"Am I busy?" exclaimed Arthur. "Well, I've just got all these bulldozers and things to lie in front of because they'll knock my house down if I don't, but other than that... well, no not especially, why?"
They don't have sarcasm on Betelgeuse, and Ford Prefect often failed to notice it unless he was concentrating. He said, "Good, is there anywhere we can talk?"
please. Washington DC spends the most per capita on their schools in the entire country, and their schools are shit. Throwing money at schools is not the answer.
Everything I've seen says that climate scientists say there's no connection at all. The only place I've seen any connection put forward as a fact are people who write letters to the editor in the NY Times and similar papers.
The list of Pacific hurricanes uses X, Y, and Z (but not Q or U), whereas the Atlantic list doesn't use any of those five letters. Perhaps they should add X, Y, and Z names to the Atlantic list too now.
I owned the original Game Boy, but no other console. Played NES and SNES and Genesis at friends' houses, of course. And a little N64 and Gamecube with friends as I got older. My roommate and I in college got a free PS2 with something (DSL I think), and we used it as a DVD player. I used an XBox as an original Game Boy emulator once. Frankly, I have no interest in Sony or Microsoft consoles. I outgrew GTA-style games when I was 18 (Look, Beavis, I'm killing a hooker! huhuhuhuhuh... "mature" games my ass). FPS's to this point are useless without a keyboard and mouse. (And I played Halo on the PC, and it sucked even *with* the keyboard and mouse). Never got into RPGs much. Or sports games. So that pretty much takes care of 95% of PS2 and Xbox games there. Honestly, my preferred gaming style is strategy things (everything from the original Civ and Simcity to Rome:TW), and that's left me mostly on the PC. But the Nintendo consoles have had a few extra truly fun games on them that don't normally fit in.. Super Smash Bros, for example.
I'm seriously thinking of buying the Rev. Combining the classic arcade-style console games from my youth, with something honestly new that may even allow controllable strategy games and even FPSs, not to mention new style games, along with the polish that I've come to expect from Nintendo, makes me very excited. I just hope that the new games don't put too much emphasis on "online" stuff. I mean, I want the capability there, but I don't want tons of games that are only good when played online. Because frankly people online are a bunch of assholes. I have no interest in having to listen to 15 year olds call me a Gay Mexican Jew Lizard whenever I want to play a game for awhile. I mean, I will know people who live further away who will likely own the Rev too, so I would like the online play to be there. (Classic NES games online would be awesome as well for the same reason, by the way.)
So this is all kind of rambling, but basically the point is: Never bought a non-portable console before and never really considered it much, but I'm definitely considering it now.
And "property rights" aren't exactly basic rights. They're second-tier rights useful only becasue they perserve certain first tier rights--namely, liberty and the right to a fair share of the profit from your labor.
Apparently you didn't notice, but I feel that I have to inform you that communism didn't actually work out...
Let them do it. Sites like AllOfMp3.com will just get more business (which appears to be totally legal).
How is it there in Russia? I would love to take a trip to Moscow or St. Petersburg... hopefully soon, though I'm heading to New Zealand first...
I'm assuming you live in Russia, since you said AllofMP3 was legal. You *do* know that while AllofMP3 is "probably" legal if you live in Russia, it's not at all legal if you don't, right? (I've used it myself when I can't find a song I want on iTunes, and it's a nice service, but I don't kid myself that it's legal.)
Yes, I realize that "it's" is incorrect in this case, but it's not a terrible mistake, since for normal nouns, you just toss on an "'s" to make it possessive.
The name "SPAM" was chosen in the 1930s when the product, whose original name--"Hormel Spiced Ham"--was far less memorable, began to lose market share. The name was chosen from multiple entries in a naming contest. A Hormel official once stated that the original meaning of the name SPAM was "Shoulder of Pork and hAM". According to writer Marguerite Patten in SPAM - The Cookbook, the name was suggested by Kenneth Daigneau, brother of the Hormel vice president and an actor.
Other explanations of the origin of the term include the acronym "Specially Processed Assorted Meat","Spiced Pork And haM", "Specially Processed Army Meat", and "SPAre hAM"; there are also some less-than-serious explanations, such as "Synthetically Produced Artificial Meat" or "Stuff Posing As Meat". The current official explanation is the SP and AM were taken from "SPiced hAM" to win a $100 prize.
According to Hormel's trademark guidelines, SPAM(TM) is spelled with all capital letters and treated as an adjective, as in the phrase SPAM(TM) luncheon meat. As with many trademarks (such as LEGO(TM) or Kleenex(TM)) consumers typically simply refer to similar meat products as SPAM.
You're right, of course. (Just ignore the troll that was responding to you above.) GTA &c are mostly popular among teenagers, or those that just act like teenagers.
Seriously, this criminal is not funny. Other people invested time and money in this game, only to be cheated. This guy is a crook. If someone can do a crime on-line, they can do it in real life. It is exactly like when a child beats a dog. You just know in 10 years that kid will become a murderer. The kid lacks apathy, and that is a serious personality flaw. That is like a pit bull that bites, that specific animal is no good for anyone anymore. You have to seperate the bad from the good. Otherwise you will have 1 person costing everyone else an enjoyable life. It is a small price to pay.
Maybe one day the internet can be used to catch people with criminal tendencies. By monitoring the actions of the young, say ages 5 to 12, I am sure an algorithm can be made that can predict with 95%+ certainty which people will end up commiting violent crimes. Society could protect itself by locking these people up before the violence.
I seriously hope this post is a subtle joke, because I lollerskated. From the notion that "manipulating bits on a server" == "beating people up", to the notion that "hitting a dog" == "murder", to the confusion of "apathy" and "empathy", to the 1984 (or Minority Report) style suggestion at the end, I'm impressed if you could make that post with a straight face.
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... well, no not especially, why?"
"Am I busy?" exclaimed Arthur. "Well, I've just got all these bulldozers and things to lie in front of because they'll knock my house down if I don't, but other than that
They don't have sarcasm on Betelgeuse, and Ford Prefect often failed to notice it unless he was concentrating. He said, "Good, is there anywhere we can talk?"
please. Washington DC spends the most per capita on their schools in the entire country, and their schools are shit. Throwing money at schools is not the answer.
Parent was ontopic - Jill was an Epic game.
:P
Thank you, I'm glad someone got it.
A new OMF would be awesome, I had forgotten that was by Epic too.
BTW, it is up on automatic update as of this evening.
They should port Jill of the Jungle to a console.
(or ZZT)
So why the hell hasn't the patch shown up on Firefox's automatic updates, even if you manually check for it?
Doesn't do any good to patch it if you don't notify people about it. Not everyone reads Slashdot.
Everything I've seen says that climate scientists say there's no connection at all. The only place I've seen any connection put forward as a fact are people who write letters to the editor in the NY Times and similar papers.
The list of Pacific hurricanes uses X, Y, and Z (but not Q or U), whereas the Atlantic list doesn't use any of those five letters. Perhaps they should add X, Y, and Z names to the Atlantic list too now.
I owned the original Game Boy, but no other console. Played NES and SNES and Genesis at friends' houses, of course. And a little N64 and Gamecube with friends as I got older. My roommate and I in college got a free PS2 with something (DSL I think), and we used it as a DVD player. I used an XBox as an original Game Boy emulator once. Frankly, I have no interest in Sony or Microsoft consoles. I outgrew GTA-style games when I was 18 (Look, Beavis, I'm killing a hooker! huhuhuhuhuh... "mature" games my ass). FPS's to this point are useless without a keyboard and mouse. (And I played Halo on the PC, and it sucked even *with* the keyboard and mouse). Never got into RPGs much. Or sports games. So that pretty much takes care of 95% of PS2 and Xbox games there. Honestly, my preferred gaming style is strategy things (everything from the original Civ and Simcity to Rome:TW), and that's left me mostly on the PC. But the Nintendo consoles have had a few extra truly fun games on them that don't normally fit in.. Super Smash Bros, for example.
I'm seriously thinking of buying the Rev. Combining the classic arcade-style console games from my youth, with something honestly new that may even allow controllable strategy games and even FPSs, not to mention new style games, along with the polish that I've come to expect from Nintendo, makes me very excited. I just hope that the new games don't put too much emphasis on "online" stuff. I mean, I want the capability there, but I don't want tons of games that are only good when played online. Because frankly people online are a bunch of assholes. I have no interest in having to listen to 15 year olds call me a Gay Mexican Jew Lizard whenever I want to play a game for awhile. I mean, I will know people who live further away who will likely own the Rev too, so I would like the online play to be there. (Classic NES games online would be awesome as well for the same reason, by the way.)
So this is all kind of rambling, but basically the point is: Never bought a non-portable console before and never really considered it much, but I'm definitely considering it now.
yeah... I was just reading about this fly-by-night operation called "3Com"... hope no one got suckered into them!
Slashdot works and it works well.
LOL, mod parent funny.
And "property rights" aren't exactly basic rights. They're second-tier rights useful only becasue they perserve certain first tier rights--namely, liberty and the right to a fair share of the profit from your labor.
Apparently you didn't notice, but I feel that I have to inform you that communism didn't actually work out...
Mine was working for NASA for a couple months, working on their imaging software for detecting damage to the space shuttle while it's in orbit.
Not sure if that helps you though.
I doubt many 10 year olds come on slashdot.
Don't browse at -1, do you?
Let them do it. Sites like AllOfMp3.com will just get more business (which appears to be totally legal).
How is it there in Russia? I would love to take a trip to Moscow or St. Petersburg... hopefully soon, though I'm heading to New Zealand first...
I'm assuming you live in Russia, since you said AllofMP3 was legal. You *do* know that while AllofMP3 is "probably" legal if you live in Russia, it's not at all legal if you don't, right? (I've used it myself when I can't find a song I want on iTunes, and it's a nice service, but I don't kid myself that it's legal.)
Yes, I realize that "it's" is incorrect in this case, but it's not a terrible mistake, since for normal nouns, you just toss on an "'s" to make it possessive.
Yeah, don't be so hard on him's mistake.
SPAM = "SPiced hAM", I thought..?
says Wikipedia:
The name "SPAM" was chosen in the 1930s when the product, whose original name--"Hormel Spiced Ham"--was far less memorable, began to lose market share. The name was chosen from multiple entries in a naming contest. A Hormel official once stated that the original meaning of the name SPAM was "Shoulder of Pork and hAM". According to writer Marguerite Patten in SPAM - The Cookbook, the name was suggested by Kenneth Daigneau, brother of the Hormel vice president and an actor.
Other explanations of the origin of the term include the acronym "Specially Processed Assorted Meat","Spiced Pork And haM", "Specially Processed Army Meat", and "SPAre hAM"; there are also some less-than-serious explanations, such as "Synthetically Produced Artificial Meat" or "Stuff Posing As Meat". The current official explanation is the SP and AM were taken from "SPiced hAM" to win a $100 prize.
According to Hormel's trademark guidelines, SPAM(TM) is spelled with all capital letters and treated as an adjective, as in the phrase SPAM(TM) luncheon meat. As with many trademarks (such as LEGO(TM) or Kleenex(TM)) consumers typically simply refer to similar meat products as SPAM.
How else will we access our accounts in the ATM machines, other than by putting in our PIN numbers and reading the LCD display?
Thank you; saved me from having to post it.
Thing is, American IQ tests I've done seem to ask questions like "Who was the American president after Eisenhower"
Uh... no. Anything that asks about knowledge like that is not an IQ test.
He didn't write the OpCenter books.. just put his name on them.
Not that that excuses him.
Was going to post for more Star Control. I say just ignore SC3, it never happened. A real sequel to SC2 would be amazing.
You're right, of course. (Just ignore the troll that was responding to you above.) GTA &c are mostly popular among teenagers, or those that just act like teenagers.
The RIAA taught us that theft is not just physically stealing something like a chair.
Okay, now I KNOW you're joking.
Seriously, this criminal is not funny. Other people invested time and money in this game, only to be cheated. This guy is a crook. If someone can do a crime on-line, they can do it in real life. It is exactly like when a child beats a dog. You just know in 10 years that kid will become a murderer. The kid lacks apathy, and that is a serious personality flaw. That is like a pit bull that bites, that specific animal is no good for anyone anymore. You have to seperate the bad from the good. Otherwise you will have 1 person costing everyone else an enjoyable life. It is a small price to pay.
Maybe one day the internet can be used to catch people with criminal tendencies. By monitoring the actions of the young, say ages 5 to 12, I am sure an algorithm can be made that can predict with 95%+ certainty which people will end up commiting violent crimes. Society could protect itself by locking these people up before the violence.
I seriously hope this post is a subtle joke, because I lollerskated. From the notion that "manipulating bits on a server" == "beating people up", to the notion that "hitting a dog" == "murder", to the confusion of "apathy" and "empathy", to the 1984 (or Minority Report) style suggestion at the end, I'm impressed if you could make that post with a straight face.
the Michaelangelo virus
ah, now there's a memory. back in the day when viruses were real viruses.