When they came to the counter to make their purchase, I grabbed the little shit by his shirt. "So...you're going to copy this to your friends over The Internet, punk?" I asked him in my best Clint Eastwood/Dirty Harry voice.
"Uh y-yeh." He mumbled, shocked.
"That's it. What's your name? You're blacklisted. Now take yourself and your little bitch friend out of my store - and don't come back." I barked. Cravenly, they complied and scampered off.
You treat customers like that, and wonder why you're going out of business? /me sighs
Some people never learn.
My store specialised in family music - stuff that the whole family could listen to. I don't sell sick stuff like Marilyn Manson or cop-killer rap, and I'm proud to have one of the most extensive Christian rock sections that I know of.
I don't know if it occurred to you that perhaps that type of music isn't in style anymore, and people don't want to buy it? Couldn't have possibly crossed your mind? Because what you're talking about sounds like the shit that I (or almost anyone I know for that matter) would never listen to.
They have fought the War on Drugs with skill, so why not the War on Piracy?
Oh God no...you've gotta be a troll right? Because that just made me laugh.
I agree...I just had an oral test about 3 hours ago, where people were allowed to use powerpoint.
Everyone that used powerpoint SUCKED!!!
The problem is that one of two things happened: people either put what they were saying on the projector, or they just said what they had put in the presentation. For example:
Slide: Name: Titanium Atomic Number: 22 Electron Configuration: 2-8-8-4
Speech: My element was titanium. (pause) Its atomic number is 22. (pause) It's electron configuration is two-eight-eight-four.
Repeat for another 7 or so slides.
Fortunately, my teachers can barely start a computer, so I don't need to deal with THEM using Powerpoint.
I'd have to disagree...there are times when the teachers are at fault.
Over the last few years, I've had almost every teacher that was hated throughout my school. And by hated, I mean quite a few people have gone through counselling just to avoid having a teacher who treats them like shit. And you know what? The people that are in these classes always seem to learn less. I never seemed to be able to work as well when I had teachers like that.
Blaming the kids (sometimes, NOT all the time, there are many times when it most definitely is their fault) because they are not being taught effectively probably blames the right person. But if you are aiming to actually have them learn, then it will not help at all.
Good as this is, what I'm really waiting for is a way to tap into the language center. Imagine: an interface which can work, regardless of the language spoken by the person. No more need for translation, everything could be held in a form identified directly by the brain.
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Some people never learn.
I don't know if it occurred to you that perhaps that type of music isn't in style anymore, and people don't want to buy it? Couldn't have possibly crossed your mind? Because what you're talking about sounds like the shit that I (or almost anyone I know for that matter) would never listen to.
Oh God no...you've gotta be a troll right? Because that just made me laugh.
Your country doesn't consider minors to be part of "the people" then?
Everyone that used powerpoint SUCKED!!!
The problem is that one of two things happened: people either put what they were saying on the projector, or they just said what they had put in the presentation. For example:Repeat for another 7 or so slides.
Fortunately, my teachers can barely start a computer, so I don't need to deal with THEM using Powerpoint.
No, I would say "hold back" as in "remove the privilige to do something based on what someone else does".
Lucky you...I, like most of the other students I know, just have to take a lot of shit if we don't do perfectly, with no other incentive.
I'd have to disagree...there are times when the teachers are at fault.
Over the last few years, I've had almost every teacher that was hated throughout my school. And by hated, I mean quite a few people have gone through counselling just to avoid having a teacher who treats them like shit. And you know what? The people that are in these classes always seem to learn less. I never seemed to be able to work as well when I had teachers like that.
Blaming the kids (sometimes, NOT all the time, there are many times when it most definitely is their fault) because they are not being taught effectively probably blames the right person. But if you are aiming to actually have them learn, then it will not help at all.
Regardless of what you use, more then 90% of people use Windows.
There's a difference between the implementation and the API.
Because Microsoft are a monopoly, and as such, forcing secret APIs bars most competition out of the market.
Depending on what the cost is, this could lock out the less well-funded scientific research.
Oh ok, shouldn't have said it then, my bad ;)
I know the babel fish, and it has had some of the worst translations imaginable for me ;)
Well personally I'd rather the US have a president who isn't going to "liberate" the entire world.
But maybe that's because i'm in another country.
But at a lower level it is being translated to something else.
If that's what people are thinking, no wonder bush was elected ;)
I didn't say that, but to be able to convert the languages to what the brain can understand natively...
Much better than what Babelfish manages now.
Good as this is, what I'm really waiting for is a way to tap into the language center. Imagine: an interface which can work, regardless of the language spoken by the person. No more need for translation, everything could be held in a form identified directly by the brain.
But I doubt this will happen in my lifetime.
Could they pay it while paying for staff, buildings (maintenence etc.), power, water, equipment, and other resources for more than two decades though?
I'm in Australian CST...I was reading that outside of 9-5...the timezones aren't that far apart.
Actually I would have thought that it would be in the interest of the public to allow wikipedia...
Like I read somewhere else: take all the "hot coffee is hot" type labels off of everything, and let evolution sort it out.
Substitute GPL for LGPL then.
That was a quote...he has the same position as you on Java.
And for those who want bugfixes to be contributed back to the community?
Not everyone wants the BSD license.
The flinch is from the alcohol burning the throat as it goes down. Probably some people just get used to it.