I pretty much figured he was ranting and had no exact clue what he was talking about.
I mean, he's not even entirely sure which game he got banned from, and hasn't played it in three years. Are you even sure you're banned? Maybe you just forgot how to play.
Just chiming in: I believe this is probably total horseshit, and more pathetic propaganda from the NSA, who have clearly gotten too big for their damn britches.
I have servers running Windows NT 3.51 that still make more money an hour than 100% of the people here on Slashdot
Yea, what happens when that hardware quits? And who do you call when it stops working? Don't tell me it never stops working. I built my share of 3.51 servers, back when it was a supported OS. It is not by even the remotest account a more stable OS than the modern Windows servers.
You are one unexpected fuckup from being unemployed, Lumpy. You won't be back here to brag at all of us how your 3.51 install barfed on you and you got fired on the spot because you had absolutely no way to bring your antiquated gear back online. You have NOBODY to call. So when it goes bad, it will ALL BE ON YOUR HEAD.
I would not be feeling so fucking smug there, buddy.
I've always thought that if you rob somebody at gunpoint then death is a proportional response
Yea, I am kind of not cool with the gun in my face thing either, and if I ever find one there I will take the very first opportunity to end the gunman, and also these idiots stole radioactive waste, which put everyone around them in danger. I'm not cheering on the karma, but they did start the whole chain of events. It's just what is.
I was stalked and repeatedly attacked by a bully growing up. I talked to a friend who had known this guy later in life, and he was the kind of guy who would do any stupid thing if he was challenged, or dared to. It was just his thing.
So yea, I'm sure he ended up the muscle for some petty drug dealer or pimp, and likely has toured the inside of several prison facilities by now. He was on that path at age 10 when I ran into him for the first time. And my friend described this guy as fuckin' dumb. Would do anything, especially if it was DUMB.
I don't feel any sympathy for these guys. I don't think they deserved death, but death found them anyway because they are ill-considered people without a lot of common sense.
I think Snowden as a tool is about the picture that I'm getting too.
He's a very foolish young man, and he's totally fucking ruined his life and now is trying to regain some credibility. But the sad fact is, he's also betraying his country. I do not see anything noble in what he's done: I knew everything he was saying before he said it. All he's done is pull a great big LOOOK AT MEEEEEEEE and run streaking across the public square.
I find the people going "XP or nothing" are usually not very savvy with the tech. They're just lazy and hyper-conservative, and fear change and what they don't understand.
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". If a species goes extinct because of us then it wasnt fit to live"
By who?
Maybe it was fit to cure cancer, and we weren't fit to know that because we're glib dumbasses and wasted them all before we bothered finding out.
It's like /. was bought by a bunch of old guys.
You don't actually know anything about Clarke's work, do you?
http://scifi.stackexchange.com...
Clarke also invented the communications satellite. Or, the idea of it.
We should start taking our contaminated water and dumping it in the swimming pools of the 1%.
I want to see them explain why this is bad for them.
Gawd. No, they fucking do not.
One day you guys will get over the Cult of Snowden and realize what truly childish and useless people you've chosen to truckle with.
I read Cuckoo's egg when I was in my early 20's.
It was published, back in my early 20's. Surprised to see anyone else even knows about it.
You ignorantly shoot your mouth off, get virtually every important detail wrong, get called on it, and cry fuck off?
What a jackass. Did you forget to go over and swim in the fucking sewer on 4chan? Sounds like that's where you belong.
I pretty much figured he was ranting and had no exact clue what he was talking about.
I mean, he's not even entirely sure which game he got banned from, and hasn't played it in three years. Are you even sure you're banned? Maybe you just forgot how to play.
Then don't play the fucking game.
Have you been banned, or are you just being a concern-troll asshole, and whining about something you don't actually understand.
I thought smart people came to Slashdot. I didn't realize Fixed News Fuckwits were paid to troll here too.
You should have sharted. It would have been more useful than your ODS garbage.
LOL. Who remembers the dreaded "Michelangelo" virus?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelangelo_(computer_virus)
Of course, it turned out to be John McAfee's marketing program for his virus scanner, and nothing to get excited about.
Just chiming in: I believe this is probably total horseshit, and more pathetic propaganda from the NSA, who have clearly gotten too big for their damn britches.
A certain amount of mass equals a certain amount of pressure, which is what's required to start hydrogen fusing.
Zero sympathy. Sorry. You picked spying on your countrymen as a job. We all have known what's going on. Now, it's time to live with the consequences.
Sucks, don't it?
Lumpy, you're an idiot.
Yea, what happens when that hardware quits? And who do you call when it stops working? Don't tell me it never stops working. I built my share of 3.51 servers, back when it was a supported OS. It is not by even the remotest account a more stable OS than the modern Windows servers.
You are one unexpected fuckup from being unemployed, Lumpy. You won't be back here to brag at all of us how your 3.51 install barfed on you and you got fired on the spot because you had absolutely no way to bring your antiquated gear back online. You have NOBODY to call. So when it goes bad, it will ALL BE ON YOUR HEAD.
I would not be feeling so fucking smug there, buddy.
Windows XP is one of the easier-to-pirate Microsoft OS'. Actually you just need to put in either all 1's or all 9's.
So, the premise is total horseshit.
Yea, I am kind of not cool with the gun in my face thing either, and if I ever find one there I will take the very first opportunity to end the gunman, and also these idiots stole radioactive waste, which put everyone around them in danger. I'm not cheering on the karma, but they did start the whole chain of events. It's just what is.
I was stalked and repeatedly attacked by a bully growing up. I talked to a friend who had known this guy later in life, and he was the kind of guy who would do any stupid thing if he was challenged, or dared to. It was just his thing.
So yea, I'm sure he ended up the muscle for some petty drug dealer or pimp, and likely has toured the inside of several prison facilities by now. He was on that path at age 10 when I ran into him for the first time. And my friend described this guy as fuckin' dumb. Would do anything, especially if it was DUMB.
I don't feel any sympathy for these guys. I don't think they deserved death, but death found them anyway because they are ill-considered people without a lot of common sense.
Well, I'll use this as a reason to never, ever, ever buy a Renault car, ever.
I don't just mean this car. I mean any car of theirs.
I think Snowden as a tool is about the picture that I'm getting too.
He's a very foolish young man, and he's totally fucking ruined his life and now is trying to regain some credibility. But the sad fact is, he's also betraying his country. I do not see anything noble in what he's done: I knew everything he was saying before he said it. All he's done is pull a great big LOOOK AT MEEEEEEEE and run streaking across the public square.
That's because it is a phony equivalence meant to enable a wealthy few to dominate the conversation of politics.
In other words, it's a god-damn dirty lie.
IT departments usually can only ask for money. If the business isn't concerned about april 2014, we can't make them get excited.
I find the people going "XP or nothing" are usually not very savvy with the tech. They're just lazy and hyper-conservative, and fear change and what they don't understand.