JordanL - Slashdot User

Projects For Humanity: Applying Kickstarter Principals to Human Endevours-> 0

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on Tuesday February 28, @11:05PM

JordanL writes "This website has two purposes: (1) To create a list of huge projects which would challenge our entire species in their accomplishment, and the cost of these projects in United States Dollars. (2) To allow people to give mock pledges which illustrate how long it would take to fund any given project. This allows people to read through a project's description and say to themselves, "Sure, if humans were planning on doing this, I would give $10 per month to help make it happen.""
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Using Favorites Lists To Recommend Stories-> 0

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on Monday March 07 2011, @08:58PM

JordanL writes "I had several friends who read fanfiction, geeky as they are, but expressed frustration in finding new stories. After hearing this from several sources, it seemed that a systematic approach to the problem fit best, and the result is FanfictionRecs.net. It backreferences favorites lists of fanfiction.net members to recommend stories. I'm interested in extending the idea to printed books, but am at a loss for where to seek comparable data. Does slashdot have any suggestions?"
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Ahmedinejad Tells UN 'US Responsible For Sept. 11'-> 0

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on Thursday September 23 2010, @06:50PM

JordanL writes "Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad triggered a walkout of U.S. and other delegates when he suggested in a U.N. General Assembly speech Thursday that the United States government staged the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks. President Barack Obama had sounded a conciliatory theme toward Iran in a General Assembly speech earlier in the day, saying major powers still want dialogue with Tehran over its nuclear program. "Second: that some segments orchestrated the attack to reverse the declining American economy and its grips on the Middle East in order to save the Zionist regime," said President Ahmadinejad."
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N.Korea Cuts Ties With S.Korea With 'Wartime Law'-> 0

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on Tuesday May 25 2010, @02:30PM

JordanL writes "The recent spat between South Korea and North Korea appears to be heating up as the DPRK announced that it was cutting diplomatic ties with South Korea following its attack on a South Korean Navy vessel that killed 46 sailors. The statement includes notes such as 'wartime law' and suspension of Red Cross activities."
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How The Video Game Industry Lost Its Soul

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on Friday April 13 2007, @05:15PM

JordanL writes "I don't claim to be any sort of expert on the inner workings of the large variety of professions that video game development and sales includes, but I contend that it no longer takes an expert to make the assertion that I have come to recently: the video game industry as a whole is losing its soul, and while it may be able to end-over-end continue to raise profits, it will on the long term lose the respectability and clout that it deserves if they continue on their current course."

Canadian Customer vs. Best Buy: Extended Warranty

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on Tuesday January 23 2007, @09:09PM

JordanL writes "A Canadian customer bought a 61" DLP TV from Best Buy. After having one service call while it was still under manufacturer warranty, the man calls Best Buy to activate his PSP (Performance Service Plan), or extended warranty, over a degrading display. The events after are a lesson in consumer choice: do not buy big box items from Best Buy. Ever."