I had always thought the "Hate the French" attitude started way back when Reagan wanted to fly some B1 Bombers over their territory, and they said no.
Regardless of the politics, I would say that France is a friend to the U.S., not an enemy, and deserves better from us than the jokes we say at their expense.
Of course it would help if I replied to the right post. My comments were towards the grandparent post the 'above post' was replying to, not the reply itself.
The above post doesn't seem THAT insightful guys, especially when you consider Dibblah's comment a few posts up (http://mobile.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1393415&cid=29655003).
I still run XP on my PCs because of my Vista hate. Having said that, I plan on installing Windows 7, it really feels like it should have been the upgrade from XP in the first place.
Yesterday I saw an IQ Test" app and thought "Why not?", so I took the test (one could argue I failed it by just using Facebook to test my IQ, but I'll leave that for another discussion).
When I was done, the app wouldn't give me my results until I gave it my cell phone number, so it could send me the results of my test to my cell phone. Not like I could read it off of the web browser, right?
Pissed me off to no end that the app would so underhandedly try to farm my cell number this way, so I just backed out of the test and swore to never try another Facebook app after that.
So I agree, there's no reason why these apps needs ALL of my personal information to do their thing. Its just marketing companies running amok IMHO.
Agreed. When I think of "advancement through skill" I think of Ryzom or how SWG was when it first came out, and for "advancement through leveling" I think of WoW.
Your experience was not mine. I installed 3.5 over the older version, and have had no problems at all so far. I've visited Digg, Facebook, plus many other sites, no worries (so far?)./shrug
They also reused the saucer section design of Enterprise D, for a space station orbiting Jupiter, for a Star Trek Voyager episode, where the Voyager doctor travels to Jupiter to save the human who invented him.
How about a Starfeet Security spy who is a shape shifter (old TOS version (insane Fleet Captain guy), not Odo type), working on the Romulan/Klingon homeworld, seeing the inside of the political structures of both races/governments.
China wants our standard of living. The world simply cannot cope with 1.2 billion Chinese living at the current American/European standard of living. But if we clean up our act, then China may simply follow suit.
I wonder what we, or any nation, would do if China didn't follow suit, and really started wrecking the planet with their pollution?
Would nations go to war with each other over pollution?
To get serious for a moment, it does feel good to see the World being happy for us. They are treating us better than we deserve, based on our actions these last eight years.
Makes me feel there's hope still for the human race.
There is an interesting discordant note between all the commentators speaking about how this marks the end of slavery and the fruition of the civil rights movement and the change of a generation, and what looks like a yes vote on Proposition 8 in California. When the dust has settled, there is going to be much talk about the way different demographics voted and the gaps that represents. I hope it will not take 40 years for all of us to recognize that in the end, beyond nationality, skin colour, sexual orientation, religious beliefs or background, we are all just human beings.
If anything, the prop 8 passage in California says we have a long way to go to end tribal warfare, unfortunately.
As a Californian who voted against prop 8, I could not understand how some could vote for Obama and for the welfare of consumable animals, but yet deny the same rights that the rest of society has to a certain segment of society. Seems so very racist to me./shakes head
Actually, I saw a Burma Shave sign in Ontario, California, last year. Its on a two lane road that is South of the airport, that runs parallel to the airport.
My 16 year old son just asked me to show him how to program, with an eye towards getting a good paying job when he enters the job market.
I'm starting him off on SQL, then once he's got that down, on to something like Java (the basics, not J2EE).
Not sure if that is the best way to go, but I figured he can't go wrong learning SQL first. Plus no matter what programming language he uses in his career, he'll always need SQL, and its a good introduction to a programming "mind set".
Picture the following. A Sith Lord walks up, pulls out his light saber, lights it up, pulls back, and starts the swing that will decapitate his target, only to hear a chorus of "CARE BEAR, STTAAARRRRREEEE!!!!!", followed by a bright beam of rainbow light smashing into his face.
Think you are making my point. If you see a preview for an upcoming new game, or a review for a game that came out a month ago (remember magazines have lead times), people it seems tend to reach for the magazine with the preview to the latest/new thing.
One thing nobody ever seems to consider though is this. WHY do the game magazines feel they need to get the games ahead of time to review them, selling themselves out for that privilege?
If Magazine 1 stays true/honest and reviews when the games come out, and Magazine 2 'sells out' and gets the game far ahead, and publishes months in advance about the games, which one will you buy when you see both magazines at the newsstand?
We are the problem as much as the companies that sell out. We all want honest reviews, and would like to think we'd buy Magazine 1, but we also like 'shiny objects', and seeing a new preview of a game will make us buy Magazine 2 each and every time.
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And they can vacuum my penis too!
Oh wait, that didn't come out quite right.
[Yelled from off screen] "That's what she said!"
I had always thought the "Hate the French" attitude started way back when Reagan wanted to fly some B1 Bombers over their territory, and they said no.
Regardless of the politics, I would say that France is a friend to the U.S., not an enemy, and deserves better from us than the jokes we say at their expense.
Actually, I just saw this for the first time, and even laughed. /shrug
Of course it would help if I replied to the right post. My comments were towards the grandparent post the 'above post' was replying to, not the reply itself.
5 Insightful?
The above post doesn't seem THAT insightful guys, especially when you consider Dibblah's comment a few posts up (http://mobile.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1393415&cid=29655003).
NeItHeR dO i.
I still run XP on my PCs because of my Vista hate. Having said that, I plan on installing Windows 7, it really feels like it should have been the upgrade from XP in the first place.
Yesterday I saw an IQ Test" app and thought "Why not?", so I took the test (one could argue I failed it by just using Facebook to test my IQ, but I'll leave that for another discussion).
When I was done, the app wouldn't give me my results until I gave it my cell phone number, so it could send me the results of my test to my cell phone. Not like I could read it off of the web browser, right?
Pissed me off to no end that the app would so underhandedly try to farm my cell number this way, so I just backed out of the test and swore to never try another Facebook app after that.
So I agree, there's no reason why these apps needs ALL of my personal information to do their thing. Its just marketing companies running amok IMHO.
Agreed. When I think of "advancement through skill" I think of Ryzom or how SWG was when it first came out, and for "advancement through leveling" I think of WoW.
Your experience was not mine. I installed 3.5 over the older version, and have had no problems at all so far. I've visited Digg, Facebook, plus many other sites, no worries (so far?). /shrug
They also reused the saucer section design of Enterprise D, for a space station orbiting Jupiter, for a Star Trek Voyager episode, where the Voyager doctor travels to Jupiter to save the human who invented him.
Damn, missed the typo on StarfLeet. My bad. That's what I get for posting from work.
How about a Starfeet Security spy who is a shape shifter (old TOS version (insane Fleet Captain guy), not Odo type), working on the Romulan/Klingon homeworld, seeing the inside of the political structures of both races/governments.
China wants our standard of living. The world simply cannot cope with 1.2 billion Chinese living at the current American/European standard of living. But if we clean up our act, then China may simply follow suit.
I wonder what we, or any nation, would do if China didn't follow suit, and really started wrecking the planet with their pollution?
Would nations go to war with each other over pollution?
Thus endeth my waxing philosophical.
Don't you mean...
Wax off.
To get serious for a moment, it does feel good to see the World being happy for us. They are treating us better than we deserve, based on our actions these last eight years.
Makes me feel there's hope still for the human race.
There is an interesting discordant note between all the commentators speaking about how this marks the end of slavery and the fruition of the civil rights movement and the change of a generation, and what looks like a yes vote on Proposition 8 in California. When the dust has settled, there is going to be much talk about the way different demographics voted and the gaps that represents. I hope it will not take 40 years for all of us to recognize that in the end, beyond nationality, skin colour, sexual orientation, religious beliefs or background, we are all just human beings.
If anything, the prop 8 passage in California says we have a long way to go to end tribal warfare, unfortunately.
As a Californian who voted against prop 8, I could not understand how some could vote for Obama and for the welfare of consumable animals, but yet deny the same rights that the rest of society has to a certain segment of society. Seems so very racist to me. /shakes head
Actually, I saw a Burma Shave sign in Ontario, California, last year. Its on a two lane road that is South of the airport, that runs parallel to the airport.
I received an email from NetFlix saying my two dvds would not arrive until next week, and in my queue the delivery dates showed as next Wednesday.
The weird thing though was that both dvds had already arrived on the same day the email was sent to me.
I feel for them right now. They're dealing with the condition known as FUBARitis for sure.
My 16 year old son just asked me to show him how to program, with an eye towards getting a good paying job when he enters the job market.
I'm starting him off on SQL, then once he's got that down, on to something like Java (the basics, not J2EE).
Not sure if that is the best way to go, but I figured he can't go wrong learning SQL first. Plus no matter what programming language he uses in his career, he'll always need SQL, and its a good introduction to a programming "mind set".
Long-term use of Opera can cause impotence, baldness, and wrinkles.
As long as it does not cause flatulence.
Yeah I agree, why the -1 ??
Picture the following. A Sith Lord walks up, pulls out his light saber, lights it up, pulls back, and starts the swing that will decapitate his target, only to hear a chorus of "CARE BEAR, STTAAARRRRREEEE!!!!!", followed by a bright beam of rainbow light smashing into his face.
http://juliansanchez.com/notes/archives/2007/11/care_bear_stare.php
I'd pay a $1 to see that.
Think you are making my point. If you see a preview for an upcoming new game, or a review for a game that came out a month ago (remember magazines have lead times), people it seems tend to reach for the magazine with the preview to the latest/new thing.
One thing nobody ever seems to consider though is this. WHY do the game magazines feel they need to get the games ahead of time to review them, selling themselves out for that privilege?
If Magazine 1 stays true/honest and reviews when the games come out, and Magazine 2 'sells out' and gets the game far ahead, and publishes months in advance about the games, which one will you buy when you see both magazines at the newsstand?
We are the problem as much as the companies that sell out. We all want honest reviews, and would like to think we'd buy Magazine 1, but we also like 'shiny objects', and seeing a new preview of a game will make us buy Magazine 2 each and every time.
Another way of saying this, is at the end of the day, do you want the Internet, or the Microsoft.net ?