I honestly expected more. Though bitcoin is a pain in the ass. Do they accept donations that are not bitcoin? I'd be willing to toss them some extra money, it's not like the vodka is doing me any favors.
Damn right. I got sick of UPDATE NOW UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE and decided to dive headfirst into Arch after using Ubuntu 7 years ago on an old netbook.
I put it on a separate hard drive to dick around with in my spare time, but it's been about a month since I installed it and only went back to my windows install to transfer some files over. I didn't think I would actually use it, but its really grown on me.
That, and the fake Windows 7 error popups are fucking hilarious now.
You know the ones. They fullscreen and look like the default 7 or XP desktop only with a window inside that saying something along the lines of "REGISTRY ERROR! DOWNLOAD OUR FREE SUPER-EXTRA-STRONG REGISTRY FIXER APP NOW! WEW LAD!".
Hit the nail on the head man. Even the attention whores I know are posting less shit.
The trend is running out of steam. Finally.
I'm just hoping it isn't because of employers snooping on employees. If it is, as soon as normies realize they don't have to use their real name on facebook it's coming back in a big way.
Around 2012 a bunch of kids at the local highschool got on the local news (A few of them I knew) because they all got suspended for liking a picture on facebook about 3 months earlier (They were "Disrupting the learning enviroment" apparently).
The picture was a photoshop of one of the administrators, with devil horns and the caption "Cunaosaurus Rex".
The rage inducing part was that they had the tech admin constantly refreshing facebook for a few days, trying to track down anyone who commented or liked the picture, putting usernames into pipl.com if they didn't use their real name on their account.
Your tax dollars at work. Meanwhile, I have seen their algebra/geometry/calc textbooks. Lots of them missing covers and pages and generally pieces of shit.
Buy new ones? nah, gotta pay some dude to browse facebook looking for kids who made fun of one of the school administrators.
And to add to that, I'm really enjoying the experience for reasons I didn't even think of: I no longer get several BSoD's every day for no apparent reason (Yes, I checked the code. Hardware failure related. Swapped out every part except the mobo and processor with another computer, no difference. Memtest and prime 95 passed just fine).
And when an error occurs, I can fix it. No generic "THIS HAS STOPPED WORKING FOR SOME REASON. SEND REPORT TO MICROSOFT?".
Right after I installed Arch I was getting a message at startup, kernel modules failed to load.
Oh, okay. Open terminal, systemctl --failed....Huh, okay, related to systemd modules. systemctl status systemd-modules-load.service...Ah, it's related to some virtualbox shit. I don't even use virtualbox, I'll just remove it. Problem solved.
All this push to UPGRADE UPGRADE UPGRADE TO WINDOWS 10 pushed me to install Arch (Sure as hell isn't for beginners, but it was a fun challenge).
It also pushed my girlfriend to ask me to install Mint on her laptop, someone who isn't by any stretch of the imagination a tech nerd.
And several of my friends once I told them their favorite steam games now work perfectly fine, and I would be happy to install whatever distro they wanted if they bought the vodka.
I don't think microsoft understands they do not hold the monopoly on good, usable, noob friendly operating systems anymore.
Agreed. Some people might be into it, but it really, really doesn't appeal to me. Especially when people start talking about "OMG GUYS SOON MANUALLY DRIVEN SHITBOXES WILL BE OUTLAWED AND YOU'LL HAVE TO CONVERT". I don't see multi-billion dollar industries just stepping side (aftermarket/performance car parts, motorcycle manufacturers, etc.), or every person being comfortable with that idea, or people being happy about being forced to buy a new car.
Buses and taxis are a different story though, I could see those really taking off if the tech is good enough.
As long as whoever is making them starts considering security, unlike many current car manufacturers.
Infallible? Nah. A totally free market has plenty of flaws. But I think it works pretty well here. Hell, it's already working, and I know if I lived there I would not shop at places that discriminated against others.
I have no problem with it, I just find it amusing.
Seems like a pretty simple fix though: Vote with your money.
Or, alternatively, welcome LGBT-etc. to your store and corner the market. Eventually your discriminating competitors will go out of business.
I would much rather see businesses that would discriminate (if given the chance) go out of business instead of being forced to serve everybody. Eventually they will not exist anymore.
...That the legislation's opponents cannot fathom why anyone would want their right to not associate affirmed by the law, meanwhile protesting the bill by threatening to pull business out of North Carolina. Just a little ironic.
There are a few in my area with such a short yellow light that, depending on the distance, it would be safer to run the red light than to slam on the brakes.
Slashdot Mirror
What's to stop the Feds from accessing the service under a fictitious name or via a legitimate company?
Nothing, it's just a PR stunt. Like the summary said:
"Twitter made the decision because the company did not like the "optics" of appearing too close to U.S. spy agencies"
It's all about appearances.
Agreed. He at least gives me a slight amount of hope, in the off chance he is telling the truth about a few things.
Plus it would be hilarious if he wins. Imagine all the butthurt and e-drama that would happen.
So long Rato
Movie of this rambling when?
I'd pay cash money.
I honestly expected more. Though bitcoin is a pain in the ass. Do they accept donations that are not bitcoin? I'd be willing to toss them some extra money, it's not like the vodka is doing me any favors.
Who former 3238 here?
Damn right. I got sick of UPDATE NOW UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE and decided to dive headfirst into Arch after using Ubuntu 7 years ago on an old netbook.
I put it on a separate hard drive to dick around with in my spare time, but it's been about a month since I installed it and only went back to my windows install to transfer some files over. I didn't think I would actually use it, but its really grown on me.
That, and the fake Windows 7 error popups are fucking hilarious now.
You know the ones. They fullscreen and look like the default 7 or XP desktop only with a window inside that saying something along the lines of "REGISTRY ERROR! DOWNLOAD OUR FREE SUPER-EXTRA-STRONG REGISTRY FIXER APP NOW! WEW LAD!".
And I've only broken xfce4 once (So far).
Ey, sometimes you don't have a choice. Well, you do, but it isn't much of a choice, work at Shithouse Inc. or no longer have a home.
Hit the nail on the head man. Even the attention whores I know are posting less shit.
The trend is running out of steam. Finally.
I'm just hoping it isn't because of employers snooping on employees. If it is, as soon as normies realize they don't have to use their real name on facebook it's coming back in a big way.
wew, no edit button. The caption said *Cuntosaurus Rex"
Schools have been doing this for years.
Around 2012 a bunch of kids at the local highschool got on the local news (A few of them I knew) because they all got suspended for liking a picture on facebook about 3 months earlier (They were "Disrupting the learning enviroment" apparently).
The picture was a photoshop of one of the administrators, with devil horns and the caption "Cunaosaurus Rex".
The rage inducing part was that they had the tech admin constantly refreshing facebook for a few days, trying to track down anyone who commented or liked the picture, putting usernames into pipl.com if they didn't use their real name on their account.
Your tax dollars at work. Meanwhile, I have seen their algebra/geometry/calc textbooks. Lots of them missing covers and pages and generally pieces of shit.
Buy new ones? nah, gotta pay some dude to browse facebook looking for kids who made fun of one of the school administrators.
And to add to that, I'm really enjoying the experience for reasons I didn't even think of: I no longer get several BSoD's every day for no apparent reason (Yes, I checked the code. Hardware failure related. Swapped out every part except the mobo and processor with another computer, no difference. Memtest and prime 95 passed just fine).
And when an error occurs, I can fix it. No generic "THIS HAS STOPPED WORKING FOR SOME REASON. SEND REPORT TO MICROSOFT?".
Right after I installed Arch I was getting a message at startup, kernel modules failed to load.
Oh, okay. Open terminal, systemctl --failed ....Huh, okay, related to systemd modules. systemctl status systemd-modules-load.service ...Ah, it's related to some virtualbox shit. I don't even use virtualbox, I'll just remove it. Problem solved.
All this push to UPGRADE UPGRADE UPGRADE TO WINDOWS 10 pushed me to install Arch (Sure as hell isn't for beginners, but it was a fun challenge).
It also pushed my girlfriend to ask me to install Mint on her laptop, someone who isn't by any stretch of the imagination a tech nerd.
And several of my friends once I told them their favorite steam games now work perfectly fine, and I would be happy to install whatever distro they wanted if they bought the vodka.
I don't think microsoft understands they do not hold the monopoly on good, usable, noob friendly operating systems anymore.
Agreed. Some people might be into it, but it really, really doesn't appeal to me. Especially when people start talking about "OMG GUYS SOON MANUALLY DRIVEN SHITBOXES WILL BE OUTLAWED AND YOU'LL HAVE TO CONVERT". I don't see multi-billion dollar industries just stepping side (aftermarket/performance car parts, motorcycle manufacturers, etc.), or every person being comfortable with that idea, or people being happy about being forced to buy a new car.
Buses and taxis are a different story though, I could see those really taking off if the tech is good enough.
As long as whoever is making them starts considering security, unlike many current car manufacturers.
Depends on where you live, but many times, yes, even though it isn't a real person it still counts as "child porn".
What a crazy world we live in.
Ever browse flashlight apps?
Nearly all of them want access to your camera (Understandable, as it uses the led flash), microphone, contacts, GPS location, file system.
Too bad most people don't bother to read what various "apps" want access to (Or don't care).
A dick with wings!?
Infallible? Nah. A totally free market has plenty of flaws. But I think it works pretty well here. Hell, it's already working, and I know if I lived there I would not shop at places that discriminated against others.
I have no problem with it, I just find it amusing.
Seems like a pretty simple fix though: Vote with your money.
Or, alternatively, welcome LGBT-etc. to your store and corner the market. Eventually your discriminating competitors will go out of business.
I would much rather see businesses that would discriminate (if given the chance) go out of business instead of being forced to serve everybody. Eventually they will not exist anymore.
...That the legislation's opponents cannot fathom why anyone would want their right to not associate affirmed by the law, meanwhile protesting the bill by threatening to pull business out of North Carolina. Just a little ironic.
Those things piss me off to no end.
There are a few in my area with such a short yellow light that, depending on the distance, it would be safer to run the red light than to slam on the brakes.
I'm loving how so many of the replies are proving your point, especially the ones attacking you solely based on their assumption of your race.
How was recovery?
Short/long term side effects?
Anything you could do before you cannot or should not do now?
HTS-Noob, is that you?
Huff Raid,
-&TotSE
I wish I had mod points, this post is glorious.
That's some brutal truth you just laid down.