OK I get the others, but who the hell are "Eritrea"? They must do a REALLY good job of arresting reporters as I have never heard of this country before!
Or your parents and teachers might have done a REALLY good job of failing you.
Too bad there isn't an ascii character that works as a polar opposite of the '$' sign. Whereas '$' signifies massive wealth, unbridled greed, and reckless ambition, this new character can be cleverly inserted in the names of the junior college dropout, the part-time best buy employee, or the basement virgin. Though I can't come up with any reason for anonymous online strangers to make forum postings about the invisible her0ines of the world, I offer the zero key to the electronic ether, as a replacement for the letter 'o', for that day it may be needed. Use it to call attention to the unwashed, the accomplishment-challenged, the socially stunted, and those of low earning potential. Just as the $ is a warning to the online community about the capitalistic predators robbing us blind, 0 brings attention to the lesser of our brothers and sisters, the terminally unsung heroes and her0ines of the mediocre netherworld. This is an important moment in the history of online discourse, and I am honored you could be here to share it with me.
"$, for he who has everything; 0, for he who is nothing."
ha ha, owned. and judging by your 'flamebait' mod, you just made some basement fatty fly into a mountain-dew tinged rage- probably because he'll never be able to pen such an elegant smackdown, no matter how many writing classes he takes at his junior college. sorry slashdot users, you can't buy pussy or weed with mod points.
Precious indeed. Life in the 1840s was nasty, brutal, and short, and I think I would rather be a "modern-day youth" than live in some halcyon 19th-century paradise of "self-reliance"(and typhus and lynchings and wiping my ass with a pine cone), especially if I was a 14 year-old girl. And I think, if you really knew what you were talking about, you would too.
But by all means, go ahead and make off-topic rants about the shortcomings of today's youth, in a discussion thread about burned-out IT workers.
Are you sure you want to go down this road? Would you really want to live in a society where Darwinism is the basis for policy decisions? Really? Do you think concepts like 'compassion' and 'cooperation' are simply weaknesses of the overly sentimental? You wouldn't change your mind if you discovered you had some life-threatening allergy or a congenital heart defect? If you(or one of your children) were lying in some hospice bed, terminally ill, would it comfort you to know that- hey, at least natural selection is working and my defective genes won't get a chance to taint the gene pool'?
Charles Darwin himself was an early repudiator of eugenics. He believed that 'hereditary improvement' was impractical, since no one in there right mind would willingly exclude themselves, and attempts to compulsorily prevent other people from reproducing would be immoral and 'illiberal.' Do you really think I'm going to listen to some jerkoff IT manager over charles fucking darwin?
Besides, do you know how long it takes for 'improvements' to the gene pool to manifest themselves? You know as much about natural selection as a creationist.
Yes, you can be ticketed for "impeding the flow of traffic," even if theres no way to do so without breaking the speed limit(look it up yourself, thanks). But you probably have nothing to worry about, since you only leave your mom's basement to throw away those urine-filled mountain dew bottles and you'll never be able to afford a car.
I see 'compassion for the weak' as evidence of higher mental functions. Whenever I see some misanthropic sneering masquerading as praise for natural selection, I get a mental image of some mallrat in a marilyn manson shirt, who reads nietzsche even though he's completely ignorant of western philosophy, and thinks all his problems would disappear if the 'stupid people' would go away. You might not fit this physical description of this hypothetical creature, but you definitely have his same level of sophistication.
Do you have one of those "you laugh at me because I am different..." stickers on your locker?
I don't think Microsoft cares that Blu-Ray is Sony's standard, just that it's not Microsoft's standard.
From there, the decision to forget about a high-definition player add-on for this generation makes sense. The attach rate for the HD-DVD drive wasn't very good (typical for a console add-on), but Microsoft was willing to take that hit for the sake of promoting HD-DVD. (Not to mention keeping up with the Playstation 3 Joneses.) A Blu-Ray movie player for 360 would be just another console accessory that doesn't sell enough to justify the cost. (See also: Sega CD)
XBox "720", if it uses an optical drive at all, will probably use Blu-Ray out of necessity. As a baseline for the platform, it will be far easier to justify that cost as upfront R&D.
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OK I get the others, but who the hell are "Eritrea"? They must do a REALLY good job of arresting reporters as I have never heard of this country before! Or your parents and teachers might have done a REALLY good job of failing you.
Do you even know what a business model is? Hint: it doesn't mean '1/16" replica of the Chrysler Building.'
Too bad there isn't an ascii character that works as a polar opposite of the '$' sign. Whereas '$' signifies massive wealth, unbridled greed, and reckless ambition, this new character can be cleverly inserted in the names of the junior college dropout, the part-time best buy employee, or the basement virgin. Though I can't come up with any reason for anonymous online strangers to make forum postings about the invisible her0ines of the world, I offer the zero key to the electronic ether, as a replacement for the letter 'o', for that day it may be needed. Use it to call attention to the unwashed, the accomplishment-challenged, the socially stunted, and those of low earning potential. Just as the $ is a warning to the online community about the capitalistic predators robbing us blind, 0 brings attention to the lesser of our brothers and sisters, the terminally unsung heroes and her0ines of the mediocre netherworld. This is an important moment in the history of online discourse, and I am honored you could be here to share it with me. "$, for he who has everything; 0, for he who is nothing."
ha ha, owned. and judging by your 'flamebait' mod, you just made some basement fatty fly into a mountain-dew tinged rage- probably because he'll never be able to pen such an elegant smackdown, no matter how many writing classes he takes at his junior college. sorry slashdot users, you can't buy pussy or weed with mod points.
Your bigotry is showing, and it's totally repulsive.
He was basically agreeing with you in the last paragraph, but you were too busy frothing at the mouth to bother reading it.
You have no idea how ridiculous you look.
Nice karma whore, too bad it backfired ^_^
But by all means, go ahead and make off-topic rants about the shortcomings of today's youth, in a discussion thread about burned-out IT workers.
Why are you blogging in my firefox window?
That's not what "theory" means.
Your community college has failed you.
Are you sure you want to go down this road? Would you really want to live in a society where Darwinism is the basis for policy decisions? Really? Do you think concepts like 'compassion' and 'cooperation' are simply weaknesses of the overly sentimental? You wouldn't change your mind if you discovered you had some life-threatening allergy or a congenital heart defect? If you(or one of your children) were lying in some hospice bed, terminally ill, would it comfort you to know that- hey, at least natural selection is working and my defective genes won't get a chance to taint the gene pool'? Charles Darwin himself was an early repudiator of eugenics. He believed that 'hereditary improvement' was impractical, since no one in there right mind would willingly exclude themselves, and attempts to compulsorily prevent other people from reproducing would be immoral and 'illiberal.' Do you really think I'm going to listen to some jerkoff IT manager over charles fucking darwin? Besides, do you know how long it takes for 'improvements' to the gene pool to manifest themselves? You know as much about natural selection as a creationist.
Yes, and it sucks.
Your wrong, kind of dumb, and not even a funny troll. Sorry :/
Feel free to browse my posting history for funnier trolling.
Yes I can :)
Blame yourselves :(
I have a great idea for a new slashdot slogan: "Slashdot: We Like to Complain About Thing."
Don't care
Do you have one of those "you laugh at me because I am different..." stickers on your locker?
And why on earth should he want to do that?
From there, the decision to forget about a high-definition player add-on for this generation makes sense. The attach rate for the HD-DVD drive wasn't very good (typical for a console add-on), but Microsoft was willing to take that hit for the sake of promoting HD-DVD. (Not to mention keeping up with the Playstation 3 Joneses.) A Blu-Ray movie player for 360 would be just another console accessory that doesn't sell enough to justify the cost. (See also: Sega CD)
XBox "720", if it uses an optical drive at all, will probably use Blu-Ray out of necessity. As a baseline for the platform, it will be far easier to justify that cost as upfront R&D.
You only have yourselves to blame.
Go fuck your mother, dipshit.
You only have yourselves to blame.