He was representing a couple of (probably illegal) immigrants who claimed they were discriminated against...
Why were the immigrants "probably illegal"? Is it difficult for you to conceive of a legal immigrant? If so, go and have a look in the mirror. If you don't look like a Native American, then you yourself are an immigrant. Are you legal?
They also have said that these first two lawsuits will be against companies that hold SCO Unix licenses. (EV1.net servers or Lindows?)"
Since EV1.net is in the process of climbing into bed with Microsoft, and SCO has been warming itself under the same blankets for quite some time, I think it more likely that Lindows will be sent to the doghouse.
Then again, in a vain attempt to turn back the tide of hatred directed at it, SCO might turn around and sue Microsoft. What a twist that would be!
They also have said that these first two lawsuits will be against companies that hold SCO Unix licenses.
When a company or organisation starts suing its own customers, then it's a sure sign that its business model is completely fucked. Look at the RIAA: suing Joe Teenager, to try and offset the fact that their profits are dropping like a lead balloon.
But . . . Rosa Parks is a nigger. Are you trying to pretend that she's a honky, or a chink, or a spick?
Aahh, Slashdot. Who can divorce its American heritage from its Racist heritage? The genius born from one hundred thousand code monkeys, who have been brought up on a diet of intolerance, ignorance and contempt.
Technically, yes. But in a shoot-off between the cheap Merlot I am currently drinking, and the cheap (and obvious) point you are making, YOU LOSE! (in a diplomatic sort of way, not meaning to put you down, you understand, but, like, the Merlot is getting me drunk, what are you doing to help my plight? Savvy?)
You do realize that statement somewhat undermines the point of your sig? It is very difficult for Americans to emigrate to India, at the very least for protectionist if not more emotional reasons, the equivalent of an Indian "green card" is far more rare than the American one.
You have got to understand the difference between immmigration and what Germany refers to "gastarbiter" (guest worker). One is a right to settle permanently in a country and enjoy the fruits therof, the other is a limited permit to earn money, so long as it benefits said country -- but with the understanding that when things go tits-up, you get chucked out. The latter would adequately describe the fate of an Indian (or Pakistani, or Khazak, or Turkmen, or whatnot) H1 visa holder.
My discourse, however, is getting away from the fundamental point, which is this: if Indians appear to be stealing jobs from America, then let's not start commenting how black, or how ignorant, or how bad at programming the Indians are (at least, through our own prejudices eyes). Indeed, to do such would be racist. Instead, let's ask why all of these companies are outsourcing labour to India (or wherever), but at the same time offering none of the job protections that are enjoyed in the USA?
On a final note, as disclosure of my non-Indian yet pseudo-immigrant position: I am a J-1 (exchange) visitor to the USA. I am currently applying to get permanent residence (i.e., a green card) through my marriage to a very lovely US citizen. Ethnically, I am from Anglo-Irish stock.
My wife and I are stricter than most (even in Utah, where we live). We don't even like our children (daughters: 5, 3, 1) to watch Sponge Bob Square Pants and other cartoons like it. We both enjoy watching and discussing cartoons and movies with them.
I'm guessing, from your comment about Utah, that you guys might be from the Mormon faith. Each to their own, I say -- I myself am a staunch atheist. But your comment about Sponge Bob caught me. A few years back, I was out in Africa (Ghana, to be specific), teaching high-school level physics to kids and young adults in a small village (with a UK organisation called VSO, similar to the US Peace Corps). I was meant to be there 2 years, but I quit after 7 months.
The reason why I quit ties in with Sponge Bob. I left Ghana early because my life was missing discourse and debate -- the stuff which makes us feel part of a community. But, surprisingly, the discourse I was lacking was not related to the big ideas such as politics, economics, science, etc. Although I had frequenct discussions on these topics with my local friends, I still felt that I was lonely out there.
It transpires that what I missed in Ghana, and why I decided to quit, was a longing for the trivia of the world I had grown up in -- what had happened that week in my favourite soaps, etc. I detest celebrity cultrue, but what I found in Ghana from interacting from my Engish (i.e., same-culture) friends is that celebrity culture, and other manifestations of trivia, is the lubricant on which much of Western -- and indeed, all -- civilization runs. That is what marked the cultural divide between me and my local friend Tommy -- not our debate about whether colonialism had benefitted Ghana or otherwise.
So, while I agree that I'd far rather my future children grew up on books rather than television, I would offer this advice: No matter how much weight you put on the intellectual advancement of your offspring, this will always be eclipsed by the weight that they attach to understanding, digging, grokking and being part of the growing-up of their generation.
Given your response, I apologize for my rather acerbic reply. I don't have children myself, but one day I hope to. Since you do have a kid, I wonder whether you could enlighten me as to what you do generally to avoid your daughter from stumbling across pornographic crap.
Me, I think that everyone -- sooner or later -- will encounter pornography. In some cases (ie. pervs like me), it is sought out explicitly -- but only in an adult context. In those cases where such stumbling shouldn't happen, such as underage kids, how does one go about preventing people from stumbling across porn through something as innocuous as Google? Sure, at some point or other in her life, your daughter is going to see porn -- but how do you stop her from seeing it at an age where it just isn't appropriate or necessary?
I would also lift weights, so no one would try to make me their bitch.
Why bother? Your number is greater than mine, therefore you are ab initio my bitch. May I cut out your eye with a shiv, and then piss in your occular socket?
Ah, the soft thwack of someone dropping their parental responsibility and floating off to a cocktail party, as their babysitter is left necking her boyfriend on the couch, and the child is left surfing the web, unrestricted, in their darkened room...
What's creepy about this is how people take offense to things that are not in and of themselves offensive, such as the word "niggardly".
You have a fair point about the stupid dismissal of someone for using the word "niggardly", which etymologically has no relationship whatsoever with the word "nigger". However, I don't think I'd be too controversial in suggesting that those people who have used the word "nigger" in the workplace have, historically, got off too lightly.
Sure, the "niggardly" case was stupid. But it doesn't make right all of those situations where black people have had to endure workplace abuse which included the word "nigger". Is Rosa Parks a modern-day heroine because she confronted the niggardly behaviour of the driver? Or because she confronted the fact that the driver regarded her, first and foremost, as a nigger?
It's worth pointing out that Whitehouse was a leading publication in the UK Men's Jazz Mag genre way before the World-Wide Web became popular. Sheesh, I spent my early teens stealing coins from my Mum's purse to buy copies of Whitehouse; ah, the thrill of riding down to Southfields for my monthly Saturday-morning cheapie. with the wind blowing in my hair etc etc...
Therefore, I don't think the name whitehouse.org is in any way misleading. Indeed, I find whitehouse.gov far more misleading; it pretends to be the homepage of a wonderful country built on the principles of freedom and justice for all, but turns out to be a fetish site for big-government fascism and religious bigotry. The fuckers!
The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C Clarke and Red/Green/Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson. Both discuss the politics and sociology surrounding the construction and use of a space elevator. Good books, well worth a read.
Interactive Fiction describes any type of game on the market. Every game is interactive, and every game is make-believe (fiction). How does it describe text adventure games?
Because interactive fiction is closer to the high-quality fiction one might buy in a bookstore, than it is to the video games one might buy in a gaming store. Consider this: on the one hand we have Curses, a masterpiece of language and storytelling; and on the other we have 'All your base are belong to us'. Quite different. The term 'interactive fiction' is meant to highlight the literary nature of the genre -- while at the same time indicating that it is interactive.
I miss Infocom... not only did they have the best games (at the time, and I daresay the games still are more fun than a lot of the flashy color thingys those kids play nowadays), Infocom had the best packaging, bar none.
I'm not sure whether its still in the shops, but a few years ago I bought the Lost Treasures of Infocom, which brings together many of their best games. Unfortunately, you don't get the actual memorabilia -- just a large book with pictures of all the items which accompany each game.
Infocom were indeed great -- their games had such a wonderful depth. However, many of the modern post-Infocom IF games, such as Curses, Jigsaw, Christminster, A Change in the Weather, really are fantastic -- even bigger and more sophisticated than the original Infocom stuff. All of these games are free (as in beer), and can easily be found on the internet.
Remember: it's dark and you are likely to be eaten by a Grue.
Dead end
You are at a dead end of a dirt road. The road goes to the east.
In the distance you can see that it will eventually fork off. The
trees here are very tall royal palms, and they are spaced equidistant
from each other.
There is a shovel here.
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The only text editor to have a built-in advdenture game?
Almost all of the classic Infocom games, except some of the later Zork series, were written in a bytecode-like language which ran on a virtual machine known as a Z machine. This is why the old Infocom games can be played on any platform which has had a Z machine ported to it.
Inform, which is mentioned in the article, is actually a compiler which converts a high-level language into Z-machine bytecode. It was devised and written by Graham Nelson, the author of the breathtakingly-fantastic Curses and Jigsaw. Both of these games, plus the Inform compiler, plus a Z machine for just about every type of machine, can be downloaded from the Inform homepage
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BudNet Tracks Your Suds
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If you don't want them tracking your name, then get your friend's older brother to loan you his ID, or hang around outside the store asking if someone will just pick you up a case.
On this note, why is the legal drinking age in the USA so much higher than it is in Europe (typically, 21 vs 18)? My own personal hypothesis is that the need for cars to get to/from bars in the USA (due to their spread-out nature) means that DUI problems would skyrocket if the drinking age were lowered to 18. Anyone else have some suggestions?
believe that limited freedoms is one of the things that made the people now living in the US want to split from Britain.
Nah, what it came down to was the fact that rich white landowners didn't want to pay taxes. They also wanted to expand westwards, which Britain wasn't letting them. Why do you think so many native Americans fought on the British side during the revolutionary war?
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He was representing a couple of (probably illegal) immigrants who claimed they were discriminated against...
Why were the immigrants "probably illegal"? Is it difficult for you to conceive of a legal immigrant? If so, go and have a look in the mirror. If you don't look like a Native American, then you yourself are an immigrant. Are you legal?
If SCO sues Microsoft, who do we cheer for??
Mutually-Assured Destruction!!!
You noticed that too, can I sign you up?
Your piece articulates many of my reservations concerning the whole outsourcing issue -- so yes, sign me up!
They also have said that these first two lawsuits will be against companies that hold SCO Unix licenses. (EV1.net servers or Lindows?)"
Since EV1.net is in the process of climbing into bed with Microsoft, and SCO has been warming itself under the same blankets for quite some time, I think it more likely that Lindows will be sent to the doghouse.
Then again, in a vain attempt to turn back the tide of hatred directed at it, SCO might turn around and sue Microsoft. What a twist that would be!
They also have said that these first two lawsuits will be against companies that hold SCO Unix licenses.
When a company or organisation starts suing its own customers, then it's a sure sign that its business model is completely fucked. Look at the RIAA: suing Joe Teenager, to try and offset the fact that their profits are dropping like a lead balloon.
But . . . Rosa Parks is a nigger. Are you trying to pretend that she's a honky, or a chink, or a spick?
Aahh, Slashdot. Who can divorce its American heritage from its Racist heritage? The genius born from one hundred thousand code monkeys, who have been brought up on a diet of intolerance, ignorance and contempt.
Wouldn't that actually be four books?
Technically, yes. But in a shoot-off between the cheap Merlot I am currently drinking, and the cheap (and obvious) point you are making, YOU LOSE! (in a diplomatic sort of way, not meaning to put you down, you understand, but, like, the Merlot is getting me drunk, what are you doing to help my plight? Savvy?)
You do realize that statement somewhat undermines the point of your sig? It is very difficult for Americans to emigrate to India, at the very least for protectionist if not more emotional reasons, the equivalent of an Indian "green card" is far more rare than the American one.
You have got to understand the difference between immmigration and what Germany refers to "gastarbiter" (guest worker). One is a right to settle permanently in a country and enjoy the fruits therof, the other is a limited permit to earn money, so long as it benefits said country -- but with the understanding that when things go tits-up, you get chucked out. The latter would adequately describe the fate of an Indian (or Pakistani, or Khazak, or Turkmen, or whatnot) H1 visa holder.
My discourse, however, is getting away from the fundamental point, which is this: if Indians appear to be stealing jobs from America, then let's not start commenting how black, or how ignorant, or how bad at programming the Indians are (at least, through our own prejudices eyes). Indeed, to do such would be racist. Instead, let's ask why all of these companies are outsourcing labour to India (or wherever), but at the same time offering none of the job protections that are enjoyed in the USA?
On a final note, as disclosure of my non-Indian yet pseudo-immigrant position: I am a J-1 (exchange) visitor to the USA. I am currently applying to get permanent residence (i.e., a green card) through my marriage to a very lovely US citizen. Ethnically, I am from Anglo-Irish stock.
My wife and I are stricter than most (even in Utah, where we live). We don't even like our children (daughters: 5, 3, 1) to watch Sponge Bob Square Pants and other cartoons like it. We both enjoy watching and discussing cartoons and movies with them.
I'm guessing, from your comment about Utah, that you guys might be from the Mormon faith. Each to their own, I say -- I myself am a staunch atheist. But your comment about Sponge Bob caught me. A few years back, I was out in Africa (Ghana, to be specific), teaching high-school level physics to kids and young adults in a small village (with a UK organisation called VSO, similar to the US Peace Corps). I was meant to be there 2 years, but I quit after 7 months.
The reason why I quit ties in with Sponge Bob. I left Ghana early because my life was missing discourse and debate -- the stuff which makes us feel part of a community. But, surprisingly, the discourse I was lacking was not related to the big ideas such as politics, economics, science, etc. Although I had frequenct discussions on these topics with my local friends, I still felt that I was lonely out there.
It transpires that what I missed in Ghana, and why I decided to quit, was a longing for the trivia of the world I had grown up in -- what had happened that week in my favourite soaps, etc. I detest celebrity cultrue, but what I found in Ghana from interacting from my Engish (i.e., same-culture) friends is that celebrity culture, and other manifestations of trivia, is the lubricant on which much of Western -- and indeed, all -- civilization runs. That is what marked the cultural divide between me and my local friend Tommy -- not our debate about whether colonialism had benefitted Ghana or otherwise.
So, while I agree that I'd far rather my future children grew up on books rather than television, I would offer this advice: No matter how much weight you put on the intellectual advancement of your offspring, this will always be eclipsed by the weight that they attach to understanding, digging, grokking and being part of the growing-up of their generation.
why don't you go back to india you fucking injun
Because they won't have me. I'm not Indian.
-1, Troll? Ah, the irony-challenged are out right now! Must be early-evening in the USA!
Given your response, I apologize for my rather acerbic reply. I don't have children myself, but one day I hope to. Since you do have a kid, I wonder whether you could enlighten me as to what you do generally to avoid your daughter from stumbling across pornographic crap.
Me, I think that everyone -- sooner or later -- will encounter pornography. In some cases (ie. pervs like me), it is sought out explicitly -- but only in an adult context. In those cases where such stumbling shouldn't happen, such as underage kids, how does one go about preventing people from stumbling across porn through something as innocuous as Google? Sure, at some point or other in her life, your daughter is going to see porn -- but how do you stop her from seeing it at an age where it just isn't appropriate or necessary?
I would also lift weights, so no one would try to make me their bitch.
Why bother? Your number is greater than mine, therefore you are ab initio my bitch. May I cut out your eye with a shiv, and then piss in your occular socket?
You, sir, are a genius. I salute you! And you know why!
Ah, the soft thwack of someone dropping their parental responsibility and floating off to a cocktail party, as their babysitter is left necking her boyfriend on the couch, and the child is left surfing the web, unrestricted, in their darkened room...
What's creepy about this is how people take offense to things that are not in and of themselves offensive, such as the word "niggardly".
You have a fair point about the stupid dismissal of someone for using the word "niggardly", which etymologically has no relationship whatsoever with the word "nigger". However, I don't think I'd be too controversial in suggesting that those people who have used the word "nigger" in the workplace have, historically, got off too lightly.
Sure, the "niggardly" case was stupid. But it doesn't make right all of those situations where black people have had to endure workplace abuse which included the word "nigger". Is Rosa Parks a modern-day heroine because she confronted the niggardly behaviour of the driver? Or because she confronted the fact that the driver regarded her, first and foremost, as a nigger?
Whitehouse.com and goatse.cx are in big trouble.
It's worth pointing out that Whitehouse was a leading publication in the UK Men's Jazz Mag genre way before the World-Wide Web became popular. Sheesh, I spent my early teens stealing coins from my Mum's purse to buy copies of Whitehouse; ah, the thrill of riding down to Southfields for my monthly Saturday-morning cheapie. with the wind blowing in my hair etc etc...
Therefore, I don't think the name whitehouse.org is in any way misleading. Indeed, I find whitehouse.gov far more misleading; it pretends to be the homepage of a wonderful country built on the principles of freedom and justice for all, but turns out to be a fetish site for big-government fascism and religious bigotry. The fuckers!
The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C Clarke and Red/Green/Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson. Both discuss the politics and sociology surrounding the construction and use of a space elevator. Good books, well worth a read.
Interactive Fiction describes any type of game on the market. Every game is interactive, and every game is make-believe (fiction). How does it describe text adventure games?
Because interactive fiction is closer to the high-quality fiction one might buy in a bookstore, than it is to the video games one might buy in a gaming store. Consider this: on the one hand we have Curses, a masterpiece of language and storytelling; and on the other we have 'All your base are belong to us'. Quite different. The term 'interactive fiction' is meant to highlight the literary nature of the genre -- while at the same time indicating that it is interactive.
I miss Infocom... not only did they have the best games (at the time, and I daresay the games still are more fun than a lot of the flashy color thingys those kids play nowadays), Infocom had the best packaging, bar none.
I'm not sure whether its still in the shops, but a few years ago I bought the Lost Treasures of Infocom, which brings together many of their best games. Unfortunately, you don't get the actual memorabilia -- just a large book with pictures of all the items which accompany each game.
Infocom were indeed great -- their games had such a wonderful depth. However, many of the modern post-Infocom IF games, such as Curses, Jigsaw, Christminster, A Change in the Weather, really are fantastic -- even bigger and more sophisticated than the original Infocom stuff. All of these games are free (as in beer), and can easily be found on the internet.
Remember: it's dark and you are likely to be eaten by a Grue.
Ah, the joy of typing M-x dunnet into emacs:
The only text editor to have a built-in advdenture game?
Almost all of the classic Infocom games, except some of the later Zork series, were written in a bytecode-like language which ran on a virtual machine known as a Z machine. This is why the old Infocom games can be played on any platform which has had a Z machine ported to it.
Inform, which is mentioned in the article, is actually a compiler which converts a high-level language into Z-machine bytecode. It was devised and written by Graham Nelson, the author of the breathtakingly-fantastic Curses and Jigsaw . Both of these games, plus the Inform compiler, plus a Z machine for just about every type of machine, can be downloaded from the Inform homepage
If you don't want them tracking your name, then get your friend's older brother to loan you his ID, or hang around outside the store asking if someone will just pick you up a case.
On this note, why is the legal drinking age in the USA so much higher than it is in Europe (typically, 21 vs 18)? My own personal hypothesis is that the need for cars to get to/from bars in the USA (due to their spread-out nature) means that DUI problems would skyrocket if the drinking age were lowered to 18. Anyone else have some suggestions?
...is Budvar. The stuff brewed in the USA is urinated piss in comparison.
believe that limited freedoms is one of the things that made the people now living in the US want to split from Britain.
Nah, what it came down to was the fact that rich white landowners didn't want to pay taxes. They also wanted to expand westwards, which Britain wasn't letting them. Why do you think so many native Americans fought on the British side during the revolutionary war?