Fabrice:
Issues raised in this question have already been addressed in previous answers.
Thank you for taking the time to not provide an answer to my questions.
I will spend just as much time considering your site in the future. In fact I'm happy to tell you that I'm already done!
Will this site be encouraging homophily, or will there be a negative feedback mechanism such as LibraryThing's UnSuggest to encourage more dynamic balance?
Are the News stories and blog posts themselves subject to this "balance" or is it the "perceived credibility" of the source news outlet that determines ratings and discussion?
For example if a given story is from LGF, ones preconception may be that the news presented will be heavily slanted to the right regardless of the facts, and if the source were Daily KOZ one may expect the opposite.
Do you think that "balance" is currently reflected in the site's "front page" results?
Is any evident "political" bias currently on display subject to any editorial change or negative feedback mechanism in the future?
Is this to be simply another clone of politically leaning news/blog conglomerations like Pajamas Media or Village Voice?
Do you think that all social networks are eventually destined to become echo chambers in one form or another as evidenced by Digg's deterioration, and as currently on display at NewsTrust?
1) You try losing weight when you're constantly hungry. It's not like you can quit food cold turkey.
But you can add exercise to your proper diet (you can eat plenty of food, you don't need to feel hungry if you exercise and keep track of your caloric intake) and thusly maintain your overall health. No, it's not easy. Yes, it is necessary if you want to live longer.
2) Do you have any idea how much crap the medical community gives fat people? Even if it's not weight related, they'll pick on your weight. I've seen them pick on a relative that was pregnant, had been hit by a car early in the pregnancy doing damage to her back, and was sleep deprived because she could barely breath while awake. Try losing weight under those circumstances. Instead of treating severe asthma with green gooey flem she was blamed for "incorrect breathing habbits" and being overweight. This was private health care too.
Yes I do. Yes, it's from personal experience. Yes I am still working on it. Yes, that's why I mentioned it. (that doctor is a quack, remember that 50% of all doctors graduated at the bottom of their class)
Lastly, don't simply rely on BMI tables, they are the notoriously inaccurate. (for example, most of the NBA is "obese" according to BMI). Go and get yourself an actual DEXA "Body-fat" measurement. It can tell you what parts of your body need exercise the most. And with a reliable test you might just find that you are not actually as "overweight" as you or your doctor think. Good to know either way.
Also FTFA: "He even warns against using cell phones in public places like a bus because it exposes others to the phone's electromagnetic fields."
And here I thought the medical community would go after fatties next... nope.
You're killing me with your Secondhand Cellular EMF! No calls allowed in a restaurant, or any other public place, and you must stand at least fifteen feet of any building entrance while getting your cellular fix... outside!
Your right to speak ends where polluting my electromagnetic sphere begins!
Therapeutic 'doll therapy' for dementia seems the most accepted by the medical community and is still controversial, there are other therapeutic studies going on, but I only a spent minute or two googling.
$15,000 for a (fake) female that never talks back, won't steal from you, won't wreck your car, won't come home with another guy... won't take off with one (unless stolen), and won't care if you forget an anniversary... sounds cheap!
Roboticized "Real Dolls" for the lonly slashdotter in your life.
There are already a number of USB cybersex devices on the market right now.
Actually I think that a Roboticized "Real Doll" device would be of great benifit to those suffering from dementia, mental retardation, the infirm, and even for old or ugly people who may not have any other form of companionship.
Wasn't there some announced pilot study on the use of dolls for people with dementia a couple of years back?
The Roboticized "Real Doll" idea is not as crazy as some might first think.
Heh, it was up to +4 Insightful, but has been down-modded and up-modded a whole bunch.
I was replying to a FP troll and trying to have some "on topic" fun at the same time, then it got all serious on me and I really hate burning up karma on a flippant comment.
So here I find myself defending an untenable position, where almost everyone missed the point to begin with.
I made the front page with a journal entry today so it's actually a good day, in spite of this thread.
I think we agree more than we disagree, (My comment wasn't one of my my best, but sometimes a little hyperbole stimulates some interesting conversation).
My point isn't that we should all go to PDF. The point is why introduce yet another incompatible format into the mix?
The average IT shop currently supports how many document formats right now?
So in your country government and courts don't use PDF? Ever? On what planet is this country?
Many EU courts and government agencies currently require downloadable documents which they provide to the public to be formatted in PDF.
So if not PDF filings then PDF releases. The point isn't that we should all go to PDF. The point is why introduce yet another incompatible format?
Evidently something I wasn't using when crafting my rant.
"A word processor (more formally known as document preparation system) is a computer application used for the production (including composition, editing, formatting, and possibly printing) of any sort of printable material." (WIKI Quote)
When I started in IT, every office was equipped with numerous IBM Selectrics and a few standalone word processors.
The first machines that could store document text and formatting were called word processors, and that was also the job title of those who used those machines for document production.
The AC is right. How many versions of wordprocessor extensions do we really need? Since anything official (courts government, etc.) has to be in PDF these days why not just use Acrobat for all of it? Who cares if it's closed source?
How about native support for mkv video? That would be news. How about native 64 bit software? Let's really try somthing new, code a wordprocessor to actually use multithreading! Nah! let's just cook up a new extension for text files, and then fight about it.
This whole wordprocessor thing has gone from the from the sublime to the ridiculous.
From the perspective of Windows functionality, DRM is either irrelevant (you have no DRM-encumbered media) or useful (it lets you access your DRM-encumbered media that you otherwise wouldn't be able to).
Sorry, but you are sadly mistaken if you believe that DRM encumbrances don't affect your Vista OS if you are not in the process of playing back media.
The Image Constraint Token (ICT), the protocol flag that can cause down-sampling of HD video content... is DRM that is always on, always using memory and processor and with an added bonus; sometimes it even down-samples media that it shouldn't.
Protected Video Path encryption... DRM that is always on, always using memory and processor.
The new implementation of the network stack... largely for DRM purposes, Bloated beyond belief and reportedly subject to many new vulnerabilities.
Vista is infested with DRM processes enforced with OS level software barriers and is even sometimes engineered to work with built-in hardware DRM barriers.
With Vista the computer is constantly monitoring many many processes. This monitoring is always on, always using memory and processor.
All of this Vista DRM monitoring uses computing power and memory, whether or not you are actually using any media whatsoever.
DRM is why you have to buy new and more powerful hardware in order to run Vista... not because you need it, but because Microsoft and Big Media need it.
This is a very good point, ask any slashdotter who has looked at MS's latest enterprise agreements.
Just as MS is alienating PC enthusiasts, gamers, media mavens, and home PC users with sneaky draconian DRM restrictions, built in disabling of hardware, UAC security theater, and umpteen versions of the OS... they are just as busy alienating business customers and engineers by messing with workstation management, (and not in a good way) treating business clients as "Revenue Streams" rather than as "Customers" and trying to charge for products as "Upgrades" even though the business pre-paid "Maintenance agreements", which were supposed to insure that they were entitled to those new versions as they get released.
My favorite part was paying for a three year "maintenance" agreement and seeing no new versions for five years... then after the wait MS saying "No soup for you!
For businesses paying "maintenance" MS will now only renew licensing for "Basic" versions of what was top of the line software (in a manner of speaking) at the last release, and if businesses want to use the "Enterprise" version why, they have the privilege of paying even more!
The Ozzie Balmer Strategery.
Look how well abusing your client base worked for Lotus, IBM, Sun, SCO, Novell, etc. Ad nauseam. All marginalized shadows of their former selves.
Rant aside, I would say that MS needs to get back to a Home and Business version of the desktop OS and maybe two server levels. more than that and it's just too obvious that the marketing pukes are trying to squeeze more money out while delivering little or nothing.
Some lucky IT folks get a desktop and a laptop issued by the company, they also get a company issued wireless air card for computing while on the commute.
But wait there's more! You'll also get easy web based remote access to email. And as a bonus, you'll also receive VPN, and Citrix web access, so you can do work from any computer... So for those of you who have a computer in almost every room at home, the only easy way to get away from work, is to go somewhere outside!
Wait!!!... That's covered too!... Let's not forget about the blackberry, the lock on your electronic leg irons!
You got it, I'm not sure if the moderator just never heard of dogpile.com, or if he or she just doesn't like wordplay, (the way some folks always groan at puns).
So I posted a reply to my own post as an AC to clarify my intent, without sacrificing even more karma.
By the way, dogpile.com also includes results from Ask.com. So again I reiterate that dogpile is doing exactly what the OP talked about MS attempting to do with the Yahoo deal.
Slashdot Mirror
You want to know why "we" won and the neanderthals ceased to exist? Because, at some point, we wanted their stuff,
Either that or neanderthals were simply good eating...
...but hey, I'm from the midwest...wtf are toll booths?
I'm guessing that you've never been to Illinois. "Welcome to Illinois! Pay toll."
Fabrice: Issues raised in this question have already been addressed in previous answers.
Thank you for taking the time to not provide an answer to my questions. I will spend just as much time considering your site in the future. In fact I'm happy to tell you that I'm already done!
Will this site be encouraging homophily, or will there be a negative feedback mechanism such as LibraryThing's UnSuggest to encourage more dynamic balance?
Are the News stories and blog posts themselves subject to this "balance" or is it the "perceived credibility" of the source news outlet that determines ratings and discussion?
For example if a given story is from LGF, ones preconception may be that the news presented will be heavily slanted to the right regardless of the facts, and if the source were Daily KOZ one may expect the opposite.
Do you think that "balance" is currently reflected in the site's "front page" results?
Is any evident "political" bias currently on display subject to any editorial change or negative feedback mechanism in the future?
Is this to be simply another clone of politically leaning news/blog conglomerations like Pajamas Media or Village Voice?
Do you think that all social networks are eventually destined to become echo chambers in one form or another as evidenced by Digg's deterioration, and as currently on display at NewsTrust?
1) You try losing weight when you're constantly hungry. It's not like you can quit food cold turkey.
But you can add exercise to your proper diet (you can eat plenty of food, you don't need to feel hungry if you exercise and keep track of your caloric intake) and thusly maintain your overall health. No, it's not easy. Yes, it is necessary if you want to live longer.
2) Do you have any idea how much crap the medical community gives fat people? Even if it's not weight related, they'll pick on your weight. I've seen them pick on a relative that was pregnant, had been hit by a car early in the pregnancy doing damage to her back, and was sleep deprived because she could barely breath while awake. Try losing weight under those circumstances. Instead of treating severe asthma with green gooey flem she was blamed for "incorrect breathing habbits" and being overweight. This was private health care too.
Yes I do. Yes, it's from personal experience. Yes I am still working on it. Yes, that's why I mentioned it. (that doctor is a quack, remember that 50% of all doctors graduated at the bottom of their class)
Lastly, don't simply rely on BMI tables, they are the notoriously inaccurate. (for example, most of the NBA is "obese" according to BMI). Go and get yourself an actual DEXA "Body-fat" measurement. It can tell you what parts of your body need exercise the most. And with a reliable test you might just find that you are not actually as "overweight" as you or your doctor think. Good to know either way.
Also FTFA: "He even warns against using cell phones in public places like a bus because it exposes others to the phone's electromagnetic fields."
And here I thought the medical community would go after fatties next ... nope.
You're killing me with your Secondhand Cellular EMF! No calls allowed in a restaurant, or any other public place, and you must stand at least fifteen feet of any building entrance while getting your cellular fix ... outside!
Your right to speak ends where polluting my electromagnetic sphere begins!
Crap: I forgot to add the NSFW tag to the Real Doll and Boy Toy Doll links ... so be warned!
citation needed
teledildonics
The Miss Kanna case mod
The Katsuya Matsumura Anime girl computer case mod
Just like a woman
Real Doll
Boy Toy Dolls
Programmed for love
Therapeutic 'doll therapy' for dementia seems the most accepted by the medical community and is still controversial, there are other therapeutic studies going on, but I only a spent minute or two googling.
$15,000 for a (fake) female that never talks back, won't steal from you, won't wreck your car, won't come home with another guy ... won't take off with one (unless stolen), and won't care if you forget an anniversary ... sounds cheap!
A partnership is more likely next.
Roboticized "Real Dolls" for the lonly slashdotter in your life.
There are already a number of USB cybersex devices on the market right now.
Actually I think that a Roboticized "Real Doll" device would be of great benifit to those suffering from dementia, mental retardation, the infirm, and even for old or ugly people who may not have any other form of companionship.
Wasn't there some announced pilot study on the use of dolls for people with dementia a couple of years back?
The Roboticized "Real Doll" idea is not as crazy as some might first think.
Heh, it was up to +4 Insightful, but has been down-modded and up-modded a whole bunch.
I was replying to a FP troll and trying to have some "on topic" fun at the same time, then it got all serious on me and I really hate burning up karma on a flippant comment.
So here I find myself defending an untenable position, where almost everyone missed the point to begin with.
I made the front page with a journal entry today so it's actually a good day, in spite of this thread.
It was worth citing the claim, I'll take that beer now. :-P
Good point.
I think we agree more than we disagree, (My comment wasn't one of my my best, but sometimes a little hyperbole stimulates some interesting conversation).
My point isn't that we should all go to PDF. The point is why introduce yet another incompatible format into the mix?
The average IT shop currently supports how many document formats right now?
With how many suites of apps to create them?
I've actually lost count.
So in your country government and courts don't use PDF? Ever? On what planet is this country? Many EU courts and government agencies currently require downloadable documents which they provide to the public to be formatted in PDF. So if not PDF filings then PDF releases. The point isn't that we should all go to PDF. The point is why introduce yet another incompatible format?
"What's a `word processor'?
Evidently something I wasn't using when crafting my rant.
"A word processor (more formally known as document preparation system) is a computer application used for the production (including composition, editing, formatting, and possibly printing) of any sort of printable material." (WIKI Quote)
When I started in IT, every office was equipped with numerous IBM Selectrics and a few standalone word processors.
The first machines that could store document text and formatting were called word processors, and that was also the job title of those who used those machines for document production.
The AC is right. How many versions of wordprocessor extensions do we really need? Since anything official (courts government, etc.) has to be in PDF these days why not just use Acrobat for all of it? Who cares if it's closed source?
How about native support for mkv video? That would be news. How about native 64 bit software? Let's really try somthing new, code a wordprocessor to actually use multithreading! Nah! let's just cook up a new extension for text files, and then fight about it.
This whole wordprocessor thing has gone from the from the sublime to the ridiculous.
From the perspective of Windows functionality, DRM is either irrelevant (you have no DRM-encumbered media) or useful (it lets you access your DRM-encumbered media that you otherwise wouldn't be able to).
Sorry, but you are sadly mistaken if you believe that DRM encumbrances don't affect your Vista OS if you are not in the process of playing back media.
The Image Constraint Token (ICT), the protocol flag that can cause down-sampling of HD video content ... is DRM that is always on, always using memory and processor and with an added bonus; sometimes it even down-samples media that it shouldn't.
Protected Video Path encryption ... DRM that is always on, always using memory and processor.
The new implementation of the network stack ... largely for DRM purposes, Bloated beyond belief and reportedly subject to many new vulnerabilities.
Vista is infested with DRM processes enforced with OS level software barriers and is even sometimes engineered to work with built-in hardware DRM barriers.
With Vista the computer is constantly monitoring many many processes. This monitoring is always on, always using memory and processor.
All of this Vista DRM monitoring uses computing power and memory, whether or not you are actually using any media whatsoever.
DRM is why you have to buy new and more powerful hardware in order to run Vista ... not because you need it, but because Microsoft and Big Media need it.
Fundamental issues like what ?
D R M ... To name one
Just as MS is alienating PC enthusiasts, gamers, media mavens, and home PC users with sneaky draconian DRM restrictions, built in disabling of hardware, UAC security theater, and umpteen versions of the OS ... they are just as busy alienating business customers and engineers by messing with workstation management, (and not in a good way) treating business clients as "Revenue Streams" rather than as "Customers" and trying to charge for products as "Upgrades" even though the business pre-paid "Maintenance agreements", which were supposed to insure that they were entitled to those new versions as they get released.
My favorite part was paying for a three year "maintenance" agreement and seeing no new versions for five years ... then after the wait MS saying "No soup for you!
For businesses paying "maintenance" MS will now only renew licensing for "Basic" versions of what was top of the line software (in a manner of speaking) at the last release, and if businesses want to use the "Enterprise" version why, they have the privilege of paying even more!
The Ozzie Balmer Strategery.
Look how well abusing your client base worked for Lotus, IBM, Sun, SCO, Novell, etc. Ad nauseam. All marginalized shadows of their former selves. Rant aside, I would say that MS needs to get back to a Home and Business version of the desktop OS and maybe two server levels. more than that and it's just too obvious that the marketing pukes are trying to squeeze more money out while delivering little or nothing.
What an interesting concept.
Some lucky IT folks get a desktop and a laptop issued by the company, they also get a company issued wireless air card for computing while on the commute.
But wait there's more! You'll also get easy web based remote access to email. And as a bonus, you'll also receive VPN, and Citrix web access, so you can do work from any computer ... So for those of you who have a computer in almost every room at home, the only easy way to get away from work, is to go somewhere outside!
Wait!!! ... That's covered too! ... Let's not forget about the blackberry, the lock on your electronic leg irons!
So I posted a reply to my own post as an AC to clarify my intent, without sacrificing even more karma.
By the way, dogpile.com also includes results from Ask.com. So again I reiterate that dogpile is doing exactly what the OP talked about MS attempting to do with the Yahoo deal.
You just described "dogpile.com" ... and dogpile describes Microsoft quite accurately ... hiding in plain sight all along!
Borat in the Mankini ...
I agree, just as bad if not worse. You just made the throw-up a little.
Fat wrinkled naked old hippies!
Oh God my EYES!!!
Seriously, the mental image alone is harm enough. Put your cloths back on, no one should be subjected to seeing your wrinkly old hippy arse.
Legally speaking IP infringement is not "OK".
In practice ... it's another story entirely.