Because his post ends with this definitively trollish sentence.
The day some big name intalls iTunes, QuickTime, Safary or other Abble Supercrap, as default, that's the last day I buy such a brand for us.
Unless there's another computer company out there violating Apple's trademarks, he's trolling for Apple fanboys. While Apple does have some software that's true crap (e.g., Mail.app) the applications he's named aren't crap, nor do they meet the definition of 'crapware' as commonly accepted by the community -- free, third party software installed to entice the purchaser to subscribe to an online service, habitually use a particular website, or buy a full version of the installed demo product. (Technically, HP's software doesn't fall into this category, either.)
If I had mod points today, I'd be torn between "-1 Troll" and "-1 Flamebait."
Yes. WoW uses very little bandwidth. It works fine over a 56k modem, except for some added latency. You probably wouldn't want to tank Onyxia over a 56k modem, but you could PvE level or rep grind just fine.
Really, I do. Between flash games, surfing blogs, spamming "random page" on Wikipedia, and actual honest-to-goodness work, I use far more bandwidth at work than I do at home, where I mostly just play WoW and read a few blogs.
Unless the wife isn't home. Then I burn a hole in my wall downloading porn.
Well, she grew up in Modesto, CA and went to CSU-Stanislaus and then Cal Poly Pomona, if that's any help.
I thought it was just a local colloquialism, but ever since that day, I've noticed occasional use of 'trim' as slang... mostly online, so I have no geographical data.
Apparently that sense of the word 'trim' is regional.
I grew up in Florida and Colorado, and wasn't aware of that meaning until one day a couple years ago, when I was discussing my afternoon's plans with my wife, "I'll go to the grocery for some things, but I think I'll stop in for a trim first."
My wife tittered, "Don't say that!"
Here, I was utterly confused by her reaction, "Say what?"
She blushed and said "You know."
At this point I was becoming disoriented, because my wife is seldom either obtuse or squeamish. "What!"
"You don't know?"
I began to feel like the Knights of the Round Table saying 'it' to the Knights of Ni. "I really don't know."
She whispered, "'Trim!'"
I boggled for a beat. "I'm going to go to the barber for a trim. What did you think I meant?"
More girlish giggling, "You know!"
"No, I don't. What else does 'trim' mean to you, besides a haircut, or lawn maintenance?"
She finally realized I was serious, and said, "It's slang for the female genitals!" like I'm an idiot. Which is a much more familiar tone.
But I began imagining the etymology of such a usage, and began to picture a well-trimmed female pubic area. "You mean, like in trimmed pubic hair?"
More blushing and giggling, "Yes!"
Now I was intrigued, "Wow. I've never heard 'trim' used like that before; it must be a West Coast thing. So, is 'trim' used as a noun, like 'I want some of that trim?' Or is 'trim' a verb, as in 'I'd trim that?' Or maybe an adjective, as in 'trim pie?'" Every time I said the word, she flinched or tittered or giggled. The Pythonesque feeling returned.
"It's a noun, I guess. The boys in college used it all the time." Of course, this was taking all the fun out of it for her, but now that I'd found a new button to press, my fun was just starting...
[This reminds me of the time I illustrated the phrase 'tongue in cheek' by poking out my right cheek with my tongue... and nearly got fired for sexual harrassment. But that's another post.]
Agreed. If bandwidth capacity becomes concentrated upon the same entities that are content providers, then the next logical step is the erection of barriers to competing content. It will be in their interest to create an artificial scarcity of bandwidth, either through network architecture or legislation, so that they can monopolize the delivery medium, much in the same way that TV networks and Radio stations were able to because of the real scarcity in the open-air EM spectrum.
All the more reason for the development and mainstreaming of reliable, high bandwidth peer-to-peer ad hoc networking over wifi or wimax, or something else not controlled by telcos and googles. This is because the FCC has demonstrated its vulnerability to capture by the entities it's supposed to be regulating.
FTfA: New York Magistrate Judge Robert M. Levy wrote, "Although defendant's counsel took an unusually aggressive stance and, at times, veered into hyperbole and gratuitous attacks on the recording industry as a whole, I do not find clear evidence of bad faith on counsel's part."
But yet,
Marie Lindor, Beckerman's client,...was accused of making copyrighted music available on the Kazaa file sharing program. After five depositions and three years of legal maneuvering, the RIAA has dropped the case against the woman whom Beckerman said has "never turned on a computer.
Let me get this straight. Who's providing "false information," "misdirecting... relevant facts and events," and concealing "critical information and evidence regarding the infringement at issue" again?
JFC. The arrogance and hypocrisy is mind-boggling.
In fact, Hefner's magazine has finished the jump, but finished low and smacked into the face of the landing ramp, and it's now struggling to remove its skis and swim free of the shark pen, while being circled by the Brazzer Shark and eyed hungrily by the PiR0Nahs.
First: I've used this form a few times for submissions in the past few weeks, and I miss the section dropdown, also. While I recognize the elegance of using tags, what's missing is an indication of which tags are going to result in which story icons.
Second: Once a tag is entered, I don't see a way to delete it (in case I change my mind or make an error). If there's a way to delete a tag, it's not obvious. Tag deletion isn't a necessity on the front page, but when I'm composing and editing a submission, I need tag editing privileges, too.
Lastly: how is the parent redundant? It's the first on-topic post?
Nobody said they're getting around anything. In general relativity, such equations balance out only within the context of one inertial frame of reference. The relativistic particle and the stationary mass are in two separate frames of reference. I haven't read the 1924 Hilbert paper, but it sounds like the change in the frame of reference between the relativistic particle and the stationary mass transfers additional KE to the latter.
Plus there's the whole relativistic mass thing [M=m(1-v^2/c^2)^-2 ], which gives additional momentum to a relativistic particle also. Or perhaps that's the basis of the Hilbert paper (but that seems way too obvious).
How could parent be redundant? It's 1) stamped two minutes after the article's post time, and 2) currently the only comment based on the common SF use of 'hyperdrive' as a synonym for 'superluminal.'
(Normally I would correct such clueless moderation, but I posted in this thread already.)
Right. You say that now, but when you turn 85, we'd have to send out an enforcer to consummate the contract.
(And don't even bring up Logan's Run. The last thing I want to imagine is looking up the robes of a gaggle of 85-year-olds, levitating skyward to their deaths.)
Sure, what's going to happen is that eventually, TPB will find a host that is immune to ??AA pressure. Perhaps it will be a safe harbor that will just let it be a bootlegger -- or perhaps it will be a more demanding host, one that has truly sinister motives, like spreading malware targeted at USAian infrastructure, or even military. Who's gonna be sorry, then?
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Because his post ends with this definitively trollish sentence.
Unless there's another computer company out there violating Apple's trademarks, he's trolling for Apple fanboys. While Apple does have some software that's true crap (e.g., Mail.app) the applications he's named aren't crap, nor do they meet the definition of 'crapware' as commonly accepted by the community -- free, third party software installed to entice the purchaser to subscribe to an online service, habitually use a particular website, or buy a full version of the installed demo product. (Technically, HP's software doesn't fall into this category, either.)
If I had mod points today, I'd be torn between "-1 Troll" and "-1 Flamebait."
Yes. WoW uses very little bandwidth. It works fine over a 56k modem, except for some added latency. You probably wouldn't want to tank Onyxia over a 56k modem, but you could PvE level or rep grind just fine.
Really, I do. Between flash games, surfing blogs, spamming "random page" on Wikipedia, and actual honest-to-goodness work, I use far more bandwidth at work than I do at home, where I mostly just play WoW and read a few blogs.
Unless the wife isn't home. Then I burn a hole in my wall downloading porn.
No, not a troll. My post history might support a joke conclusion, but not troll.
But I swear, it's a true story. (The dialog accuracy is probably poor, but it's functionally valid.)
Well, she grew up in Modesto, CA and went to CSU-Stanislaus and then Cal Poly Pomona, if that's any help.
I thought it was just a local colloquialism, but ever since that day, I've noticed occasional use of 'trim' as slang... mostly online, so I have no geographical data.
Apparently that sense of the word 'trim' is regional.
I grew up in Florida and Colorado, and wasn't aware of that meaning until one day a couple years ago, when I was discussing my afternoon's plans with my wife, "I'll go to the grocery for some things, but I think I'll stop in for a trim first."
My wife tittered, "Don't say that!"
Here, I was utterly confused by her reaction, "Say what?"
She blushed and said "You know."
At this point I was becoming disoriented, because my wife is seldom either obtuse or squeamish. "What!"
"You don't know?"
I began to feel like the Knights of the Round Table saying 'it' to the Knights of Ni. "I really don't know."
She whispered, "'Trim!'"
I boggled for a beat. "I'm going to go to the barber for a trim. What did you think I meant?"
More girlish giggling, "You know!"
"No, I don't. What else does 'trim' mean to you, besides a haircut, or lawn maintenance?"
She finally realized I was serious, and said, "It's slang for the female genitals!" like I'm an idiot. Which is a much more familiar tone.
But I began imagining the etymology of such a usage, and began to picture a well-trimmed female pubic area. "You mean, like in trimmed pubic hair?"
More blushing and giggling, "Yes!"
Now I was intrigued, "Wow. I've never heard 'trim' used like that before; it must be a West Coast thing. So, is 'trim' used as a noun, like 'I want some of that trim?' Or is 'trim' a verb, as in 'I'd trim that?' Or maybe an adjective, as in 'trim pie?'" Every time I said the word, she flinched or tittered or giggled. The Pythonesque feeling returned.
"It's a noun, I guess. The boys in college used it all the time." Of course, this was taking all the fun out of it for her, but now that I'd found a new button to press, my fun was just starting...
[This reminds me of the time I illustrated the phrase 'tongue in cheek' by poking out my right cheek with my tongue... and nearly got fired for sexual harrassment. But that's another post.]
You guys would HATE our Spacemaster campaign... a 15-second firefight takes two hours to resolve.
But then, we insist on using grenades.
And we're usually drunk.
Agreed. If bandwidth capacity becomes concentrated upon the same entities that are content providers, then the next logical step is the erection of barriers to competing content. It will be in their interest to create an artificial scarcity of bandwidth, either through network architecture or legislation, so that they can monopolize the delivery medium, much in the same way that TV networks and Radio stations were able to because of the real scarcity in the open-air EM spectrum.
All the more reason for the development and mainstreaming of reliable, high bandwidth peer-to-peer ad hoc networking over wifi or wimax, or something else not controlled by telcos and googles. This is because the FCC has demonstrated its vulnerability to capture by the entities it's supposed to be regulating.
GP is probably thinking of 7-card stud, instead of Hold'em or Omaha, a game in which most competent players do practice a crude form of counting.
My thoughts too. Yet another technical term to be diluted into meaningless by ignorance and avarice.
Just add it on the pile with artificial intelligence, robotic, virtual reality, and tin foil hat.
So far, you seem to be the only one to "get it."
Have a cookie! (_)
How about BSD?
Or even better, how about a modified build of BSD underneath a GUI based on a 25 year tradition of Human Interface Guidelines?
(Just askin')
OMG. And me without Mod points today.
Kudos, sir. (Or madam.)
Interesting. According to Wired, motion to sanction was filed a year ago and has been awaiting a decision the entire time.
The last line of the linked article reads, "Expect a ruling on the RIAA's motion for sanctions soon."
OK. [checks watch] For future reference, Soon = 11 months in legalese.
FTfA: New York Magistrate Judge Robert M. Levy wrote, "Although defendant's counsel took an unusually aggressive stance and, at times, veered into hyperbole and gratuitous attacks on the recording industry as a whole, I do not find clear evidence of bad faith on counsel's part."
But yet,
Marie Lindor, Beckerman's client, ...was accused of making copyrighted music available on the Kazaa file sharing program. After five depositions and three years of legal maneuvering, the RIAA has dropped the case against the woman whom Beckerman said has "never turned on a computer.
Let me get this straight. Who's providing "false information," "misdirecting... relevant facts and events," and concealing "critical information and evidence regarding the infringement at issue" again?
JFC. The arrogance and hypocrisy is mind-boggling.
... and I'm, uhh... who are you again?
Has to jump? More like has jumped.
In fact, Hefner's magazine has finished the jump, but finished low and smacked into the face of the landing ramp, and it's now struggling to remove its skis and swim free of the shark pen, while being circled by the Brazzer Shark and eyed hungrily by the PiR0Nahs.
Two points, and a meta:
First: I've used this form a few times for submissions in the past few weeks, and I miss the section dropdown, also. While I recognize the elegance of using tags, what's missing is an indication of which tags are going to result in which story icons.
Second: Once a tag is entered, I don't see a way to delete it (in case I change my mind or make an error). If there's a way to delete a tag, it's not obvious. Tag deletion isn't a necessity on the front page, but when I'm composing and editing a submission, I need tag editing privileges, too.
Lastly: how is the parent redundant? It's the first on-topic post?
I wanna see it combined with scribblenauts.
Nobody said they're getting around anything. In general relativity, such equations balance out only within the context of one inertial frame of reference. The relativistic particle and the stationary mass are in two separate frames of reference. I haven't read the 1924 Hilbert paper, but it sounds like the change in the frame of reference between the relativistic particle and the stationary mass transfers additional KE to the latter.
Plus there's the whole relativistic mass thing [M=m(1-v^2/c^2)^-2 ], which gives additional momentum to a relativistic particle also. Or perhaps that's the basis of the Hilbert paper (but that seems way too obvious).
How could parent be redundant? It's 1) stamped two minutes after the article's post time, and 2) currently the only comment based on the common SF use of 'hyperdrive' as a synonym for 'superluminal.'
(Normally I would correct such clueless moderation, but I posted in this thread already.)
Agreed. The only 'hyper' in this story is hyperbole.
Of course it's not. It says so right in the title that it's an "Aging Discovery."
Right. You say that now, but when you turn 85, we'd have to send out an enforcer to consummate the contract.
(And don't even bring up Logan's Run. The last thing I want to imagine is looking up the robes of a gaggle of 85-year-olds, levitating skyward to their deaths.)
Sure, what's going to happen is that eventually, TPB will find a host that is immune to ??AA pressure. Perhaps it will be a safe harbor that will just let it be a bootlegger -- or perhaps it will be a more demanding host, one that has truly sinister motives, like spreading malware targeted at USAian infrastructure, or even military. Who's gonna be sorry, then?