At least the 'made from dead trees' version still has utility in this scenario....let's see you wipe your ass with your wireless and PDA when you are: *to the tune of the old TV series "Branded" theme song (western starring Chuck Connors back in the 1960's)* "Stranded on the toilet bowl, what do you do when your stranded without a roll? You can prove you're a man by using your hand...when your stranded, on the toilet bowl. What do you do when your stranded without a roll?"
Never heard of him before this flamefest. Who is Walter Mossberg, and why does his opinion matter so much? Is it a Roland Piquepaille, John Dvorak, or something else thing? or What I CAN attest to though, is this video (which is funny no matter which camp you come from!) takes the cake^Wpie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqNdxeAQb4Y, I mean come on, this is FUNNY!!
Besides, the pie perp MAY have had a Mossberg-style van Dyke!
Well, it may not be as funny as the video of Steve Ballmer offing Billy G. with an airborne chair while shouting "Developers! Developers! Developers!" and doing the MonkeyDance...then Darth Vader cutting Stevie the MonkeyBoy down with a light saber, but I am still camped out near Redmond trying to catch that video on my cellphone/vid camera!
I'm hoping to have this footage before Duke Nukem Forever comes out!!..I've been waiting for this (and that) for a looooong time!
BTW: I have placed in the Top Ten the last seven years, with five of those seven in the top five, and have placed first the past two years in the "Wiley Coyote Perseverance and Dedication to the Mission Award" standings. I am now allowed to enter the Wiley Coyote Souper Genius competition, and I have high hopes of success. *snicker* (afterall, I do have an inside contact at Acme!!!)
If my assumption that you are another Kieth Laumer fan, then...well met. If not, I still applaud your timely Bolo reference, and thanks fore the opening for my links!:)
Look at the numbers of botnets, the amount of SPAM, the need for a multitude of Anti-virus/Anti-Malware software to run on (windows) most PC's. The average Joe Sixpack/office drone is a factor in this equation.
Most people just do not give a rat's ass unless it bites them in their ass. Until the unwashed masses give a shit, it will be a variation of the same old shit.
I agree with you, but I have to ask: How the fsck did the likes of B. Spears and P. Hilton get so well known/newsworthy? WTF?
As young as the/. crowd is, you wouldn't think they would be so jaded already!
Point is, history has many good observations about the enthusiasm of college students for a cause.
Wow, if there was some way to harness the energy of 'students campaigning a cause', then most of the world's energy problems would be solved...but it could slow down our planet's orbital velocity so we fall into the sun....Hmmm...
You are overlooking something here. Just as a really cool computer project will help grad students with CS degrees on their l33t skilz for their 'real world:I have done this shit for real' additions to their resume....same here for these law students.
All I am asking is for you to look outside of your own perspective here for a second, and really think about this.:)
"The answer for most will be the private corporation or the government agency." Yes, you are probably spot on with this. I don't discount your viewpoint, as sadly you are mostly correct. But I also feel like I had to point out the good side of this as well.
I was going to reply in your defense, but not only did you beat me to it, you also did so far better than what I had planned.
Well said, sir!!
I 'repair' a lot of private individuals, ans a few local small business PC's and networks. Not anything on the scale that you mentioned, but enough to know that you are 100% correct.
In this case (installing a DVD burner), I would still have my USB drive with various tools I often need or use on my client's PC's. (almost all are Windows OS. most of my follow-up requests from my Linux people are in the FAQ's type category) I will usually offer to do a cheap 'tune-up' (make sure they have updates to Windows, AV,anti malware, etc., check running services, start-up app's, run virus and malware scans), and most will go for it. I usually just copy the install file needed to the desktop, then run from there, so most of the time I would have ready files on the desktop (with known file size) to test the burner. Then I would delete the install file from the desktop.
Besides, it just makes more sense to me to use known files to test the dvd...I can compare the dvd with my known files to verify, and also test other subsystems of the PC at the same time.
Yes, a total lack of professionalism here. Too bad that only the client will end up getting reamed in this case.
LOL!! I thought I saw something similar at first also, but your version was better than mine!
I'm NOT going to try to give any squirrel (male or female) a suppository!! It seems like it would have similar results to sticking your hands in a running garbage disposal in your sink.
There's bound to be a better way to poison your male squirrels than suppositories!
WTF?? "...rouge program," Is that some kind of red colored program, or does it apply makeup to your virtual doll? I've never "hered" of this rouge program you speak of, but I don't play with dolls either.
Animal cruelty? What kind of idiot are you to confuse bioluminescent fungus with animal cruelty.
Obviously you should be punished for promoting ignorance as well as knee-jerk stupidity. Oh yeah, if you DO use Firefox, you might want to enable the spell checker...you obviously need it!
"If there were no black people in America, would segregation laws be a non-issue because no one was affected?"
You must be a Yankee. Around here, it is more likely to be a "red" person than a "black" person as you stated.
Most of the "black" people you speak of arrived after the "white" folks were tangling with the "red" folks, so the "black" folks were more acceptable to the "white" folks than the "red" folks were.
*sigh* I await the day when all of this crap is vague history, like the caveman era is to us. It will not happen in my lifetime, but I can see it happening someday.
More on topic: I agree with the rest of your post!:)
Thanks for the thought, but I cannot seem to harm my Karma on/., so I don't really worry about mod points.
Thank/. for the 'preview' button! wow!
I don't know that I really expressed myself well above. The last part seemed too cavalier for what I intended.
I don't try too much to pay attention to the mod's to my replies, as it doesn't seem to make much difference to my Karma. Perhaps I inadvertently balance the good, the bad, and the fuggly in my replies after reaching the "Excellent Karma" rating I have. Sometimes I can be rather an asshat- especially when I've been drinking. (which is frequent- I like to relax with some good beer after getting off work at 2300 hrs.--if you doubt this, just enter my user name and "slashdot" in Google search!- and yes, I am most of my way through a sixpack of Guinness Extra Stout right this moment)
As far as Ray Beckerman (NewYorkCountryLawer) goes, I meant every word I typed. I have made him one of my (few)/. 'friends' for several reasons: 1. As a 'friend', his posts are "+" rated so that I can see them at my current settings. He always has something to say that is worth listening to whether you agree with him or not. 2. I admire and respect his work on our behalf. (not just the/. crowd, but media lovers everywhere) and envy his saeemingly superpower energy to juggle all the things he is doing! He even takes the time to keep us here up to date, and gives us his insider type insight without crossing the line of trying to lawyer or preach to us. 3. He backs his play in real life- 'puts his money where his mouth is'. Yes, I'm sure he is a successful attorney in the usual parameters, but he is one of the few who 'dare go where eagles fear to tread'(bad paraphrase). 4.????? 5. Profit!!! (Sorry, this IS/. after all!)
This post brought to you by an idiot powered by Guinness!!!
"Hey you kids! Get off my lawn!"
"Huh? What? Damn, thought I was pissing on my own shrubs...sorry neighbor! I'll just go home now."
"Er, uh, could you point me towards my house? Most obliged!" *staggers off*
Ray, instead of being modded down for that reply, we should mod you up both for your work in this area and for submitting the article.
BTW, I may have mentioned this before, but thanks for your efforts here, and for causing me to rethink my view on lawyers. (the subject line of this thread says it all-'re:Damn Lawyers') You are a gem. It's easy to lose sight of some of the good trees in the dark, creepy forest of our legal system nowadays.
As a side note, I have decided to contribute my tax return $$'s to EFF and several similar ongoing efforts we all benefit from. I call on all/.'ers to make a small, similar effort. If we have the numbers and power to reduce servers to a molten ruin (the/. effect!), then there are enough of us to throw $5-10 bucks at the grunts on the front line- come on y'all, let's show the world the mighty power that is/.!!! Yeah, a little over the top, but this IS a pep talk!
Okay, flabby it guy, just beat your chest, grab your balls, and jump off a high cliff. You will then find out where all the ads have gone. Yeah that's right- you can catch the ads if you chase them fast enough.
"If this catches on...." then fucktards like you will have your ball grabbing, jumping off a cliff day. w00t!
Instant gratification just isn't fast enough nowdays it seems. Sheesh, get a frikkin' life, asshat.
Yeah, and think of all of the other benefits a refrigerator sized, one ton keychain memory device will bring about.
1. Cut down on greenhouse gasses from cars- you can't drive them with the ignition switch wrenched out of the steering column. 2. If they reinforce cars to cure #1, then it will cut down on reckless and overly aggressive driving. I mean imagine that drive swinging around on the keychain and slapping you in the nuts! 3. Sooper Geek bragging rights: "Yeah, I hacked this drive into my car stereo to play the mp3 I put on it in a loop as long as the car is in gear!" "What mp3?....Wipeout (by the Safaris-IIRC) of course!" (see #2 above)
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Obligatory AC/DC:"For those about to ROCK, I salute You!"
I have to ask...What kind of beer? Here in the USA we all know that Fosters is 'Australian for Beer', give it up mate!...Set us straight. (use humour filter here, PLEASE!)
*disclaimer: for a 'lite' beer, I do like Fosters, but I really like my Guiness Extra Stout for my everyday pint.*
Truly no disrespect implied or intended here, but what kind of ant was it? (my entomology professor is looking over my shoulder!!! He is REALLY into applying biology to technology...he is even talking about trying Linux!)
BTW, I will get modded offtopic....this is expected.
I just had to reply due to my blood/alcohol content. Carry On!
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At least the 'made from dead trees' version still has utility in this scenario....let's see you wipe your ass with your wireless and PDA when you are: *to the tune of the old TV series "Branded" theme song (western starring Chuck Connors back in the 1960's)*
"Stranded on the toilet bowl, what do you do when your stranded without a roll?
You can prove you're a man by using your hand...when your stranded, on the toilet bowl.
What do you do when your stranded without a roll?"
"The Supreme Pope of Tech Walter Mossberg..."
Never heard of him before this flamefest. Who is Walter Mossberg, and why does his opinion matter so much?
Is it a Roland Piquepaille, John Dvorak, or something else thing?
or
What I CAN attest to though, is this video (which is funny no matter which camp you come from!) takes the cake^Wpie:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqNdxeAQb4Y, I mean come on, this is FUNNY!!
Besides, the pie perp MAY have had a Mossberg-style van Dyke!
Well, it may not be as funny as the video of Steve Ballmer offing Billy G. with an airborne chair while shouting "Developers! Developers! Developers!" and doing the MonkeyDance...then Darth Vader cutting Stevie the MonkeyBoy down with a light saber, but I am still camped out near Redmond trying to catch that video on my cellphone/vid camera!
I'm hoping to have this footage before Duke Nukem Forever comes out!!..I've been waiting for this (and that) for a looooong time!
BTW:
I have placed in the Top Ten the last seven years, with five of those seven in the top five, and have placed first the past two years in the "Wiley Coyote Perseverance and Dedication to the Mission Award" standings.
I am now allowed to enter the Wiley Coyote Souper Genius competition, and I have high hopes of success. *snicker* (afterall, I do have an inside contact at Acme!!!)
Yeah, I see cleavage on my monitor all the time, but it never seems to harm the screen.
I also liked that work, but I got hooked on the Bolo series years ago. :)
You beat me to it fair and square. I was going to reply with this: http://www.webscription.net/10.1125/Baen/0743471873/0743471873.htm from the most excellent online reading source, the Baen Free Library! http://www.baen.com/library/, as it seemed appropriate to the article.
:)
Bad Bolo! Heal boy! Sit Bolo, sit! Ahhhrrrgghhh!
Yes, interesting times: human defined AI+combat machines....it could get VERY interesting before we truly master it- if ever.http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/23/2323214
If my assumption that you are another Kieth Laumer fan, then...well met. If not, I still applaud your timely Bolo reference, and thanks fore the opening for my links!
"It's ludicrous/tragic..."
Look at the numbers of botnets, the amount of SPAM, the need for a multitude of Anti-virus/Anti-Malware software to run on (windows) most PC's. The average Joe Sixpack/office drone is a factor in this equation.
Most people just do not give a rat's ass unless it bites them in their ass. Until the unwashed masses give a shit, it will be a variation of the same old shit.
I agree with you, but I have to ask: How the fsck did the likes of B. Spears and P. Hilton get so well known/newsworthy? WTF?
As young as the /. crowd is, you wouldn't think they would be so jaded already!
Point is, history has many good observations about the enthusiasm of college students for a cause.
Wow, if there was some way to harness the energy of 'students campaigning a cause', then most of the world's energy problems would be solved...but it could slow down our planet's orbital velocity so we fall into the sun....Hmmm...
You are overlooking something here. Just as a really cool computer project will help grad students with CS degrees on their l33t skilz for their 'real world:I have done this shit for real' additions to their resume....same here for these law students.
:)
Ray has it right, and as usual is more eloquent than I:http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=397436&cid=21794320.
All I am asking is for you to look outside of your own perspective here for a second, and really think about this.
"The answer for most will be the private corporation or the government agency."
Yes, you are probably spot on with this. I don't discount your viewpoint, as sadly you are mostly correct. But I also feel like I had to point out the good side of this as well.
I was going to reply in your defense, but not only did you beat me to it, you also did so far better than what I had planned.
Well said, sir!!
I 'repair' a lot of private individuals, ans a few local small business PC's and networks. Not anything on the scale that you mentioned, but enough to know that you are 100% correct.
In this case (installing a DVD burner), I would still have my USB drive with various tools I often need or use on my client's PC's. (almost all are Windows OS. most of my follow-up requests from my Linux people are in the FAQ's type category) I will usually offer to do a cheap 'tune-up' (make sure they have updates to Windows, AV,anti malware, etc., check running services, start-up app's, run virus and malware scans), and most will go for it. I usually just copy the install file needed to the desktop, then run from there, so most of the time I would have ready files on the desktop (with known file size) to test the burner. Then I would delete the install file from the desktop.
Besides, it just makes more sense to me to use known files to test the dvd...I can compare the dvd with my known files to verify, and also test other subsystems of the PC at the same time.
Yes, a total lack of professionalism here. Too bad that only the client will end up getting reamed in this case.
LOL!! I thought I saw something similar at first also, but your version was better than mine!
I'm NOT going to try to give any squirrel (male or female) a suppository!! It seems like it would have similar results to sticking your hands in a running garbage disposal in your sink.
There's bound to be a better way to poison your male squirrels than suppositories!
WTF??
"...rouge program," Is that some kind of red colored program, or does it apply makeup to your virtual doll?
I've never "hered" of this rouge program you speak of, but I don't play with dolls either.
Animal cruelty? What kind of idiot are you to confuse bioluminescent fungus with animal cruelty.
Foxfire is a well known naturally occurring result of glowing fungus. Hell, I played with it as a kid. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxfire_(bioluminescence)
Obviously you should be punished for promoting ignorance as well as knee-jerk stupidity. Oh yeah, if you DO use Firefox, you might want to enable the spell checker...you obviously need it!
"If there were no black people in America, would segregation laws be a non-issue because no one was affected?"
:)
You must be a Yankee. Around here, it is more likely to be a "red" person than a "black" person as you stated.
Most of the "black" people you speak of arrived after the "white" folks were tangling with the "red" folks, so the "black" folks were more acceptable to the "white" folks than the "red" folks were.
*sigh* I await the day when all of this crap is vague history, like the caveman era is to us. It will not happen in my lifetime, but I can see it happening someday.
More on topic: I agree with the rest of your post!
I, for one, welcome our self cleaning and replicating Ancient overlords!!
So, we've found the home of the Ancients, and it was in our own solar system the whole time! Who would've thunk?
Thanks for the thought, but I cannot seem to harm my Karma on /., so I don't really worry about mod points.
/. for the 'preview' button! wow!
/. 'friends' for several reasons: /. crowd, but media lovers everywhere) and envy his saeemingly superpower energy to juggle all the things he is doing! He even takes the time to keep us here up to date, and gives us his insider type insight without crossing the line of trying to lawyer or preach to us. /. after all!)
Thank
I don't know that I really expressed myself well above. The last part seemed too cavalier for what I intended.
I don't try too much to pay attention to the mod's to my replies, as it doesn't seem to make much difference to my Karma. Perhaps I inadvertently balance the good, the bad, and the fuggly in my replies after reaching the "Excellent Karma" rating I have. Sometimes I can be rather an asshat- especially when I've been drinking. (which is frequent- I like to relax with some good beer after getting off work at 2300 hrs.--if you doubt this, just enter my user name and "slashdot" in Google search!- and yes, I am most of my way through a sixpack of Guinness Extra Stout right this moment)
As far as Ray Beckerman (NewYorkCountryLawer) goes, I meant every word I typed. I have made him one of my (few)
1. As a 'friend', his posts are "+" rated so that I can see them at my current settings. He always has something to say that is worth listening to whether you agree with him or not.
2. I admire and respect his work on our behalf. (not just the
3. He backs his play in real life- 'puts his money where his mouth is'. Yes, I'm sure he is a successful attorney in the usual parameters, but he is one of the few who 'dare go where eagles fear to tread'(bad paraphrase).
4.?????
5. Profit!!! (Sorry, this IS
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"Hey you kids! Get off my lawn!"
"Huh? What? Damn, thought I was pissing on my own shrubs...sorry neighbor! I'll just go home now."
"Er, uh, could you point me towards my house? Most obliged!" *staggers off*
Not only that, but you would have to include code and sensors to detect and avoid IED's and the ever impromptu....RPG's that can pop up anywhere!
:)
Oh shit! Helping to feed the troll. Ah well, can't be perfect EVERY day!
Ray, instead of being modded down for that reply, we should mod you up both for your work in this area and for submitting the article.
/.'ers to make a small, similar effort. If we have the numbers and power to reduce servers to a molten ruin (the /. effect!), then there are enough of us to throw $5-10 bucks at the grunts on the front line- come on y'all, let's show the world the mighty power that is /.!!!
BTW, I may have mentioned this before, but thanks for your efforts here, and for causing me to rethink my view on lawyers. (the subject line of this thread says it all-'re:Damn Lawyers') You are a gem.
It's easy to lose sight of some of the good trees in the dark, creepy forest of our legal system nowadays.
As a side note, I have decided to contribute my tax return $$'s to EFF and several similar ongoing efforts we all benefit from.
I call on all
Yeah, a little over the top, but this IS a pep talk!
Yeah, like a WWDC101 FM disc jockey once observed about a porno he was watching in slow motion-reverse (vhs days) "...like an aardvark snorting milk!"
Snort much milk, PeeWee? (you've obviously been out of touch with RedHat lately, and in touch with only yourself)
Okay, flabby it guy, just beat your chest, grab your balls, and jump off a high cliff. You will then find out where all the ads have gone. Yeah that's right- you can catch the ads if you chase them fast enough.
"If this catches on...." then fucktards like you will have your ball grabbing, jumping off a cliff day. w00t!
Instant gratification just isn't fast enough nowdays it seems. Sheesh, get a frikkin' life, asshat.
Only a Good Teacher(TM) could come up with something so simple, elegant, and informative.
Thanks for the link- that was very illustrative...and can be demonstrated safely at home by most of us!
Yeah, and think of all of the other benefits a refrigerator sized, one ton keychain memory device will bring about.
1. Cut down on greenhouse gasses from cars- you can't drive them with the ignition switch wrenched out of the steering column.
2. If they reinforce cars to cure #1, then it will cut down on reckless and overly aggressive driving. I mean imagine that drive swinging around on the keychain and slapping you in the nuts!
3. Sooper Geek bragging rights: "Yeah, I hacked this drive into my car stereo to play the mp3 I put on it in a loop as long as the car is in gear!"
"What mp3?....Wipeout (by the Safaris-IIRC) of course!" (see #2 above)
Check this out:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHYXrqoS08o&feature=related. Is this anything like you were asking about?
I welcome our new Kelly LeBrock Overlords!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090305/
Truly one of Canada's great contributions to the rest of the world. Kelly ROCKS!!!
Yeah, ask Seigried how that worked out.
Obligatory AC/DC:"For those about to ROCK, I salute You!"
I have to ask...What kind of beer? Here in the USA we all know that Fosters is 'Australian for Beer', give it up mate!...Set us straight. (use humour filter here, PLEASE!)
*disclaimer: for a 'lite' beer, I do like Fosters, but I really like my Guiness Extra Stout for my everyday pint.*
Truly no disrespect implied or intended here, but what kind of ant was it? (my entomology professor is looking over my shoulder!!! He is REALLY into applying biology to technology...he is even talking about trying Linux!)
BTW, I will get modded offtopic....this is expected.
I just had to reply due to my blood/alcohol content. Carry On!
My teflon kneecaps salute you!
*disclaimer:3rd/75th Rangers-Airborne/10th SFG/Europe-Yeah, had master's wings, made a bunch of jumps!*
Much easier to reconstruct a recorded event than to reconstruct a person.