What I detest most about irony is how puerile and unnecessary it is. Regardless of why anyone tells you, saying something which you do not literally mean to say is duplicitous and pernicious. In fact the primary source of conflict between humans is miscommunication, caused largely by a failure on the part of those expressing themselves to say what they mean. I envision a happier world, where the subtler nuances of language are used not to make "witty" remarks, but rather to convey the intent of the speaker.
There is an internet, and it is not referred to as the "internets," nor the "intarweb." In fact, the definite article in the English language is spelled "the," and not "teh." While of course French is an inferior language, English has been debased to the point where we could learn a lesson from the Gauls and create an institution to preserve its sanctity. Misuse of language leads to immoral and aberrant behavior.
You may disagree with me, but please do so in a rational, coherent manner. I shall not tolerate any haphazard, "elite-speak" replies which would only serve to illustrate my point.
As an American I do not deny that there were colonial terrorists during the Revolution. I am not saying that the Revolution itself was an act of terrorism--it was perfectly justified (and despite the image of guerilla warfare some like to paint, it was mainly fought by the Continental army). However, people who did things like tar and feather members of the East India Company and pour boiling tea down their throats were terrorists. And frankly, I do not think it at all unpatriotic to say that they properly should have been hanged at the time.
Actually, cromulent is the worst English word in the world. Ironically however, the word cromulent itself is, in addition to the words meh and boxen, perfectly cromulent.
More impressive is the fact that if you stop walking mid-step in Halo 2, your character will actually move slightly as he readjusts into a standing pose. It's a small thing compared to all the bugs Halo 2 shipped with, but we need more things like this in games. Certainly nothing is an funny as the way kneeling characters slide around when they move while crouched in GoldenEye, though:-)
Considering that podcasts are being added to the iTMS in the near future (Jobs announced at WWDC), no doubt the next iPod software update will add a podcast section.
Actually I think this really does make sense on the face of it. Even the most draconian DRM scheme will be broken eventually, which means eventually the pirates will have free reign while the consumers will be stuck with something that is noticably limited to them. The only thing that can ever be hoped for is to deter casual piracy. Fairly weak DRM should do this as well as fairly strong DRM, while being less annoying to the consumer. I'd like no DRM at all, but Sony's strategy here is not all bad.
It doesn't. But OS X at the WWDC ran on a Pentium 4. The guidelines for developers to port their applications specifiy x86. The actual, released Xcode 2.1 builds targets for x86. I've personally built a fat binary for PPC and x86 OS X (though be to honest, I have no means of testing it on a Mactel).
A bunch of really smart people anticipated that the requirements for government might change in the future. In fact, they were so sagacious as to include in the Constitution a means by which it could be amended.
There was once an amendment that entitled every man to a slave.
No, there wasn't. In fact slavery was illegal in plenty of states before the 13th amendment.
How about all the additional rights that individuals have acquired under the Constitution over the centuries?
Those were amendments, not court decrees.
Demanding that the Constitution only be changed through legal methods is not being against change.
Tiger already has this with Spotlight comments--you can add comments to a file (in the Get Info window) which will cause it to show up in any Spotlight search matching those comments.
When one is speaking on behalf of a major corporation, it is usually best not to speak in such a colloquial manner. I actually don't mind the use of words like boxen and virii, but if I heard a security expert using such language in his professional capacity, I would certainly give him less credibility.
Actually, economists do try to predict the value of human life based on how much people are willing to risk their lifes for what amount of money. Based on that, most people's lives are worth around $5 million.
It's unfortunate, but endianness is the most important part of an API. You're going to have to reverse to order of the bytes for the string literal in "Hello, World!" to make it work. It's just not worth the effort.
In a rare show of solidarity with Apple, the Debian maintainers decided to stay with XFree86 instead of X.org when they heard that Apple was switching to x86.
Now, if my prediction that Microsoft will have a Linux or other UNIX-like kernel in Windows by 2015 holds up I'll consider myself the Nostradomus of IT.
If you were really the Nostradamus of IT, you'd make a bunch of vague predictions which never really come true.
I don't personally believe that playing violent videogames leads to violence. I've never seen any compelling evidence for it, and frankly think it would be hard to empirically demonstrate one way or the other. Nonetheless, I admit that one could make a well-reasoned argument against videogame violence, even though I wouldn't agree with it. After all, there are differences in opinion among rational people.
But Thompson makes no such rational arguments. He doesn't even make arguments that can be evaluated at all--he just spouts of bunch of hyperbole and polemics. If I were to attempt to create a fictional character to lampoon people with a mindset like Helen Lovejoy, I could not think of anything more ridiculous than Thompson. The man is literally a walking parody of himself. I am certain that he will do more to hurt the causes he advocates than anything else.
In which parallel dimension is this not considered predatory price gouging?
You do realize the predatory pricing is anti-competitive because you charging "too little?" And that price gouging is charging "too much?" So to answer your question, in this dimension there is no predatory price gouging. However, there may be in other less logically consistent dimensions.
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There is an internet, and it is not referred to as the "internets," nor the "intarweb." In fact, the definite article in the English language is spelled "the," and not "teh." While of course French is an inferior language, English has been debased to the point where we could learn a lesson from the Gauls and create an institution to preserve its sanctity. Misuse of language leads to immoral and aberrant behavior.
You may disagree with me, but please do so in a rational, coherent manner. I shall not tolerate any haphazard, "elite-speak" replies which would only serve to illustrate my point.
Sincerely,
Greyface
As an American I do not deny that there were colonial terrorists during the Revolution. I am not saying that the Revolution itself was an act of terrorism--it was perfectly justified (and despite the image of guerilla warfare some like to paint, it was mainly fought by the Continental army). However, people who did things like tar and feather members of the East India Company and pour boiling tea down their throats were terrorists. And frankly, I do not think it at all unpatriotic to say that they properly should have been hanged at the time.
Actually, cromulent is the worst English word in the world. Ironically however, the word cromulent itself is, in addition to the words meh and boxen, perfectly cromulent.
Do Britons really say "real iced?" Haf they no focal chorts or something?
More impressive is the fact that if you stop walking mid-step in Halo 2, your character will actually move slightly as he readjusts into a standing pose. It's a small thing compared to all the bugs Halo 2 shipped with, but we need more things like this in games. Certainly nothing is an funny as the way kneeling characters slide around when they move while crouched in GoldenEye, though :-)
Considering that podcasts are being added to the iTMS in the near future (Jobs announced at WWDC), no doubt the next iPod software update will add a podcast section.
Actually I think this really does make sense on the face of it. Even the most draconian DRM scheme will be broken eventually, which means eventually the pirates will have free reign while the consumers will be stuck with something that is noticably limited to them. The only thing that can ever be hoped for is to deter casual piracy. Fairly weak DRM should do this as well as fairly strong DRM, while being less annoying to the consumer. I'd like no DRM at all, but Sony's strategy here is not all bad.
Seriously, man. I try not to be a grammar Nazi, but there's only so much I can take before I get nauseous^H^H^Hated.
It doesn't. But OS X at the WWDC ran on a Pentium 4. The guidelines for developers to port their applications specifiy x86. The actual, released Xcode 2.1 builds targets for x86. I've personally built a fat binary for PPC and x86 OS X (though be to honest, I have no means of testing it on a Mactel).
There was once an amendment that entitled every man to a slave.
No, there wasn't. In fact slavery was illegal in plenty of states before the 13th amendment.
How about all the additional rights that individuals have acquired under the Constitution over the centuries?
Those were amendments, not court decrees.
Demanding that the Constitution only be changed through legal methods is not being against change.
You can't overlook The Honeymooners. It's the Metropolis of sitcoms.
Somehow I doubt Darren Aronofsky would write a very successful sitcom.
I don't think playing the theremin will help your sex life unless your partner is turned on by Reiki.
Tiger already has this with Spotlight comments--you can add comments to a file (in the Get Info window) which will cause it to show up in any Spotlight search matching those comments.
We've replaced his traditional hierarchical filesystem with Folgers Crystals. Let's see if he notices.
When one is speaking on behalf of a major corporation, it is usually best not to speak in such a colloquial manner. I actually don't mind the use of words like boxen and virii, but if I heard a security expert using such language in his professional capacity, I would certainly give him less credibility.
How can you mix up millions and billions? I mean, millions and hundreds of billions I could see, but this?
Actually, economists do try to predict the value of human life based on how much people are willing to risk their lifes for what amount of money. Based on that, most people's lives are worth around $5 million.
It's unfortunate, but endianness is the most important part of an API. You're going to have to reverse to order of the bytes for the string literal in "Hello, World!" to make it work. It's just not worth the effort.
In a rare show of solidarity with Apple, the Debian maintainers decided to stay with XFree86 instead of X.org when they heard that Apple was switching to x86.
If you were really the Nostradamus of IT, you'd make a bunch of vague predictions which never really come true.
But Thompson makes no such rational arguments. He doesn't even make arguments that can be evaluated at all--he just spouts of bunch of hyperbole and polemics. If I were to attempt to create a fictional character to lampoon people with a mindset like Helen Lovejoy, I could not think of anything more ridiculous than Thompson. The man is literally a walking parody of himself. I am certain that he will do more to hurt the causes he advocates than anything else.
You do realize the predatory pricing is anti-competitive because you charging "too little?" And that price gouging is charging "too much?" So to answer your question, in this dimension there is no predatory price gouging. However, there may be in other less logically consistent dimensions.
Sorry for that, but you were about to have an anerism.