"You get to be a superhero for a night," Klimanis said. "We have to go to work every day. We're constantly told to buy things we don't need, and just for a couple hours we have the freedom to do what we want to do."
We are constantly told to buy things we don't want. Is this guy a fukin idiot?
Customer: I DON'T want it.
Best Buy: Then why are you here?
C: They keep telling me I am told to!
BB: Who keeps telling you?
C: The ads do!
BB: (to shirt mike) We have a 714 in aisle 6. Please send assistance.
BB: Sir, what don't you want to do?
C: I DON'T WANT TO BUY THIS (DVD | VIDEO GAME| CD | TV)
BB: Then sir, don't buy it.
C: You mean I don't have too?
BB: No, you don't.
C: Then I guess I can go?
BB: Yes, sir. The door is to your left.
BB: Cancel the 714 in aisle 6 but be on your toes. I see another 714 in aisle 13.
Even doing that won't leave you competely anonymous. Most laser printers leave an almost invisible pattern of dots which have the serial number of the printer, date and time of printing encoded in them.
I don't have a laser printer. I have a cheepo Lexmark ink printer. Do these have them?
Uhm, not like I'm thinking of reporting a flaw or anything like that. Not me! Nosirree! Not me.
It could come very close to "now". Release the vid to start "buffering" about 5 min before show is meant to start, get all the clients to start sucking down the torrent, with extra emphisis on the first 10min of video, then start when most of the swarm has the buffer, then just let the thing go as fast
I don't think you got my point. very close is not now. I don't want it when they say I want it. I want it now! Meaning I want to watch it at midnight when my shift ends, at 3 in the morning when my shift ends, whenever I want. Not when it is being broadcast. BT does not allow for this.
Let's face it. Live glitch free video is not available for the masses on the net at this moment in time.
And yeah, I'm a neanderthal but sitting in front of my computer is not my bag for watching more than short clips.
Funny that caching wasn't mentioned at all in TFA. It'd be good to see more use of BitTorrent at the ISP level to distribute videos around. That way, you could stream with high reliability from your ISP and they only pay for the download once.
Does BT do live video on demand? I want the watch it NOW! How many peers watch what I watch? I want it NOW! BT does not deliver my NOW.
He said since 9/11/01, not before. I'd say his logic is valid given the fact we've had many acts of terrorism on the WTC during the Clinton administration that still ignored the greater threat.
Many acts? And those are? I recall a bomb attack in the garage but many?
You've convinced me not to bother with this story when becomes deslashdotted. But jeez, what do you expect? Blogs are all about vanity. And yet people love this shit. That is what bothers me.
The majority of people in the organization are doing some form of tedious grunt work or another. Either grunt work on the phone, or with email or chat, or making those systems work. Once you've gone through the birthing period in your job where you learn what to do, it's one unimpressive day after another with the exact same duties giving you the exact same problems from the customers and the processes.
This is life in nearly every company. Compare the developers in Apple or MS to the support staff (phone support, sales, janitors). I bet most large companies have more janitors than developers. Look at auto companies. How many design the cars vs build and sell them?
RIAA dude: Please, RIAA Congressional Father, please help me. The Bear is still alive and it is eating me out of house and home.
RIAA Congressional Father: Yez, I see your problem. The Bear is not a good Bear. It is a bad bear. I weel take care of your problem.
RIAA Congressional Father: There will be a time. A time when I will ask a favor of you. There will be an election coming soon and it is not an inexpensive enterprise. I gather you know what I am saying?
RIAA dude: Yes, RIAA Congressional Father, I do. I do know what you are saying. Thank you, RIAA Congressional Father, thank you.
RIAA Congressional Father: Guido, you know what to do.
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I liked this quote:
"You get to be a superhero for a night," Klimanis said. "We have to go to work every day. We're constantly told to buy things we don't need, and just for a couple hours we have the freedom to do what we want to do."
We are constantly told to buy things we don't want. Is this guy a fukin idiot?
Customer: I DON'T want it.
Best Buy: Then why are you here?
C: They keep telling me I am told to!
BB: Who keeps telling you?
C: The ads do!
BB: (to shirt mike) We have a 714 in aisle 6. Please send assistance.
BB: Sir, what don't you want to do?
C: I DON'T WANT TO BUY THIS (DVD | VIDEO GAME| CD | TV)
BB: Then sir, don't buy it.
C: You mean I don't have too?
BB: No, you don't.
C: Then I guess I can go?
BB: Yes, sir. The door is to your left.
BB: Cancel the 714 in aisle 6 but be on your toes. I see another 714 in aisle 13.
Where did the hardware in your favorite box come from? The odds are it is from China.
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I actually bought one of these kits at a CD auction years ago for $15.00 bux US. I have them on a shelf and can see them right now.
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Sometimes scholarships depend on these activities.
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And getting drunk on a weekend is disruptive to the school environment how?
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Soooooo... did you graduate? Hopefully not with an English major. Did they teach you thow to spell?
Ah, crap. I been trolled!
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I don't have a laser printer. I have a cheepo Lexmark ink printer. Do these have them?
Uhm, not like I'm thinking of reporting a flaw or anything like that. Not me! Nosirree! Not me.
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That this comes from Florida, the most spam operator ridden state in the US?
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I don't think you got my point. very close is not now. I don't want it when they say I want it. I want it now! Meaning I want to watch it at midnight when my shift ends, at 3 in the morning when my shift ends, whenever I want. Not when it is being broadcast. BT does not allow for this.
Let's face it. Live glitch free video is not available for the masses on the net at this moment in time.
And yeah, I'm a neanderthal but sitting in front of my computer is not my bag for watching more than short clips.
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They can't handle voice but they expect to handle video?
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Adblocked. 'Nuff said.
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Does BT do live video on demand? I want the watch it NOW! How many peers watch what I watch? I want it NOW! BT does not deliver my NOW.
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Many acts? And those are? I recall a bomb attack in the garage but many?
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Wish I had mod points.
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This is life in nearly every company. Compare the developers in Apple or MS to the support staff (phone support, sales, janitors). I bet most large companies have more janitors than developers. Look at auto companies. How many design the cars vs build and sell them?
The guy is more of a whiner than insightful.
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Nice well thought out reply. The members of /. salute you.
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I did get their apple. ;) Juicy! The Gimp is salivating.
http://www.applecorps.com/apple.jpg
And look at jeremyneech.com
It was listed on their whois record.
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From the site:
This is a placeholder page for Apple Corps Ltd.
Placeholding since 1997!!!!!!!
Registrant:
Apple Corps Limited
27 Ovington Square
London SW3 1LJ
UK
Domain Name: APPLECORPS.COM
Administrative Contact:
Apple Corps Limited jeremy@jeremyneech.com
27 Ovington Square
London SW3 1LJ
UK
+44 207 761 9600 fax: +44 207 584 0510
Technical Contact:
Network Solutions, LLC. customerservice@networksolutions.com
13200 Woodland Park Drive
Herndon, VA 20171-3025
US
1-888-642-9675 fax: 571-434-4620
Record expires on 19-Feb-2008.
Record created on 18-Feb-1997.
Database last updated on 8-May-2006 21:46:07 EDT.
RIAA Congressional Father: Yez, I see your problem. The Bear is not a good Bear. It is a bad bear. I weel take care of your problem.
RIAA Congressional Father: There will be a time. A time when I will ask a favor of you. There will be an election coming soon and it is not an inexpensive enterprise. I gather you know what I am saying?
RIAA dude: Yes, RIAA Congressional Father, I do. I do know what you are saying. Thank you, RIAA Congressional Father, thank you.
RIAA Congressional Father: Guido, you know what to do.
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Thank you for this. I have a vision... the Icat in GIMP.
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They do? Since when? Proof, please.
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Perhaps you need to rethink your investment strategy.
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I get:
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All it does is loop an advert for them. Skip Intro does a.... loop
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