Blocking MP3s isn't the only reason they might want to have a file size limit... remember that the servers have to strongly encrypt each and every file that gets published. Would you want your cycles being chewed up encrypting some wAreZ d00d's 1.3 gig lesbian-horse-peeing mpeg?
#10: Perfectly functional 1000-year-old military technology shows the quality of good old American engineering.
#9: Reminds us once again that nuclear weapons are necessary because they're the only thing that can destroy the alien homeworld.
#8: Warns us of the ever-present danger of planetary conquest by dimwitted Ferengi with dreadlocks.
#7: Shows that gold really _is_ valuable, even to an alien civilization that has mastered quantum teleportation.
#6: Primitive cavemen's ability to pilot fighter jets shows that declining standards of education will not affect our ability to engage in war.
#5: Actually isn't that much worse than the book.
#4: Money Travolta spent on movie could have gone to Church of Scientology instead.
#3: New technique of tilting camera at odd angle and zooming in and out revolutionizes filmmaking.
#2: Could have been hit by car and killed during two hours otherwise spent outside movie theater.
And finally, the #1 reason Battlefield Earth rules: John Travolta's career is over. Again. Finally. We can hope. (This is a corollary to the #1 reason Pulp Fiction sucks.)
I'm rolling on the floor, laughing my ass off, and a bunch of other stupid acronyms. How original. How ingenious. You've managed to make the same joke that a dozen people make each and every time anything vaguely related to mathematics appears on Slashdot. Congratulations.
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Blocking MP3s isn't the only reason they might want to have a file size limit... remember that the servers have to strongly encrypt each and every file that gets published. Would you want your cycles being chewed up encrypting some wAreZ d00d's 1.3 gig lesbian-horse-peeing mpeg?
#10: Perfectly functional 1000-year-old military technology shows the quality of good old American engineering.
#9: Reminds us once again that nuclear weapons are necessary because they're the only thing that can destroy the alien homeworld.
#8: Warns us of the ever-present danger of planetary conquest by dimwitted Ferengi with dreadlocks.
#7: Shows that gold really _is_ valuable, even to an alien civilization that has mastered quantum teleportation.
#6: Primitive cavemen's ability to pilot fighter jets shows that declining standards of education will not affect our ability to engage in war.
#5: Actually isn't that much worse than the book.
#4: Money Travolta spent on movie could have gone to Church of Scientology instead.
#3: New technique of tilting camera at odd angle and zooming in and out revolutionizes filmmaking.
#2: Could have been hit by car and killed during two hours otherwise spent outside movie theater.
And finally, the #1 reason Battlefield Earth rules: John Travolta's career is over. Again. Finally. We can hope. (This is a corollary to the #1 reason Pulp Fiction sucks.)
I'm rolling on the floor, laughing my ass off, and a bunch of other stupid acronyms. How original. How ingenious. You've managed to make the same joke that a dozen people make each and every time anything vaguely related to mathematics appears on Slashdot. Congratulations.
Yes, I'm in sarcastic bitch mode. Apologies.
It's funny you should mention those three constants... they really are related by Euler's formula, e^(pi i) = -1.
Anonymous finger-pointing has become acceptable practice in America, at long last. Guess it was only a matter of time.
I could get used to kangaroos...