You went go college and studied computer science, achieving at least an Associates Degree. You usually wear decent clothing (slacks, button-shirt, etc.) not jeans and tee shirts.
You are a sysadmin and use BSD, GNU/Linux, AIX, IRIX and SunOS/Solaris but GNU/Linux exclusively on your personal PC (but think Macs are okay and are quite capable at using them as well), think Windows OSes barely qualify for the "OS" label, know what a Vax is and even know your way around VMS, and are a first rate perl-monger.
You think emacs is of the devil and probably have many esoteric vi command keys memorized.
While you surf the intarwebs regularly you know there were tubes before webs and still read Usenet on occasion.
You are fairly libertarian but likely not a card-carrying member of the Libertarian party.
Furthermore, you are an avid reader and at one time played DOOM way too much.
Oh, and despite all this, you found someone who loved you enough to accept your marriage proposal.
I could tell you more about yourself but that's just what I got in the first 60 seconds.
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In the picture and the video, the game controller is not twice the size but yes it's bigger. More importantly, it's designed to look like a real gun.
A three year old child doesn't differentiate that because one item is larger than the other they're not the same kind of thing. "Eerily similar" is just my way of saying if I pulled that thing out of my jacket in a dim alley the police would open fire at me. Why any parent would buy their three year old a toy that looks that much like a real gun is beyond me.
There is enough detail in the article. It says: (a) the game controller in question is not generally available for sale in the US and IS RARE but is available on web sites; and (b) the man left his loaded handgun on the table and "forgot about it."
The video further reports he went outside to check on a possible disturbance, came back inside, set the gun down and went back to bed.
The article clearly reads "...left it on a table and forgot about it..."
He didn't just not put it away immediately, he FORGOT ABOUT A LOADED HANDGUN. Mistakes are mistakes. This rises above mistake and into NEGLIGENCE territory. I would argue going out of your way to buy a toy that looks as much like a real gun as possible for A THREE YEAR OLD is negligence also but certainly nowhere near as bad as leaving a real gun on a table and forgetting it.
1. The parents purposefully sought out a rare game controller that looked like a real gun FOR THEIR THREE YEAR OLD DAUGHTER
2. Then the father LEFT A REAL LOADED GUN that looked eerily similar to the kid's game controller (by fucking design, I might add) ON THE COFFEE TABLE which is probably EXACTLY WHERE THE FUCKING THREE YEAR OLD KID TYPICALLY LEFT HER GAME CONTROLLER.
3. Then they are shocked and surprised she picked it up and fired it.
I generally would not advocate taking children from their parents but somebody might want to think long and hard about the wisdom of leaving the 1yr old in the care of parents so f**ed up it's not even funny.
Netcraft now confirms: in Soviet Russia, a beowulf cluster of these imagines Natalie Portman with hot grits; thereby answering the question "Does it run Linux?"
It's kind of difficult to pretend to be working during meetings while actually watching internet porn on my phone if I'm watching it by projecting it life-size on a wall.
Lot's of comments already so probably nobody will see this but it's been said before and it's the most basic truth that the MPAA and RIAA et. al. need to come to grips with eventually:
If it can be read it can be copied.
The only way to prevent people from copying their precious Hi-Def movies and super awesome digital music is to prevent them from PLAYING them. Which in a sick and twisted sort of way appears to be what they are slowly trying to accomplish.
It seems Thunderbird supports both local searching and server-side IMAP SEARCH. I have found info that indicates the default used to be server-side but that was from 2007. I am using Thunderbird 3.0.2 and noticed when I search an IMAP account there is a check box that says "Run search on server" that is unchecked by default.
This is my thought exactly. An app that lets you search through your GMail data without hitting Google's servers every time you search interferes with their core business of providing ads along with search results while monitoring users' searches to improve both search algorithms and ad delivery algorithms. If the app somehow reappears, you can bet even if it works off-line when you have no data connection, the search info will still be tracked and sent back to Google when connectivity is restored. And ads may be added as a "feature" as well.
I'm not saying they're bad or evil and that they're big brother tracking you and "ooh, better wear your tinfoil hats" or anything. Simply saying their business is dependent on maintaining their lead in search technology and ad delivery technology and one of the best ways to do that is to data mine how/what people are searching.
Are they planning to block Google too? You can find a crap load of torrents through simple google searches. Not to mention (as the article does) all the other specific.torrent search sites. Or proxies. Or tor. Or rapidshit. Or FTP. Or Usenet. Or other P2P networks/apps. (AD INFINITUM)
I know you're moderated funny, but I could see them eventually getting into that business. How better to learn methods of bypassing ad-blocks than by being a leading producer of ad-blocking technology yourself?
Look at it like this:
1. sell advertising to companies
2. sell ad-blocking tools to people
3. sell enhanced advertising that bypasses new ad-blocks to companies at a higher price
4. sell enhanced ad-blocking tools to people that block the new ads at a higher price
5. GOTO 3
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You went go college and studied computer science, achieving at least an Associates Degree. You usually wear decent clothing (slacks, button-shirt, etc.) not jeans and tee shirts.
You are a sysadmin and use BSD, GNU/Linux, AIX, IRIX and SunOS/Solaris but GNU/Linux exclusively on your personal PC (but think Macs are okay and are quite capable at using them as well), think Windows OSes barely qualify for the "OS" label, know what a Vax is and even know your way around VMS, and are a first rate perl-monger.
You think emacs is of the devil and probably have many esoteric vi command keys memorized.
While you surf the intarwebs regularly you know there were tubes before webs and still read Usenet on occasion.
You are fairly libertarian but likely not a card-carrying member of the Libertarian party.
Furthermore, you are an avid reader and at one time played DOOM way too much.
Oh, and despite all this, you found someone who loved you enough to accept your marriage proposal.
I could tell you more about yourself but that's just what I got in the first 60 seconds.
I'm sorry but all that makes it small.
Why yes I is, boss! An' I was a fuckin' yo mama just this mo'nin'.
What happens if you cross the beams?
That's a joke... I say, that's a joke, son!
(just a little something I picked up in Sarcasm 101)
if his blog is running on this framework it's as slow as molasses
In the picture and the video, the game controller is not twice the size but yes it's bigger. More importantly, it's designed to look like a real gun.
A three year old child doesn't differentiate that because one item is larger than the other they're not the same kind of thing. "Eerily similar" is just my way of saying if I pulled that thing out of my jacket in a dim alley the police would open fire at me. Why any parent would buy their three year old a toy that looks that much like a real gun is beyond me.
There is enough detail in the article. It says: (a) the game controller in question is not generally available for sale in the US and IS RARE but is available on web sites; and (b) the man left his loaded handgun on the table and "forgot about it."
The video further reports he went outside to check on a possible disturbance, came back inside, set the gun down and went back to bed.
"Didn't put it away immediately" ???
The article clearly reads "...left it on a table and forgot about it..."
He didn't just not put it away immediately, he FORGOT ABOUT A LOADED HANDGUN. Mistakes are mistakes. This rises above mistake and into NEGLIGENCE territory. I would argue going out of your way to buy a toy that looks as much like a real gun as possible for A THREE YEAR OLD is negligence also but certainly nowhere near as bad as leaving a real gun on a table and forgetting it.
So let me break it down like this:
1. The parents purposefully sought out a rare game controller that looked like a real gun FOR THEIR THREE YEAR OLD DAUGHTER
2. Then the father LEFT A REAL LOADED GUN that looked eerily similar to the kid's game controller (by fucking design, I might add) ON THE COFFEE TABLE which is probably EXACTLY WHERE THE FUCKING THREE YEAR OLD KID TYPICALLY LEFT HER GAME CONTROLLER.
3. Then they are shocked and surprised she picked it up and fired it.
I generally would not advocate taking children from their parents but somebody might want to think long and hard about the wisdom of leaving the 1yr old in the care of parents so f**ed up it's not even funny.
Just wait for the CRS-5 to come out. It'll move a HellaLibraryOfCongress per second.
Real men telnet to port 443 and do the SSL encryption in their heads.
Xubuntu = Ubuntu - Crap
Peasant's Quest (Oh, wait, that one's been done)
The OS X kernel is called XNU
Great! Now why do I get the funny feeling my Mac is going to automagically get me an all-expense paid vacation to visit Mt. St. Helens?
"Shut up, honkey!" - George Jefferson
Especially lines like:
/* No such file or directory */
#define ENOENT 2
It's a verb and a noun. Like this...
VERB: Microsoft and Amazon ink a deal.
NOUN: Microsoft fscks Amazon before the ink is dry.
Netcraft now confirms: in Soviet Russia, a beowulf cluster of these imagines Natalie Portman with hot grits; thereby answering the question "Does it run Linux?"
...you insensitive clod.
It's kind of difficult to pretend to be working during meetings while actually watching internet porn on my phone if I'm watching it by projecting it life-size on a wall.
Lot's of comments already so probably nobody will see this but it's been said before and it's the most basic truth that the MPAA and RIAA et. al. need to come to grips with eventually:
If it can be read it can be copied.
The only way to prevent people from copying their precious Hi-Def movies and super awesome digital music is to prevent them from PLAYING them. Which in a sick and twisted sort of way appears to be what they are slowly trying to accomplish.
It seems Thunderbird supports both local searching and server-side IMAP SEARCH. I have found info that indicates the default used to be server-side but that was from 2007. I am using Thunderbird 3.0.2 and noticed when I search an IMAP account there is a check box that says "Run search on server" that is unchecked by default.
Interesting.
This is my thought exactly. An app that lets you search through your GMail data without hitting Google's servers every time you search interferes with their core business of providing ads along with search results while monitoring users' searches to improve both search algorithms and ad delivery algorithms. If the app somehow reappears, you can bet even if it works off-line when you have no data connection, the search info will still be tracked and sent back to Google when connectivity is restored. And ads may be added as a "feature" as well.
I'm not saying they're bad or evil and that they're big brother tracking you and "ooh, better wear your tinfoil hats" or anything. Simply saying their business is dependent on maintaining their lead in search technology and ad delivery technology and one of the best ways to do that is to data mine how/what people are searching.
Are they planning to block Google too? You can find a crap load of torrents through simple google searches. Not to mention (as the article does) all the other specific .torrent search sites. Or proxies. Or tor. Or rapidshit. Or FTP. Or Usenet. Or other P2P networks/apps. (AD INFINITUM)
I know you're moderated funny, but I could see them eventually getting into that business. How better to learn methods of bypassing ad-blocks than by being a leading producer of ad-blocking technology yourself?
Look at it like this:
1. sell advertising to companies
2. sell ad-blocking tools to people
3. sell enhanced advertising that bypasses new ad-blocks to companies at a higher price
4. sell enhanced ad-blocking tools to people that block the new ads at a higher price
5. GOTO 3