Hey, um, I wrote a hotfix for you. I've taken all the slashdot 'politics' stories and separated them off into their own little section, just for you. Now you don't have to read stories from that section so you can stop wasting your (and the rest of our) time by NOT READING STORIES IN THE POLITICS SECTION.
Of course, if that's not enough for you, I can see what can be done to make sure EVERY story on slashdot meets your high standards. Using 'The Economist' as a model should make that rather easy... Lesee, we need a rose-colored reality filter, we need a little more professional incompetence, and we need a situation such as the internet being realistically shown to be crashing in a year or so while slashdot story after slashdot story tells us how great things are going. Yeah, that'll be MUCH better, and it'll make the Almighty and Allwise greg1104 happier! Yay!
I didn't mod you, and yet I "know" that your piece was INDEED flamebait.
Russert was at the top of his game and worked very hard for a long time to get where he was, and that deserves respect. However, to lament his passing as a loss of a fair and balanced journalist is simply delusional and self-vindicating feel-good mental stroking by people with leftist views at the expense of a dead man. That right there is almost the definition of flamebait, you know, baiting to be flamed. If you don't see this, and assume that such an egotistical assertion is just 'informing the masses', well then 'troll' might be accurate too.
Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, this has been a lovely evening Daffy Duck's best movie scene reenactments. Drive home safe, and don't stop for the toons, they're reinflatable. Goodnight!
I know just short of nothing about postgreSQL other than what I've read on slashdot, but you've just sold me.
I've heard rant after rant about how postgreSQL is the greatest thing since lava lamps, but for some reason, nobody (that I saw) had bothered to mention the LGPL license. I still don't know how it's technologically better than MySQL, but I've never had the drive to look until now.
Well, that's only mostly true. We ARE at war, with terror. Oh, and drugs. Soon we will fight the brave fight against modern pirates with a war on I.P. infringement too. Am I forgetting any other ephemeral concepts (aka ideas) that we've declared war upon?
What kind of cut can I get for a worm that encrypts your data unless there's an email in your inbox saying something to the effect of "Your new DaedalusHKXtreme! Professional Ultimate Bling Edition has been shipped..."?
Now that I think of it, there's all kinds of neat 'cross-promotional' potential here...
I just wanted to point out that your 'useful idiots' link isn't the most helpful to your cause at this point in the conversation. You were talking about Marx, and specifically about not understanding what he wrote, and then link to a supposed Lenin quote (they aren't the same guy, really) that cannot even be successfully attributed to him. Seems kinda like an 'oopsie' to me.
Then you're gonna LOVE November, cause the 'moonbats' are going to be running the 'koolaid drinkers' out on a rail.
Not that I support one arm of the corporate party over another, but it's fun to watch you partisan monkeys sling shit at each other, both sides frothing at the mouth, and both even crazier than you think the OTHER side is.
Godwin was just pissed that people kept telling him that his "Final Solution" had already been proposed. He simply didn't want to hear about prior art. Simply not wanting to hear a comparison does nothing to determine its validity.
Have you been reading the same thread as me? I was replying to the gp's statement about wanting free software to work the way he likes. The post was lamenting the quality of free software, so I offered the (correct) solution.
On the other hand, you should be pointing that childishly snide attitude of yours at the person who's pissing and moaning about either a) having bad management or b) someone not buying the software he wants for him. Either way, the solution to his dilemma has nothing to do with the quality of free software, but somehow that got caught up in the conversation. I commented on THAT.
I know, I know, you're tired of hearing that, but it's the right answer. If you do not have the skill to fix it, but still retain the inclination, pay someone who IS skilled enough to fix it. The neat part is that it'll work EXACTLY the way you want, and if 'the way you want' is useful enough, it may even become some type of standard (official or non) and then you'd be on the bleeding edge!
Unfortunately, some problems in free software are made unrealistically difficult by the insidious device known as "software patents". These little devils have the ability to cripple free software, being that they can make 'doing it right' illegal. I, however, do not believe that this is a problem with -free- software at all, but just the opposite.
Yep. I still run across people that call me "Reaper", short for The Reaper, my longtime handle from my teenage years. It's been about a decade since I've gone by that name, but there are still people that associate it with my RL face.
That would just lead some of the more reactionary citizens of the U.S. to call for an embargo on dairy to Iran. Some of the more extreme ones will even start claiming cows as proof of Iranian WMDs. Unfortunately for us, many of these people seem to be in positions capable of influencing policy, if the Iraqi adventure is any indication.
This will not happen until there is a way found to make electronic transactions safe for black market use. Drug dealing, gun dealing and the sale of various other contraband has been a large source of income for those that pull the strings of government for a very long time. This massive source of income isn't easy to just give up, even when balanced by the prospect of the economic panopticon.
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Hey, um, I wrote a hotfix for you. I've taken all the slashdot 'politics' stories and separated them off into their own little section, just for you. Now you don't have to read stories from that section so you can stop wasting your (and the rest of our) time by NOT READING STORIES IN THE POLITICS SECTION.
Of course, if that's not enough for you, I can see what can be done to make sure EVERY story on slashdot meets your high standards. Using 'The Economist' as a model should make that rather easy... Lesee, we need a rose-colored reality filter, we need a little more professional incompetence, and we need a situation such as the internet being realistically shown to be crashing in a year or so while slashdot story after slashdot story tells us how great things are going. Yeah, that'll be MUCH better, and it'll make the Almighty and Allwise greg1104 happier! Yay!
Vertical stripes FTW!
Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, this has been a lovely evening Daffy Duck's best movie scene reenactments. Drive home safe, and don't stop for the toons, they're reinflatable. Goodnight!
I know just short of nothing about postgreSQL other than what I've read on slashdot, but you've just sold me.
I've heard rant after rant about how postgreSQL is the greatest thing since lava lamps, but for some reason, nobody (that I saw) had bothered to mention the LGPL license. I still don't know how it's technologically better than MySQL, but I've never had the drive to look until now.
Thanks.
Proof (via George Carlin): Picture Porky Pig raping Elmer Fudd...
I will refer you to George Carlin's album "Parental Advisory: Explicit Lyrics" for a strong and sensible rebuttal to your position.
Well, that's only mostly true. We ARE at war, with terror. Oh, and drugs. Soon we will fight the brave fight against modern pirates with a war on I.P. infringement too. Am I forgetting any other ephemeral concepts (aka ideas) that we've declared war upon?
What kind of cut can I get for a worm that encrypts your data unless there's an email in your inbox saying something to the effect of "Your new DaedalusHKXtreme! Professional Ultimate Bling Edition has been shipped..."?
Now that I think of it, there's all kinds of neat 'cross-promotional' potential here...
I just wanted to point out that your 'useful idiots' link isn't the most helpful to your cause at this point in the conversation. You were talking about Marx, and specifically about not understanding what he wrote, and then link to a supposed Lenin quote (they aren't the same guy, really) that cannot even be successfully attributed to him. Seems kinda like an 'oopsie' to me.
Well, in case you're too insulated to know, 'koolaid drinkers' is a standard leftwing term for right-wing extremists.
And I guess you put me in my place there, with your witty banter, you smooth talker you.
I know, right, reading is for fags. ...brought to you by Carl's Jr.
Then you're gonna LOVE November, cause the 'moonbats' are going to be running the 'koolaid drinkers' out on a rail.
Not that I support one arm of the corporate party over another, but it's fun to watch you partisan monkeys sling shit at each other, both sides frothing at the mouth, and both even crazier than you think the OTHER side is.
Prime Grade-A entertainment.
*rolls eyes*
Godwin was just pissed that people kept telling him that his "Final Solution" had already been proposed. He simply didn't want to hear about prior art. Simply not wanting to hear a comparison does nothing to determine its validity.
Have you been reading the same thread as me? I was replying to the gp's statement about wanting free software to work the way he likes. The post was lamenting the quality of free software, so I offered the (correct) solution.
On the other hand, you should be pointing that childishly snide attitude of yours at the person who's pissing and moaning about either a) having bad management or b) someone not buying the software he wants for him. Either way, the solution to his dilemma has nothing to do with the quality of free software, but somehow that got caught up in the conversation. I commented on THAT.
Oh, wait, reading comprehension helps, doesn't it?
Then fix it!
I know, I know, you're tired of hearing that, but it's the right answer. If you do not have the skill to fix it, but still retain the inclination, pay someone who IS skilled enough to fix it. The neat part is that it'll work EXACTLY the way you want, and if 'the way you want' is useful enough, it may even become some type of standard (official or non) and then you'd be on the bleeding edge!
Unfortunately, some problems in free software are made unrealistically difficult by the insidious device known as "software patents". These little devils have the ability to cripple free software, being that they can make 'doing it right' illegal. I, however, do not believe that this is a problem with -free- software at all, but just the opposite.
Because "Broadcast Yourself" really means "Broadcast Yourself, within the confines of acceptable social norms as dictated by JCSoRocks", right?
And... "stag films"?!? Wow. Your anachronism is showing.
I heard that that'll break the internet.
Yep. I still run across people that call me "Reaper", short for The Reaper, my longtime handle from my teenage years. It's been about a decade since I've gone by that name, but there are still people that associate it with my RL face.
That would just lead some of the more reactionary citizens of the U.S. to call for an embargo on dairy to Iran. Some of the more extreme ones will even start claiming cows as proof of Iranian WMDs. Unfortunately for us, many of these people seem to be in positions capable of influencing policy, if the Iraqi adventure is any indication.
Also sqrt(-1). I call it The Number of the True Name of Cthulhu, but I have a unique flair. :-D
It's the founding father of 'that which cannot be', and it's in your fractals, giving area to your curves. That's spooky shit.
This will not happen until there is a way found to make electronic transactions safe for black market use. Drug dealing, gun dealing and the sale of various other contraband has been a large source of income for those that pull the strings of government for a very long time. This massive source of income isn't easy to just give up, even when balanced by the prospect of the economic panopticon.
Rolling THAC0 with percentile dice... I see where you're going with that.
Aww FFS, now even the 13 year olds with chips on their shoulders have become grammar Nazis. Damn you slashdot, look what you're doing to our youth!
That's the craziest speech impediment I've ever heard!