The problem there is that you are comparing two 24" inch screens of differing ratios, when the two are not necessarily comparable. Personally, if I were replacing a normal TV with a widescreen model, I'd want one of similar screen height - meaning a 24" 4:3 set would be comparable to a 16:9 set of 29".
"I've read somewhere that the main thing about human brains and language is the ability to produce metaphor and simile;" Good thing too. Slashdotters need their car analogies.
Personally I'd rather waste my breath on a phrase like 'the first decade of the twenty-first century' than use a god-awful term like 'the noughties' [shudder].
A few years ago (can't remember when exactly) some dumb kid in Boston shot at another dumb kid with Silly String. The kid with Silly String all over him then took out a real gun, and shot the first kid dead. Mayor Menino's response to this was a proposal to ban Silly String within city limits.
You sure about that?
I've searched and cannot find any reference to this incident. Sure there are Silly String bans, but usually for anti-vandalism purposes (lame, but not as ridiculous as the above story).
I'm not trying to undermine your credibility, but I wouldn't expect coverage of such an episode to be difficult to find. Do you remember where you heard/read this?
If you're designing a government with the fundamental idea that all governments are corrupt, then you've failed before you've even begun.
I'll admit my knowledge of US history is sparse, but I suspect the idea wasn't that all government's are corrupt, rather all governments are corruptible.
Not trivial at all. Doing 250MPH, if you have a vehicle a mile ahead of you doing 225MPH in the adjoining lane, it's not beside you or ahead of you - but change lanes and end up behind it... There's all manner of such edge cases.
Surely 2 minutes 24 seconds is long enough for the 'don't go faster than the car in front to kick in and slow you down?
Not trivial at all. Doing 250MPH, if you have a vehicle a mile ahead of you doing 225MPH in the adjoining lane, it's not beside you or ahead of you - but change lanes and end up behind it... There's all manner of such edge cases.
It would take 2 minutes 12 seconds to run into the back of him. Surely enough time for the 'don't go faster than the car in front' rule to kick in and slow you down.
It seems strange to me that you would loosely estimate the weight of a car to the nearest 1000 pounds, yet provide accuracy of 5 decimal places in the metric conversion.
Having watched the BBC documentary, the bigger issue is that of the use of diseased or otherwise unsuitable bodies. For instance one guy they spoke to contracted Hepatitis from an illegally supplied transplant.
Seriously. This isn't an addiction, it's people using up their free time. Give them something more interesting to do and they'll do that instead. What you do with your free time should be based on what you find entertaining, not just because of the stupid notion that gaming and such are only for people who can't find anything better to do. 'Give them something more interesting' != 'Give them anything else', which seems to have been your interpretation.
I enjoy the Internet. I also enjoy gaming. That does not negate the fact that I would stop in favour of something that I found more interesting, should the opportunity arise.
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Didn't the mice make Earth for that very purpose?
Hate to break it to you, but they already called it that.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yobibyte
Sure, then the original article could be rewritten so that it contains every calculation used in the study.
Ditto for five year old Thinkpads.
Nope: Mundanity + Audacity = Mundacity
The problem there is that you are comparing two 24" inch screens of differing ratios, when the two are not necessarily comparable. Personally, if I were replacing a normal TV with a widescreen model, I'd want one of similar screen height - meaning a 24" 4:3 set would be comparable to a 16:9 set of 29".
00s seems fine - but only when written.
Personally I'd rather waste my breath on a phrase like 'the first decade of the twenty-first century' than use a god-awful term like 'the noughties' [shudder].
We all know that just about no-one reads EULAs anyway. That includes the developers, it seems.
You sure about that?
I've searched and cannot find any reference to this incident. Sure there are Silly String bans, but usually for anti-vandalism purposes (lame, but not as ridiculous as the above story).
I'm not trying to undermine your credibility, but I wouldn't expect coverage of such an episode to be difficult to find. Do you remember where you heard/read this?
I'll admit my knowledge of US history is sparse, but I suspect the idea wasn't that all government's are corrupt, rather all governments are corruptible.
Do Nerf make chainsaws? Does it come with a Nerf hockey mask?
Sorry, shouldn't have included the spelling nazi bit - insoluble is perfectly correct, but the pun still stands.
If you leave an untampered cube in a bucket of water, you'll find it already is insoluble.
Indeed - I noticed I'd screwed up the maths and corrected - but didn't realise I had submitted the original.
Surely 2 minutes 24 seconds is long enough for the 'don't go faster than the car in front to kick in and slow you down?
It would take 2 minutes 12 seconds to run into the back of him. Surely enough time for the 'don't go faster than the car in front' rule to kick in and slow you down.
That sounds like a great collection - and I'm in my early 20s you insensitive clod!
It seems strange to me that you would loosely estimate the weight of a car to the nearest 1000 pounds, yet provide accuracy of 5 decimal places in the metric conversion.
Alistair Cooke's case was specifically referred to in last night's BBC documentary on this subject.
Having watched the BBC documentary, the bigger issue is that of the use of diseased or otherwise unsuitable bodies. For instance one guy they spoke to contracted Hepatitis from an illegally supplied transplant.
I enjoy the Internet. I also enjoy gaming. That does not negate the fact that I would stop in favour of something that I found more interesting, should the opportunity arise.
Modded down? May be an AC, but I thought that was quite funny!
At least, that's the impression one get's these day's.
There, fixed that for you.
And what about Wikispecies?