Think you got a little crossed up. One store (Staples) did not have what he was looking for and pulled a bit of bait and switch. They went to another store (BB) that did have something he was looking for. It was a bit more money than anticipated, so the salesdrone kicked in a bag to make the deal roughly equal to the online deal.
You raise an interesting point. The usual level of Slashdot "commentary" on Supercomputers usually isn't much above the level of jokes about Crysis and pissing matches between AMD ARM and Intel fanboys.
Back in my day, the Slashdot "commentary" on Supercomputers was about Beowulf clusters and Natalie Portman and hot grits.
No, AC is the second user. User number one was Cmdr. Taco. He had to create the AC user so when he discovered that logged in posters sometimes posted stuff that was so banal and full of crap that they might want to do it anonymously for fear of ridicule.
1812, the Americans invaded Canada, and in return the Canadians invaded the US and burned down the White House, just as a reminder not to do THAT again.
I notice you ignore the 'Canadians' (aka, British) impressment of US citizens for the preceeding ~30 years. I'm also particularly fond of the civilians and their institutions that were bombed by those 'morally superior' North American Brits. (Grew up in a town that was a major landing site in 1812).
Anywho, I notice you toodled along back home to shag moose and argue with your French cousins for the last century or two.
I guess Robert Bjork must be the husband of the pop artist Bjork Bjork.
And their child De Tooty Bjork married an unrelated woman named Um Bjork who took a hyphenated last name and now insists she be called Um Bjork Bjork-Bjork.
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Think you got a little crossed up. One store (Staples) did not have what he was looking for and pulled a bit of bait and switch. They went to another store (BB) that did have something he was looking for. It was a bit more money than anticipated, so the salesdrone kicked in a bag to make the deal roughly equal to the online deal.
You raise an interesting point. The usual level of Slashdot "commentary" on Supercomputers usually isn't much above the level of jokes about Crysis and pissing matches between AMD ARM and Intel fanboys.
Back in my day, the Slashdot "commentary" on Supercomputers was about Beowulf clusters and Natalie Portman and hot grits.
Damned kids running around on my lawn again...
I think you're missing the point.
That might be due at least in part to your piss poor ability to clarify it.
I actually know people who do this.
I actually know that the plural of 'anecdote' is not 'data'.
No, AC is the second user. User number one was Cmdr. Taco. He had to create the AC user so when he discovered that logged in posters sometimes posted stuff that was so banal and full of crap that they might want to do it anonymously for fear of ridicule.
It's now called the Life Star, and instead of blowing up planets, it'll cover them with a spray of flowers.
Or something.
I just wanted to use the Star Wars metaphor.
Everyone knows it should be called the Peace Moon.
The space shuttle isn't normally counted as an aircraft.
Garbage scow? Flying lorry? Expensive boondoggle?
A Republican tries to cut the fat out of the defense budget and he STILL gets criticized.
He wasn't cutting the fat, he was shifting it. Like how his body tries to shift fat straight into his coronary arteries.
I prefer a more overt posterior.
And I cannot lie,
You other brothers can't deny
That when a girl walks in with an itty bitty waist
And a round thing in your face
You get sprung
1812, the Americans invaded Canada, and in return the Canadians invaded the US and burned down the White House, just as a reminder not to do THAT again.
I notice you ignore the 'Canadians' (aka, British) impressment of US citizens for the preceeding ~30 years. I'm also particularly fond of the civilians and their institutions that were bombed by those 'morally superior' North American Brits. (Grew up in a town that was a major landing site in 1812).
Anywho, I notice you toodled along back home to shag moose and argue with your French cousins for the last century or two.
"Might" ;D
As in it might make those geeks smell better, amirite?
When shit hits the fan and the government collapse, you will want the means by which to defend yourself and your family from your fellow neighbors.
They assume the police will protect you, despite Castle Rock vs. Gonzales and similar cases.
What weirds me out is their fascination with teaching the royalty through song and dance numbers.
It worked for Louis CK
And there we go. Worst. Slashdot. Article. Ever. </comicbookguy>
Close it up. Go home. Drop your account. This verifies Kristopeit and negates the need for Netcraft confirmation.
I guess Robert Bjork must be the husband of the pop artist Bjork Bjork.
And their child De Tooty Bjork married an unrelated woman named Um Bjork who took a hyphenated last name and now insists she be called Um Bjork Bjork-Bjork.
Ask it where you can find 'dead nigger storage'.
I'm not sure, but I have it on good authority that there's no sign out front to that effect.
That's ok, because The Beatles sucked.
And Head was the greatest movie of all time, right?
Nah - all my criticism is already available for free ...
Besides ... who are these #1, 2 and 3 you speak of? ;-p
I was trying not to inflate your ego; you do such a good job of it yourself.
But, but, but, what do you mean they can't pollute the commons, leaving a trail a mile wide and get away with it?
Some_woman, are you back also?
Ahh, one of slashdot's libertardian, mouth-breathing trolls is back.
my guess is that he's on deep cable on Jupiter, top tier plus $20 a month.
Damn, that's still better than Keith Olbermann's new network.
I have yet to see any reason Assange is accorded any level of respect from certain quarters of the international community.
Because he knows how to create paragraph breaks?
If he had more brains than ego, he'd hire his 10 biggest critics to tear into everything and see if there's anything worth salvaging.
You only say that because you figure you'll get hired somewhere around number four.
And you'll get a cupful of liquid that is almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea.
That's ok, I just wanted to use it as a Brownian motion generator.