do Westerners stand further apart than Asians when chatting in a virtual world? I
No, they stand the same distance apart; it would violate the laws of physics if one of them was "further apart" than the other. What a peculiar question.
the idea that it's OK to treat people differently through the intermediary of a computer network is disturbing.
I agree; that's when I catch my son spending too much time gibbing and teabagging in Halo I tell him to get out and do it in real life instead. Kids these days.
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The first five times he said "We don't fuck over your hard drive by default" I wasn't convinced, but on the sixth time, the cognitive dissonance really kicked in, and I forgot that Ubuntu recommends turning on ENABLE_LAPTOP_MODE on laptops. So, OK, they don't fuck your hard drive over, they just give you the 14" spiked dildo and tell you to fuck it over yourself.
Why not 2K + (if they really, really, really must) ClearType? In fact, if they ported the 2K kernel and claimed that it was XP, who'd know the difference?
Therefore tigers, leopards, cheetahs, cougars, bobcats, servals and ocelots must all hunt in packs. And that's how we do Science on Slashdot, apparently.
Even at 'only' $250, it's that or a Wii. And the Wii is a stable platform, whereas your cutting edge premium card is going to look overpriced and behind the curve tomorrow - ask all the people who just ordered $400 8800 GTS cards how that feels.
Come on, own up: who's buying these console-priced cards, and why?
Depends on the lawyer and why you need them. If you're betting your business in litigation, pay more. If you're contesting a traffic charge on a technicality, don't. In this case, clearly $300 an hour is $300 more than the accused needed to pay.
You get that the suggestion that there are any actual lawyers on Slashdot is a joke, right? There are no lawyers, girls or non-virgins on here, except me and thee, and I'm not so sure about thee.
That's very insightful, but you appear to have posted it in the wrong comment. Perhaps you meant to start your own top level thread, rather than piggybacking on mine.
If you read the actual ruling (and I know none of you will), it turns out that the defendant has been served, but has never bothered to respond or show up. The RIAA have then gone for a default judgement, but this apparently makes the judge responsible for carefully checking their allegations. Normally that would be the defence's job. So the defendant has in effect managed to get himself a free legal defence, of the very highest quality: the judge himself.
It's a risky strategy, but at least he isn't getting reamed by some guy who makes $300 an hour for playing a lawyer on Slashdot.
What on earth are you jabbering on about? In an adversarial system, it's the prosecution or litigant's job to "prove" the allegation. Where in any statute can I find a reference to conviction on "principle"?
It's a screen. It's blue. It kills the machine. In fact, it seems to kill it dead for some people, rather than just requiring a reboot. So, you're right, it's worse than a BSOD.
Well, clearly you aren't a 'Linux person', or you'd have called it Power$hell, PoorShell, or PowerHell. My point being that the Linux/M$ diaspora goes a lot deeper than simply learning each others' toolsets.
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Sounds to me like you should replace yourself with a very small shell script.
No, they stand the same distance apart; it would violate the laws of physics if one of them was "further apart" than the other. What a peculiar question.
I agree; that's when I catch my son spending too much time gibbing and teabagging in Halo I tell him to get out and do it in real life instead. Kids these days.
Why do you assume that the poster isn't an elf? What's with your sick anti-elf agenda?
When I do it to teenage girls on the subway, it's called 6 to 12 months.
The people who stole your lunch money every day for ten years.
Mmm, catchy!
Then you must be a real masochist to keep hanging around here.
The first five times he said "We don't fuck over your hard drive by default" I wasn't convinced, but on the sixth time, the cognitive dissonance really kicked in, and I forgot that Ubuntu recommends turning on ENABLE_LAPTOP_MODE on laptops. So, OK, they don't fuck your hard drive over, they just give you the 14" spiked dildo and tell you to fuck it over yourself.
Why not 2K + (if they really, really, really must) ClearType? In fact, if they ported the 2K kernel and claimed that it was XP, who'd know the difference?
Therefore tigers, leopards, cheetahs, cougars, bobcats, servals and ocelots must all hunt in packs. And that's how we do Science on Slashdot, apparently.
Can you outline why? What are the concrete benefits of a 8800 GTS over an 8800 GT for any of those users?
Even at 'only' $250, it's that or a Wii. And the Wii is a stable platform, whereas your cutting edge premium card is going to look overpriced and behind the curve tomorrow - ask all the people who just ordered $400 8800 GTS cards how that feels.
Come on, own up: who's buying these console-priced cards, and why?
Depends on the lawyer and why you need them. If you're betting your business in litigation, pay more. If you're contesting a traffic charge on a technicality, don't. In this case, clearly $300 an hour is $300 more than the accused needed to pay.
You get that the suggestion that there are any actual lawyers on Slashdot is a joke, right? There are no lawyers, girls or non-virgins on here, except me and thee, and I'm not so sure about thee.
That's very insightful, but you appear to have posted it in the wrong comment. Perhaps you meant to start your own top level thread, rather than piggybacking on mine.
That's fascinating, but going back to the actual question, when was the last time some third party application caused a Windows upgrade problem?
If you read the actual ruling (and I know none of you will), it turns out that the defendant has been served, but has never bothered to respond or show up. The RIAA have then gone for a default judgement, but this apparently makes the judge responsible for carefully checking their allegations. Normally that would be the defence's job. So the defendant has in effect managed to get himself a free legal defence, of the very highest quality: the judge himself.
It's a risky strategy, but at least he isn't getting reamed by some guy who makes $300 an hour for playing a lawyer on Slashdot.
What on earth are you jabbering on about? In an adversarial system, it's the prosecution or litigant's job to "prove" the allegation. Where in any statute can I find a reference to conviction on "principle"?
It's a screen. It's blue. It kills the machine. In fact, it seems to kill it dead for some people, rather than just requiring a reboot. So, you're right, it's worse than a BSOD.
I know I'll get modded down for this, but I agree with everything you said.
Since when has some third party application caused a Windows upgrade problem?
Care to provide a cite?
Sure. Like all politcians, what's he's sorry for isn't that he did it, but that he got caught doing it.
Nukular. It's pronounced new-kew-lar.
It's like a disease! You just can't stop yourself dribbling on and on!
Well, clearly you aren't a 'Linux person', or you'd have called it Power$hell, PoorShell, or PowerHell. My point being that the Linux/M$ diaspora goes a lot deeper than simply learning each others' toolsets.