AC, you say that like it's a bad thing. Blog/News Aggregators rock! Slashdot, as you mentioned is one, as is YouTube. My favourites besides those big ones are here in Canada with me, at Progressivebloggers.ca and the Saskblogs Aggregator.
Aggregators, like Fark.com and the others mentioned help widdle down the 101,000,001 webpages out there, to something someone can hope to consume in a day. It will one day change television as we know it, and give the neighbour and their dog as big an online presence as eBay once had at the turn of the last millennium. Blogs are the distillation of written history in the making (when they aren't splogs).
It's strange that Christian conservatives would be anti-Halloween. I thought conservatives liked to scare children, and throw eggs, when not handing out candy to the masses in order to keep them docile? Kidding. It is strange though, since All Hallow's Eve is only where it is because of a Christian holiday All Saint's Day on Nov. 1 today.
snottgoblin writes... ScuttleMonkey writes... Because I'm sure no one would go on the air and try to drum up a scandal aimed at the biggest target they can find.
I'm one to talk, but do screen names like that instill confidence in readers that more than just shit disturbing is going on by the writer?
Even my Class Action experience with PayPal was dissatisfying, I only got $13US of a potential $49. But considering I only lost $6US, and some hair, it was fair for me anyway.
They are one company I can understand someone wanting to send them an angry letter-bomb. This ties into the Slashdot story today about how best to deal with your user disputes. PayPal is the example of how NOT to.
Using VNC, I have 20 tabs or so in one FF2.0 [which is harder to tell how many tabs there are now that they scroll instead of scrunch into the window], and about 14 windows + 11 windows and 7 tabs on the other computer.
Thinking about interfaces in terms of Slashdot or even my own blog, the sidebar is way too cluttered. It's hard to decide what to either leave off, or relegate to a secondary menu, because as people learned from Google page rank, if you're not on the first page, your link is doomed.
I hope you're being satirical, although I do see potential for registrars to abuse their power, and limit close-names that are wanted for satirical purposes for instance like whitehouse.org
A "horrible interface" is how I perceive any GUI that miniturizes the text and button past the point of easy clicking. A button you want to hit frequently ought to be at least 2cm wide, and 1 cm tall, and something like a page refresh should be larger.
I for one welcome our smarter and more intuitive robot overlords. How soon until they have the Presidential robot ready for testing? 2008 is coming up quickly, and we need a better, more intuitive version.
Humanity only seems to get off its butt and do something when they are competing. It's one reason why pro athletes make more money than God.
If we can make "global warming" the enemy of mankind, there's no telling how far our progress could go in a short time. The world lacks focus right now, and instead are divided over petty issues, when we could be conquering diseases, hunger, and climate change. We aren't working TOWARD anything when we're not at war with someone else, and its leaving us without direction because we have greedy leaders in too many countries.
I don't want to scare my buddies in the aggregator "business", but this is bad news if the arrests happen in the West too. Aggregators aren't huge in the American blogosphere, but they get lots of traffic in Canada, where Blogging Tories, Progressivebloggers.ca and even local ones like Sask Blogs Aggregator get more traffic than most individual bloggers.
Lance at Saskblogs has a nice little disclaimer:
Disclaimer:
Catprint Computing, Lance Levsen, and the blog, "Catprint in the Mash" does not endorse and is not responsible for the content of external sites.
What you are seeing is a pull from the originating site. This site, or any of my related websites, are not meant, nor to be interpreted as, an endorsement of the postings, content, or links from the originating sites contained herein.
In other words, you wanna sue? Click the links to find the defendants, cuz I ain't them.
If you find questionable, copyrighted, libellous, or slanderous content, please email me here. I will review your concerns and if I find in favour, will pull the content forthwith.
I'd think it has more to do with our food supply, population levels, and pollution. Testosterone being a sex hormone, it's quite possible that it goes down as a species survival response when there are too many people everywhere you turn. Or it could be that the food we eat today is of such low quality, that our bodies are giving up. Or there's a testosterone limiting pollutant that's pervasive in our air/food/water.
You may underestimate the power of an organization saying something. Granted them saying it doesn't do much, unless the politician reads or hears someone else pointing to the study/policy saying "why don't we do that?" The RIAA/Phonograph idiots have positioned themselves as the "experts" on copyright policy, and it's time for people to create consumer friendly organizations that talk about common sense, and the Commons.
The last time I used Wikipedia, I looked up Chewbacca because I couldn't remember the name of his species [I know, revoke my geek license]. Well the first paragraph gave me the answer, but it also said something like, "And Chewie is a real live person who is my god and saviour, and is coming to marry me one day." Before I had a chance to fix it, someone had already removed the vandalism. It had been repeatedly altered by kids, making fun of each other's Moms. It's easy to see why someone new to online forums, would find the site distressing at times. However, it's a valuable resource, of which there is nothing to compare to it [aside from the publicly traded Google].
I seem to have fooled about 50% of moderators, and nearly half of the commenters into thinking I was seriously criticizing the "hackers" in this case. I forgot to leave a satire disclaimer in my post somewhere. My mistake.:-)
Wouldn't it be great if everybody had a gun? There'd be no more crime... cause everybody'd have a gun. Wouldn't it be great if everybody had a gun?
Thank you Arrogant Worms for a fine bit of parody. You might want to familiarize yourself with it, if you think defensive weapons like GUN have any place on a plane.
Listening to the radio this morning, they said Newark airport staff failed 20 of 22 tests involving guns and bombs being smuggled past security by undercover agents. Airport "security" is a joke, and a distraction from real issues. When they stop taking away your toothpaste and maple syrup in the carry-on luggage, maybe then I'll take something about airports seriously again.
Apple need to collaborate with Microsoft, and make the Apple Genuine Advantage. As a leader in the field of pissing off customers, Microsoft can proudly show Apple how to protect its interests against those nasty hackers.
Since Weird Al put videos on his music CDs, and I discovered mix mode discs in my CD burning software, I've thought that most audio CDs should come with data tracks. That's before DRM was common on music CDs though, and I've nearly changed my mind, thanks to malicious companies like Sony Music who release rootkits to damage your computer.
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AC, you say that like it's a bad thing. Blog/News Aggregators rock! Slashdot, as you mentioned is one, as is YouTube. My favourites besides those big ones are here in Canada with me, at Progressivebloggers.ca and the Saskblogs Aggregator.
Aggregators, like Fark.com and the others mentioned help widdle down the 101,000,001 webpages out there, to something someone can hope to consume in a day. It will one day change television as we know it, and give the neighbour and their dog as big an online presence as eBay once had at the turn of the last millennium. Blogs are the distillation of written history in the making (when they aren't splogs).
It's strange that Christian conservatives would be anti-Halloween. I thought conservatives liked to scare children, and throw eggs, when not handing out candy to the masses in order to keep them docile? Kidding.
It is strange though, since All Hallow's Eve is only where it is because of a Christian holiday All Saint's Day on Nov. 1 today.
Halloween is the second biggest commercialize holiday in North America these days. That alone is enough for Slashdot to make it a big deal.
Slashdot makes a big deal out of April Fools, but features Halloween material a day late?
We need a Halloween theme along the lines of OMG Ponies, except it should be OMG Ghosts - by Symantec.
snottgoblin writes ... ... Because I'm sure no one would go on the air and try to drum up a scandal aimed at the biggest target they can find.
ScuttleMonkey writes
I'm one to talk, but do screen names like that instill confidence in readers that more than just shit disturbing is going on by the writer?
Even my Class Action experience with PayPal was dissatisfying, I only got $13US of a potential $49. But considering I only lost $6US, and some hair, it was fair for me anyway.
They are one company I can understand someone wanting to send them an angry letter-bomb. This ties into the Slashdot story today about how best to deal with your user disputes. PayPal is the example of how NOT to.
Using VNC, I have 20 tabs or so in one FF2.0 [which is harder to tell how many tabs there are now that they scroll instead of scrunch into the window], and about 14 windows + 11 windows and 7 tabs on the other computer.
Thinking about interfaces in terms of Slashdot or even my own blog, the sidebar is way too cluttered. It's hard to decide what to either leave off, or relegate to a secondary menu, because as people learned from Google page rank, if you're not on the first page, your link is doomed.
I hope you're being satirical, although I do see potential for registrars to abuse their power, and limit close-names that are wanted for satirical purposes for instance like whitehouse.org
A "horrible interface" is how I perceive any GUI that miniturizes the text and button past the point of easy clicking. A button you want to hit frequently ought to be at least 2cm wide, and 1 cm tall, and something like a page refresh should be larger.
I guess you never use dialup? Dialup users get screwed on this bug, yet again.
I for one welcome our smarter and more intuitive robot overlords. How soon until they have the Presidential robot ready for testing? 2008 is coming up quickly, and we need a better, more intuitive version.
Humanity only seems to get off its butt and do something when they are competing. It's one reason why pro athletes make more money than God.
If we can make "global warming" the enemy of mankind, there's no telling how far our progress could go in a short time. The world lacks focus right now, and instead are divided over petty issues, when we could be conquering diseases, hunger, and climate change. We aren't working TOWARD anything when we're not at war with someone else, and its leaving us without direction because we have greedy leaders in too many countries.
Lance at Saskblogs has a nice little disclaimer:
I'd think it has more to do with our food supply, population levels, and pollution. Testosterone being a sex hormone, it's quite possible that it goes down as a species survival response when there are too many people everywhere you turn. Or it could be that the food we eat today is of such low quality, that our bodies are giving up. Or there's a testosterone limiting pollutant that's pervasive in our air/food/water.
You may underestimate the power of an organization saying something. Granted them saying it doesn't do much, unless the politician reads or hears someone else pointing to the study/policy saying "why don't we do that?" The RIAA/Phonograph idiots have positioned themselves as the "experts" on copyright policy, and it's time for people to create consumer friendly organizations that talk about common sense, and the Commons.
I don't blame the banks for doing this. Paper shredders jam, especially when you try to put angry customers through them.
It's not dead. We'll just have to look to Lonelygirl15 for political and social commentary instead.
Yes I'm kidding.
LisaNova is pretty good though.
The last time I used Wikipedia, I looked up Chewbacca because I couldn't remember the name of his species [I know, revoke my geek license]. Well the first paragraph gave me the answer, but it also said something like, "And Chewie is a real live person who is my god and saviour, and is coming to marry me one day." Before I had a chance to fix it, someone had already removed the vandalism. It had been repeatedly altered by kids, making fun of each other's Moms. It's easy to see why someone new to online forums, would find the site distressing at times. However, it's a valuable resource, of which there is nothing to compare to it [aside from the publicly traded Google].
I seem to have fooled about 50% of moderators, and nearly half of the commenters into thinking I was seriously criticizing the "hackers" in this case. I forgot to leave a satire disclaimer in my post somewhere. My mistake. :-)
Wouldn't it be great if everybody had a gun?
There'd be no more crime... cause everybody'd have a gun.
Wouldn't it be great if everybody had a gun?
Thank you Arrogant Worms for a fine bit of parody. You might want to familiarize yourself with it, if you think defensive weapons like GUN have any place on a plane.
Listening to the radio this morning, they said Newark airport staff failed 20 of 22 tests involving guns and bombs being smuggled past security by undercover agents. Airport "security" is a joke, and a distraction from real issues. When they stop taking away your toothpaste and maple syrup in the carry-on luggage, maybe then I'll take something about airports seriously again.
Apple need to collaborate with Microsoft, and make the Apple Genuine Advantage. As a leader in the field of pissing off customers, Microsoft can proudly show Apple how to protect its interests against those nasty hackers.
I'm thrilled. I want to service computers that would otherwise continue to work. Just thrilled, I tell ya.
Since Weird Al put videos on his music CDs, and I discovered mix mode discs in my CD burning software, I've thought that most audio CDs should come with data tracks. That's before DRM was common on music CDs though, and I've nearly changed my mind, thanks to malicious companies like Sony Music who release rootkits to damage your computer.