Not to mention all that computery stuff was, eeewwwwww, the province of geeks and nerds! Eew eww eww! The two of them could have just completed a three week course giving a concise yet detailed overview of the Internet and they would never admit to it. Little Katie could never face her Delta Delta Delta sisters again if she admitted computer knowledge. Besides, they were millionaires even then. WTF did they care?
And even if there are some who buy an Apple product because "all their friends have one", well, that's just kids, and that attitude is hardly limited to tech gadgets. Ask any teen what the latest "must have" purse or athletic shoes are.
The geekverse [getoffmylawn] back in my day [/getoffmylawn] might have poked fun at the greater mainstream culture, but this seething hate against "the sheeple" is really pathetic and sad.
A guy at my work was talking about putting a Python interpreter or something similar on his Android and I asked why I'd want to do that, and he looked at me with utter puzzlement at such a question.
Well, I own neither iPhone or Android, but know many people who own both. It's the Android folk who seem to have a massive chip on their collective shoulder and will, generally without provocation, criticize anyone who dares not buy into their precious "open" platform. Seriously, is it those outside a cult or those *inside* a cult whop demonize all those on the other side? Look at all the hate and namecalling from the Android camp. People saying Jobs deserves his health problems? Do you hear anyone with an iPhone wishing death upon Google executives? Sorry, but the Android fan boys fit the "cult" definition a lot better.
Yeah, my great uncle used to work the battery mines out Pennsylvania way. When the mine started seems like they'd hit an Eveready or Duracell seam once a week. But all good things never last, and by the end they were lucky to find a small pocket of no name generics over the span of fortnight. Nothing left there now but some dilapidated old houses. Some say they can hear the ghost of the Energizer bunny thumping away in the dark of the night.
WHAT?! I can't hear you! Speak up to overcome all the whitespace.
Actually, I don't get that complaint over the old design. I seem to have the same amount of whitespace. And we all know tech news should be presented in tightly spaced Courier with no paragraph breaks.
No, *most* people face a bleak future because of people like you who view everyone as vast, monolithic blocks who think in lockstep. You are not unique. You are not original. You are tiresomely, wearingly typical.
I'm 45, so I've been paying in to the system longer than you've been alive (first paying job at 15). If you want to pay me back (with interest) what has been sucked out of my wallet over all those years, fine, get rid of Social Security. Anyone not an innumerate ideologue realizes it's a dinosaur anyway. Sorry if I don't fit your precious little profile. I bought a house where the mortgage was easily managed and I never factor SS payments into my retirement plans. I'll probably be able to retire between 50 and 55. Don't worry, I might retire overseas so you and your ilk (of all generations) can live in your happy utopia of intellectual squalor.
A lot of people actually don't outside the nerdverse. They were just big, dumb sci-fi action flicks and worked on that level. It's just become one of those geekdom memes. You must hate the two Matrix sequels to the point of comparing them to torture like the OP did. You must hate season 5 of Babylon 5. Any show that includes human interest and drama to science fiction must be derided as a soap opera. And so on. It goes the other way, too. You must worship Joss Whedon, for example, and continue to quote Monty Python forever. Yeah, it's tiresome. Personally, I liked Reloaded, but was "meh" about Revolutions. I was hoping for the nested multiple Matrix like a lot of others.
Dramas fare a bit better. Michael Weston on Burn Notice generally needs to keep Fiona from solving cases by blowing everything up.:-) And Sam is an amiable but competent fellow.
The main men on Fringe are positive portrayals. Walter gets a pass because he's crazy and he is awesome.
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So... if I fall off a building, I should not worry about the impact and cheer the fact that I am flying?
Says you. :-P
Didn't say there could be no reason. I said *he* couldn't understand someone *not* having that reason.
OK... what if we engineered the animal to attack and kill PETA members, and *then* want to be eaten?
Or am I expecting too much precision from my mutagenic horrors?
True. My dominatrix is Amish.
It's a lot hotter than it sounds.
Not to mention all that computery stuff was, eeewwwwww, the province of geeks and nerds! Eew eww eww! The two of them could have just completed a three week course giving a concise yet detailed overview of the Internet and they would never admit to it. Little Katie could never face her Delta Delta Delta sisters again if she admitted computer knowledge. Besides, they were millionaires even then. WTF did they care?
Buggy whips- no, wait, my dominatrix has a whole set of those. Never mind.
But what if we engineered the animal to *want* its limbs hacked off for food?
Dunno. Tesla is claiming 300 mile range.
In Communist China, state owns media!
Sorry, but there are few things more retarded than typo Nazis.
And even if there are some who buy an Apple product because "all their friends have one", well, that's just kids, and that attitude is hardly limited to tech gadgets. Ask any teen what the latest "must have" purse or athletic shoes are.
The geekverse [getoffmylawn] back in my day [/getoffmylawn] might have poked fun at the greater mainstream culture, but this seething hate against "the sheeple" is really pathetic and sad.
A guy at my work was talking about putting a Python interpreter or something similar on his Android and I asked why I'd want to do that, and he looked at me with utter puzzlement at such a question.
Well, I own neither iPhone or Android, but know many people who own both. It's the Android folk who seem to have a massive chip on their collective shoulder and will, generally without provocation, criticize anyone who dares not buy into their precious "open" platform. Seriously, is it those outside a cult or those *inside* a cult whop demonize all those on the other side? Look at all the hate and namecalling from the Android camp. People saying Jobs deserves his health problems? Do you hear anyone with an iPhone wishing death upon Google executives? Sorry, but the Android fan boys fit the "cult" definition a lot better.
The mining for the batteries
Yeah, my great uncle used to work the battery mines out Pennsylvania way. When the mine started seems like they'd hit an Eveready or Duracell seam once a week. But all good things never last, and by the end they were lucky to find a small pocket of no name generics over the span of fortnight. Nothing left there now but some dilapidated old houses. Some say they can hear the ghost of the Energizer bunny thumping away in the dark of the night.
Buy me a Tesla S and I will drive it every day to work. Deal?
They're certainly sensitive to radio signals.
quiet desperation
What?
Oh. Never mind.
Stories that make the regime's opponents look foolish or undignified.
Yes, because setting off the suicide bomb at the *proper* time and murdering dozens of people is *much* more dignified.
Okay, so where is your evidence that suicide bombers are unstable?
By definition they are unstable. They explode! ;-)
WHAT?! I can't hear you! Speak up to overcome all the whitespace.
Actually, I don't get that complaint over the old design. I seem to have the same amount of whitespace. And we all know tech news should be presented in tightly spaced Courier with no paragraph breaks.
*snore* Shouldn't you be sexting someone?
No, *most* people face a bleak future because of people like you who view everyone as vast, monolithic blocks who think in lockstep. You are not unique. You are not original. You are tiresomely, wearingly typical.
I'm 45, so I've been paying in to the system longer than you've been alive (first paying job at 15). If you want to pay me back (with interest) what has been sucked out of my wallet over all those years, fine, get rid of Social Security. Anyone not an innumerate ideologue realizes it's a dinosaur anyway. Sorry if I don't fit your precious little profile. I bought a house where the mortgage was easily managed and I never factor SS payments into my retirement plans. I'll probably be able to retire between 50 and 55. Don't worry, I might retire overseas so you and your ilk (of all generations) can live in your happy utopia of intellectual squalor.
As others have said, that joke doesn't fly anymore thanks to Gearbox software.
I hereby introduce the "fusion is the Half Life - Episode 3 of the physics community" meme.
Where are the baloney jokes?
In your pants.
(rimshot)
Thank you!
Neo clicks on a cow.
I don't see the sequels as bad or stupid.
A lot of people actually don't outside the nerdverse. They were just big, dumb sci-fi action flicks and worked on that level. It's just become one of those geekdom memes. You must hate the two Matrix sequels to the point of comparing them to torture like the OP did. You must hate season 5 of Babylon 5. Any show that includes human interest and drama to science fiction must be derided as a soap opera. And so on. It goes the other way, too. You must worship Joss Whedon, for example, and continue to quote Monty Python forever. Yeah, it's tiresome. Personally, I liked Reloaded, but was "meh" about Revolutions. I was hoping for the nested multiple Matrix like a lot of others.
Dramas fare a bit better. Michael Weston on Burn Notice generally needs to keep Fiona from solving cases by blowing everything up. :-) And Sam is an amiable but competent fellow.
The main men on Fringe are positive portrayals. Walter gets a pass because he's crazy and he is awesome.