It may also urge crappy ISPs to up the amount of bandwidth they give to customers when they realize that high bandwidth != piracy always.
Here in the UK the majority of the reason that people have poor upload bandwidth is that ADSL is of course Asymmetric hence the mismatched speeds. Do cable (or whatever there is) providers elsewhere deliberately (i.e. artificially) limit the amount of upload bandwidth people get?
Hmmm we must be in separate countries, queer and dyke are still both fairly offensive to my mind (Im in the UK btw). Saying "queer" is worse than "gay" here. I think that the one meaning of gay does not have to relate to the other, regardless of where they came from, and see them as homonyms.
Indeed, the fact that it has two meanings is the key here. For example, if I said someone was very straight, I would be meaning that he does everything by the book, and is possibly a bit uptight. Doesn't mean I'm insulting heterosexual people though.
Have you got a reference for BitTorrent being based on Kazaa? I presume you mean actual code (which is being sued over) not just the general p2p concept.
My main annoying site that only likes IE is www.odeon.co.uk Click the first site, and then the next page will have nothing to click on in Mozilla, but in IE fancy clickable stuff will be present. I blame odeon but its an example of people designing for only IE...
I was just wondering the same thing... I was never taught to use particular fingers to hold pens, three fingers seems to clearly be the most natual grip... I'm from the the UK incidentally.
according to Spamhaus.org, 7 of the top 10 (including the top 2) spammers worldwide are from the USA
Unfortunately from that list 7 of the top 10 spammers alphabetically are from the US, though I don't dispute that the general trend is the majority being from the US
Clearly different strokes for different folks - Quake 3 makes me feel sea sick and I can't play it. All other FPSes are fine but I literally can't stand Quake 3. I'm hoping Doom 3 doesn't do the same to me...
IQ has never significantly correleated with any mental disorders.
Aside from the fact that genius does not implicitly imply high IQ, there seems to be much anecdotal evidence to suggest that many famous creative geniuses were at least "troubled". I'm guessing this is what the original poster meant, but I wouldn't want to put words in their mouth.
But then, I would expect everyone to know what the BBC is... Anyway, I reckon it can't be bad to define things just in case! Too many times I read slashdot and am confounded by bizarre abbreviations and unknown terms so explanation is rarely bad.
MSN going down is why people are still using ICQ... Until about six months ago I had 2 MSN contacts and a fair few ICQ contacts, nowadays MSN is gaining, AOL is absolutely nowhere. I'd like to use Jabber but its the "network" effect - you have to really use what your friends are willing to use. I'm UK, btw.
A quote from one of my (Catholic) friends recently was: "I believe it is just as wrong to believe that the whole of the bible is true as it is to disbelieve all of it. The majority is allegory and the important thing is the point behind it." You just made me think of it...
I use CVS for my current main project, I keep hearing there are better things but what I really want to know is: if I change will I have to essentially begin with a blank repository featuring the latest version or can I convert the change history from CVS to subversion or similar? Anyone know?
It's the same tendency that causes most men to do "chivalrous" things for women: somewhere deep down they think this is getting them one step closer to getting laid.
I agree with your main point totally but I don't think it's always true that men think they are closer to getting laid (consciously or unconsciously). I think that there is an in-built instinct in men to protect women, and this "kindness" springs from that as much as wanting to get laid. My 2 penneth anyway.
Personally I refer to them as comics, but graphic novels is fine as well. I call anime cartoons, which offends some people but they are. Then again I call my OS Linux, so what do I care about nomenclature;-)
You sir, are as bad as the original troll. A comic book, like a cartoon is a medium, not a genre. It is a means of delivery, like a (live-action) film or a (words-only) book. There can be excellent comic books/graphic novels (Sandman was given glowing reviews by many many major newspapers and other reviewers) and poor books, just as there can be poor graphic novels (almost every Superman comic ever published) and good books.
Likewise, the Simpsons is superior to huge amounts of other shows, despite being a cartoon. Then again there are crap cartoons that fall well below the mark. The point is, do not discriminate based on the medium, but rather the individual creations If you do not, you are just as narrow-minded as a troll who only loved comics and cartoons.
Doom I??? Doom II??? I haven't heard of anyone playing either of those games in at least 5 years.
Regardless of the rest of the post, I played doom 2 quite a bit about a year or two ago and plan to go back again soon. It is still as fun as it ever was, especially coop multiplayer. The only other game truly like it is Serious Sam, which is also great fun.
As I read this: "girls might be charged with going to the mall with their clothes on inside-out" I had a horrible feeling it was about to dare girls to go commando... After all what do you expect if you let a geeky company dream up these things;-)
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Here in the UK the majority of the reason that people have poor upload bandwidth is that ADSL is of course Asymmetric hence the mismatched speeds. Do cable (or whatever there is) providers elsewhere deliberately (i.e. artificially) limit the amount of upload bandwidth people get?
Lol I'm in the UK, and have heard of retard, and would use it more frequently than imbecile or moron. I guess we're quite a varied country though!
Hmmm we must be in separate countries, queer and dyke are still both fairly offensive to my mind (Im in the UK btw). Saying "queer" is worse than "gay" here. I think that the one meaning of gay does not have to relate to the other, regardless of where they came from, and see them as homonyms.
Indeed, the fact that it has two meanings is the key here. For example, if I said someone was very straight, I would be meaning that he does everything by the book, and is possibly a bit uptight. Doesn't mean I'm insulting heterosexual people though.
Have you got a reference for BitTorrent being based on Kazaa? I presume you mean actual code (which is being sued over) not just the general p2p concept.
Is .sex like .NET in that for years no nerd knew what it meant?
A link to some collected quotes
My main annoying site that only likes IE is www.odeon.co.uk Click the first site, and then the next page will have nothing to click on in Mozilla, but in IE fancy clickable stuff will be present. I blame odeon but its an example of people designing for only IE...
I was just wondering the same thing... I was never taught to use particular fingers to hold pens, three fingers seems to clearly be the most natual grip... I'm from the the UK incidentally.
Unfortunately from that list 7 of the top 10 spammers alphabetically are from the US, though I don't dispute that the general trend is the majority being from the US
Clearly different strokes for different folks - Quake 3 makes me feel sea sick and I can't play it. All other FPSes are fine but I literally can't stand Quake 3. I'm hoping Doom 3 doesn't do the same to me...
Aside from the fact that genius does not implicitly imply high IQ, there seems to be much anecdotal evidence to suggest that many famous creative geniuses were at least "troubled". I'm guessing this is what the original poster meant, but I wouldn't want to put words in their mouth.
I asked this last time subversion appeared on slashdot, you can go see my comment and its helpful reply
I take my hat off to you!
Next thing we know, people will start reading the books as well!
But then, I would expect everyone to know what the BBC is... Anyway, I reckon it can't be bad to define things just in case! Too many times I read slashdot and am confounded by bizarre abbreviations and unknown terms so explanation is rarely bad.
MSN going down is why people are still using ICQ... Until about six months ago I had 2 MSN contacts and a fair few ICQ contacts, nowadays MSN is gaining, AOL is absolutely nowhere. I'd like to use Jabber but its the "network" effect - you have to really use what your friends are willing to use. I'm UK, btw.
A quote from one of my (Catholic) friends recently was: "I believe it is just as wrong to believe that the whole of the bible is true as it is to disbelieve all of it. The majority is allegory and the important thing is the point behind it." You just made me think of it...
I use CVS for my current main project, I keep hearing there are better things but what I really want to know is: if I change will I have to essentially begin with a blank repository featuring the latest version or can I convert the change history from CVS to subversion or similar? Anyone know?
I agree with your main point totally but I don't think it's always true that men think they are closer to getting laid (consciously or unconsciously). I think that there is an in-built instinct in men to protect women, and this "kindness" springs from that as much as wanting to get laid. My 2 penneth anyway.
You say its an American article and thus using the American definition. Look again at the sig (emphasis mine).
Personally I refer to them as comics, but graphic novels is fine as well. I call anime cartoons, which offends some people but they are. Then again I call my OS Linux, so what do I care about nomenclature ;-)
Likewise, the Simpsons is superior to huge amounts of other shows, despite being a cartoon. Then again there are crap cartoons that fall well below the mark. The point is, do not discriminate based on the medium, but rather the individual creations If you do not, you are just as narrow-minded as a troll who only loved comics and cartoons.
Regardless of the rest of the post, I played doom 2 quite a bit about a year or two ago and plan to go back again soon. It is still as fun as it ever was, especially coop multiplayer. The only other game truly like it is Serious Sam, which is also great fun.
As I read this: "girls might be charged with going to the mall with their clothes on inside-out" I had a horrible feeling it was about to dare girls to go commando... After all what do you expect if you let a geeky company dream up these things ;-)