And what do you do if it's not a question of money? If I recall, the "no preexisting condition disqualification" bit was cut out of this giftwrapped corporate blowjob. So is it upheld that we can be taxed if THEY refuse to sell us the insurance?
I did that once, back when the old "Naples High Sneakernet" turned into our own little Typhoid Mary with the old "November 17" virus (thankfully, this is in april).
Back in those days, you knew you had something nasty because EMM386 would get infected and not work, and none of your games would run.
The principle is only applicable if you accept that the underlying framework is sound. Posts below make the point better, but the fact is that democracy has already collapsed. What we've got in the stead of a "republic" (acknowledged before any of those pointless "the US is not a democracy" assholes pipes up) is just a new feudalism. True democracy might work, if it actually scaled, but it doesn't even scale to the point where it's even workable on a state/province level.
True, but you shouldn't introduce artificial barriers to voting. The US for example has gotten rid of tests to qualify for voting precisely because it disenfranchised certain voters.
And traded it for the current system that effectively disenfranchises any voter who can't afford his own personal lobbyists.
Hah. Mozilla can't even seem to land THAT basic functionality. After 14 versions, I still get two dozen (no hyperbole) "Confirm Setting Cookie" prompts for the same goddamn cookie, even when I check the "use my choice for all cookies from this site" box.
"Oh, I thought you meant all the OTHER cookies. Tee hee!"
Oh, I did get that. It's not like it was anywhere in the vicinity of "subtle" or anything, but it's not even *good* satire. If you're going to make a satire with two-dimensional characters whose only recognizable trait is a common theme of "mind-crushing stupidity and tactical incompetence" then you really ought to go for a screwball comedy a la "Team America."
"Satire" and "shitty movie" aren't mutually exclusive.
You cannot do any sort of substantial alteration to it and expect them to take it back.
Changing the configuration of bits on the hard drive is not a "substantial alteration" to it, unless you're suggesting that the warranty should be voided the minute she runs the "First Time Setup" and puts her name into the thing.
Whether or not the OS is a "major selling point" is as irrelevant to whether or not hardware is defective as the OS itself is.
No, that's the asshole part. The second piece was just an observation and me insulting you. Glad you noticed both.
There's also either a reading deficiency or a temporal instability you're not taking into account, since I'm not the poster you were responding to in the post I quoted.
So basically you suck at office politics and you suck at dealing with people. Frankly you sound like an asshole without great technical chops which would explain why you suck at those things.
So dealing with people and playing politics takes "great technical chops?" Or do you just suck at communicating your thoughts effectively?
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And what do you do if it's not a question of money? If I recall, the "no preexisting condition disqualification" bit was cut out of this giftwrapped corporate blowjob. So is it upheld that we can be taxed if THEY refuse to sell us the insurance?
I did that once, back when the old "Naples High Sneakernet" turned into our own little Typhoid Mary with the old "November 17" virus (thankfully, this is in april).
Back in those days, you knew you had something nasty because EMM386 would get infected and not work, and none of your games would run.
Hm? When the hell did I get a lawn?!
Diablo 3 is nothign more than Diablo 2.
If that were actually true, ActiBlizz would be drawing a lot less nerdrage over the game.
then all migrated to Africa for some odd reason,
What "odd" reason? It's probably because it was arse-freezing cold and the only portable heating tended to kill people from smoke inhalation!
Clearly, South Florida is the new Africa. _
Our lawyers will be contacting you shortly. Prepare to be both legally and bodily violated. We will make you sorry you were ever born.
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The principle is only applicable if you accept that the underlying framework is sound. Posts below make the point better, but the fact is that democracy has already collapsed. What we've got in the stead of a "republic" (acknowledged before any of those pointless "the US is not a democracy" assholes pipes up) is just a new feudalism. True democracy might work, if it actually scaled, but it doesn't even scale to the point where it's even workable on a state/province level.
True, but you shouldn't introduce artificial barriers to voting. The US for example has gotten rid of tests to qualify for voting precisely because it disenfranchised certain voters.
And traded it for the current system that effectively disenfranchises any voter who can't afford his own personal lobbyists.
Go go two-party clusterfuck.
Hah. Mozilla can't even seem to land THAT basic functionality. After 14 versions, I still get two dozen (no hyperbole) "Confirm Setting Cookie" prompts for the same goddamn cookie, even when I check the "use my choice for all cookies from this site" box.
"Oh, I thought you meant all the OTHER cookies. Tee hee!"
Derp.
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OT as hell but DAMN.
Been a long time since I've seen a Short Circuit reference...
Why is it people who quote the constitution never bother quoting the whole sentence:
Because everyone up to and including SCOTUS seems to think the most important part of what you bolded is irrelevant?
Particularly, the word "limited."
It's certainly conducive to an attitude of "why should we unwashed masses play by the rules when the fat cats refuse to?"
There are many valid arguements on this side of the issue, but "it's easy to do so it shouldn't be wrong" is not one of them.
That's not the argument. The argument is "What the fuck does scarcity economics have to do with digital distribution?"
Oh, I did get that. It's not like it was anywhere in the vicinity of "subtle" or anything, but it's not even *good* satire. If you're going to make a satire with two-dimensional characters whose only recognizable trait is a common theme of "mind-crushing stupidity and tactical incompetence" then you really ought to go for a screwball comedy a la "Team America."
"Satire" and "shitty movie" aren't mutually exclusive.
Oh come on and lighten up, it was WAY better than Battlefield Earth!
Talk about your "damning with faint praise."
So is having your balls slammed in the car door!
I think when he said "serious" he actually meant "good."
The guy behind it should have spent less time going for "irony" and more time going for "making the characters not come off as complete fuckwits."
He's talking about Admuncher, not IE (I'm guessing you browse with ACs below the threshold?).
Then nope, I'm nowhere near that.
If I wanted to take up shotgunnin' and whittlin' instead of fencing, though, I'm in the right town. :P
And as Atari showed us (probably before most of the flamebaitors in this thread were born), it's the raw number of titles that count!
Seriously, if you want to whore out to the iOS/Android flamewar for slashdot hits, at least know your basic techie history.
But if premise 2 is true (and I imagine it would be hard for a rational person to honestly claim otherwise) then make Y or Z illegal, not X.
You cannot do any sort of substantial alteration to it and expect them to take it back.
Changing the configuration of bits on the hard drive is not a "substantial alteration" to it, unless you're suggesting that the warranty should be voided the minute she runs the "First Time Setup" and puts her name into the thing.
Whether or not the OS is a "major selling point" is as irrelevant to whether or not hardware is defective as the OS itself is.
No, that's the asshole part. The second piece was just an observation and me insulting you. Glad you noticed both.
There's also either a reading deficiency or a temporal instability you're not taking into account, since I'm not the poster you were responding to in the post I quoted.
So basically you suck at office politics and you suck at dealing with people. Frankly you sound like an asshole without great technical chops which would explain why you suck at those things.
So dealing with people and playing politics takes "great technical chops?" Or do you just suck at communicating your thoughts effectively?
Kinda bit myself in the ass with that one, didn't I?
At this point, I can just facepalm and offer that I was on hour 28 of my day when I posted that.
Nice. I'll try it when I get home to see if that works on Xubuntu, too. Thanks!
but B.A. Barabbas
Is he the one who pities the fool who put Jesus on the cross?
Also I'm not a kid and I've never seen this "1M = 1000" terminology in anything related however tangentially to EE stuff or even IT stuff.
You never looked at a 1.44 Mb floppy disk?