Keep in mind that most people can't grasp how big a billion is. Even scientists use phrases like "a thousand million" when they're writing for the layman.
I like Slashdot's new "random" spamblocks in the email addresses...I've had this one for several days running. How long will it take the spammers to see all of Slashdot's spamblocks and code around them?
In a statement, Condon said, "Pornographic smut anywhere is undesirable, but in the local library where our children visit, is intolerable."
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I, for one, applaud this action. Jesus knows (*making sign of cross*) these smut-peddlers need to stop using public libraries as their personal peep-shows. We've all walked by the terminals and seen one of these sickos stroking himself while looking at the latest Anna Kournikova faked pics.
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Condon sounds as in touch with reality as that senile old fuck Jesse Helms is.
I'm also a taxpayer, and I want to be able to have unfiltered searches in public libraries so that I can research things like breast cancer. See the problem?
The fact is, we all pay taxes for things we don't
like to see funded (my personal pet peeve is multibillion dollar "stealth" aircraft that hardly ever work).
Yes, Microsoft *does* have pretty looking press releases, don't they? On the other hand, there's something to be said for using your own words to express yourself.
Then what would that make linux a home made go kart, that you have to put together yourself, but not after making 30 trips to the local parts store to buy the parts that you need to get a car that actually runs in the manner people are accustomed to?
Seems to me if Skylarov was only interested in promoting better security he wouldn't have tried to sell his product.
It wasn't his product. He's *one* programmer for the company ElcomSoft. He wasn't selling it, either. The sad part isn't the fact that you didn't bother to follow the case before commenting; the sad part is that neither did the idiots who modded you up to 3 for "insightful."
Funny you should mention the Miss Cleo spam. I got one and showed it to my wife, who said, "If she were really psychic, she'd know that you hate spam."
Paetec should immediately countersue for breach of contract.
Those were M&Ms, as the filmmakers pointed out by painstakingly arranging each and every one so that the "M" was facing the camera. (Yes, I know it was CG. Pipe down.)
Let them know we won't stay for this kind of abuse. Move to Mexico or Canada and picket at the border.
Don't forget to write the owners of the country a letter detailing why you are boycotting their country so they know why they've suddenly lost a good chunk of their tech workers.
You know, when I started writing this I was thinking, "hey, easy +1: Funny point!" But really, it's too close to reality to be funny. This shit has got to stop.
Remember, as American citizens it is not our RIGHT to overthrow a corrupt government, but our DUTY.
He didn't "run the store," he didn't sell the software and it certainly isn't his company. He's just a lowly programmer.
If you were to be arrested in, say, Afghanistan, because the company you work for is run by a woman (and is trying to do business there), would you meekly accept whatever punishment they meted out? After all, you tried to "push" your illegal woman-owned company there, right?
Before there's a stampede of open source fanatics screaming, "WHAT? NO SOURCE?!" you should mention that there is source as well as binaries available.
I might check this out. x86 Solaris 8 is free to download from Sun.
Incidentally, why the hell is Banjo inserting "helpful" site notices after links (you know, like this)? I'm fairly certain the majority of Slashdot readers are smart enough to hover the mouse and check the site for a second before clicking if they want to see where it goes.
Not only was the article not funny, but technically, you can't create a religion incorporating practices that are already considered illegal and expect the courts to work for you. (You can't expect the courts to work for you anyway, but that's another story.)
How is this different from the shopkeeper in your hometown that knows who the "hooligans" are and keeps an extra close eye on them when they are in his store?
Because in my hometown, the shopkeeper knows people by name and on sight, whereas in a large city with a large corporation networking its camera system across the country, the probability of a false match skyrockets. And to the people who say there's no problem if you're innocent: I refuse to shop at stores where clerks follow me around, too. I prefer giving my money to people who don't automatically assume I'm going to rip them off.
And just because *your* definition of a threat may not be equal to *somebody else's* definition of a threat, or society's, doesn't mean you're free and innocent.
Hilary Rosen can suck my dick. If my backup medium of choice is going to be taxed to offset piracy, then I'm going to use those media to pirate. It's that simple. I'll personally see to it that the RIAA loses as much as 10 album sales a day if I have to.
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I like Slashdot's new "random" spamblocks in the email addresses...I've had this one for several days running. How long will it take the spammers to see all of Slashdot's spamblocks and code around them?
-Legion
<sarcasm> I, for one, applaud this action. Jesus knows (*making sign of cross*) these smut-peddlers need to stop using public libraries as their personal peep-shows. We've all walked by the terminals and seen one of these sickos stroking himself while looking at the latest Anna Kournikova faked pics. </sarcasm>
Condon sounds as in touch with reality as that senile old fuck Jesse Helms is.
-Legion
The fact is, we all pay taxes for things we don't like to see funded (my personal pet peeve is multibillion dollar "stealth" aircraft that hardly ever work).
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-Legion
Sure, if we were talking about linux. We weren't.
-Legion
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That just means we'll have to go back to trading warez on floppy.
*psssst...hey, buddy, want a copy of Max Payne on 450 floppies?*
-Legion
Ah, a Biil Palmer fan. Wel met, sir, wel met;
-Legion
-Legion
It wasn't his product. He's *one* programmer for the company ElcomSoft. He wasn't selling it, either. The sad part isn't the fact that you didn't bother to follow the case before commenting; the sad part is that neither did the idiots who modded you up to 3 for "insightful."
-Legion
Paetec should immediately countersue for breach of contract.
-Legion
-Legion
-Legion
Don't forget to write the owners of the country a letter detailing why you are boycotting their country so they know why they've suddenly lost a good chunk of their tech workers.
You know, when I started writing this I was thinking, "hey, easy +1: Funny point!" But really, it's too close to reality to be funny. This shit has got to stop.
Remember, as American citizens it is not our RIGHT to overthrow a corrupt government, but our DUTY.
-Legion
If you were to be arrested in, say, Afghanistan, because the company you work for is run by a woman (and is trying to do business there), would you meekly accept whatever punishment they meted out? After all, you tried to "push" your illegal woman-owned company there, right?
-Legion
-Legion
I might check this out. x86 Solaris 8 is free to download from Sun.
-Legion
Incidentally, why the hell is Banjo inserting "helpful" site notices after links (you know, like this)? I'm fairly certain the majority of Slashdot readers are smart enough to hover the mouse and check the site for a second before clicking if they want to see where it goes.
-Legion
-Legion
Because in my hometown, the shopkeeper knows people by name and on sight, whereas in a large city with a large corporation networking its camera system across the country, the probability of a false match skyrockets. And to the people who say there's no problem if you're innocent: I refuse to shop at stores where clerks follow me around, too. I prefer giving my money to people who don't automatically assume I'm going to rip them off.
-Legion
-Legion
Associated Press: "Shortest Marriage Ever"
:)
-Legion
Society != Corporate Profits. HTH.
-Legion
-Legion