If you really remember, you will recall certain facts you left out, such as the man was fleeing from police. He created the dangerous situation. If you do such things, especially in a security-critical transportation environment, don't be surprised if you get shot.
Suspect that someone is a terrorist, but have no evidence at all to support your allegations. - No problem, just whip up a photo-realistic animation of them attending a local bomb-making class. Lather, rinse, repeat.
Once again, we have the Slashdot spin to deal with:
Up to 60% of the code in the new consumer version of Microsoft new Vista operating system is set to be rewritten as the Company "scrambles" to fix internal problems, according to this report.
How exactly is that comment "Slashdot spin" when it's the first line of the article linked to?
Citing the United States Code, Mr. Dixton wrote that the seal "is not to be used in connection with commercial ventures or products in any way that suggests presidential support or endorsement."
Well they're hardly using it to promote a commercial venture, and if you can find someone who reads one of these Onion pieces and believes it suggests presidential support, could you point them in my direction, as i've got this bridge i'd like to sell them.
Wouldn't this be covered under the parody rulings made based on the First amendment?
Isn't it human nature to root for the underdog? Good vs. Evil?
It certainly seems that Good is currently a definite underdog to Evil, but i'd like to think i'd still be rooting for Good should it ever actually take the upper hand...
the Nobel Prize was created to reward promising new scientists and to give them enough funding to continue pursuing their research unabated
I thought the Nobel prize was originally created because Alfred Nobel didn't want his name to be forever associated with the fact that he'd invented dynamite?
"No, it's H. Pylori man and his incredible crippling stomach pain ray"
Hmm.
Surely if he wanted to be able to do that to people he'd be better off just selling those pie floater things my Aussie wife keeps trying to convince me are actually quite tasty?
"Dr Marshall proved that H. pylori caused gastic inflammation by deliberately infecting himself with the bacterium. The Nobel citation praises the doctors for their tenacity, and willingness to challenge prevailing dogmas."
Only in Australia would scientists prove how a medical condition occurs by deliberately infecting themselves with it.
Is it just me, or have the slashdot articles been VERY frightening/depressing of late?
The first thing that popped into my head when I read that question?
This quote:
In the past, politicians promised to create a better world. They had different ways of achieving this, but their power and authority came from the optimistic visions they offered their people. Those dreams failed and today people have lost faith in ideologies. Increasingly, politicians are seen simply as managers of public life, but now they have discovered a new role that restores their power and authority. Instead of delivering dreams, politicians now promise to protect us: from nightmares.
They want us to be frightened little sheep who'll do whatever we're told without question (those in power, not the Slashdot editors, who listens to them anyway?;) )
I want it to suffer eternal torment in the fires of silicon hell, where daemons will flay it continally until the end of time.
"It looks like you're trying to inflict agonies beyond belief on me, would you like so.... aaargh, no, no, stop with the poker! Anything but the poker, pleeeaase!"
*AdBlock Plus --Opera equivalent exists *BugMeNot Opera equivalent can be created *CustomizeGoogle Nope *DictionarySearch --Opera equivalent exists *Farkit Nope *Gmail Notifier I prefer the webmail to Opera's client *Nuke Anything -- I think you can do this with userjs, but it's a button on the toolbar, not just a right click away *Plain Text Links --Opera equivalent exists *Switch Proxy Tool Nope *Greasemonkey --Opera equivalent exists
Fair enough, most (but not all) of the functionality i've added extensions for can be (nearly) replicated in Opera, but the more general point I was trying to make with my particular list was that the extensibility of Firefox is much higher that that of Opera.
Spend some time going through the extensions at Extensions Mirror and tell me how many of them can be done in Opera.
Slashdot Mirror
Aha, fnorgby, so this is where you've been hiding.
Which one of these people are you claiming to be?
When you use Amarok to transfer music to your iPod, does the cover art show up when you play the transferred music on your iPod?
Yes it does.
If you really remember, you will recall certain facts you left out, such as the man was fleeing from police. He created the dangerous situation. If you do such things, especially in a security-critical transportation environment, don't be surprised if you get shot.
No, He wasn't fleeing from the police.
You should really try and get your facts right before you accuse other people.
I bet Homeland Security will love this.
Suspect that someone is a terrorist, but have no evidence at all to support your allegations. - No problem, just whip up a photo-realistic animation of them attending a local bomb-making class. Lather, rinse, repeat.
rm -- -whateveritwasyoucalledthefile
./-whateveritwasyoucalledthefile
or
rm
I never could get the hang of metaphor Thursdays.
Let me guess, you woke up this morning to Mr Prosser and his bulldozer?
Once again, we have the Slashdot spin to deal with:
Up to 60% of the code in the new consumer version of Microsoft new Vista operating system is set to be rewritten as the Company "scrambles" to fix internal problems, according to this report.
How exactly is that comment "Slashdot spin" when it's the first line of the article linked to?
I can think of other times where the same film was made to look like an action movie in one preview, and a romantic comedy in another.
:)
See here for a wonderful example of that
But I'm still left with a question: Why are the nicest British Universities (Cambridge, Durham, St Andrews) in such bloody cold places?
...
There's an obvious answer to that question, but for some reason it escapes me at the moment
The most important specification for /. readers:
:)
Is it supported on Linux?
You can check at linuxprinting.org
Citing the United States Code, Mr. Dixton wrote that the seal "is not to be used in connection with commercial ventures or products in any way that suggests presidential support or endorsement."
Well they're hardly using it to promote a commercial venture, and if you can find someone who reads one of these Onion pieces and believes it suggests presidential support, could you point them in my direction, as i've got this bridge i'd like to sell them.
Wouldn't this be covered under the parody rulings made based on the First amendment?
or I could just have been making a sarcastic comment about the current state of the world we live in, and not referring to companies at all ;)
Isn't it human nature to root for the underdog? Good vs. Evil?
...
It certainly seems that Good is currently a definite underdog to Evil, but i'd like to think i'd still be rooting for Good should it ever actually take the upper hand
MS won't do the extra effort to brake their OS more on SUN h/w then on the others.
To be fair though, Microsoft don't seem to have to put any particular effort into making their OS break, it just kinda happens.
the Nobel Prize was created to reward promising new scientists and to give them enough funding to continue pursuing their research unabated
s _Will
I thought the Nobel prize was originally created because Alfred Nobel didn't want his name to be forever associated with the fact that he'd invented dynamite?
see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize#Nobel.27
I can just imagine it now
"Is it a bird? Is it a Plane?"
"No, it's H. Pylori man and his incredible crippling stomach pain ray"
Hmm.
Surely if he wanted to be able to do that to people he'd be better off just selling those pie floater things my Aussie wife keeps trying to convince me are actually quite tasty?
"Dr Marshall proved that H. pylori caused gastic inflammation by deliberately infecting himself with the bacterium. The Nobel citation praises the doctors for their tenacity, and willingness to challenge prevailing dogmas."
:)
Only in Australia would scientists prove how a medical condition occurs by deliberately infecting themselves with it.
Nice one mates
The first thing that popped into my head when I read that question?
This quote:
(from the introduction to The Power of Nightmares)
They want us to be frightened little sheep who'll do whatever we're told without question (those in power, not the Slashdot editors, who listens to them anyway?
Isn't there some kind of Monopoly law that prevents these things?
Yes, unless you happen to be Microsoft.
Personally I don't want clippy to RIP.
I want it to suffer eternal torment in the fires of silicon hell, where daemons will flay it continally until the end of time.
"It looks like you're trying to inflict agonies beyond belief on me, would you like so.... aaargh, no, no, stop with the poker! Anything but the poker, pleeeaase!"
But that's just me.
OK then, let's go through them...
*AdBlock Plus
--Opera equivalent exists
*BugMeNot
Opera equivalent can be created
*CustomizeGoogle
Nope
*DictionarySearch
--Opera equivalent exists
*Farkit
Nope
*Gmail Notifier
I prefer the webmail to Opera's client
*Nuke Anything
-- I think you can do this with userjs, but it's a button on the toolbar, not just a right click away
*Plain Text Links
--Opera equivalent exists
*Switch Proxy Tool
Nope
*Greasemonkey
--Opera equivalent exists
Fair enough, most (but not all) of the functionality i've added extensions for can be (nearly) replicated in Opera, but the more general point I was trying to make with my particular list was that the extensibility of Firefox is much higher that that of Opera.
Spend some time going through the extensions at Extensions Mirror and tell me how many of them can be done in Opera.
Err.
You didn't notice that the link is to the torrents hosted on Opera's site?
Anyone who was on the verge of switching before now have virtually no reason not to
AdBlock Plus
BugMeNot
CustomizeGoogle
DictionarySearch
Farkit
Gmail Notifier
Nuke Anything
Plain Text Links
Switch Proxy Tool
Greasemonkey
I'm glad there's a version without the annoying advertising, but it wasn't that which was keeping me from using Opera.
I don't like being told I can't smoke pot or have sex with animals in my own home
There we have it folks - telemarketers f*ck animals.
Straight from the horses mouth, as it were.
Eww.
the best damn piece on slashdot and some moron marked it flamebait. I've modded it up as much as I can (a big +1 whoo!)
And then proceeded to cancel that moderation by posting in the story.
Let me guess, you must be new here?