A good screening test is one that identifies a treatable disease.
Or six years extra for people to try experimental treatments before symptoms kick in. Or six extra years to decide when or how to gracefully leave this world, with dignity.
The roll of tape plus the blue cylinder make 'G', the red radio and yellow teacup make 'oo,' the blue Guide plus the leather bag make a rough 'g', the green towel is 'l' and the red window is 'e.'
Whoosh on me - thanks for the fishing! Unfortunately, while tabbing back and forth between your description and Google, the doodle went black, and I panicked.:)
remember 'You will go to the moon!' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Will_Go_to_the_Moon_(book) ? I made my mom read me that book so many times, she eventually recorded it to a cassette tape so i could just listen to it and turn the pages in the book.
Do you see that red dot? That's Mars, and someday, you will go there too! I read that book so many times when I was a kid, I think I wore it out. "The High Frontier" likewise well worn, but that was a library book and luckily, my mom was the librarian. Replacements on demand.
Usually things about the recipient having a gender reassignment surgery and moving to Vegas or reassessing their life and joining the French Foreign Legion.
Good, you're opening their mail-someday there could be money inside.
Keep in mind that gas or electric, if you drive on the publicly funded roads, you should in someway support their upkeep.
Easy, just keep raising the per-gallon taxes as the fleet average increases. Revenue is the same, and maybe fewer people will buy 12 mpg vehicles they don't need.
Or as a twist, raise the speed limit significantly; the people with the 12 mpg cars will go faster (that's what people like that do), "achieve" 8 mpg, buy more gas & raise revenue for the state, courtesy of existing gas taxes. Remember, this is about a shortfall, not a way to punish hybrid/electric vehicles. Yes I'm sure there will be extra wear & tear on the roads, but also new purchases for things like tires, oil; anything associated with more convenient long trips (camping equipment, bed & breakfast/hotel reservations, concert/Blazer tickets, etc.) and of course gas, all of which raise revenue for the state, directly or indirectly. IIRC, last spring the OR legislature was debating raising the speed limit. I say let the well-to-do give the money that the rest of us need, and both can enjoy life. Win-win
Akira Kurosawa and Stanley Kubrick are still relevant. Both of them WAY greater artists than George Lucas.
Nope. You are thinking of the word "greater" in terms of quality, which is a pointless metric when talking about art because quality is entirely subjective.
In terms of impact on humanity, there's no question that Lucas has had far greater impact than Kubrick and Kurosawa combined. The reason is simple, it's because Lucas is getting to viewers at a much younger age, with a more widely distributed product. Lucas has altered the lives of more people than Kubrick ever will.
What about assuming there is a reason in the first place? (I'm not talking about the usual, causal reasons here...)
You don't have to assume a reason, or lack thereof to be curious. I'm agnostic, but I find this to be an interesting series (intermittently found on PBS, at 4:30 am - way to hide the truth, PBS:) ).
The shuttle program was impressive... but exciting? I'm not so sure about that.
For those of us old enough to remember being glued to CNN all night long, being disappointed when the mission was scrubbed-and then doing it all over again the next night, listening to John Holliman interview astronauts et al.about the future of manned space flight, watching the shuttle when it finally rose on flaming pillars-yeah, it was exciting. Absolutely. It almost didn't matter if it was the most practical vehicle or not, it was inspirational and of course, just cool.
Who cares whether or not Science Fiction films receive Oscars? I just enjoy watching them (aside: I just ordered another copy of "Forbidden Planet" : ) ).
You must not have had the pleasure of putting the keyboard ribbon into the socket - like putting a limp dick into a tight pussy (the trick was to hold it by the sides, & pull it stiff as you inserted). I'm pretty sure that at least one of my youthful whiskers turned grey.
I'm guessing that miltant crazies don't really know what a hard drive is, or where the memory is stored. It's just a devil box at that point. Hell I don't think most US fundamentalist crazies would know either.
Unfortunately, the Taliban has learned how to use thundersticks. That's all they need to know.
"This is a trillion dollars that are going to be launched into space, never to come back."
This will be a trillion dollars spent down here, on Earth. Of all of the gazillions of space images I have seen, I've never seen bags with $ signs floating around. With luck and perseverance, that will change someday ; )
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Why is American beer served chilled? There's no other way of telling it from piss.
American beer is cold; piss is warm.
A good screening test is one that identifies a treatable disease.
Or six years extra for people to try experimental treatments before symptoms kick in. Or six extra years to decide when or how to gracefully leave this world, with dignity.
Whoosh on me - thanks for the fishing! Unfortunately, while tabbing back and forth between your description and Google, the doodle went black, and I panicked. :)
remember 'You will go to the moon!' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Will_Go_to_the_Moon_(book) ? I made my mom read me that book so many times, she eventually recorded it to a cassette tape so i could just listen to it and turn the pages in the book.
Do you see that red dot? That's Mars, and someday, you will go there too! I read that book so many times when I was a kid, I think I wore it out. "The High Frontier" likewise well worn, but that was a library book and luckily, my mom was the librarian. Replacements on demand.
Ray/Mr. Google - Why would we want a singularity? Will it be interesting?
Good, you're opening their mail-someday there could be money inside.
Keep in mind that gas or electric, if you drive on the publicly funded roads, you should in someway support their upkeep.
Easy, just keep raising the per-gallon taxes as the fleet average increases. Revenue is the same, and maybe fewer people will buy 12 mpg vehicles they don't need.
Or as a twist, raise the speed limit significantly; the people with the 12 mpg cars will go faster (that's what people like that do), "achieve" 8 mpg, buy more gas & raise revenue for the state, courtesy of existing gas taxes. Remember, this is about a shortfall, not a way to punish hybrid/electric vehicles. Yes I'm sure there will be extra wear & tear on the roads, but also new purchases for things like tires, oil; anything associated with more convenient long trips (camping equipment, bed & breakfast/hotel reservations, concert/Blazer tickets, etc.) and of course gas, all of which raise revenue for the state, directly or indirectly. IIRC, last spring the OR legislature was debating raising the speed limit. I say let the well-to-do give the money that the rest of us need, and both can enjoy life. Win-win
Thank you for your enlightning answer.
Shocking. On a brighter note: All hail Cthulu, lord of the netherdark.
Akira Kurosawa and Stanley Kubrick are still relevant. Both of them WAY greater artists than George Lucas.
Nope. You are thinking of the word "greater" in terms of quality, which is a pointless metric when talking about art because quality is entirely subjective.
In terms of impact on humanity, there's no question that Lucas has had far greater impact than Kubrick and Kurosawa combined. The reason is simple, it's because Lucas is getting to viewers at a much younger age, with a more widely distributed product. Lucas has altered the lives of more people than Kubrick ever will.
Gene Roddenberry. That is all.
then sue the crap out of everyone who produces something with wheels?
Only rounded wheels-be fair.
What about assuming there is a reason in the first place? (I'm not talking about the usual, causal reasons here...)
You don't have to assume a reason, or lack thereof to be curious. I'm agnostic, but I find this to be an interesting series (intermittently found on PBS, at 4:30 am - way to hide the truth, PBS :) ).
It's pronounced "Nuke-u-ler"; the "s" is silent.
But which time zone?
Mayan Standard. But it's a leap year, so it can't happen anyway.
Insufficient data for a meaningful answer
It's ironic that AC should post that response...
Imagine The Lord of the Rings where all the Hobbits had Brooklyn accents.
Other enough to be unusual but still understandable but evoking an entirely different genre (mafia crime drama).
I remember a program from about 10-12 years ago that could convert speech into different accents, might be fun to try out at least "FOTR".
To be fair, the troll who made the videos did claim that motors were providing 95% of the net power. That made it a good bit more plausible.
And visually - without deep inspection - it looked like a pretty good fake! Why wasn't this story on /.? :)
Happy birthday to you Mederbil, 'tis mine too. It is also Einstein's birthday- and my cat's birthday (approx- exact day unknown- celebrated today)
Happy birthday to you both, and to Schrödinger's cat as well.
"Happy"? I dunno... observing those birthdays could be deadly.
The shuttle program was impressive... but exciting? I'm not so sure about that.
For those of us old enough to remember being glued to CNN all night long, being disappointed when the mission was scrubbed-and then doing it all over again the next night, listening to John Holliman interview astronauts et al.about the future of manned space flight, watching the shuttle when it finally rose on flaming pillars-yeah, it was exciting. Absolutely. It almost didn't matter if it was the most practical vehicle or not, it was inspirational and of course, just cool.
Who cares whether or not Science Fiction films receive Oscars? I just enjoy watching them (aside: I just ordered another copy of "Forbidden Planet" : ) ).
You must not have had the pleasure of putting the keyboard ribbon into the socket - like putting a limp dick into a tight pussy (the trick was to hold it by the sides, & pull it stiff as you inserted). I'm pretty sure that at least one of my youthful whiskers turned grey.
I'm guessing that miltant crazies don't really know what a hard drive is, or where the memory is stored. It's just a devil box at that point. Hell I don't think most US fundamentalist crazies would know either.
Unfortunately, the Taliban has learned how to use thundersticks. That's all they need to know.
------- Oh really?
I think AC meant "aboard the Enterprise" (1701 though-1701D had Heisenfart compensators).
V'Ger wishes to join with the creator.
i.e., we should build a shitty wall, and hope no mongowians show up.
This will be a trillion dollars spent down here, on Earth. Of all of the gazillions of space images I have seen, I've never seen bags with $ signs floating around. With luck and perseverance, that will change someday ; )