"If this didn't get escalated to Penny Arcade, it would have never gone viral like it did," he said. "Ultimately, if I was able to control the customer, it never would have happened..."
Do you catch my meaning? Do you get my drift? I use my cell phone to talk. In an emergency, like when evil Dr. Smegma throws me in a cell and is listening to me but can't see me, I might send a "HELP!" message. Or tweet something like, "Dr. Smegma has captured me. How droll!"
Umm, OK. Getting slightly grossed out just thinking at what capabilities a super-villain named "Dr. Smegma" might have...
That aside, TFA's author has a number of good points (at least given his particular perspective), albeit few if any he could sell to most individuals under 35 years of age.
That does beat (by a whisker) "My floppy doesn't work." "Give it here and I'll see what I can do, then."... User takes floppy out of wallet and unfolds it.
For you youngsters in the audience, "floppy" is a colloquial reference to a flexible storage medium of years past. Just making sure you didn't think Slashdot had descended into soft (!) porn or something like that.
Re any version of IE beyond 8, you forgot the obligatory "As long as you're still not running Windows XP" -- which many in the corporate world still are doing, and not by choice. The days when PCs (and, therefore, Windows verisons) were regularly refreshed every three or four years are long-gone for many financially hard-pressed businesses.
Interesting quote from that book (and I offer it without further comment):
If we could have found a way to get rid of all the griping, we would have had the perfect place to work. I wish we had made it a requirement for all employees to work somewhere else before coming to WordPerfect Corporation, so they could have understood how lucky they all were. If I ever start another business, I will have all employees sign a contract requiring them to come to work with a good attitude. If they decide one day they do not like their jobs or they do not want to
be cheerful, then they will agree in advance to an immediate termination without notice, without severance, and without receiving any accrued vacation pay. Life is too short to spend it with the dissatisfied.
approximately $70 million to $75 million related to employee severance arrangements
...which translates to an average of $100K per job. Granted, some folks get a lot and some don't; but in many companies, severance translates to a pittance if it happens at all. Just sayin'.
If that link and its site-of-origin truly explain your thought process (if it can be called that as opposed to, say, mental illness), probably no one here will waste their mod points on you. There are better, less bizarre posts on/. which deserve moderation. You simply deserve pity. You, and those who have to interact with you IRL.
They survive financially by inciting people to clobber them and then suing as a result. So, while momentarily satisfying, such action is exactly what they want. What they can't stand is being ignored.
Was probably a reference to the "#DearNetflix" tweets (mostly angry ones) that followed Netflix's announcement of its changed pricing a few months back.
For it to be the Fox News version, there would have to be some mention of how the satellite's fall was symptomatic of "Islamofascism." Other than that, you're right on the money.
Slashdot Mirror
Actually, in at least one way, they have.
http://www.infoworld.com/print/195144
".aspx" -- so the Commodore site is running on IIS?
Hmm. <raises_eyebrow>
Life began in skin care products? Bizarre.
/ducks
[Emphasis added.]
If you're ever near a ziggurat, be sure to run if any part of it catches fire. As is widely known, ziggurat smoke causes cancer.
*Ducks*
Umm, OK. Getting slightly grossed out just thinking at what capabilities a super-villain named "Dr. Smegma" might have... That aside, TFA's author has a number of good points (at least given his particular perspective), albeit few if any he could sell to most individuals under 35 years of age.
For you youngsters in the audience, "floppy" is a colloquial reference to a flexible storage medium of years past. Just making sure you didn't think Slashdot had descended into soft (!) porn or something like that.
+1 -- exactly what I thought when I read TFS.
If the image shown is any indication, she may resemble that remark.
Re any version of IE beyond 8, you forgot the obligatory "As long as you're still not running Windows XP" -- which many in the corporate world still are doing, and not by choice. The days when PCs (and, therefore, Windows verisons) were regularly refreshed every three or four years are long-gone for many financially hard-pressed businesses.
And still Mozilla doesn't get a clue that some of the recent changes are driving away users. Amazing.
If that link and its site-of-origin truly explain your thought process (if it can be called that as opposed to, say, mental illness), probably no one here will waste their mod points on you. There are better, less bizarre posts on /. which deserve moderation. You simply deserve pity. You, and those who have to interact with you IRL.
They survive financially by inciting people to clobber them and then suing as a result. So, while momentarily satisfying, such action is exactly what they want. What they can't stand is being ignored.
"HELL IS INSANELY GREAT"
"GOD HATES VISIONARIES"
"BLACK TURTLENECKS CAUSE CANCER"
Unfortunately, these are probably 'way more intelligent than what these assholes will really display.
has already passed, since TFA (3rd link) was from yesterday.
First FA
Second FA
(Third FA is a Slashdot link, so no need to provide more).
Only if they're healthy organs. Otherwise, not so much.
Still on the home page in the tag, at least. For how long, "no man can say."
Was probably a reference to the "#DearNetflix" tweets (mostly angry ones) that followed Netflix's announcement of its changed pricing a few months back.
"It's a trick question -- it's never lupus."
For it to be the Fox News version, there would have to be some mention of how the satellite's fall was symptomatic of "Islamofascism." Other than that, you're right on the money.
"TFA article" being akin to "ATM machine," of course. Sorry.