I would agree, yet this seems to contradict the assumption that you must be physically fit to be athletic.
\Ath"lete\, n. [L. athleta, Gr. ? prizefighter, fr. ? to contend for a prize, ?, Hom. ?, contest, ? prize; fr. the same root as E. wed: cf. F. athl[`e]te.] 1. (Antiq.) One who contended for a prize in the public games of ancient Greece or Rome
Actually, I believe it is still a free speech zone, as you cannot be arrested solely based on what you say. If you offend me in my own home (or the basement of my parents', as the case may be), I can tell you to leave. If you do not, I can have you arrested for trespassing, which is indirectly related to what you said.
As a reply to your last statement, in the two-party system of the US, with both sides practically as evil as the other, the only way to remove "these people" is to break up the two party system. This would require a radical change in the people. I know many people say that's what is needed, but I want to know how! Practically every reasonable person I speak with says they wish they had someone else to vote for outside of the two partys, but since those "oddball third-party candidates" have no chance, they "must" choose the lesser of two evils, or they simply feel no motivation to vote, as the candidates that have a chance of winning are basically the same in their opinion.
I'm voting for a third party for president this year. I don't know which one, but I'm putting my vote against the two-party system. My girlfriend says she is voting for Nader. I do not agree with his policies, him being a weird tree-hugger and all, but I am considering voting for him to inspire people to vote for a third party candidate, just to break up the two-party system./rant
Not all of us want Men in Tights to be about the contents of said tights.
Some would rather have it be about contents of implied chastity belt./sarcasm But then again, I just accept it the way it is. It wasn't that bad of a movie! If you whiny people (the grandparent, not the parent) could do any better, do it, and make people like me shut up./rant
They changed the headline, so nobody will get your post... It used to be: "Munich Approves Linux Despite Patent Concerns." It is still listed on the front page as this, but the headline has been changed, without any mention in the summary. Soon they will probably add that to the summary, making my post obsolete...
I've also seen it in common usage, but I think that it is just slang or something. I'm not an english major or anything, nor am I trying to be a jerk, but I honestly didn't get the joke at first, so I clarified it. But a joke isn't that funny when you have to clarify it, so I made a (failed) attempt at humor by saying that Infineon would be broke after losing $160 million. But just looking at that now, with formatting as it is, the minus sign is hardly visible, so my joke will be difficult to get as well. Unfortunately a bad day for humor. I apologize for any inconvienience, wasted time, or mental illness that may come about from reading this (or my previous) post.
That being said the best gifts are the anonymous ones. When it's not anonymous, sure, he's giving $20 million and that's great, but he's it at least partly for his name. Still, I'm not complaining that he's doing it.
This coming from someone posting with a valid username, not as an Anonymous Coward! Does that mean that your gift of a comment is now worth less?
Blue is a homonym of blew, which is the past tense of blows, which describes his software, of course! That and the BSOD, the default background color, the ocean near Washington, Washington state on some maps, and of course Bills scorching case of blue balls. (I made that last one up...)
Well, if it is a documented feature, there might not be a problem with it. If I accidentally do a rm -rf on my home directory, because I don't know what rm does, I cannot blame the creators of rm for me not reading the documentation. In my earlier years of computer use, I didn't understand what formatting a disk meant, and when I put my Apple IIC program into the drive on my new PC, and it said that the disk was not formatted, and I then formatted it, I could not blame microsoft for not understanding what goes on. So it is possible that, if it is documented that using a key that is not your own will delete your home dir, that it is perfectly legal to do so.
Would it still be extortion if you gave the key away for free? Say, if they e-mail you a request for it, you could mail it back? People might be caught in a decision between admitting piracy and recovering the contents of their home directory. If they do admit to it, they have a good chance of getting caught. If not, the contents are as good as deleted.
Perhaps a popup that says it will delete the home directory on the next run of the program? It will give a warning, and people might also get the key to avoid the consequences.
As an aside, I find it ironic that the phrase "live by the sword, die by the sword" was, in the original context, advocating peace.
Loki is a bad example, yet I understand why people use it. It is the most well known. But that doesn't make it a good example. I purchased many loki games. I spent some time on the newsgroups, both giving and recieving help. When loki went down the tubes, at first, I mourned the loss of the company. Then I found out what really happened.
It appears to me that Scott Draeker really mishandled the assets of the company, taking out loans that he could not pay back, and putting the money into his personal accounts. Just because one person mishandled the assets of the company doesn't mean that their product was not selling. In most cases, when a business goes under, it is because of a bad product. In this case, I believe that it is because of corruption. It is not fair to use the example of Loki as a reason that selling Linux games would not work, however, life isn't fair.
As an aside, I have looked at GarageGames, but I do not buy their games, as they are not the type that I play. It seems that they are, for the most part, simple puzzle games, which do not appeal to me.
Wait, this study is by MSRC? But I thought that when Microsoft "funded" research, it always favored Microsoft products. So, is this going to say that games on windows and xbox are the best, and that ps2 games have a TCO of $1billion? Or perhaps they are brainwashing the gamers of the world, as these "probes" are really bi-directional...
Is that another negative on a job application for a single white college-age non-union male? Now I'll only be eligible for about 5% of the jobs I am capable of...
A slight math error... $2000 is 200000 pennies, totalling 1102 lbs. Strangely enough, $1 of pennies is 0.551155655 pounds (weight), and $1 US is worth 0.54366 British Pound, nearly an even exchange rate.
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I would agree, yet this seems to contradict the assumption that you must be physically fit to be athletic.
\Ath"lete\, n. [L. athleta, Gr. ? prizefighter, fr. ? to contend for a prize, ?, Hom. ?, contest, ? prize; fr. the same root as E. wed: cf. F. athl[`e]te.] 1. (Antiq.) One who contended for a prize in the public games of ancient Greece or Rome
Actually, I believe it is still a free speech zone, as you cannot be arrested solely based on what you say. If you offend me in my own home (or the basement of my parents', as the case may be), I can tell you to leave. If you do not, I can have you arrested for trespassing, which is indirectly related to what you said.
/rant
As a reply to your last statement, in the two-party system of the US, with both sides practically as evil as the other, the only way to remove "these people" is to break up the two party system. This would require a radical change in the people. I know many people say that's what is needed, but I want to know how! Practically every reasonable person I speak with says they wish they had someone else to vote for outside of the two partys, but since those "oddball third-party candidates" have no chance, they "must" choose the lesser of two evils, or they simply feel no motivation to vote, as the candidates that have a chance of winning are basically the same in their opinion.
I'm voting for a third party for president this year. I don't know which one, but I'm putting my vote against the two-party system. My girlfriend says she is voting for Nader. I do not agree with his policies, him being a weird tree-hugger and all, but I am considering voting for him to inspire people to vote for a third party candidate, just to break up the two-party system.
But then again, I just accept it the way it is. It wasn't that bad of a movie! If you whiny people (the grandparent, not the parent) could do any better, do it, and make people like me shut up.
They changed the headline, so nobody will get your post... It used to be: "Munich Approves Linux Despite Patent Concerns." It is still listed on the front page as this, but the headline has been changed, without any mention in the summary. Soon they will probably add that to the summary, making my post obsolete...
Not the "goat" that the OP was referencing. I think that would be welcome in few places.
I don't know if that will work too well over a voice only line...
The post you are replying to says 0.26 seconds. You boot in 24 seconds. That's about 92 times faster than the alloted time...
I've also seen it in common usage, but I think that it is just slang or something. I'm not an english major or anything, nor am I trying to be a jerk, but I honestly didn't get the joke at first, so I clarified it. But a joke isn't that funny when you have to clarify it, so I made a (failed) attempt at humor by saying that Infineon would be broke after losing $160 million. But just looking at that now, with formatting as it is, the minus sign is hardly visible, so my joke will be difficult to get as well. Unfortunately a bad day for humor. I apologize for any inconvienience, wasted time, or mental illness that may come about from reading this (or my previous) post.
/friendly ribbing
Blue is a homonym of blew, which is the past tense of blows, which describes his software, of course! That and the BSOD, the default background color, the ocean near Washington, Washington state on some maps, and of course Bills scorching case of blue balls. (I made that last one up...)
...and the exit will say start...
You mean broken. Broken=needs fixing. Broke=Infineon-$160 Million.
Well, if it is a documented feature, there might not be a problem with it. If I accidentally do a rm -rf on my home directory, because I don't know what rm does, I cannot blame the creators of rm for me not reading the documentation. In my earlier years of computer use, I didn't understand what formatting a disk meant, and when I put my Apple IIC program into the drive on my new PC, and it said that the disk was not formatted, and I then formatted it, I could not blame microsoft for not understanding what goes on. So it is possible that, if it is documented that using a key that is not your own will delete your home dir, that it is perfectly legal to do so.
Would it still be extortion if you gave the key away for free? Say, if they e-mail you a request for it, you could mail it back? People might be caught in a decision between admitting piracy and recovering the contents of their home directory. If they do admit to it, they have a good chance of getting caught. If not, the contents are as good as deleted.
Perhaps a popup that says it will delete the home directory on the next run of the program? It will give a warning, and people might also get the key to avoid the consequences.
As an aside, I find it ironic that the phrase "live by the sword, die by the sword" was, in the original context, advocating peace.
Loki is a bad example, yet I understand why people use it. It is the most well known. But that doesn't make it a good example. I purchased many loki games. I spent some time on the newsgroups, both giving and recieving help. When loki went down the tubes, at first, I mourned the loss of the company. Then I found out what really happened.
It appears to me that Scott Draeker really mishandled the assets of the company, taking out loans that he could not pay back, and putting the money into his personal accounts. Just because one person mishandled the assets of the company doesn't mean that their product was not selling. In most cases, when a business goes under, it is because of a bad product. In this case, I believe that it is because of corruption. It is not fair to use the example of Loki as a reason that selling Linux games would not work, however, life isn't fair.
As an aside, I have looked at GarageGames, but I do not buy their games, as they are not the type that I play. It seems that they are, for the most part, simple puzzle games, which do not appeal to me.
Wait, this study is by MSRC? But I thought that when Microsoft "funded" research, it always favored Microsoft products. So, is this going to say that games on windows and xbox are the best, and that ps2 games have a TCO of $1billion? Or perhaps they are brainwashing the gamers of the world, as these "probes" are really bi-directional...
/sarcasm
And they will all gather at slashdot...
And I'm also trying to figure out how to get it to show up... ??|? this ???|?\ing copy and paste thing!
I'm still sitting here trying to figure out how to pronounce |
Is that another negative on a job application for a single white college-age non-union male? Now I'll only be eligible for about 5% of the jobs I am capable of...
Or Lack Thereof...
You sir, just saved yourself the trouble.
http://slashdot.org/faq/com-mod.shtml#cm600
The guy wears it, and the girl runs away. Jokes are so much less funny when they need an explanation...
A slight math error... $2000 is 200000 pennies, totalling 1102 lbs. Strangely enough, $1 of pennies is 0.551155655 pounds (weight), and $1 US is worth 0.54366 British Pound, nearly an even exchange rate.