I'd take the kinesthetic experience of the MIG over the balloony visuals any day.
As a USAF crew chief I got a backseat ride in an F-16D, puked for most of it, and would do it again in a heartbeat!
Rich Slashdotters: Buy the fucking fighter ride. As to safety, balloons don't have flight controls or ejection seats. Ask around and of course cash speaks louder than words. You can figure how much most of their overhead is if you can find local jet fuel prices.
Many Slashdotters are frustrated and DESPERATELY want (someone else) to fight the powah while they cheer them on from Mums basement.
They hold an idealized view of the lower classes (easy to do for people who don't interact with the hardcore trash variety) which is why there are so many responsese treating these riots like they were some fucking Prague Spring.
That merits ridicule and utter contempt. I'd like to see the expressions on their faces as noble "looters" gave them a "Reginald Denny"-style beatdown just for being in the wrong place at an opportune time.
That will get the stupid ones who fail to use being tracked to their advantage instead of simply trying to avoid tracking.
The idea that people will only use cell phones and computers to communicate is nice for....conditioning most of them to do that....and conditioning the surveillance state to expect that and not look elsewhere.
"Or we could reduce crime by making all victimless crimes (i.e. most crimes) legal. Then we wouldn't need so many cops."
We don't have very many cops in the first place, but we'd spend billions fewer dollars on trials and incarceration. Most crimes aren't victimless, only most of the War on Some Drugs.
I'm old but (usually) considerate. I get rid of annoying people whose fucking babble I don't want to hear in the politest practical manner.
I don't give a shit what age they are. If they want to babble they can take that shit elsewhere. My friends don't babble so we don't have a problem. That leaves non-friends in the "babble" group, to be dealt with in whatever manner is useful.
As to organizers who don't show up, chew that ass in public and humiliate them. Life is too short to be nice to those who don't deserve it.
As opposed to the sweet, sweet Past where idealism held purest sway, King and peasant loved each other as brothers, and all lived each according to his needs provided for by each according to his abilities.
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Thanks to the internet, we know the number is much more than zero.
The old HP is dead, and I'd like to see the new HP die as punishment for snuffing the old HP.
Fuck the name, just die.
"It doesn't really have many apps"
Which could have been rectified before launch....
And me without Mod points!
I'll venture the Orthodox way to shorten audio jacks is not with ones teeth.
I'd take the kinesthetic experience of the MIG over the balloony visuals any day.
As a USAF crew chief I got a backseat ride in an F-16D, puked for most of it, and would do it again in a heartbeat!
Rich Slashdotters:
Buy the fucking fighter ride. As to safety, balloons don't have flight controls or ejection seats. Ask around and of course cash speaks louder than words. You can figure how much most of their overhead is if you can find local jet fuel prices.
Quick Google yields this:
http://www.thirtythousandfeet.com/rentride.htm
"d) can you eat a meal in the back seat of a MIG-25 while watching the scenery go by?"
Most people don't eat when they are getting laid. Using the "fuck metric", a fighter ride is worth MANY fucks. Go for it.
I try a variety of WMs and switch back and forth between them often.
I also try a variety of distros (Virtualbox makes it absurdly easy) and find it good mental exercise.
I'm not thrilled about GNOME turning to shit, but it's no great loss either and GNOME/KDE bloatage is IMO giving a boost to light, fast alternatives.
Who IS/ARE in charge of GNOME?
Adding XFCE as an option takes a few minutes. I encourage anyone who hasn't given it a shot to try it.
You can run as many WMs as you like and try a diifferent one every login if you like, so enjoy the options!
"So this person, who's apparently pretty important in the FOSS world"
Find who hired him and put THEM on the spot. His influence is a result of decisions made by other people.
They fucked up.
Many Slashdotters are frustrated and DESPERATELY want (someone else) to fight the powah while they cheer them on from Mums basement.
They hold an idealized view of the lower classes (easy to do for people who don't interact with the hardcore trash variety) which is why there are so many responsese treating these riots like they were some fucking Prague Spring.
That merits ridicule and utter contempt.
I'd like to see the expressions on their faces as noble "looters" gave them a "Reginald Denny"-style beatdown just for being in the wrong place at an opportune time.
I. for one, find the idea vaguely arousing...
Becoming bloatware isn't entertaining.
Strongly agree, which is why I avoid promoting Linux to non-geeks. They don't understand such things and it's not worth explaining it to them.
BTW, there are plenty of alternatives to KDE and GNOME.
The cartoon bear in the back makes me nervous...
If the Feds had a sense of humor, they'd name it Party_Van instead.
And like the War on Some Drugs, both sides are making a massive profit while furthering their personal agendas.
That will get the stupid ones who fail to use being tracked to their advantage instead of simply trying to avoid tracking.
The idea that people will only use cell phones and computers to communicate is nice for....conditioning most of them to do that....and conditioning the surveillance state to expect that and not look elsewhere.
"Or we could reduce crime by making all victimless crimes (i.e. most crimes) legal. Then we wouldn't need so many cops."
We don't have very many cops in the first place, but we'd spend billions fewer dollars on trials and incarceration. Most crimes aren't victimless, only most of the War on Some Drugs.
"I heard you like frosty piss in your frosty piss, so I frosty piss in your frosty piss so you can frosty piss while you frosty piss."
Keep your Coors Light commercials to yourself.
"The older age groups have their own ways of doing the same."
Both have good reasons for wanting to ditch some conversations in a non-confrontational manner.
Hint to the clue-resistant:
If YOU get put off often, YOU might be the problem.
I'm old but (usually) considerate. I get rid of annoying people whose fucking babble I don't want to hear in the politest practical manner.
I don't give a shit what age they are. If they want to babble they can take that shit elsewhere. My friends don't babble so we don't have a problem. That leaves non-friends in the "babble" group, to be dealt with in whatever manner is useful.
As to organizers who don't show up, chew that ass in public and humiliate them. Life is too short to be nice to those who don't deserve it.
Brilliant, and avoids hurting the feelings of people who may be useful.
As opposed to the sweet, sweet Past where idealism held purest sway, King and peasant loved each other as brothers, and all lived each according to his needs provided for by each according to his abilities.
Why fork when other browsers are free?
"If they simply start breaking at random I might as well just use Chrome."
Or Opera, the "other" browser.