Does anyone remember that SNL skit w/ Jim Carrie... he was doing some infomercial about some weightloss product and catch phrase was "ride the snake". I have a vauge recollection of Will Ferrel, the devil, and bleeding from the eyes. Anyways... this product reminds of that... bleeding from the eyes.
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I want to head off an possible confusion. This new information has absolutely no bearing on the development of carbon-nanotube teather to be used for a space elevator. That project is still completely and totally ridiculous psuedo-science deserving of our scorn and mockery. Please do not be confused.
I'm not sure why content producers should care. They're going to get paid as part of the YouTube buyout... see here for a news piece on the payout structure.
Good spelling and grammer skam240. And you get an extra 2 points for using '133t35t of the 133t'.
Now to your questions.
Who are you to tell anyone that they have nothing to contribute? Well, I've posted 1000 times. My/. # is 515826... which by-the-by is much lower than yours. In short I have more experience here. I have context and understanding of how the/. ecosystem behaves over an extended period of time.
Of course I don't have a thousand posts like you do so what do I know? This is a very good question... I unfortunately cannot answer it. I too am on a path of learning... so maybe when I have posted 2000 times I will be able to answer you.
One bit of advice for you./. is a huge joke. It's a joke on me (how pathetic is it really that I've posted here 1000 times... what a complete waste of time!). It's a huge joke on you. Have you read these posts... the articles... the dupes... the ideas and opinions. The good ones are awash in a sea of asinine ideas and half-baked opinions. You really shouldn't take this stuff seriously.
I can tell by your high/. # that you're relatively new here. Soon you'll realize that this isn't the Mecca for geeks and nerds... there is no library at Alexandria here... this is not Athens for Internet nerds. But... clearly by your response it's obvious you will not understand this simply by me telling you. So, young learner, continue in your ignorance and some day you will realize the truth.
Oh, and since you are relatively new here. Next time try one of these tried and true debate methods:
Correct my spelling and/or grammer
Call me an asshat or other silly name
Bring up Linux, GPL, or Microsoft... this could derail the debate entirely
Mark me as a 'foe'. This one really hurts and makes one become a bit more introspective about their behaviors and comments.
This is my 1000th post on/. After 1000 posts I've learned that language is quite possibly the most horrible invention known to man. It can be used for good... but mostly, as demonstrated here, it's a microscope into the human mind... the self-absorbed, illogical, ignorant, dumb, arrogant, fragile, and generally horrifying human mind. Read posts here long enough and you think... what a bunch of dumb asses. Yeah, there are a few smart ones or people with strong opinions and the intelect and facts to back those opinions up... but the vast majority of the public (here and elsewhere) can be safely classified as "the unwashed masses". Couple language with a communication tool like the Internet that allows these unwashed morons to meet likeminded idiots and spew their ill concieved and self-indulgent opinions upon the rest of the unwashed hordes and you have a recipe for... well whatever it's a recipe for it makes me ill.
So after 1000 posts I give you this bit of wisdom... shut up, it is statisically likely that you will save yourself from looking like a complete ass.
Until/. has electrolytes it's not safe for your consumption.
What computers are very good at, though, is scanning through text to deduct human opinions from factual information.
Nope. Computers are good at processing data that has been formatted in a way that they can interpret and running that data through algorithms to come up with some sort of result. They're also good at making grilled cheese sandwiches.
I'm sick of this stuff... given just about any change someone is going to object and be able to convince a few other people to object. How many people are objecting... state a ballpark figure if you can't get the exact #... but this "some" bullshit is stupid. If it's 10 people I could care less... and for this story if it's 200,000... well I still could care less.
These guys are almost as bad as "area man". They lurk around trying to foist the most asinine ideas on the rest of us. The only thing they're doing is combatting the general betterment of the human intellect.
I heard "some scientists" suggested we should build a giant space elevator (w/ a kick-ass carbon nanotube teather) and then send up a few guys to ask the sun to cool it for a little while.
I've been using Python in Pails for about 3 months now and absolutely love it. It's the only Web 2.0 compliant framework I use for dynamic database driven website creation. It's flexible too, unlike some other tools that ascribe to the one size fits all mentality (PHP we're looking at you). Pails let's you choose a thimble (small framework) for your small customer websites or a full blown pail for your enterprise sites. I'm looking forward to getting wrapped up in this new version of Python, but I can't get out of pails at this point. So if anyone knows... I'd be much obliged.
I thought Gentoo had gone the way of BSD... had followed it down that lonely path to oblivion after Daniel Robbins left for Microsoft. This is a crazy crazy world.
That's easy. Turn them hos out... I mean... find employment opportunities for them in the local community and take a small percentage of their income to cover healthcare, security, and client management.
Are you suggesting that a media that behaves in an unethical manner or develops it ethics to enable it to use the same practices employeed by Dunn is ok? Unethical, yes... but front page news? No. The media is making this a story because they're the "victims" and they're out to protect themselves... the media hype has nothing to do with ethics and everything to do with protecting the media from businesses who are sick and tired of them publishing corporate secrets using similar tactics. The media would have you believe they're high minded and must protect the public's right to know regardless of the rights of the shareholders of the business or the privacy of the boardmembers... but in fact they're out to protect their ability to report sensational stories which helps to sell advertisements in their newspapers, magazines and televsion broadcasts. That's bullshit. Dunn shoudl be dealt with... but this isn't front page news for all of the nation.
The real sadness in all this is that HP started off as an icon of geekdom, "The American Way", and many other pure and virtuous themes.
When was this exactly? This sounds like an idealized romanticized view of someone who doesn't actually know what they're talking about. Sure HP has made great products, but "icon of geekdom"... that sounds like either misplaced affection or overzealous fanboism to me.
Since then it has been Carley'ed and generally fucked over in many ways.
Again... since when? "Carley'ed". What's that mean? Carley's gone last I checked. HP's innovating, HP's selling products that work and that people and businesses want... "fucked up?" again you're overexagerating b/c you have some ridiculously romantic view of how things once were... and no idea of what is today.
At one stage, HP was "the best". They made the best calculators, best test equipment, best everything they touched. Their slide probably started with getting into the commodity PC industry (PCs and printers).
Really? TI seemed to have some kick-ass calculators... I don't know who hands out awards for "the best" calculators but I seem to remember TI was the standard for calculus+ classes at the University I attended. Best test equipment... maybe, but I thought HP was a computer company... so geeks are freaking out about test equipment. "Best everything they touched"... again with your hyperbole. You're exagerating... and I'm guessing it's because you don't know what you're talking about. "Commodity PCs and Printers"... HP invented the fucking laser jet printer. The laser jet, the desk jet... those fuckers sell like hotcakes. HP owns the market and they keep innovating. Waht are you smoking?
I think this entire line of thinking is unsubstantiated... it's that sort of reality that exists in/. where super nerds imagine that truth and their idealistic fiction are the same thing. Reality says that HP is a good company that makes good products and that their are great competitors our there who also make good products and you get to choose. Stop idealizing periods that never actually existed, stop glorifying a past you didn't experience in its fullness... accept today and understand it... but don't delude yourself.
What does this stupid "scandal" have to do with product quality... oh the answer is nothing idiot. You live in a fucking fantasy world. Jack ass. TI made some of the best calculators on the market. HP made great products has always made great products, still makes absolutely kick-ass products... you're just taking the/.-line from about 2002 and regurgitating it here like it's a valid and serious position.
I agree... who gives a fuck? So some stuipid journalists got their phone records pulled by a few private investigators. So what? Slap her on the wrist... kick her out as Chairman... why the fuck is this front page news. Losing millions of customer records is front page news. Massively faulty products is front page news. Jack assing a few reports around isn't... unless you're a reporter and you think the whole fucking world revolves around you (media people are some of the most arrogant bastards on this planet).
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Does anyone remember that SNL skit w/ Jim Carrie... he was doing some infomercial about some weightloss product and catch phrase was "ride the snake". I have a vauge recollection of Will Ferrel, the devil, and bleeding from the eyes. Anyways... this product reminds of that... bleeding from the eyes.
I want to head off an possible confusion. This new information has absolutely no bearing on the development of carbon-nanotube teather to be used for a space elevator. That project is still completely and totally ridiculous psuedo-science deserving of our scorn and mockery. Please do not be confused.
lynx sucks. I use links.
I'm sorry but I have trouble trusting an organization whose Chairman's name is Chicken Little.
I'm not sure why content producers should care. They're going to get paid as part of the YouTube buyout... see here for a news piece on the payout structure.
Oh my! You have descended into the depths of hell.
'The force is strong with this one' - Commander Spock, Star Trak II: The Wrath of Kahn
I would enjoy a nap... but I'm actually not grumpy at all. This place is nuts... and the idiocy is an endless source of amusement.
Good spelling and grammer skam240. And you get an extra 2 points for using '133t35t of the 133t'.
/. # is 515826... which by-the-by is much lower than yours. In short I have more experience here. I have context and understanding of how the /. ecosystem behaves over an extended period of time.
/. is a huge joke. It's a joke on me (how pathetic is it really that I've posted here 1000 times... what a complete waste of time!). It's a huge joke on you. Have you read these posts... the articles... the dupes... the ideas and opinions. The good ones are awash in a sea of asinine ideas and half-baked opinions. You really shouldn't take this stuff seriously.
Now to your questions.
Who are you to tell anyone that they have nothing to contribute?
Well, I've posted 1000 times. My
Of course I don't have a thousand posts like you do so what do I know?
This is a very good question... I unfortunately cannot answer it. I too am on a path of learning... so maybe when I have posted 2000 times I will be able to answer you.
One bit of advice for you.
I can tell by your high
Oh, and since you are relatively new here. Next time try one of these tried and true debate methods:
Cheers!
ingolke
This is my 1000th post on /. After 1000 posts I've learned that language is quite possibly the most horrible invention known to man. It can be used for good... but mostly, as demonstrated here, it's a microscope into the human mind... the self-absorbed, illogical, ignorant, dumb, arrogant, fragile, and generally horrifying human mind. Read posts here long enough and you think... what a bunch of dumb asses. Yeah, there are a few smart ones or people with strong opinions and the intelect and facts to back those opinions up... but the vast majority of the public (here and elsewhere) can be safely classified as "the unwashed masses". Couple language with a communication tool like the Internet that allows these unwashed morons to meet likeminded idiots and spew their ill concieved and self-indulgent opinions upon the rest of the unwashed hordes and you have a recipe for... well whatever it's a recipe for it makes me ill.
/. has electrolytes it's not safe for your consumption.
So after 1000 posts I give you this bit of wisdom... shut up, it is statisically likely that you will save yourself from looking like a complete ass.
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What computers are very good at, though, is scanning through text to deduct human opinions from factual information.
Nope. Computers are good at processing data that has been formatted in a way that they can interpret and running that data through algorithms to come up with some sort of result. They're also good at making grilled cheese sandwiches.
They speak to copyright here.
I'm sick of this stuff... given just about any change someone is going to object and be able to convince a few other people to object. How many people are objecting... state a ballpark figure if you can't get the exact #... but this "some" bullshit is stupid. If it's 10 people I could care less... and for this story if it's 200,000... well I still could care less.
It's funny how often my wacky ideas wind up being suggested by scientists shortly thereafter.
Funny? I think it's fucking crazy.
Headline: Jack ass psuedo scientists get ideas from area man. Fuck up the entire planet in the process.
These guys are almost as bad as "area man". They lurk around trying to foist the most asinine ideas on the rest of us. The only thing they're doing is combatting the general betterment of the human intellect.
I heard "some scientists" suggested we should build a giant space elevator (w/ a kick-ass carbon nanotube teather) and then send up a few guys to ask the sun to cool it for a little while.
Jack asses.
I've been using Python in Pails for about 3 months now and absolutely love it. It's the only Web 2.0 compliant framework I use for dynamic database driven website creation. It's flexible too, unlike some other tools that ascribe to the one size fits all mentality (PHP we're looking at you). Pails let's you choose a thimble (small framework) for your small customer websites or a full blown pail for your enterprise sites. I'm looking forward to getting wrapped up in this new version of Python, but I can't get out of pails at this point. So if anyone knows... I'd be much obliged.
I think we just need more elctrolytes in the atmosphere...
I thought Gentoo had gone the way of BSD... had followed it down that lonely path to oblivion after Daniel Robbins left for Microsoft. This is a crazy crazy world.
That's easy. Turn them hos out... I mean... find employment opportunities for them in the local community and take a small percentage of their income to cover healthcare, security, and client management.
Are you suggesting that a media that behaves in an unethical manner or develops it ethics to enable it to use the same practices employeed by Dunn is ok? Unethical, yes... but front page news? No. The media is making this a story because they're the "victims" and they're out to protect themselves... the media hype has nothing to do with ethics and everything to do with protecting the media from businesses who are sick and tired of them publishing corporate secrets using similar tactics. The media would have you believe they're high minded and must protect the public's right to know regardless of the rights of the shareholders of the business or the privacy of the boardmembers... but in fact they're out to protect their ability to report sensational stories which helps to sell advertisements in their newspapers, magazines and televsion broadcasts. That's bullshit. Dunn shoudl be dealt with... but this isn't front page news for all of the nation.
I'm going to try again:
/. where super nerds imagine that truth and their idealistic fiction are the same thing. Reality says that HP is a good company that makes good products and that their are great competitors our there who also make good products and you get to choose. Stop idealizing periods that never actually existed, stop glorifying a past you didn't experience in its fullness... accept today and understand it... but don't delude yourself.
The real sadness in all this is that HP started off as an icon of geekdom, "The American Way", and many other pure and virtuous themes.
When was this exactly? This sounds like an idealized romanticized view of someone who doesn't actually know what they're talking about. Sure HP has made great products, but "icon of geekdom"... that sounds like either misplaced affection or overzealous fanboism to me.
Since then it has been Carley'ed and generally fucked over in many ways.
Again... since when? "Carley'ed". What's that mean? Carley's gone last I checked. HP's innovating, HP's selling products that work and that people and businesses want... "fucked up?" again you're overexagerating b/c you have some ridiculously romantic view of how things once were... and no idea of what is today.
At one stage, HP was "the best". They made the best calculators, best test equipment, best everything they touched. Their slide probably started with getting into the commodity PC industry (PCs and printers).
Really? TI seemed to have some kick-ass calculators... I don't know who hands out awards for "the best" calculators but I seem to remember TI was the standard for calculus+ classes at the University I attended. Best test equipment... maybe, but I thought HP was a computer company... so geeks are freaking out about test equipment. "Best everything they touched"... again with your hyperbole. You're exagerating... and I'm guessing it's because you don't know what you're talking about. "Commodity PCs and Printers"... HP invented the fucking laser jet printer. The laser jet, the desk jet... those fuckers sell like hotcakes. HP owns the market and they keep innovating. Waht are you smoking?
I think this entire line of thinking is unsubstantiated... it's that sort of reality that exists in
Why do you think pawn shops are doing good business?
I was thinking prime locations, friendly staff and clean stores with outstanding merchandise... no?
What does this stupid "scandal" have to do with product quality... oh the answer is nothing idiot. You live in a fucking fantasy world. Jack ass. TI made some of the best calculators on the market. HP made great products has always made great products, still makes absolutely kick-ass products... you're just taking the /.-line from about 2002 and regurgitating it here like it's a valid and serious position.
I agree... who gives a fuck? So some stuipid journalists got their phone records pulled by a few private investigators. So what? Slap her on the wrist... kick her out as Chairman... why the fuck is this front page news. Losing millions of customer records is front page news. Massively faulty products is front page news. Jack assing a few reports around isn't... unless you're a reporter and you think the whole fucking world revolves around you (media people are some of the most arrogant bastards on this planet).