Were you expecting a polite response after calling me an asshole for no reason?
The topic of this conversation was someone who felt belittled because she was a woman in the FOSS community, of all things. This is not the type of mental abuse people kill for, you are stuck in your own issues and not paying attention to the one under discussion or the point I'm making about the issue under discussion.
If someone were to kill another person over a comment related to FOSS, there were other mental issues prior to FOSS comments.
My point still stands: if you're sitting in front of a computer and someone is consistently belittling you and it is affecting you emotionally, hit the off switch. And if you can't do that, the issue is not with FOSS, it is with you.
Equating people saying something offensive to physical violence against women is an insult to those women who have been abused as well as the intelligence of anyone who happened to read your comment.
Really, if OP is so offended that they cannot 1) joke back, 2) Ask the person to stop, 3) Create an androgynous pseudonym, or 4) Find some higher quality people to code with... they need to find a different hobby.
1005821 is my UID (and it's prime!). Obviously a UID must be a number. My dislike is choosing an arbitrary number to attach to a uname to make the uname unique.
No, because I want to check out the playboy issue...
Hey, I had to come up with some kind of uname after over a million names had already been chosen - and I've got a pet peeve against being johnsmith184. I want a real name without a number attached to it.
Yeah I guess you may have encountered some jokes, but it's your code that matters, not your plumbing. If you're offended by jokes, joke back or say it's inappropriate - in the informal community of FOSS, that's about all you can do.
If you truly think you're a victim, create an androgynous pseudonym. The tone of OP's article suggests a hyper sensitivity to me.
Next time, pick it up with your bare hands and smack it right on top of their head, then wipe it on their shirt - I've always wanted to do this, but never found someone deserving enough to do it to. What are they going to do - call the cops? You'll be long gone and the cops won't care, probably just laugh.
I think most models look disgusting. I don't like fat chicks, but super-crazy skinny is almost as gross. Give me an athletic chick any day of the week over that "skinny" nonsense.
Who says? The minute a viable robo-bee is created, I'm guessing someone will be thinking up a robo-bee virus. (In fact, a robo-bee virus actually sounds kinda cool!)
I've always thought it was interesting that we take the democratizing power of tech for granted. Certainly, those in Iran, China, or other places around the world may have access which, in pre-Internet days, would've been impossible. But I've always thought the democratizing power of tech would go into reverse with stuff like this article discusses. Imagine a true surveillance society, powered by those with the funds to create this kind of tech (i.e. governments). That could be the direction at least a few governments are headed in.
I'm not saying that this will happen, but I just think most folks have not considered the very long term implications of technology. Over the long-term technology may not be democratizing at all.
It really is an excellent discussion of all of the salient issues pertaining to synthetic biology. It's not going to make your hair curl or keep you amazingly excited like the mostly terrible edutainment stuff we have today, but it will discuss the facts in detail with two distinct points of view.
(I guess my post could be seen as trollish if you didn't click on the link to the profile I linked to - he's a GNAA idiot that forgot to hit the anonymous button when posting his stupid nonsense, and also a 27-year old IT geek)
Yeah, then your average idiot could then order away the correct parts for a virus, either knowing or not knowing what he was doing, and end up really screwing things up. This type of stuff will be difficult, if not impossible to control. I'm not optimistic.
Honestly, if you were any kind of playboy, Mr. Playboy, I'd think you'd rather be getting laid than being a GNAA douche... Dork... grow up and get a woman, FFS.
I do feel obliged to mention that after a few (maybe four?) years on/. that was the first time I actually saw the goatse guy - and you know, it wasn't quite as disgusting as I would've thought (I once made the mistake of looking up tubgirl (shudder) - I'd put 50% odds on her being dead)
GNAA... that is really f'in stupid. Anyway, one day maybe the dude who posts this stuff will actually get laid and find something better to do with his time.. maybe.
Thanks for the edumacshun though! I didn't know it was an actual, concerted effort. Whaaaaaaaatever
I don't know what a "classic GNAA troll" is, but it's not a sock puppet account, I don't think. There were some normal posts before and after that flamebait post.
Sometimes I just wonder why these types of folks post - do they have a point - or are they just screwing around and not able to get a girlfriend?
Hotel California was the last time I ever looked at interpretation from an artist of their lyrics. It really does ruin the song in a sense, because I always thought it meant something different.
In reality it doesn't matter what the artist meant when they wrote the lyrics, it just matters what the lyrics mean to you, but still... hearing what they intended when they wrote the song takes some of the meaning away from the lyrics.
It's not a new phenomenon, and I believe the saying has been around since the 60's. Migration of data has always been and will always be an issue to tackle.
Maybe I'm the only geek on the planet that doesn't like Monty Python, but I never got it. Yeah, some skits are mildly amusing, but so totally funny as to have watched everything? Multiple times? No, it's just not that funny to me.
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Nokia has a somewhat similar concept of this as well, implemented for mobile devices http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX-gTobCJHs
Concept design, but pretty cool to watch.
Were you expecting a polite response after calling me an asshole for no reason?
The topic of this conversation was someone who felt belittled because she was a woman in the FOSS community, of all things. This is not the type of mental abuse people kill for, you are stuck in your own issues and not paying attention to the one under discussion or the point I'm making about the issue under discussion.
If someone were to kill another person over a comment related to FOSS, there were other mental issues prior to FOSS comments.
My point still stands: if you're sitting in front of a computer and someone is consistently belittling you and it is affecting you emotionally, hit the off switch. And if you can't do that, the issue is not with FOSS, it is with you.
Then you're too sensitive and you allow people to control your life too much. Fix yourself.
F'in sweet.. I love my /. humor! +1 for you!
Equating people saying something offensive to physical violence against women is an insult to those women who have been abused as well as the intelligence of anyone who happened to read your comment.
Really, if OP is so offended that they cannot 1) joke back, 2) Ask the person to stop, 3) Create an androgynous pseudonym, or 4) Find some higher quality people to code with... they need to find a different hobby.
1005821 is my UID (and it's prime!). Obviously a UID must be a number. My dislike is choosing an arbitrary number to attach to a uname to make the uname unique.
No, because I want to check out the playboy issue...
Hey, I had to come up with some kind of uname after over a million names had already been chosen - and I've got a pet peeve against being johnsmith184. I want a real name without a number attached to it.
I guess I'm in the minority, but I'm going to buy it. It's a few bucks, it's kinda unique, and why not?
Yeah I guess you may have encountered some jokes, but it's your code that matters, not your plumbing. If you're offended by jokes, joke back or say it's inappropriate - in the informal community of FOSS, that's about all you can do.
If you truly think you're a victim, create an androgynous pseudonym. The tone of OP's article suggests a hyper sensitivity to me.
Next time, pick it up with your bare hands and smack it right on top of their head, then wipe it on their shirt - I've always wanted to do this, but never found someone deserving enough to do it to. What are they going to do - call the cops? You'll be long gone and the cops won't care, probably just laugh.
I think most models look disgusting. I don't like fat chicks, but super-crazy skinny is almost as gross. Give me an athletic chick any day of the week over that "skinny" nonsense.
I think that's an interesting idea.
Actually, I've always wondered about the dilithium crystals. That's what the scientists should be working on finding!
Now how do we find the crystals in a different star system without having the warp drive to get to that different star system... hmmmmmm
LOL, one of the more creative responses I've received to my sig!
mass-produced robo-bees ... don't catch colony-dropping diseases
Who says? The minute a viable robo-bee is created, I'm guessing someone will be thinking up a robo-bee virus. (In fact, a robo-bee virus actually sounds kinda cool!)
I've always thought it was interesting that we take the democratizing power of tech for granted. Certainly, those in Iran, China, or other places around the world may have access which, in pre-Internet days, would've been impossible. But I've always thought the democratizing power of tech would go into reverse with stuff like this article discusses. Imagine a true surveillance society, powered by those with the funds to create this kind of tech (i.e. governments). That could be the direction at least a few governments are headed in.
I'm not saying that this will happen, but I just think most folks have not considered the very long term implications of technology. Over the long-term technology may not be democratizing at all.
Franky yes, an average idiot like me. And unless you've got a PhD in bio, an average idiot like you too.
If you're not worried, you're not paying attention... if you're interested in this stuff, I'd suggest you watch this: http://fora.tv/2008/11/17/Drew_Endy_and_Jim_Thomas_Debate_Synthetic_Biology
It really is an excellent discussion of all of the salient issues pertaining to synthetic biology. It's not going to make your hair curl or keep you amazingly excited like the mostly terrible edutainment stuff we have today, but it will discuss the facts in detail with two distinct points of view.
(I guess my post could be seen as trollish if you didn't click on the link to the profile I linked to - he's a GNAA idiot that forgot to hit the anonymous button when posting his stupid nonsense, and also a 27-year old IT geek)
Yeah, then your average idiot could then order away the correct parts for a virus, either knowing or not knowing what he was doing, and end up really screwing things up. This type of stuff will be difficult, if not impossible to control. I'm not optimistic.
This troll is apx 27 years old!! HAHAHAHAHA
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1333177&cid=29031753
Honestly, if you were any kind of playboy, Mr. Playboy, I'd think you'd rather be getting laid than being a GNAA douche... Dork... grow up and get a woman, FFS.
Well... whatever floats their boat I guess.
/. that was the first time I actually saw the goatse guy - and you know, it wasn't quite as disgusting as I would've thought (I once made the mistake of looking up tubgirl (shudder) - I'd put 50% odds on her being dead)
I do feel obliged to mention that after a few (maybe four?) years on
GNAA... that is really f'in stupid. Anyway, one day maybe the dude who posts this stuff will actually get laid and find something better to do with his time.. maybe.
Thanks for the edumacshun though! I didn't know it was an actual, concerted effort. Whaaaaaaaatever
I don't know what a "classic GNAA troll" is, but it's not a sock puppet account, I don't think. There were some normal posts before and after that flamebait post.
Sometimes I just wonder why these types of folks post - do they have a point - or are they just screwing around and not able to get a girlfriend?
This is the idiot that posts this nonsense... http://slashdot.org/~mister_playboy
He forgot to hit the anonymous button on his last post. I still don't understand what the point is... these guys never even respond when I ask.
Hotel California was the last time I ever looked at interpretation from an artist of their lyrics. It really does ruin the song in a sense, because I always thought it meant something different.
In reality it doesn't matter what the artist meant when they wrote the lyrics, it just matters what the lyrics mean to you, but still... hearing what they intended when they wrote the song takes some of the meaning away from the lyrics.
It's not a new phenomenon, and I believe the saying has been around since the 60's. Migration of data has always been and will always be an issue to tackle.
Maybe I'm the only geek on the planet that doesn't like Monty Python, but I never got it. Yeah, some skits are mildly amusing, but so totally funny as to have watched everything? Multiple times? No, it's just not that funny to me.
Am I seriously the only one?