I can see the linked article's point, and the parent's, however in my own social experience online and out in the real world, it's better not to admit to believing in God, or to following any religion.
Not believing in God, and spewing *misinformed* hate against any such being or belief is the new cool.
...AC to prevent an anonymous black van from showing up at my door...
I could do the old ftfy crap, but posting AC perhaps adds a weak layer of obscurity, but it won't necessarily prevent our rulers from showing up: your anonymity depends hugely on what other steps you may have taken to shield your id....
But the old "only terrorists have something to hide" ideology has become so ingrained in our society that it's sickening. In these parts there was a campaign to swab all the men in town for dna (they were looking for a serial rapist, or something along those lines.) At the press conference, the spokesman for the police said exactly that, "If someone doesn't want to be swabbed, they're obviously hiding something." And pretty well everyone I mentioned this to over the next few weeks absolutely agreed. I didn't get swabbed. Two detectives showed up at my door. I *think* I convinced them that I was refusing, on principle, but I really can't be sure now, can I?
I like his stuff. Sometimes he can be a bit over-the-top (who isn't?), but for the most part he knows his shit and often presents a *fairly* balanced argument.
You're in trouble now, for sure. Some lawyer is going to sue you for substituting "corporation" for "lawyer". Your statement surely infringes trademark, thief.
I don't know what you classify as a 'long' time, but I was using a remote solution for Windows as early as 3.1 (1991-92?); called PC Commute, which iirc was made by Winsim, who also had something to do with AccPac. Pretty sure vnc for windows freeware was around then, as well...perhaps a precursor to RealVNC. I think Close-up was bundled with a major software package by about '95.
Anyhow, I *do* subscribe to the *nix fanboy newsletter, (slackware ftw!)...just sayin'
It's because you're trolling just as hard!....Yay! I solved the puzzle. I'll take the cupcake for $10 and the rest on a gift certificate Pat...blah, blah, blah
bzzzzt.
You fail.
For your answer to have been correct, the OP would need the ability to foresee the future.
Thanks for taking a minute of your time to first-post your seemingly ubiquitous pro-MS anti-Google (mostly, followed by foss, apple) *viewpoints* under your umpteenth alias of the past few months (or has it been seconds? eons? whatever....)
You failed to answer my query in a previous thread as to how you omitted Microsoft from a first-post-same-timestamp-as-story rant regarding patents. Allow me to refresh:
You said:
Jeez. Companies like Google and Apple are collectively abusing the system and patenting every single thing they can think of, most of which are outright obvious
I asked you why you omitted Microsoft. May I ask you again? You are aware that Microsoft boasts of having *licensing agreements* with, oh, didn't I read somewhere around 85% of Android phone manufacturers? Would patents be involved?
Why do you troll here? Why do you need more than one user account? Why do you need to first-post?
And why didn't you provide an answer to the submitter, rather than troll?
What I'd really like to know, TechGuys (aka a few other aliases), is why, in your first-post-same-timestamp-as-article-100+word diatribe, did you fail to mention Microsoft, even once? Why did you not lump MS in with Google (always first) and Apple in this statement:
Jeez. Companies like Google and Apple are collectively abusing the system and patenting every single thing they can think of, most of which are outright obvious
Was this simply an oversight, Insightbites? An error of omission, DCTech?
Sorry for shouting...but it is funny, especially this far down the page when 90% of the rest of the comments are/.ers complaining that/.ers are assholes.
Just one request, tho': can it happen during the week of February 19-26th? I'll be in Cuba, without internet access, so it won't affect me, coz I'll already be affected.
...although I don't ever remember voting for a Conservative (the more moderate conservatism of former lame-duck Joe Clark I would consider).
The Joe Clark gov't were planning on giving us tax breaks on mortgages - snagged my vote in a millisecond.
As for the rest of the Tory vs Liberal stuff (sigh)...it's all the same, just like the politics of the elephant next door. We've had over 40 years since Le Dain Commission: if the biggest weed consumers weren't our neighbours, and pulling the strings *everywhere*, we'd all be rich crop farmers.
...distill the jizz of their post into the title...
I'm not sure how many images went flying through my mind with that malaprop, or even what those images were, but I get the gist of your comment, I think.
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I can see the linked article's point, and the parent's, however in my own social experience online and out in the real world, it's better not to admit to believing in God, or to following any religion.
Not believing in God, and spewing *misinformed* hate against any such being or belief is the new cool.
cheers,
Je pense que vous manquez le *whoosh*
j"appologize si j'ai offensé n'importe lequel de mes compatriotes quebocois.
a la votre,
Hey, the article's about Canada, not PQ!
Mod offtopic!
I'm a smug canuck, been far north and the whole works, and I've just felt a distinctive *chill* for the first time in my 50+ years.
chills,
Do you have the recipe? I've been looking all over the place for a man called "Horse"; apparently he was upset, because it took so long to bake it.
Has anyone ever seen ColdWetDog and whoever is the current head of AlQaeda in the same room?
Come to think of it, no. However, I'm pretty sure CWD has Osama Bin Laden's head on display above the mantle piece.
Buried at sea, my ass.
cheers,
...AC to prevent an anonymous black van from showing up at my door...
I could do the old ftfy crap, but posting AC perhaps adds a weak layer of obscurity, but it won't necessarily prevent our rulers from showing up: your anonymity depends hugely on what other steps you may have taken to shield your id....
But the old "only terrorists have something to hide" ideology has become so ingrained in our society that it's sickening. In these parts there was a campaign to swab all the men in town for dna (they were looking for a serial rapist, or something along those lines.) At the press conference, the spokesman for the police said exactly that, "If someone doesn't want to be swabbed, they're obviously hiding something." And pretty well everyone I mentioned this to over the next few weeks absolutely agreed. I didn't get swabbed. Two detectives showed up at my door. I *think* I convinced them that I was refusing, on principle, but I really can't be sure now, can I?
cheers,
Hey, Hairyfeet is straight up, imho.
I like his stuff. Sometimes he can be a bit over-the-top (who isn't?), but for the most part he knows his shit and often presents a *fairly* balanced argument.
As for the others....
cheers,
You're in trouble now, for sure. Some lawyer is going to sue you for substituting "corporation" for "lawyer". Your statement surely infringes trademark, thief.
cheers,
I don't know what you classify as a 'long' time, but I was using a remote solution for Windows as early as 3.1 (1991-92?); called PC Commute, which iirc was made by Winsim, who also had something to do with AccPac. Pretty sure vnc for windows freeware was around then, as well...perhaps a precursor to RealVNC. I think Close-up was bundled with a major software package by about '95.
Anyhow, I *do* subscribe to the *nix fanboy newsletter, (slackware ftw!)...just sayin'
cheers,
I just created yet another google account. For gender, you can choose other. I used a fake name, a fake birthdate, a fake country, and a fake gender.
I could use all this info to set up yet another slashdot account, however 1 account is fine for me. How about you?
So, can someone explain to me how this is bad?
cheers,
I use whatever from the list here:
http://www.samair.ru/proxy/type-01.htm
Otherwise, it's TOR
cheers,
Hey, thanks for the late great Gil Scott-Heron reminder; it had never occurred to me.
One of the greatest American poets ever.
I'm off to get me some.
Whew (wipes brow),
For a moment there, I saw your thread title, and thought you were thanking bonch; I was about to skip right to the next thread.
But now, since the source is open, maybe we can all work together to fix it....
Come to think of it, they made more money with it broken than they would ever make with it fixed.
cheers,
Oh! Oh! I have an answer. Pick me!
It's because you're trolling just as hard!....Yay! I solved the puzzle. I'll take the cupcake for $10 and the rest on a gift certificate Pat...blah, blah, blah
bzzzzt.
You fail.
For your answer to have been correct, the OP would need the ability to foresee the future.
Nice try, tho', thanks for playing.
Thanks for taking a minute of your time to first-post your seemingly ubiquitous pro-MS anti-Google (mostly, followed by foss, apple) *viewpoints* under your umpteenth alias of the past few months (or has it been seconds? eons? whatever....)
You failed to answer my query in a previous thread as to how you omitted Microsoft from a first-post-same-timestamp-as-story rant regarding patents. Allow me to refresh:
You said:
Jeez. Companies like Google and Apple are collectively abusing the system and patenting every single thing they can think of, most of which are outright obvious
I asked you why you omitted Microsoft. May I ask you again? You are aware that Microsoft boasts of having *licensing agreements* with, oh, didn't I read somewhere around 85% of Android phone manufacturers? Would patents be involved?
Why do you troll here? Why do you need more than one user account? Why do you need to first-post?
And why didn't you provide an answer to the submitter, rather than troll?
What I'd really like to know, TechGuys (aka a few other aliases), is why, in your first-post-same-timestamp-as-article-100+word diatribe, did you fail to mention Microsoft, even once? Why did you not lump MS in with Google (always first) and Apple in this statement:
Jeez. Companies like Google and Apple are collectively abusing the system and patenting every single thing they can think of, most of which are outright obvious
Was this simply an oversight, Insightbites? An error of omission, DCTech?
Pray tell.
C'mon, this is FUNNY!
Sorry for shouting...but it is funny, especially this far down the page when 90% of the rest of the comments are /.ers complaining that /.ers are assholes.
cheers,
Hey, I agree, Slashdot should follow suit.
Just one request, tho': can it happen during the week of February 19-26th? I'll be in Cuba, without internet access, so it won't affect me, coz I'll already be affected.
tia,
mr
Habitat for Humanity (dot org will resolve) often give stuff away, never mind just having $5 Pentium 4s.
They'll take donations, too.
cheers,
...might as well hold up a billboard saying "You can has Win7 tablet"...
That should stop them dead in their tracks.
There should be an app that can make your Android tab look like a Win7 tablet.
+1
...although I don't ever remember voting for a Conservative (the more moderate conservatism of former lame-duck Joe Clark I would consider).
The Joe Clark gov't were planning on giving us tax breaks on mortgages - snagged my vote in a millisecond.
As for the rest of the Tory vs Liberal stuff (sigh) ...it's all the same, just like the politics of the elephant next door. We've had over 40 years since Le Dain Commission: if the biggest weed consumers weren't our neighbours, and pulling the strings *everywhere*, we'd all be rich crop farmers.
cheers,
...distill the jizz of their post into the title...
I'm not sure how many images went flying through my mind with that malaprop, or even what those images were, but I get the gist of your comment, I think.
Sticky situation, nonetheless.
...instead of knee jerk reactions based on something as superficial as a title or nickname ...
yeah, not really ftfy, just added something.
btw, never even *noticed* your post title until I hit reply.
cheers,