Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Domains

Domain: eastvan.bc.ca

Stories and comments across the archive that link to eastvan.bc.ca.

Comments · 8

  1. Exactly by ArcSecond · · Score: 2 · on Never Mind The 25th Anniversary
    That's exactly what I was gonna say. "Fuck you!" sums up what being punk is better than any arty/intellectual analysis of Punk as a social phenomenon. "Fuck you" is definitely a better punk credo than any political or philosophical statement. Being punk isn't about being noble, it's about going to a show, getting drunk, puking in the alley, and crashing on someone's couch.

    That, and shouting "Oi!" a lot... and getting beat up by boneheads.

  2. Exactly by ArcSecond · · Score: 2 · on Never Mind The 25th Anniversary
    That's exactly what I was gonna say. "Fuck you!" sums up what being punk is better than any arty/intellectual analysis of Punk as a social phenomenon. "Fuck you" is definitely a better punk credo than any political or philosophical statement. Being punk isn't about being noble, it's about going to a show, getting drunk, puking in the alley, and crashing on someone's couch.

    That, and shouting "Oi!" a lot... and getting beat up by boneheads.

  3. Exactly by ArcSecond · · Score: 2 · on Never Mind The 25th Anniversary
    That's exactly what I was gonna say. "Fuck you!" sums up what being punk is better than any arty/intellectual analysis of Punk as a social phenomenon. "Fuck you" is definitely a better punk credo than any political or philosophical statement. Being punk isn't about being noble, it's about going to a show, getting drunk, puking in the alley, and crashing on someone's couch.

    That, and shouting "Oi!" a lot... and getting beat up by boneheads.

  4. Exactly by ArcSecond · · Score: 2 · on Never Mind The 25th Anniversary
    That's exactly what I was gonna say. "Fuck you!" sums up what being punk is better than any arty/intellectual analysis of Punk as a social phenomenon. "Fuck you" is definitely a better punk credo than any political or philosophical statement. Being punk isn't about being noble, it's about going to a show, getting drunk, puking in the alley, and crashing on someone's couch.

    That, and shouting "Oi!" a lot... and getting beat up by boneheads.

  5. Re:Ask Slashdot? by thex23 · · Score: 2 · on Friendships in the IT Workplace?

    I hang out with Raver-Geek types, the EastVan crew, and I've known plenty of different tech people from a variety of backgrounds. I would say that in some places, people can't wait to go home, and in other environments, where real geeks work, the work/play dialogue is pretty well mixed. This may be coming to an end as the Wild West mentality of dot-comdom changes over to the engineering and management hive-mind mentality.

    In any case, I think it is useless to generalize: I've known too many types of people who were "technical" to think that one broad statement would adequately describe their social/work life.

    What I have noticed is a dichotomy between the career/family people and the career/party people. Some geeks want kids and some serious settlin' down, and some never want a family, ever. Some go so far as to have their tubes tied, but most are just sick of the consumer nightmare that is family life. Why not spend their money on themselves? Go to a good party, see some great concerts, buy a GameCube and huge TV? Cats are almost as good as kids... ;)

  6. Re:Ask Slashdot? by thex23 · · Score: 2 · on Friendships in the IT Workplace?

    I hang out with Raver-Geek types, the EastVan crew, and I've known plenty of different tech people from a variety of backgrounds. I would say that in some places, people can't wait to go home, and in other environments, where real geeks work, the work/play dialogue is pretty well mixed. This may be coming to an end as the Wild West mentality of dot-comdom changes over to the engineering and management hive-mind mentality.

    In any case, I think it is useless to generalize: I've known too many types of people who were "technical" to think that one broad statement would adequately describe their social/work life.

    What I have noticed is a dichotomy between the career/family people and the career/party people. Some geeks want kids and some serious settlin' down, and some never want a family, ever. Some go so far as to have their tubes tied, but most are just sick of the consumer nightmare that is family life. Why not spend their money on themselves? Go to a good party, see some great concerts, buy a GameCube and huge TV? Cats are almost as good as kids... ;)

  7. some slashcode sites by grammar+nazi · · Score: 3 · on Large Open-Source Based Web Sites?
    I don't know of any other open-sourced sites (this is the point of your post). I don't think that website code is as likely to be under the GPL because it typically isn't distributed. If someone comes up with good code, the don't distribute it, they use it on their own website.

    Anyone with a little perl knowledge can go a long way towards making a slashcode site into a customer support, file download, or of course a news and events website.

    Anyways, here's the slashsites in case anyone is interested.

    Obtained from Slashcode
  8. East Vancouver is the place to be... by thex23 · · Score: 1 · on Techie Friendly Towns, Worldwide?

    If you don't mind a 100 year old city that is kind of a mix between Hong Kong and Seattle, with a 'small town' complex and a few bigger tech companies (MDA, Ballard, Motorola, Sierra), then give Vancouver a look.

    Geeks are not only welcome here, they are taking over the East Side. The true hardcore live in the neighbourhoods that aren't quite so wholesome, and play in their basements with MIDI gear and Linux. Americans and other foreign nationals are welcomed as long as they have skillz. People from Toronto are tolerated.

    If you want a little taste of the East Van lifestyle, check out eastvan.bc.ca where cracked-out sysadmins and naughty programmers post their daily gems in this Slashdot interface ripoff.

    I hear Australia is good too, but I'd rather kick it here for a while.

    Happy Canada Day!