Hey, don't blame me, I told him that his Aquarium was in the house of Timbuktu with a freshly-waxed Gibbon called Bob. That means he's f%#$ing doomed. He'll get a rash on the 18th, leading to sudden lack of brain function... wait that part already happened.
> Maybe the show only appeals to people with mental problems.
No, I've got plenty of mental problems. It's just that mania isn't one of them, which seems to be the prevailing emotion in what (little) I have seen in the show.
True, however, that I don't have kids, and probably never will.
> You also need to pass a test to get an amateur radio license and are restricted in your privileges
Just saying "something else is like this" is NOT a good argument. I would argue that potential HAM radio operators shouldn't need a license to use radio waves.
> And automate the hell out of updating, like Windows Update has done.
I hate MS, the company, but I have to commend them for the auto-updating, as it helps secure the majority of [l]users (well, those using Windows at least). Yeah, it's a PITA for those who know what is going on, but "better safe than sorry" isn't a bad rule of thumb.
> > A switch cannot flip itself. > Um, I think you're wrong.
With devices such as that, the switch is already on, but the power is cut. Therefore, the switch is not being flipped. Yeah, it's sort-of an argument in semantics, but a virus does not create a hardware timer and install it between your wall socket & PC.
After almost every post on this thread, I find my self shaking my head, saying "who cares." Then I realized that I have read four pages of "stuff I don't care about."/. has killed my brain by making me smarter (if not more inquisitive).
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> does color rhyme with vector? Are both the o's in color pronounced identically? Not the way I pronounce them.
How the heck do you pronounce those differently?
CULL-ORR VEC-TORR
er, if'n yer ignernt:
CULL-ERR VEC-TERR
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> All this story has produced are failed attempts at homour... I mean humor... oh dammit... funniness.
> I feel that shifting with my left hand while handling the wheel with the right is preferable
Ack, I'd have to have an automatic if I was on the right side of the car. I'm a fast shifter and my left hand just couldn't cut it -- I'd probably be going from first to fourth all the damn time, killing my car.
> when you make a left-hand turn [...] your tires spinning cause a force downwards
I'm not trying to insult or anything, but why wouldn't the tires spinning cause downforce when turning right? I don't think that that weighs too heavily on decided which side of the road to drive on, although I've probably had less physics than you (and less recently), so I could be wrong.
> Some people simply refuse to be the masters of their sexual appetites
And some people refuse to accept that sexual appetites are NORMAL, otherwise we wouldn't have them. Some people refuse to accept that God isn't going to send them to Hell for eternity because they had sex (oh no!) with more than one person.
> my clients, and they all are running Win2003 server with IIS 6.0 and MSSQL2000, and not a SINLE ONE has ever been hacked.
So what, I've run plenty of e-commerce sites on NT4 with thoroughly shitty patching (read: none) and have never had them hacked into. Maybe it's because it wasn't worth the time or notice for a cracker to break into the sites. Could be the same for you.
(note: I am no longer a Win admin, nor do I ever want to be one again)
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> Darl's astrologer
Hey, don't blame me, I told him that his Aquarium was in the house of Timbuktu with a freshly-waxed Gibbon called Bob. That means he's f%#$ing doomed. He'll get a rash on the 18th, leading to sudden lack of brain function... wait that part already happened.
> Predicting earthquakes is very simple. Buy yourself a cow - if it gets nervous, get the hell out of town!
Just like predicting Scotsmen using sheep!
> Maybe the show only appeals to people with mental problems.
No, I've got plenty of mental problems. It's just that mania isn't one of them, which seems to be the prevailing emotion in what (little) I have seen in the show.
True, however, that I don't have kids, and probably never will.
> Extra 23rd chromosome was the first thing that came to my mind.
Really? First thing that came to my mind was a giant, hideously mutated freak.
> if one had 2 blood types could they give themselves aids?
I feel stupid that I have to ask if you are serious.
> thought that was called schizophrenia.
Actually, that's multiple personality disorder -- Schizophrenia doesn't entail multiple personalities.
(Yeah, I can ruin any joke.)
> "Scary as Iowa"
AAAAAGGH!!!! Geez, man, warn us next time! You scared the New Jersey out of me!
> Was I the only one annoyed by the use of "know" instead of "no"?
No, you weren't; not by a long shot.
> I love you, will you marry me? We can have wild ape sex.
Don't you mean goat... err, never mind.
> Meanwhile, excite.com sues the hell out of some, uhhh, things.
But doesn't that mean that as soon as they present the evidence the evidence disappears?
(am I confusing quantum properties to make an invalid joke?)
> You also need to pass a test to get an amateur radio license and are restricted in your privileges
Just saying "something else is like this" is NOT a good argument. I would argue that potential HAM radio operators shouldn't need a license to use radio waves.
> And automate the hell out of updating, like Windows Update has done.
I hate MS, the company, but I have to commend them for the auto-updating, as it helps secure the majority of [l]users (well, those using Windows at least). Yeah, it's a PITA for those who know what is going on, but "better safe than sorry" isn't a bad rule of thumb.
> > A switch cannot flip itself.
> Um, I think you're wrong.
With devices such as that, the switch is already on, but the power is cut. Therefore, the switch is not being flipped. Yeah, it's sort-of an argument in semantics, but a virus does not create a hardware timer and install it between your wall socket & PC.
After almost every post on this thread, I find my self shaking my head, saying "who cares." Then I realized that I have read four pages of "stuff I don't care about." /. has killed my brain by making me smarter (if not more inquisitive).
> does color rhyme with vector? Are both the o's in color pronounced identically? Not the way I pronounce them.
How the heck do you pronounce those differently?
CULL-ORR
VEC-TORR
er, if'n yer ignernt:
CULL-ERR
VEC-TERR
> All this story has produced are failed attempts at homour ... I mean humor ... oh dammit ... funniness.
You mean Homer and Foulness.
> George Bernard Shaw who got the period removed from "Mr.", "Mrs." and the like in Britain.
What? Brits don't use periods in those? Aren't they just abbreviations? That would be rather illogical.
> I feel that shifting with my left hand while handling the wheel with the right is preferable
Ack, I'd have to have an automatic if I was on the right side of the car. I'm a fast shifter and my left hand just couldn't cut it -- I'd probably be going from first to fourth all the damn time, killing my car.
> when you make a left-hand turn [...] your tires spinning cause a force downwards
I'm not trying to insult or anything, but why wouldn't the tires spinning cause downforce when turning right? I don't think that that weighs too heavily on decided which side of the road to drive on, although I've probably had less physics than you (and less recently), so I could be wrong.
> They've been wanting to do this for years.
What, to make themselves look like pompous jerks? They have not only been wanting, they have been very successful.
> Isn't that flava?
I thought it wasw flayva. Maybe (just maybe), there is no proper spelling?
> You'd think these days a person could digitally sign that or send a fax...
Man, what a sad, backward time when my PGP key isn't a valid signature for my marriage license.
> Some people simply refuse to be the masters of their sexual appetites
And some people refuse to accept that sexual appetites are NORMAL, otherwise we wouldn't have them. Some people refuse to accept that God isn't going to send them to Hell for eternity because they had sex (oh no!) with more than one person.
> my clients, and they all are running Win2003 server with IIS 6.0 and MSSQL2000, and not a SINLE ONE has ever been hacked.
So what, I've run plenty of e-commerce sites on NT4 with thoroughly shitty patching (read: none) and have never had them hacked into. Maybe it's because it wasn't worth the time or notice for a cracker to break into the sites. Could be the same for you.
(note: I am no longer a Win admin, nor do I ever want to be one again)
> How did the police find out about the hacking before the company?
It was insinuated that the idiot turned himself in. He must have been smoking some extra-good pot that day.