Comment Re:Axon = Taser = filth (Score 1) 63
... They [tasers] are there to serve as a step between beating a suspect and THEN shooting them... The pain is an unavoidable consequence of how they work, not^w AND the reason for using them.
FTFY
Comment Re:Nothing is free (Score 0) 205
teacher: [walking out of the store with supplies for students they had to purchase out of pocket]
Had to buy? I don't think you know what that word means.
Yes, had to buy. I don't think you know what teachers need to do to teach.
Comment Re:Oaky to unionize... (Score 2) 115
So long as it's okay for the company to hire whomever they want.
In a more civilised part of the world - they can.
But they can't refuse to hire somebody just because they belong to a union, and the union doesn't get any say in whether a nonunion person gets employed.
(#58017826) Actually, every big game studio has fought tooth and nail to ensure it never happens and that anyone involved in any such effort never works in the industry again.
And in the same more civilised part of the world - they can't. See above.
In some parts of the world people act like grownups.
Comment Re:Shills (Score 1) 170
...If you think that it suffers in some way, how about buying the developers a cup of coffee perhaps, or send a patch over for merger?...
After losing the ability to save anything other than xcf and seeing their reaction to complaints about it I'm not sure a cup of coffee will do the trick. Be better advised to put effort into Krita.
Comment Re:Ambivalence (Score 1) 377
I'm not sure if Microsoft is preparing to do evil, or finally found the much sought after vaccination/cure...
It's microsoft. Of COURSE they're going to do evil. The scorpion is more likely to stop stinging.
Comment Re:SERENITY NOW! (Score 1) 370
...Same as you have to be a jerk (at least temporary) when grading exams, for example.
Actually, jerk is the very last thing you should be when marking exams. "Professional" is the only acceptable behaviour.
Which means that if the submitted work is of F quality then the only acceptable mark is F. Jerkiness doesn't ever come into it.
Comment Re:Neutered (Score 1) 370
I think he will just learn to be cutting and harsh in a polite way. It is not that hard to utterly destroy somebody while staying perfectly polite and seemingly not even getting personal at all.
"When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite." WS Churchill
Comment Re:I can actually hear him gritting his teeth (Score 3, Informative) 370
...Who is he to tell this person what "we do" or we do not do...
The person who OWNS Linux (and the "we" is the group of people permitted to contribute code).
...Who the hell does Torvalds think he is, dishing out orders like a tyrant dictator?...
The person who OWNS Linux (ie the person who dictates what is or is not acceptable code).
Comment Re:And they think that the fine is consequential? (Score 2) 62
Do *you* own a government?
Well... yes. A share in one, but yes.
Comment Re:Is anyone using OpenBSD? (Score 1) 121
Not there yet, I've just started migrating.
Comment Re:Fight Fire with Fire (Score 1) 278
Me: Hello?
Scammer: This is John from Microsoft, you computer has a virus.
Me: Have you told your parents that your job is trying to steal money from people like them in another country?
Scammer: [5 seconds of silence]
I tried that the last* time I got a similar call - with exactly the same result.
*Dumped the landline just after, haven't had any since.
Comment Re:Serves 'em RIGHT! (Score 2) 81
So, how did they break the TOS just by doing something that is actually already allowed?
The TOS allows playing in an emulated windows evironment.
But... Wine Is Not An Emulator.
And that's enough until they think of a better reason.
Comment Re:Death metal helps (Score 1) 513
...The most I did in math though was to solve a problem on the board.
Which is an example of public speaking.
Comment Re: Que the haters in 3... 2... 1... (Score 1) 441
...The difference being, with a live audience, the jokes have to actually be funny to someone.
The one about the spherical chickens in a vacuum made me laugh (it was the first time I'd heard it).
Comment Re: Were you called a freak on the playground? (Score 1) 441
Notice how you said you are doing something "intelligent", like reading a book and "they" are not. That's arrogant AF.
"They" are developing their bodies, bonding, creating social structures that may last a lifetime, learning nonverbal signals, experiencing actual emotions, for god's sake man.
You are reading a book.
I've done both. Reading a book wins.
"...bonding, creating social structures that may last a lifetime, learning nonverbal signals, experiencing actual emotions..."
only works if the rest of the team consists of thinking people. I've seen too many jockstrappers with less intelligence than a pithed frog to ever have any respect for anybody solely because they are accomplished at some sport.
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