Heh, not bad. That definitively makes Bush the MS analog: "Do what we tell you to do or we'll start throwing chairs at you! Oh screw it. Here comes the chairs anyway!"
I've been seeing this "scoreboard" meme regarding Obama on a couple of FP stories now.
Discussing politics as a zero-sum game is stupid. It's that kind of mentality that entrenches the two-party system and helps keep one of the biggest and richest nations on earth from actually getting any shit done.
Sound premise, but I'd say the opposite would also happen. Accepting for a moment the premise that the average Slashdot user has a much higher than average knowledge of all things IT, somebody making a sober pro-MS argument (no matter FUDded up it might be) will potentially be given greater weight than some idiot on Digg going "Linux sux, Windows rulez!"
That right there is why I decided to purchase a laser printer.
Seconded. It's been said a million times (at least by me), but if you print lots, get a laser. If you don't, have Walmarts/Kinkos/the local shop do it for you.
It's because it's all they've got. If they settled the problems/friction inherent in trying to be fiscally AND culturally conservative, they'd have a coherent ideology. The GOP needs to split in two and get it over with.
Bollocks. Your average Ubuntu user will spend as much time on the command line as a windows user will, ie, none for most, some for the rest of us, all the time for the superleet.
Mod parent up. Never understood this particular American obsession with tearing down the government and then proudly claiming it sucks. Sounds insane to me.
I suppose you really didn't care that much about coming in the first place anyway, did you?
Exactly right. A lot of us don't come to the States because we want to, but because we have to. If you live anywhere near the US and want to travel anywhere else, odds are very high that you're going to have to pass through a US airport. Back in the pre-9/11 days, it was just annoying, an extra hop. Now, it's a freaking nightmare. My fingerprints are on file just because I wanted (or for business, needed) to travel. TSA are joyless, slow, and pointless. After this last Christmas, where I spent close to 10K inflicting another round of misery on me and my family, I've thrown in the towel. No more US travel unless absolutely critical. I'm going to take the money I save and spend it on booze instead, to cheer on your crumbling empire.
but our entry/exit requirements still aren't that onerous compared to other countries
LOL. I've been through dozens of European, Canadian, Caribbean, and US airports in the last 10 years. You are flat wrong on that one.
The problem here is that the average user is just going to click the first "reply" button he sees, and if that happens to be Reply All,
You know, it occurs to me that there is an easy fix.
Install Thunderbird, right-click on the toolbar and choose 'Customize', then remove the Reply-all button. In fact, I'm going to go do this on all the machines I administer ASAP.
You've got it backwards. A for-profit company is already "selling out". So, if somebody gets their knickers in a twist over Apple selling out or Google being evil, they weren't looking at the situation clearly in the first place.
To be fair, considering what the Jewish people have gone through in the last few thousand years, I'd wager the siege mentality predates the state of Israel.
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And yet, just like most Americans, he has access to shit TV, unhealthy snacks, cheap drugs and legal pornography. What's the downside again?
Heh, not bad. That definitively makes Bush the MS analog: "Do what we tell you to do or we'll start throwing chairs at you! Oh screw it. Here comes the chairs anyway!"
Net gain: none.
I've been seeing this "scoreboard" meme regarding Obama on a couple of FP stories now.
Discussing politics as a zero-sum game is stupid. It's that kind of mentality that entrenches the two-party system and helps keep one of the biggest and richest nations on earth from actually getting any shit done.
This seems like a really bad place to astroturf.
Sound premise, but I'd say the opposite would also happen. Accepting for a moment the premise that the average Slashdot user has a much higher than average knowledge of all things IT, somebody making a sober pro-MS argument (no matter FUDded up it might be) will potentially be given greater weight than some idiot on Digg going "Linux sux, Windows rulez!"
Exactly. The "groupthink" meme ladled on Slashdot, is, and always has been, mostly myth.
less likely
Yeah, we're all Linux zealots here. *rolls eyes* Seriously, might have been true 10 years ago, but today? Not so much.
That right there is why I decided to purchase a laser printer.
Seconded. It's been said a million times (at least by me), but if you print lots, get a laser. If you don't, have Walmarts/Kinkos/the local shop do it for you.
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You're so funny! Can I have some of what you're smoking?
I love you idiots whining about how it got too soapy as it went along. It was always like that, you just didn't notice at first.
Oh, and comparing it to General Hospital is low, man. BSG is far far better than that. Think Dallas.
He's doing better than most. Right now, he's at +3 Funny, which is pretty good by the standards of useless "FRIST POST!", Frosty piss, etc. types.
;)
Then again, not everyone can be me.
Yeah, I'm still basking in the warm glow. It's keeping me nice and toasty this winter
staying power
It's because it's all they've got. If they settled the problems/friction inherent in trying to be fiscally AND culturally conservative, they'd have a coherent ideology. The GOP needs to split in two and get it over with.
Thanks for summarizing my post, captain obvious!
Bollocks. Your average Ubuntu user will spend as much time on the command line as a windows user will, ie, none for most, some for the rest of us, all the time for the superleet.
Mod parent up. Never understood this particular American obsession with tearing down the government and then proudly claiming it sucks. Sounds insane to me.
So you're saying Obama's ass does look fat in that picture?
Ah, thankyou. I was waiting for somebody to get the reference!
Exactly. UAVs will require a complete reevaluation of how we fight an air war.
Or maybe we could skip all the intermediate steps and just go to straight to the end?
Quien es mas macho? Ricardo Montalban o William Shatner?
But long car trips without TV? I don't know how our ancient ancestors did it!
It's called the "backhand" slap" which usually followed the exclamation "I'll turn this car around!"
I suppose you really didn't care that much about coming in the first place anyway, did you?
Exactly right. A lot of us don't come to the States because we want to, but because we have to. If you live anywhere near the US and want to travel anywhere else, odds are very high that you're going to have to pass through a US airport. Back in the pre-9/11 days, it was just annoying, an extra hop. Now, it's a freaking nightmare. My fingerprints are on file just because I wanted (or for business, needed) to travel. TSA are joyless, slow, and pointless. After this last Christmas, where I spent close to 10K inflicting another round of misery on me and my family, I've thrown in the towel. No more US travel unless absolutely critical. I'm going to take the money I save and spend it on booze instead, to cheer on your crumbling empire.
but our entry/exit requirements still aren't that onerous compared to other countries
LOL. I've been through dozens of European, Canadian, Caribbean, and US airports in the last 10 years. You are flat wrong on that one.
The problem here is that the average user is just going to click the first "reply" button he sees, and if that happens to be Reply All,
You know, it occurs to me that there is an easy fix.
Install Thunderbird, right-click on the toolbar and choose 'Customize', then remove the Reply-all button. In fact, I'm going to go do this on all the machines I administer ASAP.
Personally, I would have waited for him to report it to the FBI so we could laugh at him together with the agents.
No kidding, that guy had the patience of a saint. I would've lasted a quarter of the time before sending nothing but "SEND THE PIGS ALREADY!" emails.
You've got it backwards. A for-profit company is already "selling out". So, if somebody gets their knickers in a twist over Apple selling out or Google being evil, they weren't looking at the situation clearly in the first place.
It's hoard, not horde.
Fucking WOW idiots...
To be fair, considering what the Jewish people have gone through in the last few thousand years, I'd wager the siege mentality predates the state of Israel.