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People like that put the mods in a tough position: On the one hand, you want to mod up insightful comments, but you don't want to reward spammy free Ipod links.
I've got an idea: Anytime you see an informative and/or insightful post whose contents you would like to see modded up, but which has a spam-o-licious free [product] link in the sig, just copy the informative content into a new Anonymous Coward post, which the mods can then moderate higher, while the spammy parent can be modded down into obvlion.
And did you catch the family resemblance among Relm (Game Boy Advance), Strago (Game Boy), and Shadow (Virtual Boy)? Very clever, I'll give them that:)
Don't worry, she doesn't mean it. She's just playing the Republican game of pandering to what people think they want to hear in order to position herself for a presidential bid. After that, she can just drop the whole thing and focus on more important issues. Glad to see the Democrats are finally wising up to what politics is about nowdays.
Interesting - the whole "copy and remove space" idea is something you see all over the place as an anti-harvesting technique for email addresses (like slashdot employs). Now spammers themselves are using anti-spam measures from within their spam to combat spam filters....
I was walking down the street today and I happened across a shop downtown. The sign above the door read "XjfdiIXo-8", of all things! I, of course, didn't bother taking a look or poking my head inside to see what exactly it was all about. So, which of you 100,000 strangers can tell me what it was?
Uh, no. Ratings are based on Nielsen surveys, so it makes little difference whether you torrent the show, newsgroup it, or whatever. As long as any Nielsen household that does this still tells them that they watched the show, nobody would know.
You forgot the most "important" recent development: In 2000, Hasbro sold the Atari name to French development studio Infogrames, who then proceeded to call themselves "Atari", in a somewhat blatant attempt to appropriate the company's image and appeal to the "old school" crowd.
The Atari people speak of today is simply not the same company you're thinking of -- that company is dead, and some see it as a travesty that its corpse has been exhumed and made the puppet of a new startup desperate to garner some street cred with the geek crowd. (wait...is that an oxymoron?)
But, judge for yourself, of course. Here's a timeline
Every election I've ever voted in allows you to skip the races you don't want to vote in on the ballot. If you don't want to choose any candidate, don't mark one down.
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From my understanding, the electoral college is made up of electors from the Democratic and Republican parties, and the winner of a state gets to send its electors to vote.
How does this work with non-duopoly candidates? Do the Libertarian/Green/etc parties have their own set of electors too? What about "non-aligned" candidates like Nader, who claim no party affiliation at all? How would it work if by the grace of god one of them captures a state?
You're straw-manning the issue. My point was that they're not necessarily ignorant yokels at all, and that encouraging someone to vote in this manner doesn't mean they're being "swayed by cartoon characters and gangstas". It's a matter of getting people to overcome their disillusionment, whether the impetus comes from a political candidate, a friend, or Mario, who cares? It might just get some people to get involved, and they might be more intelligent than you give them credit for.
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No. Next question!
And, hopefully, the last.
I've got an idea: Anytime you see an informative and/or insightful post whose contents you would like to see modded up, but which has a spam-o-licious free [product] link in the sig, just copy the informative content into a new Anonymous Coward post, which the mods can then moderate higher, while the spammy parent can be modded down into obvlion.
I'm sure, eventually, they'd learn ;)
And did you catch the family resemblance among Relm (Game Boy Advance), Strago (Game Boy), and Shadow (Virtual Boy)? Very clever, I'll give them that :)
Don't worry, she doesn't mean it. She's just playing the Republican game of pandering to what people think they want to hear in order to position herself for a presidential bid. After that, she can just drop the whole thing and focus on more important issues. Glad to see the Democrats are finally wising up to what politics is about nowdays.
That's "Colonel Mustard", you insensitive clod!
Every edition of Windows I've ever tried has been a pretty reliable cluster-f*ck, where's the news here ;)
ow. My brain is starting to hurt.
Oh, how times have changed... :)
You forgot:
... meta-meta-commentary ... ?
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4) self-aggrandizing karma whores submit meta-commentary on the discussion itself, providing little of substance to the debate at hand.
Wait, would that make my post:
5)
Why do I feel like the Tortoise/Achilles all of the sudden
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Interesting: Try doing a search for "Pinot Noir".
Uh, no. Ratings are based on Nielsen surveys, so it makes little difference whether you torrent the show, newsgroup it, or whatever. As long as any Nielsen household that does this still tells them that they watched the show, nobody would know.
The Atari people speak of today is simply not the same company you're thinking of -- that company is dead, and some see it as a travesty that its corpse has been exhumed and made the puppet of a new startup desperate to garner some street cred with the geek crowd. (wait...is that an oxymoron?)
But, judge for yourself, of course. Here's a timeline
Which is, come to think of it, pretty much what they did. ;)
After all, what are patents for if not to stifle competition for a product you're never even planning to make!
Oh, wait...
...spurious - I do not think it means what you think it means...
Hey! The University of Hamburg is quite a prestigious university, you insensitive clod!
Let me get this straight...
You're saying the iPod is a bad choice for a visually impaired person, because you have a hard time using it while *driving*?
Just wondering...
Nevermind, I misread. Patents filed before June 8, 1995 go by their issue date, which in this case was March 29, 1988.
In other words, the suits are quite timely given that the the patent expires on March 29, 2005.
In other words, based on the earliest filing date of the patent (April 6, 1987), this patent expired on April 6, 2004. Oops?
Every election I've ever voted in allows you to skip the races you don't want to vote in on the ballot. If you don't want to choose any candidate, don't mark one down.
To log in, please turn and hold the ignition key, press radio preset #4, and pull the trunk lever, simultaneously.
(Why?)
This key combination is recognized only by Microsoft Windows Automotive. To ensure the security of your Automotive Password, Windows requires this key combination to be used before logging in.
From my understanding, the electoral college is made up of electors from the Democratic and Republican parties, and the winner of a state gets to send its electors to vote.
How does this work with non-duopoly candidates? Do the Libertarian/Green/etc parties have their own set of electors too? What about "non-aligned" candidates like Nader, who claim no party affiliation at all? How would it work if by the grace of god one of them captures a state?
You're straw-manning the issue. My point was that they're not necessarily ignorant yokels at all, and that encouraging someone to vote in this manner doesn't mean they're being "swayed by cartoon characters and gangstas". It's a matter of getting people to overcome their disillusionment, whether the impetus comes from a political candidate, a friend, or Mario, who cares? It might just get some people to get involved, and they might be more intelligent than you give them credit for.