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It seems like there's always some not-drunk (but not necessarily sober) jackass who is willing to cheat these dashboard breathalyzer tests for inebriated drivers who are forced to install such devices due to DUI/DWI infractions. The device may well be more simple to design and implement than a self-driving car, but their efficacy is likewise simple to undermine.
I'm holding out hope for the Johnny Cab: "The door opened. You got in". Now *that's* what I call simple!
Time warner cable recently "upgraded" several of our analog cable channels to the basic digital tier which now requires a digital adapter. Unfortunately some of these are local stations that I watch regularly, so if I want to watch them I need the adapter, and using the adapter is mutually exclusive with regular analog cable without running a convoluted system of splitters and coax. Now after "upgrading" with the free digital adapter it's been *incessant* EAS tests and bogus alerts, sometimes going off every hour for days at a time, and the people at TWC can't or won't even attempt to fix it. This is annoying enough, but during one of these swarms of false alerts there was a REAL alert of a TORNADO in the area that ended up doing a lot of damage nearby. TWC's stupid mismanagement of the EAS system has completely undermined the use of the system itself. Bastards. Rant over.
a fucking earth-klingon teleportation device(rendering all warp and spaceship technology obsolete)...
Hey, at least he's not the one who came up with "Infinite Velocity" and hyper-evolution to salamanders a-la ST:Voyager's episode "Threshold", so he's got that going for him.
I agree. Now I'm annoyed after having to read yet another corny "alliterative animal" codename and will probably remain in a bad mood all day. Would've been nice to have a warning.
I don't know if you're trying to be funny by illustrating a needlessly convoluted process,, but in case you're serious, you already won at this step: "Simply add the drive to a system you own," and the rest was just wasting your time.
Al right, joke's on us. I just read the/. submission title again:
"British TV Show 'Blackout' Triggers Online LOLs"
STOP THE PRESSES! SOME SHOW TRIGGERS LOLS!! I can see timothy scrambling like a madman to get this thread out of the submission queue and onto the front page. This in the running for the most ridiculous title I've ever seen here, even worse then the gloriously daft "OMG PONIES LOL!!!"
I don't really get what's happening here: so there was some British TV show and a bunch of people tweeted about it... and then what? Or is this supposed to be some kind tongue in cheek bit?
Yeah, you know the old system I'm talking about. It's been so long since they changed it I wonder if many of the remaining members here remember it, or were even around at the time. I don't know if I'm crazy or what, but IMO the moderation system in general really started skewing towards more punitive moderations once the metamod system changed, since many people just gave up trying to figure it out and couldn't negate the unfair moderations on well-reasoned though unpopular opinions.
Since I'm complaining, I'm unreasonably annoyed there's no way to undo a normal moderation anymore without leaving a comment, thus removing all mods in that thread. What idiot decided this was a good implementation?
That's funny! At least HAL got some reasonable mods to give that comment a little credit. I hope the original idiot neckbeard mod feels impotent now that other people undermined his/her assessment of that comment.
I don't think I deserved a "troll" mod, perhaps flamebait or offtopic, or even the boring overrated or redundant, but troll? who, me?
Not only my comment, but the overall tone of this entire thread. The hostility and contempt shown for people, not only women but all people, is pretty sobering. And the fact that these slashdotters lack the insight and self-awareness to recognize that *they* are absolutely and undeniably the reason that many women feel unwelcome in the tech-sector is depressing.
Of course, since your factual and correct summary of consumer law is cogent and apropos to this case some idiot slashdot neckbeard had to dock you -1 offtopic.
Despite that I'm admittedly a humorless beta-male I'm not in any way outraged. However, look at the outrage in these comments here, and look at which party is expressing that outrage. It's very clear that the *only* people expressing any hostility or outrage here are the people suggesting others need to learn to take a lame joke. See for yourself.
Congratulations Jethro Batts, 28, and David Boulton, 24 for showing young women interested in technology exactly what assholes they have to look forward to growing up. Your joke was real funny and we're all impressed, and this totally isn't going to ostracize either of you in the worst possible way.
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I just wanted to personally thank you for what is the best comment I've ever read on /.
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Nobody, for one, seems to welcome our new not-stabbing robot overlords, you insensitive clod!
Have you seen the new beta /. site yet? It's an absolute abomination. If/when they go live with it I really think that will mark the end of this site.
...by which I mean an autonomous, self-driving taxicab service staffed by a gentle robotic companion voiced by one Robert Picardo, of course.
It seems like there's always some not-drunk (but not necessarily sober) jackass who is willing to cheat these dashboard breathalyzer tests for inebriated drivers who are forced to install such devices due to DUI/DWI infractions. The device may well be more simple to design and implement than a self-driving car, but their efficacy is likewise simple to undermine.
I'm holding out hope for the Johnny Cab: "The door opened. You got in". Now *that's* what I call simple!
Time warner cable recently "upgraded" several of our analog cable channels to the basic digital tier which now requires a digital adapter. Unfortunately some of these are local stations that I watch regularly, so if I want to watch them I need the adapter, and using the adapter is mutually exclusive with regular analog cable without running a convoluted system of splitters and coax. Now after "upgrading" with the free digital adapter it's been *incessant* EAS tests and bogus alerts, sometimes going off every hour for days at a time, and the people at TWC can't or won't even attempt to fix it. This is annoying enough, but during one of these swarms of false alerts there was a REAL alert of a TORNADO in the area that ended up doing a lot of damage nearby. TWC's stupid mismanagement of the EAS system has completely undermined the use of the system itself. Bastards. Rant over.
What is "following a product" and what incentive does a person have to do such a thing?
Hey, at least he's not the one who came up with "Infinite Velocity" and hyper-evolution to salamanders a-la ST:Voyager's episode "Threshold", so he's got that going for him.
Not yet anyway.
Huh? They all got beards, don't they?
I agree. Now I'm annoyed after having to read yet another corny "alliterative animal" codename and will probably remain in a bad mood all day. Would've been nice to have a warning.
I don't know if you're trying to be funny by illustrating a needlessly convoluted process,, but in case you're serious, you already won at this step: "Simply add the drive to a system you own," and the rest was just wasting your time.
Best Buy/Staples/Office{Depot|Max}... actually pretty much anyplace that sells computers.
Oh great, *now* what am I supposed to do with all this misplaced indignation in light of facts?!
Al right, joke's on us. I just read the /. submission title again:
"British TV Show 'Blackout' Triggers Online LOLs"
STOP THE PRESSES! SOME SHOW TRIGGERS LOLS!! I can see timothy scrambling like a madman to get this thread out of the submission queue and onto the front page. This in the running for the most ridiculous title I've ever seen here, even worse then the gloriously daft "OMG PONIES LOL!!!"
I don't really get what's happening here: so there was some British TV show and a bunch of people tweeted about it... and then what? Or is this supposed to be some kind tongue in cheek bit?
Yeah, you know the old system I'm talking about. It's been so long since they changed it I wonder if many of the remaining members here remember it, or were even around at the time. I don't know if I'm crazy or what, but IMO the moderation system in general really started skewing towards more punitive moderations once the metamod system changed, since many people just gave up trying to figure it out and couldn't negate the unfair moderations on well-reasoned though unpopular opinions.
Since I'm complaining, I'm unreasonably annoyed there's no way to undo a normal moderation anymore without leaving a comment, thus removing all mods in that thread. What idiot decided this was a good implementation?
It doesn't even *have* a 3rd dimension, you insensitive clod.
That's funny! At least HAL got some reasonable mods to give that comment a little credit. I hope the original idiot neckbeard mod feels impotent now that other people undermined his/her assessment of that comment.
I don't think I deserved a "troll" mod, perhaps flamebait or offtopic, or even the boring overrated or redundant, but troll? who, me?
Not only my comment, but the overall tone of this entire thread. The hostility and contempt shown for people, not only women but all people, is pretty sobering. And the fact that these slashdotters lack the insight and self-awareness to recognize that *they* are absolutely and undeniably the reason that many women feel unwelcome in the tech-sector is depressing.
Of course, since your factual and correct summary of consumer law is cogent and apropos to this case some idiot slashdot neckbeard had to dock you -1 offtopic.
Despite that I'm admittedly a humorless beta-male I'm not in any way outraged. However, look at the outrage in these comments here, and look at which party is expressing that outrage. It's very clear that the *only* people expressing any hostility or outrage here are the people suggesting others need to learn to take a lame joke. See for yourself.
What cause? At what point did I advocate anything?
Congratulations Jethro Batts, 28, and David Boulton, 24 for showing young women interested in technology exactly what assholes they have to look forward to growing up. Your joke was real funny and we're all impressed, and this totally isn't going to ostracize either of you in the worst possible way.