Bravo on your fancy word usage, but what about IBM's victory would be remotely Pyrrhic? They've got the reserves to fight 10 legal battles like this one at once for years straight without putting a strain on their finances.
Depends on your viewpoint. Slashdot users also tend to have very strong notions of right and wrong with low tolerance for anything deemed wrong.
Replies, even if informative and correct can be downmoderated if moderators detect even a hint of pedantic tone or the slightest "flame" even when directed at someone who is a complete idiot.
Forums like Fark and others offer a much more relaxed and less formal atmosphere because of their "immature" users, and if I'm> going to spend a lot of time on a forum, I sure as hell want to be able to let go once in a while without being endlessly chided for being anything less than an academic/dry/boring poster.
Fact of the matter is we still don't know a whole lot about the planet's temperature cycles. If we do this, and then run into a "random" cooling period, the effects could swing back around and be catastrophic.
I sat there, stylus in hand, wondering if the grim visage greeting my own was there to offer me more drugs, train my brain, or steal my soul. I reluctantly pressed the start button, and then the horror began. Numbers, symbols, some unholy language. What did it all mean? I had to get to the bottom of the mystery that was rapidly sucking the vitality from my already wizened exterior.
Before I knew it, I was naked in the street, shouting about demon doctors and magical mushrooms. The plumber, THE FIREBALLS OF ETERNAL DAMNATION.
Then it occured to me: When the nurse came with my daily dose of anti-psychotics, I had tried to swallow her and thank the friendly pills for my daily dose of nuturing.
I let all of the pre-coverage get me to expect either a release date earlier than 1 month before Christmas, or a price closer to $200.
$250 and late November is kind of a letdown.
The most irritating fact? $5-$10 virtual console games. What with the price of ram back in the day, it sounds like they'll be making around a dollar for dollar profit margin that they were in the 90s. If you convert it to % profit margins and consider the fact that bandwidth costs are minimal, they're making a profit margin in the hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of percents.
This single set of facts has turned me from eager to get a Wii into more of a wait and see approach.
The printer friendly link doesn't seem to be working. Meaning the people at ExtremeTech noticed Slashdot's evil attempt at denying them ad revenue and changed things around.
No, this is authors lamenting the dryng up of their income stream as video entertainment outcompetes them for kids' parents' dollars/pounds/what have you.
I'd give a lot more consideration to an enterprising spammer/botnet advertiser being behind this.
Follow the money. The MPAA has plenty to make off p2p lawsuits to risk the kind of bad press and fines they'd get by doing something like this.
Basically, the submitter is an irrational idiot pandering to the anarchist conspiracy theorists in an attempt to start a flamewar. Congratulations, you've probably got it.
Our society discriminates based on age at the younger end in all sorts of aspects.
The ISP was legally covering their asses, and last time I checked a free market economy allowed a company to decide with whom they'd like to do business (short of random anti-discriminatory acts the US has set, but I don't believe age is a protected factor).
Maybe she should just sign up with another company that's happy to have her business, rather than waste time being an attention whore over a minor issue.
Why is it the federal government's responsibility to pay for one state's city?
That's a failure of the state government, or perhaps more local ones, for becoming so dependent on federal funding to keep one of its major cities inhabitable.
Slashdot Mirror
Yeah, if it got out that you'd been around girls while in college, it might do irreperable damage to your nerd cred.
So has Slashdot, as evidenced by this "article."
At least LJ is admitting to it.
Bravo on your fancy word usage, but what about IBM's victory would be remotely Pyrrhic? They've got the reserves to fight 10 legal battles like this one at once for years straight without putting a strain on their finances.
Sir, I find your ideas intriguing and would like to subscribe to your newspaper.
Pornography is ahead of the curve on technology use.
Depends on your viewpoint. Slashdot users also tend to have very strong notions of right and wrong with low tolerance for anything deemed wrong.
Replies, even if informative and correct can be downmoderated if moderators detect even a hint of pedantic tone or the slightest "flame" even when directed at someone who is a complete idiot.
Forums like Fark and others offer a much more relaxed and less formal atmosphere because of their "immature" users, and if I'm> going to spend a lot of time on a forum, I sure as hell want to be able to let go once in a while without being endlessly chided for being anything less than an academic/dry/boring poster.
Still behind, but it sounds like you're on the right track.
Ahahaha. Well done. I knew someone would take the initiative.
But your info is a little out of date, as I'm no longer an English major.
As evidence, I present these pictures of my ordeal.
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I sent this inquiry and received no response.
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Fact of the matter is we still don't know a whole lot about the planet's temperature cycles. If we do this, and then run into a "random" cooling period, the effects could swing back around and be catastrophic.
I sat there, stylus in hand, wondering if the grim visage greeting my own was there to offer me more drugs, train my brain, or steal my soul. I reluctantly pressed the start button, and then the horror began. Numbers, symbols, some unholy language. What did it all mean? I had to get to the bottom of the mystery that was rapidly sucking the vitality from my already wizened exterior.
Before I knew it, I was naked in the street, shouting about demon doctors and magical mushrooms. The plumber, THE FIREBALLS OF ETERNAL DAMNATION.
Then it occured to me: When the nurse came with my daily dose of anti-psychotics, I had tried to swallow her and thank the friendly pills for my daily dose of nuturing.
Maybe I should put my clothes back on.
I'll admit, I bought into the hype.
I let all of the pre-coverage get me to expect either a release date earlier than 1 month before Christmas, or a price closer to $200.
$250 and late November is kind of a letdown.
The most irritating fact? $5-$10 virtual console games. What with the price of ram back in the day, it sounds like they'll be making around a dollar for dollar profit margin that they were in the 90s. If you convert it to % profit margins and consider the fact that bandwidth costs are minimal, they're making a profit margin in the hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of percents.
This single set of facts has turned me from eager to get a Wii into more of a wait and see approach.
Oh well.
The printer friendly link doesn't seem to be working. Meaning the people at ExtremeTech noticed Slashdot's evil attempt at denying them ad revenue and changed things around.
Shame on them. This article is a troll.
Slashdot should make a habit of linking to the printer friendly version when someone submits their own site. I love it.
No, this is authors lamenting the dryng up of their income stream as video entertainment outcompetes them for kids' parents' dollars/pounds/what have you.
Justifies fear with unfounded appeals to emotion referencing the corruption of youth.
More on this... every generation from now.
I'd give a lot more consideration to an enterprising spammer/botnet advertiser being behind this.
Follow the money. The MPAA has plenty to make off p2p lawsuits to risk the kind of bad press and fines they'd get by doing something like this.
Basically, the submitter is an irrational idiot pandering to the anarchist conspiracy theorists in an attempt to start a flamewar. Congratulations, you've probably got it.
"Apple to drop ad campaign because editor of internet site declares it unsuccessful."
Just noticed this was in the UK, where I have no knowledge of the laws.
Regardless, the company policy is probably a good one, and she needs to stop making such ado about nothing and just give her money to a competitor.
Our society discriminates based on age at the younger end in all sorts of aspects.
The ISP was legally covering their asses, and last time I checked a free market economy allowed a company to decide with whom they'd like to do business (short of random anti-discriminatory acts the US has set, but I don't believe age is a protected factor).
Maybe she should just sign up with another company that's happy to have her business, rather than waste time being an attention whore over a minor issue.
Cut off your hair and tape down your boobs. For supplemental camoflage, try quoting the simpsons, family guy, and various slashdot cliches.
They'll mistake you for one of their own and no longer be incapable of making eye contact or simple conversation with you.
Why is it the federal government's responsibility to pay for one state's city?
That's a failure of the state government, or perhaps more local ones, for becoming so dependent on federal funding to keep one of its major cities inhabitable.
30 minutes of battery life?
Crazy shit. I sometimes forget people still use dialup.
Only SP1? Why would anyone with either XP or 2k have just patched other software but be at least a service pack behind?
Last I recalled, sp2 for XP had been out long enough even most corporations' IT departments to have tested and OKed it by now.