What? Next you'll be arguing that it's possible that Roman Polanski is both a child-abusing rapist and a great filmmaker...
Yeah, right. What are you going to argue next; that slashdot is a great site for simplistic one-dimensional flame wars, and a fantastic source of poorly edited news stories with little substance? Get your head checked, man!
The pirates tend to take homebrew code and use it to run pirated games.
So, you're saying homebrew computing is a gateway to piracy? Clearly, then, we must outlaw homebrew computing. It should carry even higher penalties than piracy, because every homebrew computing enthusiast represents thousands of new pirates, and billions of dollars in losses. I suggest the death penalty for such serious crimes against commerce.
Well, he did say "talk to", not "listen for beeps". I wasn't believing the former.
Aren't the two synonymous? "Talking" is a generalized term for "communication." It's quite common for technical people to refer to a network or other form of electronic connection as one device "talking" to another.
I'm sure we'll just learn to ignore it, and consider it normal. I'd rather work with someone who has a Facebook page full of comments, a selection of interests and some drunk pictures than the antisocial guy with no life.
That's all well and good, but you usually don't get much of a choice of who you get to work with. The future looks like the employed will mostly consist of antisocial guys/gals with no life, human automatons. Either that or actual robotic automatons.
Have you seen some of the people out there? It's pretty scary. There are masses of people who have little social life but are entirely devoted to their careers. They will crush anyone who indulges in normal human pleasures. The only ones who can defeat them are the robots.
I am getting really tired of Google's lack of respect for privacy; not to mention their hypocrisy...telling everyone else how to do things while they walk out with the safe through the back door. What a joke!
Yeah, that does sound like a joke. Safes are pretty damn heavy. It would be extremely difficult to walk while carrying one.
Who the hell wouldn't like their toaster to have its own ip unique ip address?
That sounds like a dangerous idea to me. Give it a unique IP address, and pretty soon it will develop its own Genuine People Personality. Next thing you know, bam! Talkie toaster.
The linked page of former HP CEOs is one of the most pathetic web pages I've ever seen from a company of the stature of HP. The horrible, unflattering thumbnail-sized photos. The description of their careers, which basically amounts to "this person lived for a period of time and worked for HP." What the hell kind of company puts this material on their website?
Windows XP is coming up to a decade old itself - its been replaced twice over, there is no commercial reason why Microsoft should continue to support it with new features.
Perhaps not, but most people are still using XP, hardly anybody has moved to Vista or Windows 7. Not having new versions of IE isn't going to stop people from using XP, they'll just use FIrefox or IE6 instead.
Contrary to popular belief amongst Apple fans, Apple didn't invent the portable music player, didn't invent the personal computer, didn't invent the online music store, didn't invent the graphical user interface, didn't actually invent much of anything.
Where do you get the idea that it's a common belief that Apple invented these things? I don't know a single person who believes Apple invented any of those things.
Also, this comes to the crux of this (non) issue. People are confusing invention and innovation. They are not the same thing. You don't need to invent a technology to use it innovatively. Yet this is a common cry around here; "BUT APPLE DIDN'T INVENT IT!!!!!!!!" Yeah, so what? Nobody ever claimed they did.
Frankly, who gives a shit? Is it a good product? Is it something that's useful to you? Then use it. Who cares who invented it, or what its innovation coefficient is?
Reporters have had bias as long as there have been reporters.
That's true, but it's not really the issue here, is it? There have always been biased reporters, but Fox News is a network designed from the ground up to trash journalistic principles and function as a propaganda outlet.
And yes, that's nothing new, either. It's just rather disconcerting, when so many people treat it like it is a serious news outlet. In fact, many are so deluded that they think it's the only one telling them the truth.
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What about 1965 and Dr Who and the Daleks [wikipedia.org] with Peter Cushing as the eponymous Dr.
Perhaps because it doesn't exist? It was just a hallucination from eating some bad curry.
thus the wife get soil custofy of the child
Soil custard of the child? That doesn't sound too pleasant.
What? Next you'll be arguing that it's possible that Roman Polanski is both a child-abusing rapist and a great filmmaker...
Yeah, right. What are you going to argue next; that slashdot is a great site for simplistic one-dimensional flame wars, and a fantastic source of poorly edited news stories with little substance? Get your head checked, man!
The pirates tend to take homebrew code and use it to run pirated games.
So, you're saying homebrew computing is a gateway to piracy? Clearly, then, we must outlaw homebrew computing. It should carry even higher penalties than piracy, because every homebrew computing enthusiast represents thousands of new pirates, and billions of dollars in losses. I suggest the death penalty for such serious crimes against commerce.
They crash and burn a decade or so after turning to that lifestyle.
Doesn't matter. There are always more being born every day to replace them.
Well, he did say "talk to", not "listen for beeps". I wasn't believing the former.
Aren't the two synonymous? "Talking" is a generalized term for "communication." It's quite common for technical people to refer to a network or other form of electronic connection as one device "talking" to another.
I'm sure we'll just learn to ignore it, and consider it normal. I'd rather work with someone who has a Facebook page full of comments, a selection of interests and some drunk pictures than the antisocial guy with no life.
That's all well and good, but you usually don't get much of a choice of who you get to work with. The future looks like the employed will mostly consist of antisocial guys/gals with no life, human automatons. Either that or actual robotic automatons.
Have you seen some of the people out there? It's pretty scary. There are masses of people who have little social life but are entirely devoted to their careers. They will crush anyone who indulges in normal human pleasures. The only ones who can defeat them are the robots.
I am getting really tired of Google's lack of respect for privacy; not to mention their hypocrisy...telling everyone else how to do things while they walk out with the safe through the back door. What a joke!
Yeah, that does sound like a joke. Safes are pretty damn heavy. It would be extremely difficult to walk while carrying one.
Going out drinking and having fun with friends is something most all of us do from time to time.
So, do most of us do it, or do all of us do it?
Who the hell wouldn't like their toaster to have its own ip unique ip address?
That sounds like a dangerous idea to me. Give it a unique IP address, and pretty soon it will develop its own Genuine People Personality. Next thing you know, bam! Talkie toaster.
News for Nutcases. Stuff that oh my god the evil government control rays and the zionist lion tamers with the hurting my brain Matters.
How much longer before we get the "infinite improbability machine"?
As soon as someone hooks it up to a nice, hot cup of tea.
I wonder if my imaginary /. girlfriend appreciates what I learned by doing this in the 3rd grade
What are you talking about? There are no imaginary girls on slashdot.
I'm guessing you're either fairly young or new to computers.
I'm guessing you're fairly douchey or new to social interaction.
How hard is it to buy a pair of earbuds with a radio built into the cord if you want one?
The linked page of former HP CEOs is one of the most pathetic web pages I've ever seen from a company of the stature of HP. The horrible, unflattering thumbnail-sized photos. The description of their careers, which basically amounts to "this person lived for a period of time and worked for HP." What the hell kind of company puts this material on their website?
Given a choice I'd rather buy an MP3 player with a radio than one without (hey Apple do you hear me?)
Well, I doubt that Apple was listening to you, but were you even paying attention?
but I bought my phone to make phone calls?!?
Well, I bought my phone so I could make a phone call to tell you to get off my lawn.
I would agree that "hardly anyone" might apply to Vista, but it most certainly does not apply to Windows 7.
Why not? Windows 7 users are still a definite minority.
Did he get a crown?
I think that's a king. Wizards have fiery balls.
Windows XP is coming up to a decade old itself - its been replaced twice over, there is no commercial reason why Microsoft should continue to support it with new features.
Perhaps not, but most people are still using XP, hardly anybody has moved to Vista or Windows 7. Not having new versions of IE isn't going to stop people from using XP, they'll just use FIrefox or IE6 instead.
There was no SWAT team, and Apple did not tell anybody to raid the house.
We're talking about the organization that got the SWAT team to take back a stolen iPhone...
Except that never actually happened. It was just another invention of the intarweb disinformationists.
Contrary to popular belief amongst Apple fans, Apple didn't invent the portable music player, didn't invent the personal computer, didn't invent the online music store, didn't invent the graphical user interface, didn't actually invent much of anything.
Where do you get the idea that it's a common belief that Apple invented these things? I don't know a single person who believes Apple invented any of those things.
Also, this comes to the crux of this (non) issue. People are confusing invention and innovation. They are not the same thing. You don't need to invent a technology to use it innovatively. Yet this is a common cry around here; "BUT APPLE DIDN'T INVENT IT!!!!!!!!" Yeah, so what? Nobody ever claimed they did.
Frankly, who gives a shit? Is it a good product? Is it something that's useful to you? Then use it. Who cares who invented it, or what its innovation coefficient is?
Reporters have had bias as long as there have been reporters.
That's true, but it's not really the issue here, is it? There have always been biased reporters, but Fox News is a network designed from the ground up to trash journalistic principles and function as a propaganda outlet.
And yes, that's nothing new, either. It's just rather disconcerting, when so many people treat it like it is a serious news outlet. In fact, many are so deluded that they think it's the only one telling them the truth.