In order to avoid confusion as to whether Pluto is a planet, call the new planet Pluto and rename old Pluto something else, like Herbert The Cow. Or Mr Gazpacho. Or Hellish Creamcheese.
It's Friday afternoon, and 5pm looks a LOOOONG way away. Can you tell?
I've seen this argument put forward before. Subjectively, I just don't believe that it's a two-pronged attack; I think the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing. That's an opinion rather than a fact though. Like most of Slashdot.:) I also don't think that 24 hour drinking is going to encourage anyone to pace themselves - the sort of people who are going to get pissed and start fights will do it regardless. Then again I don't drink anyway, so maybe I'm talking out of my hat.
Stability doesn't necessarily mean good government. It can also mean stagnation and convergence of the main political parties, so they only way you can tell a Conservative from a Liberal Democrat or Labour MP is the colour of their tie.
Speaking as a UK citizen, the political setup is a rickety pile of hacked fixes, kneejerks, self-interest and outmoded traditions. The current government is incapable of coherent thought: on the one hand, giving the police more powers to deal with the growing binge-drinking culture, while also loosening licensing laws so pubs and bars can stay open all day. Not to mention the idiotic political correctness that sees Metropolitan Police officers take off their shoes before raiding a London mosque they have reason to suspect is harbouring criminals.
Don't think this makes it okay for you to slag us off though. It's like family: it's okay for an insider to complain, but if someone from the outside criticises, the ranks close and you'll get your sorry arse bawled out...:)
That would be the one where Homer has cannonballs fired at him... Though I am still somewhat disturbed by your suggestion that faith may still be placed in the readership of Slashdot. To do what, exactly?
Nope. Feels more like rubbing the frontal lobes repeatedly on a carborundum slab until all that's left is a thin, sharpened wedge of brain matter, and a pile of detritus.
What makes you think he'll stand down after his second term? He's quite content to piss all over your Constitution, so why shouldn't he get a law passed allowing more than two terms of office?
The existing six films, patchy though they are, tell one overarching story - the fall from grace and subsequent redemption of Anakin Skywalker. Anything else tacked on at the end would ruin the 'shape' of the saga, if you will.
Which is why it's pretty much inevitable that some halfwit in a suit will greenlight them, I'd have thought.
I submitted this self-same story about six hours ago and had it rejected. Presumably the subtitle means that at least one of Slashdot's editors has a sense of humour.
Way to make a guy feel wanted, you arseholes. *sob*
... that the general quality of EVERYTHING is on a downward spiral. Relentless commoditisation is forcing everyone to work on lower margins and wider tolerances.
1) Ship half-arsed product.
2) Let customers spot and fix all bugs, but don't give them the right to use the code they write.
3) Charge same customers again for new and improved product.
4) Profit!
At least until they find out what Free software is really all about... at which point the game is up.
At some point, as Microsoft's market share falls, it would seem inevitable that they will have to port their applications to Linux, or release a distribution of Linux with a Windows-style desktop environment bolted on top.
Has anyone within Microsoft considered this option? If so, how far has it gone?
I thought Martians were supposed to send landers HERE in groups of three. Perhaps we should give the next-generation Beagles a bunch of death-rays as well?
... I'd like to see someone really go after Gates and hold him to account. Microsoft is guilty of anti-competitive behaviour. It's been decided in court on two continents. Why dither around asking him if he feels his company is anti-competitive? Do you really believe he's going to twirl his moustache and say 'Yes! Yes! AND I'D DO IT ALL AGAIN, MWAHAHAH!'
I'm surprised no-one from the States has said anything about the guy's teeth. From Austin Powers to the Simpsons' 'Big Book Of British Smiles', that's all we ever get to hear. British=Bad F*ckin' Teeth.
Listen, you shiny-gobbed sons of bitches, these are Darwinian survival aids. If we got into a fight and I bit you with these babies, you'd bleed to death in thirty seconds or get a dose of gangrene and end up taking your fingers home in a bag.
Right. I'm off to throw bricks at a dentist. What ho, my lily-white arse.
... as being somewhat similar to so-called 'celebrities' announcing million-dollar donations to charity. The fact that they seem to expect everyone to fall on their knees and worship this display of magnanimity doesn't alter the fact that it is a worthwhile gesture, but any charitable donation should be a matter of private conscience rather than a public show.
Also, as other posts have pointed out, Gates can comfortably afford the amount that has been pledged. Does that make it somehow more worthwhile than a private individual lending a hand to a stranger, be it through a few quid in a charity box or a few hours of work on a free software project?
Yeah, but hot chicks who gave a damn about calculus were pretty thin on the ground when I was at school. Had I been into ugly old boilers, I'd have been spoilt for choice. Most of the girls in my year at school had faces like welder's benches. Or bags of spanners. Or dropped pies. They looked like they went ram-raiding on mopeds. Or... but you get the general idea.
1) You don't get points for carrying a stick up your ass.
2) Girls don't give a sh*t if you're good at calculus.
3) Most of your friends, aren't. So stick by those who really are.
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In order to avoid confusion as to whether Pluto is a planet, call the new planet Pluto and rename old Pluto something else, like Herbert The Cow. Or Mr Gazpacho. Or Hellish Creamcheese.
It's Friday afternoon, and 5pm looks a LOOOONG way away. Can you tell?
I've seen this argument put forward before. Subjectively, I just don't believe that it's a two-pronged attack; I think the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing. That's an opinion rather than a fact though. Like most of Slashdot. :) I also don't think that 24 hour drinking is going to encourage anyone to pace themselves - the sort of people who are going to get pissed and start fights will do it regardless. Then again I don't drink anyway, so maybe I'm talking out of my hat.
Stability doesn't necessarily mean good government. It can also mean stagnation and convergence of the main political parties, so they only way you can tell a Conservative from a Liberal Democrat or Labour MP is the colour of their tie.
:)
Speaking as a UK citizen, the political setup is a rickety pile of hacked fixes, kneejerks, self-interest and outmoded traditions. The current government is incapable of coherent thought: on the one hand, giving the police more powers to deal with the growing binge-drinking culture, while also loosening licensing laws so pubs and bars can stay open all day. Not to mention the idiotic political correctness that sees Metropolitan Police officers take off their shoes before raiding a London mosque they have reason to suspect is harbouring criminals.
Don't think this makes it okay for you to slag us off though. It's like family: it's okay for an insider to complain, but if someone from the outside criticises, the ranks close and you'll get your sorry arse bawled out...
That would be the one where Homer has cannonballs fired at him... Though I am still somewhat disturbed by your suggestion that faith may still be placed in the readership of Slashdot. To do what, exactly?
*thinks*
Oh dear God, please don't answer that.
Rest assured, that was sarcasm... the parent to your post being ample proof of my original hypothesis.
*sigh*
Nope. Feels more like rubbing the frontal lobes repeatedly on a carborundum slab until all that's left is a thin, sharpened wedge of brain matter, and a pile of detritus.
Lecter, Schmecter.
... hones the creative brain to a razor's edge.
What makes you think he'll stand down after his second term? He's quite content to piss all over your Constitution, so why shouldn't he get a law passed allowing more than two terms of office?
Billy G, is that you?
The existing six films, patchy though they are, tell one overarching story - the fall from grace and subsequent redemption of Anakin Skywalker. Anything else tacked on at the end would ruin the 'shape' of the saga, if you will.
Which is why it's pretty much inevitable that some halfwit in a suit will greenlight them, I'd have thought.
I submitted this self-same story about six hours ago and had it rejected. Presumably the subtitle means that at least one of Slashdot's editors has a sense of humour.
Way to make a guy feel wanted, you arseholes. *sob*
... that the general quality of EVERYTHING is on a downward spiral. Relentless commoditisation is forcing everyone to work on lower margins and wider tolerances.
... use Links.
1) Ship half-arsed product.
2) Let customers spot and fix all bugs, but don't give them the right to use the code they write.
3) Charge same customers again for new and improved product.
4) Profit!
At least until they find out what Free software is really all about... at which point the game is up.
At some point, as Microsoft's market share falls, it would seem inevitable that they will have to port their applications to Linux, or release a distribution of Linux with a Windows-style desktop environment bolted on top.
Has anyone within Microsoft considered this option? If so, how far has it gone?
I thought Martians were supposed to send landers HERE in groups of three. Perhaps we should give the next-generation Beagles a bunch of death-rays as well?
Resistance is futile. Resistance is futile. Resistance is -
Alright, which smartarse hacked my hand? Don't you dare make me - OW! QUIT IT! OOOW!
Three Borg stories in a row? Has Slashdot been assimilated?
Flee! Flee for your life! (Unless they're brought Jeri Ryan with them.)
... I'd like to see someone really go after Gates and hold him to account. Microsoft is guilty of anti-competitive behaviour. It's been decided in court on two continents. Why dither around asking him if he feels his company is anti-competitive? Do you really believe he's going to twirl his moustache and say 'Yes! Yes! AND I'D DO IT ALL AGAIN, MWAHAHAH!'
Because I doubt he will.
I'm surprised no-one from the States has said anything about the guy's teeth. From Austin Powers to the Simpsons' 'Big Book Of British Smiles', that's all we ever get to hear. British=Bad F*ckin' Teeth.
Listen, you shiny-gobbed sons of bitches, these are Darwinian survival aids. If we got into a fight and I bit you with these babies, you'd bleed to death in thirty seconds or get a dose of gangrene and end up taking your fingers home in a bag.
Right. I'm off to throw bricks at a dentist. What ho, my lily-white arse.
If Slackware were getting 20% of the OS market I'd be too busy playing Duke Nukem Forever to give a crap about anything else.
... as being somewhat similar to so-called 'celebrities' announcing million-dollar donations to charity. The fact that they seem to expect everyone to fall on their knees and worship this display of magnanimity doesn't alter the fact that it is a worthwhile gesture, but any charitable donation should be a matter of private conscience rather than a public show.
Also, as other posts have pointed out, Gates can comfortably afford the amount that has been pledged. Does that make it somehow more worthwhile than a private individual lending a hand to a stranger, be it through a few quid in a charity box or a few hours of work on a free software project?
Troll or not, I'm gonna bite.
The British public coughed up £100 million plus in donations following the Boxing Day tsunami.
Yeah, but hot chicks who gave a damn about calculus were pretty thin on the ground when I was at school. Had I been into ugly old boilers, I'd have been spoilt for choice. Most of the girls in my year at school had faces like welder's benches. Or bags of spanners. Or dropped pies. They looked like they went ram-raiding on mopeds. Or... but you get the general idea.
1) You don't get points for carrying a stick up your ass.
2) Girls don't give a sh*t if you're good at calculus.
3) Most of your friends, aren't. So stick by those who really are.