Of the things I care about, they seem to have most of the stuff on Nuclear Blast, some from Century Media, but not so much from Spinefarm/Spikefarm (no Ensiferum, no Finntroll...)
Eh, could be worse; the price and encoding quality are pretty good, I'll probably be buying some stuff from them.
I always thought "conversations" were just threads - they've been around since Usenet, and I'm pretty sure even early versions of Outlook Express did that for email.
That's what I love about Wikipedia - often you don't even need to read most of the text, just the quality of writing tells you everything you need to know.
"a Mashup is used in order to make a certain source of information exponentially more useful", translation: "complete bullshit; a nearly nonsensical term made up by some 14 year-old with a hard-on for MySpace".
I sure hope these Mashups will be all Web 2.0, and lets not forget to crowdsource some folksonomies, too.
I hate overzealous political correctness, is all. I have no idea who this guy is, apart from reading TFA.
It's a thinly veiled attempt at humor
What does that even mean? Why on earth would he veil his attempts at humor, however thinly? I get it, you don't think it was the least bit humorous (I would still go with "levity" rather than "humor"), but getting your panties all in a knot over this? That's just insane.
it should definitely not be used when attempting an apology, then it does come off as a rather pathetic hidden insult
I can't see that at all, given the context. It seems a little like people are so used to dumping on the guy that they can't take a chagrined apology graciously. Which is kind of a shame.
And his rudeness in persisting to call those who were right "nerds" says a lot more.
I keep reading these comments in the thread - since when did "nerd" become and actual, serious insult? Did we have to trade it to the PC Police to get "black" back a couple of years ago, or something?
Lighten up. Personally I prefer "geek" (mostly because it's more accurate), but anyone who has strong feelings about the technical merits of "SCO vs The World" is, by definition, a nerd.
Does anyone else read " It is simply this: I got it wrong. The nerds got it right" like a high-school jock saying "damn nerd beat me again"?
Er, no. I read that as him bringing a bit of levity into his mea culpa and admitting that the geeks had a valid assessment of the situation (in other words, being a geek helped here, rather than hurt).
Their ridiculous markups are just plain inexcusable, especially if you are buying your textbooks there.
(Yes, I got sick of leaving $800 there for books for a few courses a long time ago. Ah to be young again and to take the "required" tag seriously...)
Also, for your language/foreign book needs Schoenhof's is right around the corner - one of the best bookstores in the freakin' country, and well worth patronizing.
So Harvard Coop is excluded from the list, and I doubt students will be rushing there in a hurry.
Most students are sent there by default - it's the "official" place to get your course books. Only the more conscientious professors will tell you to avoid it like the plague.
Aha, so he's just another "not-quite-as-bad-as-the-other-guy" - why didn't you say so in the first place? It's just that some people made it sound like they liked him on his own merits.
I'm assuming it's a temporary thing designed to limit the damage done to your history as a result of identity theft. I would assume that it would have to be in the unfrozen state for you to accomplish something that requires a credit check (eg apply for a mortgage).
he is opposed to regulation of the free market system, not because he is against the rights of the consumer
Ah yes, that's totally different. Unfortunately in that perfectly unregulated free market wet dream of his, the consumer will have absolutely no rights whatsoever. But, you know, as long as that's just a byproduct and not the intent, it's all good, right?
I really don't get this Ron Paul fascination. OK, so he's an "honest politician" for whatever that's worth, but for the most part his platform consists of regressive social policies and insane economic ones. What's the fucking appeal?
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So you are saying that nobody is being paid fairly? That seems hard to believe.
Does everyone really automatically feel that they should be paid more than their position/skill level/experience justifies?
Personally, I'd rather be paid what I'm worth.
Hmm...
Gogol Bordello? check
Therion? check
Dimmu Borgir? check
Korpiklaani? check
Orange Goblin? check
Anal Cunt? check
Of the things I care about, they seem to have most of the stuff on Nuclear Blast, some from Century Media, but not so much from Spinefarm/Spikefarm (no Ensiferum, no Finntroll...)
Eh, could be worse; the price and encoding quality are pretty good, I'll probably be buying some stuff from them.
And after that, Web.Net will collapse into a heap of vague redundancy.
Huh? Out of this whole soup of annoying misnomers, Ajax is just about the only thing that refers to a specific technology.
No, it will become the blagodysonsphere - hopefully that will mean we won't be able to see what goes on inside it.
I played him chess and made him cry, but he sure as hell beat my 1170.
Let me guess, the verbal section accounted for much of the discrepancy?
The IQ test shows your ability to figure things out.
The IQ test can help spot developmental problems in children - that's what it was designed to do, and that's the only thing it's good at.
I always thought "conversations" were just threads - they've been around since Usenet, and I'm pretty sure even early versions of Outlook Express did that for email.
"revolutionized the way many of us use email"
It's just a nice webmail system - webmail has been around for years before gmail. I use gmail, I like gmail, but what exactly did it revolutionize?
That's what I love about Wikipedia - often you don't even need to read most of the text, just the quality of writing tells you everything you need to know.
"a Mashup is used in order to make a certain source of information exponentially more useful", translation: "complete bullshit; a nearly nonsensical term made up by some 14 year-old with a hard-on for MySpace".
I sure hope these Mashups will be all Web 2.0, and lets not forget to crowdsource some folksonomies, too.
That's why it was a good analogy.
Why are you so in love with him?
I hate overzealous political correctness, is all. I have no idea who this guy is, apart from reading TFA.
It's a thinly veiled attempt at humor
What does that even mean? Why on earth would he veil his attempts at humor, however thinly? I get it, you don't think it was the least bit humorous (I would still go with "levity" rather than "humor"), but getting your panties all in a knot over this? That's just insane.
it should definitely not be used when attempting an apology, then it does come off as a rather pathetic hidden insult
I can't see that at all, given the context. It seems a little like people are so used to dumping on the guy that they can't take a chagrined apology graciously. Which is kind of a shame.
And his rudeness in persisting to call those who were right "nerds" says a lot more.
I keep reading these comments in the thread - since when did "nerd" become and actual, serious insult? Did we have to trade it to the PC Police to get "black" back a couple of years ago, or something?
Lighten up. Personally I prefer "geek" (mostly because it's more accurate), but anyone who has strong feelings about the technical merits of "SCO vs The World" is, by definition, a nerd.
Does anyone else read " It is simply this: I got it wrong. The nerds got it right" like a high-school jock saying "damn nerd beat me again"?
Er, no. I read that as him bringing a bit of levity into his mea culpa and admitting that the geeks had a valid assessment of the situation (in other words, being a geek helped here, rather than hurt).
What a precious, dainty flower you are, though.
6. the thought of serving flash-based advertisements on the internet.
Slight correction to their definition.
That's the very definition of "evil".
It's the same here, they just tell you that there's "required" reading (or attendance).
Nobody should ever shop a the COOP. Period.
Their ridiculous markups are just plain inexcusable, especially if you are buying your textbooks there.
(Yes, I got sick of leaving $800 there for books for a few courses a long time ago. Ah to be young again and to take the "required" tag seriously...)
Also, for your language/foreign book needs Schoenhof's is right around the corner - one of the best bookstores in the freakin' country, and well worth patronizing.
Can't wait for the "But, but, Second Life is social life!!!" nonsense to start.
So Harvard Coop is excluded from the list, and I doubt students will be rushing there in a hurry.
Most students are sent there by default - it's the "official" place to get your course books. Only the more conscientious professors will tell you to avoid it like the plague.
Aha, so he's just another "not-quite-as-bad-as-the-other-guy" - why didn't you say so in the first place? It's just that some people made it sound like they liked him on his own merits.
Uh, yeah, because people writhing around on the ground, screaming in pain are just so damn inconspicuous.
I'm assuming it's a temporary thing designed to limit the damage done to your history as a result of identity theft. I would assume that it would have to be in the unfrozen state for you to accomplish something that requires a credit check (eg apply for a mortgage).
he is opposed to regulation of the free market system, not because he is against the rights of the consumer
Ah yes, that's totally different. Unfortunately in that perfectly unregulated free market wet dream of his, the consumer will have absolutely no rights whatsoever. But, you know, as long as that's just a byproduct and not the intent, it's all good, right?
I really don't get this Ron Paul fascination. OK, so he's an "honest politician" for whatever that's worth, but for the most part his platform consists of regressive social policies and insane economic ones. What's the fucking appeal?