I've had a similar idea for some time now: have a device that warns you whenever you start driving x kph over the limit, where x is whatever you want to set it to. This way you can keep your eye on the road, and not worry about the speed.
The adjustable delta means you can make it warn you later when you're driving in the fast-lane, or sooner when you're driving in the fog. The whole thing should be easy enough to do, just connect it to your speedometer and go...
Looks like OSC is also willing to participate in web-based discussions. So how about a/. interview with him? I think it'll be very interesting and informative.
There are more advantages to opensource software than just the low price (free) :
1. With opensource you get better security. Anybody with some time on their hands can look at the source, find security holes, fix 'em and ship patches. And for a web browser, security is a big issue.
2. Stability and more features. Again, anybody with time on their hands can fix bugs or add new features and have these incorporated into later releases.
Myself, I paid for Opera on Windoze even though I had a fully-functional pirated copy of it. And if the Linux-version is just as good, I'll pay for it too, opensource or not.
IANAL, but given that they didn't attribute the quote to you directly, I doubt you can complain or sue or anything.
However, I believe Slashdot does have plenty of ground to sue and complain, since the (mis)quotes are being attributed to their site and their "correspondants" (?!?!)
However, on the other hand is the point that people should think before the speak. Quite often that is the core of the problems.
Quite the opposite. The core of the problems is that society has stopped giving the benefit of the doubt to anybody under any circumstance.
The problem is not that people don't think before they speak -- people will always do that because they're human. The problem is that people refuse to say "hey you probably didn't think before you said that, forgive and forget."
As others have said, the core of the problem is with the media, who takes every little thing every preson says and blows it out of proportions. The solution is to come down hard on members of the media who resort to such tactics. Make the media think twice before using every silly word anybody says and ruining people's lives, just to make an extra buck.
I have never used AOL in my life and instantly think of AOL when I here the phrase "You got mail"
Weird, I use AOL all the time, and now when I hear "You got mail" I instantly say "Me too":-)
Seriously, I only realised the connection between AOL and "You got mail" when I started reading about their silly lawsuits. If anything, the two phrases I associate with AOL are: "Me too" and "I'm calling from AOL, give me your password."
Reminds me of a couple of contracts I had where the work was so interesting that I was reluctant to goof-off, but my bosses/made/ me.
One boss was a duke-nukem junky and made me play with him one or twice a day. The other insisted on showing me interesting web-site and chatting. Made for some intersting conversations:
What you see is the phenomenon called "the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence." Non-Americans migrate to US either chasing the American dream or just wanting to experince a new culture for a while. Americans migrate to other countries either chasing that country's dream or just wanting to experience new cultures. Some folks migrate from one country to another (neither being USA) for the same reasons.
This is all a Good Thing(tm). It makes people from different countries experience other cultures and, hopefully, pick up the good sides of the new culture and integrate it back in their own, or vice-versa. IMHO, this sort of thing should be even more encouraged, a sort-of international trade, not only on goods, but also professionals and their minds to bring a better understanding of other cultures to everybody.
I'm not sure if this is technologically possible, but a mature solution would be:
The small business gets a domain name like clue-computing-boston.com, Hasbro gets clue-hasbro-game.com, and somewhere there is a single web page under www.clue.com that says for Clue Computing of Boston click here, for the Hasbro Clue game click here, etc.
Perhaps I'm dreaming, but let's say there was a mega-server somewhere. When you type www.name-used-by-many-people.com in your browser, you're shown a web page from this server that basically presents you with a set of links to all sites related to that name. Now all we have to do is find someone to maintain the mega-server and the lists (yeah that's the scary part).
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I've had a similar idea for some time now: have a device that warns you whenever you start driving x kph over the limit, where x is whatever you want to set it to. This way you can keep your eye on the road, and not worry about the speed.
The adjustable delta means you can make it warn you later when you're driving in the fast-lane, or sooner when you're driving in the fog. The whole thing should be easy enough to do, just connect it to your speedometer and go...
Looks like OSC is also willing to participate in web-based discussions. So how about a /. interview with him? I think it'll be very interesting and informative.
Remember Nick Leeson who bankrupted the Barings bank? Talk about a loser management...
There are more advantages to opensource software than just the low price (free) :
1. With opensource you get better security. Anybody with some time on their hands can look at the source, find security holes, fix 'em and ship patches. And for a web browser, security is a big issue.
2. Stability and more features. Again, anybody with time on their hands can fix bugs or add new features and have these incorporated into later releases.
Myself, I paid for Opera on Windoze even though I had a fully-functional pirated copy of it. And if the Linux-version is just as good, I'll pay for it too, opensource or not.
IANAL, but given that they didn't attribute the quote to you directly, I doubt you can complain or sue or anything.
However, I believe Slashdot does have plenty of ground to sue and complain, since the (mis)quotes are being attributed to their site and their "correspondants" (?!?!)
However, on the other hand is the point that people should think before the speak. Quite often that is the core of the problems.
Quite the opposite. The core of the problems is that society has stopped giving the benefit of the doubt to anybody under any circumstance.
The problem is not that people don't think before they speak -- people will always do that because they're human. The problem is that people refuse to say "hey you probably didn't think before you said that, forgive and forget."
As others have said, the core of the problem is with the media, who takes every little thing every preson says and blows it out of proportions. The solution is to come down hard on members of the media who resort to such tactics. Make the media think twice before using every silly word anybody says and ruining people's lives, just to make an extra buck.
I have never used AOL in my life and instantly think of AOL when I here the phrase "You got mail"
:-)
Weird, I use AOL all the time, and now when I hear "You got mail" I instantly say "Me too"
Seriously, I only realised the connection between AOL and "You got mail" when I started reading about their silly lawsuits. If anything, the two phrases I associate with AOL are: "Me too" and "I'm calling from AOL, give me your password."
Reminds me of a couple of contracts I had where the work was so interesting that I was reluctant to goof-off, but my bosses /made/ me.
One boss was a duke-nukem junky and made me play with him one or twice a day. The other insisted on showing me interesting web-site and chatting. Made for some intersting conversations:
Boss: Come on let's play.
Me: But I want to work!
What you see is the phenomenon called "the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence." Non-Americans migrate to US either chasing the American dream or just wanting to experince a new culture for a while. Americans migrate to other countries either chasing that country's dream or just wanting to experience new cultures. Some folks migrate from one country to another (neither being USA) for the same reasons.
This is all a Good Thing(tm). It makes people from different countries experience other cultures and, hopefully, pick up the good sides of the new culture and integrate it back in their own, or vice-versa. IMHO, this sort of thing should be even more encouraged, a sort-of international trade, not only on goods, but also professionals and their minds to bring a better understanding of other cultures to everybody.
I'm not sure if this is technologically possible, but a mature solution would be:
The small business gets a domain name like clue-computing-boston.com, Hasbro gets clue-hasbro-game.com, and somewhere there is a single web page under www.clue.com that says for Clue Computing of Boston click here, for the Hasbro Clue game click here, etc.
Perhaps I'm dreaming, but let's say there was a mega-server somewhere. When you type www.name-used-by-many-people.com in your browser, you're shown a web page from this server that basically presents you with a set of links to all sites related to that name. Now all we have to do is find someone to maintain the mega-server and the lists (yeah that's the scary part).