There used to be a phrase "Damn with faint praise". Said in an Alan Rickman snarl one would completely wither the opposition with some remark. Such as: after a resounding technical explanatory victory, the opponent murmurs, "nice vocabulary."
You're right that if stuff looks totally "Pleasantville" then it comes through kinda snitty. But if you allow some *token* complaints, you can give the illusion of fairness while still hiding the killer points.
"Announcement: Posted by Admin: We're sorry if you experience some site slowdowns while we transition our content provider software". (Yea, my site is "slower" because a botch in your proramming made my paid ad provider's ad hang upon loading. That does't do anything towards the fact that it was just fine last month.)
If he was socially aware enough to think about the image that book would portray, wouldn't he obfuscate it? (Hide it, put it upside down, visually dilute the title, etc.)
Then again, if he *was* that aware of the need, does that make them him a Geek vs. a Nerd?
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I guess that almost makes me Geek although my social skills are barely scraping the floor of acceptibility.
I personally like the original Geek Code because it recognized there are different "spins" on Geekhood who were yet a part of an amorphous brotherhood. Y'all have me cooked on the high powered technical stuff as my knowledge is very lateral and includes a fairly strong grasp of english.
Richard Walker(HP): Microsoft ate the Cheapie Cookie from the Cheapie Cookie Jar! Jim Allchin (MS) Who, Me? Richard Walker(HP) Yes, You! Jim Allchin(MS) Couldn't Be. Richard Walker (HP) Then Who?
(Internal MS) Jim Allchin: Ballmer! Ballmer ate the Cheapie Cookie from the Cheapie Cookie Jar! Steve Ballmer: Who, Me? Jim Allchin: Yes, You! Steve Ballmer: Couldn't Be. Jim Allchin: Then Who?
Steve Ballmer: Poole! Poole ate the Cheapie Cookie from the Cheapie Cookie Jar! Will Poole: Who, Me? Steve Ballmer: Yes, You! Will Poole: Couldn't Be. Steve Ballmer: Then Who?
(Fade out, Name mentioned by Will Poole not audible)
"I recorded the trailer with my lapel video-cam and posted it to TrekTorrents.cx. I got a nasty letter from those MPAA bastards but I called a mutual lawyer friend of mine & Lawrence Lessig who told their counsel to go back to playing poker with Faust.
Chase scene, 6. Flashes of sex, without Aliens Flashing, 4. Spock getting all mad, 9! It really seems like they're pumping it so it can pump Box Iron. Speaking of Humpin' & Pumpin', when will we see a Fergengi Pimp? Where's Quentin Tarrantino when you need him?"
I used to play complicated variants of Solitaire. I needed pretty much every one of those shuffles and then usually one more to make up for the terrible shuffle that was done really horribly.
In these variants, one small blockage of 3 cards stuck together from last game due to an incorrect shuffle can lose you the next round.
I never had real trouble with gangs. In my youth it was always the scary Lone Wolf. Built like a Coal Loader and psychotic to boot. My best defenses were always playing the clown and doing his homework.
I happily get word out for stuff I use which I feel meets my rather modest quality criteria.
However, there's some tension here when projects are haphazardly supported/abandoned. There's a movement towards having something you recommend be solid & stable. Otherwise it would slide back toward the status of Freeware Utility which people expect to be As-Is.
Following their pattern of Wait & BadlyCopy, Microsoft will announce the need for the strategic purchase of Mega so they can Embrace the Blocks, Extend, and Extinguish Lego!
George Lakoff: Women, Fire, & Dangerous Things; Case Study 1 on Anger:
(Physical events can be mapped to emotional distressing states.)
Source Metaphor: An explosion is damaging to the container and dangerous to bystanders. Target Knowledge Metaphor: A loss of control of knowledge is damaging to a person and dangerous to other people.
A etherially handsome wetlands boundary marker from Lousiana is displaced after the hurricane. He wanders around the shoddy federal support housing projects, doing odd jobs for gas stations. Only when a beligerent customer sprays him with the car wash hose (and thus spraying off the daily coat of grime) does said customer, a modeling scout, become shocked at his heretofore hidden good looks.
Three months later after attending to his health and recovering from near-total exhaustion ofhis previous existence, a small law firm which defends against copyright abuse picks him up upon discovering his hidden talents for legal documentation and public speaking.
One day the senior partner is chased down by thugs hired by Plaintiffs. The Diamond In The Rough has been boxed into an obscure legal corner and cannot receive an extension. Asking for leniency from the judge in special circumstances, he takes on the presentation of his life. He wins! The case establishes precedent that Thrown Away Script ideas cannot later be corralled under restrictive copyright.
Starring: George Clooney as Senior Counsel for Defense Ray Beckerman Aaron Eckhart as Diamond In The Rough Zachary Quinto as Junior Counsel for Defense
Samuel L. Jackson as Judge Halloway
Tom Cruise as Senior Counsel for Plaintiff Morrison StealRight Chris Tucker as Junior Counself for Plaintiff
Vin Diesel as Thug Hired By Plaintiff
Musical Score by Three 6 Mafia & Eric Serra
Cameo by Ray Beckerman as Nice Harvard Law Professor
What if you made a movie with the images first, and carefully designed *two* soundtracks for it?
The version you holler about filming is some "3rd rate Grisham Pastiche" about a brief that upset some scandalous politician, blah blah. It gets a mention on page 17 of the paper, and everyone forgets it.
Then you componetize every sentence of dialog and run it through a special converter software module.
Suddenly it's the RIAA equivalent of "A Civil Action"!
(Shocked Media Exec: "That's not what you said you were filming!" (Filmmaker: "Who said I needed your permission?")
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There used to be a phrase "Damn with faint praise". Said in an Alan Rickman snarl one would completely wither the opposition with some remark. Such as: after a resounding technical explanatory victory, the opponent murmurs, "nice vocabulary."
You're right that if stuff looks totally "Pleasantville" then it comes through kinda snitty. But if you allow some *token* complaints, you can give the illusion of fairness while still hiding the killer points.
"Announcement: Posted by Admin: We're sorry if you experience some site slowdowns while we transition our content provider software". (Yea, my site is "slower" because a botch in your proramming made my paid ad provider's ad hang upon loading. That does't do anything towards the fact that it was just fine last month.)
During some amazing glitch I had to use a Mac mouse on my winbox as an emergency. The irritation was almost glorious to behold.
Not that far in the Alphabet that fast.
I'm thinkin' it's around M, so I'm guaranteeing it's not Meddling Monkey.
His post contains 25 words and a slight jab at the article.
I'm nearly perfect about contractions, but I mangle singular/plural in "what-if" scenarios.
We're talking Nerds & Geeks.
If he was socially aware enough to think about the image that book would portray, wouldn't he obfuscate it? (Hide it, put it upside down, visually dilute the title, etc.)
Then again, if he *was* that aware of the need, does that make them him a Geek vs. a Nerd?
I guess that almost makes me Geek although my social skills are barely scraping the floor of acceptibility.
I personally like the original Geek Code because it recognized there are different "spins" on Geekhood who were yet a part of an amorphous brotherhood. Y'all have me cooked on the high powered technical stuff as my knowledge is very lateral and includes a fairly strong grasp of english.
Richard Walker(HP): Microsoft ate the Cheapie Cookie from the Cheapie Cookie Jar!
Jim Allchin (MS) Who, Me?
Richard Walker(HP) Yes, You!
Jim Allchin(MS) Couldn't Be.
Richard Walker (HP) Then Who?
(Internal MS)
Jim Allchin: Ballmer! Ballmer ate the Cheapie Cookie from the Cheapie Cookie Jar!
Steve Ballmer: Who, Me?
Jim Allchin: Yes, You!
Steve Ballmer: Couldn't Be.
Jim Allchin: Then Who?
Steve Ballmer: Poole! Poole ate the Cheapie Cookie from the Cheapie Cookie Jar!
Will Poole: Who, Me?
Steve Ballmer: Yes, You!
Will Poole: Couldn't Be.
Steve Ballmer: Then Who?
(Fade out, Name mentioned by Will Poole not audible)
"I recorded the trailer with my lapel video-cam and posted it to TrekTorrents.cx. I got a nasty letter from those MPAA bastards but I called a mutual lawyer friend of mine & Lawrence Lessig who told their counsel to go back to playing poker with Faust.
Chase scene, 6. Flashes of sex, without Aliens Flashing, 4. Spock getting all mad, 9! It really seems like they're pumping it so it can pump Box Iron. Speaking of Humpin' & Pumpin', when will we see a Fergengi Pimp? Where's Quentin Tarrantino when you need him?"
Reimagined for you.
Reboot Cannon!
Aim it at any series and watch the backstory vanish into dust!
Nah. Zachary Quinto will do fine as a Vulcan.
But they need to cast Hayden Christensen as one too. Since he shows no emotions on screen anyway, he's a natural! See Jumper. It's still true.
Pharmacom called.
They're upset that the records on the Black Shakes might be released. Did Johnny Mnemonic loop it through Jones?
I used to play complicated variants of Solitaire. I needed pretty much every one of those shuffles and then usually one more to make up for the terrible shuffle that was done really horribly.
In these variants, one small blockage of 3 cards stuck together from last game due to an incorrect shuffle can lose you the next round.
I file this under Texas SharpShooter.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_sharpshooter_fallacy
"Let's discard games from the set of all games until they qualify under four shuffles!"
Are there regional specialties to bullying?
I never had real trouble with gangs. In my youth it was always the scary Lone Wolf. Built like a Coal Loader and psychotic to boot. My best defenses were always playing the clown and doing his homework.
Maybe we need a robustness rating here.
Business oriented projects can't be "Bazaar". It would be Saccharine Software. Microsoft-Free, but then it causes cancer in your business.
I happily get word out for stuff I use which I feel meets my rather modest quality criteria.
However, there's some tension here when projects are haphazardly supported/abandoned. There's a movement towards having something you recommend be solid & stable. Otherwise it would slide back toward the status of Freeware Utility which people expect to be As-Is.
How about the copyright owners of Borat?
Following their pattern of Wait & BadlyCopy, Microsoft will announce the need for the strategic purchase of Mega so they can Embrace the Blocks, Extend, and Extinguish Lego!
Train Wrecks are caused by one train trying to enter the other from behind.
George Lakoff: Women, Fire, & Dangerous Things; Case Study 1 on Anger:
(Physical events can be mapped to emotional distressing states.)
Source Metaphor: An explosion is damaging to the container and dangerous to bystanders.
Target Knowledge Metaphor: A loss of control of knowledge is damaging to a person and dangerous to other people.
Ridiculously off topic, but I am not sure which is scarier, your UID or that Sig. (Where's it from?)
P.S. Mod him up.
You mean the "same company", just far enough removed to play 3 card monte.
Anyone know if there's a conflict of interest here big enough to merit a SlapWithSpaghettiNoodle (SWSN)?
Are you giving us the rights to that idea?
"Jewel In The Rough!"
Synopsis:
A etherially handsome wetlands boundary marker from Lousiana is displaced after the hurricane. He wanders around the shoddy federal support housing projects, doing odd jobs for gas stations. Only when a beligerent customer sprays him with the car wash hose (and thus spraying off the daily coat of grime) does said customer, a modeling scout, become shocked at his heretofore hidden good looks.
Three months later after attending to his health and recovering from near-total exhaustion ofhis previous existence, a small law firm which defends against copyright abuse picks him up upon discovering his hidden talents for legal documentation and public speaking.
One day the senior partner is chased down by thugs hired by Plaintiffs. The Diamond In The Rough has been boxed into an obscure legal corner and cannot receive an extension. Asking for leniency from the judge in special circumstances, he takes on the presentation of his life. He wins! The case establishes precedent that Thrown Away Script ideas cannot later be corralled under restrictive copyright.
Starring:
George Clooney as Senior Counsel for Defense Ray Beckerman
Aaron Eckhart as Diamond In The Rough
Zachary Quinto as Junior Counsel for Defense
Samuel L. Jackson as Judge Halloway
Tom Cruise as Senior Counsel for Plaintiff Morrison StealRight
Chris Tucker as Junior Counself for Plaintiff
Vin Diesel as Thug Hired By Plaintiff
Musical Score by Three 6 Mafia & Eric Serra
Cameo by Ray Beckerman as Nice Harvard Law Professor
What if you made a movie with the images first, and carefully designed *two* soundtracks for it?
The version you holler about filming is some "3rd rate Grisham Pastiche" about a brief that upset some scandalous politician, blah blah. It gets a mention on page 17 of the paper, and everyone forgets it.
Then you componetize every sentence of dialog and run it through a special converter software module.
Suddenly it's the RIAA equivalent of "A Civil Action"!
(Shocked Media Exec: "That's not what you said you were filming!"
(Filmmaker: "Who said I needed your permission?")
However, I did by being thorough enough to look them up as I see them!
Lit for Nerds, Stuff that Matters.