Wow, what a lot of pseudo-psychoanalytical claptrap for an off-hand joke ridiculing a stereotype. I'll respond in kind, though I know I shouldn't feed the trolls.
Interesting that you would classify him as a nerd. Is this an attempt to build up your self-importance...
No, unlike certain Anonymous Cowards who need to diagnose inferiority complexes in others to feel like a big man, I build up my sense of self-importance by doing voluntary work for Oxfam International and music therapy at a nearby psychiatric hospital (amateur psychiatrists don't impress me, I work side-by-side with the real thing). Posting what are obviously jokes on Slashdot is what I do to relax, being entirely inconsequential (and not in the least likely to get me laid).
...and somehow justify your personal hygiene choices?
Interesting that someone can fail to comprehend ridicule, a simple linguistic technique used in everyday communication, and yet still imagine they are capable of great psychological insight; sorry, you have to master the basics of human interaction first. Also interesting you can interpret a generalisation made for the sake of humour as a serious reflection of my personal hygene; perhaps my comment cut too close to the bone for you?
"He's rich and successful. If I classify him as a nerd, then it can make being a nerd a good thing, and maybe I'll get laid..."
Your words, not mine; not even paraphrased from what I wrote, just pulled out of thin air. Not projecting, are we?
Seems like for years, people have been saying that Jobs is not technical, and not an engineering genius...
Stamp collectors and train spotters are also considered nerds, yet are not necessarily technical or engineering geniuses. As far as I can see, the only consistency in the label "nerd" is an obsession with a particular subject not generally considered popular or fashionable.
...and does NOT have the typical traits of a nerd.
You seem to be relying on the very stereotype I was ridiculing; what startling accuracy in missing the point! However, looking at his past I would point out that Jobs is somewhat obsessed with technology and has the greatest involvement his particular set of talents allow, so it is possible he is a nerd, even without extensive technical knowledge. I don't know for sure; I've never met him, I don't know what he does in his spare time, and its way more research than I care to do for the sake of a joke.
You're having wishful thinking if you think he's "one of us" - meaning similar to you and your ilk.
I'm curious, if you aren't a nerd, why visit a site that bills itself as "news for nerds"? And considering I've spent the last 17 years earning a living as a musician and record producer, professionally speaking I'm not "one of us" either.
Frankly, the rather astounding assumptions you've made based on what I wrote (and what you imagine I implied) says a lot more about your psychology than mine; no wonder you remain anonymous.
You're missing the point: its not how he buys a washing machine thats interesting, its the mere fact that he's a nerd and actually wants a washing machine, and even knows what they're for.
Heh, I missed that transaction (does anyone have a score card?). Still, it just emphasises my point about their lack of ability to spot technical trends.
Fair call, I was only responding to the general lack of fair use provisions, not the implications of the license and how it affects users.
Yes, good point that the iTunes license does allow personal use copies, and that does indeed override the fair use provisions in the legislation as long as (a) the terms of the license terms don't change, and (b) a user can provide proof of purchase.
If the GPP is uncertain, the section in the license about itnot constituting a waiver of copyright refers to any copyright conditions not specifically referred to; in other words, the contract allows personal copies to be made because it says you can make personal copies, but anything else the copyright laws say you can't do is still illegal.
I think once it goes live here it probably won't take long for SonyBMG to get onboard.
Perhaps not: remember, Sony/BMG owns Napster. Australia is small enough a market to risk on an experiment in competition (though at this stage there's no sign they have that in mind, this is pure speculation).
Also, as someone who was signed to BMG Australia (thanks to the rooArt buy out) and still knows people who work there, I can confirm they are a bunch of brainless luddites totally lacking anything even resembling a clue.
The answer is although it's technically illegal, in practice nobody has ever been prosecuted in Australia for making personal copies. The reason is simple: if you're not standing on a street corner handing them out, who's going to know?
Actually, that's what confused me as to the usage.
You are alone in your confusion, judging by the other responses in this thread.
People don't look like penises to me,...
The problem is clearly a lack of understanding of the concept of metaphor.
To explain: if someone is called, for example, a "shit head", it is not because their cranium is physically composed of excrement, but rather because their thought processes are as aesthetically pleasing or as much general use as excrement - this is applying a name or descriptive term which is not literally applicable to an object, or what we call a metaphor. Similarly, calling someone a "tool" (or the synonym "dick") does not mean they actually are male genitalia, it is a metaphor meaning they engage in some kind of antisocial behaviour or foolishness. To say someone looks like a tool is a metaphor meaning they appear to be someone who engages in foolish or antisocial behaviour, and the latter could be said to be a reasonable description of a person who ignores their surroundings to concentrate on an electronic device. Rather than being a "fad", metaphors are a literary device often used by writers as a means of making descriptive passages more interesting; as such, the meanings are most often derived from context rather than conventional or agreed definitions, and so rely on the intellectual acuity of the reader for correct comprehension.
Consult your local English teacher for more information.
...and a person using an electronic device of any sort even less so.
Considering that an IPAQ is for most a luxury item, available only as a result of the capitalist system and expensive beyond the means of the majority of the proletariat, I can only conclude from this retort that the word "Marxist" in your name is being used in an ironic sense; it is certainly not literal or accurate, as others have noted. Perhaps a little leeway in language can be possible, don't you think?
Also, I must point out that if people don't look at all like tools, it is impossible for someone to look even less like a tool for any arbitrary reason; its like saying "Neither Jill or Sally are pregnant, but Sally is even less pregnant than Jill because Sally owns a bicycle". You can't claim an absolute value exists and then impose degrees on that absolute without invalidating your initial claim. Or are some more equal than others?
When was the last time YOUR penis used an IPAQ?
So you grasp absurdism and sarcasm but not metaphors? A curious void in literary skills...
"Is this Moorfields to muster in? or have we some strange Indian with the great tool come to court, the women so besiege us? Bless me, what a fry of fornication is at door!" - Shakespeare, Henry VIII act 5 scene 4.
A fad, eh? Caution and Google are prudent when labelling people idiots...
Brazil: "For those that are still wondering what Triple-X means, let's be specific, Mr. Chairman. They are talking about pornography. These are things that go very deep in our values in many of our countries."
As if nobody in Brazil has seen a pair of boobs before...
If you think Hotmail is awful, you haven't experienced these clowns: http://www.bluetie.com/. A paid-for account (thanks to my ISP's lack of ability to set up their own mail system) that has a 7MB attachment limit (Hotmails is 10MB), 50MB of storage (Hotmail is, what, 250MB?), plus a web portal that works on even fewer browsers than Hotmail (at least I can get into my Hotmail account with Safari, not so with bluetie), coloured an eye-searing green. The tech support must be better, you say? Not so: I had a rather interesting little episode where incoming messages would enter their mail system, bounce around up to twenty times, then just drop (sometimes it would issue a bounce report, but it was by no means consistent); it took nearly two months to fix the problem.
By comparison, I've had a free Hotmail account for...well, I don't recall exactly, but since 1999 at least, and I've never had any problems (except occasional browser incompatibilities). Hotmail may have some niggling annoyances, but it is by no means the worst webmail system, not by a long shot.
Cause it can't get any worse, it can only wrap around and become better.
That's like saying if Hitler was more psychotic, he would have wrapped around to be as compassionate as Mother Theresa.
Like art and science, the rule with bad programming is "your inability to imagine it doesn't make it impossible"; this is one area where Microsoft truly are innovators.
You have no idea how hard it is for an Australian to resist making a joke about dim lights in Wellington having nothing to do with the power grid...oh, whoops...
If nationality is your only concern, I'd suggest sending in Captain Kremmen of Star Corps instead. They'd both get the job done, but Kremmen's assistant Karla is way better looking* than Penfold. Unless, of course, you're into hamsters...
*For a cartoon character. Check out that physically improbable yet highly captivating walk cycle!
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John Cleese does look a bit like a lemur after all...
There's a bald lemur?
Its a rare post indeed that acknowledges rights entail responsibilities. Sir, I salute you.
Wow, what a lot of pseudo-psychoanalytical claptrap for an off-hand joke ridiculing a stereotype. I'll respond in kind, though I know I shouldn't feed the trolls.
...and somehow justify your personal hygiene choices?
...and does NOT have the typical traits of a nerd.
Interesting that you would classify him as a nerd. Is this an attempt to build up your self-importance...
No, unlike certain Anonymous Cowards who need to diagnose inferiority complexes in others to feel like a big man, I build up my sense of self-importance by doing voluntary work for Oxfam International and music therapy at a nearby psychiatric hospital (amateur psychiatrists don't impress me, I work side-by-side with the real thing). Posting what are obviously jokes on Slashdot is what I do to relax, being entirely inconsequential (and not in the least likely to get me laid).
Interesting that someone can fail to comprehend ridicule, a simple linguistic technique used in everyday communication, and yet still imagine they are capable of great psychological insight; sorry, you have to master the basics of human interaction first. Also interesting you can interpret a generalisation made for the sake of humour as a serious reflection of my personal hygene; perhaps my comment cut too close to the bone for you?
"He's rich and successful. If I classify him as a nerd, then it can make being a nerd a good thing, and maybe I'll get laid..."
Your words, not mine; not even paraphrased from what I wrote, just pulled out of thin air. Not projecting, are we?
Seems like for years, people have been saying that Jobs is not technical, and not an engineering genius...
Stamp collectors and train spotters are also considered nerds, yet are not necessarily technical or engineering geniuses. As far as I can see, the only consistency in the label "nerd" is an obsession with a particular subject not generally considered popular or fashionable.
You seem to be relying on the very stereotype I was ridiculing; what startling accuracy in missing the point! However, looking at his past I would point out that Jobs is somewhat obsessed with technology and has the greatest involvement his particular set of talents allow, so it is possible he is a nerd, even without extensive technical knowledge. I don't know for sure; I've never met him, I don't know what he does in his spare time, and its way more research than I care to do for the sake of a joke.
You're having wishful thinking if you think he's "one of us" - meaning similar to you and your ilk.
I'm curious, if you aren't a nerd, why visit a site that bills itself as "news for nerds"? And considering I've spent the last 17 years earning a living as a musician and record producer, professionally speaking I'm not "one of us" either.
Frankly, the rather astounding assumptions you've made based on what I wrote (and what you imagine I implied) says a lot more about your psychology than mine; no wonder you remain anonymous.
You're missing the point: its not how he buys a washing machine thats interesting, its the mere fact that he's a nerd and actually wants a washing machine, and even knows what they're for.
Heh, I missed that transaction (does anyone have a score card?). Still, it just emphasises my point about their lack of ability to spot technical trends.
What next...?
Pocket protectors become a high fasion item.
Pizza-stained white is the new black.
Everyone switches to Linux (OK, some things will never happen...)
Perhaps not the best name: http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcg i?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=9465067
...but now they're accompanied by women, who may or may not suck.
They probably didn't ask; the Telegraph is a family newspaper.
Fair call, I was only responding to the general lack of fair use provisions, not the implications of the license and how it affects users.
Yes, good point that the iTunes license does allow personal use copies, and that does indeed override the fair use provisions in the legislation as long as (a) the terms of the license terms don't change, and (b) a user can provide proof of purchase.
If the GPP is uncertain, the section in the license about itnot constituting a waiver of copyright refers to any copyright conditions not specifically referred to; in other words, the contract allows personal copies to be made because it says you can make personal copies, but anything else the copyright laws say you can't do is still illegal.
I think once it goes live here it probably won't take long for SonyBMG to get onboard.
Perhaps not: remember, Sony/BMG owns Napster. Australia is small enough a market to risk on an experiment in competition (though at this stage there's no sign they have that in mind, this is pure speculation).
Also, as someone who was signed to BMG Australia (thanks to the rooArt buy out) and still knows people who work there, I can confirm they are a bunch of brainless luddites totally lacking anything even resembling a clue.
So ... are you allowed to burn CDs or not???
The answer is although it's technically illegal, in practice nobody has ever been prosecuted in Australia for making personal copies. The reason is simple: if you're not standing on a street corner handing them out, who's going to know?
>The minimum speed was 1 meter/s = 3.6km/h = 2.2369 miles/h. I can walk faster than that
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Not straight up, you can't.
Actually, the pedestrian access for the space elevator was modelled years ago: http://images.webmagic.com/klov.com/screens/C/wCr
There's a common rule in rocketry that if your fuel costs are a major part of your operational costs, you're probably doing something right.
Or something is about to go drastically wrong...
Actually, that's what confused me as to the usage.
...and a person using an electronic device of any sort even less so.
You are alone in your confusion, judging by the other responses in this thread.
People don't look like penises to me,...
The problem is clearly a lack of understanding of the concept of metaphor.
To explain: if someone is called, for example, a "shit head", it is not because their cranium is physically composed of excrement, but rather because their thought processes are as aesthetically pleasing or as much general use as excrement - this is applying a name or descriptive term which is not literally applicable to an object, or what we call a metaphor. Similarly, calling someone a "tool" (or the synonym "dick") does not mean they actually are male genitalia, it is a metaphor meaning they engage in some kind of antisocial behaviour or foolishness. To say someone looks like a tool is a metaphor meaning they appear to be someone who engages in foolish or antisocial behaviour, and the latter could be said to be a reasonable description of a person who ignores their surroundings to concentrate on an electronic device. Rather than being a "fad", metaphors are a literary device often used by writers as a means of making descriptive passages more interesting; as such, the meanings are most often derived from context rather than conventional or agreed definitions, and so rely on the intellectual acuity of the reader for correct comprehension.
Consult your local English teacher for more information.
Considering that an IPAQ is for most a luxury item, available only as a result of the capitalist system and expensive beyond the means of the majority of the proletariat, I can only conclude from this retort that the word "Marxist" in your name is being used in an ironic sense; it is certainly not literal or accurate, as others have noted. Perhaps a little leeway in language can be possible, don't you think?
Also, I must point out that if people don't look at all like tools, it is impossible for someone to look even less like a tool for any arbitrary reason; its like saying "Neither Jill or Sally are pregnant, but Sally is even less pregnant than Jill because Sally owns a bicycle". You can't claim an absolute value exists and then impose degrees on that absolute without invalidating your initial claim. Or are some more equal than others?
When was the last time YOUR penis used an IPAQ?
So you grasp absurdism and sarcasm but not metaphors? A curious void in literary skills...
"Is this Moorfields to muster in? or have we some strange Indian with the great tool come to court, the women so besiege us? Bless me, what a fry of fornication is at door!" - Shakespeare, Henry VIII act 5 scene 4.
A fad, eh? Caution and Google are prudent when labelling people idiots...
Maybe this stuff was developed to contain those navy dolohins?
Brazil: "For those that are still wondering what Triple-X means, let's be specific, Mr. Chairman. They are talking about pornography. These are things that go very deep in our values in many of our countries."
As if nobody in Brazil has seen a pair of boobs before...
I bet you're glad you didn't say that about George Takei. Never call him tiny...
Admittedly it needs a plugin, but it does work quite well. If you're curious there's more info at http://sourceforge.net/projects/httpmail-plugin.
If you think Hotmail is awful, you haven't experienced these clowns: http://www.bluetie.com/. A paid-for account (thanks to my ISP's lack of ability to set up their own mail system) that has a 7MB attachment limit (Hotmails is 10MB), 50MB of storage (Hotmail is, what, 250MB?), plus a web portal that works on even fewer browsers than Hotmail (at least I can get into my Hotmail account with Safari, not so with bluetie), coloured an eye-searing green. The tech support must be better, you say? Not so: I had a rather interesting little episode where incoming messages would enter their mail system, bounce around up to twenty times, then just drop (sometimes it would issue a bounce report, but it was by no means consistent); it took nearly two months to fix the problem.
By comparison, I've had a free Hotmail account for...well, I don't recall exactly, but since 1999 at least, and I've never had any problems (except occasional browser incompatibilities). Hotmail may have some niggling annoyances, but it is by no means the worst webmail system, not by a long shot.
Ditto, except using Apple's Mail.app. instead of Outlook.
Cause it can't get any worse, it can only wrap around and become better.
That's like saying if Hitler was more psychotic, he would have wrapped around to be as compassionate as Mother Theresa.
Like art and science, the rule with bad programming is "your inability to imagine it doesn't make it impossible"; this is one area where Microsoft truly are innovators.
Black with green letters, like this: http://homestarrunner.com/sbemail1.html?
You have no idea how hard it is for an Australian to resist making a joke about dim lights in Wellington having nothing to do with the power grid...oh, whoops...
If nationality is your only concern, I'd suggest sending in Captain Kremmen of Star Corps instead. They'd both get the job done, but Kremmen's assistant Karla is way better looking* than Penfold. Unless, of course, you're into hamsters...
*For a cartoon character. Check out that physically improbable yet highly captivating walk cycle!