Um, you're overlooking something too, asshole. There is no such thing as the First Amendment when the government isn't the one doing the speech-surpressing.
He posed a perfectly valid question. Engineers look for solutions to problems, not the other way around. It has nothing to do with whether he has a Mac or not. If it's a university project, they probably have enough budget to not be limited simply by what their PC hardware supports, anyway.
You used the title as wordplay to allude to the popular show "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy". Which I guess is funny, as a play on words, but first, let's examine why this is a relevant comparison:
Queer Eye's basic premise is to have gay men give straight men fashion tips. You know, ostensibly so that they will look better. But this is ignoring a fundamental concept: straight men are not gay. Would you let a woman pick out your clothes for you? For most of us, the answer is "no", because that would offend your manliness. The concern with appearence is a trait that is traditionally associated with femininity (see any woman-oriented magazine such as Cosmopolitan or Seventeen for examples). This concern for appearance (and attendent insecurity) makes them ridiculously easy prey for marketers. What the TV show is really trying to do is make it socially acceptable for men to be feminine (that is, overly concerned with their appearance), so that Madison Avenue can sell them boatloads of cosmetics and fashionable clothing.
Where I draw the parallel here is that this seems to also be attempting to sell people crap that they just don't need. Why is it that they feel the need to, say, make a family figure out how to use instant messaging software? Isn't that a step backwards? I've found it much easier to just pick up the goddamn phone and call someone rather than
Buy a computer
Buy the attendent equipment
Pay for monthly internet service
It's a total waste of time! And so is the rest of this technology crap. When did writing letters become so broken? This show really seems to show the forward march of technology in a bad light, i.e. it seems to be really more of an excuse to impel people out to Best Buy or where ever to pick up the latest expensive, useless tech toys than it is to actually benefit anybody.
Or if you arent a computer expert and dont have time to stay smart about computers, try Linux.
Are you fucking kidding me? If you're not a computer expert, use Linux rather than Windows? That's one of the most ludicrous things I've ever seen you post, and that's saying a lot.
The NSA does soemething similar, breaking up a problem into smaller problems which, individually, have no apparent practical application. So not only are you practically giving away your solutions to a for-profit corporation, you don't even get to find out what problem it ends up solving.
I've met people who are truely smarter than me, but these people are rare.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
You, the unemployed dork who attends Massachussetts Bay Community College and posts obsessively to Slashdot, are a genius? You, the boy who bitches about the world being against him constantly and then proceeds to detail how rude he is to everybody else? YOU are a genius? Not fucking likely.
You are in the most denial I've ever seen. You construct this elaborate world in which nothing is your fault, you are the smartest, and you are always right, despite the fact that you're an utter failure. I guess it keeps you off drugs while also being unable to recognize how thoroughly you've fucked yourself in life. But you're a flaming idiot. Leave Slashdot.
Who wants a C? As good as an F??? Well, now, it's pretty damn obvious that you've never been to a real university, have you? A C, in case you have not noticed, is a passing grade. This idea that someone needs an A or B to get through a class is just symptomatic of the fucked up grade inflation happening all over the country.
As for automated being good... you're just entirely full of shit. A computer cannot grade an essay the same way a human would; it's a deterministic machine. Moving away from personalized attention of any sort from the professor is probably the worst thing you could do. If your professor doesn't even bother to read essays, you're being cheated - you could just read this shit in a book and learn about it if nobody's going to even review your work.
When was the last time someone donated money to start a school just for, say, writing? Or philosophy? Who the fuck cares about technology? Anything they would teach in high school I could pick up in a couple of O'Reilly books or, failing that, The Art of Computer Programming.
As engineers we build time-saving applications for others...
Writing code does not make you an engineer. Official certification and certain burdens of legal liability that extend far beyond what most (if any) programmers, and webmonkeys especially, face doth an engineer make. With software written today in such a sorry, buggy state, you can hardly call yourselves engineers anyway.
Until you get a wireless mouse. I've got one of those expensive Logitech mice, and even then, it moves erratically without warning. Not exactly good for predictable signatures, if you ask me.
Consider that he equated business acumen with "getting ideas", and then went on to say that he gets ideas "all the time" (just like Bill Gates, in his words).
just because you and Bill Gates are diehard capitalists... Sure you'd lie to someone and trick people for money, you are as sneaky as Bill Gates but some of us have morals.
Nowhere did I say that I was any such thing, you name-calling shitbag.
I didnt use my own money to buy it.
This doesn't surprise me in the least.
If you're out to improve the world, as you say, then why is it that you're demanding that everybody else be required to pay for it? Do it yourself, if you believe in that so strongly.
Slashdot Mirror
Well, that certainly explains why LucasFilm liked it so much.
Um, you're overlooking something too, asshole. There is no such thing as the First Amendment when the government isn't the one doing the speech-surpressing.
He posed a perfectly valid question. Engineers look for solutions to problems, not the other way around. It has nothing to do with whether he has a Mac or not. If it's a university project, they probably have enough budget to not be limited simply by what their PC hardware supports, anyway.
We'll just have to get the government to mandate a 3-day work week, before this whole environment thingy gets out of hand.
Queer Eye's basic premise is to have gay men give straight men fashion tips. You know, ostensibly so that they will look better. But this is ignoring a fundamental concept: straight men are not gay. Would you let a woman pick out your clothes for you? For most of us, the answer is "no", because that would offend your manliness. The concern with appearence is a trait that is traditionally associated with femininity (see any woman-oriented magazine such as Cosmopolitan or Seventeen for examples). This concern for appearance (and attendent insecurity) makes them ridiculously easy prey for marketers. What the TV show is really trying to do is make it socially acceptable for men to be feminine (that is, overly concerned with their appearance), so that Madison Avenue can sell them boatloads of cosmetics and fashionable clothing.
Where I draw the parallel here is that this seems to also be attempting to sell people crap that they just don't need. Why is it that they feel the need to, say, make a family figure out how to use instant messaging software? Isn't that a step backwards? I've found it much easier to just pick up the goddamn phone and call someone rather than
- Buy a computer
- Buy the attendent equipment
- Pay for monthly internet service
It's a total waste of time! And so is the rest of this technology crap. When did writing letters become so broken? This show really seems to show the forward march of technology in a bad light, i.e. it seems to be really more of an excuse to impel people out to Best Buy or where ever to pick up the latest expensive, useless tech toys than it is to actually benefit anybody.Shut The Fucking Unit, maybe?
Are you fucking kidding me? If you're not a computer expert, use Linux rather than Windows? That's one of the most ludicrous things I've ever seen you post, and that's saying a lot.
You just boot up the copy of Windows that almost certainly came with your machine when you bought it, you fat, whiny dork.
Code away, suckers.
I feel like my week isn't complete without patching Sendmail at least once. Ahhh... return to normalcy. I feel better.
What part of "IP spoofing" and "exploiting trust relationships" don't you understand?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
You, the unemployed dork who attends Massachussetts Bay Community College and posts obsessively to Slashdot, are a genius? You, the boy who bitches about the world being against him constantly and then proceeds to detail how rude he is to everybody else? YOU are a genius? Not fucking likely.
You are in the most denial I've ever seen. You construct this elaborate world in which nothing is your fault, you are the smartest, and you are always right, despite the fact that you're an utter failure. I guess it keeps you off drugs while also being unable to recognize how thoroughly you've fucked yourself in life. But you're a flaming idiot. Leave Slashdot.
As for automated being good... you're just entirely full of shit. A computer cannot grade an essay the same way a human would; it's a deterministic machine. Moving away from personalized attention of any sort from the professor is probably the worst thing you could do. If your professor doesn't even bother to read essays, you're being cheated - you could just read this shit in a book and learn about it if nobody's going to even review your work.
Boy, am I happy I don't live in a state where they piss taxpayer money down the toilet like this!
Oh, I can't wait... *rolls eyes*
When was the last time someone donated money to start a school just for, say, writing? Or philosophy? Who the fuck cares about technology? Anything they would teach in high school I could pick up in a couple of O'Reilly books or, failing that, The Art of Computer Programming.
As engineers we build time-saving applications for others...
Writing code does not make you an engineer. Official certification and certain burdens of legal liability that extend far beyond what most (if any) programmers, and webmonkeys especially, face doth an engineer make. With software written today in such a sorry, buggy state, you can hardly call yourselves engineers anyway.
Suggesting homosexuals and blacks are ignorant and foolish? Ah, the true HanzoSan is starting to show through.
Kids, never trust someone who isn't even bright enough to realize that the RIAA is not a for-profit entity.
It's right there in the name. Nazi stands for "National Socialist". Think about that next time you go around extolling the virtues of socialism.
Hey, yeah, you're right! I've been using it without the mousepad for an hour or so now, and it seems to work fine. Many thanks!
Until you get a wireless mouse. I've got one of those expensive Logitech mice, and even then, it moves erratically without warning. Not exactly good for predictable signatures, if you ask me.
So that just makes you... more inconsistent?
Consider that he equated business acumen with "getting ideas", and then went on to say that he gets ideas "all the time" (just like Bill Gates, in his words).
Nowhere did I say that I was any such thing, you name-calling shitbag.
I didnt use my own money to buy it.
This doesn't surprise me in the least.
If you're out to improve the world, as you say, then why is it that you're demanding that everybody else be required to pay for it? Do it yourself, if you believe in that so strongly.