I know it's always tempting (and easy) to fire off a quick anti-Apple slam, but...Jesus Christ on a crutch...couldn't you take a minute to learn the source of the video? It took me 10 seconds to find out that it was made by a local real estate agent. Somebody who quite probably has a financial interest in learning more about a billion-dollar Apple data center being built in his town. Hardly an "Apple fanboi."
While back, I took a stroll through the pit.
I saw that kid we got running things down there, uh, Poot. Now, he
got the cell phone I gave him for the business, right there on his
hip. But, the nigga got another cell phone that only rang when the
pussy called. Now, if this no-count nigga got two cell phones, how
the fuck you gonna sell any more of them motherfuckers? Thats
market saturation.
Plus, it's obvious how biased the editors and readers are in favor of wikileaks.
The biases of Slashdot's editors and readers are numerous as well as obvious. Pro-Linux, anti-Apple, anti-Microsoft, anti-constraints on downloading free entertainment, etc. Why are you surprised that they show a bias about Wikileaks too?
A negative reaction is reflexive for most/.'ers for most/. stories, unless the story engages his native sense of self-entitlement in which case he replies with moral outrage. He fills his comments with sarcasm and cynicism, trying to look experienced and wise, but actually he just sounds grumpy, tiresome and repetitive.
A prominent cancer researcher at UNC-Chapel Hill is fighting the demotion and pay cut she received after a computer server she oversees was hacked, exposing about 180,000 patient files.
Over the past few decades, governments have become entwined in a series of arrangements that drain money from productive uses and direct it toward unproductive ones.
New Jersey can't afford to build its tunnel, but benefits packages for the state's employees are 41 percent more expensive than those offered by the average Fortune 500 company.
My first thought was couldn't this be more of a tidal effect than due to shrinking?
What a brilliant idea! Why don't you call up "David Morrison, senior scientist at NASA's Lunar Science Institute and NASA's 'Ask an Astrobiologist' http://astrobiology.nasa.gov/ask-an-astrobiologist/ expert" and share your insight with him?
Say something like "Hey Dave! I've RTF summary on Slashdot and now I think I know more about this than you do."
I just spent 5 minutes looking through their site and couldn't find a single thing that they are actually about.
You know, you'd think/.'ers could find their way around the web without me having to hold their little hands.
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We are 100% grassroots. No lobbyists here. No pundits. And no hyper-partisan strategists calling the shots in this movement. We are a spontaneous and collective expression of our desire to forge a culture of civic engagement that is solution-oriented, not blame-oriented.
We demand a government that responds to the needs of the majority of its citizens as expressed by our votes and by our voices; NOT corporate interests as expressed by misleading advertisements and campaign contributions.
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I didn't say I couldn't get a discount on bundled services. I said TW doesn't require me to have cable TV to get RoadRunner. What I pay for RR alone is significantly less than what I was paying for RR+cable TV. Here's the TW offer page for my area: http://www.buytimewarnercable.com/internet.aspx
You do understand that the Democrats wanted to add new privacy protections to the Act, don't you? They gave up the fight when the Republicans, as usual, promised to filibuster. Apparently the Republicans don't want any new privacy protections. You should ask them why the "small government" party wants to continue giving the bosses free rein to continue intruding into our private lives.
Slashdot Mirror
This is a story about an crime committed in Apex, North Carolina by a man from Sanford, NC and tried in a Boston, Massachusetts court. Why does the summary link to a story in an Australian web site? Why not, say, to this: http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/news/crime_files/crime_watch/nc-man-pleads-guilty-to-stealing-from-emc-corp-25-apx-20110107 or this: http://www.abc6.com/Global/story.asp?S=13800798?
I know it's always tempting (and easy) to fire off a quick anti-Apple slam, but...Jesus Christ on a crutch...couldn't you take a minute to learn the source of the video? It took me 10 seconds to find out that it was made by a local real estate agent. Somebody who quite probably has a financial interest in learning more about a billion-dollar Apple data center being built in his town. Hardly an "Apple fanboi."
From The Wire
-1, Paranoid
+1 Insightful
The biases of Slashdot's editors and readers are numerous as well as obvious. Pro-Linux, anti-Apple, anti-Microsoft, anti-constraints on downloading free entertainment, etc. Why are you surprised that they show a bias about Wikileaks too?
A negative reaction is reflexive for most /.'ers for most /. stories, unless the story engages his native sense of self-entitlement in which case he replies with moral outrage. He fills his comments with sarcasm and cynicism, trying to look experienced and wise, but actually he just sounds grumpy, tiresome and repetitive.
"No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public." - H.L. Mencken.
The battle between the kdawson haters and the Apple haters starts NOW!
http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/10/14/739551/unc-cancer-scientist-appeals-her.html.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/12/opinion/12brooks.html?_r=1&th&emc=th
http://www.angryflower.com/bobsqu.gif
This is called a stupidity tax. There are many different kinds of stupidity taxes. This is just one of them.
What a brilliant idea! Why don't you call up "David Morrison, senior scientist at NASA's Lunar Science Institute and NASA's 'Ask an Astrobiologist' http://astrobiology.nasa.gov/ask-an-astrobiologist/ expert" and share your insight with him?
Say something like "Hey Dave! I've RTF summary on Slashdot and now I think I know more about this than you do."
Then post back and tell us what happened.
Works just fine for me using Firefox 3.6.3 on Win7.
using 4.1.249.1064 on Win7.
FTFY. If you're going to reflexively slam Mac users, get your in-jokes right.
As long as media corporations are so unreasonable, I reserve the right to say, fuck them.
Fuck yeah. I say, "Media corporations, you're so unreasonable I don't want your damn content. Keep it. I'll find some other way to entertain myself."
You know, you'd think /.'ers could find their way around the web without me having to hold their little hands.
Coffee Party USA aims to reinvigorate the public sphere, drawing from diverse backgrounds and diverse perspectives, with the goal of expanding the influence of the People in America's political arena. We do not require nor adhere to any preexisting ideology. We encourage deliberation guided by reason amongst the many viewpoints held by our members. We see our diversity as a strength, not a weakness, because we believe that faithful deliberation from multiple vantage points is the best way to achieve the common good. It is in the responsible and reasonable practice of deliberation that we hope to contribute to society.
Coffee Party USA is made up of people acting independently of political parties, of corporations, and of political lobbying networks. To this point, all products created and hours logged for Coffee Party have been carried out in the spirit of volunteerism. In the coming months and years, we hope to transform our disappointment in our current political system into a force that will return our nation to a course of popular governance, of the People by the People for the People.
We are diverse -- ethnically, geographically, politically, in age and in experience.
We are 100% grassroots. No lobbyists here. No pundits. And no hyper-partisan strategists calling the shots in this movement. We are a spontaneous and collective expression of our desire to forge a culture of civic engagement that is solution-oriented, not blame-oriented.
We demand a government that responds to the needs of the majority of its citizens as expressed by our votes and by our voices; NOT corporate interests as expressed by misleading advertisements and campaign contributions.
We want a society in which democracy is treated as sacrosanct and ordinary citizens participate out of a sense of civic duty, civic pride, and a desire to contribute to society. The Coffee Party is a call to action. Our Founding Fathers and Mothers gave us an enduring gift -- Democracy -- and we must use it to meet the challenges that we face as a nation.
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From the Coffee Party web site: http://www.coffeepartyusa.com/content/coffee-party-fact-check
I didn't say I couldn't get a discount on bundled services. I said TW doesn't require me to have cable TV to get RoadRunner. What I pay for RR alone is significantly less than what I was paying for RR+cable TV. Here's the TW offer page for my area: http://www.buytimewarnercable.com/internet.aspx
4. Netflix
I have 90+ movies and TV shows in my queue, not counting the streaming queue. I won't run out of DVDs to watch for years.
Time-Warner in Durham doesn't require me to pay for any form of cable television in order to get RoadRunner.
I searched in vain for a reference to The Annotated Alice in your post but didn't find one. Pardon me if I just overlooked it. Anyway, here's a link: http://www.amazon.com/Annotated-Alice-Definitive-Lewis-Carroll/dp/0393048470/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1267996987&sr=8-1
No, I'm a fool for arguing with an AC. Now I'm dirty and you liked it.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35592245/ns/politics/