Many survivors and secondary survivors of rape are pretty sensitive to the word... considering how just reading/hearing the word can trigger someone to pretty much shut down for a few hours or the rest of the day.
The GP wasn't defending Microsoft... I think he was pointing out the naivety of the poster to use such a sharp word.
My only goal for this post is to spread the idea that this word should only be used in the most serious of situations. It isn't a joke. And it isn't to be used lightly (this coming from a guy who used to say things like 'you fags raped me' in quake3). GP's point is valid. Grow up.
You're against seat belt laws? I can probably spew a little bit of 'anti seat belt rhetoric' -
"I should have the right to risk my own life, it doesn't affect anyone else"
"I would wear a seat belt anyway, so why have a law"
Aside from protecting the driver from himself...
If I hit you with my car, and you fly out of your windshield and splatter somewhere- I'll feel pretty bad. Maybe i'll go into therapy for it. If it was my fault, I'd probably feel worse. I really don't need that on my conscience...
I don't want to sound all 'think of the children' but these laws also motivate ignorant/stupid parents to force their children to 'buckle up' for safety (or fear of getting another ticket). I am glad my parents instilled in me the habit of buckling up...
When people say "Year of the Linux Desktop" aren't they referring to mass adoption of Linux (pick your flavor)? I read the title/summary as this innovation stifling the mass adoption of the linux desktop.... which would be people switching from OSX/MS.... which would more than likely be people switching to a (familiar) Gnome/KDE and OO environment...
I also think the KDE, Gnome or OO.o devs would point you to the door if you told them that they are Linux Desktop. They work on other operating systems, you know.
I think a lot of people consider those projects to be crucial to Linux gaining OS market share... Just to be dramatic- I'd go as far to say they are the gate keepers. Maybe they'd point you to the door for not giving them the kudos they deserve.
I started getting these calls about a year after I bought my first car. The first one went to voice mail, and I didn't really think it was a scam. The day I got my 2nd, 2nd notice... I figured it out.
Worse yet, they aren't even CoS's toys. They're bitching because Wikimedia Foundation was sharing its toys, and will no longer share them with CoS because CoS was abusing the toys.
You can simulate the 'character at a time' by taking in whole sequences server side, wrapping them in a packet, and then 'replaying' it on the client. I guess?
So firefox maintains a file on the filesystem that indicates which programs were installed through firefox and whoops, MS flips that bit as well.
I imagine the only way to do this is with some sort of hashed-timestamped-checksum... but even then... MS can just look at the source code and mimic it.
Okay- I give up. There is no way to do this.
I really hope you don't mean middle school. I believe we did this in K-3, in my school district, in Maine... but middle school? Sheesh... i was already getting some prepubescent action at that age...
And to add something helpful- our school also dismissed us by Bus# so there wasn't a mad rush and chaos.
As long as these new regulations help me stop knocking a fresh roll off the spool each time I go for that first wipe. Somehow I always put it in incorrectly. Maybe I don't wait for the click...
I recently took the time (somehow a 3 hour process...) to talk/IM my mom through installing a VNC server on her computer so I could access it remotely. I consider it a good investment.
What spurred this? She thought she had a virus because one of those "YOU HAVE A VIRUS" popups... popped up.
"Mom- was it your antivirus that told you this- or your web browser?" "
"My computer!"
"Did have an orange/blue globe at the top?"
"I don't know!"
I cannot even fathom not being able to tell the difference between different programs. They have a fricken ICON in the title bar!
But I don't get it. The user is the one searching for the trademark- Google just spits it back out with top results and targeted ads.
I feel like it's similar to when I called my power company- they forwarded me to a XYZ 'moving company.' XYZ tried to push Comcast on me for internet. I asked about getting Surewest (Query). They acknowledged Surewest as an option (returning results), and then advertised for Comcast (targetted ad). They get money being the referral. They get nothing from Surewest.
Surewest could probably buy their way into XYZ's referral/ad process.
I know it's different, and I don't necessarily agree with what Google is doing- but I feel like their are enough similarities that Google isn't violating a damn trademark.
No kidding. I was in Borders the other day, started flipping through a giant dinosaur book with lots of pictures... I didn't recognize a single one.
I'll admit- the only ones I can pull out of the air are tyrannosaurus, brontosaurus, brachiosaurus, stegosaurus, ankelosaurus, and triceratops, but I swear they all had look a alikes with different names.
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Do you really want to admit that? Wouldn't it be better to claim you were searching for, I don't know, porn or something?
Getting the Michael Jackson captcha while searching for porn?
I don't even want to know what those search terms entailed... but I assume the FBI picked them up, too.
Many survivors and secondary survivors of rape are pretty sensitive to the word... considering how just reading/hearing the word can trigger someone to pretty much shut down for a few hours or the rest of the day.
The GP wasn't defending Microsoft... I think he was pointing out the naivety of the poster to use such a sharp word.
My only goal for this post is to spread the idea that this word should only be used in the most serious of situations. It isn't a joke. And it isn't to be used lightly (this coming from a guy who used to say things like 'you fags raped me' in quake3). GP's point is valid. Grow up.
You're against seat belt laws? I can probably spew a little bit of 'anti seat belt rhetoric' -
"I should have the right to risk my own life, it doesn't affect anyone else"
"I would wear a seat belt anyway, so why have a law"
Aside from protecting the driver from himself...
If I hit you with my car, and you fly out of your windshield and splatter somewhere- I'll feel pretty bad. Maybe i'll go into therapy for it. If it was my fault, I'd probably feel worse. I really don't need that on my conscience...
I don't want to sound all 'think of the children' but these laws also motivate ignorant/stupid parents to force their children to 'buckle up' for safety (or fear of getting another ticket). I am glad my parents instilled in me the habit of buckling up...
I also think the KDE, Gnome or OO.o devs would point you to the door if you told them that they are Linux Desktop. They work on other operating systems, you know.
I think a lot of people consider those projects to be crucial to Linux gaining OS market share... Just to be dramatic- I'd go as far to say they are the gate keepers. Maybe they'd point you to the door for not giving them the kudos they deserve.
But of course, I didn't RTFA...
I started getting these calls about a year after I bought my first car. The first one went to voice mail, and I didn't really think it was a scam. The day I got my 2nd, 2nd notice... I figured it out.
Run Linux...
oh wait...
I think GP was thinking along the lines of vampire zombies... (I am Legend / Resident Evil)
I know I was!
Sounded like an awesome Reality TV show...
Boobs and computers!!! *overload*
Put this on Wikipedia. Now.
You had a pet Unicorn as a child, didn't you?
"Ah, engineers, the oompa loompas of science"!
I accidentally mentioned my job title to my home owners insurance company. It contains the word 'engineer' (I graduated CS). I think I got a discount.
Do you know if this is reserved for certified engineers? I didn't claim to be part of any society or professional org.
Worse yet, they aren't even CoS's toys. They're bitching because Wikimedia Foundation was sharing its toys, and will no longer share them with CoS because CoS was abusing the toys.
TOYS TOYS TOYS
You can simulate the 'character at a time' by taking in whole sequences server side, wrapping them in a packet, and then 'replaying' it on the client. I guess?
So firefox maintains a file on the filesystem that indicates which programs were installed through firefox and whoops, MS flips that bit as well.
I imagine the only way to do this is with some sort of hashed-timestamped-checksum... but even then... MS can just look at the source code and mimic it.
Okay- I give up. There is no way to do this.
I really hope you don't mean middle school. I believe we did this in K-3, in my school district, in Maine... but middle school? Sheesh... i was already getting some prepubescent action at that age...
And to add something helpful- our school also dismissed us by Bus# so there wasn't a mad rush and chaos.
They aren't "enthusiasts" any more than I am an auto enthusiast because I drive to work each day.
After a while, it seems like car analogies just happen on accident. The magic of /.
I usually sneak soda in the old fasioned way. I tuck it in between my belt and my stomach like a grade school erection.
The burgers and tacos just go in my pockets.
Your mom.
try Windows 7.
I installed Vista and thought- eh whatever. It's prettier than XP, a little slower, and keeps making me put in my password... it wasn't terrible.
I went to Windows 7 and thought- OK- this is a slightly prettier Vista with a more consistent UI.
Then I sat back down at a Vista machine and thought - "what a POS"
As long as these new regulations help me stop knocking a fresh roll off the spool each time I go for that first wipe. Somehow I always put it in incorrectly. Maybe I don't wait for the click...
Can someone explain this? I suspect the GP said something either very stupid, slightly incorrect, or against some group's dogma.
I am just curious!
I recently took the time (somehow a 3 hour process...) to talk/IM my mom through installing a VNC server on her computer so I could access it remotely. I consider it a good investment.
What spurred this? She thought she had a virus because one of those "YOU HAVE A VIRUS" popups... popped up.
"Mom- was it your antivirus that told you this- or your web browser?"
" "My computer!"
"Did have an orange/blue globe at the top?"
"I don't know!"
I cannot even fathom not being able to tell the difference between different programs. They have a fricken ICON in the title bar!
But I don't get it. The user is the one searching for the trademark- Google just spits it back out with top results and targeted ads.
I feel like it's similar to when I called my power company- they forwarded me to a XYZ 'moving company.' XYZ tried to push Comcast on me for internet. I asked about getting Surewest (Query). They acknowledged Surewest as an option (returning results), and then advertised for Comcast (targetted ad). They get money being the referral. They get nothing from Surewest.
Surewest could probably buy their way into XYZ's referral/ad process.
I know it's different, and I don't necessarily agree with what Google is doing- but I feel like their are enough similarities that Google isn't violating a damn trademark.
No kidding. I was in Borders the other day, started flipping through a giant dinosaur book with lots of pictures... I didn't recognize a single one.
I'll admit- the only ones I can pull out of the air are tyrannosaurus, brontosaurus, brachiosaurus, stegosaurus, ankelosaurus, and triceratops, but I swear they all had look a alikes with different names.
Just when I was beginning to get over Pluto...