Many of us here on/. work in corp environments and as much as we detest marketing-droids, at the end of the day, we realize their usefulness on some level.
Sure, they keep the horde of undead occupied while you escape via the parking garage or roof.
He's not complaining about not having electricity. He's complaining about being forbidden from whacking sabertooths on the head unless he's using a newfangled club that shouts "I AM A CLUB!" while you wave it in the air and it shoots out orange and yellow flames.
If he were asking for the Google Maps website to send him directions via telegraph, then he would be complaining about electricity.
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It's just a good way to garner publicity, and in this case a gamer group is trying to get the attention of fellow gamers and geeks to donate for a cause. With the end result being more money for the charity, this is not a bad thing.
As long as it's not "Beat babies with a stick for the indigent!" it's okay.
I was right at the part of my e-novel where it said: "And the killer's name was....(Low Battery) Unfortunately, I was sitting on the commode, and could not reach the AC adapter.:(
So that's what the kids are calling it nowadays?;)
I'm a righty, but if I use a mouse at all it's on the left. Can't remember why I switched it up, but I think it might have been something I read about avoiding wrist strain after using the mouse on the right for years. Feels perfectly natural nowadays.
In the original Civilization, as well, veteran spearmen, in a city on a mountain, with city walls, could often hold off battleships.
Well, sure. Do you know how hard it is to get battleships up those tiny mountain passes? Not to mention the pack mules won't budge an inch after you load them up.
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Many of us here on /. work in corp environments and as much as we detest marketing-droids, at the end of the day, we realize their usefulness on some level.
Sure, they keep the horde of undead occupied while you escape via the parking garage or roof.
I'd love to have had some wimpy English major or some such where I didn't have colossal books to lug around all the time.
Spoken as someone who never had to lug around the gigantor Norton Anthologies. :)
"Someone with too much time on their hands..." quoth the Internet denizen with time enough for a Slashdot submission and a snarky comment.
It's the people who *don't* do anything you should be complaining about.
I don't think anyone willingly uses Windows ME for any useful task anymore.
Were they ever able to? ;)
He's not complaining about not having electricity. He's complaining about being forbidden from whacking sabertooths on the head unless he's using a newfangled club that shouts "I AM A CLUB!" while you wave it in the air and it shoots out orange and yellow flames.
If he were asking for the Google Maps website to send him directions via telegraph, then he would be complaining about electricity.
This post brought to you by the Mixed Metaphor Society: Keeping the Home Fires on Track since 1962.
It's just a good way to garner publicity, and in this case a gamer group is trying to get the attention of fellow gamers and geeks to donate for a cause. With the end result being more money for the charity, this is not a bad thing.
As long as it's not "Beat babies with a stick for the indigent!" it's okay.
And then your friend said, "We can't stop here. This is bat country!"
I was right at the part of my e-novel where it said: "And the killer's name was....(Low Battery) Unfortunately, I was sitting on the commode, and could not reach the AC adapter. :(
So that's what the kids are calling it nowadays? ;)
Unless Google teams their ebooks with Apple on a new tablet.
Then, watch out Amazon.
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why should i switch if there is ZERO incentive for me to use linux [...]
the thought of giving more money to redmond makes me want to puke
Well, it sounds like you have greater than zero incentive to me. Perhaps there are other reasons you will discover.
"Then why does steampunk still exist?"
Boing Boing. It's the circle of life.
I'm a righty, but if I use a mouse at all it's on the left. Can't remember why I switched it up, but I think it might have been something I read about avoiding wrist strain after using the mouse on the right for years. Feels perfectly natural nowadays.
What do you call that field which is practiced by the people we generally call "philosophers?"
I think the current parlance is "food preparation technicians."
Well, here's a picture to get you started. And here's a description of one related incident.
It's people like you what cause unrest.
either deadly venom or sharp teeth or is a koala ...which of course has both. ;)
Hell, just use mpg123.
http://www.mpg123.de/
Command line. Works on all platforms.
And you call yourself a geek?
Never mind that, they're apparently unable to search Wikipedia without assistance!
They play all three of those bands' videos on VH1 Classic's 120 Minutes show and others, so it's not like they don't have them lying around.
I'm pretty sure that qualifies as an UUOC.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_(Unix)#Useless_use_of_cat
You know, Airstrip 101 and all.
Is that the province of Oceania with the worst thing in the world? ;)
In the original Civilization, as well, veteran spearmen, in a city on a mountain, with city walls, could often hold off battleships.
Well, sure. Do you know how hard it is to get battleships up those tiny mountain passes? Not to mention the pack mules won't budge an inch after you load them up.
I'm still waiting for them to find all the missing socks.
Can't remember who pointed this out (Carlin or Steven Wright maybe?), but socks disappear in the dryer and turn into wire hangers in your closet.