I agree. I think that not eating and playing in dirt like normal people is why kids these days are so fucking fragile (insane allergies, asthma, etc.). If I were to breed, I'd tell my kids to go the hell outside and play in the dirt (like I did).
The first thing that I thought was "pandemic". Oh, Jesus Christ on a toothpick, do I want to see a pandemic that wipes out most, if not all of the human race, in my lifetime. I'm betting on bacteria to take out people. My GF is betting on a virus. I'd be happy with either one. Wouldn't it be ironic if humans are wiped out by something as simple as a really common bacteria that just developed resistance? I would most definitely laugh my ass off before bleeding out my eyes and dying.
You're right about the whole "Bad apples" thing, but you didn't read the article. The whole credit card agreement thing was just one example. The article is about how mind-bendingly stupid people are, even with a college education.
I can't believe I'm missing the boat because it's too subtle or too British, but maybe that's the case.
Or maybe you're just growing up. when I was a kid, I liked Gaiman stuff and Monthy Python stuff, They Might Be Giants, etc. This is all juvenile, dork humor, really. Most fans of this kind of stuff tend to be people who are emotionally and/or socially immature. Once you grow up a bit, all of this stuff seems painfully dorky and un-funny.
... within hours, updates were packaged, tested...
Really? You really think that a big team of developers got together in the wee hours of the morning (in the US, at least), and tested the patch in thousands of different configurations? Are you sure that this patch doesn't break something else?
Personally, I'd rather wait a bit and get a patch that I know has been thoroughly tested. I can't afford to have a hastily written patch bring down any of my machines.
That IS his appeal! He's not a particularly good DJ. He never really says anything insightful. Sometimes it's just terrible. Sometimes, I don't even know what in the hell is going on. I don't know why I listen, exactly... it's just this totally bizarre thing that keeps me wondering what he could possibly say next. Apparently, I'm not the only one... He's been on the air for 25 years, and has the biggest radio show in radio history.
I couldn't agree further... real journalists should stick with reporting, and leave the rumor-mongering to the blogging kids. Blogging and journalism really don't mix too well. Slapping a blog on a real article/report is just asking for trouble from the legions of blogging zombies.
I like to play S&M with the AARP. They have lots of EXP and more than enough G to be able to afford the EQP. On the other hand, with AARP'ers, you have to worry about HT's and S's, which can be a problem.
Just curious... do any Americans let you play in their groups, since you, apparently, also don't speak English?
Not really true is you're using TOR and a proxy. It'd be hard as hell to trace. But maybe so if you're running a TOR server (an outlet for other people's anonymity). That's why there are a hell of a lot more TOR users that don't also run servers. That's also why TOR is virtually unuseable (it's dial-up speed, when it doesn't time-out altogether).
Has the will to un-molestation finally passed out of mainstream?
There's a big difference between not wanting the government to tap your phone and not wanting web sites to put a cookie on your PC. The latter is a "privacy geek" thing, and yes, that level of privacy is fringe.
I happen to agree. The best way to buy and sell used stuff in my area is a good ol' newsgroup: triangle.forsale. It's been around forever, it's used heavily, and there are no stupid blogs or "Web 2.0" crap involved. Post what you want to sell. Contact a seller if you're buying, and drive over and pick it up. I don't understand the needs to make everything online so goddamned complicated.
Just do what I did: buy a used server. I got a used Compaq Proliant with RAID 5+x, with room for a total of 12 drives. It was $450. Easy, cheap, and it works. No dicking around with software and shit necessary (unless, of course, your idea of a good way to spend a weekend is configuring software). And of course, the hardware is designed to work perfectly. I've got one in my business, and one at home.
The case I bought works well, it has room for the 8 hard disks I have
How does one find time to watch that much TV? More importantly, what, exactly, on TV, is even worth watching? I've been TV-free for 5+ years, and I don't miss all of the crap one bit.
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I've been commercial free for 3 years now with my SageTv and haven't looked back!
I've got ya' beat. I've been commerical free for 5 years, and setup time was -zero- and cost was $0. It's called "no TV". There's really nothing on either broadcast or cable worth watching, anyway. Everything made for TV these days is really made for morons, and I can't really stand watching any of it except for the very occasional downloaded Jon Stewart show.
The problem is that MS (intentionally or not) left a lot of functionality out of the.NET standard libraries _AND_ made it almost trivial to call native code from within.NET.
How exactly, is this a bad thing? MS makes it incredibly easy for people to develop software for their platform, and that's a *bad* thing? The whole Steve Baller screaming "developers" makes perfect sense.
MS will have to finally fix the damn blue screen or its lack of reliability will be a serious henderence.
C'mon, trolls! The whole "blue screen of death" thing hasn't really been a problems since the Windows 95/98/ME days. Can't you trolls come up with something new? This FUD is old and tired.
Complaining about these statistics is to give them credibility. Those who chose on the basis of security will ignore this data, and those who chose on other criteria won't care about this data.
Is that kind of like you complaining about Window's "security" while saying that your stupid users keep installing spyware on their computers? My company has -zero- spyware (I should know... I just checked each individual machine).
So then, Windows XP just works, and with Linux, you have to Google something (which didn't even return anything useful). Where's this supposed ease-of-use that hte Linux are always screaming about? Just make the damn thing boot fast without me having to do anything at all. What's so hard about that?
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I agree. I think that not eating and playing in dirt like normal people is why kids these days are so fucking fragile (insane allergies, asthma, etc.). If I were to breed, I'd tell my kids to go the hell outside and play in the dirt (like I did).
The first thing that I thought was "pandemic". Oh, Jesus Christ on a toothpick, do I want to see a pandemic that wipes out most, if not all of the human race, in my lifetime. I'm betting on bacteria to take out people. My GF is betting on a virus. I'd be happy with either one. Wouldn't it be ironic if humans are wiped out by something as simple as a really common bacteria that just developed resistance? I would most definitely laugh my ass off before bleeding out my eyes and dying.
You're right about the whole "Bad apples" thing, but you didn't read the article. The whole credit card agreement thing was just one example. The article is about how mind-bendingly stupid people are, even with a college education.
"Baby on board" sticker prominently displayed (wtf are they *for*, anyway?)
I don't know about most people, but I intentionally ram cars that don't have babies in them.
I intentionally ram cars with those stickers on them.
What the fuck are "helicopter parents"?
I can't believe I'm missing the boat because it's too subtle or too British, but maybe that's the case.
Or maybe you're just growing up. when I was a kid, I liked Gaiman stuff and Monthy Python stuff, They Might Be Giants, etc. This is all juvenile, dork humor, really. Most fans of this kind of stuff tend to be people who are emotionally and/or socially immature. Once you grow up a bit, all of this stuff seems painfully dorky and un-funny.
... within hours, updates were packaged, tested ...
Really? You really think that a big team of developers got together in the wee hours of the morning (in the US, at least), and tested the patch in thousands of different configurations? Are you sure that this patch doesn't break something else?
Personally, I'd rather wait a bit and get a patch that I know has been thoroughly tested. I can't afford to have a hastily written patch bring down any of my machines.
That IS his appeal! He's not a particularly good DJ. He never really says anything insightful. Sometimes it's just terrible. Sometimes, I don't even know what in the hell is going on. I don't know why I listen, exactly... it's just this totally bizarre thing that keeps me wondering what he could possibly say next. Apparently, I'm not the only one... He's been on the air for 25 years, and has the biggest radio show in radio history.
I couldn't agree further... real journalists should stick with reporting, and leave the rumor-mongering to the blogging kids. Blogging and journalism really don't mix too well. Slapping a blog on a real article/report is just asking for trouble from the legions of blogging zombies.
He was also very forthright and VERY open about his personal life.
You mean like when he said that he swallows on the Howard Stern show? Yeah, I'd call that forthright.
"Disrespect" for who, exactly? And, do you know what that word means, or are you just throwing it out there because it seems like the thing to do?
I had my gf read the summary of this article, and she promptly said, "Now that's bigger than Jesus!" :)
I like to play S&M with the AARP. They have lots of EXP and more than enough G to be able to afford the EQP. On the other hand, with AARP'ers, you have to worry about HT's and S's, which can be a problem.
Just curious... do any Americans let you play in their groups, since you, apparently, also don't speak English?
Not really true is you're using TOR and a proxy. It'd be hard as hell to trace. But maybe so if you're running a TOR server (an outlet for other people's anonymity). That's why there are a hell of a lot more TOR users that don't also run servers. That's also why TOR is virtually unuseable (it's dial-up speed, when it doesn't time-out altogether).
Has the will to un-molestation finally passed out of mainstream?
There's a big difference between not wanting the government to tap your phone and not wanting web sites to put a cookie on your PC. The latter is a "privacy geek" thing, and yes, that level of privacy is fringe.
I happen to agree. The best way to buy and sell used stuff in my area is a good ol' newsgroup: triangle.forsale. It's been around forever, it's used heavily, and there are no stupid blogs or "Web 2.0" crap involved. Post what you want to sell. Contact a seller if you're buying, and drive over and pick it up. I don't understand the needs to make everything online so goddamned complicated.
Just do what I did: buy a used server. I got a used Compaq Proliant with RAID 5+x, with room for a total of 12 drives. It was $450. Easy, cheap, and it works. No dicking around with software and shit necessary (unless, of course, your idea of a good way to spend a weekend is configuring software). And of course, the hardware is designed to work perfectly. I've got one in my business, and one at home.
The case I bought works well, it has room for the 8 hard disks I have
How does one find time to watch that much TV? More importantly, what, exactly, on TV, is even worth watching? I've been TV-free for 5+ years, and I don't miss all of the crap one bit.
I've been commercial free for 3 years now with my SageTv and haven't looked back!
I've got ya' beat. I've been commerical free for 5 years, and setup time was -zero- and cost was $0. It's called "no TV". There's really nothing on either broadcast or cable worth watching, anyway. Everything made for TV these days is really made for morons, and I can't really stand watching any of it except for the very occasional downloaded Jon Stewart show.
The problem is that MS (intentionally or not) left a lot of functionality out of the .NET standard libraries _AND_ made it almost trivial to call native code from within .NET.
How exactly, is this a bad thing? MS makes it incredibly easy for people to develop software for their platform, and that's a *bad* thing? The whole Steve Baller screaming "developers" makes perfect sense.
MS will have to finally fix the damn blue screen or its lack of reliability will be a serious henderence.
C'mon, trolls! The whole "blue screen of death" thing hasn't really been a problems since the Windows 95/98/ME days. Can't you trolls come up with something new? This FUD is old and tired.
It seems like every week I read about something like this where I'd be screwed if I was still locked into Windows only technologies.
Oh, enlighten us, oh troll, as to this week's problem with IIS/.Net, if it's not too much trouble.
Complaining about these statistics is to give them credibility. Those who chose on the basis of security will ignore this data, and those who chose on other criteria won't care about this data.
Is that kind of like you complaining about Window's "security" while saying that your stupid users keep installing spyware on their computers? My company has -zero- spyware (I should know... I just checked each individual machine).
So then, Windows XP just works, and with Linux, you have to Google something (which didn't even return anything useful). Where's this supposed ease-of-use that hte Linux are always screaming about? Just make the damn thing boot fast without me having to do anything at all. What's so hard about that?
I certainly wouldn't run *any* machine without anti-virus, no matter how many Slashdotters claim that their *nix machines are virus free.