Anyone driving with a cup of hot coffee held between their legs
a) She was not driving b) At the time the coffee spilled, the car was stopped.
Some settlement wouldn't be too unreasonable, millions of dollars is simply foolishness.
The award was $160,000 for compensatory damages (to cover the third degree burns), and $2.7 in punitive damages. You might say, "Wow, $2.7 million is a lot for punitive damages," but McDonalds had a history of these complaints (700+), and had still not done anything about them.
Of course, the $2.7 mil was reduced to $480,000, and then the plaintiff and McDonalds entered into a secret agreement, so it's kind of moot.
McDonald's was not sued because their coffee was hot. McDonald's was sued because their coffee was hot enough to cause third degree burns upon instant contact with the skin, because they were aware of this, and did nothing about it.
Most people expect coffee to be hot. Most people do not expect it to be 180 degree Fahrenheit, the temperature that McDonald's was serving it at.
Re:Perl isn't unreadable - some Perl programs are
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I'd rather read that than try to read, say, this, written in Brainfuck:
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Oh, dear. That (unsurprisingly) set off the lameness filter. Oh well. Go here instead: http://www.sslug.dk/linuxbog/program/eksempler/sho w.php?file=hello&ext=bf
From the article, it seems that they're also targetting spammers that don't offer a way to opt-out; those with 'remove' links in their emails that are dead, for instance.
I still have my copy of System Shock 2 - any advice on how to enjoy it? Can it be enjoyed on a laptop? Should I play SS1 first?
Your complaints about weapon breakdown and spawning monsters are not alone -- Irrational released a patch for System Shock 2 that not only included cooperative multiplayer (one of the few games with it, nowadays), but also allows you to modify those settings - you can set weapon breakdown anywhere from 'default' all the way to 'never'; ditto with spawning. Googling for it will probably find it, but it should also be available from Irrational's site: www.irrational.com.
Personally, I liked the spawning; it kept me on my toes and kept me from assuming that any given place was 'safe', but, YMMV.
Warren Spector doesn't like Thief's cutscenes, and prefers to use in-game conversations to convey information.
Why not use both? The ability to have conversations in Deus Ex was very nice, but Deus Ex's mission briefings, compared to Thief's, were pretty dull and monotone. It would seem a simple enough matter to have some sort of mission briefing before entering a new map, but still have conversations that occur within the map itself.
They were repetive, unimaginative and unfunny. The best jokes are subtle - making it blatantly obvious makes it extremely unfunny. That is why you were flamed.
And with the exception of the Slashdot advertising changes, they were all from other sites.
And with that one, even despite the blatantly obvious, some people still fell for it hook, line, and sinker. Although I didn't laugh at any of the posts, I did have some fun at the expense of the people who were fooled.
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All I need to do is genetically modify it to be smarter, and then strap on a mind control device, and presto: my plan to conquer the world will be complete!
Ok, I can understand slashdot reposting a story that was reported, say, two months ago. But this story was posted _yesterday_. You can tell they're the same story just from the three line blurb on the front page.
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So Canada will smuggle tobacco into the US, and the US will smuggle MP3 players into Canada.
Seems fair.
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For those curious about why the renaming is being done by a beetle guy...
Until now. Entomologist Michael Ivie of Montana State University in Bozeman, one of the scientists who noted that a beetle found in 1869 already had the name Syntarsus, sent a January corrective notice to the insect journal Insecta Mundi.
Under the rules of scientific nomenclature, Ivie and his colleagues were entitled to rename Syntarsus, as the ones who caught the mistake.
So you may not like the name. But the guy is following the rules. It's funny. Laugh.
Am I correct in guessing that it's another quality space rpg in the veins of Master of Orion and Ascendancy ?
I only played the first Escape Velocity, and I haven't played Ascendancy, so, take what I say with a grain of salt.
It's an RPG inasmuch as you go around and do things (in the original EV, you started by trading, ala Trade Wars 2002, and then later on could start accepting missions), collecting money, buying stuff, etc. It was not a strategy game, like Master of Orion...more like Privateer.
During that period, however, the Draekers took almost $92,000 out of the company, according to court filings; in counter filings, Loki claimed that the funds went chiefly to pay employees, though it did note that Scott Draeker was paid $46,504 in salary during the period from January 15 to July 31, 2001, with Kayt Draeker receiving $18,643.52 during that time; the company paid medial insurance premiums for both during that period.
And it's this sort of thing, boys and girls, that causes me to never trust management. The real shame is that you've got employees who are going without their pay, ostensibly because of loyalty to the company, and then getting shafted in the end.
Moral of the story: When the company asks if they can stop paying you, don't agree to let them use your credit card.
In a way, this reminds me of the "airline safety" brouhaha after 9/11. No, no, I'm serious. Think about it:
Greene claims that P2P programs are bad, and that thievery is easy, backed up by the 6,000 songs they got. Then it comes out that they weren't really using P2P programs at all, but doing something covered (legally) by fair use.
Post 9/11, there was a need for more airline security and an outcry over the pisspoor airline security that was in place at the time...and then it comes out that the hijackers used boxcutters, which were legal to take onto airplanes at the time.
Slashdot Mirror
"...which includes a notable picture of a T. Rex glancing nervously over its shoulder at a supernova!"
My parents tell me about the days before they had time-travel journalism, but I have to say, I don't believe it.
This is, of course, hilarious, but I reccommend more sever action. PetsWarehouse is endangering our internet.
Wouldn't an easier and more effective treatment be to slashdot them?
Or would that cause Slashdot to get sued for conspiracy?
Anyone driving with a cup of hot coffee held between their legs
a) She was not driving
b) At the time the coffee spilled, the car was stopped.
Some settlement wouldn't be too unreasonable, millions of dollars is simply foolishness.
The award was $160,000 for compensatory damages (to cover the third degree burns), and $2.7 in punitive damages. You might say, "Wow, $2.7 million is a lot for punitive damages," but McDonalds had a history of these complaints (700+), and had still not done anything about them.
Of course, the $2.7 mil was reduced to $480,000, and then the plaintiff and McDonalds entered into a secret agreement, so it's kind of moot.
Man, oh man, if only I had mod points today. That's got to be the most insightful thing I've read on Slashdot in a long, long while.
Well you can sue if your coffee is hot.
Everyone likes to bring this one up, don't they?
McDonald's was not sued because their coffee was hot. McDonald's was sued because their coffee was hot enough to cause third degree burns upon instant contact with the skin, because they were aware of this, and did nothing about it.
Most people expect coffee to be hot. Most people do not expect it to be 180 degree Fahrenheit, the temperature that McDonald's was serving it at.
I'd rather read that than try to read, say, this, written in Brainfuck:
o w.php?file=hello&ext=bf
...
Oh, dear. That (unsurprisingly) set off the lameness filter. Oh well. Go here instead: http://www.sslug.dk/linuxbog/program/eksempler/sh
Or does the article not talk at all about the spammer or the settlement, and instead just talk about what spam is?
From the article, it seems that they're also targetting spammers that don't offer a way to opt-out; those with 'remove' links in their emails that are dead, for instance.
Spamming a list about stopping telemarketing? Isn't that like whoring for virginity?
I still have my copy of System Shock 2 - any advice on how to enjoy it? Can it be enjoyed on a laptop? Should I play SS1 first?
Your complaints about weapon breakdown and spawning monsters are not alone -- Irrational released a patch for System Shock 2 that not only included cooperative multiplayer (one of the few games with it, nowadays), but also allows you to modify those settings - you can set weapon breakdown anywhere from 'default' all the way to 'never'; ditto with spawning. Googling for it will probably find it, but it should also be available from Irrational's site: www.irrational.com.
Personally, I liked the spawning; it kept me on my toes and kept me from assuming that any given place was 'safe', but, YMMV.
Warren Spector doesn't like Thief's cutscenes, and prefers to use in-game conversations to convey information.
Why not use both? The ability to have conversations in Deus Ex was very nice, but Deus Ex's mission briefings, compared to Thief's, were pretty dull and monotone. It would seem a simple enough matter to have some sort of mission briefing before entering a new map, but still have conversations that occur within the map itself.
Deus Ex 2 and Thief 3 are both due to come out just before Christmas this year.
They were repetive, unimaginative and unfunny. The best jokes are subtle - making it blatantly obvious makes it extremely unfunny. That is why you were flamed.
And with the exception of the Slashdot advertising changes, they were all from other sites.
And with that one, even despite the blatantly obvious, some people still fell for it hook, line, and sinker. Although I didn't laugh at any of the posts, I did have some fun at the expense of the people who were fooled.
All I need to do is genetically modify it to be smarter, and then strap on a mind control device, and presto: my plan to conquer the world will be complete!
Ok, I can understand slashdot reposting a story that was reported, say, two months ago. But this story was posted _yesterday_. You can tell they're the same story just from the three line blurb on the front page.
Sigh.
I had every shell, mail, and lab account taken away for running a 'rouge' slashsite.
Really? Was it about makeup, the color, or the movie?
Turing machine != Turing test
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For only $49.95 / yr, you too can get a proxy server, many of which are available for free all over.
So Canada will smuggle tobacco into the US, and the US will smuggle MP3 players into Canada.
Seems fair.
For those curious about why the renaming is being done by a beetle guy...
Until now. Entomologist Michael Ivie of Montana State University in Bozeman, one of the scientists who noted that a beetle found in 1869 already had the name Syntarsus, sent a January corrective notice to the insect journal Insecta Mundi.
Under the rules of scientific nomenclature, Ivie and his colleagues were entitled to rename Syntarsus, as the ones who caught the mistake.
So you may not like the name. But the guy is following the rules. It's funny. Laugh.
Am I correct in guessing that it's another quality space rpg in the veins of Master of Orion and Ascendancy ?
I only played the first Escape Velocity, and I haven't played Ascendancy, so, take what I say with a grain of salt.
It's an RPG inasmuch as you go around and do things (in the original EV, you started by trading, ala Trade Wars 2002, and then later on could start accepting missions), collecting money, buying stuff, etc. It was not a strategy game, like Master of Orion...more like Privateer.
We need to remember that using U-238 shells gives our marines a +2 bonus on their weapons range. That's nothing to sneeze at.
During that period, however, the Draekers took almost $92,000 out of the company, according to court filings; in counter filings, Loki claimed that the funds went chiefly to pay employees, though it did note that Scott Draeker was paid $46,504 in salary during the period from January 15 to July 31, 2001, with Kayt Draeker receiving $18,643.52 during that time; the company paid medial insurance premiums for both during that period.
And it's this sort of thing, boys and girls, that causes me to never trust management. The real shame is that you've got employees who are going without their pay, ostensibly because of loyalty to the company, and then getting shafted in the end.
Moral of the story: When the company asks if they can stop paying you, don't agree to let them use your credit card.
Yes it was [slashdot.org], coward. If you're going to whore with this method [slashdot.org], at least stay signed in to defend your tactics.
Hrmm. What to say?
1) I have no need to whore, being at 50 karma for, oh, I dunno, the past half year or so.
2) The AC post wasn't mine, which is more or less impossible to prove, but I thought I'd state it for the record.
3) I hadn't read the comment you referenced, but had been referred to it from a newsgroup I visit elsewhere.
Any other unbiased assumptions you made that I should address?
In a way, this reminds me of the "airline safety" brouhaha after 9/11. No, no, I'm serious. Think about it:
Greene claims that P2P programs are bad, and that thievery is easy, backed up by the 6,000 songs they got. Then it comes out that they weren't really using P2P programs at all, but doing something covered (legally) by fair use.
Post 9/11, there was a need for more airline security and an outcry over the pisspoor airline security that was in place at the time...and then it comes out that the hijackers used boxcutters, which were legal to take onto airplanes at the time.