You're absolutely right. What's next on CNET, an article about which car battery inflicts the most pain when connected to someone's nuts? CNET, Yahoo, and Google need to stop helping the chinese oppress their citizens!
I wonder if they will let the volunteers attach the car batteries to the spammer's nuts. The "diehard" treatment seems to be a common "reprogramming" technique used by china. I'm pretty sure it will work on spammers as well as it does on the other chinese "troublemakers".
Thomas Friedman mentioned in The world is flat that the Chinese insist on promoting people who know what they're talking about in government. With a meritocratically oriented civil service that runs all the way to the top, the leaders of Chinese government tend to be engineers and scientists, whereas we in the democratic USA are stuck with lawyers.
They need to get some economists and historians in their government. Then they would realize that communism doesn't work.
This a standard sales procedure for any big company. CTO goes out for drinks with sales rep and wakes up the next morning in a ditch with his pants around his ankles and a copy of the signed contract.
You will know it is as bad here as it is in china when you look down and see a car battery attached to your nuts. Until then, I think things here in the US are better than china.
Don't be blind to what is happening in your own pants.
I understand that Google is doing a great job of removing "noise" in their China site. If you type in Tiannemen Square Google nicely filters out all the democracy "noise".
On the other hand if you happen to be a government official and would like to find out who is posting a particular blog, Google will print out a nice map directly to their house for you so you can go and attach a car battery to their nuts.
Maybe the chinese government can cut out the middle man and have larry and sergey attach the electrodes for them?
I don't think they will be able to put many government services online. The government workers in france will riot when they find out their paper shuffling jobs have been replaced by a computer. Then the youth will strike until the evil "job stealing" computers are removed. Of course, chirac will back down like he always does.
In france, they would be better off buying air conditioners for their elderly rather than buying them computers. It might be a hot summer.
At least I never hooked up a car battery to a Falun Gong priest's nuts. When Google cooperates with the chinese government, someone usually gets the Diehard treatment. I may be typing on a keyboard made in china, but no one's sack got electrocuted because of it.
I'm getting the feeling that Sergay and Brin have let the billions go to their heads. I'm pretty sure they would personally hook up car batteries to the nuts of chinese dissidents if they thought it would send GOOG stock up a few bucks.
When will they decide that they have made enough money? When every scrotum in china has electrodes attached to it?
I'm sure there are many people in China who got the car battery treatment because of Google and Yahoo. It's China's way of "reprogramming" their citizens. Shame on Google for doing this. Sergey and Bren may as well have attached the electrodes themselves.
Some poor guy in China has a car battery attached to his nuts because Google turned him in to the authorities, and this guy is bitching? Take the beam out of your own eye Eric!!!
Tanenbaum pops up from time to time to give people lip. Eventually Linus gets fed up and smacks him down with sound arguments (Linus has won every argument thus far). If he keeps to schedule, Tanenbaum should go away soon and come back about 18 months from now with some other silly concern.
Actually all lawyers are required to sign up for Ethics 101 class in their first semester. Anyone who shows up is immediately expelled from law school.
2 large artichokes
1 cup (packed) fresh basil leaves
1 garlic clove
1 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon freshly grated Pecorino Romano cheese
1 tablespoon freshly grated Parmesan cheese
32 cooked jumbo shrimp, peeled, deveined
I always use 3 "medium" artichokes. 2 large never works for anyone. Dumb ass.
And why are you packing your basil? I bet that's not all your "packing".
Pecorino Romano is basically the same thing as Parmesan, so the cheese ingredients are redundant.
And where did you come up with 32 shrimp? Everyone knows that shrimp come in different sizes. There are variations in the "jumbo" size depending on your region. I know for a fact what passes as "jumbo" in Peoria wouldn't be fit for a chum bucket in Boston. Always specify your shrimp by weight, moron!!!
To trim artichoke, add the juice from half a lemon to a large bowl of cold water. Cut off the artichoke's stem; rub cut surface with the other lemon half. Peel off all the leaves. Cut off top one inch of artichoke. Using a spoon with a serrated edge, scrape out the fibrous choke from the center. Rub the artichoke all over with lemon and drop it into lemon water. Drain before using.
Could you make this a little more complicated? Dammit, if you don't know how to trim artichoke you should just leave it to the experts or buy canned.
Cut artichoke hearts into quarters. Combine artichoke hearts, basil, and garlic in processor. Add oil and blend until smooth. Transfer to bowl. Mix in cheeses. Season artichoke pesto to taste with salt and pepper. Place pesto in center of platter. Surround with shrimp and serve.
There are too many problems in the paragraph to list them all. For example, you don't specify what type of processor to combine the ingredients in, nor the setting to put the processor on. Also, your presentation of pesto on a platter surrounded by shrimp has been done a million times. You almost didn't even have to mention that. You could have just said something like "now be an unoriginal asshole for the presentation".
A few quick observations about the poor quality of the analysis:
1). They only took the readings over a short and untypical period.
2). The hosts being closed was not in itself indicative of service levels.
You are correct. Microsoft doesn't want to be penalized for being successful. But all EU companies are penalized for being successful in the form of overbearing taxation and unbalanced labor laws ( a la france). Why does MS expect to be treated any differently from the EU?
Slashdotters everywhere will be checking their cell phones and beepers for the vibration. Bored people talking to slashdotters will be amused by this and no longer be bored. Maybe this is for slash dotters!
I think a more obvious answer would be to do a combination of both. Release the DVD at the same time as the movie, but initially only sell the DVD to movie ticket holders. People who see the movie have the option of buying the DVD. People who want the DVD early pay a premium (cost of movie ticket), and can optionally see the movie. People who want the DVD but don't want to pay the premium can wait.
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You're absolutely right. What's next on CNET, an article about which car battery inflicts the most pain when connected to someone's nuts? CNET, Yahoo, and Google need to stop helping the chinese oppress their citizens!
I wonder if they will let the volunteers attach the car batteries to the spammer's nuts. The "diehard" treatment seems to be a common "reprogramming" technique used by china. I'm pretty sure it will work on spammers as well as it does on the other chinese "troublemakers".
They need to get some economists and historians in their government. Then they would realize that communism doesn't work.
Kathleen Blanco should be worried about the coming hurricane season rather than wasting everyone's time with this.
This a standard sales procedure for any big company. CTO goes out for drinks with sales rep and wakes up the next morning in a ditch with his pants around his ankles and a copy of the signed contract.
Don't be blind to what is happening in your own pants.
On the other hand if you happen to be a government official and would like to find out who is posting a particular blog, Google will print out a nice map directly to their house for you so you can go and attach a car battery to their nuts.
Maybe the chinese government can cut out the middle man and have larry and sergey attach the electrodes for them?
In france, they would be better off buying air conditioners for their elderly rather than buying them computers. It might be a hot summer.
http://itsatrap.net/
At least I never hooked up a car battery to a Falun Gong priest's nuts. When Google cooperates with the chinese government, someone usually gets the Diehard treatment. I may be typing on a keyboard made in china, but no one's sack got electrocuted because of it.
When will they decide that they have made enough money? When every scrotum in china has electrodes attached to it?
I'm sure there are many people in China who got the car battery treatment because of Google and Yahoo. It's China's way of "reprogramming" their citizens. Shame on Google for doing this. Sergey and Bren may as well have attached the electrodes themselves.
Some poor guy in China has a car battery attached to his nuts because Google turned him in to the authorities, and this guy is bitching? Take the beam out of your own eye Eric!!!
They can no longer hide their wireless networks inside thick walls.
http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=1 0840
*I don't watch American Idol. Really!
Tanenbaum pops up from time to time to give people lip. Eventually Linus gets fed up and smacks him down with sound arguments (Linus has won every argument thus far). If he keeps to schedule, Tanenbaum should go away soon and come back about 18 months from now with some other silly concern.
Actually all lawyers are required to sign up for Ethics 101 class in their first semester. Anyone who shows up is immediately expelled from law school.
I always use 3 "medium" artichokes. 2 large never works for anyone. Dumb ass.
And why are you packing your basil? I bet that's not all your "packing".
Pecorino Romano is basically the same thing as Parmesan, so the cheese ingredients are redundant.
And where did you come up with 32 shrimp? Everyone knows that shrimp come in different sizes. There are variations in the "jumbo" size depending on your region. I know for a fact what passes as "jumbo" in Peoria wouldn't be fit for a chum bucket in Boston. Always specify your shrimp by weight, moron!!!
To trim artichoke, add the juice from half a lemon to a large bowl of cold water. Cut off the artichoke's stem; rub cut surface with the other lemon half. Peel off all the leaves. Cut off top one inch of artichoke. Using a spoon with a serrated edge, scrape out the fibrous choke from the center. Rub the artichoke all over with lemon and drop it into lemon water. Drain before using.
Could you make this a little more complicated? Dammit, if you don't know how to trim artichoke you should just leave it to the experts or buy canned.
Cut artichoke hearts into quarters. Combine artichoke hearts, basil, and garlic in processor. Add oil and blend until smooth. Transfer to bowl. Mix in cheeses. Season artichoke pesto to taste with salt and pepper. Place pesto in center of platter. Surround with shrimp and serve.
There are too many problems in the paragraph to list them all. For example, you don't specify what type of processor to combine the ingredients in, nor the setting to put the processor on. Also, your presentation of pesto on a platter surrounded by shrimp has been done a million times. You almost didn't even have to mention that. You could have just said something like "now be an unoriginal asshole for the presentation".
A few quick observations about the poor quality of the analysis: 1). They only took the readings over a short and untypical period. 2). The hosts being closed was not in itself indicative of service levels.
You are correct. Microsoft doesn't want to be penalized for being successful. But all EU companies are penalized for being successful in the form of overbearing taxation and unbalanced labor laws ( a la france). Why does MS expect to be treated any differently from the EU?
What they need to do is make these monitors wider and taller.
Now that would be innovation!
Isn't MS in big trouble with the EU now for this same type of thing?
Slashdotters everywhere will be checking their cell phones and beepers for the vibration. Bored people talking to slashdotters will be amused by this and no longer be bored. Maybe this is for slash dotters!
I think a more obvious answer would be to do a combination of both. Release the DVD at the same time as the movie, but initially only sell the DVD to movie ticket holders. People who see the movie have the option of buying the DVD. People who want the DVD early pay a premium (cost of movie ticket), and can optionally see the movie. People who want the DVD but don't want to pay the premium can wait.