He's saying they are "nuts" because "sarcastic, condescending zealots" is a lot more to type. I'm not particularly religious or spiritual, but I try to avoid mocking others for what they do or do not believe.
I'll give you the benefit of the doubt that you're not being a self-righteous prick
Heh heh. I'm certain that from time to time I am a self-righteous prick, but not this time (not intentionally, anyway). I was pointing out the irony of his conduct vs. his profession of faith, not as evidence that he's a good or bad Christian, but because I think he's carrying out an elaborate troll-on-top-of-a-troll.
Settle down. The point was simple. What he does is more important (and more revealing about who he really is) than what he says.
After the bullshit that was DECAF, do you really believe anything he might have to say about being a Christian? Do you suppose that it just might be another calculated troll?
Well, in the original Slashdot DECAF article, there were a large number of folks who guessed that this might be a piece of malware, or at least not be what it appeared. Given that they were essentially right and the author's credibility now has to be seen as zero, what weight should be given to his profession of faith? I have to wonder if he isn't a non-Christian, since deceiving people is against Christian principles.
AFAICT, we are constantly told that the EU is so much better in regards to medical care, social programs in general, environmental laws, gun laws, architecture, culture, art, world peace, sexual repression, drug laws, and trading value of the Euro vs. the dollar among other things, much of which is debatable, but hardly relevant here. In general, the world's most developed countries are realizing that more and more of what they ("we", I suppose, since I''m in the US) have to trade on internationally is IP rather than physical goods, which can usually be made cheaper elsewhere. If the developed countries want to keep their riches, they have to keep their IP secure. I think the drive to implement (or "impose", depending on how you look at it) oppressive international IP agreements draws more fire when the US does it because at home and abroad the US is often perceived as an aggressive superpower exporting cultural imperialism. On the other hand, when the EU does it, they are beneficently supporting artists' rights.
The only games I play on a VM are the ones too old to work on XP, designed for DOS and pre 95 windows.
because there's no sense in playing a game while running 2 operating systems at once
If the games you are playing in a VM are DOS / W95, the whole VM should take minimal CPU, memory, and graphics resources. On a modern multi-core multi-ghz PC with 2-4 gigs of RAM, I'd say that makes plenty of sense. One a quad-core x86, you should be able to run 10 old games in parallel W95 vms and still run each better than on an old sub-333mhz pentium the game was originally intended for.
Exactly. Until now, the only reason for capping / metering bandwidth has been money - the cost to pay for bandwidth & the cost to upgrade the network, as well as the increased revenue they could net if they charged more. If AT&T's network is swamped by malicious (remember, they are trying to cause problems) usage, it lends legitimacy and support to AT&T's potential decision to end the "unlimited" plans.
AFAICT (can't RTFA, slashdotted), the comments this guy is protesting are not for canceling contracts immediately, but more like "in the future, we'll probably stop offering that, and then sunset the existing contracts when they come up for renewal". Either way, I don't think this kind of protest is going to have any positive results.
If they did want to terminate the existing unlimited data plans and change them to metered plans, I suspect that wouldnt be as hard as you think. I don't know what the terms are of the AT&T contract are (are there any informed folks out there willing to share?), but I wouldn't be surprised if there is a bit in there that allows AT&T to amend certain parts without negating the whole thing. They also probably have something in there that limits the consumers' recourse to 3rd party arbitration, which isn't really 3rd party, since it is a 3rd party of AT&T's choosing. Plus, if the consumer terminates early, they'll be hit with a termination fee to cover at least part of the subsidy. Would that be fair or nice? No, but so what? Most consumers would get the notice in the mail, get a little angry, and put up with it. Most iPhone customers aren't about to leave their iPhones behind to switch carriers, and most don't know how to jailbreak one.
Great. If this guy goes and speaks truth to power with a "digital flash mob", I can picture two outcomes. One: AT&T's digital network is brought to its knees, normal customers who are not part of the flash mob are pissed off, and AT&T issues a press release saying that unlimited data plans are obviously having a negative impact on the network and will therefore be terminated. Two: AT&T's network sees little or no disruption, and therefore they realize they have nothing to fear from angry customers. Unlimited data plans are terminated anyway.
True. That being said, perfectly normal deliveries are only a couple degrees away from life-and-death struggle. I'm glad my wife and I made it to the hospital for our son's birth. It was almost a textbook childbirth, but could easily have been fatal for one or both without the right medical personnel around.
I probably would have called 911 and put it on speakerphone. In the event of complications or anything not covered in the wiki, someone can answer questions. Obviously, the guy did a pretty good job regardless of the source he used, so I can't really criticize what he did, or the source he used. That being said, when that kid grows up, its teachers probably won't even let him/her use Wikipedia as a source in a school research paper.
The baby didn't cry at first. Then it realized that its own father had just used a user-editable, non-authoritative guide to performing a life-and-death medical procedure, and it hasn't stopped crying since.
I wonder if they had anyone from Iceland consulting on this. They have lots of geothermal heating and power generation there on a geologically active land mass, but AFAIK, they've avoided triggering earthquakes.
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That would probably be considered "creating a hostile work environment". Definitely sexual harassment. Report to HR for another briefing, please.
Yes, it is anti-competitive. It should not be illegal if you are not a monopoly.
Oblig.
He's saying they are "nuts" because "sarcastic, condescending zealots" is a lot more to type. I'm not particularly religious or spiritual, but I try to avoid mocking others for what they do or do not believe.
Zealous atheists (esp. on Slashfot) often blame religion for lots of evils in the world. GP is asking how they plan on turning this into a negative.
It's kind of like a karma glory hole. Yeah, it's scuzzy and slutty, but anonymous.
Only the most backward now believe in religion
Only the most smug and arrogant sneer at others like that.
On a lighter note,
[vader]
"I find your lack of faith disturbing."
[/vader]
I'll give you the benefit of the doubt that you're not being a self-righteous prick
Heh heh. I'm certain that from time to time I am a self-righteous prick, but not this time (not intentionally, anyway). I was pointing out the irony of his conduct vs. his profession of faith, not as evidence that he's a good or bad Christian, but because I think he's carrying out an elaborate troll-on-top-of-a-troll.
Settle down. The point was simple. What he does is more important (and more revealing about who he really is) than what he says.
After the bullshit that was DECAF, do you really believe anything he might have to say about being a Christian? Do you suppose that it just might be another calculated troll?
Thank you.
Well, in the original Slashdot DECAF article, there were a large number of folks who guessed that this might be a piece of malware, or at least not be what it appeared. Given that they were essentially right and the author's credibility now has to be seen as zero, what weight should be given to his profession of faith? I have to wonder if he isn't a non-Christian, since deceiving people is against Christian principles.
DECAF was a meta-troll.
AFAICT, we are constantly told that the EU is so much better in regards to medical care, social programs in general, environmental laws, gun laws, architecture, culture, art, world peace, sexual repression, drug laws, and trading value of the Euro vs. the dollar among other things, much of which is debatable, but hardly relevant here. In general, the world's most developed countries are realizing that more and more of what they ("we", I suppose, since I''m in the US) have to trade on internationally is IP rather than physical goods, which can usually be made cheaper elsewhere. If the developed countries want to keep their riches, they have to keep their IP secure. I think the drive to implement (or "impose", depending on how you look at it) oppressive international IP agreements draws more fire when the US does it because at home and abroad the US is often perceived as an aggressive superpower exporting cultural imperialism. On the other hand, when the EU does it, they are beneficently supporting artists' rights.
The only games I play on a VM are the ones too old to work on XP, designed for DOS and pre 95 windows.
because there's no sense in playing a game while running 2 operating systems at once
If the games you are playing in a VM are DOS / W95, the whole VM should take minimal CPU, memory, and graphics resources. On a modern multi-core multi-ghz PC with 2-4 gigs of RAM, I'd say that makes plenty of sense. One a quad-core x86, you should be able to run 10 old games in parallel W95 vms and still run each better than on an old sub-333mhz pentium the game was originally intended for.
and some people die
Yup. And AT&T will blame it on the flashmob, not on their network. Presto, another nail in the coffin of unmetered data bandwidth.
Exactly. Until now, the only reason for capping / metering bandwidth has been money - the cost to pay for bandwidth & the cost to upgrade the network, as well as the increased revenue they could net if they charged more. If AT&T's network is swamped by malicious (remember, they are trying to cause problems) usage, it lends legitimacy and support to AT&T's potential decision to end the "unlimited" plans.
AFAICT (can't RTFA, slashdotted), the comments this guy is protesting are not for canceling contracts immediately, but more like "in the future, we'll probably stop offering that, and then sunset the existing contracts when they come up for renewal". Either way, I don't think this kind of protest is going to have any positive results.
If they did want to terminate the existing unlimited data plans and change them to metered plans, I suspect that wouldnt be as hard as you think. I don't know what the terms are of the AT&T contract are (are there any informed folks out there willing to share?), but I wouldn't be surprised if there is a bit in there that allows AT&T to amend certain parts without negating the whole thing. They also probably have something in there that limits the consumers' recourse to 3rd party arbitration, which isn't really 3rd party, since it is a 3rd party of AT&T's choosing. Plus, if the consumer terminates early, they'll be hit with a termination fee to cover at least part of the subsidy. Would that be fair or nice? No, but so what? Most consumers would get the notice in the mail, get a little angry, and put up with it. Most iPhone customers aren't about to leave their iPhones behind to switch carriers, and most don't know how to jailbreak one.
Great. If this guy goes and speaks truth to power with a "digital flash mob", I can picture two outcomes. One: AT&T's digital network is brought to its knees, normal customers who are not part of the flash mob are pissed off, and AT&T issues a press release saying that unlimited data plans are obviously having a negative impact on the network and will therefore be terminated. Two: AT&T's network sees little or no disruption, and therefore they realize they have nothing to fear from angry customers. Unlimited data plans are terminated anyway.
True. That being said, perfectly normal deliveries are only a couple degrees away from life-and-death struggle. I'm glad my wife and I made it to the hospital for our son's birth. It was almost a textbook childbirth, but could easily have been fatal for one or both without the right medical personnel around.
I probably would have called 911 and put it on speakerphone. In the event of complications or anything not covered in the wiki, someone can answer questions. Obviously, the guy did a pretty good job regardless of the source he used, so I can't really criticize what he did, or the source he used. That being said, when that kid grows up, its teachers probably won't even let him/her use Wikipedia as a source in a school research paper.
Going for funny, actually. Spam? How so?
Pedantic nitpick: That isn't being pedantic, that's being redundant.
The baby didn't cry at first. Then it realized that its own father had just used a user-editable, non-authoritative guide to performing a life-and-death medical procedure, and it hasn't stopped crying since.
or tell them it actually comes out of a different hole
That's how you know it's going to be a lawyer. ;)
(apologies to NewYorkCountryLawyer and cpt kangarooski)
I wonder if they had anyone from Iceland consulting on this. They have lots of geothermal heating and power generation there on a geologically active land mass, but AFAIK, they've avoided triggering earthquakes.
I try not to be pedantic, but slipping and using "wreckless" in the case of earthquake damage is ironic.