Smokers have more sex because smoking is cool, and cool people get laid more. In addition, I don't think I know ANYONE who smokes, but doesn't drink. Therefore, smokers are also drinkers, and people who party have more sex.
That is not to say that if you smoke, it will make you cool, any more than putting on cool clothes will make you cool. You, in fact, are still a loser. If you WERE cool, you might want to start smoking to advertise that fact, but since you're a loser, you would be only risking lung cancer.
The code is protecting copyright, and you agree to have it installed on your computer. If you read the license for the game, it mentions the StarForce installation. If you click "ok" (which you have to to play the game), you agree to it.
Wonderful! Then, try returning the game to EB, etc for a full refund. "I chose not to accept the terms of the EULA."
I don't fly unless absolutely positively there is no other way to get to there from here in a reasonable time frame.
Hehehe. Go Brother!. I'm also against the killing of dolphins by tuna fishermen, so I absolutely refuse to eat tuna. Unless i'm like, REALLY in the mood for it.
Is anyone thinking of taking these sort of rules into the US system? Or would that not work with the constitution?
That would be a bad thing in the U.S.
The U.S. system has less government regulation for businesses. That is balanced by people being able to sue. If costs were changed back to the loser, an average person could NEVER sue a big company, since the company would simply threaten huge costs.
Everyone gets mad when a lawyer gets money, especially in a class-action suit. Think about it though - without class action lawsuits, what keeps a company honest? I just received notice that my mortgage company illegally overcharged me for my apprasial fee. It was $10. They would have gotten away with it if a lawyer hadn't filed a class action lawsuit.
Its a crappy system, and sometimes there are highly public mistakes, but it keeps corporations honest.
Back In The Day, as a kid, I programmed in TI99/4a basic, then appleII basic, then IBM Basic. What did I make? Stupid programs that did things I thought were cool, and dumb little games.
I could sit down, read a book, and do a basic program, and it was easy to understand, easy to see how line numbers worked, easy to put a pixel on the screen, and it all came with the computer.
Nowadays, you need visual studio installed to do any programming. You need a much higher level of expertise to write even a simple visual basic program. And games? Forget it. Its hundreds of lines of code to put a white square on the screen using directx.
Oh well. I'm sure people 10 years older than me are saying the same thing about programmers not having to build their own computers, and in 20 years we'll hear programmers upset that kids nowadays never had to go without brain implants.
Computer Science is a facinating field of study, and a great hobby. Its a rotten career.
Its like being the high school nerd for the rest of your life. There are very few companies out there that truly respect their programmers, and with outsourcing becoming more and more popular, that trend isn't going anyway anytime soon.
College Students: It may sound GREAT to have a swell job where you get free coke and code all day. Thats because you associate coding and programing with learning and new discoveries. Every programming project, every new linux distrubution, every class has been something new and interesting. When you hit the real world, that ends. It becomes the same old shit everyday. Yes, you can learn on your own, but that isn't your job. Sure, i'm "learning" C#.NET now for my job, but I'm an experienced programmer. Its just the same shit with different syntax. Maybe it will let me do my job easier. I'm not excited about it.
I myself am halfway through my masters in a different field so I can change my career. Do you really think you'll be excited about working on version 6 of the same product you've been working on for 5 years? Do you think you'll be able to switch jobs at a whim when you get bored?
I make it a part of my life to talk young people out of entering technical fields. Maybe when our society starts respecting us, instead of treating us like we're a bunch of strange teenagers, i'll change my mind.
BTW: I've made my own situation better by demanding to do other tasks at work, and again, working towards a new career in my spare time. I see so many programmers hit their early 30s and really hate their jobs. Think before you choose a career with computers.
Today I went to my current employer and told them my situation--- they are going to counter offer.
Random slashdot guy,
Do NOT, repeat NOT take that counter-offer. It is the end of your career there, because they know you've been interviewing and are on your way out. The reasons you were leaving in the first place hasn't changed. Now, you'll be at the same place, but they'll be making sure they can get rid of you in 6 months.
I'm not saying that you're going to be fired in a few months automatically, but you'll be miserable.
a small sugar rush can definately help in some of those late coding nights.
"Yes, I often work 16 hour days and nights coding for my company, but they make it up to me by giving me a 25 cent Pepsi, as well as making sure it is cold. God Bless America!"
What kind of perks would you have to have to switch to a job that pay the same?
Just some free advice: Unless the perk is worth 15% or more of your salary, don't give up your job for random crap that costs the company nothing.
I'm not saying don't take any risks, but is it really worth having to switch jobs, prove yourself, lose senority, etc in exchange for $3.75 of free popcorn every month because its "cool"?
Not a single treatment has come out from embryonic stem cell research.
Yeah, and in 1920 not a single treatment had ever come out of mold either.
And you mean you want to INJECT someone with a VIRUS in order to cure them of it??? burn the witch! Burn him! If Jesus wanted us to cure smallpox he'd vaccinate us Himself!
"Mr. Smithers will give $5 to anyone who turns in their voting receipt saying they voted for X, please spread this among the poor population!"
"We expect all union members to go out and vote for Y, anyone who doesn't turn in their voting receipt is in trouble."
"Hi, i'm your boss. If you want time off to vote, I need to know that you actually voted, so I need to see the receipt. What? You voted Republican? Now I will treat you differently!"
Indians are Indo-European, Aryan and Hindu (the Aryan religion). It shows your racist bent of mind (many who protest racism are closet racists themselves), since Muslims/Jews practice genital mutilation, not Indo-Europeans/Hindus/Buddhists.
In India, a small Muslim sect, the Daudi Bohra, practise clitoridectomy. Since the article was about India, I figured i'd bring them into it.
Just so ya know, you would have sounded less racist if you had mentioned the Nigerian scam
Jesus Christ, he didn't say "How can you trust blackies with sensitive information", he said "How can you trust Nigeria with sensitive information".
You can criticize a country, environment OR EVEN CULTURE without being "racist". I don't like beheadings in Saudi Arabia, human rights in China, or cutting off a girl's clitoris in India, but that doesn't mean I don't like Arabs, Chinese, or Indians. So everyone stop being so fucking sensitive.
Look, clearly the moon landings were faked. Think about it. If we had REALLY landed on the moon, would the country have then gutted the space program and slowed exploration to a crawl?
Errr.
No, that couldn't have happened. Much better to assume it was faked.
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Explaining why smokers have more sex:
Smokers have more sex because smoking is cool, and cool people get laid more. In addition, I don't think I know ANYONE who smokes, but doesn't drink. Therefore, smokers are also drinkers, and people who party have more sex.
That is not to say that if you smoke, it will make you cool, any more than putting on cool clothes will make you cool. You, in fact, are still a loser. If you WERE cool, you might want to start smoking to advertise that fact, but since you're a loser, you would be only risking lung cancer.
Get it?
Romainian cyber extortionists
Look, here's some free advice. If you want to make people care about the problem, you need to call them "cyber-TERRORISTS".
Many people don't know what extortion really means, but they know that terrorists can hurt their children.
Geez, its a good thing you guys are mostly libertarian/democrat/green, because you'd make crappy republicans.
Anyone care to comment on how stupid all of this is?
Sure, I will. For $50/month, if I died a permanent death in week two, I would be really, really pissed off.
I have a powerbook, and I love it, but after using it on my lap for 30 minutes, I can't have children anymore.
The code is protecting copyright, and you agree to have it installed on your computer. If you read the license for the game, it mentions the StarForce installation. If you click "ok" (which you have to to play the game), you agree to it.
Wonderful! Then, try returning the game to EB, etc for a full refund. "I chose not to accept the terms of the EULA."
See how well that works.
I don't fly unless absolutely positively there is no other way to get to there from here in a reasonable time frame.
Hehehe. Go Brother!. I'm also against the killing of dolphins by tuna fishermen, so I absolutely refuse to eat tuna. Unless i'm like, REALLY in the mood for it.
Is anyone thinking of taking these sort of rules into the US system? Or would that not work with the constitution?
That would be a bad thing in the U.S.
The U.S. system has less government regulation for businesses. That is balanced by people being able to sue. If costs were changed back to the loser, an average person could NEVER sue a big company, since the company would simply threaten huge costs.
Everyone gets mad when a lawyer gets money, especially in a class-action suit. Think about it though - without class action lawsuits, what keeps a company honest? I just received notice that my mortgage company illegally overcharged me for my apprasial fee. It was $10. They would have gotten away with it if a lawyer hadn't filed a class action lawsuit.
Its a crappy system, and sometimes there are highly public mistakes, but it keeps corporations honest.
Another point I read somewhere else once:
Back In The Day, as a kid, I programmed in TI99/4a basic, then appleII basic, then IBM Basic. What did I make? Stupid programs that did things I thought were cool, and dumb little games.
I could sit down, read a book, and do a basic program, and it was easy to understand, easy to see how line numbers worked, easy to put a pixel on the screen, and it all came with the computer.
Nowadays, you need visual studio installed to do any programming. You need a much higher level of expertise to write even a simple visual basic program. And games? Forget it. Its hundreds of lines of code to put a white square on the screen using directx.
Oh well. I'm sure people 10 years older than me are saying the same thing about programmers not having to build their own computers, and in 20 years we'll hear programmers upset that kids nowadays never had to go without brain implants.
Computer Science is a facinating field of study, and a great hobby. Its a rotten career.
Its like being the high school nerd for the rest of your life. There are very few companies out there that truly respect their programmers, and with outsourcing becoming more and more popular, that trend isn't going anyway anytime soon.
College Students: It may sound GREAT to have a swell job where you get free coke and code all day. Thats because you associate coding and programing with learning and new discoveries. Every programming project, every new linux distrubution, every class has been something new and interesting. When you hit the real world, that ends. It becomes the same old shit everyday. Yes, you can learn on your own, but that isn't your job. Sure, i'm "learning" C#
I myself am halfway through my masters in a different field so I can change my career. Do you really think you'll be excited about working on version 6 of the same product you've been working on for 5 years? Do you think you'll be able to switch jobs at a whim when you get bored?
I make it a part of my life to talk young people out of entering technical fields. Maybe when our society starts respecting us, instead of treating us like we're a bunch of strange teenagers, i'll change my mind.
BTW: I've made my own situation better by demanding to do other tasks at work, and again, working towards a new career in my spare time. I see so many programmers hit their early 30s and really hate their jobs. Think before you choose a career with computers.
Today I went to my current employer and told them my situation--- they are going to counter offer.
Random slashdot guy,
Do NOT, repeat NOT take that counter-offer. It is the end of your career there, because they know you've been interviewing and are on your way out. The reasons you were leaving in the first place hasn't changed. Now, you'll be at the same place, but they'll be making sure they can get rid of you in 6 months.
I'm not saying that you're going to be fired in a few months automatically, but you'll be miserable.
field open for those who "just do it for the love" because we all know they deserve those positions more.
Wow! You code just for love? Tell you what, you can come and do my job for free, i'll sit home and keep the paycheck. I'd love you.
a small sugar rush can definately help in some of those late coding nights.
"Yes, I often work 16 hour days and nights coding for my company, but they make it up to me by giving me a 25 cent Pepsi, as well as making sure it is cold. God Bless America!"
What kind of perks would you have to have to switch to a job that pay the same?
Just some free advice: Unless the perk is worth 15% or more of your salary, don't give up your job for random crap that costs the company nothing.
I'm not saying don't take any risks, but is it really worth having to switch jobs, prove yourself, lose senority, etc in exchange for $3.75 of free popcorn every month because its "cool"?
This technology will certainly become a favored tool of terrorists trying to avoid the justice of the Bush administration.
Sincerely,
The MPAA.
Not a single treatment has come out from embryonic stem cell research.
Yeah, and in 1920 not a single treatment had ever come out of mold either.
And you mean you want to INJECT someone with a VIRUS in order to cure them of it??? burn the witch! Burn him! If Jesus wanted us to cure smallpox he'd vaccinate us Himself!
Can you prove it? Can they prove it?
"Mr. Smithers will give $5 to anyone who turns in their voting receipt saying they voted for X, please spread this among the poor population!"
"We expect all union members to go out and vote for Y, anyone who doesn't turn in their voting receipt is in trouble."
"Hi, i'm your boss. If you want time off to vote, I need to know that you actually voted, so I need to see the receipt. What? You voted Republican? Now I will treat you differently!"
All you need is an iPod, an automobile, and some crazy glue! I love my AppleCar, and hope that you can appreciate my hack!
Indians are Indo-European, Aryan and Hindu (the
Aryan religion). It shows your racist bent of
mind (many who protest racism are closet racists
themselves), since Muslims/Jews practice genital
mutilation, not Indo-Europeans/Hindus/Buddhists.
In India, a small Muslim sect, the Daudi Bohra, practise clitoridectomy. Since the article was about India, I figured i'd bring them into it.
Just so ya know, you would have sounded less racist if you had mentioned the Nigerian scam
Jesus Christ, he didn't say "How can you trust blackies with sensitive information", he said "How can you trust Nigeria with sensitive information".
You can criticize a country, environment OR EVEN CULTURE without being "racist". I don't like beheadings in Saudi Arabia, human rights in China, or cutting off a girl's clitoris in India, but that doesn't mean I don't like Arabs, Chinese, or Indians. So everyone stop being so fucking sensitive.
Hahaha. It looks like he superglued 4 consoles together and covered it in wood.
Now he has a 40lb console that would look completely awful if you actually plugged all the controllers and power supplies in.
Wait, what about KOTOR when there were lots of sith?
You mean two sith kill all the jedi?
Wait.
HEY, I know. MAYBE LUCAS IS MAKING THIS SHIT UP AS HE GOES ALONG??!???
Fanbois, i'm not saying you can't love star wars, just please stop loving George Lucas. He is taking advantage of you.
And they didn't waste more than SEVEN SECONDS before starting the merchandising after announcing the title.
Goddamn! That rises to new levels of evil.
Look, clearly the moon landings were faked. Think about it. If we had REALLY landed on the moon, would the country have then gutted the space program and slowed exploration to a crawl?
Errr.
No, that couldn't have happened. Much better to assume it was faked.
As for this article, let this be a lesson to you: if you sue Apple over a name, it is you who will end up having to change your name.
What? _Apple_ is changing their name, not the company.
I've heard of not reading the article (RTFA), but rarely seen someone who didn't even read the summary.
Microsoft... and LAWSUITS.. and... sweet Jesus. This is a good thing!?
I feel the same way I would if Osama Bin Laden gave me a preview copy of Half Life 2 - conflicted and bewildered.