Big deal. I saw Dance With Wolves as Little Big Man...DURING THE CIVIL WAR!
Avatar may not be a great movie, but using the "this story's been told before" argument is weak. There are only two types of stories in the world, anyway: Man Goes On A Journey, or A Stranger Comes To Town.
Sad. You'd think geeks would be a little more au fait with their storytelling tropes.
I've always understood the "Japanese being ahead in cellphones" to be as much about the network and what you can do on it as much as phones with the latest and greatest hardware.
Man, you'll believe any old shit, won't you? It wasn't mission accomplished back when Bush said it, and it ain't any closer now with the ironic peace prize recipient.
Not true. Some groups form professional organizations and rake in the big bucks by making it difficult for others to join and compete. Lawyers, Doctors, Nurses, Pharmacists, Engineers are a few that have to certified by various professional organizations before one is allowed to practice.
Interesting point. I guess IT workers, tending towards more libertarian/anarcho-capitalist viewpoints, can't get their shit together then?
And you know what? Tough shit. I love how on slashdot everybody's quite happy to take the RIAA/MPAA to task for trying to enshrine their business model into law, but this is similar: Along a long enough timeline, everything gets commoditized, and IT workers are no exception.
As for respect, please. management doesn't give a shit about anybody, what makes you so special?
Here's why I'm a "skeptic": If these politicians truly believed in AGW, would they be flying private jets to Copenhagen and riding around in Limo's (1200 of them)? Would you be wasting energy running your coal powered computer to read this message? Would Al Gore live in a mansion that belches more CO2 in a month than my neighborhood does all year? Of course not. But they would do all these things if they were using it to gain power, all while telling me that I have to cut back, obey their rules, and give them more money!
Fascinating that your rationale for being a skeptic has nothing to do with the science, or lack thereof. All politics truly is local.
Though I don't really care if I agree, if I had mod points, I would have modded you insightful because throwaway insults don't get me screaming like a little girl. What was my point again?
there is NOTHING that stops a rogue extension that was helpfully installed when you tried to punch the monkey and clicked "Yes" to the annoying question
Bad example. All the security in the world's not going to have save you from stupid shit like that. By your metric, everything's an incredible security risk because we're all lusers. How's that Mozilla's fault?
He's a fool because he's stuck between a rock and a hard place? Have a little sympathy. Not even every Slashdotter can (or wants to) set up their own DNS server, so services like Google or OpenDNS are a boon when your ISP censors or even just plain sucks (like mine).
The people who are advocating that we treat these people as common criminals really haven't taken that line of reasoning to it's logical conclusion. If they are common criminals then military action against them is not justifiable. Killing them absent an immediate threat to the life of another is not justifiable. Interrogating them without informing them of their Miranda rights is not justifiable. Is this really what you want?
Uh, yes, exactly what I want. Not my problem if you fucked even though millions of people said that was exactly what was going to happen.
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That was fucking awesome. The quality of the trolling here has picked up of late.
so it's that or nothing
Ah, another droid who lives in a binary world. Must be nice.
Not the point I was trying to make, but thanks for playing.
So a muslim fundamentalist is really an atheist nihilist?
Parent should be rated insightful, not funny. Suicide bombers and the like are no more muslims than Timothy McVeigh was a christian.
Damn it, I'm getting all misty here.
Whoops, make that 18 months.
When was the last time Apple released a ruggedised device?
My iPod Touch certainly counts as rugged, with 18 years of bumps, knocks, drops, scratches and moisture, working as well as ever.
Big deal. I saw Dance With Wolves as Little Big Man...DURING THE CIVIL WAR!
Avatar may not be a great movie, but using the "this story's been told before" argument is weak. There are only two types of stories in the world, anyway: Man Goes On A Journey, or A Stranger Comes To Town.
Sad. You'd think geeks would be a little more au fait with their storytelling tropes.
Oh, bravo! Kudos, etc.
I've always understood the "Japanese being ahead in cellphones" to be as much about the network and what you can do on it as much as phones with the latest and greatest hardware.
but the combat is essentially over.
Man, you'll believe any old shit, won't you? It wasn't mission accomplished back when Bush said it, and it ain't any closer now with the ironic peace prize recipient.
You haven't spent a lot of time on Slashdot lately. Or you fail at strawman arguments. Pick one.
Yeah, worked for java didn't it? Not sure Apple's any likelier to just roll over any more than Microsoft or Adobe did.
Not true. Some groups form professional organizations and rake in the big bucks by making it difficult for others to join and compete. Lawyers, Doctors, Nurses, Pharmacists, Engineers are a few that have to certified by various professional organizations before one is allowed to practice.
Interesting point. I guess IT workers, tending towards more libertarian/anarcho-capitalist viewpoints, can't get their shit together then?
And you know what? Tough shit. I love how on slashdot everybody's quite happy to take the RIAA/MPAA to task for trying to enshrine their business model into law, but this is similar: Along a long enough timeline, everything gets commoditized, and IT workers are no exception.
As for respect, please. management doesn't give a shit about anybody, what makes you so special?
Where's Waldo? There he is, the bugger!
Here's why I'm a "skeptic": If these politicians truly believed in AGW, would they be flying private jets to Copenhagen and riding around in Limo's (1200 of them)? Would you be wasting energy running your coal powered computer to read this message? Would Al Gore live in a mansion that belches more CO2 in a month than my neighborhood does all year? Of course not. But they would do all these things if they were using it to gain power, all while telling me that I have to cut back, obey their rules, and give them more money!
Fascinating that your rationale for being a skeptic has nothing to do with the science, or lack thereof. All politics truly is local.
Is their name Archer, Daniels or Midland? No? Then they're shit outta luck.
GET TOO DA CHOPPAH!
Though I don't really care if I agree, if I had mod points, I would have modded you insightful because throwaway insults don't get me screaming like a little girl. What was my point again?
Yeah, no kidding, I thought the amount was a bit low too. My Azureus stats alone approx. 200GB/year, both ways.
there is NOTHING that stops a rogue extension that was helpfully installed when you tried to punch the monkey and clicked "Yes" to the annoying question
Bad example. All the security in the world's not going to have save you from stupid shit like that. By your metric, everything's an incredible security risk because we're all lusers. How's that Mozilla's fault?
Then you are a fool.
He's a fool because he's stuck between a rock and a hard place? Have a little sympathy. Not even every Slashdotter can (or wants to) set up their own DNS server, so services like Google or OpenDNS are a boon when your ISP censors or even just plain sucks (like mine).
The people who are advocating that we treat these people as common criminals really haven't taken that line of reasoning to it's logical conclusion. If they are common criminals then military action against them is not justifiable. Killing them absent an immediate threat to the life of another is not justifiable. Interrogating them without informing them of their Miranda rights is not justifiable. Is this really what you want?
Uh, yes, exactly what I want. Not my problem if you fucked even though millions of people said that was exactly what was going to happen.
are not entitled to access to our civilian justice system
It's not about them, it's about you and your justice system. Is it really not robust enough? Has anyone told the Founders yet?