OK, when you're done ripping on the pope, stop and consider his point of view and what he has to say. Whether you agree or disagree, his point deserves some honest thought and debate.
His point is no more deserving of thought and debate than that of any other observer from outside of the industry. In fact, I would be willing to bet that Pope Benedict might have some sort of agenda...
Why can the US enforce it's own very restrictive copyright laws and extradite people from oh, I don't know, Australia for example, to face criminal copyright infringement charges; only to turn around and then prevent its citizens (real or corporate) to be shielded from other countries' laws?
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Alexa has Reddit at #239...Schneier at #36148. Just for the record.
Sounds like a clever ruse to hoard Unobtainium if I've ever heard one.
OK, when you're done ripping on the pope, stop and consider his point of view and what he has to say. Whether you agree or disagree, his point deserves some honest thought and debate.
His point is no more deserving of thought and debate than that of any other observer from outside of the industry. In fact, I would be willing to bet that Pope Benedict might have some sort of agenda...
One less company to hate.
I'll bet the first use of this information will be for herbal v14gr4 advertisements.
I bet the internet trolls will use it first.
For the first time ever... mentioning a site was down on ./ made it come back to life.
uh oh...it is gaining sentience...
Right. Because notebooks, textbooks, projectors, smart boards, et. al. sure didn't take off on campuses.
Every time I drive through NJ I pump my own gas...
I once removed a tag from a mattress. I guess you have me beat.
They should just integrate better with existing gadgets so I don't have to wear fucking cargo pants and have a wallet that is 3 feet big.
That ain't a wallet. This is a wallet...
+1 Hit the nail on the head
-1 Far too many of my professors failed to think like you
I am completely surprised by Yahoo's stats. Either user-minutes is a garbage metric, or I am using the internets incorrectly.
Alton Brown has been doing this stuff for years. Interesting stuff, in any case.
"I don't think they realize they were tricked," he said.
The Force can have a strong influence on the weak-minded.
but what about the other dozen stickers on the laptop?
I think you may have purchased a Nascar.
PDF link to manifesto: http://tmz.vo.llnwd.net/o28/newsdesk/tmz_documents/0901_demands.pdf
...then you should just kill yourself.
After the steamed buns and fish sausages, of course.
Who's got the breakdown on the cooling strategy for the batcave?
Alfred Pennyworth.
...Gnome I'm not.
Why can the US enforce it's own very restrictive copyright laws and extradite people from oh, I don't know, Australia for example, to face criminal copyright infringement charges; only to turn around and then prevent its citizens (real or corporate) to be shielded from other countries' laws?
Because, the rest of the world can suck it!
[cracks Budweiser]
USA! USA! USA!
Since it is Jersey, there is a more than decent chance that it will smell like Axe body spray.
All we do is run scripts and get in the way of developers trying to "git'r done!".
Well, that, and apparently confuse your roles with those of systems administrators.
Approximating supercomputing is not itself supercomping, fellas.
Congrats on making /., however.
...he'd be playing war games (not necessarily on a computer) where he played the side of the Taliban.
(citation needed)
I like when the title exactly matches the comment
Aurora Borealis?
At this time of year?
A this time of day?
In this part of the country?
Localized entirely within your kitchen?