What's so terrible about wanting to get paid? When I was a kid, I was told that it was my job to be a student. I would have worked harder at that "job" if I had been getting something of value to me in exchange for my effort. I got news for you: most people are mercenary little shits. We don't want to bust our asses for no good reason. Why the hell should we?
It had Summer Glau in it. Jewel Staite and Morena Baccarin are the babes from Firefly. Little Summer needs to grow up a bit, and eat a sammich or two before I'm willing to call her a babe.
In fact, they have several: the Green Berets, the SEALS, and (depending on whom you ask) the whole fucking United States Marine Corps. Turn 'em loose on the spammers.
We don't even have unrestricted capitalism in the United States, AC, so I don't think Bolivia has anything to worry about. If we did, those Wall Street banks and GM would have been allowed to collapse months ago.
If this guy had had half a brain, he would have wiped the computer's hard drive clean by overwriting it with zeroes, and then done everything by using a Linux distribution on a bootable CD that could run entirely in RAM.
Instead, he ran Windows and got nailed by a Trojan. Somewhere in the afterlife, J. Edgar Hoover is laughing his panty-clad ass off.
I wonder why Mr. Bear has agreed to do this. For the money? (Not that there's anything wrong with that.) I just find it strange that a long-established and respected SF author would resort to writing pro-am fanfic.
It's not the website itself that I find annoying, but the ads. All ads. Everywhere. I stopped watching TV because of ads, but I'm not going to let ads drive me off the internet.
...when I had my own shitty little website where I posted the shitty little stories I used to write: pay the hosting bill by working a day job.
Again, the need to depend on advertising, subscriptions, donations, or a day job is not my concern. I don't run a website; I just use them. If I find your ads obnoxious, I will block them without apology.
That wasn't his problem, and it isn't mine. If you can't support a website without annoying people (and, yes, ads are really fucking annoying) then your website might not be as valuable as you think it is.
I sometimes forget as well; one of the first things I do when setting up a new computer is to install Firefox with Adblock Plus and Petnel's EasyList. I did this with my wife's Macbook, and she loved it until she started watching Hulu and shows on CBS.com.
So, I just disabled adblock for those sites, and she's happy again.
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They're the ones who deserve to be mocked, not the smart kids or the hard-working kids.
What's so terrible about wanting to get paid? When I was a kid, I was told that it was my job to be a student. I would have worked harder at that "job" if I had been getting something of value to me in exchange for my effort. I got news for you: most people are mercenary little shits. We don't want to bust our asses for no good reason. Why the hell should we?
And I say she looked good. I don't give a damn what the AC 4chan refugees think.
I like my women to look like women, not half-grown teenage girls.
It had Summer Glau in it. Jewel Staite and Morena Baccarin are the babes from Firefly. Little Summer needs to grow up a bit, and eat a sammich or two before I'm willing to call her a babe.
When traffic gets too slow, I break out my M-79 40mm grenade launcher and start blowing apart obstacles^Wother drivers.
In fact, they have several: the Green Berets, the SEALS, and (depending on whom you ask) the whole fucking United States Marine Corps. Turn 'em loose on the spammers.
That's why I'm willing to rent it.
This is an odd-numbered Star Trek movie, right? Aren't the odd-numbered flicks generally crappy?
I'm serious.
No.
Hell no.
Shit no.
Fuck no.
Are you out of your demon-ridden mind?
We don't even have unrestricted capitalism in the United States, AC, so I don't think Bolivia has anything to worry about. If we did, those Wall Street banks and GM would have been allowed to collapse months ago.
Let's just hope, for the sake of the Bolivian people, that Islam doesn't catch on over there. Then Bolivia is really fucked.
...Since there aren't enough women to go around in China, and they probably aren't wired for gay sex.
If this guy had had half a brain, he would have wiped the computer's hard drive clean by overwriting it with zeroes, and then done everything by using a Linux distribution on a bootable CD that could run entirely in RAM. Instead, he ran Windows and got nailed by a Trojan. Somewhere in the afterlife, J. Edgar Hoover is laughing his panty-clad ass off.
I thought he would be happier not knowing. I know I regretted learning about the GNAA.
I wonder why Mr. Bear has agreed to do this. For the money? (Not that there's anything wrong with that.) I just find it strange that a long-established and respected SF author would resort to writing pro-am fanfic.
It's not the website itself that I find annoying, but the ads. All ads. Everywhere. I stopped watching TV because of ads, but I'm not going to let ads drive me off the internet.
I'm not going to answer that, since you've done me no harm and I bear no malice against you.
I'm not interested in getting into a long conversation with a GNAA troll or a refugee from 4chan.
I'm not in the habit of explaining my reasons to ACs.
...when I had my own shitty little website where I posted the shitty little stories I used to write: pay the hosting bill by working a day job. Again, the need to depend on advertising, subscriptions, donations, or a day job is not my concern. I don't run a website; I just use them. If I find your ads obnoxious, I will block them without apology.
But Firefox and Adblock Plus made that unnecessary -- which made my life a hell of a lot easier.
That wasn't his problem, and it isn't mine. If you can't support a website without annoying people (and, yes, ads are really fucking annoying) then your website might not be as valuable as you think it is.
I sometimes forget as well; one of the first things I do when setting up a new computer is to install Firefox with Adblock Plus and Petnel's EasyList. I did this with my wife's Macbook, and she loved it until she started watching Hulu and shows on CBS.com. So, I just disabled adblock for those sites, and she's happy again.