Jeez man, everyone else in this thread is saying how harsh the punishment is for the crime comitted (even selling copywritten material)
Then you two blow in and suggest the worst type of torture.
You work at gitmo?
This right here.
It's actually kind of amusing to see these companies that you contacted ONCE and hence start giving newsletters - now they're all begging to continue spamming me. Ironically, some are spamming me to get permission too spam me... lolwhut
It's been awhile since I've seen a law passed that HELPS the little guys, even if it's just an annoyance like spam.
I'm not entirely sure that's the "Asian Way", nor your perception of it to be "best".
I have no idea what you're driving at to be honest. Having leisure time is completely different from say thug culture of punishing those who do well in the sciences. This lazy American culture you seem to lament encompasses multiple cultures. I know lots of black people who like to kick back and watch tv, drink beer.. you know.. be lazy on their leisure time. I know lots of white people.. chinese too.. some thug-ish, some stand up clean cut people. I have no idea what point you were trying to make.
I don't think that's quite the point, though I see what you're getting at.
Thug culture preventing people from excelling in sciences (or really anything).. that's bad for anyone.
Asking an asian to do worse.. what? Driving yourself to not excel is generally a bad thing, asian or not. Pointing such out shouldn't hinge on your skin colour either.
Should we urge that culture that could be doing better, TO do better? Absolutely.
I'm with you here. The others are right, adblockers, noscript, that whole noise is a good idea.
I'm at work, where I haven't gotten around to patching up my browser with the aforementioned. Definitely alot more ads roaming around. If I saw that video ad I'd be just as disgusted. So.. get yourself them plugins. You get this.. uh.. 'discussion' without the obnoxiousness..well not from the ads anyway.
Also, whoever decided to auto-play audio on Slashdot should be fired from a cannon that was loaded with 3-inch nails, and then with them, into a brick wall and then slid from the brick wall into a vat of boiling acid laced with the super aids.
Indeed, if this is a 4/1 joke, I'd hate to see the other jokes they play.
"Let's make annoying noises every time something happens, it'll be funny!".. ugh
I'd say yes. You'd be no better than those bigots you denounce.
It's fucked that a particular group of people would consider another group that doesn't meet their muster as subhuman. That's where the slippery slope starts. We're DIFFERENT, and have different values. That's where tolerance comes in. In the case of child molesters, I wouldn't say the person is subhuman. I'd say his/her morals are pretty fucked, but not subhuman.
It kind of reminds me of something my sociology teacher said way back in highschool while dealing with children: If they do something bad, you don't tell them that they're bad. They subconsciously pick up that they're a bad person and continue that role. Instead, you tell the child that this is wrong and what you did was wrong.
Speaking of bullshit, what the devil is the deal with the damned voice I assume people get on RSS feeds?
I don't recall ever checking a setting "Please read this to me in a terribly digitized voice every time I look at an article"
True. I can appreciate that. In some cases - like the ignored warnings in the article, or my drunkard town - it's just plain dumb and there ARE places to go. Hurricanes and large scale events like that, sure. Not much to be done there. I wouldn't be so cold to say "Eat it"
What Antique Greekmeister said above: "Would you pay double the price of your current home, or apartment, to live in a safer place further from your work? Could you afford it?" - If I were in my little town? Yes. It's better than potentially drowning/dying under a collapsed foundation.
Jokes aside, I never understood why people live in KNOWN dangerous places.
There was a small town near my hometown. My boss at the time lived in this small town. Every year around spring time that small town would flood. My boss' house would literally have a moat. Tells me how tough he's got it because he has to move all his stuff from the bottom floor to keep from getting wet. I had a hard time finding sympathy for him. Why? That entire small town was BUILT ON A FLOOD PLANE.
Then again that town had a nickname "Scorched Liver" due to the excessive drinking observed in this town.. perhaps explains a bit there.
No, I'm saying it's not a great idea. I realize there's cases where it's unavoidable. Software/hardware constraints and what have you.
Patches stop coming out, exploits rise and then what?. Fixing a leak with tape.
While what the article says is probably a good way to handle the EOL.. over time this is just going to get bad.
Ever image a machine to win98 and plug it in to the intertubes lately?
Yeah.
Slashdot Mirror
Jeez man, everyone else in this thread is saying how harsh the punishment is for the crime comitted (even selling copywritten material)
Then you two blow in and suggest the worst type of torture.
You work at gitmo?
Nitpick: WHY call it Y2K14. Just say 2014. You even save yourself a keystroke.
It's airline policy not to imply ownership in the event of a dildo. We use the indefinite aricle: "A dildo." Never "Your ... dildo."
This right here.
It's actually kind of amusing to see these companies that you contacted ONCE and hence start giving newsletters - now they're all begging to continue spamming me. Ironically, some are spamming me to get permission too spam me... lolwhut
It's been awhile since I've seen a law passed that HELPS the little guys, even if it's just an annoyance like spam.
... as if a million jokes cried out in terror and then were suddenly silent.
I'm not entirely sure that's the "Asian Way", nor your perception of it to be "best".
I have no idea what you're driving at to be honest. Having leisure time is completely different from say thug culture of punishing those who do well in the sciences. This lazy American culture you seem to lament encompasses multiple cultures. I know lots of black people who like to kick back and watch tv, drink beer.. you know.. be lazy on their leisure time. I know lots of white people.. chinese too.. some thug-ish, some stand up clean cut people. I have no idea what point you were trying to make.
I don't think that's quite the point, though I see what you're getting at.
Thug culture preventing people from excelling in sciences (or really anything).. that's bad for anyone.
Asking an asian to do worse.. what? Driving yourself to not excel is generally a bad thing, asian or not. Pointing such out shouldn't hinge on your skin colour either.
Should we urge that culture that could be doing better, TO do better? Absolutely.
I think a better question is: Can the general populace AFFORD cybernetic fixes for their particular problem.
The answers are the same.
GET HIM!
What does a printer need a screen for?
How else will it tell you "PC LOAD LETTER"?
Sorry, the correct answer was: WHAT THE FUCK DOES THAT MEAN?
I... what? The... I don't even..
Sorry, this won't achieve the desired results; he's not our beloved celebrity.
Oh, I didn't say "Don't do it"
I'm with you here. The others are right, adblockers, noscript, that whole noise is a good idea. .. get yourself them plugins. You get this .. uh.. 'discussion' without the obnoxiousness..well not from the ads anyway.
I'm at work, where I haven't gotten around to patching up my browser with the aforementioned. Definitely alot more ads roaming around. If I saw that video ad I'd be just as disgusted. So
Also, whoever decided to auto-play audio on Slashdot should be fired from a cannon that was loaded with 3-inch nails, and then with them, into a brick wall and then slid from the brick wall into a vat of boiling acid laced with the super aids.
FTFY
Indeed, if this is a 4/1 joke, I'd hate to see the other jokes they play. .. ugh
"Let's make annoying noises every time something happens, it'll be funny!"
I'd say yes. You'd be no better than those bigots you denounce.
It's fucked that a particular group of people would consider another group that doesn't meet their muster as subhuman. That's where the slippery slope starts. We're DIFFERENT, and have different values. That's where tolerance comes in. In the case of child molesters, I wouldn't say the person is subhuman. I'd say his/her morals are pretty fucked, but not subhuman.
It kind of reminds me of something my sociology teacher said way back in highschool while dealing with children: If they do something bad, you don't tell them that they're bad. They subconsciously pick up that they're a bad person and continue that role. Instead, you tell the child that this is wrong and what you did was wrong.
What is this?! CIVIL DISCOURSE ON SLASHDOT?
I'm not... I'm not used to this type of thing I'm seeing...
I object to your usage of bing, because assholes
Speaking of bullshit, what the devil is the deal with the damned voice I assume people get on RSS feeds? I don't recall ever checking a setting "Please read this to me in a terribly digitized voice every time I look at an article"
It's at about 4:30 in the video.
True. I can appreciate that. In some cases - like the ignored warnings in the article, or my drunkard town - it's just plain dumb and there ARE places to go. Hurricanes and large scale events like that, sure. Not much to be done there. I wouldn't be so cold to say "Eat it"
What Antique Greekmeister said above: "Would you pay double the price of your current home, or apartment, to live in a safer place further from your work? Could you afford it?" - If I were in my little town? Yes. It's better than potentially drowning/dying under a collapsed foundation.
Jokes aside, I never understood why people live in KNOWN dangerous places.
There was a small town near my hometown. My boss at the time lived in this small town. Every year around spring time that small town would flood. My boss' house would literally have a moat. Tells me how tough he's got it because he has to move all his stuff from the bottom floor to keep from getting wet. I had a hard time finding sympathy for him. Why? That entire small town was BUILT ON A FLOOD PLANE.
Then again that town had a nickname "Scorched Liver" due to the excessive drinking observed in this town.. perhaps explains a bit there.
No, I'm saying it's not a great idea. I realize there's cases where it's unavoidable. Software/hardware constraints and what have you.
Patches stop coming out, exploits rise and then what?. Fixing a leak with tape.
While what the article says is probably a good way to handle the EOL.. over time this is just going to get bad.
Ever image a machine to win98 and plug it in to the intertubes lately?
Yeah.
and now it's not.. it's ok everyone. Just going insane.
I'll show myself out.