Yup. I couldn't believe back in the XP day when someone would call saying the FBI had "seized their computer" with a lock screen instructing the user to buy Green Dot cards and call a phone number to get their computer unlocked... I enjoyed telling the user that if the FBI seizes a computer, you are normally in the back of one of their cars at the time. Also, the FBI does not cut you loose for a bit of cash. And lastly, the lock screen was just Internet Explorer in kiosk mode...
Microsoft is a lot like Wile E. Coyote. We can see that the anvil is going to land squarely on them, but they never seem to be able to look far enough into the future to see it themselves.
You forgot the part about them over-paying for the anvil in the first place... and then paying extra for the expedited shipping option. When it comes to cartoon anvils, everyone knows expedited shipping means "will fall from sky at some point".
IT Department! We need more energy now! Captain, we're doing Red Bull via direct infusion and I don't know how long the department will hold together! Dammit Mr. Anonymous Coward, I don't care what happens to the keyboards, or even the servers, MORE POWER!!!
I agree. Why, it used to be that you needed a laptop battery to cook a steak, and now a cell phone battery can do the same job! Plus, the fumes given off during the process give you food that certain something (as in "I'm certain this is toxic") which is tough to reproduce using fire from more mundane fuels...
I only ise my middle finger for authentication. There is no chance I would cooporate with a fucking search like this.
Actually, that's close to a good idea... one finger print that might nuke a selected data set while opening the actual phone app for a call (like when you answer without unlocking), others that would open the phone like normal. If they are not requiring you to turn over self-incriminating evidence then they could hardly claim you took an action that destroyed the non-evidence they want you to not hand over... I think that's it.. it's very confusing not confusing...
In exchange, all other restrictions must be dropped, period. Suppressors, full-auto, burst, magazine size, pull weight, barrel length, caliber, school zones, bars, right to carry,.380, Saturday night special, storage in cars, loaded in cars, castle laws, public service use... everything. got it?
And then you get to say something like Why, Yes Honey, that IS a pocket bazooka in my pants!
I'm voting for the power hungry narcissist who honestly doesn't give a rats ass about us little people.
Look, you CAN'T vote for all of them... you have to pick one for each office. I personally like the power hungry narcissist with the least amount of recent asshattery at the moment, who ever that is...
Right! You do however have to account some extra weight for things like ball point pens, duct tape, and paperclips, lots of paperclips. "Commander, the braking thrusters have failed and we have 12 seconds to impact!" "Hand me a box of paperclips, quickly... Dammit! Why did you seal the box with ductape! I'll never get it op..." Signal Lost
Using Burritos as weapons has been banned since the development of the Egg, Broccoli and Bean burrito that was later dubbed "El Stinko Grande". This also lead to new safety protocols for test kitchens...
I think the reason is as stated, "This has allowed us to bring a better search experience to Yahoo Mail". They simply needed to be sure they could search your forwarded email as well as your inbox.
"Ladies and Gentlemen of The Jury, this tragic accident would have never happened without a targeted and pre-planned ad directed at my client! The instant the advertisers, the ad delivery company, and Yahoo made good on their conspiracy to display an ad for Viagra, my client looked down in shame... and a young life was snuffed out forever... by the callous disregard for the dangers of distracted driving by the advertisers and those working on their behalf."
I liked this vanity card from Chuck Lorre (shown at the end of Big Bang Theory, Two and a Half Men, etc.) #536
I've thought long and hard about this vanity card. What I'm about to say is going to upset quite a few people. Some of them are my friends. Or perhaps, after reading this, my former friends. But I can't let that stop me from speaking my mind. It's time to say out loud what I know in my heart to be true. Vegetarians and vegans are mobility bigots. They believe that if a life form doesn't move, it's fair game to be killed and eaten. They hold a deep seated prejudice against plants, or, as plants prefer to be called, "We Who Stand Still." This hateful philosophy is predicated on the idea that movement equals consciousness, or, if you will, a certain level of sacredness. To put it simply, if it walks, flies, or swims, or comes from something that does, it should not be ingested. If it doesn't, yum-yum. Of course when you ask vegetarians and vegans, they say no, they're only opposed to eating flesh. But what could be more fleshy than a mushroom? Or avocado? Or eggplant? The ugly truth is they are cowards who murder and devour anything that can't run away. These people, who act so high and mighty, so spiritually elevated, have somehow constructed a style of cuisine that would justify them eating my Uncle Murray, a man known for sitting still for hours at a time, staring at a TV that is turned off. So the next time you order a salad consider this: Prince told us that doves cry. But what if kale does too?
I have to agree. Look at how propaganda was used on adult populations by all sides in WW2. The enemy was demonized and portrayed as sub-human, and that continues today in racist, radical religious, and sexist propaganda. Those that would spread hate put a lot of work into the task, expending much more effort than most peaceful people... who tend to just go about being good.
To assume that programmers don't have bias (e.g. "That old guy is a real dinosaur" and "That person is a diversity hire") conscious or unconscious, is just naive. And there is always the chance someone would deliberately raise (and it is raising like a child) a monster that could see whole groups as sub-human and unworthy of living. AI may someday exceed us in capacity and speed of thought and action, but it will always have our fingerprints on it's core...
Sorry I don't have mod points today. I like the fiber optic cable idea. With any luck thieves would get it in their head that there are easier pickings elsewhere... Bonus points if the manufacturer could get the cable to strobe red when disturbed and glow blue when it was at rest.
Gary Johnson isn't aware of the world outside of the US's borders. He has repeatedly flubbed names of leaders and nations. And I'm skeptical if he could find the Middle East on a map.
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After you spent $2,500 for a MBP, what's 1% more?
Just enough to cover a large bottle of lube?
What can I say, it's hanging left...
Yup. I couldn't believe back in the XP day when someone would call saying the FBI had "seized their computer" with a lock screen instructing the user to buy Green Dot cards and call a phone number to get their computer unlocked...
I enjoyed telling the user that if the FBI seizes a computer, you are normally in the back of one of their cars at the time. Also, the FBI does not cut you loose for a bit of cash. And lastly, the lock screen was just Internet Explorer in kiosk mode...
You are comparing apples to oranges while talking about bananas.
Not trying to be snide, but did you just verbally build a fruit arrangement that looks like genitals?
Microsoft didn't even see it coming.
Microsoft is a lot like Wile E. Coyote. We can see that the anvil is going to land squarely on them, but they never seem to be able to look far enough into the future to see it themselves.
You forgot the part about them over-paying for the anvil in the first place...
and then paying extra for the expedited shipping option.
When it comes to cartoon anvils, everyone knows expedited shipping means "will fall from sky at some point".
Oh, I would leave for an energy alert too...
IT Department! We need more energy now!
Captain, we're doing Red Bull via direct infusion and I don't know how long the department will hold together!
Dammit Mr. Anonymous Coward, I don't care what happens to the keyboards, or even the servers, MORE POWER!!!
I agree. Why, it used to be that you needed a laptop battery to cook a steak, and now a cell phone battery can do the same job! Plus, the fumes given off during the process give you food that certain something (as in "I'm certain this is toxic") which is tough to reproduce using fire from more mundane fuels...
Are you Putin me on?
I only ise my middle finger for authentication. There is no chance I would cooporate with a fucking search like this.
Actually, that's close to a good idea... one finger print that might nuke a selected data set while opening the actual phone app for a call (like when you answer without unlocking), others that would open the phone like normal. If they are not requiring you to turn over self-incriminating evidence then they could hardly claim you took an action that destroyed the non-evidence they want you to not hand over... I think that's it.. it's very confusing not confusing...
Did he ensure you or assure you?
It's a very nutritious tree...
I'll accept a fingerprint lock on my firearms.
In exchange, all other restrictions must be dropped, period. Suppressors, full-auto, burst, magazine size, pull weight, barrel length, caliber, school zones, bars, right to carry, .380, Saturday night special, storage in cars, loaded in cars, castle laws, public service use... everything. got it?
And then you get to say something like
Why, Yes Honey, that IS a pocket bazooka in my pants!
I'm voting for the power hungry narcissist who honestly doesn't give a rats ass about us little people.
Look, you CAN'T vote for all of them... you have to pick one for each office.
I personally like the power hungry narcissist with the least amount of recent asshattery at the moment, who ever that is...
Right! You do however have to account some extra weight for things like ball point pens, duct tape, and paperclips, lots of paperclips.
"Commander, the braking thrusters have failed and we have 12 seconds to impact!"
"Hand me a box of paperclips, quickly... Dammit! Why did you seal the box with ductape! I'll never get it op..."
Signal Lost
Using Burritos as weapons has been banned since the development of the Egg, Broccoli and Bean burrito that was later dubbed "El Stinko Grande". This also lead to new safety protocols for test kitchens...
El Stinko Grande, unsafe at any temperature!
I think the reason is as stated, "This has allowed us to bring a better search experience to Yahoo Mail".
They simply needed to be sure they could search your forwarded email as well as your inbox.
... when you make your stuff with Zika victims...
Look, the sick and the morbidly obese are easier to catch, OK?
If you start trying to catch healthy people the process gets WAY more expensive!
"Ladies and Gentlemen of The Jury, this tragic accident would have never happened without a targeted and pre-planned ad directed at my client! The instant the advertisers, the ad delivery company, and Yahoo made good on their conspiracy to display an ad for Viagra, my client looked down in shame... and a young life was snuffed out forever... by the callous disregard for the dangers of distracted driving by the advertisers and those working on their behalf."
I liked this vanity card from Chuck Lorre (shown at the end of Big Bang Theory, Two and a Half Men, etc.)
#536
I've thought long and hard about this vanity card. What I'm about to say is going to upset quite a few people. Some of them are my friends. Or perhaps, after reading this, my former friends. But I can't let that stop me from speaking my mind. It's time to say out loud what I know in my heart to be true. Vegetarians and vegans are mobility bigots. They believe that if a life form doesn't move, it's fair game to be killed and eaten. They hold a deep seated prejudice against plants, or, as plants prefer to be called, "We Who Stand Still." This hateful philosophy is predicated on the idea that movement equals consciousness, or, if you will, a certain level of sacredness. To put it simply, if it walks, flies, or swims, or comes from something that does, it should not be ingested. If it doesn't, yum-yum. Of course when you ask vegetarians and vegans, they say no, they're only opposed to eating flesh. But what could be more fleshy than a mushroom? Or avocado? Or eggplant? The ugly truth is they are cowards who murder and devour anything that can't run away. These people, who act so high and mighty, so spiritually elevated, have somehow constructed a style of cuisine that would justify them eating my Uncle Murray, a man known for sitting still for hours at a time, staring at a TV that is turned off. So the next time you order a salad consider this: Prince told us that doves cry. But what if kale does too?
I'm waiting for Samsung to put out a self driving electric car, it'll be hot...
Bonus, no need to paint flames on the sides!
I have to agree. Look at how propaganda was used on adult populations by all sides in WW2. The enemy was demonized and portrayed as sub-human, and that continues today in racist, radical religious, and sexist propaganda. Those that would spread hate put a lot of work into the task, expending much more effort than most peaceful people... who tend to just go about being good.
To assume that programmers don't have bias (e.g. "That old guy is a real dinosaur" and "That person is a diversity hire") conscious or unconscious, is just naive. And there is always the chance someone would deliberately raise (and it is raising like a child) a monster that could see whole groups as sub-human and unworthy of living. AI may someday exceed us in capacity and speed of thought and action, but it will always have our fingerprints on it's core...
We should probably wash our hands.
Sorry I don't have mod points today. I like the fiber optic cable idea.
With any luck thieves would get it in their head that there are easier pickings elsewhere...
Bonus points if the manufacturer could get the cable to strobe red when disturbed and glow blue when it was at rest.
Our fleet of coal fired submarines is standing ready around the world!*
* Very near snorkel depth...
Gary Johnson isn't aware of the world outside of the US's borders. He has repeatedly flubbed names of leaders and nations. And I'm skeptical if he could find the Middle East on a map.
BUT he can totally nail Middle Earth!
Patents are bad for makers, copyrights are bad for users.
Right On!
Oh, ah, which ones are we again?
What happened to the Bram Stoker guy? I thought he was BitTorrent.
No, he was a well published vampire.
I think someone took him out for drinks and a stake...