"There is a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart, that you can't take part; you can't even passively take part, and you've got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels, upon the levers, upon all the apparatus, and you've got to make it stop. And you've got to indicate to the people who run it, to the people who own it, that unless you're free, the machine will be prevented from working at all!"
The digital divide is not between the rich and poor, but between the interested and uninterested (or even the young and old). I regularly run into upper-class middle-aged people who don't own computers, don't know anything about them, and really have no interest in using them. Meanwhile, I know a janitor who is addicted to video games and has a high-end system that puts mine to shame. Computers are a big part of his life.
Also, in my experience, computers are not the biggest concern of poor people. There are plenty of other things they would do if they had money other than buy computers. When I was in debt, I was more concerned with paying my bills than upgrading my ancient computer. The myth of a sad, doe-eyed black girl saying "My mommy can't afford no computer" is not the digital divide. "Digital divide" is a term invented by middle and upper-class liberals who think they know what poor people need. It sure isn't Linux.
You're wrong. Only a minority of grammarians consider "than" a preposition.
Try this on for size (from the University of Oregon's grammar site):
Use the objective case after "than" if the pronoun doesn't compare or contrast with the subject, but is being compared or contrasted to an object or complement.
* He likes us better than them. (objective case)
This means that he likes us better than he likes them.
* He likes us better than they. (subjective case)
This means that he likes us better than they likes us.
Use the objective case after "than" if the comparison features a noun or pronoun with the adjective.
* There is no faster runner than her.
If the sentence included only the adjective FASTER, the pronoun would be subjective (There is no faster than she)."
Taco's usage falls under the first case, and should be "I".
It'd be swell if they used Linux, but only Windows and Mac are really feasible for something like this (and not even Mac so much because of price). Elderly Belgian women using a computer for the first time would receive one under this plan. They need something cheap and easy to use, that does their basic stuff. As much as I dislike Windows, an inexperienced person would be able to pick that up much faster than Linux, and has little need for Linux's power features.
Luckily for those of you who don't want free market share given to MS, socialist plans like this are doomed to failure anyway.
LOL. Slashdot is what is known as "yellow journalism". This site makes indymedia and NewsMax look unbiased.
Anyway, Drudge makes a pretty good news portal. He's got links to everything, and his site's way better than his rep. Plus, he's a little paranoid about everything, just like you seem to be. Peep it.
Tell your sister to clean her "mommy parts" before tonight. Last time I went down on her it was like shoving my face in a landfill. She needs a douche like Taco needs a spell checker.
Cornell's administration is so bloated that the entire university is locked in a hiring freeze because of poor fiscal management. Of course the school blames it on the economy, but what other school has had to take such drastic measures?
If you ask me, Cornell's just fishing for some dollars to keep the Big Red Tape alive.
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God forbid you have to see a couple posts you don't like. If it's so atrocious, it will get modded down to -1 anyway, and you won't have to wound your eyes with it.
Seriously, what kind of people are so sensitive that they get worked up over having to scroll past someone's posts? I think Katz is a bozo, but I don't cry when his stories pop up; I just don't read them. To me, avoiding Katz is not even worth setting the prefs to ignore him. Did mwmseeksbillgates run away with your wife or something? Why all this emotional trauma over possibly seeing something written by a person you don't like?
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I've gone from -1 back up to 0. Short-lived, though.
Those guys didn't do much in 2001 at all!! Seems to me like its just a bunch of random celebrity geeks. They should have interviewed Osama bin Laden or that Segway guy instead. At least they did something this year.
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Maybe Canada has its own laws, but customs? The only uniquely Canadian custom I'm aware of is the inferiority complex which causes them to embark on wild goose chases to "prove" their country's superiority to other countries, especially the United States.
Speaking of which, remember when Canadians went around quoting the UN's Human Development Index (which said Canada was the most "livable" country on Earth) ad nauseam? I'm wondering what those folks think of the latest edition of that useless bureaucratic index, seeing as how Canada has dropped to third place behind Norway and Australia.
You like making fun of American heroes who lost their testicles to life-threatening cancer? Why not poke fun at Katz instead? He never had balls to begin with.
There's a helicopter too? I can't believe all the no-future, just-for-kicks crap that gets major funding. Honestly, mankind will not benefit from this project in any substantial way.
Meanwhile, these companies and universities won't kick in one cent when I ask them to help me end decades of sexual frustation by buying me a whore. I have to live in perpetual agony, but god forbid Poindexter have to pay for his own damn paper plane. Unreal.
Hey nutslapper, not everyone's in your late timezone. I partied my ass off like 8 hours ago. The only nerd sitting around here and playing with his cocknballs is you!
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Region 2 is a geek euphemism for "the anus". For example:
"Yo, I heard your mama was taking it in Region 2 last night." or "I finally convinced my old lady last night! Region 2 is open for business."
A "Region 2 DVD" contains graphic depictions of anal sex and may not be suitable for children.
"There is a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart, that you can't take part; you can't even passively take part, and you've got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels, upon the levers, upon all the apparatus, and you've got to make it stop. And you've got to indicate to the people who run it, to the people who own it, that unless you're free, the machine will be prevented from working at all!"
That would be incredibly lame. That Wallace and Gromit penguin is the best thing to ever come out of England, and you've just ruined it. Congrats.
To put it another way, I would trust Katz' taste in porn movies. :)
I'd be careful about saying that. The FBI is probably already on the way to your house.
The digital divide is not between the rich and poor, but between the interested and uninterested (or even the young and old). I regularly run into upper-class middle-aged people who don't own computers, don't know anything about them, and really have no interest in using them. Meanwhile, I know a janitor who is addicted to video games and has a high-end system that puts mine to shame. Computers are a big part of his life.
Also, in my experience, computers are not the biggest concern of poor people. There are plenty of other things they would do if they had money other than buy computers. When I was in debt, I was more concerned with paying my bills than upgrading my ancient computer. The myth of a sad, doe-eyed black girl saying "My mommy can't afford no computer" is not the digital divide. "Digital divide" is a term invented by middle and upper-class liberals who think they know what poor people need. It sure isn't Linux.
You're wrong. Only a minority of grammarians consider "than" a preposition.
Try this on for size (from the University of Oregon's grammar site):
Use the objective case after "than" if the pronoun doesn't compare or contrast with the subject, but is being compared or contrasted to an object or complement.
* He likes us better than them. (objective case)
This means that he likes us better than he likes them.
* He likes us better than they. (subjective case)
This means that he likes us better than they likes us.
Use the objective case after "than" if the comparison features a noun or pronoun with the adjective.
* There is no faster runner than her.
If the sentence included only the adjective FASTER, the pronoun would be subjective (There is no faster than she)."
Taco's usage falls under the first case, and should be "I".
I guess we have to take Slashdot's word on this. Most of us can't speak Dutch, so that story's link is about as useful as this one.
It'd be swell if they used Linux, but only Windows and Mac are really feasible for something like this (and not even Mac so much because of price). Elderly Belgian women using a computer for the first time would receive one under this plan. They need something cheap and easy to use, that does their basic stuff. As much as I dislike Windows, an inexperienced person would be able to pick that up much faster than Linux, and has little need for Linux's power features.
Luckily for those of you who don't want free market share given to MS, socialist plans like this are doomed to failure anyway.
LOL. Slashdot is what is known as "yellow journalism". This site makes indymedia and NewsMax look unbiased.
Anyway, Drudge makes a pretty good news portal. He's got links to everything, and his site's way better than his rep. Plus, he's a little paranoid about everything, just like you seem to be. Peep it.
Yeah, and if they're gonna go that route anyway, they should at least show some nipple or bush.
Tell your sister to clean her "mommy parts" before tonight. Last time I went down on her it was like shoving my face in a landfill. She needs a douche like Taco needs a spell checker.
My mother is a fish.
Your mother just smells like one.
Maybe he can get his friend in Afghanistan to help him out.
Please clear the spider egg sacks and the pus out of that hairy cunt.
Last time I fucked you, afterbirth and maggots fell out on my dick.
I think I see some termites munching on a petrified fetus skull in there.
-> Yo slut, it's time for a DEEP DOUCHE. <-
Yeah you should really pour some Drano down in there. Get that thick crust off the sides.
It's bad to keep tampons in that long. Four months -- that's too much.
Get in there and DOUCHE that vulva, honey.
This is being posted at 0. If you look at my other post right above yours, you'll see that it was posted at -1. Proof enough for you?
Cornell's administration is so bloated that the entire university is locked in a hiring freeze because of poor fiscal management. Of course the school blames it on the economy, but what other school has had to take such drastic measures?
If you ask me, Cornell's just fishing for some dollars to keep the Big Red Tape alive.
God forbid you have to see a couple posts you don't like. If it's so atrocious, it will get modded down to -1 anyway, and you won't have to wound your eyes with it.
Seriously, what kind of people are so sensitive that they get worked up over having to scroll past someone's posts? I think Katz is a bozo, but I don't cry when his stories pop up; I just don't read them. To me, avoiding Katz is not even worth setting the prefs to ignore him. Did mwmseeksbillgates run away with your wife or something? Why all this emotional trauma over possibly seeing something written by a person you don't like?
I've gone from -1 back up to 0. Short-lived, though.
Would Slashdot run a story if I dug out my old Lisa and set it up as a goatse.cx mirror?
Heh heh. :)
Those guys didn't do much in 2001 at all!! Seems to me like its just a bunch of random celebrity geeks. They should have interviewed Osama bin Laden or that Segway guy instead. At least they did something this year.
Maybe Canada has its own laws, but customs? The only uniquely Canadian custom I'm aware of is the inferiority complex which causes them to embark on wild goose chases to "prove" their country's superiority to other countries, especially the United States.
Speaking of which, remember when Canadians went around quoting the UN's Human Development Index (which said Canada was the most "livable" country on Earth) ad nauseam? I'm wondering what those folks think of the latest edition of that useless bureaucratic index, seeing as how Canada has dropped to third place behind Norway and Australia.
You like making fun of American heroes who lost their testicles to life-threatening cancer? Why not poke fun at Katz instead? He never had balls to begin with.
There's a helicopter too? I can't believe all the no-future, just-for-kicks crap that gets major funding. Honestly, mankind will not benefit from this project in any substantial way.
Meanwhile, these companies and universities won't kick in one cent when I ask them to help me end decades of sexual frustation by buying me a whore. I have to live in perpetual agony, but god forbid Poindexter have to pay for his own damn paper plane. Unreal.
Hey nutslapper, not everyone's in your late timezone. I partied my ass off like 8 hours ago. The only nerd sitting around here and playing with his cocknballs is you!