technopeasantry
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- SandChigger
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You ... know me too well.
Forgot to mention earlier: the great thing about priapic midgets is they come with a ready handle for use when tossing them.
Don't think about it.
Just do it.
Forgot to mention earlier: the great thing about priapic midgets is they come with a ready handle for use when tossing them.
Don't think about it.
Just do it.
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Do you guys think it was Herbert or Ransom that came up with that twisted scene? My bet is Ransom but I would not put it past that old Herbert to thorw in something twisted like that, almost as a gag.
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People like me love people like you, because people like me know to try that one first, right before your last name, and your last name backwards.TheDukester wrote:At my last office job, my password was "password" for quite awhile. Finally, during some sort of routine security upgrades, the IT manager called me and asked me to change it. I was actually sort of sad ...
As for the topic at hand...technology is a tool that can be good or bad. Computers are wonderful until they do all your thinking for you. It's not a BAD thing to let a computer run the long, complicated math...so long as you can do it yourself, in a pinch.
There's no direct evil in relying on technology, the problem only comes when you rely on technology TOO MUCH.
I'd think this should be obvious to readers of Dune, though. The Butlerian Jihad wasn't a cure-all, as the Chigger suggests. It just gave humanity a new and different handicap, that took thousands of years to wear off, because people were too fucking stupid to realize that AI should complement the human mind, not dominate its functions.
So, yeah, I could get through calculus with a TI-89, just plugging in my integrals and derivations, but I can actually do the calculations by hand, too. So I'm not losing out by using the TI-89 when time is a factor.
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You know, I rather have my doubts about someone being able to fly a shuttle from a ship in orbit down to the surface of a planet without the use of a computer. What do you think?
(Of course, technopeasants wouldn't be worrying about such things, right? )
(Of course, technopeasants wouldn't be worrying about such things, right? )
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So, how's that working out for you? feeling superior that is. FFS it's his work PC. Fuck, just shoot me already.Phaedrus wrote:People like me love people like you, because people like me know to try that one first, right before your last name, and your last name backwards.TheDukester wrote:At my last office job, my password was "password" for quite awhile. Finally, during some sort of routine security upgrades, the IT manager called me and asked me to change it. I was actually sort of sad ...
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So, how's that working out for you? feeling superior that is. FFS it's his work PC. Fuck, just shoot me already.Phaedrus wrote:People like me love people like you, because people like me know to try that one first, right before your last name, and your last name backwards.TheDukester wrote:At my last office job, my password was "password" for quite awhile. Finally, during some sort of routine security upgrades, the IT manager called me and asked me to change it. I was actually sort of sad ...
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Good God, man, get a grip, you're stutterposting.
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It's my parents...
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Minus 10 points for the bad Fight Club reference. And another 20 for the double post.inhuien wrote:So, how's that working out for you? feeling superior that is.
No place is safe from assholes who decide to write batch files to make a billion pictures of a penis pop up upon the loading of Windows. Also, hackers.FFS it's his work PC. Fuck, just shoot me already.
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A billion pix, huh?
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Phaedrus, I'm in awe. The adroitness by which you sidestepped my question has left me speechless. Lovin' the smoke diggin' the mirrors.
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play nice now fellows.
Don't make Momma come in there.
Don't make Momma come in there.
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What the fuck ... ?Phaedrus wrote:People like me love people like you, because people like me know to try that one first, right before your last name, and your last name backwards.
It was my workstation at my job, bro, as was made clear. Like I gave a shit if anyone got into it.
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Your works password should always be something you can tell people. - You don't want to give them clues as to the type of password you use for real stuff.TheDukester wrote:What the fuck ... ?Phaedrus wrote:People like me love people like you, because people like me know to try that one first, right before your last name, and your last name backwards.
It was my workstation at my job, bro, as was made clear. Like I gave a shit if anyone got into it.
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Shit. So "I-Hate-KJA" ... too obvious? I have to change it?DuneFishUK wrote:Your works password should always be something you can tell people. - You don't want to give them clues as to the type of password you use for real stuff.
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That's quite a good password... I might have to start using itTheDukester wrote:Shit. So "I-Hate-KJA" ... too obvious? I have to change it?DuneFishUK wrote:Your works password should always be something you can tell people. - You don't want to give them clues as to the type of password you use for real stuff.
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