the alignment on then right hand side of the screen will make it quicker to look down a line of scores
Probably not.
Y'see, that would be the case if all you would be looking at was a line of scores (i.e numbers). But here you'd be looking at a list of numbers AND words. So while you're thinking a nice columnar
5 2 3 4
would be nice, what you'd really see is something like
Insightful 2 3 Interesting
And this, of course, will all be right-aligned, which means your eyes would be scampering all over the place.
While we're talking about comments and indenting, just thought I'd also add that on the Comment page (where you click on the cid), the moderation totals table is not centered any more. Which looks freaking weird.
Not to mention that the table headings ("Starting Score") are black on slashgreen. Ugh..
This reply might be a little late in coming, but dude, I seriously salute you for having 7 links to distinct technologies, and not a single one to Wikipedia:-)
They haven't really mentioned in TFA what kind of crime they're targeting. I imagine they mean the snatching-old-ladies-handbags kind, but I suppose this could occur:
Haughty socialite: Hello Police? I just saw a crime being committed on the 1984 channel.
Operator: Yes ma'am. Please give us your location.
HS: 42 Anstoltue Street.
O: And what is the nature of the crime in question?
If DRM becomes as oppressive as the big media players seem to want it to be, then it will drive people away from platforms requiring it and towards platforms that circumvent it.
Don't be so sure. It could also work in the reverse direction. It will drive people TOWARDS platforms that support DRM (if a big company says it's good for us, it must be, right?), and away from the platforms that don't
I saw on TV the other night where health insurance companies are starting to give patients CDs with soothing positive thoughts and the amount of medication the patients needed was less, they stayed less in hospitals, etc.
Mark this as flamebait if you will, but this can easily be attributed to the placebo effect.
Or to put it more succinctly, a lot of patients are fucking hypochondriacs who are in desperate need of a kick in the seat of pants, and if it is delivered nicely through a CD, then so be it.
Your comment, sir, is almost the ultimate slashfantasy.
Add in a "OMG LINUS IS KIX ASS" and another "OMG WINDOZE IS TEH SUXORZ!!1eleven" and the moderators and editors might build this comment a slashmemorial...
Especially the ending - I reproduce it here (spoiler warning:-P)
I wanted to end this essay by telling a story about how current rulings hurt us, but the patent for "ending an essay with an anecdote" is owned. So I thought to end with a quotation from a famous person, but that strategy is patented, too. I then decided to end abruptly, but "abrupt ending for dramatic effect" is also patented. Finally, I decided to pay the "end with summary" patent fee, since it was the least expensive.
The Supreme Court should rule against Metabolite, and the Patent Office should begin to reverse its strategy of patenting strategies. Basic truths of nature can't be owned.
Oh, and by the way: I own the patent for "essay or letter criticizing a previous publication." So anyone who criticizes what I have said here had better pay a royalty first, or I'll see you in court.
Slashdot Mirror
Y'see, that would be the case if all you would be looking at was a line of scores (i.e numbers). But here you'd be looking at a list of numbers AND words. So while you're thinking a nice columnar
5
2
3
4
would be nice, what you'd really see is something like
Insightful
2
3
Interesting
And this, of course, will all be right-aligned, which means your eyes would be scampering all over the place.
While we're talking about comments and indenting, just thought I'd also add that on the Comment page (where you click on the cid), the moderation totals table is not centered any more. Which looks freaking weird.
Not to mention that the table headings ("Starting Score") are black on slashgreen. Ugh..
You forgot the short-term memory erasure device. I don't think they want you to play the song even in your head.
A sensible, logical, pro-P2P argument. I'm sorry sir, we'll just have to add you to our ignore list.
Sincerely,
The RIAA
Call my analogy a bad one if you will..
Thank you. I will. No cars in it => lame.
Hmm..does it run Linux? Is it modded???
...a gradual compartmentalization of the Internet by ISP...
*shudder*
One can imagine sites after this law is passed displaying a message:
This website best viewed with AT&T or Verizon as an ISP
Gaaaah!
This reply might be a little late in coming, but dude, I seriously salute you for having 7 links to distinct technologies, and not a single one to Wikipedia :-)
So? What's the problem?
This could be a good thing, like this slashdotter here, who's mirrored the entire Mark Klein statement from Wired.com.
Granted, each example may not be that of mirroring, or even a fisking, but if the source is attributed properly..
SO WHAT????
They haven't really mentioned in TFA what kind of crime they're targeting. I imagine they mean the snatching-old-ladies-handbags kind, but I suppose this could occur:
Haughty socialite: Hello Police? I just saw a crime being committed on the 1984 channel.
Operator: Yes ma'am. Please give us your location.
HS: 42 Anstoltue Street.
O: And what is the nature of the crime in question?
HS: This guy, he had sideburns.
O: Alright ma'am, but what's the crime?
HS: HE HAD SIDEBURNS I TELL YOU! IN 2006!
O:
That's just wrong, man. Take your pick from these:
1. How many dots would a slashdot slash, if a slashdot could slash dots?
2. How many slashes would a slashdot dot, if a slashdot could dot slashes?
Also, let's all modify Godwin's Law to use China instead!
This is late, but just have to get this cleared up: how does one act negligently and intentionally at the same time, doing the same thing?
MAN those would be some hot DVDs...
Amateur pornographers. People who like to take those nice little .3gp files floating around..
The Sony Ericsson series of cellphone-cameras have always been of excellent quality.
;-p
A Sony Ericsson's VGA camera-cellphone gives FAR better image quality than the first-generation Nokia megapixel camera-cellphones.
The sound quality is also awesome, but that's just offtopic.
Okay, I'll stop being a Sony shill now
Or to put it more succinctly, a lot of patients are fucking hypochondriacs who are in desperate need of a kick in the seat of pants, and if it is delivered nicely through a CD, then so be it.
My mod points no use here :/
Your comment, sir, is almost the ultimate slashfantasy.
Add in a "OMG LINUS IS KIX ASS" and another "OMG WINDOZE IS TEH SUXORZ!!1eleven" and the moderators and editors might build this comment a slashmemorial...
Opera has this (I'm using version 8.02, build 7680)
Hm. I was thinking of the year-long wait too, but only because Photoshop takes frickin' ages to open...
Let's see...
Nike = frickin overpriced shoes and accessories which are pretty much the same as those made by any other (except for that stupid thick tick mark)
Google = mostly free stuff, which for the most part is better than any of the competition's similar stuff.
Hmm...I RTFA, and still don't get it. What's in this for Google again?
Especially the ending - I reproduce it here (spoiler warning
God has teh patented the entire world!!11eleven
Hahahaha!
Hmmm...it's funny because it's true..sigh..