I dare say if you drove less than two miles in a year, your tires would be just fine. Don't be in such a hurry to post that you don't read even the SYNOPSIS of the article.
When I was a youngster with dreams of growing up to be a great game programmer, I swore a solemn oath that I would release all my games with support for C-64. I suppose this was when I was starting to see some fun things that were only available for the Apple ][.
Mod me off-topic, but I think that's got to make someone chuckle.
UbiSoft decides to sell their company to the public.
The public buys it.
The public sells it to EA.
UbiSoft doesn't like that.
So the government comes in and buys it back, for UbiSoft?
Fuuuuuck, I wish I had a deal like that. Buy my company, and then I'll let the g-men come in and buy it back for me. I profit. You lose. Why wouldn't I like it?!
Only here could the submitter of the article in question be moderated (-1, Troll).
Not that I think that's a wrong choice. The guy could at least respond to the accuasations instead of saying "Oh, poor me, the slashdotters don't understand how hard it is...!"
I think if you look through the history of humankind, you'll find that we haven't "become undisciplined" -- fear and denial of death is something that has existed since the very beginning of recorded history.
Witness religion, countless billions of men who are so bent on not-dying they've invented fairy tales about how death really isn't.
As for cloning, I couldn't agree with you more. What you are getting is at best the equivalent of a twin of your old animal. Twins, even identical twins, can be very different people.
Geico sues the Yellow Pages for letting competitors advertise right in the "Auto Insurance" section!
Seriously. I'd like to say this is the stupidest lawsuit ever, but there's been a rampant stupidity in the courts.. well, for as long as I can remember.
Heh - I recently started a job in the building that houses Porsche Financial Services. Not being a car afficianado, I wasn't familiar with their product line. So on my first day, when I made a joke about a Porsche SUV, I didn't get why it didn't go over well.
Until I went outside for a smoke break. Not only did I learn that a Porsche SUV exists, but I learned damn near every one of those guys drives one. The rear parking lot is littered with the things!
Google decides they'll pay people based on clicks, and people realize that all they've got to do is click the link to get paid.
This was OBVIOUSLY going to happen. Anyone remember AllAdvantage? If you pay someone to do a job that's so easily automated, you can BET someone's going to automate it and ask for all your money.
The solution is simple. STOP PAYING for clicked links! If your business model sucks and is inherently flawed, CHANGE IT. Don't bitch that you're getting taken advantage of.
"Doctor, it hurts when I do this..."
"THEN DON'T DO THAT!"
Seriously. I have been a google fan for a long time, like most slashdotters, but this press release just makes me sad. This may officially be the first Truly Stupid statement I've heard from the people of Google.
I'm choosing to see this as a sign that the end times are near. There are still plenty of smart people at google, but someone started letting idiots in, too.
I'm not sure I really believe that this "Rest of the World" to which you refer isn't just made-up nonsense to help keep us Americans as humble as we are. They (with a capital T) are just trying to make us feel less special than we are by imagining a whole group of NON-USAians out there. It's a lie. The non-USAians don't exist.
What the hell, no original material? Liked your old post so much you had to repeat it? couldn't even bother to change a word or two to keep those of us who read it before interested?
I knwo you mustfeel bad that you made a joke about the old optical mice that were permenently attached to their specialized mousepads, and no one got it.
But now you probably feel worse because you can see someone DID get it, and it's just not funny.
I've got a printout of the Internet here I ran off last month in case of just this kind of emergency. If anyone wants to see this page, just send me a SASE and I'll enclose a photocopy from my "Internet Master Copy."
Might take me a little while to leaf through it all and find the right page, of course.
Slashdot Mirror
I dare say if you drove less than two miles in a year, your tires would be just fine. Don't be in such a hurry to post that you don't read even the SYNOPSIS of the article.
It means that a troll or loony with more time and energy to spend than you will win.
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And trolls and loonys ALWAYS have more time, because they don't have to waste any time actually learning the subject.
When I was a youngster with dreams of growing up to be a great game programmer, I swore a solemn oath that I would release all my games with support for C-64. I suppose this was when I was starting to see some fun things that were only available for the Apple ][.
Mod me off-topic, but I think that's got to make someone chuckle.
So let me get this straight:
UbiSoft decides to sell their company to the public.
The public buys it.
The public sells it to EA.
UbiSoft doesn't like that.
So the government comes in and buys it back, for UbiSoft?
Fuuuuuck, I wish I had a deal like that. Buy my company, and then I'll let the g-men come in and buy it back for me. I profit. You lose. Why wouldn't I like it?!
So you've got a well-deserved +3 Funny, and I've got no mod points, but I see no one has said "good job" and as such, let me:
Good job, man.
Only here could the submitter of the article in question be moderated (-1, Troll).
Not that I think that's a wrong choice. The guy could at least respond to the accuasations instead of saying "Oh, poor me, the slashdotters don't understand how hard it is...!"
Hey, screw you buddy. Some of us have real jobs.
I think if you look through the history of humankind, you'll find that we haven't "become undisciplined" -- fear and denial of death is something that has existed since the very beginning of recorded history.
Witness religion, countless billions of men who are so bent on not-dying they've invented fairy tales about how death really isn't.
As for cloning, I couldn't agree with you more. What you are getting is at best the equivalent of a twin of your old animal. Twins, even identical twins, can be very different people.
Wow, so it's spam if the subject line reads like an advertisment.
I guess I'm through sending my boss transaction reports with the subject line "ENLARGE YOUR PENIS!"
Aw, just as well, I'm sure she would have slapped me with a sexual harassment suit if I kept it up.
By saying that Vernor Vinge took the idea of true names from Ursula, you are suggesting that she originated it.
I think if you've studied Judiac mythology, you'll find the idea is much, much older.
Geico sues the Yellow Pages for letting competitors advertise right in the "Auto Insurance" section!
Seriously. I'd like to say this is the stupidest lawsuit ever, but there's been a rampant stupidity in the courts.. well, for as long as I can remember.
It's because our pensises are so huge.
Disclaimer: I *am* a Perl developer, ladies.
Heh - I recently started a job in the building that houses Porsche Financial Services. Not being a car afficianado, I wasn't familiar with their product line. So on my first day, when I made a joke about a Porsche SUV, I didn't get why it didn't go over well.
Until I went outside for a smoke break. Not only did I learn that a Porsche SUV exists, but I learned damn near every one of those guys drives one. The rear parking lot is littered with the things!
When I was just about a year (maybe two) older than your son, I got a Commodore 64.
No one showed me how to do anything with it (to this day, my parents are pretty much afraid of computers; dad especially).
It says oodles about the UI design that I was able to figure it out on my own, right?
Nah. Kids are brilliant. You understimate your son when you place the credit on the UI.
All of a sudden those stupid plexiglass cutout case mods make a lot more sense...
Eh, I *read* the article, but somehow in my non-caffinated state I got the details wrong.
Everything I said still applies; it's the business model that is stupid.
Google decides they'll pay people based on clicks, and people realize that all they've got to do is click the link to get paid.
This was OBVIOUSLY going to happen. Anyone remember AllAdvantage? If you pay someone to do a job that's so easily automated, you can BET someone's going to automate it and ask for all your money.
The solution is simple. STOP PAYING for clicked links! If your business model sucks and is inherently flawed, CHANGE IT. Don't bitch that you're getting taken advantage of.
"Doctor, it hurts when I do this..."
"THEN DON'T DO THAT!"
Seriously. I have been a google fan for a long time, like most slashdotters, but this press release just makes me sad. This may officially be the first Truly Stupid statement I've heard from the people of Google.
I'm choosing to see this as a sign that the end times are near. There are still plenty of smart people at google, but someone started letting idiots in, too.
I'm reading this as an admission that you're a troll. Am I reading it wrong? What did you mean by "the best stuff is what comes after?"
It was the comment about USENET that jogged my memory. Maybe you shoudl take that line OUT and then no one will know it's a dup.
I'm not sure I really believe that this "Rest of the World" to which you refer isn't just made-up nonsense to help keep us Americans as humble as we are. They (with a capital T) are just trying to make us feel less special than we are by imagining a whole group of NON-USAians out there. It's a lie. The non-USAians don't exist.
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=127203&cid= 10632935
What the hell, no original material? Liked your old post so much you had to repeat it? couldn't even bother to change a word or two to keep those of us who read it before interested?
I knwo you mustfeel bad that you made a joke about the old optical mice that were permenently attached to their specialized mousepads, and no one got it.
But now you probably feel worse because you can see someone DID get it, and it's just not funny.
That's okay, mine wasn't funny either.
I might point out that YYYY-MM-DD, in addition to being easier to sort, IS THE ISO STANDARD FOR DATES IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
So you people who still insist on MM/DD/YY, you are OLD AND BUSTED.
YYYY-MM-DD = NEW HOTNESS.
MM/DD/YY = OLD AND BUSTED.
Did you try picking it up first? Works for me...
heh!
hahaha, that made me laugh. Too bad I can't mod in a topic I've already posted in.
(If I could, you know I'd be modding myself up.)
Dance Dance Revolution?
I've got a printout of the Internet here I ran off last month in case of just this kind of emergency. If anyone wants to see this page, just send me a SASE and I'll enclose a photocopy from my "Internet Master Copy."
Might take me a little while to leaf through it all and find the right page, of course.