You can almost hear the sound of the vacuum created by bloggers thinking that their words matter when the people with control don't even know how to read the tubes
Slashdot's really doing its part to dispel that whole "elitist geek" reputation.
Obvious patents? That's a straw man. Patents are not supposed to be awarded for obvious ideas. Indeed, some have been invalidated for just this reason.
Shouldn't he have been nominated for the prize in physics? Why did he win a prize in a political category? How does putting out a pseudo-scientific Hollywood blockbuster film help the situation in Darfur, or the tensions between Kurdish Iraq and Turkey, or the violence in the Gaza Strip? Oops, I'm sure that last one was taken care of by Yasser Arafat, when he won in 1994!
I admit the summary is inflammatory, but strip away the hyperbole and the implication is there.
"I know that this story is true. I believe that the witnesses and the documents are authentic. We wouldn't have gone to air if they would not have been." - Dan Rather, referring to the forged Killian documents
I can't find any excuse why Windows XP would not detect my sound automatically where Ubuntu did.
Uhh... because you were probably using an old XP CD-ROM without any updated drivers on it? If you used a six-year-old Ubuntu CD-ROM, I'm pretty sure that would fall short as well.
I destroyed a Solid state IDE drive back 6 years ago (you have been able to buy them for over 15 years now) by installing windows on it. the swap space died within weeks. Yes I knew what I was doing
No, you didn't. You put your page file in a separate partition, which is unnecessary with Windows as you can lock the page file to a set size, and this hastened the death of your old non-wear-leveling SSD.
Does everyone at your company call them "productive databases" instead of "production databases?" I mean, they are inanimate, so they can't be productive (although users can).
Oh, great. Yet another profession where we have to put ourselves in debt for 5-10 years and waste time in garbage classes being indoctrinated by leftist professors using overpriced, error-laden textbooks. Cops don't make enough to put themselves through that. Oops-- I guess that means we'll have to pay them more. Up go the taxes. And we still get tasered by more expensive police officers because no one is taught civics in any kind of educational institution, anyway.
I can understand why a person would not be in favor of at-will employment laws, but keep in mind they also protect the employee to the extent that he can resign at any time without penalty by his employer. This should render any non-compete "agreements" useless, as they are not contracts and the employment is still at-will. Of course, this doesn't mean your hostile ex-employer won't try to haul you into court to prove it.
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I love South Park, but that would have been a lot funnier if Chewbacca actually lived on Endor.
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There you go. Now it validates!
No, you're hallucinating.
Obvious patents? That's a straw man. Patents are not supposed to be awarded for obvious ideas. Indeed, some have been invalidated for just this reason.
For the same reason that anyone who sells anything gets to set the price, rather than have to settle for whatever anyone offers them.
Shouldn't he have been nominated for the prize in physics? Why did he win a prize in a political category? How does putting out a pseudo-scientific Hollywood blockbuster film help the situation in Darfur, or the tensions between Kurdish Iraq and Turkey, or the violence in the Gaza Strip? Oops, I'm sure that last one was taken care of by Yasser Arafat, when he won in 1994!
So what's the difference between "unjust" and "immoral?" Who gets to decide? That's why we have laws.
Does everyone at your company call them "productive databases" instead of "production databases?" I mean, they are inanimate, so they can't be productive (although users can).
IN THE YEAR 2000...
Cars fly.
BSD is DEAD.
and Windows is SECURE!
Oh, great. Yet another profession where we have to put ourselves in debt for 5-10 years and waste time in garbage classes being indoctrinated by leftist professors using overpriced, error-laden textbooks. Cops don't make enough to put themselves through that. Oops-- I guess that means we'll have to pay them more. Up go the taxes. And we still get tasered by more expensive police officers because no one is taught civics in any kind of educational institution, anyway.
The solution is to stop, admit that we're afraid, breathe, and then ^%98VBUG*+yguNO CARRIER
I know that 100% of the cars and light trucks sold in the USA in 1989 had onboard computers. Is that the case where you live?
"Correcting lies on Slashdot since 1999"
It is "strong as steel" so clearly it is transparisteel!
Scotty: (holding mouse in front of mouth) Helloooo computer!
I can understand why a person would not be in favor of at-will employment laws, but keep in mind they also protect the employee to the extent that he can resign at any time without penalty by his employer. This should render any non-compete "agreements" useless, as they are not contracts and the employment is still at-will. Of course, this doesn't mean your hostile ex-employer won't try to haul you into court to prove it.
A physiological magic trick? Does it increase your heart rate?
No they don't.