Sigh, designing a good user interface is one of the hardest things in programming. IMHO, only Apple has done it well. Making Linux user friendly is only important to those people trying to make money out of it. I suspect many OSS programmers actually delight in making things harder. Personally, I have no need to see Linux on the desktop, or to have it adopted by a wider market. If it happens, cool. But right now, it does what I need it to do. It does what the NM state Child Youth and Family Development department (where I work) needs it to do, to. Everyone there uses Windows on the desktop. We use Novell for file and printer serving. We have a IBM BladeCenter with VMWare running a dozen or so virtual servers, plus some legacy boxes yet to be tranfered to the new environment, that all run linux for our backend servers. We have an in house app for case management, an intranet website, network monitors, web filtering, all Linux. It excels at that sort of thing. Use what works for you, that's my opinion. Dick size has nothing to do with the OS you use, something I'm afraid a few Linux zealots may not realize. As far as Linux on the desktop goes, I'm with you, programmers need to admit that maybe when people have complaints, there might be something wrong. It's much better than when I first started using it in '95 though, and it will only get better what with all the corporate interest in it.
Ah, I jest, I jest. Maybe you are stupid, maybe not. I'm tired of political flame wars. I just like to carry on the old slashdot "troll tuesday" phenomenon by posting at least one inflamatory comment on tuesdays;-) I may think Bush is a corrupt authoritarian fuckwit, but everyone is entitled to their own opinion.
I agree. I've been here since the very beginning. I've seen all kinds of ups and downs, and I think slashdot is undergoing a renaissance. Quality is up, trolls are down, editors are the best bunch yet, new features are added frequently (without breaking things, hehe) Taco is more involved. Huzzah!
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Any GWB loyalists left out there? Maybe a few, but most of them are keeping a pretty low profile these days. The smart ones have deserted him and the average ones are keeping their mouths shut, it's only the stupid ones that are vocally supporting the man now.
On slashdot they have been reduced to the "Yeah, well Clinton did it too!" argument every time their boy is exposed in a new set of scandals. It would be kind of funny if it weren't my country he's fucking up.
The article doesn't say that Merril Lynch itself made that prediction, though it certainly implies it. From the fine article: "Merrill Lynch analyst Justin Post predicted Thursday that the new machine, which will be released this fall, will sell for $200."
The previous report on a supposed $900 price tag for the PS3 was authored by a number of analysts at Merrill Lynch, including Justin Post. This article makes no mention of a report or any other analysts, it just quotes Justin. Suspicious, no?
Idiot. I was commenting on Zonk's good spelling and grammar. If I was commenting on my own good spelling and grammar, or if I was commenting on Zonk's bad spelling and grammar, that would be ironic. Learn the definition of irony, m'kay?
It's not "too soon," this isn't about the amount of time that has passed. "Too soon" implies there will be a day when this is acceptable. This (and the other fictional games you speculate about) are just plain tasteless, regardless of the amount of time that has passed.
For example, even though it's been 2000 years, and I'm not a Christian, I would find a "Crucify Jesus" game tasteless.
I like Zonk's stories. He actually writes them. They are for the most part well written and thoughtful with decent spelling and grammer. That's about a million times more than most of the editors do around here;-) If you don't like it, uncheck Zonk's box and you will never see them again. There may not be as many posts in his stories because they appeal to a narrower audience, but the posts in his stories are on average more on topic and insightful. I know dissing editors is something of a hobby around here, but admit it, you don't really have a beef with Zonk, you just want to hurt his feelings for the fun of it. Probably because you are jealous that he gets to make money from playing games. Well, more power too him! I'd do it if I got the chance.
The fact that you call it a plant makes me wonder what kind of RF interference might be there. Many manufacturing plants produce A LOT of RF interference. Could that be the reason your wireless is undependable?
Haven't read TFA, just your summary here. Thanks for exposing your brain to this IQ sucking pap so the rest of us don't have to. Do they really call WEP "Wireless Encryption Protocol?" Because it means Wired Equivalent Privacy. They got every fucking word in the acronym wrong!
WEP is also, as you point out, not anywhere equivalent to wired privacy.
Sigh.
"Hey, look at me! I just read two chapters in a "Wireless for Dummies" book and I'm getting paid to write an article in a trade journal!"
See, you aren't getting "it." You are not an it-getter. When you phrase it like "How exactly will your blah increase blah blah," then the answer becomes obvious: blah!
I suggest replacing the phrase "increase productivity and effectiveness, lower costs and increase scalability, improve relationships with business partners, and attract new customers." with "blah." This way we can write things like "X will help businesses to blah" knowing "blah" stands for "do anything that business wants done." As an added bonus, we won't have to change "blah" everytime stupid business buzzwords change. "Blah" always means whatever buzzwords are in vogue.
A non-corporate-stooge-necon is elected US President. might as well wish for a magical unicorn from happy land. Oh wait. Did I parse that wrong? Okay, is it (non-corporate-stooge)-necon or non-(corporate-stooge-necon)? Because the first doesn't exist. If you meant the second, I agree, but it really wasn't clear.
Good job! For others attempting to emulate daveschroeder's excellent right wing trollery, let's go over the neo-con argument check list: implying everyone in a group opposed to you is brainwashed by groupthink... check! Taking the other side's arguement to irrational extremes to make them look bad... check! Implying your opponents are tinfoil hat wearing loonies... check! Implying your opponent has no firm moral compass and will flip-flop on a dime... check! Bringing politics into a discussion just to disrespect left leaning thinkers... check!
I applaud you, daveaschroeder, you are simply the best right wing troll ever!
What is the point of complaining here that a machine doesn't have the specs you want?
What's the point of praising a machine that has the specs you want? Just buy it and shut up. Oh, you want to convince others of how good it is? I see. Maybe the point of complaining is to convince others how bad it is? You like the machine, you want others to buy it, you praise. He doesn't like the machine, he doesn't want others to buy it, he criticizes.
Presumeably, we are here to discuss the merits and demerits of a particular product. Oh, I see. We're only allowed to discuss the merits of an Apple product. There's no zealots like Mac zealots.
Yes, I am into BDSM, and I'm eagerly awaiting a bitchslapping from rabid apple fanboys with mod points. OOoooh! Give it to me, daddy!
It's a joke. That's how they bill themselves. They are a comedy band. BTW, if you've seen the new Outback Steakhouse commercials with the Kiwi sounding guy, that's Jemaine Clement. Bret McKenzie is the other member. They did an HBO special recently, I highly recommend watching it. Funniest thing I've seen all year.
"Oh my god, open source is so hot. It's so fucking hot, it's like a curry. I gotta tell it how hot it is. But if I tell it how hot it is it'll think I'm being a monopolist. It's so hot, it's making me a monopolist... bitch!"
To paraphrase from "She's so Hot...Boom!" by The Flight of the Conchords, New Zealand's 4th most popular guitar-based digi-bongo acapella-rap-funk-comedy folk duo
I may not agree with him, but he knows whereof he speaks. Like the other poster responding to him, I think it depends on the information being leaked, and the possibilities of achieving justice going through normal channels weighed against the risk of same.
But I give the man credit, he put his money where his mouth is. That's a rare and valuable trait these days.
No, no, no. Liberals are just as bad as conservatives, which makes conservatives okay. And liberals still bad. See how that works?
Seriously, neocon fanboys are obviously running scared when their best arguments amount to a rehash of "But moooommmmm! Timmy did it and he didn't get in trouble!"
Just because some Republicans LOVE to use this tactic does not make it right to use it back against them. The Bush administration? Traitors. Hang the lot of 'em. Republicans? Misguided (I jest, I jest) but basically decent people with the country's best interest at heart.
The older I get, the less irrational hatred for "the other side" I have, and the more I can understand their position. Might not agree with it, but I no longer see all Republicans as greedy bastards out to rape the country.
Now I know you are being disengenous. What exactly are "the consequences of their actions?" You are implying they should be punished, while trying to make it appear that you are not implying they should be punished. Be clear. Don't say "consequences of their actions." Tell us what you think those consequences ahould be, don't hide behind weasel words.
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Sigh, designing a good user interface is one of the hardest things in programming. IMHO, only Apple has done it well. Making Linux user friendly is only important to those people trying to make money out of it. I suspect many OSS programmers actually delight in making things harder. Personally, I have no need to see Linux on the desktop, or to have it adopted by a wider market. If it happens, cool. But right now, it does what I need it to do. It does what the NM state Child Youth and Family Development department (where I work) needs it to do, to. Everyone there uses Windows on the desktop. We use Novell for file and printer serving. We have a IBM BladeCenter with VMWare running a dozen or so virtual servers, plus some legacy boxes yet to be tranfered to the new environment, that all run linux for our backend servers. We have an in house app for case management, an intranet website, network monitors, web filtering, all Linux. It excels at that sort of thing. Use what works for you, that's my opinion. Dick size has nothing to do with the OS you use, something I'm afraid a few Linux zealots may not realize. As far as Linux on the desktop goes, I'm with you, programmers need to admit that maybe when people have complaints, there might be something wrong. It's much better than when I first started using it in '95 though, and it will only get better what with all the corporate interest in it.
Ah, I jest, I jest. Maybe you are stupid, maybe not. I'm tired of political flame wars. I just like to carry on the old slashdot "troll tuesday" phenomenon by posting at least one inflamatory comment on tuesdays ;-) I may think Bush is a corrupt authoritarian fuckwit, but everyone is entitled to their own opinion.
So out of curiosity, why DO you support him?
I agree. I've been here since the very beginning. I've seen all kinds of ups and downs, and I think slashdot is undergoing a renaissance. Quality is up, trolls are down, editors are the best bunch yet, new features are added frequently (without breaking things, hehe) Taco is more involved. Huzzah!
Any GWB loyalists left out there?
Maybe a few, but most of them are keeping a pretty low profile these days. The smart ones have deserted him and the average ones are keeping their mouths shut, it's only the stupid ones that are vocally supporting the man now.
On slashdot they have been reduced to the "Yeah, well Clinton did it too!" argument every time their boy is exposed in a new set of scandals. It would be kind of funny if it weren't my country he's fucking up.
The article doesn't say that Merril Lynch itself made that prediction, though it certainly implies it. From the fine article: "Merrill Lynch analyst Justin Post predicted Thursday that the new machine, which will be released this fall, will sell for $200."
The previous report on a supposed $900 price tag for the PS3 was authored by a number of analysts at Merrill Lynch, including Justin Post. This article makes no mention of a report or any other analysts, it just quotes Justin. Suspicious, no?
Idiot. I was commenting on Zonk's good spelling and grammar. If I was commenting on my own good spelling and grammar, or if I was commenting on Zonk's bad spelling and grammar, that would be ironic. Learn the definition of irony, m'kay?
Fnord! My cover's blown!
It's not "too soon," this isn't about the amount of time that has passed. "Too soon" implies there will be a day when this is acceptable. This (and the other fictional games you speculate about) are just plain tasteless, regardless of the amount of time that has passed.
For example, even though it's been 2000 years, and I'm not a Christian, I would find a "Crucify Jesus" game tasteless.
Why did you put a large extra space in between "conspiracy" and "too" in the last sentence?
I like Zonk's stories. He actually writes them. They are for the most part well written and thoughtful with decent spelling and grammer. That's about a million times more than most of the editors do around here ;-) If you don't like it, uncheck Zonk's box and you will never see them again. There may not be as many posts in his stories because they appeal to a narrower audience, but the posts in his stories are on average more on topic and insightful. I know dissing editors is something of a hobby around here, but admit it, you don't really have a beef with Zonk, you just want to hurt his feelings for the fun of it. Probably because you are jealous that he gets to make money from playing games. Well, more power too him! I'd do it if I got the chance.
The fact that you call it a plant makes me wonder what kind of RF interference might be there. Many manufacturing plants produce A LOT of RF interference. Could that be the reason your wireless is undependable?
Haven't read TFA, just your summary here. Thanks for exposing your brain to this IQ sucking pap so the rest of us don't have to. Do they really call WEP "Wireless Encryption Protocol?" Because it means Wired Equivalent Privacy. They got every fucking word in the acronym wrong!
WEP is also, as you point out, not anywhere equivalent to wired privacy.
Sigh.
"Hey, look at me! I just read two chapters in a "Wireless for Dummies" book and I'm getting paid to write an article in a trade journal!"
Where's the justice?
See, you aren't getting "it." You are not an it-getter. When you phrase it like "How exactly will your blah increase blah blah," then the answer becomes obvious: blah!
I suggest replacing the phrase "increase productivity and effectiveness, lower costs and increase scalability, improve relationships with business partners, and attract new customers." with "blah." This way we can write things like "X will help businesses to blah" knowing "blah" stands for "do anything that business wants done." As an added bonus, we won't have to change "blah" everytime stupid business buzzwords change. "Blah" always means whatever buzzwords are in vogue.
A non-corporate-stooge-necon is elected US President. might as well wish for a magical unicorn from happy land. Oh wait. Did I parse that wrong? Okay, is it (non-corporate-stooge)-necon or non-(corporate-stooge-necon)? Because the first doesn't exist. If you meant the second, I agree, but it really wasn't clear.
Good job! For others attempting to emulate daveschroeder's excellent right wing trollery, let's go over the neo-con argument check list: implying everyone in a group opposed to you is brainwashed by groupthink... check! Taking the other side's arguement to irrational extremes to make them look bad... check! Implying your opponents are tinfoil hat wearing loonies... check! Implying your opponent has no firm moral compass and will flip-flop on a dime... check! Bringing politics into a discussion just to disrespect left leaning thinkers... check!
I applaud you, daveaschroeder, you are simply the best right wing troll ever!
What is the point of complaining here that a machine doesn't have the specs you want?
What's the point of praising a machine that has the specs you want? Just buy it and shut up. Oh, you want to convince others of how good it is? I see. Maybe the point of complaining is to convince others how bad it is? You like the machine, you want others to buy it, you praise. He doesn't like the machine, he doesn't want others to buy it, he criticizes.
Presumeably, we are here to discuss the merits and demerits of a particular product. Oh, I see. We're only allowed to discuss the merits of an Apple product. There's no zealots like Mac zealots.
Yes, I am into BDSM, and I'm eagerly awaiting a bitchslapping from rabid apple fanboys with mod points. OOoooh! Give it to me, daddy!
It's a joke. That's how they bill themselves. They are a comedy band. BTW, if you've seen the new Outback Steakhouse commercials with the Kiwi sounding guy, that's Jemaine Clement. Bret McKenzie is the other member. They did an HBO special recently, I highly recommend watching it. Funniest thing I've seen all year.
"Oh my god, open source is so hot. It's so fucking hot, it's like a curry. I gotta tell it how hot it is. But if I tell it how hot it is it'll think I'm being a monopolist. It's so hot, it's making me a monopolist... bitch!"
To paraphrase from "She's so Hot...Boom!" by The Flight of the Conchords, New Zealand's 4th most popular guitar-based digi-bongo acapella-rap-funk-comedy folk duo
I may not agree with him, but he knows whereof he speaks. Like the other poster responding to him, I think it depends on the information being leaked, and the possibilities of achieving justice going through normal channels weighed against the risk of same.
But I give the man credit, he put his money where his mouth is. That's a rare and valuable trait these days.
No, no, no. Liberals are just as bad as conservatives, which makes conservatives okay. And liberals still bad. See how that works?
Seriously, neocon fanboys are obviously running scared when their best arguments amount to a rehash of "But moooommmmm! Timmy did it and he didn't get in trouble!"
Everyone knows that facts can be used to prove anything that's even remotely true.
Only if they are lady devs. otherwise, they give the wii.
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Sorry, I thought I had that out of my system already
Just because some Republicans LOVE to use this tactic does not make it right to use it back against them. The Bush administration? Traitors. Hang the lot of 'em. Republicans? Misguided (I jest, I jest) but basically decent people with the country's best interest at heart.
The older I get, the less irrational hatred for "the other side" I have, and the more I can understand their position. Might not agree with it, but I no longer see all Republicans as greedy bastards out to rape the country.
Now I know you are being disengenous. What exactly are "the consequences of their actions?" You are implying they should be punished, while trying to make it appear that you are not implying they should be punished. Be clear. Don't say "consequences of their actions." Tell us what you think those consequences ahould be, don't hide behind weasel words.