Back in the day, nerdness was all about radio and other homebrew electronics. That morphed into computers, and here we are. Ownership of radio, teevee, computer, and telecom companies has always been fair game for discussion here.
>In Michigan a man was arrested for having sex with hios girlfriends dead dog in full view of a preschool, but I don't expect that to be on slashdot either.
Yet somehow it made it onto Slashdot after all. Go figure.
We here at the Slashdot Language Police do not use lawsuits for such offenses; we prefer flogging. There is a strong minority opinion that bad anatomical puns should be punished by flaying of the referenced anatomical part. Fortunately for you, the number of Slashdotters able to recognize a pun such as yours playing on rules of spelling and pronunciation is far less than the alleged 1% porn content of the internet, so you're probably safe. This time. You have been warned, however.
>[15 minutes and an empty box later]
"Ungh.... THAT'S why..."
[and 15 minutes after that]
Oooo, Xghrth, [nasty rumbling sounds from all 3 of Xjjanth's primary digestive tubules] I say we nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure this doesn't spread throughout the galaxy!
>the government already has the language skills it needs even without a whizbang translation machine.
Sadly, they don't. The FBI has something like two guys who speak Arabic, and there are numerous instances in the news recently where some fed is bewailing the lack of language skills in his department. On a diplomatic note, how many US Ambassadors actually speak the language of their host country? It might be useful if they had some way to understand the locals.
The Belgians make far, far better beer than the French. Everybody knows this; even the French, who try to cope by pointing out that many Belgians speak French.
>>"Sony intends to cooperate fully with the DOJ in what appears to be an industrywide inquiry," the company said in a short statement. (Emphasis mine).
>So the DOJ appears to be investigating every manufacturer, and there is no info even hinting that Sony did everything wrong.
So, you feel that Sony's spin on this is highly credible? It also seems to me that allegations of price fixing might involve more than one company in an industry, since it would be pretty hard for a single company to fix prices without collusion from their ostensible competitors.
>it states that the phone isn't going to be available in the US unless someone will carry it
Since TFA states that the phone is primarily designed for the non-US market, I assume it will be a GSM phone. Since your Mom has T-Mobile, which is a GSM network, she can just buy one and put a T-Mobile chip in it. Granted, it probably wouldn't be quite that easy if she doesn't already have a T-Mobile GSM phone, but I'm willing to bet it'll be doable. People already are using Europe-only phones in the US.
Actually, for me it didn't happen. It sucked so badly that it sucked open a wormhole to an parallel universe where it never was made. Just before the collapse, I fell through.
Not every attempt at something new works the way you want the first time. The first heart transplant patient didn't live very long. The first medications for aids didn't work as well as what is out there now. That's why this kind of research is done on rats. *cough*eatshitpeta*cough* If medical research stopped the first time there was this kind of result, we'd all still be dying of yellow fever and polio. There are entirely too many people getting their shorts in a twist over this. Sheesh!
My girlfriend's latest answer to telemarketers, "You know my name, my street address, and who my mortgage is with. That scares me. I think you might be a stalker. If you call me again, I will report you to the police." It seems to have the desired effect.
Me: I've been on hold for 49 minutes, and you're the third unhelpful person I've talked to. You fucked up my order, and it's been a month since you promised to fix it. No! I don't want to place a new order. I WANT YOU LYING SHIT-WEASELS TO DO WHAT YOU PROMISED THREE MONTHS AGO. I've already told fifty people at work what rat-bastards you are, posted a 5000 word screed on your perverted business practices to 13 business related blogs, and I'm getting ready to tell the Taliban that your compnay is a front for an Israeli arms manufacturer.
Them: Sir, the software on my computer is informing me that you are beginning to be upset with my fine employer. Let me put you on hold while I see if I can't find someone to help you place a new order.
If you're interested in what the United States would be like without humans, there is a nifty map developed by A.W. Kuchler in 1964 and refined periodically since of what would grow where without human interference. It is called Potential Natural Vegetation of the Coterminous United States and can be found at the US Forest Service.
For all of the references to H.G.Wells, it seems to me that something more like Aldous Huxley's Brave New World is much more likely. In Huxley's pre-Watson-and-Crick world, the creation of the sub-classes was done by environmental rather than genetic manipulation, something that seems fairly common today in the form of in utero damage to embryos by drugs and alcohol. We also have post partum physical and mental damage by many environmental factors such as lead paint, radiation, pesticides, chemical wastes, television, and Wayne Newton's "music." If you want to find today's Deltas and Epsilons, you need look no farther than the bad neighborhoods of the nearest medium to large city.
A fairly common theme in 50s and 60s post-apocalyptic science fiction was the radiation-spawned mutant rat people. Usually, they were depicted as nasty little or not so little jaspers with spears and a craniverous attitude. Can't say I miss the overarching fear of nuclear war as an everyday component of society.
I agree that the current trend is more toward leaving out the apostrophe except for single letters, but putting it in is still correct and acceptable. It is the way I was taught in public school back in the day when you would never hear a teacher say, "I seen" or, "Me and him;" both of which I have heard from teachers in the last month. Clearly, these are signs that The End Is Near.
>Text-messaging software that allows local merchants to send offers to mobile phones. Some companies already do this in basic form; Moldow's idea would give merchants more control.
Just Fucking Great... text message spam. It's hard to think of a suitable response to this that isn't a felony.
Thank God the Congress had the balls to stand up to this un-American betting on the Intenet pipes thing. The idea of people sitting around in their underwear gambling in the privacy of their houses is disgusting. Youse bums should get out more and support your local businesses, like for example, Earl the Bookie down at Ichabod's Billiards. Earl has a daughter he's trying to put through college and needs the local trade to get by. Money spent locally gets recirculated locally, like for example Big Mike's 10% skim of the action, which has been down lately. If you like poker or craps, youse should knock on the door to the back room and tell Large Arnold that Ralphie sent you.
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>how is this related to a techno nerd/geek site?
Back in the day, nerdness was all about radio and other homebrew electronics. That morphed into computers, and here we are. Ownership of radio, teevee, computer, and telecom companies has always been fair game for discussion here.
>In Michigan a man was arrested for having sex with hios girlfriends dead dog in full view of a preschool, but I don't expect that to be on slashdot either.
Yet somehow it made it onto Slashdot after all. Go figure.
>Ok, bad phonetic pun, sue me.
We here at the Slashdot Language Police do not use lawsuits for such offenses; we prefer flogging. There is a strong minority opinion that bad anatomical puns should be punished by flaying of the referenced anatomical part. Fortunately for you, the number of Slashdotters able to recognize a pun such as yours playing on rules of spelling and pronunciation is far less than the alleged 1% porn content of the internet, so you're probably safe. This time. You have been warned, however.
>[15 minutes and an empty box later]
"Ungh.... THAT'S why..."
[and 15 minutes after that]
Oooo, Xghrth, [nasty rumbling sounds from all 3 of Xjjanth's primary digestive tubules] I say we nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure this doesn't spread throughout the galaxy!
>the government already has the language skills it needs even without a whizbang translation machine.
Sadly, they don't. The FBI has something like two guys who speak Arabic, and there are numerous instances in the news recently where some fed is bewailing the lack of language skills in his department. On a diplomatic note, how many US Ambassadors actually speak the language of their host country? It might be useful if they had some way to understand the locals.Capsella kits are way more cool than legos.
Perhaps the relevance is due to KJI's internet pr0n jones.
The Belgians make far, far better beer than the French. Everybody knows this; even the French, who try to cope by pointing out that many Belgians speak French.
>>"Sony intends to cooperate fully with the DOJ in what appears to be an industrywide inquiry," the company said in a short statement. (Emphasis mine).
So, you feel that Sony's spin on this is highly credible? It also seems to me that allegations of price fixing might involve more than one company in an industry, since it would be pretty hard for a single company to fix prices without collusion from their ostensible competitors.>So the DOJ appears to be investigating every manufacturer, and there is no info even hinting that Sony did everything wrong.
>it states that the phone isn't going to be available in the US unless someone will carry it
Since TFA states that the phone is primarily designed for the non-US market, I assume it will be a GSM phone. Since your Mom has T-Mobile, which is a GSM network, she can just buy one and put a T-Mobile chip in it. Granted, it probably wouldn't be quite that easy if she doesn't already have a T-Mobile GSM phone, but I'm willing to bet it'll be doable. People already are using Europe-only phones in the US.Actually, for me it didn't happen. It sucked so badly that it sucked open a wormhole to an parallel universe where it never was made. Just before the collapse, I fell through.
Not every attempt at something new works the way you want the first time. The first heart transplant patient didn't live very long. The first medications for aids didn't work as well as what is out there now. That's why this kind of research is done on rats. *cough*eatshitpeta*cough* If medical research stopped the first time there was this kind of result, we'd all still be dying of yellow fever and polio. There are entirely too many people getting their shorts in a twist over this. Sheesh!
>Sorry, Steve Blamer owns that one.
I thought that was Bobby Knight, a man who has done more damage to team sports than any other human being.My girlfriend's latest answer to telemarketers, "You know my name, my street address, and who my mortgage is with. That scares me. I think you might be a stalker. If you call me again, I will report you to the police." It seems to have the desired effect.
>Customer Service == Inbound Call Center
Me: I've been on hold for 49 minutes, and you're the third unhelpful person I've talked to. You fucked up my order, and it's been a month since you promised to fix it. No! I don't want to place a new order. I WANT YOU LYING SHIT-WEASELS TO DO WHAT YOU PROMISED THREE MONTHS AGO. I've already told fifty people at work what rat-bastards you are, posted a 5000 word screed on your perverted business practices to 13 business related blogs, and I'm getting ready to tell the Taliban that your compnay is a front for an Israeli arms manufacturer.
Them: Sir, the software on my computer is informing me that you are beginning to be upset with my fine employer. Let me put you on hold while I see if I can't find someone to help you place a new order.
If you're interested in what the United States would be like without humans, there is a nifty map developed by A.W. Kuchler in 1964 and refined periodically since of what would grow where without human interference. It is called Potential Natural Vegetation of the Coterminous United States and can be found at the US Forest Service.
For all of the references to H.G.Wells, it seems to me that something more like Aldous Huxley's Brave New World is much more likely. In Huxley's pre-Watson-and-Crick world, the creation of the sub-classes was done by environmental rather than genetic manipulation, something that seems fairly common today in the form of in utero damage to embryos by drugs and alcohol. We also have post partum physical and mental damage by many environmental factors such as lead paint, radiation, pesticides, chemical wastes, television, and Wayne Newton's "music." If you want to find today's Deltas and Epsilons, you need look no farther than the bad neighborhoods of the nearest medium to large city.
A fairly common theme in 50s and 60s post-apocalyptic science fiction was the radiation-spawned mutant rat people. Usually, they were depicted as nasty little or not so little jaspers with spears and a craniverous attitude. Can't say I miss the overarching fear of nuclear war as an everyday component of society.
An example from the handbook section cited above:
"YMCA's"
I agree that the current trend is more toward leaving out the apostrophe except for single letters, but putting it in is still correct and acceptable. It is the way I was taught in public school back in the day when you would never hear a teacher say, "I seen" or, "Me and him;" both of which I have heard from teachers in the last month. Clearly, these are signs that The End Is Near.
From The Secretary's Handbook, Taintor, Sarah and Monro, Kate, 1988, MacMillan Publishing Co., New York, p 89:
"The 's may be added to figures, signs, symbols, and letters of the alphabet to form the plural."
Although there is a growing tendency to omit the apostrophe, the original post was correct usage.
Depends... For Liesure Suit Larry, it is inserted... never mind.
>Is it a beta release, or is it a release candidate?
With recent Microsoft products, evidence suggests it should be considered a Beta up to the release of SP2.
>Text-messaging software that allows local merchants to send offers to mobile phones. Some companies already do this in basic form; Moldow's idea would give merchants more control.
Just Fucking Great... text message spam. It's hard to think of a suitable response to this that isn't a felony.>With an LCD windshield, coupled with a sufficiently advanced computer and external cameras
Hmmmm... One crash (computer) could lead to another (car) and a new definition of Blue Screen Of Death.That we have AIs that can reliably understand Arabic, Urdu, etc., because we sure don't have enough real people that can.
Thank God the Congress had the balls to stand up to this un-American betting on the Intenet pipes thing. The idea of people sitting around in their underwear gambling in the privacy of their houses is disgusting. Youse bums should get out more and support your local businesses, like for example, Earl the Bookie down at Ichabod's Billiards. Earl has a daughter he's trying to put through college and needs the local trade to get by. Money spent locally gets recirculated locally, like for example Big Mike's 10% skim of the action, which has been down lately. If you like poker or craps, youse should knock on the door to the back room and tell Large Arnold that Ralphie sent you.