For those people who don't have a freaking clue why this is funny, I just looked it up. Apparently, it's an:
Internet meme. Protocol is "i'm in ur _____, _____ing ur _____." Started in 2006 on the game Counterstrike, when a player, asked where he was in game, responded "im in ur base killin ur d00dz." The meme gained a life of its own when attached to images of cats doing things. Yeah, I don't get it either. Ha, ha, I guess.
Seriously, only a madman would even conceive of such an idea. Personally I say put every single person who is involved with this into an insane asylum and throw away the key.
Look, when did the Slashdot tradition become to use retarded AOL-speak words instead of proper ones? It's called the 'internet', please at least use the proper word when you're trying to make a serious point.
Hell no. Political Correctness(tm) was NEVER a slippery slop to censorship. Gosh. Those Chinese sure do suck for their Censorship(tm). We don't suck. We have REAL reasons!!!! I mean, Think About the Children(tm).
Un-frickin-believeable. For you purist-morons, yes, this was both governmental and economic censorship. My belief will always be that pornography is the line.
O....K. So, your general gist is, sadistic, brutal murder is fine and the government/Sony/Nintendo should get off the poor guys' backs and let them distribute it, but sex is more damaging to children's minds? And, because YOU think that, it should be censored? Nice principled stance there.
"Man, that Manhunt 2 game looks good! Forbidden fruit, man! But, I don't have a fast PC and it won't run on my Wii... ahh, I'll go buy Mario SuperHeroAdventure 6 instead."
This just sounds wrong. You said you can use computers for free at the library... so computer+word processor = better typewriter. Assuming you also have it attached to a printer. Personally, I find the most annoying part of using public computers to be printing stuff out. There's invariably a per-page fee, and a complex system of topping up your 'account', all because a few utter morons would otherwise abuse the system. Sigh. Screw utter morons.
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It seems that this article completely skips over the possibility of replacing Explorer with something less crap.
What exactly's crap about Explorer? I quite like WinXP's Explorer.
Absolutely, I was about to post the same thing. This apparent concern for citizens' privacy from Big Bad search engines (oh god, they might be able to track what certain IPs searched for!?!) is hilarious from governments who have passed draconian legislation like the RIPA. It's probably an attempt to distract from what they're doing. Don't be fooled - Google is far less evil than your government in this regard.
Problem is, Linus seems quite unlikely to switch the Linux kernel to GPLv3... so that, at least, is a major part that will still be maintained for them by the community.
What about the HP C5180? I just bought it mainly because of its paper loading mechanism (many of the cheaper HP ones are shit), but it has seperate colour cartridges. Can't believe they're gonna be cheap, though.
Who woulda thought that freeloading would result in the collapse of a company's business model? Oh well, doesn't matter, right? I mean the Slashdot model is, "your business model doesn't have a right to succeed", yeah?
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Automated Teller Machine. I think it's an Americanism, though... the first people just called it a cash machine.
I could be totally wrong, though.
Seriously, only a madman would even conceive of such an idea. Personally I say put every single person who is involved with this into an insane asylum and throw away the key.
They're already in congress.
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Look, when did the Slashdot tradition become to use retarded AOL-speak words instead of proper ones? It's called the 'internet', please at least use the proper word when you're trying to make a serious point.
Hell no. Political Correctness(tm) was NEVER a slippery slop to censorship. Gosh. Those Chinese sure do suck for their Censorship(tm). We don't suck. We have REAL reasons!!!! I mean, Think About the Children(tm).
Un-frickin-believeable. For you purist-morons, yes, this was both governmental and economic censorship. My belief will always be that pornography is the line.
O....K. So, your general gist is, sadistic, brutal murder is fine and the government/Sony/Nintendo should get off the poor guys' backs and let them distribute it, but sex is more damaging to children's minds? And, because YOU think that, it should be censored? Nice principled stance there.
Yeah, that'll work.
"Man, that Manhunt 2 game looks good! Forbidden fruit, man! But, I don't have a fast PC and it won't run on my Wii... ahh, I'll go buy Mario SuperHeroAdventure 6 instead."
OK, I'm gonna give you the means to do this... it's here. But, promise you won't press it until the 26th, OK?
This just sounds wrong. You said you can use computers for free at the library... so computer+word processor = better typewriter. Assuming you also have it attached to a printer. Personally, I find the most annoying part of using public computers to be printing stuff out. There's invariably a per-page fee, and a complex system of topping up your 'account', all because a few utter morons would otherwise abuse the system. Sigh. Screw utter morons.
It seems that this article completely skips over the possibility of replacing Explorer with something less crap.
What exactly's crap about Explorer? I quite like WinXP's Explorer.
Just in case anyone doesn't know, I'll confirm that the UK is indeed part of Europe and the parent poster is wrong.
Absolutely, I was about to post the same thing. This apparent concern for citizens' privacy from Big Bad search engines (oh god, they might be able to track what certain IPs searched for!?!) is hilarious from governments who have passed draconian legislation like the RIPA. It's probably an attempt to distract from what they're doing. Don't be fooled - Google is far less evil than your government in this regard.
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1. Not achieving an adequate standard; poor: a bad concert.
Doesn't seem to mind the French farmers getting subsidised under the Common Agricultural Policy, though.
So, compare 300 abductions to, say, 40,000+ deaths in car crashes. Is a child's life worth so much more than 100+ adult violent deaths?
Emotionally? Yes. Emotionally.
But what doesn't kill you only makes you stronger. The remaining distroes will think twice before signing any similar deals, if that happens.
Problem is, Linus seems quite unlikely to switch the Linux kernel to GPLv3... so that, at least, is a major part that will still be maintained for them by the community.
Agreed, 17 year olds should be able to buy Manhunt 2. It only contains cruel, excrucuating, sadistic violence. How can that corrupt someone like sex?
I wish they would reconsider, because that's a kick in the balls after so much money, time, and effort has been sunk by developers to create this.
A kick in the balls? Do it with style. More like a rusty poison-tipped razor thrust through the spleen.
What about the HP C5180? I just bought it mainly because of its paper loading mechanism (many of the cheaper HP ones are shit), but it has seperate colour cartridges. Can't believe they're gonna be cheap, though.
The convenience aspect of digitally ripping the media cannot be understated.
Think you mean 'overstated'.
Who woulda thought that freeloading would result in the collapse of a company's business model? Oh well, doesn't matter, right? I mean the Slashdot model is, "your business model doesn't have a right to succeed", yeah?
These are MY letters!
I didn't copy them!
Damn it...
The earliest Roman scholars would have something to say about that.
By Saturday, he had 13 interviews, he started a new job on Tuesday and we let him have the Monday off as his attitude changed for the better.
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Wow, you have 13 McDonalds's near where you live?
it's been said that trade unions are like dishwater - the scum rises to the top.
I thought that applied to most organizations in the Western world.
The total annual gross revenues of the music industry today are estimated at $11 billion.
That proves their point. The pirates are stealing 95% of their profits!