"Learn to speak some French, it's worth it for the ladies:)"
Anybody remember that episode of Married with Children where Bud got a bunch of attractive women to attend his party because he said Al and Jefferson were gay?
Sorry about the OT, your comment just reminded me of that episode.
"ISPs are just carriers and they shouldn't have even had to waste the Court's time to show that."
They had to rule that ISPs were just carriers. Don't forget how versatile the net is. It isn't the least bit surprising that they had to have discussions about it. They don't see it as 1s and 0's like we do.
"Shouldn't they first set up a permanant base on the moon before worrying about a mobile one? That plus a vehicle would provide good coverage until they can learn a little more about driving on the moon."
Shouldn't they first set up a mobile base on the moon before worrying about a permenant one? That plus a vehicle would provide good coverage until they can learn a little more about establishing a base on the moon.
"DDR was involved so naturally it makes headlines on/."
Remember when GTA3 was 'linked' to an isolated sniper shooting? No direct connection, but it was enough to get lawsuits filed against Sony and Rockstar. That's why it made it to Slashdot. Not because of the game, but because of the inevitable fallout from it. This isn't a reflection of Slashdot, it's a reflection of the tards like Liberman trying to gain political power.
"This was a human interest story that would be accessible to all of you because it incorporated a familiar nerd topic. It helped bring your attention to this unfortunately too common disease, as few other articles could have."
Calm down, man. The headline paints the wrong picture in people's minds. The info was corrected. By doing so, people demonstrated understanding of the common disease. You got what you wanted without even realizing it.
"Also in my opinion, the green goblin was a great choice, I absolutely loved that villain."
What? I saw a dude in an unbelievable costume, setting Spiderman up in totally dumb scenarios to catch him, who lauged way too much. What was there to like about him?
I'm dead serious. My opinion here of this guy is not like other opinions I've heard, so I *must* have missed something. Can somebody please clue me in to why this guy was more than a typical not-so-bright super villain?
"Yea, no kidding. I guess if I watched over an hour and half of footage about all the fantastical nonsense Bush and his administration are always spitting, I'd become inured to the unrealistic world of comic books too."
You do realize you're both right, right? Bush says invading Iraq was good, democrats say handing the gov't of Iraq to Iraq is bad. To us outsiders, all of you that are into politics live in a state of delusion.
"Having a PDA with reading material is nice in a lot of ways, actually. Since I first got a PDA, a bunch of years ago, I've started reading a lot. That is, when my reading material is always waiting in my pocket and conveniently brought out and quickly put away, I will read for a single page in times that otherwise I'd just have to stand there trying to achieve zen blankness of mind."
AvantGo is one of the most beneficial services I've ever recieved in a bathroom.
"The IE rendering engine is stupid, so the app still needs to be secured. Just a joke."
Ah.
Heh.
Stupid? Eh I dunno. One thing that is VERY nice about making web pages for IE is that it is very error tolerant. One thing I really despised about Netscape was that it wasn't too difficult to accidently mess up a tag in such a way that the page wouldn't scroll. Serious, it'd draw the page, but it wouldn't draw the scrollbar. GRR.
" Firefox is far more standards compliant than IE."
Firefox may be more WC3 compliant. No argument there. However, IE is the de-facto standard. Firefox is not standards compliant with IE, and frankly, that's what's keeping the IE shortcut on my taskbar despite having Opera and Firefox ready to go.
"s/ly used all over the place//"/i.
Sorry if I'm being dense, but I don't understand that comment.
"If you got a letter saying that Wal Mart was testing out their tracking of your postal mail and would give you $50 if you send a letter to each of five friends to that end, wouldn't you wonder for even a split second how and why Wal Mart wants to track your mail?"
Yep. Harldy relevent to this discussion, though.
A.) Considerably more work to mail those letters.
B.) Considerably more personal than sending emails. (knowing your email address doesn't mean knowing how to find you.)
In this situation, you're no longer at 'knee-jerk-do-it-just-for-fun'. It's more like saying 'yes' to an offer of a blowjob from an attractive woman before asking if she's a prostitute.
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50 GB.. Is more than 5 times the size of my hard drive....
Isn't that amazing?! (...how far behind the times you are that is)
"Another toy that I can't afford" ...today.
Yeah because we alllll know how accurate assumptions are. Heh.
"Learn to speak some French, it's worth it for the ladies :)"
Anybody remember that episode of Married with Children where Bud got a bunch of attractive women to attend his party because he said Al and Jefferson were gay?
Sorry about the OT, your comment just reminded me of that episode.
"ISPs are just carriers and they shouldn't have even had to waste the Court's time to show that."
They had to rule that ISPs were just carriers. Don't forget how versatile the net is. It isn't the least bit surprising that they had to have discussions about it. They don't see it as 1s and 0's like we do.
"Why are they scared of working towards a standardized future?"
Eolas?
"Why is this modded flamebait? Women, and also alot of men, really HAVE problems parking because it often involves driving in reverse."
Slashdot had an article last year about women's spatial acuity. That could affect their ability to drive.
I'm so glad this is Linux powered. I'm so sick of stale +5 funnies using the word 'blue'.
"Shouldn't they first set up a permanant base on the moon before worrying about a mobile one? That plus a vehicle would provide good coverage until they can learn a little more about driving on the moon."
Shouldn't they first set up a mobile base on the moon before worrying about a permenant one? That plus a vehicle would provide good coverage until they can learn a little more about establishing a base on the moon.
... but it does have cloaking capability.
"DDR was involved so naturally it makes headlines on /."
Remember when GTA3 was 'linked' to an isolated sniper shooting? No direct connection, but it was enough to get lawsuits filed against Sony and Rockstar. That's why it made it to Slashdot. Not because of the game, but because of the inevitable fallout from it. This isn't a reflection of Slashdot, it's a reflection of the tards like Liberman trying to gain political power.
"This was a human interest story that would be accessible to all of you because it incorporated a familiar nerd topic. It helped bring your attention to this unfortunately too common disease, as few other articles could have."
Calm down, man. The headline paints the wrong picture in people's minds. The info was corrected. By doing so, people demonstrated understanding of the common disease. You got what you wanted without even realizing it.
"Also in my opinion, the green goblin was a great choice, I absolutely loved that villain."
What? I saw a dude in an unbelievable costume, setting Spiderman up in totally dumb scenarios to catch him, who lauged way too much. What was there to like about him?
I'm dead serious. My opinion here of this guy is not like other opinions I've heard, so I *must* have missed something. Can somebody please clue me in to why this guy was more than a typical not-so-bright super villain?
"Spider-Man 2 hits theaters tomorrow, though some of us have seen it a bit early."
Yeah my download finished yesterday.
"Yea, no kidding. I guess if I watched over an hour and half of footage about all the fantastical nonsense Bush and his administration are always spitting, I'd become inured to the unrealistic world of comic books too."
You do realize you're both right, right? Bush says invading Iraq was good, democrats say handing the gov't of Iraq to Iraq is bad. To us outsiders, all of you that are into politics live in a state of delusion.
"Having a PDA with reading material is nice in a lot of ways, actually. Since I first got a PDA, a bunch of years ago, I've started reading a lot. That is, when my reading material is always waiting in my pocket and conveniently brought out and quickly put away, I will read for a single page in times that otherwise I'd just have to stand there trying to achieve zen blankness of mind."
AvantGo is one of the most beneficial services I've ever recieved in a bathroom.
"Apparently the cartoons you watched as a kid were a lot more interesting than the ones my parents let me watch."
Are you kidding? Babs had like a butt-high skirt!
"...as long as the person in the streaming video is cute, female, and scantily clad."
Well I suppose I could fire up a stream of Tiny Toon Adventures. `
"What concept needed to be proved?"
So who proved that streaming software is only successful if PriceTag > 0.000.
" Thoughts?"
Boobs.
"The IE rendering engine is stupid, so the app still needs to be secured. Just a joke."
Ah.
Heh.
Stupid? Eh I dunno. One thing that is VERY nice about making web pages for IE is that it is very error tolerant. One thing I really despised about Netscape was that it wasn't too difficult to accidently mess up a tag in such a way that the page wouldn't scroll. Serious, it'd draw the page, but it wouldn't draw the scrollbar. GRR.
"What is your definition of "properly"?"
It works? It's broken on other browsers?
" Firefox is far more standards compliant than IE."
Firefox may be more WC3 compliant. No argument there. However, IE is the de-facto standard. Firefox is not standards compliant with IE, and frankly, that's what's keeping the IE shortcut on my taskbar despite having Opera and Firefox ready to go.
"s/ly used all over the place//"/i.
Sorry if I'm being dense, but I don't understand that comment.
"If you got a letter saying that Wal Mart was testing out their tracking of your postal mail and would give you $50 if you send a letter to each of five friends to that end, wouldn't you wonder for even a split second how and why Wal Mart wants to track your mail?"
Yep. Harldy relevent to this discussion, though.
A.) Considerably more work to mail those letters.
B.) Considerably more personal than sending emails. (knowing your email address doesn't mean knowing how to find you.)
In this situation, you're no longer at 'knee-jerk-do-it-just-for-fun'. It's more like saying 'yes' to an offer of a blowjob from an attractive woman before asking if she's a prostitute.
"Er ... because the mod system is specifically designed to promote Slashdot groupthink?"
I dunno whether to laugh or let loose a defeated sigh.
"The one that asks the user if he wants to install it?"
That's it? So, Firefox is just as vulnerable as IE then, right? You do know that IE asks permission to install stuff, right?