Most of my favorite writers are dead anyway - me reading a.TXT copy on my PDA is hurting no one important. Being that I pay (almost) nothing for my first read - Amazon's recommendations and user/reader reviews are more than OK for seeking out new material. Not much different (from the author's perspective) than me reading those books in my local library. Only that by the time THEY get to introduce me to the "new" material - those writers will be dead too.
Seriously... I very rarely buy books for myself lately. Instead, when I bump into something that sounds interesting - I seek out the.TXT versions on the internet. If it turns out to be good - I will end up buying hard copies for my friends or even myself. If it turns out to be great - I will go for exclusive hardbacks for myself. They look better on the shelve. I will still read my.TXT copies without fear of tearing them or spilling coffee on them.
Also, English NOT being my first language, I gave up on waiting for translations years ago. They are slow to come out, sometimes really badly translated, and the printing quality is declining with publishers looking to save on printing costs.
Same goes for comics. Browse, download, read. If any good - buy TPBs. If not... well... its their own fault for writing trash, right? Still... I feel like I still owe a couple of hundreds in beers or money to Warren Ellis.
Don't worry. morari has a plan to buy Wiis for all those PS2 owners. And if we promise to be really good - he will buy Wiis for all those X-BOX owners and PS3 owners too.
I know that it sounds like a lot to us, mere humans, but he is such a cool guy - I am sure he could pull it off. I feel honoured by his presence on Slashdot and I am eagerly awaiting my Wii.
Nah... Short Round was OK. Indy would have ended up a zombie if not for Short Round. Incidentally, everyone loved the kid as Data in The Goonies next year.
Its the annoying blond the movie could have done without. I mean... after a asskickin' chick like Marion we get a scream queen diva. No wonder Indy never mentioned here in other movies.
Can you think of anybody else who you'd like to end up with this letter? Sure. Me. So I could sell it later when it becomes even more valuable and then use the proceeds for my research on prostitution, games of chance and liquor.
The only thing a belief in a deity doesn't support is non-belief in a deity. If only it was that simple. Nah... Even that part is covered. $DEITY believes in you even if you don't believe in he/she/it.
After all... Christians alone had like 2000 years to come up with ready answers to any question that questions $DEITY. But the time or man-hours involved is not the issue here. Its the "The Wizard Did It" all-solving solution that logic can't compete with.
And they all have their confidential handbooks. You know... Them Bibles, Qur'ans, Torah and such. Only thing is - you have to be IN the clan for the books to be confidential. To us unbelievers those books a just fiction. But to the "chosen ones" they are a map to heaven and a blueprint for perfection.
Kinda like the back of the 20$ bill. You have to be high to see the men in the bushes. Same thing with religions. You have to be high on the stuff they are selling to see the saint, angels, prophets and such where there are none.
You have a rather low 4 digit slashdot ID. Get some of them hacker friends of yours to provide you with the cell numbers needed.
BTW... aim for the female parts of the family instead. Mothers, wives and daughters... Can't write those expenses off. And send messages using your friend's phone. It is much more fun when someone else is charged for harassment.
This is not flamebait, this is simple logic. Umm... Yes it is. And you yourself testified to that with your prophesied expectations of hate mail...
I am not sure how it is on your planet of origin, but here on Earth when person A starts a discussion praising X and person B comes along and comments something like "Fuck X, who needs it anyway?!" - that is not only a troll and flamebait, that is a call for physical damage to person B's face.
What does having a better understanding of the universe get us, nothing. Go watch documentaries entitled "Deep Impact" and "Armageddon" before you ask that question again, knowing that those fine young Americans and John McClane have given their lives to protect the life on this planet.
By the way, you are the only person I have heard of who thinks that we cannot get two people to agree on feeding the hungry, sheltering the homeless, or trying to spread peace. You have obviously arrived to this planet only recently, right? Or you would have known that both former Soviet Union and United States of America agreed on all of the above long ago. Only problem was should the food, shelter and peace be provided by working for private sector and then buying it yourself according to your spending abilities or working for the country and getting one-kind-government-approved provided to every one. You know, Mac and Coke not every one could afford every day or borscht every one would eat every day. Oh, the hilarity that ensued over THAT.
But then hey, everyone has the right to an opinion. Just so we sure on that, that right did not come from space exploration, but an exploration here on earth. OK. So... Its OK then, since you are not for these new rights all of us will get (like "A Right To Eat Cookies" and "A Right On Your Own Orion Slave Girl") when we get to explore the space - to not give these rights to you and your offspring? I am so making a time capsule of your post above for my great-great-great-great-great-grandson. He is going to be so pleased with a chance to make maybe a whole town of people stuck in the 20th century on Earth while everyone else is going to the stars.
Be proud. You have just created the Amish of the future. Oh... and please, have many children. Don't disappoint my offspring.
It's got all the elements of the classic cautionary tale, and just reading it should bring at least a brief and sarcastic smile to the face of anybody who's ever been robbed. Yeah. Next time I go laptop.. umm... "shopping" - bring some black duct tape to cover camera and microphone.
On a side note... anyone notice how many laptop users, particularly new ones have no idea they have a camera or a microphone pre-installed and turned on? Not so long ago, I was talking to a friend of mine through skype, and he mentions how the computer shop has ripped him off for the headphones+mic combo he bought - so his family could skype. See... they wanted to talk to their relatives in "the faraway land" but they had no microphone, so he went out and bought one. But the comp shop only had the combos, so they sold him the headphones too...
In the middle of this talk, he notices that his microphone is picking up some really quiet sounds. Like, him trying to peal of a sticker from the laptop.
"Laptop? Umm... did you check if you might have a microphone installed in it?" "No way. Why would I..." "Try plugging out the headphones." "OK. But I tell you, there is no way... There, you hear me now?" "Yup. Loud and clear. Look at your laptop screen's frame. There should be a small hole with some kind of icon not really resembling a mic next to it..." "Umm... wait... Shit! There is one. But this thing is so tiny!... Damn. Guess that was 30$ thrown out the window for the phones and mic."
And he is not my "tech challenged friend". He just didn't notice the tiny pin-hole all this time.
I hate Windows. It robs me of my creative juices. Because I am creative, you know... man? So I "Switched". Now, I code for OS X and every day is a beautiful rainbow for me.
You mean it's OK for companies to lie out their arse at people and we should just swallow the bullshit? -No, it is not OK. But everyone does is it anyway. Only it is not a good long term business policy to lie to your customers. -No. Nobody forces you to swallow it. Make your own decisions.
Does that mean we can like like shit too, or is it only rich companies allowed to do this? -Yes. You can like shit too. -No. Rich companies are allowed to like shit too.
Or, rather, can we call ANYONE out for lying like a bastard? -Yes, you can call out ANYONE. But ONLY if you call out everyone. If you cherry-pick who you call out based on your personal preference - you Sir are a pussy.
If I spend a million dollars in publicity where I suggest product X is, not only, superior to product Y, but also that everybody is going for product 'X'.
It would be normal for you to "feel" that product 'X' suits you best, even though it doesn't. Yeah, I know what you mean...
Imagine them making a series of commercials that way. Lets say... with a young, "hip" and slim actor portraying their product (A) and a older, fat, bespectacled, "corporate drone"-like actor portraying the competition (B). And then let them play it out so that product A is not just better than B, but B also sucks. Like... you know.. big time.
[quote]Why make all the fuss over Jesus and go through all the hassles if they knew it was all entirely made up? There was a stir be made early on and it had its roots somewhere. Least unlikely scenario is that the itinerant preacher existed.[/quote] Ever heard of Clark Kent? Or Superman? How about Bruce Wayne or Batman? Or John Clayton, Lord Greystoke or Tarzan? Or lets make it even simpler - Santa Claus? Or Boogeyman?
Wanna take up the "Why the hassle if they don't exist?" argument again?
As for least UN-likely scenario... Last time I checked, something or someone can not be considered real unless proven so. The IDEA of his/hers/its existence can still have an effect on us, because we are sentient beings and we live in our minds first and foremost. But try applying that to dogs or cows. Not to mention something non-living as cars or rocks.
It's like a straight guy measuring his dick. It really doesn't matter. Sorry, but I'm kind of... you know... not gay.
Oh... and..
those gerrymandered statistics
Market share isn't really that critical of a number, expecially when the market isn't defined to do anything but make Microsoft look good.
Market share doesn't tell you much about a products quality, suitability, desirability, or anything else. For a fan of apples you do spend much time eating sour grapes as it seems.
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Most of my favorite writers are dead anyway - me reading a .TXT copy on my PDA is hurting no one important.
.TXT versions on the internet. .TXT copies without fear of tearing them or spilling coffee on them.
Being that I pay (almost) nothing for my first read - Amazon's recommendations and user/reader reviews are more than OK for seeking out new material.
Not much different (from the author's perspective) than me reading those books in my local library.
Only that by the time THEY get to introduce me to the "new" material - those writers will be dead too.
Seriously... I very rarely buy books for myself lately.
Instead, when I bump into something that sounds interesting - I seek out the
If it turns out to be good - I will end up buying hard copies for my friends or even myself.
If it turns out to be great - I will go for exclusive hardbacks for myself.
They look better on the shelve. I will still read my
Also, English NOT being my first language, I gave up on waiting for translations years ago.
They are slow to come out, sometimes really badly translated, and the printing quality is declining with publishers looking to save on printing costs.
Same goes for comics.
Browse, download, read. If any good - buy TPBs. If not... well... its their own fault for writing trash, right?
Still... I feel like I still owe a couple of hundreds in beers or money to Warren Ellis.
Don't worry.
morari has a plan to buy Wiis for all those PS2 owners.
And if we promise to be really good - he will buy Wiis for all those X-BOX owners and PS3 owners too.
I know that it sounds like a lot to us, mere humans, but he is such a cool guy - I am sure he could pull it off.
I feel honoured by his presence on Slashdot and I am eagerly awaiting my Wii.
Nah... Short Round was OK. Indy would have ended up a zombie if not for Short Round.
Incidentally, everyone loved the kid as Data in The Goonies next year.
Its the annoying blond the movie could have done without.
I mean... after a asskickin' chick like Marion we get a scream queen diva.
No wonder Indy never mentioned here in other movies.
It is always sunny on the sun.
That is why it is called that way.
Me.
So I could sell it later when it becomes even more valuable and then use the proceeds for my research on prostitution, games of chance and liquor.
He/she got a really good tan?
Nah... Even that part is covered.
$DEITY believes in you even if you don't believe in he/she/it.
After all... Christians alone had like 2000 years to come up with ready answers to any question that questions $DEITY.
But the time or man-hours involved is not the issue here.
Its the "The Wizard Did It" all-solving solution that logic can't compete with.
Um?
Its just that some are more popular than others.
And they all have their confidential handbooks. You know... Them Bibles, Qur'ans, Torah and such.
Only thing is - you have to be IN the clan for the books to be confidential.
To us unbelievers those books a just fiction. But to the "chosen ones" they are a map to heaven and a blueprint for perfection.
Kinda like the back of the 20$ bill. You have to be high to see the men in the bushes.
Same thing with religions.
You have to be high on the stuff they are selling to see the saint, angels, prophets and such where there are none.
Credibility?
Me?
When did THAT happen?
I thought I was just being a sarcastic ass, waiving my dick in the wind and all that...
You have a rather low 4 digit slashdot ID.
Get some of them hacker friends of yours to provide you with the cell numbers needed.
BTW... aim for the female parts of the family instead. Mothers, wives and daughters... Can't write those expenses off.
And send messages using your friend's phone. It is much more fun when someone else is charged for harassment.
I am not sure how it is on your planet of origin, but here on Earth when person A starts a discussion praising X and person B comes along and comments something like "Fuck X, who needs it anyway?!" - that is not only a troll and flamebait, that is a call for physical damage to person B's face. What does having a better understanding of the universe get us, nothing. Go watch documentaries entitled "Deep Impact" and "Armageddon" before you ask that question again, knowing that those fine young Americans and John McClane have given their lives to protect the life on this planet. By the way, you are the only person I have heard of who thinks that we cannot get two people to agree on feeding the hungry, sheltering the homeless, or trying to spread peace. You have obviously arrived to this planet only recently, right?
Or you would have known that both former Soviet Union and United States of America agreed on all of the above long ago.
Only problem was should the food, shelter and peace be provided by working for private sector and then buying it yourself according to your spending abilities or working for the country and getting one-kind-government-approved provided to every one.
You know, Mac and Coke not every one could afford every day or borscht every one would eat every day.
Oh, the hilarity that ensued over THAT. But then hey, everyone has the right to an opinion. Just so we sure on that, that right did not come from space exploration, but an exploration here on earth. OK. So... Its OK then, since you are not for these new rights all of us will get (like "A Right To Eat Cookies" and "A Right On Your Own Orion Slave Girl") when we get to explore the space - to not give these rights to you and your offspring?
I am so making a time capsule of your post above for my great-great-great-great-great-grandson.
He is going to be so pleased with a chance to make maybe a whole town of people stuck in the 20th century on Earth while everyone else is going to the stars.
Be proud. You have just created the Amish of the future.
Oh... and please, have many children. Don't disappoint my offspring.
On a side note... anyone notice how many laptop users, particularly new ones have no idea they have a camera or a microphone pre-installed and turned on?
Not so long ago, I was talking to a friend of mine through skype, and he mentions how the computer shop has ripped him off for the headphones+mic combo he bought - so his family could skype.
See... they wanted to talk to their relatives in "the faraway land" but they had no microphone, so he went out and bought one.
But the comp shop only had the combos, so they sold him the headphones too...
In the middle of this talk, he notices that his microphone is picking up some really quiet sounds. Like, him trying to peal of a sticker from the laptop.
"Laptop? Umm... did you check if you might have a microphone installed in it?"
"No way. Why would I..."
"Try plugging out the headphones."
"OK. But I tell you, there is no way... There, you hear me now?"
"Yup. Loud and clear. Look at your laptop screen's frame. There should be a small hole with some kind of icon not really resembling a mic next to it..."
"Umm... wait... Shit! There is one. But this thing is so tiny!... Damn. Guess that was 30$ thrown out the window for the phones and mic."
And he is not my "tech challenged friend".
He just didn't notice the tiny pin-hole all this time.
Actually it is more like:
I hate Windows. It robs me of my creative juices.
Because I am creative, you know... man?
So I "Switched".
Now, I code for OS X and every day is a beautiful rainbow for me.
Do I know you?
-No. Nobody forces you to swallow it. Make your own decisions. Does that mean we can like like shit too, or is it only rich companies allowed to do this? -Yes. You can like shit too.
-No. Rich companies are allowed to like shit too. Or, rather, can we call ANYONE out for lying like a bastard? -Yes, you can call out ANYONE. But ONLY if you call out everyone.
If you cherry-pick who you call out based on your personal preference - you Sir are a pussy.
It would be normal for you to "feel" that product 'X' suits you best, even though it doesn't. Yeah, I know what you mean...
Imagine them making a series of commercials that way.
Lets say... with a young, "hip" and slim actor portraying their product (A) and a older, fat, bespectacled, "corporate drone"-like actor portraying the competition (B).
And then let them play it out so that product A is not just better than B, but B also sucks. Like... you know.. big time.
Pure evil!
[quote]Why make all the fuss over Jesus and go through all the hassles if they knew it was all entirely made up? There was a stir be made early on and it had its roots somewhere. Least unlikely scenario is that the itinerant preacher existed.[/quote]
Ever heard of Clark Kent? Or Superman? How about Bruce Wayne or Batman? Or John Clayton, Lord Greystoke or Tarzan?
Or lets make it even simpler - Santa Claus? Or Boogeyman?
Wanna take up the "Why the hassle if they don't exist?" argument again?
As for least UN-likely scenario...
Last time I checked, something or someone can not be considered real unless proven so.
The IDEA of his/hers/its existence can still have an effect on us, because we are sentient beings and we live in our minds first and foremost.
But try applying that to dogs or cows. Not to mention something non-living as cars or rocks.
So "I know a guy who knows a guy who maybe did something" is a valid reference?
Nice.
...spend some of that philanthropy money to fix it?
Nor are you.
Damn... I have to learn to be less subtle.
The original show was created to promote the toys, so...
Oh... and.. those gerrymandered statistics Market share isn't really that critical of a number, expecially when the market isn't defined to do anything but make Microsoft look good. Market share doesn't tell you much about a products quality, suitability, desirability, or anything else. For a fan of apples you do spend much time eating sour grapes as it seems.
There are apple fanboys out there who would pay money for that box.
Obviously you're not a golfer.