Re:Nerds will be nerds
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they don't care about their image
That would be a "goth".
That's one of the funniest things I've read today - thank you!
The idea of goths not caring about "those girl thingies" is pretty darned amusing too. They tend to be quite keen on those "girl thingies" who wear fishnet and black eyeliner - y'know, the ones who wouldn't be seen dead with the nerds or the jocks.:)
How long before Google Earth simply features a slider, whereby you can not only view any part of the Earth's surface, but view it at any point in history? Drag the slider back a few centuries and watch the development (and destruction) of major population centres. Accompanied, no doubt, by a sidebar of discreet text ads offering to whisk you back via time machine to the era you appear to be interested in. Just be careful not to step on the butterfly.
So I have them stand behind me while I write an long, arcane-looking regex line in VI. When I press enter, the entire file instantly morphs into exactly what they want.
Notepad++ does regular expression search and replace pretty nicely, and while that's not quite as useful as having the facility in Visual Studio would be, it's still more accessible (to most users) than vi.
I can think of no better way to justify my exorbitant bill rate.
You're a consultant, you don't need to justify anything.
This is called "emergent gameplay". It's very cool when it works, although it's harder to implement than you might think. You have to be careful that some unexpected emergent property isn't going to mess with your game design. For example, if the player discovers that he can build a pile of junk to help climb over a wall, and the designer didn't anticipate this possibility, the player might end up missing a vital plot-point (through not taking the route the designer expected). The skill lies in designing a game which is resistant to such occurrences, whilst not limiting the potential emergent properties.
In fact, if one adds up all of the convictions from 2001 to 2007, and compares that to the figure from 2008, it's clear that the number of convictions has plummeted!
Are you kidding? That would make an awesome TV series. Every episode Einstein (known to the rest of the cast as "Mr. E") could solve some mundane problem via his awesome scientific powers - sort of like MacGyver but with class. For the love interest, Summer Glau could play Marilyn Monroe (she's the spitting image, don't you think?)
I regret to inform you that the evil bit of the IPv4 packet header field was accidentally propagated to the display screen and--subsequently--would ensure that in the last femtosecond your vote was for evil as you were accepting your selection.
After all, there's no point voting for a lesser evil.
In what way could this be described as a netbook? Surely the defining feature of a netbook is its diminutive size. One could possibly argue that a low price factors into the equation too. This laptop seems to have neither.
Just been watching the live feed of the level 2 challenge, and the first launch has been aborted. The engines fired briefly, but then Pixel tipped over onto its side. Luckily the damage doesn't appear to be too serious, there's some speculation they might make a second attempt at launch. Commiserations Armadillo!
Er, no, that's my point, I don't care if it falls out of my pocket. It's encrypted, so it's no use to anyone else. With the price of USB keys, it's hardly going to break the bank to buy another. And it's a backup, not an original, so I haven't lost any data.
Besides, it's in my wallet. How's it going to fall out of there?
Work out what files are really important to you. I did this a while back, and I discovered there was only a few Gb worth that I'd be really annoyed to lose (out of 1.5Tb of total storage). Now I back up these files to an 8Gb USB key every day, and carry them with me everywhere I go. With encryption courtesy of Truecrypt, I don't even have to worry about losing it.
I disagree. Open up the computer's case, and then send in a bunch of heavily armed marines. Ensure that they're borderline psychopaths, and that they're accompanied by an unarmed civilian. Give it a couple of hours, the marines should all be dead while the civilian escapes unscathed. Finally, dry with a hair dryer and reassemble.
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they don't care about their image
That would be a "goth".
That's one of the funniest things I've read today - thank you!
The idea of goths not caring about "those girl thingies" is pretty darned amusing too. They tend to be quite keen on those "girl thingies" who wear fishnet and black eyeliner - y'know, the ones who wouldn't be seen dead with the nerds or the jocks. :)
GOLD !
Always believe in your soul
Youve got the power to know
Youre indestructable
Always believe in,because you are
GOLD !
How long before Google Earth simply features a slider, whereby you can not only view any part of the Earth's surface, but view it at any point in history? Drag the slider back a few centuries and watch the development (and destruction) of major population centres. Accompanied, no doubt, by a sidebar of discreet text ads offering to whisk you back via time machine to the era you appear to be interested in. Just be careful not to step on the butterfly.
Something for iPhone users? I could care less.
Really? I honestly couldn't care less, but it's nice to know someone out there is taking an interest.
a 1024X400 screen
The screen is 1024 X 600. Sure, the vertical resolution is still the most annoying thing about these machines, but it's not that annoying!
So I have them stand behind me while I write an long, arcane-looking regex line in VI. When I press enter, the entire file instantly morphs into exactly what they want.
Notepad++ does regular expression search and replace pretty nicely, and while that's not quite as useful as having the facility in Visual Studio would be, it's still more accessible (to most users) than vi.
I can think of no better way to justify my exorbitant bill rate.
You're a consultant, you don't need to justify anything.
This is called "emergent gameplay". It's very cool when it works, although it's harder to implement than you might think. You have to be careful that some unexpected emergent property isn't going to mess with your game design. For example, if the player discovers that he can build a pile of junk to help climb over a wall, and the designer didn't anticipate this possibility, the player might end up missing a vital plot-point (through not taking the route the designer expected). The skill lies in designing a game which is resistant to such occurrences, whilst not limiting the potential emergent properties.
"Eviling" as a verb? Next you'll be claiming there's such a word as "failing".
In fact, if one adds up all of the convictions from 2001 to 2007, and compares that to the figure from 2008, it's clear that the number of convictions has plummeted!
looks like they are cutting back on comments, rating and logging in to keep streaming the videos. They must be seeing quite a bit of traffic.
That, or they saw what happened to YouTube.
You still need a convent way of reading them
Please, won't somebody think of the nuns?
Are you kidding? That would make an awesome TV series. Every episode Einstein (known to the rest of the cast as "Mr. E") could solve some mundane problem via his awesome scientific powers - sort of like MacGyver but with class. For the love interest, Summer Glau could play Marilyn Monroe (she's the spitting image, don't you think?)
I regret to inform you that the evil bit of the IPv4 packet header field was accidentally propagated to the display screen and--subsequently--would ensure that in the last femtosecond your vote was for evil as you were accepting your selection.
After all, there's no point voting for a lesser evil.
In what way could this be described as a netbook? Surely the defining feature of a netbook is its diminutive size. One could possibly argue that a low price factors into the equation too. This laptop seems to have neither.
No, I think he's saying that it's truly incomprehensible that anyone in their right mind would elect someone like McCain at this point in time.
Did I just hear the sound of a rocket whooshing by overhead?
Just been watching the live feed of the level 2 challenge, and the first launch has been aborted. The engines fired briefly, but then Pixel tipped over onto its side. Luckily the damage doesn't appear to be too serious, there's some speculation they might make a second attempt at launch. Commiserations Armadillo!
Indeed, especially when "the guts of the original game were contained in an analog computer, which is 'about as big as a microwave oven.'"
So that's about half the size of my current PC then.
Er, no, that's my point, I don't care if it falls out of my pocket. It's encrypted, so it's no use to anyone else. With the price of USB keys, it's hardly going to break the bank to buy another. And it's a backup, not an original, so I haven't lost any data.
Besides, it's in my wallet. How's it going to fall out of there?
Work out what files are really important to you. I did this a while back, and I discovered there was only a few Gb worth that I'd be really annoyed to lose (out of 1.5Tb of total storage). Now I back up these files to an 8Gb USB key every day, and carry them with me everywhere I go. With encryption courtesy of Truecrypt, I don't even have to worry about losing it.
There are two criteria for a media centre PC: lots of storage space and small size. Oh, and minimal heat production, so loud fans aren't required.
And a fanatical devotion to the Pope. There are four criteria for a media centre PC!
GameSpot [gamespot.com], a site that SHOULD by all rights be authoritative.
[citation needed]
At least with the GPL, if they mutate my DNA to create a race of super-soldiers, they have to release the changes to the community.
I disagree. Open up the computer's case, and then send in a bunch of heavily armed marines. Ensure that they're borderline psychopaths, and that they're accompanied by an unarmed civilian. Give it a couple of hours, the marines should all be dead while the civilian escapes unscathed. Finally, dry with a hair dryer and reassemble.
If you look at a container with water it in, you will see a miniscus
Is that like a meniscus, but smaller and less manly?