He chose (or more likely his parents chose for him) to drop out of school and go to a mental hospital. He wasn't expelled, he wasn't forcibly institutionalized, and it doesn't look like he had much of a social life to destroy. Most people are humiliated at some point during adolescence. (True, not as an internet celebrity, but try telling that to the kid that just got pantsed in front of the entire cheerleading squad -- "Hey, at least it wasn't on the internet!") And most people learn to deal with it.
We own our feelings. No one makes us feel anything. We decide, consciously or not, how to feel in reaction to emotional stimuli. Learning this is part of growing up. Too bad Ghyslain's parents seem bent on preventing him from doing that. Maybe should be suing them.
Odd, then, that the last mention of "Austin Myers" in rec.aviation.* was last August. There are no matches at all for myers+shithead, and whining+shithead turns up nothing relevant.
Whether it's a proper punishment is certainly open to debate, but from some of the posts around here it seems some people see this as Big Government taking it upon itself to butt in on behalf of whiny little Sun as Microsoft was just peacefully strolling along minding its own business. I was trying to point out that this was a response to bad behavior on MS' part, not some kind of food stamp program for underprivileged corporations.
the buyer always has the choice of taking his business elsewhere
Not when dealing with a monopoly.
or boycotting an industry altogether.
Oh please. That's not a viable choice. We're not talking about Beanie Babies, we're talking about essentials. Could you realistically boycott the food industry or the real estate industry?
Why should a company be forced to include a competitors product with their own?
It's a punitive measure. You might as well ask why you'd be forced to live in a small locked room with barred windows if you went out on the street clocking passersby with a crowbar. Of course jailing you won't do anything for their head injuries, but it will presumably make you think twice about engaging in similar behavior in the future.
Based on this picture, his mom appears to be about three feet tall. Obviously a fake! ExtremeTech are shills, as this "review" is clearly the product of Lindows' advertising department.
Woody Allen doesn't allow his movies to be edited for television. Spielberg has enough juice that he got Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan on primetime network TV unedited, unbleeped, and in the case of Schindler's List commercial-free. There are probably a few others, but most directors don't have the power to make that particular demand, and those that do are mainstream enough not to want to. And studios don't have any artistic vision to be damaged in the first place.
Six of one, half dozen of the other, since Venezuela -- the source of most all of that South American oil -- is a member of OPEC.
Besides, unless we eliminated our need for Mideast oil altogether they'd still have us over a barrel (so to speak.) If we need 100 barrels of oil and can only get 99 from other sources, it doesn't matter how cheap the 99 are since the provider of that last barrel can charge any amount it pleases, wiping out the savings on the first 99.
Except that the toolset is not being ported. You'd think the wisdom of porting content-creation tools would be obvious given the creative bent of Apple's demographic, but Mac users just keep on getting the shaft. So let's everyone lighten up on the "portable code" accolades.
I can confirm problems with non-VPN NFS mounting, but what problems have you had browsing SMB shares? I have a much easier time browsing from OS X than from XP or 2000 boxes, which sometimes see only their own workgroup, sometimes nothing, sometimes everything.
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Yeah, totally unlike the mellifluous and sophisticated-sounding "Kryptolus."
Anything "can be construed as threatening." Almost anything "could be used for terror." The test is whether it is an actual threat.
Middle button paste turned into middle button 2-axis scroll. Grr.
We own our feelings. No one makes us feel anything. We decide, consciously or not, how to feel in reaction to emotional stimuli. Learning this is part of growing up. Too bad Ghyslain's parents seem bent on preventing him from doing that. Maybe should be suing them.
Wouldn't that just compound his humiliation?
Odd, then, that the last mention of "Austin Myers" in rec.aviation.* was last August. There are no matches at all for myers+shithead, and whining+shithead turns up nothing relevant.
Doesn't make it any less of a bank.
FedEx storefronts don't take cash either.
Too late.
Reagan signed each and every one of those budgets. Congress does not pass budgets by itself.
You don't understand it. Premiere was competing with Final Cut Pro, not iMovie.
But she doesn't introduce any new evidence, only new interpretations of existing evidence.
Never mind, I got it. Select the folder itself, duh.
How do you get Sarien to open anything? Everything in the unzipped game directory is greyed out in Sarien's file-selection window.
Whether it's a proper punishment is certainly open to debate, but from some of the posts around here it seems some people see this as Big Government taking it upon itself to butt in on behalf of whiny little Sun as Microsoft was just peacefully strolling along minding its own business. I was trying to point out that this was a response to bad behavior on MS' part, not some kind of food stamp program for underprivileged corporations.
How do you suppose contracts are enforced if not through getting the government to "point a gun?"
Not when dealing with a monopoly.
or boycotting an industry altogether.
Oh please. That's not a viable choice. We're not talking about Beanie Babies, we're talking about essentials. Could you realistically boycott the food industry or the real estate industry?
It's a punitive measure. You might as well ask why you'd be forced to live in a small locked room with barred windows if you went out on the street clocking passersby with a crowbar. Of course jailing you won't do anything for their head injuries, but it will presumably make you think twice about engaging in similar behavior in the future.
Based on this picture, his mom appears to be about three feet tall. Obviously a fake! ExtremeTech are shills, as this "review" is clearly the product of Lindows' advertising department.
At least it wasn't Volkswagen.
Woody Allen doesn't allow his movies to be edited for television. Spielberg has enough juice that he got Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan on primetime network TV unedited, unbleeped, and in the case of Schindler's List commercial-free. There are probably a few others, but most directors don't have the power to make that particular demand, and those that do are mainstream enough not to want to. And studios don't have any artistic vision to be damaged in the first place.
Besides, unless we eliminated our need for Mideast oil altogether they'd still have us over a barrel (so to speak.) If we need 100 barrels of oil and can only get 99 from other sources, it doesn't matter how cheap the 99 are since the provider of that last barrel can charge any amount it pleases, wiping out the savings on the first 99.
Except that the toolset is not being ported. You'd think the wisdom of porting content-creation tools would be obvious given the creative bent of Apple's demographic, but Mac users just keep on getting the shaft. So let's everyone lighten up on the "portable code" accolades.
I can confirm problems with non-VPN NFS mounting, but what problems have you had browsing SMB shares? I have a much easier time browsing from OS X than from XP or 2000 boxes, which sometimes see only their own workgroup, sometimes nothing, sometimes everything.
Presumably anyone who's been around long enough to remember 1992, when the most recent one was passed.