Without him breathing over my shoulder and constantly asking me why I had a browser open(that better be work related!)
Wow, that's terrible. I have never experienced something like that. Is that normal for everyone else around here? Even sitting with a supervisor, if we have some processes going or are waiting for something, sure as hell we're on the internet looking at something; or atleast talking about something that's possibly not work related. But then again, I'm just a lowly intern, so maybe they don't give damn. Is this what I should expect? It just sounds to me that maybe the boss needs some more work to do;)
First off, you're saying you don't live in a country where it's legal to download an mp3 decoder (without paying for it I'm assuming). Then you're listening to mp3's with Gentoo... so uhh, did you pay the patent royalties? Isn't that the problem?!
It wasn't obvious to you where the 'well-advertised' repository is. How in the hell did you install Gentoo without being able to look stuff up on teh internets?
But what confounds me most of all is that you found it easier to wipe Debian and install Gentoo. Good God man, you go from a 5 minute maximum process to a process that takes hours, and possibly days?!?! Ahhhhhh
Why would I want to give all my very personal information to a potential advertiser?
I think online advertising is here to stay. It doesn't always have to be a Bad Thing either. I'm sure you've experienced this with Google's search engine: sometimes you're looking for something to buy and the 'Sponsored Links' off to the side are usually the best place to look.
And that's the point, adds support the internet - If I'm going to be getting adds, I definately want them to be relevant to me. The more relevant the better. Not only this, but I have never found Google's adds to be intrusive or the least bit annoying, which is a far cry from the 'others'.
Simply catching the meth makers would suffice, he wouldn't be seeing them for a while. I wonder if he has thought of calling the police.
On the first offense, lock up *every* drug user over the age of 12 for 5 years with no parole and *every* drug dealer for 10 years without parole
Do you know how many drug dealers/users there are? Pot smokers are harmless, despite what the commercials say. Hell, the only bad things I can think of are the drug cartels it helps... Hmmm, what could stop that? I'd much rather pay the state anyway.
Man, I'd hate to have you as a parent, you're prob one those guys that won't let their kids play cops and robbers. I feel sorry for the culture shock your kids are going to get when they goto public schools... oh, you're going to homeschool? Well, I reeeally feel sorry for your kids when they have to move out of the house.. Oh, they're never going to leave the house? Ah, well, prob best for everyone.
Listen, I was raised by parents like you. Let tell you something, you can't keep them clueless forever, it will only hurt them more later.
Hicks and red necks shoot off more ammunition for the purpose of killing innocent bottles and deer then the fucking army does
And if you don't watch out, you could get shot IN THE FACE!
Haha, sorry I hurt your feelings, your idea is a great one. It will truly deliver the Chinese from their oppressors. I don't know why they didn't just think of that!
That's seriously the worst plan I have ever heard.
You mention making an uncensored site with instructions to circumvent the great firewall... How is that useful when you're behind the firewall and can't see it to begin with? I'd be laughing while you were doing it too.
So yes, don't blame Google for something they really can't do anything about, I'm glad your post had some redeeming qualities.
Google is not the world liberator. Google _can't_ free China, and if China's people are using Google as a staging for their revolution they are in some sad shape.
You don't know jack about China. And it's a pitty people expect others to act when they sit and do nothing.
It's funny how you think that you would act differently if you were in Google's position. Google is not China's liberator. Only the people can free China and if Google is their main method of doing so, then they have bigger problems.
Dead on. I enjoyed watching shows like Screensavers(which they canceled of course), but recently, these shows like X-Play... What.the.fuck. Who the hell is that deustch-bag host? He's that one annoying kid that tries to be cool and funny, but definately isn't.
I get this feeling you don't know what you're talking about. Google Maps has a scale and gmail has a very obvious delete button. As for your Google News point, did you expect something different? Of course all of the news sources 'copy' off of each other, it's the same story.
You act as if this stuff is a great inconvenience to your life or something. You have to understand this stuff is free, and your bitching doesn't help _anyone_. Why don't you make some recommendations on how they can make their stuff better instead of pointing out flaws that no longer exist.
And as for the use of the word espoused, that's what really got me laughing. And besides, Google News is used to get 'the truth' behind the story, and shows the bias that each reporting site adds to the story.
I don't know who you think you're arguing with. I never tried to justify slavery in any way. I was simply addressing the issue where blacks say they are in a terrible spot today due to their ancestors being enslaved and how I myself don't owe them anything. Hell, if their ancestors were still in Africa, they wouldn't even be born. As much as you wanted me to, I was not saying, "slavery is good because you're out of Africa."
Nice try though, but you thoroughly missed the point, and wrote an essay about it.
I think that people as a whole, not just white or black; have been conditioned by the mass media on how to think.
Hrm, speaking from a white perspective, I can tell you from experience you're wrong. Growing up, I was taught everywhere I went that racism is a terrible evil. I went to middle school in Tampa, FL where the majority were blacks. Believe me, they crammed it into our brains every chance they got. I was extremely far from racist.
But people are going to have the most contact with the average persoon of any particular race; that is how these opinions are formed. Have you ever evaluated your own race on how they act towards a different race, particularly those growing up in the city? You just might be surprised where racism starts for most people.
Well guess what, I have been treated differently by people of other races because I'm white. Mind you, this is _not_ a select few. It's a vicious cycle really. All it takes is a few people acting racist towards you to change your mind for the rest of your life. And then you change someone elses mind, and so on. I live in the South now, and I had a friend who asked his grandfather why he hated black people. No, he didn't say some racist shit, all he said was: "you'll learn some day." So guess who taught him, blacks, not his own race.
When I meet a black or an Indian, OF COURSE I'm going to have bad feelings based on my past experiences. However, I know that just because you're a particular race does NOT mean you're like the rest. I give everyone an equal starting chance to prove to me that they are not like the rest. But that's just it, I don't automatically put them in a good light, they have to prove it to me. From what I have experienced with other races, I'm automatically viewed as the racist one and that I'm going to act that way towards them. Does that make any sense?
The best thing any race can do for itself from this point is to not act on the racial aggrevation they feel from these experiences. It will only snowball into more racism all around. Someone has to stop the hate first, stop thinking about differences and ATLEAST give others a chance. What race is going to come out on top if everyone keeps acting cliquey with each other? The majority. To me, you guys have something to prove and you need to do that and stop the bullshit.
I feel sorry for whatever some races ancestors had to face at the hand of racism(Note: this is different from me saying I'm sorry) But these people need to understand some things. One: Every race has experienced this, blacks just more recently. Two: Me and everyone else alive wasn't around then, don't try to punish people for some shit they didn't do, it will only increase the racial tension. Three: What everyone has in America is way better than what most have Africa, there's your reparation.
In the end, there's malfeasance on both sides. I think affirmative action is ridiculous, however I think there needs to be more investment into the black community for education, whereby it meets or exceeds the national standard. To me, this seems to be the only solution to the problem, unless someone can come up with something better. I'd like to hear it.
More investment into the black community for education? Do you think blacks go to different schools from everyone else? I don't see any problems in the way things are run for people that have been born and raised in America, everyone should be the same in that aspect.
The problem is the new Americans that just got here. Of course they won't be able to speak English as well as a born and raised American, it will be very hard for them to ever come close (English is not the easiest of languages). Better education for them would benefit everyone. If you were born and raised in America and are having problems with the English language, I doubt the color of your skin would have much to do with that.
I'm just sick of people screaming equality then demanding special treatment. Everyone wants to get ahead I suppose...
Woh buddy, hold your horses. In the past, blacks may not have been treated like human beings in America, but what makes you think this is different from how blacks treated blacks in Africa? You don't even need to pick up a history book for this one, you can just look at the current situation there, nope, hasn't changed. Civil war and bloodshed everywhere. You ever wonder how it was so easy to get so many black slaves over from Africa? It's because they had other blacks from different tribes helping them!
I'll say this, whites don't owe blacks shit. Blacks are just as responsible for the enslavement of other blacks as white people are. What do you want anyway? Your acres and mule? You want to be sent back?! Get real, don't try to get by on your ancestors suffering, everyones ancestors have suffered unjustfully. You're not special, sorry.
Btw, a side note, the poorest of the poor blacks in America are kings compared to the average black African. Better yet, they probably won't have AIDS or any of the others sickness that plague Africa. So, you're welcome.
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Without him breathing over my shoulder and constantly asking me why I had a browser open(that better be work related!)
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Wow, that's terrible. I have never experienced something like that. Is that normal for everyone else around here? Even sitting with a supervisor, if we have some processes going or are waiting for something, sure as hell we're on the internet looking at something; or atleast talking about something that's possibly not work related. But then again, I'm just a lowly intern, so maybe they don't give damn. Is this what I should expect? It just sounds to me that maybe the boss needs some more work to do
You sir, have just said what I have been thinking this whole time. I tip my hat to you. MOD PARENT UP
Yes, and let me be the first to say I think we should use Linux 2.6
You have just confused the hell out of me.
First off, you're saying you don't live in a country where it's legal to download an mp3 decoder (without paying for it I'm assuming). Then you're listening to mp3's with Gentoo... so uhh, did you pay the patent royalties? Isn't that the problem?!
It wasn't obvious to you where the 'well-advertised' repository is. How in the hell did you install Gentoo without being able to look stuff up on teh internets?
But what confounds me most of all is that you found it easier to wipe Debian and install Gentoo. Good God man, you go from a 5 minute maximum process to a process that takes hours, and possibly days?!?! Ahhhhhh
I've got a link that will save you some time.
Why would I want to give all my very personal information to a potential advertiser?
I think online advertising is here to stay. It doesn't always have to be a Bad Thing either. I'm sure you've experienced this with Google's search engine: sometimes you're looking for something to buy and the 'Sponsored Links' off to the side are usually the best place to look.
And that's the point, adds support the internet - If I'm going to be getting adds, I definately want them to be relevant to me. The more relevant the better. Not only this, but I have never found Google's adds to be intrusive or the least bit annoying, which is a far cry from the 'others'.
Simply catching the meth makers would suffice, he wouldn't be seeing them for a while. I wonder if he has thought of calling the police.
On the first offense, lock up *every* drug user over the age of 12 for 5 years with no parole and *every* drug dealer for 10 years without parole
Do you know how many drug dealers/users there are? Pot smokers are harmless, despite what the commercials say. Hell, the only bad things I can think of are the drug cartels it helps... Hmmm, what could stop that? I'd much rather pay the state anyway.
ummm, a 24 hour one? Is this a trick question?
Er... I do. I think they'll market the hell out of it, orrr buy someone elses. That is the Microsoft way.
Man, I'd hate to have you as a parent, you're prob one those guys that won't let their kids play cops and robbers. I feel sorry for the culture shock your kids are going to get when they goto public schools... oh, you're going to homeschool? Well, I reeeally feel sorry for your kids when they have to move out of the house.. Oh, they're never going to leave the house? Ah, well, prob best for everyone.
Listen, I was raised by parents like you. Let tell you something, you can't keep them clueless forever, it will only hurt them more later.
What, China shutting themselves away from the outside world? Hrm, you're right, hasn't happened before... Oh wait, ya, the opposite.
Hicks and red necks shoot off more ammunition for the purpose of killing innocent bottles and deer then the fucking army does
And if you don't watch out, you could get shot IN THE FACE!
I get this very strong feeling you have no idea what you're talking about. You should read more and write less, that is all.
Haha, sorry I hurt your feelings, your idea is a great one. It will truly deliver the Chinese from their oppressors. I don't know why they didn't just think of that!
Can you grasp the subtleties in my sarcasm?
That got me laughing so hard I almost kicked my mom in the FACE!
They're all doing it, msn and yahoo, except Google displays a message saying some of the results were ommitted.
That's seriously the worst plan I have ever heard.
You mention making an uncensored site with instructions to circumvent the great firewall... How is that useful when you're behind the firewall and can't see it to begin with? I'd be laughing while you were doing it too.
So yes, don't blame Google for something they really can't do anything about, I'm glad your post had some redeeming qualities.
Google is not the world liberator. Google _can't_ free China, and if China's people are using Google as a staging for their revolution they are in some sad shape.
You don't know jack about China. And it's a pitty people expect others to act when they sit and do nothing.
It's funny how you think that you would act differently if you were in Google's position. Google is not China's liberator. Only the people can free China and if Google is their main method of doing so, then they have bigger problems.
Dead on. I enjoyed watching shows like Screensavers(which they canceled of course), but recently, these shows like X-Play... What.the.fuck. Who the hell is that deustch-bag host? He's that one annoying kid that tries to be cool and funny, but definately isn't.
The teenagers are ruining our tv programs!!!
I get this feeling you don't know what you're talking about. Google Maps has a scale and gmail has a very obvious delete button. As for your Google News point, did you expect something different? Of course all of the news sources 'copy' off of each other, it's the same story.
You act as if this stuff is a great inconvenience to your life or something. You have to understand this stuff is free, and your bitching doesn't help _anyone_. Why don't you make some recommendations on how they can make their stuff better instead of pointing out flaws that no longer exist.
And as for the use of the word espoused, that's what really got me laughing. And besides, Google News is used to get 'the truth' behind the story, and shows the bias that each reporting site adds to the story.
I don't know who you think you're arguing with. I never tried to justify slavery in any way. I was simply addressing the issue where blacks say they are in a terrible spot today due to their ancestors being enslaved and how I myself don't owe them anything. Hell, if their ancestors were still in Africa, they wouldn't even be born. As much as you wanted me to, I was not saying, "slavery is good because you're out of Africa."
Nice try though, but you thoroughly missed the point, and wrote an essay about it.
He said he was black, not mexican.
sorry, couldn't resist.
I think that people as a whole, not just white or black; have been conditioned by the mass media on how to think.
Hrm, speaking from a white perspective, I can tell you from experience you're wrong. Growing up, I was taught everywhere I went that racism is a terrible evil. I went to middle school in Tampa, FL where the majority were blacks. Believe me, they crammed it into our brains every chance they got. I was extremely far from racist.
But people are going to have the most contact with the average persoon of any particular race; that is how these opinions are formed. Have you ever evaluated your own race on how they act towards a different race, particularly those growing up in the city? You just might be surprised where racism starts for most people.
Well guess what, I have been treated differently by people of other races because I'm white. Mind you, this is _not_ a select few. It's a vicious cycle really. All it takes is a few people acting racist towards you to change your mind for the rest of your life. And then you change someone elses mind, and so on. I live in the South now, and I had a friend who asked his grandfather why he hated black people. No, he didn't say some racist shit, all he said was: "you'll learn some day." So guess who taught him, blacks, not his own race.
When I meet a black or an Indian, OF COURSE I'm going to have bad feelings based on my past experiences. However, I know that just because you're a particular race does NOT mean you're like the rest. I give everyone an equal starting chance to prove to me that they are not like the rest. But that's just it, I don't automatically put them in a good light, they have to prove it to me. From what I have experienced with other races, I'm automatically viewed as the racist one and that I'm going to act that way towards them. Does that make any sense?
The best thing any race can do for itself from this point is to not act on the racial aggrevation they feel from these experiences. It will only snowball into more racism all around. Someone has to stop the hate first, stop thinking about differences and ATLEAST give others a chance. What race is going to come out on top if everyone keeps acting cliquey with each other? The majority. To me, you guys have something to prove and you need to do that and stop the bullshit.
I feel sorry for whatever some races ancestors had to face at the hand of racism(Note: this is different from me saying I'm sorry) But these people need to understand some things. One: Every race has experienced this, blacks just more recently. Two: Me and everyone else alive wasn't around then, don't try to punish people for some shit they didn't do, it will only increase the racial tension. Three: What everyone has in America is way better than what most have Africa, there's your reparation.
In the end, there's malfeasance on both sides. I think affirmative action is ridiculous, however I think there needs to be more investment into the black community for education, whereby it meets or exceeds the national standard. To me, this seems to be the only solution to the problem, unless someone can come up with something better. I'd like to hear it.
More investment into the black community for education? Do you think blacks go to different schools from everyone else? I don't see any problems in the way things are run for people that have been born and raised in America, everyone should be the same in that aspect.
The problem is the new Americans that just got here. Of course they won't be able to speak English as well as a born and raised American, it will be very hard for them to ever come close (English is not the easiest of languages). Better education for them would benefit everyone. If you were born and raised in America and are having problems with the English language, I doubt the color of your skin would have much to do with that.
I'm just sick of people screaming equality then demanding special treatment. Everyone wants to get ahead I suppose...
Woh buddy, hold your horses. In the past, blacks may not have been treated like human beings in America, but what makes you think this is different from how blacks treated blacks in Africa? You don't even need to pick up a history book for this one, you can just look at the current situation there, nope, hasn't changed. Civil war and bloodshed everywhere. You ever wonder how it was so easy to get so many black slaves over from Africa? It's because they had other blacks from different tribes helping them!
I'll say this, whites don't owe blacks shit. Blacks are just as responsible for the enslavement of other blacks as white people are. What do you want anyway? Your acres and mule? You want to be sent back?! Get real, don't try to get by on your ancestors suffering, everyones ancestors have suffered unjustfully. You're not special, sorry.
Btw, a side note, the poorest of the poor blacks in America are kings compared to the average black African. Better yet, they probably won't have AIDS or any of the others sickness that plague Africa. So, you're welcome.