Are you serious? Why would you waste your energy like that? When I need to contact someone, I summon my minions and have them deliver the desired person for a conversation.
I do the same. I try to use correct spelling and grammar in my posts all across the Internet. I hate when I have to decipher this "text-speak" dialect that everyone else seems to speak so fluently.
Also, spelling correctly and using proper grammar makes you look smarter than 95% of the Internet. I hate going to a message board and seeing stuff like "u" and "ne1" and these other corruptions of letter order that are supposed to stand for perfectly good words. Character limit on a message board post is either huge or non-existent. GameFAQs boards, for example, have a character limit of 4096 characters per post. Even that is sufficiently large for 99.999% of posts on that site, at least. There's really no excuse for text-speak on the Internet.
It's like a programmer who doesn't comment his code - I don't care if it cuts down on the typing you had to do, what's more important: how much you type, or how readable it is to anyone who wants to read it?
Okay, now that I've ranted about how much I hate seeing poor grammar and spelling on the Internet, please point out my mistakes in this post. You all know you want to. It's practically a law of the Internet that anyone who complains about this sort of stuff is bound to make at least one error of his own.
Yeah. And you'd be surprised by the seasonal changes that Earth's gravitational force undergoes during the year. Gravitational acceleration changes so often, physics needs to be rewritten every year!
I'm sorry, I'm not getting the joke. Are you deliberately defining "TLA" in an unexpected way, as you demonstrated in the content of your post that you could, or did you mean to type "three-letter acronym"?
I wasn't sure if the AC I was responding to was trying to be disgusting and get mods to waste their points on down-modding. Because I was agreeing when I responded, I felt it was necessary to leave a little note asking the current mods to put their personal feelings aside and judge the ideas on the merits of the ideas.
I just didn't want to get "-1, Uncomfortable conversation topic."
But thank you for that insightful observation that the mods are judging the ideas, not their personal feelings on the ideas. Makes me feel better.
This has to be true. Think about it - how did people clear their noses before facial wipes of any kind (handkerchief, tissue, anything) was invented? There seems to be no more natural way to go about it than just to pick it.
I just want accurate results from a search engine.
Then don't use Microsoft's search engine. Given their stellar track record with designing an operating system, an office suite, a web browser, etc, did you really think that their search engine would be well-designed?
They've warped computers and software into something of a battle between forces of good verses evil on a level that could inspire it's own Star Wars sequel.
Why Star Wars? The image used with these stories is Bill Gates as a borg, and that reference comes straight out of Star Trek.
I'm not trying to troll here. It certainly looks more polished than the train wreck that 4.1 and 4.2 was
If you aren't trying to troll, then you must be trying to be serious, but...I have to ask anyway...are you joking? I seem to remember KDE 4.2 being hailed as relatively stable when it was released, worlds better than 4.0 or 4.1. What happened to that?
Game developers aren't obliged to fill quotas; all they have to do is make good games.
And these days, they can't even get that right. I have to turn to independent development stuff like Touhou project for my "good game" fix. Touhou is awesome. And occasionally, gems like Portal and Left 4 Dead come around, but I've gotta say...wait, I think I'm just trying to invoke Sturgeon's Law here. Disregard this post. It provides nothing insightful, informative, interesting, or funny.
Actually, that's an excellent point. If that's the case, then I wish that, in the spirit of Flatland, the hyper-being from their world would come and show me how to use these other dimensions.
It'd be awesome if there were an easier way to move around.
I cannot believe that the RIAA, in good faith, actually believed that they were cheated out of hundreds of thousands of dollars for some downloaded MP3s, punitive damages and all.
They don't. They are just really, really good at providing convincing legal arguments that they were cheated out of said money.
It was cool back in the day, but you can't simply hold onto some technologies forever. Just because YOU want the world to stay still does not mean that it will.
If I'm reading this right, his logic is the reason why you wouldn't try to bring an illegal firearm into NY, regardless of whether or not you purchased it legally in another state.
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Are you serious? Why would you waste your energy like that? When I need to contact someone, I summon my minions and have them deliver the desired person for a conversation.
I do the same. I try to use correct spelling and grammar in my posts all across the Internet. I hate when I have to decipher this "text-speak" dialect that everyone else seems to speak so fluently.
Also, spelling correctly and using proper grammar makes you look smarter than 95% of the Internet. I hate going to a message board and seeing stuff like "u" and "ne1" and these other corruptions of letter order that are supposed to stand for perfectly good words. Character limit on a message board post is either huge or non-existent. GameFAQs boards, for example, have a character limit of 4096 characters per post. Even that is sufficiently large for 99.999% of posts on that site, at least. There's really no excuse for text-speak on the Internet.
It's like a programmer who doesn't comment his code - I don't care if it cuts down on the typing you had to do, what's more important: how much you type, or how readable it is to anyone who wants to read it?
Okay, now that I've ranted about how much I hate seeing poor grammar and spelling on the Internet, please point out my mistakes in this post. You all know you want to. It's practically a law of the Internet that anyone who complains about this sort of stuff is bound to make at least one error of his own.
Yeah. And you'd be surprised by the seasonal changes that Earth's gravitational force undergoes during the year. Gravitational acceleration changes so often, physics needs to be rewritten every year!
This is not the funny you're looking for.
Yes, it is.
So no, "where do babies come from" is NOT a science question when asked by a child.
To expand on that, "How is babby formed?" is never a science question, regardless of who asks it.
tla = three letter acrylic
I'm sorry, I'm not getting the joke. Are you deliberately defining "TLA" in an unexpected way, as you demonstrated in the content of your post that you could, or did you mean to type "three-letter acronym"?
I wasn't sure if the AC I was responding to was trying to be disgusting and get mods to waste their points on down-modding. Because I was agreeing when I responded, I felt it was necessary to leave a little note asking the current mods to put their personal feelings aside and judge the ideas on the merits of the ideas.
I just didn't want to get "-1, Uncomfortable conversation topic."
But thank you for that insightful observation that the mods are judging the ideas, not their personal feelings on the ideas. Makes me feel better.
This has to be true. Think about it - how did people clear their noses before facial wipes of any kind (handkerchief, tissue, anything) was invented? There seems to be no more natural way to go about it than just to pick it.
Oh, man, I know what you mean. Totally understand. I've felt that one. Nothin' like going from 1% clear nasal passages to 1% blocked.
Very few things in life feel better.
Mods: I'm 100% serious. Putting aside any personal feelings of disgust, how many of you agree? You all know it's true.
Why is this tagged "blackmesa"? Wouldn't Aperture Science be more appropriate, because these are black holes we're dealing with?
I just want accurate results from a search engine.
Then don't use Microsoft's search engine. Given their stellar track record with designing an operating system, an office suite, a web browser, etc, did you really think that their search engine would be well-designed?
Took me about the same amount of time to realize the circle was a menu, not just a stupid logo/marketing thing.
You figured that one out on your own? Wow. I had to see someone use it as a menu before I had the idea that that could be what it was.
They've warped computers and software into something of a battle between forces of good verses evil on a level that could inspire it's own Star Wars sequel.
Why Star Wars? The image used with these stories is Bill Gates as a borg, and that reference comes straight out of Star Trek.
In short, yes.
What's the long version?
I'm not trying to troll here. It certainly looks more polished than the train wreck that 4.1 and 4.2 was
If you aren't trying to troll, then you must be trying to be serious, but...I have to ask anyway...are you joking? I seem to remember KDE 4.2 being hailed as relatively stable when it was released, worlds better than 4.0 or 4.1. What happened to that?
Citations needed and provided:
http://www.osnews.com/story/20857/KDE_4_2_Released_Short_Interview_Aaron_Seigo/page2/
http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reviews/6655/1/
And this one is a little more negative, but still along some of the same positive lines as the other two:
http://www.linux-ninja.com/2009/02/07/kde-42-review/
So...um...if I may ask...how was KDE 4.2 a "train wreck", as you put it? Are you sure you aren't trying to troll?
Which curves - the ones in her armor, or the ones in her body?
As a normal human whose only special power is the random temporary ability to cast ./ mod spells, I feel left out.
What is this current working directory of which you speak?
Game developers aren't obliged to fill quotas; all they have to do is make good games.
And these days, they can't even get that right. I have to turn to independent development stuff like Touhou project for my "good game" fix. Touhou is awesome. And occasionally, gems like Portal and Left 4 Dead come around, but I've gotta say...wait, I think I'm just trying to invoke Sturgeon's Law here. Disregard this post. It provides nothing insightful, informative, interesting, or funny.
Actually, that's an excellent point. If that's the case, then I wish that, in the spirit of Flatland, the hyper-being from their world would come and show me how to use these other dimensions.
It'd be awesome if there were an easier way to move around.
(What kind of name is "Metalitz", anyway?? Sounds like an evil android)
Google makes android. Therefore, there's no such thing as an evil android.
I cannot believe that the RIAA, in good faith, actually believed that they were cheated out of hundreds of thousands of dollars for some downloaded MP3s, punitive damages and all.
They don't. They are just really, really good at providing convincing legal arguments that they were cheated out of said money.
then I will just be sure not to buy an Xbox3.
And why you would buy an Xbox that's 357 versions behind the current one is beyond me.
It was cool back in the day, but you can't simply hold onto some technologies forever. Just because YOU want the world to stay still does not mean that it will.
The RIAA could learn something from you.
Today's gamers are not going to sit-around playing a game that requires reading.
*looks at Pokemon*
*looks at The Legend of Zelda past the first game*
*looks at Final Fantasy*
I beg to differ, sir. >_>
If I'm reading this right, his logic is the reason why you wouldn't try to bring an illegal firearm into NY, regardless of whether or not you purchased it legally in another state.