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I read in the paper the other day that South Korea has the lowest national birth rate in the world. The rate is 1.0, which puts South Korea on the Children of Men fast track.

World's biggest Microsoft fans/world's worst birth rate? I'm just sayin ...

Good thing they didn't have to tangle with a jaguar shark. That's the kind of thing that can give you crazy-eye.

String theory always seemed to be the most complicated mathematical way you could "force" a unified field theory into existence by adding as many dimensions and undefinable, physically meaningless constants as possible. This is stuff for the likes of Dr. Charlie Eppes from the TV show Numb3rs. Maybe that's why Peter MacNicol aka Dr. Larry Fleinhardt bailed to be a heavy on 24?

Anyway, we may see some very smart guys flipping burgers next Christmas...

String theory always seemed to be the most complicated mathematical way you could "force" a unified field theory into existence by adding as many dimensions and undefinable, physically meaningless constants as possible. This is stuff for the likes of Dr. Charlie Eppes from the TV show Numb3rs. Maybe that's why Peter MacNicol aka Dr. Larry Fleinhardt bailed to be a heavy on 24?

Anyway, we may see some very smart guys flipping burgers next Christmas...

String theory always seemed to be the most complicated mathematical way you could "force" a unified field theory into existence by adding as many dimensions and undefinable, physically meaningless constants as possible. This is stuff for the likes of Dr. Charlie Eppes from the TV show Numb3rs. Maybe that's why Peter MacNicol aka Dr. Larry Fleinhardt bailed to be a heavy on 24?

Anyway, we may see some very smart guys flipping burgers next Christmas...

The original quote was from Freaks (1932), "Gooble gobble, gooble gobble, we accept her, we accept her, one of us, one of us!"

It is a famous quote from the movie Freaks (1932), though you may be more familiar with the other references made to it. (I know I am; I haven't seen the movie, but am now looking to buy it on DVD to get the full context.)

"This is Spinal Tap", a mock rock documentary.

Lots of people seem to love it, but I have admit that I didn't find it funny. Sure, there are some good quotes (like that one), but overall it just didn't do anything for me. OTOH, that's just my $0.02...

The use of bovine insulin by one of their executive officers readily springs to mind.

Source: Penn & Teller's Bullsh*t episode on PETA

The use of bovine insulin by one of their executive officers readily springs to mind.

Source: Penn & Teller's Bullsh*t episode on PETA

Also in one other novel I think it was by William Gibson —but I'm fuzzy on the details, maybe I'm mixing it up with Strange Days— they talk about how in the early days of brain interfaces they tried to watch the others recorded dreams but the experience was so bizarre that some of the relationship were broken as a result.

Not everything may be as cool as it sounds...

3) do something really wild like a computer with 3d stereoscopic graphics projected either in mid air or in a special display.

Note however, that if your car is not actually a Ferrari, but an elaborately styled MG with Maranello accoutrements, then reversing does not work. Also, if you discover this and get angry widway through the exercise, under no circumstances should you kick the front fender.

That was also the theme back in 1975, but not 2002. It seems to be one bit of information that corporatists wish to remove from common knowledge: someone came up with the plan, and other individuals were involved in approving it and trying to carry it out.

This Activia reminds me of The Stuff.

But won't stealing energy from the core of the earth slow it down, causing the planet's electromagnetic field to rapidly deteriorate, killing us all?!

Just wondering.

...Somewhere, deep inside the twisted corridors in Redmond, some person must have actually thought of the idea to hire third parties to edit Wikipedia...

Nah, Gates is probably OK. It's only that guy from the EPA who has no dick.

So in an effort to make us a more gentle society, our newly elected leaders should force the likes of Chavez and others through MRI machines to confirm they're not altruistic enough and then lock them up in jail?

Almost, but not quite. In an effort to make us a more gentle society, we shouldn't elect any leaders without an MRI scan on record to confirm that they're altruistic enough. Anybody gaining enough money to be a lobbyist or start a business should also have a similar scan to make sure that they are honest enough to run a business.

But of course, they can't do that unless their not really altrustic, as now we're causing them to make value judgements about altruism for one or many.

Nah, let the computers do that part- they're better at if-then-else statements to begin with.

I suppose this is neatly tied up as long as we can selectively let a few of those people our of your jails. Maybe this guy: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0252230/ in a redux of his role as 'the operative' would be sufficiently efficient at rounding up all these non-altrustic people. Then we'd have a nice civil place to live like here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106697/

IMDB is linked as NSFW here. So your argument makes no sense to me.

Point being that being against the state is not just about being a con artist or working for yourself. Dissidents aren't always evil, and if I have to choose between splitting the last bit of food on a boat out at sea with just my family, or everyone and my family, I know that I'm not going to share with anyone other than my family.

Who gives a shit about dissidents anymore? Every revolution has been an utter failure. My point is only that communism and altruism go hand in hand- a way to make communism more honest would be to filter the potential rulers for only the honest ones.

Altrusim has it's limits for a reason, and i'd suspect that there's a body of subtle darwinian influence that contributes to our modern sense of 'social' selfishness.

George W Bush has proven to me that those limits are no longer reasonable.

I don't want to be juiced up to be nice all the time to everyone, regardless of if they deserve it or not.

Who cares, as long as you're not a politician or a civil servant?

So in an effort to make us a more gentle society, our newly elected leaders should force the likes of Chavez and others through MRI machines to confirm they're not altruistic enough and then lock them up in jail?

Almost, but not quite. In an effort to make us a more gentle society, we shouldn't elect any leaders without an MRI scan on record to confirm that they're altruistic enough. Anybody gaining enough money to be a lobbyist or start a business should also have a similar scan to make sure that they are honest enough to run a business.

But of course, they can't do that unless their not really altrustic, as now we're causing them to make value judgements about altruism for one or many.

Nah, let the computers do that part- they're better at if-then-else statements to begin with.

I suppose this is neatly tied up as long as we can selectively let a few of those people our of your jails. Maybe this guy: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0252230/ in a redux of his role as 'the operative' would be sufficiently efficient at rounding up all these non-altrustic people. Then we'd have a nice civil place to live like here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106697/

IMDB is linked as NSFW here. So your argument makes no sense to me.

Point being that being against the state is not just about being a con artist or working for yourself. Dissidents aren't always evil, and if I have to choose between splitting the last bit of food on a boat out at sea with just my family, or everyone and my family, I know that I'm not going to share with anyone other than my family.

Who gives a shit about dissidents anymore? Every revolution has been an utter failure. My point is only that communism and altruism go hand in hand- a way to make communism more honest would be to filter the potential rulers for only the honest ones.

Altrusim has it's limits for a reason, and i'd suspect that there's a body of subtle darwinian influence that contributes to our modern sense of 'social' selfishness.

George W Bush has proven to me that those limits are no longer reasonable.

I don't want to be juiced up to be nice all the time to everyone, regardless of if they deserve it or not.

Who cares, as long as you're not a politician or a civil servant?

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The GNAA is contributing a currently-unknown quantity of sperm, intended to prevent starvation and malnutrition. The sperm is to be delivered this Monday to shelters across the nation. "We are having a non-stop wankathon. I believe we can do this, I believe in my niggas. We will not fail to feed NOLA's hungry refugees." Many have reporters present at the conference questioned the nutritional value of the semen being collected, eliciting angry stares and lip-licking from their host. timecop did not directly answer the questions, saying "Who the hell are you? I don't see you vigorously beating off to save the niggers!"

The next item on the list was free wireless internet spanning the Southern Louisiana region, allowing access to GNAA's Lastmeasure online service. Lastmeasure is provided free of charge. It is widely touted as "better than FEMA" in the charitable relief field. Lastmeasure surpasses FEMA's disaster aid service by being accessible to any graphical browser on any operating system. Lastmeasure will be the only website available, as all other http requests will be redirected. This measure is intended to minimize use of GNAA.net wireless for other than disaster-relief LM. The conference ended with an emotional outburst from GNAA president timecop, crying out, "so many dead, rotting black shits".

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That, or perhaps folks capable of acting out very bad kung fu movie dubs.

Suddenly, Michael Winslow becomes in-demand again.

So in an effort to make us a more gentle society, our newly elected leaders should force the likes of Chavez and others through MRI machines to confirm they're not altruistic enough and then lock them up in jail?

But of course, they can't do that unless their not really altrustic, as now we're causing them to make value judgements about altruism for one or many.

I suppose this is neatly tied up as long as we can selectively let a few of those people our of your jails. Maybe this guy: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0252230/ in a redux of his role as 'the operative' would be sufficiently efficient at rounding up all these non-altrustic people. Then we'd have a nice civil place to live like here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106697/

Point being that being against the state is not just about being a con artist or working for yourself. Dissidents aren't always evil, and if I have to choose between splitting the last bit of food on a boat out at sea with just my family, or everyone and my family, I know that I'm not going to share with anyone other than my family.

Altrusim has it's limits for a reason, and i'd suspect that there's a body of subtle darwinian influence that contributes to our modern sense of 'social' selfishness.

I don't want to be juiced up to be nice all the time to everyone, regardless of if they deserve it or not.

So in an effort to make us a more gentle society, our newly elected leaders should force the likes of Chavez and others through MRI machines to confirm they're not altruistic enough and then lock them up in jail?

But of course, they can't do that unless their not really altrustic, as now we're causing them to make value judgements about altruism for one or many.

I suppose this is neatly tied up as long as we can selectively let a few of those people our of your jails. Maybe this guy: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0252230/ in a redux of his role as 'the operative' would be sufficiently efficient at rounding up all these non-altrustic people. Then we'd have a nice civil place to live like here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106697/

Point being that being against the state is not just about being a con artist or working for yourself. Dissidents aren't always evil, and if I have to choose between splitting the last bit of food on a boat out at sea with just my family, or everyone and my family, I know that I'm not going to share with anyone other than my family.

Altrusim has it's limits for a reason, and i'd suspect that there's a body of subtle darwinian influence that contributes to our modern sense of 'social' selfishness.

I don't want to be juiced up to be nice all the time to everyone, regardless of if they deserve it or not.

The current problem with Wikipedia is more of an offshoot from Tragedy of the Commons. In the grand tradition of Slashdot analogy-stretching:

• Wikipedia is the field
• long-time users are the (semi-enlightened, self-regulating) farmers
• HOWEVER, thousands of new farmers have arrived in town, with more every day
• AND it turns out that at least half of them are actually human-shaped insects a la Mimic trying to devour the field AND the cows

In all seriousness, Wikipedia has simply outgrown its youthful innocence, just as the Internet did about 15 years ago. Peer-reviewed anarchy breaks down after a sufficient quantity of greedy scumbags show up. Semi-protection needs to become the default.

"We have top men working on it now."

"Who?"

"Top... men."

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082971/quotes

...when I read "The investigators did not have to notify No 10..." was the The Prisoner... I am still wondering, with a name like that, if I am the only one watching entirely too much television...

Really? are you sure? First of all, the MCSE tests have virtually NOTHING to do with email servers, SMTP, or POP (unless it's changed significantly over the last 10 years). Secondly, if you have ever set up an mail server you would know how easy it is to mis configure one as an open relay (it used to be the default). Third, if you have read Slashdot for more than a week you would know about the zombie networks and their tendencies to be used for spam.

Why? No the 'perp' doesn't have to have a financial connection. Sure, old fashioned 'pump-and-dumps' like the Boiler Room involved dozens if not hundred of people, large capitol outlays, and for it to be worthwhile they needed to control a relatively large chunk of a small company's stock. Thanks to the internet that has changed, now all you need to do is to contact a zombie network operator (I hear it's fairly easy on some IRC servers), pay them some money. Hopefully a few hours later that under performing stock which you've held for too long is picking up steam. Some might even stage the email so that a couple of marks hit the stock first, just so that they look like a fool who got lucky and sold early.

Yes, I'm sure that you have bet real money on it. As any examination of my postings will tell one, I am not a 'fan' of the current administration, but there really isn't much they can do about this problem. I am sorry if you've lost money to them, but anyone who trades in stock based on obvious spam is really getting what they deserve.

I could be wrong about the purpose but I think there is more to this scam than pump and dump

No, thats about the long and short of it. If you've ever seen the movie Boiler Room, substitute the room full of shysters making several hundred calls a piece per day with a zombienet pumping out millons of spams a day. Same aim, more coverage, lower cost.

As for the SEC involvment, IIRC, there are some basic regulations regarding seperation of investment bank and broker as well as some other stipulations that apply to any company trading public stock. The scrutiny and regulations multiply once you move onto the larger exchanges like NYSE, AMEX, etc. These kinds of places won't list penny stocks.

I didn't know Ben Affleck posted on Slashdot.

Oh, you mean like this young lady. (I wonder which came first?)

Yes, and Dennis Quaid was already there in 1987.

He doesn't know... He just saw the movie Sniper.

Personally, (you youngsters) I'd rather have Raquel Welch http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0060397/

I bet they RFID tattoo all the "detainees" in Children of Men.

Pauly Shore actually does have a decent movie. It's Pauly Shore Is Dead.

However, I'm still posting as AC.

It's a long standing joke that the best thing that can happen to a country is to lose a war against the US and then get foreign aid pumped into your country. See The Mouse that Roared as an example.

Ever seen Wargames?

The people made J.K. Rowling richer than the Queen of England. The people paid damn near a half-billion dollars for tickets to see Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

The people are buying the DVD in similiar numbers.

The Geek could stand a touch more humility when he claims to know what "the people" want.

There are perhaps a half-dozen studios world-wide that have demonstrated they can finance and produce theatrical animation at the Pixar level. It takes about five years, $100 million dollars, and the labor of four hundred people to bring a project like The Incredibles to completion. That, to my mind, is a fair definition of scarcity.

The Geek never sees the distinction between production and distribution, the original and the copy.

It wouldn't be the first time SciFi's forced a series to a TV movie by cancelling it.

Something, like I don't know, the aliens being allergic to water so they come to a planet with a shit load of water to do their shit. That or it would just suck out right.

I've seen worse: Earth-invading aliens that can be killed by light.

Movies based on a TV show based on a movie. What'll they think of next?

Video games based on movies based on a TV show based on a movie.

Something, like I don't know, the aliens being allergic to water so they come to a planet with a shit load of water to do their shit.

You mean like this?Though to be fair it was only salt water.

Parent post is ridiculous. Men are perceived as better at math, have been allowed higher education for centuries before women were even perceived as being intellectually capable of higher education. For crying out loud, women weren't deemed intelligent enough to vote until the 1920s in the U.S.A.

Also, anyone with a basic knowledge of movie history knows that the claim that WWII did a lot for the women's movement knows what happened after the war, when men came back to the US, and collectively expected women to get back in the kitchen and cook them some dinner (A League of Their Own anyone?).

Also, it's not about exposure, it's about societal encouragement. If women aren't perceived as meticulous, or intelligent, or strong willed enough generally to be put in charge of business machines (and that's what they were originally, devices for another male dominated field), then they'd be passed up for promotions they were capable of, and thus would have remained as secretaries, or at best analysts. Hence explaining, why they didn't move into the new and fancy IT systems as they were developed (developed mainly by men i might add).

Now that the long-awaited movie adaptation of the game finally seems to be moving forward, wouldn't it be great if they made a sequel? Or for that matter, just adapting the original game for the XBox 360 and/or PS3?

The real killer was when they brought in Cameron Mitchell as well as Vala. It was like I was watching Farscape http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0187636/ all over again!

Seriously

Even more scary is the thought that Shawn may have been a replacement for someone else.

Love the hidden futurama reference.

c.o. Zapp Branigan.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0756893/

19.6 GB ÷ 119 min = 23.5 Mb/s.

That's serious overkill for MPEG-4. OTA HD is MPEG-2 and limited to 19.2 Mb/s.

If some kind soul would re-encode the movie to something more appropriate...say DiVX at 4 Mb/s, it'd only be 3.5 GB.

That's more reasonable to download, and will fit on a single-layer DVD.

Xesdeeni

Didn't ANYONE catch the reference?