One of the things I admire most about America is that you've got your sports groupies in uniform and parading on the sidelines. It's just so organised ! The unarguably subservient status of cheerleaders versus actual players is also a cause for wonder. It's so refreshingly old fashioned. It shows that at some level the country hasn't completely lost it's head up it's own ass in the fad of expecting identical roles for men and women.
Careful bub. America is headed in the direction of that fad, and it's a dangerous thing to suggest that men and women might be different...
If you really want opposing viewpoints, just let me know. I can pretty much guarantee that I oppose whatever you believe. That even goes for you lefty pseudo-radical Gen-Xers who fancy yourselves to be rebellious. Come get some.
Of course, I probably shouldn't be saying that here, the site most known for modding down anything that goes against the party line.:-)
Actually, researchers have been working on a fascinating new technique that has been shown in preliminary studies to successfully remove lameness in the media.
It's called a power switch. You guys should try it sometime. The testing isn't fully complete, but initial results are looking good....
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You know, it's kind of funny how "fair" almost always means "left".:-) It's a good website, and I'm not railing against it, I just think it's ironic that "fair" and "unbiased" news outlets typically have an anti-right agenda behind them!
(The obvious retort, of course, is that it's only because the right is so unfair...)
Amen to that. The world doesn't need more frothing pansies ranting about the government lying to us and planning conspiracies.
We all know the government does that stuff. That's what we pay them to do. They handle all the nastiness required to keep a massive nation like the U.S. from collapsing into financial, social, and international ruin, so that we can sit around here and chat about websites and Linux and other "News that matters."
Yeah, yeah, hooray for the left and all that. Government sucks, legal pot, etc., etc. What's so new and interesting about that?
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In that case...death to the cheerleaders!
Now, where'd I put my torch and my pitchfork?
Re:Cool.....but a litle off center....
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Exactly...the articles aren't exactly unbiased and research-based. There's a lot to be said for the entertainment value of fringe media, but I think Katz goes overboard in his praise of it, since the web has been saturated with this stuff since the very beginning.
Also, like a common segmentation fault, it leaves an agonizing feeling in your groin area.
Rah rah rah for the same old thing....
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It's a slick site, but that doesn't make it the Savior of the Internet, as Jon is making it out to be. What's new on here?
Corporate Totalitarianism
Marijuana is good for you
The Matrix
Marilyn Manson
The Illuminati
Blah, blah, blah...
It's the same old stuff, over and over and over again....why are we hyping this site over any others? Is it the cool web design? Is it because there's nothing useful or relevant to write about today?
Great, another attempt by Linux people to rip off someone else's design. When will Linux stop making half-ass copies of other people's designs and ideas and start innovating on their own?
Instead of ranting, why don't you post some information links? Who or what are you talking about?
More importantly, why don't you stop ranting on Slashdot and innovate something yourself? Put your coding where your mouth is.
Whenever I click on a.RAM link this fucking Real One thing comes up and asks me to fill in these details again and again! I don't want to give this info to real, I just want to hear the fucking song...
Patient: Doctor, it hurts when I do this!
Doctor: Don't do it, then.
Wouldn't it be better to settle on a single desktop instead of bringing out competing desktops every month?
Thank you for your input, Mr. Gates. Does anyone else have an opinion? No? Okay, we'll go ahead with that plan then....
So much for the claim that Linux is only a toy, not ready for the business environment.
In fact, it's only ready for the business environment. They're the only ones who can through the resources at it necessary to use it. Joe Average User doesn't have the money to buy books or time to read them in order to figure out Linux when he knows how to use Windows just fine.
Why don't we just give up on the whole idea of science and agree with nothing really does anything, and that these studies are just generating a lot of random data for the sake of creating interesting newspaper articles?
Besides, would you really want some company installing and configuring Linux for you?
I for one, have gotten so far into the "Buy computer, reformat computer" mindset that it would be hard for me to accept a prefab computer even if it *did* have my obscure operating system of choice.
Also, Fossil used to make a replica of the original LED watch. Looked terrible, with those blocky red calculator numbers. I loved it. I wonder if they still make it. Anyone have a link?
The Outlook e-mail shredder too often gets jammed and reboots.
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Wait a minute...those aren't pom-poms! Ewww, gross!
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Because that's what power-tripping network nazis usually want when they've been made to look like dumbasses by "drone" users getting around their 1337 security. I took it from the fact that you referred to your fellow wage-slaves as "drones" that you were such a person.
It's a big game with no resolution. There will always be some who want pure freedom, and others who want to restrict it, and there will be people developing software on both sides.
It will never end, and there will never be a winner. The game just goes on and on and on...move and counter move, move and counter move...
It certainly is fun to make the other team (whoever they may be) squirm, though.
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Careful bub. America is headed in the direction of that fad, and it's a dangerous thing to suggest that men and women might be different...
(...*cough*EvenThoughTheyAre!*cough*...)
Of course, I probably shouldn't be saying that here, the site most known for modding down anything that goes against the party line. :-)
It's called a power switch. You guys should try it sometime. The testing isn't fully complete, but initial results are looking good....
(The obvious retort, of course, is that it's only because the right is so unfair...)
We all know the government does that stuff. That's what we pay them to do. They handle all the nastiness required to keep a massive nation like the U.S. from collapsing into financial, social, and international ruin, so that we can sit around here and chat about websites and Linux and other "News that matters."
Yeah, yeah, hooray for the left and all that. Government sucks, legal pot, etc., etc. What's so new and interesting about that?
Now, where'd I put my torch and my pitchfork?
Exactly...the articles aren't exactly unbiased and research-based. There's a lot to be said for the entertainment value of fringe media, but I think Katz goes overboard in his praise of it, since the web has been saturated with this stuff since the very beginning.
Also, like a common segmentation fault, it leaves an agonizing feeling in your groin area.
- Corporate Totalitarianism
- Marijuana is good for you
- The Matrix
- Marilyn Manson
- The Illuminati
- Blah, blah, blah...
It's the same old stuff, over and over and over again....why are we hyping this site over any others? Is it the cool web design? Is it because there's nothing useful or relevant to write about today?When someone farts and says "wasn't me!", we'll finally know who really did it!
I suppose you could print out a copy of the article and carry around to show girls who don't understand why you have your foot in their laptop.
For those not fluent in French: "WTF can this do?"
Instead of ranting, why don't you post some information links? Who or what are you talking about?
More importantly, why don't you stop ranting on Slashdot and innovate something yourself? Put your coding where your mouth is.
Patient: Doctor, it hurts when I do this!
Doctor: Don't do it, then.
Wouldn't it be better to settle on a single desktop instead of bringing out competing desktops every month? Thank you for your input, Mr. Gates. Does anyone else have an opinion? No? Okay, we'll go ahead with that plan then....
In fact, it's only ready for the business environment. They're the only ones who can through the resources at it necessary to use it. Joe Average User doesn't have the money to buy books or time to read them in order to figure out Linux when he knows how to use Windows just fine.
Less sleep makes you live longer. More sleep makes you live longer.
Cabbage prevents cancer. Cabbage causes cancer.
Alcohol is good for your body. Alcohol is bad for your body.
Marijuana kills brain cells. Marijuana doesn't kill brain cells.
Why don't we just give up on the whole idea of science and agree with nothing really does anything, and that these studies are just generating a lot of random data for the sake of creating interesting newspaper articles?
I for one, have gotten so far into the "Buy computer, reformat computer" mindset that it would be hard for me to accept a prefab computer even if it *did* have my obscure operating system of choice.
I'm sure that getting upset at people for how they refer to employees probably hasn't helped you get a job.
Instead of saying "I resent that you call employees drones!", you should try, "Who should I talk to about becoming one of your drones?"
Also, Fossil used to make a replica of the original LED watch. Looked terrible, with those blocky red calculator numbers. I loved it. I wonder if they still make it. Anyone have a link?
The Outlook e-mail shredder too often gets jammed and reboots.
Wait a minute...those aren't pom-poms! Ewww, gross!
Do I sense some resentment here?
It will never end, and there will never be a winner. The game just goes on and on and on...move and counter move, move and counter move...
It certainly is fun to make the other team (whoever they may be) squirm, though.