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Then, with all due respect, I will have to take your comment with a grain of salt, as I have nothing further to back up your statement. No offense is intended.
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A link would be nice. If it is a link to a post on Slashdot, a link to the post and something showing that person is who she says she is would be nice.
No offence is intended to Ms. Gunn by this request, however, the nature of Slashdot and message boards in general lend themselves to not only a certain amount of anonymity, but also make it easier for people to pose as someone else, within limits.
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His focus on Susan Gunn after she explicitly asked NOT to be included in his book has done naught but damage to her.
Do you have anything to back this statement up? I'd like to know more about this.
I've seen this viewpoint (General users thinking of the techs as the problem) at my workplace as well. I work as a tutor in a college computer lab. This year, in response to massive costs in wasted paper from students printing duplicate documents, we set up a computer system to manage print jobs. Students come over, select their computer, document, and then print it. Each student is, essentially, rationed a certain number of pages per credit hour.
While the majority of students who have used the system have tolerated it, I have seen other students dislike it greatly, giving reactions ranging from annoyance to anger and vowing to never use the lab again (and AFAIK they've never come back). However, the fact of the matter is we would not have had to install that system if it wasn't for impatient students who, if they didn't see their document come out right away sent it again, and again, and again.
Well, I didn't RTFA with the GTA Multiplayer article, but perhaps it's a complete version of the multiplayer (possibly set up to allow players to go on missions as well).
Well, Prostitution is illegal in Portland (and, for that matter, the entire state of Oregon, but there's 3 pages of advertisements for them in the "Willamatte Week".
I believe what Grandparent was referring to was something along the lines of a PayPal link on SCO's front page asking for donations to "help fight the good fight".
True, and I might add that I said in my previous post that it did not completely excuse the deceptive advertising. However, as the piece on the news was heavily advertised, and was on the news (IIRC) at least a week in advance of change in the late fee's policy taking effect, and there were multiple news stations covering the story.
Actually, when the whole "No Late Fees" thing came around, one of the local TV news stations (I live in Oregon) did a piece about the whole thing, including the catches. So, at least in Oregon, there's not as much excuse of an excuse for ignorance.
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I use Peyton Westlake myself. People are more likely to readily recognize Fred Flintstone as a fake. A name like Peyton Westlake is more likely to fool them.
Nah, there was a post on rec.games.frp.dnd, which had a subject along the lines of, IIRC, "Which D&D races are most racist" which compared Humans and Elves to Nazis.
Besides, Grandparent was joking, the Usenet thread was serious.
Because, as you know, the _Jewish_ generals of the IDF really give a crap about what some psychotic _Christian_ thinks about D&D and religion.
Not to mention that Chick is so anti-everything-that-isn't-fundimentalist-christia n that he just might try to kill the generals and get killed himself, by the generals.
Usually it takes a group of four to six. However, considering where they were running, it would take a team as good as Sally Tsung's to pull it off. There must have been some serious nuyen behind this one.
If the studio redigitised them and shoved them on DVD,I would buy them without pause (infact i better check on amazon to see this has not already been done)
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Chupathingie, how 'bout that?
Then, with all due respect, I will have to take your comment with a grain of salt, as I have nothing further to back up your statement. No offense is intended.
A link would be nice. If it is a link to a post on Slashdot, a link to the post and something showing that person is who she says she is would be nice.
No offence is intended to Ms. Gunn by this request, however, the nature of Slashdot and message boards in general lend themselves to not only a certain amount of anonymity, but also make it easier for people to pose as someone else, within limits.
Do you have anything to back this statement up? I'd like to know more about this.
I've seen this viewpoint (General users thinking of the techs as the problem) at my workplace as well. I work as a tutor in a college computer lab. This year, in response to massive costs in wasted paper from students printing duplicate documents, we set up a computer system to manage print jobs. Students come over, select their computer, document, and then print it. Each student is, essentially, rationed a certain number of pages per credit hour.
While the majority of students who have used the system have tolerated it, I have seen other students dislike it greatly, giving reactions ranging from annoyance to anger and vowing to never use the lab again (and AFAIK they've never come back). However, the fact of the matter is we would not have had to install that system if it wasn't for impatient students who, if they didn't see their document come out right away sent it again, and again, and again.
Just make sure they're not positive for HIV and the blood spray doesn't get in your eyes.
Well, I didn't RTFA with the GTA Multiplayer article, but perhaps it's a complete version of the multiplayer (possibly set up to allow players to go on missions as well).
Well, Prostitution is illegal in Portland (and, for that matter, the entire state of Oregon, but there's 3 pages of advertisements for them in the "Willamatte Week".
Oh, and Netcraft (although the "BSD dying" kind of covers that.)
I believe what Grandparent was referring to was something along the lines of a PayPal link on SCO's front page asking for donations to "help fight the good fight".
True, and I might add that I said in my previous post that it did not completely excuse the deceptive advertising. However, as the piece on the news was heavily advertised, and was on the news (IIRC) at least a week in advance of change in the late fee's policy taking effect, and there were multiple news stations covering the story.
Actually, when the whole "No Late Fees" thing came around, one of the local TV news stations (I live in Oregon) did a piece about the whole thing, including the catches. So, at least in Oregon, there's not as much excuse of an excuse for ignorance.
Especially the University of Oregon.
I use Peyton Westlake myself. People are more likely to readily recognize Fred Flintstone as a fake. A name like Peyton Westlake is more likely to fool them.
I'm still using Atari Basic!
Besides, Grandparent was joking, the Usenet thread was serious.
Not to mention that Chick is so anti-everything-that-isn't-fundimentalist-christia n that he just might try to kill the generals and get killed himself, by the generals.
Hmm... maybe they should meet...
As it is, once Die Hard came around, everybody in those bad action movies started using the MP5 anyway.
This, of course, after a pair of Quakes formed the mountain...
Nope. This is a new development on an older story (specifically, the story you read in the paper a few months ago).
How are they (Microsoft) abusing the legal system in this case? They're the plaintiff! Eolas is in the wrong on this one!
Usually it takes a group of four to six. However, considering where they were running, it would take a team as good as Sally Tsung's to pull it off. There must have been some serious nuyen behind this one.
Ehh, more like Richard Branson = Tony Stark. They've both got the booze problems.
It has.
There already is one.