I wasn't as surprised by the "save a tree" comment by the lady behind the counter as I was with the conversation I had with a 6 year old (rather ghetto looking) while I stood in line. Went something like this:
6yr old: True or False!...Boys wear panties or boxers?
Me:.....Um false.
6yr old: Wrong! My brother wears panties because he says boxers are too manly.
I'm usually pretty quick but I couldn't think of anything to say to that. That was a very interesting day at Wal-mart.
Last time I was at Wal-Mart and the lady started to put my purchases in a plastic bag, I said I can carry them myself. It was only a few things and an extra bag around would be slightly annoying. She replied with "That's good. Save a tree." I stopped for a second about to explain that the bag was made from petroleum, not trees. I would, infact, be saving oil. I decided not to say anything at all because my purchase consisted of several quarts of oil due to the fact that my car leaks oil like a sieve.
I like this business model. The biggest appeal to downloading pirated music for me is that I know none of my money is going to support the RIAA and their actions. I have recently downloaded a few artists stuff on what.cd, liked their music, and made a donation. I like knowing that all my money is going to support the music I like rather than supporting business practices I don't agree with.
"What the **AA still are not telling us is how and where they found what proof (if any) that P2P file sharing is hurting their business, nor have the quantified how the quality of their product taints that estimate."
But they've got graphs! You can't argue with graphs!
Personally, I think the Radiohead distribution strategy was brilliant. I don't like radiohead's music, but decided to stop by there and download it because I liked what they were doing. Granted, I only paid $2 because that's about as much as I liked them. Turns out, i really like In Rainbows and have bought the CD and LP of it and am looking back to get some of their older stuff. I would never have done that if it wasn't for their strategy.
Why don't they just go to the source of this illegal downloading of music...the electric company. They're not only directly powering the ISP companies, but each individual evil computer user! Have the electric company turn off power and you knock out both ISP and end user with 1 stone! People wouldn't even be able to make burnt CDs (or play them)! Hell, I mean the only reason I use my Whirlpool refridgerator is to store nutrients soley used to go back to my computer and illegally distribute U2 mp3s. Wow! What doesn't assist in downloading illegal music?
Or? How often you do compute volume of irregular 3D objects, or do matrix determinants or solve system of equations of third power so you can meet the month budget?
As a physicist, everyday.;)
As a ME student student, everyday. Except today because it's only 9am and i'm not exactly awake yet. I think math is overrated. I mean what the hell would i use it for in everyday life? If i need some complicated math done, i would just pay ungodly amounts of money to have someone else do it. While working at the BK Lounge, you didn't have to count the fries or integrate the area inside the carton to see how many fries would fit in there, you just dump a bunch in and let the ones fall out if they don't fit. No math needed! The register goes down at the drive through, all you have to do is tell your manager that you don't have the proper equipment to do your job and either he'll do it or you get to go back to the whopper lair! Math, who needs it?
Hmm, looks like you'll enjoy buying our highly proprietary dvd drive. In doing this, it takes out the 3 lap requirement*. This drive has such convenient features as only reading our dvds so that you don't have to use other companys' confusing dvd formats and restrictive DRMs. Also you will acquire the ability to pay us monthly for updates to the drive's firmware and driver! I know you're so excited about our products that i've already ordered you one! Note: your credit card has been billed by WeMakeLifeHarderThanItHasToBe Inc.
*when using ProprieDrive, the 3 lap requirement is replaced by 3 swift kicks to the nuts(ovaries in other cases).
"Another Willett parent, Celeste D'Elia, said her son feels safer because of the rule. "I've witnessed enough near collisions," she said."
WTF!? You've seen NEAR collisions!? Is your kid hurt? Did he have to go to the hospital for these near collisions? I mean i can see if these kids are consistently being pummeled by playing tag. But, tag, scraped knees, and the occasional bump on the head is part of being a kid. I'm sorry, but Celeste, if your kid HONESTLY feels safer because he is not allowed to play tag...you kid has much more problems than tag. I mean, can't young Mr. D'Elia just....um....choose not to play tag? Or are these tag-playing kids bulldozing into him every other day? Hell put a F***ing helmet on this kid! I'm sure he'll feel safer then too.
I hate parents like these. Instead of letting them learn their lesson, they ban them from the kitchen so they don't get burned by the pot on the stove. From personal observations, overprotective parents generally have the worst behaving kids.
...schools have also banned walking due to the fact that some kids may trip and bruise their knees. Instead they are all pushed around in little carts fully equipped with front, side, and rear collision airbags, 5 point seat harness, and a pre-programmed McDonald's call button. We are trying to protect these kids from the real world. Even if it costs them their health in an already overly obese country.
But seriously, i'd rather my kids get bumps and scrapes as children than grow up unhealthily overweight due to lack of exercise. Out of curiousity, i wonder what those kids do play during recess...
Haha! Sony found it easier to spread rootkits by USB dongles.
"Utilizing the speed of USB 2.0, we can effectly transfer more and larger rootkits on our customer's computer. People love this feature! We made the rootkits to enable 1080p resolution prerendered cutscenes that show a delightful show at how we strip a computer of it's security! But it's not all about video, the larger and quicker USB dongle can enable 7.1 sound giving you the rich experience of ports being opened all around you! People love this too!...because we force them too...with violence."
Bullshit! Apple has the full right to not be happy about the situation, but NOTHING excuses them for releasing a defective product. The customer does not care what you use to produce the product or how you do so, as long as the product is delivered defect free. If the product is defective, the arguement "...Considering how fast Windows is 0Wn3d out of the box when plugged into an infected network..." is inexcuseable. Because Windows can be locked down to prevent this sort of thing, you cannot blame microsoft whatsoever for this chinese company's lack of security concern.
Sadly, Apple is going to get the brunt of the blame when it was the contracted Chinese company's lack of security and QC that's at fault. Luckily it's not a serious virus and Apple should have no problem cleaning up the mess.
I, for one, would love to see an OSX virus, but i have done a lot of digging on the subject and mrchaotica is right. Techically speaking, there is no virus for OSX. The claim that "Macs" don't have viruses if false due to OS 9 but i'm pretty sure OSX does not have any viruses....although Symantec would like you to believe otherwise.
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Who cares? Can't one like both Call of Duty 4 AND Battlefield 2? Worst case scenario: you download a free game, play it, it sucks, you uninstall it.
Just remember, one doesn't need a license to be a jackass.
I wasn't as surprised by the "save a tree" comment by the lady behind the counter as I was with the conversation I had with a 6 year old (rather ghetto looking) while I stood in line. Went something like this:
6yr old: True or False!...Boys wear panties or boxers?
Me:.....Um false.
6yr old: Wrong! My brother wears panties because he says boxers are too manly.
I'm usually pretty quick but I couldn't think of anything to say to that. That was a very interesting day at Wal-mart.
Last time I was at Wal-Mart and the lady started to put my purchases in a plastic bag, I said I can carry them myself. It was only a few things and an extra bag around would be slightly annoying. She replied with "That's good. Save a tree." I stopped for a second about to explain that the bag was made from petroleum, not trees. I would, infact, be saving oil. I decided not to say anything at all because my purchase consisted of several quarts of oil due to the fact that my car leaks oil like a sieve.
...it'll be here ANNNNNNNY day now. Any day...
I like this business model. The biggest appeal to downloading pirated music for me is that I know none of my money is going to support the RIAA and their actions. I have recently downloaded a few artists stuff on what.cd, liked their music, and made a donation. I like knowing that all my money is going to support the music I like rather than supporting business practices I don't agree with.
Why stop now? I mean, is it Directx 10.1? If not, I'm going to be disappointed. The ONLY solution, rewrite it with the newest tech.
"ok, ok, SIX cable cuts will put Iran offline. Come on! How many cables can there be anyway?"
What i'm curious about is, if it was taken offline due to power problems, what are the ships being sent out repairing?
"What the **AA still are not telling us is how and where they found what proof (if any) that P2P file sharing is hurting their business, nor have the quantified how the quality of their product taints that estimate."
But they've got graphs! You can't argue with graphs!
Personally, I think the Radiohead distribution strategy was brilliant. I don't like radiohead's music, but decided to stop by there and download it because I liked what they were doing. Granted, I only paid $2 because that's about as much as I liked them. Turns out, i really like In Rainbows and have bought the CD and LP of it and am looking back to get some of their older stuff. I would never have done that if it wasn't for their strategy.
Why don't they just go to the source of this illegal downloading of music...the electric company. They're not only directly powering the ISP companies, but each individual evil computer user! Have the electric company turn off power and you knock out both ISP and end user with 1 stone! People wouldn't even be able to make burnt CDs (or play them)! Hell, I mean the only reason I use my Whirlpool refridgerator is to store nutrients soley used to go back to my computer and illegally distribute U2 mp3s. Wow! What doesn't assist in downloading illegal music?
"Any PC will run Linux, but only Apple hardware runs OSX."
Not true. I have seen first hand OSX run on non Apple hardware. Granted it's not a legal license.
"Imagine a message on your TV telling you it's time to start the laundry!"
What!? What kind of integration is this!? The TV should START your laundry.
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Or? How often you do compute volume of irregular 3D objects, or do matrix determinants or solve system of equations of third power so you can meet the month budget? As a physicist, everyday. ;)
As a ME student student, everyday. Except today because it's only 9am and i'm not exactly awake yet. I think math is overrated. I mean what the hell would i use it for in everyday life? If i need some complicated math done, i would just pay ungodly amounts of money to have someone else do it. While working at the BK Lounge, you didn't have to count the fries or integrate the area inside the carton to see how many fries would fit in there, you just dump a bunch in and let the ones fall out if they don't fit. No math needed! The register goes down at the drive through, all you have to do is tell your manager that you don't have the proper equipment to do your job and either he'll do it or you get to go back to the whopper lair! Math, who needs it?
Hmm, looks like you'll enjoy buying our highly proprietary dvd drive. In doing this, it takes out the 3 lap requirement*. This drive has such convenient features as only reading our dvds so that you don't have to use other companys' confusing dvd formats and restrictive DRMs. Also you will acquire the ability to pay us monthly for updates to the drive's firmware and driver! I know you're so excited about our products that i've already ordered you one! Note: your credit card has been billed by WeMakeLifeHarderThanItHasToBe Inc.
*when using ProprieDrive, the 3 lap requirement is replaced by 3 swift kicks to the nuts(ovaries in other cases).
Was it a good idea to name a program that stores people's names and credit card information after an egyptian plague?
"Another Willett parent, Celeste D'Elia, said her son feels safer because of the rule. "I've witnessed enough near collisions," she said."
WTF!? You've seen NEAR collisions!? Is your kid hurt? Did he have to go to the hospital for these near collisions? I mean i can see if these kids are consistently being pummeled by playing tag. But, tag, scraped knees, and the occasional bump on the head is part of being a kid. I'm sorry, but Celeste, if your kid HONESTLY feels safer because he is not allowed to play tag...you kid has much more problems than tag. I mean, can't young Mr. D'Elia just....um....choose not to play tag? Or are these tag-playing kids bulldozing into him every other day? Hell put a F***ing helmet on this kid! I'm sure he'll feel safer then too.
I hate parents like these. Instead of letting them learn their lesson, they ban them from the kitchen so they don't get burned by the pot on the stove. From personal observations, overprotective parents generally have the worst behaving kids.
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...schools have also banned walking due to the fact that some kids may trip and bruise their knees. Instead they are all pushed around in little carts fully equipped with front, side, and rear collision airbags, 5 point seat harness, and a pre-programmed McDonald's call button. We are trying to protect these kids from the real world. Even if it costs them their health in an already overly obese country.
But seriously, i'd rather my kids get bumps and scrapes as children than grow up unhealthily overweight due to lack of exercise. Out of curiousity, i wonder what those kids do play during recess...
Yes, this is why we added that FEATURE. People will love it.
Haha! Sony found it easier to spread rootkits by USB dongles.
"Utilizing the speed of USB 2.0, we can effectly transfer more and larger rootkits on our customer's computer. People love this feature! We made the rootkits to enable 1080p resolution prerendered cutscenes that show a delightful show at how we strip a computer of it's security! But it's not all about video, the larger and quicker USB dongle can enable 7.1 sound giving you the rich experience of ports being opened all around you! People love this too!...because we force them too...with violence."
Bullshit! Apple has the full right to not be happy about the situation, but NOTHING excuses them for releasing a defective product. The customer does not care what you use to produce the product or how you do so, as long as the product is delivered defect free. If the product is defective, the arguement "...Considering how fast Windows is 0Wn3d out of the box when plugged into an infected network..." is inexcuseable. Because Windows can be locked down to prevent this sort of thing, you cannot blame microsoft whatsoever for this chinese company's lack of security concern.
Sadly, Apple is going to get the brunt of the blame when it was the contracted Chinese company's lack of security and QC that's at fault. Luckily it's not a serious virus and Apple should have no problem cleaning up the mess.
That's hilarious! In either one, i so want to see the Mac walk up and "stab" the PC's bubble with a USB cord. I think your score should be at least 6.
I, for one, would love to see an OSX virus, but i have done a lot of digging on the subject and mrchaotica is right. Techically speaking, there is no virus for OSX. The claim that "Macs" don't have viruses if false due to OS 9 but i'm pretty sure OSX does not have any viruses. ...although Symantec would like you to believe otherwise.