we'd all still go see it just to finish the series off. After that many hours of investment, no matter how bad it was, we would still have to see it- because not seeing it would still be worse than seeing a horrendously awful movie.
Uh. No. Maybe YOU will HAVE to go see it, but I will wait for somebody to rent/buy it and borrow it from them. I KNOW how the story ends. SPOILER: Anakin is DARTH VADER. Darth Vader is Luke's Father. There. Now you can stay home and not give that fat windbag called Lucas any more money.
Show the RIAA that we are not sheep. Show them that we don't need to see the latest Keanu Reeves travesty. Show them we're tired of their shit. Don't see their movies. Don't pirate their movies. Don't have anything to do with their movies. If enough of us shake off the yoke, it will make a difference.
Dude. Are you new here? This is America. We *ARE* sheep. You shoulda checked yer idealism at the door. Give us regurgitated crap and fart jokes and we're happy.
Perhaps if they'd studied WHAT students DID with the computers, as well as what they did with their non-computer time, this would be a bit more useful. As it is, this is a worthless study.
I bet you most of those kids that spent gobs of time on the computer (say, 4 hours a night) spent that time PLAYING GAMES or typing "HEY JANEYZ SURE CUTE!!! I WANT TO R0X0r HeR s0X0r!!! LOL" on AIM; of course their literacy skills will be degraded. Contrast this to those who spend 4+ hours a night on the computer doing non-mind-numbing tasks; reading journals, or learning to program, or doing any of the other myriad useful, education, and skill-building activites that are possible.
Those kids that spent 4 hours on AIM are no dumber (okay, maybe a bit) than the kids that spent 4 hours with an XBox or a TV.
And what about the non-computer time? I bet the kids that spent lots of time on the computers doing SQUAT and have weak intellect spent their non-computer time doing things just as trivial/mind-numbing - ie, back to the XBox, TV, making prank calls, or getting high.
So... the company you work for is trying to claim IBM's code as their own and patent it? Do they have ANY FSCKING CLUE how STUPID this is? This isn't some no-name company. This is IBM. They probably have the single largest patent portfolio in the world. Not to mention more attorneys than your company has employees. Do they really want to tangle with that? IBM has a habit of eating places like this for snacks. To say nothing of the patents they have that you don't know your in violation of. Hell, they've probably got a patent on your entire business model.
Sounds like your work for scumbags AND morons.
Scumbags are bad enough, but stupid scumbags deserve MORE than they are due.
First, you get all grammar-Nazi on me (by your own admission) without the basic English skills to back it up, and get miffed when I point out that you a) can't spell and b) missed the OBVIOUS point entirely. Then you tell ME to chill? You started this with your ignorance and trivialism, bub. Don't blame me if you're humorless AND dumb.
True enough, it sucks to be you, but that's an NMP.
HAHAHAA... has anybody actually read this? Basically, his experience amounts to attending security conferences and listening to presentations, as well as setting up booths for other computer conferences. Lots of experience on IRC.
So basically, some script kiddy gets luckky and finds a router with the default password set and wreaks havoc. Nice to know the Telecom business is paying attention to security.
Closed systems. The fact that I can't carry a few spare AAA batteries. The fact that Apple will gouge me on a replacement battery when it dies (and it will). The fact that I'll need to tie the iPod Shuffle's serial number to my PC. The fact that it's firmware likely isn't upgradable. It probably doesn't play OGGs. Won't work as a plain ole' USB thumb device. Should I keep going?
I know it is bad form to go against Apple on Slashdot (especially with the editors apparently being paid off to put iPod on the front page at least once a day) but why can't we all be against them promoting a format that locks you into their hardware?
Because we slashdotters are, apparantly, a fickle bunch with short memories: "Nevermind that Apple has ALWAYS been ALL ABOUT proprietary hardware (save a brief and failed attempt at opening same to OEMs) - they've adopted a *nix variant to base their OS on, so let's forgive them all their past transgressions, and start buying some of that proprietary hardware/software along with the more open stuff! It's just so sexy-looking!"
The answer to the portable power problem is right in front of your nose (actually, on top of your head): make that tinfoil hat do double-duty!
Simply affix a few square feet of solar panelling to the top, tape a wire to the foil and stick the other end in your notebook/PDA/air pump for the blowup doll, and volia!
"[IBM] deserves a large share of credit for taking the PC out of the hobby shop and into the mainstream."
What the fark? Werer you living in the same 80's I was? Are you daft? Sure, they invented the PC, but it was the clone-makers who brought it into the mainstream. IBM fought the commoditization of the PC at every posible chance. Remember MCA (Micro Channel)? That was nothing more than IBM's attempt to proprietize the PC and take back the market from lower-priced clones. While it may have arguably been techinically superior platform, don't think for a minute that's why IBM tried to move the market that way. They wanted either a) all PC sales, or b) large royalties from all PC sales.
Of course, the IBM of today is a very different company (for better or worse), but let's not forget they were unquestionably evil at one point.
This is what happens when you trust one company to maintain anything you need/want access to. It doesn't matter how 'nice' they seem, or how 'cool' they've acted in the past - there's no guarantee they'll continue on that course.
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we'd all still go see it just to finish the series off. After that many hours of investment, no matter how bad it was, we would still have to see it- because not seeing it would still be worse than seeing a horrendously awful movie.
Uh. No. Maybe YOU will HAVE to go see it, but I will wait for somebody to rent/buy it and borrow it from them. I KNOW how the story ends. SPOILER: Anakin is DARTH VADER. Darth Vader is Luke's Father. There. Now you can stay home and not give that fat windbag called Lucas any more money.
...the best film of the prequels and it should satisfy fans who were unhappy with the first two.
Uh... no. Sorry. One half-decent thrid movie does not make the shit that was the other two shine.
Show the RIAA that we are not sheep. Show them that we don't need to see the latest Keanu Reeves travesty. Show them we're tired of their shit. Don't see their movies. Don't pirate their movies. Don't have anything to do with their movies. If enough of us shake off the yoke, it will make a difference.
Dude. Are you new here? This is America. We *ARE* sheep. You shoulda checked yer idealism at the door. Give us regurgitated crap and fart jokes and we're happy.
If Bill wants to "mark my package", he can, but I'll expect compensation.
Right. Because nobody's heard of Netflix yet.
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Fuck texas.
Since when are swap file optimization, partitioning schemes, and tweaking the UI considiered 'sooper-dooper expert only' skillz?
The more access they had to computers at home...
Perhaps if they'd studied WHAT students DID with the computers, as well as what they did with their non-computer time, this would be a bit more useful. As it is, this is a worthless study.
I bet you most of those kids that spent gobs of time on the computer (say, 4 hours a night) spent that time PLAYING GAMES or typing "HEY JANEYZ SURE CUTE!!! I WANT TO R0X0r HeR s0X0r!!! LOL" on AIM; of course their literacy skills will be degraded. Contrast this to those who spend 4+ hours a night on the computer doing non-mind-numbing tasks; reading journals, or learning to program, or doing any of the other myriad useful, education, and skill-building activites that are possible.
Those kids that spent 4 hours on AIM are no dumber (okay, maybe a bit) than the kids that spent 4 hours with an XBox or a TV.
And what about the non-computer time? I bet the kids that spent lots of time on the computers doing SQUAT and have weak intellect spent their non-computer time doing things just as trivial/mind-numbing - ie, back to the XBox, TV, making prank calls, or getting high.
Folks, its all about quality, not quantity.
So... the company you work for is trying to claim IBM's code as their own and patent it? Do they have ANY FSCKING CLUE how STUPID this is? This isn't some no-name company. This is IBM. They probably have the single largest patent portfolio in the world. Not to mention more attorneys than your company has employees. Do they really want to tangle with that? IBM has a habit of eating places like this for snacks. To say nothing of the patents they have that you don't know your in violation of. Hell, they've probably got a patent on your entire business model.
Sounds like your work for scumbags AND morons.
Scumbags are bad enough, but stupid scumbags deserve MORE than they are due.
Two words: hypo crite.
First, you get all grammar-Nazi on me (by your own admission) without the basic English skills to back it up, and get miffed when I point out that you a) can't spell and b) missed the OBVIOUS point entirely. Then you tell ME to chill? You started this with your ignorance and trivialism, bub. Don't blame me if you're humorless AND dumb.
True enough, it sucks to be you, but that's an NMP.
Ok, dipshit. A couple o' things here:
1) Grammar. Not grammer. Got that?
2) Dude. Are you stupid? Is your sarcasm detector broken? Do you need a tag? *My* apostrophes' apposprophe was intentional and funny. Get a clue.
For you, I'd say this is the way to go. You need to get a handle on those apostrophe's.
Temptation to install strong... must resist... Real evil... must resist embracing them as friend...
HAHAHAA... has anybody actually read this? Basically, his experience amounts to attending security conferences and listening to presentations, as well as setting up booths for other computer conferences. Lots of experience on IRC.
So basically, some script kiddy gets luckky and finds a router with the default password set and wreaks havoc. Nice to know the Telecom business is paying attention to security.
What will the Apple trolls carp about now?
Oh yeah, and the fact that, apparantly, you can listen ONLY in shuffle mode - hence the name.
Dammit, if I want to thrash my mullet to some rockin' Cheap Trick, I want to do it NOW.
What will the Apple trolls carp about now?
Closed systems. The fact that I can't carry a few spare AAA batteries. The fact that Apple will gouge me on a replacement battery when it dies (and it will). The fact that I'll need to tie the iPod Shuffle's serial number to my PC. The fact that it's firmware likely isn't upgradable. It probably doesn't play OGGs. Won't work as a plain ole' USB thumb device. Should I keep going?
I know it is bad form to go against Apple on Slashdot (especially with the editors apparently being paid off to put iPod on the front page at least once a day) but why can't we all be against them promoting a format that locks you into their hardware?
Because we slashdotters are, apparantly, a fickle bunch with short memories: "Nevermind that Apple has ALWAYS been ALL ABOUT proprietary hardware (save a brief and failed attempt at opening same to OEMs) - they've adopted a *nix variant to base their OS on, so let's forgive them all their past transgressions, and start buying some of that proprietary hardware/software along with the more open stuff! It's just so sexy-looking!"
The answer to the portable power problem is right in front of your nose (actually, on top of your head): make that tinfoil hat do double-duty!
Simply affix a few square feet of solar panelling to the top, tape a wire to the foil and stick the other end in your notebook/PDA/air pump for the blowup doll, and volia!
course if you have pain in your muscles from pr0n you're uhhh doing it wrong.
Or just too often...
This stuff is just plain creepy. Does it remind anybody else of evil clowns/killer circuses (circii)?
I picture a snaggle-toothed maniacal Bozo banging on an organ while spinning around on an ultra-fast marry-go-round, frantically stabbing somebody.
Happy holidays!
I know people for whom English is a 4th of 5th language who can compose better emails than some born and bred Brits.
Yeah, but that's because they are BRITS!!! Nobody can understand:
"Blimey moot, me gibbers all a'ert the Queen! 'Uve a might dingy flat!"
"[IBM] deserves a large share of credit for taking the PC out of the hobby shop and into the mainstream."
What the fark? Werer you living in the same 80's I was? Are you daft? Sure, they invented the PC, but it was the clone-makers who brought it into the mainstream. IBM fought the commoditization of the PC at every posible chance. Remember MCA (Micro Channel)? That was nothing more than IBM's attempt to proprietize the PC and take back the market from lower-priced clones. While it may have arguably been techinically superior platform, don't think for a minute that's why IBM tried to move the market that way. They wanted either a) all PC sales, or b) large royalties from all PC sales.
Of course, the IBM of today is a very different company (for better or worse), but let's not forget they were unquestionably evil at one point.
Dead on. Time to start mirroring 'Google' groups.
Perhaps we could use our gmail accounts?
Hm... they've just fixed original deep links, and put back the old Groups page... the power of /. witnessed?
This is what happens when you trust one company to maintain anything you need/want access to. It doesn't matter how 'nice' they seem, or how 'cool' they've acted in the past - there's no guarantee they'll continue on that course.
"C'mon, you too" --> "C'mon, you TWO".