Comment Re:Superficial? (Score 1) 437
AFAIK, it's primarily ad supported. Also, I doubt another Trek film would exist if a marketing department hadn't decided there would be people out there who would pay to see it.
AFAIK, it's primarily ad supported. Also, I doubt another Trek film would exist if a marketing department hadn't decided there would be people out there who would pay to see it.
Unfortunately, the marketing department has figured out that the easiest way to make the most money is to appeal to the dumbest(broadest) audience possible while narrowly missing the point of insulting the customer.
This is really how decisions are made in marketing.
Because trekkies will see it no matter what. It's the swing voters they're after.
This is how they get non-trekkies into a Trek film.
I was making fun of a typo that happened when the article was originally posted. At the bottom of the post, it read:
"According to Ars Technica,"
This was corrected shortly after I posted my joke.
According to 77Punker,
Does anyone think this is funny? We get this shit every year on April 1. Let's use the firehose and vote these articles off the front page.
Apple is essentially the antithesis of open source.
CUPS makes printing on Unix-style systems far easier. CUPS came from Apple and is open source.
Also, don't forget about Darwin(GNU Mach) and Webkit(KHTML). They actually do give back to these things once in a while.
Should probably be hellbent for leather. Put a tight-fitting leather case around the computer.
Also, carry a riding crop. Show her you mean business!
Heavy metal stickers. Lots of them!
Some Judas Priest stickers will show them you're not gay!
How old are these girls? 16?
I wouldn't become involved with them in person. I also do not recommend that they take erotic photos of themselves.
On the other hand, I bet they don't actually look like children.
I understand the need to keep an eye on the perverts who pass themselves off as artists
Why?
Cops should deal with perverts who touch kids. Victimless crimes are just tools for fearmongering politicians to get the attention and votes of self-centered parents.
Next thing you know you have a bunch of websites that are cracked and freelance developers can charge big bucks to fix.
FTFY
Danger and opportunity are often the same!
I keep Windows software off of my Linux work environment in general, too. Unfortunately, my coworkers have a tendency to send me spreadsheets with more than 2^16 rows. This requires Office 2007. At least, it won't work on OOo 3 or Gnumeric.
"God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh." - Voltaire