You made your point well enough that I could understand it, which might be cause for worry actually. Get thee to a therapist!
But seriously, as much as I appreciate the fact that Average Joe Sixpack can't really be bothered learning anything about what the magic bleeps, sweeps, and creeps inside his computer box are really doing, I can't have much sympathy for him when he starts complaining about stuff he chose to use working as designed. Computers are nearly as ubiquitous as cars nowadays, and people who own a car are expected to know enough of the basics to not fill their petroleum tanks from the diesel pump. You don't need to be a licensed mechanic or chemical engineer to point and laugh at the person who does, and then wonders why their car stops going.
"One tidbit of information that most people are not likely aware of is that when you install the Skype client, it will drain system resources by running as a supernode from time to time. Granted, this is not always the case; however, the very idea of my PC having its resources tied up for someone else's phone call is frankly maddening to me."
Erm.. that's kind of the point of decentralized P2P, you leech.
I wasn't aiming at a Texan Roy originally, but I guess since the Swedish Roys are now safe from my meddling, Texas now moves one notch forward on my "Roys to mess with" list.
Don't worry, Roy, there are still a few states ahead of Texas as yet. I really shouldn't be telling you this, but according to my latest projections you may want to take a vacation around April of 2011.
the original Googleplex is intended to be preserved as part of the companies living history.
So is this going to be a Graceland type of deal? How soon can we make pilgrimages to the historic garage, walk through the sacred Jungle Room, gaze upon Serge and Brin's actual preserved empty chip packets, discarded pizza boxes, broken ethernet cards, and sequinned jumpsuits? Will there be velvet paintings at the gift shop?
You mean, despite all that time I spent in MS Paint doctoring screenshots of eMule so the title bar reads "Roy's Internets" and changing the files-in-progress to read "Roy's stealing stoled Metallica musics" and "Star Wars that Roy didn't pay moneys for," my work is now pointless? Damn, I'll never get those three minutes back, and will just have to find some other way to get Roy thrown in jail.
Crap! I read the headline, got so excited I infringed the GIF patent all over the place, and I've only just now checked the calendar. Hide me, Slashdot!
So, does this mean I'm entitled to part of the profits all my competitors make, on basis that they're taking money I could have made had they not had a more sucessful and up-to-date business model?
and thanks to creative word phrasing for search engines I can practically advertise cost-free!
Oh, so you're the guy selling the aardvark aardvarks aardwolf ab abaci aback abacus abacuses abaft abalone abalones abandon abandoned abandonedly abandonee abandoner...
3. Infect your machines with the latest trojans that NOBODY has any signatures or heuristics for.
And what's more 0-day than a brand new virus? I wonder if this could set off a new wave of virus writers, who aren't just doing it to be jerks or prove concepts. Ever see a pyromaniac shop for fire insurance?
Slashdot Mirror
Fortunately, the word Schadenfreude does mean what I think it means.
Thank you, Slashdot, for putting up a page with this title for me to read over the company's network. I was getting ready to be fired soon anyhow.
*leans out from under cone*
WHAT??
Is not a tumor! </ahnold>
Anyone else remember the robot hand keyboardist that flipped off Steve Gutenberg in the 1980s?
I is blaym are Amercan publik skool sisdum.
Allright, who's the wiseguy that gave Nerf a defense contract?
or something...
You made your point well enough that I could understand it, which might be cause for worry actually. Get thee to a therapist!
But seriously, as much as I appreciate the fact that Average Joe Sixpack can't really be bothered learning anything about what the magic bleeps, sweeps, and creeps inside his computer box are really doing, I can't have much sympathy for him when he starts complaining about stuff he chose to use working as designed. Computers are nearly as ubiquitous as cars nowadays, and people who own a car are expected to know enough of the basics to not fill their petroleum tanks from the diesel pump. You don't need to be a licensed mechanic or chemical engineer to point and laugh at the person who does, and then wonders why their car stops going.
I wasn't aiming at a Texan Roy originally, but I guess since the Swedish Roys are now safe from my meddling, Texas now moves one notch forward on my "Roys to mess with" list.
Don't worry, Roy, there are still a few states ahead of Texas as yet. I really shouldn't be telling you this, but according to my latest projections you may want to take a vacation around April of 2011.
You mean, despite all that time I spent in MS Paint doctoring screenshots of eMule so the title bar reads "Roy's Internets" and changing the files-in-progress to read "Roy's stealing stoled Metallica musics" and "Star Wars that Roy didn't pay moneys for," my work is now pointless? Damn, I'll never get those three minutes back, and will just have to find some other way to get Roy thrown in jail.
Crap! I read the headline, got so excited I infringed the GIF patent all over the place, and I've only just now checked the calendar. Hide me, Slashdot!
Next week, Apple will sign a 'Memo of Screw You' with Microsoft.
No, it's about a bunch of hackers getting drunk in the desert.
So, does this mean I'm entitled to part of the profits all my competitors make, on basis that they're taking money I could have made had they not had a more sucessful and up-to-date business model?
Note to self: sue everyone!
Why are we stuck recycling an acronym already done to death by analog-to-digital and Mexican communists?
I say, bring back twistor memory and bubble memory. Sure, they worked like crap, but their names were just so much cooler!
Not only have the Chinese created a fusion reaction, they found a way to stamp it out of plastic for three cents a unit.
Good point. The lack of workable analogy here is like throwing a barbecue and running out of ketchup.
games != fruit : Internet != truck