They have a time machine. In the future, they made the patch, and came back in time to get people to install it. They even posted the first comment to this discussion about it, but it got moderated "troll."
yes the shortcut in the start menu really is an important aspect of Windows' GUI intuitiveness. Shut down is under "start." It really makes a lot of sense.
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Yes it's true. Many people will now have to look for something useful to do for a living.
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I think it will be great if the diamond market crashes because of this. The violence is in many parts of Africa, and the industry is corrupt from top to bottom. Horribly corrupt and brutal governments and mercenaries are being propped up and enriched by the trade. Look at Sierra Leone. Diamonds don't just stand for love; they also stand for murder and brutality. And diamonds aren't even naturally scarce; de Beers hordes them to keep the prices artificially inflated. They've maintained an empire with their virtual diamond monopoly for a century and they pretend not to be involved with the brutality. All the while convincing every hot chick in America that what they really need more than anything else in the world is a stone on their finger. I personally will feel a large amount of wry satisfaction if all those $20,000 bracelets and necklaces and rings are suddenly worth $5 a carat.
When there are issues of academic freedom and free speech at stake, the university damn well better have legal representation for its members. At the very least they need to think about where they draw the lines between who they'll help protect; the university should, for example, protect a student or faculty member who wants to use the university network to share legal mp3s or linux isos.
My only wish is to cause you politically correct hyper-sensitives some offense which is so vile, so immediately repulsive to your delicate constitutions, that you shrivel up and die like a salted snail.
Well then surely you can do better than "bite me moron."
Actually that article brought up some very interesting questions about forming a virtual society. I didn't think it was a smear job at all. Though I didn't read the book.
And why is it that nobody goes after the employers of these illegal immigrants?
Because here in California we actually like having cheap fruit, manicured gardens, clean offices, etc. We don't really want to stop illegal immigration in California; instead we want to keep the immigrants coming but keep them powerless and ostracized so that they are more easily exploited. I realize there are people who actually believe the anti-immigration line of thought, like the jingoistic moron you're responding to above, but the reality is that it is divisive and xenophobic hogwash cooked up by demagogues to prey on people's fears in order to get more votes. The immigrants themselves are scapegoats for a host of economic problems of which they only play a part. I hate to sing the praises of George W Bush, but when he was governor of Texas, while Pete Wilson was riding the wave of Proposition 187, Texas was liberalizing its immigration policies. The result: more Mexican business moving from California to Texas, more money for Texas. The Bushies understood in Texas what Californians would do well to acknowledge, that illegal immigration benefits society as well as hurts it.
What do you mean by "commercial search"? Search engines are for information. Information can be used for commercial or noncommercial purposes. "Advertising" and "commercial information" are two different things. If you're just talking about searching for products or commercial information, "free search" engines work fine; the information is still findable. If you're looking for specific commercial information, go to the company's website and search there. But I don't agree with what you seem to be saying, which is that search engines should be advertising disguised as a reference tool. Screw that. If I want advertising, I can watch TV. Or set up a commercial search engine that announces itself as nothing more than an advertising engine, and you can sell product position all you want. But when I want information -- even information about commercial products -- I want that information filtered by relevance, not by who paid the most money to deliver the information to me. If I want to look up "safe cars" on the web, I don't just want ads from Chrysler; I want information from different perspectives. There is a huge difference between information relevant to commerce and information that is bought and paid for.
Slashdot Mirror
you mean our new SCOverlords.
They have a time machine. In the future, they made the patch, and came back in time to get people to install it. They even posted the first comment to this discussion about it, but it got moderated "troll."
That's just "Windows" attempting to be "postmodern." Don't "worry" about it.
yes the shortcut in the start menu really is an important aspect of Windows' GUI intuitiveness. Shut down is under "start." It really makes a lot of sense.
They did it because they love San.
Yes it's true. Many people will now have to look for something useful to do for a living.
I think it will be great if the diamond market crashes because of this. The violence is in many parts of Africa, and the industry is corrupt from top to bottom. Horribly corrupt and brutal governments and mercenaries are being propped up and enriched by the trade. Look at Sierra Leone. Diamonds don't just stand for love; they also stand for murder and brutality. And diamonds aren't even naturally scarce; de Beers hordes them to keep the prices artificially inflated. They've maintained an empire with their virtual diamond monopoly for a century and they pretend not to be involved with the brutality. All the while convincing every hot chick in America that what they really need more than anything else in the world is a stone on their finger. I personally will feel a large amount of wry satisfaction if all those $20,000 bracelets and necklaces and rings are suddenly worth $5 a carat.
Actually, if they're set in rings, they become vaporwear.
Me too. After a while though I forget what I'm reading about.
Yeah me too; I had limewire all fired up and looking for "higher education" but all I found was sorority pr0n.
When there are issues of academic freedom and free speech at stake, the university damn well better have legal representation for its members. At the very least they need to think about where they draw the lines between who they'll help protect; the university should, for example, protect a student or faculty member who wants to use the university network to share legal mp3s or linux isos.
I don't even own a share of MSFT and I can get Windows for free!
you knew it was coming when you couldn't see.
Well then surely you can do better than "bite me moron."
his incredible success defending Napster.
And at least this income can be taxed. Appraise the Lord!!! Tax the churches!!!
Actually that article brought up some very interesting questions about forming a virtual society. I didn't think it was a smear job at all. Though I didn't read the book.
Check out this essay he wrote in 1993. This guy has been thinking about social life in cyberspace for a while.
A.k.a. "security through obscurity."
*ducks*
Because here in California we actually like having cheap fruit, manicured gardens, clean offices, etc. We don't really want to stop illegal immigration in California; instead we want to keep the immigrants coming but keep them powerless and ostracized so that they are more easily exploited. I realize there are people who actually believe the anti-immigration line of thought, like the jingoistic moron you're responding to above, but the reality is that it is divisive and xenophobic hogwash cooked up by demagogues to prey on people's fears in order to get more votes. The immigrants themselves are scapegoats for a host of economic problems of which they only play a part. I hate to sing the praises of George W Bush, but when he was governor of Texas, while Pete Wilson was riding the wave of Proposition 187, Texas was liberalizing its immigration policies. The result: more Mexican business moving from California to Texas, more money for Texas. The Bushies understood in Texas what Californians would do well to acknowledge, that illegal immigration benefits society as well as hurts it.
The terms of your offer are acceptable. I'll even cancel your flight to Canada.
(sound of gun being cocked)
Great idea! Just think of the applications of such technology to pr0n!!!
What do you mean by "commercial search"? Search engines are for information. Information can be used for commercial or noncommercial purposes. "Advertising" and "commercial information" are two different things. If you're just talking about searching for products or commercial information, "free search" engines work fine; the information is still findable. If you're looking for specific commercial information, go to the company's website and search there. But I don't agree with what you seem to be saying, which is that search engines should be advertising disguised as a reference tool. Screw that. If I want advertising, I can watch TV. Or set up a commercial search engine that announces itself as nothing more than an advertising engine, and you can sell product position all you want. But when I want information -- even information about commercial products -- I want that information filtered by relevance, not by who paid the most money to deliver the information to me. If I want to look up "safe cars" on the web, I don't just want ads from Chrysler; I want information from different perspectives. There is a huge difference between information relevant to commerce and information that is bought and paid for.
Thank God.