Comment Journalism (Score 1) 292
Great article. This journalist waited for Sony to come with a clarification? Wow. Guess his headset can't make calls because that's what a proper journalist would do.
Comment Re:Better answer (Score 1) 572
But doesn't an X-box need electricity and a internet connection? That's the weirdest part of the analogy to me.
Comment Re:Not exactly (Score 1) 255
"how trolls were less prominent"
Remember GNAA?
Comment Old school (Score 1) 192
What happened to two turntables and a microphone? Lots of pioneers seemed to create beats that way...
Comment Re:Another failed social project from Microsoft (Score 1) 135
Not in disagreement with the spirit of your post, but I use the Pohosynth app a lot and loving it so wouldn't consider that as a 'go-nowhere' project. Great technology and very usable.
Comment Re:Torrenting (Score 1) 409
I'm Dutch: downloading of movies is legal here, so I have no idea what you're talking about. GP's points are still valid (in my case).
Comment QR roll (Score 5, Interesting) 399
Nerd friend of mine had a QR Code on the back of the invitation. The people who knew what a QR Code was, all got rick rolled. I thought it was hillarious.
Comment Re:Finally (Score 1) 213
"The next day we got a call from the ISP asking if everything was okay."
I wish I had customer service like that!
The Murky Origins of Zork's Name 70
mjn writes "Computational media researcher Nick Montfort traces the murky origins of Zork's name. It's well known that the word was used in MIT hacker jargon around that time, but how did it get there? Candidates are the term 'zorch' from late 1950s DIY electronics slang, the use of the term as a placeholder in some early 1970s textbooks, the typo a QWERTY user would get if he typed 'work' on an AZERTY keyboard, and several uses in obscure sci-fi. No solid answers so far, though, as there are problems with many of the possible explanations that would have made MIT hackers unlikely to have run across them at the right time."
Comment Divide by time played (Score 1) 358
Wonder if author typed /played in WoW and then see how much he paid per minute. It all comes down on perspective. Like others have noted: 15 dollars a month is a good deal for a hobby. Or did he scavenge eBay for trade cards for 900 dollars each?
Comment Dutch article on subject (Score 1) 255
This has good coverage:
http://translate.google.com/translate?prev=hp&hl=en&js=y&u=http%3A%2F%2Ftweakers.net%2Fnieuws%2F61541%2Frechter-verbiedt-the-pirate-bay-in-nederland-update.html&sl=nl&tl=en&history_state0=
(In dutch http://tweakers.net/nieuws/61541/rechter-verbiedt-the-pirate-bay-in-nederland-update.html )
Comment Re:Unfortunately... (Score 1) 336
Not quite sure if I understand you correctly, but according to dutch law it is legal to download music and movies. Uploading them is illegal.
Comment Dutch... (Score 1) 542
The only reason he asked this question to /., must be because he is dutch (i bet). We never miss an opportunity to make a buck!
(Yes, I am dutch)
Submission + - Great book on intranet(s) (www.ivw.nl) 1
raketman11 writes: There are a lot of books about intranet strategies, but most are focused on budget and technical challenges. I work for a governmental departement and the technological decisions have been made already and there is basically no such thing as a budget (thanks to the tax payers for that). I am looking for a great book which discusses how to get people enthusiastic enough to get them to generate content for the intranet although it is not their top priority at work. The book I am looking for is more on convincing management and employees to make intranet work. How do you make the people outside the editorial/communication unit you are in build an intranet 'content wise'? I have searched a lot for this (of course on Slashdot as well) but just can't seem to find the right book.
Which book worked best for you implementing a great intranet in term of cooperation and communication as opposed to finance and tech?
Which book worked best for you implementing a great intranet in term of cooperation and communication as opposed to finance and tech?
