And the word "faggot" used to mean "a bundle of sticks."
Or, if you're Canadian, 'fag' can be a cigarette. If you're gay, you might want to stay out of Canada, unless you want to risk being offended.
In the same book, "gay" when used in a derrogatory manner is offensive to many people, so don't act surprised when people get offended or dismiss you as ignorant for using it in such a way.
Exactly. You've taken it out of context, and applied what you perceive as the 'popular' definition of the word by itself. IMHO, that's the problem, and is the definition of ignorance. The 'N' word, as you call it, is used regularly in a positive manner, but still with racial prejudice. It's not the same.
I'd also like to point out the maturity of the original poster in the fact that they admitted that the word choice was poor, rather than go off on a rant about "no wonder this country is so fucked up."
OR, backing down to your point of view is favorable to you;)
The reason this country is so fucked up is because people don't take the time to be considerate of others. Think about that.
Heh, you wouldn't HAVE to consider all the local definition of words you used, if everyone else wasn't so ignorant about those other definitions, and taking the word out of context, right?
Try arguing that you use the word "nigger" to mean idiot (i actually know people like this) and that you just mean "idiot," with no offense to black people. You could say that "it has nothing to do with race, although it may have originated there." If I'm a black person standing next to you when you say it, will this fact make me feel better?
Except it depends on the person hearing it. There's so much of a double standard because of the fear of offending people.
'nigger' is a bad example, IMHO. It's not used universally (nationally, or racially) to mean idiot. With 'gay', OTOH, I've had experiences with those of all races and locales using it as 'stupid'.
If I say, 'Hey Bro', and you don't like me, would you be offended? Probably. It depends on the person.
I'm not touchy feely, I could really care less if you don't like a certain word that I use. Slang shouldn't offend anyone, unless it's directed at them. If it's not, they're just too sensitive in the first place.
It reminds me of my German class in High School, some girl said something about having something on her 'bacca' (cheek). The teacher started cracking up. Apparently, the way the girl used the word, it meant butt-cheek.
My point is, when words are taken too literally (and ESPECIALLY out of context) we run into problems. (Hey, am I back on topic now?:)
I'm all against the government abusing its power.. Yeah yeah. But this guy abused his (and by extension everyone elses) "fair use" rights.
Screw him. He and people like him are the reason the DMCA passed in the first place.
I'm with you on him 'doing wrong' and being punished for it, but prosecuting him under the DMCA fucked us all. Now there's a documented case of manufacturer vs. distributor of 'hardware modification' equipment, and the manufacturer winning outright.
I'm starting to fear for my new arcade hobby. What if I get a JAMMA adapter that allows my JAMMA cabinet to play Galaga? Is Namco going to come after me?
Or better, what If I wanted to hook my PC to my JAMMA cabinet with a J-PAC? Sure, a lot of people use it to play MAME (which is illegal if you don't own the board), but you're not restricted to MAME games. Put on a trackball, and it could be a 'web browser arcade cabinet'.
I hear ignorant people say this sometimes and it never fails to surprise me. In their defense they're usually acting out some gradeschool conditioning and are not truly hateful or bigotted people. But holy cow, grow up.
Oh please. It used to primarily mean 'happy'. Just because you have a different definition than the poster, doesn't call for apologies. If anything it's ignorance on your part, because you can't see past the 'sexual revolutionists' version of the word.
In the three different states that I grew up in (15 years ago), 'gay' meant 'stupid' - it had nothing to do with sexual orientation - though it may have originated there. Just like 'cool' isn't the opposite of warm, or 'bad' isn't the opposite of good.
No wonder this country is so fucked up. Someone reads in THEIR VERSION of a definition of a word, and all of a sudden the sky is falling. This isn't Latin, the English language is constantly changing. I suggest you do some research on Kleenex and Spam, and accept the fact that you may lose your definition of the word.
That modern oasis of nerdlyness with a mythical amount of bandwidth?
First thought too. Then (since I run an email service that does this) I wondered why he just didn't filter it 'server-side' if bandwidth is such a problem.
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Yes. A UART interface is trivial. Except when you have to find out why it's not working (oops, it's disabled or set up in the BIOS as an IRDA port).
or when. IT'S BEEN COMPLETELY REMOVED FROM THE SYSTEM.
Those are all good reasons why USB is 'better' than Serial, but IMHO, there wasn't any reason why serial should be completely removed.
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Maybe you young'uns don't remember this, but there was a day when USB stuff (especially mice and keyboards) had to be plugged into the hub in the "correct" order (determinable only by inspecting the entrails of a white unicorn), or it wouldn't work.
I remember that, but us 'Young and Wise' guys let you guys slosh through the new crap before we even attempt to use it;)
I personally still use my ISA 3com NIC, and my ISA SB AWE 32, I have 2 USB ports, and only use 2 USB devices at a time. My mouse is PS/2, my keyboard is AT. I've had my keyboard for 11 years (thankfully, the only original part from that purchase). IMHO, using a USB hub is asking for more cost/trouble than it's worth. (maybe I'm not the young'un;)
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Could something like that explain the sometimes strange behaviour of my latest mouse? It's got a USB connector (I couldn't even FIND an optical mouse with a PS/2 or serial connector) and a PS/2 adapter.
Well, YEAH. I mean, it's like putting a square peg (USB) into a round hole (PS2).
Don't you have grandparents?:P
Seriously, any problems, use the real deal. Either go all USB, or all 'obsessive, compulsive backwards compatible' - according to the parent post.;)
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not to be pendantic, but if a Serial Port is NOT a "contraption that somebody (sic) dreamed up" that how exactly did it come into existence?
Dictionary.com:
Contraption n. A contrivance; a new-fangled device; -- used scornfully.
Contraption. Not, "something somebody dreamed up." You got an insightful for that? "Something somebody dreamed up" includes you (because we all know what your dad was dreaming about:P).
A Serial port is an interface device. A USB port is an interface device. A USB to Serial Port adapter is a contraption to connect two things together that weren't meant to. Like Clinton and the presidency. Got it?:P
(Jesus, I have a parallel port, why not a serial?)
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This is the sort of thing emulation and hardware adapters were made for
Yeah... like that USB -> serial adapter that works fine for generic use on my laptop, but blocks a 'BREAK' signal, making it COMPLETELY useless for resetting Cisco routers?
THAT is why I prefer a REAL serial port over some contraption somebody dreamed up.
If 1 out of 10 US citizens who bitch on slashdot would actually write their elected representatives instead of hitting the "submit" button things might begin to change.
You assume we all have the same opinions.. As far as anyone knows, 1 out of 10 DO write their congressman. It's probably just all conflicting rambling shit.
You can get as many free hours of music as you want now. It'll be that way in the future.
You think the music industry is going to tolerate what we are doing much longer?
Huh? You mean they won't let us listen to the radio? Or maybe you mean they won't let us change the channel.. because you know if we don't listen to the commercials on the radio, that's stealing.
"If time doesn't become 'fuzzy' beneath a Planck interval, this discovery will present problems to several astrophysical and cosmological models, including the Big Bang model of the universe," Lieu says.
I can already hear the "I told you so"s from the creationists.
What? So when God made the Universe, it made no sound? Not even a 'fzzzzt'? Oh wait, that's at the end.
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What about things like the Terrasoft briQ [terrasoftsolutions.com]? That runs YellowDog [yellowdoglinux.com] and can't they run OSX? It is a PPC after all...
The article states the motherboards from Apple have the Apple ROMS that allows OS X to boot. I would assume the Terrasoft boards don't contain an Apple ROM chip.
Umm... you forgot Germany, which strikes me as an amusing oversight. What's your great conspiracy theory there?
Unless you live under a rock, you know it's as much a conspiracy theory as the US selling weapons to the Iranian Contras.
In any case: "At least France and Russia" was meant to infer that I don't know what Germany's motivation is.
I have no problem with France an Russia selling weapons to Iraq. Everyone has to make a buck. It's the people who think France are Russia have some moral obligation to oppose the war that I laugh in the face of.
But since you attack the facts by attempting to degenerate the post with your own conspiracy theory of "Since there is no info on Germany, the info on France and Russia must be wrong" (as if a slashdot poster is going to be an expert on world affairs in the first place), I'll leave you with the following thought:
Interestingly, it's wasn't hard to find that you have an "incredibly squeezable a$$". Just thought you might like to know that because it as much bearing on the discussion as my lack of knowledge on Germany's motivations.;)
Since the shit hit the fan, it's good that you're behind them. It's worth noting that France, Germany, and Russia have world class intelligence services as well. They didn't seem to think Iraq was a big enough threat to override their national interests.
At least France and Russia have at least an equal economic interest in Iraq as the U.S. has in it's oil. Why do you think they stopped supporting the Weapons inspectors in '93?
France and Russia have dealt heavily with Iraq. Russia is owed billions from selling Iraq military equipment.
"National Interests"? I would think Iraq isn't a 'threat to their national interests' because France and Russia would like to get PAID for what they've sold. It's not often you sell equipment to a country, and have them turn around and use it against you.
The reason Fance and Russia are against the war, is they want to get their money out of the sale.
Now I'm not blaming them for selling to Iraq, but you seem to be pushing your point of view without including some very important pieces of information. People seem to ignore the fact that BOTH sides have a great economic interest in this war.
They mentioned that many of the "embedded" journalists use the personal pronoun "we" all the time. They compared that with a clip from a British reporter who was careful enough to detach himself, referring to the soldiers using "they". "They are encountering resistance..." "They are approaching Baghdad..." etc. Its a noticable difference.
Makes sense to me both ways. The radio operator is 'embedded', but would be considered part of the 'force'. Do you really think after 4 journalists being killed, if the Americans were overrun, the journalists wouldn't fight to survive?
The embedded journalists ARE moving with the force, therefore 'we are being held back' is just as valid as 'they are being held back'.
Anyways, the reason the embedded guys are there in the first place is to make sure everything (too much if you ask me) is reported right away.
Really, if you always exchange data with office users (and dear slashdot readers, in the real world that is often needed), then life is a lot easier if you have it yourself. Not trying to defend the software, but that's reality. It would cost my employer more if I'd have to spend 30 minutes/day cleaning up bad powerpoint imports, instead of buying a pc or mac with office.
Unfortunately if you think short-term, you're right. Though I personally have a problem with other companies dictating what software I must use. And for what? to have some pictures move around on the screen? Tell me that can't be standardized with a straight face.
This type of change (we WON'T use MS) just forces the ball to move the other way. Now I can say, for example, YOU must use OpenOffice (if MS Office doesn't open filetype X). The only issue that is that you have to download it. No cost to you.
That's what standards are for in the first place. Avoiding unnecessary 'bulge'. Not one company buying products just to view data from another.
Anyway, Latin already had a word viri, but it was the nominative plural not of virus (slime, poison, or venom), but of vir (man), which as it turns out is also a 2nd declension noun.
Because OBVIOUSLY, if a part of a word in English means something else in Latin, then DUH, the full English word MUST be incorrect.
First, I have some issue with taking English recomendations from Perl programmers..
Second, the fact that the text is so long in the first place, reminds me of the push for Eubonics. If we have 'THIS MUCH' documentation, it MUST be right..
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That's ANOTHER thing I have a problem with. You can't say 'nigger' as part of a discussion about 'words' because you're afraid of offending someone?
That's fucking gay. :P
Or, if you're Canadian, 'fag' can be a cigarette. If you're gay, you might want to stay out of Canada, unless you want to risk being offended.
In the same book, "gay" when used in a derrogatory manner is offensive to many people, so don't act surprised when people get offended or dismiss you as ignorant for using it in such a way.
Exactly. You've taken it out of context, and applied what you perceive as the 'popular' definition of the word by itself. IMHO, that's the problem, and is the definition of ignorance. The 'N' word, as you call it, is used regularly in a positive manner, but still with racial prejudice. It's not the same.
I'd also like to point out the maturity of the original poster in the fact that they admitted that the word choice was poor, rather than go off on a rant about "no wonder this country is so fucked up."
OR, backing down to your point of view is favorable to you ;)
The reason this country is so fucked up is because people don't take the time to be considerate of others. Think about that.
Heh, you wouldn't HAVE to consider all the local definition of words you used, if everyone else wasn't so ignorant about those other definitions, and taking the word out of context, right?
Except it depends on the person hearing it. There's so much of a double standard because of the fear of offending people. 'nigger' is a bad example, IMHO. It's not used universally (nationally, or racially) to mean idiot. With 'gay', OTOH, I've had experiences with those of all races and locales using it as 'stupid'.
If I say, 'Hey Bro', and you don't like me, would you be offended? Probably. It depends on the person.
I'm not touchy feely, I could really care less if you don't like a certain word that I use. Slang shouldn't offend anyone, unless it's directed at them. If it's not, they're just too sensitive in the first place.
It reminds me of my German class in High School, some girl said something about having something on her 'bacca' (cheek). The teacher started cracking up. Apparently, the way the girl used the word, it meant butt-cheek.
My point is, when words are taken too literally (and ESPECIALLY out of context) we run into problems. (Hey, am I back on topic now? :)
Screw him. He and people like him are the reason the DMCA passed in the first place.
I'm with you on him 'doing wrong' and being punished for it, but prosecuting him under the DMCA fucked us all. Now there's a documented case of manufacturer vs. distributor of 'hardware modification' equipment, and the manufacturer winning outright.
I'm starting to fear for my new arcade hobby. What if I get a JAMMA adapter that allows my JAMMA cabinet to play Galaga? Is Namco going to come after me?
Or better, what If I wanted to hook my PC to my JAMMA cabinet with a J-PAC? Sure, a lot of people use it to play MAME (which is illegal if you don't own the board), but you're not restricted to MAME games. Put on a trackball, and it could be a 'web browser arcade cabinet'.
Oh please. It used to primarily mean 'happy'. Just because you have a different definition than the poster, doesn't call for apologies. If anything it's ignorance on your part, because you can't see past the 'sexual revolutionists' version of the word.
In the three different states that I grew up in (15 years ago), 'gay' meant 'stupid' - it had nothing to do with sexual orientation - though it may have originated there. Just like 'cool' isn't the opposite of warm, or 'bad' isn't the opposite of good.
No wonder this country is so fucked up. Someone reads in THEIR VERSION of a definition of a word, and all of a sudden the sky is falling. This isn't Latin, the English language is constantly changing. I suggest you do some research on Kleenex and Spam, and accept the fact that you may lose your definition of the word.
First thought too. Then (since I run an email service that does this) I wondered why he just didn't filter it 'server-side' if bandwidth is such a problem.
or when. IT'S BEEN COMPLETELY REMOVED FROM THE SYSTEM.
Those are all good reasons why USB is 'better' than Serial, but IMHO, there wasn't any reason why serial should be completely removed.
I remember that, but us 'Young and Wise' guys let you guys slosh through the new crap before we even attempt to use it ;)
I personally still use my ISA 3com NIC, and my ISA SB AWE 32, I have 2 USB ports, and only use 2 USB devices at a time. My mouse is PS/2, my keyboard is AT. I've had my keyboard for 11 years (thankfully, the only original part from that purchase). IMHO, using a USB hub is asking for more cost/trouble than it's worth. (maybe I'm not the young'un ;)
Well, YEAH. I mean, it's like putting a square peg (USB) into a round hole (PS2).
Don't you have grandparents? :P
Seriously, any problems, use the real deal. Either go all USB, or all 'obsessive, compulsive backwards compatible' - according to the parent post. ;)
Dictionary.com:
Contraption n. A contrivance; a new-fangled device; -- used scornfully.
Contraption. Not, "something somebody dreamed up." You got an insightful for that? "Something somebody dreamed up" includes you (because we all know what your dad was dreaming about :P).
A Serial port is an interface device. A USB port is an interface device. A USB to Serial Port adapter is a contraption to connect two things together that weren't meant to. Like Clinton and the presidency. Got it? :P
(Jesus, I have a parallel port, why not a serial?)
Yeah... like that USB -> serial adapter that works fine for generic use on my laptop, but blocks a 'BREAK' signal, making it COMPLETELY useless for resetting Cisco routers?
THAT is why I prefer a REAL serial port over some contraption somebody dreamed up.
You assume we all have the same opinions.. As far as anyone knows, 1 out of 10 DO write their congressman. It's probably just all conflicting rambling shit.
Huh? You mean they won't let us listen to the radio? Or maybe you mean they won't let us change the channel.. because you know if we don't listen to the commercials on the radio, that's stealing.
What? So when God made the Universe, it made no sound? Not even a 'fzzzzt'?
Oh wait, that's at the end.
The article states the motherboards from Apple have the Apple ROMS that allows OS X to boot. I would assume the Terrasoft boards don't contain an Apple ROM chip.
That's exactly the reason it wouldn't fly in the U.S.
Where have you been?
"The Kenyan prisoners were found by the First Black Watch Battalion".
That would NEVER fly in the US.
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Unless you live under a rock, you know it's as much a conspiracy theory as the US selling weapons to the Iranian Contras.
In any case: "At least France and Russia" was meant to infer that I don't know what Germany's motivation is.
I have no problem with France an Russia selling weapons to Iraq. Everyone has to make a buck. It's the people who think France are Russia have some moral obligation to oppose the war that I laugh in the face of.
But since you attack the facts by attempting to degenerate the post with your own conspiracy theory of "Since there is no info on Germany, the info on France and Russia must be wrong" (as if a slashdot poster is going to be an expert on world affairs in the first place), I'll leave you with the following thought: ;)
Interestingly, it's wasn't hard to find that you have an "incredibly squeezable a$$". Just thought you might like to know that because it as much bearing on the discussion as my lack of knowledge on Germany's motivations.
At least France and Russia have at least an equal economic interest in Iraq as the U.S. has in it's oil. Why do you think they stopped supporting the Weapons inspectors in '93?
France and Russia have dealt heavily with Iraq. Russia is owed billions from selling Iraq military equipment.
"National Interests"? I would think Iraq isn't a 'threat to their national interests' because France and Russia would like to get PAID for what they've sold. It's not often you sell equipment to a country, and have them turn around and use it against you.
The reason Fance and Russia are against the war, is they want to get their money out of the sale.
Now I'm not blaming them for selling to Iraq, but you seem to be pushing your point of view without including some very important pieces of information. People seem to ignore the fact that BOTH sides have a great economic interest in this war.
Makes sense to me both ways. The radio operator is 'embedded', but would be considered part of the 'force'. Do you really think after 4 journalists being killed, if the Americans were overrun, the journalists wouldn't fight to survive?
The embedded journalists ARE moving with the force, therefore 'we are being held back' is just as valid as 'they are being held back'.
Anyways, the reason the embedded guys are there in the first place is to make sure everything (too much if you ask me) is reported right away.
Unfortunately if you think short-term, you're right. Though I personally have a problem with other companies dictating what software I must use. And for what? to have some pictures move around on the screen? Tell me that can't be standardized with a straight face.
This type of change (we WON'T use MS) just forces the ball to move the other way. Now I can say, for example, YOU must use OpenOffice (if MS Office doesn't open filetype X). The only issue that is that you have to download it. No cost to you.
That's what standards are for in the first place. Avoiding unnecessary 'bulge'. Not one company buying products just to view data from another.
Because OBVIOUSLY, if a part of a word in English means something else in Latin, then DUH, the full English word MUST be incorrect.
First, I have some issue with taking English recomendations from Perl programmers..
Second, the fact that the text is so long in the first place, reminds me of the push for Eubonics. If we have 'THIS MUCH' documentation, it MUST be right..
Hey, my sig applies.
I don't do TMDA yet, but I can virus scan/spamassassin scan your domain email before forwarding it to your host. I charge based on bandwidth used.
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Or I suppose just plug in the laptop to the inverter - how boring is that? ;)