I don't know which is worse, how breathtakingly wrong this post is (Windows: now it sees into the future) or the fact that this AC post got modded "insightful".
I see you cut and pasted this from a spell-checker-free site while I was fooling with telling a story and HTML formatting. You'll forgive me if I still prefer the ritualistic cargo-cult style of my own version?
> Dude, this pot roast joke had better be good, I was all set to moderate three posts in this thread, but I gotta hear it.
Damn, two of my best stories blown on one thread, no funny voices or inflections, just ASCII, but, OK, since you ask so nice, and I haven't been hammered by the "overrated" mod trolls yet:
There's a newlywed couple; he's watching her make dinner, and he asks:
"Why do you cut the end off the pot roast like that?"
And she says:
"I've always done it that way, it has to be done that way, my mother taught me to do it that way".
And he says:
"Well, you don't have to cut the end of the pot roast off like that".
And she says:
"I've always done it that way, it has to be done that way, my mother taught me to do it that way".
So they get into (their first) huge fight.
She calls her mom in tears and asks:
"Mom, why did you teach me to cut off the end of the pot roast like that?"
And her mom says
"I've always done it that way, it has to be done that way, my mother taught me to do it that way".
And she says:
"Well, Jeff says you don't have to do it that way."
And her mom says:
"I've always done it that way, it has to be done that way, my mother taught me to do it that way".
Now, totally confused, the girl calls her gran, and asks:
"Gran, why did you teach my mom, and she taught me, to cut off the end of the pot roast like that?"
Her gran thinks for a minute and says:
"I don't have a pan that big".
Ba Dum Cha!
Just to spoil the joke by explaining it:
For those of you just joining us, the point would be something along the lines of:
"The workarounds of one generation become the religious dictums to the next generation."
OK, this is supposed to be "insightful", not "funny". If you don't know "Fantasia", don't bother.
Back in the day, I was teaching Java at the local community college. Every semester, I'd bring in "Fantasia" and show the Mickey Mouse as Sorcerer's Apprentice bit. Mickey would watch the sorcerer, who'd go off to bed, then Mickey would start the broomsticks filling the well, (dum da dadada dum da) things would get out of hand, and the broomsticks would split and split and split. Next thing you know, Mickey's afloat on the sorcerer's book, frantically turning pages, trying to figure out how to make it stop.
I'd pause the tape then, and after a long time starting at Mickey floating atop the book, I'd say:
tripled
1. Consisting of three parts or members.
2. Three times as much in size, strength, number, or amount.
3. Music. Having three beats to a measure.
At the US numbers, they're jerking people around pretty good, on hold forever, disconnected, routed to voicemail with bad extension numbers, etc. Try dialing (202) 857-9600, which is the root of their voicemail system, then use the person's extension to get to their direct voicemail.
I spend 3 hours a day commuting on trains, and my most hated saying has become "NO! I'M ON THE TRAIN! I'VE GOT PLENTY OF TIME!". I always know it's going to be a long ride after I hear that.
But that unit is Raid 1 (mirroring) only. You still take the performance hit from slow laptop drives. And you don't need a full mirror all that often, especially for things like PVRs - who cares if you just lost two episodes of Lost; it'll be rerun soon enough.
I'll give you the low power requirements, but the other design criteria for laptop drives are small size and low weight, bandwidth and storage size come last. I would pay extra for a quiet, low power drive, but not at the expense of bandwidth.
Slashdot Mirror
I don't know which is worse, how breathtakingly wrong this post is (Windows: now it sees into the future) or the fact that this AC post got modded "insightful".
> Next time, HURRY UP!
Agreed. Sorry, I mistook your <blockquote> for slash and paste.
I see you cut and pasted this from a spell-checker-free site while I was fooling with telling a story and HTML formatting. You'll forgive me if I still prefer the ritualistic cargo-cult style of my own version?
> Dude, this pot roast joke had better be good, I was all set to moderate three posts in this thread, but I gotta hear it.
Damn, two of my best stories blown on one thread, no funny voices or inflections, just ASCII, but, OK, since you ask so nice, and I haven't been hammered by the "overrated" mod trolls yet:
There's a newlywed couple; he's watching her make dinner, and he asks:
"Why do you cut the end off the pot roast like that?"
And she says:
"I've always done it that way, it has to be done that way, my mother taught me to do it that way".
And he says:
"Well, you don't have to cut the end of the pot roast off like that".
And she says:
"I've always done it that way, it has to be done that way, my mother taught me to do it that way".
So they get into (their first) huge fight.
She calls her mom in tears and asks:
"Mom, why did you teach me to cut off the end of the pot roast like that?"
And her mom says
"I've always done it that way, it has to be done that way, my mother taught me to do it that way".
And she says:
"Well, Jeff says you don't have to do it that way."
And her mom says:
"I've always done it that way, it has to be done that way, my mother taught me to do it that way".
Now, totally confused, the girl calls her gran, and asks:
"Gran, why did you teach my mom, and she taught me, to cut off the end of the pot roast like that?"
Her gran thinks for a minute and says:
"I don't have a pan that big".
Ba Dum Cha!
Just to spoil the joke by explaining it:
For those of you just joining us, the point would be something along the lines of:
"The workarounds of one generation become the religious dictums to the next generation."
I make a lot of my points with humor. Jesus told parables, I tell jokes. The goal of either is to make you think. Try it sometime.
If you're nice to me, maybe I'll tell you the pot roast joke. Guaranteed programmers ROFL, because it's true, but said in a funny way.
OK, this is supposed to be "insightful", not "funny". If you don't know "Fantasia", don't bother.
Back in the day, I was teaching Java at the local community college. Every semester, I'd bring in "Fantasia" and show the Mickey Mouse as Sorcerer's Apprentice bit. Mickey would watch the sorcerer, who'd go off to bed, then Mickey would start the broomsticks filling the well, (dum da dadada dum da) things would get out of hand, and the broomsticks would split and split and split. Next thing you know, Mickey's afloat on the sorcerer's book, frantically turning pages, trying to figure out how to make it stop.
I'd pause the tape then, and after a long time starting at Mickey floating atop the book, I'd say:
"NOW he checks the docs."
tripled
1. Consisting of three parts or members.
2. Three times as much in size, strength, number, or amount.
3. Music. Having three beats to a measure.
I heard they were thinking of calling it "ClosedGL".
Cmdr. Taco, we know it's you.
> Pardon me if I'm not seeing the physics in online auctions.
Two words: Erwin Schrödinger.
> his extreme right-wing, dog-eat-dog capitalistic propanganda
Oh, you mean libertarian?
Feh. Bombs? Hell, I'll drop a three mile diameter iron asteroid on your ass with the thrust from a Roman candle. Can you say "Extinction Event"??
Damnit Jim!! I'm a programmer, not a plumber!
> Not you my son, you weren't born yet....
You forgot to explain "bundling" to him...
An interesting comparison here.
Or the guy at the video store loudly reading all the titles to the wife? Grrrr.
At the US numbers, they're jerking people around pretty good, on hold forever, disconnected, routed to voicemail with bad extension numbers, etc.
Try dialing (202) 857-9600, which is the root of their voicemail system, then use the person's extension to get to their direct voicemail.
(202) 857-9600
Brad Buckles 9607
Mitch Bainwol 9651
Cary Sherman 9632
Mitch Glazier 9673
Neil Turkowitz 9647
Try to be polite and professional.
I spend 3 hours a day commuting on trains, and my most hated saying has become "NO! I'M ON THE TRAIN! I'VE GOT PLENTY OF TIME!". I always know it's going to be a long ride after I hear that.
What's this in TFA about Barry Bonds and steroids? I had no idea.
But that unit is Raid 1 (mirroring) only. You still take the performance hit from slow laptop drives. And you don't need a full mirror all that often, especially for things like PVRs - who cares if you just lost two episodes of Lost; it'll be rerun soon enough.
I'll give you the low power requirements, but the other design criteria for laptop drives are small size and low weight, bandwidth and storage size come last. I would pay extra for a quiet, low power drive, but not at the expense of bandwidth.
> Please editors - English is NOT a case insensitive language.
i ThInk MAybE iT Is. hoWEver, CAPItalizINg tHe FIrSt leTTer oF eaCH WOrd in A HEADline iS coMmoN PRactiCE. (ALsO trUe foR CamelCase).
Nu Uhhh
How about the "Let's Party"?
I think it adequately informs Daryl of the industry's opinion of him and his company.
How is this offtopic? It's the funniest story I've ever read on /.