Oh yeah, I had that too, I forgot. I had a 1-year double-secret probation, where if a criminal background check was done, nothing would come up, and the only place it was filed was in the "Bumpkin County Courthouse" in West Virginia. 1 year later, it's expunged & all records destroyed. Not too bad a deal, except having the cops steal our Half-'O'. Yeah, that part sucked.
> one's opinion on what constitutes the betterment of mankind is a subjective matter, shaped by one's own political and religious value system
So by your reasoning, Aboriginies who have never experienced politics and religion can not possibly have an opinion of what would better mankind? You are saying that religions & politics shape people, when in fact it is the other way around. Well, it's supposed to be -- some people are just fools.
Just because you cannot conceive of making decisions without relying on your religion & politicians to do it for you, does not mean the rest of us cannot either. In fact, my spiritual and political ideals do not mesh very well with what I consider mankind's ideal situation.
IMO, mankind's ideal situation is technically anarchy, although anarchy != chaos, as the people themselves would keep each other in check. Religion is completely separate, as everyone can choose what religion they want to practice (ideally, none). The problem with this is that current powerholders will not give it up, and there will always be assholes who want control of something. So the ideal situation is unrealistic, but has no religion OR politics.
Since I know "people suck," my political ideas are very different from my ideal ideas (if that makes sense). I am a right-ish Libertarian, which is a far cry from anarchy (although closer to it than, say, socialism).
Oh I forgot to mention, though, that I agree with your point in that it should not be illegal in the first place. I was going more with the lines of this thread, ie police state.
> I bet your tune will change mightily the day you are thrown in jail for smoking a plant
I have been caught for that exact thing. I was not thrown in jail, as a police state would do. I DID NOT EVEN GET A FINE. I was "processed and released." It pissed me off that I lost 2 hours of my life, but nothing really happened (except the state I was in knows I had smoked pot at least once).
> if there are to be no political, religious, or cultural boundaries, then whose political, religious, or cultural agenda is being followed?
Ummm... no one's, that's the whole point. The agenda being followed is "goodwill," or "betterment of mankind" or "hey, this sounds neat, let's try it!"
> The problem with Canada is it's very close, geographically, to the U.S.!
Guilty by proximity. Genius... I thought you were only mildly ignorant on your other post, but now I know you are wildly ignorant. Have you ever lived in the U.S.? I don't have to pay for other peoples' health care, and I never have anyone (except here, of course) telling me what I can't do. Yes, I break laws, but I've never been in jail, or had a fine of more than US$160. EVER.
> > I play the game my own way.. > Oh, what a big man you are!
Nice compliment, but I didn't know you two were that close. Basically, STFU, he appears to have the same philosophy as I, which is I'm free to do what I damn well please, and I don't have to "play along" just because some jerk with an attitude problem wears an ugly blue (or brown) suit and thinks my choices don't gel with his arrogant view of authority.
As much as I can't stand most rap music, "Fuck the Police." Truer words were never spoken. BTW, I don't mean all police are necessarily bad, but the way they act & are told to act is complete B.S. Most cops I have met have a holier-than-thou complex just because of their job. They can kiss my ass. I don't want to see a fucking cop EVER, unless I call them to report something stolen or whatever (of course I would also expect to see them if I stole something or did "whatever").
You know, it sounds cold, but I have the same attitude. History plainly shows that there are "bad times" and "good times," although the good times aren't particularly "good" for everyone. Despite ups & Downs, the world goes on, and no individual will really change it (probably).
Sure, an individual can make a big difference in a single century, and in the case of Jesus, (whether you are religious or not, he made a difference) even two thousand years, but certainly no one has affected others 3000 years later. 1000 years from now will be entirely different than today, and each individual has little/no way to change that.
Anyway, this lack of privacy will either happen or not happen (at a given time), and in the long run it makes absolutely no difference to anyone currently alive or those alive long after.
I am of the philosophy that you do what you can to make today good enough; yer gonna die, get over it, I have no responsibility to change anything for future generations. Hell, I have no responsibility to change anything for THIS generation, although I may have the desire for those things that will improve my life (and the lives of those around me, if I am so inclined).
This is a pretty long & OT response for a one-liner...
Geez,/. spelling, go figure. I think you meant this, no? Or was it this? Either way is good.
BTW, I have no association with the first link, I picked it because it was easy to find. My association with the second link, however, is confirmed every Friday night at The 19th Hole (that's a bar for you non-golf-fans).
> Having evolved independently of earthbound life, it wouldn't look anything like our animals/plants.
Not to look like a loony claiming we descended from Martians, but how do you know? Mars could have been nearly identical (in form, not a mirror-image) to Earth at one point a billion years ago. We do not know one way or another, but there are similarities between animals living in entirely different sections of Earth, so is it so hard to imagine the same thing across neighboring planets? Sure, it's far-fetched, but the basics could be very much the same.
> you read it deeply enough to retain that the word "font"
No shit. I was reading it in the context of "font" being the subject, so of fucking course I would remember that. OTOH, I wasn't reading in the contxet of "arm" or "memo," so I do not know how many times it was mentioned. It's not that I was studying it intensely, but that I was trying to figure out if you had a point. Obviously not.
> These are minutes that you'll never get back and a memory you can never erase.
Well, I would have been reading some other nearly-as-stupid thing on/., so that does not bother me.
> Welcome to comedy, the joke is you.
1) That Comic was not comedy 2) That post was not comedy 3) There is no joke to speak of except the artist's lack of skill and your attempts to move the punchline outside of the comic itself -- You Fail. 4) No, you still are not funny.
> what's going to happen to the "WinTel" pact going on when this finally makes it to market?
Granted, I don't know much about the inside politics of MS & Intel, but I am guessing that it is limited to PC items and not game systems. Assuming this article is true at all. I have no reason to disbelieve it, except that it just seems "wrong."
> Just look at the response to someone ripping out the guts of a dual G5
What is more interesting is the second page. If you look at the bottom, the guy signed it... Andy! Holy shit, this is the same guy that wrote MyDoom!!! OH NO!
> I don't know what the power consumption/heat numbers are for the G4 chip.
I don't know a whole lot about what the numbers REALLY mean, but is this what you were looking for? It mentions 134 watts at the end of the third paragraph.
That is not a comic. Some kid just learned how to use Photoshop and his Wacom tablet (and not well, mind you). The title of the comic, however, is brutally appropriate -- it would definitely be a mercy killing to get rid of the author & artist.
It is not funny, is not well done at all, the drawing is sickening (except the hair, which is alright)... It doesn't even make any damned sense! Why the FUCK would a copier rip your arm off, and what does said copier ripping your arm off have ANYTHING to do with fonts?
Maybe it's in reference to the memo, as when I get some memos I would like to rip my own arm off & beat myself to death with it.
> Is this the US Government in action?!
What a slyly disguised troll. Oh, wait, it wasn't -- disguised. Come on, I can accept insults to the government, but the link has NOTHING TO DO WITH ANYTHING YOU SAID, except he mentioned the word "font" twice.
Oh, and if you moderators feel like modding me down, look at the link first -- My never-to-be-born first son can do better.
How in the world can you come to the illogical conclusion that using larger characters takes less space? Of COURSE it's more readable
> there's really no argument against it.
Except that our (or "my," dunno where you are from) country doesn't need to be wasting time and money to find which font should be standardized -- and you'll be sure that plenty of stupid crap will happen because of it. Contractors will be ignored or whatever because their proposals, while %33 less costly, were not in this exact font. Documents will have to be rewritten or reprinted because of this new "standard." It's just friggin stupid.
Something I always wondered about that font. Is it so surprising that there would be comedy without (sans) MS? Sure, they are the butt of plenty of jokes, but most Comics are "sans MS."
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> nd 1 year of 'probation' not real probation
Oh yeah, I had that too, I forgot. I had a 1-year double-secret probation, where if a criminal background check was done, nothing would come up, and the only place it was filed was in the "Bumpkin County Courthouse" in West Virginia. 1 year later, it's expunged & all records destroyed. Not too bad a deal, except having the cops steal our Half-'O'. Yeah, that part sucked.
> one's opinion on what constitutes the betterment of mankind is a subjective matter, shaped by one's own political and religious value system
So by your reasoning, Aboriginies who have never experienced politics and religion can not possibly have an opinion of what would better mankind? You are saying that religions & politics shape people, when in fact it is the other way around. Well, it's supposed to be -- some people are just fools.
Just because you cannot conceive of making decisions without relying on your religion & politicians to do it for you, does not mean the rest of us cannot either. In fact, my spiritual and political ideals do not mesh very well with what I consider mankind's ideal situation.
IMO, mankind's ideal situation is technically anarchy, although anarchy != chaos, as the people themselves would keep each other in check. Religion is completely separate, as everyone can choose what religion they want to practice (ideally, none). The problem with this is that current powerholders will not give it up, and there will always be assholes who want control of something. So the ideal situation is unrealistic, but has no religion OR politics.
Since I know "people suck," my political ideas are very different from my ideal ideas (if that makes sense). I am a right-ish Libertarian, which is a far cry from anarchy (although closer to it than, say, socialism).
Oh I forgot to mention, though, that I agree with your point in that it should not be illegal in the first place. I was going more with the lines of this thread, ie police state.
> I bet your tune will change mightily the day you are thrown in jail for smoking a plant
I have been caught for that exact thing. I was not thrown in jail, as a police state would do. I DID NOT EVEN GET A FINE. I was "processed and released." It pissed me off that I lost 2 hours of my life, but nothing really happened (except the state I was in knows I had smoked pot at least once).
> if there are to be no political, religious, or cultural boundaries, then whose political, religious, or cultural agenda is being followed?
Ummm... no one's, that's the whole point. The agenda being followed is "goodwill," or "betterment of mankind" or "hey, this sounds neat, let's try it!"
> The problem with Canada is it's very close, geographically, to the U.S.!
Guilty by proximity. Genius... I thought you were only mildly ignorant on your other post, but now I know you are wildly ignorant. Have you ever lived in the U.S.? I don't have to pay for other peoples' health care, and I never have anyone (except here, of course) telling me what I can't do. Yes, I break laws, but I've never been in jail, or had a fine of more than US$160. EVER.
> In Soviet Russia... oh, shit, wait.
So, does that mean that outside Soviet Russia, wait shit oh?
> > I play the game my own way..
> Oh, what a big man you are!
Nice compliment, but I didn't know you two were that close. Basically, STFU, he appears to have the same philosophy as I, which is I'm free to do what I damn well please, and I don't have to "play along" just because some jerk with an attitude problem wears an ugly blue (or brown) suit and thinks my choices don't gel with his arrogant view of authority.
As much as I can't stand most rap music, "Fuck the Police." Truer words were never spoken. BTW, I don't mean all police are necessarily bad, but the way they act & are told to act is complete B.S. Most cops I have met have a holier-than-thou complex just because of their job. They can kiss my ass. I don't want to see a fucking cop EVER, unless I call them to report something stolen or whatever (of course I would also expect to see them if I stole something or did "whatever").
> I'll be dead by then. Have fun.
You know, it sounds cold, but I have the same attitude. History plainly shows that there are "bad times" and "good times," although the good times aren't particularly "good" for everyone. Despite ups & Downs, the world goes on, and no individual will really change it (probably).
Sure, an individual can make a big difference in a single century, and in the case of Jesus, (whether you are religious or not, he made a difference) even two thousand years, but certainly no one has affected others 3000 years later. 1000 years from now will be entirely different than today, and each individual has little/no way to change that.
Anyway, this lack of privacy will either happen or not happen (at a given time), and in the long run it makes absolutely no difference to anyone currently alive or those alive long after.
I am of the philosophy that you do what you can to make today good enough; yer gonna die, get over it, I have no responsibility to change anything for future generations. Hell, I have no responsibility to change anything for THIS generation, although I may have the desire for those things that will improve my life (and the lives of those around me, if I am so inclined).
This is a pretty long & OT response for a one-liner...
> if you don't want to have your manham canned
Umm... don't you mean "if you don't want your can manhammed?"
> Even bas publicity is good publicity.
/. spelling, go figure. I think you meant this, no? Or was it this? Either way is good.
Geez,
BTW, I have no association with the first link, I picked it because it was easy to find. My association with the second link, however, is confirmed every Friday night at The 19th Hole (that's a bar for you non-golf-fans).
> Having evolved independently of earthbound life, it wouldn't look anything like our animals/plants.
Not to look like a loony claiming we descended from Martians, but how do you know? Mars could have been nearly identical (in form, not a mirror-image) to Earth at one point a billion years ago. We do not know one way or another, but there are similarities between animals living in entirely different sections of Earth, so is it so hard to imagine the same thing across neighboring planets? Sure, it's far-fetched, but the basics could be very much the same.
> > Finally, a true successor to Ernest Goes To Camp.
> Or "Debbie does Dallas".
No, "Darl gets assraped" is still a few years off.
> you read it deeply enough to retain that the word "font"
/., so that does not bother me.
No shit. I was reading it in the context of "font" being the subject, so of fucking course I would remember that. OTOH, I wasn't reading in the contxet of "arm" or "memo," so I do not know how many times it was mentioned. It's not that I was studying it intensely, but that I was trying to figure out if you had a point. Obviously not.
> These are minutes that you'll never get back and a memory you can never erase.
Well, I would have been reading some other nearly-as-stupid thing on
> Welcome to comedy, the joke is you.
1) That Comic was not comedy
2) That post was not comedy
3) There is no joke to speak of except the artist's lack of skill and your attempts to move the punchline outside of the comic itself -- You Fail.
4) No, you still are not funny.
> one of the world's most successful empires that lasted about 1000 years.
Sweet, that gives us at least another 700 years!
> It merely represents the viewpoint of a large number of people
Viewpoint or not, it is technically wrong and has no bearing on the current discussion (which is the important bit).
> they will control all future installs of Windows on Macs
Because they surely had control of all previous Windows installs on Macs. Um.... Has anyone done that?
I'd prefer to imagine an article that didn't have some schmoe responding with beowulf or soviet jokes.
> what's going to happen to the "WinTel" pact going on when this finally makes it to market?
Granted, I don't know much about the inside politics of MS & Intel, but I am guessing that it is limited to PC items and not game systems. Assuming this article is true at all. I have no reason to disbelieve it, except that it just seems "wrong."
> Just look at the response to someone ripping out the guts of a dual G5
What is more interesting is the second page. If you look at the bottom, the guy signed it... Andy! Holy shit, this is the same guy that wrote MyDoom!!! OH NO!
> I don't know what the power consumption/heat numbers are for the G4 chip.
I don't know a whole lot about what the numbers REALLY mean, but is this what you were looking for? It mentions 134 watts at the end of the third paragraph.
*GAG*
> How about comics about fonts!
That is not a comic. Some kid just learned how to use Photoshop and his Wacom tablet (and not well, mind you). The title of the comic, however, is brutally appropriate -- it would definitely be a mercy killing to get rid of the author & artist.
It is not funny, is not well done at all, the drawing is sickening (except the hair, which is alright)... It doesn't even make any damned sense! Why the FUCK would a copier rip your arm off, and what does said copier ripping your arm off have ANYTHING to do with fonts?
Maybe it's in reference to the memo, as when I get some memos I would like to rip my own arm off & beat myself to death with it.
> Is this the US Government in action?!
What a slyly disguised troll. Oh, wait, it wasn't -- disguised. Come on, I can accept insults to the government, but the link has NOTHING TO DO WITH ANYTHING YOU SAID, except he mentioned the word "font" twice.
Oh, and if you moderators feel like modding me down, look at the link first -- My never-to-be-born first son can do better.
> In fact, it takes slightly less paper,
How in the world can you come to the illogical conclusion that using larger characters takes less space? Of COURSE it's more readable
> there's really no argument against it.
Except that our (or "my," dunno where you are from) country doesn't need to be wasting time and money to find which font should be standardized -- and you'll be sure that plenty of stupid crap will happen because of it. Contractors will be ignored or whatever because their proposals, while %33 less costly, were not in this exact font. Documents will have to be rewritten or reprinted because of this new "standard." It's just friggin stupid.
> ZM"Qoo [...] try it using Wingdings
Unfortunately the '"' is scissors instead of box cutters. Where is the darn boxcutter character!
> Comic Sans MS
Something I always wondered about that font. Is it so surprising that there would be comedy without (sans) MS? Sure, they are the butt of plenty of jokes, but most Comics are "sans MS."
Sorry, I know it's stupid.