so I have a beer or two and am just over the limit where the car won't start anymore, but then suddenly space aliens with anal probes arrive
And one tells the other, "Lookit Bubba, 'dis one's drunk already. Let's get him."
As for your other two examples, your car can fail at any time. I don't know about the reliability of the proposed devices, but I'm not sure people blame auto makers when the car needs to be started and it won't for some reason (dead battery, whatever).
It doesn't have to be restricted to the US. If other nations start applying it and getting visible, palpable results, it'll get adopted by others (even the US) faster.
It won't be as bad as when sharks and crocs start mating. Can you imagine the horror when you get out of the water at a shark warning, only to find out that it's a crocoshark/shroc/whatever and it'll chase you inland?!
I don't know enough about stock exchange (well, essentially nothing actually), so please correct me if I'm wrong. But people would be finding a way around "inversely proportional tax". For example, a company buys stocks and holds on to them indefinitely, and the clients to that company would just negociate with the company itself who would be holding onto the stocks, with the frequency of their choosing. I've not thought this through, but RIGHT NOW (I admit I might be wrong) it seems that this way you eliminate that taxation factor.
I notice the post was labelled as "Funny", but really -- I can't imagine how much fun you have with company names such as "Google" or (even worse) "MICRO SOFT" (I suppose you'd choose to do business instead with a company called "MAJOR HARD").
Simply stop selling and sending food to New York. When people begin starving, the most resourceful will look for food in trash. When they meet competition from the pesky critters, they'll kill them and even feed on them. Finally, when the possum problem is controlled, they can send food back into New York. Next, they can finally start thinking about how to deal with the rat problem appropriately!
For us non-USA folk, could you Americans give us geographical guidance when referring to US states,
Why would they want to do that? Slashdot is hosted there, as so as the host of TFA. For what reason would they want to describe New England (or another state) in detail for non-USA folks? It makes as much sense as describing Portugal that way in Portuguese-held media.
Portugal exported some uranium ore to Iran during the early 1980s, ammounting to close to 300 tons. However, its mines have been abandoned since late 1980s to early 1990s. From http://www.iraqwatch.org/un/IAEA/s-1997-779-att-1.htm:
Iraq procures "yellowcake" uranium from Portugal, Niger, and Brazil.
However, its mine have been abandoned since late 1980s to early 1990s, mainly because of economic viability and not as much as from puny environmentalist concerns as claimed: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium_mining#Portugal
I had a college teacher in one of the experimental courses who figuratively ran over me and some of my fellow students' reports for plotting graphs of measured quantities without error bars, particularly when there's a "curve fit" on it. The idea is to figure out how close/far from the "expected behavior" are the experimental point. From then on I've always paid attention to it. At least some reference to it in the preprint would be nice. For all we know, those microvolt output voltages could have errors as big as the graph scale.
Next up, Lord Vader replaces his breather mask with mouse lungs. Boy, he's gonna be pissed! Or else the mouse is going to force-choke someone if he doesn't get his cheese, fast!
"I assure you commander, that the Mouse Emperor will not be as lenient as I am. Perhaps you think you're being treated... unfairly?"
Does anyone know if/what software is used to isolate the "relevant" footage? If you just plug in a camera in place of the telescope's ocular and let it record to the 'puter, you'll have to spend literally thousands of hours of recording (and that's being generous) before actually picking up something interesting/unusual.
3) I won't check my (work) email from my home anymore. Anyone who wants to contact me can use a phone (and better have a damn good reason if it happens at 2 a.m. in the night).
How about Microsoft releasing IE6 source code after it lets it die out, so interested users can go about patching it where possible (if they're so inclined)?
If M$ refuses to provide assistance to IE6, it basically renounces to income related to it. Nevertheless, I expect them to deny it, because a source of revenue would be the "support" for the upgrade.
Will this also open a precedent which will allow other types of registry to be created any time soon? I'm thinking: employee abuser registry; tax evader registry; etc.
Let's rat on everyone else!
Wouldn't it be better to ask them to SHOW you conclusive documentation related to the unit's certification, instead of trusting them blindly?
-"Is the unit certified?"
-"Why yes it is!"
-"Can you prove it?"
-"Why yes of course!"
-"... Well?"
-"Erm... that's classified"
-"Why is the certification classified?"
-"Erm... hey look at the pretty colors!"
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And one tells the other, "Lookit Bubba, 'dis one's drunk already. Let's get him."
As for your other two examples, your car can fail at any time. I don't know about the reliability of the proposed devices, but I'm not sure people blame auto makers when the car needs to be started and it won't for some reason (dead battery, whatever).
It doesn't have to be restricted to the US. If other nations start applying it and getting visible, palpable results, it'll get adopted by others (even the US) faster.
It won't be as bad as when sharks and crocs start mating. Can you imagine the horror when you get out of the water at a shark warning, only to find out that it's a crocoshark/shroc/whatever and it'll chase you inland?!
I don't know enough about stock exchange (well, essentially nothing actually), so please correct me if I'm wrong. But people would be finding a way around "inversely proportional tax". For example, a company buys stocks and holds on to them indefinitely, and the clients to that company would just negociate with the company itself who would be holding onto the stocks, with the frequency of their choosing. I've not thought this through, but RIGHT NOW (I admit I might be wrong) it seems that this way you eliminate that taxation factor.
I notice the post was labelled as "Funny", but really -- I can't imagine how much fun you have with company names such as "Google" or (even worse) "MICRO SOFT" (I suppose you'd choose to do business instead with a company called "MAJOR HARD").
The next challenge is to use this technique to cheat on exams.
Sounds like Mr. Assange is back to school -- this time he has to write an essay on his own life.
...a Beowulf cluster of these...
Google Pizza? Google Beer? Google Babes? Google Porn? Google Space Station? ...
Simply stop selling and sending food to New York. When people begin starving, the most resourceful will look for food in trash. When they meet competition from the pesky critters, they'll kill them and even feed on them. Finally, when the possum problem is controlled, they can send food back into New York. Next, they can finally start thinking about how to deal with the rat problem appropriately!
I suppose that each Child will also receive One Laptop assigned for her/his school duties?
These are the kind of people who could get choked on a cordless phone, if you know what I mean.
That all seems fine, but that sciency stuff really hurts people's brain and they'll have nothing to do with that ghastly business of evidence. We've also discussed this recently: http://news.slashdot.org/story/10/05/28/1740208/The-Scientific-Impotence-Excuse
Why would they want to do that? Slashdot is hosted there, as so as the host of TFA. For what reason would they want to describe New England (or another state) in detail for non-USA folks? It makes as much sense as describing Portugal that way in Portuguese-held media.
Portugal exported some uranium ore to Iran during the early 1980s, ammounting to close to 300 tons. However, its mines have been abandoned since late 1980s to early 1990s. From http://www.iraqwatch.org/un/IAEA/s-1997-779-att-1.htm :
However, its mine have been abandoned since late 1980s to early 1990s, mainly because of economic viability and not as much as from puny environmentalist concerns as claimed: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium_mining#Portugal
Where are the error bars?
I had a college teacher in one of the experimental courses who figuratively ran over me and some of my fellow students' reports for plotting graphs of measured quantities without error bars, particularly when there's a "curve fit" on it. The idea is to figure out how close/far from the "expected behavior" are the experimental point. From then on I've always paid attention to it. At least some reference to it in the preprint would be nice. For all we know, those microvolt output voltages could have errors as big as the graph scale.
You might want to listen to this for inspiration: http://www.ted.com/talks/cameron_sinclair_on_open_source_architecture.html
Next up, Lord Vader replaces his breather mask with mouse lungs. Boy, he's gonna be pissed! Or else the mouse is going to force-choke someone if he doesn't get his cheese, fast! "I assure you commander, that the Mouse Emperor will not be as lenient as I am. Perhaps you think you're being treated ... unfairly?"
FUD
I don't want it printing every single frame of stupid lolcat videos my friends send me. What a waste of paper and toner!
Does anyone know if/what software is used to isolate the "relevant" footage? If you just plug in a camera in place of the telescope's ocular and let it record to the 'puter, you'll have to spend literally thousands of hours of recording (and that's being generous) before actually picking up something interesting/unusual.
3) I won't check my (work) email from my home anymore. Anyone who wants to contact me can use a phone (and better have a damn good reason if it happens at 2 a.m. in the night).
And you'd be checking your email at 2 am?
How about Microsoft releasing IE6 source code after it lets it die out, so interested users can go about patching it where possible (if they're so inclined)? If M$ refuses to provide assistance to IE6, it basically renounces to income related to it. Nevertheless, I expect them to deny it, because a source of revenue would be the "support" for the upgrade.
Will this also open a precedent which will allow other types of registry to be created any time soon? I'm thinking: employee abuser registry; tax evader registry; etc. Let's rat on everyone else!
Wouldn't it be better to ask them to SHOW you conclusive documentation related to the unit's certification, instead of trusting them blindly?
-"Is the unit certified?"
-"Why yes it is!"
-"Can you prove it?"
-"Why yes of course!"
-"... Well?"
-"Erm... that's classified"
-"Why is the certification classified?"
-"Erm... hey look at the pretty colors!"