The Internet has become something that I no longer want to have anything to do with.
Do you want the Intertubes all locked up? Or do you want them "open"?
Because with "open" comes responsibility. YOU put stuff about YOU on a public network, YOU give private data to companies and "agree" to their "privacy" policy.
In other words YOU are in the driver's seat about how much people on the Intertubes know about YOU.
So take some responsibility. Your name and consumer purchasing data didn't "just show up" in some huge database for sale to the highest bidder, in fact at some point YOU checked a box or scrolled through a EULA, and clicked "continue".
This is a side effect of being a "consumer" in a "consumer society".
And of course just about all of our fashionable apparel are made in Bangladesh...
As long as us "consumers" demand the absolute lowest price-point, this is simply the way it is. Of course this bothers me, but most of the highest pitched whiners are doing so from their "bleeding edge" super thin whatever made by Foxxcon or a Foxxcon clone...
there will be enough interest from other companies to make systems outside their control.
Absolutely true. There is enough of a Linux presence in the server market to insure appropriate motherboards are available, and there will always be niche companies providing PC boards as well.
It's uncomfortable allowing a third party to be able to permanently brick your phone or other device, but if that were a commonly-used option, the resale value would quickly drop down close to zero.
And the Slashdot crowd would be screaming EVEN LOUDER about proprietary "walled gardens".
I was greatly anticipating this, and when the box arrived from RMS Labs, I eagerly opened the box. Immediately, I noticed everything was covered with what looked like beard hair, but might have been pubic hair. And the fleas. Jesus, the fleas...
Never again, at least when I open a Microsoft shrink-wrap, there is no hair - bald, if you will - and it only smells faintly of flatulence.
I haven't yet tried Ubuntu, but I hear they ship with a small square of South African hash.
Reviews are only valid from people that maintain that as their profession. There is a level of experience that comes with reviewing and editing that can't be achieved casually. Even many professional critics don't have this skills.
You are obtuse.
What are your qualifications in making that assessment?
Would you rather your insurance company just hand out cash willy nilly?
Mo, of course not. But guess what? Insurance companies hire these people call - get this - Insurance Adjusters, who are - get this - "professionals" at evaluating claims.
But you know what? Most of them only look for reasons *NOT* to pay out on legitimate claims.
Oh wait 'your' emergency is somehow obvious and more important than everybody elses?
What an angry ignorant statement.
My claim is no more or less important than any other legitimate claim. Perhaps you need to look into how insurance companies deny legitimate claims?
Or perhaps you are one of these assholes that insurance companies hire to bullshit people out of making legitimate claims?
We're not talking about "entitlements" here, we're talking about paying for a service and not getting it.
Honestly, I'd rather NEVER have to use my insurance, any of it.
Yes, but when you do need to make a claim - after perhaps years of paying a lot of cash over time - wouldn't it be nice not to have your claim initially rejected out of hand? Wouldn't it be nice *NOT* to have to hire an attorney to get your insurance pay-out?
... then spitting my semen (I had not ejaculated for weeks) into a big bowl of cookie batter... Now my mistress and I are spending Christmas together, making dinner for mutual friends.
The material in question depicts gruesome murders, torture, sexual abuse, assaults and necrophilia â" all with young female victims.
"Art" perhaps. But I'd keep an eye on this guy. Of course it's only my reactionary opinion, but I think people that have an obsession with this sort of thing have a problem, and I'd want to make sure they don't "jump" to exercising a more "real world" form of their entertainment.
Slashdot Mirror
The Internet has become something that I no longer want to have anything to do with.
Do you want the Intertubes all locked up? Or do you want them "open"?
Because with "open" comes responsibility. YOU put stuff about YOU on a public network, YOU give private data to companies and "agree" to their "privacy" policy.
In other words YOU are in the driver's seat about how much people on the Intertubes know about YOU.
So take some responsibility. Your name and consumer purchasing data didn't "just show up" in some huge database for sale to the highest bidder, in fact at some point YOU checked a box or scrolled through a EULA, and clicked "continue".
This is a side effect of being a "consumer" in a "consumer society".
Amazon...
And speaking of Amazon, a recent story in the Seattle Times:
"Amazon's overseas labor policy: Trust us"
http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2020017651_amazonsuppliers30m.html
And of course just about all of our fashionable apparel are made in Bangladesh...
As long as us "consumers" demand the absolute lowest price-point, this is simply the way it is. Of course this bothers me, but most of the highest pitched whiners are doing so from their "bleeding edge" super thin whatever made by Foxxcon or a Foxxcon clone...
there will be enough interest from other companies to make systems outside their control.
Absolutely true. There is enough of a Linux presence in the server market to insure appropriate motherboards are available, and there will always be niche companies providing PC boards as well.
It's uncomfortable allowing a third party to be able to permanently brick your phone or other device, but if that were a commonly-used option, the resale value would quickly drop down close to zero.
And the Slashdot crowd would be screaming EVEN LOUDER about proprietary "walled gardens".
Hugh Pickens... The new Roland Piquepaille?
Pimping his "blog" for page views...
I was greatly anticipating this, and when the box arrived from RMS Labs, I eagerly opened the box. Immediately, I noticed everything was covered with what looked like beard hair, but might have been pubic hair. And the fleas. Jesus, the fleas...
Never again, at least when I open a Microsoft shrink-wrap, there is no hair - bald, if you will - and it only smells faintly of flatulence.
I haven't yet tried Ubuntu, but I hear they ship with a small square of South African hash.
Reviews are only valid from people that maintain that as their profession. There is a level of experience that comes with reviewing and editing that can't be achieved casually. Even many professional critics don't have this skills.
You are obtuse.
What are your qualifications in making that assessment?
You're still arguing 'your' situation obviously merits response over others.
No, I'm arguing that my claim merits a legitimate response like everyone elses.
What's YOUR problem?
Would you rather your insurance company just hand out cash willy nilly?
Mo, of course not. But guess what? Insurance companies hire these people call - get this - Insurance Adjusters, who are - get this - "professionals" at evaluating claims.
But you know what? Most of them only look for reasons *NOT* to pay out on legitimate claims.
Oh wait 'your' emergency is somehow obvious and more important than everybody elses?
What an angry ignorant statement.
My claim is no more or less important than any other legitimate claim. Perhaps you need to look into how insurance companies deny legitimate claims?
Or perhaps you are one of these assholes that insurance companies hire to bullshit people out of making legitimate claims?
We're not talking about "entitlements" here, we're talking about paying for a service and not getting it.
But please, fuck off.
Honestly, I'd rather NEVER have to use my insurance, any of it.
Yes, but when you do need to make a claim - after perhaps years of paying a lot of cash over time - wouldn't it be nice not to have your claim initially rejected out of hand? Wouldn't it be nice *NOT* to have to hire an attorney to get your insurance pay-out?
God forbid someone actually get some actual benefit from their insurance...
My kid seems incredibly interested in my Android tablet, but I'm not too comfortable with letting her play with my browser.
On the other hand, your kid already knows what a boob looks like...
I'll tell you how *I* unwrap an "e-gift"...
Usually it requires a $25 or $50 credit card payment....
And I get to keep the video...
... then spitting my semen (I had not ejaculated for weeks) into a big bowl of cookie batter... Now my mistress and I are spending Christmas together, making dinner for mutual friends.
I think I would avoid eating at your house...
The material in question depicts gruesome murders, torture, sexual abuse, assaults and necrophilia â" all with young female victims.
"Art" perhaps. But I'd keep an eye on this guy. Of course it's only my reactionary opinion, but I think people that have an obsession with this sort of thing have a problem, and I'd want to make sure they don't "jump" to exercising a more "real world" form of their entertainment.
Well, this will certainly aggravate the Vegans, who believe that honey is not "vegan" because we are enslaving the bee.
http://www.vegetus.org/honey/honey.htm
Though I'm sure they happily eat fruits and vegetables that are pollinated with domesticated bees that farmers have "enslaved"...
Well....
That all depends.
I hear the North Koreans are planning to land thrusters on it and propel it into the imperial bourgeois West...
FF sucks to began with.
Only that it does not.
Perhaps you just don't have that plug-in installed?
It's kind of hard to "secretly" block a web site, isn't it?
"Don't tell anyone, but no one can access this web site in Israel..."
So, you replace all your technology *every* year?
Get him something that YOU want. After all, at 90 you can be sure it will soon be yours anyway!
^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H
Worn-out Neck-Beard code...
Consider instead the model where the Apples or Microsofts of the world hold patents and refuse to license...
Intellectual Ventures is a "holding company" that represents - yes - Apple, Facebook, Google, and several other *BIG NAME* "players".
1.88M tall, 90 kg, just like every other mutt Dutchman in the world.
Sure you are.
And anyway, if you *ARE* a "Dutchman" than you really have no place to comment about fat Americans.
...if they go bankrupt...
Are you suggesting that Facebook will go bankrupt? InstaGram *is* Facebook...