Comment Re:Real reason for cancellation (Score 1) 79
I heard it was a puppet show scheduling conflict.
I heard it was a puppet show scheduling conflict.
The New Testament shows that God mellowed out after he had a kid.
Don't forget the crystals.
It all boils down to the aim of the conference. A 100% tech-content conference wouldn't be the place for this kind of talk. A hacker conference, which encompasses the social/cultural aspects of hacker-dom as well as technical topics would fit right in.
Yo dawg, I heard you like tablets, so I put a tablet in your tablet so you can tablet while you tablet.
My guess is that this individual is conducting illegal activities through yours and your neighbor's connections, so you or your neighbors may get a visit from law enforcement pretty soon.
Which leads to the question, what would they say to the authorities if they show up? Johnny Q Law isn't going to buy some half-baked story about an invisible hacker when they have access logs showing illicit activity from their IP address.
*puts on sunglasses*
Because they deserve a fair shake.
Also, not one mention of the Hot Grits extinction theory.
A principled stand isn't acceptable legal tender at any bank, grocery store, or landlord I've ever heard of.
Who would you most like to see take the paranormal challenge that hasn't done so already?
How did pulling out a plum lead you to conclude that you were a good boy?
The Swiss gun issue is entirely different than the US. Just about every Swiss household has a gun, however it is a government-issued weapon for military service. Not only is it locked up at all times, there is also a lot of training and oversight that goes with it. By contrast, anybody with a valid id and money in their pocket can get a gun of some kind in the US without difficulty.
Interestingly enough, a growing number of their employees are interns on the college program. They actually pay for the privilege of a menial wage job with crazy hours. Subtract the Disney name and pixie dust, any self-respecting college kid would tell you to pound sand if you told them that they could pay for privilege of flipping burgers or hawking merchandise for bargain basement wages.
They already released The Hobbit.
You GOONIE!
"Most people would like to be delivered from temptation but would like it to keep in touch." -- Robert Orben