Hear, hear! The Dock is an abysmal waste of space that hasn't improved much in 7+ years, and the Finder is slow and doesn't handle network connections very well. That's FACT! And I'm an everyday Mac user (by choice).
A serious story at last? Pah! I remember in the old days when Slashdot would run nothing but fake stories all April Fools' Day long! It's so much worse now, I don't know who to believe, who to trust. I feel confusion and disorientation in every turn! I guess I'll do some real work, then!
Shakespeare is considered the initiator of modern English by most linguists. And the old canard about hillbillies in the mountains of Virginia speaking Elizabethan English is mostly bullshit. True, many sayings that fell out of favor in England (such as "I guess" to mean "I suppose") stayed in vogue in the US, but the similarities are far greater than the differences.
Hey man, I don't know if you're still having problems controlling your PS3 over IR but Nyko makes a PS3 IR remote. I use it and I'm pretty happy with it-the only thing it can't do is turn on the PS3, but that will happen automatically when you put in a disc.
Oh, we've all known someone who's abused the toilet in the past. It can make your office feel like a real dump! But the solution isn't to write passive-aggressive notes or lock the bathroom...it's really even easier than that! Just jettison the bathroom-abuser into the cold, heartless void of space! That'll learn 'im!
Bennett Asshole-ton, you sit alone in the coffee shop, typing out article after article for your Slashdot masters, but you don't fool me. I know you're an alien sent to take over this planet of ours. Phase one of your scheme involves gaining the trust of the tech-savvy public, which is why you spam Slashdot with your obtuse and irrelevant opinions. "Sexting" is a made-up code word that will trigger complete obedience in anyone who has read a Bennett Hasselton article all the way through. Don't fall for it! Resist the alien programming and live your own life with FREEDOM!
Let's throw off the yoke of Bennett Hasselton and celebrate with a nice cream soda!
Truthfully, until the internet came along, we used to get most of our daily news filtered through some reporter and editor. Today, we can read the federal register, congressional web sites, get blogs from people in the middle of a war zone, and so on.
Most blogs are discussions about actual news items that were gathered by actual reporters. Bloggers do very little actual reporting and a lot of editorializing. Be careful what you wish for with regards to the media. I'm thankful every day that the British are smart enough to realize that news is a public resource, and they support it with their tax dollars.
Hold, on, Frosty...I've just gotten a message from Governor Schwartznegger! He says: the only way to save your wife...is to burn down the Muir National Forest! My God, man!
Bill Gates (or more accurately, Bill Gates' rich parents) bought QDOS (quick and dirty operating system), a CP/M clone designed by Tim Paterson, for something like $10,000. Gates renamed it MS-DOS and convinced IBM to use it as the basis for their new home PC. That half-assed CP/M clone, limited even compared to the OSs of its day, was the basis of just about every MS OS until Win95. And if Gates' parents had never been rich, chances are this stuff would have never happened.
Books that are mostly pictures with few words are, in a word, unserious.
Ladies and gentlemen, we have the mighty rho axiom. Surely this transcendental wisdom will be carved into many plaques throughtout the ages. And tell us, mighty rho, what is the magic ratio between words and pictures that creates the frivolous from gravitas, high art from pop trash, immortal from disposable? Could you judge these "unserious" works of art and tell us which ones are lighthearted fluff and which are worthless pieces of trash?
Well, there's no more R-rated superhero movies. But keep in mind that the Dark Knight, which has lots of sadistic violence, somehow got a PG-13. Violence which would have earned an "R" even 5 years ago is now PG-13 material. On the other hand, PG movies from the 70's and 80's featured brief nudity, which would earn an automatic "R" today.
Ratings change, there's no doubt about it. I'm not sure if this change was for the best, however...
That $50 cable is a result of greed, but not from Apple. The new iPods need the new video output because iTunes now supports rentals, and the movie studios were afraid of "the analog hole." Still, very annoying.
Slashdot Mirror
Hear, hear! The Dock is an abysmal waste of space that hasn't improved much in 7+ years, and the Finder is slow and doesn't handle network connections very well. That's FACT! And I'm an everyday Mac user (by choice).
Pick up Madworld, No More Heroes, The Conduit, or Target Toss Pro: Bags, ya hump!
TV's Frank (or more specifically, Frank Conniff) is still around and riffing movies!
Enjoy!
A serious story at last? Pah! I remember in the old days when Slashdot would run nothing but fake stories all April Fools' Day long! It's so much worse now, I don't know who to believe, who to trust. I feel confusion and disorientation in every turn! I guess I'll do some real work, then!
It is?
So I can go to work wearing a pair of "April Fool's"?
Shakespearean Middle English
Shakespeare is considered the initiator of modern English by most linguists. And the old canard about hillbillies in the mountains of Virginia speaking Elizabethan English is mostly bullshit. True, many sayings that fell out of favor in England (such as "I guess" to mean "I suppose") stayed in vogue in the US, but the similarities are far greater than the differences.
Sorry, that looks like shit in Lynx. Try again?
Actually, I don't think they did it last year.
And by the way, it actually is funny. Dilute the loc-tite gripping your butthole shut and enjoy yourself WITHOUT the use of alcohol for once!
And I've actually used Lynx on eComstation! OS/2 is the true 3l33t h4x0r OS!
Mod me up!
Hey, I love the achievements!
Except for one thing...you should have called them "trophies"!
Hey man, I don't know if you're still having problems controlling your PS3 over IR but Nyko makes a PS3 IR remote. I use it and I'm pretty happy with it-the only thing it can't do is turn on the PS3, but that will happen automatically when you put in a disc.
Oh, we've all known someone who's abused the toilet in the past. It can make your office feel like a real dump! But the solution isn't to write passive-aggressive notes or lock the bathroom...it's really even easier than that! Just jettison the bathroom-abuser into the cold, heartless void of space! That'll learn 'im!
This has been a message...from SPACE!
Bennett Asshole-ton, you sit alone in the coffee shop, typing out article after article for your Slashdot masters, but you don't fool me. I know you're an alien sent to take over this planet of ours. Phase one of your scheme involves gaining the trust of the tech-savvy public, which is why you spam Slashdot with your obtuse and irrelevant opinions. "Sexting" is a made-up code word that will trigger complete obedience in anyone who has read a Bennett Hasselton article all the way through. Don't fall for it! Resist the alien programming and live your own life with FREEDOM!
Let's throw off the yoke of Bennett Hasselton and celebrate with a nice cream soda!
Truthfully, until the internet came along, we used to get most of our daily news filtered through some reporter and editor. Today, we can read the federal register, congressional web sites, get blogs from people in the middle of a war zone, and so on.
Most blogs are discussions about actual news items that were gathered by actual reporters. Bloggers do very little actual reporting and a lot of editorializing. Be careful what you wish for with regards to the media. I'm thankful every day that the British are smart enough to realize that news is a public resource, and they support it with their tax dollars.
Hey, you, moderator! Give me a mod down! Make it a double...it's been a rough day.
Hold, on, Frosty...I've just gotten a message from Governor Schwartznegger! He says: the only way to save your wife...is to burn down the Muir National Forest! My God, man!
Yeah, fuck California and their GDP that dwarfs most nations'. That's a smart idea, like cutting off your left arm!
Why is it hypocrisy? I don't care about DRM if it doesn't get in my way. On a console, it doesn't get in your way.
On a PC, it basically forces anyone who is concerned about system stability to get the pirated version of a game.
Bill Gates (or more accurately, Bill Gates' rich parents) bought QDOS (quick and dirty operating system), a CP/M clone designed by Tim Paterson, for something like $10,000. Gates renamed it MS-DOS and convinced IBM to use it as the basis for their new home PC. That half-assed CP/M clone, limited even compared to the OSs of its day, was the basis of just about every MS OS until Win95. And if Gates' parents had never been rich, chances are this stuff would have never happened.
Books that are mostly pictures with few words are, in a word, unserious.
Ladies and gentlemen, we have the mighty rho axiom. Surely this transcendental wisdom will be carved into many plaques throughtout the ages. And tell us, mighty rho, what is the magic ratio between words and pictures that creates the frivolous from gravitas, high art from pop trash, immortal from disposable? Could you judge these "unserious" works of art and tell us which ones are lighthearted fluff and which are worthless pieces of trash?
Bayeaux tapestry
Egyptian hieroglyphs
Mayan hieroglyhs
Hogarth's A Rake's Progress
Vonnegut's Breakfast of Champions
Moore/Gibbons' Watchmen
Well, there's no more R-rated superhero movies. But keep in mind that the Dark Knight, which has lots of sadistic violence, somehow got a PG-13. Violence which would have earned an "R" even 5 years ago is now PG-13 material. On the other hand, PG movies from the 70's and 80's featured brief nudity, which would earn an automatic "R" today.
Ratings change, there's no doubt about it. I'm not sure if this change was for the best, however...
That $50 cable is a result of greed, but not from Apple. The new iPods need the new video output because iTunes now supports rentals, and the movie studios were afraid of "the analog hole." Still, very annoying.
I think if he had started with Linux all those years ago, he would still be supported.
That would have been tough to do, since Linux didn't exist 25 years ago. If he was running an x86 UNIX it would be BSD or SCO UNIX.
Starring Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates?
In celebration of this court victory, I will pirate Jon Wayne CDs all day long!