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http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/ptech/11/2 ... index.html

Why am I not surprised that this issue is coming out of LA?
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yeah this is just pathetic, not to mention it isn't like it's called white guy and nigger, or master and black slave........
"How can we justify spending so much on destruction and so little on life?" Matthew Good

"The white dove is gone, the one world has come down hard, so why not share the pain of our problems, when all around are wrong ways, when all around is hurt, i'll roll up in an odd shape and wait, untill the tide has turned.....with anger, i'm dead weight, i'm anchored"- IME, God Rocket (Into the Heart of Las Vegas) ^ Some say this song is about a terrorists thoughts before 911

"Pray for the sheep" Matt Good
"But it's alright, take the world and make it yours again" Matt Good

I felt it in the wind, and i saw it in the sky, i thought it was the end, i thought it was the 4th of July.

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Ok THAT is ridiculous. You can't just remove a word entirely from the language because it can negative connotations, especially if the connotation can also be neutral! Fucking idiots.
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:lol: :nod:
"How can we justify spending so much on destruction and so little on life?" Matthew Good

"The white dove is gone, the one world has come down hard, so why not share the pain of our problems, when all around are wrong ways, when all around is hurt, i'll roll up in an odd shape and wait, untill the tide has turned.....with anger, i'm dead weight, i'm anchored"- IME, God Rocket (Into the Heart of Las Vegas) ^ Some say this song is about a terrorists thoughts before 911

"Pray for the sheep" Matt Good
"But it's alright, take the world and make it yours again" Matt Good

I felt it in the wind, and i saw it in the sky, i thought it was the end, i thought it was the 4th of July.

"Hold on, hold on children, your mother and father are leaving, hold on, hold on children your best freind's parents are leaving, leaving,.......*AHHH*! " - Death From Above - Black History Month
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it really erks me when everyone tries to be so politically correct all the time.
I mean, if you are going to be offended by a computer term then all I have to say is Get over yourself!
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I'm not surprised. Crap like this comes out everyday. Between the NAACP, and the ACLU we're gonna have to watch everything we say and do. People won't be allowed to celebrate Christmas soon.
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Merlins Beard! Some people of way too much time on their hands. Shesh :roll:
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*reads first few paragraphs of article* :wtf: That's it. I can't even read the whole thing. :neutral:
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I say we petition to have crackers renamed crunchy-wheat-based-food-wafers.

Because, y'know, that'd be the sensitive, enlightened thing to do.
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I sent this to KurzweilAI.net in the hopes that it will make one of their daily news e-mails. I mean, hey... If these unarguably primative machines are being given this "right", imagine how fast people will be to give rights to machines once they can actually fight for rights themselves...
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Venom wrote:People won't be allowed to celebrate Christmas soon.


no kidding, have you noticed that comercials around christmas time almost always talk about 'the holiday season' and rarely use the word christmas? so stupid.
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Perhaps because the ads are trying to be open to religious beliefs other than that of Christians...?
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yeah but I don't think Santa is involved in the Chinese new year very much
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That's what i was gonna say.
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Axtech wrote:I sent this to KurzweilAI.net in the hopes that it will make one of their daily news e-mails. I mean, hey... If these unarguably primative machines are being given this "right", imagine how fast people will be to give rights to machines once they can actually fight for rights themselves...


Yay! I got an e-mail from a KurzweilAI.net editor saying that I had an "Interesting point"

So, long story short, sign up for the Kurzweil newsletter ASAP as this story is likely to be in it. Not that I'll be mentioned or anything, but it is pretty cool to be involved. :mrgreen:
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Well, that's just dumb...
How may people actually read what their computer outputs while it's booting up or the labels for the jumpers on the back of your drive.

Almost nobody, really.
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people who are trying to stir up shit that are angry at the world, and probably should be considering psychiatric help concerning their obvious problems
"How can we justify spending so much on destruction and so little on life?" Matthew Good

"The white dove is gone, the one world has come down hard, so why not share the pain of our problems, when all around are wrong ways, when all around is hurt, i'll roll up in an odd shape and wait, untill the tide has turned.....with anger, i'm dead weight, i'm anchored"- IME, God Rocket (Into the Heart of Las Vegas) ^ Some say this song is about a terrorists thoughts before 911

"Pray for the sheep" Matt Good
"But it's alright, take the world and make it yours again" Matt Good

I felt it in the wind, and i saw it in the sky, i thought it was the end, i thought it was the 4th of July.

"Hold on, hold on children, your mother and father are leaving, hold on, hold on children your best freind's parents are leaving, leaving,.......*AHHH*! " - Death From Above - Black History Month
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Axtech wrote:
Axtech wrote:I sent this to KurzweilAI.net in the hopes that it will make one of their daily news e-mails. I mean, hey... If these unarguably primative machines are being given this "right", imagine how fast people will be to give rights to machines once they can actually fight for rights themselves...


Yay! I got an e-mail from a KurzweilAI.net editor saying that I had an "Interesting point"

So, long story short, sign up for the Kurzweil newsletter ASAP as this story is likely to be in it. Not that I'll be mentioned or anything, but it is pretty cool to be involved. :mrgreen:


I think you may have slightly missed the point of the article. It isn't saying that harddrives shouldn't be labeled demeaning names. It is more of a precaution that people who read these labels may be offended. The whole harddrives have rights thing was just a joke. Congratulations anyways.
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joe_canadian wrote:I say we petition to have crackers renamed crunchy-wheat-based-food-wafers.

Because, y'know, that'd be the sensitive, enlightened thing to do.



I burst out in laughter.....its just so true!
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