Oh come on. Does being a 'nerd' (what a detestable term) mean one has no interest in anything outside of, oh, I don't know, a PC? Of course it doesn't. The news of MK's death was just another item on sites which didn't permit the posting of comments: CNN, the BBC,... /. however does permit postings, *and* lots of us liked her a lot, *and* we also happen to be interested in technical things.
"...shedding a tear for the famous?" No, that's really the whole point; we're shedding a tear for a *talent*. 'Famous' I couldn't care less about (except that it was her talent which put her there). If you like a good laugh, please do watch 'Young Frankenstein'. It's worth it.
I'm in full agreement with Roblimo on this. Where's the harm, exactly? The whole story will be gone from your screen in a couple of days anyway.
There are few cinematic moments finer or funnier than the one in which MK receives...er...wisdom(?) from The Monster in 'Young Frankenstein'. It's a Facial expression: 10 Body language: 10 Voice: 10 If you've never seen this movie, In My Humble But Outspoken Opinion (IMHBOO) it's MB's very best, and yes, I've seen 'em all. I for one will miss her wondrous talent very much.
Q: If university graduates can't express themselves in their native tongue, what are the chances they can: (a) tell the difference between units of measurement; or (b) wire a plug without leaving conductors exposed; or (c) operate a parachute by remote control?
Good for surveillance except most of us would smash it to bits with a big stick as soon as it appeared...a *worm* would be much better...are you listening, Dr. Gavin and NSA?
Er...just to back off and inspect from a distance for a sec...can somebody tell me whether we truly ever decided that creating a few good songs ought to make somebody a multigrillionaire? I don't think we ever did. I think Tin Pan Alley decided that for us, back when it was all about cunning wax cylinders that we couldn't make for ourselves. Accourse, the multigrillionaires were those record companies, until the creators of the songs got in on the act too. All that came from that was they retired early to Califrnya to get wasted, then came back when they ran out of dosh but were too old to be original any more. Well, we can make our own wax cylinders now, and In My Humble But Outspoken Opinion (IMHBOO) we damned well should. I'm for MP3s, ripped or not I don't care, just give me some minstrels, and keep 'em poor so they keep producing, just like in the (really) old days.
Er...you seem to be forgetting that all your guys are...our guys...(Asian, Russian, European, African, Latin American, Australasian, hope I didn't leave anybody out of the party...) That's what draining our brains does fer ya! Now you see our master plan. Invade the US with our brightest people on the pretext of looking for better-paid jobs, then when the moment is right (Thanksgiving, as I said somewhere earlier) we strike! Doh! Just gave away the store! For more paranoia like this, please visit Disneyland.
I beg to differ--one of those holidays which you have but the rest of us don't have would be best, so I guess you just got off again...good! Think about it: half of you stuck in too-small airline seats at 37000 feet, stuffed full o'turkey, fast asleep and in an eternal holding pattern over Fort Worth. As for those on the ground, why, obviously they'd be there 'cos they're just toooo big for a plane altogether, so we'd just tip them over (you know, like cows). They'd never be able to get up again...no need for violence at all. (If in doubt, get somebody to tickle you and you'll display the appropriate reaction.)
No, don't worry folks, China won't get to invade you even though they have a bigger propulation, because the rest of us won't let them, any more than we'd let *you* invade, oh, say, the Divided Kingdom of Small Britain. Thank (insert deity here) for our burgeoning world democracy. Put those big sticks down over here please...Everybody!
I completely agree that too many times our governments turn out not to be very representative at all. I vote in my rep. on issues A, B, and C, only to have it arrive at the seat of power and vote completely the wrong way (IMO, of course) on new issues D, E and F. Happens all the time. We've heard about 'true democracy', also sometimes known as 'true anarchy', but that requires us to stay at home all the time 'cos we've got to vote, vote, vote all those referenda. Even with the Internet, even if unique IDs were possible, we probably still wouldn't want to do that. Representatives it is, then. Doh! And if so, the WTO.
And there I was thinking we were sane, and democratic, and talking about trade...Hmmm. Perhaps the WTO should just eject the US as warmongers after all? (Not really, America, we love you cute little guys--you're so quaint.)
So let me just make sure I've got you right. You believe in representative democratic government. You don't believe in the WTO because it's a supra-governmental body which you perceive as being controlled by corporations. I think though that the idea of the WTO was to subordinate the desires of individual governments to a representative democracy of *those governments*, not to corporations. If I'm with you so far, then it seems to me we have to determine whether the WTO is indeed controlled by multinational corporations or not. If it is, we should fix it. If it isn't, we should probably just shut up, even if it overrules the once mighty, once proud US. Provided it is ruled by said RD, we *do* have the ability to affect it, by choosing our own governmental bit of it. Of course, that means that even the US is no longer in charge, but that's life: all empires fall.
It can be a problem for novices and children because the mongers deliberately take URLs designed to trap the unwary. Surely sometime you must have hit www.whitehouse.com instead of www.whitehouse.gov? Off topic of course, but then when wasn't I?
(Clicking the vernacular button) Yep, we like our 35 hour week, and we don't really care much if Americans want to work a 40 hour week plus unlimited unpaid evening overtime plus at least one full day every weekend ("...'cos if you don't you're not *really* a team player, are ya?"). Why don't we care? 'Cos QOL matters more to us than munny, and 'cos those Americans will all die young anyway (overwork, obesity, shot by jealous partner...) so we're gonna have the last laugh anyway. There are only about 255M of them, and 600M of us. Flame on, chummie.
Oh, in some places you can get non-governmental tokens now...why, I print dozens every day myself. Sadly, there are unscrupulous companies out there who make weird pens which can detect my tokens, but as long as you stay away from those evil creatures, I'll send you...oh, let's say $1000 worth of my tokens for only, oh, say $500. Deal?
(Please note this is intended to provoke amusement, not litigation nor hot plasma.)
Hey now, don't go phasing out bananas 'cos I like those...BTW, what is going to be phased in to replace them? Not that funny green stuff, is it, 'cos if it is, I want mine at the best price I can get, never mind subsidising the farmer who gets all of the best buds for free anyway...oh oh, flame coming...
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Yep, that would be a tiny, closed mind, wouldn't it?
Uninteresting to you, interesting to me. Welcome to democracy.
because...what?
What a tremendous waste of good air you are.
Oh come on. Does being a 'nerd' (what a detestable term) mean one has no interest in anything outside of, oh, I don't know, a PC? Of course it doesn't.
The news of MK's death was just another item on sites which didn't permit the posting of comments: CNN, the BBC,...
/. however does permit postings, *and* lots of us liked her a lot, *and* we also happen to be interested in technical things.
"...shedding a tear for the famous?" No, that's really the whole point; we're shedding a tear for a *talent*. 'Famous' I couldn't care less about (except that it was her talent which put her there). If you like a good laugh, please do watch 'Young Frankenstein'. It's worth it.
I'm in full agreement with Roblimo on this. Where's the harm, exactly? The whole story will be gone from your screen in a couple of days anyway.
There are few cinematic moments finer or funnier than the one in which MK receives...er...wisdom(?) from The Monster in 'Young Frankenstein'. It's a
Facial expression: 10
Body language: 10
Voice: 10
If you've never seen this movie, In My Humble But Outspoken Opinion (IMHBOO) it's MB's very best, and yes, I've seen 'em all.
I for one will miss her wondrous talent very much.
Er...and not even a billion nowadays either...
Look, I'm getting really tired of all of you misinforming one another. If you can't even communicate, what *can* you do?
The MPL attempted to make a DESCENT into a DESERT, not a DECENT into a DESSERT. Got it?
Talk sense, for goodness sake! Thank you.
Q: If university graduates can't express themselves in their native tongue, what are the chances they can:
(a) tell the difference between units of measurement; or
(b) wire a plug without leaving conductors exposed; or
(c) operate a parachute by remote control?
Good for surveillance except most of us would smash it to bits with a big stick as soon as it appeared...a *worm* would be much better...are you listening, Dr. Gavin and NSA?
Er...just to back off and inspect from a distance for a sec...can somebody tell me whether we truly ever decided that creating a few good songs ought to make somebody a multigrillionaire? I don't think we ever did. I think Tin Pan Alley decided that for us, back when it was all about cunning wax cylinders that we couldn't make for ourselves.
Accourse, the multigrillionaires were those record companies, until the creators of the songs got in on the act too. All that came from that was they retired early to Califrnya to get wasted, then came back when they ran out of dosh but were too old to be original any more.
Well, we can make our own wax cylinders now, and In My Humble But Outspoken Opinion (IMHBOO) we damned well should.
I'm for MP3s, ripped or not I don't care, just give me some minstrels, and keep 'em poor so they keep producing, just like in the (really) old days.
Er...you seem to be forgetting that all your guys are...our guys...(Asian, Russian, European, African, Latin American, Australasian, hope I didn't leave anybody out of the party...) That's what draining our brains does fer ya! Now you see our master plan. Invade the US with our brightest people on the pretext of looking for better-paid jobs, then when the moment is right (Thanksgiving, as I said somewhere earlier) we strike! Doh! Just gave away the store!
For more paranoia like this, please visit Disneyland.
I beg to differ--one of those holidays which you have but the rest of us don't have would be best, so I guess you just got off again...good!
Think about it: half of you stuck in too-small airline seats at 37000 feet, stuffed full o'turkey, fast asleep and in an eternal holding pattern over Fort Worth.
As for those on the ground, why, obviously they'd be there 'cos they're just toooo big for a plane altogether, so we'd just tip them over (you know, like cows). They'd never be able to get up again...no need for violence at all.
(If in doubt, get somebody to tickle you and you'll display the appropriate reaction.)
No, don't worry folks, China won't get to invade you even though they have a bigger propulation, because the rest of us won't let them, any more than we'd let *you* invade, oh, say, the Divided Kingdom of Small Britain. Thank (insert deity here) for our burgeoning world democracy.
Put those big sticks down over here please...Everybody!
Your first point: taken. ;^P
Your second point: I'll be there in fifteen minutes...
Oh, no, sorry, it was Lambs Breath I was on about...doh!
I completely agree that too many times our governments turn out not to be very representative at all. I vote in my rep. on issues A, B, and C, only to have it arrive at the seat of power and vote completely the wrong way (IMO, of course) on new issues D, E and F. Happens all the time.
We've heard about 'true democracy', also sometimes known as 'true anarchy', but that requires us to stay at home all the time 'cos we've got to vote, vote, vote all those referenda.
Even with the Internet, even if unique IDs were possible, we probably still wouldn't want to do that. Representatives it is, then. Doh! And if so, the WTO.
And there I was thinking we were sane, and democratic, and talking about trade...Hmmm. Perhaps the WTO should just eject the US as warmongers after all? (Not really, America, we love you cute little guys--you're so quaint.)
So let me just make sure I've got you right. You believe in representative democratic government. You don't believe in the WTO because it's a supra-governmental body which you perceive as being controlled by corporations. I think though that the idea of the WTO was to subordinate the desires of individual governments to a representative democracy of *those governments*, not to corporations.
If I'm with you so far, then it seems to me we have to determine whether the WTO is indeed controlled by multinational corporations or not. If it is, we should fix it. If it isn't, we should probably just shut up, even if it overrules the once mighty, once proud US.
Provided it is ruled by said RD, we *do* have the ability to affect it, by choosing our own governmental bit of it. Of course, that means that even the US is no longer in charge, but that's life: all empires fall.
It can be a problem for novices and children because the mongers deliberately take URLs designed to trap the unwary. Surely sometime you must have hit www.whitehouse.com instead of www.whitehouse.gov?
Off topic of course, but then when wasn't I?
(Clicking the vernacular button) Yep, we like our 35 hour week, and we don't really care much if Americans want to work a 40 hour week plus unlimited unpaid evening overtime plus at least one full day every weekend ("...'cos if you don't you're not *really* a team player, are ya?").
Why don't we care? 'Cos QOL matters more to us than munny, and 'cos those Americans will all die young anyway (overwork, obesity, shot by jealous partner...) so we're gonna have the last laugh anyway.
There are only about 255M of them, and 600M of us. Flame on, chummie.
Well, that's my hotmail account done with then. Thanks!
Oh, in some places you can get non-governmental tokens now...why, I print dozens every day myself. Sadly, there are unscrupulous companies out there who make weird pens which can detect my tokens, but as long as you stay away from those evil creatures, I'll send you...oh, let's say $1000 worth of my tokens for only, oh, say $500. Deal?
(Please note this is intended to provoke amusement, not litigation nor hot plasma.)
You won't have to wait that long. I've got my eyes on a nice big chunk of California...why, it's almost as nice as southern Europe.
Great! Do you have a name?
Hey now, don't go phasing out bananas 'cos I like those...BTW, what is going to be phased in to replace them? Not that funny green stuff, is it, 'cos if it is, I want mine at the best price I can get, never mind subsidising the farmer who gets all of the best buds for free anyway...oh oh, flame coming...