While I agree with the notion that we need to be able to have more involvement in the passing of individual laws (though things like the PATRIOT act would likely still go through when the proponent hit the sheeple's fear nerves when doing the marketing/propaganda when proposing the law..), how is open source a valid model? Are people just going to occasionally put forward patches for the law? Who decides what patches are commited and what are thrown away? etc etc. There will always have to be leadership, and that leadership will have its price.
I do however, wish to go on the record that I fully support scientific efforts to find/create the perfect breasts
If all women had scientifically 'perfect' breasts then those perfect breasts would get pretty boring, unless the scientific process took into account many different factors and created different breasts for each person. I think 'perfect' is all down to personal preference.
There is beauty in many different breast shapes, though everyone will have their preferences. I think any slashdotter with access to any kind of breasts would be pretty happy. Apart from the female ones, they probably aren't too fussed.
While a fancypants heavily hyperlinked and metatagged database system might sound cool and technically work for a lot of different uses, it is simply more than most users need or even want. It's kind of like how most people still write web pages in HTML rather than doing everything from basics via XML. HTML is just less of a PITA and already well suited to the task for a lot of applications.
In general, workers just want to do their work with pre-made tools rather than faff around inventing their own all the time.
I think your described system sounds cool, and possibly even useful to some people - but you'd have to start people off easy. Have the 'folders' methodology already implemented rather than having people implement it themselves. Then let them discover the power of labelling themselves. Don't just dump them in at the deep end where they won't have a clue what is going on and why their system keeps complaining about incestuous labels being their own grandfather..
Of course! That violates the copyright on The Police's "Every Breath You Take" and Pink Floyd's "Breathe."
Yeah. Occasional breathing would come under fair use as a public performance, but when you're doing it 24/7 then that's taking the proverbial biscuit. People should find a new way of oxygenating their blood instead of being a bunch of damn hippy copyright thieving pirates.
I was going to say that there isn't enough market out there for that type of thing, but actually, there is. Current eBook/ePaper readers are probably too small. I still don't think you're likely to see an A3 sized ePaper device for cheaper than $800 for quite a few years though! You can't have your cake and eat it as they say. That kind of device really would be awesome though, you could even have a foot control to turn the pages, or have the device turn the page for you when it detects the music has reached that part of the page..
In the meantime, I think a laptop with a 15" or larger screen would do a decent job, and you could pick up a second hand one pretty cheap. Wouldn't have anything like the battery life of an ePaper device though obviously.
I didn't mean the Mac users would troll, I meant the strange anti-Mac fanboy types would troll about Taco using Macs. Myself I have always liked Apple as my dad got a Classic when I was about 6 (~1989). I was a bit disappointed that it took an overpriced MP3 player to make them successful again, but I'm glad it happened anyway. I'd given up hope of Mac OS ever being serious competition to Windows, just as I had to give up on my beloved Amigas!
Actually I did enjoy the company of a girl for a good couple of years, the first 75% of that was online though so I dunno if it counts. It ended quite horribly anyway, so I'm wary of such things for the moment. I think women these days actually find geeks strangely attractive. Pretty soon all the children in the world will be smart enough to work for Google. Unfortunately in my case my children would also be neurotic and depressed as well as smart, so maybe it's better not to have any.
In TFA he didn't say that he tried switching layouts, because he expected to have to switch the settings around a lot if he did, to account for the external and built in keyboards. Personally I must just be able to switch between the two methods as I use Mac layout keyboards for both Windows and OSX. Admittedly, I tend to use the built in laptop keyboard for OSX at home, and the external keyboard for Windows at work. The context change could help to stop me getting confused, but I remember it being a hassle at first getting used to the alt and windows key being transposed.
Ya. Since I obviously can't do a logical comeback when I know fine that's how the word is spelled, I guess I'll have to fall back on *whooooooooshhhh*:)
That would suggest that the real spelling is in fact typoed, as the apostrophe symbolises missing letters. Typod is the one true spelling for those who cannot understand more than five letter vvords.
Ahah, so you're the ones driving up demand! I got one of the Unicomp keyboards, it's currently just plugged into my PS3 for occasional typing, since I consider it far too loud for work - there are 4 other people in this office and it's bad enough that I have 'open' design headphones without them having to hear me clattering away louder than I already do on this soft Apple keyboard..
On a side note, it's funny that there have been no Mac trolls so far:) Perhaps the AC trolls don't want to offend the owner of the site where they lurk, occasionally smiting others with their own unholy brand of justice..
I have a Macbook Pro, and am typing this on a Mac keyboard, in Windows. I'm left handed but I just use my mouse with the right (okay so maybe I'm slightly ambidextrous..), I much prefer having the USB ports on top of the keyboard. In fact this is the first keyboard in which I have had such fancy toys. It took me a few months to start using the volume keys as well but now I likes them (they even work in Windows). Likewise there is an eject key next to the volume controls which I think is pretty cool for some reason, like I used to love pressing Apple E or dragging a disk to the trashcan to eject floppies when I was a kid. So much more fun than just pressing any boring old eject button that is built into the drive:)
Whoah. That means I've seen posts by two separate girls on slashdot today. Is nothing sacred? What do I do if one of them tries talking to me? Talking in intricate detail about my work may not be enough to get rid of them! Won't somebody please think of the socially-inept overgrown children!?!
Ah, so that's where the "I actually love [..] that one" came from;)
On a side note, if anyone actually looks at the screenshots, this looks like a 3rd person shooter, not first person *shakes fist at poor summary terminology*
But, mostly, you will know the trolls by the crap they fling.
I thought that was monkeys.
I was trying to picture a monkey-troll hybrid, but all the results I got in my inner google came up with phrases along the lines of "Eponymous Flower", "Monogamous Howard", and "Ginormous Power". What can this mean?
An OS should be something to brag about, but not because of flashy gimmicks of course:) I like the abundance of configuration options, window managers and themes etc available on linux, but I also like that it's written by people who want something that *works* rather than something that is going to pander to idiots and make a lot of money.
And if I'm to get even more cynical, here's a parting thought: in a lot of cases the real information exchanged is neither the thing discussed, nor then "I am here for you, sharing my time with a Null topic, and I am available if you have something more difficult to discuss" message. I'm getting the impression that in a lot of cases the only real information is "let's see if you still pay attention to me" or similar.
Whoah. Now that's cynicism!:) I basically agree with all that you are saying though, which is perhaps why I'm not a great conversationalist:P When you take everything to that level, everything is just something to do so you don't get bored, or die. And when you are looking at life in those terms, your know your life sucks, because everything has become ultimately pointless. So sometimes it's better just to try and relax and shoot the bull so to speak.
Anyway, slightly back on topic, I'd say a fair amount of information flows even in null conversations, which I suppose is partly what this article is about, and what psychologists go on about - it's not just about what you say, it's how you say it. I had thought that that didn't really apply when you're communicating entirely through text, but each person has their own style of typing, which can give them away. For example, I type far too much and tend to ramble onto unrelated topics. I've caught myself a few times when writing on/. and deleted entire posts that had wondered offtopic. Which just shows that I subconsciously feel starved for attention, or perhaps either that or I have coffee-induced ADHD.
"OMG, you typoed a 5 letter word that I know how to spell! You must be more stupid than me!!!" lameness. It's not even pedantry, it's being a worthless loser and knowing it. Nothing more.
Everyone knows it's "typod". It's 5 letters, not 6. Dumbass.
Ah, this is going to be one to tell my grandkids in The Sims. How they will laugh and admire me:)
Except that online physical might has no relevance whatever, and people on slashdot pick up on spelling, punctuation and grammar all the time, so I think the fact that she was a girl had nothing to do with the actual punctuation trolling.
More likely the amount of attention she is getting is because any girl posting on slashdot is intellectually attractive, and geeks just want to talk to her (at least until they see a picture of her, though maybe she's pretty, who knows:p ). I posit that in this case, most slashdotters had no idea wtf she was talking about and decided that the only way to make contact was to point out her punctuational errors.
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While I agree with the notion that we need to be able to have more involvement in the passing of individual laws (though things like the PATRIOT act would likely still go through when the proponent hit the sheeple's fear nerves when doing the marketing/propaganda when proposing the law..), how is open source a valid model? Are people just going to occasionally put forward patches for the law? Who decides what patches are commited and what are thrown away? etc etc. There will always have to be leadership, and that leadership will have its price.
*shrug* may have a lot of hype, but it's certainly not unfounded..
That explains how they can cope with living in their parents basements - if I had a decent set of breasts I could amuse myself for hours on end!
I dunno, when I have had girlfriends I didn't pretend they were balloons when kissing them.. could be fun though!
I just googled it and I have to say.. eww. Vida Guerra FTW!
I do however, wish to go on the record that I fully support scientific efforts to find/create the perfect breasts
If all women had scientifically 'perfect' breasts then those perfect breasts would get pretty boring, unless the scientific process took into account many different factors and created different breasts for each person. I think 'perfect' is all down to personal preference.
There is beauty in many different breast shapes, though everyone will have their preferences. I think any slashdotter with access to any kind of breasts would be pretty happy. Apart from the female ones, they probably aren't too fussed.
While a fancypants heavily hyperlinked and metatagged database system might sound cool and technically work for a lot of different uses, it is simply more than most users need or even want. It's kind of like how most people still write web pages in HTML rather than doing everything from basics via XML. HTML is just less of a PITA and already well suited to the task for a lot of applications.
In general, workers just want to do their work with pre-made tools rather than faff around inventing their own all the time.
I think your described system sounds cool, and possibly even useful to some people - but you'd have to start people off easy. Have the 'folders' methodology already implemented rather than having people implement it themselves. Then let them discover the power of labelling themselves. Don't just dump them in at the deep end where they won't have a clue what is going on and why their system keeps complaining about incestuous labels being their own grandfather..
Of course! That violates the copyright on The Police's "Every Breath You Take" and Pink Floyd's "Breathe."
Yeah. Occasional breathing would come under fair use as a public performance, but when you're doing it 24/7 then that's taking the proverbial biscuit. People should find a new way of oxygenating their blood instead of being a bunch of damn hippy copyright thieving pirates.
I was going to say that there isn't enough market out there for that type of thing, but actually, there is. Current eBook/ePaper readers are probably too small. I still don't think you're likely to see an A3 sized ePaper device for cheaper than $800 for quite a few years though! You can't have your cake and eat it as they say. That kind of device really would be awesome though, you could even have a foot control to turn the pages, or have the device turn the page for you when it detects the music has reached that part of the page..
In the meantime, I think a laptop with a 15" or larger screen would do a decent job, and you could pick up a second hand one pretty cheap. Wouldn't have anything like the battery life of an ePaper device though obviously.
I didn't mean the Mac users would troll, I meant the strange anti-Mac fanboy types would troll about Taco using Macs. Myself I have always liked Apple as my dad got a Classic when I was about 6 (~1989). I was a bit disappointed that it took an overpriced MP3 player to make them successful again, but I'm glad it happened anyway. I'd given up hope of Mac OS ever being serious competition to Windows, just as I had to give up on my beloved Amigas!
Actually I did enjoy the company of a girl for a good couple of years, the first 75% of that was online though so I dunno if it counts. It ended quite horribly anyway, so I'm wary of such things for the moment. I think women these days actually find geeks strangely attractive. Pretty soon all the children in the world will be smart enough to work for Google. Unfortunately in my case my children would also be neurotic and depressed as well as smart, so maybe it's better not to have any.
In TFA he didn't say that he tried switching layouts, because he expected to have to switch the settings around a lot if he did, to account for the external and built in keyboards. Personally I must just be able to switch between the two methods as I use Mac layout keyboards for both Windows and OSX. Admittedly, I tend to use the built in laptop keyboard for OSX at home, and the external keyboard for Windows at work. The context change could help to stop me getting confused, but I remember it being a hassle at first getting used to the alt and windows key being transposed.
Ya. Since I obviously can't do a logical comeback when I know fine that's how the word is spelled, I guess I'll have to fall back on *whooooooooshhhh* :)
That would suggest that the real spelling is in fact typoed, as the apostrophe symbolises missing letters. Typod is the one true spelling for those who cannot understand more than five letter vvords.
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Ahah, so you're the ones driving up demand! I got one of the Unicomp keyboards, it's currently just plugged into my PS3 for occasional typing, since I consider it far too loud for work - there are 4 other people in this office and it's bad enough that I have 'open' design headphones without them having to hear me clattering away louder than I already do on this soft Apple keyboard..
On a side note, it's funny that there have been no Mac trolls so far :) Perhaps the AC trolls don't want to offend the owner of the site where they lurk, occasionally smiting others with their own unholy brand of justice..
I have a Macbook Pro, and am typing this on a Mac keyboard, in Windows. I'm left handed but I just use my mouse with the right (okay so maybe I'm slightly ambidextrous..), I much prefer having the USB ports on top of the keyboard. In fact this is the first keyboard in which I have had such fancy toys. It took me a few months to start using the volume keys as well but now I likes them (they even work in Windows). Likewise there is an eject key next to the volume controls which I think is pretty cool for some reason, like I used to love pressing Apple E or dragging a disk to the trashcan to eject floppies when I was a kid. So much more fun than just pressing any boring old eject button that is built into the drive :)
Whoah. That means I've seen posts by two separate girls on slashdot today. Is nothing sacred? What do I do if one of them tries talking to me? Talking in intricate detail about my work may not be enough to get rid of them! Won't somebody please think of the socially-inept overgrown children!?!
She has a rare disease whereby she can only say her name in Hebrew, you insensitive clod!
Sometimes even quote it orally
Ah, so that's where the "I actually love [..] that one" came from ;)
On a side note, if anyone actually looks at the screenshots, this looks like a 3rd person shooter, not first person *shakes fist at poor summary terminology*
But, mostly, you will know the trolls by the crap they fling.
I thought that was monkeys.
I was trying to picture a monkey-troll hybrid, but all the results I got in my inner google came up with phrases along the lines of "Eponymous Flower", "Monogamous Howard", and "Ginormous Power". What can this mean?
An OS should be something to brag about, but not because of flashy gimmicks of course :) I like the abundance of configuration options, window managers and themes etc available on linux, but I also like that it's written by people who want something that *works* rather than something that is going to pander to idiots and make a lot of money.
McDonalds do food now?
I came to this thread hoping to find puns involving Big MAC addresses.
You have failed me for the last time, Slashdot! *laughs evilly and writes mean things about CmdrTaco on Wikipedia*
And if I'm to get even more cynical, here's a parting thought: in a lot of cases the real information exchanged is neither the thing discussed, nor then "I am here for you, sharing my time with a Null topic, and I am available if you have something more difficult to discuss" message. I'm getting the impression that in a lot of cases the only real information is "let's see if you still pay attention to me" or similar.
Whoah. Now that's cynicism! :) I basically agree with all that you are saying though, which is perhaps why I'm not a great conversationalist :P When you take everything to that level, everything is just something to do so you don't get bored, or die. And when you are looking at life in those terms, your know your life sucks, because everything has become ultimately pointless. So sometimes it's better just to try and relax and shoot the bull so to speak.
Anyway, slightly back on topic, I'd say a fair amount of information flows even in null conversations, which I suppose is partly what this article is about, and what psychologists go on about - it's not just about what you say, it's how you say it. I had thought that that didn't really apply when you're communicating entirely through text, but each person has their own style of typing, which can give them away. For example, I type far too much and tend to ramble onto unrelated topics. I've caught myself a few times when writing on /. and deleted entire posts that had wondered offtopic. Which just shows that I subconsciously feel starved for attention, or perhaps either that or I have coffee-induced ADHD.
"OMG, you typoed a 5 letter word that I know how to spell! You must be more stupid than me!!!" lameness. It's not even pedantry, it's being a worthless loser and knowing it. Nothing more.
Everyone knows it's "typod". It's 5 letters, not 6. Dumbass.
Ah, this is going to be one to tell my grandkids in The Sims. How they will laugh and admire me :)
Except that online physical might has no relevance whatever, and people on slashdot pick up on spelling, punctuation and grammar all the time, so I think the fact that she was a girl had nothing to do with the actual punctuation trolling.
More likely the amount of attention she is getting is because any girl posting on slashdot is intellectually attractive, and geeks just want to talk to her (at least until they see a picture of her, though maybe she's pretty, who knows :p ). I posit that in this case, most slashdotters had no idea wtf she was talking about and decided that the only way to make contact was to point out her punctuational errors.