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God forbid you drink a normal macro-brew. You must drink Guiness (which tastes nothing like Guiness in Ireland) or some beer so fucking dark you have to chew it before swallowing.

Heaven forbid Microsoft throws a little virus protection into their product, man, that would be horrible!

Please Lord don't let Budweiser track their own products, that would be horrible!

Don't let anyone apply for a patent that someone else might have! Can you believe these bastards?

Man, I am so disappointed in people these days. Some people work on software products for a living. Others do it because they love it. Some of these people give away their products, others charge. Neither is right, neither is wrong.

Stop parroting the company line and think for yourself!

Geeks have the largest egos of any group of individuals. It's pathetic. It's wrong because I said so! It's this way because that's the way I do it! Get over yourselves.

No wonder so many geeks have problems in social situations, they're assholes of the first order!
Maybe it's because they sit behind a computer all day with a semblance of anonymity, thinking hey, I can be a shit and no one will know. Well, that carries over to real life, ya know. Yes, you are an asshole, there's a reason people don't like you.

I better insert a disclaimer in here real quick:
I am not referring to anyone who might read this--unless you get offended. In which case, think about why you got offended before you post.

Man, I'm an asshole too ;)

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  • They are all 'liberaterians' or whatever...
    But in all honesty, they just want what suits them best, regardless of views. "Free Music Over Napster" even though you -know- its stealing, plain and simple. "MS Sucks" which means "I use linux, and like it, so everyone else must do that too so that companies can make good software for it like they do with Windows."

    They aren't about rights, they aren't about bettering society, they are about forcing their ideals and views onto everyone else so they end up bet
    • We all want $1,000,000.00. We all want respect from all our peers. We all want life to be easy for us.

      But you know what life is? Its challenges. You want money? You want respect? You get it by how you handle those challenges.

      If your opinion of handling those challenges is "Sitting in your mother's basement and bitching about Microsoft and Linux and GNU and free as in beer (etc) all day long..." I think you know how much money and respect you'll get out of that.
    • Ouch dude. That hurts. Yes, I'm a libertarian. Real libertarians believe in personal freedom and personal responsibility. Those are things I believe in. That is why ascribe to that political view. The real funny thing is, being libertarian isn't a pigeon holed description. That's both the beauty and folly of it, because all the libertarians want is less government intervention and more personal intervention for whatever it is you happen to believe in.
    • I take that liberatarian part personally. Liberatarians are about reducing the intrusiveness of government. Cutting Gov't down to the bare minimum (national defense, interstate commerece/issues, national issues, foreign relations, national parks, etc.) We're against most social programs, most 'secret' gov't programs, taxes (just the minimal to run the needed issues). The populace should have a greater say in where their money goes. As the popular saying goes "vote with your dollars."

      It's not a perfect

      • I can't speak for FK, but I will anyway. :-)

        I think he put the word libertarian in quotes to imply that they aren't really libertarians. They like to think of themselves as libertarians, but when you get down to their real philosophy, it's just like he says. However they feel about an issue is right. Government out of the bedroom is fine, but it's fine in the wallet, etc.

    • Now, I wasn't saying liberaterians are wrong, just some geeks call themselves this for the imaginary purpose that they think this will better themselves.

      Those that actually study this and know the full idea behind it and support it, more power to you. I'm just insulting those that follow blindly thinking it'll give them all that they want.
      • Well mebbe I take the geek think as an insult as well.

        I'm both Libertarian AND a geek. I know I'm a geek. I fix my own computers, I'm a Unix Sysadmin, I run Linux at home, know how to do some minor programming, believe that M$ is unfairly using their market edge to rub out other companies; HOWEVER I don't expect the world to be just like me.

        I know M$ makes a fine product, that works for most of the populace. I have an XP box at home, and use it 99% of the time at home (it plays games and surfs the
    • I think MS sucks, but I hate linux, too. Fuck it, I hate 'em all. I think software should just plain ol' work and eventually become a true commodity.

      • Easier said than done my friend. Software design is an amazingly complex task and while unit testing, XP, and design patterns are making strides to reduce bugs, you never can get rid of them totally--until we're advanced enough to make a hard science out of programming. IMO Linux is pooploads better than MS anyday, in design, in implementation, and in stability.
        • fair enough, but the linux install on my powermac was like PULLING FUCKING TEETH! (both MkLinux and LinuxPPC) And then, to have NO FUCKING INETD?!?!? LIKe, WTF?~!?!?! Seriously- that was the day I decided "this linux install sux monkey nuts" But the worst had to be when a bug in java swing froze my linux box. NO SHIT! I mean, wtf?! Is this windows for mac?!
          I hack kernels at work (AIX). At home, I just want to use my computer.

          I hate MS (Stupid plug and play shit that doesn't plug and play, stupid built
          • Ok. Returning the fair enough re installation on the Apple--never done it. However, why would you install linux on a powermac if you have OS X?

            On Intel-compatible boxes, I have only had 1 lockup on a linux box and that was due to a bad DIMM. Linux has always always always been ROCK SOLID for me and easy to install too!

            I understand the committment problems from management and *some* lazier programmers; however, most programmers I know aren't aware of any way to write a sufficiently complex application
            • 1 retraction---sorry. I have had installation problems with brand-spanking new hardware not being supported in Linux, but within a few months, it is usually supported. I find this acceptable due to the nature of MS being in bed with hardware makers and Linux developers reverse-engineering drivers.
  • Using a computer to post a rant about how people who use computers are anti-social assholes. :-D

    Wait, that wasn't intentional was it?
    • Nah. All kinds of people use computers. It's a method of delivering my vile lewd message is all.

      Besides, I couldn't code my way out of a paper bag, unless it was a batch file in DOS.
  • I brew my own (thanks gmhowell for getting me started) and I still drink macroswill if it's offered.
    On a hot day, a Silver Bullet tastes mighty fine.
    A neighbor came buy and was offering all of us who were out doing our lawns a beer last summer.
    One of the quality moments of my life.

    yes the many of the geekoids here are too fuckin pretentious. My guess is many of them are so insecure about themselves that they will take any opportunity to try to appear superior.

    (sorry about the spelling, i'm lit up)
    • I'm glad someone is brewing. I haven't done anything in 15 months:( Been trying to get the house rearranged so that I can get refocused on some hobbies like that and my vids and jukes.
      • it's been great.
        got my own recipe's i've been trying out an everything.
        I know i've gone over the 200 gal limit in the past year. had plenty of help drinkin it too.
        finally got a freezer I can put a control on to use for lagering/kegging.

        thanks bud.
        • Aren't there other adults in your house? For example, Angie and I can brew 400 gals/year. My inlaws do this with wine. FIL and cousin, plus each of their spouses, and another cousin and his spouse. They make wine up to the six person limit, but only two of them really do the work.

          I'm thinking of cutting back to three gallon batches and getting back into it.
          • hrrm i thought it was 100 gallons a year per person...
            D'oh!
            • I thought it was 200. hbd might have info, or rec.crafts.brewing. The reason for 200 is I thought someone said you could brew a 'normal' (5 gallon) batch once a week for a year, taking off only 'vacation' time. But I could be wrong. I know I looked at the number, and knew I wouldn't be close.

  • is better than guinness. I think.

    I can't read any forumish kind of web thing without first going into complete emotional detachment mode. Otherwise I just get furious. You don't know if what just pissed you off was a troll or an idiot. And then you realize- it doesn't matter- you can't help them in either case.

    • Bass is not better or worse than Guiness; it is different. IIRC, Bass is a mild ale (perhaps a pale ale?) whereas the Guiness products are various forms of stout.

      • I know- that's why I added the "I think" part. Just throwing my voice out there as a part of the non-guiness loving crowd. I think drinking guiness straight is like drinking motor oil. I've got some in the fridge at home but it is for making Black & Tans.

        To be honest, while if I had to pick one favorite beer- I'd go with Bass but it is not the beer that I drink the most. Primarily because of cost but also because I like a little variety. I probably consume more MGD than anything else. I also li
        • I'm no beer snob that's for sure. I really don't understand that mentality.

          I actually think that for certain uses, MGD, Bud, etc. are ideal beers. BTW, a great compromise between Bud and Pete's or Sammy is Yuengling lager.

          I just skimmed through the front page article, and noticed the frequent slagging of 'American beers'. That's all well and good, but if you pay attention to trends, both British and German beer makers are in deep doodoo domestically as tastes trend towards American Bud and similar beers
          • Yuengling is great, and cheap too. Very good flavor, but still a bit on the "pissy" side.

            Oh and to the parent of your post. If you like Amber Boch, try Saranac Black & Tan. About the same price and I think it's much, much better.
  • The best American beers that I've tasted came from Pete's. Pete's Wicked Lager is, well, wicked. Compared to that, Budweiser (AB US version) is shit. (Czech Budweiser, or Budvar as it's sometimes called is pretty damn good though.)

    I'm not a beer connoisseur by any stretch of the imagination. Heck, my alcohol consumption would average out to less than a bottle a beer a week, and that's even including what I drink at social gatherings, but when I drink the stuff I like to appreciate some quality.

    FYI, in cas
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      • Now, if we're talking about Heineken, I fucking hate that beer. Blech.

        I used to like Dutch and north German beer (rather bitter pils-type beers), in particular Grolsch, but nowadays I'm rather more fond of Guinness and Beamish. I honestly never was much for AB's Budweiser or other American macrobrews, though I do like some of the smaller brands (Sam Adams in particular).

        Seems as I get older, I go more for darker, creamier beers like stout, along with ales (Newcastle Brown Ale is good stuff).

        Oddly, bei

      • Hell! You like PBR? I don't think I can be friends with your fancy hipster ass any more ;)

        Oh wait, PBR is out? Then it's all cool then...

        unless it is so out that it is now back in!

        I fucking hate this retro shit...

        "Heineken? Fuck that shit! ... Jesus Christ, Frank, you're so fucking SUAVE!"

        Personally I don't care as I have no taste. Usually less bitter, non-stout, and without frilly crap. I like Newcastle quite a bit but I'll drink anything.
  • they're just the worst at hiding how big their egos are because they haven't learned the social skills to appear like they aren't jerks. there are some people in my office with enormous egos that don't know anything about technology.

    patents. i have opinions on patents. i don't think it's wrong for someone to apply for a patent that has obvious prior art, assuming they don't know about the prior art. what would be wrong is if they used the patent to shut down any prior art just because they could afford
  • ...in your subject line an adjective, or a verb?

    Just wondering.

    Oh, and Guinness on tap is d4 b0mb d00d. But Beamish is damn fine stuff too.

    So fuck me. I dare ya.

    And I'm, like, totally offended by this JE. Because I am always right.

    Cheers,

    Ethelred

  • Budnet aint a new thing.
    It's almost 6 ~7 years old.
    I had a client who is a distributer.
    it was really flaky in the beginning but now it's a system to rival anything in it's class.
    tracking sales, shelflife, etc.
    Hey if you had a business you would want these things too.

    thats the problem with slashbots. fuckin middleschoolers.
  • 1. Guiness sucks. I prefer to drink my beer, not chew it. My personal favorite is Yeungling (america's oldest brewery. Older than Molson, even though the advertise that distinction). I also regularly drink Molson Golden, Michelob Amber Bach, Michael Shea's, Killian's, and Miller Lite. I avoid most Bud and Busch products as they tend to give me hangovers whilst the others do not.

    2. The only bad thing I can think about microsoft trying to add virus protection is that it will make people complacent and n
    • whatever dude. Guiness isn't some SUPER DARK MACHO beer- its for girls! My wife loves it because its creamy and rich! (I dig it, too).

      I liked yeungling when I was in philly. Michelob has some decent isht too, (the aformentioned amber bock, they have a hefeweissen, and some other stuff). I've been getting into Boddington's a lil' bit- its GOTTA be at the right temperature, though. Too cold and it really sucks. I like Saranac, and Pete's wicked strawberry blonde (nice fruity beer for spring/summer), Blu
  • God forbid you drink a normal macro-brew. You must drink Guiness (which tastes nothing like Guiness in Ireland) or some beer so fucking dark you have to chew it before swallowing.

    I drink Guiness cause it's the only beer darker than cat piss that can be found in restaurants in this godforsaken bud-loving place. My personal preference is Kilkenny, but good luck finding any hereabouts. Anyway, american beers suck ass.

    • W.R.Hickey's in State College, PA carries a small amount of KilKenny, but it is not true KilKenny from Ireland. It's 'import' friendly.

      -Ab

    • Re:beer (Score:2)

      by Cujo ( 19106 )
      Anyway, american beers suck ass.

      Not so - just the mass market stuff. There are many better-than-competent breweries. For example, Rogue on the west coast can be downright inspired.

  • I like em, ok, I like Stouts. You got a problem with that?

    I also like India Pale Ales, a wide variety of Pilsners, etc, etc.
  • but then a geekier geek told me I was wrong and that I should do it his way...and since I conformed I was no longer right and had to succumb to being normal again.

    beer sucks

    and free software is better than paid-for software but the best software is usually that stuff you are supposed to pay for but don't

    Oh and one other thing...Geeks are asses not just the hole...the ENTIRE ASS...

    thus said, it must be true, it came from me, HA! so I'm right once again!
  • All I was saying is this:

    There's nothing (get it--NOTHING) wrong with you liking Guiness. Or Yeungling (which I've never seen down in the South) or Bass (which I actually like) or Tomcat Piss or whatever.

    What I am saying is, I get pissed off when I hear a bunch of people talking about how the beer of (literally) millions of people is piss.

    Yes, everyone is entitled to an opinion. However, shitting on someone's choice of beer is just getting old to me.

    I don't make the rules, and this is just one person
    • ...don't care what you drink. It's almost certainly piss, whatever it is. My beer is not only superior, it's morally superior.

      I'll have a Polish Pope Pilsener Special on tap, please.

      Belay that. Gimma a Schlitz.

      The name is so sweet. Schlitz. Say that a few times. Then drink a sixer, and say it again. Schlz. Say it again, baby. Schz. Ooooh, I love it when your dribble shows as you say it so fine.

      Schlitz me. You know you want to.

      (Damn, I should write ad copy.)

      Cheers,

      Ethelred

    • I never met a beer I didn't like.
      (can't we all just get along?)

      Sure, sometimes I've been disappointed, but I've never come away from the experience wishing I had chosen not to imbibe.
    • What I am saying is, I get pissed off when I hear a bunch of people talking about how the beer of (literally) millions of people is piss.

      But it is. Sorry, but I just have absolutely no stomach for it anymore. Perhaps it was the overindulgences of my younger days, but if it can't stick to a glass on its own accord, its just flavored water.
  • It isn't wrong because you say it is wrong. It is wrong because I say it is wrong!!! ;^P

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