I'm serious, I worked for the CBS (Central Bureau for Statistics) for a while. If it's in any way representative of the rest of the government, my subject line is true.
Also, our Prime Minister was taught how to operate a mouse by a nine(?)-year-old girl a couple of years ago. (He's probably forgotten about it by now, though...)
Talk about over-reaction! I was in a similar situation as you, when I read those forged posts (except I'm not gay), but I reacted in a more nuanced way, by asking for an explanation of these illogical posts, and keeping in mind that there might be something out of whack.
Maybe you should too, before taking the chance to make your own come-out on Slashdot.
I'm glad it didn't make any sense. Maybe the editors would make an exception and remove the offending posts? They're not his, but despite the (+3, Informative) posts stating his account got hacked, there'll always be people who don't see them. I think they should be deleted.
What if the aliens see the Star Trek broadcasts, and actually think they're true? (Either in the way that the humans are portrayed as nice folks, or that they have advanced technology, in which case they might go after Hollywood producers and torture them for the technologies...)
It's about aliens who, erm, somehow got involved in a holodeck story, and played the roles of the nazis. I don't recall the details, but it was quite scary (but then, nazis are).
You get those emails too? They were REALLY stubborn in sending them to me a while ago, but I was more stubborn in having a filter in place, and now they stopped sending them to me.
Giving them a discount on the licencing fees is okay - it might be just what's needed to convince the bosses to accept your plan, but working on it in company time... well, I'd think twice about that.
Vile, profane, rude, or racist names including common swear words, anatomical references, racial slurs, and homonyms of these words.
Combinations of words that produce an offensive result (e.g. Hugeaz, TugMcgroin).
Names of religious, occult, or significant historic origin (e.g. Jesus, Allah, Satan, Stalin).
Copyrighted or trademarked names of products, characters, services, or concepts (e.g. Drizzt, Marlboro, Sony).
Non-fantasy names from popular media (e.g. Rambo, Darthvader).
Common words and phrases that would not be found in the place and time setting of the game (e.g. Switchblade, Phaser, Toaster, Cannabis, Sloegin).
Proper names from EverQuest (e.g. Rathe, Karana). This also includes any name of a significant EverQuest NPC (e.g. Dorn, Trumpy, Karn).
The names of senior Customer Support Representatives or employees of Verant Interactive or Sony Online Entertainment (e.g. Aradune, Solist, Rhystan)
Names chosen with the intent or possessed with the effect of harming the reputation of a player or Customer Service Representative.
Names containing titles within them, such as, but not limited to: The, Lord, Lady, Master, King, Knight, Sir, Father (e.g. Sirtallon, Lordeagle, Mothermaggy).
Names that contain sentences, phrases, or more than two words. (Ikillorcs, Ontop, and Petcarbob, Diediedie) Descriptive compound words are allowed, especially in surnames (e.g. Treehugger, Giantslayer)
Popular and easily recognized names from existing media (e.g. Merlin, Gandalf, Belgerath, Tanis).
Names where the combination of the first and last name form a phrase or violate a previous rule (e.g. Crymea River, Bran Muffin, Story Thyme)
Actually, those rules seem pretty reasonable. You don't want to know how many people will try to con other people into believing them they're game admins, and they need the other people's passwords for admininstrative purposes.
Also, would you really like to play a game in which many players would have wildly inappropriate names?
Around here, if a company sends you goods without you ordering them, and tells you to send them back if you don't want them, you don't have to pay for them, or send them back.
Amsterdam wouldn't be so bad, I think. We have theAmerican Book Center there, and indeed even the homeless speak English.
Age-discrimination is forbidden by law, but it does occur, just like in Silicon Valley.
Btw, in Winter, it doesn't get very cold, just wet, so don't forget your raincoat and umbrella.
Also, housing is expensive in all densely populated areas, and not cheap in the less populated areas surrounding them. I'm talking about $400k for a townhouse here! (though that might have been an exception, I hope...)
When the Albert Heijn supermarkets in The Netherlands introduced the Bonus Card (Bonuskaart), making holders eligible for special discounts (often quite substantive), there were people concerned about privacy who thought of ideas like swapping cards with random people now and then.
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Dr. Farnsworth: This is a universal translator. Unfortunately, it translates into an obscure dead language. HELLO!
Translator: Bonjour!
Maybe if we feed them the trolls here, they'll produce more Dark Fibre Matter!
'nuff said.
I'm serious, I worked for the CBS (Central Bureau for Statistics) for a while. If it's in any way representative of the rest of the government, my subject line is true.
Also, our Prime Minister was taught how to operate a mouse by a nine(?)-year-old girl a couple of years ago. (He's probably forgotten about it by now, though...)
IMHO, you're fucking lucky he's already spent over $100k on legal bills!
Talk about over-reaction! I was in a similar situation as you, when I read those forged posts (except I'm not gay), but I reacted in a more nuanced way, by asking for an explanation of these illogical posts, and keeping in mind that there might be something out of whack. Maybe you should too, before taking the chance to make your own come-out on Slashdot.
I'm glad it didn't make any sense. Maybe the editors would make an exception and remove the offending posts? They're not his, but despite the (+3, Informative) posts stating his account got hacked, there'll always be people who don't see them. I think they should be deleted.
The incident took place a few years ago, at Intel in Oregon.
"What does Heidi Wall have to do with it?" is just one of those questions.
Actually, I hope your post didn't make any sense.
You mean with that big tilted rock formation? You know which one I mean :-)
What if the aliens see the Star Trek broadcasts, and actually think they're true? (Either in the way that the humans are portrayed as nice folks, or that they have advanced technology, in which case they might go after Hollywood producers and torture them for the technologies...)
Right?
Exactly. Very good movie. Also, don't read the AC post below, it's a spoiler.
It's about aliens who, erm, somehow got involved in a holodeck story, and played the roles of the nazis. I don't recall the details, but it was quite scary (but then, nazis are).
Couldn't they also demand that spam should be opt-in as well? It seems only fair...
You get those emails too? They were REALLY stubborn in sending them to me a while ago, but I was more stubborn in having a filter in place, and now they stopped sending them to me.
Giving them a discount on the licencing fees is okay - it might be just what's needed to convince the bosses to accept your plan, but working on it in company time... well, I'd think twice about that.
Don't quote him wrong! He wrote "resell", not "sell"!
The fairer the game, the more money Sony makes. A win-win situation!
Actually, those rules seem pretty reasonable. You don't want to know how many people will try to con other people into believing them they're game admins, and they need the other people's passwords for admininstrative purposes.
Also, would you really like to play a game in which many players would have wildly inappropriate names?
Well, I just read about the Memory Sticks in a previous posting in this article, so I thought I could make a cool joke about it here.
Around here, if a company sends you goods without you ordering them, and tells you to send them back if you don't want them, you don't have to pay for them, or send them back.
Earth sucks! Utopia is much more fun!
Seriously, I've been playing Utopia for a long time now, and it's much more fun, exactly because of the teamplay concept.
(Though right now, killing teammates has become too hard...)
Amsterdam wouldn't be so bad, I think. We have the American Book Center there, and indeed even the homeless speak English.
Age-discrimination is forbidden by law, but it does occur, just like in Silicon Valley.
Btw, in Winter, it doesn't get very cold, just wet, so don't forget your raincoat and umbrella.
Also, housing is expensive in all densely populated areas, and not cheap in the less populated areas surrounding them. I'm talking about $400k for a townhouse here! (though that might have been an exception, I hope...)
Nevermind, somebody else posted a comment similar to this one hours ago already...
They'll try to answer questions about Mars' past and the possibility of life there."
Will they also answer the ten highest moderated questions posted here on Slashdot?
When the Albert Heijn supermarkets in The Netherlands introduced the Bonus Card (Bonuskaart), making holders eligible for special discounts (often quite substantive), there were people concerned about privacy who thought of ideas like swapping cards with random people now and then.