The idea that the internet is ever going to deliver massive quality ignores the simple fact: previous mediums were controlled by the elite. To hold a medium controlled by everyone to the same standards as mediums controlled by a select group is to ignore the very nature of the internet!
The internet is LolCatz and Rickrolling and Facebook Pickle people talking shit on Nickelback.
Acting like this fact imperils our ever present need for another Rousseau is elitist bullshit.
Too long our humanity has been defined by assholes who sniff at the notion that our useless and infantile pursuits aren't good enough. Fuck them! What proof is there that Icanhazcheeseburger isn't this generation's Guernica?
We have a right to just be human, without some shit-eating prick telling us we're not doing a good enough job of meeting his definition of awesome.
Quantity is not quality. I get it. But, have you seen some of the shit they call quality? 90% of Shakespeare is stupid and unreadable. Foucault is downright fucking retarded. And frankly I still don't get how Plato's Cave helps me make ends meet.
Quality is just elitist bullshit. We have a right to a stupid and useless internet.
Remember, Edison once filed a patent just as a "fuck you" to Tesla and Westinghouse. That patent? The electric chair.
Edison was a craven fuck who killed people as a form of guerilla marketing. DocMakMats plays with his own poo. Oh, and Edison was dead wrong. But he's the one everyone remembers, while Tesla's tombstone has the word "unmanly" on it.
In conclusion, Edison was a certified gangsta. DocNakMats takes photos of his own shit.
There's an easy defense of filing it under YRO: everyone has the right to spend 144 years checking their poo and filing patents. DocNakaMats is out there every day bravely defending your right to stifle development and pick through feces. How dare you question this noble quest?
You know, poorly implemented, cloud computing has the potential to be the thing that actual does finally lay waste to the internet (many apologies to LOLcatz and ChatRoulette). And who better to poorly implement cloud than MS?
Oh, you know what I meant. A solid 90% of services on XP can be disabled, which is a far cry from Windows 7, where you have to keep a very clear list of what you turned off to make sure you don't trip over the dependencies.
I know this is Slashdot, so perhaps I should just apologize for using hyperbole.
The researchers also confirmed the existing data that classical music improve mental function, rendering the kids who could tolerate far better at committing mischief. The old tack on the teacher's seat has been replaced by pay-for-play extortion and grade inflation schemes where students deliberately throw the curve.
Anytime a technology is a real turd with no use, the folks marketing it try to list as many uses as possible. It's like the ad for the GT Xpress 101 Countertop Grill, which can make omelettes, bake brownies, grill cheeseburgers, boil soup and starch your shirts.
On a side note, they make -- albeit expensive -- flash drives with a kill switch. If you're tromping around with incriminating data, it might not be a bad plan to pay a little more cash and be on the safe side. Not that the criminal element was ever known for their forethought.
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The idea that the internet is ever going to deliver massive quality ignores the simple fact: previous mediums were controlled by the elite. To hold a medium controlled by everyone to the same standards as mediums controlled by a select group is to ignore the very nature of the internet!
The internet is LolCatz and Rickrolling and Facebook Pickle people talking shit on Nickelback.
Acting like this fact imperils our ever present need for another Rousseau is elitist bullshit.
Too long our humanity has been defined by assholes who sniff at the notion that our useless and infantile pursuits aren't good enough. Fuck them! What proof is there that Icanhazcheeseburger isn't this generation's Guernica?
We have a right to just be human, without some shit-eating prick telling us we're not doing a good enough job of meeting his definition of awesome.
Quantity is not quality. I get it. But, have you seen some of the shit they call quality? 90% of Shakespeare is stupid and unreadable. Foucault is downright fucking retarded. And frankly I still don't get how Plato's Cave helps me make ends meet.
Quality is just elitist bullshit. We have a right to a stupid and useless internet.
It was 6 million, and there called "Jews" you insensitive prick!
On a side note: Dude? Seriously? WTF? This was a humorous comment and you go all fucking PETA on my shit?
Say what you want, but the guy spanking the monkey at least knows when to stop.
My bad.
I guess that's to be expected when someone's handle is "timeOday". My bad.
Be careful. There's a slippery slopes that goes from beating a dead horse all the way down to turning the horse into cube steak.
I hate to discover only after the fact that someone I'm having a conversation with likes to beat a dead horse.
Dude? You have a cell phone. Cut it out.
Remember, Edison once filed a patent just as a "fuck you" to Tesla and Westinghouse. That patent? The electric chair.
Edison was a craven fuck who killed people as a form of guerilla marketing. DocMakMats plays with his own poo. Oh, and Edison was dead wrong. But he's the one everyone remembers, while Tesla's tombstone has the word "unmanly" on it.
In conclusion, Edison was a certified gangsta. DocNakMats takes photos of his own shit.
What are you talking about? It kept people away from his precious bodily fluids!!
You have to use the sauce pump to prime your sauce pump.
Now this is just weird:
How do you “trigger” an invention? A lack of oxygen is very important.
You're telling me this shit-eating prick also holds the patent on autoerotic asphyxiation?
Edison invented useful shit, sure. DocNakaMats invents ways to use his own shit. See? See?
Crazy fucka 4 life, all 144 years of it!!
There's an easy defense of filing it under YRO: everyone has the right to spend 144 years checking their poo and filing patents. DocNakaMats is out there every day bravely defending your right to stifle development and pick through feces. How dare you question this noble quest?
144 years of checking my poo and filing patents just doesn't sound like a life worth living.
You know, poorly implemented, cloud computing has the potential to be the thing that actual does finally lay waste to the internet (many apologies to LOLcatz and ChatRoulette). And who better to poorly implement cloud than MS?
Because I'd be let down if the card weren't improperly rendered.
But you know things are bad when even internet-based bullshit news is having a slow day. Was there not a single cat photo taken today?
Oh, you know what I meant. A solid 90% of services on XP can be disabled, which is a far cry from Windows 7, where you have to keep a very clear list of what you turned off to make sure you don't trip over the dependencies.
I know this is Slashdot, so perhaps I should just apologize for using hyperbole.
It would be unreal how fast spammers would exploit this.
The researchers also confirmed the existing data that classical music improve mental function, rendering the kids who could tolerate far better at committing mischief. The old tack on the teacher's seat has been replaced by pay-for-play extortion and grade inflation schemes where students deliberately throw the curve.
Anytime a technology is a real turd with no use, the folks marketing it try to list as many uses as possible. It's like the ad for the GT Xpress 101 Countertop Grill, which can make omelettes, bake brownies, grill cheeseburgers, boil soup and starch your shirts.
Especially when you consider the number of people who constantly move their mouths and say nothing.
Because that could make a great ad for Kingston.
On a side note, they make -- albeit expensive -- flash drives with a kill switch. If you're tromping around with incriminating data, it might not be a bad plan to pay a little more cash and be on the safe side. Not that the criminal element was ever known for their forethought.
Especially with XP, the last version of Windows that allows you to nuke absolutely every service, disabling help is one of the first things I do.