Your scenario makes absolutely no sense at all. If he steals your gun, why would he then proceed to murder you with it (assuming he wasn't planning to murder you from the onset)? If he was going to murder you, he would've done so whether or not you were packing a gun. If you had a gun, at least you would have a better means to defend yourself with.
I like your honesty. If a person isn't prepared to put in the time to learn how to properly use a gun, they have no business carrying one. It's the lack of training which enables an assailant to grab your gun and use it against you.
In my country (Australia), concealed gun carry is not permitted. If it was, I would certainly be packing (concealed) heat. We all have a responsibility not only to defend ourselves, but also the people around us.
My father is disabled -- he can only walk with the aid of a walking stick, and pretty soon he'll have to rely on crutches or a wheel chair. He loves Wii Sports, because he can experience the fun of all those sports that he can't experience in real life. And my father has *never* played video games, or had any interest in video games whatsoever until now. Now, he can't stay away from the Wii.
The surprise smash hit of the Wii is not Twilight Princess, but in fact Wii Sports.
So calling someone on their BS constitutes "the worst of the Mac community"? Now that's absurd, and so is blaming Gruber for the whole debacle. Gruber politely pointed out the discrepancy in MacHeist's claims, and you say this makes Mac users look bad?
I think people like John Gruber and Gus Mueller deserve all the praise they can get for bringing to light issues such as this.
Oh, and MacHeist themselves are hardly developers.
Indeed, it's one of the oldest tricks in the book. In popular psychology they call it the "door in the face effect". Slam them full in the face, then step back a little and offer something more "reasonable", which they will usually accept.
Is it correct to call it DRM though? I thought Mac OS X simply doesn't support hardware other Apple Macs? Or do they also actively try to stop people from running it on generic Intel machines?
Bravo, and thank you for posting.
I really hope the abusive officers get punished, and at the very least fired. They do not deserve to work as law enforcement professionals.
You're joking right? What kind of goods can you get in Australia that are cheaper than the US?
I'm in Australia and I often buy stuff like electronics and games/computer gear from overseas because it's so much cheaper than here. We have to pay literally 30-100% more than what other countries pay.
You have got to be joking. The fantasticdamage portfolio has got to be one of the most amateurish and ugly collection of websites I've ever seen. Coding it may be, design it most certainly is not.
Unfortunately these kinds of mediocre webdesign companies are a dime-a-dozen, and what's worse is that people actually tolerate such bad design.
They're trying to protect their "trademark" because it's being misrepresented and misused and it could put Red Cross personnel in danger. Is that so hard to understand?
The only fucker here is you. If they'd tried to stop this years ago you would've called them fuckers and asses back then as well.
Blaming Microsoft because their system behaves as designed and identically to every other platform, is hypocritical, mindless, Microsoft bashing.
Windows behaves identically to every other platform? Complete bullshit, but as usual comments like yours get modded up for defending poor Microsoft against the evil "bashers".
Yes, the wicked bashers, they're everywhere, and they're out to get you!
Huh, truly 3D? AW:DS doesn't feature any kind of 3D graphics at all. In fact, the same game could have been implemented on the GBA. I don't think AW:DS truly utilitises the capabilities of the DS enough, but it's a brilliant game in any case.
I don't understand why you got modded flamebait. Most of what you said is true -- it's not PC and it doesn't fit the conventional wisdom, but it's true. I'd mod you Insightful.
I don't think any of the women I've known in IT could be classified as "geeks", so I'm not sure if female geeks would tend to be overweight or unattractive.
BTW if you're as fascinated by this topic as I am, I suggest you read up on "fast seduction" and PUAs (pick up artists) if you haven't already done so. A lot of interesting material there.
Just curious which browsers are the ones which behave badly with your simple Javascript? In my experience all the popular browsers such as Opera/Safari/IE/Mozilla handle basic Javascript very well...
Re:Mac users should be pissed to see IE go. Seriou
on
Microsoft Ends IE for Mac
·
· Score: 3, Insightful
You're kidding right? I'm glad to see IE5/Mac go, it had idiosyncracies that were completely different and far more maddening than IE/Win. The browser that always needed the most hacks and workarounds was always IE5/Mac.
As a Mac and Windows user and a webdesigner who creates standards-compliant cross-browser compatible websites, I'm glad to see the demise of IE5/Mac. It was great in its day in 2001, but since then it has been a great big thorn in the side of web developers.
But if you look at the GP post, the seller didn't ship it to him because the buyer couldn't provide a shipping address. That's why I'm scratching my head.
I'm really naive and don't know much about this buying and selling business, can somebody tell me why someone would bid for an auction, pay for the goods and then claim that the seller defrauded him? Is it some kind of smear campaign run by a rival competitor?
I agree, sound quality using SkypeOut for me has generally been somewhere between "passable" to "downright horrible with skipping and massive lag". It certainly isn't any better than mobile phone quality.
Just curious, what brand and what model hard drive did you buy? I prefer to stick with known brands like Seagate, but they seem to be quite slow in coming up with fast laptop drives...
Slashdot Mirror
Your scenario makes absolutely no sense at all. If he steals your gun, why would he then proceed to murder you with it (assuming he wasn't planning to murder you from the onset)? If he was going to murder you, he would've done so whether or not you were packing a gun. If you had a gun, at least you would have a better means to defend yourself with.
I like your honesty. If a person isn't prepared to put in the time to learn how to properly use a gun, they have no business carrying one. It's the lack of training which enables an assailant to grab your gun and use it against you.
In my country (Australia), concealed gun carry is not permitted. If it was, I would certainly be packing (concealed) heat. We all have a responsibility not only to defend ourselves, but also the people around us.
My father is disabled -- he can only walk with the aid of a walking stick, and pretty soon he'll have to rely on crutches or a wheel chair. He loves Wii Sports, because he can experience the fun of all those sports that he can't experience in real life. And my father has *never* played video games, or had any interest in video games whatsoever until now. Now, he can't stay away from the Wii. The surprise smash hit of the Wii is not Twilight Princess, but in fact Wii Sports.
So calling someone on their BS constitutes "the worst of the Mac community"? Now that's absurd, and so is blaming Gruber for the whole debacle. Gruber politely pointed out the discrepancy in MacHeist's claims, and you say this makes Mac users look bad?
I think people like John Gruber and Gus Mueller deserve all the praise they can get for bringing to light issues such as this.
Oh, and MacHeist themselves are hardly developers.
Or stun guns/Tasers for that matter. You're absolutely spot-on.
Indeed, it's one of the oldest tricks in the book. In popular psychology they call it the "door in the face effect". Slam them full in the face, then step back a little and offer something more "reasonable", which they will usually accept.
Is it correct to call it DRM though? I thought Mac OS X simply doesn't support hardware other Apple Macs? Or do they also actively try to stop people from running it on generic Intel machines?
He's American actually. Are you saying that having dark/olive skin doesn't make you an American?
Bravo, and thank you for posting. I really hope the abusive officers get punished, and at the very least fired. They do not deserve to work as law enforcement professionals.
You're joking right? What kind of goods can you get in Australia that are cheaper than the US? I'm in Australia and I often buy stuff like electronics and games/computer gear from overseas because it's so much cheaper than here. We have to pay literally 30-100% more than what other countries pay.
Screw the watch list, they'll just haul you straight off to prison and/or re-education camp.
You have got to be joking. The fantasticdamage portfolio has got to be one of the most amateurish and ugly collection of websites I've ever seen. Coding it may be, design it most certainly is not.
Unfortunately these kinds of mediocre webdesign companies are a dime-a-dozen, and what's worse is that people actually tolerate such bad design.
They're trying to protect their "trademark" because it's being misrepresented and misused and it could put Red Cross personnel in danger. Is that so hard to understand?
The only fucker here is you. If they'd tried to stop this years ago you would've called them fuckers and asses back then as well.
Bloody stupid AFCs! The online world mimics real life in strange ways. No wonder there's so many gold diggers...
Windows behaves identically to every other platform? Complete bullshit, but as usual comments like yours get modded up for defending poor Microsoft against the evil "bashers".
Yes, the wicked bashers, they're everywhere, and they're out to get you!
Huh, truly 3D? AW:DS doesn't feature any kind of 3D graphics at all. In fact, the same game could have been implemented on the GBA. I don't think AW:DS truly utilitises the capabilities of the DS enough, but it's a brilliant game in any case.
I don't understand why you got modded flamebait. Most of what you said is true -- it's not PC and it doesn't fit the conventional wisdom, but it's true. I'd mod you Insightful.
I don't think any of the women I've known in IT could be classified as "geeks", so I'm not sure if female geeks would tend to be overweight or unattractive.
BTW if you're as fascinated by this topic as I am, I suggest you read up on "fast seduction" and PUAs (pick up artists) if you haven't already done so. A lot of interesting material there.
Just curious which browsers are the ones which behave badly with your simple Javascript? In my experience all the popular browsers such as Opera/Safari/IE/Mozilla handle basic Javascript very well...
You're kidding right? I'm glad to see IE5/Mac go, it had idiosyncracies that were completely different and far more maddening than IE/Win. The browser that always needed the most hacks and workarounds was always IE5/Mac.
As a Mac and Windows user and a webdesigner who creates standards-compliant cross-browser compatible websites, I'm glad to see the demise of IE5/Mac. It was great in its day in 2001, but since then it has been a great big thorn in the side of web developers.
If I had mod points I'd mod you up!
But if you look at the GP post, the seller didn't ship it to him because the buyer couldn't provide a shipping address. That's why I'm scratching my head.
I'm really naive and don't know much about this buying and selling business, can somebody tell me why someone would bid for an auction, pay for the goods and then claim that the seller defrauded him? Is it some kind of smear campaign run by a rival competitor?
Jesus christ, this is the funniest thing I've read all week!
I agree, sound quality using SkypeOut for me has generally been somewhere between "passable" to "downright horrible with skipping and massive lag". It certainly isn't any better than mobile phone quality.
Just curious, what brand and what model hard drive did you buy? I prefer to stick with known brands like Seagate, but they seem to be quite slow in coming up with fast laptop drives...
What kind of fucking cowards mod these troll posts up?