Can someone explain me the joke about Reynholm Industries?
Not sure, but I was strangely aroused by the link's intro:
"Reynholm Industries: a big hard business in a big hard building. Thrusting into the future strongly. Again and again. Pounding into the future, making the future beg for it. The future wants it, and Reynholm Industries wants to give it to the future..."
No, irony would be if he died from a pacemaker malfunction.
I would say that irony would be if he had an artificial pacemaker unnecessarily installed for a "just in case" reason - in case he needs it someday, and surgical incisions heal up faster in a younger body, than an older one - and in the process, the surgery accidentally damages his natural pacemaker, and now he needs the artificial pacemaker. Or the surgery went ok but later, while working on a different pacemaker at his work bench, a shock or signal activated his fallow, internal artificial pacemaker, which damaged his natural pacemaker, requiring an artificial pacemaker. And maybe the unit inside was damaged, thus requiring more surgery, but at a much older age. Ironic or not, this all sounds awful.
Or another step along that line: 3G chipsets are under a buck in quantity. They can build in their own connectivity, just bypass the customer's networking entirely.
Finance the UBI by forced investment in index funds, with returns to come later. Probably wouldn't be popular, and people would need an income (for many! years) first to do such a thing. But it would cycle the money from company to consumer, and back. How that would affect M1 - well, I'm not an economist. I'm sure the politicians and Treasury Department would contrive a solution, especially if some of that money was a bit sticky. Maybe a lot sticky.
One of the first ones that come to mind is Peter Jackson's "King Kong" (3-disc DVD, don't know about BR). The extras are about as interesting as the movie. Lots of technical details, climbing up above the Empire State Building's observation area (FMP area) - as long as you don't have acrophobia-via-video, it's fairly interesting. These kinds of extras are why I buy BRD & DVDs.
I had to shake my head and grin as I read the story - hadn't heard of it before/. - surreal! Whether it's worth more or less (I suspect more) is irrelevant. It's just like, you know, really cool! Made my weekend. Maybe modern art, whatever that is has something more to say - post-art? Meta-art?
When people lived in tribes or whatever, didn't they have rules? Can't you say that these rules defined good and evil?
I think I see the parent's point: Tribes developed rules about things that were desirable, or undesirable (constructive v. destructive). The polarized concepts of "Good" and "Evil" may well have been purely non-secular in origin i.e., religious, spiritual, or generally non-entity supernatural. Ultimately - short of building a time machine - the answer may always be a guessing game.
But that was enough reason to get congress to open up the purse strings.
Every president this millennium has said that they want to go to Mars, but not one of them has been able to get the funds available to do this. Talk without money will go absolutely nowhere.
A president could tell congress that going to Mars will defeat isis and al-queda, because they can't get there, and therefore we will be safe. And reasons. : (
I think that people have forgotten how to mix fun with seriousness. Everything has to be drama drama drama and if they don't get their dopamine hit everything is lame.
I can't remember which episode it was when Kirk was explaining to the leaders of a population "You just make the decision. We won't kill Today!" humorous and serious at the same time.
"A Taste of Armageddon". That quote, in longer form is one of my favorite TOS lines: "We're human beings with the blood of a million savage years on our hands, but we can stop it! We can admit that we're killers, but we're not going to kill today. That's all it takes... knowing that we won't kill today."
And does that include wire fraud and crime? Or do you at least want some sensible restrictions on freedom?
Online? I'm not sure there are sensible restrictions (unless you believe government knows best), except for those imposed by oneself - be wary, Google stuff that seems suspicious (to good to be true), etc.
"The Queen's message to Washington commenced transmission at 10:50 am on August 16, and was completed at 4:30am the next day, taking 17 hours and 40 minutes."
But if you go by average character transmission speed, my number does misrepresent - oops. : )
Considering that the earliest trans-Atlantic cable transmissions could take around 24 hours just to go from one continent to another, and New Horizons is billions of miles away, I would say that we have made much happyjoy! smiles progress!:)
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The thing that I always liked personally, regardless of all his other accomplishments, was spot Stan Lee in any movie with any of his characters.
He seemed like a great character himself.
Nice post. RIP, smilin' Stan.
'nuff said...
Can someone explain me the joke about Reynholm Industries?
Not sure, but I was strangely aroused by the link's intro:
"Reynholm Industries: a big hard business in a big hard building. Thrusting into the future strongly. Again and again. Pounding into the future, making the future beg for it. The future wants it, and Reynholm Industries wants to give it to the future..."
Red balls for all.
Oh yeah, forgot to add: RIP, and I wonder how many lives have been saved, by his company's work?
No, irony would be if he died from a pacemaker malfunction.
I would say that irony would be if he had an artificial pacemaker unnecessarily installed for a "just in case" reason - in case he needs it someday, and surgical incisions heal up faster in a younger body, than an older one - and in the process, the surgery accidentally damages his natural pacemaker, and now he needs the artificial pacemaker. Or the surgery went ok but later, while working on a different pacemaker at his work bench, a shock or signal activated his fallow, internal artificial pacemaker, which damaged his natural pacemaker, requiring an artificial pacemaker. And maybe the unit inside was damaged, thus requiring more surgery, but at a much older age. Ironic or not, this all sounds awful.
are feedbags and porta potties for seats and management will get their bonuses.
Nay-ay-ay-y-y!
Or another step along that line: 3G chipsets are under a buck in quantity. They can build in their own connectivity, just bypass the customer's networking entirely.
It's coming.
Followed by a monthly bill, or bundled contract.
When time comes for me to buy a new TV, if I can't find a non-smart, non-camera equipped TV then I'll forgo the purchase.
Too much nonsense in modern TVs, too much crap I'm being asked to pay for that I don't want.
Your post prompts a question: What would FB, et.al do about projectors? A separate spy unit on some wall, or a wide-angle lens looking down?
Similarly, it does not provide any concrete suggestions for improving #2 or #3, the two other things it claims are
...necessary for livelihood.
Wish you could edit comments here until the moment that they have been replied to or modded...
Would be nice! So, maybe reply to your post, copy & insert original post to comment box - with fix - and pre-pend "Ignore previous post, please!"?
Finance the UBI by forced investment in index funds, with returns to come later. Probably wouldn't be popular, and people would need an income (for many! years) first to do such a thing. But it would cycle the money from company to consumer, and back. How that would affect M1 - well, I'm not an economist. I'm sure the politicians and Treasury Department would contrive a solution, especially if some of that money was a bit sticky. Maybe a lot sticky.
you should read about images on Plato's cave wall...to find out what's really real...
Unfortunately, those shadows are also simulations, as are all of Plato's writings - or so some would have us believe.
One of the first ones that come to mind is Peter Jackson's "King Kong" (3-disc DVD, don't know about BR). The extras are about as interesting as the movie. Lots of technical details, climbing up above the Empire State Building's observation area (FMP area) - as long as you don't have acrophobia-via-video, it's fairly interesting. These kinds of extras are why I buy BRD & DVDs.
I had to shake my head and grin as I read the story - hadn't heard of it before /. - surreal! Whether it's worth more or less (I suspect more) is irrelevant. It's just like, you know, really cool! Made my weekend. Maybe modern art, whatever that is has something more to say - post-art? Meta-art?
my iPhone is covered in a Mophie which gives me 2-3 times the battery life which usually means ~2 days of active use.
That's kind of like Kate Moss wearing a fat suit...
Then she would look healthy, and wouldn't blow out of a window.
When people lived in tribes or whatever, didn't they have rules? Can't you say that these rules defined good and evil?
I think I see the parent's point: Tribes developed rules about things that were desirable, or undesirable (constructive v. destructive). The polarized concepts of "Good" and "Evil" may well have been purely non-secular in origin i.e., religious, spiritual, or generally non-entity supernatural. Ultimately - short of building a time machine - the answer may always be a guessing game.
You may have been scooped, sort of.
Yes, if you hover over the strip, you will get a nice pop-up elaborating on homeopathic "medicine". Nice link.
The Buddy Holly video from Weezer was far and away the best part of the windows 95 install CD (or was it Plus pack?)
Heh, that was the first video I ever ripped from a disc (of any kind), & transcoded to Divx 3.11alpha. Good times.
But that was enough reason to get congress to open up the purse strings.
Every president this millennium has said that they want to go to Mars, but not one of them has been able to get the funds available to do this. Talk without money will go absolutely nowhere.
A president could tell congress that going to Mars will defeat isis and al-queda, because they can't get there, and therefore we will be safe. And reasons. : (
Do they still actually have analog TV signals in the US? That would be the interesting story.
Supposedly, there are some low-power stations. They may yet change things again, but you're right - this was interesting to find out.
Yes. Can't you read? The very first sentence of the summary clearly states that they're from Sweden.
Yes, obviously they're BjornBorgs. Let me go get some more beer...
Yeah, it was my experience that low-speed internet caused sleep deprivation.
I think that people have forgotten how to mix fun with seriousness. Everything has to be drama drama drama and if they don't get their dopamine hit everything is lame.
I can't remember which episode it was when Kirk was explaining to the leaders of a population "You just make the decision. We won't kill Today!" humorous and serious at the same time.
"A Taste of Armageddon". That quote, in longer form is one of my favorite TOS lines: "We're human beings with the blood of a million savage years on our hands, but we can stop it! We can admit that we're killers, but we're not going to kill today. That's all it takes... knowing that we won't kill today."
(Yes I had to look it up : ) )
Odd. Life evolved here for billions of years with no need for space.
Tell that to the dinosaurs
Well, according to ST:VOY, the dinosaurs left. Into space. And they're more advanced!
the principle of free market economics
And does that include wire fraud and crime? Or do you at least want some sensible restrictions on freedom?
Online? I'm not sure there are sensible restrictions (unless you believe government knows best), except for those imposed by oneself - be wary, Google stuff that seems suspicious (to good to be true), etc.
Well, so I was off a bit...[1]
"The Queen's message to Washington commenced transmission at 10:50 am on August 16, and was completed at 4:30am the next day, taking 17 hours and 40 minutes."
But if you go by average character transmission speed, my number does misrepresent - oops. : )
Considering that the earliest trans-Atlantic cable transmissions could take around 24 hours just to go from one continent to another, and New Horizons is billions of miles away, I would say that we have made much happyjoy! smiles progress! :)