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Slashdot is great. It's started and/or run by Rob Malda. You can learn a lot about Linux here. A subset of Linux is ubuntu. (I never know how to capitalize that.) A colleage of mine is just starting to look at ubuntu. Anyone know if 9.04 is any good? But then there's the problems with Debian proper vs ubuntu... But back on topic! Slashdot is great.
It's parents wringing their hands at the thought their 5th grader might see it and be corrupted. It's like that twilight zone episode, something like (horribly paraphrased) "Oh yeah? Well, when *I* was a kid, Chestnut Street was THE lion's roar, yesirree!!!". (He later finds out, he was making it up, because he used to get his a$$ kicked.)
Woman inspires us to great things, and prevents us from achieving them. -- Dumas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Knight_of_Sainte-Hermine The Last Cavalier (originally published in France in 2005 under the title Le Chevalier de Sainte-Hermine) is an unfinished historical novel by Alexandre Dumas. It is believed to be Dumas' last major work, and the story was lost until 2005, when it was announced that an almost-complete copy had been found in the form of a newspaper serial. While a number of his previously forgotten works have been unearthed, this is the largest at 900 pages.
By articles I actually include Blog posts. (Doesn't have to be company sponsored help files.) Most blog posts are at least ten sentences long, and some are gold mines.
I said I hated forum posts because I tend to get these silly 1-liners clogging my basic searches. You can take the variable and flip it the other way to weight forum posts. Either way it's a customization win.
Or even valid information,but horribly presented (like web scrapes with ads).
I fudge it here on the Dot with a +3 modifier for length. The long snarks are flamebaits and not Goatses, and the long posts are typically worth reading on balance.
"linguistic quantification operator".
How about the higher a modified version of a Flesch Index? (If the writer can form quality sentences, then it might have some intelligence behind it?)
"First the corps turned off the communication apps in embargoed countries, but that was okay with me because I was using Cloud Computing in America. "Then the corps turned off the cloud computing apps in America and forced us to pay for the Service we were getting, but by then it was too late..."
You're right that the Legal angle is the Elephant in the Room.
1. Psystar makes OSX clones, Psystar gets sued, Psystar croaks. 2. Quo gets a great idea! "Hey, let's make OS X clones!" 3. New Legal Angle = ??? 4. Profit!
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Slashdot is great. It's started and/or run by Rob Malda. You can learn a lot about Linux here. A subset of Linux is ubuntu. (I never know how to capitalize that.) A colleage of mine is just starting to look at ubuntu. Anyone know if 9.04 is any good? But then there's the problems with Debian proper vs ubuntu... But back on topic! Slashdot is great.
Oh Windows is Modern. Modern is new.
They didn't say "quality" OS's. : )
What about Hulu?
I have a garbage DSL (purposely cheap), and I constantly have to buffer shows.
My copy of Firefox 3.5beta4 seems to get 93/100 on Acid3.
Now the scary thing is that my little page works in that, and BREAKS in Opera10! Which gets 100.
Damnit.
I presume I have to trust that "100% is better than 93%".
Does Opera have its OWN glitches or should I assume that whenever Firefox gets to 100% it will show the same glitch?
(That's like MS's ODF - "it passes spec" and still breaks.)
Nope. They'd love that word.
It's parents wringing their hands at the thought their 5th grader might see it and be corrupted. It's like that twilight zone episode, something like (horribly paraphrased) "Oh yeah? Well, when *I* was a kid, Chestnut Street was THE lion's roar, yesirree!!!". (He later finds out, he was making it up, because he used to get his a$$ kicked.)
For call girls, surfing for porn is great, the occasional phone call comes in, and cheeseburgers are not allowed for the potential effect on revenue.
Let's make a CopyLeft Concept Album!
"The court finds for Jammie Thomas and recognizes the precedent she brought".
Thank You Ma'am?
"A method for collapsing the US Economy finally and utterly causing U.S. territories to plunge into war."
Does the RIAA have a patent on their model?
I thought a TORRENT was a method of cutting and pasting stuff together from a variety of different sources with no citations at all.
Bottom of Slashdot page:
Woman inspires us to great things, and prevents us from achieving them. -- Dumas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Knight_of_Sainte-Hermine
The Last Cavalier (originally published in France in 2005 under the title Le Chevalier de Sainte-Hermine) is an unfinished historical novel by Alexandre Dumas. It is believed to be Dumas' last major work, and the story was lost until 2005, when it was announced that an almost-complete copy had been found in the form of a newspaper serial. While a number of his previously forgotten works have been unearthed, this is the largest at 900 pages.
Variables FTW!
By articles I actually include Blog posts. (Doesn't have to be company sponsored help files.) Most blog posts are at least ten sentences long, and some are gold mines.
I said I hated forum posts because I tend to get these silly 1-liners clogging my basic searches.
You can take the variable and flip it the other way to weight forum posts. Either way it's a customization win.
"Sure. We'll switch to Animal Farm! Thanks for the tip!"
I'm structuring my medical plan for fights with Biff/Griff.
What about Heinlein's Rolling Roads?
I'd like a -2 ForumPost variable. When I search for info I want articles, not snips.
Bravo!
Or even valid information,but horribly presented (like web scrapes with ads).
I fudge it here on the Dot with a +3 modifier for length. The long snarks are flamebaits and not Goatses, and the long posts are typically worth reading on balance.
"linguistic quantification operator".
How about the higher a modified version of a Flesch Index? (If the writer can form quality sentences, then it might have some intelligence behind it?)
Why can't we nail the Govt for Copyright Infringement of our audio phone works?
"First the corps turned off the communication apps in embargoed countries, but that was okay with me because I was using Cloud Computing in America.
"Then the corps turned off the cloud computing apps in America and forced us to pay for the Service we were getting, but by then it was too late..."
You're right that the Legal angle is the Elephant in the Room.
1. Psystar makes OSX clones, Psystar gets sued, Psystar croaks.
2. Quo gets a great idea! "Hey, let's make OS X clones!"
3. New Legal Angle = ???
4. Profit!
Trek TOS!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Private_Little_War
Hi.
Do you know any info about Master Seung Sahn?
I like his book Compass of Zen.
Mu.
The monastery provides the local service.
The SMS reads:
"Your Phone is Moving."
There's a meeting of Agnostics Anonymous next week. I think. But the group leader won't call me back to confirm.