Comment finally (Score 1) 93
a place for all the level one warrior wannabes to gain experience.
Comment Re:Big deal (Score 1) 665
So even though I know how to fix my own bike, i should take it to a "specialist" who will charge me 10x more to get the job done than if i had purchased the parts myself?
Also, being such a tall order, a lot of other comments would better qualify as "go(ing) against the very essence of civilization."
You do seem to acknowledge the danger of "specialists", and something about ruling powers and oppression, so I think you're supporting the "do it yourself" mentality. One which i hope will repopulate all aspects of our lives, like growing your own food.
Also, being such a tall order, a lot of other comments would better qualify as "go(ing) against the very essence of civilization."
You do seem to acknowledge the danger of "specialists", and something about ruling powers and oppression, so I think you're supporting the "do it yourself" mentality. One which i hope will repopulate all aspects of our lives, like growing your own food.
Comment Re:No more (Score 3, Interesting) 170
...the classics like Perfect Dark, The Legend of Zelda or Goldeneye.
I was hoping you'd mention games from the commodore 64, not the other 64!
Comment Rocking Idea! (Score 1) 381
The scalability on your idea is huge. How about a timeline where events don't occur until a given date?
Congrats. You have won a USB drive. Now wait until Jan 31 or later and check back.
2GB is a lot of space to fill, unless video is involved - but you don't have fill it. Some of the 50 receivers may not have USB sticks and may appreciate one.
and most importantly, how do I create empty lines with HTML enabled?
Comment Only Gov't Jobs Need a Masters (Score 1) 834
They rank candidates on a merit system. A masters has more merit than a Bachelors, but ~2 years experience will cancel that out. But a Masters will give you more opportunity to advance, basically all management (read: do nothing) jobs in the government require a Masters.
This is Canada, US or whereever may be different.
Comment Re:Driving costs != Fuel costs (Score 1) 1137
plus, automobiles are taxpayer subsidized indirectly through things like roads, emergency response, justice system overhead, insurance claims... The cost is staggering.
Comment Re:Funny tags (Score 1) 103
I laughed pretty hard at "natural20" as well. Very fitting and well chosen, tagger gods.
Comment Re:I am shocked! (Score 1) 554
Your first paragraph I entirely agree with. Your second not so much, as I expect nothing less of slashdot than to report this news.
Bell Proposing Usage-Based Billing 238
Idiomatick writes "Bell Canada is attempting to impose UBB on its wholesale customers. As Bell was given a last-mile monopoly in much of Canada by the government, they are required to follow rules set up by the CRTC; this includes leasing their lines to competitive ISPs. And they are given a directive by the CRTC to provide competitive speeds to said ISPs. Teksavvy has informed its customers that were this to go through, the current monthly cap would be quartered and the cost for exceeding it would be 'multiple times more than our current per Gigabyte rate of $0.25/GB on overages.' They have also helpfully included a link where you can send your comments/concerns to the CRTC directly."
Comment Re:No one left to speak for me (Score 1) 515
Sheeple like to make snap judgments without bothering to educate themselves about the subject first, not even 5 minutes.
Comment Re:No one left to speak for me (Score 1) 515
What about the rich dissidents, the ones that can actually do something about the whole mess? The ones with the most power AND some conscience. Not all the rich are equal.
Comment Re:What needs to happen... (Score 2, Funny) 598
You want to run a game from a slow, cheap ass-flash drive? I don't think so.
fixed.
Comment Re:And... (Score 1) 365
sort of some negative press. BBerry's aren't secure enough is what I walk away with.
Submission + - SPAM: 4 flavours, chose 1!
banffbug writes: hot
sour
salty
sweet
Dvorak Layout Claimed Not Superior To QWERTY 663
Michael Pyne sends in an article published at Reason Online 13 years ago, dismantling the entrenched myth that the Dvorak keyboard layout is a superior technology to QWERTY. The odd thing is that this 13-year-old article recaps research (refereed and published in a respected economics journal) 19 years ago. While we have discussed Dvorak many times over the years, I don't believe we have dug into this convincing-sounding refutation of the Dvorak mythology. The article is in the context of arguing against the conventional wisdom of "first mover advantage" — that the first product to market gains a large entrenchment benefit, such as VHS vs. Beta, MS-DOS vs. anything, etc. It's very much a pro-markets piece.
