I'm not one to shun a history lesson, but I think the important thing here is that acknowledgment that the work of brilliant people should be free to all.
Really? How do you propose that brilliant people feed themselves?
For all of the ridiculous people saying "I paid for 10Mbp download and I should get it", I have to ask, have you ever, even once, downloaded anything at 10Mbp? No, you haven't. I have had 10Mbp service for ages, and it is nice and fast, but I have never approached 10Mbp at any time.
A society which thinks it's perfectly OK to rape anyone in sight and then eats them blatantly violates everything that was ever said about human rights pretty much anywhere in this world. There is probably not a government on the planet right now that would get behind that notion
Great, you've identified a moral absolute which no one in the history of the planet has ever disagreed with. Universal rape followed by cannibalism is out. Awesome.
Good luck coming up with a universally agreed list of moral absolutes that actually correspond to real life moral questions though.
I can do all those things on my iPhone 3G and at the same time drive my car at 100 mph over twisty mountain roads while an exhausted super model runs her hand over my ultra smooth face (which I shaved in one stroke with my 9 bladed razor) and tells me how great I shag since I started taking Erectzor.
Yes, that's brilliant. Just tell the company president that your plan to ensure support for the company's office suite software is to fire off emails to the internet whenever there is a problem.
Regardless of how well forums or mail lists work, its not very sellable to senior management.
I can explain every aspect of virtual world economics.
Feel free to buy a virtual ticket to the lecture "How to Retire Your Toon", which my toon will be giving at the virtual conference centre in Second Life. Real world currency only.
One of the responses was from a girl who said she was fun and easy to get along with and had no problem rooming with guys. My friend was about to call her, but I noticed that her email address was some sort of obfuscated leet-speak, and after staring at it for a moment I realized it was her bra size + some other personality attributes. I decifered it and did a google search only to find some prom pictures that would make a porn star blush.
So, of course, you called her immediately and asked her when she could move in?
What the internet needs is some way to inflict a good old fashioned punch in the face when confronted by the equivalent of an obnoxious asshole. There is a reason that people like this loser don't behave this way in real life...
Secondly, I doubt many people at all would be confused. "Scrabulous" and "Scrabble" are clearly distinct but related words. My suspicion is that almost anyone you asked that question to would (a) assume the game is similar to Scrabble but (b) be aware that it isn't an official version of Scrabble.
Try opening a fast food restaurant called "McRonalds" and selling "Big Mick" burgers and see how well your argument holds up in court.
if I were a YHOO shareholder, I'd have dumped as soon as the offer hit the table and the stock hit $30. Why on earth would you hold out for $31?
Your juvenile grasp of business is probably why you aren't a YHOO shareholder.
The question isn't whether or not this is wrong; the question is who on earth is stupid enough to use a phone company's own system to leak secret information about that phone company....
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If you're this stupid, then you should go back to school. May I suggest 3rd grade?
God forgive me, I thought it said Wiimote strapon. Right there I was almost convinced to buy a Wii.
Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
I'm not one to shun a history lesson, but I think the important thing here is that acknowledgment that the work of brilliant people should be free to all.
Really? How do you propose that brilliant people feed themselves?
For all of the ridiculous people saying "I paid for 10Mbp download and I should get it", I have to ask, have you ever, even once, downloaded anything at 10Mbp? No, you haven't. I have had 10Mbp service for ages, and it is nice and fast, but I have never approached 10Mbp at any time.
Engage your brains please.
A society which thinks it's perfectly OK to rape anyone in sight and then eats them blatantly violates everything that was ever said about human rights pretty much anywhere in this world. There is probably not a government on the planet right now that would get behind that notion
Great, you've identified a moral absolute which no one in the history of the planet has ever disagreed with. Universal rape followed by cannibalism is out. Awesome. Good luck coming up with a universally agreed list of moral absolutes that actually correspond to real life moral questions though.
I can do all those things on my iPhone 3G and at the same time drive my car at 100 mph over twisty mountain roads while an exhausted super model runs her hand over my ultra smooth face (which I shaved in one stroke with my 9 bladed razor) and tells me how great I shag since I started taking Erectzor.
Anyone who can't is a pansy.
Yes, that's brilliant. Just tell the company president that your plan to ensure support for the company's office suite software is to fire off emails to the internet whenever there is a problem.
Regardless of how well forums or mail lists work, its not very sellable to senior management.
ED-209: [menacingly] Please guess the last number of the CD Key.You have 20 seconds to comply.
ED-209: You now have 15 seconds to comply. ...
I can explain every aspect of virtual world economics.
Feel free to buy a virtual ticket to the lecture "How to Retire Your Toon", which my toon will be giving at the virtual conference centre in Second Life. Real world currency only.
Buncha anti-semantists on this site.
Apparently he didn't get any of those $600 toilet seats or $900 hammers that we used to hear about the military procuring.
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As I always say, "That looks like it hurt... but only for a second."
675 terabytes of: "you ganking faggot!" "I ganked yer mom" "lrn2noob" "wts conan's hairy balls" "why r u on rp server with l33t name fucker?"
They are engaged in a cyber war the same way the criminal and victim engage in a rape war.
When so many movies you have made, suck so much you will not.
One of the responses was from a girl who said she was fun and easy to get along with and had no problem rooming with guys. My friend was about to call her, but I noticed that her email address was some sort of obfuscated leet-speak, and after staring at it for a moment I realized it was her bra size + some other personality attributes. I decifered it and did a google search only to find some prom pictures that would make a porn star blush.
So, of course, you called her immediately and asked her when she could move in?
You tell this story like it was a bad thing...
Just further proof that the Lords of Cobol are upset with our lack of faith.
What the internet needs is some way to inflict a good old fashioned punch in the face when confronted by the equivalent of an obnoxious asshole. There is a reason that people like this loser don't behave this way in real life...
I am looking at alt.news.usenet.demise.predicitions-by-asshats right now and I can't see anything to suggest this is true.
I thought that once we mastered the technology of the Ancients, we'd just use star gates for that kind of thing. Why we still building space planes?
Secondly, I doubt many people at all would be confused. "Scrabulous" and "Scrabble" are clearly distinct but related words. My suspicion is that almost anyone you asked that question to would (a) assume the game is similar to Scrabble but (b) be aware that it isn't an official version of Scrabble.
Try opening a fast food restaurant called "McRonalds" and selling "Big Mick" burgers and see how well your argument holds up in court.
if I were a YHOO shareholder, I'd have dumped as soon as the offer hit the table and the stock hit $30. Why on earth would you hold out for $31? Your juvenile grasp of business is probably why you aren't a YHOO shareholder.
The question isn't whether or not this is wrong; the question is who on earth is stupid enough to use a phone company's own system to leak secret information about that phone company....