1. Research (even esoteric) can have completely unexpected practical applications. Remember the steam engine? For hundreds of years it was nothing but a novelty, and then whammo! Industrial revolution. Just because something has no clear immediate practical applications now, doesn't mean squat for the future. 2. Compared to how big a proportion of your 'tax dollars' goes to funding despotic regimes, terrorist cells we use against 'other' terror cells, and kickbacks to the arms industry, I think you can wear the tiny percentage that goes to 'esoteric' research.
I'm sorry, but I wish people had a bit more perspective on these things:(
Seriously, are we looking forward to milions of clueless Ubuntu users? Yes.
Remember, millions of clueless users is what made Windows a wonderful platform for releasing software on.
So say hello to games, proper productivity tools and proper corporate support; all on a platform that is open source, and therefore not under the thumb of pointy haired amoral bean counting board members.
It's really just a long-running joke, without any real origin that I know of. Other stereotypes: 1) Africans are world leaders at email scams 2) English don't speak English, but some weird cockney dialect 3) Germans and Irish drink a lot 4) Russians drink even more 5) South Americans smuggle _awesome_ drugs 6) Australians say "G'day mate" and eat witchetty grubs 7) Japanese have odd sexual hangups 8) Indians have a monopoly on call centers 9) Chinese all like government control of the interwebs (since the government shot the 15% who didn't)
and on and on. Every country has stupid stereotypes, I'm sure some countries see American's as all cowboys or some other equally ridiculous thing... There fix it for ya:)
1. Like in Soviet Russia of days gone by, you still need an official permit/papers (for lack of a better word) to live in a certain place. 2. Secondary education isn't free.
This; the farmers/rural people have little labour mobility as they need to have official permission before migrating to areas with different work opportunities. Combine this with the fact that unless you have disposable income, you're unlikely to be able to provide your children with a decent enough education to be anything other than farmers either...
Bam, instant serfdom!
AFAIK The US isn't that bad yet, and is in fact more left leaning in terms of social security and welfare safety nets.
PS for the record I'm a Russian who was born in the USSR now living in Australia, i.e. not an American.
Since when is "loose morals" an illegal act? Since you guys got a fundamentalist nutjob at the helm who sees the Holy Word of the Bible as the blue print to America's salvation.
P.S. Not that there's anything wrong with personally believing in the Word of God, but preaching as a head of state in what is supposed to be a secular government with a clear separtion of church and state is wrong.
Sorry to be picky, but according to standard of notation (as far as I was taught in Uni, anyway) putting any kind of prefix like (di, tri, etc) in front of the first element of the compound is incorrect, so it is in fact:
Unfortunately, due to the prominence and infamy of Slashdot, it is in fact very appealing as a public forum and soapbox. Plus, it'd take ages to drum up enough publicity for http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/
I was so pissed that I didn't even bother wiping the drive. I changed the passwords, yanked the 200 Gig SATA drive and threw it in the trash. It angered me that much. Angry German kid, is that you?
1. Socks that don't have to be paired every time they're washed. 2. A device to selectively block out the sound of an episode of "The Golden Girls" my wife insists on putting on to fall asleep to 3. A device that detects reality tv and automatically adds a warning "This show is for morons. Watching by non-morons may lead to brain damage" across the screen 4. A filter for slashdot trolls. 5. A robot capable of doing all your arguing for you in a flame war. 6. An irrationality meter that warns you how irrational a person you're talking to is being at the time. 7. A superstition meter 8. Something to prevent assholes on public transport from touching my personal property (especially people bumping my laptop with oversized baggage and not even realizing it) Here are my solutions:
1. tie pairs of socks together when you put them in the laundry basket. 2. ipod/earmuffs/going for a jog/asking nicely. 3. not watching tv, only things you buy on DVD or torrented off the 'net. 4. New Project To End Stupidity Online it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/12/1943216 5. you + jager bombs. 6. sorry, that's a tough one. 7. you mean one of them thingies scientologists banned from being sold on ebay? 8. implement either a horrid or weird and socially unacceptable appearance (bubonic plague, mohawk, crossdressing etc... go nuts!) No-one will come near you enough to bump your laptop ever again.:)
I dunno, the 'LOL ZOMFG PWND NOOB' argument seems to be pretty popular on slashdot.
Some nerds seem to have no problems sneering at the 'cattle' when they get in trouble through lack of technical competence, but I sometimes wonder how they would feel if they got the same treatment from mechanics whenever they needed their car fixed.
Did I say users were at fault? Please, do point out where I said that users were at fault in this instance. Sure thing buddy, from your OP:
I should say that using IE is wrong and stupid enough. and looking up 'using' on Wiktionary gives me:
Verb, using
1. Present participle of use. which then led me to this:
Noun, user (plural users)
Slashdot Mirror
Really? ROFL, in Sydney they did a slightly better job, but not by much.
Do you have a link by any chance?
Sorry for feeding a troll, but two points:
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1. Research (even esoteric) can have completely unexpected practical applications. Remember the steam engine? For hundreds of years it was nothing but a novelty, and then whammo! Industrial revolution. Just because something has no clear immediate practical applications now, doesn't mean squat for the future.
2. Compared to how big a proportion of your 'tax dollars' goes to funding despotic regimes, terrorist cells we use against 'other' terror cells, and kickbacks to the arms industry, I think you can wear the tiny percentage that goes to 'esoteric' research.
I'm sorry, but I wish people had a bit more perspective on these things
Despite the fact that you're feeding a troll, I think you deserve some mod points :)
Purely a matter of taste. It certainly looks better than their earlier design (IMHO).
Yeah, but the skill to make use of this information is not.
Remember, millions of clueless users is what made Windows a wonderful platform for releasing software on.
So say hello to games, proper productivity tools and proper corporate support; all on a platform that is open source, and therefore not under the thumb of pointy haired amoral bean counting board members.
*oblig*
Doomsday device? Ah! Now the ball's in Farnsworth's court!
1) Africans are world leaders at email scams
2) English don't speak English, but some weird cockney dialect
3) Germans and Irish drink a lot
4) Russians drink even more
5) South Americans smuggle _awesome_ drugs
6) Australians say "G'day mate" and eat witchetty grubs
7) Japanese have odd sexual hangups
8) Indians have a monopoly on call centers
9) Chinese all like government control of the interwebs (since the government shot the 15% who didn't)
and on and on. Every country has stupid stereotypes, I'm sure some countries see American's as all cowboys or some other equally ridiculous thing... There fix it for ya
Well, most people take their ipods out to pause or skip a song at least once during a train trip.
Yup, different alright:
1. Like in Soviet Russia of days gone by, you still need an official permit/papers (for lack of a better word) to live in a certain place.
2. Secondary education isn't free.
This; the farmers/rural people have little labour mobility as they need to have official permission before migrating to areas with different work opportunities. Combine this with the fact that unless you have disposable income, you're unlikely to be able to provide your children with a decent enough education to be anything other than farmers either...
Bam, instant serfdom!
AFAIK The US isn't that bad yet, and is in fact more left leaning in terms of social security and welfare safety nets.
PS for the record I'm a Russian who was born in the USSR now living in Australia, i.e. not an American.
How do you know? Do you know that he for a fact doesn't work for (just as some examples) Macquarie Bank, or some other financial monstrosity?
/. don't assume that everyone is a young tech enthusiast starting or about to start their tech career.
Just because this is
Some of us DO play with shit like big iron at work...
Citations please... Otherwise mister AC, you're full of it.
P.S. Not that there's anything wrong with personally believing in the Word of God, but preaching as a head of state in what is supposed to be a secular government with a clear separtion of church and state is wrong.
Yes, but that's probably because you used a 3'rd party rpm repository.
Sorry to be picky, but according to standard of notation (as far as I was taught in Uni, anyway) putting any kind of prefix like (di, tri, etc) in front of the first element of the compound is incorrect, so it is in fact:
hydrogen oxide
even though it is H20
Unfortunately, due to the prominence and infamy of Slashdot, it is in fact very appealing as a public forum and soapbox. Plus, it'd take ages to drum up enough publicity for http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/
Just saying...
2. A device to selectively block out the sound of an episode of "The Golden Girls" my wife insists on putting on to fall asleep to
3. A device that detects reality tv and automatically adds a warning "This show is for morons. Watching by non-morons may lead to brain damage" across the screen
4. A filter for slashdot trolls.
5. A robot capable of doing all your arguing for you in a flame war.
6. An irrationality meter that warns you how irrational a person you're talking to is being at the time.
7. A superstition meter
8. Something to prevent assholes on public transport from touching my personal property (especially people bumping my laptop with oversized baggage and not even realizing it) Here are my solutions:
1. tie pairs of socks together when you put them in the laundry basket.
2. ipod/earmuffs/going for a jog/asking nicely.
3. not watching tv, only things you buy on DVD or torrented off the 'net.
4. New Project To End Stupidity Online it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/12/1943216
5. you + jager bombs.
6. sorry, that's a tough one.
7. you mean one of them thingies scientologists banned from being sold on ebay?
8. implement either a horrid or weird and socially unacceptable appearance (bubonic plague, mohawk, crossdressing etc... go nuts!) No-one will come near you enough to bump your laptop ever again.
Mod parent up please :)
Why is anyone surprised. These foundations are nothing but cash cows, money sinks and tax write-offs.
Very, very few rich people are genuine philanthropists.
I dunno, the 'LOL ZOMFG PWND NOOB' argument seems to be pretty popular on slashdot.
Some nerds seem to have no problems sneering at the 'cattle' when they get in trouble through lack of technical competence, but I sometimes wonder how they would feel if they got the same treatment from mechanics whenever they needed their car fixed.
Makes sense. I keep forgetting (not being a web guy) that Firefox is used a lot for testing stuff...
Crazy though, why not just use Opera?
Of course, absolutely the government is at fault. I agree 100%
I just don't think that the unfortunate users of the system should be branded as idiots.
1. Present participle of use. which then led me to this: Noun, user (plural users)
1. One who uses or makes use of something, a consumer. linkage: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/user
Hence my interpretation.
Anyway, arguing on slashdot just makes us both look like retards so I'm just gonna concede defeat at this point.