I'm an "elitist fool" for pointing out the obvious fact that being dead and idiocy aren't conflicting states? Do you think that idiots never die, or what?
And did you expect to post a saccharine, sanctimonious offen-sensitive response to an obvious joke and not get a prod or two? Even without the three unnecessary commas your post deserved a little mocking -- those were just icing on the cake. (And "Master degree"? I'm hoping English isn't your first language...)
In short: lighten up, Francis.
(Fake edit: Oh noes you made me ur foe what will I do; LOL)
You sound well-intentioned an all, but honestly, I don't think you understand how copyright lawsuits work./. is just a forum, and it can't police what everyone posts. If someone posts a copyright-violating post, then the copyright owner can ask/. to take it down, but there's no way they can skip that request step and sue (and win) a big judgment. It's just not going to happen.
As you said, this happens here all the time and has for more than a decade. Have you ever heard of/. getting sued, or even getting a takedown notice? I think you're overreacting, and bordering on paranoid.
How's he supposed to cite when no one's reporting on it?;) Seriously, here's one example. There are others, but I can't be arsed to bother. I sure hope the Boston Globe isn't "worldnetdaily or the like" in your mind.
That's ridiculous. People have been doing that for years and, as long as they do it AC to avoid karma whoring, I see no problem with it nor, apparently, does Taco. If the original site has a problem with it, they can issue a DMCA takedown notice. By then it'll be off the front page and no one will care. (What's got YOU so RILED up? That your "news site" or something?)
The parent implied no such thing and you know it. You're just reaching. And Yugoslavia's "communism" is really more like "Titoism" or "Market Socialism" so it's a pretty poor counterexample.
But nobody claimed that it did. Random Bush-bashing is really getting old. Yes, we don't like him, we know you don't like him, we know he did/does bad stuff, but he'll be gone soon, so could you please give it a rest for a bit? Or at least confine it to relevant discussions.
Is your link supposed to show that communists don't try to suppress information? Or that Bush is a communist? Or something totally irrelevant like Bush also tries to suppress information? I'm so confused....
Even ultra pure water has a conductivity of 0.054 uS/cm at 25 degrees C (alternately, it has a resistivity of 18.3 MOhm.) But, to be fair, pretty much nothing is a true insulator -- at high enough voltage, just about anything will conduct electricity.
Are you kidding? Did you just edit that in yourself to be funny, or are you seriously considering wikipedia to be an authority? Here's an equally authoritative source that claims microwaves are 3GHz and up. What now?
To be clear: I'm not saying it's not 300MHz to 300GHz (but it's not a well-defined term anyway, so who cares) but I'm shocked and more than a little dismayed to see someone on/. trying to use wikipedia as an authoritative source. Please reconsider your research methodologies. "Woops" indeed.:(
No it isn't. What's the total annual payout for console tourneys? 1) you probably can't answer because no one knows about console tourneys, since 2) they're all $20 grand prizes and some schwag at the local gamestop when a new game is released. Hundreds of thousands of dollars are won in PC game tourneys each year.
Does it really matter which console the games were on first? Do you think a rail shooter is as fun on a 360/ps3 controller as it is on a wii "zapper" (or just the wiimote, which is effectively a lightgun)?
Ultimately, you're trying to argue the Wii is a good SP gamers machine when it's common knowledge by pretty much any gamer worth his crust that it's not it's specialty, why waste my time and other slashdot readers times? Seriously?
That's some pretty weak appeal to popularity fallacy right there. I find the wii to be a damn good SP machine, and I have so many games I want to finish that I've put a moratorium on buying new ones until I do so (Metroid, Mario Galaxy, RE4, Twilight Princess, Paper Mario, No More Heroes, Smash Bros 1p, Okami, Zak and Wiki, Boom Blox,...) I don't think I'm all that "uncommon" since I know a dozen others like me in this respect.
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Hello? You copypasta'd a wiki page and even included the "[citation needed]", and this supports your fear?
If you're not joking then I hate you.
I'm an "elitist fool" for pointing out the obvious fact that being dead and idiocy aren't conflicting states? Do you think that idiots never die, or what?
And did you expect to post a saccharine, sanctimonious offen-sensitive response to an obvious joke and not get a prod or two? Even without the three unnecessary commas your post deserved a little mocking -- those were just icing on the cake. (And "Master degree"? I'm hoping English isn't your first language...)
In short: lighten up, Francis.
(Fake edit: Oh noes you made me ur foe what will I do; LOL)
No offense, but having just died and being an idiot are not necessarily mutually exclusive.
(If he was teaching English I sure, hope, his, comma, usage was better than your commarhea.)
Someone has said it to you once already in this thread, but I think it bears repeating: You're one sad, scared little dude, chest puffing on slashdot.
No, you weren't. Now go take your meds and try to relax.
Yep, and note that they just had to take down the comment. There was no lawsuit or cash settlement.
It's also System In Package to us hardware types.
You sound well-intentioned an all, but honestly, I don't think you understand how copyright lawsuits work. /. is just a forum, and it can't police what everyone posts. If someone posts a copyright-violating post, then the copyright owner can ask /. to take it down, but there's no way they can skip that request step and sue (and win) a big judgment. It's just not going to happen.
/. getting sued, or even getting a takedown notice? I think you're overreacting, and bordering on paranoid.
As you said, this happens here all the time and has for more than a decade. Have you ever heard of
How's he supposed to cite when no one's reporting on it? ;) Seriously, here's one example. There are others, but I can't be arsed to bother. I sure hope the Boston Globe isn't "worldnetdaily or the like" in your mind.
That's ridiculous. People have been doing that for years and, as long as they do it AC to avoid karma whoring, I see no problem with it nor, apparently, does Taco. If the original site has a problem with it, they can issue a DMCA takedown notice. By then it'll be off the front page and no one will care. (What's got YOU so RILED up? That your "news site" or something?)
Yep, and Democrat too. Congress is full of war criminals of both parties.
The parent implied no such thing and you know it. You're just reaching. And Yugoslavia's "communism" is really more like "Titoism" or "Market Socialism" so it's a pretty poor counterexample.
But nobody claimed that it did. Random Bush-bashing is really getting old. Yes, we don't like him, we know you don't like him, we know he did/does bad stuff, but he'll be gone soon, so could you please give it a rest for a bit? Or at least confine it to relevant discussions.
Is your link supposed to show that communists don't try to suppress information? Or that Bush is a communist? Or something totally irrelevant like Bush also tries to suppress information? I'm so confused....
Huh? I find more than a thousand stories about this and I saw it mentioned on CNN last night. What's your definition of "mainstream?"
We, who are smart enough to use proper grammar and the proper text editor, use vi.
No.
Even ultra pure water has a conductivity of 0.054 uS/cm at 25 degrees C (alternately, it has a resistivity of 18.3 MOhm.) But, to be fair, pretty much nothing is a true insulator -- at high enough voltage, just about anything will conduct electricity.
Are you kidding? Did you just edit that in yourself to be funny, or are you seriously considering wikipedia to be an authority? Here's an equally authoritative source that claims microwaves are 3GHz and up. What now?
/. trying to use wikipedia as an authoritative source. Please reconsider your research methodologies. "Woops" indeed. :(
To be clear: I'm not saying it's not 300MHz to 300GHz (but it's not a well-defined term anyway, so who cares) but I'm shocked and more than a little dismayed to see someone on
Hi! This is the internet; you can curse here.
What? No. The wii has outsold the ps2 pretty much since it's launch at the end of 2006. And there's no shortage of ps2's.
So then, by definition, you are not a "hardcore gamer" and have no business in this discussion. Go compile something ;)
No it isn't. What's the total annual payout for console tourneys? 1) you probably can't answer because no one knows about console tourneys, since 2) they're all $20 grand prizes and some schwag at the local gamestop when a new game is released. Hundreds of thousands of dollars are won in PC game tourneys each year.
Does it really matter which console the games were on first? Do you think a rail shooter is as fun on a 360/ps3 controller as it is on a wii "zapper" (or just the wiimote, which is effectively a lightgun)?
That's some pretty weak appeal to popularity fallacy right there. I find the wii to be a damn good SP machine, and I have so many games I want to finish that I've put a moratorium on buying new ones until I do so (Metroid, Mario Galaxy, RE4, Twilight Princess, Paper Mario, No More Heroes, Smash Bros 1p, Okami, Zak and Wiki, Boom Blox, ...) I don't think I'm all that "uncommon" since I know a dozen others like me in this respect.