I've lived outside the US for the last ten years or so, and I don't find the "troll" post to be trollish in the least. Nor do I detect any hint of American Exceptionalism in it.
The "do one thing perfectly" bit works pretty well with software, and in an unlimited or at least "big" environment.
I don't see how that carries over very well to the hardware in my jacket pocket, though.
Yes, I *do* quite like having a portable multipurpose device that performs many communications and data retrieval/display tasks acceptably well. I certainly don't want to carry a phone, an e-reader, an mp3 player, and an Internet pad on my morning ride on the subway when my smartphone will let me get phone calls, read my novel, listen to that Sun Ra album I found last night, and check the weather forecast to see if there's a chance the rain will clear out by lunchtime, all in one go.
But since you've evidently lots of pockets, go right ahead.:)
Grammar Nazi? Pffffft--you're not even a Grammar Hitler Youth, boyo.
"Sequenced" is a participle, which functions as an adjective, not a verb, and thus has no tense of its own.
In addition, it's a passive participle, which means that the noun described is the recipient of the action, rather than its cause.
Also, 'to get' is a perfectly acceptable if not entirely formal substitute for 'to be' in passive constructions. German and Swedish don't have this problem, always preferring werden and bli, both meaning specifically 'to become', respectively, and never admit sein and vara in this sense. We English speakers got screwed up because we layered Vulgar Latin/Norman French progressive tenses on top of the Germanic passive and perfect. This was further complicated by the fact that the latter used 'to be' with verbs of motion and 'to have' with others, a distinction still strictly made in modern German (always er ist gegangen, never er hat gegangen) and optional in modern English (he has gone or he is gone [an exception to be usual rule of 'to have + participle = active perfect, to be + participle = passive']), BTW).
Don't swim with the sharks if you don't know which end of the speargun to point at yourself.
Oh, so that's what I need to do to keep the local ladies at bay next time I'm in the PRC--just explain to them that I really don't work for the government, and they'll lose interest?
Look at how Noam Chomsky, Michael Moore, Glenn Greenwald, Amy Goodman, and other critics of the US are marginalised into complete irrelevancy by the corporate-controlled mass media...
I bought an S3 while still having a perfectly good S1. It's true I got a really good deal, but I could have had an iPhone on the same plan at the same price if I'd wanted one. I think could have got a different Android phone as well under the same plan. For that matter I could have just stayed with the S1, but they were offering the S3 and I'd been mostly happy with the S1, so why the fuck not? I took the bloody S3, and now I'm mostly happy with the S3, thanks very much.
Can I use it for viewing porn [and can anybody tell that I did, afterwards]?
Our lovely hostess Marlene will escort you backstage where you'll receive a nice consolation prize in appreciation for coming out here today... Thanks for playing!
No Clubhouse 22 for you today--you boys can just march right on past that TV set and straight to your rooms, and I'd better be hearing lots and lots of pages turning and pencils scratching from now until dinner...!
And I'd better not hear one blessed peep out of that damned Nintendo if you know what's good for you!
This is ridiculous. How is the smartphone who most people (at least in US) own is a fashion accessory?
1. A smartphone is a "which" or a "that", but not a "who". (At least you didn't use "whom" as a nominative, thank random factors for small favours.)
2. Most people in the US wear shoes, which are highly functional and indeed in many circumstances necessary items, yet they too are often regarded as fashion accessories. Life is fraught with such mysteries!
My S1 still works great--I like my S3 just fine, but I must admit that the main reason I got it was the Yeah This One's Two Years Old But There's No Rea---Ooh! New! Shiny! factor--the other being that Telenor offered me a new contract that included the new phone *and* reduced my bill. (Believe it... or not!)
Might wipe the S1 and give it to my kid for her birthday. I feel a bit guilty at giving her a hand-me-down, but it still looks and works good as new.
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When someone tries to define "civilized" as "does this one thing the way I like"...
Mon petit naïf pauvre, alors... Do you actually believe that "civilised" means anything else?
Oh, you do? How unfortunate.
Do you realise that, under an inquisitorial system, the State holds all the cards, right?
You must be heaps more trusting than I am, that's all I've got to say.
WTF? You still high from last night, or what?
I've lived outside the US for the last ten years or so, and I don't find the "troll" post to be trollish in the least. Nor do I detect any hint of American Exceptionalism in it.
How about you grow an IQ instead, matey?
Fucking cretin.
Actually, I see myself a bit more like this. :^)
I seem to recall that the Blue Ridge is peppered liberally with Beer Cigarettes Guns stores. Maybe you should relocate.
The opposite of 'unknown' is not 'popular'. Still, thanks for playing.
The "do one thing perfectly" bit works pretty well with software, and in an unlimited or at least "big" environment.
I don't see how that carries over very well to the hardware in my jacket pocket, though.
Yes, I *do* quite like having a portable multipurpose device that performs many communications and data retrieval/display tasks acceptably well. I certainly don't want to carry a phone, an e-reader, an mp3 player, and an Internet pad on my morning ride on the subway when my smartphone will let me get phone calls, read my novel, listen to that Sun Ra album I found last night, and check the weather forecast to see if there's a chance the rain will clear out by lunchtime, all in one go.
But since you've evidently lots of pockets, go right ahead. :)
Maybe he speaks to many live, wrongly educated human beings.
TFTFY. (Including removal of the extraneous comma.)
You appear to believe that genomes are or should be copyrightable.
On what basis do you make this assumption?
I know someone never gets laid.
No wonder. That guy doesn't know jack about grammar.
"sequenced" is past tense.
No. Just No.
Grammar Nazi? Pffffft--you're not even a Grammar Hitler Youth, boyo.
"Sequenced" is a participle, which functions as an adjective, not a verb, and thus has no tense of its own.
In addition, it's a passive participle, which means that the noun described is the recipient of the action, rather than its cause.
Also, 'to get' is a perfectly acceptable if not entirely formal substitute for 'to be' in passive constructions. German and Swedish don't have this problem, always preferring werden and bli, both meaning specifically 'to become', respectively, and never admit sein and vara in this sense. We English speakers got screwed up because we layered Vulgar Latin/Norman French progressive tenses on top of the Germanic passive and perfect. This was further complicated by the fact that the latter used 'to be' with verbs of motion and 'to have' with others, a distinction still strictly made in modern German (always er ist gegangen, never er hat gegangen) and optional in modern English (he has gone or he is gone [an exception to be usual rule of 'to have + participle = active perfect, to be + participle = passive']), BTW).
Don't swim with the sharks if you don't know which end of the speargun to point at yourself.
Can you quit biting the wax tadpole and just come out and TELL US how the fuck YOU FEEL ABOUT CHINA already?! Geez.
Oh, so that's what I need to do to keep the local ladies at bay next time I'm in the PRC--just explain to them that I really don't work for the government, and they'll lose interest?
I'm a dual national and you can kiss my ass.
Look at how Noam Chomsky, Michael Moore, Glenn Greenwald, Amy Goodman, and other critics of the US are marginalised into complete irrelevancy by the corporate-controlled mass media...
TFTFY.
I bought an S3 while still having a perfectly good S1. It's true I got a really good deal, but I could have had an iPhone on the same plan at the same price if I'd wanted one. I think could have got a different Android phone as well under the same plan. For that matter I could have just stayed with the S1, but they were offering the S3 and I'd been mostly happy with the S1, so why the fuck not? I took the bloody S3, and now I'm mostly happy with the S3, thanks very much.
So, um, yeah. Whatever.
Bzzzzzzzzzzzzt!
We're sorry, the *correct* question to the answer
We all know that is the only important question.
is...
Can I use it for viewing porn [and can anybody tell that I did, afterwards]?
Our lovely hostess Marlene will escort you backstage where you'll receive a nice consolation prize in appreciation for coming out here today... Thanks for playing!
System.out.println( Slashdot.meme.invoke( THX_CAPT_OBVIOUS ));
Which country is this where you have to buy a different phone just to use a different phone company? The 1920s?
(I definitely want to avoid moving there. Thanks.)
Note to mods:
"My baseless claim contradicts your baseless claim" != "informative".
That's enough, kids!
No Clubhouse 22 for you today--you boys can just march right on past that TV set and straight to your rooms, and I'd better be hearing lots and lots of pages turning and pencils scratching from now until dinner...!
And I'd better not hear one blessed peep out of that damned Nintendo if you know what's good for you!
This is ridiculous. How is the smartphone who most people (at least in US) own is a fashion accessory?
1. A smartphone is a "which" or a "that", but not a "who". (At least you didn't use "whom" as a nominative, thank random factors for small favours.)
2. Most people in the US wear shoes, which are highly functional and indeed in many circumstances necessary items, yet they too are often regarded as fashion accessories. Life is fraught with such mysteries!
That was the point if Siri. Whether it worked or not is not something I can speak to, but that's what it was there for.
Am I really the only one who thought this was funny?
My S1 still works great--I like my S3 just fine, but I must admit that the main reason I got it was the Yeah This One's Two Years Old But There's No Rea---Ooh! New! Shiny! factor--the other being that Telenor offered me a new contract that included the new phone *and* reduced my bill. (Believe it... or not!)
Might wipe the S1 and give it to my kid for her birthday. I feel a bit guilty at giving her a hand-me-down, but it still looks and works good as new.