I can tell you're one of those crazy people who thinks everything should be handled by the browser. True believers in the minimal browser ideology thing fancy stuff like 'images' and 'italics' should be not handled by the browser. Anything above bare text is a waste.
Vive Le Anemic Browsing!
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I don't get it, you have all these apparently smart people here at Slashdot, but who then go and say something like that. Whether you were making a joke or not, there are far too many people who would say the same with all seriousness.
More people need to realize (both on/. and off) that being an ass does not accomplish much, especially when communicating with businesses. Chewing somebody out will generally not realize your goals. The guy at Taco Bell mess up your burrito? Don't yell at him. If you do, he's gonna put half the stuffing in the new one and probably spit in the damn thing too. Try politely telling him something's wrong with it, and not only does your order get fixed, maybe you just delayed him going on a murderous rampage by not fucking with him just because he works in fast food. Crazy concept, huh?
On the same note, screaming at some webmaster because they use flash will get your message deleted as soon as they see the first "FUCKING FLASH NAZI" comment. Politely stating your case with a request to rework the site, with something about 'better customer access' will be much more likely to be listened to and implimented. Wow, you actually made a difference! And a difference that's going to help other people, too! Amazing!
Am I going off on something seemingly innocuous? Sure. But if this simple post changes the mind of one person out there, then hey, it was worth it.
The funny thing about that is Disney wanted to release Toy Story 2 direct to video (for your convenience) like all of its other sequels. Not sure who worked the theater release, most likely Mr. Jobs, but it's a good thing he did.
Heh, until the middle of last year my mom worked at a BoA branch in Washington. It was funny, because she had a Mac Plus at her desk but only the original 80-something key keyboard with the phone jack connector, and she wanted me to track down one of the add-on numpads they made so she could type all the numbers she dealt with faster. Luckily, I found one for $15 on eBay. She'd still be using it if she hadn't moved to their HQ...
I think your friend and mine, Carl Sagan, could help you out a lot:
statistics of small numbers -- a close relative of observational selection (e.g., "They say 1 out of every 5 people is Chinese. How is this possible? I know hundreds of people, and none of them is Chinese. Yours truly." Or: "I've thrown three sevens in a row. Tonight I can't lose.");
Heh, at first I thought you said "robot mind", though I guess that future is a bit further off... probably around the time of Threni's Magic Internet Serivce.
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You mean like this?
I can tell you're one of those crazy people who thinks everything should be handled by the browser. True believers in the minimal browser ideology thing fancy stuff like 'images' and 'italics' should be not handled by the browser. Anything above bare text is a waste.
Vive Le Anemic Browsing!
I don't get it, you have all these apparently smart people here at Slashdot, but who then go and say something like that. Whether you were making a joke or not, there are far too many people who would say the same with all seriousness.
/. and off) that being an ass does not accomplish much, especially when communicating with businesses. Chewing somebody out will generally not realize your goals. The guy at Taco Bell mess up your burrito? Don't yell at him. If you do, he's gonna put half the stuffing in the new one and probably spit in the damn thing too. Try politely telling him something's wrong with it, and not only does your order get fixed, maybe you just delayed him going on a murderous rampage by not fucking with him just because he works in fast food. Crazy concept, huh?
More people need to realize (both on
On the same note, screaming at some webmaster because they use flash will get your message deleted as soon as they see the first "FUCKING FLASH NAZI" comment. Politely stating your case with a request to rework the site, with something about 'better customer access' will be much more likely to be listened to and implimented. Wow, you actually made a difference! And a difference that's going to help other people, too! Amazing!
Am I going off on something seemingly innocuous? Sure. But if this simple post changes the mind of one person out there, then hey, it was worth it.
Where'd your sig come from?
OK, what's the difference between free (as in speech) and free (as in beer) again?
I can never remember, maybe it's too much free (as in beer)...
What was the third color?
Well, it's going to cost $50, like they said...
It's going to look and feel like an iPod, like they said...
They just forgot to mention the hard drive is extra. Oops.
If he were old enough to recall the oxygen content back then, he'd still be old enough to be Moe's father...
My little post made you start wondering about Disney's (lack of) logic? Wow, I feel special. ;)
I think you just wanted to say Chicxulub a lot.
The funny thing about that is Disney wanted to release Toy Story 2 direct to video (for your convenience) like all of its other sequels. Not sure who worked the theater release, most likely Mr. Jobs, but it's a good thing he did.
...as part of the agency's efforts to cut road fatalities in the U.S. by 50% within 10 years...
Road fatalities would drop by 50% in 10 minutes if people would stop driving like idiots.
Like George Carlin said, if you scratch a cynic, you'll find a disappointed idealist.
So why would you do it to a total stranger than?
;)
Because the original post we're talking about was making a joke about the spelling error, not rubbing it in.
That's 'then', by the way.
When did they start calling them minifigs? What happened the hell happened to "Lego Guys"?
:(
My poor, poor childhood.
Aha, but what about Newton?
And you're incorrectly intertwining a slightly trollish comment with a funny (and appropriate) joke.
Is that www.google.com searches alone, or does it count searches on all the sites who use Google software for their searches?
I sincerely apologize for not knowing this, having never used Linux. I will behave myself from now on, I promise.
What does the command /. do in Linux, anyway? A Google search, of course, comes up empty.
Yeah, sure. I bet you're going to tell me it's invisible, next.
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Heh, until the middle of last year my mom worked at a BoA branch in Washington. It was funny, because she had a Mac Plus at her desk but only the original 80-something key keyboard with the phone jack connector, and she wanted me to track down one of the add-on numpads they made so she could type all the numbers she dealt with faster. Luckily, I found one for $15 on eBay. She'd still be using it if she hadn't moved to their HQ...
I think your friend and mine, Carl Sagan, could help you out a lot:
statistics of small numbers -- a close relative of observational selection (e.g., "They say 1 out of every 5 people is Chinese. How is this possible? I know hundreds of people, and none of them is Chinese. Yours truly." Or: "I've thrown three sevens in a row. Tonight I can't lose.");
Heh, at first I thought you said "robot mind", though I guess that future is a bit further off... probably around the time of Threni's Magic Internet Serivce.
Aha, that's what it was. Thanks for easing my troubled mind. :)