I consider Dr. Antinori to be a rouge scientist...
Rouge scientist? You sure he's not a puce scientist or a maroon scientist?
Why oh why do so many people on Slashdot have this deep inability to spell ROGUE?
Actually that would be useful. I have a medical conditon that requires daily medication for life, and something that carries my medical details for use in an accident would be useful. Of course, I do have a card...
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I'll drink to that. The bloke I replaced thought he was god's gift, and far more clever than anyone else could ever possibly be. I thought he was a useless tosser who was all mouth and no trousers, and everyone hated him. Once I came to go through some of his work, I discovered that he'd spent the majority of his time adding pointless non-functional complexity to his scripts to make things look more difficult (and himself more clever) than they really were. Arse!
Holy moly! What a pretentious load of wank this book is. 'Managing Einsteins', indeed.
I love this bit: "a stimulating and fun work
place"
No. Stimulating and Fun is what I do when i'm NOT at work!
Well, the problem with this is if the director accidently forgot to save that digger lemming towards the end, and his whole cast would end up stuck walking back and forth infinitely in a dirt pit. Thus, the miniseries would NEVER END!
Oh yes it would. The miniseries would go out with a bang as all the cast shout "Oh no!" and die in a nuclear holocaust....
The kind of malevolent scum who purchase movies in Pan and Scan format should be shot.
Actually, no. They should be forced to wear blinkers for the rest of their lives. The IDIOTS who decide to release movies in Pan and Scan movies should be shot. There should be NO OTHER OPTION than to purchase a movie in the proper format.
What the hell is the POINT of taking a movie with mile after mile of gorgeous scenery, and cutting all the scenery out? What! Why! What kind of FUCKWIT would buy that?
Put the little cracker assholes in blinkers. They don't want to see the rest of the world except that bit right in front of them. And kill anyone who decides to release a Pan and Scan version.
Directors should get it in their contract that not under any circumstances is their movie going to be made available in a pan and scan format.
*Cough* KDE or Gnome + Star/Open Office *Cough*
A combination which will bring a machine to its knees with constant swapfiling and slow sssllllooowwwww running.
The same machine will quite happily and quickly run Windows and Microsoft Office without any difficulty or memory issues whatsoever.
And you don't address the idea of folks who don't *know* stuff becoming less ignorant - because the real crime here is cluelessness and not *wanting* to learn to use what's in front of you. I say let M$loth keep those cretins to themselves; these are not the droids I'm looking for.
And here is a stunning example of why Linux is doomed to the never-never land of the Geek Ghetto, where it will live happy ever after with the people who still think the Amiga rules.
It's OK. The Royal Marines are there now, and they'll sort it out. Americans are fine for lobbing missiles at people from as far away as possible, or bombing people with no air defences, but when it comes to the real work, American forces aren't up to the job...
One of the guys at work had this on his PC, but after the weekend I came in and our IDS had reported shitloads of snarky portscans aimed at him. So he took it off again.
Just don't go there....
PS. EMI report today that due to falling profits, they're laying off 1800 people. That's eighteen hundred people who have lost their jobs, because of shit like Morpheus allowing easy piracy.. Don't forget that. Music theft costs ordinary people their livelihood.
Share and enjoy Share and Enjoy, Share and Enjoy, Journey through life with a plastic boy Or girl by your side, let your pal be your guide, And when it breaks down or starts to annoy, Or grinds when it moves and gives you no joy Cos it's eaten your hat or had sex with your cat, Bled oil on your floor or ripped off your door, And you get to the point you can't stand any more, Bring it to us, we won't give a fig. We'll tell you Go stick your head in a pig.
Redundant? And here's me with no mod points to mod Dr. Awktagon up to 'Insightful'!
I agree with his comment. I saw "Window$" and thought that was really crappy and unprofessional and a sign of typical Linux bigotry. They lost any support from me right there and then. Back to Red Hat then...
My exact reaction when I learned of that stupid kid who crashed into the Bank of America was this:-
"What a tragedy. What a waste. That was a practically new aeroplane that could have given pleasure to hundreds of people!"
(The planes at my flying school are relics from the 70s!)
Although I'm from the UK, I read some of the American flying mags and have been following the stupid restrictions on general aviation including the arseholes who wanted to ban it outright. Then there are stupid media reports which say that because a particular plane is of composite construction it's invisible to radar and evil drug smugglers will use them - which has already been thoroughly debunked by the FAA, but stupid people will still believe it and turn against general aviation.
Being at the yoke or stick of a light aircraft is a wonderfully liberating experience, and it pisses me off when people try to spoil it!
This is a damn good idea. Lots of planes are flying long after their original designer and manufacturer are defunct, and anything that helps that is a good thing. People may even take this occasion to bring well loved classic aircraft back into production.
However, I would like to take this occasion to point out one very worthwhile extension of copyright. J.M.Barrie, creator of "Peter Pan" bequeathed his royalties to the Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital. When the copyright was due to expire in 1989, a special case was made in UK courts that the copyright be held in perpetuity by the hospital. Now that's a good copyright extension. It helps people.
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I consider Dr. Antinori to be a rouge scientist...
Rouge scientist? You sure he's not a puce scientist or a maroon scientist?
Why oh why do so many people on Slashdot have this deep inability to spell ROGUE?
Or as Bill Hicks once said, "I have wiped whole civilisations off my chest with a kleenex."
Actually that would be useful. I have a medical conditon that requires daily medication for life, and something that carries my medical details for use in an accident would be useful.
Of course, I do have a card...
I'll drink to that. The bloke I replaced thought he was god's gift, and far more clever than anyone else could ever possibly be.
I thought he was a useless tosser who was all mouth and no trousers, and everyone hated him.
Once I came to go through some of his work, I discovered that he'd spent the majority of his time adding pointless non-functional complexity to his scripts to make things look more difficult (and himself more clever) than they really were.
Arse!
Holy moly! What a pretentious load of wank this book is. 'Managing Einsteins', indeed. I love this bit: "a stimulating and fun work place" No. Stimulating and Fun is what I do when i'm NOT at work!
The kind of malevolent scum who purchase movies in Pan and Scan format should be shot.
Actually, no. They should be forced to wear blinkers for the rest of their lives. The IDIOTS who decide to release movies in Pan and Scan movies should be shot. There should be NO OTHER OPTION than to purchase a movie in the proper format.
What the hell is the POINT of taking a movie with mile after mile of gorgeous scenery, and cutting all the scenery out? What! Why! What kind of FUCKWIT would buy that?
Put the little cracker assholes in blinkers. They don't want to see the rest of the world except that bit right in front of them. And kill anyone who decides to release a Pan and Scan version.
Directors should get it in their contract that not under any circumstances is their movie going to be made available in a pan and scan format.
...bloated system requirements...
*Cough* KDE or Gnome + Star/Open Office *Cough*
A combination which will bring a machine to its knees with constant swapfiling and slow sssllllooowwwww running.
The same machine will quite happily and quickly run Windows and Microsoft Office without any difficulty or memory issues whatsoever.
Pot. Kettle.
Linux is programmed by the customers/users themselves.
No. Linux is programmed by geeks, for geeks. The average customer/user has neither the time nor the inclination to program it themselves.
It's OK. The Royal Marines are there now, and they'll sort it out. Americans are fine for lobbing missiles at people from as far away as possible, or bombing people with no air defences, but when it comes to the real work, American forces aren't up to the job...
I thought you were supposed to lie down or put a paper bag over your head or something..
Bruce Willis is too chicken to fly in an aeroplane, if you threatened to send him in a shuttle he'd probably shit himself!
One of the guys at work had this on his PC, but after the weekend I came in and our IDS had reported shitloads of snarky portscans aimed at him. So he took it off again.
Just don't go there....
PS. EMI report today that due to falling profits, they're laying off 1800 people. That's eighteen hundred people who have lost their jobs, because of shit like Morpheus allowing easy piracy..
Don't forget that. Music theft costs ordinary people their livelihood.
I don't even want it to "welcome" me when I come home.
You mean you don't want it to say "Home again home again jiggedy-jig. Good evening J.F." and bump into the wall tragi-comedically?
No no no! That's for deranged computers!
Robots have to sing this...
Share and enjoy
Share and Enjoy, Share and Enjoy,
Journey through life with a plastic boy
Or girl by your side, let your pal be your guide,
And when it breaks down or starts to annoy,
Or grinds when it moves and gives you no joy
Cos it's eaten your hat or had sex with your cat,
Bled oil on your floor or ripped off your door,
And you get to the point you can't stand any more,
Bring it to us, we won't give a fig. We'll tell you
Go stick your head in a pig.
Redundant? And here's me with no mod points to mod Dr. Awktagon up to 'Insightful'!
I agree with his comment. I saw "Window$" and thought that was really crappy and unprofessional and a sign of typical Linux bigotry.
They lost any support from me right there and then. Back to Red Hat then...
I thought the moral of the story was that when the company asks if they can stop paying you, you tell them to fuck off!
I really can't believe anyone put up with that shitty treatment from the Draekers, who look from this article like a pair of crooks!
During operation Dessert Storm...
Dessert Storm?
Please, someone mod Nick's comment up!
My exact reaction when I learned of that stupid kid who crashed into the Bank of America was this:-
"What a tragedy. What a waste. That was a practically new aeroplane that could have given pleasure to hundreds of people!"
(The planes at my flying school are relics from the 70s!)
Although I'm from the UK, I read some of the American flying mags and have been following the stupid restrictions on general aviation including the arseholes who wanted to ban it outright. Then there are stupid media reports which say that because a particular plane is of composite construction it's invisible to radar and evil drug smugglers will use them - which has already been thoroughly debunked by the FAA, but stupid people will still believe it and turn against general aviation.
Being at the yoke or stick of a light aircraft is a wonderfully liberating experience, and it pisses me off when people try to spoil it!
This is a damn good idea. Lots of planes are flying long after their original designer and manufacturer are defunct, and anything that helps that is a good thing. People may even take this occasion to bring well loved classic aircraft back into production.
However, I would like to take this occasion to point out one very worthwhile extension of copyright. J.M.Barrie, creator of "Peter Pan" bequeathed his royalties to the Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital. When the copyright was due to expire in 1989, a special case was made in UK courts that the copyright be held in perpetuity by the hospital.
Now that's a good copyright extension. It helps people.
<MandyRiceDavies>He would say that, wouldn't he?</MandyRiceDavies>
...that JMS still has his grudge against SFX magazine. How petty does that look?
Does any one know if Legend of the Rangers made it to TV in the UK?
Not to my knowledge. At least, not unless it slunk out in a 3AM slot with no advance warning...!
The world really needs more shitty internet cartoons.
The "Department of Labor" have the right idea, he should get a fucking job instead of pratting about.