I personally have no issues with people having cell phone conversations, as long as they keep it to the same normal voice they would if they were talking to someone right next to them.
But that never happens.
In a phone conversation all the extra cues you usually get to help you understand what someone is saying are missing. You don't hear the lower frequencies in their voice, you don't get spatial cues from stereo hearing, and you can't look at a person's lips or body language to help you understand them. People have to pitch their voice higher and speak louder because otherwise the person they're talking to won't be able to make out what they're saying, especially on a train or plane where there is considerable background noise.
I myself continue making presentations with the most difficult
but most thought-out of tools, LaTeX,
which is actually a mathematical book publishing tool.
And what crazy-ass software do you post to Slashdot with that formats your post like a teenage poem? It doesn't fill me with confidence that you're the right person to take presentation advice from, if you see what I mean.
George should commission someone to totally recut and / or remake The Phantom Menace.
He doesn't need to, the Magnoliafan edit is about as perfect a re-cut as could be done. It has the aliens and droids dubbed and subtitled which allows the plot to revolve around slave trading rather than some nebulous trade embargo, and Jar Jar Binks calls Anakin a little bastard. It's rather good.
Slashdot: where each day brings a new synonym for "celibate".
Why so hostile, Mr. AC? Lego is the complete opposite to a celibate lifestyle, it's a family thing - the best reason to have kids is so you can play with Lego with them.
Nothing is stopping you playing with Lego now, and the AFOL community (Adult Fans Of Lego) is one of the friendliest communities to be a part of. Visit Lugnet to see what's going on, upload your models to Brickshelf to share what you do with everyone else, check if there are any Lego shows in your area, and maybe join a local user group. Have fun.
I listen to the news on the radio, I visit the BBC news website, and I read Slashdot, which is a good source of privacy stories, and I never heard about it. Admittedly I don't have a TV, but this is the kind of information I seek out. I would have put my name to it in a second. Where was it advertised? If even I didn't hear about it, how on Earth would most of the UK have heard about it?
three choices: colonize the galaxy, remain on Earth, or become extinct.
Or if you want to get wiggy, there's a fourth choice: Leave the galaxy.
It could be that soon after a civilization reaches the technology level required for space travel, they reach the technology level that lets them leave the galaxy, and they never bother with all the tedious mucking about required for space travel.
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The human race is already on an Interstellar Ark. We already face these questions, but we muddle by.
My choice would be to send lots of Generation Ships out from Earth - we have all our eggs in one basket, and it doesn't make sense to only make one more basket.
Even if we do have it by 2039, it's unlikely that commercial space travel could save more than a few people from an asteroid collision, and even then there'd better be somewhere for them to go or they won't be "saved" for very long. Better get started on the self-sufficient moon-base, the generation ships, the terraforming projects, and the transhumanism as well.
Or you could look at it from the point of view that "security" has become so pervasive and commonplace in your life that you no longer think it unusual to be stopped 20 times a year...
The same way Orson Welles took us through Citizen Kane's life and kept the film less than 60 years long.
Citizen Kane is in no way "absolutely realistic".
The GP was saying violence and its consequences should be shown as they are in reality rather than in the stylised way they are now. But TV shows can be switched off, they only last for a short while, they condense time, they are not happening to you, and you know they are not real. There is no way to make a TV show absolutely realistic - it will always be somebody's stylised representation of the story they want to tell. In real life there is no story and when awful things happen they affect the rest of your life. Are you still mourning for the loss of your sledge? Didn't think so.
they could rule that any violence shown on TV must be absolutely realistic.
It's a noble sentiment, but unworkable. The impact on the friends and relatives of people who are killed never ends. To be "absolutely realistic" the TV show would have to go on forever, showing suffering that you can't fast-forward through, you have to live through it hour after hour. How do you show that in a TV show?
My pleasure. I posted it first, though (Slashdot comments don't appear in date order). The other thing is, who on Earth modded it Funny? Did they even read it?
Did you ever think you'd be reading about TPB in Vanity Fair?
Yes, but I make lists of these things.
Neal Stephenson interviewed in Carpet Steaming News about his cat hair problem.
Jerry Garcia interviewed about curtains through a medium in Woman's Own.
Tony Blair interviewed about cheese through a trumpet in Lego Builders Weekly.
George W Bush interviewed upside-down from a flying carpet through a Chinese pipe in Hanglider's Review.
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In a phone conversation all the extra cues you usually get to help you understand what someone is saying are missing. You don't hear the lower frequencies in their voice, you don't get spatial cues from stereo hearing, and you can't look at a person's lips or body language to help you understand them. People have to pitch their voice higher and speak louder because otherwise the person they're talking to won't be able to make out what they're saying, especially on a train or plane where there is considerable background noise.
And then when your friends stop coming over, you'll be the one with fresh eggs every morning. Ha ha ha. Ha.
Funny...
Seriously though, if someone's grown up and thinks they're too cool to play with Lego, it means they've still got some growing to do.
Nothing is stopping you playing with Lego now, and the AFOL community (Adult Fans Of Lego) is one of the friendliest communities to be a part of. Visit Lugnet to see what's going on, upload your models to Brickshelf to share what you do with everyone else, check if there are any Lego shows in your area, and maybe join a local user group. Have fun.
That is pseudoscience. I just made it up.
What the Hell? I NEVER HEARD ABOUT THIS PETITION!
I listen to the news on the radio, I visit the BBC news website, and I read Slashdot, which is a good source of privacy stories, and I never heard about it. Admittedly I don't have a TV, but this is the kind of information I seek out. I would have put my name to it in a second. Where was it advertised? If even I didn't hear about it, how on Earth would most of the UK have heard about it?
It could be that soon after a civilization reaches the technology level required for space travel, they reach the technology level that lets them leave the galaxy, and they never bother with all the tedious mucking about required for space travel.
The human race is already on an Interstellar Ark. We already face these questions, but we muddle by.
My choice would be to send lots of Generation Ships out from Earth - we have all our eggs in one basket, and it doesn't make sense to only make one more basket.
Even if we do have it by 2039, it's unlikely that commercial space travel could save more than a few people from an asteroid collision, and even then there'd better be somewhere for them to go or they won't be "saved" for very long. Better get started on the self-sufficient moon-base, the generation ships, the terraforming projects, and the transhumanism as well.
The temptation to call you a snob and tell you to piss off is almost overwhelming. What the Hell. You're a snob. Piss off.
Or you could look at it from the point of view that "security" has become so pervasive and commonplace in your life that you no longer think it unusual to be stopped 20 times a year...
The GP was saying violence and its consequences should be shown as they are in reality rather than in the stylised way they are now. But TV shows can be switched off, they only last for a short while, they condense time, they are not happening to you, and you know they are not real. There is no way to make a TV show absolutely realistic - it will always be somebody's stylised representation of the story they want to tell. In real life there is no story and when awful things happen they affect the rest of your life. Are you still mourning for the loss of your sledge? Didn't think so.
My pleasure. I posted it first, though (Slashdot comments don't appear in date order). The other thing is, who on Earth modded it Funny? Did they even read it?
"The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not "Eureka!" but "That's funny..." "
-- Isaac Asimov
Andy the Happy Robot Monkey could get you a beer no problem.
Enjoying the latest offerings from the music industry... well, you've crossed the line in to fantasy there.
Neal Stephenson interviewed in Carpet Steaming News about his cat hair problem.
Jerry Garcia interviewed about curtains through a medium in Woman's Own.
Tony Blair interviewed about cheese through a trumpet in Lego Builders Weekly.
George W Bush interviewed upside-down from a flying carpet through a Chinese pipe in Hanglider's Review.
Actually, no. What a bloody stupid question.