You see strange things really close to a military base where they work on experimental aircraft? Color me shocked.
I'm a skeptic with most things - even UFOs - but I believe in the possibility very much. I really don't think the conditions for life are so stringent that we are the only sentient beings anywhere in the entire universe, much less the entire galaxy. That's arrogant and ignorant when you consider the full scope of outer space.
It is very likely that those are just experimental U.S. aircraft, but I admit it's likely that it could be extraterrestrials as well. I mean, wouldn't you want to know the military capabilities of a planet before you went and said hello? That could also explain all of the pilots coming across things - maybe they were testing our fighter jocks. Or, ya know, just fuckin' with us and having a larf.
I'd rather have the Pandora. Fingers crossed, I hope to be able to spare the money for the next batch that will ship around January 2009.
The computer functionality is *really* nice, but the fact that I can load up my movies, anime,.isos of my old Playstation games, music, etc. makes it worth it.
So basically... the extra $155 is for gaming, movie, music, better processor, hackable OS, etc. Absolutely worth it.
True, but how many people would be using Linux if it weren't free?
It's powerful for a lot of functions - servers and the like. But let's say Linux costed even half as much as Windows XP. Would we see it in sub-notebooks like the EEE? OLPC?
Holy shit, really? I've been looking into planes (like Cessnas) and they were more towards the $100K range for a four seater. I want to get my pilot's license and a four seater aircraft, but they're usually over $100K. How do you find them for half that?
"These guys have actually demonstrated materials that are capable of being used on flying systems," said Adams, director of Rice's Richard E. Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology. "Having something that you can hold in your hand is an accomplishment in nanotechnology."
I don't know about that, I'd say they're doing nanotechnology wrong if you can hold it in your hand and see it.
The same dialogue, when slowed down (slowed down = deeper voice) can be very creepy.
"Ho ho ho! Santa Claus is coming to town!"
Now put a red LED in one of his eyes (terminator style), slow down the voice, cover him in theater blood, and have him holding the diembodied head of a cabbage patch kid.
Absolutely not, but if surveillance is expanded to this point crime might go down enough that they'd bother with it. I'm just waiting for the televisions that watch YOU.
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You see strange things really close to a military base where they work on experimental aircraft? Color me shocked.
I'm a skeptic with most things - even UFOs - but I believe in the possibility very much. I really don't think the conditions for life are so stringent that we are the only sentient beings anywhere in the entire universe, much less the entire galaxy. That's arrogant and ignorant when you consider the full scope of outer space.
It is very likely that those are just experimental U.S. aircraft, but I admit it's likely that it could be extraterrestrials as well. I mean, wouldn't you want to know the military capabilities of a planet before you went and said hello? That could also explain all of the pilots coming across things - maybe they were testing our fighter jocks. Or, ya know, just fuckin' with us and having a larf.
Ah, Quis custodiet ipsos custodes . One of my favorite Latin phrases. Roughly translated, "Who watches the janitors?".
Last guy never did clean the bathroom properly...
"And Sir, it appears that he's married."
I'd rather have the Pandora. Fingers crossed, I hope to be able to spare the money for the next batch that will ship around January 2009.
The computer functionality is *really* nice, but the fact that I can load up my movies, anime, .isos of my old Playstation games, music, etc. makes it worth it.
So basically... the extra $155 is for gaming, movie, music, better processor, hackable OS, etc. Absolutely worth it.
You'd think we Americans would be jumping on the whole nuclear power bandwagon a hell of a lot faster at those prices.
We pay something like $0.15-$0.22/KwH. I forget the exact number. We just love PSE&G here in Jersey.
Here's an old New Jersey nursery rhyme for you that I learned when I was younger, sung to the tune of "Mary Had a Little Lamb":
P S E and fuckin' G
fuckin' G
FUCKIN' G
P S E and fuckin' G
Those bastards rip you off!
True, but how many people would be using Linux if it weren't free?
It's powerful for a lot of functions - servers and the like. But let's say Linux costed even half as much as Windows XP. Would we see it in sub-notebooks like the EEE? OLPC?
And I need to go wash mine out with a .357...
You may be interested in checking out the Flugtag, then.
Well, I guess pilots had better watch out for those sky buoys with anchors flailing around!
Holy shit, really? I've been looking into planes (like Cessnas) and they were more towards the $100K range for a four seater. I want to get my pilot's license and a four seater aircraft, but they're usually over $100K. How do you find them for half that?
Why would you do that? They'll catch you on camera!
I don't know, that was Lieutenant Data's major Achilles Heel.
So if I'm hypothetically waving around an AK-47 and saying "Allah is Great!", I'm just a funny goofball?
From that link:
"These guys have actually demonstrated materials that are capable of being used on flying systems," said Adams, director of Rice's Richard E. Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology. "Having something that you can hold in your hand is an accomplishment in nanotechnology."
I don't know about that, I'd say they're doing nanotechnology wrong if you can hold it in your hand and see it.
Or like Lunar Silver Star Story Complete, where God is a hot chick with blue hair and a dominatrix outfit?
I guess my point attempted to say that guns can't create knowledge
I don't know about that. Make a guy take the S.A.T. at gunpoint and I'm sure his score would be pretty good.
I don't particularly care if it's on the front page, I just don't like it mucking up my RSS feed.
I don't know, I've always found a girl who knew how to use her divisors positively sexy.
Americans, what's the best way forward to make my voice heard?!
When it's gone this far, I'd say a few thousand rounds of ammo and a chip on your shoulder.
I want to get one to use for Halloween.
The same dialogue, when slowed down (slowed down = deeper voice) can be very creepy.
"Ho ho ho! Santa Claus is coming to town!"
Now put a red LED in one of his eyes (terminator style), slow down the voice, cover him in theater blood, and have him holding the diembodied head of a cabbage patch kid.
"Ho... ho... ho... Santa... Claus... is... coming... to... town!"
Of course, Windows Mobile is pretty darn open, and I'm pretty sure there's no kill switch.
Yeah, there's just an NSA backdoor. O:)
You are statically safer flying an airplane then driving.
I don't know about that, there's a whole lot of lightning up there where planes are flyin' around.
Absolutely not, but if surveillance is expanded to this point crime might go down enough that they'd bother with it. I'm just waiting for the televisions that watch YOU.
The citizens will be the "criminals" soon enough.
If you produce a custom build, how will you sign the custom firmware image so that your phone runs it?
Emulate the original firmware, spoof the key, etc. would be my guess.