Any good writer (and probably some bad ones too) would tell you that the fastest way to get through writer's block is to sit down and write. Write anything. It doesn't matter what. I'm not sure how well this translates to coding, but I'm sure it beats asking Slashdot, which strikes me as somewhat lazy.
File sharing. Independent backups. I don't understand why the average nerd would need anything fancy at home. Keep your movies on your media box, personal files on whatever box you access the the most, and don't worry about it.
Group those issues with the fact that some textbooks just plain suck (and aren't properly vetted by some lazy or overworked instructors), and you have a real problem. There were some semesters when I was taking three concurrent math courses for my major, and didn't fully grasp the concepts until *after* I graduated, through my own readings. The emphasis at many institutions is on getting the work done and churning out graduates, not on fostering learning.
There was one level with underwater accelerators you were supposed to use to launch yourself into the air to grab high altitude items. I launched and swam with just the right timing that I actually bounced over the background mountains and into an "endless ocean" area with the negative contours of the island behind me. I had to reset the console after swimming around for awhile because there was no way back in. I tried to do it again afterwards, but only managed to do it the one time.
Knowing that I have no expectation of privacy when I send my computer to someone else, I wiped my drive and used the system restore disk when I had to send a laptop back to the company...and that was because I didn't want the techs going through my Quicken files. This loser was doing something he knew was illegal, yet sent it in anyway. Notwithstanding the fact that people who jerk it to kids (creating the market for child porn) deserve to have their genitalia attacked with a weed whacker, the dipshit can't expect constitutional protection from someone who wasn't acting as an agent of the government.
"I find the tolerance for corporate greed and power in this thread really appaling, especially from the hacker crowd."
It's only because people who willingly signed a contract with AT&T deserve the assfucking they knew they were going to get. I have no sympathy. It's like spending all your disposable income on CDs and then whining about the RIAA after you've helped fund their lawsuits.
$20-25 is my price limit for games. If the game is released new at around $20 (Introversion's excellent library, for example), I'm happy to buy new. Publishers who want $60 for a new game don't get my money unless it's actually worth it (see X-Plane, with 6 DL DVDs full of satellite imagery). Publishers who collude to drive used places out of business or force them to raise prices will only send me back to my warez pup days, because frankly, fuck them and their inflated value.
"I am never surprised by the depths of slashdot hypocrisy."
Neither am I. For example, your decrying of the lack of empirical data in one sentence while implying Slashdot posters are being hypocrites in another, without mentioning which posters are being hypocritical.
As much as Verizon sucks, I suspect it went down more like this:
Cops: We need to trace this number. Verizon: His service was canceled due to an unpaid $20 charge, and by the way, we'll need to see a warrant first. Cops: Why should we pay you $20 to trace it? We're complaining to the press!
I hope you fucking hippies can still boast about how green your car is when the entire population of earth dies gasping for the oxygen your batteries stole. God damn you.
(readers who don't understand humor and wish to rebut me at length may form a queue to the left).
"The advantage of creationism is that is gives hope to people who otherwise have nothing."
Why would "something created the universe" give hope to anyone? Creation "scientists" have been arguing for years that the concept has nothing to do with religion, so don't try to argue down that path.
Slashdot Mirror
Slashdot has mods now?
Any good writer (and probably some bad ones too) would tell you that the fastest way to get through writer's block is to sit down and write. Write anything. It doesn't matter what. I'm not sure how well this translates to coding, but I'm sure it beats asking Slashdot, which strikes me as somewhat lazy.
Best thing to ever feature the MS brand.
File sharing. Independent backups. I don't understand why the average nerd would need anything fancy at home. Keep your movies on your media box, personal files on whatever box you access the the most, and don't worry about it.
We do have more lamp posts.
Group those issues with the fact that some textbooks just plain suck (and aren't properly vetted by some lazy or overworked instructors), and you have a real problem. There were some semesters when I was taking three concurrent math courses for my major, and didn't fully grasp the concepts until *after* I graduated, through my own readings. The emphasis at many institutions is on getting the work done and churning out graduates, not on fostering learning.
On the other hand, it returns (among other things) "3.142" as a result to "what is the last digit of pi?"
It worked out OK for Alberto Gonzales. Then again, he was fooling Congress, which as I understand is nothing special.
There was one level with underwater accelerators you were supposed to use to launch yourself into the air to grab high altitude items. I launched and swam with just the right timing that I actually bounced over the background mountains and into an "endless ocean" area with the negative contours of the island behind me. I had to reset the console after swimming around for awhile because there was no way back in. I tried to do it again afterwards, but only managed to do it the one time.
Knowing that I have no expectation of privacy when I send my computer to someone else, I wiped my drive and used the system restore disk when I had to send a laptop back to the company...and that was because I didn't want the techs going through my Quicken files. This loser was doing something he knew was illegal, yet sent it in anyway. Notwithstanding the fact that people who jerk it to kids (creating the market for child porn) deserve to have their genitalia attacked with a weed whacker, the dipshit can't expect constitutional protection from someone who wasn't acting as an agent of the government.
Wait, so given enough time, massive objects in relatively close proximity to one another might drift together? Holy shit!
"I find the tolerance for corporate greed and power in this thread really appaling, especially from the hacker crowd."
It's only because people who willingly signed a contract with AT&T deserve the assfucking they knew they were going to get. I have no sympathy. It's like spending all your disposable income on CDs and then whining about the RIAA after you've helped fund their lawsuits.
Actually, I rub my penis on the touchscreen during the day, at Starbucks.
Ballmer wants to pull out and can't even give America the courtesy of a reacharound. How rude.
10 years ago called and said you could keep their joke.
$20-25 is my price limit for games. If the game is released new at around $20 (Introversion's excellent library, for example), I'm happy to buy new. Publishers who want $60 for a new game don't get my money unless it's actually worth it (see X-Plane, with 6 DL DVDs full of satellite imagery). Publishers who collude to drive used places out of business or force them to raise prices will only send me back to my warez pup days, because frankly, fuck them and their inflated value.
This one goes to 11.
Congratulations on tricking Slashdot into running your ad for free.
Then again, it's not that hard these days.
It's mighty big of MS to allow their customers to do what every other OS ever invented lets them do.
"I am never surprised by the depths of slashdot hypocrisy."
Neither am I. For example, your decrying of the lack of empirical data in one sentence while implying Slashdot posters are being hypocrites in another, without mentioning which posters are being hypocritical.
On the other hand, fuck Wikipedia.
Who to root for?
As much as Verizon sucks, I suspect it went down more like this:
Cops: We need to trace this number.
Verizon: His service was canceled due to an unpaid $20 charge, and by the way, we'll need to see a warrant first.
Cops: Why should we pay you $20 to trace it? We're complaining to the press!
I hope you fucking hippies can still boast about how green your car is when the entire population of earth dies gasping for the oxygen your batteries stole. God damn you.
(readers who don't understand humor and wish to rebut me at length may form a queue to the left).
"DROP YOUR WEAPON. YOU HAVE FIVE SECONDS TO COMPLY."
"Uh...hey, this is just a candy bar.'
"YOU HAVE TWO SECONDS TO COMPLY."
"OK, I'm dropping my candy bar! Shit!"
(BLAM)
"The advantage of creationism is that is gives hope to people who otherwise have nothing."
Why would "something created the universe" give hope to anyone? Creation "scientists" have been arguing for years that the concept has nothing to do with religion, so don't try to argue down that path.