$250k net worth isn't all that much, really. yes, at 26, maybe you sure as hell don't, but by the time you're in your late 30s to 40s you probably will, what with a house and retirement accounts and so on.
however, statistically, people posting to slashdot are likely to be in their 20s, i'd bet, so your assertion is probably right anyway.:)
Anyways, whatever that mold was, it was badass. I first discovered it because some had dropped off the blinds and set up shop on the metal windowsill behind a pile of boxes that blocked my view of the windowsill for a whole winter. When I found it a few months later, the mold had etched marks into stainless steel. Not only was it badass mold, but weird mold. It ate metal (and presumably dust/skin flakes and other spores) all winter long, but it left the huge pile of yummy cellulose cardboard (the boxes) untouched.
Hopefully you kept a sample of that around.. we might need it when the machines try to take over.
I have one of the original 5GB iPods, and I'm constantly deleting less-listened-to songs to make room for newer songs and albums. If people are complaining about too much space on their bigger iPods, then let's trade.:P
Unless you're in Canada or somewhere where they don't have real money, CDs are *not* $20. Try $7-$10. $14 at the most, for brand new releases. So your so-called "REALLY conservative" estimate, $15, is close, if you only buy the new releases from major label bands at a Best Buy or something, and are unfortunate enough to live somewhere with sales tax.
Also, plenty of students have a lot of spending money. It's called "not being a lazy ass" or "having a job". $7500 over several years isn't that much, if music is what you enjoy and spend money on. Hell, students at my old school probably spent that much just on weed over the four years... well, the ones who smoked weed were there for longer, but you get the point.
Basically, you're another example for the need for a (-1, Stupid) moderation choice.
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If you read more, instead of watching TV, you might know that it's spelled "hypocrisy", and you also might be able to tell the difference between "their" and "they're".
I used to think that/.ers were on the whole pretty libertarian.. I think/. might have been the first place I'd heard of the Libertarian movement.. but recently it seems that everyone on/. (or at least the vocal ones) are just plain left-liberal.
Speaking of real-world, where are you living? All women will do that. Don't believe me? How many women do you know that are engaged that don't have a diamond ring?
My roommate just got engaged. His fiancee doesn't have a diamond engagement ring.
So there's one.
I haven't seen any other engagement rings recently, so so far I'm at 100% non-diamond.:P
I don't think I've heard a decent song come out since '93.
These damn kids and their "music". Back in my day, we had *good* music, and we walked uphill both ways in the snow -- though it wasn't real snow, we had to make pretend snow out of broken glass -- to get to the music.
Now, go fetch grandpa some more bourbon. I'm going to go ride the Rascal down to the park and yell at kids.
I always heard that the original classification was 1st World = US, Western Europe, and similar countries (yes, including Canada). 2nd World = USSR and its friends. And 3rd World = everyone else that the two major powers didn't care much about.
Since the USSR isn't around anymore, that's why you never hear "second world".
I'm a pretty friendly guy who has a very strange sense of humor and like to read, write, watch movies, talk about art and design, music, recording and other creative things -- while everyone I work with all have CS degrees and view things like that as a sickness to be avoided.
er, non sequitor? What does their degree have to do with anything?
I have a CS degree, and I write, and play guitar, and plenty of creative things. (I could do without "art and design", but still.)
Money isn't even remotely the reason "800 million go to bed hungry each night". It's all politics. There's plenty of food to go around, but third world dictators keep everything to themselves, and let their people starve.
And maybe you're not aware of this, but the world is not like Civilization, where you can just move a little slider and redirect money to something else.
Or maybe you mean that with $1 trillion you could bribe enough foreign leaders to stop turning their countries into hellholes? Or maybe "get rid" of some of them? Of course, you'd probably protest that too.//Fine, mod me down, but will you be able to sleep at night?//
Let me think about that for a second. Why, yes, I think I will be able to sleep fine.
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$250k net worth isn't all that much, really. yes, at 26, maybe you sure as hell don't, but by the time you're in your late 30s to 40s you probably will, what with a house and retirement accounts and so on.
:)
however, statistically, people posting to slashdot are likely to be in their 20s, i'd bet, so your assertion is probably right anyway.
Anyways, whatever that mold was, it was badass. I first discovered it because some had dropped off the blinds and set up shop on the metal windowsill behind a pile of boxes that blocked my view of the windowsill for a whole winter. When I found it a few months later, the mold had etched marks into stainless steel. Not only was it badass mold, but weird mold. It ate metal (and presumably dust/skin flakes and other spores) all winter long, but it left the huge pile of yummy cellulose cardboard (the boxes) untouched.
Hopefully you kept a sample of that around.. we might need it when the machines try to take over.
Geez, if this were a Microsoft product, they'd already be calling it 2.0. Version numbers are completely arbitrary.
I've been using Thunderbird since v0.4 I think, and have had few problems with it.
Slashdot seems to have snuck a space in there:
try that again as a link...
Piracy games?
r el easenum=42 ....
http://www.firaxis.com/company_showrelease.cfm?
what?
I'll join the ACLU when they remember that there are 10 amendments in the Bill of Rights.
I have one of the original 5GB iPods, and I'm constantly deleting less-listened-to songs to make room for newer songs and albums. If people are complaining about too much space on their bigger iPods, then let's trade. :P
"Maybe next time you're there, you can get one, and realize that the word "you" has three letters. You're only using one of them."
and yet the meaning can be conveyed by one letter.
Only if "I don't know how to write the English language" is the meaning you're trying to convey.
Unless you're in Canada or somewhere where they don't have real money, CDs are *not* $20. Try $7-$10. $14 at the most, for brand new releases. So your so-called "REALLY conservative" estimate, $15, is close, if you only buy the new releases from major label bands at a Best Buy or something, and are unfortunate enough to live somewhere with sales tax.
Also, plenty of students have a lot of spending money. It's called "not being a lazy ass" or "having a job". $7500 over several years isn't that much, if music is what you enjoy and spend money on. Hell, students at my old school probably spent that much just on weed over the four years... well, the ones who smoked weed were there for longer, but you get the point.
Basically, you're another example for the need for a (-1, Stupid) moderation choice.
44000 baud.
Uh.. yeah, no. You probably mean "44000 bps".
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If you read more, instead of watching TV, you might know that it's spelled "hypocrisy", and you also might be able to tell the difference between "their" and "they're".
nice sig.
don't forget to *enjoy* the *sauce*.
(or was it only one set of *s.. don't forget to *enjoy the sauce*? ah well. too long since i've played that.)
After he takes the Sox to the World Series and they win, he might. ;)
Um... did you just use the words "Saturn" and "quality" together? Excuse me while I go laugh hysterically.
I used to think that /.ers were on the whole pretty libertarian.. I think /. might have been the first place I'd heard of the Libertarian movement.. but recently it seems that everyone on /. (or at least the vocal ones) are just plain left-liberal.
Allergic reaction to Bush? Who knows.
Mm, nothing like a bunch of stereotypes!
bye bye now.
Speaking of real-world, where are you living? All women will do that. Don't believe me? How many women do you know that are engaged that don't have a diamond ring?
:P
My roommate just got engaged. His fiancee doesn't have a diamond engagement ring.
So there's one.
I haven't seen any other engagement rings recently, so so far I'm at 100% non-diamond.
P2P is really the only alternative in US cities (i.e. Houston) that are Clear Channel owned and have no music scene.
I was just in Houston -- you've got those awesome Mexican polka stations, though.
I don't think I've heard a decent song come out since '93.
These damn kids and their "music". Back in my day, we had *good* music, and we walked uphill both ways in the snow -- though it wasn't real snow, we had to make pretend snow out of broken glass -- to get to the music.
Now, go fetch grandpa some more bourbon. I'm going to go ride the Rascal down to the park and yell at kids.
I always heard that the original classification was 1st World = US, Western Europe, and similar countries (yes, including Canada). 2nd World = USSR and its friends. And 3rd World = everyone else that the two major powers didn't care much about.
Since the USSR isn't around anymore, that's why you never hear "second world".
Theres a New Mexico?...Now they are just making up states...yea right!
yeah, it's just like those people who claim they're from "West" Virginia, as if just saying they're from Virginia isn't good enough.
ok.. sorry, it seemed like you were implying a relationship there. i retract my offense. ;)
I'm a pretty friendly guy who has a very strange sense of humor and like to read, write, watch movies, talk about art and design, music, recording and other creative things -- while everyone I work with all have CS degrees and view things like that as a sickness to be avoided.
er, non sequitor? What does their degree have to do with anything?
I have a CS degree, and I write, and play guitar, and plenty of creative things. (I could do without "art and design", but still.)
Money isn't even remotely the reason "800 million go to bed hungry each night". It's all politics. There's plenty of food to go around, but third world dictators keep everything to themselves, and let their people starve.
//Fine, mod me down, but will you be able to sleep at night?//
And maybe you're not aware of this, but the world is not like Civilization, where you can just move a little slider and redirect money to something else.
Or maybe you mean that with $1 trillion you could bribe enough foreign leaders to stop turning their countries into hellholes? Or maybe "get rid" of some of them? Of course, you'd probably protest that too.
Let me think about that for a second. Why, yes, I think I will be able to sleep fine.