What we need is a sustained campaign of advertising and PSA's centered around the message: "Don't be an ass." Kind of like the "turn off your cel phone" blurb they show before the feature starts at the movies.
Or to quote Flickr, "You know that guy. Don't be that guy."
Had I any mod points, they would be yours sir. The Septemberites have moved on to their next shiny toy, leaving Usenet the preserve of the informed.
And the spammers.
If joe sixpack cant type "youtube downloader" into google and find a product to buy or get for free than he is a drooling moron.
Yes, that is generally the point of Joe Sixpack. He is a drooling moron, but he does have money to spend by dint of his minimum wage job. You want Joe's money, so you figure a way to get past his drooling moronity and make him buy your product or service.
I can see it now: bat-wielding RIAA enforcers giving "helpful advice" on how you might not want to download that file... "Could be bad for your health..."
Presumably the President will have the backing of at least one of the major parties, and if he's popular or savvy then he might actually get bipartisan support. "Powerless git" indeed. You're thinking of GWB, who is currently powerless due to being a lame duck.
You're certainly not the only one. I prefer the "solitude" of single player RPGs, as they provide some great benefits over MMO's. Just off the top of my head: I only have to pay for it once, I don't get nerfed, I don't have obligations to a gaming clan to run an instance for the thousandth time so the noobs can level, and I can pick it back up in 2 years and not play in a ghost town.
MMO's have their place, but it's no place I want to be.
Probably they don't want to brief their would-be developers on buggy platforms, or API's still subject to change. The veterans wouldn't hold it against them (they're hardened to such things) but the journeyman-level coders would say the hell with it and turn to Java or Ruby.
Did Microsoft decide we weren't hating them enough anymore? Too much hate going to the (RI|MP)AA? Yearning for the glory days of the late 90's? "Hey guys, we're still here and we're PLENTY evil!"
I mean come on, it's not as if gratuitous litigation is really getting any traction these days. The litigant always ends up looking like a fool. (Just ask SCO.)
The obvious mental leap is to "pidgin" English. Given the gibberish that a lot of people run back and forth through the chat pipes, it seems like an appropriate name!
"Don't blog and only send one email a week" is a perfectly legal command for a superior officer to issue. Besides, relying on soldiers for on-the-ground info is a dubious method of gathering info; they could be under orders to produce propaganda. One would be better off relying on journalists. They, at least, answer to a wider variety of paymasters!
Well said. It's interesting how time and experience, even a few years, in the real world can change your outlook. People hold the views that they do for good reasons, generally, but it's much easier to demonize than it is to seek comprehension.
A linux newbie can just pop an Ubuntu DVD into their machine and probably have it work quite well with just the defaults. This is especially true in an office situation, where the machine is wired into the network and used mainly for productivity apps and an intranet. I can quite definitely see the use to a small company that needed 10 or 20 cookie-cutter boxes, but didn't want to pay for Microsoft licenses. Incidentally, that's how you convince Dell to load Linux: sell them on the business market.
Well, personally I love the English language, especially older words that have fallen out of mainstream use, aye? But as a country, the US has a great deal of diversity beyond the anglosphere. The tech sector is even more of a melting pot, for obvious reasons. English was always a bastard (or evolving, if you wish) language anyway, borrowing from everything and everyone it came across. There's no reason to hang onto any arbitrary definition of "pure" English.
It's as much "news" as what can be found on the editorial page. It's all commentary, which sells very well because everybody likes having their opinions justified. Don't like what that guy on the news said? Find a news outlet that spins it your way! Fox news... the Burger King of journalism.
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One day Fortuney and all his ilk will be stabbed in the throat.
What we need is a sustained campaign of advertising and PSA's centered around the message: "Don't be an ass." Kind of like the "turn off your cel phone" blurb they show before the feature starts at the movies. Or to quote Flickr, "You know that guy. Don't be that guy."
I would support that legislation. Can we apply it to restaurants as well?
Aye, that too.
Had I any mod points, they would be yours sir. The Septemberites have moved on to their next shiny toy, leaving Usenet the preserve of the informed. And the spammers.
If joe sixpack cant type "youtube downloader" into google and find a product to buy or get for free than he is a drooling moron.
Yes, that is generally the point of Joe Sixpack. He is a drooling moron, but he does have money to spend by dint of his minimum wage job. You want Joe's money, so you figure a way to get past his drooling moronity and make him buy your product or service.
Damn shame (for them) about Adblock Plus, eh?
I can see it now: bat-wielding RIAA enforcers giving "helpful advice" on how you might not want to download that file... "Could be bad for your health..."
Presumably the President will have the backing of at least one of the major parties, and if he's popular or savvy then he might actually get bipartisan support. "Powerless git" indeed. You're thinking of GWB, who is currently powerless due to being a lame duck.
They really shine at single-player. Stick to what you do best!
You're certainly not the only one. I prefer the "solitude" of single player RPGs, as they provide some great benefits over MMO's. Just off the top of my head: I only have to pay for it once, I don't get nerfed, I don't have obligations to a gaming clan to run an instance for the thousandth time so the noobs can level, and I can pick it back up in 2 years and not play in a ghost town. MMO's have their place, but it's no place I want to be.
Probably they don't want to brief their would-be developers on buggy platforms, or API's still subject to change. The veterans wouldn't hold it against them (they're hardened to such things) but the journeyman-level coders would say the hell with it and turn to Java or Ruby.
Ah, but what of the humble sugar beet? Plenty of sweetness without the nasty communist after-taste.
A thumbnail doesn't give you the full detail of a full-sized image. Try to scale it up and you get pixellated garbage.
True, and as much as it galls the DoJ, American law is only valid in America, so the Nigerians will still send their famous letters.
Did Microsoft decide we weren't hating them enough anymore? Too much hate going to the (RI|MP)AA? Yearning for the glory days of the late 90's? "Hey guys, we're still here and we're PLENTY evil!" I mean come on, it's not as if gratuitous litigation is really getting any traction these days. The litigant always ends up looking like a fool. (Just ask SCO.)
The obvious mental leap is to "pidgin" English. Given the gibberish that a lot of people run back and forth through the chat pipes, it seems like an appropriate name!
He wouldn't bump his ass when he hopped!
Kudos to the developers, pidgin is a much less clunky interface compared to gaim.
"Don't blog and only send one email a week" is a perfectly legal command for a superior officer to issue. Besides, relying on soldiers for on-the-ground info is a dubious method of gathering info; they could be under orders to produce propaganda. One would be better off relying on journalists. They, at least, answer to a wider variety of paymasters!
Well said. It's interesting how time and experience, even a few years, in the real world can change your outlook. People hold the views that they do for good reasons, generally, but it's much easier to demonize than it is to seek comprehension.
A linux newbie can just pop an Ubuntu DVD into their machine and probably have it work quite well with just the defaults. This is especially true in an office situation, where the machine is wired into the network and used mainly for productivity apps and an intranet. I can quite definitely see the use to a small company that needed 10 or 20 cookie-cutter boxes, but didn't want to pay for Microsoft licenses. Incidentally, that's how you convince Dell to load Linux: sell them on the business market.
Well, personally I love the English language, especially older words that have fallen out of mainstream use, aye? But as a country, the US has a great deal of diversity beyond the anglosphere. The tech sector is even more of a melting pot, for obvious reasons. English was always a bastard (or evolving, if you wish) language anyway, borrowing from everything and everyone it came across. There's no reason to hang onto any arbitrary definition of "pure" English.
It's as much "news" as what can be found on the editorial page. It's all commentary, which sells very well because everybody likes having their opinions justified. Don't like what that guy on the news said? Find a news outlet that spins it your way! Fox news... the Burger King of journalism.
As Douglas Adams tells us, once you know what it is you want to be true, instinct is a very useful device for enabling you to know that it is.