I'm always surprised when people who I would think should have at least a modicum of technical know-how show their ignorance of how things are actually meant to be used
in addition to the "if the people you are following are only typing in stupid stuff, then why are you following them" part of this story, they are showing a basic lack of understanding about the how the entire "world cup on-line" thing is supposed to work, what is supposed to be happening is it is like sitting in the stadium with all the other people around you who are cheering, commenting and jumping up and down, and generally being excited, involved and having a good time, you know the kind of thing that happens when you are out and about and interacting in a social setting with real, live, unpredictable, other people
Complaining about basic research is ridiculous AND short-sited. Talk about trying to kill the goose that laid the golden egg . . .
The ignorant, greedy, grasping mind-set that whines that "Bill Gates is a charlatan" and complains "Where is the return on investment?" when "pointless R&D projects" do not immediately turn into $$ on some bean-counter's imaginary schedule is the same dumb mind-set that ran after short-term quarterly profits at any cost, and helped get the American (& the world's) economies into the current mess we are in today.
Doesn't the idea of building a firm foundation for long term stability and growth mean anything to these nitwits?
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I'm always surprised when people who I would think should have at least a modicum of technical know-how show their ignorance of how things are actually meant to be used in addition to the "if the people you are following are only typing in stupid stuff, then why are you following them" part of this story, they are showing a basic lack of understanding about the how the entire "world cup on-line" thing is supposed to work, what is supposed to be happening is it is like sitting in the stadium with all the other people around you who are cheering, commenting and jumping up and down, and generally being excited, involved and having a good time, you know the kind of thing that happens when you are out and about and interacting in a social setting with real, live, unpredictable, other people
that is both amazingly funny and sad at the same time
I am usually called some variation on "the Computer Lady" myself
two plus two doesn't equal five (even for very large values of two)!
perhaps it equals a very small value of five?
for a second I thought THEY were asking for a bailout too.
good answer, good answer *clap* *clap* *clap*
so true LOL!
Complaining about basic research is ridiculous AND short-sited. Talk about trying to kill the goose that laid the golden egg . . . The ignorant, greedy, grasping mind-set that whines that "Bill Gates is a charlatan" and complains "Where is the return on investment?" when "pointless R&D projects" do not immediately turn into $$ on some bean-counter's imaginary schedule is the same dumb mind-set that ran after short-term quarterly profits at any cost, and helped get the American (& the world's) economies into the current mess we are in today. Doesn't the idea of building a firm foundation for long term stability and growth mean anything to these nitwits?