I would like to point out that in any place that is poverty-stricken, not blending in is a big problem.
. . . um, any place in the world . . . or just in certain parts of the US . . . ?
I've been to some poverty-stricken parts of the world, where this has not been a problem.
Although, in the poverty-stricken parts of the US, the kids tend to be wearing $300 sneakers. In some rural parts of Turkey, the men wear traditional pants, which have crotches down around their ankles. That is some kind of mildly amusing comparison, for some reason.
The word is just used too often, for too many things, that it is ceasing to have any meaning for me, besides "somebody doesn't like something".
This is "racist", that is "racist", the next thing is "racist", he's a "racist", she's a "racist", my car won't start because it's "racist", my program has a memory leak because it's "racist" . . . on, and on, and on . . .
It seems to me to be the hobgoblin of tiny little minds, who can't think of anything else better to say, when they've run out of all other arguments.
For me, now, it is akin to telling someone Jewish that they're cheap, someone German that they're evil because of the Nazis, someone Italian that they're in the Mafia, someone Spanish to leave those poor bulls alone, someone French that they're military cowards, etc, etc, etc . . .
Calling someone or something "racist" . . . is in fact as about as "racist" as you can get these days.
It's the next elementary particle that CERN is looking for. To find the Trayvon, they are building a next generation "Large Hadron Collider", called the "Crazy Ass Cracker" . . .
The US fired the missile unannounced . . . to see if the Russian surveillance systems could spot it . . . and if the Russians could warn their Syrian pals about it.
They're just probing the target's defenses at this point. Nothing new here. The US military folks just want to see how good the Russian made stuff is, before they do anything for real.
The NSA posted it. Slashdot was forced to comply with a Secret Court ruling, and give the keys to the editor desk to the NSA. They posted this so no one else tries it, as it is a waste of their secretary's time.
So we all know that the NSA can read our email. That's no big deal, given a fistful of Secret Court rulings.
But can they read Bashar al-Assad's email? Probably not. They're too busy recording calls made by Presbyterian grandmothers in Ohio.
Frankly, I wish that they would spend a wee bit of effort trying to gather intelligence on the world's serious security threats, instead of picking the easy fruit of US telecommunications providers.
. . . a different one than the one where Germany is a member . . . ? Because that EU isn't going to put any speed limits on the German Autobahns. Actually, nobody else is either.
That is about as likely as the NRA leading a campaign to repeal the Second Amendment to the US Constitution (the right to bear arms).
Germans like their cars, like Americans like their weapons. That's an actual SAT analogy question.
$52 billion? That's like burning up a Bill Gates or a Warren Buffet every year.
With that amount of money spent, there shouldn't a terrorist left breathing on the face of the planet.
Um, Secret Squirrel guys, I think that you are doing something completely wrong with that money. I know that you like listening to other folks telephone calls, but clearly, this isn't the way.
Usage Guidelines for the Pentium® or Intel® Pentium® Trademark
Whenever the Pentium® name appears, the following footnote must also appear: "Pentium is a trademark of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries."
Maybe the "unun" in front means that ununpentium doesn't infringe on it. So maybe AMD could name a processor, "ThisIsNotaPentium", and be OK.
Hey, we're software folks . . . we just don't deliver on time. The IRS should know this, and cut all software folks some slack on that April 15th date.
I'm sure they used maps, but as they weren't a seafaring race, I doubt they had globes.
Actually, northern Native American "maps" were more like "narratives" on how to get from once place to the next, and were mostly stored on human media. So a "map" would be more like directions, "Travel in the direction of the setting sun, hang a Ralph at the big snowy mountain . ..", etc.
There are strong evidences that the Portuguese discovered America long before Columbus.
Maps! . . . or it didn't happen!
Actually, didn't the Portuguese (formerly known as) Prince Hank da Navigator keep an extensive collection of maps in Sagres? But they were all secret, so they probably didn't end up on any ostrich eggs. That would have made good proof.
But then again . . . those bloody Vikings singing Spam were probably there even earlier. Any experts on Viking maps in da house . . . ?
The late, great East German Spymaster Markus Wolf, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markus_wolf , aka "The Man Without a Face", was a virtuoso at this. In post-war West Germany, there was a shortage of eligible bachelors, and an overabundance of lonely, frumpy spinster single secretaries working for important politicians. He slipped in East German romeos who were more than welcomed by the secretaries . . . and didn't mind handing over a few frivolous documents that they were typing for their bosses. The secretaries thought that the romeo needed the information for "business purposes."
In one case, the secretary had to work on the weekend, because she had so much to type. The romeo typed stuff for her all weekend. Wasn't that sweet of him?!
Anyway, given that spooks do look at their past mistakes, I wouldn't be surprised if the partners of NSA workers get scrutinized, to see what they have under their fingernails.
In a more recent case a CIA traitor, Aldrich Ames http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldrich_ames , had a wife who shopped like Imelda Marcos. He turned over information to the Soviets to support their lavish life style.
So how is that any safer . . . ? The government knows if you are a journalist. They can check fly lists to know where you are flying to. They can alert their own folks or their pals in the place where you are flying to. They can put a tail on you right after you step off the plane . . . or even as you board the plane.
Oh, you could get a friend to go for you. But the government know who your friends are . . . etc., etc., etc. . . .
Sound like a bunch of paranoid spy fiction . . . ? Not any more, really.
Well, I feel the best for Microsoft employees. I don't know any personally, but I can't image that it's been a Joy (pun intended) working for Microsoft the last few years.
Hopefully they will get a new CEO who will listen to the voices of Microsoft's customers . . . and their employees.
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"Right" . . . ? It's more like a "notion" now.
IBM has a lot invested in Java. I wonder what their contract or rights to Java are . . . ?
Why don't they throw in a free Surface, as well?
That would make the offer interesting . . .
I would like to point out that in any place that is poverty-stricken, not blending in is a big problem.
. . . um, any place in the world . . . or just in certain parts of the US . . . ?
I've been to some poverty-stricken parts of the world, where this has not been a problem.
Although, in the poverty-stricken parts of the US, the kids tend to be wearing $300 sneakers. In some rural parts of Turkey, the men wear traditional pants, which have crotches down around their ankles. That is some kind of mildly amusing comparison, for some reason.
The word is just used too often, for too many things, that it is ceasing to have any meaning for me, besides "somebody doesn't like something".
This is "racist", that is "racist", the next thing is "racist", he's a "racist", she's a "racist", my car won't start because it's "racist", my program has a memory leak because it's "racist" . . . on, and on, and on . . .
It seems to me to be the hobgoblin of tiny little minds, who can't think of anything else better to say, when they've run out of all other arguments.
For me, now, it is akin to telling someone Jewish that they're cheap, someone German that they're evil because of the Nazis, someone Italian that they're in the Mafia, someone Spanish to leave those poor bulls alone, someone French that they're military cowards, etc, etc, etc . . .
Calling someone or something "racist" . . . is in fact as about as "racist" as you can get these days.
Does that mean I have canine DNA?
No, but if your relationship develops into something more serious than just friendship, maybe your joint offspring will . . .
It's the next elementary particle that CERN is looking for. To find the Trayvon, they are building a next generation "Large Hadron Collider", called the "Crazy Ass Cracker" . . .
The US fired the missile unannounced . . . to see if the Russian surveillance systems could spot it . . . and if the Russians could warn their Syrian pals about it.
They're just probing the target's defenses at this point. Nothing new here. The US military folks just want to see how good the Russian made stuff is, before they do anything for real.
How did this ever get posted anyways?
The NSA posted it. Slashdot was forced to comply with a Secret Court ruling, and give the keys to the editor desk to the NSA. They posted this so no one else tries it, as it is a waste of their secretary's time.
So we all know that the NSA can read our email. That's no big deal, given a fistful of Secret Court rulings.
But can they read Bashar al-Assad's email? Probably not. They're too busy recording calls made by Presbyterian grandmothers in Ohio.
Frankly, I wish that they would spend a wee bit of effort trying to gather intelligence on the world's serious security threats, instead of picking the easy fruit of US telecommunications providers.
the ones of which Snowden is being accused are not eligible for the death penalty.
the ones of which Snowden is being accused are not eligible for the death penalty . . . yet
. . . coming soon, to a secret court near you, "Snowden's Law"
. . . a different one than the one where Germany is a member . . . ? Because that EU isn't going to put any speed limits on the German Autobahns. Actually, nobody else is either.
That is about as likely as the NRA leading a campaign to repeal the Second Amendment to the US Constitution (the right to bear arms).
Germans like their cars, like Americans like their weapons. That's an actual SAT analogy question.
And they like to drive them very fast.
$52 billion? That's like burning up a Bill Gates or a Warren Buffet every year.
With that amount of money spent, there shouldn't a terrorist left breathing on the face of the planet.
Um, Secret Squirrel guys, I think that you are doing something completely wrong with that money. I know that you like listening to other folks telephone calls, but clearly, this isn't the way.
Well, at least Intel thinks it owns Pentium as a trademark. From: http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/trademarks/pentium.html
Usage Guidelines for the Pentium® or Intel® Pentium® Trademark
Whenever the Pentium® name appears, the following footnote must also appear: "Pentium is a trademark of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries."
Maybe the "unun" in front means that ununpentium doesn't infringe on it. So maybe AMD could name a processor, "ThisIsNotaPentium", and be OK.
Actually, my guess is that it is a spoof on the Symbionese Liberation Army, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbionese_Liberation_Army , of "Bag-a-Patty-Hearst" infamy.
Why would anyone go to a church for medical advice anyway? Do they go to their doctor for religious advice . . . ?
But I guess some folks believe that their church has answers for everything.
Should I buy a Chevy or a Ford truck . . . ? Let's take a look at the Bible Consumer Reports and see what Jesus would buy . . .
Road Kill for dinner.
The amazing autonomous James Bond "Q" car will catch it, skin it, and roast it over the car engine while you drive.
When you get home, dinner will be ready to be served.
Yum, yum.
How hard is it to file your taxes on time?
How hard is it to deliver your release on time?
Hey, we're software folks . . . we just don't deliver on time. The IRS should know this, and cut all software folks some slack on that April 15th date.
. . . back in 1992-1993, all the analysts were screaming that IBM needed to break up.
What Microsoft needs, is a Lou Gerstner, not a breakup.
If we currently do not have a way to travel to the stars, then what does it matter how we find our way among them?
You'd need an excellent politician to be able to build ways to travel to the stars, not a scientist. As in:
"I'm a space flight engineer, Jim! Not a politician with space travel plans!"
I'm sure they used maps, but as they weren't a seafaring race, I doubt they had globes.
Actually, northern Native American "maps" were more like "narratives" on how to get from once place to the next, and were mostly stored on human media. So a "map" would be more like directions, "Travel in the direction of the setting sun, hang a Ralph at the big snowy mountain . . .", etc.
They weren't geographical maps in that sense.
There are strong evidences that the Portuguese discovered America long before Columbus.
Maps! . . . or it didn't happen!
Actually, didn't the Portuguese (formerly known as) Prince Hank da Navigator keep an extensive collection of maps in Sagres? But they were all secret, so they probably didn't end up on any ostrich eggs. That would have made good proof.
But then again . . . those bloody Vikings singing Spam were probably there even earlier. Any experts on Viking maps in da house . . . ?
The late, great East German Spymaster Markus Wolf, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markus_wolf , aka "The Man Without a Face", was a virtuoso at this. In post-war West Germany, there was a shortage of eligible bachelors, and an overabundance of lonely, frumpy spinster single secretaries working for important politicians. He slipped in East German romeos who were more than welcomed by the secretaries . . . and didn't mind handing over a few frivolous documents that they were typing for their bosses. The secretaries thought that the romeo needed the information for "business purposes."
In one case, the secretary had to work on the weekend, because she had so much to type. The romeo typed stuff for her all weekend. Wasn't that sweet of him?!
Anyway, given that spooks do look at their past mistakes, I wouldn't be surprised if the partners of NSA workers get scrutinized, to see what they have under their fingernails.
In a more recent case a CIA traitor, Aldrich Ames http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldrich_ames , had a wife who shopped like Imelda Marcos. He turned over information to the Soviets to support their lavish life style.
So how is that any safer . . . ? The government knows if you are a journalist. They can check fly lists to know where you are flying to. They can alert their own folks or their pals in the place where you are flying to. They can put a tail on you right after you step off the plane . . . or even as you board the plane.
Oh, you could get a friend to go for you. But the government know who your friends are . . . etc., etc., etc. . . .
Sound like a bunch of paranoid spy fiction . . . ? Not any more, really.
Well, I feel the best for Microsoft employees. I don't know any personally, but I can't image that it's been a Joy (pun intended) working for Microsoft the last few years.
Hopefully they will get a new CEO who will listen to the voices of Microsoft's customers . . . and their employees.
Of all places, Slashdot really ought not to fall victim to such an erroneous meme.
It hasn't fallen victim. It just takes great glee in perpetuating that erroneous meme.
When friends of friends call me to complain that "the Internet isn't working right", I tell them to "blame it on Gore".
"He invented it, after all."