I find red bull to be a nice balance if stimulation. I remember one day I worked from home (new washer and dryer coming in) and I drank a pot and a half of espresso (not necessarily more caffeine than coffee, mind you) and I was jolted! You know, shakes, that wierd, wire-y Jesus! WE're all on speed! feeling...
while my normal morning routine is a nice cuppa joe and a diet MT dew (same caffeine as reg mt dew)- so even though I have a decent caffeine tolerance (I can drink strong coffee at night and go right to bed) too much coffee gets me jacked.
Red bull is a good mix and gets me just jacked enough to be awake, but not so jacked that I get OCD and the shakes.
I'll keep in mind your carb plan...
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Ya know, I was just thinking the other night how people need to accept wardriving wether they like it or not. Physical proximity on an open 802.11 network is very much so like dialing a point to point link; you should see me in my basement trying to get access to my wireless access point on the third floor- I move a foot to the left, check signal strength, bring the laptop up, check strength, then down, check strength, until I find a spot where I can get good enough reception. lather rinse repeat.
The only other term I could think of would be involve grep, however that implies a more sequential search and regular expressions.
Chicago fan is RIGHT on the money with this one. I'm not gonna go into a mini-rant about how we interrupt EVERYTHING for the phone and have become slaves to communication technology, cuz I don't believe it.
But if it REALLY bugs you you can screen your calls. Have a very short Outgoing Message.
My parents do this, My wife does this, I sometimes do this (or I'll just wait 3 rings and pick up- usually those multi-calls just drop the trunk when they get someone ELSE to pick up!)I don't need the WAshington Post to call me up on a sunday morning, twice, when I already get 7 day service! Infact I won't even answer a doorbell ring if I'm not expecting anyone.
But mekka b! What if it is your long lost friend and they had an accident just down the road in in their last dying breath they crawled to your door? Hmmm, possible, but not probable. More probably, it is some schmuck trying to sell me something door to door. Empirical evidence states that you are probably someone who I don't want to waste my time on becuase I can't bill my lost time to your account. Fuck off.
But for some reason many (like the guy before me) will SLAM you for how inconsiderate it is to force him to suffer through your message! Well I got news for you buddy, if you don't want to listen to the machine, don't leave a message and don't call. I'm not crying over it.
Besides, if you want instant communication, send me an e-mail! I'm always on line!
throw in a couple of nimH batteries and you have 8 meg ram (expandable up to 16), grey scale with back light, on a dragonball ez (6800 assembly, makes hacking a joy)...
True, I don't think this is available at Target, but you can get new Neo's from E-bay for $80... Thats cheaper than the titanium case! (My secret super-hero power is the ability to break stuff, so yes I needed a case that costs just as much as the pda... if only to postpone the inevitable)
I think I just got a contact high from reading that...
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Yes- the original post was modded to (1,Offtopic) (who knows, it could be even less by now!)
Mostly becuase after the first two sentences it says "OT as hell, but..."
I mean, how can you compare Dave Attel shooting off some snyde remarks to Sinead O'Connor beating Alex Winter over the head with a video camera? Its no contest!
I was in no way trying to make it sound sophisticated- The name of the drink was "green tea" for goodness sakes!- sure it supposedly had rum and vodka and gin (WTF?! WHo mixes vodka and gin aside from dumb experimenting 12 yr olds and hardcore alcoholics?!), but its electric green...
however if your balls are chained to one woman for the rest of your life you might as well have a girly-drink night. Bring on the blue curacao!
Heck- I had an arcade bachelor party- Dave & Busters- I drank this whack midori drink all night long (green tea) and played games till the cows came home. Even a lil' skeeball, jsut for old times sake! You gotta love cashing in hundreds of those damn tickets for a $5 stuffed animal...
Ok- OT as hell, but I actually saw something I liked on MTV this week- I was on the treadmill (gotta work that spare tire) and they have a show which takes like 3 different sets of people in some random town/county (they were in Cali, next time they'll be in Wichita) and they follow them around for the night.
You basically get to see how other lame-o's spend their friday or saturday nights. It very much so appealed to the sociologist in me.
I remember being out in Kansas City for work and I met up with some young hipsters. Its like that kind of thing- a night in the life of someone else.
LINUX SUXXORS, MACs ARe SOOOO Much better becuase mac users are smarter and sooo much better looking! (never mind that my powermac 7200 runs linux ppc...)
and redundant:
LINUX SUXXORS, MACs ARe SOOOO Much better becuase mac users are smarter and sooo much better looking! (never mind that my powermac 7200 runs linux ppc...)
Alex Winter's sketch comedy show on MTV called the Idiot Box was a delightful gem for its time. No it wasn't popular and yes it got canceled, but then SO did the Ben Stiller show, and look at Ben now! (not that funny all together, but he's laughing all the way to the bank!)
Honestly, I would watch this on Alex Winter's merits alone.
I was just thinking about the Sinead O'Connor sketch the other day!
Whats cool, is that if you look at all the crap I've posted not just in this thread, but on this topic- My moderations up more than make up for my downs.
LINUX SUXXORS, MACs ARe SOOOO Much better becuase mac users are smarter and sooo much better looking! (never mind that my powermac 7200 runs linux ppc...)
and redundant:
LINUX SUXXORS, MACs ARe SOOOO Much better becuase mac users are smarter and sooo much better looking! (never mind that my powermac 7200 runs linux ppc...)
I have no hopes of enlightening anyone on slashdot. I have in the past written things that illuminated new light on a topic and held top moderation slots. Slightly more frequently I have written pithy things that bring smiles and laughs and held top moderation slots.
I find these occaisions to be anomalous(sp?). I have cherished those rare moments of recognition.
Slashdot is not an intellectual forum, but rather a wild animal. If I want an intellectual forum I will read the journal of those who Ive found who have something to say (which I may or may not agree with)
As such, I take an exceptionally solipsitic attitude towards "tha dot", it is a machine that exists for me. As such I can choose to give it any input I want. I can call on specific people and they can respond to me. However I can set my sights much higher, and demand a conversation with a moderator- something expressly forbidden by virtue of the code. You either have contributed moderation points, or you lose that and gain words.
Now lets me honest, its silly. And yes, moderators can Anon Coward. But this is not logic- this is pure whimsy. This is typical internet; lightening fast communication which leads to rather questionable ideas being executed in a swift manner to quite a "large" audience- be it an e-mail list, irc chat, or posting forum.
And yes, it is completely ego driven. However this falls under the "my tiny life" side of things. This anonymity of who mekkab really is (other than an asshole) allows me to give rise to certain portions of my persona, allow them to reign supreme in a semi-public forum, and go back to sleep. My foul mouthed, challenge anything that moves
in essence, I am getting my kicks.
I do appreciate the substance of your message. But rest assured I don't "take my work home with me" if you catch my drift.
I'm not sure how much paperwork the lawyer generates, I just know that *I* am gonna get charged a couple of thousand of dollars just to have my lawyer read the inital complaint, and even more to handle the response, even if it is just ascii art of a middle finger.
I don't think so. $1000 gets you paper work and one court apperance from a blue-blood firm.
The lawer isn't being sued. I'm being sued. The law firm is just the middle man. He's not scared, because the more time he spends on this case, the more it racks up in legal fees.
I think this comment is FUD. I think for a case like this there is no contest and I don't think the fees will rise to a tenth of what you are saying.
Are you a lawyer or in the field?
Lets TALK to a lawyer. Everyone, right now, open up your phone book, call your local BAR association, get a number and talk to a lawyer about a case like this- defamation suit about something written in an online forum about bad customer service you received.
See what they say- they may say "just write back saying blah blah blah", they may say "you won't ever have to go to court and this won't cost more than $xxxxx" or they might say "Let's take this to court and this may cost $xxxx"
And of course talk to different lawyers. I've had some friends in trouble where one lawyer said "I dunno, this may not be good" and the other lawyer say "I can make this go away"
Dude, call it insanity. Infact, call it irrational insanity! (Its OK to be redundant when yr crazy)
Actually, the moderators have been saying more than just no- The non binary nature of their vocabulary (TROLL,OFFTOPIC,OVERRATED, etc.) breathes new life into it. So yes, they are saying no, but its HOW they are saying 'no'!
How can dropping a Fugees quote be overrated?! 3 of 5 and counting...
I'm taking a snapshot of this thread to myself as an excellent example of moderation gone awry. Not wrong, but awry.
See, this thread is like Flynn talking to BIT, flynn can say all this stuff and has the ful range of human expression, where as bit can only say "YES", or "NO". So in this case I am like flynn: a man trapped in a world he helped create bu cannot understand, raging against its confinement, and the moderations are like bit's "YES" and "NO" And the moderator is like a two bit punk-ass bitch.
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I find red bull to be a nice balance if stimulation. I remember one day I worked from home (new washer and dryer coming in) and I drank a pot and a half of espresso (not necessarily more caffeine than coffee, mind you) and I was jolted! You know, shakes, that wierd, wire-y Jesus! WE're all on speed! feeling...
while my normal morning routine is a nice cuppa joe and a diet MT dew (same caffeine as reg mt dew)- so even though I have a decent caffeine tolerance (I can drink strong coffee at night and go right to bed) too much coffee gets me jacked.
Red bull is a good mix and gets me just jacked enough to be awake, but not so jacked that I get OCD and the shakes.
I'll keep in mind your carb plan...
Ya know, I was just thinking the other night how people need to accept wardriving wether they like it or not. Physical proximity on an open 802.11 network is very much so like dialing a point to point link; you should see me in my basement trying to get access to my wireless access point on the third floor- I move a foot to the left, check signal strength, bring the laptop up, check strength, then down, check strength, until I find a spot where I can get good enough reception. lather rinse repeat.
The only other term I could think of would be involve grep, however that implies a more sequential search and regular expressions.
Chicago fan is RIGHT on the money with this one.
I'm not gonna go into a mini-rant about how we interrupt EVERYTHING for the phone and have become slaves to communication technology, cuz I don't believe it.
But if it REALLY bugs you you can screen your calls. Have a very short Outgoing Message.
My parents do this, My wife does this, I sometimes do this (or I'll just wait 3 rings and pick up- usually those multi-calls just drop the trunk when they get someone ELSE to pick up!)I don't need the WAshington Post to call me up on a sunday morning, twice, when I already get 7 day service! Infact I won't even answer a doorbell ring if I'm not expecting anyone.
But mekka b! What if it is your long lost friend and they had an accident just down the road in in their last dying breath they crawled to your door?
Hmmm, possible, but not probable. More probably, it is some schmuck trying to sell me something door to door. Empirical evidence states that you are probably someone who I don't want to waste my time on becuase I can't bill my lost time to your account. Fuck off.
But for some reason many (like the guy before me) will SLAM you for how inconsiderate it is to force him to suffer through your message! Well I got news for you buddy, if you don't want to listen to the machine, don't leave a message and don't call. I'm not crying over it.
Besides, if you want instant communication, send me an e-mail! I'm always on line!
Not only can Pirates get Windows XP (with a haxxored activation ID) but they can additionally get Office XP for an additional 0 dollars and 0 cents!
Our source was Lee T. Hacksor, a 13 yr-old who claims to have "0wn3d" XP for a little over a year now.
throw in a couple of nimH batteries and you have 8 meg ram (expandable up to 16), grey scale with back light, on a dragonball ez (6800 assembly, makes hacking a joy)...
True, I don't think this is available at Target, but you can get new Neo's from E-bay for $80...
Thats cheaper than the titanium case! (My secret super-hero power is the ability to break stuff, so yes I needed a case that costs just as much as the pda... if only to postpone the inevitable)
Uhm, why would I want a zire, again?!
I think I just got a contact high from reading that...
Yes- the original post was modded to (1,Offtopic) (who knows, it could be even less by now!)
Mostly becuase after the first two sentences it says
"OT as hell, but..."
I mean, how can you compare Dave Attel shooting off some snyde remarks to Sinead O'Connor beating Alex Winter over the head with a video camera? Its no contest!
actually, TEH SUCK is just as funny as "WHy you throw chip? FUCKING COME ON, THEN!"
Which is to say laugh out loud, pee and poop in my pants, milk out my nose, colon out my ass blowing funny.
Read the OT part of my post (the post that was accurately modded as OT? that one?)
I was talking about this new MTV show where they follow some kids around, and he said "Oh yeah, INSOMNIAC with Dave Attell!"
I think the MTV show is called radio active...
However I admire your rabid defense of The Idiot Box! You bring back a lot of memories- Eddie the gimp, the GWAR contest and the liquid TV stuff-
"Blow wheels, mac jack! Blow wheels!"
However I will never forgive Liquid television for the "ART SCHOOL GIRLS OF DOOM"
I was in no way trying to make it sound sophisticated- The name of the drink was "green tea" for goodness sakes!- sure it supposedly had rum and vodka and gin (WTF?! WHo mixes vodka and gin aside from dumb experimenting 12 yr olds and hardcore alcoholics?!), but its electric green...
however if your balls are chained to one woman for the rest of your life you might as well have a girly-drink night. Bring on the blue curacao!
Hmmmm...."Whiskey reds", what a great idea!
hmmmm... memory is coming up blank...
damn this organic bit rot!
I remember LOCKJAW! I also remember Alex winter drowing in a swimming pool...
Oh wow, I never saw Insomniac with dave attell-
Now I wish I did!
I don't expect MTV to actually come up with good^H^H^H^H any ideas, I 'm just impressed that they decided to rip off an intruiging one!
Serious- I have many fond memories of making single sided disks double sided with the magic of a hole puncher.
I think it was the C64 that instilled the strong sense of software piracy that is the core of many computer people today!
"BROKEN BY BLUEBEARD!"
yeah, they were the JAM!
Heck- I had an arcade bachelor party- Dave & Busters- I drank this whack midori drink all night long (green tea) and played games till the cows came home. Even a lil' skeeball, jsut for old times sake! You gotta love cashing in hundreds of those damn tickets for a $5 stuffed animal...
Yeah Idiot box to liquid tv was the jam.
Ok- OT as hell,
but I actually saw something I liked on MTV this week- I was on the treadmill (gotta work that spare tire) and they have a show which takes like 3 different sets of people in some random town/county (they were in Cali, next time they'll be in Wichita) and they follow them around for the night.
You basically get to see how other lame-o's spend their friday or saturday nights. It very much so appealed to the sociologist in me.
I remember being out in Kansas City for work and I met up with some young hipsters. Its like that kind of thing- a night in the life of someone else.
LINUX SUXXORS, MACs ARe SOOOO Much better becuase mac users are smarter and sooo much better looking! (never mind that my powermac 7200 runs linux ppc...)
and redundant:
LINUX SUXXORS, MACs ARe SOOOO Much better becuase mac users are smarter and sooo much better looking! (never mind that my powermac 7200 runs linux ppc...)
also redundant- MODERATORS SUXXORS MY COXXORS!
Alex Winter's sketch comedy show on MTV called the Idiot Box was a delightful gem for its time.
No it wasn't popular and yes it got canceled, but then SO did the Ben Stiller show, and look at Ben now! (not that funny all together, but he's laughing all the way to the bank!)
Honestly, I would watch this on Alex Winter's merits alone.
I was just thinking about the Sinead O'Connor sketch the other day!
Whats cool, is that if you look at all the crap I've posted not just in this thread, but on this topic- My moderations up more than make up for my downs.
Who ownz?!
no no no, I had an overated in this thread!
I need flamebait and redundant.
But yeah, that's an awesome challenge.
lesse... flamebait:
LINUX SUXXORS, MACs ARe SOOOO Much better becuase mac users are smarter and sooo much better looking! (never mind that my powermac 7200 runs linux ppc...)
and redundant:
LINUX SUXXORS, MACs ARe SOOOO Much better becuase mac users are smarter and sooo much better looking! (never mind that my powermac 7200 runs linux ppc...)
Dear Mr A. nonymous,
I have no hopes of enlightening anyone on slashdot. I have in the past written things that illuminated new light on a topic and held top moderation slots. Slightly more frequently I have written pithy things that bring smiles and laughs and held top moderation slots.
I find these occaisions to be anomalous(sp?). I have cherished those rare moments of recognition.
Slashdot is not an intellectual forum, but rather a wild animal. If I want an intellectual forum I will read the journal of those who Ive found who have something to say (which I may or may not agree with)
As such, I take an exceptionally solipsitic attitude towards "tha dot", it is a machine that exists for me. As such I can choose to give it any input I want. I can call on specific people and they can respond to me. However I can set my sights much higher, and demand a conversation with a moderator- something expressly forbidden by virtue of the code. You either have contributed moderation points, or you lose that and gain words.
Now lets me honest, its silly. And yes, moderators can Anon Coward. But this is not logic- this is pure whimsy. This is typical internet; lightening fast communication which leads to rather questionable ideas being executed in a swift manner to quite a "large" audience- be it an e-mail list, irc chat, or posting forum.
And yes, it is completely ego driven. However this falls under the "my tiny life" side of things. This anonymity of who mekkab really is (other than an asshole) allows me to give rise to certain portions of my persona, allow them to reign supreme in a semi-public forum, and go back to sleep. My foul mouthed, challenge anything that moves
in essence, I am getting my kicks.
I do appreciate the substance of your message. But rest assured I don't "take my work home with me" if you catch my drift.
fuck you and your anonymous ass.
get a fucking nick you coward.
Serious, stick a "Your honor" around it and there you go!
Actually I should have said SLAPPed the fuck down-
as in SLAPP legislation... but you know what I meant.
I'm not sure how much paperwork the lawyer generates, I just know that *I* am gonna get charged a couple of thousand of dollars just to have my lawyer read the inital complaint, and even more to handle the response, even if it is just ascii art of a middle finger.
I don't think so. $1000 gets you paper work and one court apperance from a blue-blood firm.
The lawer isn't being sued. I'm being sued. The law firm is just the middle man. He's not scared, because the more time he spends on this case, the more it racks up in legal fees.
I think this comment is FUD. I think for a case like this there is no contest and I don't think the fees will rise to a tenth of what you are saying.
Are you a lawyer or in the field?
Lets TALK to a lawyer. Everyone, right now, open up your phone book, call your local BAR association, get a number and talk to a lawyer about a case like this- defamation suit about something written in an online forum about bad customer service you received.
See what they say- they may say "just write back saying blah blah blah", they may say "you won't ever have to go to court and this won't cost more than $xxxxx" or they might say "Let's take this to court and this may cost $xxxx"
And of course talk to different lawyers. I've had some friends in trouble where one lawyer said "I dunno, this may not be good" and the other lawyer say "I can make this go away"
Guess which one he went with?!
Dude, call it insanity. Infact, call it irrational insanity! (Its OK to be redundant when yr crazy)
Actually, the moderators have been saying more than just no- The non binary nature of their vocabulary (TROLL,OFFTOPIC,OVERRATED, etc.) breathes new life into it. So yes, they are saying no, but its HOW they are saying 'no'!
How can dropping a Fugees quote be overrated?!
3 of 5 and counting...
I'm taking a snapshot of this thread to myself as an excellent example of moderation gone awry.
Not wrong, but awry.
See, this thread is like Flynn talking to BIT, flynn can say all this stuff and has the ful range of human expression, where as bit can only say "YES", or "NO". So in this case I am like flynn: a man trapped in a world he helped create bu cannot understand, raging against its confinement, and the moderations are like bit's "YES" and "NO" And the moderator is like a two bit punk-ass bitch.
See, it all fits.