And as far as anyone can rate a system the system can also be designed to watch for those people abusing the ratings. Also, over time the system will balance that out.
I don't know, the GP and the GPP were insightful comments that were modded "funny". I've had comments I meant to be funny that were modded +5 insightful. I think overall the system works here, but there still are abuses and foolishness; like modding a comment "overrated" so as not to get beaned by a metamoderation, or modding an insightful or informative comment "troll" because it goes against the moderator's worldview.
The same is likely to happen at Google. We'll see, I guess.
What should the web look like? Should government authorities be the ones making that decision?
Britain's government isn't making the decision as to what the web looks like. It is saying that Apple's claims are false advertising.
I wish my government had such strict rules about advertising. Here in the US a consumer can't complain, only the advertiser's competitor. So if all the car companies are claiming a hundred miles per gallon, none complain, and the customer is screwed.
Apple should change their ads. Simple enough, "all HTML web sites". It has the aded benefit of not having customers complain that their favorite flash sites won't work.
Nobody's forcing you to choose the lesser of the two evils. You can vote Green, Libertarian, or Constitution; at least one of those parties is almost certainly on the ballot in your state. It doesn't really matter; the next "President Hoover" will either be McCain or Obama.
If you say that voting for a non-Republicrat is a wasted vote, then I say that if you think McCain will win but you're for Obama you might as well vote for McCain so you don't "waste your vote".
I'm voting "none of the above" by voting for one of the alternatives; whichever alternative is on the ballot in Illinois, because I don't think either of the Republicrat candidates is fit for the job.
Fighting terrorists is like getting hit by a woman. If she hits you like a man, you hit her back like a man.
The only man who hits a woman is a coward and a cad. Only a coward hits anyone at all for any reason. A moral person (or nation) doesn't stoop to the actions of an amoral cad.
You need to stop pretending that terrorism is a criminal act.
There is no pretense; it is a criminal act. The US is supposed to be a nation of laws. To have the government ignore its own law is to invite anarchy.
You and your kind keep intimidating that the best course for the USA is to cut some sort of a deal with radical Islam
No, the best course for the USA is to not stoop to their level, nor to ignore our own morality. The best course for the USA is to grow a spine and stop fearing these assholes. They are practically harmless; every year, more Americans are murdered by friends and relatives than were murdered by Osama this entire century so far.
Nobody that I know of has EVER said we should compromise with them. Your straw man is oin fire, fool.
Legislators are corporate puppets, bought and paid for by campaign contributions. If they are complicit in the violation of your constitutional rights, they are as much traitors as the legislators they bribe with their so-called "campaign contributions" they pay to both major parties and their candidates.
Corpoprations and unions should not be allowed to contribute or lobby. Only human beings should have that right.
I saw this in New Scientist this morning. That FA said the cows faced magnetic north. So the sun has nothing to do with it.
It mentioned birds' ability to discern direction via magnetism, and conjecture that the cows developed this as well by evolving in a habitat without good landmarks (e.g. a prairie).
What really sets us apart is our communication skills.
I'm not too sure about that. My daughter's cats understand me, but I have a very hard time understanding them. Seems to me their communications skills are better then mine. I've seen them argue verbally (although I have no clue what they're going on about) then fight tooth and claw.
We have no clue WTF the chirping birds are talking about, probably about how stupid we crippled (can't even fly) humans are, what with working our asses off instead of eating and fucking like an intelligent animal would.
So far, the only thing I see that makes us any different from other animals is humor. I wonder about that, too - what is the evolutionary use of laughter? How did laughter come about in the first place?
I don't think so. I think we just outfucked them and out ate them. Fucking and eating are the secret to a species survival, not warfare.
There was a song back in the stone age (late 1960s:)
I'm a Neanderthal man You're a Neanderthal girl Let's make Neanderthal love In this Neandrethal world
Obviously the Neanderthals neither ate enough or fucked enough. I have two children, a lady friend of mine has thirteen still alive (one drowned). She beats me at the extinction/evolution game thirteen to two, despite the fact that she's dumb as a box of rocks and I'm a nerd. Having sex beats being smart any day when it comes to passing your genes, which is what species survival is about.
I was a young man in the stone age (1970s), you insensitive clod! I was a beta tester for dirt. They never did get all the bugs out.
The "stone age" was a wonderous time to be a young nerd. As there was cheap and easy contraception, no incurable STDs (the CIA had yet to invent AIDS), and women were trying to get parity with men, even a nerd could get laid! In fact, in the stone age women would ask ME (of all people) "wanna fuck, dude?" as easily as they would ask "Hey, you got a joint?" or "man, my radio's broke, can you look at it for me?"
File sharing (via cassettes) was legal. We had wooden computers called "slide rules" because electronic ones were still insanely expensive.
You young fellows don't know what you're missing. Man, I really miss the stone age.
It is common knowledge that Slashdot is populated entirely by trolls, and no other form of life exists within its borders. The trolls constantly go around beating up other trolls through the use of arcane rituals such as '-1 Offtopic'. It seems that the Slashdottians do nothing except this constant abuse of each other (moderation in Slashdottese, although a more complicated version exists, called metamoderation, generally regarded to be one of the most evil products of our era).
I went to the site, and there was no listed price. "Son, if you have to ask what it costs, you can't afford one". Too bad, It looks like something I would really like.
Maybe the lack of a price on the "buy it now" button was an oversight; if so, they need to get their heads out of their asses. Very few of us are Bill gates or Larry Ellison; we can't buy things we don't know the price of.
A lame website makes me think they must have a lame product as well. Be careful with your sites, folks! A good site will sell a bad product, but you can't even sell a good product on a bad site.
Illinois boasts hundreds of thousands of miles of roadway, almost 1.7% of which are in drivable condition at any given time. The rest are under construction, fuelling the state's economy by adding needed jobs in the road construction industry, and the Illinois Political Patronage Brotherhood of Sign Holders and Shovel Leaners, which depends on constant road construction for its continued existence. To maintain the roads in this condition, state law requires concrete to contain at least 35% white corn meal (cleverly subsidizing the Illinois farmer as well as the road construction industry). It also mandates tar products to be replaced with black licorice in the manufacture of asphalt. During summer months, hapless Illinois home-owners across the state obtain big brushes and squeegees, and can be seen coating their driveways with a new layer of melted black licorice, vainly but valiantly attempting to prevent them (the driveways, not the home-owners) from disintegrating into grey pebbles. This explains the popular saying: "There are two seasons: Blizzard, and Tornado". Also synonymous with "Winter and Construction" in the North.
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And as far as anyone can rate a system the system can also be designed to watch for those people abusing the ratings. Also, over time the system will balance that out.
I don't know, the GP and the GPP were insightful comments that were modded "funny". I've had comments I meant to be funny that were modded +5 insightful. I think overall the system works here, but there still are abuses and foolishness; like modding a comment "overrated" so as not to get beaned by a metamoderation, or modding an insightful or informative comment "troll" because it goes against the moderator's worldview.
The same is likely to happen at Google. We'll see, I guess.
It doesn't matter where the sun rises or sets if it's cloudy or noon, it won't help you find your way.
In fact, the bigger complaint for people I've recommended Ubuntu to has been the lack of mp3 support out of the box.
Really? I was going to try Ubantu, but I think I'll stick with Mandriva and XMMS.
What should the web look like? Should government authorities be the ones making that decision?
Britain's government isn't making the decision as to what the web looks like. It is saying that Apple's claims are false advertising.
I wish my government had such strict rules about advertising. Here in the US a consumer can't complain, only the advertiser's competitor. So if all the car companies are claiming a hundred miles per gallon, none complain, and the customer is screwed.
Apple should change their ads. Simple enough, "all HTML web sites". It has the aded benefit of not having customers complain that their favorite flash sites won't work.
I want one! I wish there was some way to plug it into my TV set though, no S-Video out =(
...measure two inches square?
Each face of the cube measures two inches square
I am Homer of Borg, prepare to be assim... mmmmm, donut!
I am a real cyborg. So is VP Dick Cheney. You will be assimilated. resistance is not only futile, when your time comes you will beg to join us.
Nobody's forcing you to choose the lesser of the two evils. You can vote Green, Libertarian, or Constitution; at least one of those parties is almost certainly on the ballot in your state. It doesn't really matter; the next "President Hoover" will either be McCain or Obama.
If you say that voting for a non-Republicrat is a wasted vote, then I say that if you think McCain will win but you're for Obama you might as well vote for McCain so you don't "waste your vote".
I'm voting "none of the above" by voting for one of the alternatives; whichever alternative is on the ballot in Illinois, because I don't think either of the Republicrat candidates is fit for the job.
Fighting terrorists is like getting hit by a woman. If she hits you like a man, you hit her back like a man.
The only man who hits a woman is a coward and a cad. Only a coward hits anyone at all for any reason. A moral person (or nation) doesn't stoop to the actions of an amoral cad.
You need to stop pretending that terrorism is a criminal act.
There is no pretense; it is a criminal act. The US is supposed to be a nation of laws. To have the government ignore its own law is to invite anarchy.
You and your kind keep intimidating that the best course for the USA is to cut some sort of a deal with radical Islam
No, the best course for the USA is to not stoop to their level, nor to ignore our own morality. The best course for the USA is to grow a spine and stop fearing these assholes. They are practically harmless; every year, more Americans are murdered by friends and relatives than were murdered by Osama this entire century so far.
Nobody that I know of has EVER said we should compromise with them. Your straw man is oin fire, fool.
Use of "fixed that for you" shall be considered proof that the user is a complete fool
There, fixed that for you. ;)
Legislators are corporate puppets, bought and paid for by campaign contributions. If they are complicit in the violation of your constitutional rights, they are as much traitors as the legislators they bribe with their so-called "campaign contributions" they pay to both major parties and their candidates.
Corpoprations and unions should not be allowed to contribute or lobby. Only human beings should have that right.
That 'caveman' show went extinct after about two episodes.
What about the fact that aeriel photography is done during certain times of the day or during certain seasons
No, I've seen pictures on Google Earth where snow abruptly ended and greenery started, so I think they do the photography year around.
Not that what direction cows face is a big deal
It is if you're lost.
I saw this in New Scientist this morning. That FA said the cows faced magnetic north. So the sun has nothing to do with it.
It mentioned birds' ability to discern direction via magnetism, and conjecture that the cows developed this as well by evolving in a habitat without good landmarks (e.g. a prairie).
What really sets us apart is our communication skills.
I'm not too sure about that. My daughter's cats understand me, but I have a very hard time understanding them. Seems to me their communications skills are better then mine. I've seen them argue verbally (although I have no clue what they're going on about) then fight tooth and claw.
We have no clue WTF the chirping birds are talking about, probably about how stupid we crippled (can't even fly) humans are, what with working our asses off instead of eating and fucking like an intelligent animal would.
So far, the only thing I see that makes us any different from other animals is humor. I wonder about that, too - what is the evolutionary use of laughter? How did laughter come about in the first place?
Wow, now I REALLY want one.
I don't think so. I think we just outfucked them and out ate them. Fucking and eating are the secret to a species survival, not warfare.
There was a song back in the stone age (late 1960s:)
I'm a Neanderthal man
You're a Neanderthal girl
Let's make Neanderthal love
In this Neandrethal world
Obviously the Neanderthals neither ate enough or fucked enough. I have two children, a lady friend of mine has thirteen still alive (one drowned). She beats me at the extinction/evolution game thirteen to two, despite the fact that she's dumb as a box of rocks and I'm a nerd. Having sex beats being smart any day when it comes to passing your genes, which is what species survival is about.
I thought we were descended from the Golgafrinchans?
I was a young man in the stone age (1970s), you insensitive clod! I was a beta tester for dirt. They never did get all the bugs out.
The "stone age" was a wonderous time to be a young nerd. As there was cheap and easy contraception, no incurable STDs (the CIA had yet to invent AIDS), and women were trying to get parity with men, even a nerd could get laid! In fact, in the stone age women would ask ME (of all people) "wanna fuck, dude?" as easily as they would ask "Hey, you got a joint?" or "man, my radio's broke, can you look at it for me?"
File sharing (via cassettes) was legal. We had wooden computers called "slide rules" because electronic ones were still insanely expensive.
You young fellows don't know what you're missing. Man, I really miss the stone age.
Homo Sapiens almost went extinct at the same time as the Neanderthals.
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The last time I did that I got flayed for trying too hard. So I'll leave those jokes for somebody else.
In the immortal words of Beavis (or was it Butthead?) "he he, he he he, he said..."
I went to the site, and there was no listed price. "Son, if you have to ask what it costs, you can't afford one". Too bad, It looks like something I would really like.
Maybe the lack of a price on the "buy it now" button was an oversight; if so, they need to get their heads out of their asses. Very few of us are Bill gates or Larry Ellison; we can't buy things we don't know the price of.
A lame website makes me think they must have a lame product as well. Be careful with your sites, folks! A good site will sell a bad product, but you can't even sell a good product on a bad site.
I'm guessing that you've never been to Illinois. "Welcome to Illinois! Pay toll."
The only toll roads in the whole state are north of I-80. Of course, you guys up there think Illinois' southern border is I-80 anyway.
Uncyclopedia has a good article about our great state.
In order to show the bossesses
Yes, precious, we'll show those nassssty bossesses, yes, we'll shows them!