"The (semi) awkward geeks I know (including myself) used internet dating to great effect, though."
Really????
I have used it consistently, and, for all its drawbacks, I believe it is still the greatest thing going. However, it is doubtful that posts seeming to deserve a response exceed the 1% level. Of those responded to, I would say that perhaps 5% of those actually prove to have been worth responding to in the first place (ie. in retrospect). Btw, I thought your characterization of contemporary women was pretty dead-on.
"Now she’s trying my patience. She’s going back and forth offering the pay me and threatening to sue me and beating the “save the babies” drum very hardand upside me head."
This is the type of gold one used to find on cruel.com from time to time.
/. mis-spelled the name. Doesn't look like she's missing too many meals
forgive me if I am so conceited as to offer advice, but, for my part, anyway, I am how I am, and that is one thing they are never going to move me from. If there are lots of empty-headed, happy idiots around, great, power to them*, but that ain't me. I think that is among the worse things that can happen, being pushed to deny who you actually are / how you feel. Another major killer is denial of a sense or productivity. I don't believe it is entirely possible to block one from general productivity, though blocking one from economic solvency is fairly straightforward, and also a killer.
*Coincidentally, I have found that state of mind to be INVERSELY proportional to how much one is actually exerting oneself. And, if those are the ones whom the sage employers of this world prefer, great, power to them...
That is exactly my point, that they cannot (ie. as opposed to the strict "brain chemistry" camp), though imo chronic insomnia is possibly the leading cause.
Actually, I believe it is you (dick head) (and the majority opinion on this matter) that is wrong, that have fallen onto the wrong side of a "chicken or the egg" question. I believe the hormones/neurotransmitters variances are not primary, but secondary.
I do believe SSRIs can be helpful, though they treat a symptom, not the cause. Too bad there isn't yet anything to treat pin-heads, not that you would actually be able to convince them to take it.
viewing depression as a fundamental illness. (Ie. you find yourself trying to draw stupid correlations to it.) Rather, depression is symptomatic of being lonely or bored. Would it raise any interest if someone said there was a correlation between using these web services and being lonely or bored? Of course not.
... deal more, but because the target was homosexual, or because he killed himself, but because he violated someone's privacy so profoundly. All these little Our Man Flynt's running around with this cheap, garbage technology, thinking they are god. That Ravi guy strikes me as a bit hardened, a bit reptilian (albeit a mama's boy - ie. an A-type, the type our society tends to revere). I think the earlier (March) article comments exhibited more rabid and appropriate indignation.
Perl is built up with a fair amount of exotic, idiosyncratic constructs, but its core features (datastructures and syntax), do it better than any of them. If you just resist getting sucked into all its esoteric aspects, which some quirky elements (with some questionable motives) seem to push so hard, then you'll do just fine.
"You take what you need and you leave the rest." Robertson (Helm)
. this is the rough equivalent of having a public stock offering of an actual video game, and I'm not talking about the company that makes the video game (ie. which is something salable), I'm talking about the video game itself.
I feel "workers" is the more significant category.
Though, as pointed out, this observation is more anecdotal based on its sample size, I believe there is a valid point here. Initially, anyways, it is a simple (ie. harmonic oscillation) case of "alternation of generations".
Basically, one generation has things hard and needs to apply themselves to get somewhere. Attaining prosperity, the next generation gets things handed to them, and thus never understands the necessity to apply themselves. Add to that the factor of excessive residual (eg. monetary) wealth, and the alternation frequency period is no longer 1:1 generational. (I.e. one n'er-do-well generation may beget another.) This is a scenario for serious long-term degradation of industrial and ultimately civic infrastructure, general prosperity, and culture. Americans also seem to bring some uncanny nihilism (?) to the mix.
development machine, even if you put a gun to my head.
The only way I would use it would be with a docking station that gives me a normal keyboard, mouse, and a couple of desktop monitors, at which point it's basically a desktop. Laptop screens, k/b's, and mice are incomparable by default.
The purpose of this is to prevent the bringing of groundless suits (by patent trolls). Presumably, the legitimate small business owner has not motivation to do that.
Of course, the huge patent troller can bring to bear all kinds of legal muscle to defeat a legitimate patent suit brought by a small entity, though that does not change the fact that the protection (ie. treble penalties for groundless suits) is still worthwhile. It is just a failure in a separate (though still problematic) area.
I believe you misinterpreted this. I believe TFA is saying that only the plaintiff, NOT the defendant, would face this liability, which would greatly reduce the volume of frivolous and downright extortionist suits. I have felt this to be the correct approach for a good while now, though was unaware and interested to know about its previous application to organized crime.
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i'm guessing corporo-dot is taking a cut of each brain-zapper sold.
"The (semi) awkward geeks I know (including myself) used internet dating to great effect, though."
Really????
I have used it consistently, and, for all its drawbacks, I believe it is still the greatest thing going. However, it is doubtful that posts seeming to deserve a response exceed the 1% level. Of those responded to, I would say that perhaps 5% of those actually prove to have been worth responding to in the first place (ie. in retrospect). Btw, I thought your characterization of contemporary women was pretty dead-on.
I would have thought pictures of little "MR" girls in safety helmets would be more effective than ones of sky-scrapers.
"Now she’s trying my patience. She’s going back and forth offering the pay me and threatening to sue me and beating the “save the babies” drum very hardand upside me head."
/. mis-spelled the name. Doesn't look like she's missing too many meals
This is the type of gold one used to find on cruel.com from time to time.
http://www.examiner.com/slideshow/candice-schwager?slide=37962031
forgive me if I am so conceited as to offer advice, but, for my part, anyway, I am how I am, and that is one thing they are never going to move me from. If there are lots of empty-headed, happy idiots around, great, power to them*, but that ain't me. I think that is among the worse things that can happen, being pushed to deny who you actually are / how you feel. Another major killer is denial of a sense or productivity. I don't believe it is entirely possible to block one from general productivity, though blocking one from economic solvency is fairly straightforward, and also a killer.
*Coincidentally, I have found that state of mind to be INVERSELY proportional to how much one is actually exerting oneself. And, if those are the ones whom the sage employers of this world prefer, great, power to them...
That is exactly my point, that they cannot (ie. as opposed to the strict "brain chemistry" camp), though imo chronic insomnia is possibly the leading cause.
Actually, I believe it is you (dick head) (and the majority opinion on this matter) that is wrong, that have fallen onto the wrong side of a "chicken or the egg" question. I believe the hormones/neurotransmitters variances are not primary, but secondary.
I do believe SSRIs can be helpful, though they treat a symptom, not the cause. Too bad there isn't yet anything to treat pin-heads, not that you would actually be able to convince them to take it.
Or, not insignificantly, being lonely, bored, or SLEEP DEPRIVED. Depression can be symptomatic of all those things.
viewing depression as a fundamental illness. (Ie. you find yourself trying to draw stupid correlations to it.) Rather, depression is symptomatic of being lonely or bored. Would it raise any interest if someone said there was a correlation between using these web services and being lonely or bored? Of course not.
... deal more, but because the target was homosexual, or because he killed himself, but because he violated someone's privacy so profoundly. All these little Our Man Flynt's running around with this cheap, garbage technology, thinking they are god. That Ravi guy strikes me as a bit hardened, a bit reptilian (albeit a mama's boy - ie. an A-type, the type our society tends to revere). I think the earlier (March) article comments exhibited more rabid and appropriate indignation.
Perl is built up with a fair amount of exotic, idiosyncratic constructs, but its core features (datastructures and syntax), do it better than any of them. If you just resist getting sucked into all its esoteric aspects, which some quirky elements (with some questionable motives) seem to push so hard, then you'll do just fine.
"You take what you need and you leave the rest." Robertson (Helm)
. this is the rough equivalent of having a public stock offering of an actual video game, and I'm not talking about the company that makes the video game (ie. which is something salable), I'm talking about the video game itself.
Yeah, but it sounds like they're just propping it up artificially at this point to maintain the opening price.
I feel "workers" is the more significant category.
Though, as pointed out, this observation is more anecdotal based on its sample size, I believe there is a valid point here. Initially, anyways, it is a simple (ie. harmonic oscillation) case of "alternation of generations".
Basically, one generation has things hard and needs to apply themselves to get somewhere. Attaining prosperity, the next generation gets things handed to them, and thus never understands the necessity to apply themselves. Add to that the factor of excessive residual (eg. monetary) wealth, and the alternation frequency period is no longer 1:1 generational. (I.e. one n'er-do-well generation may beget another.) This is a scenario for serious long-term degradation of industrial and ultimately civic infrastructure, general prosperity, and culture. Americans also seem to bring some uncanny nihilism (?) to the mix.
development machine, even if you put a gun to my head.
The only way I would use it would be with a docking station that gives me a normal keyboard, mouse, and a couple of desktop monitors, at which point it's basically a desktop. Laptop screens, k/b's, and mice are incomparable by default.
The purpose of this is to prevent the bringing of groundless suits (by patent trolls). Presumably, the legitimate small business owner has not motivation to do that.
Of course, the huge patent troller can bring to bear all kinds of legal muscle to defeat a legitimate patent suit brought by a small entity, though that does not change the fact that the protection (ie. treble penalties for groundless suits) is still worthwhile. It is just a failure in a separate (though still problematic) area.
I believe you misinterpreted this. I believe TFA is saying that only the plaintiff, NOT the defendant, would face this liability, which would greatly reduce the volume of frivolous and downright extortionist suits. I have felt this to be the correct approach for a good while now, though was unaware and interested to know about its previous application to organized crime.