What about the old "put it in a box with a lock on it" method?
We had to do this with the stereo way back when I was in high school drama. People kept popping in their tasteless (c)rap cds, and then were surprised to find out that everybody in the auditorium was looking back at them because the stereo was tied into the school's sound system. So, we took some wood, and make a box with a few vent holes around it. Viola! No more problem.
I went back for a musical with my little brother a few weeks ago, and there were the box and stereo, still right where they were, working perfectly years later.
I'm not saying that it was right, just that they shouldn't have been surprised that somebody used it. but hell, I did get my own domain account out of it, so... uuhhh... lesson not learned?
Kind of reminds me of when I was in high school. I was banned from the computers for using a domain administrator's password that I got from a sticker on a fucking monitor in the fucking computer lab. Not the teacher's computer, no, this was a student station.
In this particular system, the domain was city-wide, and covered not only computers from the 4 or 5 city schools, but also city administration
I was banned for all of three days before the school came begging for computer help from me and gave me my own domain account without all the crappy filtering and restrictions the standard student accounts had. That was nice.
About a year later, the sticker was finally removed from the monitor
Ok, now that I'm not on a pissy rant, I should probably point out that I have no plans to hurt/maim/kill anyone, nor have I ever hurt/maimed/killed anyone. I'm pissed off and frustrated at a system that doesn't seem to realize how insanely retarded it is. I promise I'm neither crazy nor Chinese.
This site scared the shit out of me until I realized that it was satirical. The scary part isn't that power tools are dangerous, but that this site is actually believable at first.
<rant>
Maybe the thought police will come after me for this, but in my opinion, people that suffer from a lack of
common sense and proper judgment should be shot. I'm fucking sick and tired of the disgusting, retarded, obnoxious, loudmouthed morons that ruin everything for everyone else because it's dangerous/dirty/offensive/smells funny. GET THE FUCK OVER IT! Life is not meant to be safe/clean/politically correct/aromatic. If you're more concerned with your personal safety than getting out and living your life, then you should fucking die right now. What's safer than that? You can't get hurt, you can't get sick, and it has the added bonus of keeping others from having to hear you bitch. </rant>
Troll me if you want, but I needed to get it out of my system.
MSFT reminds me of some 40 year old guy who thinks he's cool hitting on his daughter's college friends. He's the only one who doesn't realize he's creepy and pathetic.
Granted, most children are mean to animals at one point or another, but SEVEN puppies just for one/. post? SEVEN? You're definitely training to be a serial killer or something.
You don't even have to hit random numbers. Just press '0' (zero, for you arabic number-ly challenged folks) when it asks you if you are calling to activate windows xp. it won't work unless it has asked you a question.
That, or openly ridicule voice recognition systems. Maybe you'll hurt it's feelings and it won't want to talk to you anymore?
Do you live near a nuclear power plant? If you can fit 48 billion Buicks, but only 961 million hamsters, you have some hamsters about 50 times the size of a Buick. That's a BIG ASS hamster.
True, but many is not the same thing as the majority. If they want to set up true democratic action (which, sadly, doesn't exist here, and probably won't exist there), the issue of whether or not to boot the crazy-ass Americans should fall to a general vote. Unfortunately, though, I don't see that happening... umm... ever.
Hadn't really thought about it like that. Hmmm... you have provoked much thought.
I guess the only real answer is to trust our leaders? Ok, stop laughing now. They suck and I don't trust them either. Unfortunately, short of storming the capitol with M16s, which I fear would only end in tragedy, there's not much that can be done about it until the next election, at which point there will be much bickering and finger-pointing, followed by one of two options:
1. The same assho^H^H^H^H^H people that are responsible for our current situation are put back in to office and the situation continues.
-- or --
2. New assho^H^H^H^H^H people are put into office, who immidiately see the money that can be made in an international military action, and the situation still continues.
So.... That only leaves a citizen revolt to end this little problem, and unfortunately, Americans are to lazy to do anything about it.
I got a nice spot picked out on the moon, and as soon as commercial transit opens up, I'll be laughing my ass off while you Earthlings blow the shit out of each other.
That's great and all, but as another has said further down the page, the events are unrelated and therefore, it is not acceptable to use one as a benchmark for the other.
Besides, 3000+ for an entire military action (notice the lack of the word 'war') is really not that bad. Modern technology has greatly increased the survivability of our troops. Compare 3000+ for an entire action, with anywhere from 20,000+ to 60,000+ per day during the civil war.
Now, I'm not trying to justify this particular action. I was against it from the start, and when Shrub was first elected, I jokingly said that we'd probably be going after Iraq. Woe that I couldn't see the future. That being said, I do believe that, since we've gotten mixed up in this mess, we need to see it through until Iraq says, "Get the hell out, already" (which in all hope will be soon).
The math was slightly off, yes, but I stand behind the general idea of the calculation. Five feet is not nearly enough of a buffer between me and the car behind me. It is true that I forgot to take into account the fact the the lead car was moving, but even considering that, there is still substantially less than half of a second of reaction time available. Unfortunately, I have things to do and I don't have time to do all of the math right now. So, if you'd like to explore that particular little piece of algebra, please be my guest. I'll be the one slowly driving by on the left, looking at the vehicular carnage from the relative safety of my car.
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What about the old "put it in a box with a lock on it" method?
We had to do this with the stereo way back when I was in high school drama. People kept popping in their tasteless (c)rap cds, and then were surprised to find out that everybody in the auditorium was looking back at them because the stereo was tied into the school's sound system. So, we took some wood, and make a box with a few vent holes around it. Viola! No more problem.
I went back for a musical with my little brother a few weeks ago, and there were the box and stereo, still right where they were, working perfectly years later.
Punch cards? Have you ever tried to load a 2K program on an abacus? You could slide those beads around for hours...
Screw it, I'm not that desperate for atonement.
Mod parent up. That was pretty funny.
WOW. God I feel nerdy for getting that analogy. I have to go atone now.
Anybody got something I can blow up?
I'm not saying that it was right, just that they shouldn't have been surprised that somebody used it.
but hell, I did get my own domain account out of it, so... uuhhh... lesson not learned?
Kind of reminds me of when I was in high school. I was banned from the computers for using a domain administrator's password that I got from a sticker on a fucking monitor in the fucking computer lab. Not the teacher's computer, no, this was a student station.
In this particular system, the domain was city-wide, and covered not only computers from the 4 or 5 city schools, but also city administrationI was banned for all of three days before the school came begging for computer help from me and gave me my own domain account without all the crappy filtering and restrictions the standard student accounts had. That was nice.
About a year later, the sticker was finally removed from the monitor
Ok, now that I'm not on a pissy rant, I should probably point out that I have no plans to hurt/maim/kill anyone, nor have I ever hurt/maimed/killed anyone. I'm pissed off and frustrated at a system that doesn't seem to realize how insanely retarded it is. I promise I'm neither crazy nor Chinese.
How sad is it that I even had to say that?
This site scared the shit out of me until I realized that it was satirical. The scary part isn't that power tools are dangerous, but that this site is actually believable at first.
<rant>
Maybe the thought police will come after me for this, but in my opinion, people that suffer from a lack of common sense and proper judgment should be shot. I'm fucking sick and tired of the disgusting, retarded, obnoxious, loudmouthed morons that ruin everything for everyone else because it's dangerous/dirty/offensive/smells funny. GET THE FUCK OVER IT! Life is not meant to be safe/clean/politically correct/aromatic. If you're more concerned with your personal safety than getting out and living your life, then you should fucking die right now. What's safer than that? You can't get hurt, you can't get sick, and it has the added bonus of keeping others from having to hear you bitch.
</rant>
Troll me if you want, but I needed to get it out of my system.
Somebody mod this funny. I laughed until I cried.
MSFT reminds me of some 40 year old guy who thinks he's cool hitting on his daughter's college friends. He's the only one who doesn't realize he's creepy and pathetic.
Best. Analogy. Ever.Granted, most children are mean to animals at one point or another, but SEVEN puppies just for one /. post? SEVEN? You're definitely training to be a serial killer or something.
<zen>Wow, maybe that explains why he doesn't seem to do much anymore. He locked himself out. Hmmm... </zen>
He had accidentally set chmod 511 /earth instead of chmod 711 /earth and had to include the ! to override the write permissions on the planet.
Yeah... uhh... oops.
Maybe next time I'll pull my head out of my ass when writing a post.
Enclosed is my thesis on the hypothesis commonly known as global warming. I'm sure that you will find it both enlightening and satisfactory.
You may mail my check to the return address on this letter.
Best Regards,
dapsychous
You don't even have to hit random numbers. Just press '0' (zero, for you arabic number-ly challenged folks) when it asks you if you are calling to activate windows xp. it won't work unless it has asked you a question.
That, or openly ridicule voice recognition systems. Maybe you'll hurt it's feelings and it won't want to talk to you anymore?
Do you live near a nuclear power plant? If you can fit 48 billion Buicks, but only 961 million hamsters, you have some hamsters about 50 times the size of a Buick. That's a BIG ASS hamster.
Wonderful, a super-flu. Should we go ahead and group off into "Las Vegas" and "Boulder Free Zone" now? Who's got dibs on the old black lady?
I still say that it was really neither the chicken nor the egg, but in fact the rooster that came first. After all, the rooster laid the hen.
Thanks, I'll be here all week. Don't forget to tip your waitress
True, but many is not the same thing as the majority. If they want to set up true democratic action (which, sadly, doesn't exist here, and probably won't exist there), the issue of whether or not to boot the crazy-ass Americans should fall to a general vote. Unfortunately, though, I don't see that happening... umm... ever.
Hadn't really thought about it like that. Hmmm... you have provoked much thought.
I guess the only real answer is to trust our leaders? Ok, stop laughing now. They suck and I don't trust them either. Unfortunately, short of storming the capitol with M16s, which I fear would only end in tragedy, there's not much that can be done about it until the next election, at which point there will be much bickering and finger-pointing, followed by one of two options:
1. The same assho^H^H^H^H^H people that are responsible for our current situation are put back in to office and the situation continues.
-- or --
2. New assho^H^H^H^H^H people are put into office, who immidiately see the money that can be made in an international military action, and the situation still continues.
So.... That only leaves a citizen revolt to end this little problem, and unfortunately, Americans are to lazy to do anything about it.
I got a nice spot picked out on the moon, and as soon as commercial transit opens up, I'll be laughing my ass off while you Earthlings blow the shit out of each other.
That's great and all, but as another has said further down the page, the events are unrelated and therefore, it is not acceptable to use one as a benchmark for the other.
Besides, 3000+ for an entire military action (notice the lack of the word 'war') is really not that bad. Modern technology has greatly increased the survivability of our troops. Compare 3000+ for an entire action, with anywhere from 20,000+ to 60,000+ per day during the civil war.
Now, I'm not trying to justify this particular action. I was against it from the start, and when Shrub was first elected, I jokingly said that we'd probably be going after Iraq. Woe that I couldn't see the future. That being said, I do believe that, since we've gotten mixed up in this mess, we need to see it through until Iraq says, "Get the hell out, already" (which in all hope will be soon).
Just my 37.5 cents (inflation, you know)
The math was slightly off, yes, but I stand behind the general idea of the calculation. Five feet is not nearly enough of a buffer between me and the car behind me. It is true that I forgot to take into account the fact the the lead car was moving, but even considering that, there is still substantially less than half of a second of reaction time available. Unfortunately, I have things to do and I don't have time to do all of the math right now. So, if you'd like to explore that particular little piece of algebra, please be my guest. I'll be the one slowly driving by on the left, looking at the vehicular carnage from the relative safety of my car.