If you find solace in the clubs you mentioned, that is fine, but all I can say is if you only did them because you thought they were necessary to keep up the image you got stuck with in high school yet proudly embraced to avoid shame, you probably shouldn't have.
Oh for heaven's sake. One of the marks of a nerd is not caring much what other people think about you.
People do things because they enjoy doing them. Full stop.
What you say may be true. But this dude looks like he will flame and burn quickly. Outta our sight quickly. We're stuck with the Zuck for a long time unless something changes. Zuck is an Marc Andreesen type figure, i.e. someone who unfortunately wasn't smothered as a young child.
I don't know how one can use e-mail and slashdot, but think facebook is a scourge to the internet.
I sometimes see email addresses, but I don't see a commercial 'email logo' stuck all over crap everywhere in life. There's a 'See us in Facebook' sticker on the glass door of 'Fashion Bug' which is essentially a strip-mall women's clothing store. The marketing of Facebook has gotten out of hand and is repulsing.
If I started seeing the Slashdot Log stuck all over Radio Shack, I'd probably feel the same way about Slashdot. If all the casual iPod games I download and play for a little while pushed 'Post about your success on Slashdot' I'd feel the same.
Dude, it's "mae ling mak, naked and petrified." Weren't you reading the site at zero back then? Or are you new here?
I get the feeling somehow that Mae Ling is a rich and powerful woman, and she not only sued Slashdot to get her mention removed, she paid for brainwiping of lots of nerds as well.
I mean, really. Anybody who says 'Natalie Portman' just shows they are a newbie.
Also, there's a thriving apple.slashdot.org domain.
It's a far cry from the old Slashdot. I blame it on the crowding in of 'IT' types. 'IT' is enhanced file clerking. This site used to be for tech types, who handled code closer to the bare metal, or the bare metal itself.
Ever see how much golf clubs costs? Or motorcycle gear? How about the cost of gas for a boat?
This past weekend I checked, and.22 shells were still only $1.47 per box. They won't make you 'stronger' in any sense of the word, but if your hobby is plinking with a.22 handgun, it's a low cost hobby that is very rewarding. Now, if you're one of those over-compensating types who needs to shoot off bigger calibre bullets, which are less accurate, you won't get as much practice in.
But stick to your FPS video games. Nobody will ever even notice you down in the basement if trouble arises. When it's all settled and done we'll have you roust you out and you can help in the kitchen.
Zygna has already ported FarmVille to be an iPhone/iPod app. I installed it to check the game out, but it still required a Facebook login so I deleted it.
Maybe Google sees a little kernel of something good in Zygna and wants to rescue it from Facebook. It's interesting and possibly refreshing to see Google look like they might take something away from Facebook. Though it does seem a bit like Google striving to be more like Facebook.
Ah yes. Artists must create purely for the love of the art, and in an altruistic fashion, and if they can't wait tables or rely on rich parents or patrons, they should starve.
Why? The copyright protects a specific binary implementation. Are you implying that Microsoft's copyright protection should be extended to the method they use? That's what it sounds like.
I wouldn't say Biden isn't likeable. He seems like one of the most 'regular guy' types at that level of goverment ATM. I'd even like seeing him as President some time in the very near future.
NetBSD still installs as the same light default it has for a decade. You get the whole compiler toolchain, X11 with the Tab Window Manager, etc. Everything extra you pull in as a package (pkgsrc) or compile in and install just like classic old unix. Everything is admined by editing textfiles, mostly the same stuff in/etc as always in the past. Thezbootable base installer is an.iso that fills part of a CD. Installs over NFS or even FTP still work good, too.
What we're actually 'efficient' at it producing needless sofrware bloat that assures the old gear won't seem useful to anybody. Even here in a nerd haven like slashdot the meme is 'get a new machine' and almost never do we ask ourselves what computing resources are really needed for a task. Instead, 'code re-use' philosophies are trumpeted and object-oriented coding is championed with the result that big blob code modules are pulled in and little parts get used. Memory fills up fast and old hardware becomes inadequate.
When I first started using Linux a good usable desktop would run on a 486 with 16 megs of memory. For the everyday stuff that is still the norm for many people that wuold still be a useful desktop. Don't try it with a modern distro, of course. Many of us hoped that there would be a code convergance; the more something gets worked on, the more it should improve, and the same software, as it advances, should perform better and faster on the same hardware. Unfortunately egos aren't as rewarded from improving somebody else's old code as they are from getting your new code merged into the stew and/or by starting over with a new more bloated program using the latest all singing and dancing bloated software tools.
I can't make the claim that I've done my part in helping the convergence along, have any of us? But it is something that sadly hasn't happened. I still use old 486 laptops for productive things, but only if I run older software on them and/or the current version of classic powerful tools (i.e. good old current NetBSD on a 486 laptop runs vi and the classic Unix tools quite well, even X11 with the Tab WM or FVWM)
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Oh for heaven's sake. One of the marks of a nerd is not caring much what other people think about you.
People do things because they enjoy doing them. Full stop.
I hit the bully so hard it broke the handle on my clarinet case.
He didn't pick on me like that again.
Don't worry. Zygna is baling-wired to Facebook.
Thank goodness baling wire will hold up to fire, too.
What you say may be true. But this dude looks like he will flame and burn quickly. Outta our sight quickly. We're stuck with the Zuck for a long time unless something changes. Zuck is an Marc Andreesen type figure, i.e. someone who unfortunately wasn't smothered as a young child.
Maybe the Zuck can become a new former Accidental Millionaire. He could move into an efficiency apartment with Eric Raymond.
We can dream, anyway, can't we?
Being gay would be an easy out for the Zuck.
please substitute "Slashdot logo" for 'Slashdot Log' in above.
I don't know how one can use e-mail and slashdot, but think facebook is a scourge to the internet.
I sometimes see email addresses, but I don't see a commercial 'email logo' stuck all over crap everywhere in life. There's a 'See us in Facebook' sticker on the glass door of 'Fashion Bug' which is essentially a strip-mall women's clothing store. The marketing of Facebook has gotten out of hand and is repulsing.
If I started seeing the Slashdot Log stuck all over Radio Shack, I'd probably feel the same way about Slashdot. If all the casual iPod games I download and play for a little while pushed 'Post about your success on Slashdot' I'd feel the same.
Fuck you, Zuck.
a social media site that has made it easy for me to get in touch with family and friends,
You're just being lazy. Admit it.
Dude, it's "mae ling mak, naked and petrified." Weren't you reading the site at zero back then? Or are you new here?
I get the feeling somehow that Mae Ling is a rich and powerful woman, and she not only sued Slashdot to get her mention removed, she paid for brainwiping of lots of nerds as well.
I mean, really. Anybody who says 'Natalie Portman' just shows they are a newbie.
Also, there's a thriving apple.slashdot.org domain.
It's a far cry from the old Slashdot. I blame it on the crowding in of 'IT' types. 'IT' is enhanced file clerking. This site used to be for tech types, who handled code closer to the bare metal, or the bare metal itself.
For some of us, $300 is too expensive for a Mac.
My SE/30 was free. But I run NetBSD on it, so it's worth more than any other Mac I know of anywhere.
Ever see how much golf clubs costs? Or motorcycle gear? How about the cost of gas for a boat?
This past weekend I checked, and .22 shells were still only $1.47 per box. They won't make you 'stronger' in any sense of the word, but if your hobby is plinking with a .22 handgun, it's a low cost hobby that is very rewarding. Now, if you're one of those over-compensating types who needs to shoot off bigger calibre bullets, which are less accurate, you won't get as much practice in.
But stick to your FPS video games. Nobody will ever even notice you down in the basement if trouble arises. When it's all settled and done we'll have you roust you out and you can help in the kitchen.
The term isn't 'stronger video cards.'
You're not stronger if you are better at playing video games. Having a more powerful video card does not make you stronger.
Zygna has already ported FarmVille to be an iPhone/iPod app. I installed it to check the game out, but it still required a Facebook login so I deleted it.
Their binaries all get put in /usr/games
Maybe Google sees a little kernel of something good in Zygna and wants to rescue it from Facebook. It's interesting and possibly refreshing to see Google look like they might take something away from Facebook. Though it does seem a bit like Google striving to be more like Facebook.
Ah yes. Artists must create purely for the love of the art, and in an altruistic fashion, and if they can't wait tables or rely on rich parents or patrons, they should starve.
What a load.
No, the security forces in Russia are not characters in a TV show.
Why? The copyright protects a specific binary implementation. Are you implying that Microsoft's copyright protection should be extended to the method they use? That's what it sounds like.
And the 11 year old girl was none other than Barack Obama!
I wouldn't say Biden isn't likeable. He seems like one of the most 'regular guy' types at that level of goverment ATM. I'd even like seeing him as President some time in the very near future.
What is to stop a German who wants to use FB from using OpenDNS?
We're talking about someone who wants to use FB. How would they ever figure out how to use OpenDNS?
NetBSD still installs as the same light default it has for a decade. You get the whole compiler toolchain, X11 with the Tab Window Manager, etc. Everything extra you pull in as a package (pkgsrc) or compile in and install just like classic old unix. Everything is admined by editing textfiles, mostly the same stuff in /etc as always in the past. Thezbootable base installer is an .iso that fills part of a CD. Installs over NFS or even FTP still work good, too.
What we're actually 'efficient' at it producing needless sofrware bloat that assures the old gear won't seem useful to anybody. Even here in a nerd haven like slashdot the meme is 'get a new machine' and almost never do we ask ourselves what computing resources are really needed for a task. Instead, 'code re-use' philosophies are trumpeted and object-oriented coding is championed with the result that big blob code modules are pulled in and little parts get used. Memory fills up fast and old hardware becomes inadequate.
When I first started using Linux a good usable desktop would run on a 486 with 16 megs of memory. For the everyday stuff that is still the norm for many people that wuold still be a useful desktop. Don't try it with a modern distro, of course. Many of us hoped that there would be a code convergance; the more something gets worked on, the more it should improve, and the same software, as it advances, should perform better and faster on the same hardware. Unfortunately egos aren't as rewarded from improving somebody else's old code as they are from getting your new code merged into the stew and/or by starting over with a new more bloated program using the latest all singing and dancing bloated software tools.
I can't make the claim that I've done my part in helping the convergence along, have any of us? But it is something that sadly hasn't happened. I still use old 486 laptops for productive things, but only if I run older software on them and/or the current version of classic powerful tools (i.e. good old current NetBSD on a 486 laptop runs vi and the classic Unix tools quite well, even X11 with the Tab WM or FVWM)