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You could say the same about campaign ads on television, and radio, and newspapers, and the candidate's own speeches, etc.. In all things, and especially where politics are concerned, the "official" sources aren't the balanced sources.
Hell, if this one kid I went to kindergarten with ever finds my website, he might notice that my official bio fails to mention the time I bit him really hard on the arm, and got suspended for it. And I'm not even a politician!
(In my defense, the little bastard took my crayon.)
IANA publisher, but I would also imagine that in such a deadline-intensive business, data from a fried disk is about as good as lost. Sure, they can send their drives off to data recovery labs who could slowly recover an uncertain portion of the data for a pantload of money, but by the time that's done it'll be time for the next issue anyway. I'd guess it would be a lot quicker and cheaper to write off the disks and salvage what they can from everyone's local copies of the data.
This reminds me of the recent uproar over a car crash involving the New Jersey governor. He was critically injured because he wasn't wearing his seatbelt, and people freaked, asking what sort of role model he could possibly be. I argued that he was an awesome role model, because sometimes people need to see a mistake end badly for someone else before they'll do what's necessary to protect themselves from making the same mistake. Seeing a high-profile magazine get hit like this can do the same for backup slackers the world over.
I don't know about you people, but after reading this (and giving it the "haha" tag) I'm going home and catching up on a couple of backups I've been slacking off on for a while.
As many people who tried to make fun of the Boston/Mooninite scare on a T-shirt found out, Cafepress panics and pulls designs (even ones that don't violate copyright) at the first sign of legal action. I wouldn't even bother trying them with this issue.
That's nothing.. I'm using my TARDIS to find the parents of those who voted differently than I, track down young versions of them in the past, and interfere with their ever meeting each other, thus ensuring that they will never produce children who would eventually grow up to vote on Slashdot polls.
So legally speaking, where does this leave someone who signs into discussion websites and writes comments like "hey, have you folks heard the new Information Society disc yet?"
Internet2 has just gone even faster, breaking the speed of light.
An email has just been sent to a researcher on ARPANET in 1972, who unfortunately doesn't know what "v1@gr@" is or why he would want to "enlarge pens" with it.
FWIW, it's pretty easy to slim down a WP install. If you don't want trackbacks, just delete wp-trackback.php file. If you don't want the ability to post comments, delete wp-comments-post.php . And so on.
The goat shaver, however, is hard-coded into the loop and cannot be disabled.
Not only that, but they were using a song which was making fun of the very attitude they are trying to promote in order to sell more credit cards. It's as though Microsoft started using that Steve Ballmer "Developers Developers Developers Developers" dance mix in their own ads.
Additionally, Tap fans often join in on the joke by reporting on and discussing the band's doings as though it were all real, as the submitter did here.
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You could say the same about campaign ads on television, and radio, and newspapers, and the candidate's own speeches, etc.. In all things, and especially where politics are concerned, the "official" sources aren't the balanced sources.
Hell, if this one kid I went to kindergarten with ever finds my website, he might notice that my official bio fails to mention the time I bit him really hard on the arm, and got suspended for it. And I'm not even a politician!
(In my defense, the little bastard took my crayon.)
Yes.
Very good point, that's a much better way to put it.
IANA publisher, but I would also imagine that in such a deadline-intensive business, data from a fried disk is about as good as lost. Sure, they can send their drives off to data recovery labs who could slowly recover an uncertain portion of the data for a pantload of money, but by the time that's done it'll be time for the next issue anyway. I'd guess it would be a lot quicker and cheaper to write off the disks and salvage what they can from everyone's local copies of the data.
This reminds me of the recent uproar over a car crash involving the New Jersey governor. He was critically injured because he wasn't wearing his seatbelt, and people freaked, asking what sort of role model he could possibly be. I argued that he was an awesome role model, because sometimes people need to see a mistake end badly for someone else before they'll do what's necessary to protect themselves from making the same mistake. Seeing a high-profile magazine get hit like this can do the same for backup slackers the world over.
I don't know about you people, but after reading this (and giving it the "haha" tag) I'm going home and catching up on a couple of backups I've been slacking off on for a while.
That can get rough... three or four more generations of badly-secured media upgrades and you'll run out of skin.
As many people who tried to make fun of the Boston/Mooninite scare on a T-shirt found out, Cafepress panics and pulls designs (even ones that don't violate copyright) at the first sign of legal action. I wouldn't even bother trying them with this issue.
Sticker guy.
..and Russia, China, Argentina, Chile, Egypt, India, Israel, Lebanon, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine and Venezuela are all on notice! That'll learn 'em.
That's nothing.. I'm using my TARDIS to find the parents of those who voted differently than I, track down young versions of them in the past, and interfere with their ever meeting each other, thus ensuring that they will never produce children who would eventually grow up to vote on Slashdot polls.
So legally speaking, where does this leave someone who signs into discussion websites and writes comments like "hey, have you folks heard the new Information Society disc yet?"
OMG, I have a great idea! Why don't we just ban viruses?
for a simultaneous nationwide facepalm?
He was my second-favorite Freakazoid guest star, after Norm Abram. (No, really. Look it up.)
Internet2 has just gone even faster, breaking the speed of light.
An email has just been sent to a researcher on ARPANET in 1972, who unfortunately doesn't know what "v1@gr@" is or why he would want to "enlarge pens" with it.
FWIW, it's pretty easy to slim down a WP install. If you don't want trackbacks, just delete wp-trackback.php file. If you don't want the ability to post comments, delete wp-comments-post.php . And so on.
The goat shaver, however, is hard-coded into the loop and cannot be disabled.
Not only that, but they were using a song which was making fun of the very attitude they are trying to promote in order to sell more credit cards. It's as though Microsoft started using that Steve Ballmer "Developers Developers Developers Developers" dance mix in their own ads.
Sadly they're only touring the opposite end of the galaxy.. but don't worry, you'll hear it fine.
Additionally, Tap fans often join in on the joke by reporting on and discussing the band's doings as though it were all real, as the submitter did here.
That book sounds interesting. Anyone have a torrent?
Just as long as you don't add "tar" to the formula...
I like your Universe a lot. Can I come over for a weekend?
On the bright side, it isn't another freaking Disney cartoon.
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