The reason I don't buy PC World, or any of those mags is usually because looking at the front cover, it seems that it's filled with articles about stuff I already know about... that they're made for "newbies"
Another reason is that even the most interesting of articles seems to take a real "media" approach to stories... for example.. if there was an article on mp3s. It wouldn't just speak in geek terms. I want a mag thats full of techno babble and written by geeks that doesnt take such a media view on issues. I'd rather read something I can relate to than something objective.
Shift is an excellent mag. It's made by our generation.. for our generation. This is the one I spend my money on. Not sure if ya americans have the privalege or not but if it's on your stands, give it a try.
I really enjoyed that book... I picked it up at a book sale for $5 or something... and read it in 2 days (couldnt put it down) It was indeed very insightful... but not negative. I'm not going to buy the book "NetSlaves" it seems to me that theres a danger in writing a book when you're pissed off... you might just get published.. and then the world see's all your negativity. Well it seems to me that this book (Netslaves) will explode with negativity. I have 3 semesters left on my MIS degree and I just don't need something like this influencing me. The world is NOT a bad place.. yes there are greedy people, and yes there are backstabbers... but deal with it. You get what you put into it... and don't forget this is survival of the fittest. We're all greedy (including the Netslaves authors or they wouldnt have written the book) It just seems to me that 2 pissed off guys wrote a book because they wanted to tell their side of the story. Well maybe people just didnt like them because of their... oh I dunno... negativity. But yes.. if you're looking for a good book about the life, and feelings of a programmer... Microserfs is a great read. (it was recently mentioned in an article called "Myths of the e-factory" in Newsweek's special "Careers 2000" publication) btw... the article in Newsweek is quite insightful as well... and not negative... just states the facts and quotes various workers in silicon valley. These companies are great, lets not forget that... I mean you could work for some old skool hitler boss in a "ladder" type environment... but we have the chance to work at places where if we don't want to take the stairs... we can take the slide! And wear khakis to work! This is a wonderful time with wonderful companies coming forward... lets not forget that. I can only hope to find a place somewhere like this when I'm done my degree.
I find it unbeleivable that the essay is even available to read So this kid got out of jail because they found that he is in fact mentally stable... now watch his essay be acted out by some not-so-stable 11th grader somewhere in the US because it's getting "plubicity" Doesnt the american media learn anything?
and my 2 cents worth... well... better safe than sorry right? Good job on getting this kid checked out.... don't forget how many of those shootings may have been prevented (ie.. kid taking a gun to school the day before... sent home with a tiny suspension) yes.. lets get these kids checked out... I'm not an american parent and I even think this is a good idea... I understand the "rights" issue but come on people... lets be practical... and as the story stated... you don't get off on "your rights" crap in airports when you yell "BOMB" as a joke... and for good reason.
people may have rights... but so do I and the government's and police's job is to protect me and my rights... good job system:)
If this is referring to banner sites... the author of this article has it all wrong.
If you log into a site to download mp3s and you find yourself faced with the words "go to http://blabla and click on the banner for the password" ummm.. thats not exactly forcing you to watch porn... if you want in that site bad enough... you'll go click on the sex banner on the web but it's not as if someones forcing you to watch an hour long mpg as this article makes it sound like.
theres a real problem of people writing articles on internet related issues that don't know anything outside their Outlook Express.
The article says sites are using mp3s to force users to watch porn... that is juat all wrong
the article should say... sites are using porn to make a couple bucks off people that want their mp3s by using banners. Now theres an article that I would have a little respect for the author for writing.
you people are forgetting that they're not going to put these machines beside a pepsi machine
These machines are going to be very strategically placed.
Think of this... the campus here has a population of 45,000 (students, professors, staff) Coke bought the rights to the campus for the next.. oh I dunno 20 years or something.. which means.. NO WHERE on the whole huge campus can pepsi be sold
They have done this in many places... and what a brilliant idea from a profit perspective (from a consumer prospective it sucks) but just remember.. they know what they're doing.. they're not gonna stick these things beside Pepsi machines... competition isnt a factor
I was talking more about the "confessions of real women" and "sex secrets" part of the issues.. but you have such a valid point and clear definition of "cosmo" I cant help but sit here and grin.
and as for "old fashioned girls"... cooking.. cleaning... wiping your ass well I'm not even going to go there... but in that one sentence.. you lost my respect. They may be out there... but wheres their individuality? well... besides surrendering it over to the morman church... I'd say this is THE 90's! but come on... I thought our society was past all of this. decide what it is you want in a girl... a baby popping dishwasher or someone that will be able to survive if you died tommorrow.
I agree... this really offended me as well. Any of my online guy pals that are reading this and know who I am are probably saying "uh oh... here she goes..."
well where shall I begin... "Dont waste your time on geek girls" yeah boys.. take his advice.. and then when your wife divorces you because you wont give her the attention you give your computer... you'll want someone who "understands you... you and all your passions combined" When you want affection... if it's meant to be.. she wont be coding and posting on slashdot.. she'll recognize this and let go of the keyboard. in a nutshell.. As a "geek girl" I feel so encredibly stereotyped. Don't you want someone who would get excited when you come home with 50 feet of cat5 and say "Lets wire this house to the tilt" Or do you want someone that would say "wtf is that... you're not putting those ugly wires all over my house" Bottom line.. in the long run... you need to be able to share your main passion with that other person.
next item: "I've gone out with more than a few "hot babes" in my time and I generally found them to be more trouble than they were worth." This is saying a few things... if you're good looking.. you are not relationship material. Whether its baggage.. or conceit, or a lack of brains.... I can't believe you have taken the issue of looks and said all hot people are "like this" I like to think of myself as a pretty good looking girl... I work out 5 times a week... I have blonde hair... definatly no lack of options... but my degree is the most important thing to me right now. I couldnt be bothered dating (not to mention.. theres only one geek for me) I have enough trouble getting people to listen to me... and its people like you that are the cause of it. People see me and assume I dont know shit about computers... and when I tell them im an information systems major their jaw drops. I can't remember the last time I walked into a computer store and recieved help from someone that worked there.
If you want some real advice guys... here it is.. The biggest reason I have turned down geeks is one simple thing... Self-esteem. I've met some really incredible people... but I cant stand being around someone with no self-esteem. Instead of buying PC Gamer next month... pick up a Cosmo instead. You'll learn more than you ever wanted to know. Oh.. and don't stereotytpe people. If you see a geek girl or a playboy model.. dont remember anything you have read here... find out for yourself if you would enjoy that person.
Sorry this is so long but arrrgh... you really got my panties in a bunch:)
I am taking my corporate law class this semester, and surprisingly enough... we are learning things we can apply. He has two options.. he could go the patent route (I'm not sure how much money this would cost) or.. a simple contract. Contracts are your best evidence in court:) To have a lawyer write up a contract.. just tell them the situation.. and that you wish to show this prototype to firms without fear that they will rip it. This contract could be used for each firm he presents to... simply have them sign it stating that they will not use any ideas they see in the presentation to profit. Permission to videotape one presentation might be a good idea. With that and the contract... you would be safe.
Remember.. your greatest tool is the ability to sue. And your greatest tool in a lawsuit is evidence. If someone rips you off.. dont fear.. just double what you think you could have made off of it and begin.:) (man.. my law proffessor makes this sound like too much fun)
FINALLY an educated post by someone who has taken a macroeconomics course.
just because my student loan hardly covers my tuition + rent for the year... let alone a copy of Office 2000... and MS does absolutly NOTHING to support university students learning... does not mean I am some advocate of organized crime, or I am "stealing" MS profits. They're not going to profit off me anyway... because I would either use a pirated copy, or no copy at all. However... with my continued use of software and education... hell.. I may just be buying a 1000 node licence one day for every program my network needs. just like dfallon has pointed out... I am not hijacking a truck full of cds, and i am not reselling software for my own profit.
The Bottom line is: Office 2000 is a cool canadian grand... a GRAND that is 1/7 of my budget for 2 semesters (including tuition) I need it (not like i need water.. but like I dont need a C average)
I think MS failed at their attempt to "get the warez" because they arent looking at the problem correctly. They are a gizillion dollar comapny charging a student a ridiculous, impossible-to-fit-into-budget price.
yer damn right im gonna get a pirated version of it... there i said it... and i am no coward
kudos to you dfallon.
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it looks like a barbeque i wanna toss some smokies on it
I had to go all the way to the bottom to find one i agreed with:)
not to mention the forum... which got particularily interesting at times (we lub j00 Dr.H)... I cant see that having the same "taste" being run by a corporation.
well I'm just glad Ken.. umm... won:) YIPPEE.. im off to packetstorm..
Yes I am a commerce major... managemnt information systems, so I take all commerce classes along with my database, IT, networking, etc.
I should have read all the way down before posting above... but what I mentioned is the difference between intangible, and tangible assets, but more importantly, "goodwill" on financial staements.
If slashdot decided they've had enuf and these guys want to spend the rest of their life in a hut on a beach, well they'd sell off the domain. And could probably get much more than Network Solution's 70 bones for it. why? well because of slashdot dot org's "goodwill" (If you are not familiar with this term, try to get the idea of a goodwill store out of your head)
The funny thing about accounting today... is that very few accountants have the knowledge to implement this information technology revolution into their number crunching. Where do you put a domain on a financial statement? Well theres really only two options... tangible assets, or intangible assets.
I spent a good two weeks pondering this until it made me so confused I gave up. A domain is obviously not tangible... you can't reach out and touch it, or anything on the net for that matter, but should it be included with patents, etc? I certainly hope not.
As for all this talk about infinity... well I can't get into that becasue when I think about infinity I get sick to my stomach... it has to end somewhere... arrrrgh.
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"The purchase of a reputation then is really no different than the purchase of a product"
oh contrair...
what your speaking of here is "goodwill" goodwill is basically... the fact that if Pepsi is worth 5 billion dollars, they can sell it for 10 billion because they're "Pepsi" and the name is known, respected, etc... on a financial statement, the purchase of goodwill is seperate from the purchase of something tangible.
See in my major(management information systems), I have to take these classes The degree is much more than just IT:)
ok and this raises a question I struck onto my accounting professor last semester. I asked him if he would consider domains to be intangible or tangible assets? I mean you can't reach out and touch a domain... but it is surely worth something. Up until now, intangible assets have been defined as things such as patents. So where does a domain fit in here?
oh and the answer my university professor gave me: "I dunno" can you say... master's degree?
and another thing... I can't belive how many "geeks" are actual outcasts. Just like that stupid article in Rolling Stone.... my god... will us geeks that have a sense of style, and happened to be popular in high school ever get some representation? Am I the only computer geek that isnt an outcast and has friends?
Go get involved in someting... mazke some friends for crying out loud... go to bush parties and drink underage (responsibly), have some fun... you're missing out on the best time of your life.
I havent been online in the past few days... as school is done and I'm in the process of moving, but now I've made it to/. to check things out and I will be merely one of 600 posts...
HOLY SHIT SLASHDOT thats all I can say... I've had so much respect for this website... i tell everyone about it... ummm.. NOT ANY MORE
I can't belive you have posted all those emails for everyone to read... like we're supposed to read them and feel so sorry for all these lame dorks that think they are being treated so cruel in school. All you kids want my pity? screw that. Its life, get over it, and here's a little tip... the "cool" preople get treated cruel too. You just don't see it because you don't have the guts to hang out with them. Everyone gets treated cruel... so I THINK I"VE HEARD ENOUGH ABOUT WAAA WAAAA EVERYONE HATES ME I HAVE NO FRIENDS.
as for the whole point of slashdot's thread... that this whole media thing over littleton has caused all these geeks to be discriminated against in the past week, well you know what... thats their own problem. To the people who wrote in emails about being dragged into offices because they play doom and quake, and they don't like the fact that they are being pulled in to be talked to.... deal with it. Use some communication skills and simply tell them that you understand their concern but that you are not a threat and you want to make that clear. Don't jump on the "I have rights, I'm gonna fight you on this one" bandwagon... don't be so $^%#ing dramatic.
As for the email sent in about the girl who showed up at school in a trenchcoat and whined over her rights being violated because they told her she couldn't wear it.... ARE YOU STUPID OR SOMETHING? HELLO PEOPLE.... 13 STUDENTS WERE KILLED LAST WEEK while they were in the "safest" place possible. Don't be stupid and wear your trenchcoat to school the next day just to be dramatic and prove some kind of point... have some %$#^ing respect.
I can't belive some of the crap I'm reading. You "understand" the killer's feelings? Give me a break... the are murderers... case CLOSED. I can't belive how many people are justifying what they did. People are dead... DEAD... as in never coming back.
THE COUNTRY HAS A RIGHT TO BE $##@ING PARANOID... if you play quake and people around you are paranoid because of it, sit them down and talk to them... don't get so defensive... jeezus
NO ONE... NOTHING is to blame except for those parents that didn't notice the 30 some bombs and guns in the house or the fact that their child was depressed. IF YOU ARE A PARENT.. FOR GODS SAKE, TALK TO YOUR KIDS.
FYI Yes he did write it... if he snipped it, don't you think the original person would be saying "hey I wrote that" anyways, if you were familiar with his net lingo, you'd know it was him He's getting flamed for it... why would he lie about writing it? ok people... he wrote this as a joke... let it go... you need a sense of humour
he meant gay to mean lame... why are you so offended by this term? has it hit just a little too close to home? http://www.mofile.fi/cgi-bin/forms.exe/dr1?word= gay
leave him alone... hammy is cool... what were you doing when you were 16 years old? probably letting corporate tv morph your brain into a conformed pile of useless shit
hammy is on my icq.. and all I have to say is if you saw half the stuff he comes up with, you'd have respect for him... I fear him personally... I can only imagine how good he'll be with computers when he's 25... he's 8 years younger than me and knows 8 times as much stuff than I do
so if you want to bash him... you have to deal with me...
>I checked the rules and there was no mention of age restraints
no you didn't
2. Entry Requirements: By entering the contest, you agree to these rules. The contest is open to individuals who are at least 18 years of age. Persons less than 18 years of age are not eligible to win.
LOL... this is too funny... redhat dot com is looking for geeks and you guys are trying to figure out how to code a bot to do the work for you... I love it
I'm going to do it the real way... and win... and I'll take my bikini... and your bots can snap images of me on the beach sipping my pina coladas... there better be a T3 there
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The reason I don't buy PC World, or any of those mags is usually because looking at the front cover, it seems that it's filled with articles about stuff I already know about... that they're made for "newbies"
Another reason is that even the most interesting of articles seems to take a real "media" approach to stories... for example.. if there was an article on mp3s. It wouldn't just speak in geek terms. I want a mag thats full of techno babble and written by geeks that doesnt take such a media view on issues. I'd rather read something I can relate to than something objective.
Shift is an excellent mag. It's made by our generation.. for our generation. This is the one I spend my money on. Not sure if ya americans have the privalege or not but if it's on your stands, give it a try.
I really enjoyed that book... I picked it up at a book sale for $5 or something... and read it in 2 days (couldnt put it down)
It was indeed very insightful... but not negative.
I'm not going to buy the book "NetSlaves" it seems to me that theres a danger in writing a book when you're pissed off... you might just get published.. and then the world see's all your negativity. Well it seems to me that this book (Netslaves) will explode with negativity. I have 3 semesters left on my MIS degree and I just don't need something like this influencing me. The world is NOT a bad place.. yes there are greedy people, and yes there are backstabbers... but deal with it. You get what you put into it... and don't forget this is survival of the fittest. We're all greedy (including the Netslaves authors or they wouldnt have written the book)
It just seems to me that 2 pissed off guys wrote a book because they wanted to tell their side of the story. Well maybe people just didnt like them because of their... oh I dunno... negativity.
But yes.. if you're looking for a good book about the life, and feelings of a programmer... Microserfs is a great read. (it was recently mentioned in an article called "Myths of the e-factory" in Newsweek's special "Careers 2000" publication) btw... the article in Newsweek is quite insightful as well... and not negative... just states the facts and quotes various workers in silicon valley. These companies are great, lets not forget that... I mean you could work for some old skool hitler boss in a "ladder" type environment... but we have the chance to work at places where if we don't want to take the stairs... we can take the slide! And wear khakis to work! This is a wonderful time with wonderful companies coming forward... lets not forget that. I can only hope to find a place somewhere like this when I'm done my degree.
I find it unbeleivable that the essay is even available to read
:)
So this kid got out of jail because they found that he is in fact mentally stable... now watch his essay be acted out by some not-so-stable 11th grader somewhere in the US because it's getting "plubicity"
Doesnt the american media learn anything?
and my 2 cents worth... well... better safe than sorry right? Good job on getting this kid checked out.... don't forget how many of those shootings may have been prevented (ie.. kid taking a gun to school the day before... sent home with a tiny suspension)
yes.. lets get these kids checked out... I'm not an american parent and I even think this is a good idea... I understand the "rights" issue but come on people... lets be practical... and as the story stated... you don't get off on "your rights" crap in airports when you yell "BOMB" as a joke... and for good reason.
people may have rights... but so do I and the government's and police's job is to protect me and my rights... good job system
If this is referring to banner sites... the author of this article has it all wrong.
If you log into a site to download mp3s and you find yourself faced with the words "go to http://blabla and click on the banner for the password" ummm.. thats not exactly forcing you to watch porn... if you want in that site bad enough... you'll go click on the sex banner on the web but it's not as if someones forcing you to watch an hour long mpg as this article makes it sound like.
theres a real problem of people writing articles on internet related issues that don't know anything outside their Outlook Express.
The article says sites are using mp3s to force users to watch porn... that is juat all wrong
the article should say... sites are using porn to make a couple bucks off people that want their mp3s by using banners. Now theres an article that I would have a little respect for the author for writing.
this is just terrible
you people are forgetting that they're not going to put these machines beside a pepsi machine
These machines are going to be very strategically placed.
Think of this... the campus here has a population of 45,000 (students, professors, staff)
Coke bought the rights to the campus for the next.. oh I dunno 20 years or something.. which means.. NO WHERE on the whole huge campus can pepsi be sold
They have done this in many places... and what a brilliant idea from a profit perspective (from a consumer prospective it sucks) but just remember.. they know what they're doing.. they're not gonna stick these things beside Pepsi machines... competition isnt a factor
I enjoyed that :)
I was talking more about the "confessions of real women" and "sex secrets" part of the issues.. but you have such a valid point and clear definition of "cosmo" I cant help but sit here and grin.
and as for "old fashioned girls"... cooking.. cleaning... wiping your ass
:)
well I'm not even going to go there... but in that one sentence.. you lost my respect.
They may be out there... but wheres their individuality? well... besides surrendering it over to the morman church... I'd say this is THE 90's! but come on... I thought our society was past all of this.
decide what it is you want in a girl... a baby popping dishwasher or someone that will be able to survive if you died tommorrow.
ok now I'm done... i think
I agree... this really offended me as well.
:)
Any of my online guy pals that are reading this and know who I am are probably saying "uh oh... here she goes..."
well where shall I begin... "Dont waste your time on geek girls" yeah boys.. take his advice.. and then when your wife divorces you because you wont give her the attention you give your computer... you'll want someone who "understands you... you and all your passions combined"
When you want affection... if it's meant to be.. she wont be coding and posting on slashdot.. she'll recognize this and let go of the keyboard.
in a nutshell.. As a "geek girl" I feel so encredibly stereotyped.
Don't you want someone who would get excited when you come home with 50 feet of cat5 and say "Lets wire this house to the tilt" Or do you want someone that would say "wtf is that... you're not putting those ugly wires all over my house"
Bottom line.. in the long run... you need to be able to share your main passion with that other person.
next item: "I've gone out with more than a few "hot babes" in my time and I generally found them to be more trouble than they were worth."
This is saying a few things... if you're good looking.. you are not relationship material. Whether its baggage.. or conceit, or a lack of brains.... I can't believe you have taken the issue of looks and said all hot people are "like this" I like to think of myself as a pretty good looking girl... I work out 5 times a week... I have blonde hair... definatly no lack of options... but my degree is the most important thing to me right now. I couldnt be bothered dating (not to mention.. theres only one geek for me)
I have enough trouble getting people to listen to me... and its people like you that are the cause of it. People see me and assume I dont know shit about computers... and when I tell them im an information systems major their jaw drops. I can't remember the last time I walked into a computer store and recieved help from someone that worked there.
If you want some real advice guys... here it is..
The biggest reason I have turned down geeks is one simple thing... Self-esteem. I've met some really incredible people... but I cant stand being around someone with no self-esteem.
Instead of buying PC Gamer next month... pick up a Cosmo instead. You'll learn more than you ever wanted to know.
Oh.. and don't stereotytpe people. If you see a geek girl or a playboy model.. dont remember anything you have read here... find out for yourself if you would enjoy that person.
Sorry this is so long but arrrgh... you really got my panties in a bunch
I am taking my corporate law class this semester, and surprisingly enough... we are learning things we can apply. :)
:) (man.. my law proffessor makes this sound like too much fun)
He has two options.. he could go the patent route (I'm not sure how much money this would cost)
or.. a simple contract. Contracts are your best evidence in court
To have a lawyer write up a contract.. just tell them the situation.. and that you wish to show this prototype to firms without fear that they will rip it. This contract could be used for each firm he presents to... simply have them sign it stating that they will not use any ideas they see in the presentation to profit. Permission to videotape one presentation might be a good idea. With that and the contract... you would be safe.
Remember.. your greatest tool is the ability to sue. And your greatest tool in a lawsuit is evidence. If someone rips you off.. dont fear.. just double what you think you could have made off of it and begin.
FINALLY an educated post by someone who has taken a macroeconomics course.
just because my student loan hardly covers my tuition + rent for the year... let alone a copy of Office 2000... and MS does absolutly NOTHING to support university students learning... does not mean I am some advocate of organized crime, or I am "stealing" MS profits. They're not going to profit off me anyway... because I would either use a pirated copy, or no copy at all. However... with my continued use of software and education... hell.. I may just be buying a 1000 node licence one day for every program my network needs.
just like dfallon has pointed out... I am not hijacking a truck full of cds, and i am not reselling software for my own profit.
The Bottom line is:
Office 2000 is a cool canadian grand... a GRAND
that is 1/7 of my budget for 2 semesters (including tuition)
I need it (not like i need water.. but like I dont need a C average)
I think MS failed at their attempt to "get the warez" because they arent looking at the problem correctly. They are a gizillion dollar comapny charging a student a ridiculous, impossible-to-fit-into-budget price.
yer damn right im gonna get a pirated version of it... there i said it... and i am no coward
kudos to you dfallon.
it looks like a barbeque
i wanna toss some smokies on it
I had to go all the way to the bottom to find one i agreed with :)
... I cant see that having the same "taste" being run by a corporation.
:)
not to mention the forum... which got particularily interesting at times (we lub j00 Dr.H)
well I'm just glad Ken.. umm... won
YIPPEE.. im off to packetstorm..
-cb
Yes I am a commerce major... managemnt information systems, so I take all commerce classes along with my database, IT, networking, etc.
I should have read all the way down before posting above... but what I mentioned is the difference between intangible, and tangible assets, but more importantly, "goodwill" on financial staements.
If slashdot decided they've had enuf and these guys want to spend the rest of their life in a hut on a beach, well they'd sell off the domain. And could probably get much more than Network Solution's 70 bones for it. why? well because of slashdot dot org's "goodwill" (If you are not familiar with this term, try to get the idea of a goodwill store out of your head)
The funny thing about accounting today... is that very few accountants have the knowledge to implement this information technology revolution into their number crunching. Where do you put a domain on a financial statement? Well theres really only two options... tangible assets, or intangible assets.
I spent a good two weeks pondering this until it made me so confused I gave up. A domain is obviously not tangible... you can't reach out and touch it, or anything on the net for that matter, but should it be included with patents, etc? I certainly hope not.
As for all this talk about infinity... well I can't get into that becasue when I think about infinity I get sick to my stomach... it has to end somewhere... arrrrgh.
-cebe
"The purchase of a reputation then is really no different than the purchase of a product"
:)
oh contrair...
what your speaking of here is "goodwill" goodwill is basically... the fact that if Pepsi is worth 5 billion dollars, they can sell it for 10 billion because they're "Pepsi" and the name is known, respected, etc...
on a financial statement, the purchase of goodwill is seperate from the purchase of something tangible.
See in my major(management information systems), I have to take these classes The degree is much more than just IT
ok and this raises a question I struck onto my accounting professor last semester. I asked him if he would consider domains to be intangible or tangible assets? I mean you can't reach out and touch a domain... but it is surely worth something. Up until now, intangible assets have been defined as things such as patents. So where does a domain fit in here?
oh and the answer my university professor gave me: "I dunno" can you say... master's degree?
I enjoy your posts jabber
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I don't get it.
I need slashdot for dummies.
-cebe
exactly
:)
you said that much better than I did, I kinda flew off the handle... nice job
-cebe
and another thing... I can't belive how many "geeks" are actual outcasts. Just like that stupid article in Rolling Stone.... my god... will us geeks that have a sense of style, and happened to be popular in high school ever get some representation? Am I the only computer geek that isnt an outcast and has friends?
Go get involved in someting... mazke some friends for crying out loud... go to bush parties and drink underage (responsibly), have some fun... you're missing out on the best time of your life.
HIGH SCHOOL RULED
-cebe
I havent been online in the past few days... as school is done and I'm in the process of moving, but now I've made it to /. to check things out and I will be merely one of 600 posts...
HOLY SHIT SLASHDOT thats all I can say... I've had so much respect for this website... i tell everyone about it... ummm.. NOT ANY MORE
I can't belive you have posted all those emails for everyone to read... like we're supposed to read them and feel so sorry for all these lame dorks that think they are being treated so cruel in school. All you kids want my pity? screw that. Its life, get over it, and here's a little tip... the "cool" preople get treated cruel too. You just don't see it because you don't have the guts to hang out with them. Everyone gets treated cruel... so I THINK I"VE HEARD ENOUGH ABOUT WAAA WAAAA EVERYONE HATES ME I HAVE NO FRIENDS.
as for the whole point of slashdot's thread... that this whole media thing over littleton has caused all these geeks to be discriminated against in the past week, well you know what... thats their own problem. To the people who wrote in emails about being dragged into offices because they play doom and quake, and they don't like the fact that they are being pulled in to be talked to.... deal with it. Use some communication skills and simply tell them that you understand their concern but that you are not a threat and you want to make that clear. Don't jump on the "I have rights, I'm gonna fight you on this one" bandwagon... don't be so $^%#ing dramatic.
As for the email sent in about the girl who showed up at school in a trenchcoat and whined over her rights being violated because they told her she couldn't wear it.... ARE YOU STUPID OR SOMETHING?
HELLO PEOPLE.... 13 STUDENTS WERE KILLED LAST WEEK while they were in the "safest" place possible. Don't be stupid and wear your trenchcoat to school the next day just to be dramatic and prove some kind of point... have some %$#^ing respect.
I can't belive some of the crap I'm reading. You "understand" the killer's feelings? Give me a break... the are murderers... case CLOSED. I can't belive how many people are justifying what they did. People are dead... DEAD... as in never coming back.
THE COUNTRY HAS A RIGHT TO BE $##@ING PARANOID... if you play quake and people around you are paranoid because of it, sit them down and talk to them... don't get so defensive... jeezus
NO ONE... NOTHING is to blame except for those parents that didn't notice the 30 some bombs and guns in the house or the fact that their child was depressed. IF YOU ARE A PARENT.. FOR GODS SAKE, TALK TO YOUR KIDS.
now go ahead an moderate me slashdot
-mad cebe
theres one or two on
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http://copyleft.net/slashdot_shirts_frameset.ht
hmm my space bar thought it was a return key for bit there... weird..
-cb
FYI Yes he did write it... if he snipped it, don't you think the original person would be saying "hey I wrote that" anyways, if you were familiar with his net lingo, you'd know it was him He's getting flamed for it... why would he lie about writing it? ok people... he wrote this as a joke... let it go... you need a sense of humour
= gay
he meant gay to mean lame...
why are you so offended by this term? has it hit just a little too close to home?
http://www.mofile.fi/cgi-bin/forms.exe/dr1?word
-cb
hey! why don't you come here and say that!
leave him alone... hammy is cool... what were you doing when you were 16 years old? probably letting corporate tv morph your brain into a conformed pile of useless shit
hammy is on my icq.. and all I have to say is if you saw half the stuff he comes up with, you'd have respect for him... I fear him personally... I can only imagine how good he'll be with computers when he's 25... he's 8 years younger than me and knows 8 times as much stuff than I do
so if you want to bash him... you have to deal with me...
-cebizzy
>I checked the rules and there was no mention of age restraints
no you didn't
2. Entry Requirements: By entering the contest, you agree to these rules. The contest is open to individuals who are at least 18 years of age. Persons less than 18 years of age are not eligible to win.
LOL... this is too funny... redhat dot com is looking for geeks and you guys are trying to figure out how to code a bot to do the work for you... I love it
I'm going to do it the real way... and win... and I'll take my bikini... and your bots can snap images of me on the beach sipping my pina coladas... there better be a T3 there