Terr'st1: "Are you ready to hit the school and strike a blow against the evil US?"
Terr'st2: "Yes! We must stand up against the Great Satan!"
Terr'st1: "Good! Grab the map."
Terr'st2: "It's... it's blurred! This cannot be!"
Terr'st1: "Curses! We are foiled."
Terr'st2: "You outsmarted us this time Great Satan! But we will be back."
Ah yes... the venerable Amiga TRS-80. As much as I appreciate the requisite throwaway jokes in summaries, you really couldn't think of any Commodore Amiga product? Even a C64 jab would have been better.
It is an opportunity to stand out. How he approaches that opportunity is up to him. Just because you would do so poorly is no reason to believe that he would.
90% of the applicants are going to call to verify that HR got their app. How many are to call to clarify that they are not in fact the pedophile of the same name. If nothing else you know they'll look at your resume after that!
Considering they are currently "in alpha testing, with a limited number of invited users," it's not exactly dire. Especially since they further add that, "Right now, during this stage in the alpha, Internet Explorer simply does not work," and taht "We do plan on supporting Internet Explorer 7 sometime in the future."
Just because an early alpha test of the system doesn't support IE doesn't mean it's never going to. Is it really that surprising that a Linux project in the alpha stage would give preference to FF and Opera over IE?
This is not the NSA spying on everyone, this is the NSA being ABLE to spy on everyone. They could have spied on me, yes, but as he pointed out in the article, they didn't spy on EVERYONE.
I don't know about that. I've always suspected that New Hampshire is simply a front for the NSA's spying operations on the rest of the US.
"I was in the 'Dot, man! You don't know what it was like! You weren't there!"
"I had it again Doc. That dream. It started with Natalie Portman and a plate of hot grits. Then were in Russia and our base belonged to someone else. And then... And then..."
"Goatse Caverns?"
"Yeah. My screams woke my wife again."
If I said POTUS (or typed it in an email) to any of my lifelong-civilian friends most of them wouldn't have any clue what I was talking about.
I don't doubt that at all, however, he was posting to slashdot and the term POTUS, as well as SCOTUS, has been thrown around these parts for years. Slashdot is not really a gathering for average Americans. It does tend to attract geeks, nerds, and others with a multitude of esoteric knowledge. So while it wouldn't have been appropriate in the Christmas card to Aunt Bertha, it makes total sense here.
This is slashdot. It is not an audience of average laymen, and POTUS, along with SCOTUS, has been used regularly in posts for years. Blame Tom Clancy as much as anyone, but it is quite appropriate for the dot.
Out of curiosity, was it via landline or cell phone? I know a lot of households are dropping landlines, so I wonder how much that can skew such a survey.
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Ah crap, it's a satellite.
Terr'st1: "Are you ready to hit the school and strike a blow against the evil US?"
Terr'st2: "Yes! We must stand up against the Great Satan!"
Terr'st1: "Good! Grab the map."
Terr'st2: "It's... it's blurred! This cannot be!"
Terr'st1: "Curses! We are foiled."
Terr'st2: "You outsmarted us this time Great Satan! But we will be back."
Ah yes... the venerable Amiga TRS-80. As much as I appreciate the requisite throwaway jokes in summaries, you really couldn't think of any Commodore Amiga product? Even a C64 jab would have been better.
Turns out that AT&T only identifies "Infernal Waters" in it's contracts because their bills are so hellish.
You like Vista, but dislike XP?
If I was the target audience for Vista I'd stay anonymous, too.
It is an opportunity to stand out. How he approaches that opportunity is up to him. Just because you would do so poorly is no reason to believe that he would.
90% of the applicants are going to call to verify that HR got their app. How many are to call to clarify that they are not in fact the pedophile of the same name. If nothing else you know they'll look at your resume after that!
So why does a beer company need Hacker Kommandos? Is it because they're Beglium now?
But would cow and rabbit be the most likely candidates for human hybridization? Wouldn't chimp make a lot more sense?
Considering they are currently "in alpha testing, with a limited number of invited users," it's not exactly dire. Especially since they further add that, "Right now, during this stage in the alpha, Internet Explorer simply does not work," and taht "We do plan on supporting Internet Explorer 7 sometime in the future."
Just because an early alpha test of the system doesn't support IE doesn't mean it's never going to. Is it really that surprising that a Linux project in the alpha stage would give preference to FF and Opera over IE?
This is not the NSA spying on everyone, this is the NSA being ABLE to spy on everyone. They could have spied on me, yes, but as he pointed out in the article, they didn't spy on EVERYONE.
I don't know about that. I've always suspected that New Hampshire is simply a front for the NSA's spying operations on the rest of the US.
It certainly casts doubt on the two being coincidental...
Indeed. Plus its nice having a president who doesn't embarrass you when publicly speaking.
I'm more surprised that there aren't more companies caught doing this. Its like being surprised that a professional was using hGH or 'roids.
What about Freedom of speech?
Freedom of speech is alive and well! Freedom after speech now...
I thought the power in D.C. caused waste and ineffeciency.
Don't even ask about poor version 3.14159...
I hear it bit its tail and now just slowly slithers around in a circle...
"I was in the 'Dot, man! You don't know what it was like! You weren't there!"
"I had it again Doc. That dream. It started with Natalie Portman and a plate of hot grits. Then were in Russia and our base belonged to someone else. And then... And then..."
"Goatse Caverns?"
"Yeah. My screams woke my wife again."
I am a slashdot reader. I have no fucking idea what POTUS or SCOTUS means, not because I am stupid, but because I am not American.
/. thing is? One more piece of knowledge you'll never have to google again;-)
Well, now you do! See how helpful this
If I said POTUS (or typed it in an email) to any of my lifelong-civilian friends most of them wouldn't have any clue what I was talking about.
I don't doubt that at all, however, he was posting to slashdot and the term POTUS, as well as SCOTUS, has been thrown around these parts for years. Slashdot is not really a gathering for average Americans. It does tend to attract geeks, nerds, and others with a multitude of esoteric knowledge. So while it wouldn't have been appropriate in the Christmas card to Aunt Bertha, it makes total sense here.
The average layman dosen't know what POTUS means.
This is slashdot. It is not an audience of average laymen, and POTUS, along with SCOTUS, has been used regularly in posts for years. Blame Tom Clancy as much as anyone, but it is quite appropriate for the dot.
I participated in a part of the survey by phone
Out of curiosity, was it via landline or cell phone? I know a lot of households are dropping landlines, so I wonder how much that can skew such a survey.
Maybe the fact that the most recent Windows 7 preview (the one from PDC2008) is build 6.1.6936 can also give a clue :)
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That can't be right. Everything I've read about Vista says it was build 6.6.6
Indeed. I think the question isn't how it compares to Vista but how it compares to XP. Anything else is simply following the Microsoft's red herring.
It's analogous to the wailing the RIAA and MPAA put up in the US, aside from that it doesn't get as much traction up here.
More ice, eh?