If the commute lowers from two and a half hours to an hour, couldn't workers commute from the fourth largest city to the largest city, meaning it would grow even bigger? Is this a scientific attempt, a transportation time reduction attempt, or an economy boost attempt?
Anyone who's used MySpace knows that in order to see the bulletins on one's "My Bulletin Space", you have to be on a user's friend list (even the article admits "bulletin feature...sends messages to all of a user's 'friends' "). In order to be on a user's friend list, they must accept you as a friend (by clicking the accept button when they receive a request) or they must ask you to be their friend. Anyone who received bulletins from this guy either wanted/accepted it, or were just plain stupid (then again, this is MySpace) because on every single bulletin message there is a "Delete from friends" button in the bottom right corner.
I don't mean to be defending any spammers, but seriously, what? This makes no sense.
Symptoms include diarrhea, headache, lassitude, a vague discomfort and hunger that can only be satisfied by consumption of fat or carbohydrate.
At least Americans won't be the only ones laughed at for being fat.
"This rootless army is growing 10% annually"
In fact, in a few years more Americans will work outside of traditional offices than there are working Americans.
The mobile devices you know and love are great for productivity
Assumption failure at line 1
I disagree. For me, cell phones have always been useful. In fact, I think it is much easier to complete specific tasks because of the ready availability of communi--oh, hold on, I got a call coming in.
"It typically takes the better part of a day to get all the pieces installed and working properly," he says. "For someone who has trouble typing, that may seem insurmountable."
I would like it if you did not use the term "has trouble typing," sir--and make such faulty assumptions about us. I prefer "typographically-challenged," thank you very much.
Pound include less than -- unf -- io -- unf -- stream greater than character return new line feed -- unf -- pound include -- AW SHIT ALL OVER THE KEYBOA--NO MOM, I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING!
I don't know what they're trying to accomplish with this, but here's on statement that explains it:
Enterprise and corporate CIOs are faced with many product choices and alternatives, as well as with making decisions about new and legacy solutions, so being able to privately share information on these subjects is important, Pace said.
I do not see how this Pace guy can jump to that conclusion. Wouldn't it make more sense to have as much input as possible about possible software choices? Limiting discussion to an elite "in"-group will only inspire the commercialized corporate culture we are seeing today; exactly the opposite of what open-source is trying to accomplish.
Ok, so they make this point:
The guiding principles of this new community will be trusted, dedicated and self-moderated communities for sharing business-oriented open-source software information.
Okay, so reliable peer review--at least, this is what I think they're trying to say--is important. However, they are basically closing themselves out to everything else. If anyone disagrees, could you please explain why?
While extreme criminalization of even such a simple act as viewing/possessing images seems appropriate due to the repulsive nature of adulteration of innocence, it kind of scares me. I live in a dorm, a public place.Sometimes I leave my door open. So what if I step outside for a moment, and someone downloads some child porn on my machine? Or what if it gets compromised and begins downloading such things in the background? Then I'm completely screwed. I think people need to step back from the visceral response of terror and hatred that comes from sexually abusing children, and consider things rationally for a moment. I full-heartedly agree, child pornography is very morally damaging to both the author, viewer, and victim, and I agree we should do something about it. However, is it worth infiltrating the privacy of every single person (in the US at least, in thise case)?
Furthermore, this seems like a very dictatorial response. There is a new decriminalization philosophy dubbed restorative justice. In this model, the offender is encouraged to become acquainted with the victim (or their family). By learning about the damage that one has caused, and seeing it through one's own eyes, remorse is stimulated much more effectively. Sometimes, prison can be a reforming experiences. However, there are also the hard-ass idiots that want revenge, and continue, if not increase, their crime life after prison. Honestly, I don't know if this is the best approach. Not only does it violate the public's privacy, it isn't guaranteed to be very--or even at all--successful. It has been proven, starting back with Ivan Pavlov's research, that negative reinforcement is not as effective as positive reinforcement. Why should this be any different?
Once again, I don't mean to criticize my government (of course, many do), but who's with me?
I don't mean to be facetious, or a troll, but look at this statement:
The X-37 was carried up from the Mojave Airport by Scaled Composites' White Knight airplane, the same mothership that bore SpaceShipOne into the sky for its historic private-sector space launches. That's been done several times before. But until today, either unacceptable weather or electronic glitches had stymied the maiden drop test -- and the X-37 had to stay hooked to the White Knight.
Not only has it been done before, it has been done with obstacles (i.e. bad weather). AND the plane had to be supported the whole time. AND it's Friday the night, why the hell am I debating article merit on Slashdot.
I am one of those slow starter people. For example, I am going to think of something very contributive and helpful to add to this Slashdot discussion. It is going to happen, it's just going to take me a while. So mod me up ahead of time for my potential wisdom.
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If the commute lowers from two and a half hours to an hour, couldn't workers commute from the fourth largest city to the largest city, meaning it would grow even bigger? Is this a scientific attempt, a transportation time reduction attempt, or an economy boost attempt?
Anyone who's used MySpace knows that in order to see the bulletins on one's "My Bulletin Space", you have to be on a user's friend list (even the article admits "bulletin feature...sends messages to all of a user's 'friends' "). In order to be on a user's friend list, they must accept you as a friend (by clicking the accept button when they receive a request) or they must ask you to be their friend. Anyone who received bulletins from this guy either wanted/accepted it, or were just plain stupid (then again, this is MySpace) because on every single bulletin message there is a "Delete from friends" button in the bottom right corner.
I don't mean to be defending any spammers, but seriously, what? This makes no sense.
Nothing to see h--Oh. Wow. Nevermind.
Symptoms include diarrhea, headache, lassitude, a vague discomfort and hunger that can only be satisfied by consumption of fat or carbohydrate. At least Americans won't be the only ones laughed at for being fat.
Or does that first picture just look wrong?
"This rootless army is growing 10% annually" In fact, in a few years more Americans will work outside of traditional offices than there are working Americans.
I guess it wouldn't be a good idea to get one for my Dell laptop.
The Japanese are celebrating International Talk Like A Ninja day.
Already three forums have been overflowed by the traffic. I made a Google Group that definitely can handle the load:
http://groups.google.com/group/stolensidekick
Please mod up so people will become aware of this. I've already sent Evan an e-mail.
I'd like to see you take a bite from the Apple now, evil hackers! MY MOUSE IS MOVING BY ITSELF!
I disagree. For me, cell phones have always been useful. In fact, I think it is much easier to complete specific tasks because of the ready availability of communi--oh, hold on, I got a call coming in.
Next thing you know, software development will be hazardous to your tongue and mouth in general.
As much as we like to hope for "getting risky with our tongues and mouths," we're programmers; we know that's never going to happen.
"It typically takes the better part of a day to get all the pieces installed and working properly," he says. "For someone who has trouble typing, that may seem insurmountable."
I would like it if you did not use the term "has trouble typing," sir--and make such faulty assumptions about us. I prefer "typographically-challenged," thank you very much.
Pound include less than -- unf -- io -- unf -- stream greater than character return new line feed -- unf -- pound include -- AW SHIT ALL OVER THE KEYBOA--NO MOM, I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING!
I'm not interested in a series whose name is an anagram of "I C A CRAP!"
*Click*
I don't know what they're trying to accomplish with this, but here's on statement that explains it:
Enterprise and corporate CIOs are faced with many product choices and alternatives, as well as with making decisions about new and legacy solutions, so being able to privately share information on these subjects is important, Pace said.
I do not see how this Pace guy can jump to that conclusion. Wouldn't it make more sense to have as much input as possible about possible software choices? Limiting discussion to an elite "in"-group will only inspire the commercialized corporate culture we are seeing today; exactly the opposite of what open-source is trying to accomplish.
Ok, so they make this point:
The guiding principles of this new community will be trusted, dedicated and self-moderated communities for sharing business-oriented open-source software information.
Okay, so reliable peer review--at least, this is what I think they're trying to say--is important. However, they are basically closing themselves out to everything else. If anyone disagrees, could you please explain why?
While extreme criminalization of even such a simple act as viewing/possessing images seems appropriate due to the repulsive nature of adulteration of innocence, it kind of scares me. I live in a dorm, a public place.Sometimes I leave my door open. So what if I step outside for a moment, and someone downloads some child porn on my machine? Or what if it gets compromised and begins downloading such things in the background? Then I'm completely screwed. I think people need to step back from the visceral response of terror and hatred that comes from sexually abusing children, and consider things rationally for a moment. I full-heartedly agree, child pornography is very morally damaging to both the author, viewer, and victim, and I agree we should do something about it. However, is it worth infiltrating the privacy of every single person (in the US at least, in thise case)?
Furthermore, this seems like a very dictatorial response. There is a new decriminalization philosophy dubbed restorative justice. In this model, the offender is encouraged to become acquainted with the victim (or their family). By learning about the damage that one has caused, and seeing it through one's own eyes, remorse is stimulated much more effectively. Sometimes, prison can be a reforming experiences. However, there are also the hard-ass idiots that want revenge, and continue, if not increase, their crime life after prison. Honestly, I don't know if this is the best approach. Not only does it violate the public's privacy, it isn't guaranteed to be very--or even at all--successful. It has been proven, starting back with Ivan Pavlov's research, that negative reinforcement is not as effective as positive reinforcement. Why should this be any different?
Once again, I don't mean to criticize my government (of course, many do), but who's with me?
Someone should make a robot that rows a bot. Robot row, row, row your boat ROW BOAT ROBOT!
There's almost 30 posts and only one of them has been modded up (once, to funny no less)? I think I can predict the mood of Slashdot about this:
Indifferent
Or as a LiveJournalist would say:
like i don care man
Erm...I don't know if you read the article, but they extract the moods from LifeJournal posts, not analyze the text or anything like that.
Assuming that people are honest about their moods (and why wouldn't they be?), I don't see why this wouldn't be accurate.
Apparently, your mood right now is ignorant.
The blogosphere is female? Oh wait, we're on our way to understanding it. Nevermind then.
I don't mean to be facetious, or a troll, but look at this statement: The X-37 was carried up from the Mojave Airport by Scaled Composites' White Knight airplane, the same mothership that bore SpaceShipOne into the sky for its historic private-sector space launches. That's been done several times before. But until today, either unacceptable weather or electronic glitches had stymied the maiden drop test -- and the X-37 had to stay hooked to the White Knight. Not only has it been done before, it has been done with obstacles (i.e. bad weather). AND the plane had to be supported the whole time. AND it's Friday the night, why the hell am I debating article merit on Slashdot.
The author was insuccessful in spelling "successful."
I am one of those slow starter people. For example, I am going to think of something very contributive and helpful to add to this Slashdot discussion. It is going to happen, it's just going to take me a while. So mod me up ahead of time for my potential wisdom.