of the anime.HACK// Leyend of twilight, the part where a player gets turned into a frog and can't change back even after rebooting.
Sounds like an awful curse, specially with the virtualization of society that we're all experiencing. I have grown fond of my identity, my first posts;-), jokes, and +5 insightfuls. Who hasn't? We all have an identity. Well in my case i have various online identities, one for slashdot, and the others for different forums. They're part of me.
In any case, I'm glad more problems like abuse of power / neglect are shown up to the light. There's nothing nastier than a game (which is supposed to be FUN) ends up making you bitter.
But cheer up, Taco:) I'm sure there are other games to have fun with.
And if you want to have some fun at MMORPGS, you can read the n00b to look at the light side:)
I cannot deny there is corruption in the high clergy. But frankly, this is part of the catholic people's ignorance. If a priest abuses a child, he should be judged in court for a criminal offence.
Child molestation is a sin, but it's also a crime condemned by the State. Therefore, the State should be involved. As a catholic, i tell all the people around me that they should not hesitate in acusing this kind of priests with the police.
A responsible catholic MUST be a responsible citizen, too. There is no reason for Catholicism and government to be against each other, at least regarding the judging of crimes.
(I won't mention the name to protect the innocent yadda yadda). Here in Mexico the catholic way of life is quite different from the US - while in the US the catholics have (or had - VERY past tense) been kinda isolated from evangelical christians, here in Mexico, catholicism (at least the name) is the norm.
Catholic schools have been distinguished here for their strict morals, and I do feel grateful for my religion classes, despites their obvious shortcomings (I'd prefer the evangelical way - streamline, not creationist and the like - of teaching religion, i wish the religion classes had been more interactive and fun).
Anyway.
The problem with catholic schools is their own fame: Parents saw them as some kind of disciplinary schools. So what happens when you throw in a bunch of troublemakers, hoping a few teachers will put order in their little dirty minds?
All the bad words, dirty jokes and whatnot, I learned because of the students in the "best" school! And because I was a nerd (and shy) since I was little, I was always the target for bullies. Lesson: Bullying is OK, but getting even at bullies gets you reprimanded, a low grade on "conduct" and in the worst cases, kicked out. Of course, being good and earning the teachers' respect inside school, didn't save you from getting beaten OUTSIDE school on the way home!
Nice discipline, really (/sarcasm).
A few years later, this catholic high school became famous for the LACK of discipline by the students. I also feel grateful for having graduated before the decline of this particular school.
So, yes, the parent poster is right, the students have HELLUVALOT more to be worried about online predators.
HELLO THERE! Looks like you're trying to figure out how to use this crappy badly designed software!
Would you like to know...
a) Why it's so user-unfriendly b) The most commonly used functions that still need a tutorial because the programmers are lazy b*st*rds c) Shut up, you stupid piece of rusty metal! ---
The bad thing with software is that it's always designed by computer geeks who have little or no idea what usability means. One exception of this is MUSIC SOFTWARE, which is usually designed by musicians for musicians.
But a CHEAP software designed, if not by painters, at least for painters?
Anyway returning to the anti-dvorak rant, If Dvorak was johnc (23453523) on slashdot, I'm sure his rants would have gotten a +5 Insightful.
Besides,/.'ers compain about his "badly constructed rant" but completely ignore the "should of" abominations.
So I appreciate those who decided to talk about Dvorak's Rant, instead of Ranting a talk about Dvorak.
Re:If this were true, why no Mexican H1Bs?
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Right, but if skill was not a factor, as the article seems to imply, then virtually all H1Bs would go to Mexicans, and virtually none would go to India. After all, why go to the trouble for India, when Mexico is thousands of miles closer?
Because Mexico isn't famous for its workers' math genius intelligence. We got no people who can recite the nth digits of pi from memory. See, if companies just said "Oh, we're just searching for cheap labor" that would awaken the rage of american workers.
but at the last moment the Department of Commerce removed its support, after it said it received thousands of letters of complaint from conservative Christian groups and others.
Which is the reason why ONE SINGLE country should NOT be in control of internet domains. Many (if not the majority of) internet users are _NOT_ christian, why should christians of the U.S. be messing around? Now suppose it wasn't christians, but scientologists. Ta-da! Instant censorship of the internet, driven by private groups.
Allowing conservative, liberal or whatever groups in a single country to determine the availability of domain names, is nothing but expanding corporate lobbying into scopes way beyond the U.S. government.
After all, this is one of the reasons why we have the United Nations. Right?
You're still naive, man. I'm sure the GP post was made by someone hired by THESE companies full of crap. Just as I'm sure the "quake 3 under linux" troll has been posted by a Microsoftie or SCO guy.
Real people don't need to post as Anonymous Cowards when talking about politics.
You can download dev-c++ (or even better, codeblocks IDE) for free (they're OSS), and get a c++ tutorial from the web. You know, hello-world stuff and the like.
So what happens if you get your hand wound in an accident? Suddenly all your ID's stop working? With fingerprints, at least you have a chance...
Now think about id theft. With fingerprints, the thief requires to cut a finger from you. That, I could live with (unless I was a pianist of course). But having my entire hand ripped off? No, thanks, I think I'll pass.
Slashdot Mirror
A small clock cycle for Radeon, a giant step for mankind?
"All your hertz are belong to us." :)
...a mail with content like "My wife's on vacations, so what do you think sweetie? Tonight at 9PM? Luvz." arriving to another exec.
:)
Hilarity ensues
of the anime .HACK// Leyend of twilight, the part where a player gets turned into a frog and can't change back even after rebooting.
;-), jokes, and +5 insightfuls. Who hasn't? We all have an identity. Well in my case i have various online identities, one for slashdot, and the others for different forums. They're part of me.
:) I'm sure there are other games to have fun with.
:)
Sounds like an awful curse, specially with the virtualization of society that we're all experiencing. I have grown fond of my identity, my first posts
In any case, I'm glad more problems like abuse of power / neglect are shown up to the light. There's nothing nastier than a game (which is supposed to be FUN) ends up making you bitter.
But cheer up, Taco
And if you want to have some fun at MMORPGS, you can read the n00b to look at the light side
TheREALcmdrTaco (hey, it worked for the Ghostbusters!) :)
Slashd0t0v3rl0rd
T3hDup3r (I like this one
I cannot deny there is corruption in the high clergy. But frankly, this is part of the catholic people's ignorance. If a priest abuses a child, he should be judged in court for a criminal offence.
Child molestation is a sin, but it's also a crime condemned by the State. Therefore, the State should be involved. As a catholic, i tell all the people around me that they should not hesitate in acusing this kind of priests with the police.
A responsible catholic MUST be a responsible citizen, too. There is no reason for Catholicism and government to be against each other, at least regarding the judging of crimes.
(I won't mention the name to protect the innocent yadda yadda). Here in Mexico the catholic way of life is quite different from the US - while in the US the catholics have (or had - VERY past tense) been kinda isolated from evangelical christians, here in Mexico, catholicism (at least the name) is the norm.
Catholic schools have been distinguished here for their strict morals, and I do feel grateful for my religion classes, despites their obvious shortcomings (I'd prefer the evangelical way - streamline, not creationist and the like - of teaching religion, i wish the religion classes had been more interactive and fun).
Anyway.
The problem with catholic schools is their own fame: Parents saw them as some kind of disciplinary schools. So what happens when you throw in a bunch of troublemakers, hoping a few teachers will put order in their little dirty minds?
All the bad words, dirty jokes and whatnot, I learned because of the students in the "best" school! And because I was a nerd (and shy) since I was little, I was always the target for bullies. Lesson: Bullying is OK, but getting even at bullies gets you reprimanded, a low grade on "conduct" and in the worst cases, kicked out. Of course, being good and earning the teachers' respect inside school, didn't save you from getting beaten OUTSIDE school on the way home!
Nice discipline, really (/sarcasm).
A few years later, this catholic high school became famous for the LACK of discipline by the students. I also feel grateful for having graduated before the decline of this particular school.
So, yes, the parent poster is right, the students have HELLUVALOT more to be worried about online predators.
You just gave the principal A VALID REASON to protect his students from online predators!
(For those who can't see the parent, don't bother. it's a gnaa troll.)
And given the fact that most blogs - specially the blogger ones - have become a target for spamvertising, I couldn't agree more with him!
Dvorak's got a point. I mean, remember Clippy?
/.'ers compain about his "badly constructed rant" but completely ignore the "should of" abominations.
HELLO THERE! Looks like you're trying to figure out how to use this crappy badly designed software!
Would you like to know...
a) Why it's so user-unfriendly
b) The most commonly used functions that still need a tutorial because the programmers are lazy b*st*rds
c) Shut up, you stupid piece of rusty metal!
---
The bad thing with software is that it's always designed by computer geeks who have little or no idea what usability means. One exception of this is MUSIC SOFTWARE, which is usually designed by musicians for musicians.
But a CHEAP software designed, if not by painters, at least for painters?
Anyway returning to the anti-dvorak rant, If Dvorak was johnc (23453523) on slashdot, I'm sure his rants would have gotten a +5 Insightful.
Besides,
So I appreciate those who decided to talk about Dvorak's Rant, instead of Ranting a talk about Dvorak.
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=124913 2
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And the obligatory coral link.
http://abcnews.go.com.nyud.net:8090/Business/wire
Right, but if skill was not a factor, as the article seems to imply, then virtually all H1Bs would go to Mexicans, and virtually none would go to India. After all, why go to the trouble for India, when Mexico is thousands of miles closer?
Because Mexico isn't famous for its workers' math genius intelligence. We got no people who can recite the nth digits of pi from memory. See, if companies just said "Oh, we're just searching for cheap labor" that would awaken the rage of american workers.
They need AN EXCUSE.
but at the last moment the Department of Commerce removed its support, after it said it received thousands of letters of complaint from conservative Christian groups and others.
Which is the reason why ONE SINGLE country should NOT be in control of internet domains. Many (if not the majority of) internet users are _NOT_ christian, why should christians of the U.S. be messing around? Now suppose it wasn't christians, but scientologists. Ta-da! Instant censorship of the internet, driven by private groups.
Allowing conservative, liberal or whatever groups in a single country to determine the availability of domain names, is nothing but expanding corporate lobbying into scopes way beyond the U.S. government.
After all, this is one of the reasons why we have the United Nations. Right?
So what keeps people from recording the output and distributing that?
Plain and simple common sense. After all, who would, in his 5 senses, record and distribute a... (shudder) Disney movie?
Maybe the fear is that people will think the current administration is a joke too. Oh wait...
:(
The fact that your post was modded as funny makes me wonder whether I should laugh or cry
"is not to be used in connection with commercial ventures or products in any way that suggests presidential support or endorsement"
This could be interpreted as:
a) "is not to be used in connection with commercial ventures COMMA, or products in any way that suggests..."
or b) "is not to be used in connection with COMMA, commercial ventures or products COMMA, in anyway that suggest presidential support or endorsement".
If the law is interpreted as a), The Onion is guilty. If it's interpreted as b), it's innocent.
IMHO, I think laws should use parentheses to stop this kind of ambiguity.
Actually the link I submitted was a physorg one. IIRC, physorg doesn't publish BS articles.
:-/
Or am I wrong?
I'd say that's the normal, period. In countries outside the U.S.
I'd say the US was giving so many raises because of some job bubble or something.
In other words, welcome to the rest of the world.
You're still naive, man. I'm sure the GP post was made by someone hired by THESE companies full of crap. Just as I'm sure the "quake 3 under linux" troll has been posted by a Microsoftie or SCO guy.
Real people don't need to post as Anonymous Cowards when talking about politics.
Because, after all, the US was the *FIRST* country to vote in favor of the Kyot... :( nevermind.
3. Invitation from Sony?
4. Profit!!
for Allard to become the new Microsoft CEO? I for one WOULD welcome this corporate Overlord!
A language guaranteed to stay for long.
You can download dev-c++ (or even better, codeblocks IDE) for free (they're OSS), and get a c++ tutorial from the web. You know, hello-world stuff and the like.
So what happens if you get your hand wound in an accident? Suddenly all your ID's stop working? With fingerprints, at least you have a chance...
Now think about id theft. With fingerprints, the thief requires to cut a finger from you. That, I could live with (unless I was a pianist of course). But having my entire hand ripped off? No, thanks, I think I'll pass.
Does it run Minix?
...that Minix is now a better Linux than Linux? :-S