists and read other's wish lists especially when you want to surprise a loved one with a gift. Also, I like the Amazon Purchase Circles. It's interesting to browse the Purchase Circles and find out what books the Microserfs are buying.
This latest instant price changing incident is perhaps the latest Amazon shopping innovation being tested. Brick and mortar stores change prices often and track their customer purchase habits with all the specialty card programs. Amazon just has the luxury of changing prices at "Internet speed" simply because they ARE the largest retail store on the Internet.
This is a classic example of market manipulation and how the Internet is changing the ideals of traditional retail. If you don't like it, there are plenty of choices. Nobody is forcing you to purchase items at Amazon's prices. Everytime you purchase something on Amazon you do so at your own free will, at the price stated. If you don't like the price, then don't buy it. There are plenty of places to do some comparison shopping if you don't like Amazon. I use PriceScan.
Regarding the Amazon customer service, they are probably just doing some damage control. Amazon's main customer service center is in North Dakota and they're probably not up to speed on the plans at the Seattle headquarters. I take everything customer service says with a grain of salt.
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Hey guys, I think you guys do a great job at Slashdot and pick great topics to post on the front page. I learn alot by reading each posts and learning from people's comments. However, I have never listened to GIS for any considerable amount of time. I don't think the radio format compliments any of the Slashdot crew. I wish you would do more of the "Ask X 10 Questions" and let the Slashdot community have a chance to ask some questions of Geoff. I've always thought that some of the most interesting ideas have been brought out by questions from the Slashdot community.
Probably would help drive up traffic and banner impressions. That would keep Andover off yer backs.
Well, how many large, PAYING corporations need or want bulletin board backend software!?! None, Zer0, Zip, Zilch. THAT's why his firm hasn't developed any.
Yup. What the fuck do you think Slashdot.org is? A fucking auction site? Slashdot is a website that relies on bulletin board discussion software. Corporations will buy good software. Period.
I have given Pud credit with coming up with this idea. I have cited numerous examples of how Pud doesn't fully understand the technical aspect of running a business. Now, putting his website on Ebay shows he doesn't know jack shit about business. What's next? Grant Hill putting himself on Ebay? Any legit businessman wouldn't put his business for sale on a system where RIT sophomores can bid $10 million dollars.
To the second AC. What the fuck does the military have to do with this? If you haven't noticed, the domain "ranger.army.net" IS NOT an official US miltary domain. Who said I'm in the military? Fucking idiot.
I am allergic to homework. I swear, but my parents and teachers don't believe me. Anyway...
Call around NYC or call Allaire and ask who the best cold fusion developer in NY is and you'll get one answer. Plus, his company doesn't do any design at all, all backend.
Yup. The best in NY can't code his own bulletin board software so he uses Coolboard and then switches to UBB. Wow, two years and no bulletin board backend software!?! If I give him, ten years, do you think he can make me a logo?
Give me a fucking break. If he was so good, he'd make his own bulletin board software. It's not that hard and you don't even have to use Perl! This guy has skills...maybe Pud (or you) can learn from him.
Do you think that if I warez ColdFusion and read this I can be the second best in NY?!?
Anonymous Coward, go away. We know you're one of Pud's friends from Syracuse. Oh yeah, one more thing Rutgers 24, Syracuse 21.
That's why he's selling his website on Ebay. A buyer with any type of technical background would be smart to take FuckedCompany.com and start over with a different technical path. Also, CT and Hemos had a technical background before they started Slashdot. It's not an even comparison here.
I have to commend Pud aka Philip Kaplan for starting a great website where people could vent about the dot-com hype. But, FuckedCompany.com itself would never last because Pud didn't have any technical know-how.
When the website first started, they used CoolBoard bulletin board software instead of UBB. I suggested that he use UBB or Slash as a better option for web discussion software. He never responded, but after a recent hiatus FuckedCompany.com is now using UBB. I guess Slash was too hard for them to configure. Secondly, FuckedCompany.com had problems with its database in tracking people's picks of fucked companies. I suggested to Pud his forum that he use Linux/Apache/MySQL/PostGres instead of the Microsoft combination. My reasoning was that the open-source software would cost less money. Instead, he deleted my post.
Pud started FuckedCompany.com to help promote his web design house, PKInteractive. IMHO, it's kind of late to be getting into the web design business and their portfolio doesn't exactly have impressive names. Why is he selling FuckedCompany.com now? Probably because he doesn't know how to deal with a recent rash of troll posters in his forum that has been disrupting traffic. If you visit the forums and scroll back a few pages, you'll see that Dennis Rodman himself has visited and shared his opinions on race relations.
What I'm trying to get at it that FuckedCompany.com is a great idea as a counter to the dot-com hype, but Pud has no clue about running a business/website.
This is the best post in the whole damn discussion.
Think about it. When broadband became more popular, people began to find larger files acceptable. MP3 bit rate standards moved from 128kpbs to 160kpbs to 192kbps. Look at the demo sizes of most games. Compare the demo of Quake 2 to the demo of Soldier of Fortune, which uses the Quake 2 engine. Hell, compare the Quake 2 Full to the Soldier of Fortune demo.
Why is mp3 encoding and divx encoding so powerful? Because they can fit shrink large amounts of data into managable sizes for today's bandwidth. If we give everyone broadband, nobody will have incentive to optimize programs or write better codecs to minimize software.
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Very interesting information and good link.
im beginning to feel the same
She's featured in the bonus material offered in the news stand version of Maxim magazine. I check ed it out and while the 3D graphic girl is VERY real looking, a careful eye will be able to tell which one is computer generated and which one is not.
Can you get me a job at IBM?
Great post and kewl name. Wish I coulda modded you up.
Opera (Win98) says "could not open file". Bitch.
Damn, they are the most important invention in my mind. I can't wait for the Railroad technology to be discovered whenever I play Civiliaztion 2. You can quickly build railroads to all your cities, improving food and trade which leads to an abundant growth in new technology.
Wow, maybe Sid Meyer was on to something!
You're telling me Fallout or Fallout 2 doesn't even get an Honorable Mention?!? Come on, while those games didn't have the popular, mass market appeal of Quake, SimCity or Diablo, they were an incredible combination of graphics and storyline.
There is a lot of truth and wisdom in the above post. Those people who just want to "get in on the Internet game" should take the words to heart. Nice job telling it like it is, OlympicSponsor.
that was gay as hell. maybe if you weren't in such a rush to make a shitty cadence related to slashdot topics you could learn to spell "sergeant".
Abandonware rules. I feel that morally, it's not software piracy and I support it.
That said, can someone recommend some software to slow down my CPU (Athlon 500) so that I can play Wing Commander? I downloaded WC from an abandonware site, but it's impossible to play. Any suggestions would be appreciated! Thanx!
Man, I've spent more time cleaning my damn M-16 than shooting it. It's fun to goto the range, but then you sit there wiping carbon off the firing pin and wondering, "what's the point?".
Everybody wants to get out of the military now because the economy is going so well and civilian jobs pay very well. However, if/when the economy goes sour, you can bet those bonuses for enlistment will look very nice.
I waited at a Target in New Jersey with some buds. All we did was chat with people on the line waiting for the Target to open. We got there around 3AM and the Target security guy gave out tickets at 4AM. He said there were 33 PS2s and luckily all the people in our group got tickets.
Yeah, so eventually, the doors opened and we systematically filed into Target and bought our PlayStation 2 Entertainment Systems. Yeah I'm going to Ebay mine. Easy profit for just chillin' outside with some friends. Nothing big, and yeah the PS2 is a big deal. Target security turned away dozens of people after the tickets were all gone.
Just wait till Christmas time and the prices will really skyrocket.
In addition, there are various rating sites that are popular with people. These sites allow people to speak and rant about the positives and negatives about consumers goods/services. Some examples are Deja and (referral link) Epinions, which I use almost everytime I need to do consumer research.
However, any communication on the Internet is useless if the courts don't enforce free speech. With the news that URLs aren't property, this is just more ammunition that corporate sharks^H^H^H^H^H^Hlawyers can use against people who register RandomFortune500CompanySucks.com. And some companies think they can control free speech by using the trademark game! Is this trademark clause the future loophole that will control free speech? I hope it doesn't follow along the paths of the Interstate Commerce Act.
I don't know what else to say. I can only hope the laws allow the Internet to help in fighting corporatism (and government??).
Very interesting post. But how come Buy.com and BarnesandNoble.com haven't taken advantage of this latest uproar of an Amazon policy. If I was ecommerce director of either competitor, I would have links to the CNet article on the front page of my website. Not only that, but price comparision search engines (PriceScan MySimon PriceWatch DealTime Shopper) should be having a field day with this!
Perhaps Buy and Barnes & Noble are conducting the SAME experiment but at a more discreet level?!?!
Just kidding. I feel for ya btlzu2. Bet ya love Slashdot and IRC...
I just feel that Amazon it offering "non-essential" goods. They don't sell food, clothing or anything people really NEED to survive. Just stuff people WANT. However, Amazon forgets that the Internet works both ways and that they can change prices quickly, just like consumers can shop at different stores (or comparision shop) at Internet speed too. My whole point was to remind people that we, as consumers, can use the Internet to our advantage also.
I'm happy for Phil and whatever work he has done including FuckedCompany. I'm glad he can make money and have a nice Manhattan apartment. However, you need to get a clue. Other people have been doing the same. Some people have been doing it without Cold Fusion (the horrors!). Some people sell their businesses to real companies or real investors through real M&A firms.
Perhaps I am one of those people.
Yes I will keep on keepin' on. You can go back to work at Allaire.
Amazon has taken its fair-share of heat on Slashdot. I remember that the uproar when Amazon patented "one-click shopping". IMHO, that was well deserved, but Amazon has invented new shopping "technologies" that I like.
I definitely like the wish lists. It's easy to add stuff to my wish list and update it when I purchase something. Also, it's nice to be able to publish wish lists and read other's wish lists especially when you want to surprise a loved one with a gift. Also, I like the Amazon Purchase Circles. It's interesting to browse the Purchase Circles and find out what books the Microserfs are buying.
This latest instant price changing incident is perhaps the latest Amazon shopping innovation being tested. Brick and mortar stores change prices often and track their customer purchase habits with all the specialty card programs. Amazon just has the luxury of changing prices at "Internet speed" simply because they ARE the largest retail store on the Internet.
This is a classic example of market manipulation and how the Internet is changing the ideals of traditional retail. If you don't like it, there are plenty of choices. Nobody is forcing you to purchase items at Amazon's prices. Everytime you purchase something on Amazon you do so at your own free will, at the price stated. If you don't like the price, then don't buy it. There are plenty of places to do some comparison shopping if you don't like Amazon. I use PriceScan.
Regarding the Amazon customer service, they are probably just doing some damage control. Amazon's main customer service center is in North Dakota and they're probably not up to speed on the plans at the Seattle headquarters. I take everything customer service says with a grain of salt.
Hey guys, I think you guys do a great job at Slashdot and pick great topics to post on the front page. I learn alot by reading each posts and learning from people's comments. However, I have never listened to GIS for any considerable amount of time. I don't think the radio format compliments any of the Slashdot crew. I wish you would do more of the "Ask X 10 Questions" and let the Slashdot community have a chance to ask some questions of Geoff. I've always thought that some of the most interesting ideas have been brought out by questions from the Slashdot community.
Probably would help drive up traffic and banner impressions. That would keep Andover off yer backs.
Yup. What the fuck do you think Slashdot.org is? A fucking auction site? Slashdot is a website that relies on bulletin board discussion software. Corporations will buy good software. Period.
I have given Pud credit with coming up with this idea. I have cited numerous examples of how Pud doesn't fully understand the technical aspect of running a business. Now, putting his website on Ebay shows he doesn't know jack shit about business. What's next? Grant Hill putting himself on Ebay? Any legit businessman wouldn't put his business for sale on a system where RIT sophomores can bid $10 million dollars.
To the second AC. What the fuck does the military have to do with this? If you haven't noticed, the domain "ranger.army.net" IS NOT an official US miltary domain. Who said I'm in the military? Fucking idiot.
Yup. The best in NY can't code his own bulletin board software so he uses Coolboard and then switches to UBB. Wow, two years and no bulletin board backend software!?! If I give him, ten years, do you think he can make me a logo?
Give me a fucking break. If he was so good, he'd make his own bulletin board software. It's not that hard and you don't even have to use Perl! This guy has skills...maybe Pud (or you) can learn from him.
Do you think that if I warez Cold Fusion and read this I can be the second best in NY?!?
Anonymous Coward, go away. We know you're one of Pud's friends from Syracuse. Oh yeah, one more thing Rutgers 24, Syracuse 21.
That's why he's selling his website on Ebay. A buyer with any type of technical background would be smart to take FuckedCompany.com and start over with a different technical path. Also, CT and Hemos had a technical background before they started Slashdot. It's not an even comparison here.
I have to commend Pud aka Philip Kaplan for starting a great website where people could vent about the dot-com hype. But, FuckedCompany.com itself would never last because Pud didn't have any technical know-how.
When the website first started, they used CoolBoard bulletin board software instead of UBB. I suggested that he use UBB or Slash as a better option for web discussion software. He never responded, but after a recent hiatus FuckedCompany.com is now using UBB. I guess Slash was too hard for them to configure. Secondly, FuckedCompany.com had problems with its database in tracking people's picks of fucked companies. I suggested to Pud his forum that he use Linux/Apache/MySQL/PostGres instead of the Microsoft combination. My reasoning was that the open-source software would cost less money. Instead, he deleted my post.
Pud started FuckedCompany.com to help promote his web design house, PKInteractive. IMHO, it's kind of late to be getting into the web design business and their portfolio doesn't exactly have impressive names. Why is he selling FuckedCompany.com now? Probably because he doesn't know how to deal with a recent rash of troll posters in his forum that has been disrupting traffic. If you visit the forums and scroll back a few pages, you'll see that Dennis Rodman himself has visited and shared his opinions on race relations.
What I'm trying to get at it that FuckedCompany.com is a great idea as a counter to the dot-com hype, but Pud has no clue about running a business/website.
This is the best post in the whole damn discussion.
Think about it. When broadband became more popular, people began to find larger files acceptable. MP3 bit rate standards moved from 128kpbs to 160kpbs to 192kbps. Look at the demo sizes of most games. Compare the demo of Quake 2 to the demo of Soldier of Fortune, which uses the Quake 2 engine. Hell, compare the Quake 2 Full to the Soldier of Fortune demo.
Why is mp3 encoding and divx encoding so powerful? Because they can fit shrink large amounts of data into managable sizes for today's bandwidth. If we give everyone broadband, nobody will have incentive to optimize programs or write better codecs to minimize software.