I think your comment might actually be the first one on here that is truly on topic and not just a bunch of us playing "No true nerdsman". Too bad you AC'd this one!
Your nerds aren't like my nerds then...or you qualify and don't want to admit it. We're nerds because we don't fit in with "normal" folks and we often do act dumb around the muggles. Don't believe me? Record your next D&D session but don't tell your buddies that you're recording it. Play it back to someone that wasn't there and has no idea what D&D is. Now tell me the reaction. You don't actually have to do this. You should be able to recall all of those kind of reactions you got while in high school.
I don't even know what the hell you're trying to say with this comment. I didn't hear any crying. No need to call the whaaambulance. I think you meant to post that AC because it matches the nonsensical & offensive nature of most AC rants. I will point out though that you kind of played right into the comment. Have you taken your meds today?
Haters gonna hate...that said, please tell me one sitcom (short for situational comedy) that wasn't designed for you to laugh at the cast? BBT is a sitcom, therefore you are supposed to laugh at it as a whole, nonstop until the credits roll. It accomplishes this in spades (at least for me). I am a nerd. I love this show. It is one of 2 televised shows that can manage to pry me away from WoW for 30 minutes. Like many slashdotters, I cut the TV cord years ago because every damned thing is a stupid ass reality show. Do we really need another Fake Housewives of East Bumblefuck? I'm gonna show my nerdly air of superiority here but honestly those kind of shows are for knuckle draggers. You are supposed to be zoned the fuck out sitting on your commode couch, stuffing your face with Flaturin & Brawndo, while watching Ow My Balls! I don't play that shit. These guys are my people. They are of interest to me and I support them. Doubly so when my alternative to Big Bang is a 20 hour marathon of Pawn Stars or Moonshiners. Normally I use the ultimate option- I just turn the TV the hell off and run back to Azeroth to be with my people.
Well he isn't wrong. If you are an ultraconservative republican then FOX and CNN both have your interests at heart. Citation: FOX has millions of viewers. They must be entertaining someone.
Easier! You can do it in way less than 12 parsecs. But if that doesn't convince you enough, most bikes are about 2 meters across. Well, shit, I used to bullseye womprats in my T16 back home. They're not much bigger than 2 meters!
Well you've met one today: ME. I hang on to my Droid 4 just for this very reason. There is no lost screen real estate since it slides out from behind it and the keyboard is soldered directly to the motherboard (much to my dismay) so it doesn't really make the phone any thicker than it was already gonna be. Maybe a millimeter or 2 max. They are solid plastic keys with great feedback- not those shitty rubber ones from an 80s calculator that you're referring to. The only complaint (and it really isn't a complaint) is that after 3 years of heavy constant use, the keyboard lettering is flaking off and I can't really change them. The battery is also soldered in but it's still charging great after 3 years. I'll solder a new one in if I have to.
As far as sucky and cramped I must say "you're doing it wrong!" These keyboards are thumb keyboards. I think I actually type faster on them than a standard qwerty. YMMV of course but your opinion and mine are diametrically opposed. Swipe and screen keyboards are completely useless to me.
Oh and I forgot to mention: paying 100k for any car is downright ridiculous. My Tesla will be sourced from one of those people who doesn't want to pay for a new battery pack or someone who's wrecked one. I'm a hacker remember:D
As you know, the whole reason this thread was began was because alen wanted to gripe about how much it costs per yer to maintain his vehicle. My outlook on that is that it is absolutely unnecessary. If you are one of the types that start to panic when the odometer hits 60k and you didn't have the super-stealership maintenance package done, then you're gonna get bilked. There are approximately 4 things you need to do to your car on a regular basis: gas, oil, brakes, and tires. The rest of everything else they try to charge you out the ass for is usually unnecessary. I laugh extremely hard when I hear people throw out "it costs me X per year in maintenance." You change that many tires a year? You going through that much oil? If not, you're pretty much getting hosed for no reason at all, but thanks for keeping the mechanics employed.
I'm a hacker- an old school hacker. That car will work the way I want it to, when I want it to, even if I have to take their DRM'd ECU out and throw it in the trash. I don't allow OTA updates on my Android equipment and it won't happen on my car either. Not until it's been properly vetted. We're Slashdotters, aren't we always telling people to check the source code before you patch it? I actually do if something in the change log catches my eye. I'm currently working on running my 85 Corolla off an Arduino Mega- which many Makers say isn't possible. It is looking quite possible as of right now. There isn't a service any dealer can offer me that I can't do myself, well besides selling me the car in the first place and apparently Tesla taking care of that issue as well
I've seen multiple posts here mentioning these checkups. The way you guys are talking, it seems they are mandatory. Is that the case? When I buy my Tesla, the dealer will never see the car again- not even virtually through its various telemetry radios.
No and you know it. He means has more features because those are what are cool. I don't give a shit if the phone physically looks "fashionable" but, like any tool, it needs to have the options, sensors, software, and whatnot that makes it the right tool for the right job. You wanna take a pot shot at Fandroids but you Apple apologists are just as bad. Now watch my karma tank cause I pointed this out.
Underpants Gnomes realized stealing underpants didn't actually result in 3)Profit! so they've now begun stealing cellphones. They can't get good signal in the basement so it isn't surprising they'd be under your deck. I suggest you spray for gnomes.
I really should proof read, but now that I see my mistake, I like the change! Please reference an IED suing a cellphone. I'd probably use coercion, entrapment, or extortion as the defense!
when they need it, they really need it without delay.
Could you please give me a scenario where someone gets their phone stolen and needs to have its ability to dial out disabled as fast as possible, preferably within minutes of the act. Please be creative. Somehow indirectly referencing Jack Bauer, an IED suing a cellphone as a trigger, and that dun-dun noise from Law and Order will score extra points. GO!
Not sure if you're serious but I am-- I AGREE! This will sit [sic pun intended![pun of sic also intended]] a terrible precedent that I won't stand for! It's just an excuse to buy fewer chairs and pack us in more literally like sardines. When I see the CEO lacks a comfy chair I might change my mind, but until then I shall stand with you, toe to toe, a pair of sole mates if you will, against this odoriferous fungus-like rot that is taking over corporate America!
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I think your comment might actually be the first one on here that is truly on topic and not just a bunch of us playing "No true nerdsman". Too bad you AC'd this one!
Probably about as long as a sitcom about a black kid with funny accents and coke-bottle glasses.........did I do thaaaaaaat?
My bad. Your nerdly air of superiority is way bigger than mine.
Haters will keep on hatin'. What else would you call it? If it's a damned duck then I call it a damned duck.
Your nerds aren't like my nerds then...or you qualify and don't want to admit it. We're nerds because we don't fit in with "normal" folks and we often do act dumb around the muggles. Don't believe me? Record your next D&D session but don't tell your buddies that you're recording it. Play it back to someone that wasn't there and has no idea what D&D is. Now tell me the reaction. You don't actually have to do this. You should be able to recall all of those kind of reactions you got while in high school.
HEY! Who let Don Sterling get a /. account?
I don't even know what the hell you're trying to say with this comment. I didn't hear any crying. No need to call the whaaambulance. I think you meant to post that AC because it matches the nonsensical & offensive nature of most AC rants. I will point out though that you kind of played right into the comment. Have you taken your meds today?
Haters gonna hate...that said, please tell me one sitcom (short for situational comedy) that wasn't designed for you to laugh at the cast? BBT is a sitcom, therefore you are supposed to laugh at it as a whole, nonstop until the credits roll. It accomplishes this in spades (at least for me). I am a nerd. I love this show. It is one of 2 televised shows that can manage to pry me away from WoW for 30 minutes. Like many slashdotters, I cut the TV cord years ago because every damned thing is a stupid ass reality show. Do we really need another Fake Housewives of East Bumblefuck? I'm gonna show my nerdly air of superiority here but honestly those kind of shows are for knuckle draggers. You are supposed to be zoned the fuck out sitting on your commode couch, stuffing your face with Flaturin & Brawndo, while watching Ow My Balls! I don't play that shit. These guys are my people. They are of interest to me and I support them. Doubly so when my alternative to Big Bang is a 20 hour marathon of Pawn Stars or Moonshiners. Normally I use the ultimate option- I just turn the TV the hell off and run back to Azeroth to be with my people.
I cannot argue against that!
Hell, it's pretty much the entire premise of MK Shamalan's The Happening.
ST6 didn't have WHALES jackass! You aren't a nerd. IMPOSTER! IMPOSTER!
ZING!
You have huuuge American floppy. Our floppy is a so small....
Don't forget UL Listed and CE approved!
Well he isn't wrong. If you are an ultraconservative republican then FOX and CNN both have your interests at heart. Citation: FOX has millions of viewers. They must be entertaining someone.
Easier! You can do it in way less than 12 parsecs. But if that doesn't convince you enough, most bikes are about 2 meters across. Well, shit, I used to bullseye womprats in my T16 back home. They're not much bigger than 2 meters!
Well you've met one today: ME. I hang on to my Droid 4 just for this very reason. There is no lost screen real estate since it slides out from behind it and the keyboard is soldered directly to the motherboard (much to my dismay) so it doesn't really make the phone any thicker than it was already gonna be. Maybe a millimeter or 2 max. They are solid plastic keys with great feedback- not those shitty rubber ones from an 80s calculator that you're referring to. The only complaint (and it really isn't a complaint) is that after 3 years of heavy constant use, the keyboard lettering is flaking off and I can't really change them. The battery is also soldered in but it's still charging great after 3 years. I'll solder a new one in if I have to.
As far as sucky and cramped I must say "you're doing it wrong!" These keyboards are thumb keyboards. I think I actually type faster on them than a standard qwerty. YMMV of course but your opinion and mine are diametrically opposed. Swipe and screen keyboards are completely useless to me.
Oh and I forgot to mention: paying 100k for any car is downright ridiculous. My Tesla will be sourced from one of those people who doesn't want to pay for a new battery pack or someone who's wrecked one. I'm a hacker remember :D
As you know, the whole reason this thread was began was because alen wanted to gripe about how much it costs per yer to maintain his vehicle. My outlook on that is that it is absolutely unnecessary. If you are one of the types that start to panic when the odometer hits 60k and you didn't have the super-stealership maintenance package done, then you're gonna get bilked. There are approximately 4 things you need to do to your car on a regular basis: gas, oil, brakes, and tires. The rest of everything else they try to charge you out the ass for is usually unnecessary. I laugh extremely hard when I hear people throw out "it costs me X per year in maintenance." You change that many tires a year? You going through that much oil? If not, you're pretty much getting hosed for no reason at all, but thanks for keeping the mechanics employed.
I'm a hacker- an old school hacker. That car will work the way I want it to, when I want it to, even if I have to take their DRM'd ECU out and throw it in the trash. I don't allow OTA updates on my Android equipment and it won't happen on my car either. Not until it's been properly vetted. We're Slashdotters, aren't we always telling people to check the source code before you patch it? I actually do if something in the change log catches my eye. I'm currently working on running my 85 Corolla off an Arduino Mega- which many Makers say isn't possible. It is looking quite possible as of right now. There isn't a service any dealer can offer me that I can't do myself, well besides selling me the car in the first place and apparently Tesla taking care of that issue as well
I've seen multiple posts here mentioning these checkups. The way you guys are talking, it seems they are mandatory. Is that the case? When I buy my Tesla, the dealer will never see the car again- not even virtually through its various telemetry radios.
No and you know it. He means has more features because those are what are cool. I don't give a shit if the phone physically looks "fashionable" but, like any tool, it needs to have the options, sensors, software, and whatnot that makes it the right tool for the right job. You wanna take a pot shot at Fandroids but you Apple apologists are just as bad. Now watch my karma tank cause I pointed this out.
Underpants Gnomes realized stealing underpants didn't actually result in 3)Profit! so they've now begun stealing cellphones. They can't get good signal in the basement so it isn't surprising they'd be under your deck. I suggest you spray for gnomes.
I really should proof read, but now that I see my mistake, I like the change! Please reference an IED suing a cellphone. I'd probably use coercion, entrapment, or extortion as the defense!
Could you please give me a scenario where someone gets their phone stolen and needs to have its ability to dial out disabled as fast as possible, preferably within minutes of the act. Please be creative. Somehow indirectly referencing Jack Bauer, an IED suing a cellphone as a trigger, and that dun-dun noise from Law and Order will score extra points. GO!
Not sure if you're serious but I am-- I AGREE! This will sit [sic pun intended![pun of sic also intended]] a terrible precedent that I won't stand for! It's just an excuse to buy fewer chairs and pack us in more literally like sardines. When I see the CEO lacks a comfy chair I might change my mind, but until then I shall stand with you, toe to toe, a pair of sole mates if you will, against this odoriferous fungus-like rot that is taking over corporate America!