So what's the % of people using laptops and smartphones in the bathroom? Didn't we have portable devices before the iPad?
Asimov famously referred to them as "books". Perhaps the only difference between then and now is that I've never seen a basket of small computers in a bathroom.
Are you sure about your Wind plan? I have the $45 plan as well, and picture messaging is NOT unlimited... Which plan do you have and where can I get yours?
There's one on their website right now called the "Winter Wonder Plan", which looks like a match.
Words classified as hate crime, holocaust denial, incitement, disturbing the peace, etc. are criminalized too.
Many of these places also claim to support free speech. What an absolute joke.
Freedom of speech should not be confused with the absolute freedom of speech. It has long been limited where it is considered to be harmful to others, as the right to not have undue harm done to you is considered nearer to absolute than your right to freedom of speech or expression. Where that line is drawn, however, has continually moved and may indeed err to far on the side of "harmlessness".
"... the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others."
The judge sentenced incarceration, and recommended that the time be served at a halfway house. Instead the sentence will be served in a minimum security facility. The judge felt that time served at a halfway house, plus the fact of the conviction, was punishment enough. I don't know enough about Crime and Punishment (tl;dr) to say one way or the other.
This is about porting a web application to the Internet Explorer 9 beta, not about using a browser on one's own system. The audience for the application is everyone, Windows and OS X users, via any browser that might be able to render it. Excluding the Windows/IE audience is rarely, if ever, a prudent position for a web application.
God damn it, what is wrong with you people? Just let me enjoy my vision of thousands of office workers flopping around like fish on the floor, will you?
I wish I had points. Some days it feels like "Hey, you're killing the joke" is my catch phrase. You'd think that, since she's dating me, the gal has a sense of humour. But nooo...
"Write" is a strong word. How about "published posthumously as part of a larger collection of writings?"
Are you saying that Adams published his own work posthumously? Neat trick. He did, of course, write it, and it was first published as a column for MacWorld magazine. The posthumous collection of works came after... *cue eerie music*
And if there really was some kind of two-timing going on, the writer obviously did not have the sense to mention it in TFA for us. What joy in incompetence, yeah!?
Excerpts from the article...
"After a couple of interviews, Gonzalez agreed to help the government so he could avoid prosecution... After aiding another investigation, he became a paid informant in the Secret Service field office in Miami in early 2006. Agent Michael was transferred to Miami, and he worked with Gonzalez on a series of investigations on which Gonzalez did such a good job that the agency asked him to speak at seminars and conferences... As far as the agency knew, that’s all he was doing. “It seemed he was trying to do the right thing,” Agent Michael said... He wasn’t. Over the course of several years, during much of which he worked for the government, Gonzalez and his crew of hackers and other affiliates gained access to roughly 180 million payment-card accounts from the customer databases of some of the most well known corporations in America..."
The two-timing is spelled out in just over the first page.
Maybe you should improve your own command of the English language before blasting others about their writing skills...
academician
n.
1. An academic.
2. A member of an art, literary, or scientific academy or society.
I completely fail to see your point. Is it that academians would be more common? Or would you prefer academics? Since your familiar with English, you know that it's rife with synonyms, and that it different English regions spellings and word preferences can and do differ.
That's the point - he's characterizing the people who would buy the card, or upgrade a PC just for the performance stats, as having an idiotic desire to prove something meaningless.
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So what's the % of people using laptops and smartphones in the bathroom? Didn't we have portable devices before the iPad?
Asimov famously referred to them as "books". Perhaps the only difference between then and now is that I've never seen a basket of small computers in a bathroom.
I actually laughed out loud.
I've been unable to find how to resize the selection, I'm only able to add to it or subtract from it - is this even possible
Make a selection, and under "Select", choose "Transform Selection".
Here's a version with clean audio: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLlj_GeKniA
"Rushed" is probably more like it. I bet Apple has ordered a large number of items in a short time.
Good, Fast, or Cheap. Pick one.
Why, I remember, back in the day, you used to be able to pick two.
Are you sure about your Wind plan? I have the $45 plan as well, and picture messaging is NOT unlimited... Which plan do you have and where can I get yours?
There's one on their website right now called the "Winter Wonder Plan", which looks like a match.
Hell, I don't care about parties, I have always dreamed of a god damn nuclear bunker of my own!! Geesh, I'd buy that this instant if I had the money :D
I've never wanted a bunker, but I've often wished I had enough money to buy one.
This is the internet. We can say ass here. Asshole even, if necessary.
A**e is arse, clearly. Or, I should say, obfuscated.
Well, none of that is exactly good news.
Words classified as hate crime, holocaust denial, incitement, disturbing the peace, etc. are criminalized too.
Many of these places also claim to support free speech. What an absolute joke.
Freedom of speech should not be confused with the absolute freedom of speech. It has long been limited where it is considered to be harmful to others, as the right to not have undue harm done to you is considered nearer to absolute than your right to freedom of speech or expression. Where that line is drawn, however, has continually moved and may indeed err to far on the side of "harmlessness".
"... the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others."
-- John Stuart Mill, On Liberty, 1859. http://www.serendipity.li/jsmill/jsmill.htm
Take it as you will.
The judge sentenced incarceration, and recommended that the time be served at a halfway house. Instead the sentence will be served in a minimum security facility. The judge felt that time served at a halfway house, plus the fact of the conviction, was punishment enough. I don't know enough about Crime and Punishment (tl;dr) to say one way or the other.
Doesn't everyone on slashdot use a *nix system?
This is about porting a web application to the Internet Explorer 9 beta, not about using a browser on one's own system. The audience for the application is everyone, Windows and OS X users, via any browser that might be able to render it. Excluding the Windows/IE audience is rarely, if ever, a prudent position for a web application.
God damn it, what is wrong with you people? Just let me enjoy my vision of thousands of office workers flopping around like fish on the floor, will you?
I wish I had points. Some days it feels like "Hey, you're killing the joke" is my catch phrase. You'd think that, since she's dating me, the gal has a sense of humour. But nooo ...
... Or a savior. Your choice.
I see no reason for these to be mutually exclusive.
"Write" is a strong word. How about "published posthumously as part of a larger collection of writings?"
Are you saying that Adams published his own work posthumously? Neat trick.
Of course he did. He's only spent the last decade dead for tax reasons.
(You set 'em up ; I'll knock 'em in!)
+1 Nicely Played
"Write" is a strong word. How about "published posthumously as part of a larger collection of writings?"
Are you saying that Adams published his own work posthumously? Neat trick. He did, of course, write it, and it was first published as a column for MacWorld magazine. The posthumous collection of works came after ... *cue eerie music*
Oh damn...allow me to retract my original statement.
reading comprehension: i fail it
i apologize for my stupidity. however this is the internet and thus, this is to be expected
I have mod points, but sadly there is no "+1 Owned Up" that I can bestow.
The only reason pirates pirate is because they can. They are blood suckers.
Now, I used to pirate, but I recently got a DMCA notice after torrenting HTTYD.
There's nothing worse than a reformed whore.
An ex-smoker.
Yup... it's always dangerous to try to be funny. The correcting comments, however, are often informative. Thanks!
BTW: I will bracket my silly and inaccurate comments with [JOKE][END JOKE] to provide more clarity.
Cheers
That'll likely get you a +1 Informative.
Ah, I'm quoting the Times and missed the point ... the Rolling Stone piece is certainly crap.
And if there really was some kind of two-timing going on, the writer obviously did not have the sense to mention it in TFA for us. What joy in incompetence, yeah!?
Excerpts from the article ...
"After a couple of interviews, Gonzalez agreed to help the government so he could avoid prosecution ... After aiding another investigation, he became a paid informant in the Secret Service field office in Miami in early 2006. Agent Michael was transferred to Miami, and he worked with Gonzalez on a series of investigations on which Gonzalez did such a good job that the agency asked him to speak at seminars and conferences ... As far as the agency knew, that’s all he was doing. “It seemed he was trying to do the right thing,” Agent Michael said... He wasn’t. Over the course of several years, during much of which he worked for the government, Gonzalez and his crew of hackers and other affiliates gained access to roughly 180 million payment-card accounts from the customer databases of some of the most well known corporations in America ..."
The two-timing is spelled out in just over the first page.
...fellow academicians from the same field.
Maybe you should improve your own command of the English language before blasting others about their writing skills...
academician
n.
1. An academic.
2. A member of an art, literary, or scientific academy or society.
I completely fail to see your point. Is it that academians would be more common? Or would you prefer academics? Since your familiar with English, you know that it's rife with synonyms, and that it different English regions spellings and word preferences can and do differ.
Mod Parent Up! Everything else is just chocomize.
My new catchphrase. It is the current trend, after all.
Christ. Stop saying 'ePeen'. It sounds retarded.
That's the point - he's characterizing the people who would buy the card, or upgrade a PC just for the performance stats, as having an idiotic desire to prove something meaningless.
I've never ever read such rubbish. will this discussion ever finish?
It's the most rubbish ever discussed.
The fact is, toxic isn't a bad song no matter how much you dislike britney
That's not a fact. ;)