What I'm curious about is, what were the pirates transmitting? Top 40? Polka? Advertisements? Audio pr0n? Given the sorry repetitive state of most radio stations in the US (I imagine the situation is much the same in the UK, after all, they did give us the Spice Girls) I'd probably thank the radio pirate who let me listen to some off-the-beaten-track tunes. Please, no more Britney Spears!
Whoever moderated this post... you probably won't read this, but I'm going to vent anyway.
a) I was merely sharing my "Wu-Name." I guess I didn't make that very obvious, but if you had actually gone through the quickies, maybe you would have realized this.
b) Many others did this, and they were moderated UP. I realize mine wasn't all that interesting, but why not just leave it alone? It wasn't off topic.
c) Why waste your points moderating posts down on a stupid quickies article? Go use them on a useful article, or moderate some naked-and-petrified-grits posts down.
"I wasn't here to see man land on the moon, or JFK's assassination. I don't really remember Nixon's resignation or the hostage crisis. This is undoubtedly the most important and memorable moment of our lifetime, and I'm trapped at my desk. It's just not worth it."
What an important moment. Our arbitrarily-set year rolled over from 1999 to 2000. A bunch of computer-related disasters didn't happen. The world suffered the largest collective hangover in history. May I ask, what made this past New Year's Eve more important than the moon landing, or anything else for that matter? I just don't see it.
Maybe it's just because the party I was at sucked. Or maybe not.
Settle down, already. It's a comic strip. It makes some people laugh. Have you considered the fact that UF might be popular not because it's a "hip" thing to like, but because they identify with it and find it absolutely hilarious at times? I'll agree, sometimes it gets repetitive, but it's still funny, in my own opinion. You're welcome to think what you like about UF, but to suggest that I avoid it based on the fact that only "conformist" geeks (whatever that means) read it is absurd.
I really don't feel like going back through the UF archives and counting every single strip that's made fun of tech support callers, but I imagine such strips make up a pretty small minority. There really aren't that many of them. And, to my knowledge, every one of these strips is based at least in part on an actual real-life call. It's not like Illiad is making this stuff up.
So what's the big deal? Illiad pokes fun at real-life morons who didn't bother to read the manual or use common sense. I've never worked in tech support but I've had to help people over the phone with computer problems (friends, family, etc.) and it's a frustrating job even when the person on the other line knows what he/she is doing. All Illiad has done is given tech support workers a way to vent their frustrations, and if he's stepped on a couple toes here and there, so what?
I think instead of whining about potentially offensive content in other strips (makes me wonder if he's seen Jerkcity) Mr. Kurtz should focus his energies on making his own strip a little funnier. After browsing through the archives a bit, I didn't even crack a smile.
What makes you think garbage men or construction workers are so stupid, anyway? Not having a college degree doesn't make you stupid any more than having one makes you smart. I'd like to see you operate one of those bigass trucks or a wrecking ball without killing someone.
How could this type of post get "Rob and friends" in trouble? It explicitly states at the bottom of each/. page that Comments are owned by the Poster; if the owner of any copyrighted material finds something of his posted on/.,/. is not responsible or liable.
I think it's good when posts like this get moderated up; they're very informative and I don't have to click through a link to see what the news is.
...just as I take anything on ZDnet with a grain of salt. Those of us that are, shall we say, more technically inclined/informed know what is supposed to be "interesting and a little funny."
The problem is when the less-informed public reads these articles. They don't know any better. I'm not saying they are stupid, just ignorant. Most likely, when John Q. Average reads these sort of "humorous" articles, he will think them to be serious-minded and well-researched. And that is most definitely not the case.
You don't have to use a real email address or any other important information. I give them (NY Times) new bullshit information every time I want to read something linked from Slashdot.
Slashdot Mirror
I thought it was a serious post until I got to the part about the mallet. LOL.
Someone moderate this up. I thought it was a serious post until I got to the part about the mallet. LOL.
Not when it's Slashdotted. I can't get to it.
Microsoft is expected to reject the proposed breakup.
And the world emits a collective "Duh!"
:-P
Vodka, Kahlua, Cream, and Luciferase?
Mmm.
[I]t's a wonder we haven't started fucking the disk drive slot yet.
Oh, but we have...
:-P
In case you were in need of further correction, you misspelled synonymous.
:-P
What I'm curious about is, what were the pirates transmitting? Top 40? Polka? Advertisements? Audio pr0n? Given the sorry repetitive state of most radio stations in the US (I imagine the situation is much the same in the UK, after all, they did give us the Spice Girls) I'd probably thank the radio pirate who let me listen to some off-the-beaten-track tunes. Please, no more Britney Spears!
Skipped a few geography classes, eh?
:-P
Whoever moderated this post... you probably won't read this, but I'm going to vent anyway.
a) I was merely sharing my "Wu-Name." I guess I didn't make that very obvious, but if you had actually gone through the quickies, maybe you would have realized this.
b) Many others did this, and they were moderated UP. I realize mine wasn't all that interesting, but why not just leave it alone? It wasn't off topic.
c) Why waste your points moderating posts down on a stupid quickies article? Go use them on a useful article, or moderate some naked-and-petrified-grits posts down.
The Lonely Donkey Kong.
WTF?
"I wasn't here to see man land on the moon, or JFK's assassination. I don't really remember Nixon's resignation or the hostage crisis. This is undoubtedly the most important and memorable moment of our lifetime, and I'm trapped at my desk. It's just not worth it."
What an important moment. Our arbitrarily-set year rolled over from 1999 to 2000. A bunch of computer-related disasters didn't happen. The world suffered the largest collective hangover in history. May I ask, what made this past New Year's Eve more important than the moon landing, or anything else for that matter? I just don't see it.
Maybe it's just because the party I was at sucked. Or maybe not.
:-P
Made sense to me, d00d.
Settle down, already. It's a comic strip. It makes some people laugh. Have you considered the fact that UF might be popular not because it's a "hip" thing to like, but because they identify with it and find it absolutely hilarious at times? I'll agree, sometimes it gets repetitive, but it's still funny, in my own opinion. You're welcome to think what you like about UF, but to suggest that I avoid it based on the fact that only "conformist" geeks (whatever that means) read it is absurd.
I really don't feel like going back through the UF archives and counting every single strip that's made fun of tech support callers, but I imagine such strips make up a pretty small minority. There really aren't that many of them. And, to my knowledge, every one of these strips is based at least in part on an actual real-life call. It's not like Illiad is making this stuff up.
So what's the big deal? Illiad pokes fun at real-life morons who didn't bother to read the manual or use common sense. I've never worked in tech support but I've had to help people over the phone with computer problems (friends, family, etc.) and it's a frustrating job even when the person on the other line knows what he/she is doing. All Illiad has done is given tech support workers a way to vent their frustrations, and if he's stepped on a couple toes here and there, so what?
I think instead of whining about potentially offensive content in other strips (makes me wonder if he's seen Jerkcity) Mr. Kurtz should focus his energies on making his own strip a little funnier. After browsing through the archives a bit, I didn't even crack a smile.
That was funny! Do it again!
Well, I had to think about ROFLPIMP for about five minutes.
What makes you think garbage men or construction workers are so stupid, anyway? Not having a college degree doesn't make you stupid any more than having one makes you smart. I'd like to see you operate one of those bigass trucks or a wrecking ball without killing someone.
paranoid.android
I've never heard of this before. Please enlighten me/us. :-)
paranoid.android
How could this type of post get "Rob and friends" in trouble? It explicitly states at the bottom of each /. page that Comments are owned by the Poster; if the owner of any copyrighted material finds something of his posted on /., /. is not responsible or liable.
I think it's good when posts like this get moderated up; they're very informative and I don't have to click through a link to see what the news is.
Just my opinion.
paranoid.android
...just as I take anything on ZDnet with a grain of salt. Those of us that are, shall we say, more technically inclined/informed know what is supposed to be "interesting and a little funny."
The problem is when the less-informed public reads these articles. They don't know any better. I'm not saying they are stupid, just ignorant. Most likely, when John Q. Average reads these sort of "humorous" articles, he will think them to be serious-minded and well-researched. And that is most definitely not the case.
paranoid.android
The logo?
Homer Simpson making the face he does when he says, "D'oh!"
That pretty much sums up the situation, IMHO.
paranoid.android
You don't have to use a real email address or any other important information. I give them (NY Times) new bullshit information every time I want to read something linked from Slashdot.
paranoid.android
Well, at least they got the hacker/cracker thing right.
But they did use the "word" hacktivist.
Sigh.
paranoid.android
Who would that be, then?
paranoid.android