Just out of curiosity, I want to see if it's possible to get "The April Fool" by posting here AFTER April 1. I posted in other threads on April 1 and didn't get the achievement.
Oh, for cryin' out loud, can't we have a simple day of gags without all this whining and bitching? Even people tagging stories are having a fit.
It's April Fool's Day. Slashdot has a long tradition of doing stupid crap on this day. Either enjoy it for what it is, or turn off the Intertubes and go do something else until tomorrow. Just stop f-ing bitching and moaning about it like it's seriously messing up your day.
In related news, Microsoft has announced that they will begin retroactively replacing Outlook Express with Pine. Expect some temporal distortion in your area.
The key word you need to remember is "infrastructure." Fiber-optic lines, power lines, roads, sewer systems, railways; these are all infrastructure. It makes as much sense to run multiple sets of power lines owned by multiple companies supplying power from multiple power plants as it does to have multiple roads maintained by multiple companies running in parallel. Infrastructure lends itself naturally to a monopoly, and the only way to control such monopolies from getting out of control is by careful government oversight.
Cars are not infrastructure. Operating systems are not infrastructure. Electronics devices are not infrastructure.
I'm spending it drinking at home with my wife. Pretty much the same.
Also, thanks to her, I didn't get to actually see the numbers change at coolepochcountdown.com. I mean, ffs, I've had this page open for over an hour, watching the time countdown, and you wait until 10 seconds before the pivotal moment to ask me to do something, causing me to look away ever so briefly and miss it? ARGH!
They are doing this. Sort of. Electronic Medical Records are being developed all over the place. The thing is, this being private industry, just about everybody is doing it their own way. There is no standard. There are existing standards for data interchange, but there are no standards for electronic records.
If Obama's plan pans out, all these companies that have spent all this money on all these different systems are going to have to spend a bunch more money switching to the standard. They're get Gov't assistance, of course, but they still need to train their people on the new stuff so soon after they were trained on the proprietary systems.
Thank you for your thoughtful, and non-insulting reply. I agree that the blame mostly lies with Bush, but McCain's campaign clearly illustrated to me that the neocons who brought us Bush were still in charge of the Republican party. Until those idiots are no longer running that party, I will not vote for them. That sucks for the good Republicans, but they've got a lot of cleaning up to do. I wish them well.
I have hope that McCain will leave that crowd behind and do some good for what remains of his political career. His concession speech was nothing short of beautiful. His audience's reaction was atrocious, but I don't fault McCain for that.
I wish I could mod that up, because that's exactly why I voted the way I did this election. I voted D straight down the list for the first time ever. No mix and match, no attempt at balance. Straight Democrat. I feel a little dirty, but it needed to be done, and for the first time since I've been able to vote, I actually have hope that maybe this time it will be different. I was well on my way to becoming disillusioned and apathetic, but this time I care, and I'm hopeful.
I simply cannot believe that you're the only one to make that kind of joke. I'm thankful you did, though, because otherwise this whole discussion would be a waste.
Exactly. If all it took was pissing off some judges, he'd have been disbarred a long, long, LONG time ago. He demonstrated compete disregard for the legal system with meritless filings for YEARS, and as a result got exactly what he deserved.
The Daily Show has been experimenting with making fun of Democrats. They started doing it this past Spring, and their audience doesn't seem to like being shown their own absurdities. I, for one, hope The Daily Show forges on to become "make fun of the people in power and the media that enables them" instead of "make fun of the Republicans in power and the media that enables them."
I was wondering that, myself. I'm looking through all the stories to see if there's a place were folks are discussing it. So far you're the only one I've found.
HOLY FREAKING CRAP, dude! I'm 6'5", 250. I want to lose about 20 pounds, and even at that weight I'm afraid I'll be too skinny. I was once 190, but back then I wasn't healthy and was nothing but bones. I can't imagine what 135 would be like at this height.
Says the guy with the 6-digit UID. What? I'm not trying to start one of those "my UID is tiny" wars that the 3- and 4-digiters always come out for... honest...
Mine, which is also addressable to Sen. Jim Webb, for whom I voted, goes something like this:
Dear Son of a Bitch,
I thought you stood for the things that the United States is supposed to stand for. Obviously, I was wrong about you. You've lost my vote. Fuck off and die.
Sincerely, Your new biggest foe
OK, so I didn't really send that letter, but it's what went through my head when I looked at the roll call for this bill. Dammit. Dammit dammit dammit.
That's pretty much what they're saying. The kicker is that the "blockbusters" start out as "tail," and would never become "blockbusters" in the first place were it not for their introduction in the "tail." Now, you could start a store that only deals in "blockbusters," but it would depend upon other stores supplying the "tail."
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Just out of curiosity, I want to see if it's possible to get "The April Fool" by posting here AFTER April 1. I posted in other threads on April 1 and didn't get the achievement.
Oh, for cryin' out loud, can't we have a simple day of gags without all this whining and bitching? Even people tagging stories are having a fit.
It's April Fool's Day. Slashdot has a long tradition of doing stupid crap on this day. Either enjoy it for what it is, or turn off the Intertubes and go do something else until tomorrow. Just stop f-ing bitching and moaning about it like it's seriously messing up your day.
In related news, Microsoft has announced that they will begin retroactively replacing Outlook Express with Pine. Expect some temporal distortion in your area.
Definitely Xenu. We're talking about volcanoes, after all.
Check out the seismograph. I can't wait until daylight and we get some pics of what's going on out there.
The key word you need to remember is "infrastructure." Fiber-optic lines, power lines, roads, sewer systems, railways; these are all infrastructure. It makes as much sense to run multiple sets of power lines owned by multiple companies supplying power from multiple power plants as it does to have multiple roads maintained by multiple companies running in parallel. Infrastructure lends itself naturally to a monopoly, and the only way to control such monopolies from getting out of control is by careful government oversight.
Cars are not infrastructure. Operating systems are not infrastructure. Electronics devices are not infrastructure.
I'm spending it drinking at home with my wife. Pretty much the same.
Also, thanks to her, I didn't get to actually see the numbers change at coolepochcountdown.com. I mean, ffs, I've had this page open for over an hour, watching the time countdown, and you wait until 10 seconds before the pivotal moment to ask me to do something, causing me to look away ever so briefly and miss it? ARGH!
They are doing this. Sort of. Electronic Medical Records are being developed all over the place. The thing is, this being private industry, just about everybody is doing it their own way. There is no standard. There are existing standards for data interchange, but there are no standards for electronic records.
If Obama's plan pans out, all these companies that have spent all this money on all these different systems are going to have to spend a bunch more money switching to the standard. They're get Gov't assistance, of course, but they still need to train their people on the new stuff so soon after they were trained on the proprietary systems.
Yeah, and the Millennium Falcon made the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs.
True enough, but the Almighty Invisible Hand of the Free Market isn't taking care of this, either.
Thank you for your thoughtful, and non-insulting reply. I agree that the blame mostly lies with Bush, but McCain's campaign clearly illustrated to me that the neocons who brought us Bush were still in charge of the Republican party. Until those idiots are no longer running that party, I will not vote for them. That sucks for the good Republicans, but they've got a lot of cleaning up to do. I wish them well.
I have hope that McCain will leave that crowd behind and do some good for what remains of his political career. His concession speech was nothing short of beautiful. His audience's reaction was atrocious, but I don't fault McCain for that.
I wish I could mod that up, because that's exactly why I voted the way I did this election. I voted D straight down the list for the first time ever. No mix and match, no attempt at balance. Straight Democrat. I feel a little dirty, but it needed to be done, and for the first time since I've been able to vote, I actually have hope that maybe this time it will be different. I was well on my way to becoming disillusioned and apathetic, but this time I care, and I'm hopeful.
I simply cannot believe that you're the only one to make that kind of joke. I'm thankful you did, though, because otherwise this whole discussion would be a waste.
Exactly. If all it took was pissing off some judges, he'd have been disbarred a long, long, LONG time ago. He demonstrated compete disregard for the legal system with meritless filings for YEARS, and as a result got exactly what he deserved.
The Daily Show has been experimenting with making fun of Democrats. They started doing it this past Spring, and their audience doesn't seem to like being shown their own absurdities. I, for one, hope The Daily Show forges on to become "make fun of the people in power and the media that enables them" instead of "make fun of the Republicans in power and the media that enables them."
That's no more a meme than cunnilingus on a hardwood floor. And I even tried to help get that one going, too!
There are a few others, but nobody has any insight into the matter beyond "stupid trolls."
I was wondering that, myself. I'm looking through all the stories to see if there's a place were folks are discussing it. So far you're the only one I've found.
HOLY FREAKING CRAP, dude! I'm 6'5", 250. I want to lose about 20 pounds, and even at that weight I'm afraid I'll be too skinny. I was once 190, but back then I wasn't healthy and was nothing but bones. I can't imagine what 135 would be like at this height.
This is now my sig. Would that you weren't A/C, I'd credit you, but now I can steal it for my own and nobody need know! Muahahahahaha!
Jackie Gleason's dead, you insensitive clod!
You must've missed Voyager, too. *runs*
In fact, forget the casual hookups and marijuana dealers!
Says the guy with the 6-digit UID. What? I'm not trying to start one of those "my UID is tiny" wars that the 3- and 4-digiters always come out for... honest...
Mine, which is also addressable to Sen. Jim Webb, for whom I voted, goes something like this:
Dear Son of a Bitch,
I thought you stood for the things that the United States is supposed to stand for. Obviously, I was wrong about you. You've lost my vote. Fuck off and die.
Sincerely,
Your new biggest foe
OK, so I didn't really send that letter, but it's what went through my head when I looked at the roll call for this bill. Dammit. Dammit dammit dammit.
That's pretty much what they're saying. The kicker is that the "blockbusters" start out as "tail," and would never become "blockbusters" in the first place were it not for their introduction in the "tail." Now, you could start a store that only deals in "blockbusters," but it would depend upon other stores supplying the "tail."
This post needs more "quotes."