'Way back in my last year of high school, a buddy of mine's older brother dropped by our "common room", where senior students were allowed to relax during spare periods and after school. The guy was well known for his spectacularly comprehensive use of recreational drugs.
So this guy sees that a chess game is just ending, and challenges the winner (one of our top players, as it happened). He took forever to make his moves, but it became obvious before long that he had the game in the bag. When our classmate resigned, my buddy's stoner brother turned around to us, tapped his head, and said, "It might not work as fast as it used to, but it still works".
The basement-dwelling subset of the Slashdot community are praying they just don't make it smart enough to talk about...alternative uses for a vaccuum.
Slashdot's not particularly good for long back-and-forth exchanges, and it doesn't have the most modern-looking interface. That's a good thing. Because the commenting approach is STILL head and shoulders above most of what's happening now. Part of the Slashdot attraction is its quirkiness in a sea of one size fits all websites.
You're losing that.
This looks just like a hundred other sites, with a tuck here and a poke there to make it look marginally original. The commenting structure genuinely sucks. And it looks to me like it was designed to suck. It isn't that you need a few tweaks to fix little problems. The direction you've chosen is WRONG. I suspect it was chosen because some jackhole who uses terms like "monetize" and "accounting noise" got hold of the reins, and intends to Huffpost the place.
But hey, who am I to say it sucks like a tornado on meth? I've only been coming here for a few years.
Thanks for the information. I've found that a heads-up on certain file names can be quite helpful, however. If a particular file name has been targeted by nasty people, I'll just submit the one on machine for analysis by one of the many on-line anti-malware sites that attend to such things.
As it works out, I've learned that according to several sources the specific DLL's on my system are OK. They're where they belong, they're exactly the right size and contain exactly what they should contain...nothing more, nothing less.
...why would any sane person build their whole business on Google, with its reputation for pulling the plug on projects for no obvious reason, little or no warning, and absolutely no interest in granting stays of execution?
When you run into one of those nasty little fascists who have no respect for civil rights and damned little compassion, you can pretty much bet it's a 20-something.
And my buddy's 83-year-old father knows a hell of a lot more about computer hardware and software than most people I know aged 15 to 35. Among other things, he's digitized and sorted generations of photographs, sketches and Super-8 films. He's turned a selection of them into some really excellent movies, and he's set up a data base that's both flexible and easy to search covering families, family trees, friends, events and much more.
If you want a security nightmare, let a teenager loose on the family computer. Clueless little shytes, for the most part.
Wouldn't it be nice if people who wanted to screw Facebook made sure they had such third parties in many of their photos, and a highly carnivorous lawyer on retainer.
I paid thirty bucks a pop so my girlfriend and I could see The Hobbit in 3D...twice. That's $120 right there, spent gladly, without a moment's hesitation.
Last night another $60 went into the pockets of the movie industry when we went to see Part 2. We're going to go back again...that will raise the total to $240.
And I have absolutely no doubt we'll see Part 3 when it comes out...probably twice AGAIN. That will mean that off just one guy of average means, the movie industry will have made $360 for what is essentially ONE story.
So if I had downloaded Part 1 without paying AGAIN so we could refresh our memories before going to Part 2, I'd be a "pirate"? I'd have to worry that the industry and their tame douche nozzles in the MPAA would be all over my lily-white bum?
Screw them. If there's ever a way I can legally stick it to them, I'll do it laughing. I wish them ill. To the conscienceless greedoids putting honest, paying customers into situations like this, I hope their lives that turn into ugly, painful battles for survival. I truly, deeply detest them.
Ultimately just how much of this kind of rancor do those arrogant, greedy bastards think they can create before average people the hammer on them once and for all?
It's very odd that you should have such an experience, especially since you say you're relatively young and in good health. Everybody so far who has claimed they had to pay more than four times the cost of their old policy for the same coverage has proved to be a bare-faced liar.
You might be the first person in the United States to have such an experience, so it would be wonderful if you'd provide enough information that your allegation could be verified by an objective party.
I mean, I believe everything you say, but wasn't it the godlike Ronald Reagan who said, "Trust but verify"?
Who but a witless fucktard could fail to realize the perfect time to indulge one's urge to rebel is precisely when one is carrying a trashed laptop and has nothing to hide?
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'Way back in my last year of high school, a buddy of mine's older brother dropped by our "common room", where senior students were allowed to relax during spare periods and after school. The guy was well known for his spectacularly comprehensive use of recreational drugs.
So this guy sees that a chess game is just ending, and challenges the winner (one of our top players, as it happened). He took forever to make his moves, but it became obvious before long that he had the game in the bag. When our classmate resigned, my buddy's stoner brother turned around to us, tapped his head, and said, "It might not work as fast as it used to, but it still works".
From the user's point of view, the cost is a bit different. It's x cents per month for storage, plus whatever you pay for internet access.
And, of course, the fact that there's no question Uncle Sam will be pawing through your Rule 34 collection.
The results might be somewhat different, of course, if industrial labs didn't conduct most of their investigations "in-house". (snicker)
Hurray, hurray, it's the First of May!
Outdoor flocking starts today!
"So tell us again, Lefty, how you got that friction burn on your pecker."
And a free buggering once a week from your very own gigantic lifer cellmate. What could be better than that!
The basement-dwelling subset of the Slashdot community are praying they just don't make it smart enough to talk about...alternative uses for a vaccuum.
Slashdot's not particularly good for long back-and-forth exchanges, and it doesn't have the most modern-looking interface. That's a good thing. Because the commenting approach is STILL head and shoulders above most of what's happening now. Part of the Slashdot attraction is its quirkiness in a sea of one size fits all websites.
You're losing that.
This looks just like a hundred other sites, with a tuck here and a poke there to make it look marginally original. The commenting structure genuinely sucks. And it looks to me like it was designed to suck. It isn't that you need a few tweaks to fix little problems. The direction you've chosen is WRONG. I suspect it was chosen because some jackhole who uses terms like "monetize" and "accounting noise" got hold of the reins, and intends to Huffpost the place.
But hey, who am I to say it sucks like a tornado on meth? I've only been coming here for a few years.
I'm pretty sure my buddy's dating one.
Thanks for the information. I've found that a heads-up on certain file names can be quite helpful, however. If a particular file name has been targeted by nasty people, I'll just submit the one on machine for analysis by one of the many on-line anti-malware sites that attend to such things.
As it works out, I've learned that according to several sources the specific DLL's on my system are OK. They're where they belong, they're exactly the right size and contain exactly what they should contain...nothing more, nothing less.
I found both of them in TOR browser software and the pro edition of Easeus Partition Master 9.1.1 (legally obtained, not pirated).
So is there something inherently wrong with dll's bearing that name, or are they OK except when they crop up in Filezilla?
Jersey.
You shouldn't talk with your mouth full. :-)
And you sound like a hobo who gets most of their calories from all the semen you guzzle in public toilets.
So how about you get back on your knees and have some breakfast.
Seems like a recipe for disaster.
Old people? You need to open your eyes.
When you run into one of those nasty little fascists who have no respect for civil rights and damned little compassion, you can pretty much bet it's a 20-something.
And my buddy's 83-year-old father knows a hell of a lot more about computer hardware and software than most people I know aged 15 to 35. Among other things, he's digitized and sorted generations of photographs, sketches and Super-8 films. He's turned a selection of them into some really excellent movies, and he's set up a data base that's both flexible and easy to search covering families, family trees, friends, events and much more.
If you want a security nightmare, let a teenager loose on the family computer. Clueless little shytes, for the most part.
Wouldn't it be nice if people who wanted to screw Facebook made sure they had such third parties in many of their photos, and a highly carnivorous lawyer on retainer.
Or perhaps a fundamentalist rather than a vulcanologist?
"Live long and Rapture"
Wish I had a mod point to move you up the food chain a bit.
I knew they were going to try this. ;-)
I be a pirate, mateys!
I paid thirty bucks a pop so my girlfriend and I could see The Hobbit in 3D...twice. That's $120 right there, spent gladly, without a moment's hesitation.
Last night another $60 went into the pockets of the movie industry when we went to see Part 2. We're going to go back again...that will raise the total to $240.
And I have absolutely no doubt we'll see Part 3 when it comes out...probably twice AGAIN. That will mean that off just one guy of average means, the movie industry will have made $360 for what is essentially ONE story.
So if I had downloaded Part 1 without paying AGAIN so we could refresh our memories before going to Part 2, I'd be a "pirate"? I'd have to worry that the industry and their tame douche nozzles in the MPAA would be all over my lily-white bum?
Screw them. If there's ever a way I can legally stick it to them, I'll do it laughing. I wish them ill. To the conscienceless greedoids putting honest, paying customers into situations like this, I hope their lives that turn into ugly, painful battles for survival. I truly, deeply detest them.
Ultimately just how much of this kind of rancor do those arrogant, greedy bastards think they can create before average people the hammer on them once and for all?
Brilliant! Thanks for starting my day off with a good laugh.
I guess this means a US court will bravely stand up to bring Mickey Mouse into the public domain somewhere around 3500 AD.
It's very odd that you should have such an experience, especially since you say you're relatively young and in good health. Everybody so far who has claimed they had to pay more than four times the cost of their old policy for the same coverage has proved to be a bare-faced liar.
You might be the first person in the United States to have such an experience, so it would be wonderful if you'd provide enough information that your allegation could be verified by an objective party.
I mean, I believe everything you say, but wasn't it the godlike Ronald Reagan who said, "Trust but verify"?
And who am I to question god?
Who but a witless fucktard could fail to realize the perfect time to indulge one's urge to rebel is precisely when one is carrying a trashed laptop and has nothing to hide?