Thanks for one of the funniest posts I've read on/. for a while! A couple of points:
-Just ran out of mod points yesterday (and I'm not ashamed to say I get them all the time)
-I AM the King of M2, biatch. How do you think I get mod points all the time? Now bow down to your King!
-Just in case the last 2 points didn't drive the point home, the post was meant to be funny more than it was exhorting anyone to bestow mod points. (I regard the "mod parent up!"-type of post as at least a semi-cliche here on/., so...)
-Finally, you are apparently being overworked and overstressed (Just look at your post!) As your new King I order you to go home, get some rest, and report back in the morning!
No wisecrack was intended, in fact, quite the opposite. The fact that Microsoft is (publicly) doing things (like this) that it wouldn't have touched with a ten-foot pole a few years ago is great. I'm no Microsoft lover, but imagine if all of a sudden MS started actually innovating and taking a few more chances. Personal computing is already a lot of fun, but it would be much better if the 800-pound gorilla in the room loosened up and joined the party once in a while.
A small invited group is hardly representative of the resources global hacker community. They should unleash the world on their software, ala OpenHack; that would be a better security test and/or learning experience.
Well, yeah, but this is Microsoft, so let's be thankful for small mercies, eh? Baby steps, my friend, baby steps.
I have to disagree with you on the M2 front. I've found that meta-moderating regularly (which I love to do as it helps bring stories and threads I might have missed to my attention) usually means getting more mod points.
Yes and no. Everybody's trying to get them there, but it will never happen. Even with an old 486 I can still do a million and one things. Conversely, a washing machine is good only for washing my clothes and having sex on. This whole 'appliance' idea for PCs is a daydream at best.
You're all missing the point: Instead of coming up with alternative naming systems, let's all sit back and watch the local TV weatherpods wrap their (and their audience's) heads around the greek alphabet, particularly once we get to the really juicy ones like epsilon, mu and omikron. Personally, I can't wait!
No, no no: Democrats are corrupt too, why are you looking to them for help? As for the Republican corruption, it's being ignored anyway, no to mention that you'd be a commie-loving anti-capitalist to suggest there's anything wrong with it.
Folks are tired of all the bullshit that's been going on the past 5 years.
It's been going on longer than that, far longer than ol' shrub's been in office. Viewing politics through a big blurry W lens only hurts you.
There is nobody to blame
There's always somebody to blame. Hell, they don't even have to be a Democrat or a liberal, just painted that way.
All of the spin trying to place blame elsewhere merely gets them in deeper
The situation fell of the edge of cliff ages ago, and you think a few extra feet's going to matter?
I'll leave you with one last thought: A Democratic win in either House or Senate will just provide a bright shiny new target, one long caught in the headlamps. A win in both will only provide false comfort in them thinking the system still works, and that's it. I mean, be honest, do you really think they'll get anything accomplished between '07 and '09? Not only are the Republicans going to win, I want them to win. Things need to get a lot worse before they ever have a chance of truly getting better.
Did you know that it's an oddity in the Earth's history that we have ice at *both* poles?
Really? I thought relative lack of sunlight and subsequent low temperatures were responsible for the ice? Why wouldn't that happen at both poles? (Unless the earth is shaped like a pyramid!)
Not trolling, sincerely curious about this "oddity".
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I dunno...hey, come check out my basement!
-Just ran out of mod points yesterday (and I'm not ashamed to say I get them all the time) /., so...)
-I AM the King of M2, biatch. How do you think I get mod points all the time? Now bow down to your King!
-Just in case the last 2 points didn't drive the point home, the post was meant to be funny more than it was exhorting anyone to bestow mod points. (I regard the "mod parent up!"-type of post as at least a semi-cliche here on
-Finally, you are apparently being overworked and overstressed (Just look at your post!) As your new King I order you to go home, get some rest, and report back in the morning!
It's funny and insightful!
No wisecrack was intended, in fact, quite the opposite. The fact that Microsoft is (publicly) doing things (like this) that it wouldn't have touched with a ten-foot pole a few years ago is great. I'm no Microsoft lover, but imagine if all of a sudden MS started actually innovating and taking a few more chances. Personal computing is already a lot of fun, but it would be much better if the 800-pound gorilla in the room loosened up and joined the party once in a while.
Cheers, that's my new sig for the next couple of weeks!
Jebus! Who pissed in your cornflakes this morning?
Well, yeah, but this is Microsoft, so let's be thankful for small mercies, eh? Baby steps, my friend, baby steps.
Hmmm, imagine a Beowulf cluster of gaming grannies!
Problem: You haven't asked him which road to take so you're fucked.
Oh for fuck's sake - this is why you don't post on /. hungover....
Never knew BackupFox or Firetune existed, and I've been using FF fvor over a year now.
I have to disagree with you on the M2 front. I've found that meta-moderating regularly (which I love to do as it helps bring stories and threads I might have missed to my attention) usually means getting more mod points.
Yes and no. Everybody's trying to get them there, but it will never happen. Even with an old 486 I can still do a million and one things. Conversely, a washing machine is good only for washing my clothes and having sex on. This whole 'appliance' idea for PCs is a daydream at best.
That's ok, we have /. instead.
Sweet! That means DNF should be out this Christmas season!
That depends, did you watch the regular releases or the special editions? Two very different movies in each case.
Who pissed in your cornflakes this morning?
You're all missing the point: Instead of coming up with alternative naming systems, let's all sit back and watch the local TV weatherpods wrap their (and their audience's) heads around the greek alphabet, particularly once we get to the really juicy ones like epsilon, mu and omikron. Personally, I can't wait!
What about Satellite radio? If your experiences are typical, that doesn't seem to have much of a future either.
No, no no: Democrats are corrupt too, why are you looking to them for help? As for the Republican corruption, it's being ignored anyway, no to mention that you'd be a commie-loving anti-capitalist to suggest there's anything wrong with it.
It's been going on longer than that, far longer than ol' shrub's been in office. Viewing politics through a big blurry W lens only hurts you.
There is nobody to blame
There's always somebody to blame. Hell, they don't even have to be a Democrat or a liberal, just painted that way.
All of the spin trying to place blame elsewhere merely gets them in deeper
The situation fell of the edge of cliff ages ago, and you think a few extra feet's going to matter?
I'll leave you with one last thought: A Democratic win in either House or Senate will just provide a bright shiny new target, one long caught in the headlamps. A win in both will only provide false comfort in them thinking the system still works, and that's it. I mean, be honest, do you really think they'll get anything accomplished between '07 and '09? Not only are the Republicans going to win, I want them to win. Things need to get a lot worse before they ever have a chance of truly getting better.
I've got ten bucks says it's a Republican majority. Any takers?
Really? I thought relative lack of sunlight and subsequent low temperatures were responsible for the ice? Why wouldn't that happen at both poles? (Unless the earth is shaped like a pyramid!)
Not trolling, sincerely curious about this "oddity".
Jeez, now you made want to go and read TFA...
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