First it was radio... then it was television, rock and roll and comic books. After that it was video games, rap, heavy metal, and goth music. Now it's the internet and more realistic games.
Message to parents! If your child screws up, it is probably your fault! Sucks, doesn't it?
Not to be a cranky misanthrope about it, but how about reducing the number of people
on the planet before espousing the notion of using untold billions of tons of resources
to manufacture enough hard drives to record billions of tediously repetitive, uninteresting,
sad, pathetic life stories of human after human after human after human after human?
No one is stopping you from reducing the population by one*! Or why don't you go hand out condoms or something instead of posting on slashdot.
*Just kidding, man. I'm sure you have a lot to live for.
The ornate interactivity comes courtesy of the PS3's RSX processor, which allows photos to be moved around like 3D objects.
So the processor allows this, eh? Not the code? This seems like a step down from the awesome supercomputer processor of the PS2 that allowed for EMOTIONS!
Most of our members have came from slashdot through my sig link, so I guess that helped us get members that were above average in terms of writing and discussion skills.
Hm...
Have you been to fark, or imdb, or any other forum? Slashdot has some idiots, for sure, but the users are certainly above average.
1. Start small. There's no need to create all of your forum topics at once. Start with a few and create more as they are needed.
2. Welcome new members. It can be tough joining an established forum. New members don't always know the forum etiquette and they don't know any of the "in jokes". Welcome them and thank them for contributing.
3. Don't censor. If someone steps out of line, just ask them nicely to "tone down" their posts. When the subject is politics, you have to be very careful to ensure that the poster doesn't feel like their view is being unfairly silenced.
4. Allow guests to post. You will need a good captcha system, but allowing guest posting really helps to get the "lurkers" involved in the discussion.
5. Start the discussions. Write a few posts everyday that you know will generate discussion. Start a poll that asks if abortion should be legal, and before you can say flamewar you'll have a hundred new posts. I also spam my own forum with "in the news" links. It can really help get the ball rolling.
6. Forum games and offtopic posts. Create a lounge section for members to discuss issues that don't relate to politics. Forums should be about discussing issues with friends. Solve an online puzzle like www.antiriddle.com together, and the members will set aside their political differences and have fun together. Also, little games like word association and photoshop tennis can help strengthen the community.
7. No ads! Don't put google ads between every post. That is annoying, and people don't want to join an online community created strictly for profit.
I started a religion forum about six months ago, and I too was worried about flamewars and intolerance. Suprisingly, we have had very little name calling at all on our forum. Most of our members have came from slashdot through my sig link, so I guess that helped us get members that were above average in terms of writing and discussion skills.
We use phpbb with a few mods, like quick reply and a captcha system that doesn't really work. Most of our top posters have mod abilities, so that really helps us control the spam posts. Amazingly, for a religious forum, we haven't censored any posts in six months. Basically, just encourage rational debate and I don't think you will have any need to censor.
Was anyone else imagining scenes of guerilla penguin freedom fighters in air conditioned jump suits holding Indian children hostage demanding the release of politicl prisoners?
Flash memory is a form of non-volatile computer memory that can be electrically erased and reprogrammed. Unlike EEPROM, it is erased and programmed in blocks consisting of multiple locations (in early flash the entire chip had to be erased at once). Flash memory costs far less than EEPROM and therefore has become the dominant technology wherever a significant amount of non-volatile, solid-state storage is needed. Examples of applications include digital audio players, digital cameras and mobile phones. Flash memory is also used in USB flash drives (thumb drives), which are used for general storage and transfer of data between computers. It has also gained some popularity in the gaming market, where it is often used instead of EEPROMs for game save data.
Who wants to be a flocking person? 12 million Ipods, how does that make you feel unique and cool when you have something that everyone is carrying?
I still haven't bought an Ipod in any form:)
Some people choose electronics for reasons other than status symbols. The only thing worse than going out of your way to fit in is going out of your way to not fit in. IMHO.
I think everyone knows that consumer electronics sell better around Christmas. Comparing holiday season sales to summer sales is like comparing apples to oranges...
For most items it is cheaper to get them elsewhere. Especially once the shipping and customs charges are added. Ebay is only worthwhile for hard to find items, IMHO.
1. Set the starting price low (except for items you expect little interest in). Low starting prices stimulate auction traffic and get early bidders psychologically invested in the auction, leading to more completed sales and higher final prices. Professor Gillian Ku from London Business School and professors Adam Galinsky and J. Keith Murnighan from Northwestern found that Nikon cameras with starting prices of $0.01 resulted in significantly higher final prices than the average price for completed camera auctions.
An auction for a kitchen sink with a starting price of $225 ended without a single bidder. When re-auctioned with a starting price of $75, the sink sold for $275. The exception to the start-low rule: If you're selling an idiosyncratic item you don't think a lot of people will bid on, set a price closer to the item's actual value.
2. Use reserve prices with caution, especially for low-priced items. When using a low minimum bid, nervous sellers sometimes set secret reserve prices to make sure their item doesn't sell for less than the item's true value. Using reserves is a risky strategy for sellers, say professors at Stanford and the University of Arizona, because it reduces the probability that the auction will end in a sale.
In an experiment using Pokémon trading cards, they found that secret-reserve auctions on average resulted in fewer serious bidders per auction and lower final sale prices. However, other research suggests that for auctions of higher-priced goods (over $25), secret reserves might actually push revenues higher when the auctions end in a successful sale.
3. Use photos in your listings. Listings with photos receive much more traffic than listings without photos. Generally speaking, more traffic to your listing--especially on the first day of an auction--results in more active bidders, and the more bidders competing for an item, the higher the sale price. In one study at Stanford, researchers found that an extra bidder results in an 11.4% increase in auction revenue among all auctions, and a 5.5% increase for auctions in which there are least two bidders.
4. Don't flood the market. If you're selling multiples of an item, space them out, rather then selling them all at once, says Ku--that's simple supply and demand at work.
5. Spell-check. Misspellings decrease the amount of traffic an auction receives. Ku, Galinsky, and Murnighan found that Michael Jordan shirts listed "Micheal" went unsold almost twice as often as those that were spelled correctly. When sold, the misspelled brand names resulted in lower final sale prices.
6. Hype it up. Ku and Murnighan suggest that inserting blatant puffery like "This shirt is hot!! A must-have for the summer!!" into low-starting-price auctions could stimulate interest better than more straightforward listings, and possibly even raise final sale prices. Researchers at Stanford found that auctions which mention the high retail price in an item description sell for 7% more on average.
7. Hold longer auctions. Researchers from the University of Arizona and the University of Michigan found that longer auctions tend to fetch higher prices. While three-day and five-day auctions yield approximately the same prices, seven-day auctions are about 24% higher, and 10-day auctions 42% higher on average.
8. Don't end auctions during "eBay happy hour." Though it might seem counterintuitive, a University of Pennsylvania researcher found that auctions ending during peak hours on eBay are actually 9.6% less likely to result in a sale. The reason? More competition. About 35% of auctions end between 5 p.m. and 8:59 p.m., when 25% of bids are placed.
9. Charge for shipping--but not too much. Bidders don't pay much attention to shipping costs when placing bids, say professors at UC Berkeley and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. CDs listed with a starting price of one cent with $3.99 shipping averaged 21% higher final sale prices than CDs set with an opening price of $4 and no shipping charge. B
I wish I had this when I was a kid. Robotics is what got me interested in programming in the first place and I'm sure I'm not the only one. It's one thing to see "hello world" on a computer screen, but programming a "light seeking" or other simple robot can really get the imagination going.
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[blockquote]Ikea is the source of mistrust of sweden for me.[/blockquote]
And vikings! They don't get nearly as much attention as pirates and ninjas, but they are pretty sneeky!
This combined with the mentality that being accused instantly makes you guility in our society will result in many people's lives being ruined for doing nothing wrong in the first place. I can't see one good reason why they should have this system setup at all for people who aren't convienced!
Preventing the sexual abuse of minors seems like a pretty damn good reason! I don't think the pros outweigh the cons on this one, but yeah, I think that's a pretty good reason.
Slashdot Mirror
First it was radio... then it was television, rock and roll and comic books. After that it was video games, rap, heavy metal, and goth music. Now it's the internet and more realistic games.
Message to parents! If your child screws up, it is probably your fault! Sucks, doesn't it?
*Just kidding, man. I'm sure you have a lot to live for.
I think I'll wait for web 2.1 to come along so that all the bugs will be fixed.
More tips:
1. Start small. There's no need to create all of your forum topics at once. Start with a few and create more as they are needed.
2. Welcome new members. It can be tough joining an established forum. New members don't always know the forum etiquette and they don't know any of the "in jokes". Welcome them and thank them for contributing.
3. Don't censor. If someone steps out of line, just ask them nicely to "tone down" their posts. When the subject is politics, you have to be very careful to ensure that the poster doesn't feel like their view is being unfairly silenced.
4. Allow guests to post. You will need a good captcha system, but allowing guest posting really helps to get the "lurkers" involved in the discussion.
5. Start the discussions. Write a few posts everyday that you know will generate discussion. Start a poll that asks if abortion should be legal, and before you can say flamewar you'll have a hundred new posts. I also spam my own forum with "in the news" links. It can really help get the ball rolling.
6. Forum games and offtopic posts. Create a lounge section for members to discuss issues that don't relate to politics. Forums should be about discussing issues with friends. Solve an online puzzle like www.antiriddle.com together, and the members will set aside their political differences and have fun together. Also, little games like word association and photoshop tennis can help strengthen the community.
7. No ads! Don't put google ads between every post. That is annoying, and people don't want to join an online community created strictly for profit.
I started a religion forum about six months ago, and I too was worried about flamewars and intolerance. Suprisingly, we have had very little name calling at all on our forum. Most of our members have came from slashdot through my sig link, so I guess that helped us get members that were above average in terms of writing and discussion skills.
We use phpbb with a few mods, like quick reply and a captcha system that doesn't really work. Most of our top posters have mod abilities, so that really helps us control the spam posts. Amazingly, for a religious forum, we haven't censored any posts in six months. Basically, just encourage rational debate and I don't think you will have any need to censor.
If your slashdot threads become crossed with your godgab.org threads, you might be addicted to the internet!
If you refresh your Slashdot user page every 30 seconds to see if you have received any replies, you might be addicted to the internet.
Obviously, yes.
Bam Bam or Deuce?
GM food gives me such a headache...
How would Spore be adapted to the Gameboy? Obviously there is more to it than just porting the software.
From wikipedia:
Flash memory is a form of non-volatile computer memory that can be electrically erased and reprogrammed. Unlike EEPROM, it is erased and programmed in blocks consisting of multiple locations (in early flash the entire chip had to be erased at once). Flash memory costs far less than EEPROM and therefore has become the dominant technology wherever a significant amount of non-volatile, solid-state storage is needed. Examples of applications include digital audio players, digital cameras and mobile phones. Flash memory is also used in USB flash drives (thumb drives), which are used for general storage and transfer of data between computers. It has also gained some popularity in the gaming market, where it is often used instead of EEPROMs for game save data.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_memory
I think everyone knows that consumer electronics sell better around Christmas. Comparing holiday season sales to summer sales is like comparing apples to oranges...
No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame.
For most items it is cheaper to get them elsewhere. Especially once the shipping and customs charges are added. Ebay is only worthwhile for hard to find items, IMHO.
1. Set the starting price low (except for items you expect little interest in). Low starting prices stimulate auction traffic and get early bidders psychologically invested in the auction, leading to more completed sales and higher final prices. Professor Gillian Ku from London Business School and professors Adam Galinsky and J. Keith Murnighan from Northwestern found that Nikon cameras with starting prices of $0.01 resulted in significantly higher final prices than the average price for completed camera auctions.
An auction for a kitchen sink with a starting price of $225 ended without a single bidder. When re-auctioned with a starting price of $75, the sink sold for $275. The exception to the start-low rule: If you're selling an idiosyncratic item you don't think a lot of people will bid on, set a price closer to the item's actual value.
2. Use reserve prices with caution, especially for low-priced items. When using a low minimum bid, nervous sellers sometimes set secret reserve prices to make sure their item doesn't sell for less than the item's true value. Using reserves is a risky strategy for sellers, say professors at Stanford and the University of Arizona, because it reduces the probability that the auction will end in a sale.
In an experiment using Pokémon trading cards, they found that secret-reserve auctions on average resulted in fewer serious bidders per auction and lower final sale prices. However, other research suggests that for auctions of higher-priced goods (over $25), secret reserves might actually push revenues higher when the auctions end in a successful sale.
3. Use photos in your listings. Listings with photos receive much more traffic than listings without photos. Generally speaking, more traffic to your listing--especially on the first day of an auction--results in more active bidders, and the more bidders competing for an item, the higher the sale price. In one study at Stanford, researchers found that an extra bidder results in an 11.4% increase in auction revenue among all auctions, and a 5.5% increase for auctions in which there are least two bidders.
4. Don't flood the market. If you're selling multiples of an item, space them out, rather then selling them all at once, says Ku--that's simple supply and demand at work.
5. Spell-check. Misspellings decrease the amount of traffic an auction receives. Ku, Galinsky, and Murnighan found that Michael Jordan shirts listed "Micheal" went unsold almost twice as often as those that were spelled correctly. When sold, the misspelled brand names resulted in lower final sale prices.
6. Hype it up. Ku and Murnighan suggest that inserting blatant puffery like "This shirt is hot!! A must-have for the summer!!" into low-starting-price auctions could stimulate interest better than more straightforward listings, and possibly even raise final sale prices. Researchers at Stanford found that auctions which mention the high retail price in an item description sell for 7% more on average.
7. Hold longer auctions. Researchers from the University of Arizona and the University of Michigan found that longer auctions tend to fetch higher prices. While three-day and five-day auctions yield approximately the same prices, seven-day auctions are about 24% higher, and 10-day auctions 42% higher on average.
8. Don't end auctions during "eBay happy hour." Though it might seem counterintuitive, a University of Pennsylvania researcher found that auctions ending during peak hours on eBay are actually 9.6% less likely to result in a sale. The reason? More competition. About 35% of auctions end between 5 p.m. and 8:59 p.m., when 25% of bids are placed.
9. Charge for shipping--but not too much. Bidders don't pay much attention to shipping costs when placing bids, say professors at UC Berkeley and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. CDs listed with a starting price of one cent with $3.99 shipping averaged 21% higher final sale prices than CDs set with an opening price of $4 and no shipping charge. B
I wish I had this when I was a kid. Robotics is what got me interested in programming in the first place and I'm sure I'm not the only one. It's one thing to see "hello world" on a computer screen, but programming a "light seeking" or other simple robot can really get the imagination going.
[blockquote]Ikea is the source of mistrust of sweden for me.[/blockquote] And vikings! They don't get nearly as much attention as pirates and ninjas, but they are pretty sneeky!