I like that idea of the deliberately misspelled words. Once the Chinese dissidents find out they should be searching for D3M0C@CY and HUM@N R16HTS, the censors will be a step or two behind.
But there's old adage that those who forget history are doomed to repeat it. Hitler had tremendous popular support throughout the 30s, even here in the USA, and when I hear of people granting Bush support for his domestic spying operation, I am reminded of Germany's slide toward totalitarian fascism prior to WWII.
The story seems to keep changing... "The Constitution gives me the right. Oh, it doesn't? Oh, well, Congress gave me the right. What? They didn't? Oh, okay, terrorism gives me the right."
Terrorism's the fall-back argument for everything now, and I find that pretty scary, since it can be used to justify absolutely anything.
Like the Constructicons and the Aerialbots, Gates and Jobs have merged to form GOBS, the most powerful technology robot executive ever! The Decepticons don't stand a chance. Or is the Autobots?
When I saw the headline in the sidebar, I thought it was "Major Privacy Bust," and I was thinking, Great, the authorities have busted some company for giving away private information, always glad to see that...
Imagine my disappointment. Oh, it's just some warez kids getting someone in trouble, and in Germany, no less.
A pretty standard sci-fi image will be tossed on its head... how many books, tv shows, and movies have featured spaceships in the future being repaired, often by a robot or by someone in a spacesuit outside the ship? If the ship can heal itself without the intervention of the crew, well, that changes things.
It wasn't logic, per se, it was a joke. I expressed that the number would notch up by a tenth of a percent in Intel's favor because of Apple's transition, making a gag out of Apple's notoriously low market share. If anything, the Intel-based Macs should impact Intel's market share far more than that. I know that I'm planning to buy an Intel-based Mac this year as soon as I can, so I'll have an Intel-based computer on my desk for the first time ever, for whatever that's worth (ain't much, I know).
I think that this case underscores how little government bureaucrats understand about the technology being used in their own buildings right under their very noses. Far too often when someone tries to bring a technical matter to the attention of someone with the authority to do something about it, they get The Hand in the Face... 'uhp, uhp, uhp, I don't want to hear about it... if it's not about a massive campaign contribution I don't want to know.'
Well, when the suits from the media companies come knocking, well, The Hand in the Face tactic isn't going to work.
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As Ford Prefect put it, "Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so."
And wouldn't that be iRonic?
Coming soon, the iPalm, Apple's combo PDA-digital music video player.
I am going to mail a large salami to the judge, in hopes that he will use it to smack the plaintiff.
John Romero? Awesome! It must have zombies in it, then!
Since when was there a Mac version of Google Toolbar? There's one that runs on Firefox, but I thought that was a separate, unblessed project.
I like that idea of the deliberately misspelled words. Once the Chinese dissidents find out they should be searching for D3M0C@CY and HUM@N R16HTS, the censors will be a step or two behind.
Has anyone taken Rush Limbaugh to task for calling feminists "feminazis"? If not, they probably should.
But there's old adage that those who forget history are doomed to repeat it. Hitler had tremendous popular support throughout the 30s, even here in the USA, and when I hear of people granting Bush support for his domestic spying operation, I am reminded of Germany's slide toward totalitarian fascism prior to WWII. The story seems to keep changing... "The Constitution gives me the right. Oh, it doesn't? Oh, well, Congress gave me the right. What? They didn't? Oh, okay, terrorism gives me the right." Terrorism's the fall-back argument for everything now, and I find that pretty scary, since it can be used to justify absolutely anything.
Like the Constructicons and the Aerialbots, Gates and Jobs have merged to form GOBS, the most powerful technology robot executive ever! The Decepticons don't stand a chance. Or is the Autobots?
Hitler justified what he was doing in the name of "fighting communist terrorism" that he claimed was headquartered in Poland.
Invoking the word "terrorism" to deflect criticism is only making Bush look more and more detached and cynical, in my view.
The judge then left the bench, walked over, and whacked the plaintiff and his council on the head with a salami.
We can put up pages about d3m0c@cy and hum@n r16hts.
The Chinese government can't censor it if they don't know how we're spelling it.
It's funnier on TV, sorry.
When I saw the headline in the sidebar, I thought it was "Major Privacy Bust," and I was thinking, Great, the authorities have busted some company for giving away private information, always glad to see that... Imagine my disappointment. Oh, it's just some warez kids getting someone in trouble, and in Germany, no less.
If Pixar ever does a Finding Nemo sequel, they've just got to have a whale belching up a stinking pile of squid beaks. The kids would love that.
If that data had porno website searches in it, you'd have the White House asking for it.
Wowee, IE7? I just can't wait to install that on my Mac!
A pretty standard sci-fi image will be tossed on its head... how many books, tv shows, and movies have featured spaceships in the future being repaired, often by a robot or by someone in a spacesuit outside the ship? If the ship can heal itself without the intervention of the crew, well, that changes things.
We're hard-wired for geometry? Sheesh, let's tell my 10th-grade Math teacher that... she'd point over to me and laugh in your face.
This, sadly, is only true of some people.
...telecom companies dig YOU up!
It wasn't logic, per se, it was a joke. I expressed that the number would notch up by a tenth of a percent in Intel's favor because of Apple's transition, making a gag out of Apple's notoriously low market share. If anything, the Intel-based Macs should impact Intel's market share far more than that. I know that I'm planning to buy an Intel-based Mac this year as soon as I can, so I'll have an Intel-based computer on my desk for the first time ever, for whatever that's worth (ain't much, I know).
When the Intel-based Macs hit the market, Intel processors will be found in 52.6 percent of desktop PCs, so there!
I think that this case underscores how little government bureaucrats understand about the technology being used in their own buildings right under their very noses. Far too often when someone tries to bring a technical matter to the attention of someone with the authority to do something about it, they get The Hand in the Face... 'uhp, uhp, uhp, I don't want to hear about it... if it's not about a massive campaign contribution I don't want to know.' Well, when the suits from the media companies come knocking, well, The Hand in the Face tactic isn't going to work.