Is it just me, or is England already well down the spiral towards "What the Fuck are you Thinking, Nation?"
Firstly, there's not much thinking going on in England. Unless it's about celebrity Big Brother, or when one's next drink will be.
Secondly, those that think have little voice since most media is owned by the government or News Corps International (who also own the Government, of course)
Thirdly, anyone thinking is being watched by 5 million cameras.
Fourthly, if they can prove you've been thinking you can be detained without charge for a very long time, and retain your DNA on file forever.
Fifthly, you have neither the right to free speech, nor the right to remain silent without surrendering your innocence.
Sixthly, all your personal details will at some point be lost on a laptop on a bus at some point. That will teach you to think -- you'd think.
In answer to your question... Yes! There is a downward spiral. The UK is a dying country, the sun set on it a decade ago at least. It is a country without hope, and a terrifying future.
The only facts given are the guy picked up a girl (or vice versa) at a disco, and the next morning his Blackberry was gone.
Exactly. Occams Razor. In the UK, the New Labour Regime has a substantial history of losing important documents in large numbers. The Party and its employees are not generally known for their intelligence (as in brains, not spying). He's also British, thus at night he's most certainly drunk.
Q.E.D. He lost the Blackberry. He then lied to make himself seem like a more glamorous victim.
Most probably he's just a drunken, incompetent, liar. Like most everyone else in his Party.
Facebook Users have been very quiet of late. Where are the good old days of protest and people power? A year ago, a lot of teenagers with a strong sense of priorities and a social conscience would have fought Facebook to the death on this (rather than, you know, something trivial like Human Rights in China, or the UK). Where have you all gone, you Young Pioneers!
Was it like this when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? No!
Fight, the noble fight! Save Facebook for the rest of us! It's far too vital to our very existence to be allowed to be destroyed by cynical, shallow individuals!
Whatever the law states here, it's a sad day when eBay wins something.
Knowing eBay, and how much contempt they have for law, justice, and fairness, this win has to indicate that there is a deeper problem with the legal system.
Good God, editors, it's bad enough someone would submit this story, but you guys let it through?
Can we mod the editors out of office?
Would it be possible to add modding to the published articles? Can we prevent this submitter from ever submitting a story again?
I wholeheartedly second this. This is an horrifically bad article. It would be good if it were possible to mod articles. Something like:
The folks over at whatever magazine website TFA was from have just seriously missed a golden opportunity. Rather than convert the slashdot effect in to new readers, this article was so bad that they've just made a lot of people avoid ever visiting their site again. Way to go guys!
You need a definite article in front of those nouns. Please learn English properly for the sake of everyone.
Even on the Moon the Grammar Nazis will still find you.
Have you considered that perhaps the OP's native language was, in fact, other than English? The beauty of English is that you can mangle it in every which way and still be perfectly understandable. You understood him fine. Otherwise you'd not be able to "correct" his post. You're just a jerk. I bet you're a wikiadmin in your spare time -- if not, consider it, you'd fit right in.
If there's ever a one-way spaceship leaving for the Moon, be sure and be on it. Please leave the planet for the sake of everyone.
Icahn is only interested in his back pocket, not the interest of shareholders, or the employees of Yahoo.
Of course he is. But... so are the board of Yahoo. Don't dare look to them as doing the right thing.
Yahoo is a dead company. It's going one way or the other, it's only a question of when.
It's better for Yahoo to get it over with quickly in the interests of the employees, and those customers who have not already jumped ship.
Yahoo has never given a shit about its customers, its employees, nor much in the way of ethics (China, as one example). The sooner Yahoo dies the better for everyone.
Slashdot Mirror
Presumably the success of Orkut in those countries is due to the simple fact that Orkut isn't as a stupidly lame-sounding name as it is in English.
Or are Google's Marketing droids still in beta?
It's grammar Jim, but not as we know it.
...The President of Mars was briefed about the improbability of Intelligent Life governing the Earth.
News for Nerds... er, ok.. how is this?
Were the lights turned off by robot running linux?
Seriously editors, the best way to compete with Digg is not to compete with Digg. People will come.
It's not as though anyone is ever going to do anything about this are they? How suspicious does it need to be?
I guess in 30 or 40 years (assuming there's any remnant of free media then) someone will make a movie about it, opening up all the questions again.
By then it will be too late though. What can we do to protect our freedom now?
In answer to your question... Yes! There is a downward spiral. The UK is a dying country, the sun set on it a decade ago at least. It is a country without hope, and a terrifying future.
Ok, I hate buzzwords as much as the next person not wearing a pale blue shirt...
But I'd like to suggest "cloudware" as a potential interchangeable word for "vapourware".
For obvious reasons...
That's true -- at least China doesn't have 5 million security cameras. Which is the free country again?
Well, it makes a change from Brown Shirt time. Something Gordon is trying to develop at the expense of the freedom of the UK.
Exactly. Occams Razor. In the UK, the New Labour Regime has a substantial history of losing important documents in large numbers. The Party and its employees are not generally known for their intelligence (as in brains, not spying). He's also British, thus at night he's most certainly drunk.
Q.E.D. He lost the Blackberry. He then lied to make himself seem like a more glamorous victim.
Most probably he's just a drunken, incompetent, liar. Like most everyone else in his Party.
There is no there, there.
Thar she blows!
Men of the Moon, quick! To the space whalers!
Not to mention that there's a great deal of viral marketing in it now -- vis a vis this "article"
Some needs to tell the Russians that the beluga sturgeon isn't the same as the beluga whale.
There's no caviar on Mars' Moons. Just plenty of blubber, obviously.
Facebook Users have been very quiet of late. Where are the good old days of protest and people power? A year ago, a lot of teenagers with a strong sense of priorities and a social conscience would have fought Facebook to the death on this (rather than, you know, something trivial like Human Rights in China, or the UK). Where have you all gone, you Young Pioneers!
Was it like this when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? No!
Fight, the noble fight! Save Facebook for the rest of us! It's far too vital to our very existence to be allowed to be destroyed by cynical, shallow individuals!
FootSchool Russia?
What could that possibly be?
Whatever the law states here, it's a sad day when eBay wins something.
Knowing eBay, and how much contempt they have for law, justice, and fairness, this win has to indicate that there is a deeper problem with the legal system.
So it's autonomous then?
who modded that offtopic? It's clearly funny.
I wholeheartedly second this. This is an horrifically bad article. It would be good if it were possible to mod articles. Something like:
-1 Slashvertisement
-1 Dupe
-1 What-on-Earth-was-Taco-thinking-Has-he-not-had-enough-coffee-yet?
etc...
The folks over at whatever magazine website TFA was from have just seriously missed a golden opportunity. Rather than convert the slashdot effect in to new readers, this article was so bad that they've just made a lot of people avoid ever visiting their site again. Way to go guys!
So... that's how Hell froze over?
Maybe the Cubs won the World Series that year...
Even on the Moon the Grammar Nazis will still find you.
Have you considered that perhaps the OP's native language was, in fact, other than English? The beauty of English is that you can mangle it in every which way and still be perfectly understandable. You understood him fine. Otherwise you'd not be able to "correct" his post. You're just a jerk. I bet you're a wikiadmin in your spare time -- if not, consider it, you'd fit right in.
If there's ever a one-way spaceship leaving for the Moon, be sure and be on it. Please leave the planet for the sake of everyone.
It's not rock... it's fossilized whalebone.
Of course he is. But... so are the board of Yahoo. Don't dare look to them as doing the right thing.
Yahoo is a dead company. It's going one way or the other, it's only a question of when. It's better for Yahoo to get it over with quickly in the interests of the employees, and those customers who have not already jumped ship.
Yahoo has never given a shit about its customers, its employees, nor much in the way of ethics (China, as one example). The sooner Yahoo dies the better for everyone.
Having spent many hours driving around SF. I didn't think there were ANY parking spaces, smart or otherwise.