.... a sexy, available, female nerd. We would all like it to exist. The fairy-tale aspect of it is too grand to not want, but sooner or later we come to terms with the truth.
Hate to burst your bubble, but they do exist, and one of them is my girlfriend.
She's 5'10, perfect body, beautiful face, former model, university graduate, plays more video games that I do and owns about 500 sci-fi books!
Sorry, she doesn't have a sister (you wouldn't believe how many of my geek friends ask me this!)
You guys would be suprised how many geek and geek-friendly girls are out there. But you have to leave your parent's basement and get out if you want to meet them!
I gave them a call, and they also put me on their sales call-back queue. I then asked when I could expect a call from their sales team and they mentionned that it would take quite a long time because they have thousands of people to call back about this issue!
Could it be true? Or are other/. readers doing the same thing as I did?
I thought the whole filesharing problem comes from people wanting to download music for free instead of paying for it. IMHO, the problem is not that there is trouble IDENTIFYING copyrighted songs, it's that it's hard to get people to PAY for them
You nailed it! In other words...
You cannot deal with a social problem using a technological solution
next to a particularly beautiful canadian woman which made the flight 'semi' bearable
Hey the-build-chicken,
that beautiful canadian woman was in fact my wife. She told me all about you going on and on about how the RIAA screwed you over with overpriced CDs, how AOTC sucked compared to TESB, the time you compiled USB support in your kernel, etc, etc...
I don't see how it's truth would change anything (from your mind's perspective, at least), so I'm not sure why you would find it "too scary." Consciousness built on neurons made of atoms is no more real than consciousness built on simulationed neurons made of simulationed atoms. Consciousness is as consciousness does.
My Momma always said life is like a box with a cat in it, you never know if it is alive or dead...
What do you expect, it's 5 am and I'm stuck at work!
Since my late teens (about 18-19), I had always been tired in the morning, I just thought it was lazyness.
Fastforward to the autumn of 2001. I started having really bad nights, I would go to bed at around 23:00 (11:00 PM for you americans) and woke up at 07:00 (7:00 AM for my neighbours to the south) and felt like I had slept only 2 hours. And on top of that, I would catch all the cold/flu viruses that were running around the office. I got sick every month and every time, it lasted at least 10 days! Then, I just couldn't wake up on time any more, I would wake up at 10:00, 11:00, noon, even 13:00 (guess what time I came in to work!)
I basically had become a walking zombie and couldn't take it anymore, so I went to see and MD.
He diagnosed a severe depression. See, sleep deprivation induces depression, which induces sleep deprivation, which... you get the picture.
I took the antidepressants, recuperated a bit of sleep for a few weeks, but the extreme tiredness came back.
Then my employer (who should have had fired me months ago) gave me an ultimatum... fix your problem (being late everyday, being sick all the time) or we'll have to let you go.
I then started to do some heavy thinking. I remembered the ENT who removed my tonsils 4 years before, who had mentionned something about not breathing properly through my nostrils at night and recommended I took those blue pills called Entex-LA (PPA, removed from the market since then), a decongestant. I remember taking these and feeling much more rested the next morning.
So, I went to the drug store, saw the pharmacist, and he recommended something equivalent, Drixoral (pseudoephedrine hydrochloride). I took one, went to sleep at 01:00 and woke up six hours later like I had slept for 12 hours! I couldn't believe it! It was my damn nose!
Went back to the ENT, told him I was taking Drixoral, and that I thought something was wrong with my nose. He examined my nasal passageways, and diagnosted a septum deviation which prevented proper airflow. Just to be positively sure, he ordered me to take a polysomnograph (a sleep test, with a bunch of monitors: breathing, blood CO2 level, etc...), and put me on a waiting list for surgery (I'm also in Quebec, so healthcare sucks) He also put me on medical leave until I had the surgery
I took the sleep test. Diagnostic: obstructive sleep apnea. A septoplasty and turbinoplasty had to be performed.
I had the operation, and my life was forever changed! I have learned since then that sleep apnea can cause SEVERE problems: cardiac troubles, depression, immune system slowdown, psychological issues, etc.
If you are always tired, and don't know why, PLEASE GO SEE A DOCTOR RIGHT FSCKING NOW !
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Hate to burst your bubble, but they do exist, and one of them is my girlfriend.
She's 5'10, perfect body, beautiful face, former model, university graduate, plays more video games that I do and owns about 500 sci-fi books!
Sorry, she doesn't have a sister (you wouldn't believe how many of my geek friends ask me this!)
You guys would be suprised how many geek and geek-friendly girls are out there. But you have to leave your parent's basement and get out if you want to meet them!
Unzip and let loose a yellow stream into the ventillation on the back.
I use gunzip you insensitive clod!
Eating an entire frying pan in one sitting, however, is most likely bad for you.
;-)
So if you eat it standing up, you're okay?
The ad showcases well-known people, including the greatest athlete of all time, Mohammed Ali!
Funny thing, "rendez vous" also means "surrender!"
Now, before you make jokes about France and surrender, I'm not French!
the U.S. government is busy trying to get Australia to change its laws to increase the profits of U.S. record companies
:)
Thank God my Australian cousins (I'm Canadian) are fighting for our rights to be free of American imperialism and hegemony!
Now all you Australian folks out there, join me in singing God save the Queen!
Relax my Yankee friends, we love you guys!
I, for one, welcome our new moon-faring Indian overlords!
Why do pigs care about powerline broadband?
I gave them a call, and they also put me on their sales call-back queue. I then asked when I could expect a call from their sales team and they mentionned that it would take quite a long time because they have thousands of people to call back about this issue!
/. readers doing the same thing as I did?
Could it be true? Or are other
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What's all that talk about Burger King? ;)
I thought the whole filesharing problem comes from people wanting to download music for free instead of paying for it. IMHO, the problem is not that there is trouble IDENTIFYING copyrighted songs, it's that it's hard to get people to PAY for them
You nailed it! In other words...
You cannot deal with a social problem using a technological solution
Could it be?
I know it's OT, but this (on the same site you linked to) reminded me of the goatse dude...
it's café (french for coffee), not cafè (there's no such thing in french, try spanish, you never know)
But Saddam's in Montreal, remember?
Wait, I'm in Montreal, how come nobody told me of this?
Calisse de tabarnak! Toujours le dernier a savoir!!!
next to a particularly beautiful canadian woman which made the flight 'semi' bearable
:)
Hey the-build-chicken,
that beautiful canadian woman was in fact my wife. She told me all about you going on and on about how the RIAA screwed you over with overpriced CDs, how AOTC sucked compared to TESB, the time you compiled USB support in your kernel, etc, etc...
Man, you read slashdot too much!
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I don't see how it's truth would change anything (from your mind's perspective, at least), so I'm not sure why you would find it "too scary." Consciousness built on neurons made of atoms is no more real than consciousness built on simulationed neurons made of simulationed atoms. Consciousness is as consciousness does.
My Momma always said life is like a box with a cat in it, you never know if it is alive or dead...
What do you expect, it's 5 am and I'm stuck at work!
"GPL" is not a synonym for "I can do whatever I want."
You're new here, aren't you?
When was the last time anyone visited another search engine? I can't remember when I did
You might want to try Mamma.com a meta search engine that finds stuff that even Google doesn't find.
And on top of that, Mamma also searches Google, so you can't go wrong with Mamma!
I thought FreeBSD was dead?
I'd like to share my story about sleep apnea.
Since my late teens (about 18-19), I had always been tired in the morning, I just thought it was lazyness.
Fastforward to the autumn of 2001. I started having really bad nights, I would go to bed at around 23:00 (11:00 PM for you americans) and woke up at 07:00 (7:00 AM for my neighbours to the south) and felt like I had slept only 2 hours. And on top of that, I would catch all the cold/flu viruses that were running around the office. I got sick every month and every time, it lasted at least 10 days! Then, I just couldn't wake up on time any more, I would wake up at 10:00, 11:00, noon, even 13:00 (guess what time I came in to work!) I basically had become a walking zombie and couldn't take it anymore, so I went to see and MD. He diagnosed a severe depression. See, sleep deprivation induces depression, which induces sleep deprivation, which... you get the picture.
I took the antidepressants, recuperated a bit of sleep for a few weeks, but the extreme tiredness came back.
Then my employer (who should have had fired me months ago) gave me an ultimatum... fix your problem (being late everyday, being sick all the time) or we'll have to let you go.
I then started to do some heavy thinking. I remembered the ENT who removed my tonsils 4 years before, who had mentionned something about not breathing properly through my nostrils at night and recommended I took those blue pills called Entex-LA (PPA, removed from the market since then), a decongestant. I remember taking these and feeling much more rested the next morning.
So, I went to the drug store, saw the pharmacist, and he recommended something equivalent, Drixoral (pseudoephedrine hydrochloride). I took one, went to sleep at 01:00 and woke up six hours later like I had slept for 12 hours! I couldn't believe it! It was my damn nose!
Went back to the ENT, told him I was taking Drixoral, and that I thought something was wrong with my nose. He examined my nasal passageways, and diagnosted a septum deviation which prevented proper airflow. Just to be positively sure, he ordered me to take a polysomnograph (a sleep test, with a bunch of monitors: breathing, blood CO2 level, etc...), and put me on a waiting list for surgery (I'm also in Quebec, so healthcare sucks) He also put me on medical leave until I had the surgery
I took the sleep test. Diagnostic: obstructive sleep apnea. A septoplasty and turbinoplasty had to be performed.
I had the operation, and my life was forever changed! I have learned since then that sleep apnea can cause SEVERE problems: cardiac troubles, depression, immune system slowdown, psychological issues, etc.
If you are always tired, and don't know why, PLEASE GO SEE A DOCTOR RIGHT FSCKING NOW !
At least it's an interesting method of delivering mashed potatoes.
:)
Don't you mean smashed potatoes?
"Can you hear me now?"