Ever listened to any of the good Metallica? Just a bit of the old Cthulu there. Yeah, I wouldn't classify them as geeks either (although they have rather gone to shit in the last 10 years or so).
You got that right! 99% CPU usage just to view a freakin' text because the author thought it was cool to do it with flash? What a waste of bandwidth...
Off topic I know.....but how exactly does one "do" LOS connections for a living?
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The plot 'wrong teleportation gate opened - monsters arriving' has been overused though
Overused in games maybe. But overused in 50+ million dollar feature films? Care to name all those films from the last say, 5 years? Not saying there aren't any, but I can't really think of any off the top of my head.
Nasty agent released and takes over people? Um, THERE is the overused plot. 28 days later, Resident Evil(s), Dawn of the Dead, and countless others.
I don't see how expressing an opinion on Slashdot could possibly be ballsy, anonymous or not. Slashdot is where you gripe about stuff, occasionally become deluded with the idea someone is listening, but ultimately are ignored. Doing it anonymously is really just redundant, that's all. I've been posting for years to Slashdot and have never created an account. You know what? I'm not missing anything.
That was your original statement. In it you mention posting anonymously as being "redundant." dictionary.com gives a definition as: "Exceeding what is necessary or natural; superfluous". I assume that you were talking about the cowardly nature of the posts when you made this comment. Thus, you yourself admitted that posting anonymously was more cowardly than posting non-AC (otherwise it wouldn't be redundant). Well, that is what you said in your original statement anyway. Now this is what you are saying:
I responded by stating that ALL Slashdot postings are cowardly, anonymous ones no moreso than others.
But you said anonymous ones were redundant? I won't argue with the ALL Slashdot postings are cowardly statement. I agree with you. But you appear to have changed your tune with the "anonymous ones no moreso than others" part. If this is indeed your true feelings I will suggest you are close, but not quite right. With Karma, while busted surely, there is the potential for a slight ramification if you were to post flames all day long. One could argue that it isn't strong enough (I would) but it is method of accountability and that is more than posting AC has.
You in fact are missing out on things by not having a slashdot membership. You personally might not value them or desire to use them (which is fine) but to make a statement that you are missing out on nothing is patently wrong. Can you have a journal? Can you moderate? No, those are things that you are missing out on. Whether you care about such things is up to you of course, I don't really care whether you value them or not (obviously you don't).
And finally about the school thing, never did I say government shouldn't do something. I think government should do something and I also feel that that something shouldn't happen via the school systems (at least not our current systems). I believe that the problem of bad parenting should be fixed rather than covered up by the schools performing the job for the parents. Personally I would like to see government offered "seed" money in order to grow local grassroots social organizations to facilitate parental learning so as to work to eliminate the problem as much as possible. With the ultimate goal being to reduce the dependency of these groups on the government (here is where the libertarian part of me comes through).
Wow, bitter person decries slashdot via anonymous post.
Seriously, what balls!
I don't see how expressing an opinion on Slashdot could possibly be ballsy, anonymous or not. Slashdot is where you gripe about stuff, occasionally become deluded with the idea someone is listening, but ultimately are ignored. Doing it anonymously is really just redundant, that's all. I've been posting for years to Slashdot and have never created an account. You know what? I'm not missing anything.
You have obviously missed my sarcastic humour (FYI, I used it again at the beginning of this post since it fit so well). I apologize. I normally dislike tags and thus avoid using them. I shall take your misunderstanding as a data point and change my personal views to better interact with other slashdot members.
But, you have admitted to never having a slashdot account. How would you know if you aren't missing anything? I'm not saying that posting AC isn't your thing (cool if it is), but please make informed statements.
Personally, the main reason that I frequent slashdot, is for the humor. If you look at my posts you will realize that makes up the majority of my participation. I never was a huge advocate pushing the importance of slashdot and the conversations which take place here. You came up with that one on your own buddy.
Yay for you, for comprehending that children need guidance. Boo for you for thinking that if children don't receive this guidance from their parents, they're just not going to get guidance, and we'll just toss 'em in jail when they become the inevitable sociopath.
Wow, allow me to quote myself (and how I love to do that):
There are other ways to tackle the bad parenting problem and I personally don't feel the school system is the way to do it.
How in the world did you take that statement to mean we should ignore the children until they all become sociopaths and then put them in jail? Once again, you came up with that one all on your own buddy, I had nothing to do with it (although I am really curious how you made the jump).
Wow, bitter person decries slashdot via anonymous post.
Seriously, what balls!
I believe the response to your assertions would be that yes, immature people (notice I don't mention the age) need guidance, with children and minors this should come from the parents the majority of the time. And yes, the school system shouldn't compensate for deficiencies in parenting. There are other ways to tackle the bad parenting problem and I personally don't feel the school system is the way to do it. Of course this is an entirely different thread, one which we probably won't have due to your spineless posting tactics.
And yes, if you want to distill this argument down into simple game of party association, I consider myself more of a moderate libertarian (my own words) than anything else. Maybe that is enough to dismiss my opinions in your mind?
Sheila: Times have changed Our kids are kids are getting worse They won't obey their parents They just want to fart and curse! Sharon: Should we blame the government? Liane: Or blame society? Dads: Or should we blame the images on TV? Sheila: No, blame Canada Everyone: Blame Canada Sheila: With all their beady little eyes And flappin' heads so full of lies Everyone: Blame Canada Blame Canada Sheila: We need to form a full assault Everyone: It's Canada's fault! Sharon: Don't blame me For my son Stan He saw the darn cartoon And now he's off to join the Klan! Liane: And my boy Eric once Had my picture on his shelf But now when I see him he tells me to fuck myself! Sheila: Well, blame Canada Everyone: Blame Canada It seems that everything's gone wrong Since Canada came along Everyone: Blame Canada Blame Canada Copy Guy: They're not even a real country anyway Ms. McCormick: My son could've been a doctor or a lawyer, it's a-true Instead he burned up like a piggy on a barbecue Everyone: Should we blame the matches? Should we blame the fire? Or the doctors who allowed him to expire? Sheila: Heck no! Everyone: Blame Canada Blame Canada Sheila: With all their hockey hubbabaloo Liane: And that bitch Anne Murray too Everyone: Blame Canada Shame on Canada The smut we must stop The trash we must smash Laughter and fun must all be undone We must blame them and cause a fuss Before someone thinks of blaming uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuus
My take on the whole thing is that he HAS already sold-out, to the kids.
Here is the real deal. I don't have figures but just like everything else I imagine the real money landslide comes from merchandising. A big part of merchandising is getting a ton of little snot-nosed brats begging their parents to buy the latest plastic toy. In order to do that you need to make sure that the movie is constantly around so that the new wave of little snot nosed brats and beg their parents for it. So, he keeps dicking with the old movie just a bit to a) make it more "kid" friendly and b). have a good excuse to release it again.
To sum it up, he *IS* giving his fans exactly what they want. Unfortunately he defines his "fans" as all the little snot-nosed brats which drive up his bottom dollar.
Yeah, thats right, no email address here AND I am sharing a song.
Using klank3 encoding here is a pirated copy of a randomly selected Britney Spears song:
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The encoding is ingenious actually. I simply remove all the crap from the final stream, and use an ASCII code 46 sentinel for the end of the stream. My encoding scheme is one of the few methods that actually improves the sound quality.
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Thanks a lot, you just ruined the movie for me.
Ever listened to any of the good Metallica? Just a bit of the old Cthulu there. Yeah, I wouldn't classify them as geeks either (although they have rather gone to shit in the last 10 years or so).
You got that right! 99% CPU usage just to view a freakin' text because the author thought it was cool to do it with flash? What a waste of bandwidth...
Whaaaat? 99% CPU usage?
Trying to view it using your 8086 again?
At which point they turn purple?
No, black.....and blue.
Off topic I know... ..but how exactly does one "do" LOS connections for a living?
Overused in games maybe. But overused in 50+ million dollar feature films? Care to name all those films from the last say, 5 years? Not saying there aren't any, but I can't really think of any off the top of my head.
Nasty agent released and takes over people? Um, THERE is the overused plot. 28 days later, Resident Evil(s), Dawn of the Dead, and countless others.
I don't know about you, but I can feel my ribs. And the really crazy part is that in order to do so I didn't involve either cutting or death.
Was it just me or was anybody else creeped out by the way this guy sounded like he was about to blow his load over the inner beauty of this cube?
What is a genius bar? Is it like the ugly stick, only desirable to be beaten with?
Allow me to again quote your original statement:
I don't see how expressing an opinion on Slashdot could possibly be ballsy, anonymous or not. Slashdot is where you gripe about stuff, occasionally become deluded with the idea someone is listening, but ultimately are ignored. Doing it anonymously is really just redundant, that's all. I've been posting for years to Slashdot and have never created an account. You know what? I'm not missing anything.
That was your original statement. In it you mention posting anonymously as being "redundant." dictionary.com gives a definition as: "Exceeding what is necessary or natural; superfluous". I assume that you were talking about the cowardly nature of the posts when you made this comment. Thus, you yourself admitted that posting anonymously was more cowardly than posting non-AC (otherwise it wouldn't be redundant). Well, that is what you said in your original statement anyway. Now this is what you are saying:
I responded by stating that ALL Slashdot postings are cowardly, anonymous ones no moreso than others.
But you said anonymous ones were redundant? I won't argue with the ALL Slashdot postings are cowardly statement. I agree with you. But you appear to have changed your tune with the "anonymous ones no moreso than others" part. If this is indeed your true feelings I will suggest you are close, but not quite right. With Karma, while busted surely, there is the potential for a slight ramification if you were to post flames all day long. One could argue that it isn't strong enough (I would) but it is method of accountability and that is more than posting AC has.
You in fact are missing out on things by not having a slashdot membership. You personally might not value them or desire to use them (which is fine) but to make a statement that you are missing out on nothing is patently wrong. Can you have a journal? Can you moderate? No, those are things that you are missing out on. Whether you care about such things is up to you of course, I don't really care whether you value them or not (obviously you don't).
And finally about the school thing, never did I say government shouldn't do something. I think government should do something and I also feel that that something shouldn't happen via the school systems (at least not our current systems). I believe that the problem of bad parenting should be fixed rather than covered up by the schools performing the job for the parents. Personally I would like to see government offered "seed" money in order to grow local grassroots social organizations to facilitate parental learning so as to work to eliminate the problem as much as possible. With the ultimate goal being to reduce the dependency of these groups on the government (here is where the libertarian part of me comes through).
Wow, bitter person decries slashdot via anonymous post.
Seriously, what balls!
I don't see how expressing an opinion on Slashdot could possibly be ballsy, anonymous or not. Slashdot is where you gripe about stuff, occasionally become deluded with the idea someone is listening, but ultimately are ignored. Doing it anonymously is really just redundant, that's all. I've been posting for years to Slashdot and have never created an account. You know what? I'm not missing anything.
You have obviously missed my sarcastic humour (FYI, I used it again at the beginning of this post since it fit so well). I apologize. I normally dislike tags and thus avoid using them. I shall take your misunderstanding as a data point and change my personal views to better interact with other slashdot members.
But, you have admitted to never having a slashdot account. How would you know if you aren't missing anything? I'm not saying that posting AC isn't your thing (cool if it is), but please make informed statements.
Personally, the main reason that I frequent slashdot, is for the humor. If you look at my posts you will realize that makes up the majority of my participation. I never was a huge advocate pushing the importance of slashdot and the conversations which take place here. You came up with that one on your own buddy.
Yay for you, for comprehending that children need guidance. Boo for you for thinking that if children don't receive this guidance from their parents, they're just not going to get guidance, and we'll just toss 'em in jail when they become the inevitable sociopath.
Wow, allow me to quote myself (and how I love to do that):
There are other ways to tackle the bad parenting problem and I personally don't feel the school system is the way to do it.
How in the world did you take that statement to mean we should ignore the children until they all become sociopaths and then put them in jail? Once again, you came up with that one all on your own buddy, I had nothing to do with it (although I am really curious how you made the jump).
Wow, bitter person decries slashdot via anonymous post.
Seriously, what balls!
I believe the response to your assertions would be that yes, immature people (notice I don't mention the age) need guidance, with children and minors this should come from the parents the majority of the time. And yes, the school system shouldn't compensate for deficiencies in parenting. There are other ways to tackle the bad parenting problem and I personally don't feel the school system is the way to do it. Of course this is an entirely different thread, one which we probably won't have due to your spineless posting tactics.
And yes, if you want to distill this argument down into simple game of party association, I consider myself more of a moderate libertarian (my own words) than anything else. Maybe that is enough to dismiss my opinions in your mind?
Sheila: Times have changed
Our kids are kids are getting worse
They won't obey their parents
They just want to fart and curse!
Sharon: Should we blame the government?
Liane: Or blame society?
Dads: Or should we blame the images on TV?
Sheila: No, blame Canada
Everyone: Blame Canada
Sheila: With all their beady little eyes
And flappin' heads so full of lies
Everyone: Blame Canada
Blame Canada
Sheila: We need to form a full assault
Everyone: It's Canada's fault!
Sharon: Don't blame me
For my son Stan
He saw the darn cartoon
And now he's off to join the Klan!
Liane: And my boy Eric once
Had my picture on his shelf
But now when I see him he tells me to fuck myself!
Sheila: Well, blame Canada
Everyone: Blame Canada
It seems that everything's gone wrong
Since Canada came along
Everyone: Blame Canada
Blame Canada
Copy Guy: They're not even a real country anyway
Ms. McCormick: My son could've been a doctor or a lawyer, it's a-true
Instead he burned up like a piggy on a barbecue
Everyone: Should we blame the matches?
Should we blame the fire?
Or the doctors who allowed him to expire?
Sheila: Heck no!
Everyone: Blame Canada
Blame Canada
Sheila: With all their hockey hubbabaloo
Liane: And that bitch Anne Murray too
Everyone: Blame Canada
Shame on Canada
The smut we must stop
The trash we must smash
Laughter and fun
must all be undone
We must blame them and cause a fuss
Before someone thinks of blaming uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuus
My take on the whole thing is that he HAS already sold-out, to the kids.
Here is the real deal. I don't have figures but just like everything else I imagine the real money landslide comes from merchandising. A big part of merchandising is getting a ton of little snot-nosed brats begging their parents to buy the latest plastic toy. In order to do that you need to make sure that the movie is constantly around so that the new wave of little snot nosed brats and beg their parents for it. So, he keeps dicking with the old movie just a bit to a) make it more "kid" friendly and b). have a good excuse to release it again.
To sum it up, he *IS* giving his fans exactly what they want. Unfortunately he defines his "fans" as all the little snot-nosed brats which drive up his bottom dollar.
I bought my card based on the pretty picture on the box, not some useless review.
Umm, you know that you don't have to carry everything around on your back when you ride a bike. Right?
It is called "Team America: World Police" and it is with marionettes.
Get yo facts straight fool.
Very good point, I would much rather have a bunch of half-asleep drunks behind the wheel.
I don't want to wait, for my trapper keeper to be over!
Well, um, I have heard acid helps....from a friend...of a friend.
Darn AC beats me to the best lines every time!
How the heck is that redundant?
/. mod uses some rand() script to dish our their 5 pieces of power.
Why is the parent redundant?
(Redundancy added as a teaching tool, notice the *real* redundancy in the two statements above)
Seriously, I think sometimes the average
Back off Commander Keen man, that game was freakin awesome.
All of them actually, except the last one.
Lack of sleep too, the twins are keeping him up at night.
Yeah, thats right, no email address here AND I am sharing a song.
Using klank3 encoding here is a pirated copy of a randomly selected Britney Spears song:
.
The encoding is ingenious actually. I simply remove all the crap from the final stream, and use an ASCII code 46 sentinel for the end of the stream. My encoding scheme is one of the few methods that actually improves the sound quality.