I've never thought of Canada as a regime. I'm pretty sure that what little oil America buys abroad it gets from Canada.
Did you make a typo there, swapping America and Canada in the second sentence? I'm pretty sure America buys massive amounts of oil abroad, and only a small fraction might actually come from Canada.
Sean Smith: We gotta find ourselves a Smurfette.
Ronald Fisher: Smurfette?
Sean Smith: Yeah, not some tight-ass Middlesex chick, right? Like this cute little blonde that will get down and dirty with the guys. Like Smurfette does.
Donnie: Smurfette doesn't fuck.
Sean Smith: That's bullshit. Smurfette fucks all the other Smurfs. Why do you think Papa Smurf made her? Because all the other Smurfs were getting too horny.
Ronald Fisher: No, no, no, not Vanity. I heard he was a homosexual.
Sean Smith: Okay, then, you know what? She fucks them and Vanity watches. Okay?
Ronald Fisher: What about Papa Smurf? I mean, he must get in on all the action.
Sean Smith: Yeah, what he does, he films the gang-bang, and he beats off to the tape.
Donnie: [shouts] First of all, Papa Smurf didn't create Smurfette. Gargamel did. She was sent in as Gargamel's evil spy with the intention of destroying the Smurf village. But the overwhelming goodness of the Smurf way of life transformed her. And as for the whole gang-bang scenario, it just couldn't happen. Smurfs are asexual. They don't even have... reproductive organs under those little, white pants. It's just so illogical, you know, about being a Smurf. You know, what's the point of living... if you don't have a dick?
Henchman 24: Come on, they have one female servicing a large group of males. That implies a species that lays eggs!
Henchman 21: Oh my god, you're crazy, they are so obviously mammals!
Henchman 24: Please, she'd be in estrus 24/7 if she didn't lay eggs!
Henchman 21: Smurfs don't lay eggs! I won't tell you this again. Papa Smurf has a fucking beard, they're mammals!
Quick correction on an error. I said that anything over FL350 is 'usually' IFR traffic. What I meant to say was IFR conditions. Everything over 18,000ft is always IFR traffic.
(This is coming from a future air traffic controller)
You're forgetting a few things.
1. Not all air traffic control is done from airport towers. There are also TRACONs and ARTCCs, which is the type of facility you see in the movie Pushing Tin. Basically big dark buildings filled with radar screens and strung out people completely messed up on caffeine.
2. "circle the airport and watch for traffic" doesn't work for airplanes at FL350 doing 500+ knots. Usually that's IFR traffic, so the planes would have no chance of seeing each other anyway. Also, research has shown that at this speed, even on a cloudless day, two planes heading for each other would be unable to react and prevent a collision, no matter what.
3. If voice communication is going to be digitized as they plan to do with NextGen, a faulty NIC would silence all radios. The pilots would never even realize there had been a problem.
I wrote a research paper on NextGen and its faults this past Spring. The whole concept needs a serious overhaul if it's ever going to be safe.
I've often thought about the various people who have made a fortune or are about to make a fortune from online properties.
Jason Calacanis, Kevin Rose, the Flickr people, etc.
Usually I think to myself, that's awesome that these people were able to work hard and see their vision to the end and make a living from it.
When I think of Zuckerberg, I think the exact opposite. Fuck that guy. I've always felt like he sleezed his way to where he is, and stories like this only reinforce that opinion.
I remember reading somewhere that the Tesla's reverse gear simply spins the engine in the opposite direction, meaning it's possible to reach top speed and acceleration while going backwards.
That alone is worth the price of admission to me.
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Google has more than enough money to develop their own shows, or just outright purchase an existing major show like House or The Office.
Imagine if Google purchased House and put all the full length episodes on Youtube, and then continued the series, allowing the episodes to only be viewed on Youtube and then eventually released on DVD. They could completely revolutionize the way Tv is done and make a bundle in the process.
Though I'm not a fan of Acapella, that's not the type of music I'm really making a negative comment against. The signature really stems from me having to put up with people of my generation (I'm 23) giving me shit for listening to bands like Led Zeppelin while they blast rap music from cars with rattling trunks. Also, I hate electronica.
maybe I wasn't as clear as I should have been. My fault.
I feel that abstract concepts like drugs and terror ruining society are not real problems, hence why I referred to them as fabricated. Waging "war" on these abstract concepts is indeed a problem, so I think we agree.
I'm currently in college for air traffic control but I work as a night auditor at a local Marriot. Generally it's 6-7 hours of nothing to do all night, so I purchased a pile of various programming books and I've been having a blast learning new stuff. I started knowing nothing about web stuff and within 2 months learned enough PHP and MySQL to throw together a moderately complex website I had been dreaming up for about a year. 40 hours a week getting paid to learn stuff you actually want to learn is great.
I've been messing around with XBMC on Linux myself.
I think using something like MythTv or Tivo is a massive waste of time because you still have to deal with the commercials. I suppose you could edit them out, but I find it easier to just bittorrent everything.
A bit off topic...has anyone ever been sued over bittorrenting tv shows the way you can for movies or music?
Dumb question, but why even take the drive out of the freezer? Is there something that prohibits you from just getting a long cable and placing your computer near the freezer as you grab all the data?
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Try and add it to your cart and it'll show the proper power output.
Did you make a typo there, swapping America and Canada in the second sentence? I'm pretty sure America buys massive amounts of oil abroad, and only a small fraction might actually come from Canada.
Well then, it's a good thing Apple doesn't have a company image largely leveraged on hype.
You made me do it...
From Donnie Darko:
Sean Smith: We gotta find ourselves a Smurfette.
Ronald Fisher: Smurfette?
Sean Smith: Yeah, not some tight-ass Middlesex chick, right? Like this cute little blonde that will get down and dirty with the guys. Like Smurfette does.
Donnie: Smurfette doesn't fuck.
Sean Smith: That's bullshit. Smurfette fucks all the other Smurfs. Why do you think Papa Smurf made her? Because all the other Smurfs were getting too horny.
Ronald Fisher: No, no, no, not Vanity. I heard he was a homosexual.
Sean Smith: Okay, then, you know what? She fucks them and Vanity watches. Okay?
Ronald Fisher: What about Papa Smurf? I mean, he must get in on all the action.
Sean Smith: Yeah, what he does, he films the gang-bang, and he beats off to the tape.
Donnie: [shouts] First of all, Papa Smurf didn't create Smurfette. Gargamel did. She was sent in as Gargamel's evil spy with the intention of destroying the Smurf village. But the overwhelming goodness of the Smurf way of life transformed her. And as for the whole gang-bang scenario, it just couldn't happen. Smurfs are asexual. They don't even have... reproductive organs under those little, white pants. It's just so illogical, you know, about being a Smurf. You know, what's the point of living... if you don't have a dick?
The Smurfs seem to be doing okay.
Gratuitous Venture Brothers quote:
Henchman 24: Come on, they have one female servicing a large group of males. That implies a species that lays eggs!
Henchman 21: Oh my god, you're crazy, they are so obviously mammals!
Henchman 24: Please, she'd be in estrus 24/7 if she didn't lay eggs!
Henchman 21: Smurfs don't lay eggs! I won't tell you this again. Papa Smurf has a fucking beard, they're mammals!
Quick correction on an error. I said that anything over FL350 is 'usually' IFR traffic. What I meant to say was IFR conditions. Everything over 18,000ft is always IFR traffic.
(This is coming from a future air traffic controller)
You're forgetting a few things.
1. Not all air traffic control is done from airport towers. There are also TRACONs and ARTCCs, which is the type of facility you see in the movie Pushing Tin. Basically big dark buildings filled with radar screens and strung out people completely messed up on caffeine.
2. "circle the airport and watch for traffic" doesn't work for airplanes at FL350 doing 500+ knots. Usually that's IFR traffic, so the planes would have no chance of seeing each other anyway. Also, research has shown that at this speed, even on a cloudless day, two planes heading for each other would be unable to react and prevent a collision, no matter what.
3. If voice communication is going to be digitized as they plan to do with NextGen, a faulty NIC would silence all radios. The pilots would never even realize there had been a problem.
I wrote a research paper on NextGen and its faults this past Spring. The whole concept needs a serious overhaul if it's ever going to be safe.
I've often thought about the various people who have made a fortune or are about to make a fortune from online properties.
Jason Calacanis, Kevin Rose, the Flickr people, etc.
Usually I think to myself, that's awesome that these people were able to work hard and see their vision to the end and make a living from it.
When I think of Zuckerberg, I think the exact opposite. Fuck that guy. I've always felt like he sleezed his way to where he is, and stories like this only reinforce that opinion.
(prepared to be modded troll...)
non!
I remember reading somewhere that the Tesla's reverse gear simply spins the engine in the opposite direction, meaning it's possible to reach top speed and acceleration while going backwards.
That alone is worth the price of admission to me.
Google has more than enough money to develop their own shows, or just outright purchase an existing major show like House or The Office.
Imagine if Google purchased House and put all the full length episodes on Youtube, and then continued the series, allowing the episodes to only be viewed on Youtube and then eventually released on DVD. They could completely revolutionize the way Tv is done and make a bundle in the process.
Though I'm not a fan of Acapella, that's not the type of music I'm really making a negative comment against. The signature really stems from me having to put up with people of my generation (I'm 23) giving me shit for listening to bands like Led Zeppelin while they blast rap music from cars with rattling trunks. Also, I hate electronica.
Sorry, I can't help but post this. Awesome song about the Mandelbrot set for those who haven't heard it.
http://www.jonathancoulton.com/songdetails/Mandelbrot%20Set
Like the Chinese guy in Bladerunner?
I have pants, I just refuse to wear them. ever.
black guy with...as your username implies...chinese eyes?
Weird.
maybe I wasn't as clear as I should have been. My fault.
I feel that abstract concepts like drugs and terror ruining society are not real problems, hence why I referred to them as fabricated. Waging "war" on these abstract concepts is indeed a problem, so I think we agree.
I think he left out the war on drugs and terror because he's listing actual problems, not fabricated ones.
I always felt that the leaked E3 alpha was actually scarier and more fun than the finished product we finally received.
Is there a free shipping label for that, too?
I'm currently in college for air traffic control but I work as a night auditor at a local Marriot. Generally it's 6-7 hours of nothing to do all night, so I purchased a pile of various programming books and I've been having a blast learning new stuff. I started knowing nothing about web stuff and within 2 months learned enough PHP and MySQL to throw together a moderately complex website I had been dreaming up for about a year. 40 hours a week getting paid to learn stuff you actually want to learn is great.
I've been messing around with XBMC on Linux myself.
I think using something like MythTv or Tivo is a massive waste of time because you still have to deal with the commercials. I suppose you could edit them out, but I find it easier to just bittorrent everything.
A bit off topic...has anyone ever been sued over bittorrenting tv shows the way you can for movies or music?
Dumb question, but why even take the drive out of the freezer? Is there something that prohibits you from just getting a long cable and placing your computer near the freezer as you grab all the data?
Yeah, as long as we don't replace them with bigger, more devastating ones.