I'm not sure what exactly post you're responding to, but where I was working the 'creative' people were not doing any of that stuff you mentioned, so it's not relevant. They were doing nothing that required a Mac.
Unless you're talking about some creatives that were not at the company I was talking about, in which case, well, I don't know about that, obviously.
What part of "News for Nerds" translates into "News for OSS zealots?"
Report for Slashdot Groupthink retraining first thing Monday, creep.
You should know that/. only covers OSS, and certainly never covers news about software by Microsoft, Apple, Sun, Google, Valve, Epic, Ubisoft, Sony, Take Two, Bungie, etc. After all, nobody who reads/. uses anything but Linux, you dolt.
Not true. I installed Win2k Server on a PC on ADSL with no firewall, installed the ADSL modem drivers, downloaded the latest SP, installed it, and installed Norton AntiVirus which promptly told me I was already infected with a virus. I certainly wasn't faffing about logging on to AOL or reading email.
Instead you might have been a snooty European? <snip> Newsflash: There's an inscription on the Statue of Liberty which says: "Bring me your poor, huddled masses, yearning to breathe free".
Newsflash: the Statue of Liberty was designed, built, and given to the USA by 'snooty Europeans'.;-)
I know you probably didn't mean it like that, but it was still sort of funny.
This was never offered as a thank you to the community. This ad was paid for by the community. Why would we thank ourselves? This ad is meant, pure and simple, as a way to get NYT readers to wonder how in the hell a program can be so good that it got 10,000 people to donate money to advertise it.
And yet, in the article:
The ad, according to Davis, is geared less to the Web-surfing public at large than at the community of Mozilla volunteers who have rallied around the increasingly popular alternative to Microsoft's dominant Internet Explorer browser.
So which is it?
I have to say, if the ad is targeted at 'the community of Mozilla volunteers', then what exactly is the point? They already know about Firefox, don't they? Sounds like a waste of $50,000.
Or is it so they can show the ad to sceptical friends/relatives and say "See! That kooky browser I was telling you about is advertised in the New York Times!"..?
With warm heart I offer my friendship, and my greetings, and I hope this letter meets you in good time. It will be surprising to you to receive this proposal from me since you do not know
me personally.However, I am sincerely seeking your confidence
in this transaction, which I propose with my free mind and as
a person of integrity.
As led by my instict, I decided to
contact you through email, after searching for contacts via
the internet, as it is the only means I can contact anybody
since I am cutting off ties with Zimbabwe for security and
safety reasons.
Before he was murdered, my father withdrew all of our business foreign
accounts in dollars and sold up our shares in major companies.
We then went to SOUTH AFRICA to deposit the sum of US$14.5 million
(Fourteen million, Five Hundred thousand US dollars), in a private
security company.
In order for yourself to receive 10% broker fee, you must pass the simple English test of my country. Be mindful that grammar will be considered as well as to the spelling.
Come on. I've replaced my iPod's battery, and I've taken apart a fair number of devices in my time, but I was still worried about damaging the innards, as you can't see the mechanism for holding the case together until it's off, and the firewire/headphone socket etc was pretty tricky to work around.
It's certainly do-able, but if you're talking about a simple replacement for the majority of people who've bought an iPod, I think you're way off. They won't like doing it at all. I'd say most of them will give up because they're worried about trashing their $400 device.
Q: And one more thing, Bond. Take a look at this chair with a hole in the seat we've been working on... Bond: I hardly think I'll need to know about that, Q.
I normally favour the 'put them on hold' strategy, but I do like the 'try to order a pizza from them and don't take no for an answer' strategy - I've just never got around to trying it. It sounds like fun though.
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"Look at these people. They probably think they're having fun."
Or in the words of Eddie Izzard:
I'm not sure what exactly post you're responding to, but where I was working the 'creative' people were not doing any of that stuff you mentioned, so it's not relevant. They were doing nothing that required a Mac.
Unless you're talking about some creatives that were not at the company I was talking about, in which case, well, I don't know about that, obviously.
Just a heads up: Dunkin' Donuts is not a restaurant.
They probably still know to preview before posting, though.
You're not wrong. They should use Photoshop Elements, which is only about $50.
Huh? Where did you get those figures from?
You may be moderated 'Insightful' but I have a hard time working out how this equates to 'fucking people over'...maybe it's just me.
Report for Slashdot Groupthink retraining first thing Monday, creep.
You'll be doing the lecturing, btw.
Report for Slashdot Groupthink retraining first thing Monday, creep.
You should know that /. only covers OSS, and certainly never covers news about software by Microsoft, Apple, Sun, Google, Valve, Epic, Ubisoft, Sony, Take Two, Bungie, etc. After all, nobody who reads /. uses anything but Linux, you dolt.
And don't you forget it!
Not true. I installed Win2k Server on a PC on ADSL with no firewall, installed the ADSL modem drivers, downloaded the latest SP, installed it, and installed Norton AntiVirus which promptly told me I was already infected with a virus. I certainly wasn't faffing about logging on to AOL or reading email.
Newsflash: the Statue of Liberty was designed, built, and given to the USA by 'snooty Europeans'. ;-)
I know you probably didn't mean it like that, but it was still sort of funny.
Hahahaha!
Thanks - that was a good one :)
Are you sure you're using that word correctly? I don't think it means what you think it means.
And yet, in the article:
So which is it?
I have to say, if the ad is targeted at 'the community of Mozilla volunteers', then what exactly is the point? They already know about Firefox, don't they? Sounds like a waste of $50,000.
Or is it so they can show the ad to sceptical friends/relatives and say "See! That kooky browser I was telling you about is advertised in the New York Times!"..?
With warm heart I offer my friendship, and my greetings, and I hope this letter meets you in good time. It will be surprising to you to receive this proposal from me since you do not know me personally.However, I am sincerely seeking your confidence in this transaction, which I propose with my free mind and as a person of integrity.
As led by my instict, I decided to contact you through email, after searching for contacts via the internet, as it is the only means I can contact anybody since I am cutting off ties with Zimbabwe for security and safety reasons.
Before he was murdered, my father withdrew all of our business foreign accounts in dollars and sold up our shares in major companies. We then went to SOUTH AFRICA to deposit the sum of US$14.5 million (Fourteen million, Five Hundred thousand US dollars), in a private security company.
In order for yourself to receive 10% broker fee, you must pass the simple English test of my country. Be mindful that grammar will be considered as well as to the spelling.
'Very simple replacement'?
Come on. I've replaced my iPod's battery, and I've taken apart a fair number of devices in my time, but I was still worried about damaging the innards, as you can't see the mechanism for holding the case together until it's off, and the firewire/headphone socket etc was pretty tricky to work around.
It's certainly do-able, but if you're talking about a simple replacement for the majority of people who've bought an iPod, I think you're way off. They won't like doing it at all. I'd say most of them will give up because they're worried about trashing their $400 device.
Q: And one more thing, Bond. Take a look at this chair with a hole in the seat we've been working on...
Bond: I hardly think I'll need to know about that, Q.
Well, then surely YANAgeek either? :-)
You should tell them that. It sounds like a winning line.
I normally favour the 'put them on hold' strategy, but I do like the 'try to order a pizza from them and don't take no for an answer' strategy - I've just never got around to trying it. It sounds like fun though.
Curse you and your ethics! :-)
So, a bit like when I'm away from home, and I use my PDA to check email, and it takes forever, and then I have to delete 99+% of it because it's spam?
A bit like that, you mean?
I think you misread the submission - it says "What advice can you guys give me on not becoming a PHB?" (my emphasis)