I've met one, and they're just mind-blowingly stupid. This person said to me with a straight face, "If their spacesuits were designed to..." Fuck, it's so stupid, I can't even remember. Something about how their spacesuits shouldn't have been visible in photographs. Yes really.
I'd known this person for a few months before this happened. I even liked them.
this comment can be viewed by "the public" -- rather than to a limited network.
Assuming you have a web browser. What's the difference between a web browser and file-sharing software? Why would one be considered public and the other not?
Not sure how I feel about this bit (emphasis in original):
The distribution right encompasses distribution to the public. But song files which reside on a computer hard drive are only accessible to someone else who has the same file-sharing software.
Maybe "the public" has some special meaning in Lawyer Town, but the fact that file-sharing software is required to access shared files doesn't convince me personally that the files aren't available to the public. It's not as though there is some privileged minority of people who have access to file-sharing software. Anyone can download it.
Moving the stations that make climate measurements away from things that either generate heat (like an air conditioning system's heat exchanger) or even things that simply absorb and release heat (like buildings, sidewalks, or pavement) just makes sense.
I have an idea! Let's move them into space! Oh wait, we already did, as noted in the post you're replying to, which you apparently didn't read and/or understand.
You absolutely do not have to see child porn to know what's wrong with it. You can study the effects of victimization on children without personally witnessing the act, just like we do with any other crime.
Christ. You fuckers make me want to change my name to George.
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What's the fucking point?
Having fun with your friends.
Of course, you have to have friends. And you have to be capable of experiencing joy.
It's not supposed to be a "tool," and it's not supposed to be fucking "discourse." If you want discourse, go read the Journal of Philosophy. Not everything has to be serious, substantive, functional or important. Is there nothing in your life that's frivolous? If not, that might explain why you're so grumpy.
there obviously were other, more smoothly running hospitals to send the patient to
Yes, though all of those other hospitals are run by Clarian, the same company that manages Methodist. God help us if we ever have a more centralized problem.
We buy a lot of domains where I work--a big honkin' national enterprise--but we never use our work email addresses when we approach a squatter. That way we don't tip them off to how much money we have. So, my advice is to be aware of how you present yourself, and be careful not to give the squatter the impression that you're anything more than a casual buyer. Don't mention that you have a partner, for example, and don't reveal why you want the domain.
You joke, but I'd bet that two significant factors accounting for the appeal of social networking sites are narcissism and the fact that you don't have to make eye contact. Interaction on social networking sites is, in my experience, closer to monologue than dialogue. When you go to dinner with someone or walk down the street with them, you have a conversation, but Facebook and such are just a series of status updates optionally followed by some pithy comments from your friends. (Or, for the exceptionally lazy, there's the "I like this" button, so you can half-heartedly acknowledge your friends' existence without actually saying anything.) On Facebook, I don't have to listen to you; I can ignore you at my leisure while I broadcast my own hilarious (to me) witticisms. It all seems very antisocial--or, at best, minimally social.
Regardless of Sanger's intentions, the birth control pill wouldn't have had any funding if it weren't for her (and her rich friends). The advent of the pill coincided with a dramatic increase in college attendance by women, and without it, the concept of the modern working woman simply wouldn't exist.
I think Gary is a special case. It has an appalling crime rate, for one: they've only recently managed to get themselves off the list of top ten crime-ridden places in the United States. I also suspect that an element of racism (not necessarily overt, but racism nonetheless) prevents companies from even considering places like Gary, which is overwhelmingly populated by African Americans. Kalamazoo and Toledo are, by comparison, lily white.
I'm puzzled by the 110 megawatts figure. Shinkansen run at comparable speeds (180 MPH) and use less than 20 megawatts. Surely the 22% increase in speed doesn't account for the 550% increase in power!
Agreed. The only thing about this that annoys me is when a web site insists on breaking itself out of a frame. This is especially irritating when I'm using Google Image Search. It makes it impossible to use the image search functionality.
I'm glad I heard about this. It encouraged me to track down my sister's decade-old GeoCities site and download a mirror. It's fun to have not just as a keepsake, but as a reminder of how insanely far the 'net has come since then!
Are you fucking kidding me? Did you really just connect file sharing with a movement to acknowledge the humanity of African Americans? Please, get some perspective.
Slashdot Mirror
Classy.
None of them come while you are awake.
Speak for yourself.
Ok then, let's go.
I've met one, and they're just mind-blowingly stupid. This person said to me with a straight face, "If their spacesuits were designed to..." Fuck, it's so stupid, I can't even remember. Something about how their spacesuits shouldn't have been visible in photographs. Yes really.
I'd known this person for a few months before this happened. I even liked them.
Fuck.
this comment can be viewed by "the public" -- rather than to a limited network.
Assuming you have a web browser. What's the difference between a web browser and file-sharing software? Why would one be considered public and the other not?
Not sure how I feel about this bit (emphasis in original):
The distribution right encompasses distribution to the public. But song files which reside on a computer hard drive are only accessible to someone else who has the same file-sharing software.
Maybe "the public" has some special meaning in Lawyer Town, but the fact that file-sharing software is required to access shared files doesn't convince me personally that the files aren't available to the public. It's not as though there is some privileged minority of people who have access to file-sharing software. Anyone can download it.
Moving the stations that make climate measurements away from things that either generate heat (like an air conditioning system's heat exchanger) or even things that simply absorb and release heat (like buildings, sidewalks, or pavement) just makes sense.
I have an idea! Let's move them into space! Oh wait, we already did, as noted in the post you're replying to, which you apparently didn't read and/or understand.
You absolutely do not have to see child porn to know what's wrong with it. You can study the effects of victimization on children without personally witnessing the act, just like we do with any other crime.
Windows is far from the only obstacle keeping Linux off the desktop.
except for the UK, Canada, and Australia
Why these in particular?
Christ. You fuckers make me want to change my name to George.
What's the fucking point?
Having fun with your friends.
Of course, you have to have friends. And you have to be capable of experiencing joy.
It's not supposed to be a "tool," and it's not supposed to be fucking "discourse." If you want discourse, go read the Journal of Philosophy. Not everything has to be serious, substantive, functional or important. Is there nothing in your life that's frivolous? If not, that might explain why you're so grumpy.
you can't blame a guy for trying !
Yes you can.
there obviously were other, more smoothly running hospitals to send the patient to
Yes, though all of those other hospitals are run by Clarian, the same company that manages Methodist. God help us if we ever have a more centralized problem.
We buy a lot of domains where I work--a big honkin' national enterprise--but we never use our work email addresses when we approach a squatter. That way we don't tip them off to how much money we have. So, my advice is to be aware of how you present yourself, and be careful not to give the squatter the impression that you're anything more than a casual buyer. Don't mention that you have a partner, for example, and don't reveal why you want the domain.
You joke, but I'd bet that two significant factors accounting for the appeal of social networking sites are narcissism and the fact that you don't have to make eye contact. Interaction on social networking sites is, in my experience, closer to monologue than dialogue. When you go to dinner with someone or walk down the street with them, you have a conversation, but Facebook and such are just a series of status updates optionally followed by some pithy comments from your friends. (Or, for the exceptionally lazy, there's the "I like this" button, so you can half-heartedly acknowledge your friends' existence without actually saying anything.) On Facebook, I don't have to listen to you; I can ignore you at my leisure while I broadcast my own hilarious (to me) witticisms. It all seems very antisocial--or, at best, minimally social.
Gah! Scribd! Here's a plain text link (which also has a link to a PDF).
I'm sure many of you have seen Joe Lifrieri's judgmental IE6 splash pages. But for those of you who haven't, enjoy:
http://www.thedonutproject.com/2009/05/22/overly-judgemental-ie6-splash-pages/
Regardless of Sanger's intentions, the birth control pill wouldn't have had any funding if it weren't for her (and her rich friends). The advent of the pill coincided with a dramatic increase in college attendance by women, and without it, the concept of the modern working woman simply wouldn't exist.
I think Gary is a special case. It has an appalling crime rate, for one: they've only recently managed to get themselves off the list of top ten crime-ridden places in the United States. I also suspect that an element of racism (not necessarily overt, but racism nonetheless) prevents companies from even considering places like Gary, which is overwhelmingly populated by African Americans. Kalamazoo and Toledo are, by comparison, lily white.
Damn, I clicked through just to say that very thing :)
I'm puzzled by the 110 megawatts figure. Shinkansen run at comparable speeds (180 MPH) and use less than 20 megawatts. Surely the 22% increase in speed doesn't account for the 550% increase in power!
Agreed. The only thing about this that annoys me is when a web site insists on breaking itself out of a frame. This is especially irritating when I'm using Google Image Search. It makes it impossible to use the image search functionality.
I'm glad I heard about this. It encouraged me to track down my sister's decade-old GeoCities site and download a mirror. It's fun to have not just as a keepsake, but as a reminder of how insanely far the 'net has come since then!
Are you fucking kidding me? Did you really just connect file sharing with a movement to acknowledge the humanity of African Americans? Please, get some perspective.