I've seen him post with this mistake frequently which leads me to believe we have a grammar problem on our hands and not just a typo. Maybe someone wasn't paying attention to their 7th grade English teacher? See this article for another example of Taco's trouble with "than." Same day, even...
You are a bit confused as to the meaning of the word "ironic." First, read a definition of it here. Especially note the example "Hyde noted the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated"
SuSE picking up support while Red Hat drops it is not ironic. It's interesting timing, yes, but not irony.
I have all the right in the world to judge him. Who says I don't? You? Who made you king over That Which Can Be Judged? He's been judged in my court and been found guilty of Greed. Take your post-modernist rubbish someplace else.
You started off with a great topic, namely, abusing the +1 bonus. However, by the end of your post I was seriously starting to ask myself if you weren't trolling. I mean, "glorious new tomorrow" for Slashdot? This is a website, not a country of its own. Yes, there are social phenomena and quirks that are a part of any group. That example you gave of drendite is hardly bowing down and worshipping. The user says they feel like they've seen Bigfoot, that is to say, it's weird seeing someone with an ID that low. It's a freak of nature, not an example of a "social ill". Jeeze, social ills are things like drugs, crime, and child abuse. A freak post on slashdot is not a social ill, and to compare the two is rather immature, IMHO.
PS.Just re-read your post...the sig is not a way to prevent identity theft. People copy that all the time. The user ID is the only thing that can't be copied. Since Taco added that to the posts, there never has to be confusion as to who is the real Bruce Perens
I had Ameritech DSL for about a year. 1.0M/128k for $40/month. It didn't take long to get setup, the service was fairly reliable, but there was one major problem: They used a hoaky ATM card and required Windows. Dialup Networking was used to connect (!) Since the ATM card didn't have Linux drivers, and I didn't have the time to mess with the dialup script, I was forced to run Windows with NAT enabled so that my Linux server could get online. Everytime I had to reboot windows, the server would be dropped offline..grrr
I came across an offer from Concentric (now XO?) that offered 1.5M/384k with 4 static IPs for $89/month. A little steep, but the chance to have T1 downloads with 4 IPs was too good to pass up. I though switching DSLs would be easy, but Concentric (Covad providing) told me I would need a whole new line dropped. This is where the problem came: Ameritech is the worst company I have ever dealt with They were supposed to show up, and drop the line on such-and-such a date. That day came and went and Ameritech said they did the job. Covad shows up a week later to complete the installation and tells me Ameritech didnt do jack. 3 more weeks of waiting!! Once I finally got the mess all squared away, the service has been excellent. 5 months with Concentric and no downtime, they let me run any and all servers I want, any and all operating systems, and I have zero hassles. Moving is not going to be easy:P
And there probably isn't a negative thing remaining that you haven't accused "Slashdot" of. Rather pathetic. You have to be the most enduring troll/. has ever had. Why else would you keep coming back to a web site that apparently causes you so much grief?
What I can't figure out is why the kiddies continue to bite the hand that feeds them. I mean, IRC is where they can freely distribute porn, warez, root kits, etc,etc, why do they attack and DoS their own servers?? The end result is that stricter policies are put in place, and some servers just shut down all together. If this doesn't show the maturity level of the kids we are dealing with, I don't know what else will.
People from Mexico are called what? Mexicans. People from Canada are called what? Canadians. People from the United States of America are called what? Look it up in your "English" dictionary: Americans
I resent you trying to make up names to satisfy some misdirected sense of political correctness.
No other country in the world uses "America" in their name except for the US. Deal with it, then shut up.
You know, I usually enjoy your harsh yet witty criticisms, but this time you've made quite the ass of yourself. Complaining about what gets posted to Slashdot is one of the oldest, most tiring cliches. Coming from someone who can fomulate intelligent arguements, it almost seemed like a trolling attempt. At any rate, you may want to check the edition of your dictionary, because several places (Here and here ) seem to think "unconstructive" is a word.
what you describe is not an accepted practice of "haggling at the market" it is something unique to you. You try to argue for a better price? great. thats not what everyone else is doing, and you are out of place when you do it. Ever visit a country where it is expected that you barter? From your comment it doesn't seem that way. I spent some time in Honduras a few years ago, and you could tell the American tourists (myself included) were unnerved when buying things. When you shop in a US store, you aren't expected to barter, case closed. Take your "buzzer" someplace else.
Thats not why they shut Crazy Eddie down. This was a long time ago, but I remember it being something to the effect of "embezzlement" or "tax evasion". It has nothing to do with prices. If that was the case, no car dealership would be in business since they offer different prices on the same product every day.
It seems to me that most of the outcry over Amazon's pricing games comes from people in the US who are simply unaccustomed to the idea of bartering. I'm not saying that Amazon is a place to haggle for the best price, but when you take a group of people who are used to getting a fixed price (Americans) and combine that with a popular notion that everything needs to be "fair", I bet there will be problems.
Think about it. In the US there are 3 main "arenas" where you get to haggle for a better price: cars, flea markets, and garage/yard sales. That's it. You will never go to your local food store and aruge for a better price. Ever. Buying a car is the big one. And how many times do you hear people complaining about the car buying experience? For me, it's all the time. People hate it because they feel uncomfortable with the idea that the price isn't fixed.
This, of course, is all speculation. I wonder what the reaction would have been if this had taken place somewhere where bartering is an everyday experience.
You must have just read the spiralx Troll-HowTo. Impressive. And that was a classy touch to throw in a reasonable argument at the end. (Note to self, use the "quantum mechanics" analogy in the future.) Over all, a well done troll.
fine, keep harping on your "consent" soapbox, you still havent told me a way to buy without granting consent...I really don't think there is one, which is why I stopped buying from Amazon quite a while ago.
Please tell me a way to buy from Amazon without provining any personal info....hmmm....
The reason I give them my address is so that they can ship the product to me. There is no other reason. Case closed. By providing my address, I did not give my consent to sell that info to other people.
But buy for the hardware, or buy for the software. Don't buy on principle. It doesn't work
The more I looked at your post, the angier I've gotten. Your comment (quoted above) is an incredible irresponsible way to be a consumer. I dislike the way MS acts in the computer industry, but I am supposed to give them my money because Word is better than Wordperfect?? I despise what the MPAA is going to DVDs, and yet by your logic it's ok to fund their legal fees by seeing a movie?? I'm sorry, but the way capitalism works is by voting with your checkbook (think DIVX), and I will never give my hard earned money to a company that violates the priniciples that I hold to. Angry young man? You might call me that, but I'd rather be that than a irresponible, apathetic slug.
And there are other choices besides 3dfx and nvidia, after all. Matrox makes a fine card, has open source drivers, and doesn't waste their time suing the competition. I'm sure you could find something shady in their history, but it's nothing as blatant as what we are seeing with nvidia or 3dfx.
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uh, I believe the Homerism is: "Nuclear. It's pronounced 'Nuke-u-lar' Lisa."
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I've seen him post with this mistake frequently which leads me to believe we have a grammar problem on our hands and not just a typo. Maybe someone wasn't paying attention to their 7th grade English teacher? See this article for another example of Taco's trouble with "than." Same day, even...
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You are a bit confused as to the meaning of the word "ironic." First, read a definition of it here. Especially note the example "Hyde noted the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated"
SuSE picking up support while Red Hat drops it is not ironic. It's interesting timing, yes, but not irony.
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I have all the right in the world to judge him. Who says I don't? You? Who made you king over That Which Can Be Judged? He's been judged in my court and been found guilty of Greed. Take your post-modernist rubbish someplace else.
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You started off with a great topic, namely, abusing the +1 bonus. However, by the end of your post I was seriously starting to ask myself if you weren't trolling. I mean, "glorious new tomorrow" for Slashdot? This is a website, not a country of its own. Yes, there are social phenomena and quirks that are a part of any group. That example you gave of drendite is hardly bowing down and worshipping. The user says they feel like they've seen Bigfoot, that is to say, it's weird seeing someone with an ID that low. It's a freak of nature, not an example of a "social ill". Jeeze, social ills are things like drugs, crime, and child abuse. A freak post on slashdot is not a social ill, and to compare the two is rather immature, IMHO.
PS.Just re-read your post...the sig is not a way to prevent identity theft. People copy that all the time. The user ID is the only thing that can't be copied. Since Taco added that to the posts, there never has to be confusion as to who is the real Bruce Perens
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I had Ameritech DSL for about a year. 1.0M/128k for $40/month. It didn't take long to get setup, the service was fairly reliable, but there was one major problem: They used a hoaky ATM card and required Windows. Dialup Networking was used to connect (!) Since the ATM card didn't have Linux drivers, and I didn't have the time to mess with the dialup script, I was forced to run Windows with NAT enabled so that my Linux server could get online. Everytime I had to reboot windows, the server would be dropped offline..grrr
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I came across an offer from Concentric (now XO?) that offered 1.5M/384k with 4 static IPs for $89/month. A little steep, but the chance to have T1 downloads with 4 IPs was too good to pass up. I though switching DSLs would be easy, but Concentric (Covad providing) told me I would need a whole new line dropped. This is where the problem came: Ameritech is the worst company I have ever dealt with They were supposed to show up, and drop the line on such-and-such a date. That day came and went and Ameritech said they did the job. Covad shows up a week later to complete the installation and tells me Ameritech didnt do jack. 3 more weeks of waiting!! Once I finally got the mess all squared away, the service has been excellent. 5 months with Concentric and no downtime, they let me run any and all servers I want, any and all operating systems, and I have zero hassles. Moving is not going to be easy
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There was some serious moderator abuse taking place in this thread...wish I had some points to fix it..
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And there probably isn't a negative thing remaining that you haven't accused "Slashdot" of. Rather pathetic. You have to be the most enduring troll /. has ever had. Why else would you keep coming back to a web site that apparently causes you so much grief?
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What I can't figure out is why the kiddies continue to bite the hand that feeds them. I mean, IRC is where they can freely distribute porn, warez, root kits, etc ,etc, why do they attack and DoS their own servers?? The end result is that stricter policies are put in place, and some servers just shut down all together. If this doesn't show the maturity level of the kids we are dealing with, I don't know what else will.
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JeffK from SomethingAwful put together a Flash demo that tells the world about Linux.Oh well, I thought it was funny at least:
Lunix Falsh
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Rendition's not dead, it just looks that way...
Rendition Revival
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Great job, man. Only the humor impaired would mod that down as off topic. Too bad you got bitchslapped faster than you can say "hot grits"...
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People from Mexico are called what? Mexicans. People from Canada are called what? Canadians. People from the United States of America are called what? Look it up in your "English" dictionary: Americans
I resent you trying to make up names to satisfy some misdirected sense of political correctness.
No other country in the world uses "America" in their name except for the US. Deal with it, then shut up.
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desperate times, desperate trolls?
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You know, I usually enjoy your harsh yet witty criticisms, but this time you've made quite the ass of yourself. Complaining about what gets posted to Slashdot is one of the oldest, most tiring cliches. Coming from someone who can fomulate intelligent arguements, it almost seemed like a trolling attempt. At any rate, you may want to check the edition of your dictionary, because several places (Here and here ) seem to think "unconstructive" is a word.
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what you describe is not an accepted practice of "haggling at the market" it is something unique to you. You try to argue for a better price? great. thats not what everyone else is doing, and you are out of place when you do it. Ever visit a country where it is expected that you barter? From your comment it doesn't seem that way. I spent some time in Honduras a few years ago, and you could tell the American tourists (myself included) were unnerved when buying things. When you shop in a US store, you aren't expected to barter, case closed. Take your "buzzer" someplace else.
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Thats not why they shut Crazy Eddie down. This was a long time ago, but I remember it being something to the effect of "embezzlement" or "tax evasion". It has nothing to do with prices. If that was the case, no car dealership would be in business since they offer different prices on the same product every day.
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It seems to me that most of the outcry over Amazon's pricing games comes from people in the US who are simply unaccustomed to the idea of bartering. I'm not saying that Amazon is a place to haggle for the best price, but when you take a group of people who are used to getting a fixed price (Americans) and combine that with a popular notion that everything needs to be "fair", I bet there will be problems.
Think about it. In the US there are 3 main "arenas" where you get to haggle for a better price: cars, flea markets, and garage/yard sales. That's it. You will never go to your local food store and aruge for a better price. Ever. Buying a car is the big one. And how many times do you hear people complaining about the car buying experience? For me, it's all the time. People hate it because they feel uncomfortable with the idea that the price isn't fixed.
This, of course, is all speculation. I wonder what the reaction would have been if this had taken place somewhere where bartering is an everyday experience.
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You must have just read the spiralx Troll-HowTo. Impressive. And that was a classy touch to throw in a reasonable argument at the end. (Note to self, use the "quantum mechanics" analogy in the future.) Over all, a well done troll.
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I normally don't mind the ads too much.What gets to me are the ads that have been there for over a year now, or at least it feels that long.
(Hello Mr Gates, I'll be your server....ahhhhhhhh!!)
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fine, keep harping on your "consent" soapbox, you still havent told me a way to buy without granting consent...I really don't think there is one, which is why I stopped buying from Amazon quite a while ago.
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It's not about using or sharing it, it's about giving credit to the original author, something this schmuck didn't have the courtesy to do.
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Please tell me a way to buy from Amazon without provining any personal info....hmmm....
The reason I give them my address is so that they can ship the product to me. There is no other reason. Case closed. By providing my address, I did not give my consent to sell that info to other people.
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Maybe the majority of your viewers already have a PayPal account?
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But buy for the hardware, or buy for the software. Don't buy on principle. It doesn't work
The more I looked at your post, the angier I've gotten. Your comment (quoted above) is an incredible irresponsible way to be a consumer. I dislike the way MS acts in the computer industry, but I am supposed to give them my money because Word is better than Wordperfect?? I despise what the MPAA is going to DVDs, and yet by your logic it's ok to fund their legal fees by seeing a movie?? I'm sorry, but the way capitalism works is by voting with your checkbook (think DIVX), and I will never give my hard earned money to a company that violates the priniciples that I hold to. Angry young man? You might call me that, but I'd rather be that than a irresponible, apathetic slug.
And there are other choices besides 3dfx and nvidia, after all. Matrox makes a fine card, has open source drivers, and doesn't waste their time suing the competition. I'm sure you could find something shady in their history, but it's nothing as blatant as what we are seeing with nvidia or 3dfx.
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