Oh, Google tells me he's a journalist. Why in the fuck would I care what a journalist has to say when forming my political opinions? I'm perfectly capable of doing my own thinking, thank you very much.
When I use "liberal" as a slur, I'm not talking about the current ways of thinking in the political/media machinery, I'm talking about what the word actually means. And without going into a long, drawn-out explanation, "pussies" sums it up rather well.
Back when I was still using altavista, I heard something about a search engine called "google" here on slashdot. People seemed to like it, but I couldn't figure out why. Lots of people raved about how cool their "simple" page was, but I didn't think that was a big deal. Tried google once in the beginning, wasn't impressed with the search results, and kept going with altavista.
Was probably a little over a year later I was looking for something, altavista wasn't finding it, so out of desperation I figured I'd give this "google" thing a try. The exact thing I was looking for was the first result. Never used altavista again.
By the way. I never did buy into that whole "Don't be evil" crap. I wasn't born yesterday.
Who, in their right and sane mind, would ever be dumb enough to put ANYTHING online under their real name.
If you google my real name, all you come up with is some young black dude who is presently an inmate in a Texas prison. You'll find nothing relating to the middle-aged white guy I actually am. Any employer who is dumb enough to confuse a job applicant in Iowa for a Texas inmate, eh, I probably don't want to work for them anyway.
Civilized means living in cities. Where the cops are.
Maybe that explains why I'm such a more relaxed, peaceful, happy person when I'm out in the woods, with nothing more than I can carry in my backpack. Sure, I miss DirecTV on the nights that insomnia kicks in, but all things considered, I've never felt less free than when I was in a city.
You know, with the cameras on you every step you take and all....
some committee that is so secretive it's against the law for us to even know it exists.
THIS is why it's more important now than it ever has been to defend and protect the 2nd Amendment.
It may not be quite there yet, but the way things are going, it won't be long until it becomes necessary for the American people to install a new government. And, yes, it will have to be done by force.
Back in the day, it was the best search engine out there. Used it dozens of times every day. Granted, that was back when "www.hp.com" was an invalid URL and you had to use "www.hp.boise.com" to get a printer driver, but still....
Can't necessarily say I''m "sad" to see them go, but it does raise a little pang of nostalgia.....
I want to make one thing perfectly, crystal clear.
They may be enemies of the US government, but they are not considered enemies by the American people. At least not the American people who paid attention in History class when we were in school.
Don't hate us all just because powerful people gamed the system. There are plenty of us over here that are FAR MORE pissed at the current state of affairs than any of you foreigners are.
The sad truth is that there is "just" enough of a voter base here, and enough liberal pussies, that those of us who are still strong, able, and have integrity are getting outvoted at every election. It's become a nanny state, and people only vote for the guy that they think will give them the most "free money". Once elected on bullshit promises, he is free to disregard them and then pursue his real agenda. And as long as the govt keeps handing out free money, they'll keep voting the traitors back in.
I, for one, am NOT happy about this situation. I desperately long to live in the "Land of the Free, Home of the Brave". I want to live or die, fail or succeed, on my own efforts and merits, not on a handout that I got by "successfully" managing to be lazy enough to not actually *earn* any money.
But it doesn't work that way anymore. I have a decent job. I make more than average. But truth be told, I could be in a better financial position if I quit my job, declared bakruptcy, and took the handouts. I'll never do it, but I'd have more cash in my pocket if I did.
I would fight to defend the country that my grandfather fought to defend. Would I sign up to defend the country it has become? Hell no, it disgusts me. And as much as I miss that man, I'm glad he passed before he had to see what it turned into.
I've been looking for a good place to relocate ever since the U.S. turned into something much worse than the "Commies" we were taught to fear when I was a young, impressionable child.
Legally speaking, that's a very, VERY good question. And one that I'm sure will never get answered.
Dealing with a foreign national, on foreign soil, is quite clearly a CIA matter and not what the FBI is supposed to be doing.
The are probably a couple dozen US citizens (myself being one) who understand this, and would REALLY like to know what happened to these promises of "oversight" that we've been given, the sad truth is that most are more worried about upgrading their 55" TV to a 65" model, and just plain don't give a shit.
Hell, I'm pretty much there myself. This is NOT the country that my grandfather went to war for in WWII. But at 42 years old, I've seen enough to realize that I'm powerless to change anything. My best bet is to just try to make the next 50 years as pleasant as possible for myself and my family.
But change anything? Nah, that's not realistic. The only power I have in that regard is one vote in opposition of the millions of morons here who vote the wrong way.
Eh, I'm not losing control. I landed in a company that appreciates experience and doesn't really waste much time on young punks. In fact, at 42, I'm the youngest admin in my department.
Should this gig ever end, I might be in trouble, but there's zero reason to think that this company won't be around 100 years after I retire.
I couldn't tell you for sure. To be honest, I'm not 100% sure I'd know what to look for to tell the difference. (Nor do I really care enough to bother finding out what to look for.)
I promise you, I know plenty of doctors, lawyers, accountants, etc... who would laugh at at. Fuck that, I know mechanics and plumbers who would laugh at that.
In fact, I think I know a lawn care guy who comes pretty close....
Most programmers seem to be over-paid self-entitled people with average skills,
Mod that up to 100.
I'm a sysadmin. As a department, we make a little less than the programmers in our company. Yet we turn at WAY more WORKING code. We have had "official" projects get canceled because we turned out a perfectly working piece of software, during our down time, and the developers were still working on design documents.
To make matters worse, my department is all Linux/Solaris guys, and our company "officially" writes all software in.NET. And the developers come to us when they need an answer to something they can't figure out. And we give them the answer.
It's rather amazing how much of the code our company actually runs on is coded in Bash, Perl, PHP, and Python, when the only thing our developers know is.NET.
Slashdot Mirror
Why?
It's not that hard to check where the link actually points to and determine whether it's legit or not.
Who the fuck is Glenn Greenwald?
Oh, Google tells me he's a journalist. Why in the fuck would I care what a journalist has to say when forming my political opinions? I'm perfectly capable of doing my own thinking, thank you very much.
When I use "liberal" as a slur, I'm not talking about the current ways of thinking in the political/media machinery, I'm talking about what the word actually means. And without going into a long, drawn-out explanation, "pussies" sums it up rather well.
Heh... Yeah...
Back when I was still using altavista, I heard something about a search engine called "google" here on slashdot. People seemed to like it, but I couldn't figure out why. Lots of people raved about how cool their "simple" page was, but I didn't think that was a big deal. Tried google once in the beginning, wasn't impressed with the search results, and kept going with altavista.
Was probably a little over a year later I was looking for something, altavista wasn't finding it, so out of desperation I figured I'd give this "google" thing a try. The exact thing I was looking for was the first result. Never used altavista again.
By the way. I never did buy into that whole "Don't be evil" crap. I wasn't born yesterday.
Who, in their right and sane mind, would ever be dumb enough to put ANYTHING online under their real name.
If you google my real name, all you come up with is some young black dude who is presently an inmate in a Texas prison. You'll find nothing relating to the middle-aged white guy I actually am. Any employer who is dumb enough to confuse a job applicant in Iowa for a Texas inmate, eh, I probably don't want to work for them anyway.
Civilized means living in cities. Where the cops are.
Maybe that explains why I'm such a more relaxed, peaceful, happy person when I'm out in the woods, with nothing more than I can carry in my backpack. Sure, I miss DirecTV on the nights that insomnia kicks in, but all things considered, I've never felt less free than when I was in a city.
You know, with the cameras on you every step you take and all....
some committee that is so secretive it's against the law for us to even know it exists.
THIS is why it's more important now than it ever has been to defend and protect the 2nd Amendment.
It may not be quite there yet, but the way things are going, it won't be long until it becomes necessary for the American people to install a new government. And, yes, it will have to be done by force.
We have ways!!!!
Yeah, but it's not what it used to be.
Back in the day, it was the best search engine out there. Used it dozens of times every day. Granted, that was back when "www.hp.com" was an invalid URL and you had to use "www.hp.boise.com" to get a printer driver, but still....
Can't necessarily say I''m "sad" to see them go, but it does raise a little pang of nostalgia.....
Wow... Apparently they've made some successful power grabs. That document is sickening.
There's something very, very wrong when a proud, patriotic American is disgusted by his own president, and feels admiration for Vladmir Putin.
The "powers that be" need to stop being powerful, ASAP.
and the enemies of the U.S.
I want to make one thing perfectly, crystal clear.
They may be enemies of the US government, but they are not considered enemies by the American people. At least not the American people who paid attention in History class when we were in school.
Don't hate us all just because powerful people gamed the system. There are plenty of us over here that are FAR MORE pissed at the current state of affairs than any of you foreigners are.
The sad truth is that there is "just" enough of a voter base here, and enough liberal pussies, that those of us who are still strong, able, and have integrity are getting outvoted at every election. It's become a nanny state, and people only vote for the guy that they think will give them the most "free money". Once elected on bullshit promises, he is free to disregard them and then pursue his real agenda. And as long as the govt keeps handing out free money, they'll keep voting the traitors back in.
I, for one, am NOT happy about this situation. I desperately long to live in the "Land of the Free, Home of the Brave". I want to live or die, fail or succeed, on my own efforts and merits, not on a handout that I got by "successfully" managing to be lazy enough to not actually *earn* any money.
But it doesn't work that way anymore. I have a decent job. I make more than average. But truth be told, I could be in a better financial position if I quit my job, declared bakruptcy, and took the handouts. I'll never do it, but I'd have more cash in my pocket if I did.
I would fight to defend the country that my grandfather fought to defend. Would I sign up to defend the country it has become? Hell no, it disgusts me. And as much as I miss that man, I'm glad he passed before he had to see what it turned into.
Where are the brave calling home these days?
If you get a good answer to this, let me know.
I've been looking for a good place to relocate ever since the U.S. turned into something much worse than the "Commies" we were taught to fear when I was a young, impressionable child.
You don't think Assange and Snowden have "unfortunate accidents" in their future?
We'll never hear about them, of course, but both of them are in a very, very bad spot right now.
Legally speaking, that's a very, VERY good question. And one that I'm sure will never get answered.
Dealing with a foreign national, on foreign soil, is quite clearly a CIA matter and not what the FBI is supposed to be doing.
The are probably a couple dozen US citizens (myself being one) who understand this, and would REALLY like to know what happened to these promises of "oversight" that we've been given, the sad truth is that most are more worried about upgrading their 55" TV to a 65" model, and just plain don't give a shit.
Hell, I'm pretty much there myself. This is NOT the country that my grandfather went to war for in WWII. But at 42 years old, I've seen enough to realize that I'm powerless to change anything. My best bet is to just try to make the next 50 years as pleasant as possible for myself and my family.
But change anything? Nah, that's not realistic. The only power I have in that regard is one vote in opposition of the millions of morons here who vote the wrong way.
Depending on your lifestyle, a "get out of jail free card" can be worth more than any amount of cash.
Loss of reputation.
How is that even possible for somebody that nobody has ever even heard of in the first place? You can't lose a reputation until you have one.
Also the title of a Van Halen album, which is the reason the meaning became widely known.
Eh, I'm not losing control. I landed in a company that appreciates experience and doesn't really waste much time on young punks. In fact, at 42, I'm the youngest admin in my department.
Should this gig ever end, I might be in trouble, but there's zero reason to think that this company won't be around 100 years after I retire.
So, I'm good for now.
I couldn't tell you for sure. To be honest, I'm not 100% sure I'd know what to look for to tell the difference. (Nor do I really care enough to bother finding out what to look for.)
What a sad and pathetic life that would be.
Old geezer... Good one.
I'm 42.
Or maybe....
Just maybe.....
It's because you actually want to have a "life" along with your "job".
Just sayin'.....
The median HOUSEHOLD income in the US is 50k.
I promise you, I know plenty of doctors, lawyers, accountants, etc... who would laugh at at. Fuck that, I know mechanics and plumbers who would laugh at that.
In fact, I think I know a lawn care guy who comes pretty close....
Maybe not in the scenario you describe.....
But that just means that NYC is a "special case". This would be a GREAT service in the vast majority of the country.
(And, yes, NYC is a special case, in the sense that it's filled with idiots who think they're "special". Probably tied with LA for idiocy.)
Aww.... That's so cute....
He actually thinks a lock and key can stop someone from getting in...
Most programmers seem to be over-paid self-entitled people with average skills,
Mod that up to 100.
I'm a sysadmin. As a department, we make a little less than the programmers in our company. Yet we turn at WAY more WORKING code. We have had "official" projects get canceled because we turned out a perfectly working piece of software, during our down time, and the developers were still working on design documents.
To make matters worse, my department is all Linux/Solaris guys, and our company "officially" writes all software in .NET. And the developers come to us when they need an answer to something they can't figure out. And we give them the answer.
It's rather amazing how much of the code our company actually runs on is coded in Bash, Perl, PHP, and Python, when the only thing our developers know is .NET.