"Seriously, which is worse in this country, the annoying-ass advertisers/marketers or the legal system?"
There's no real reason to have a lawyer involved in a small claims case. In fact, using small claims courts to complain about "the legal system" is quite a bit of a stretch. Only rarely do small claims courts settle matters of law (that's what criminal courts are for), and you don't make a lot of money in the judgements because it's a small claims court.
Besides, being a lawyer in and of itself doesn't make one evil.
" but here a lot of "Reply Paid" stuff is barcoded and they could (theoretically) find out who you are by scanning that barcode."
The barcode you refer to (a long one just above the delivery address or in the bottom right-hand corner, right?) is simply their mailing address in barcode format. It's to speed up the delivery process somewhat.
"From Airline Reservations to Sonic the Hedgehog is a history of the software industry in the United States, down to 1995. It avoids technical details"
Technical details like "Sonic is a product of the Japanese softawre industry"...
Ignoring the first, are we? Hell, the story to the original Dragon Quest/Warrior was more coherent than the three or four paradoxes that one caused...
If I killed Garland in the beginning of the game, who got sent back in time?
If I killed the Four Fiends, who sends Garland back in time?
If I go back in time and kill Garland then, who spawns the Four Fiends?
If I killed the Four Fiends in the past on my way to killing Garland for the second (first?) time, how come they manage to make it to the present unscathed?
Square: Um... uh... Hey, look! There's a hidden tile game in it!
Hah! It takes at least 18 years to get one running up to speed, and it's only "free" if you don't include the tens of thousands of dollars spent on tuition.
"How is a programmer who sleeps in front of his terminal a misfit around here?"
He went to a club afterwards.
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It would be a Zionist conspiracy to distract the world from their crimes against humanity in Palestine. That, or it would be a unilateralist act that flies in the face of "international law." But I can see it now...
The Security Council would push for a role for UN "Peacekeepers" to hand out the comics, the General Assembly will elect to put a price tag of $1.50 on the free comics (to cover the administrative overhead, of course), and comic book publishers will have to spend years in negotiations with various NGOs to hammer out the details.
After agreeing to five or six different documents all titled "Roadmap to Free Comics," the first few issues would be distributed around 2025. Aside from a few compilations of Bazooka bubble gum wrappers and reprints of Radio Shack's "Whiz Kids," the comics include such insightful ("inciteful?") titles as "Fidel has Feelings Too" and "Triumphs of the Ba'ath Party." The comics themselves are thicker than one would expect because each speech bubble contains the same text in six different languages, with the order of the languages rotated every frame so that no one language is seen as superior to another. The credits at the beginning of each comic contain around 1500 names each, to ensure that nobody involved in the UN effort is left out. In support of UN efforts to combat illiteracy, each illiterate person would receive two comics instead of just one.
After the diplomatic fiasco in which several thousand "Peacekeepers" were killed and/or tortured while trying to carry out their humanitarian comic book efforts, someone will point out that distributing all this paper violates certain environmental agreements. After an additional two or three years of debate, it is decided to pass the blame and the clean-up costs to those truly responsible the Comic Holocaust (as it will by then be referred to): the comic book publishers. After his high-profile capture, Stan Lee awaits trial at The Hague, while France and several other EU supporters introduce a draft it likes to call "The Comprehensive Comic Book Test Ban Treaty."
"Sorry for being whiney but I think all metric using, english speaking countries put the day before the month, i.e. 5th Oct. 1982 or 5/10/1982."
Months and years? How antiquated, especially after the recent posting about leap-seconds. Real Men use Julian. Try Day 2445248.
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I didn't say anything about ethics. This doesn't touch on ethics. Drug screening essentially simply asks "Are you able to follow the rules?" Whether the rules are right or wrong doesn't enter the issue here.
"Dude, if I had the power to get J. Michael Straczynski on board, I'd do it in a second."
Only if you have a time machine to snag him from 5 years ago or so. Remember Crusade? Remember that Rangers movie? I'd rather have Voyager than to see D&D in space again...
Even more unbelievable: They'll start using realistic physics. Speed-of-light phase cannons won't work under warp any more.
Of course, I've heard that one is also against published dogma as well (only FTL weapons are supposed to be photon torpedoes), but I've seen them botch that one up at least once.
Screw that. If they want lots of space battles and bloodshed, shouldn't the Earth-Romulan War be coming up soon? Give the humans a chance to vent some anti-pointy-ears aggression on some green-blooded targets...
"There is no RIAA-suing-college-kids style lawsuit here."
That's because the RIAA is looking to use fear tactics to shut down competing media delivery forms. SCO is just in it for the money, and it's over at IBM.
Slashdot Mirror
I'd say the US/Canadian border of the Nineteenth Century was far from undefended.
"Seriously, which is worse in this country, the annoying-ass advertisers/marketers or the legal system?"
There's no real reason to have a lawyer involved in a small claims case. In fact, using small claims courts to complain about "the legal system" is quite a bit of a stretch. Only rarely do small claims courts settle matters of law (that's what criminal courts are for), and you don't make a lot of money in the judgements because it's a small claims court.
Besides, being a lawyer in and of itself doesn't make one evil.
" but here a lot of "Reply Paid" stuff is barcoded and they could (theoretically) find out who you are by scanning that barcode."
The barcode you refer to (a long one just above the delivery address or in the bottom right-hand corner, right?) is simply their mailing address in barcode format. It's to speed up the delivery process somewhat.
"From Airline Reservations to Sonic the Hedgehog is a history of the software industry in the United States, down to 1995. It avoids technical details"
Technical details like "Sonic is a product of the Japanese softawre industry"...
Ignoring the first, are we? Hell, the story to the original Dragon Quest/Warrior was more coherent than the three or four paradoxes that one caused...
- If I killed Garland in the beginning of the game, who got sent back in time?
- If I killed the Four Fiends, who sends Garland back in time?
- If I go back in time and kill Garland then, who spawns the Four Fiends?
- If I killed the Four Fiends in the past on my way to killing Garland for the second (first?) time, how come they manage to make it to the present unscathed?
Square: Um... uh... Hey, look! There's a hidden tile game in it!Unfortunately, nowadays you only get mailed software from people you wish you didn't know, like AOL.
Hah! It takes at least 18 years to get one running up to speed, and it's only "free" if you don't include the tens of thousands of dollars spent on tuition.
Worse yet, he went to a club and a girl met him.
It could be worse. It could be Matrix II: Attack of the Clones.
"We know that you've acquired the highest karma rating on a certain website, one that calls itself Slashdot"
And what is that karma?
Karma Excellent! (Mostly due to WYLD STALLYNS!)
Dude.
Every rose has its thorn...
Personally, what I got out of the movie is that even Ted "Theodore" Logan can use a computer.
"How is a programmer who sleeps in front of his terminal a misfit around here?"
He went to a club afterwards.
It would be a Zionist conspiracy to distract the world from their crimes against humanity in Palestine. That, or it would be a unilateralist act that flies in the face of "international law." But I can see it now...
The Security Council would push for a role for UN "Peacekeepers" to hand out the comics, the General Assembly will elect to put a price tag of $1.50 on the free comics (to cover the administrative overhead, of course), and comic book publishers will have to spend years in negotiations with various NGOs to hammer out the details.
After agreeing to five or six different documents all titled "Roadmap to Free Comics," the first few issues would be distributed around 2025. Aside from a few compilations of Bazooka bubble gum wrappers and reprints of Radio Shack's "Whiz Kids," the comics include such insightful ("inciteful?") titles as "Fidel has Feelings Too" and "Triumphs of the Ba'ath Party." The comics themselves are thicker than one would expect because each speech bubble contains the same text in six different languages, with the order of the languages rotated every frame so that no one language is seen as superior to another. The credits at the beginning of each comic contain around 1500 names each, to ensure that nobody involved in the UN effort is left out. In support of UN efforts to combat illiteracy, each illiterate person would receive two comics instead of just one.
After the diplomatic fiasco in which several thousand "Peacekeepers" were killed and/or tortured while trying to carry out their humanitarian comic book efforts, someone will point out that distributing all this paper violates certain environmental agreements. After an additional two or three years of debate, it is decided to pass the blame and the clean-up costs to those truly responsible the Comic Holocaust (as it will by then be referred to): the comic book publishers. After his high-profile capture, Stan Lee awaits trial at The Hague, while France and several other EU supporters introduce a draft it likes to call "The Comprehensive Comic Book Test Ban Treaty."
<input type crash>
IE is doing exactly what the tag is telling it to do. It's a feature, not a bug!
A Tom Cruise Missile?
Help! The Scientologists are after me!
"Maybe we should make a rule that say you always have to supply metric and imperial units... It would make my job so much easier..."
Let's not jump to mandating the use of one arbitrary measuring system or another.
"Sorry for being whiney but I think all metric using, english speaking countries put the day before the month, i.e. 5th Oct. 1982 or 5/10/1982."
Months and years? How antiquated, especially after the recent posting about leap-seconds. Real Men use Julian. Try Day 2445248.
I didn't say anything about ethics. This doesn't touch on ethics. Drug screening essentially simply asks "Are you able to follow the rules?" Whether the rules are right or wrong doesn't enter the issue here.
"I do think the Borg have been done to death."
"they appeared in a disproportionate number of episodes, becoming less and less menacing, almost comical."
"Now in Enterprise, the Borg are showing up yet again,"
Resistance is futile. Your favorite television shows will be assimilated.
"Dude, if I had the power to get J. Michael Straczynski on board, I'd do it in a second."
Only if you have a time machine to snag him from 5 years ago or so. Remember Crusade? Remember that Rangers movie? I'd rather have Voyager than to see D&D in space again...
Even more unbelievable: They'll start using realistic physics. Speed-of-light phase cannons won't work under warp any more.
Of course, I've heard that one is also against published dogma as well (only FTL weapons are supposed to be photon torpedoes), but I've seen them botch that one up at least once.
Screw that. If they want lots of space battles and bloodshed, shouldn't the Earth-Romulan War be coming up soon? Give the humans a chance to vent some anti-pointy-ears aggression on some green-blooded targets...
"So the other $10,000 went to prostitutes, drugs, and... what? Into his pocket?"
Hong Kong knock-offs of Britney Spears albums. Oh, wait...
"There is no RIAA-suing-college-kids style lawsuit here."
That's because the RIAA is looking to use fear tactics to shut down competing media delivery forms. SCO is just in it for the money, and it's over at IBM.