I hope that's not a cool slang the kids have that I just missed.
Because then I would be the douchebag, and not you for failing to proof-breed your own proof-braiding post.
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I have no pity for this poor overworked dude. You don't like the games you buy? Don't buy them. You don't have 5 whole hours for a game? Why didn't you rent it to begin with - that would have been much more reasonable, given the timeline your attention span allows.
Some people are really into hidden/locked content, medals, accolades, and the like. Some people like having visible goals and accomplishing something through their efforts - people who spend time and unlock stuff can really get a kick out of having more available than those who don't put in that same time.
If this guy has really run into this a lot of times, maybe his problem is that he doesn't have enough time for any given game; I know there are lots of games out there, so I can choose to get a few games a year and get really into those, or wear myself out on every game by playing every one that comes out. I'm not complaining that I don't have time to pick up those other games, I just find some that I actually like, and get what I want out of those.
I'll buy what I like, this guy should buy what he really likes, and the companies will probably make games in such a way that they get paid.
I thought you were talking about that Shark Tale movie.
I don't remember what I did wrong, but I was about 3/4 of the way through a Madagascar ad of similar length when I rebooted my Xbox, forcing me to watch the whole thing again.
And the movie sucked anyway.
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Alright, that's fair. I just didn't want the post between ours to get away with claiming that MTU can't affect anything when you're "just surfing."
Also, that blows bigtime.
MTU-related surfing problems
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Just to speak up for "the other guy" -
there are definitely some little corners of the web where your MTU can matter. In fact, that's the first thing I thought of when reading this post, because of my own experience. My parents have DSL, and last year I spent a maddening day or two trying to figure out why Yahoo! webmail (and some credit card online payment sites?) wouldn't work for them. Had me super confused, the rest of the Internet worked, but not their webmail. After a great amount of annoyance, I found a forum where many people complained of the same problem, and someone eventually explained that if your MTU isn't set to 1492 like DSL uses, Yahoo! bonks. Fixed everything.
Sounds to me like that's a plausible explanation, I think the situation described by your parent post was similar - it was possible to log in, and see the main mail page (how many new messages there were in each folder, etc.), but as soon as you clicked "Inbox", it just couldn't get there.
If you have anything to actually tell us, maybe that would be informative and useful, as opposed to levelling accusations of ignorance at your entire audience, which is mostly just... annoying.
What do you know that we don't? And why does that matter? Why did you even bother to post?
You must not have read slashdot for the last two months. I agree wholeheartedly with the grand parent; I have been surprised and a little upset at how easily slashdotters have turned on Google when they realized it was a business, and a wildly successful one at that.
But maybe I'm a Google-sympathetic "average slashdotter" and this post only proves your point. Hrm....
While your tone could stand to be more friendly, I agree with you.
I thought it was fantastic that the author of TFA decided to add that editorial comment from a high school dropout who has politics and the world economy figured out.
Look, it's a cute story, I actually think I might be impressed a little because, from at least one angle, this car might actually look nice. But c'mon. Nothing was invented here. These kids didn't discover anything or create anything really new. In fact, I have trouble believing they can even drive this car around Philadelphia at this time of year - it's much harder when your fuel is frozen.
It's a good shop project, but it really isn't a great Auto Show exhibit. But I'm from Detroit, maybe we're just more picky, or something crazy like that.
The college of art and design where I work is going to start switching next year from a labs-with-desktops approach to computers, to a students-with-laptops approach.
Couldn't you scroll up and read that?? Did you just miss the whole... everything? I'm gonna type this very slowly:
labs-with-desktops vs. students-with-laptops
Ok, so the submitter has used a form of parallelism here, where "students" takes the place of "labs" and "laptops" takes the place of "desktops."
Why... what... how...
It's not like it was first post or something superawesomesweet like that, why didn't you have enough time to re-RTFAS, or at least fix up the random and awful typos you made (while taking the time to explain that you didn't want to spend 12 seconds using the Dictionary.com search bar in the top corner of Firefox)?
And what huge company is that? I am no longer worried about my employment prospects, somebody will surely take me.
Also, why in hell would someone decide to set up labs with laptops? Easier to steal, worse performance, more expense, insanely more difficult to upgrade... sounds like a description of my dream setup. And why would the question have been asked, if the lab model of computing environments were still being used?
This is maybe a little much, but... wow. I really wonder why you posted at all.
Your post is the most compelling support for DRM that I have ever seen. And here I thought we were all self-righteous consumers who respect the rights of others, but demand just use rights when we pay for things. Little did I know that we were snivelling socialists, claiming possession of everything that anyone creates. Why should we pay anyone to do anything - all of their accomplishments belong to us already.
And for that matter, why work? Why create? Why exist?
Until today, I thought DRM was excessive, a measure taken by people with limited vision. Now that I have read this (and noted that it was modded Insightful, of all things, by multiple people), I realize that it is necessary for industries to take steps to protect themselves from crazy people who have absolutely no respect for the creativity, property, or rights of others.
Nobody who works and creates any kind of art owes you anything. You make me sick, and a little scared.
I can only guess that your post's title was supposed to be a quote from The Jerk, but it was so poorly carried off that I must point out your ignorance. In the movie's opening scene, Steve Martin's character claims, "I was born a poor black child."
You even have the imdb.com link on your post - didn't have time to click on memorable quotes, I guess.
I'm just really surprised that you seem to think the line is funny, and yet... you mangled it nearly beyond all recognition.
Also, I find your comparison of the Apple lawsuit and the plot of The Jerk to be shallow and pedantic.
Actually, I just think it's a really bad comparison. Really bad.
Go ahead, make some random letters bold; that will definitely change the meaning of the word they're in. I don't know how long you've been around reading English or any language mildly derived from Latin, but there are many words which include the prefix "inter-" and refer to relationships between entities aside from nations. Why doesn't the UN send us some money to fix Interstate 94 in Detroit? Doesn't that mean it is "to be handled internationally?"
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Oh.
Good rhyme.
Proof-bread?
I hope that's not a cool slang the kids have that I just missed.
Because then I would be the douchebag, and not you for failing to proof-breed your own proof-braiding post.
I have no pity for this poor overworked dude. You don't like the games you buy? Don't buy them. You don't have 5 whole hours for a game? Why didn't you rent it to begin with - that would have been much more reasonable, given the timeline your attention span allows.
Some people are really into hidden/locked content, medals, accolades, and the like. Some people like having visible goals and accomplishing something through their efforts - people who spend time and unlock stuff can really get a kick out of having more available than those who don't put in that same time.
If this guy has really run into this a lot of times, maybe his problem is that he doesn't have enough time for any given game; I know there are lots of games out there, so I can choose to get a few games a year and get really into those, or wear myself out on every game by playing every one that comes out. I'm not complaining that I don't have time to pick up those other games, I just find some that I actually like, and get what I want out of those.
I'll buy what I like, this guy should buy what he really likes, and the companies will probably make games in such a way that they get paid.
I thought you were talking about that Shark Tale movie.
I don't remember what I did wrong, but I was about 3/4 of the way through a Madagascar ad of similar length when I rebooted my Xbox, forcing me to watch the whole thing again.
And the movie sucked anyway.
Alright, that's fair. I just didn't want the post between ours to get away with claiming that MTU can't affect anything when you're "just surfing."
Also, that blows bigtime.
Just to speak up for "the other guy" -
there are definitely some little corners of the web where your MTU can matter. In fact, that's the first thing I thought of when reading this post, because of my own experience. My parents have DSL, and last year I spent a maddening day or two trying to figure out why Yahoo! webmail (and some credit card online payment sites?) wouldn't work for them. Had me super confused, the rest of the Internet worked, but not their webmail. After a great amount of annoyance, I found a forum where many people complained of the same problem, and someone eventually explained that if your MTU isn't set to 1492 like DSL uses, Yahoo! bonks. Fixed everything.
Sounds to me like that's a plausible explanation, I think the situation described by your parent post was similar - it was possible to log in, and see the main mail page (how many new messages there were in each folder, etc.), but as soon as you clicked "Inbox", it just couldn't get there.
That's all I got.
I'm super impressed by your skillz.
Thanks for the nothing.
That Offtopic mod point was well-spent. Hope you get your points back real soon, mod - you're making sure we see the best of Slashdot.
Sigh... Karma to burn (not really).
... What does any of that mean?
If you have anything to actually tell us, maybe that would be informative and useful, as opposed to levelling accusations of ignorance at your entire audience, which is mostly just... annoying.
What do you know that we don't? And why does that matter? Why did you even bother to post?
You must not have read slashdot for the last two months. I agree wholeheartedly with the grand parent; I have been surprised and a little upset at how easily slashdotters have turned on Google when they realized it was a business, and a wildly successful one at that.
But maybe I'm a Google-sympathetic "average slashdotter" and this post only proves your point. Hrm....
Nah.
While your tone could stand to be more friendly, I agree with you.
I thought it was fantastic that the author of TFA decided to add that editorial comment from a high school dropout who has politics and the world economy figured out.
Look, it's a cute story, I actually think I might be impressed a little because, from at least one angle, this car might actually look nice. But c'mon. Nothing was invented here. These kids didn't discover anything or create anything really new. In fact, I have trouble believing they can even drive this car around Philadelphia at this time of year - it's much harder when your fuel is frozen.
It's a good shop project, but it really isn't a great Auto Show exhibit.
But I'm from Detroit, maybe we're just more picky, or something crazy like that.
Aaaaahhhhhhh this post hurt my brain so much!
The college of art and design where I work is going to start switching next year from a labs-with-desktops approach to computers, to a students-with-laptops approach.
Couldn't you scroll up and read that?? Did you just miss the whole... everything? I'm gonna type this very slowly:
labs-with-desktops vs. students-with-laptops
Ok, so the submitter has used a form of parallelism here, where "students" takes the place of "labs" and "laptops" takes the place of "desktops."
Why... what... how...
It's not like it was first post or something superawesomesweet like that, why didn't you have enough time to re-RTFAS, or at least fix up the random and awful typos you made (while taking the time to explain that you didn't want to spend 12 seconds using the Dictionary.com search bar in the top corner of Firefox)?
And what huge company is that? I am no longer worried about my employment prospects, somebody will surely take me.
Also, why in hell would someone decide to set up labs with laptops? Easier to steal, worse performance, more expense, insanely more difficult to upgrade... sounds like a description of my dream setup. And why would the question have been asked, if the lab model of computing environments were still being used?
This is maybe a little much, but... wow. I really wonder why you posted at all.
Seems fair to me; the douchey question (1st?) makes up a notable percentage of the post, so there should be at least a notable percentage of Offtopic.
Crap, I'm posting - I can't mod that post Offtopic now.
Are you in... China?
This is insane.
Your post is the most compelling support for DRM that I have ever seen. And here I thought we were all self-righteous consumers who respect the rights of others, but demand just use rights when we pay for things. Little did I know that we were snivelling socialists, claiming possession of everything that anyone creates. Why should we pay anyone to do anything - all of their accomplishments belong to us already.
And for that matter, why work? Why create? Why exist?
Until today, I thought DRM was excessive, a measure taken by people with limited vision. Now that I have read this (and noted that it was modded Insightful, of all things, by multiple people), I realize that it is necessary for industries to take steps to protect themselves from crazy people who have absolutely no respect for the creativity, property, or rights of others.
Nobody who works and creates any kind of art owes you anything. You make me sick, and a little scared.
For more on the use of the phrase "shallow and pedantic," see the Family Guy episode entitled "Petarded."
Turns out I didn't mean anything by its use, since I don't really know what I mean by "pedantic" either.
I can only guess that your post's title was supposed to be a quote from The Jerk, but it was so poorly carried off that I must point out your ignorance. In the movie's opening scene, Steve Martin's character claims, "I was born a poor black child."
You even have the imdb.com link on your post - didn't have time to click on memorable quotes, I guess.
I'm just really surprised that you seem to think the line is funny, and yet... you mangled it nearly beyond all recognition.
Also, I find your comparison of the Apple lawsuit and the plot of The Jerk to be shallow and pedantic.
Actually, I just think it's a really bad comparison. Really bad.
Go ahead, make some random letters bold; that will definitely change the meaning of the word they're in. I don't know how long you've been around reading English or any language mildly derived from Latin, but there are many words which include the prefix "inter-" and refer to relationships between entities aside from nations. Why doesn't the UN send us some money to fix Interstate 94 in Detroit? Doesn't that mean it is "to be handled internationally?"
Moron.