know- it's so terrible to have a sub-$200 laptop that boots in seconds and that has everything stored in the cloud so if my kids break it I can replace it trivially.
If your kid breaks your laptop, that's accompanied by an ass whooping to ensure it never happens again, right?
Intelligent countries with intelligent people don't treat laptops as throwaways items.
Nor do they store their vital data in "the cloud."
When the flight recorder does get found and it's shown to be a simple terrorist act, or crash, I'm going to find the above posters online and laugh in their face on all our behalves.
You will never get that opportunity, so don't get too excited.
But down, the beauty of conspiracy theories is that just after your last was proved to be nonsense, you have infinitely more of them to pluck out of your head and if we can't debunk them all immediately, they are still "true" in your head.
In fact, I would argue that the exact opposite is true. The only views worth having are those that need no defense. They are well-supported by established evidence.
I would argue that you're an imbecile....but that wouldn't take much of an argument.
Weirdly enough, women were quite well represented in technology before the 80s. Clearly there was an interest - so what's changed?
Modern computers are fucking pieces of shit. No sane woman wants to fuck with one.
Women in other countries are somewhat more well represented in technology and more likely to go into STEM fields - so what are those other countries doing differently?
Who cares?
There are a number of things that make a strong case for the reasons women aren't well represented in tech being related to artificial issues rather than natural tendencies.
Tech isn't singled out as the one and only important field, by the way. I'm not sure where you get that idea from, but if you look at most any field with a lopsided gender ratio you'll see concern about the gender imbalance and efforts to remedy it.
Yes, wherever you look in America, you do see plenty of abject stupidity in the form of people trying to solve problems that aren't actually problems.
In any case, my guess as to why tech is singled out is not that tech is singled out, but that you're probably primarily reading tech sites where this gets discussed, so it just seems that way.
I wish the tech sites would spend more time discussing tech instead of completely unimportant PC bullshit like this. Is it any wonder America is slipping to last place in every possible category, except prison population, STDs, and arrogance?
Pull your head out of your asshole and worry about something that actually matters. Like the fact that your country is a fascist police state shithole.
Do you realize what privatized "public" education would look like? It'd look great at first, until the inevitable consolidation starts in. Soon, we have the school equivalent of Wal-Mart. Then, once the monopoly is established, budgets will be cut and cut and cut, until the teachers are making minimum wage and class sizes are 100+. The company running the school would have a vested interest in finding the schools as little as possible. We all know how well that works in the health insurance industry. So, instead of sending your kids to a school with board members selected by the community, they go to a school where the decisions are made thousands of miles away.
I'm confused....are we talking about some imagined fantasy inside your head, or the status quo?
Look at private schools (and charter schools, for that matter) now: you can be excluded for the color of your skin, your faith, and especially your income.
As opposed to the public school system, which I'm forced at gunpoint to pay for whether or not I can afford it or approve of it.
"Nobody has the right to tell me what I can or can't copy freely. I will continue pirating from now until eternity and nothing a whiny bitch such as yourself can say will stop it. If you don't like it, fuck off and die slowly in a fire, and/or fuck yourself to death with a sword."
I saw the previews months ago for that movie and thought to myself "That looks stupid." but now I'm going to go see it anyway. You should really encourage all of your friends to do the same. Blackmail resulting in self-censorship is not something that needs to be encouraged.
You did exactly what you were supposed to do, drone, like the useful idiot you are. Free clue: this isn't a hack or theft, it's a LEAK, and Sony is responsible for it--working hand in hand with the US government. It's a combination of publicity stunt and propaganda rolled into one, which you have allowed yourself to be manipulated by. Congratulations.
Places like Alabama couldn't survive without federal support; think of them like Greece.
You know why the US is falling to pieces as we speak? Because it's controlled by clueless fuckwits such as yourself, who are drowning in your own arrogance. Obviously you have never visited Alabama, moron, but please--don't let me stop you from continuing to expose your cluelessness to the world. The average Alabaman has more industry in his little pinky than faggots like you have in your entire body. I'm looking forward to the day when whatever pathetic urban shithole you reside in gets a) nuked to a glowing pile of ash, and/or b) burnt to the fucking ground by the little people you have built an entire lifestyle of stepping on...you piece of shit.
Hold on now, Hairy. I understand (and agree with) your concerns, especially when it comes to garbage like OCZ, but SSD really is the future though. I use my laptop for heavy web browsing with thousands of tabs open in Firefox, and the shitbox would slow down to a crawl with "only" 4 GB and a conventional HD, so for me an SSD was a necessity. I put a Samsung 840 Pro in this thing last year (or was it the year before?) and it has been the best money I've ever spent on computer hardware. According to SMART I'm at 6.8 TB of writes, over 5400 power on hours, and just clicked over 2000 startup cycles, with zero errors or problems of any kind. Many others seem to have had similar positive experiences with these drives. From all indications, this drive will probably last another 10-15+ years easily. The only thing I can see killing it is an EMP burst.
Proper response to such dickhead: Confiscate their truck. That will stop it really quickly.
I got a better idea: how about somebody puts a hot round through your skull instead? My ancestors did not move to this land back in the 1600s just so that pissants like you could tell me what to do, and send armed thugs after me to steal my possessions because you're too much of a fucking pussy to do it yourself. The day is coming when it will be open season on piece of shit fascists like yourself, and I can hardly wait to put a few of you Nazis in the grave myself.
Only a fucking moron whines about "liberals" or "tea baggers" or "GOP", while cheering for his own red or blue team. If you think any of these politicians have YOUR best interests in mind, then it is you who are, quote, "fucking stupid."
The "small government" teabaggers want to make all sorts of things illegal, including things that the government should have no say in such as gay marriage.
The trend is for people like you to shit on the lives of women by teaching them that they aren't allowed to be curious, and punishing them when they are.
Oh just shut the fuck up.
Women aren't curious about your pathetic computer system for one reason only: because it's a worthless piece of shit. Whether it's running Windows, Linux, or iOS is irrelevant: THEY ARE ALL GARBAGE, and you're an asshole for trying to get more people involved with your SHIT. No woman in her right mind wants to fuck around with C++ or any of that other bullshit that you think is so glorious and wonderful. In fact, most women would rather have their eyeballs gouged out with a spoon. Instead of crying about it or blaming "misogynists," how about inventing something wonderful that an intelligent woman actually wants to participate in? Until then, take your compiler and your Linux Mint and shove it up your asshole sideways.
Wrong, asshole. The bankers and the corporate lobbyists are the ones who make laws.
and people are expected to follow those laws, whether or not they believe in them personally, or face the consequences. If they disagree, they should get the laws changed, and not simply break them.
Wrong, asshole.
"If a law is unjust, a man is not only right to disobey it, he is obligated to do so." - Thomas Jefferson
I will download whatever I please, freely, because FUCK YOU--that's why. And there isn't shit you can do about it.
imple. because those persons can go to a third country and then travel from there. it creates an impetus for persons from West Africa to simply try to evade such controls. this would of course worsen the situation, not improve it.
You're a moron. Stop repeating idiotic government propaganda.
The reason the flights aren't being stopped is because the government WANTS this virus to spread.
"As a frequent pedestrian and bicyclist, I am disgusted by your logic."
As a patriot, I'd disgusted by your cowardice.
"Next you'll argue that the penalties for DUI are too strict."
Driving a vehicle after drinking a beer or two should not be a crime. And wasn't really a crime, back when this country used to be great. Unfortunately it's been overrun by sissies like you who expect to remain perfectly safe and secure at all times.
No, the first offense should be a $5000.00 fine, the second offense should be a $10000.00 fine and loss of your license for one year, third offense should be $10000.00 fine, 6 months in jail, and permanent loss of your license.
That's all fucktards such as yourself understand, isn't it? Crime and punishment. There isn't a problem in America today that excessively large fines and/or lifetime imprisonment won't fix, amirite?
Look in the mirror: YOU are what's wrong with this country.
I am forced by circumstances to commute 100 miles a day,
No you aren't, shit for brains. You CHOSE to drive so much. News flash: DRIVING IS DANGEROUS. If you don't like it, stop driving. Those are your options. It is YOUR responsibility to ensure YOUR safety on the road.
Because you almost certainly don't need the information that moment and too many people can't resist the temptation to text while driving.
It's not your job to tell me what I "need" or don't need. I will decide that for myself.
You'll survive without the text and as a result so will some other people.
No, I will survive with the text, and so will you and everyone else, as much as it might make your pussy hurt.
Good for you but that doesn't establish any compelling need for you to receive or send a text message while driving.
I do not have to explain or justify my actions to you or to anyone else.
I'm willing to be convinced but "because I want to" isn't a good enough argument for me given the safety issues involved.
Nobody is interested in trying to convince you of anything. Your opinion is irrelevant.
Do you stop at stop lights even when there is no traffic?
Nope.
Sometimes part of living in a civil society is dealing with a little personal inconvenience to ensure safety and order.
Fuck you and fuck your "civil" society. If you are too much of an irresponsible coward to live your life without Big Brother holding your hand every step of the way, that's YOUR problem...not mine.
Maybe you are the responsible one (I have not reason to doubt it) but since the rest of us have no way to be sure of that you might have to deal with having to wait for that text message to arrive.
Nope. I will continue texting and there is nothing you can do about it, pussy.
People who text while driving are every bit as dangerous as people who drink and drive.
You are a moron.
There are plenty of studies that support this.
Yes, there are studies out there which will support any conclusion that a useful idiot such as yourself wishes to reach.
While anecdotal, I actually know more people who have been in accidents caused by distracted (texting) driving than by drunk drivers.
Maybe you should spend more time practicing defensive driving techniques, and/or move out of whatever shithole you reside in.
Texting is the leading cause of death for teen drivers.
Bullshit. The leading cause of death for teen drivers is being a teen driver.
Keep in mind they would not be facing these injunctions if they were playing by the same rules as the competition.
Keep in mind that the world would be 10,000,000x better place if these FUCKING STUPID "RULES", and the dumb asses who cheer for them, did not exist.
It is kinda like a street vender skipping on sales tax, of course they can offer lower prices if they do not have to pay taxes, but that is pretty unfair to the stores that are collecting it.
You know what's really unfair? TAXATION. It's equivalent to armed robbery. Only the stupid pay taxes.
This is all noise, signifying nothing. Russia and China have already developed potent supersonic missiles. As a result, most of the U.S. fleet will be sitting on the ocean floor within 2-3 years of our aggressive provocation of World War 3. As it should be. Weapons testing bans are for fags.
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Right, because I need cloud storage to hold my hundred terabytes of bookmarks.
Fucking imbecile.
know- it's so terrible to have a sub-$200 laptop that boots in seconds and that has everything stored in the cloud so if my kids break it I can replace it trivially.
If your kid breaks your laptop, that's accompanied by an ass whooping to ensure it never happens again, right?
Intelligent countries with intelligent people don't treat laptops as throwaways items.
Nor do they store their vital data in "the cloud."
When the flight recorder does get found and it's shown to be a simple terrorist act, or crash, I'm going to find the above posters online and laugh in their face on all our behalves.
You will never get that opportunity, so don't get too excited.
But down, the beauty of conspiracy theories is that just after your last was proved to be nonsense, you have infinitely more of them to pluck out of your head and if we can't debunk them all immediately, they are still "true" in your head.
Congratulations on being a moron.
In fact, I would argue that the exact opposite is true. The only views worth having are those that need no defense. They are well-supported by established evidence.
I would argue that you're an imbecile....but that wouldn't take much of an argument.
Weirdly enough, women were quite well represented in technology before the 80s. Clearly there was an interest - so what's changed?
Modern computers are fucking pieces of shit. No sane woman wants to fuck with one.
Women in other countries are somewhat more well represented in technology and more likely to go into STEM fields - so what are those other countries doing differently?
Who cares?
There are a number of things that make a strong case for the reasons women aren't well represented in tech being related to artificial issues rather than natural tendencies.
Tech isn't singled out as the one and only important field, by the way. I'm not sure where you get that idea from, but if you look at most any field with a lopsided gender ratio you'll see concern about the gender imbalance and efforts to remedy it.
Yes, wherever you look in America, you do see plenty of abject stupidity in the form of people trying to solve problems that aren't actually problems.
In any case, my guess as to why tech is singled out is not that tech is singled out, but that you're probably primarily reading tech sites where this gets discussed, so it just seems that way.
I wish the tech sites would spend more time discussing tech instead of completely unimportant PC bullshit like this. Is it any wonder America is slipping to last place in every possible category, except prison population, STDs, and arrogance?
Pull your head out of your asshole and worry about something that actually matters. Like the fact that your country is a fascist police state shithole.
Do you realize what privatized "public" education would look like? It'd look great at first, until the inevitable consolidation starts in. Soon, we have the school equivalent of Wal-Mart. Then, once the monopoly is established, budgets will be cut and cut and cut, until the teachers are making minimum wage and class sizes are 100+. The company running the school would have a vested interest in finding the schools as little as possible. We all know how well that works in the health insurance industry. So, instead of sending your kids to a school with board members selected by the community, they go to a school where the decisions are made thousands of miles away.
I'm confused....are we talking about some imagined fantasy inside your head, or the status quo?
Look at private schools (and charter schools, for that matter) now: you can be excluded for the color of your skin, your faith, and especially your income.
As opposed to the public school system, which I'm forced at gunpoint to pay for whether or not I can afford it or approve of it.
If your culture is harmful to others, it needs to be changed, whether you like it or not. If you won't do it, we'll do it for you.
How about I put a .50 cal round through your face instead, and use your skull as an ashtray?
"Nobody has the right to tell me what I can or can't copy freely. I will continue pirating from now until eternity and nothing a whiny bitch such as yourself can say will stop it. If you don't like it, fuck off and die slowly in a fire, and/or fuck yourself to death with a sword."
I saw the previews months ago for that movie and thought to myself "That looks stupid." but now I'm going to go see it anyway. You should really encourage all of your friends to do the same. Blackmail resulting in self-censorship is not something that needs to be encouraged.
You did exactly what you were supposed to do, drone, like the useful idiot you are. Free clue: this isn't a hack or theft, it's a LEAK, and Sony is responsible for it--working hand in hand with the US government. It's a combination of publicity stunt and propaganda rolled into one, which you have allowed yourself to be manipulated by. Congratulations.
Places like Alabama couldn't survive without federal support; think of them like Greece.
You know why the US is falling to pieces as we speak? Because it's controlled by clueless fuckwits such as yourself, who are drowning in your own arrogance. Obviously you have never visited Alabama, moron, but please--don't let me stop you from continuing to expose your cluelessness to the world. The average Alabaman has more industry in his little pinky than faggots like you have in your entire body. I'm looking forward to the day when whatever pathetic urban shithole you reside in gets a) nuked to a glowing pile of ash, and/or b) burnt to the fucking ground by the little people you have built an entire lifestyle of stepping on...you piece of shit.
Hold on now, Hairy. I understand (and agree with) your concerns, especially when it comes to garbage like OCZ, but SSD really is the future though. I use my laptop for heavy web browsing with thousands of tabs open in Firefox, and the shitbox would slow down to a crawl with "only" 4 GB and a conventional HD, so for me an SSD was a necessity. I put a Samsung 840 Pro in this thing last year (or was it the year before?) and it has been the best money I've ever spent on computer hardware. According to SMART I'm at 6.8 TB of writes, over 5400 power on hours, and just clicked over 2000 startup cycles, with zero errors or problems of any kind. Many others seem to have had similar positive experiences with these drives. From all indications, this drive will probably last another 10-15+ years easily. The only thing I can see killing it is an EMP burst.
Proper response to such dickhead: Confiscate their truck. That will stop it really quickly.
I got a better idea: how about somebody puts a hot round through your skull instead? My ancestors did not move to this land back in the 1600s just so that pissants like you could tell me what to do, and send armed thugs after me to steal my possessions because you're too much of a fucking pussy to do it yourself. The day is coming when it will be open season on piece of shit fascists like yourself, and I can hardly wait to put a few of you Nazis in the grave myself.
Only a fucking moron whines about "liberals" or "tea baggers" or "GOP", while cheering for his own red or blue team. If you think any of these politicians have YOUR best interests in mind, then it is you who are, quote, "fucking stupid."
The "small government" teabaggers want to make all sorts of things illegal, including things that the government should have no say in such as gay marriage.
No they don't, dumb fuck.
If this Big Government didn't exist, then marijuana would not have been made illegal in the first place, would it, you fucking moron?
The trend is for people like you to shit on the lives of women by teaching them that they aren't allowed to be curious, and punishing them when they are.
Oh just shut the fuck up.
Women aren't curious about your pathetic computer system for one reason only: because it's a worthless piece of shit. Whether it's running Windows, Linux, or iOS is irrelevant: THEY ARE ALL GARBAGE, and you're an asshole for trying to get more people involved with your SHIT. No woman in her right mind wants to fuck around with C++ or any of that other bullshit that you think is so glorious and wonderful. In fact, most women would rather have their eyeballs gouged out with a spoon. Instead of crying about it or blaming "misogynists," how about inventing something wonderful that an intelligent woman actually wants to participate in? Until then, take your compiler and your Linux Mint and shove it up your asshole sideways.
Society does. Society makes laws,
Wrong, asshole. The bankers and the corporate lobbyists are the ones who make laws.
and people are expected to follow those laws, whether or not they believe in them personally, or face the consequences. If they disagree, they should get the laws changed, and not simply break them.
Wrong, asshole.
"If a law is unjust, a man is not only right to disobey it, he is obligated to do so." - Thomas Jefferson
I will download whatever I please, freely, because FUCK YOU--that's why. And there isn't shit you can do about it.
No, he means flamebait, you bigoted piece of shit.
imple. because those persons can go to a third country and then travel from there. it creates an impetus for persons from West Africa to simply try to evade such controls. this would of course worsen the situation, not improve it.
You're a moron. Stop repeating idiotic government propaganda.
The reason the flights aren't being stopped is because the government WANTS this virus to spread.
"As a frequent pedestrian and bicyclist, I am disgusted by your logic."
As a patriot, I'd disgusted by your cowardice.
"Next you'll argue that the penalties for DUI are too strict."
Driving a vehicle after drinking a beer or two should not be a crime. And wasn't really a crime, back when this country used to be great. Unfortunately it's been overrun by sissies like you who expect to remain perfectly safe and secure at all times.
No, the first offense should be a $5000.00 fine, the second offense should be a $10000.00 fine and loss of your license for one year, third offense should be $10000.00 fine, 6 months in jail, and permanent loss of your license.
That's all fucktards such as yourself understand, isn't it? Crime and punishment. There isn't a problem in America today that excessively large fines and/or lifetime imprisonment won't fix, amirite?
Look in the mirror: YOU are what's wrong with this country.
I am forced by circumstances to commute 100 miles a day,
No you aren't, shit for brains. You CHOSE to drive so much. News flash: DRIVING IS DANGEROUS. If you don't like it, stop driving. Those are your options. It is YOUR responsibility to ensure YOUR safety on the road.
Because you almost certainly don't need the information that moment and too many people can't resist the temptation to text while driving.
It's not your job to tell me what I "need" or don't need. I will decide that for myself.
You'll survive without the text and as a result so will some other people.
No, I will survive with the text, and so will you and everyone else, as much as it might make your pussy hurt.
Good for you but that doesn't establish any compelling need for you to receive or send a text message while driving.
I do not have to explain or justify my actions to you or to anyone else.
I'm willing to be convinced but "because I want to" isn't a good enough argument for me given the safety issues involved.
Nobody is interested in trying to convince you of anything. Your opinion is irrelevant.
Do you stop at stop lights even when there is no traffic?
Nope.
Sometimes part of living in a civil society is dealing with a little personal inconvenience to ensure safety and order.
Fuck you and fuck your "civil" society. If you are too much of an irresponsible coward to live your life without Big Brother holding your hand every step of the way, that's YOUR problem...not mine.
Maybe you are the responsible one (I have not reason to doubt it) but since the rest of us have no way to be sure of that you might have to deal with having to wait for that text message to arrive.
Nope. I will continue texting and there is nothing you can do about it, pussy.
People who text while driving are every bit as dangerous as people who drink and drive.
You are a moron.
There are plenty of studies that support this.
Yes, there are studies out there which will support any conclusion that a useful idiot such as yourself wishes to reach.
While anecdotal, I actually know more people who have been in accidents caused by distracted (texting) driving than by drunk drivers.
Maybe you should spend more time practicing defensive driving techniques, and/or move out of whatever shithole you reside in.
Texting is the leading cause of death for teen drivers.
Bullshit. The leading cause of death for teen drivers is being a teen driver.
No, dumb ass.
Keep in mind they would not be facing these injunctions if they were playing by the same rules as the competition.
Keep in mind that the world would be 10,000,000x better place if these FUCKING STUPID "RULES", and the dumb asses who cheer for them, did not exist.
It is kinda like a street vender skipping on sales tax, of course they can offer lower prices if they do not have to pay taxes, but that is pretty unfair to the stores that are collecting it.
You know what's really unfair? TAXATION. It's equivalent to armed robbery. Only the stupid pay taxes.
This is all noise, signifying nothing. Russia and China have already developed potent supersonic missiles. As a result, most of the U.S. fleet will be sitting on the ocean floor within 2-3 years of our aggressive provocation of World War 3. As it should be. Weapons testing bans are for fags.
Why does this belong on Slashdot?
Because it's important, imbecile. If you don't like it, LEAVE.
FTFS:
Obviously this reduces the incentive for terrorist groups to post such content, by shrinking their audience,
It "obviously" does no such thing, fucktard, and that you are sure it "obviously" does is why you are stupid.