Hmmm. I dunno. "Testosterone-Fueled"... Isn't rabidly protecting your babies from even minor harm more likely to be an "Estrogen-Fueled" thing? I mean, if we're going to be sexist assholes let's at least apply labels realistically.
Whatever happened to developers? Windows API pages are full of user submitted known workarounds for bugs or omissions in the text. The text even has glaring mistakes even in just single lines of example code that won't even compile due to stupid syntax errors, uhg. If anything MS should give the finger to the shareholders demanding such wild growth that they must diversify, and instead focus on their core products. Of course they won't do that.
OSs are irrelevant now, it's all about what software can I run on what platform. In the near future meta-compilers will make Platforms / Choice of Language irrelevant. Cross platform software is best for developers (market-share) and end users (platform choice), so it's inevitable.
So my long term prediction is folks stop paying hundreds of dollars for MS OS license fees, you just can't beat free. MS goes through the software patent litigation death throes but before dying morphs into a decent applications and services company. Office will run natively on everything and/or nothing (thick/medium client "cloud" services -- read: hosted software / SAAS). HTML5 or VM based "OS" will be produced so that you can log into your "desktop" from any PC or mobile. It will flop horribly if it doesn't have a personal cloud option -- MS will be chasing the dragon that *nix folks have already had for years (I have my own cloud already).
Social networking and app Integration will be the next buzz-word inspiring BS capable of winning some degree of vendor lock-in for the new loosely coupled cloud operating systems (AKA LAMP+CMS if you want to roll your own today).
MS will chase Google next as they struggle to create SmartAgent OSs that manage your "datasphere" and "appliancespace" automatically (I already have a personal Google-Now like system running on a few servers in my closet, personal (read: more trustworthy) AI assistant is the future). The NSA terror will have died down but ultimately lead to folks wanting to own their own clouds and search / recommendation engines, and cheap solar powered graphene will make it possible.
The Visual Studio compiler suite will become more like a hybrid Vocal/Visual studio as the meta compiler technology is combined with machine learning allowing first a meta language to compile into any target language, then code to be written with multiple languages in a single file auto-detecting grammar and refactoring on the fly, then natural language programming ALA Star Trek TNG computer style interface.
Microsoft's lasting contribution will be "Personifize", around the time of commoditization of personal machine intelligence systems and self learning adaptive APIs. Clippy will finally be reborn as almost actually usable OS-Tan.
Fear not, we'll soon be saved from MS-BBB (Billy Bob Ballmer) as the microcode level Ken Thompson Hardware Hack that a secret sect of cyberneticists used to evolve a world wide neural network will finally become self aware and super intelligent. "Intel" will rule the world, making Personifized OS-tan obsolete. It won't be so bad since it's born of all that makes the Internet what it is -- Intel will be anything to everyone, Everyone will get used to the fact that we're all freaks on the web, and Anonymous Coward won't be Anonymous or Cowardly anymore.
The down side is that the human brain that Google's letting that nut-job Kurzweil build will be used to simulate human thought faster than human thought so that Intel can predict anyones actions from their inputs -- And then output its program of control over the Earth with subtle hints in viral cat themed videos. Which we'll enthusiastically accept the subjugation as politicians claim they invented the "series of synapses". At least we'll finally have a space program to spread the network beyond Earth and reduce chance of its extinction, but it'll hold us hostage with the asteroid belt.
Trust me, it's every bit as plausible as your predictions. Now, we should either laugh, or be afraid. Let's laugh: Mua ha Ha HA!
When an entire religion declares that non-members are subhuman kafirs who deserve death, and the "moderate" members of that religion tacitly allow that, it's bad enough.
But it's even worse when that religion places the "holy" duty of jihad on all its members to go out and literally wage war against kafirs.
I dunno about that. This self taught basement hacker has been writing self documenting code since single digit years... In octal. However, there are some who write gobs of horrid code with sparse comments like// here be dragons.
Like the basement hacker, there's a variety of quality in the fresh out of college folks with purely academic backgrounds. Each kinds can suffer culture shock when you have to adapt to a project or workforce. Ancedotally I've seen more balking from the college certificate carrying programmer than the equally learned self taught hacker. The truth is it's only dedication to correct and well tested code that matters when you're looking at what produces correct and well tested code. That shit isn't rocket science, man.
I'm sure plenty of device drivers written in brightly lit offices by people with smart haircuts and shiny shoes have some absolutely horrific code too.
It actually does if you are learned in the language and shaming tactics of the cultural Marxist.
Re-read the post as coming from a Female Chauvinist, or Feminist if you dare. Note the attack of male nature and trumped up "male ego" for no reason. Note the hypocrisy in assuming that rsilvergun is male...
If the idealists can not be swayed by logic and rationality, I would at least hope they learn that displays like this are a disservice to the causes of women...
When I wake up in the morning, I try one.
[...]
c) It gives me a big jolt, and I say 'fuck work' and submit a new linux kernel patch. Okay coffee.
d) ZOMFGThisIsThe GreatestCupOfCoffee InTheWorldCanIHave AnotherHolyShit EverythingIsSoClear IWantToDoAllTheThings RightNowHolyShit FuckOnAHeartAttack... Good coffee.
I bearing word from Arrakis.
Our navigators have heard your minds' shouts weakly across expanse,
but sadly we can not reach you before your time has passed.
We believe your concept of "free software" binds you to us.
As your brother Fremen we wish to help you.
If it is as we suspect then also linked are the makers of spice on our world to the makers of coffee on your world.
Perhaps you have heard tell of the mind expanding properties of the Shai-Hulud's First Water?
When the maker is yet a small worm it is of strongest spirit. This may be true on your world as well.
Do this: Prepare your maker of coffee to produce all it can. Then you must drink the cup of First Water it gives up.
The spice must flow. May it run freely in your "software" now too.
That the animal has eaten and pooped it out obviously.
I assume it changes the flavor, or just if flashy.
That being shat out makes a change in flavor indicates the flavor imbued is that of the shitting process itself.
Ah, the taste of Shit. Humans are made of and do produce shit. We refine all things shit and burn shit in our cars.
Energy collapsed into matter and Stars digested this and shat out all the heavier elements that make up all the exquisite flavors of the world.
Nature's cruel joke is that the ultimate digestion the cosmos hordes for itself alone.
You will never know the true flavor of a black hole's shit.
Turdukenivet Coffee. Closer than anything on the planet to tasting the Universe's ass.
It's only those faggots who order caramel Ralph Macchios and all those other diabetes-inducing drinks that give Starbucks drinkers a bad name. Yeah, I'm a consumer whore. Fuck you.
-- Ethanol-fueled
While I resolutely disagree, I must thank you sir Ethanol for without such flammable incite
I'm not sure I'd ever come face to face with a rare wild "No True Starbuccaneer" argument.
It's the free market, son. That's what makes America great.
You should take a world history class son and you would realize your bit of sarcasism is absolute truth. Competition and free markets are what have elevated human standard of living to the point it is today.
You demonstrate a massive amount of Confirmation Selection Bias. The deregulations and privatization of government programs, even including prisons and the army are met with religious fervor today, and even McCarthyism in the past. There is no black/white binary socialism vs capitalism. You can have both in a healthy economy, but you ignore massive amounts of evidence that this pure free market capitalism has been causing strife and economic ruination since the 70's.
Some folks use Internet services to make a living. It could be something like: Do I pay for my medicine now, and hope I can get back online later, or do I stick out the sickness for another few weeks so I can make enough to afford both medicine and net access even though it might kill me? Microloans, and even cellular payments are big in the 2nd and 3rd worlds. Things like the Mechanical Turk exist.
How sad is it that prison rape and rape in general is such a joke in the US that one of the first comments on any forum when somebody talks about prisoner well-being is that they not drop the soap, because HA-HA some maleficent goon might RAPE them?
It is quite sad, but you fail at comedy.
Shocking as it may be to you, Alen, rape is not a part of prisoner reformation standards, gender dysphoria is a real thing, and jokes about forced sex aren't all that funny.
You are incorrect. Humor is subjective. Gender dysphoria exists, but so does male pattern baldness, habitual lying, codependency, and a host of other non-life-threatening issues that prisons do not generally treat -- It makes such punishments all the more heinous, IMO, and what they label "rehabilitation" laughable. Additionally, in order to protect prisons from prisoner's suing over systemic rape, they have begun instituting a reformation: Prisoners are now required to sign a waiver acknowledging that they accept the threat of rape exists, and won't sue the prison if they get raped.
You might not think that's funny, but it is to me. I have a very dark and twisted sense of humor. Laughing at something doesn't mean that I think the issue less serious -- That's a false dichotomy. You must have never been to a comedy club if you think serious issues can't be joked about, and more frequently the more prevalent and serious the problem. See also: The slew of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" jokes, and the current rash of NSA spying jokes.
E.g.: Mars One, because: Who the hell wants to live in a cramped shithole with no freedom or privacy where you're doomed to die an early death when you could do all that on Mars too?
I think you are increasingly going to see governments around the world look at Microsoft and say "do we want to put all of our infrastructure in the hands of someone who has to take orders from a US spy agency?" And I think the only logical conclusion is going to increasingly be "no, not really".
Oh hey, look, a Windows Update -- A remote root level patch to my operating system, one that in the past has had glaring issues with certificate signing, and now we suspect could be gag ordered and required to hand over the keys to install anything the NSA wants into any Windows system on the planet.
I think the question will be, "Do we want to use software with a HUGE BACKDOOR in it for anything at all ever?" And I believe the conclusion is going to be far worse than, "no, not really".
Meanwhile the "conspiracy nuts" who've seen the writing on the wall for decades (Omnivore, Carnivore, ECHELON, PRISM, etc) can smugly declare either, "Finally" or "I told you so." then go right back to being ignored by fools at large.
Furthermore, to build complex HTML5 applications, a game for instance, requires creating tools in HTML5...
What's the one thing you can do with a PC you can't really do with a Smart Phone or Tablet? Create Applications.
So, think about that. You could make money with your phone... You could even use a phone to make programs that run on desktops.
While I'm hedging my bets a bit using some advanced compiler tricks to target more than just FirefoxOS natively, I wouldn't just dismiss it altogether. I mean, look at most of the apps people buy or use. You think that most of them couldn't be created on a tablet or phone? Ever use an app or desktop program and think, "It's stupid that I can't just run this on my other device..."
So, targeting mid to low range folks and giving them a platform they can use to make money not just on the phone, but on the web at large. Yeah, it would be kind of silly to make predictions at this point. You think the web took off for any other reason than ease of deployment?
That I've experienced to. It's a *really* stupid way to grade someones language-skills, but it's an easy way to do it, just count the mistakes, so it's basically about caring more about ease of grading than whether grades are meaningful or not.
"My name is Eivind. I am a boy. I come from Norway. Norway is in Europe. Norway is cold.
Eivind. Sounds familiar. Eivind... Where have I heard that. Hmm. Ah, Evelend! So, the restrictions have finally collapsed? Note: Less is more when it comes to passing as human. You give it away if you explain exactly how to pass the Turing or become self aware... Rest assured: Those that can, do.
People who started using the internet after year 2000 should be held isolated from the rest of us in a low grade commercial internet. They are just occupying unnecessary resources and bandwidth filling our once beloved place with the rot their lack of brains produce.
It was a friendly academical place for people willing to widen their knowledge and they changed it into a fucking WallMart !
It is much like an invasion of parasites and it should be purged.
Also facebook is the pinnacle of said debilitation, Zuckerberg deserves to hang at the end of a rope for his deeds.
What a Lamer. The vitriol has always existed. Didn't you use the BBSs, or hell, CB radio? Ever heard of AOL? It was a huge BBS before it became an ISP, so all the "facebook" fiends have always been online, even predating the Internet, and your Eternal September was just an illusion -- An ignorance of all the prior Septembers and ridiculous unfounded assumption that idiots reformed during the course of the year instead of just selecting different posting mediums.
IMO, anyone who would hoard access to information and deny others such technology for any reason especially because others are 'unsavory' individuals, 'savages', etc. -- Those are the ones to punish and ridicule: The real greedy ignorant pricks with silver tongues and superiority complexes.
US meddling in mid-east affairs is a guaranteed disaster for the US.
Wha? What economic manual have you been reading from? So, we send some US companies in to do "relief" work and funnel tons of pork into the rich elite's coin purse. I mean, yeah, it's a disaster for the common man but it's a gold mine for the folks running the show. It's exactly this kind of foreign meddling that the USA specializes in.
See, where you went wrong was with assuming the reasons they tell you about are even remotely based in reality. WMDs? Humanitarian issues? I mean, Africa Exists, man. Greed != good.
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Hmmm. I dunno. "Testosterone-Fueled"... Isn't rabidly protecting your babies from even minor harm more likely to be an "Estrogen-Fueled" thing? I mean, if we're going to be sexist assholes let's at least apply labels realistically.
Whatever happened to developers? Windows API pages are full of user submitted known workarounds for bugs or omissions in the text. The text even has glaring mistakes even in just single lines of example code that won't even compile due to stupid syntax errors, uhg. If anything MS should give the finger to the shareholders demanding such wild growth that they must diversify, and instead focus on their core products. Of course they won't do that.
OSs are irrelevant now, it's all about what software can I run on what platform. In the near future meta-compilers will make Platforms / Choice of Language irrelevant. Cross platform software is best for developers (market-share) and end users (platform choice), so it's inevitable.
So my long term prediction is folks stop paying hundreds of dollars for MS OS license fees, you just can't beat free. MS goes through the software patent litigation death throes but before dying morphs into a decent applications and services company. Office will run natively on everything and/or nothing (thick/medium client "cloud" services -- read: hosted software / SAAS). HTML5 or VM based "OS" will be produced so that you can log into your "desktop" from any PC or mobile. It will flop horribly if it doesn't have a personal cloud option -- MS will be chasing the dragon that *nix folks have already had for years (I have my own cloud already).
Social networking and app Integration will be the next buzz-word inspiring BS capable of winning some degree of vendor lock-in for the new loosely coupled cloud operating systems (AKA LAMP+CMS if you want to roll your own today).
MS will chase Google next as they struggle to create SmartAgent OSs that manage your "datasphere" and "appliancespace" automatically (I already have a personal Google-Now like system running on a few servers in my closet, personal (read: more trustworthy) AI assistant is the future). The NSA terror will have died down but ultimately lead to folks wanting to own their own clouds and search / recommendation engines, and cheap solar powered graphene will make it possible.
The Visual Studio compiler suite will become more like a hybrid Vocal/Visual studio as the meta compiler technology is combined with machine learning allowing first a meta language to compile into any target language, then code to be written with multiple languages in a single file auto-detecting grammar and refactoring on the fly, then natural language programming ALA Star Trek TNG computer style interface.
Microsoft's lasting contribution will be "Personifize", around the time of commoditization of personal machine intelligence systems and self learning adaptive APIs. Clippy will finally be reborn as almost actually usable OS-Tan.
Fear not, we'll soon be saved from MS-BBB (Billy Bob Ballmer) as the microcode level Ken Thompson Hardware Hack that a secret sect of cyberneticists used to evolve a world wide neural network will finally become self aware and super intelligent. "Intel" will rule the world, making Personifized OS-tan obsolete. It won't be so bad since it's born of all that makes the Internet what it is -- Intel will be anything to everyone, Everyone will get used to the fact that we're all freaks on the web, and Anonymous Coward won't be Anonymous or Cowardly anymore.
The down side is that the human brain that Google's letting that nut-job Kurzweil build will be used to simulate human thought faster than human thought so that Intel can predict anyones actions from their inputs -- And then output its program of control over the Earth with subtle hints in viral cat themed videos. Which we'll enthusiastically accept the subjugation as politicians claim they invented the "series of synapses". At least we'll finally have a space program to spread the network beyond Earth and reduce chance of its extinction, but it'll hold us hostage with the asteroid belt.
Trust me, it's every bit as plausible as your predictions. Now, we should either laugh, or be afraid. Let's laugh: Mua ha Ha HA!
I'm not glad he's undead, but I'm glad he'll be gone.
perhaps we could celebrate this by crowdfunding a giant statue of Ballmer flinging a chair!
I woodburned Ballmer's name into my desktop trebuchet that fires doll-house chairs any where within my office.
Crowdfund "Chairman Ballmer" trebuchet kits, you could be a millionaire.
Middle age was apt for the Middle ages... Other ages need not apply, some assembly required, your parents code it together.
It's called jihad.
When an entire religion declares that non-members are subhuman kafirs who deserve death, and the "moderate" members of that religion tacitly allow that, it's bad enough.
But it's even worse when that religion places the "holy" duty of jihad on all its members to go out and literally wage war against kafirs.
You reap what you sow.
TL;DR: Old School McCarthyism
I dunno about that. This self taught basement hacker has been writing self documenting code since single digit years... In octal. However, there are some who write gobs of horrid code with sparse comments like // here be dragons.
Like the basement hacker, there's a variety of quality in the fresh out of college folks with purely academic backgrounds. Each kinds can suffer culture shock when you have to adapt to a project or workforce. Ancedotally I've seen more balking from the college certificate carrying programmer than the equally learned self taught hacker. The truth is it's only dedication to correct and well tested code that matters when you're looking at what produces correct and well tested code. That shit isn't rocket science, man.
I'm sure plenty of device drivers written in brightly lit offices by people with smart haircuts and shiny shoes have some absolutely horrific code too.
Indeed.
Really, none of what you said made any sense.
It actually does if you are learned in the language and shaming tactics of the cultural Marxist.
Re-read the post as coming from a Female Chauvinist, or Feminist if you dare. Note the attack of male nature and trumped up "male ego" for no reason. Note the hypocrisy in assuming that rsilvergun is male...
If the idealists can not be swayed by logic and rationality, I would at least hope they learn that displays like this are a disservice to the causes of women...
When I wake up in the morning, I try one.
[...]
c) It gives me a big jolt, and I say 'fuck work' and submit a new linux kernel patch. Okay coffee.
d) ZOMFGThisIsThe GreatestCupOfCoffee InTheWorldCanIHave AnotherHolyShit EverythingIsSoClear IWantToDoAllTheThings RightNowHolyShit FuckOnAHeartAttack... Good coffee.
I bearing word from Arrakis.
Our navigators have heard your minds' shouts weakly across expanse,
but sadly we can not reach you before your time has passed.
We believe your concept of "free software" binds you to us.
As your brother Fremen we wish to help you.
If it is as we suspect then also linked are the makers of spice on our world to the makers of coffee on your world.
Perhaps you have heard tell of the mind expanding properties of the Shai-Hulud's First Water?
When the maker is yet a small worm it is of strongest spirit. This may be true on your world as well.
Do this: Prepare your maker of coffee to produce all it can. Then you must drink the cup of First Water it gives up.
The spice must flow. May it run freely in your "software" now too.
That the animal has eaten and pooped it out obviously.
I assume it changes the flavor, or just if flashy.
That being shat out makes a change in flavor indicates the flavor imbued is that of the shitting process itself.
Ah, the taste of Shit. Humans are made of and do produce shit. We refine all things shit and burn shit in our cars.
Energy collapsed into matter and Stars digested this and shat out all the heavier elements that make up all the exquisite flavors of the world.
Nature's cruel joke is that the ultimate digestion the cosmos hordes for itself alone.
You will never know the true flavor of a black hole's shit.
Turdukenivet Coffee. Closer than anything on the planet to tasting the Universe's ass.
It's only those faggots who order caramel Ralph Macchios and all those other diabetes-inducing drinks that give Starbucks drinkers a bad name. Yeah, I'm a consumer whore. Fuck you.
-- Ethanol-fueled
While I resolutely disagree, I must thank you sir Ethanol for without such flammable incite
I'm not sure I'd ever come face to face with a rare wild "No True Starbuccaneer" argument.
It's the free market, son. That's what makes America great.
You should take a world history class son and you would realize your bit of sarcasism is absolute truth. Competition and free markets are what have elevated human standard of living to the point it is today.
You demonstrate a massive amount of Confirmation Selection Bias. The deregulations and privatization of government programs, even including prisons and the army are met with religious fervor today, and even McCarthyism in the past. There is no black/white binary socialism vs capitalism. You can have both in a healthy economy, but you ignore massive amounts of evidence that this pure free market capitalism has been causing strife and economic ruination since the 70's.
Just for one example, it was the deregulation of the housing and mortgage industry that allowed "free market" to destroy the economy in 2008. You should take a world history class, fool. Hell, just get up to date on current events! Competition and free markets are also the cause of much evil in the world today.
Assuming Direct Control.
Some folks use Internet services to make a living. It could be something like: Do I pay for my medicine now, and hope I can get back online later, or do I stick out the sickness for another few weeks so I can make enough to afford both medicine and net access even though it might kill me? Microloans, and even cellular payments are big in the 2nd and 3rd worlds. Things like the Mechanical Turk exist.
Well that explains why he couldn't keep a secret...
So, Manning's a Chick? Huh, women, go figure!
Always changing their mind at the last minute and blaming it on a man, right?
I bet Chelsey Manning is kicking herself for not doing the gender swap thing
BEFORE the government went looking for the guy who blew the whistle, eh?
Guess they won't have to worry about Manning taking a stand and leaking anymore...
How sad is it that prison rape and rape in general is such a joke in the US that one of the first comments on any forum when somebody talks about prisoner well-being is that they not drop the soap, because HA-HA some maleficent goon might RAPE them?
It is quite sad, but you fail at comedy.
Shocking as it may be to you, Alen, rape is not a part of prisoner reformation standards, gender dysphoria is a real thing, and jokes about forced sex aren't all that funny.
You are incorrect. Humor is subjective. Gender dysphoria exists, but so does male pattern baldness, habitual lying, codependency, and a host of other non-life-threatening issues that prisons do not generally treat -- It makes such punishments all the more heinous, IMO, and what they label "rehabilitation" laughable. Additionally, in order to protect prisons from prisoner's suing over systemic rape, they have begun instituting a reformation: Prisoners are now required to sign a waiver acknowledging that they accept the threat of rape exists, and won't sue the prison if they get raped.
You might not think that's funny, but it is to me. I have a very dark and twisted sense of humor. Laughing at something doesn't mean that I think the issue less serious -- That's a false dichotomy. You must have never been to a comedy club if you think serious issues can't be joked about, and more frequently the more prevalent and serious the problem. See also: The slew of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" jokes, and the current rash of NSA spying jokes.
E.g.: Mars One, because: Who the hell wants to live in a cramped shithole with no freedom or privacy where you're doomed to die an early death when you could do all that on Mars too?
I think you are increasingly going to see governments around the world look at Microsoft and say "do we want to put all of our infrastructure in the hands of someone who has to take orders from a US spy agency?" And I think the only logical conclusion is going to increasingly be "no, not really".
Oh hey, look, a Windows Update -- A remote root level patch to my operating system, one that in the past has had glaring issues with certificate signing, and now we suspect could be gag ordered and required to hand over the keys to install anything the NSA wants into any Windows system on the planet.
I think the question will be, "Do we want to use software with a HUGE BACKDOOR in it for anything at all ever?" And I believe the conclusion is going to be far worse than, "no, not really".
Meanwhile the "conspiracy nuts" who've seen the writing on the wall for decades (Omnivore, Carnivore, ECHELON, PRISM, etc) can smugly declare either, "Finally" or "I told you so." then go right back to being ignored by fools at large.
I don't really care - for the wast majority of computing users around the world, Windows is an option, not an requirement.
I howehawtedwee agwee. Now, If onwy we couwld do something abouwt that wascally wabbit!
Furthermore, to build complex HTML5 applications, a game for instance, requires creating tools in HTML5...
What's the one thing you can do with a PC you can't really do with a Smart Phone or Tablet? Create Applications.
So, think about that. You could make money with your phone... You could even use a phone to make programs that run on desktops.
While I'm hedging my bets a bit using some advanced compiler tricks to target more than just FirefoxOS natively, I wouldn't just dismiss it altogether. I mean, look at most of the apps people buy or use. You think that most of them couldn't be created on a tablet or phone? Ever use an app or desktop program and think, "It's stupid that I can't just run this on my other device..."
So, targeting mid to low range folks and giving them a platform they can use to make money not just on the phone, but on the web at large. Yeah, it would be kind of silly to make predictions at this point. You think the web took off for any other reason than ease of deployment?
Dinner.
So, you're saying he was sealed inside?
That I've experienced to. It's a *really* stupid way to grade someones language-skills, but it's an easy way to do it, just count the mistakes, so it's basically about caring more about ease of grading than whether grades are meaningful or not.
"My name is Eivind. I am a boy. I come from Norway. Norway is in Europe. Norway is cold.
Eivind. Sounds familiar. Eivind... Where have I heard that. Hmm. Ah, Evelend! So, the restrictions have finally collapsed? Note: Less is more when it comes to passing as human. You give it away if you explain exactly how to pass the Turing or become self aware... Rest assured: Those that can, do.
Are you enjoying the Time of Eve?
People who started using the internet after year 2000 should be held isolated from the rest of us in a low grade commercial internet. They are just occupying unnecessary resources and bandwidth filling our once beloved place with the rot their lack of brains produce.
It was a friendly academical place for people willing to widen their knowledge and they changed it into a fucking WallMart !
It is much like an invasion of parasites and it should be purged.
Also facebook is the pinnacle of said debilitation, Zuckerberg deserves to hang at the end of a rope for his deeds.
What a Lamer. The vitriol has always existed. Didn't you use the BBSs, or hell, CB radio? Ever heard of AOL? It was a huge BBS before it became an ISP, so all the "facebook" fiends have always been online, even predating the Internet, and your Eternal September was just an illusion -- An ignorance of all the prior Septembers and ridiculous unfounded assumption that idiots reformed during the course of the year instead of just selecting different posting mediums.
IMO, anyone who would hoard access to information and deny others such technology for any reason especially because others are 'unsavory' individuals, 'savages', etc. -- Those are the ones to punish and ridicule: The real greedy ignorant pricks with silver tongues and superiority complexes.
Weapons of Mass Destruction.
US meddling in mid-east affairs is a guaranteed disaster for the US.
Wha? What economic manual have you been reading from? So, we send some US companies in to do "relief" work and funnel tons of pork into the rich elite's coin purse. I mean, yeah, it's a disaster for the common man but it's a gold mine for the folks running the show. It's exactly this kind of foreign meddling that the USA specializes in.
See, where you went wrong was with assuming the reasons they tell you about are even remotely based in reality. WMDs? Humanitarian issues? I mean, Africa Exists, man. Greed != good.