You know, there's that email that always goes around about people not buying gas one day, like it will bring the gas giants to their knees, which we know is bunk, right? Well how about if everyone gets together and refuses to purchase cds or dvds for a month? We can all live without buying music and movies for a month, right?
Okay, I have been mulling over trying to get a push going here at/. to see if they could put all anonymous coward posts below everyone's threshold so that they just don't show up unless a person specifically wants them to because there's just so many posts by people who won't register that are just total bull hockey.
And now you come along and post this as anonymous coward...
Which leaves me only one thing to say:
LONG LIVE ANONYMOUS COWARDS!!!! (hilarious post, bud)
Racial profiling works. I don't see why there's a big deal about it. If some 49 year old white dude fitting my description commits a crime, and I walk past a cop who has a description of the perp, and he doesn't give me a second look, there's something seriously wrong with that. Now just stopping people because of the way they look is dumb. I mean if you grab a bunch of merry makers in a bank vault on a Saturday night just because they're black, that's totally wrong. (sarcasm, folks. Oh, and how about that noob who tagged me as a troll go back to digg already.)
There may be no free alternative, but it's high time that systems pay attention, and start realizing that the free stuff will one day be just as prominent in the home and the work place as the non free stuff, and start embracing it. The bells and whistles that come with office will be matched one day, though the usefulness of much of it evades me. Yeah, it's all nice and all, but if a teacher used OO and had the students to use OO, then bingo, assignments would be turned in exactly right, no problems with compatibility. Sorry, kids but Windows is a dying breed. As more and more people become computer savvy, more and more people will skip over to Linux. That's the future. It's inescapable. Argue all you want, but think about this: 8 years ago, who would have predicted Ubuntu would be cathing on like it is? The future looks bright and free.
Bah, we all know that the user does a system upgrade to a new motherboard, et al, then ghosts his system over, and installs AVG and Megabyte bites the dust.
Okay, just kidding. I agree, they should pick up where it left off. Tradition and all that. I'm a 49 year old Reboot fan, and it really eats me up to see that this will never happen.
What has happened to slashdot, indeed. No longer just a hot bed of liberal brainfart activity, now immature bombastic spammers have taken over. So nothing's changed, I guess.:)
so anyway...
Speaking of having to use IE for stuff. What is up with banks and all demanding people use IE to access their account information, and other sites concerned with billing doing the same? Right, I'm supposed to use a sieve like IE to do banking transactions online? How totally retarded is that? If they had a clue, they'd demand you NOT use IE and they'd all be running Linux.
What is up with the first post on so many articles here on slashdot being like the above? Can slashcot not just remove them, or are they afraid of offending the free speach nazis?
Take away the sun's effect on the earth, and is there any proof whatsoever that these manmade global catastrophe gases cause any warming? Not evidence, but proof?
Which is my way of saying, "Good one!!!" to jcr (53032)'s response up there.
I can't say as I blame Dell. I repair and upgrade computers for people, and though I use ubuntu myself, I don't go telling everyone to get ubuntu because of the problems that arise when kernels upgrade. No way I'd want to suddenly be covered up with calls just because of a kernel upgrade.
Kinda blows your mind that there's people out there who believe in evolution and a round earth, yet they aren't like sheep when it comes to science, huh? I don't mindlessly follow these buffoons. The way I see it, they know the cycle will come around, and they see this as the perfect ruse. For all the hard work, there will be a seeming benefit to sell to the masses. "Look!!! Al Gore saved the planet!" Yeah, right. Look, no matter what, this day and time has been a long time coming. Man has no bearing on it. It is inevitable. It is nature. And man, being the total goon that he is, will surely find a way to blame himself for anything that goes wrong. Just like in the olden days when civilizations quaked at an eclipse and found all kinds of idiotic reasons to blame mankind for the event, we see today the same thing playing out. I wonder how many people were burned at the stake last time the earth heated up? Wasn't that the way mankind purged his collective soul back then? And then when the earth cooled off? Back to the stakes!!! The good thing to come out of this, though, is that we should end up with a cleaner planet. For this, I applaud the charlatans and snake oil salesmen. Just don't ruin any economies doing it. What we ought to be doing is using our resources to be sure that no one is discomforted by this. That, and get away from fossil fuels!
"this kind of crippling ignorance among professional astrophysicists is astonishing."
This should hardly astonish anyone. Look that the horse pucky we're being fed about man made (not solar induced) global warming (not global "business as usual" )
Regarding your sig: I suppose you have never emailed yourself, and don't expect to, do you?
Back to the topic. Fascinating stuff. Russia actually does something heinous, and people start saying America has already done it. Therrrrrrefore, perhaps Russia is Americanizing itself? No, just kidding.
I think Russia wants to make America out the be the enemy so that when it invades Europe, it will look like it was saving Europe from the American influence. Now draw all the comparisons you want, but we've had plenty enough reason to invade Mexico in order to solve their economic woes and create jobs in an effort to curb the mass of illegal aliens coming north. (no, I don't personally think this way, I'm speaking in the abstract. So please, do go ahead and post a reply to me saying that as if I honestly think we should. I know someone will. Heck all you have to do is twitch the wrong way, and people around here go ballistic)
Bah, I forgot what I was going to say, but it was along the lines of "Pfft, it's Russia. Did you really think this wouldn't happen again?"
Actually, it's a matter of, "no matter how much you learn, you're still not smart". Just because someone has learned to use web development software, it does not mean they are smart. They just have a piece of paper they can wave that says they are. Employers who are dumber than dirt and don't know any better hire these people, and they do their thing. This applies to software, too. AND ESPECIALLY TO I(dio)T DEPARTMENTS.
Just because your average Joe buys a machine and uses the software that came on it, don't blame them for the shortcomings of web developers.
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Nah, I'm just a jerk. Thanks for the kind words, though.
You know, there's that email that always goes around about people not buying gas one day, like it will bring the gas giants to their knees, which we know is bunk, right? Well how about if everyone gets together and refuses to purchase cds or dvds for a month? We can all live without buying music and movies for a month, right?
??? Out? Is it in the repositories?
And now you come along and post this as anonymous coward...
Which leaves me only one thing to say:
LONG LIVE ANONYMOUS COWARDS!!!! (hilarious post, bud)
Racial profiling works. I don't see why there's a big deal about it. If some 49 year old white dude fitting my description commits a crime, and I walk past a cop who has a description of the perp, and he doesn't give me a second look, there's something seriously wrong with that. Now just stopping people because of the way they look is dumb. I mean if you grab a bunch of merry makers in a bank vault on a Saturday night just because they're black, that's totally wrong. (sarcasm, folks. Oh, and how about that noob who tagged me as a troll go back to digg already.)
There may be no free alternative, but it's high time that systems pay attention, and start realizing that the free stuff will one day be just as prominent in the home and the work place as the non free stuff, and start embracing it. The bells and whistles that come with office will be matched one day, though the usefulness of much of it evades me. Yeah, it's all nice and all, but if a teacher used OO and had the students to use OO, then bingo, assignments would be turned in exactly right, no problems with compatibility. Sorry, kids but Windows is a dying breed. As more and more people become computer savvy, more and more people will skip over to Linux. That's the future. It's inescapable. Argue all you want, but think about this: 8 years ago, who would have predicted Ubuntu would be cathing on like it is? The future looks bright and free.
Okay, just kidding. I agree, they should pick up where it left off. Tradition and all that. I'm a 49 year old Reboot fan, and it really eats me up to see that this will never happen.
I pray to God you aren't a registered voter.
Aha! It's a non submersible martini mixer for James Bond!
so anyway...
Speaking of having to use IE for stuff. What is up with banks and all demanding people use IE to access their account information, and other sites concerned with billing doing the same? Right, I'm supposed to use a sieve like IE to do banking transactions online? How totally retarded is that? If they had a clue, they'd demand you NOT use IE and they'd all be running Linux.
...no wait... wtf?
Impossible, as this goes against the laws of perpetual spamnamics.
Pixel Pusher, please share with me this marvelous tactic which should de-diggilate my ./ experience! Where do I change that? And thank you.
What is up with the first post on so many articles here on slashdot being like the above? Can slashcot not just remove them, or are they afraid of offending the free speach nazis?
I guess every laser system they tested against it failed to bring it down. No wait, there aren't any.
I've taken quite a few apart, and put the plastic parts in a dishwasher and washed them, then put it back together again.
It was created to dupe people, duh. (sorry, that just leaped out at me, so I had to put it here, please don't troll me!!!)
Take away the sun's effect on the earth, and is there any proof whatsoever that these manmade global catastrophe gases cause any warming? Not evidence, but proof? Which is my way of saying, "Good one!!!" to jcr (53032)'s response up there.
I can't say as I blame Dell. I repair and upgrade computers for people, and though I use ubuntu myself, I don't go telling everyone to get ubuntu because of the problems that arise when kernels upgrade. No way I'd want to suddenly be covered up with calls just because of a kernel upgrade.
Just more reason for people to move away from the Virus Magnet. Hello, Linux calling!!!!
Kinda blows your mind that there's people out there who believe in evolution and a round earth, yet they aren't like sheep when it comes to science, huh? I don't mindlessly follow these buffoons. The way I see it, they know the cycle will come around, and they see this as the perfect ruse. For all the hard work, there will be a seeming benefit to sell to the masses. "Look!!! Al Gore saved the planet!" Yeah, right. Look, no matter what, this day and time has been a long time coming. Man has no bearing on it. It is inevitable. It is nature. And man, being the total goon that he is, will surely find a way to blame himself for anything that goes wrong. Just like in the olden days when civilizations quaked at an eclipse and found all kinds of idiotic reasons to blame mankind for the event, we see today the same thing playing out. I wonder how many people were burned at the stake last time the earth heated up? Wasn't that the way mankind purged his collective soul back then? And then when the earth cooled off? Back to the stakes!!! The good thing to come out of this, though, is that we should end up with a cleaner planet. For this, I applaud the charlatans and snake oil salesmen. Just don't ruin any economies doing it. What we ought to be doing is using our resources to be sure that no one is discomforted by this. That, and get away from fossil fuels!
This should hardly astonish anyone. Look that the horse pucky we're being fed about man made (not solar induced) global warming (not global "business as usual" )
Think about it. Educated does not equal smart.
What they need is a virtual Bobbit.
Back to the topic. Fascinating stuff. Russia actually does something heinous, and people start saying America has already done it. Therrrrrrefore, perhaps Russia is Americanizing itself? No, just kidding.
I think Russia wants to make America out the be the enemy so that when it invades Europe, it will look like it was saving Europe from the American influence. Now draw all the comparisons you want, but we've had plenty enough reason to invade Mexico in order to solve their economic woes and create jobs in an effort to curb the mass of illegal aliens coming north. (no, I don't personally think this way, I'm speaking in the abstract. So please, do go ahead and post a reply to me saying that as if I honestly think we should. I know someone will. Heck all you have to do is twitch the wrong way, and people around here go ballistic)
Bah, I forgot what I was going to say, but it was along the lines of "Pfft, it's Russia. Did you really think this wouldn't happen again?"
Just because your average Joe buys a machine and uses the software that came on it, don't blame them for the shortcomings of web developers.