Just idle (morbid?) curiosity here, if an asteroid of this size were to hit land or water, would the rest of the world be able to literally feel it, like an earthquake? IANAMNAG (I Am Not A Mathematician Nor A Geographer), so I don't know how to figure it out on my own.:)
Lets face it $4.95 a month is how much a computer magazine would cost at a newstands, except this magazine is online and updated daily instead of montly. Sure you don't get something you can hold in your hands and read while comuting...
I dunno about you, but I can read a website while computing, too...
The New York Times also has a HUGE physical subscriber/advertisor base, or have you forgotten?
All the money they make from that makes it easy for them to provide the extra service of all their content being free on the web. Also, a pay-per-article system like the San Jose Mercury seems ridiculous to me, as opposed to a flat fee model.
Since 0.9.4, mozilla users have had the ability to block onload and unload pop-ups/unders. I've had zero problems with this. It doesn't block pop-ups you request, just the ones you don't. I've not seen a popup in months and months. It's fantastic.
Stunning job of preaching to the choir, there. Were you gonna use that karma for something or just keep it in a box to look at once in a while?
"Reading a legal document from the bad guy isn't going to give you an accurate profile of the entirety of the situation."
The 'good guys' rarely do that either. By the way, Bnetd is the 'bad guy' and Blizzard/Vivendi are the 'good guys' on their side of the fence, remember?
"The Bnetd issue is the hot topic of discussion again in our forum. I've already said right here exactly how I feel about it so I don't see any reason to go into that again. However I would like to mention something about the EFF. In there press release they offer a link to our cartoon on the subject. I mailed Tim Jung and let him know that without our new posts on the topic the comic strip was out of context. He was very cool about it and removed the link right away. He sent me a couple e-mails asking why I don't agree with them but he wasn't really a dick about it. I felt like the problem had been resolved. Then I got a mail from Will Doherty. I'll just post it here so you can see it:
Dear Mike Krahulik,
We received your email regarding linking from the EFF press release on the bnetd case to the Penny Arcade cartoon on that case.
Linking is a lawful activity and EFF does not intend to remove this link from the press release or from our website.
Will Doherty Online Idiot / Dickless Wonder Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) Web http://www.eff.org
Electronic Frontier Foundation - Protecting rights in the digital age
This guy actually put the link BACK in the press release! It had already been taken out, the whole situation was cool and then this guy goes and fucks it all up again. I am seriously done thinking about the Bnetd issue but this got me pissed off again. Not at Bnetd but at people like this idiot who think that just because it's legal to do something that means its okay. What the hell ever happened to common fucking courtesy? I told him if he liked linking so much he should link to our rants on the subject but of course he didn't want to do that. He wants it to look like we agree with the EFF which we clearly do not. Needless to say we resolved the issue in our own special way but it still bothers me. I am not exactly sure who's rights they are "protecting in the digital age". It certainly wasn't mine and it sure as hell aint Blizzards."
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Oh yeah, the EFF is a GREAT place! Really, whose rights ARE they protecting?
As for my "breed cults of ill-mannered folk" comment -- spend some time on Battle.net, and you'll see what I mean.
No, the internet breeds the ill-mannered folk, Blizzard just happens to make great games which a LOT of people play, so you happen to see more of the idiots. I mean, hell, just look at slashdot.:P
"The Bnetd issue is the hot topic of discussion again in our forum. I've already said right here exactly how I feel about it so I don't see any reason to go into that again. However I would like to mention something about the EFF. In there press release they offer a link to our cartoon on the subject. I mailed Tim Jung and let him know that without our new posts on the topic the comic strip was out of context. He was very cool about it and removed the link right away. He sent me a couple e-mails asking why I don't agree with them but he wasn't really a dick about it. I felt like the problem had been resolved. Then I got a mail from Will Doherty. I'll just post it here so you can see it:
Dear Mike Krahulik,
We received your email regarding linking from the EFF press release on the bnetd case to the Penny Arcade cartoon on that case.
Linking is a lawful activity and EFF does not intend to remove this link from the press release or from our website.
Will Doherty Online Idiot / Dickless Wonder Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) Web http://www.eff.org
Electronic Frontier Foundation - Protecting rights in the digital age
This guy actually put the link BACK in the press release! It had already been taken out, the whole situation was cool and then this guy goes and fucks it all up again. I am seriously done thinking about the Bnetd issue but this got me pissed off again. Not at Bnetd but at people like this idiot who think that just because it's legal to do something that means its okay. What the hell ever happened to common fucking courtesy? I told him if he liked linking so much he should link to our rants on the subject but of course he didn't want to do that. He wants it to look like we agree with the EFF which we clearly do not. Needless to say we resolved the issue in our own special way but it still bothers me. I am not exactly sure who's rights they are "protecting in the digital age". It certainly wasn't mine and it sure as hell aint Blizzards."
-----
Oh yeah, the EFF is a GREAT place! Really, whose rights ARE they protecting?
I just read your review comment, and I agree with what you said in it. I *wasn't* ripping on the movie at all. I *was* ripping on people who gave a bad rap to movies that didn't deserve it. I will admit I didn't read the entire story until just now, just the part that was on the main page, but the 'You have been warned' bit from timothy just rubbed me the wrong way.
BTW, I saw Resident Evil today too. I was planning on seeing it soon anyway, this story and my comment on it just bumped up the timetable a bit. I was about halfway through it when you posted this comment.
In short: sweet zombie flick. There were some great camera angles, making for really creepy and surreal shots of the lab. The final scene was killer too. I completely agree with the reader review, your review, and the IMDb score: a solid movie worth watching.
Exactly. The bigger problem here is that it's not someone else saying the steak is relly really good, it's someone telling themself it's really really good.
I must not be geeky enough to hate good movies, I'm sorry. I thought FF was pretty good, the Time Machine wasn't bad, Star Wars Ep. 1 was fun, etc. I haven't seen Resident Evil yet, but I can't see myself hating it. You guys/gals expect too much from these movies, and once your overinflated expectations aren't met, you blame the movie.
I think you would enjoy movies (and life) more if you didn't do that.:)
Spammers can make $1 million a month and many are part of international crime syndicates, Kim Heitman, chairman of internet rights group Electronic Frontiers Australia, said.
Remember who you are talking to here. Before I say this, think about it and whether it's actually true or not, and don't go with your knee jerk 'flamebait' reaction:
Slashdotters are geeks, they are the people who bought a dozen different versions of Star Wars 4-6 on tape, just because Lucas said it was new. These are the people who have no control over their geek impulses, and must buy/do/see something because it trips some switch in their brains. They obsess over trivial things like games and movies, reason be damned. Why? I don't know, but it happens, and you can't deny it. 'Logic' dictates that they should not buy Warcraft 3, but they will, and you know it.
Remember, think about it. I really couldn't care less if you downmod me, but at least think about it.
Slashdot Mirror
Just idle (morbid?) curiosity here, if an asteroid of this size were to hit land or water, would the rest of the world be able to literally feel it, like an earthquake? IANAMNAG (I Am Not A Mathematician Nor A Geographer), so I don't know how to figure it out on my own. :)
To the /. editors... please consider doing some basic research on your stories before publishing them.
;)
Think for a second of what you're asking and who you're asking it of.
free (speech and beer.)
What does that mean, anyway? I've heard it mentioned many times before, but never seen an explanation for it.
I couldn't relate to Qing-Jao at all. Brilliant, stubborn (to her own death, even), and insane. Wait, maybe the slashdot crowd CAN relate to her...
Wang-Mu, on the other hand, I could relate to. Smart and overlooked because she didn't have one superficial difference that 'real' smart people had.
If chess is the thinking man's checkers, Shogi looks like the thinking man's chess.
I bet you think 'inflammable' means it can't be set on fire, too.
The British Board of Film Classification has demanded a cut in Ep2 AOTC for a head-butt.
:P
Gee, thanks for the spoiler warning!
you don't see a self taught doctor anywhere, do you?
So soon we forget the lessons taught to us by the almighty South Park!
Lets face it $4.95 a month is how much a computer magazine would cost at a newstands, except this magazine is online and updated daily instead of montly. Sure you don't get something you can hold in your hands and read while comuting...
I dunno about you, but I can read a website while computing, too...
The New York Times also has a HUGE physical subscriber/advertisor base, or have you forgotten?
All the money they make from that makes it easy for them to provide the extra service of all their content being free on the web. Also, a pay-per-article system like the San Jose Mercury seems ridiculous to me, as opposed to a flat fee model.
I read Gamespot for the reader reviews; the average of all those scores generally settles on the true value of a game, much like the IMDb ratings.
Then there's also all the extra information contained in the gamespace page for each game, very handy stuff.
Since 0.9.4, mozilla users have had the ability to block onload and unload pop-ups/unders. I've had zero problems with this. It doesn't block pop-ups you request, just the ones you don't.
I've not seen a popup in months and months. It's fantastic.
Stunning job of preaching to the choir, there. Were you gonna use that karma for something or just keep it in a box to look at once in a while?
"Reading a legal document from the bad guy isn't going to give you an accurate profile of the entirety of the situation."
The 'good guys' rarely do that either. By the way, Bnetd is the 'bad guy' and Blizzard/Vivendi are the 'good guys' on their side of the fence, remember?
This is a repost of my reply to some other guy in this thread, it applies equally well here.
From here:
"The Bnetd issue is the hot topic of discussion again in our forum. I've already said right here exactly how I feel about it so I don't see any reason to go into that again. However I would like to mention something about the EFF. In there press release they offer a link to our cartoon on the subject. I mailed Tim Jung and let him know that without our new posts on the topic the comic strip was out of context. He was very cool about it and removed the link right away. He sent me a couple e-mails asking why I don't agree with them but he wasn't really a dick about it. I felt like the problem had been resolved. Then I got a mail from Will Doherty. I'll just post it here so you can see it:
Dear Mike Krahulik,
We received your email regarding linking from the EFF press
release on the bnetd case to the Penny Arcade cartoon
on that case.
Linking is a lawful activity and EFF does not intend to
remove this link from the press release or from our
website.
Will Doherty
Online Idiot / Dickless Wonder
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
Web http://www.eff.org
Electronic Frontier Foundation - Protecting rights in the digital age
This guy actually put the link BACK in the press release! It had already been taken out, the whole situation was cool and then this guy goes and fucks it all up again. I am seriously done thinking about the Bnetd issue but this got me pissed off again. Not at Bnetd but at people like this idiot who think that just because it's legal to do something that means its okay. What the hell ever happened to common fucking courtesy? I told him if he liked linking so much he should link to our rants on the subject but of course he didn't want to do that. He wants it to look like we agree with the EFF which we clearly do not. Needless to say we resolved the issue in our own special way but it still bothers me. I am not exactly sure who's rights they are "protecting in the digital age". It certainly wasn't mine and it sure as hell aint Blizzards."
-----
Oh yeah, the EFF is a GREAT place! Really, whose rights ARE they protecting?
As for my "breed cults of ill-mannered folk" comment -- spend some time on Battle.net, and you'll see what I mean.
:P
No, the internet breeds the ill-mannered folk, Blizzard just happens to make great games which a LOT of people play, so you happen to see more of the idiots. I mean, hell, just look at slashdot.
From here:
"The Bnetd issue is the hot topic of discussion again in our forum. I've already said right here exactly how I feel about it so I don't see any reason to go into that again. However I would like to mention something about the EFF. In there press release they offer a link to our cartoon on the subject. I mailed Tim Jung and let him know that without our new posts on the topic the comic strip was out of context. He was very cool about it and removed the link right away. He sent me a couple e-mails asking why I don't agree with them but he wasn't really a dick about it. I felt like the problem had been resolved. Then I got a mail from Will Doherty. I'll just post it here so you can see it:
Dear Mike Krahulik,
We received your email regarding linking from the EFF press
release on the bnetd case to the Penny Arcade cartoon
on that case.
Linking is a lawful activity and EFF does not intend to
remove this link from the press release or from our
website.
Will Doherty
Online Idiot / Dickless Wonder
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
Web http://www.eff.org
Electronic Frontier Foundation - Protecting rights in the digital age
This guy actually put the link BACK in the press release! It had already been taken out, the whole situation was cool and then this guy goes and fucks it all up again. I am seriously done thinking about the Bnetd issue but this got me pissed off again. Not at Bnetd but at people like this idiot who think that just because it's legal to do something that means its okay. What the hell ever happened to common fucking courtesy? I told him if he liked linking so much he should link to our rants on the subject but of course he didn't want to do that. He wants it to look like we agree with the EFF which we clearly do not. Needless to say we resolved the issue in our own special way but it still bothers me. I am not exactly sure who's rights they are "protecting in the digital age". It certainly wasn't mine and it sure as hell aint Blizzards."
-----
Oh yeah, the EFF is a GREAT place! Really, whose rights ARE they protecting?
I just read your review comment, and I agree with what you said in it. I *wasn't* ripping on the movie at all. I *was* ripping on people who gave a bad rap to movies that didn't deserve it. I will admit I didn't read the entire story until just now, just the part that was on the main page, but the 'You have been warned' bit from timothy just rubbed me the wrong way.
;)
BTW, I saw Resident Evil today too. I was planning on seeing it soon anyway, this story and my comment on it just bumped up the timetable a bit. I was about halfway through it when you posted this comment.
In short: sweet zombie flick. There were some great camera angles, making for really creepy and surreal shots of the lab. The final scene was killer too. I completely agree with the reader review, your review, and the IMDb score: a solid movie worth watching.
Now, what was that about bashing people?
Exactly. The bigger problem here is that it's not someone else saying the steak is relly really good, it's someone telling themself it's really really good.
He actually has to get himself killed to earn a Darwin Award. Maybe if he goes to prison like the other poster said... ;)
Well, he knew where the judge's security hole was, but the judge just doesn't swing that way.
I must not be geeky enough to hate good movies, I'm sorry. I thought FF was pretty good, the Time Machine wasn't bad, Star Wars Ep. 1 was fun, etc. I haven't seen Resident Evil yet, but I can't see myself hating it. You guys/gals expect too much from these movies, and once your overinflated expectations aren't met, you blame the movie.
:)
I think you would enjoy movies (and life) more if you didn't do that.
"people who liked X also liked Y..." I haven't used Kazaa (sp?) or any P2P file-sharing system but do any of them work like this?
;)
No, none of them work like this.
I guess you haven't used AudioGalaxy.
Spammers can make $1 million a month and many are part of international crime syndicates, Kim Heitman, chairman of internet rights group Electronic Frontiers Australia, said.
If you read spam, the terrorists have won!
Remember who you are talking to here. Before I say this, think about it and whether it's actually true or not, and don't go with your knee jerk 'flamebait' reaction:
Slashdotters are geeks, they are the people who bought a dozen different versions of Star Wars 4-6 on tape, just because Lucas said it was new. These are the people who have no control over their geek impulses, and must buy/do/see something because it trips some switch in their brains. They obsess over trivial things like games and movies, reason be damned. Why? I don't know, but it happens, and you can't deny it. 'Logic' dictates that they should not buy Warcraft 3, but they will, and you know it.
Remember, think about it. I really couldn't care less if you downmod me, but at least think about it.
The REALLY scary part is that you know Google could do it.