Three or four spams a day isn't bad to deal with. But three or four hundred a day (due to people who randomly type your domain name in registration prompts all over the Internet) is a real pain!
Well then just what in hell are we paying all those astronomers for, anyway? And for that matter, all those astrologers? Next time I spot an astrophysicist tooling around in a Porsche I'm going to give him a piece of my mind.
He neither confirms nor denies that there is a secret preprocessor for Java that can take cleanly indented code, a la Python, and add braces. But I know there must be one.
>I mean, this isn't about sensitivity, it is about real marketing stupidity.
True. The chosen name creates a risk that could have been easily avoided simply by choosing a more arbitrary one -- Project Feldspar, Project Plankton, or whatever. Of course, for all I know, those could be actual U.S. military operations of the past! Let the namer beware...
> Yes, I've been trolled, but it was too good to pass up.
Heh. I should've put <sarcasm> tags around my "colonialism" line, though I don't know if it was really sarcasm or maybe something like Dadaism, or just plain goofy. Sorry for the inadvertent troll!
I see. So it's fine for an American company to try to steal Japanese companies' market share, as long as it doesn't come up with a project name that makes the goal obvious.
The truth is, American companies have no right to compete with Japanese industry at all, until they have paid proper reparations for America's past colonialist exploitation.
That's one viewpoint, anyway. My own viewpoint is that if the name "Project Midway" provides any revelation of the dark heart of Microsoft corporate culture, big friggin' deal. I think the name is pretty amusing.
I know this is hard to grasp for some of the socialists on Slashdot, but: It isn't one man's business to tell another what he should charge for a product. (note, I don't mean to imply that you are a socialist, but a lot of people on Slashdot are and just won't admit it).
The only legitimate exception to that is when the product is a government granted monopoly.
Or, if I may paraphrase, "It isn't one man's business to tell another what he should charge, unless the product is distributed in a socialist manner." Brilliant!
> Sure was meant as a joke...a tasteless, hurtful joke. Why is it not more funny that Bert has been actually linked to real evil? I would think your average person who thinks "Bert is EVIL!" is funny would find the real thing twice as funny. Look, either being hurtful is funny, or it's not.
How can you be sure Bert found it hurtful? Maybe he thought it was funny.
> Does anyone else agree that in the aftermath of this WTC/Pentagon crap the whole _WORLD_ needs something that they have to pull together to work on? A common enemy (or whatever you choose to call it) that we as human beings have to pull together to fend against?
Yes! And that common enemy is: the United Nations.
> Ask any flight attendant if he or she would feel comfortable if the typical hunyuk--who overturns the cart because he got his booze cut off--also happens to be packing.
However, the proposition isn't necessarily all-or-none. For example, the privilege could be limited to people who have gone through the process of obtaining a state or federal concealed weapons permit. That portion of the population is much more likely to handle firearms responsibly.
I'm well aware that Leonardo da Vinci's sketchbooks depicted helicopter-like devices crashing into the sides of buildings. Thanks for the troll, pinhead.
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Hmm... I thought the name came from a movie.
Three or four spams a day isn't bad to deal with. But three or four hundred a day (due to people who randomly type your domain name in registration prompts all over the Internet) is a real pain!
Well then just what in hell are we paying all those astronomers for, anyway? And for that matter, all those astrologers? Next time I spot an astrophysicist tooling around in a Porsche I'm going to give him a piece of my mind.
Hey, that's a slick-looking car! I'm a sucker for fender skirts.
> Sex is never proven to destroy people's mind, however I constantly see kids hitting other kids in some strange style they've seen in a movie.
Personally, I'd prefer to see that instead of kids having sex in some strange style they've seen in a movie...
> Explain to us why we haven't seen an ethical President for the past 30 years.
:)
I.e., since the end of Nixon's first term? Interesting place to draw the line.
He neither confirms nor denies that there is a secret preprocessor for Java that can take cleanly indented code, a la Python, and add braces. But I know there must be one.
>I mean, this isn't about sensitivity, it is about real marketing stupidity.
True. The chosen name creates a risk that could have been easily avoided simply by choosing a more arbitrary one -- Project Feldspar, Project Plankton, or whatever. Of course, for all I know, those could be actual U.S. military operations of the past! Let the namer beware...
> Yes, I've been trolled, but it was too good to pass up.
Heh. I should've put <sarcasm> tags around my "colonialism" line, though I don't know if it was really sarcasm or maybe something like Dadaism, or just plain goofy. Sorry for the inadvertent troll!
I see. So it's fine for an American company to try to steal Japanese companies' market share, as long as it doesn't come up with a project name that makes the goal obvious.
The truth is, American companies have no right to compete with Japanese industry at all, until they have paid proper reparations for America's past colonialist exploitation.
That's one viewpoint, anyway. My own viewpoint is that if the name "Project Midway" provides any revelation of the dark heart of Microsoft corporate culture, big friggin' deal. I think the name is pretty amusing.
They come in two flavors: Black Russian and White Russian. Personally, I like 'em both.
I know this is hard to grasp for some of the socialists on Slashdot, but: It isn't one man's business to tell another what he should charge for a product. (note, I don't mean to imply that you are a socialist, but a lot of people on Slashdot are and just won't admit it).
The only legitimate exception to that is when the product is a government granted monopoly.
Or, if I may paraphrase, "It isn't one man's business to tell another what he should charge, unless the product is distributed in a socialist manner." Brilliant!
I kind of assumed that was the reason the original post had a smiley-face...
That's an excellent movie. I think it was also the inspiration for Dr. Strangelove.
:)
But that's not the reason I'm posting. I just wanted to chide you for not including a spoiler warning.
My favorite "forgotten character" is Admiral Piett. You know why Darth Vader didn't kill him? Because he didn't want to get his ass kicked.
Islam?! Are you sure the lecture wasn't "What was Woodstock?"
The term I was taught was "homophone."
Check out this selection from the "photos" section.
How can you be sure Bert found it hurtful? Maybe he thought it was funny.
> Does anyone else agree that in the aftermath of this WTC/Pentagon crap the whole _WORLD_ needs something that they have to pull together to work on? A common enemy (or whatever you choose to call it) that we as human beings have to pull together to fend against?
Yes! And that common enemy is: the United Nations.
> Ask any flight attendant if he or she would feel comfortable if the typical hunyuk--who overturns the cart because he got his booze cut off--also happens to be packing.
However, the proposition isn't necessarily all-or-none. For example, the privilege could be limited to people who have gone through the process of obtaining a state or federal concealed weapons permit. That portion of the population is much more likely to handle firearms responsibly.
I'm well aware that Leonardo da Vinci's sketchbooks depicted helicopter-like devices crashing into the sides of buildings. Thanks for the troll, pinhead.
Damn... now Stephen King is going to have to deal with ANOTHER round of people blaming popular culture for inspiration to perform violent acts.
> Come on, all the news agencies are owned by incredibly rich and powerful men (Murdock (sp), Turner, etc) who are proven Republicans tried and true.
Did you say Turner? Ted Turner? Republican? I must be missing something...
If American Indians can't eat peyote for religious rituals, I doubt this idea will fly either... but still, it's a nice thought.