You think it is +5 interesting that we should kill all twitter users, including your wife? Weird. Instead of blaming twitter, why not blame your wife for her behavior?
Well, they might not stop the current lawsuits until then, but as we already learned (http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/12/19/131227&tid=123), there will be no more new lawsuits.
"My mannerism to a public servant (be it Police, Fire, EMT, Politician, and Military) is out of respect in that they put their life on the line for me, or have been elected in a democratic fashion." (emphasis mine)
Do your local QuikyMart employees guy defend your life? Do you elect your local QuikyMart employees?
I'm your huckleberry. I'm left-handed, have the mouse to the left of the keyboard, but the mouse buttons are not remapped (makes it easier when I switch the mouse to the right for variety). This way I mouse with my left hand, and my right hand fits well over the arrow keys with easy reach to Ctrl, Shift, Delete/End/PageDown, and the numpad.
Basketball outdoors is not so enjoyable when it's raining or snowing, or windy, or just damn cold. And not everybody has easy access to a hoop. Besides, playing a computer game version of a sport can actually be fun, and isn't that the point?
But would I have paid to get the rap crap that started to show up big time since about 1998 or so? No freaking way - the RIAA cannot claim lost sales there, or for any country songs that are included - because I hate both.
Uh, so if you hate the stuff you steal*, then it's not illegal? Maybe I should go steal a car that I hate...
* Yes, I know some will argue to the ends of time that it isn't stealing, it's "just" copyright infringement.
Cap'n Slappy and Ol' Chumbucket have even provided a short YouTube video to help those who might be a bit more pirate-speak challenged. Even Google is getting in on the action, those swarthy dogs.
Uh, ortin't that be scurvy dogs? Methinks swarthy (aka of dark complexion) be havin' nought to do with pirates.
Good idea, and while we're at it, in addition to goodsummery let's cover the rest of the seasons as well with goodautumnal, goodvernal, and goodwintry...
'Mike Nash, formerly a corporate vice president for Windows product management, wrote in an e-mail, "I PERSONALLY got burnt... Are we seeing this from a lot of customers?... I now have a $2,100 e-mail machine."
Um, why not go in Best Buy with your friends, but just don't spend any money there? Do you think your girlfriend was mad that you wouldn't spend money at Best Buy, or was she mad that you (and therefore she) just had to sit outside on the curb?
Early in Taco's post: First of all, the reason that my account is in violation is that my name contains a title prefix. It took dozens of inquiries to get that explained.
Later: They wouldn't even tell me what was wrong with my nickname until after a half dozen inquiries of why.
(emphasis mine in both cases)
Sorry, but exaggerating the facts, and not being consistent about them, just makes it look like Taco is trolling for sympathy, and it makes me wonder what other "facts" in his story are unreliable.
I think his point is that the way it is worded, the winner must achieve that velocity, but they don't actually have to complete two orbits around the Earth. It's the velocity that is required, not the orbiting. So maybe they could orbit just once, then land, because they did achieve the required velocity.
Indeed, and furthermore what, pray tell, is an "ordinary" robot? Perhaps they are invisible and all around me every day. Perhaps they look like those Stormtrooper-meets-the-military-robot-from-A.I. mannequins in the "I, Robot" movie... Perhaps the Rhoomba qualifies?
Sorry, the "ordinary robot" line just cracked me up.
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Unless, like me, you use the mouse with your left hand...
I think it is "suspension of disbelief".
can we retire the "fixed that for you" meme already? to me, it smacks of arrogance
You think it is +5 interesting that we should kill all twitter users, including your wife? Weird. Instead of blaming twitter, why not blame your wife for her behavior?
Or "mod rule"
Well, they might not stop the current lawsuits until then, but as we already learned (http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/12/19/131227&tid=123), there will be no more new lawsuits.
I think he meant it in a less-commonly used sense, where eroticism is not involved. Per Merriam-Webster online, the 3rd definition is:
"the depiction of acts in a sensational manner so as to arouse a quick intense emotional reaction "
Way to ignore the previous paragraph:
"My mannerism to a public servant (be it Police, Fire, EMT, Politician, and Military) is out of respect in that they put their life on the line for me, or have been elected in a democratic fashion." (emphasis mine)
Do your local QuikyMart employees guy defend your life? Do you elect your local QuikyMart employees?
Don't like the "coming soon" headline for this product? Too bad. What do you expect? The editor is kdawson.
I'm your huckleberry. I'm left-handed, have the mouse to the left of the keyboard, but the mouse buttons are not remapped (makes it easier when I switch the mouse to the right for variety). This way I mouse with my left hand, and my right hand fits well over the arrow keys with easy reach to Ctrl, Shift, Delete/End/PageDown, and the numpad.
Basketball outdoors is not so enjoyable when it's raining or snowing, or windy, or just damn cold. And not everybody has easy access to a hoop. Besides, playing a computer game version of a sport can actually be fun, and isn't that the point?
Uh, so if you hate the stuff you steal*, then it's not illegal? Maybe I should go steal a car that I hate...
* Yes, I know some will argue to the ends of time that it isn't stealing, it's "just" copyright infringement.
and a new spell checker
Uh, ortin't that be scurvy dogs? Methinks swarthy (aka of dark complexion) be havin' nought to do with pirates.
Good idea, and while we're at it, in addition to goodsummery let's cover the rest of the seasons as well with goodautumnal, goodvernal, and goodwintry...
Principal: This little kid survived longer than that with no antivirus and no firewall. [to Jon] Right?
[Jon gives a salute]
Teacher [starting to lose his cool]: Why don't you put him in charge?
'Mike Nash, formerly a corporate vice president for Windows product management, wrote in an e-mail, "I PERSONALLY got burnt ... Are we seeing this from a lot of customers? ... I now have a $2,100 e-mail machine."
Um, why not go in Best Buy with your friends, but just don't spend any money there? Do you think your girlfriend was mad that you wouldn't spend money at Best Buy, or was she mad that you (and therefore she) just had to sit outside on the curb?
Wow, are we spoiled or what? At one time CRT's were the benchmark for bulky monitors, now we're complaining about LCD's...
You seem like a smart person, so I'm sorry that I'm so bored this morning that I feel the urge to be the English police:
I believe you meant to spell "incompetent", not "incompedent".
Also, "should of" doesn't make any sense. I think you meant to say "should've", which is a contraction of "should have".
Early in Taco's post:
First of all, the reason that my account is in violation is that my name contains a title prefix. It took dozens of inquiries to get that explained.
Later:
They wouldn't even tell me what was wrong with my nickname until after a half dozen inquiries of why.
(emphasis mine in both cases)
Sorry, but exaggerating the facts, and not being consistent about them, just makes it look like Taco is trolling for sympathy, and it makes me wonder what other "facts" in his story are unreliable.
I think his point is that the way it is worded, the winner must achieve that velocity, but they don't actually have to complete two orbits around the Earth. It's the velocity that is required, not the orbiting. So maybe they could orbit just once, then land, because they did achieve the required velocity.
"Mounted on an ordinary robot..."
Indeed, and furthermore what, pray tell, is an "ordinary" robot? Perhaps they are invisible and all around me every day. Perhaps they look like those Stormtrooper-meets-the-military-robot-from-A.I. mannequins in the "I, Robot" movie... Perhaps the Rhoomba qualifies?
Sorry, the "ordinary robot" line just cracked me up.
Since I paid $40, can I record the event with my video/audio recorder? Or does Smithsonian have a policy against such?
My God, it's full of pr0n.