you know, you're right. we should start by having the Onion shut down -- some people might take that seriously! after that we'll move towards illegalizing sarcasm; slashdot itself is a perfect example of how often people don't 'get it.' this will be part of a movement to remove the inefficient and harmful device known as 'humor' from the world altogether.
POKEY GENE IS REQUIRED FOR EXCITEMENT!!! THOSE LACKING THE POKEY GENE ARE ENCOURAGED TO ENJOY 'GARFIELD' AND 'FAMILY CIRCUS' FOR RISK-FREE HUMOR!!! ALSO 'USER FRIENDLY' TO A CERTAIN EXTENT
FOR MANY DECADES POKEY THE PENGUIN PROVIDED FUN AND EXCITEMENT TO CHILDREN AROUND THE WORLD!!! TODAY THE AIR IS FILLED WITH THEIR MOURNING SOBS. THE DAY IS TRULY BLEAK!!!
does this mean they can lock up those horrible people from Domino's who keep snail-mailing me ads? and what about those credit card companies? while we're on the subject of unsolicited advertising, how about those religious nuts who hand out pamplets on street corners? i want to be allowed to shoot them on sight. in fact, maybe we should even extend this law to people who speak too loudly in public. my point is, unsolicited communications maybe annoying but they're still protected by the constitution. if you start chipping away at the first amendment it won't be long until you yourself start feeling it.
-- neil
p.s. if the law does get passed, it'd at least be nice to see those idiots i went to high school with behind bars for mass e-mail ascii pictures of roses and crap like that.:)
it's probably been mentioned that CNN.com has posted an article about Refund Day. they also have a little web-poll about whether or not you'd try to get money back from an MS product. the results are surprising..
http://www.cnn.com/POLL/results/99971.html
you can vote right here: http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9902/17/refund .idg/
>...but I can't see the dolls hurting our success either.
you can't see how proudly waving a toy as a rallying cry makes you seem more like a member of a group of raving nuts and less like a concerned consumer? the fact that 'refund day' and 'linux community' are so inextricably linked means that anyone who thinks that 'refund day' is an immature PR stunt (which, although incorrect, is a perfectly understandable first-glance misconception) also thereby thinks that the 'linux community' is a bunch of immature loudmouths.. which then negatively reflects upon the OS by detracting from all that it really is -- a damned good piece of software. bottom line: if the people want to be heard they need to look more like -the people- and less like a selfish special-interest group.. and microsoft victims in general are definitely more the former than the latter. that's the kind of thing that needs to played up, and that's the kind of thing that you don't help by waving a plush penguin proudly in the air.. it's tough, y'know.
it's pretty evident to me that the constant coupling of 'foo' with 'bar' indicates the most influential origin is the term 'FUBAR.' however, this doesn't address -my- question: what are the next two words in the series? i seem to recall that these are, in order, 'baz blee' (as in 'foo bar baz blee'). i think i've seen 'em in programming texts but i can't quite remember. anyone else familiar? anyone know where they come from?
Slashdot Mirror
-- neil
well, let's see, can you think of anything else that causes any given web site's traffic to increase by 5 to 50 times overnight?
-neil
POKEY GENE IS REQUIRED FOR EXCITEMENT!!! THOSE LACKING THE POKEY GENE ARE ENCOURAGED TO ENJOY 'GARFIELD' AND 'FAMILY CIRCUS' FOR RISK-FREE HUMOR!!! ALSO 'USER FRIENDLY' TO A CERTAIN EXTENT
-- neil
yes, after all, slashdot is SUCH a low-profile thing.
-- neil
TODAY I WEAR POKEY SHIRT IN AN ELEGIAC MOOD
--neil
you heard it right here, folks. get a life: become a trolling AC.
-- neil
but it's true, you know.
does this mean they can lock up those horrible people from Domino's who keep snail-mailing me ads? and what about those credit card companies? while we're on the subject of unsolicited advertising, how about those religious nuts who hand out pamplets on street corners? i want to be allowed to shoot them on sight. in fact, maybe we should even extend this law to people who speak too loudly in public.
:)
my point is, unsolicited communications maybe annoying but they're still protected by the constitution. if you start chipping away at the first amendment it won't be long until you yourself start feeling it.
-- neil
p.s. if the law does get passed, it'd at least be nice to see those idiots i went to high school with behind bars for mass e-mail ascii pictures of roses and crap like that.
it is? i guess i don't keep up well enough. sorry. :)
-- neil
it's probably been mentioned that CNN.com has posted an article about Refund Day. they also have a little web-poll about whether or not you'd try to get money back from an MS product. the results are surprising..
d .idg/
http://www.cnn.com/POLL/results/99971.html
you can vote right here:
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9902/17/refun
-- neil
>...but I can't see the dolls hurting our success either.
you can't see how proudly waving a toy as a rallying cry makes you seem more like a member of a group of raving nuts and less like a concerned consumer?
the fact that 'refund day' and 'linux community' are so inextricably linked means that anyone who thinks that 'refund day' is an immature PR stunt (which, although incorrect, is a perfectly understandable first-glance misconception) also thereby thinks that the 'linux community' is a bunch of immature loudmouths.. which then negatively reflects upon the OS by detracting from all that it really is -- a damned good piece of software.
bottom line: if the people want to be heard they need to look more like -the people- and less like a selfish special-interest group.. and microsoft victims in general are definitely more the former than the latter. that's the kind of thing that needs to played up, and that's the kind of thing that you don't help by waving a plush penguin proudly in the air..
it's tough, y'know.
--neil
it's pretty evident to me that the constant coupling of 'foo' with 'bar' indicates the most influential origin is the term 'FUBAR.' however, this doesn't address -my- question: what are the next two words in the series? i seem to recall that these are, in order, 'baz blee' (as in 'foo bar baz blee'). i think i've seen 'em in programming texts but i can't quite remember. anyone else familiar? anyone know where they come from?
--neil