There's an old saying in Tennessee -- I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee -- that says, fool me once, shame on -- [pauses] - shame on you. Fool me -- You can't get fooled again.
And if I wanted to know more about classic passive-agressive tactics, I would go right to the expert: A guy posting anonymously on an Internet message board.
Of course, at the time everyone called it unnecessary because it was coming from Apple.
It was also proprietary, only manufactured by Apple, incompatible with existing DVI connectors and required that you spend $150 on an Apple-branded adapter which was only available from Apple to use it if you hadn't already purchased on of the few Apple computers which used Apple's new port.
This wasn't a case of Apple introducing something brilliant which was ignored by the bigoted masses becase it came from Apple, it was a case of Apple pushing a vastly overpriced product onto the market and finding that it was unable to compete with the existing free and cheaply licensed alternatives.
So at the time it was called unnecessary because it actually was unnecessary. Everyone called it overpriced because it was coming from Apple.
And I guess your point is... I should not have expressed that opinion?
No, I think that your point was that we should not have expressed an opinion which differed from yours, even though none of us knew the whole story at that time. My point was that you were full of crap for saying that.
"I think this is a good moment for all of us to reflect on how rallying around this lying criminal stained our profession"
Yes, that's what you said. Look a few centimetres up if you don't remember saying it.
Innocent until proven guilty doesn't mean, don't have a discussion.
Which is why there is a different description for what you said, which is that having a discussion about the possibility that he might not be a lying criminal has somehow "stained our profession".
I can't believe I'm explaining this.
Then maybe you should try listening to what you're saying. You might learn something useful. If you look waaay up at the top of the page you'll even find links to articles that have a few things to say about this "lying criminal" and the fine organization he worked for, as told by the very people who found him guilty earlier this week.
Is that all nonsense too, which anybody including the jurors who know more about this trial than anyone else here, should have been able to see through immediately? Or is it possible that you were just looking for an excuse to believe that Terry Childs was a lying criminal instead of being objective?
Sorry but recording all MAC addresses? Google's "Do no evil" just went out the door. There is no reason for Google to record the MAC addresses of devices.
but it still bears some stigmata in Xen community.
Do you mean that your virtualization hosts are bleeding for no explained reason, or are you trying to say that RedHat carries a social stigma because of their acquisition of Qumranet and support for their KVM platform?
Besides, I really, really doubt the mayor signed off on any policy requiring him to take direct action in low level network administration.
You're right. The Mayor doesn't make that kind of policy. Those kinds of decisions would have to be made by the department head responsible for network administration.
City records show that at that time the head of that one-person department was a Mr. T. Childs. I wonder if there is any relation...
There are two games. One you know nothing about other then its being developed by the same studio that produced 2 other titles you loved. The other one, you played the demo, and weren't impressed.
Okay, let's rephrase the question. There are two games. For one, the publisher was confident enough in the quality of their game that they released a free demo but you didn't like it that much.
For the other, the publishers didn't even want to risk you knowing even that much about it.
Which one do you think is more likely to be a steaming pile of crap?
you can expect the price to be tailored to your individual institution, or in other words, likely several hundred dollars at least, probably in the thousands.
I think you missed "Per student" and "annually" at the end of that.
Blackboard doesn't sell to teachers or even individual schools, they target entire districts and school boards, aiming high enough up in the organization to be sure that nobody they meet will ever have to use their product, or have any idea of what Moodle is.
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I'm going to assume that really do you have no idea of what you're talking about, instead of just trolling for an argument.
See how easy that is?
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Do you really want to continue (y/n)?
Congratulations. In one sentence you have just removed all trace of malice from human endeavors.
I appear to have misunderestimated you.
And if I wanted to know more about classic passive-agressive tactics, I would go right to the expert: A guy posting anonymously on an Internet message board.
Oh, right. It's the sound of Jamie Oliver's forehead hitting the nearest wall, over and over again.
It was also proprietary, only manufactured by Apple, incompatible with existing DVI connectors and required that you spend $150 on an Apple-branded adapter which was only available from Apple to use it if you hadn't already purchased on of the few Apple computers which used Apple's new port.
This wasn't a case of Apple introducing something brilliant which was ignored by the bigoted masses becase it came from Apple, it was a case of Apple pushing a vastly overpriced product onto the market and finding that it was unable to compete with the existing free and cheaply licensed alternatives.
So at the time it was called unnecessary because it actually was unnecessary. Everyone called it overpriced because it was coming from Apple.
You keepa using that word. I donna think it means what you think it means.
If you don't want to upgrade every six months then don't do it.
Just let me know if you have any other really tough problems that you need my help with.
No, I think that your point was that we should not have expressed an opinion which differed from yours, even though none of us knew the whole story at that time. My point was that you were full of crap for saying that.
Yes, that's what you said. Look a few centimetres up if you don't remember saying it.
Which is why there is a different description for what you said, which is that having a discussion about the possibility that he might not be a lying criminal has somehow "stained our profession".
Then maybe you should try listening to what you're saying. You might learn something useful. If you look waaay up at the top of the page you'll even find links to articles that have a few things to say about this "lying criminal" and the fine organization he worked for, as told by the very people who found him guilty earlier this week.
Is that all nonsense too, which anybody including the jurors who know more about this trial than anyone else here, should have been able to see through immediately? Or is it possible that you were just looking for an excuse to believe that Terry Childs was a lying criminal instead of being objective?
You're absolutely right. This nonsense of presuming someone to be innocent until they are proven guilty in a court of law has got to stop.
Perhaps the phrase you're looking for is "fair and balanced", not "objective".
You never wondered about the rainbow colours in their logo?
What a horrible, backwards world you must live in.
Do they take away your health care when you get sick too? And does your car insurance stop if you have an accident?
"Stephen Hawking rents 'Avatar', Panic Ensues"
Wow, that is evil. You know what would be even more evil? If that had been going on for years and if every Apple fanboy had been part of it.
That sure would be terrible. It's a good thing that this is a completely new development that nobody had ever thought of doing until now.
Do you even realize that you're describing yourself?
As Barbie says, "Math is hard, let's go shopping!"
Do you mean that your virtualization hosts are bleeding for no explained reason, or are you trying to say that RedHat carries a social stigma because of their acquisition of Qumranet and support for their KVM platform?
Or how about "Valve: Bringing a game to Linux"?
No, it sounds to me like you're still out $10.
You're right. The Mayor doesn't make that kind of policy. Those kinds of decisions would have to be made by the department head responsible for network administration.
City records show that at that time the head of that one-person department was a Mr. T. Childs. I wonder if there is any relation...
A volcano, in ICELAND? Tell me another one. Everybody knows that volcanoes are only in warm places like Hawaii.
Okay, let's rephrase the question. There are two games. For one, the publisher was confident enough in the quality of their game that they released a free demo but you didn't like it that much.
For the other, the publishers didn't even want to risk you knowing even that much about it.
Which one do you think is more likely to be a steaming pile of crap?
We also know Derick Smart. And Bobby Kotick. And even Uwe Boll. The horrifyingly large filth-encrusted axe swings both ways.
I think you missed "Per student" and "annually" at the end of that.
The typical customer licensing the works will pay $160,000 - per year. Even small victims are being bled for upwards of $50,000 every year just for the joy of being permitted to use Blackboard.
Blackboard doesn't sell to teachers or even individual schools, they target entire districts and school boards, aiming high enough up in the organization to be sure that nobody they meet will ever have to use their product, or have any idea of what Moodle is.