No... it's a meta-mod joke. Moderators will often mod clearly funny paranoia "insightful" or "informative" to add to the comic value.
I've also heard of the mods giving Informative or Insightful posts a Funny mod - just to make you stop and wonder what the hell the joke was supposed to be.
JFGI solves many issues related to the understanding of unknown acronyms. And has the advantage of being potentially humorous the first time one experiences it. I'm glad to hear it solved your problem.
An experiment is only a failure if you don't learn anything from it.
Or if what you learn has nothing to do with the subject matter of the experiment, like: Don't let hippies design biology experiments. A worthwhile thing to know, but not essentially related to the study of "artificial self-sufficient human-sustaining environments".
Not only did you feel the need to explain the joke, you missed half of it. Here's a hint: there are a few other types of quarks.
No, I didn't miss half of it. I just don't care to laud mediocrity. It just doesn't take that much wit when the hidden reference words are very common words (up, down, bottom) and you still can't fit them in at a better ratio than 54 (non-hidden-reference words) to 3 (hidden reference words).
Or they'll just plug into an external cell antenna.
Really? Do you really see this happening on any kind of significant scale? What percentage of cell phone users bought external antennas before network coverage was as ubiquitous as it is now and there were tons of dead/weak-signal spots? I don't recall seeing a single non-techie with one, despite the constant complaints about lack of coverage, dropped calls, etc.
Consider the focus is ground-level surveillance in "buildings or other GPS-denied areas" (think caves in Afghanistan), I don't think wind is going to be as much of an issue as you believe it to be. Also, if you understood anything about the greater inherent stability of the quad-rotor design (let alone the fact that it is being combined with gyroscopic stabilization) you would understand very quickly how incredibly ignorant your post is.
Besides the fact that the primary coolness of this particular bot is not it's flying ability (I know of dozens of hobbyist RC models that have better flight capabilities), but rather it's ability to complete all the tasks autonomously. Y'know, like a robot.
Perhaps the sign / sticker could have special options which allow you to customize what to blur out.. eg. blur out the windows only, blur out the car / garage only, etc.
Blur out the tasteless landscaping that would dissuade potential homebuyers from coming to your open house? Selective blurring to increase property appeal... I like it!
No. I am not apologizing for Microsoft. This was "Sony Stupid" of them. We're used to that here, though. What we're not used to (and apparently sweeping under the rug) is the massive, unholy hell of a mess mozilla's extension system for firefox is....
Not "Sony Stupid". That implies a lack of intelligence/insight. Whereas with Sony, it's done intentionally and with ingenuity. The word for a lack of good intentions is "Evil". The question remains whether or not this MS screwup was intentional. I'm voting for stupid/negligent. Also, you're totally right about the mess that is Firefox's extension/addon system. Mozilla should be the ones taking responsibility for building a system that gives the addon developers such latitude.
But digital downloads eliminate everything but price.
If this was the case then you wouldn't have dozens (hundreds?) of eBook retailers selling public domain works (i.e. repackaged Project Gutenberg titles) in an electronic format. There's something to be said for the power of advertising and the ignorance of consumers.
I haven't read the article yet, but either the summary is way off, misleading, or it just doesn't make sense!
I guess TFS could be considered misleading if you believed that it was claiming to completely explain Google's plan. Or maybe, TFS was just incomplete (as summaries tend to be). From TFA:
"Google Editions allows retail partners to sell their books, especially those who haven't invested in a digital platform," he said. "We expect the majority (of customers) will go to retail partners not to Google. We are a wholesaler, a book distributor."
(Brain is walking past dark alley) Math: Pssst!! Hey, you! Brain: Huh? Wh-- me? Math: Yeah - you! You wanna try some good shit? I got some seriously advanced Number Theory, here. You totally have to try this shit! Brain: Nah, thanks anyway, man, but I'm not into that hard shit. Math: You sure?! This shit's fucking amazing, man. Real pure, man, grade A. Some of this shit will blow your fucking mind! Brain: Nah it's cool, thank-- Math: That's cool, that's cool, man. It's not for everybody...how 'bout some primo Euclidean Geometry? You ain't never calculated the sum of the squares of the sides of a right triangle until you've demonstrated the Pythagorean Theorem. This shit's a trip! Brain: Hey, yeah, I'd be down for some of that... Math: Excellent! Now don't worry about nothin' - the first book is on me... friend. (puts his arm around Brain) Brain: Hey, man, you're all right, y'know...
It will take a while - at least a year or so - for the iPhone to be dethroned by any competing architecture. It will happen, for sure. Whether it's one year or ten years from now is up to Apple, their competitors, and shear luck.
So you're saying that a new RAZR will kill the iPhone? Inconceivable!
...If you want to talk about a stereoscopic display call it what it is....this is not the first laptop to have a screen capable of 3D. Sharp had one before IIRC.
Oh, yeah?! Well who built your first model, you bucket o' bolts! And don't give me that FSM nonsense. Everyone knows that the Fantastical Spawning Machine was truly the work of humans, inspired by the intelligently designed schematics given to us by the noodley appendage of the true FSM.
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No... it's a meta-mod joke. Moderators will often mod clearly funny paranoia "insightful" or "informative" to add to the comic value.
I've also heard of the mods giving Informative or Insightful posts a Funny mod - just to make you stop and wonder what the hell the joke was supposed to be.
JFGI solves many issues related to the understanding of unknown acronyms. And has the advantage of being potentially humorous the first time one experiences it. I'm glad to hear it solved your problem.
An experiment is only a failure if you don't learn anything from it.
Or if what you learn has nothing to do with the subject matter of the experiment, like: Don't let hippies design biology experiments. A worthwhile thing to know, but not essentially related to the study of "artificial self-sufficient human-sustaining environments".
Not only did you feel the need to explain the joke, you missed half of it. Here's a hint: there are a few other types of quarks.
No, I didn't miss half of it. I just don't care to laud mediocrity. It just doesn't take that much wit when the hidden reference words are very common words (up, down, bottom) and you still can't fit them in at a better ratio than 54 (non-hidden-reference words) to 3 (hidden reference words).
But how does this explain the 2004 Red Sox?
Nature abhors me more, by putting so many Bostonians in my dorm that year.
Not strange at all. If they spin it the right way, they can charm the governments and come out on top.
I see what you did there. Nice!
Damn! There's a lot more baseball fans here than I thought.
Calling Cubs fans "baseball fans" is like calling Scientologists "religious". They're not really playing the same game as everyone else...
What monopoly? I walk into the living room and see a Wii. Are you sure Microsoft has a monopoly on video games?
Are you kidding? Everybody has a Monopoly!!
Or they'll just plug into an external cell antenna.
Really? Do you really see this happening on any kind of significant scale? What percentage of cell phone users bought external antennas before network coverage was as ubiquitous as it is now and there were tons of dead/weak-signal spots? I don't recall seeing a single non-techie with one, despite the constant complaints about lack of coverage, dropped calls, etc.
True, but then Canada isn't a real country either! (ducks!)
Perhaps (Geese!) would have been more appropriate?
Don't worry, this technology has been out for years and nothing's happened yet.
For referencing that TV show I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
Consider the focus is ground-level surveillance in "buildings or other GPS-denied areas" (think caves in Afghanistan), I don't think wind is going to be as much of an issue as you believe it to be. Also, if you understood anything about the greater inherent stability of the quad-rotor design (let alone the fact that it is being combined with gyroscopic stabilization) you would understand very quickly how incredibly ignorant your post is.
Besides the fact that the primary coolness of this particular bot is not it's flying ability (I know of dozens of hobbyist RC models that have better flight capabilities), but rather it's ability to complete all the tasks autonomously. Y'know, like a robot.
Yeah, we're having a windows 7 party too.
Curse you for killing my "colder than Vista's reception" joke!
Perhaps the sign / sticker could have special options which allow you to customize what to blur out.. eg. blur out the windows only, blur out the car / garage only, etc.
Blur out the tasteless landscaping that would dissuade potential homebuyers from coming to your open house? Selective blurring to increase property appeal... I like it!
So apparently Dan is really passionate about making interns lug a 250-pound tricycle all over creation. Dan must be some kind of sadist.
On the plus side, it will give fodder for a new College Humor Original.
No. I am not apologizing for Microsoft. This was "Sony Stupid" of them. We're used to that here, though. What we're not used to (and apparently sweeping under the rug) is the massive, unholy hell of a mess mozilla's extension system for firefox is....
Not "Sony Stupid". That implies a lack of intelligence/insight. Whereas with Sony, it's done intentionally and with ingenuity. The word for a lack of good intentions is "Evil". The question remains whether or not this MS screwup was intentional. I'm voting for stupid/negligent. Also, you're totally right about the mess that is Firefox's extension/addon system. Mozilla should be the ones taking responsibility for building a system that gives the addon developers such latitude.
But digital downloads eliminate everything but price.
If this was the case then you wouldn't have dozens (hundreds?) of eBook retailers selling public domain works (i.e. repackaged Project Gutenberg titles) in an electronic format. There's something to be said for the power of advertising and the ignorance of consumers.
I haven't read the article yet, but either the summary is way off, misleading, or it just doesn't make sense!
I guess TFS could be considered misleading if you believed that it was claiming to completely explain Google's plan. Or maybe, TFS was just incomplete (as summaries tend to be). From TFA:
"Google Editions allows retail partners to sell their books, especially those who haven't invested in a digital platform," he said. "We expect the majority (of customers) will go to retail partners not to Google. We are a wholesaler, a book distributor."
Math and the brain, it's amazing how they meet.
(Brain is walking past dark alley)
Math: Pssst!! Hey, you!
Brain: Huh? Wh-- me?
Math: Yeah - you! You wanna try some good shit? I got some seriously advanced Number Theory, here. You totally have to try this shit!
Brain: Nah, thanks anyway, man, but I'm not into that hard shit.
Math: You sure?! This shit's fucking amazing, man. Real pure, man, grade A. Some of this shit will blow your fucking mind!
Brain: Nah it's cool, thank--
Math: That's cool, that's cool, man. It's not for everybody...how 'bout some primo Euclidean Geometry? You ain't never calculated the sum of the squares of the sides of a right triangle until you've demonstrated the Pythagorean Theorem. This shit's a trip!
Brain: Hey, yeah, I'd be down for some of that...
Math: Excellent! Now don't worry about nothin' - the first book is on me... friend. (puts his arm around Brain)
Brain: Hey, man, you're all right, y'know...
That whooshing sound you hear is not your laptop's sonar.
It will take a while - at least a year or so - for the iPhone to be dethroned by any competing architecture. It will happen, for sure. Whether it's one year or ten years from now is up to Apple, their competitors, and shear luck.
So you're saying that a new RAZR will kill the iPhone? Inconceivable!
Your single-minded obsession with achieving immortality through the propagation of your genes is quaint and soon to be irrelevant.
...If you want to talk about a stereoscopic display call it what it is....this is not the first laptop to have a screen capable of 3D. Sharp had one before IIRC.
Hypocrisy much?
Everyone's a critique.
The machine didn't build itself!
SPEAK FOR YOURSELF, MEATSACK!
Oh, yeah?! Well who built your first model, you bucket o' bolts! And don't give me that FSM nonsense. Everyone knows that the Fantastical Spawning Machine was truly the work of humans, inspired by the intelligently designed schematics given to us by the noodley appendage of the true FSM.