Yeah, but how many people just read the shoddy journalism and never read the comments? One journalist can provide an extremely loud voice for irresponsible viewpoints.
Just a sad person, with too much time and not enough real human interaction. I sincerely hope that pretending to be famous people online doesn't morph into the next big internet trend, it would be too much like the 'past lives' phenom we all had to endure in the 80s.
I never exactly thought Trinity was too hot. I just don't go for the anorexic chick look. They could have done worse, though.
Agent Smith was just in the movie to provide a foil for the heroes and to spout some deep-green eco talk. Although it was jarring seeing him in Fellowship of the Ring...Arr, run, Frodo, it's not Elrond, it's Agent Smith! He's going to take the Ring!!
If you say you don't run sweatshops, and you do run sweatshops, I don't see at all how that's covered under "freedom of the press". It's a flat-out lie!
"Nike's speech, in an attempt to influence public opinion on economic globalization and international labor rights and working conditions, gave the public insight and perspective into the debate. This speech should be fully protected as 'essential to free government.'"
Let me get this straight, Nike issues statements denying it runs sweatshops because it wants to contribute to some kind of public debate!? Nike's one and only consideration is maximizing profits, nothing more. The judges were right, it's commercial speech.
So if you're going to recommend a piece of software to millions, you shouldn't test it first? The editor who posted the link admitted he doesn't even own a Windows machine!
I guess you're right, though. I can't expect even the bare minimum from/. web-linkers.
I just have a real problem with recommending software that you have not personally tried, much less that you do not even own a copy of the operating system it runs on.
Bashing Windows like that makes you look like an ignorant eL33t l1n1x k1dd0.
Points off for manually typing your items and seperating them with BR BR instead of listing them nicely with OL/LI.
Yeah, I'm going to download and execute some VB code someone pasted on the net. Did the editors test this before recommending it to thousands of viewers (rhetorical question, they didn't)? Boy.
I'm not sure I'd count SCSI as an asset. Sure, it's faster, but fantastically more expensive. Contributed mightily to macs not being widely adopted among people who had to pay for their own computer.
My review? The entire book is not about Macs, it's about PC's. And how Macs desperately wish they had won the competition they lost so very long ago. Ready?
Ch. 1 - author bashes PCs
Ch. 2 - author bashes PCs
Ch. 3 - author bashes Apple, Inc.
Ch. 4 - author bashes PCs
Ch. 5 - author bashes Apple, Inc.
Ch. 6 - author bashes PCs and CompUSA
Ch. 7 - author bashes PCs
Ch. 8 - author bashes PCs
Ch. 9 - author bashes PCs
Ch. 10 - author finally has something positive to say about the Mac
Ch. 11 - author admits there may be other reasons to own a Mac other than to attempt to broadcast to strangers that you identify with the media content produced by Apple's marketing department.
All that being said, this guy evidently knows his audience and I'm sure the book will sell well. Perhaps his book will become as trendy to display in pretentious workspaces as the latest Apple hardware?
That's the one thing that really bugs me more than anything else, how Mac users project this completely unfounded air of superiority. Quite simliar in my mind to Mensa and other activities people enter into when they desperately require validation. Here, buy a powerbook, and all the sudden you're a creative person! Wow, better living through consumerism, how progressive!
You sound like a workaholic. No family, immersed in work, no vacation in 10 years because you'd rather be at work anyway. A hard-assed attitude that implies vacations are a waste of time.
I think that having time off of work is good. I really enjoy getting the hell away from work, and I think taking time out to enjoy life is more imporant than piling on the billable hours. So what if it costs me salary to have time off...I'd rather have the time! Money I can make more of.
Please don't spam slashdot with your ads in the body of your message. It's already in your "URL". If you absolutely must, put it in your signature file. That way you don't have to cut and paste every time.
This is something...Max Headroom episodes were great. I loved the "20 minutes into the future" atmosphere. Network 23 (the innovator of "Blipverts" - commercials shown at high speed to
prevent channel switching) and its sponsor the Zik Zak Corporation (motto: "We make everything you need, and you need
everything we make") were bad guys I could really sink my teeth into. And of course every episode features a good dose of Max Headroom himself. Anyone remember Max Headroom's show on Showtime? He hosted a talk show and interviewed celebrities, and predated Space Ghost by about 10 years. The only negative I see is it's on the really obscure channel "Tech TV", which is probably only availible to those with satellite TV.
Sigh...the spacecraft is NOT repeat NOT Russian. It is a creation of the Planetary Society, a non-profit NGO founded by Carl Sagan. The Russians are merely providing an inexpensive launch vehicle, no more.
Great...then I can live in a one-issue fundamentalist's paradise! If it's good enough for you, it's good enough for all of society! Thanks for removing the need to vote, I was tired of getting all that mail.
If this were true, slashdot weenies would be giving their fridges too much current so the compressor would turn faster, installing new cooling coils, replacing the refrigerant with "super-cool" coolant, and buying foods that only store properly at extremely cold temperatures.
Anyone who brings kids to vegas is expecting to expose them to such things! You can't even walk down the strip without being handed flyers for call girls. Someone passed out in a pool of vomit is nothing.
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Yeah, but how many people just read the shoddy journalism and never read the comments? One journalist can provide an extremely loud voice for irresponsible viewpoints.
Just a sad person, with too much time and not enough real human interaction. I sincerely hope that pretending to be famous people online doesn't morph into the next big internet trend, it would be too much like the 'past lives' phenom we all had to endure in the 80s.
I hereby invoke Godwin's Law, and declare this thread closed.
Don't forget the New York Times Random Login Generator for those annoying NYT links. Now, you can link directly to the article in question, and a fresh login is generated every time.
I think there's some Shakespeare about this situation, but as I can't stand Shakespeare, I don't remember it.
Agent Smith was just in the movie to provide a foil for the heroes and to spout some deep-green eco talk. Although it was jarring seeing him in Fellowship of the Ring...Arr, run, Frodo, it's not Elrond, it's Agent Smith! He's going to take the Ring!!
If you say you don't run sweatshops, and you do run sweatshops, I don't see at all how that's covered under "freedom of the press". It's a flat-out lie!
I guess you're right, though. I can't expect even the bare minimum from /. web-linkers.
Yeah, I'm going to download and execute some VB code someone pasted on the net. Did the editors test this before recommending it to thousands of viewers (rhetorical question, they didn't)? Boy.
I'm not sure I'd count SCSI as an asset. Sure, it's faster, but fantastically more expensive. Contributed mightily to macs not being widely adopted among people who had to pay for their own computer.
All that being said, this guy evidently knows his audience and I'm sure the book will sell well. Perhaps his book will become as trendy to display in pretentious workspaces as the latest Apple hardware?
That's the one thing that really bugs me more than anything else, how Mac users project this completely unfounded air of superiority. Quite simliar in my mind to Mensa and other activities people enter into when they desperately require validation. Here, buy a powerbook, and all the sudden you're a creative person! Wow, better living through consumerism, how progressive!
I think that having time off of work is good. I really enjoy getting the hell away from work, and I think taking time out to enjoy life is more imporant than piling on the billable hours. So what if it costs me salary to have time off...I'd rather have the time! Money I can make more of.
Please don't spam slashdot with your ads in the body of your message. It's already in your "URL". If you absolutely must, put it in your signature file. That way you don't have to cut and paste every time.
This is something...Max Headroom episodes were great. I loved the "20 minutes into the future" atmosphere. Network 23 (the innovator of "Blipverts" - commercials shown at high speed to prevent channel switching) and its sponsor the Zik Zak Corporation (motto: "We make everything you need, and you need everything we make") were bad guys I could really sink my teeth into. And of course every episode features a good dose of Max Headroom himself. Anyone remember Max Headroom's show on Showtime? He hosted a talk show and interviewed celebrities, and predated Space Ghost by about 10 years. The only negative I see is it's on the really obscure channel "Tech TV", which is probably only availible to those with satellite TV.
Sigh...the spacecraft is NOT repeat NOT Russian. It is a creation of the Planetary Society, a non-profit NGO founded by Carl Sagan. The Russians are merely providing an inexpensive launch vehicle, no more.
Great...then I can live in a one-issue fundamentalist's paradise! If it's good enough for you, it's good enough for all of society! Thanks for removing the need to vote, I was tired of getting all that mail.
If this were true, slashdot weenies would be giving their fridges too much current so the compressor would turn faster, installing new cooling coils, replacing the refrigerant with "super-cool" coolant, and buying foods that only store properly at extremely cold temperatures.
Yeah, but then you're friends with a bunch of beer-snob geeks.
Co-locating a server won't solve anything. Read the question again...your co-lo provider will still pull the plug on you the instant anybody says boo.
Then why are bicycles included as well? They cost $5000 and were designed for people who are too snobby to drive.
Vegas World is already taken. God bless that stupid Polack Bob Stupak.
Anyone who brings kids to vegas is expecting to expose them to such things! You can't even walk down the strip without being handed flyers for call girls. Someone passed out in a pool of vomit is nothing.