To be honest I would rather deal with a David Duke or Al Sharpton - at least they are more open about their racism and you know exactly what you are getting.
Shit, you must be great fun at parties.
"Yeah, he raped my wife, but at least he told me he was going to do it beforehand!"
Well, when the conservatives felt that Wikipedia had too much of a liberal bias, they went and founded Conservapedia, so maybe COS could start scientolopedia.com or something?
Hmm, you seem to forget how badly the GOP is doing right now, which skews things a bit. As for Kos being the Dem base, that works for me, the conservatives did all that work enshrining it, after all.
I know you were going for funny, but it's true. If there any real uberhackers out there, someone would've dropped some serious ordinance on the White House by now. Or the Knesset. I'd even accept Rush Limbaugh or Rosie O'donnell. But some pokey low-importance defence servers? Yeah, amateurs.
Well said. If GP was correct, the US wouldn't have much to show for the trillions it spends. Since they have the capability to destroy the planet several times over, obviously the money was well spent.
Tanks for the reading comprehension fail. Also, you need to get out of your ghetto more. Head on over to the GOP base HQ and find out all kinds of interesting things about your country.
I see a hell of a lot more of that attitude coming from the EU
Funny, I haven't. Unless you're talking about differences in opinions vis-a-vis what constitutes torture and war crimes. And frankly, they're right about that.
Maybe they'll even come to realize that the US wasn't so bad after all, in spite of our flaws.
No, most of us who routinely "bash" the US know that already.
Where people such as yourself get confused is when we reply to some typical asshat who, perspective-free, claims some kind of superiority, either real or imagined, like those who subscribe to whatever warped "Manifest Destiny" meme is floating around the jingosphere at any given time.
Then there's also the relative of your own comment, which will get "bashing" responses. Something along the lines of "Well, we're pretty awesome/the bad guys are doing it, so why can't we kill/torture/invade once in a while?"
And that's part of the price of being "the best": You're held to a higher standard than everybody else and any slip ups are much more visible.
Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Painting roads and pavements white might be a nice idea, but it'll last all of two seconds before cars and feet render 'em gray again.
OMG we should come with a version of Linux Monopoly! Instead of going to jail, you get fined for violating the GPL, and it instead of collecting $200 when passing Go, you can instead up the rev number of your sourceforge-hosted project up one notch.
I mean, what do you do with the hundreds of thousands of people who are currently in prison on drug charges? Do you just let them out,
Well, yeah. Hell, it's already happening as budget shortfalls are making people realize that spending millions on keeping potheads locked up might not be the best way to spend cash.
or do you go further than that?
What, like give 'em a cookie or something?
What do you do about the thousands of socially marginal people who just lost their jobs (yes, if you are willing to risk prison to distribute drugs, you are likely socially marginal; sorry.)?
And...you lost me. Try this experiment: type in socially marginal jobs in Google, and be just fucking amazed at all the hits you'll get.
And so on.
So on what? you said in your first sentence that the implications of what GP said border on the hilarious, but the rest of your post...devolved somewhat. Care to actually explain yourself?
Are those recent prices? And, is any of this gear actually "enterprise" level quality, or just expensive crap you can get for cheaper down at the best buy? Either way, that is some fucked up shit.
Well, according to the founders, it's better than a tyrannity of the majority, so...no, fuck it, I can't figure out what those old coots were thinking either.
For people to take things seriously these days, a gentleman's agreement isn't enough. We need blood, gore and violence before anything is taken seriously.
When has there ever been a time in history when we got everything done via "gentleman's agreements"? You've always needed violence to back yourself up.
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To be honest I would rather deal with a David Duke or Al Sharpton - at least they are more open about their racism and you know exactly what you are getting.
Shit, you must be great fun at parties.
"Yeah, he raped my wife, but at least he told me he was going to do it beforehand!"
take a coupla vicodin with three fingers of rye whiskey
I didn't know Dr. House had a slashdot account.
start seriously blending advertising inside news content
Start? You gotta be fucking kidding me. We're well over that cliff, and the Internet had nothing to do with that.
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Well, when the conservatives felt that Wikipedia had too much of a liberal bias, they went and founded Conservapedia, so maybe COS could start scientolopedia.com or something?
Are you sure you want to go on record as equating "hot, thick and hairy gay cock" as shiny?
Hmm, you seem to forget how badly the GOP is doing right now, which skews things a bit. As for Kos being the Dem base, that works for me, the conservatives did all that work enshrining it, after all.
Never really heard much about Indymedia.
You chose...poorly.
Nope, just tilting at windmills, as per SOP.
I don't get all my "info" from a single website or blog
Yet you're unnaturally blinkered.
so who needs to get out of their ghetto more?
Yeah, because I only spend time here and at the link I posted.
Best you got?
I know you were going for funny, but it's true. If there any real uberhackers out there, someone would've dropped some serious ordinance on the White House by now. Or the Knesset. I'd even accept Rush Limbaugh or Rosie O'donnell. But some pokey low-importance defence servers? Yeah, amateurs.
And you would know this how?
Well said. If GP was correct, the US wouldn't have much to show for the trillions it spends. Since they have the capability to destroy the planet several times over, obviously the money was well spent.
Manifest Desitny? Surely you jest.
Tanks for the reading comprehension fail. Also, you need to get out of your ghetto more. Head on over to the GOP base HQ and find out all kinds of interesting things about your country.
I see a hell of a lot more of that attitude coming from the EU
Funny, I haven't. Unless you're talking about differences in opinions vis-a-vis what constitutes torture and war crimes. And frankly, they're right about that.
Maybe they'll even come to realize that the US wasn't so bad after all, in spite of our flaws.
No, most of us who routinely "bash" the US know that already.
Where people such as yourself get confused is when we reply to some typical asshat who, perspective-free, claims some kind of superiority, either real or imagined, like those who subscribe to whatever warped "Manifest Destiny" meme is floating around the jingosphere at any given time.
Then there's also the relative of your own comment, which will get "bashing" responses. Something along the lines of "Well, we're pretty awesome/the bad guys are doing it, so why can't we kill/torture/invade once in a while?"
And that's part of the price of being "the best": You're held to a higher standard than everybody else and any slip ups are much more visible.
Ain't life lonely at the top?
Pissant. I miss the days before we had a telephone. Fucking thing always annoyed me.
Now get off my lawn.
Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Painting roads and pavements white might be a nice idea, but it'll last all of two seconds before cars and feet render 'em gray again.
OMG we should come with a version of Linux Monopoly! Instead of going to jail, you get fined for violating the GPL, and it instead of collecting $200 when passing Go, you can instead up the rev number of your sourceforge-hosted project up one notch.
I totally need another way to get junk food conveniently without moving from my couch.
Go away! I'm 'bating!
I mean, what do you do with the hundreds of thousands of people who are currently in prison on drug charges? Do you just let them out,
Well, yeah. Hell, it's already happening as budget shortfalls are making people realize that spending millions on keeping potheads locked up might not be the best way to spend cash.
or do you go further than that?
What, like give 'em a cookie or something?
What do you do about the thousands of socially marginal people who just lost their jobs (yes, if you are willing to risk prison to distribute drugs, you are likely socially marginal; sorry.)?
And...you lost me. Try this experiment: type in socially marginal jobs in Google, and be just fucking amazed at all the hits you'll get.
And so on.
So on what? you said in your first sentence that the implications of what GP said border on the hilarious, but the rest of your post...devolved somewhat. Care to actually explain yourself?
Are those recent prices? And, is any of this gear actually "enterprise" level quality, or just expensive crap you can get for cheaper down at the best buy? Either way, that is some fucked up shit.
I don't know, I think this is a genius move on MS' part.
LUSER: Hey, another BSOD!
MS: Oh yeah, we designed it that way. Look, we even have a patent and everything!
Clog everything with red tape and bureuecracy so no one can get anything done. It's quite ingenious, actually.
Yeah...there's another US meme I've never understood. "Getting nothing done is good for you!" Whatever.
What about tyranny of the minority?
Well, according to the founders, it's better than a tyrannity of the majority, so...no, fuck it, I can't figure out what those old coots were thinking either.
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For people to take things seriously these days, a gentleman's agreement isn't enough. We need blood, gore and violence before anything is taken seriously.
When has there ever been a time in history when we got everything done via "gentleman's agreements"? You've always needed violence to back yourself up.
Shoulda used your troll account, the creationists are going to modbomb you for sure.