Its only anecdotal evidence that's supporting both sides of this argument.
Sure there are many Chinese with bad attitudes. There are also many with good attitudes. There are also many white people with good/bad attitudes.
"They don't integrate" may be true in many places as it is with many other cultures. In multicultural societies often you end up with some (if I may borrow terms from Chemistry) "suspensions" rather than "solutions". We all have to put in an effort. For some, this is a lot of work apparently.
Some people seem to think that this superficial arrogance/ racism is genetic. It's much more a societal issue than a medical issue.
"It's Nibbler's birthday, what a day for a birthday, let's all have some cake."
"And you smell like one too." - Fry
Seriously is there going to be much left of this planet after the corporates are done? Will the corporates *ever* be done? People seem to talk about copyright violation as if it's one step away from robbing a fucking bank.
Am I supposed to feel sorry for corporations? Is that it?
if there's an e in whiskey, you can add ice. just keep your ice away from my whisky.
Oh man I was quiet until now but you're being to provocative;)
It's _Whiskey_ and you get it in _Ireland_ or _Scotland_. Please don't try to pretend that anyone other than Celts can produce a decent whiskey. America's idea of whiskey seems to be Bourbon: the whiskey for people with no class or taste.
To all the "no ice, no water" purists: it's going to be pretty difficult to avoid water in whiskey considering water is used during the distilling process and is in practically every liquid you drink.
I understand not contaminating whiskey with coke (blasphemy) but a little bit of water/ice doesn't deserve such extreme reactions from so-called purists.
Cheers Stor
p.s. I'm a whiskey drinker. Sometimes I put a block of ice in, sometimes not. It's not a big deal.
(and remember, the average lifespan for the batteries is 7 years!)
Isn't the current lifespan for a battery containing LEAD and SULFURIC ACID 3 years? Isn't this a bit better?
I guess we're recycling though: http://www.things.org/~jym/greenpeace/myt h-of-batt ery-recycling.html
Cheers Stor
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...since there's nothing there to get put out by any mistake, except dust, rocks, and wind.
Knowing our luck we'd probably fire up some exceptionally complex machine on Mars that "acted differently when on Earth..." and ends up converting the planet into a Black Hole.
I once had a copy of StarCraft bought for me for my birthday. I played it amongst friend for years but didn't hop online.
Once I finally *did* hop online, bnet told me that the CD Key was too old and had expired. Not that it was currently in use/ had been used: that it was too old.
I contacted their tech support but after receiving zip from them a friend of mine bought me the Battle Chest. I was slightly aannoyed that now this present had been bought for me twice but goddamn it I wasn't going to get any relief from Blizzard tech support: that's for sure. Want to play? You're going to have to buy the same product again.
I'm tired of the copy-protection shite that punishes legal users of the games while giving the crackers a 30 minute s/COPYPROTECTION/NOP/g hackfest. When it's more convenient to run cracked versions of games rather than the legal versions you know there's serious problems. Don't software makers realise that _uncobbled_ versions of their software are available on the internet before they're officially released?
Personally I don't think the games companies releasing cobbled software are going to effectively compete with pirates releasing uncobbled versions. I know I've got to a point where I'm thinking "Fuck it: they obviously don't want my money so I'll use the pirate version"
Yeah well even if he is a wanker that doesn't make it ok for someone else to take his stuff.
So it's OK for one student to interrupt a class that's paying good money to learn? For the sake of his/her social life? And then get all huffy when they're stopped by the professor?
I do get your point thought. If I was a professor I probably wouldn't take a risk like that. Legally I'm not sure of the situation wrt temporary confiscation at an educational institution but practically you could get into trouble: you could accidently drop the phone and break it for instance. If I was in charge I'd want to investigate using mobile phone signal blockers in the lecture theatres.
Regardless my sympathy lies with the professors and the rest of the class rather than the wanker with the phone.
Would you think it's ok for a cop to just grab your phone? Or if GWB had the SS take yours because you are taking a call during his speech.
Problem with analogies is that you lose all accuracy: it's a very different situation. I could do the same to you:
Would you think it's OK for a dude to come into class with a blazing stereo, refuse to turn it off and threaten to sue the professor if (s)he touches it?
In fact, if I had my way, we wouldn't have any printers. Or at least you'd have to ask permission before using them.
Aren't printers #1 IT support issue?
They would certainly be the #1 support issue if staff required permission for printing invoices and such.
If people are printing pictures of kittens and puppies from the Internet for their kids then policies and restrictions can be justified; otherwise it sounds like more work for no reason other than to satisfy your itty bitty ego.
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Its only anecdotal evidence that's supporting both sides of this argument.
Sure there are many Chinese with bad attitudes. There are also many with good attitudes. There are also many white people with good/bad attitudes.
"They don't integrate" may be true in many places as it is with many other cultures. In multicultural societies often you end up with some (if I may borrow terms from Chemistry) "suspensions" rather than "solutions". We all have to put in an effort. For some, this is a lot of work apparently.
Some people seem to think that this superficial arrogance/ racism is genetic. It's much more a societal issue than a medical issue.
Cheers
Stor
For voice 12kbps would probably be OK
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Stor
Not for business use. The Atari ST was best for DTP/WP.
I saw that it was most popular with music studios/ electronic musicians because it had built-in MIDI interfaces and exceptional timing/accuracy.
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Stor
why isn't the X server written in Java?
Like WeirdX?
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Stor
Translation: It seems to be able to do stuff my mac can't, so it sucks.
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Stor
I think Futurama said it best:
"It's Nibbler's birthday, what a day for a birthday, let's all have some cake."
"And you smell like one too." - Fry
Seriously is there going to be much left of this planet after the corporates are done? Will the corporates *ever* be done? People seem to talk about copyright violation as if it's one step away from robbing a fucking bank.
Am I supposed to feel sorry for corporations? Is that it?
Cheers
Stor
I'm so tired of people pointing out the dead 83-year old.
Why? Don't you find it amusing that the RIAA sued a dead person?
I mean, if -I- was going to sue someone, that'd be the first thing i'd check.
Cheers
Stor
Yeah but Jobs is a wanker. Woz is a nice bloke and a geek.
Cheers
Stor
And in South Korea, over a third of the population is in greater Seoul
As they say, South Korea's got Seoul baby yeah.
Cheers
Stor
if there's an e in whiskey, you can add ice. just keep your ice away from my whisky.
;)
Oh man I was quiet until now but you're being to provocative
It's _Whiskey_ and you get it in _Ireland_ or _Scotland_. Please don't try to pretend that anyone other than Celts can produce a decent whiskey. America's idea of whiskey seems to be Bourbon: the whiskey for people with no class or taste.
To all the "no ice, no water" purists: it's going to be pretty difficult to avoid water in whiskey considering water is used during the distilling process and is in practically every liquid you drink.
I understand not contaminating whiskey with coke (blasphemy) but a little bit of water/ice doesn't deserve such extreme reactions from so-called purists.
Cheers
Stor
p.s. I'm a whiskey drinker. Sometimes I put a block of ice in, sometimes not. It's not a big deal.
T-Shirt: I'm with stupid, on Mars
Bumper Sticker: My other car is a Porsche, on Mars
Fridge Magnet: What is it about Mars that you don't understand?
Cheers
Stor
(and remember, the average lifespan for the batteries is 7 years!)
t h-of-batt ery-recycling.html
Isn't the current lifespan for a battery containing LEAD and SULFURIC ACID 3 years? Isn't this a bit better?
I guess we're recycling though:
http://www.things.org/~jym/greenpeace/my
Cheers
Stor
...since there's nothing there to get put out by any mistake, except dust, rocks, and wind.
Knowing our luck we'd probably fire up some exceptionally complex machine on Mars that "acted differently when on Earth..." and ends up converting the planet into a Black Hole.
Cheers
Stor
Windows and Active Directory are a proprietary ripoff of LDAP and kerberos with some gui tools.
I don't think so exactly: I believe that LDAP and AD are both implementations of X.500.
Perhaps, as Bill Hicks would say, "It depends on how you look at it" =)
Cheers
Stor
I once had a copy of StarCraft bought for me for my birthday. I played it amongst friend for years but didn't hop online.
Once I finally *did* hop online, bnet told me that the CD Key was too old and had expired. Not that it was currently in use/ had been used: that it was too old.
I contacted their tech support but after receiving zip from them a friend of mine bought me the Battle Chest. I was slightly aannoyed that now this present had been bought for me twice but goddamn it I wasn't going to get any relief from Blizzard tech support: that's for sure. Want to play? You're going to have to buy the same product again.
I'm tired of the copy-protection shite that punishes legal users of the games while giving the crackers a 30 minute s/COPYPROTECTION/NOP/g hackfest. When it's more convenient to run cracked versions of games rather than the legal versions you know there's serious problems. Don't software makers realise that _uncobbled_ versions of their software are available on the internet before they're officially released?
Personally I don't think the games companies releasing cobbled software are going to effectively compete with pirates releasing uncobbled versions. I know I've got to a point where I'm thinking "Fuck it: they obviously don't want my money so I'll use the pirate version"
Cheers
Stor
Yeah well even if he is a wanker that doesn't make it ok for someone else to take his stuff.
So it's OK for one student to interrupt a class that's paying good money to learn? For the sake of his/her social life? And then get all huffy when they're stopped by the professor?
I do get your point thought. If I was a professor I probably wouldn't take a risk like that. Legally I'm not sure of the situation wrt temporary confiscation at an educational institution but practically you could get into trouble: you could accidently drop the phone and break it for instance. If I was in charge I'd want to investigate using mobile phone signal blockers in the lecture theatres.
Regardless my sympathy lies with the professors and the rest of the class rather than the wanker with the phone.
Would you think it's ok for a cop to just grab your phone? Or if GWB had the SS take yours because you are taking a call during his speech.
Problem with analogies is that you lose all accuracy: it's a very different situation. I could do the same to you:
Would you think it's OK for a dude to come into class with a blazing stereo, refuse to turn it off and threaten to sue the professor if (s)he touches it?
Cheers
Stor
Am I the only one sick of all these whiners who complain about the articles on Slashdot?
*Whiny voice* Shut Uuuuuuup!!!
Cheers
Stor
Sorry for my slightly offensive tone, but...
Noone would care or sympathise man. Everyone would just think you're a self-righteous wanker who doesn't care that he's interrupted the entire class.
Why is the act of turning off your phone so difficult?
Cheers
Stor
Hmm yeah well...
I have a copy of the Gorilla Game, also a Moore book. IMNSHO it's not very compatible with geeks at all.
Let's face it, most geeks who come across a little graph with a tornado on it will think "this is just a crock of shit"
Cheers
Stor
Working for an infinite period, they'd eventually produce the works of Shakespeare, yeah?
You'd probably get the entire contents of Usenet too for free.
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Stor
Civilized world should do something about it if it is to be worthy that term.
Right. Let's give 'em Democracy: let's give it to 'em good!
I must admit since allied soldiers have been in Iraq, everything's coming up roses and fucking lollipops.
Cheers
Stor
uhm, i dunno maybe i'm missing something, but how exactly is that useful in a car?
Population control.
Cheers
Stor
In fact, if I had my way, we wouldn't have any printers. Or at least you'd have to ask permission before using them.
Aren't printers #1 IT support issue?
They would certainly be the #1 support issue if staff required permission for printing invoices and such.
If people are printing pictures of kittens and puppies from the Internet for their kids then policies and restrictions can be justified; otherwise it sounds like more work for no reason other than to satisfy your itty bitty ego.
Cheers
Stor
The audience gave three hip-hip-hurrahs.
And then you all started jerking each other off?
No. Then they started writing java programs. Oh, wait...
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Storf
Can it easily replace an Active Directory Server? Nope.
Not easily but it can replicate a lot of the functionality of AD if you pair it up with a directory server such as OpenLDAP.
Yeah yeah, probably not in the "easy" basket. Fairly straight-forward if you're a half-decent Sysadmin though.
Cheers
Stor