yeah! fuck those fucking U.S. pigs! they are so fucking self-involved and xenophobic it makes me want to fucking puke.
oh wait. then again....i forgot to mention this page. Kind of interesting when I hear all the facts and figures about the united states fucking over every country, giving them cash to train them as terrorists and only spending money when it suits our own interests. God forbid we should only give countries like Afghanistan a measly $178 million in humanitarian aid. Yes...the same afghanistan that harbors the infamous OBL.
Oh yeah - we also gave $158 million to Sudan in humanitarian aid and $13 million to Indonesia, among other noteables.
Seems to me the rest of the world has no problem with the U.S. when we're acting as their rich uncle Sam dolling out cash like a fucking ATM. Of course, if we tell them they're wrong about something they're doing, or miss a payment, it explains why they drop planes into the midst of 100,000 civillians. Yes, i know this wasn't the work of a country, but the idea that U.S. foreign policy needs to change in order to somehow appease terrorist organizations is laughable. someone is always going to be pissed off at the U.S. because of something we're doing. If it isn't the Arabs, it'll be the Israelis. And if people aren't shouting "get the fuck out," then they're shouting "why haven't you come to save us" at twice the volume.
I'm not saying the U.S. is perfect, but we're doing a whole helluvalot better than any country i've seen so far. I tend to agree with a quote from one of the brits on the show - to paraphrase: of course the U.S. is being attacked, they're standing in front.
in the multiplayer mode (currently the only one out) you are allowed to be a Nazi soldier. in fact, it's pretty much required if you're going to have a 15 on 15 battle of axis vs. allies.
IMNSHO - All of those people who would argue that playing a Nazi in a video game is somehow equivalent to pissing on the graves of all the jews, polls, and servicemen that died in WWII can go to hell. It's simply a video game. If people have a problem with that, they can choose not to play it. But i'll be damned if i'm going to let them choose whether or not i'm allowed to play it.
Ironic that in this thread, any comment in support of my own post is moderated as offtopic. And yet, any politically correct comment that comes across the moderators' crosshairs in defense of Islam or any Arab is moderated up to insightful.
anyone care to explain how their defense of Muslims, and more importantly, Arabs is possibly more relevant to Wolfenstein than my own comment?
Oh, and a simple thought in response to the above post: It was a JOKE!!! I would further explain A)why it might be considered funny, and B)why it's NOT in bad taste, but that would simply be pandering to the ultra-serious and uber-politically correct sentiment that i believe is running around here on slashdot - one that i refuse to be a part of.
laughter is a way of helping ourselves cope with a situation that would otherwise drive us mad with grief and anger. that is not to say that we should not grieve, or be angry. but it is to say that laughter is an integral part of the healing process.
i'm sorry if you feel the joke was in poor taste. i did think twice before posting it. but thank god we live in a country that allows us to respectfully disagree.
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...to those of you who ask "How many OS'es do we need?"
Think about when linux first came out, and everyone said "How many frickin' OS'es do we need? We've already got DOS, MacOS, and Unix (variants, etc.)"
New OS'es are good for the market, people! They provide a fresh perspective on the way things should be done and facilitate ingenuity and competition. They may not all become famous or provide new tools or inventions to the OS market, but some of them do - and that's exactly why we need 'em.
In that light, i must say i've yet to see someone bitch "Jesus, how many different types of cars do we need?"
i would very much like you to explain two things to me:
1) where have i stated in this thread that the patent holders had a patent for the actual concept or existance stem cell? (a quote would suffice)
and, since you do appear to know a good deal more about this than I:
2)how embryonic stem cell research can continue elsewhere on a realistic scale without violating this patent.
oh, and FWIW - i did RTFP prior to posting previously, it's implications seemed to me to be clear: that most useful stem cell research would violate this patent on some level.
how, exactly, is a "primate embryonic stem cell" not a naturally occuring cell?
the patent is about stem cell cultures and their applications, which are groups of naturally occuring cells, just because they "grow" more of them doesn't mean they didn't originate naturally.
you're exactly right. the patent isn't for the cell itself, it's basically just a patent on turning the stem cell into a part of the nervous system, the circulatory system, the digestive system, the lymphatic system, or maybe the excretory sysem.
there are plenty of other things scientists can do with stem cells than research how to re-grow brain tissue, or cure diseased livers (clear violations of the patent). For instance, other scientists could (without violating the patent) poke the stem cells with tiny sticks. They might, in the near future, make diorama's out of the stem cells ("you see, Dr. Stevens, the tall one is Abraham Lincoln"), or perhaps cuddle with the stem cells on those cold winter nights ahead. And, don't forget the s00p3r 1337 ability to pick up chix0rz with stem cell jewelry.
So, maybe since I can't get me a patent on actual hair, I'll simply get a patent on combing the shit.
Additionally, scientists working at the university of Wisconsin were reported as saying, later in the week:
"Since we have a patent on how stem cells may be used, we would advise every person living in the United States to either give us $25,000 or kill themselves, as we never explicitly said which babies could use them and which couldn't. Suck our balls!"
Furthermore, I would like to advise every American male that they are currently in violation of my own patent #2,3443,223 - "Ballzack." And, I must demand immediate licensing payment for posession or use of "Ballzack" or anyone found to be in posession of "Ballzack" will have it seized. I will begin grabbing everyone's "Ballzack" upon non-payment beginning on the first of September.
I only wish this had come out when i started using linux. I had no help so i picked up the good old "Linux For Dummies" book.
DON'T BUY IT IF YOU'RE SWITCHING!
Most books state that they don't require any prior knowledge of linux or unix but the authors seem to write as if they're explaining linux to all those "newbies" who have been using linux for a few years.
My only advice, other than reading this FAQ (which is really good, BTW) is to simply fsck around with your new OS. Break it, then fix it, then break it again. Besides - if you're not using linux because you A)want to try out new things and B)want to get into the guts of an OS, then you're probably safer with windows and AOL anyway. Most of the people I know using *nix and it's variants on a *real* basis these days are the ones that were breaking their parents' cable boxes in the process of trying to figure out how they worked when they were kids.
FluX After 16 years, MTV has finally completed its deevolution into the shiny things network
most of that shit people slop on to canvases and
take pictures of isn't even art;-)
the problem is that people, in general, are getting too wrapped up in the medium. The dogma has become: Music = Art, Painting = Art, Drawing = Art, Photography = Art.
Art is that which enriches the soul. However that thing that gives you an introspective into yourself and helps you know you better is formed is completely irrelevant. Painting != Art. Drawing != Art.
So to answer your question: No. Computer generated graphics is not art. If you can generate something on a computer that makes people really think and come away from it a better person, then that is art.
FluX After 16 years, MTV has finally completed its deevolution into the shiny things network
You're carefully avoiding my point. It doesn't matter if it's one game or a million of them; if there is something that you want to use & it's only available on Windows, then you are no different than the people you criticize.
And, in all honesty, i think you've missed my point. I am different from the people I criticize, inasmuch as Windows is not my primary operating system. In fact, if windows were to disappear from the universe tomorrow, i wouldn't be running around like a chicken with my head cut off because i just lost all use of my computer. Can you honestly say that, (by inverse logic) that joe windows users, who is no different from me, would take no issue with the fact that he now has absolutely no OS on his system (and, if he does, he most likely has no idea how to use it)? You ask me to put up. I say that i already have. I mean, certainly you have to consider the fact that i earn a living using a non-M$ OS and, also, spend 99% of my free time using a non-M$ OS putting up.
But, the digression is there. Most people, including yourself, have been making the argument that windows is the standard and that it is damn near impossible to switch to linux in a successful manner. The examples i have been giving all along pretty much prove that that is not the case at all. People can switch to other operating systems easily and quickly. They simply don't, for whatever reason. But the argument that you can't be as productive or as entertained on an OS other than windows is an opinion bred by the one thing i've been arguing against for a long, long time: ignorance, and the unquestioning acceptance of anything microsoft tells them.
FluX After 16 years, MTV has finally completed its deevolution into the shiny things network
And, basically, what this infers is that i have no problem using linux at all for anything else. Actually, i could use wine for CS and do away with windows alltogether, but i'm just too lazy right now to work on it. UT? I play that in Linux. MythII? Linux. Office apps? Linux. IRC? Linux. ICQ? Linux. Browsing the web? Linux.
"But linux is too hard!!!" they say. "It's not for the average user." And then they go on to bitch about another way in which our great friends in Redmond are trying to fuck them.
My advice to those people is simple. Put up, or shut up.
FluX After 16 years, MTV has finally completed its deevolution into the shiny things network
Would you consider it a "competative advantage" if a company published copies of Cryptonomicon and replaced all of Neal Stevenson's references at the back of the novel with ones of their own choosing?
What you call good business, i call unethical.
FluX After 16 years, MTV has finally completed its deevolution into the shiny things network
You touch on some interesting points here. But i do, of course, still have some objections.
First off, my car analogy was more (as i stated in another response to one of the replies) along the lines of being a force for change. M$ will continue to pull what they've been pulling for over a decade simply because they have the assurance that no one is going anywhere, so to speak. 99% of Microsoft's power lies in the content of almost every response I've seen to my post so far. That is to say, everyone seems to have this blind acceptance that microsoft is, was, and always will be a monopoly. And so they stick to the status quo (i.e. Windows) because they don't know any better or, at least, they are too blind to see the vicious cycle. If you buy into the idea that M$ is the standard and therefore go out and buy M$ products, then you have just made M$ the standard. And as microsoft actually veers from the standard (read: Kerberos, Java, etc.) people feel they have no choice but to follow because...well...(throw up your hands)....Microsoft is the standard, and all your friends are using it (some old saying about jumping of a bridge comes to mind here). Where Ford comes into play here is that i believe that people can break this cycle.
The idea is not to simply trash Microsoft and run for the hills with a linux box in hand, but to simply say to people, "Hey! There are other operating systems out there. Maybe one fits you better, have you tried any of them?" And, at that point, i think a lot of people will find that they have been missing out. Don't fall into the trap of buying this monopolistic bullshit spewing from the corporate mouth of Microsoft just because it's been coming out for over a decade. Change can occur, and it can occur rapidly. But people have to stop thinking that they have to use Windows just because the majority of others do.
Most people have neither the time nor the inclination to switch to something else
I have to say i have always found comments like this to be rather disturbing. Once again, it goes back to the seemingly ingrained belief that windows is, was, and always will be. The first thing that strikes me as ironic is that we live in a society that makes millions of dollars via training courses and online tutorials on how to do things in windows. "Learn to use your computer" they tell us, or "5 simple steps to being a windows master." and so on. This, to me, is not indicitave of an OS that is as intuitive as Microsoft would have us believe. Hell, MacOS is probably the easiest to use. So the question remains, if people just choose the path of least resistance....why isn't Apple doing nearly as well as Microsoft??? Moreover, why is it that, if a person chooses an OS that is not the easiest to use, it winds up being Windows and not, say, Solaris? If the answer to that question is simply because "Windows is the standard" - then my previous point about the self fulfilling prophecy has just been made - and, i will maintain that most people are still lemmings.
BTW - the only reason i have windows installed on my system is because of Counter-Strike and Flash. I just got done with a 5 hour gaming session and haven't booted into linux yet.
FluX After 16 years, MTV has finally completed its deevolution into the shiny things network
i think the point i was trying to make with my Ford analogy was more along the lines of how to be a force for change.
There is an old saying that it is folly to continue to do the same thing and expect different results. And, in that light, I would assert that it is folly to continue to buy and use Microsoft products the way we (the public) have always done and expect M$ to stop screwing us all of the sudden.
One could write and essay on the general laziness and idiocy of the (american) public in this respect. But alas, i have been screwing with Actionscript and playing counter-strike for the past 10 hours and i'm exausted.
FluX After 16 years, MTV has finally completed its deevolution into the shiny things network
Let's kick this story back 5 years ago and i'll give you a little something to mull over in that gray matter of yours. This whole thing reminds me of why i stopped using winders in the first place (as i type this from W2k:(
Microsoft is selling a product. That product is called WindowsXX and you have to live with the fact that if you buy said product, then there may be facets of it that you don't like (i.e. "smart tags" and all the other crap that's become bundled in with it). So here's an alternative...
USE A DIFFERENT OS! I stopped using windows because i couldn't put up with a crappy OS and bundled software that i couldn't get rid of any longer. I advise people, in this situation, to either put up or shut up....USE A DIFFERENT OS! USE A DIFFERENT BROWSER! DO SOMETHING OTHER THAN BITCH!
Let's put it this way. If 99% of the world bought Ford products, and Ford made changes to the product that no one liked, and yet, people went on buying Fords do you think Ford would give a flying fuck what people said and (gasp) change their cars.
Nope. and MS doesn't give a flying fuck either because "smart tags" or no, people are going to go on buying Winders like the lemmings they are.
FluX After 16 years, MTV has finally completed its deevolution into the shiny things network
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yeah! fuck those fucking U.S. pigs! they are so fucking self-involved and xenophobic it makes me want to fucking puke.
oh wait. then again....i forgot to mention this page. Kind of interesting when I hear all the facts and figures about the united states fucking over every country, giving them cash to train them as terrorists and only spending money when it suits our own interests. God forbid we should only give countries like Afghanistan a measly $178 million in humanitarian aid. Yes...the same afghanistan that harbors the infamous OBL.
Oh yeah - we also gave $158 million to Sudan in humanitarian aid and $13 million to Indonesia, among other noteables.
Seems to me the rest of the world has no problem with the U.S. when we're acting as their rich uncle Sam dolling out cash like a fucking ATM. Of course, if we tell them they're wrong about something they're doing, or miss a payment, it explains why they drop planes into the midst of 100,000 civillians. Yes, i know this wasn't the work of a country, but the idea that U.S. foreign policy needs to change in order to somehow appease terrorist organizations is laughable. someone is always going to be pissed off at the U.S. because of something we're doing. If it isn't the Arabs, it'll be the Israelis. And if people aren't shouting "get the fuck out," then they're shouting "why haven't you come to save us" at twice the volume.
I'm not saying the U.S. is perfect, but we're doing a whole helluvalot better than any country i've seen so far. I tend to agree with a quote from one of the brits on the show - to paraphrase: of course the U.S. is being attacked, they're standing in front.
NORAID?
in the multiplayer mode (currently the only one out) you are allowed to be a Nazi soldier. in fact, it's pretty much required if you're going to have a 15 on 15 battle of axis vs. allies.
IMNSHO - All of those people who would argue that playing a Nazi in a video game is somehow equivalent to pissing on the graves of all the jews, polls, and servicemen that died in WWII can go to hell. It's simply a video game. If people have a problem with that, they can choose not to play it. But i'll be damned if i'm going to let them choose whether or not i'm allowed to play it.
Ironic that in this thread, any comment in support of my own post is moderated as offtopic. And yet, any politically correct comment that comes across the moderators' crosshairs in defense of Islam or any Arab is moderated up to insightful.
anyone care to explain how their defense of Muslims, and more importantly, Arabs is possibly more relevant to Wolfenstein than my own comment?
Oh, and a simple thought in response to the above post: It was a JOKE!!! I would further explain A)why it might be considered funny, and B)why it's NOT in bad taste, but that would simply be pandering to the ultra-serious and uber-politically correct sentiment that i believe is running around here on slashdot - one that i refuse to be a part of.
laughter is a way of helping ourselves cope with a situation that would otherwise drive us mad with grief and anger. that is not to say that we should not grieve, or be angry. but it is to say that laughter is an integral part of the healing process.
i'm sorry if you feel the joke was in poor taste. i did think twice before posting it. but thank god we live in a country that allows us to respectfully disagree.
props for the most obscure and intelligent unix joke about bin ladin i've seen so far.
now we just have to wait for the Osama Bin Ladin skin to come out for the Nazi soldiers.
you, sir, are a god among men!
...to those of you who ask "How many OS'es do we need?"
Think about when linux first came out, and everyone said "How many frickin' OS'es do we need? We've already got DOS, MacOS, and Unix (variants, etc.)"
New OS'es are good for the market, people! They provide a fresh perspective on the way things should be done and facilitate ingenuity and competition. They may not all become famous or provide new tools or inventions to the OS market, but some of them do - and that's exactly why we need 'em.
In that light, i must say i've yet to see someone bitch "Jesus, how many different types of cars do we need?"
i would very much like you to explain two things to me:
1) where have i stated in this thread that the patent holders had a patent for the actual concept or existance stem cell? (a quote would suffice)
and, since you do appear to know a good deal more about this than I:
2)how embryonic stem cell research can continue elsewhere on a realistic scale without violating this patent.
oh, and FWIW - i did RTFP prior to posting previously, it's implications seemed to me to be clear: that most useful stem cell research would violate this patent on some level.
how, exactly, is a "primate embryonic stem cell" not a naturally occuring cell?
the patent is about stem cell cultures and their applications, which are groups of naturally occuring cells, just because they "grow" more of them doesn't mean they didn't originate naturally.
you're exactly right. the patent isn't for the cell itself, it's basically just a patent on turning the stem cell into a part of the nervous system, the circulatory system, the digestive system, the lymphatic system, or maybe the excretory sysem.
there are plenty of other things scientists can do with stem cells than research how to re-grow brain tissue, or cure diseased livers (clear violations of the patent). For instance, other scientists could (without violating the patent) poke the stem cells with tiny sticks. They might, in the near future, make diorama's out of the stem cells ("you see, Dr. Stevens, the tall one is Abraham Lincoln"), or perhaps cuddle with the stem cells on those cold winter nights ahead. And, don't forget the s00p3r 1337 ability to pick up chix0rz with stem cell jewelry.
So, maybe since I can't get me a patent on actual hair, I'll simply get a patent on combing the shit.
Additionally, scientists working at the university of Wisconsin were reported as saying, later in the week:
"Since we have a patent on how stem cells may be used, we would advise every person living in the United States to either give us $25,000 or kill themselves, as we never explicitly said which babies could use them and which couldn't. Suck our balls!"
Furthermore, I would like to advise every American male that they are currently in violation of my own patent #2,3443,223 - "Ballzack." And, I must demand immediate licensing payment for posession or use of "Ballzack" or anyone found to be in posession of "Ballzack" will have it seized. I will begin grabbing everyone's "Ballzack" upon non-payment beginning on the first of September.
I have plenty of evidenc to the contrary...
(Score:2, Ironic).
FluX
After 16 years, MTV has finally completed its deevolution into the shiny things network
I only wish this had come out when i started using linux. I had no help so i picked up the good old "Linux For Dummies" book.
DON'T BUY IT IF YOU'RE SWITCHING!
Most books state that they don't require any prior knowledge of linux or unix but the authors seem to write as if they're explaining linux to all those "newbies" who have been using linux for a few years.
My only advice, other than reading this FAQ (which is really good, BTW) is to simply fsck around with your new OS. Break it, then fix it, then break it again. Besides - if you're not using linux because you A)want to try out new things and B)want to get into the guts of an OS, then you're probably safer with windows and AOL anyway. Most of the people I know using *nix and it's variants on a *real* basis these days are the ones that were breaking their parents' cable boxes in the process of trying to figure out how they worked when they were kids.
FluX
After 16 years, MTV has finally completed its deevolution into the shiny things network
I love that quote from the game:
"You did it! That's one less mine to deal with."
Someone mod this comment up. I feel the stress just fading away...
FluX
After 16 years, MTV has finally completed its deevolution into the shiny things network
most of that shit people slop on to canvases and take pictures of isn't even art ;-)
the problem is that people, in general, are getting too wrapped up in the medium. The dogma has become: Music = Art, Painting = Art, Drawing = Art, Photography = Art.
Art is that which enriches the soul. However that thing that gives you an introspective into yourself and helps you know you better is formed is completely irrelevant. Painting != Art. Drawing != Art.
So to answer your question: No. Computer generated graphics is not art. If you can generate something on a computer that makes people really think and come away from it a better person, then that is art.
FluX
After 16 years, MTV has finally completed its deevolution into the shiny things network
You're carefully avoiding my point. It doesn't matter if it's one game or a million of them; if there is something that you want to use & it's only available on Windows, then you are no different than the people you criticize.
And, in all honesty, i think you've missed my point. I am different from the people I criticize, inasmuch as Windows is not my primary operating system. In fact, if windows were to disappear from the universe tomorrow, i wouldn't be running around like a chicken with my head cut off because i just lost all use of my computer. Can you honestly say that, (by inverse logic) that joe windows users, who is no different from me, would take no issue with the fact that he now has absolutely no OS on his system (and, if he does, he most likely has no idea how to use it)? You ask me to put up. I say that i already have. I mean, certainly you have to consider the fact that i earn a living using a non-M$ OS and, also, spend 99% of my free time using a non-M$ OS putting up.
But, the digression is there. Most people, including yourself, have been making the argument that windows is the standard and that it is damn near impossible to switch to linux in a successful manner. The examples i have been giving all along pretty much prove that that is not the case at all. People can switch to other operating systems easily and quickly. They simply don't, for whatever reason. But the argument that you can't be as productive or as entertained on an OS other than windows is an opinion bred by the one thing i've been arguing against for a long, long time: ignorance, and the unquestioning acceptance of anything microsoft tells them.
FluX
After 16 years, MTV has finally completed its deevolution into the shiny things network
Not games. A game.
And, basically, what this infers is that i have no problem using linux at all for anything else. Actually, i could use wine for CS and do away with windows alltogether, but i'm just too lazy right now to work on it. UT? I play that in Linux. MythII? Linux. Office apps? Linux. IRC? Linux. ICQ? Linux. Browsing the web? Linux.
"But linux is too hard!!!" they say. "It's not for the average user." And then they go on to bitch about another way in which our great friends in Redmond are trying to fuck them.
My advice to those people is simple. Put up, or shut up.
FluX
After 16 years, MTV has finally completed its deevolution into the shiny things network
Would you consider it a "competative advantage" if a company published copies of Cryptonomicon and replaced all of Neal Stevenson's references at the back of the novel with ones of their own choosing?
What you call good business, i call unethical.
FluX
After 16 years, MTV has finally completed its deevolution into the shiny things network
You touch on some interesting points here. But i do, of course, still have some objections.
First off, my car analogy was more (as i stated in another response to one of the replies) along the lines of being a force for change. M$ will continue to pull what they've been pulling for over a decade simply because they have the assurance that no one is going anywhere, so to speak. 99% of Microsoft's power lies in the content of almost every response I've seen to my post so far. That is to say, everyone seems to have this blind acceptance that microsoft is, was, and always will be a monopoly. And so they stick to the status quo (i.e. Windows) because they don't know any better or, at least, they are too blind to see the vicious cycle. If you buy into the idea that M$ is the standard and therefore go out and buy M$ products, then you have just made M$ the standard. And as microsoft actually veers from the standard (read: Kerberos, Java, etc.) people feel they have no choice but to follow because...well...(throw up your hands)....Microsoft is the standard, and all your friends are using it (some old saying about jumping of a bridge comes to mind here). Where Ford comes into play here is that i believe that people can break this cycle.
The idea is not to simply trash Microsoft and run for the hills with a linux box in hand, but to simply say to people, "Hey! There are other operating systems out there. Maybe one fits you better, have you tried any of them?" And, at that point, i think a lot of people will find that they have been missing out. Don't fall into the trap of buying this monopolistic bullshit spewing from the corporate mouth of Microsoft just because it's been coming out for over a decade. Change can occur, and it can occur rapidly. But people have to stop thinking that they have to use Windows just because the majority of others do.
Most people have neither the time nor the inclination to switch to something else
I have to say i have always found comments like this to be rather disturbing. Once again, it goes back to the seemingly ingrained belief that windows is, was, and always will be. The first thing that strikes me as ironic is that we live in a society that makes millions of dollars via training courses and online tutorials on how to do things in windows. "Learn to use your computer" they tell us, or "5 simple steps to being a windows master." and so on. This, to me, is not indicitave of an OS that is as intuitive as Microsoft would have us believe. Hell, MacOS is probably the easiest to use. So the question remains, if people just choose the path of least resistance....why isn't Apple doing nearly as well as Microsoft??? Moreover, why is it that, if a person chooses an OS that is not the easiest to use, it winds up being Windows and not, say, Solaris? If the answer to that question is simply because "Windows is the standard" - then my previous point about the self fulfilling prophecy has just been made - and, i will maintain that most people are still lemmings.
BTW - the only reason i have windows installed on my system is because of Counter-Strike and Flash. I just got done with a 5 hour gaming session and haven't booted into linux yet.
FluX
After 16 years, MTV has finally completed its deevolution into the shiny things network
i think the point i was trying to make with my Ford analogy was more along the lines of how to be a force for change.
There is an old saying that it is folly to continue to do the same thing and expect different results. And, in that light, I would assert that it is folly to continue to buy and use Microsoft products the way we (the public) have always done and expect M$ to stop screwing us all of the sudden.
One could write and essay on the general laziness and idiocy of the (american) public in this respect. But alas, i have been screwing with Actionscript and playing counter-strike for the past 10 hours and i'm exausted.
FluX
After 16 years, MTV has finally completed its deevolution into the shiny things network
Let's kick this story back 5 years ago and i'll give you a little something to mull over in that gray matter of yours. This whole thing reminds me of why i stopped using winders in the first place (as i type this from W2k :(
Microsoft is selling a product. That product is called WindowsXX and you have to live with the fact that if you buy said product, then there may be facets of it that you don't like (i.e. "smart tags" and all the other crap that's become bundled in with it). So here's an alternative...
USE A DIFFERENT OS! I stopped using windows because i couldn't put up with a crappy OS and bundled software that i couldn't get rid of any longer. I advise people, in this situation, to either put up or shut up....USE A DIFFERENT OS! USE A DIFFERENT BROWSER! DO SOMETHING OTHER THAN BITCH!
Let's put it this way. If 99% of the world bought Ford products, and Ford made changes to the product that no one liked, and yet, people went on buying Fords do you think Ford would give a flying fuck what people said and (gasp) change their cars.
Nope. and MS doesn't give a flying fuck either because "smart tags" or no, people are going to go on buying Winders like the lemmings they are.
FluX
After 16 years, MTV has finally completed its deevolution into the shiny things network
Das Boot.
The Great Escape (minus some of the Steve MacQueen bravado).
FluX
After 16 years, MTV has finally completed its deevolution into the shiny things network
I've had over 4300 computers trying to figure out how to get me laid. It's called the "Get Flux Laid Distributed Sex for Flux Project"
So far these systems have only been able to achieve a hand-job after a 5th of Jack Daniels.
FluX
After 16 years, MTV has finally completed its deevolution into the shiny things network