That's par for the course at call centers, my girl works at one, and the official policy is you're not even allowed to sit at the same desk every day, although the girls ignore it and all have "standing dibs" on certain desks iirc.
Look, some wanker politician (IIRC it was the premier of QLD) said in a speach that his right "not to get blown up" is more important than joe six-pack's right to privacy, k?
And if you don't like my sig... well... I don't really care. Write your own, pout, put me on your blocked list. Who gives a fuck?
There once was a rich man named steve- For some reason he did believe, That the very best way Was keep hackers at bay But we all know that soon he will grieve.
For squillions of geeks 'Tis but a few weeks Till OSX runs on a dell Eventually This our steve will see And 'twill be a cold day in hell.
Shareholders get mad When their shiny doo-dad Must learn to stand by itself. But that day is here And when dust has cleared, I assure thee OSX on a shelf.
Well as a Queenslander, I can tell you every month is national toad-whacking month. We're all encouraged to kill them "humanely" by putting them in the freezer (shyeah!). About once a year some politician gets in trouble from the "look at me I'm on TV" brand of animal rights dickheads for telling people to cricket bat toads. Which of course puts the cricket batting of toads on everybody's mind:)
Which is...(carry the one)... almost 2% of the entire earth's crust, assuming a uniform crust of 75km... Of course that's the maximum, and it's believed to mainly be about 20-30km.
Any HD content that doesn't tick the "HDCP only" box, will play in HD. The answer of course is NOT to buy another copy of your favourite movie. It's the only thing that they'll listen to.
Fit and finish on a PSP??? It may be a pretty mix of black and clear, it may have a _very_ nice screen, but... fit and finish??? The same system where thousands of them have buttons that don't come back up if you press them a certain way? The same that can simply spit the game disc out if you get a little excited trying to steer in gta like your dad leaning to avoid bullets in doom?
We keed, but the iPod has so much space they _have_ to make it an awesome video platform. My music collection, while I'm sure by the standards of this nerd-horde, is monstrous compared to most of my friends, even most of the tech-savvy ones (about 53Gb for you nosey types). Yet I'm reasonably happy with my old-crusty 15Gb g3 iPod. If I had one of the 60Gb models, what need would I ever have to upgrade when it's just holding music?
Oh yeah and where were all the protests from the muslims about the cartoons of jesus we've had the last hundred years? Just because they believe he was only a man and not a part of god doesn't mean he's not a big part of it. He's second only to Muhammed in the order of importance among the prohets, but there's no protests about that. No, it's just a bullshit excuse for rioting and attention-seeking.
Freedom to worship how you please != freedom from being made fun of.
The current crop of DSLR's surpass 35mm film in every way. In every way.
Ah, slashdot... You guys kill me. And the gimp does everything slashdot does. Even in 35mm, a nice 50iso colour positive film like Fuji Velvia absolutely demolishes anything less than a $20k digital back on a medium format camera for colour dynamic range, and the "out of sight" details in "black" and "white" areas of the image you can bring out by messing with exposure in post-processing.
Other people taking risks for you is what western society is built upon. We whinge about dickhead cops on power trips, while they have to deal with the drunken brawlers and needle-wielding smackheads. We sit at home and complain about "the war for oil" but don't want to pay $10/ltr to drive our SUVs.
because you've got to admit, you just pulled that number out of your ass, knowing it was completely off-base and are now trying to cover up talking about international pricing yaddayadda
No fuckhead, I got that price from apple.com.au. And no I wouldn't buy an apple from some bloke in Japan. WTF?? I've seen apple products that go bad before (mate's powerbook, GFs ipod, etc). It's hard enough to get shit fixed by the local guys without applecare, and I dunno about your average german, but I speak a lot more japanese than your average aussie, and it's not enough to get a PC fixed. Apple hardware is awesome when it's good, and when it dies it dies _hard_. My mate took ages to get his g4 fixed when the 10.3 utils disk pwn3d his hdd. He used to work for apple, and knows the "magic code" to switch from dickhead phone service to actual mac techs.
And before you arc up: yes, there is an employee-only code you can type in after calling apple service that gets you to people who actually know what they're on about.
Slashdot Mirror
Fo shizzle nizzle.
Soaring high in the sky,
He may be small but only in size-
ASTROTURF, ASTROTURF
You will ignore him if you are wise!
Because they never played Goldeneye :)
That's par for the course at call centers, my girl works at one, and the official policy is you're not even allowed to sit at the same desk every day, although the girls ignore it and all have "standing dibs" on certain desks iirc.
Look, some wanker politician (IIRC it was the premier of QLD) said in a speach that his right "not to get blown up" is more important than joe six-pack's right to privacy, k?
And if you don't like my sig... well... I don't really care. Write your own, pout, put me on your blocked list. Who gives a fuck?
If only your comprehension matched your math skills my friend.
Dear Apple:
There once was a rich man named steve-
For some reason he did believe,
That the very best way
Was keep hackers at bay
But we all know that soon he will grieve.
For squillions of geeks
'Tis but a few weeks
Till OSX runs on a dell
Eventually
This our steve will see
And 'twill be a cold day in hell.
Shareholders get mad
When their shiny doo-dad
Must learn to stand by itself.
But that day is here
And when dust has cleared,
I assure thee OSX on a shelf.
Bah. Manned spaceflight is the only kind that makes any sense whatsoever. Why else are we here?
Well as a Queenslander, I can tell you every month is national toad-whacking month. We're all encouraged to kill them "humanely" by putting them in the freezer (shyeah!). About once a year some politician gets in trouble from the "look at me I'm on TV" brand of animal rights dickheads for telling people to cricket bat toads. Which of course puts the cricket batting of toads on everybody's mind :)
Nothing beats a successful night of toading!
Which is ...(carry the one)... almost 2% of the entire earth's crust, assuming a uniform crust of 75km... Of course that's the maximum, and it's believed to mainly be about 20-30km.
Any HD content that doesn't tick the "HDCP only" box, will play in HD. The answer of course is NOT to buy another copy of your favourite movie. It's the only thing that they'll listen to.
You have a god-given right to (re)purchase Top Gun and T2?
Not only King Kong, but Juliet AND Romeo buy it!
Rule 5 -- NO POOFTAS!
I think you'll find that as in most nations, East African mortality is somewhat closer to 10 in 10.
No they didn't.
Fit and finish on a PSP??? It may be a pretty mix of black and clear, it may have a _very_ nice screen, but... fit and finish??? The same system where thousands of them have buttons that don't come back up if you press them a certain way? The same that can simply spit the game disc out if you get a little excited trying to steer in gta like your dad leaning to avoid bullets in doom?
Bullshit. A red cross sign doesn't mean "the red cross corporation (tm)" to anybody, it means:
a)This guy patches people up
b)He doesn't carry a weapon
c)Don't shoot him.
We keed, but the iPod has so much space they _have_ to make it an awesome video platform. My music collection, while I'm sure by the standards of this nerd-horde, is monstrous compared to most of my friends, even most of the tech-savvy ones (about 53Gb for you nosey types). Yet I'm reasonably happy with my old-crusty 15Gb g3 iPod. If I had one of the 60Gb models, what need would I ever have to upgrade when it's just holding music?
PPPpht. They went with next because Gassee (sp?) wanted about $50m more than they wanted to spend for BeOS.
Oh yeah and where were all the protests from the muslims about the cartoons of jesus we've had the last hundred years? Just because they believe he was only a man and not a part of god doesn't mean he's not a big part of it. He's second only to Muhammed in the order of importance among the prohets, but there's no protests about that. No, it's just a bullshit excuse for rioting and attention-seeking.
Freedom to worship how you please != freedom from being made fun of.
When I made the gp comment, I wasn't including the "costs more than a small sedan" models :) I was thinking 20D price range.
The current crop of DSLR's surpass 35mm film in every way. In every way.
Ah, slashdot... You guys kill me. And the gimp does everything slashdot does. Even in 35mm, a nice 50iso colour positive film like Fuji Velvia absolutely demolishes anything less than a $20k digital back on a medium format camera for colour dynamic range, and the "out of sight" details in "black" and "white" areas of the image you can bring out by messing with exposure in post-processing.
Other people taking risks for you is what western society is built upon. We whinge about dickhead cops on power trips, while they have to deal with the drunken brawlers and needle-wielding smackheads. We sit at home and complain about "the war for oil" but don't want to pay $10/ltr to drive our SUVs.
It's what we're all about.
because you've got to admit, you just pulled that number out of your ass, knowing it was completely off-base and are now trying to cover up talking about international pricing yaddayadda
No fuckhead, I got that price from apple.com.au. And no I wouldn't buy an apple from some bloke in Japan. WTF?? I've seen apple products that go bad before (mate's powerbook, GFs ipod, etc). It's hard enough to get shit fixed by the local guys without applecare, and I dunno about your average german, but I speak a lot more japanese than your average aussie, and it's not enough to get a PC fixed. Apple hardware is awesome when it's good, and when it dies it dies _hard_. My mate took ages to get his g4 fixed when the 10.3 utils disk pwn3d his hdd. He used to work for apple, and knows the "magic code" to switch from dickhead phone service to actual mac techs.
And before you arc up: yes, there is an employee-only code you can type in after calling apple service that gets you to people who actually know what they're on about.