Nobody wants a PC in the office. Users are frustrated that the punch cards and terminals that they depend on for data processing are just not available for the PC.
Where is Sam? I understand that she risked a lot, and can be credited largely with saving your life. What happened to her when you surrendered to authorities, and what are the current efforts being made to secure her safety? What are the prospects for allowing her legal immigration status to the United States? When is she in her own reality series on cable?
Among my colleagues, we estimate it costs us 75-200 USD each, per billing cycle. I can see why the company wanted to transfer that to us.
Why didn't they also transfer to us their collective negotiating and buying power? What a boon to the carrier!
This blow would have been lessened, had the company ALSO rolled out a universally accessible, SIP-based VOIP service. Alas, two years have gone, and no softphone.
Still, it could be worse. Having VOIP is not worth working in a pit like CIsco.
This is what is called "a limited hangout". They are already doing worse. This is to distract from that, and to send a discreet message to Google and Twitter that they function as outsourced, privatized intelligence bitches -- or else.
Of course. Another CIA-sponsored, Regan-era, Hollywood propaganda piece, designed to legitimise US involvement in assassination, genocide and Imperial domination of Central and South America.
Puerile filth for murder apologists. "Let them eat napalm."
The software and network vulnerability issues are the least of the problems for this Water Turkey.
The LCS is not expected to be survivable in a hostile combat environment From the Congressional Research Service: "The LCS is not expected to be survivable in a hostile combat environment as evidenced by the limited shock hardened design and results of full scale testing of representative hull structures completed in December 2006."
"So, we have a warship design that is not expected to fight and survive in the very environment in which it was produced to do so. Poorly-armed, poorly-protected, with an over-abundance of speed that will eat through a fuel supply in half a day."
"The Project on Government Oversight (POGO) researches Pentagon weapons procurement and has published its April 23 letter to members of the House Armed Services Committee, who have themselves 'repeatedly questioned the utility and effectiveness of the Littoral Combat Ship program' in the past.... From the time the Navy accepted LCS-1 from Lockheed Martin on September 18, 2008, until the ship went into dry dock in the summer of 2011 - not even 1,000 days later - there were 640 chargeable equipment failures on the ship. On average then, something on the ship failed on two out of every three days."
Hello US Navy! Thanks for accelerating climate-change, while subverting your mission and betraying the tax payer. I guess your next job, at Lockheed or General Dynamics will be worth all the criminal fraud and needless deaths.
The world -- by which of course I mean tech "journalists" who earn a living making the Valley feel like it deserves reportage -- seems to care about Google Glass, the idiotic new wearable computer from Mountain View.
(The actual world couldn't give two shits about such a fey, ludicrous nonessential, but that as usual doesn't stop anyone around here from thinking this is valid life's work.)
Now I say "idiotic" not out of the typical ironic tech-envy that permeates the Valley, but because I've seen Glass in person, perched atop the literal douche-nozzles of Kool-Aid-drunk Google employees.
I have to admit that my initial reaction upon seeing a pair was indeed one of childlike wonder. As in, "I wonder what will happen if I kick this guy in the nuts?"
(Incidentally, this is the world we live in, where rich cock-jockeys sporting techno-eyewear is news. Look at that little guy in the middle, coiffed so perfectly for his big photo-op and taking his little gadget as seriously as the world-changing technology it is. "I'd fuck me," he seems to be saying -- automatically translated by his stupid glasses into Portuguese or some shit.)
Some 'edgy' tech bloggers have used the term "glasshole" to describe these early-adopting dongle-schlobbers, because it allows them theoretical judgmental distance while remaining just cutesy enough to not sacrifice their intense bloodlust for actually being able to unbox a pair.
I prefer: "embarrassing overcompensated retards who need something to flaunt while their Tesla is charging."
These Glass-sporting scrota would have you believe we're destined for a world where information is at our fingertips -- by which they mean not at your fingertips at all, as it already is -- but stapled to the side of your head and interjecting its worthy informationality into your eyeball every second of the day.
Let me bone-conduct this straight to your inner ear: We're not.
In my groundbreaking post on profile photo douchebags, I compared Glass to the Segway, and the comparison rings true even today, nearly two weeks later. Segway ignored the fact that Americans (and the American-influenced) are unwilling to pay for their laze. Costco provides free scooters for me to roll my fat ass around in -- why would I need a Segway? (And how would I hold all my free samples?) Segway ignored that for most Americans, the rare times when they walk are considered workouts.
And Segway ignored the fact that they were making a scooter, for Christ's sake.
Similarly Glass ignores our capacity for multi-anything. Lord knows we have the willingness, especially in the Valley -- God help anything that stands in the way of a tech-nerd consuming his handcrafted, custom-filtered, bespoke news feed -- but at some point even a morally destitute society such as ours demands actual human interaction with the humans actually standing in front of you, creepy and Asperger-y as most of them may be.
The Segway has its place. Underneath mall cops. Helping American tourists see the ruins of Rome quickly enough to still make their reservation at Bubba Gump's. Or if you're playing Segway Polo like a fucking jackass. (The existence of Segway Polo, by the way, is responsible for more Muslim extremism than cruise ships, Vegas and the Lap-Band combined.)
Likewise, Glass could be useful augmenting specific, heads-up-display-friendly tasks. Air traffic control. Helping police on a manhunt so they can keep up with the very latest from the Tweetstream. And for rich cunts who want to film their snowboarding escapades at five times the price and half the resolution of a GoPro.
Everyone else, just look down at your fucking phone.
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EA promises to do for Lucas Arts what Disney pledges to do for Lucasfilm.
This is following the lead established by McDonalds - and what they've done for beef.
Nobody wants a PC in the office. Users are frustrated that the punch cards and terminals that they depend on for data processing are just not available for the PC.
Step one: Inscribe a pentagram on the floor around your feet, placing a 100-dollar bill at each of the 5 cardinal points.
Step two: Face the direction of the nearest cemetery and intone the words: "I offer my soul for the venture partner".
Step three: This will take care of itself...
My god! You must be a twenty-something. Or, lived in the country that made the Renault.
Let me introduce you, young sir, to the 1972 Chevy Malibu!
Just sayin.'
Eat another bowl of shit, dude!
From time-travelling Anarchists, tossing bombs from the 1860's!
Next, they'll want the right to encrypt dogs... and children.
Why did you run if you had nothing to hide?
Provocative. Why not ask David Janssen or Will Smith?
I think you been sniffing the pickle juice from APK's anus.
Where is Sam? I understand that she risked a lot, and can be credited largely with saving your life. What happened to her when you surrendered to authorities, and what are the current efforts being made to secure her safety? What are the prospects for allowing her legal immigration status to the United States? When is she in her own reality series on cable?
We have that.
It sucks. I call it "Bring Your Own Dollars".
Among my colleagues, we estimate it costs us 75-200 USD each, per billing cycle. I can see why the company wanted to transfer that to us.
Why didn't they also transfer to us their collective negotiating and buying power? What a boon to the carrier!
This blow would have been lessened, had the company ALSO rolled out a universally accessible, SIP-based VOIP service. Alas, two years have gone, and no softphone.
Still, it could be worse. Having VOIP is not worth working in a pit like CIsco.
Is it still required to visit a probation officer, and give notice on any change of residence?
Those who post as Slashdot trolls
Take their dumps in little bowls.
Those who read these words of wit
Eat these little bowls of shit.
Kilroy was here. Your mileage may vary.
I'd watch an ad...
Not to see Windows 8!
And I run AdBlock Lite + Ghostery on everything!
Of course.
This is what is called "a limited hangout". They are already doing worse. This is to distract from that, and to send a discreet message to Google and Twitter that they function as outsourced, privatized intelligence bitches -- or else.
No.
It legitimizes "Semper Fi" brainwashing - and the lie of military honour.
Of course. Another CIA-sponsored, Regan-era, Hollywood propaganda piece, designed to legitimise US involvement in assassination, genocide and Imperial domination of Central and South America.
Puerile filth for murder apologists. "Let them eat napalm."
WAR!
What is is good for?
Absolutely NOTHING!
Why don't we save the country...
By slashing Military spending to just double the closest US rival - from 500%?
Another DoD Astroturfer heard from. (Slow clap)
The software and network vulnerability issues are the least of the problems for this Water Turkey.
The LCS is not expected to be survivable in a hostile combat environment
From the Congressional Research Service: "The LCS is not expected to be survivable in a hostile combat environment as evidenced by the limited shock hardened design and results of full scale testing of representative hull structures completed in December 2006."
"So, we have a warship design that is not expected to fight and survive in the very environment in which it was produced to do so. Poorly-armed, poorly-protected, with an over-abundance of speed that will eat through a fuel supply in half a day."
This New $350 Million Combat Ship Has Nearly Two Equipment Failures For Every Million Bucks
"The Project on Government Oversight (POGO) researches Pentagon weapons procurement and has published its April 23 letter to members of the House Armed Services Committee, who have themselves 'repeatedly questioned the utility and effectiveness of the Littoral Combat Ship program' in the past.... From the time the Navy accepted LCS-1 from Lockheed Martin on September 18, 2008, until the ship went into dry dock in the summer of 2011 - not even 1,000 days later - there were 640 chargeable equipment failures on the ship. On average then, something on the ship failed on two out of every three days."
Hello US Navy! Thanks for accelerating climate-change, while subverting your mission and betraying the tax payer. I guess your next job, at Lockheed or General Dynamics will be worth all the criminal fraud and needless deaths.
http://jesuschristsiliconvalley.tumblr.com/post/48596551224/nice-piece-of-glass
The world -- by which of course I mean tech "journalists" who earn a living making the Valley feel like it deserves reportage -- seems to care about Google Glass, the idiotic new wearable computer from Mountain View.
(The actual world couldn't give two shits about such a fey, ludicrous nonessential, but that as usual doesn't stop anyone around here from thinking this is valid life's work.)
Now I say "idiotic" not out of the typical ironic tech-envy that permeates the Valley, but because I've seen Glass in person, perched atop the literal douche-nozzles of Kool-Aid-drunk Google employees.
I have to admit that my initial reaction upon seeing a pair was indeed one of childlike wonder. As in, "I wonder what will happen if I kick this guy in the nuts?"
(Incidentally, this is the world we live in, where rich cock-jockeys sporting techno-eyewear is news. Look at that little guy in the middle, coiffed so perfectly for his big photo-op and taking his little gadget as seriously as the world-changing technology it is. "I'd fuck me," he seems to be saying -- automatically translated by his stupid glasses into Portuguese or some shit.)
Some 'edgy' tech bloggers have used the term "glasshole" to describe these early-adopting dongle-schlobbers, because it allows them theoretical judgmental distance while remaining just cutesy enough to not sacrifice their intense bloodlust for actually being able to unbox a pair.
I prefer: "embarrassing overcompensated retards who need something to flaunt while their Tesla is charging."
These Glass-sporting scrota would have you believe we're destined for a world where information is at our fingertips -- by which they mean not at your fingertips at all, as it already is -- but stapled to the side of your head and interjecting its worthy informationality into your eyeball every second of the day.
Let me bone-conduct this straight to your inner ear: We're not.
In my groundbreaking post on profile photo douchebags, I compared Glass to the Segway, and the comparison rings true even today, nearly two weeks later. Segway ignored the fact that Americans (and the American-influenced) are unwilling to pay for their laze. Costco provides free scooters for me to roll my fat ass around in -- why would I need a Segway? (And how would I hold all my free samples?) Segway ignored that for most Americans, the rare times when they walk are considered workouts.
And Segway ignored the fact that they were making a scooter, for Christ's sake.
Similarly Glass ignores our capacity for multi-anything. Lord knows we have the willingness, especially in the Valley -- God help anything that stands in the way of a tech-nerd consuming his handcrafted, custom-filtered, bespoke news feed -- but at some point even a morally destitute society such as ours demands actual human interaction with the humans actually standing in front of you, creepy and Asperger-y as most of them may be.
The Segway has its place. Underneath mall cops. Helping American tourists see the ruins of Rome quickly enough to still make their reservation at Bubba Gump's. Or if you're playing Segway Polo like a fucking jackass. (The existence of Segway Polo, by the way, is responsible for more Muslim extremism than cruise ships, Vegas and the Lap-Band combined.)
Likewise, Glass could be useful augmenting specific, heads-up-display-friendly tasks. Air traffic control. Helping police on a manhunt so they can keep up with the very latest from the Tweetstream. And for rich cunts who want to film their snowboarding escapades at five times the price and half the resolution of a GoPro.
Everyone else, just look down at your fucking phone.
Unless you mean like Poland was afraid of change, in 1939.
We are, however, afraid of looking like some smug, douche-bag - wearing these things.
We also don't trust Google to have a 24-hour tap on what we see and say.