They're the shit-work division at Oracle, best I can tell. You know, taking out the trash, holding the C#O's hand while they try to read semi-technical documents, scrubbing toilets... that kind of stuff.
Because, Padawan, some of us remember the "good old days" of the LAN party. We actually LIKED the idea of being in the same physical place as our friends, and considered that to be an entirely valid means of enforcing who you played with/against.
Nobody has a problem with BNet becoming more powerful, what they have a problem with is losing the ability to accomplish the same thing without resorting to BNet in the first place.
Not a troll, just a moron. It's like demanding that somebody keep a secret, then running out and telling everyone the first chance you get... what was the point?
How's this for a rule of thumb: if you don't think Google should know about it, DON'T TELL THEM ABOUT IT.
The internet is a near instantaneous global communications network: disseminating information is a primary function, transmitting data is a primary function, retaining anonymity and protecting privacy are tertiary functions at best. Bottom line: Schmidt has it right, don't put anything on the internet that you wouldn't want on the internet. Sounds pretty "duh" when you actually think about it.
You almost had me going there... then I realized what you were really up to. Nobody reads the articles. Ever. You sir deserve to take home some gold at the Trollympics.
"You want a healthcare system like Canada or Britain where people wait (some times too long) for important procedures.'
As opposed to an American healthcare system where we don't wait? Which one is that? I've never had any experience with such a system, despite having multiple experiences in multiple parts of the country. I've had to wait in the Northeast, I've had to wait in the mid-Atlantic, I've had to wait in the Northwest, I've had to wait in the South, I've had to wait in cities, I've had to wait in suburbs, I've had to wait in the country, and I once had to wait 45 minutes on the side of a major thruway with a bleeding compound fracture just for an ambulance to show up and bring me to the hospital (where, guess what, I got to wait some more).
You couldn't shoot the kids, your gun immediately went into "safe" position if you aimed at them (which actually got me killed a couple of times, trying to shoot around kids... dammit kid, get out of the way!). You could hit them with indirect fire (ie. explosives), but it had no effect whatsoever.
Actually, the final boss is easy. The second to last boss, Anonymous, is a bitch and a half to beat, but all it takes to kill the kitten is masturbating.
You think that adulthood frees you from bullies? You're clearly blind. Or maybe you've been lied to.
I've been an adult for years, and I still encounter bullies on an almost daily basis. Hell, I'm a bully from time to time, when I feel that the situation warrants it (and I fully acknowledge that partial personal judgment is the mother of all rationalizations... spare me). The methods have shifted, as physical bullying has become less viable and more punishable, but psychological/social/emotional bullying is here to stay so far as I can tell.
In fact, as somebody who was bullied in high school, I can say without a doubt that the deepest scars are in my mind. Losing a few fistfights against people I never really cared about hurt a little at the time, learning that even "nice" people will gladly throw me under the bus if it made them look a little bit "better" and never so much as look back at the hell they sowed, and that doing so never actually had any negative repercussions, has pretty much soured me on the entire human experience.
I can lie and say it made me stronger, that now I understand the axiom about evil winning when the good do nothing, but the truth is that I don't really believe in human good anymore. I can't trust people not to hurt me, and I can't be trusted not to hurt them, because what I've really learned is that hurting others is the fastest way to get ahead.
Given the mass of an average Slashdotter, I can confidently say that virtually all of them must be quite familiar with the use of rations. They certainly get enough practice.
Over/Under-rated? They don't seem to mean much else. Insightful/informative? Supposedly these mods indicate a post contributes something specific... in reality, they mean that the mod likes them +1 much. Troll/flamebait? Supposedly these mean different things, but in practice they all mean"-1 dislike". Funny/Off-topic? These actually do mean something a little different, but are still often used for -/+ 1 Dis/Like.
It would probably be more honest of Slashdot to rename these mods, but why let honesty get in the way of pretension?
No, I'd say that you have a sub-par command of pointless ethnic stereotypes. Everybody knows that Jews love gold and sacrificing babies, not chocolate and cuckoo clocks.
For those of us with no families or dependants, no substantial properties, and who are not self-employed, that's often very difficult to accomplish. There is virtually nothing I can put on a W-2 that will allow an employer to withhold less money, so I'm pretty much stuck with overpaying now and being refunded later.
Of course, we're also talking about $200-$400 in a year... money that I have no immediate need or profitable use for (maybe if investing it wasn't nearly guaranteed to lose me money, that would change somewhat). Basically, it's not worth my while to dig until I find whatever loophole would let me pay less up front, at least not until I make substantially more in a year.
You want survival of the fittest? OK. Run, fat boy. Better hope that your coddled suburban upbringing made you tough enough and strong enough to handle it out there with the animals.
Oh, you meant survival of the fittest for other people? Gotcha.
The defense attorney should be asking whoever holds/held this guy's mortgage as to the status of that account. The summary states he has resorted to homelessness, so I can't help but wonder if this really was a voluntary response to Wi-Fi.
Also, perhaps a reasonable and appropriate resolution would be for the plaintiff to sell his urban home and move into the ass-end of nowhere. Surely his neighbor cannot be the only guy in Santa Fe with a wireless router, and probably isn't even the only neighbor with one. Not to mention that I'm willing to bet cell phones work just fine there, and they work in similar ways on similar frequencies. I think his only effective recourse is to remove himself from anywhere that has an abundance of such radiation.
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So plagiarism is OK so long as it remains obscure?
Somehow, I don't think that's the point you wish to make.
They're the shit-work division at Oracle, best I can tell. You know, taking out the trash, holding the C#O's hand while they try to read semi-technical documents, scrubbing toilets... that kind of stuff.
Is that so?
Because, Padawan, some of us remember the "good old days" of the LAN party. We actually LIKED the idea of being in the same physical place as our friends, and considered that to be an entirely valid means of enforcing who you played with/against.
Nobody has a problem with BNet becoming more powerful, what they have a problem with is losing the ability to accomplish the same thing without resorting to BNet in the first place.
No, I think he meant bunt... still not sure what a strategic baseball maneuver has to do with anything, though.
Not a troll, just a moron. It's like demanding that somebody keep a secret, then running out and telling everyone the first chance you get... what was the point?
How's this for a rule of thumb: if you don't think Google should know about it, DON'T TELL THEM ABOUT IT.
The internet is a near instantaneous global communications network: disseminating information is a primary function, transmitting data is a primary function, retaining anonymity and protecting privacy are tertiary functions at best. Bottom line: Schmidt has it right, don't put anything on the internet that you wouldn't want on the internet. Sounds pretty "duh" when you actually think about it.
Something something DARK SIDE. ...
Something something COMPLETE.
You almost had me going there... then I realized what you were really up to. Nobody reads the articles. Ever. You sir deserve to take home some gold at the Trollympics.
"You want a healthcare system like Canada or Britain where people wait (some times too long) for important procedures.'
As opposed to an American healthcare system where we don't wait? Which one is that? I've never had any experience with such a system, despite having multiple experiences in multiple parts of the country. I've had to wait in the Northeast, I've had to wait in the mid-Atlantic, I've had to wait in the Northwest, I've had to wait in the South, I've had to wait in cities, I've had to wait in suburbs, I've had to wait in the country, and I once had to wait 45 minutes on the side of a major thruway with a bleeding compound fracture just for an ambulance to show up and bring me to the hospital (where, guess what, I got to wait some more).
Try again.
You couldn't shoot the kids, your gun immediately went into "safe" position if you aimed at them (which actually got me killed a couple of times, trying to shoot around kids... dammit kid, get out of the way!). You could hit them with indirect fire (ie. explosives), but it had no effect whatsoever.
Actually, the final boss is easy. The second to last boss, Anonymous, is a bitch and a half to beat, but all it takes to kill the kitten is masturbating.
You think that adulthood frees you from bullies? You're clearly blind. Or maybe you've been lied to.
I've been an adult for years, and I still encounter bullies on an almost daily basis. Hell, I'm a bully from time to time, when I feel that the situation warrants it (and I fully acknowledge that partial personal judgment is the mother of all rationalizations... spare me). The methods have shifted, as physical bullying has become less viable and more punishable, but psychological/social/emotional bullying is here to stay so far as I can tell.
In fact, as somebody who was bullied in high school, I can say without a doubt that the deepest scars are in my mind. Losing a few fistfights against people I never really cared about hurt a little at the time, learning that even "nice" people will gladly throw me under the bus if it made them look a little bit "better" and never so much as look back at the hell they sowed, and that doing so never actually had any negative repercussions, has pretty much soured me on the entire human experience.
I can lie and say it made me stronger, that now I understand the axiom about evil winning when the good do nothing, but the truth is that I don't really believe in human good anymore. I can't trust people not to hurt me, and I can't be trusted not to hurt them, because what I've really learned is that hurting others is the fastest way to get ahead.
Given the mass of an average Slashdotter, I can confidently say that virtually all of them must be quite familiar with the use of rations. They certainly get enough practice.
I have 25 years of experience fapping... does that count?
Who dat gonna get v&?
Over/Under-rated? They don't seem to mean much else.
Insightful/informative? Supposedly these mods indicate a post contributes something specific... in reality, they mean that the mod likes them +1 much.
Troll/flamebait? Supposedly these mean different things, but in practice they all mean"-1 dislike".
Funny/Off-topic? These actually do mean something a little different, but are still often used for -/+ 1 Dis/Like.
It would probably be more honest of Slashdot to rename these mods, but why let honesty get in the way of pretension?
Could they have? Could they really? Have? HAVE?
No, I'd say that you have a sub-par command of pointless ethnic stereotypes. Everybody knows that Jews love gold and sacrificing babies, not chocolate and cuckoo clocks.
"that all North Americans are murdering Christian imperialists."
We are judged by the people we choose to represent us... and we seem to choose murdering Christian imperialists.
It's much less unfair than some seem to think.
For those of us with no families or dependants, no substantial properties, and who are not self-employed, that's often very difficult to accomplish. There is virtually nothing I can put on a W-2 that will allow an employer to withhold less money, so I'm pretty much stuck with overpaying now and being refunded later.
Of course, we're also talking about $200-$400 in a year... money that I have no immediate need or profitable use for (maybe if investing it wasn't nearly guaranteed to lose me money, that would change somewhat). Basically, it's not worth my while to dig until I find whatever loophole would let me pay less up front, at least not until I make substantially more in a year.
You want survival of the fittest? OK. Run, fat boy. Better hope that your coddled suburban upbringing made you tough enough and strong enough to handle it out there with the animals.
Oh, you meant survival of the fittest for other people? Gotcha.
So Microsoft V Sony in the title match? Maybe Google could! go! all! the! waaaaaaaaaaay!
I knew how to quit you.
According to their website it's 359 euros.
Don't know where you got 190 from, but you're flat out wrong.
The defense attorney should be asking whoever holds/held this guy's mortgage as to the status of that account. The summary states he has resorted to homelessness, so I can't help but wonder if this really was a voluntary response to Wi-Fi.
Also, perhaps a reasonable and appropriate resolution would be for the plaintiff to sell his urban home and move into the ass-end of nowhere. Surely his neighbor cannot be the only guy in Santa Fe with a wireless router, and probably isn't even the only neighbor with one. Not to mention that I'm willing to bet cell phones work just fine there, and they work in similar ways on similar frequencies. I think his only effective recourse is to remove himself from anywhere that has an abundance of such radiation.