What's funny is that my
earlier post today Was modded down as a troll, and sparked a series of arguments that MS wouldn't be trolling/Astroturfing/.
(Can somebody give me back the points I lost for Troloing please?;-)
This could be a bad thing considering that their current website (www.isoc.org) is currently slashdotted to death. One would hope that somebody in their purchasing department is actively ordering more bandwidth and servers to handle the long term load.
What one thing would you like to see added...
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Ask Donald Becker
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What one thing would you like to see added to the Linux Kernel? Why hasn't anyone done that allready?
And how would that "One Thing" be better than somebody else's suggestion?
Please keep your biased (bigoted?) carbon-based re remarks to yourself.
Thank you.
Note to moderators: It's a joke, get it?
I'm sorry, I really am truly sorry for this post.
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Dinosaur Mummy Found
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...down to the texture of its skin and the contents of its stomach...
The scientists also noted that it appeared that the skin along it's back had been worn smooth from Natalie Portman's silky thighs, and that the stomach contents indicated that it's last meal was a bowl of Hot Grits.
You know, it's time for me to burn some of my karma...
The moderation around here has really gone to the dogs lately.
For instance, with 7 levels of posts (-1..5), a person could reasonably assume that each level would contain roughly 15 percent of all the posts. One could even assume that this would be smaller for +5 posts (excellent) and -1 posts (totally annoying trolls).
But the reality is that once a discussion has gone on for it's full life cycle (about two days),
that there are too many +5 and +4 posts, and an inappropriate number of -1 posts. (Based on my judgement of whether or not something is really -1. +4, or +5)
I mean reallllllly, take a look at the last few days worth of +5 posts. How many of them were really the Best of the Best of the Best, SIR!appologies to MIB.
I think what is going on is that people feel they have to use all their moderation points. So if something if vaguely interesting, informative, off-topic, or "troll-y", they burn a moderation point on it. regardless of whether that +4 post really needs another +1 informative added to it!
So what do I think we could do to solve this problem?
Give everyone fewer moderation points to play with. With fewer points, I think people will value them more, and may feel less likely to "have to use them".
Of course, this will be modded down as either a troll, or off-topice, but I have karma to spare.
</RANT >
NOPE, it is a publicly traded company, listed as LUV on the NYSE.
They can run their web site any way they see fit.
Nope, that's what the ADA act is all about.
Web sites are the cost of doing business, a necessary evil really, and as such, they cannot be mandated like
ramps and elevators.
A Building is a "cost of business" also, and you better make sure wheelchair users can access your toilets and second floor.
Second, unlike entry into a building, there are alternative airlines. No one said he had to fly Southwest.
MAYBE: In some cases, SWA is the most frequent airline into some destinations in Texas, and is frequently the cheapest to most destinations. So, if you don't mind paying more, or have less choices about when to travel, I guess you can fly another airline. (That ALSO doesn't have visibility impaired web pages.)
And your whole next paragraph is exactly why we have the ADA. There is a law; this issue has not been dealt with yet, hence the lawsuit; I'm sure his congressman knows about both the issue and the ADA; and the point is that all business websites should meet these standards, but don't (and probably won't until the law is clarified.
Welcome to the U.S. Legal system.
((I won't even go into their website only promotions and doubling their frequent flier credits with web site reservations.)
Normally I wouldn't deign to respond to such an obvious troll.
Vi is an antiquated, modal, slow, non-indexed, non-inuitive, spell-check lacking, ill formatted, no-in-program help file, auto-save-lacking, non-predicatable, case sensitive, clumsy, non-wysiwyg, template-less, graphic-less, THAT HITLER liked to use on Small children and DOGS!
What do I use?
Why, the toggle switches on the front of the computer, you young-whipper-snapper! (flip flip flip flip flip flip flip flip --- FLICK (Load-and-Increment)
(BTW: Quirk's Exception to Godwin's Law applies here.)
"This will be the largest bolometric array yet built,"
Bolometric: (bo-lo-met-ric) (1) A Standard unit of Mass, based upon a Mark I Bolo (Manufactured by GM's BOLO Division). For instance, a Bolo Mark XXXIII weighs in at 32,000 tons (U.S.) or a much more reasonable 213 Bolos.
Which then begs the question; Is this the standard unit of measure for Dark Energy also?
(Sorry, I even left my desk before posting this, but I couldn't resist.)
But, unfortunately, Mech Warrior IV/V are not on any of those lists.
I HATE hat switches to glance left and right.
That's funny, /. must have the RIAA website wrong.
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RIAA Smacked by DoS
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That's funny...
You guys must have put up the wrong address for the RIAA website.
I tried to go there to get their side of the story, but www.riaa.com doesn't work for me.
Can somebody please find the right URL for them so that we can all go and get their side of the story so othat we can make reasoned and informed opinions on this issue.
Slashdot Mirror
Darn, another funny post sitting in oblivion because they posted as an AC, instead of a real user.
Somebody with Mod Points please mod the parents up (Both of them so everyone gets the joke.)
What's funny is that my earlier post today Was modded down as a troll, and sparked a series of arguments that MS wouldn't be trolling/Astroturfing /.
;-)
(Can somebody give me back the points I lost for Troloing please?
Will all MS employees trolling here today please (virtually) stand up and identify yourselves so that we can mod your posts down to -1: Troll
Thank you for your cooperation.
This could be a bad thing considering that their current website (www.isoc.org) is currently slashdotted to death. One would hope that somebody in their purchasing department is actively ordering more bandwidth and servers to handle the long term load.
What one thing would you like to see added to the Linux Kernel? Why hasn't anyone done that allready? And how would that "One Thing" be better than somebody else's suggestion?
Software is not sentient by any stretch of the imagination.
Says You! What about: HAL Proteus Annalee Call Robot Number 5
AND P-1 Harlie.
And of course, Eliza Blue and Fritz
Please keep your biased (bigoted?) carbon-based re remarks to yourself.
Thank you.
Note to moderators: It's a joke, get it?
The scientists also noted that it appeared that the skin along it's back had been worn smooth from Natalie Portman's silky thighs, and that the stomach contents indicated that it's last meal was a bowl of Hot Grits.
(I'm sorry for this post, I really am.)
You know, it's time for me to burn some of my karma...
The moderation around here has really gone to the dogs lately.
For instance, with 7 levels of posts (-1..5), a person could reasonably assume that each level would contain roughly 15 percent of all the posts. One could even assume that this would be smaller for +5 posts (excellent) and -1 posts (totally annoying trolls).
But the reality is that once a discussion has gone on for it's full life cycle (about two days), that there are too many +5 and +4 posts, and an inappropriate number of -1 posts. (Based on my judgement of whether or not something is really -1. +4, or +5)
I mean reallllllly, take a look at the last few days worth of +5 posts. How many of them were really the Best of the Best of the Best, SIR! appologies to MIB.
I think what is going on is that people feel they have to use all their moderation points. So if something if vaguely interesting, informative, off-topic, or "troll-y", they burn a moderation point on it. regardless of whether that +4 post really needs another +1 informative added to it!
So what do I think we could do to solve this problem?
Give everyone fewer moderation points to play with. With fewer points, I think people will value them more, and may feel less likely to "have to use them".
Of course, this will be modded down as either a troll, or off-topice, but I have karma to spare. /RANT >
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What search phrase did you use?q =handheld+scanner
Handheld scanner.
http://www.Google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&
Note to Editors: For "ask Slashdot" posts, please at least TRY to do a "google" on the question to see if it is lame or not.
(Modded down as irrelevant/troll/slam on the editors)
Oh great, that's all I need...
Digial quality Britney, Christina, and a bunch of Boy Bands.
Excuse, me, I think I'll Pass.
Not to mention don't even read the parent article where they specifically talk about the lack of damage if/when it breaks.
Some Books to look at:
The 1979 Hugo and Nebula Award winning novel, The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke.
AND...
The Web Between the Worlds, by Charles Sheffield, using the same idea, published about the same time Clarke published his book.
AND...
Of course, Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars trilogy.
First, Southwest Airlines is a private company.
NOPE, it is a publicly traded company, listed as LUV on the NYSE.
They can run their web site any way they see fit.
Nope, that's what the ADA act is all about.
Web sites are the cost of doing business, a necessary evil really, and as such, they cannot be mandated like ramps and elevators.
A Building is a "cost of business" also, and you better make sure wheelchair users can access your toilets and second floor.
Second, unlike entry into a building, there are alternative airlines. No one said he had to fly Southwest.
MAYBE: In some cases, SWA is the most frequent airline into some destinations in Texas, and is frequently the cheapest to most destinations. So, if you don't mind paying more, or have less choices about when to travel, I guess you can fly another airline. (That ALSO doesn't have visibility impaired web pages.)
And your whole next paragraph is exactly why we have the ADA. There is a law; this issue has not been dealt with yet, hence the lawsuit; I'm sure his congressman knows about both the issue and the ADA; and the point is that all business websites should meet these standards, but don't (and probably won't until the law is clarified.
Welcome to the U.S. Legal system.
((I won't even go into their website only promotions and doubling their frequent flier credits with web site reservations.)
Crikey!
Normally I wouldn't deign to respond to such an obvious troll.
Vi is an antiquated, modal, slow, non-indexed, non-inuitive, spell-check lacking, ill formatted, no-in-program help file, auto-save-lacking, non-predicatable, case sensitive, clumsy, non-wysiwyg, template-less, graphic-less, THAT HITLER liked to use on Small children and DOGS!
What do I use?
Why, the toggle switches on the front of the computer, you young-whipper-snapper! (flip flip flip flip flip flip flip flip --- FLICK (Load-and-Increment)
(BTW: Quirk's Exception to Godwin's Law applies here.)
I was wondering why it was taking so long to donwload "the Two Towers" this morning.
Impressive. If back then someone would have told me that one day we would be using a 4700 MHz CPU I would probably burst out in laughter
Way back when, I would have believed that, since I knew Moores law.
I would have burst out in laughter if you told me it would still take 10 minutes to boot my PC.
Then in few years people will not understand what you are talking about when you will say AC.
;-)
AC? I know what that means.
AC Means Anonymous Coward.
There goes my Karma...
"This will be the largest bolometric array yet built,"
Bolometric: (bo-lo-met-ric) (1) A Standard unit of Mass, based upon a Mark I Bolo (Manufactured by GM's BOLO Division). For instance, a Bolo Mark XXXIII weighs in at 32,000 tons (U.S.) or a much more reasonable 213 Bolos.
Which then begs the question; Is this the standard unit of measure for Dark Energy also?
(Sorry, I even left my desk before posting this, but I couldn't resist.)
That sounds like the offices of most Senior System Administrators that I know. (Myself included). ;-)
Note to Editors: For "ask Slashdot" posts, please at least TRY to do a "google" on the question to see if it is lame or not.
(Modded down as irrelevant/troll/slam on the editors)
I'm blind! I'm Blind!!!
See what you did to me?
(Karma Whoring at it's best)
Fromt page story in the Poughkeepsie Journal about the plant.
A virtual tour of the new plant.
A BUNCH of other local stories about the plant.
But, unfortunately, Mech Warrior IV/V are not on any of those lists.
I HATE hat switches to glance left and right.
That's funny...
You guys must have put up the wrong address for the RIAA website.
I tried to go there to get their side of the story, but www.riaa.com doesn't work for me.
Can somebody please find the right URL for them so that we can all go and get their side of the story so othat we can make reasoned and informed opinions on this issue.
(giggle giggle)
Oh wait, that is the right URL?
Nevermind