These are usually local ordinances. They are fairly rare as whole cities go, but if you live in a community with a "Homeowners Association" then they can have all sorts of crazy "laws". Junk vehicles in your driveway, bushes are too high, need to rake leaves, children are ugly, daughter is a floozy, etc. More often than not, the elderly are in charge of the Homeowner's Association, and spend their days looking through binoculars to see if that no-good 30-something couple's dog is making on their lawn again... and they didn't pick it up!
If you are serious about scaring away would-be baddies, buy some big freaking dogs. Dobermans, German Shepherds, Akitas -- these are all very good watchdogs. Let them patrol the Pentagon. Also, I would certainly hope that most entrances to the Pentagon, White House, etc. would have, oh I don't know, armed guards? It doesn't matter if you are good lockpick if the guy at the door has a gun that can beat you to the corner.
Now if we're really talking defense, obviously you need to go with a moat filled with sharks... with lasers on their heads.
Parents who are too busy to raise kids are not good parents. If you are working so hard that you have no time for family... aren't you missing the point? You earn money to feed and clothe your family. Buying a new car, or a second house are secondary, or even tertiary benefits. Material objects should not be the primary goal.
I know, I know, American "society" tells us to be consumers. Do you have to listen? No; not entirely anyway.
If a person is finding it too hard to keep up with a career and raise kids, maybe it is time for a career change? Maybe move to a smaller house to take off some of the stress of paying a huge mortgage? I know it sounds too easy... but maybe it is that easy! What's more important, your stuff, or your kids?
This text is NOT the same text as what was compiled during the Council of Nicaea in 325. Nor is it the same as the Vatican bible. It is a third text written/compiled between 330-350. T
According to the article, the text was "Handwritten in Greek more than 1,600 years ago". 1600+ years ago would be around 400 AD (or CE, for you revisionist folks, though the numbering is the same). This is NOT before the Common Era.
The summary is off by eight centuries (otherwise it would make perfect sense that this text did not contain anything about the Resurrection, considering it was 400 years before Christ!:-p)
In Tom Sawyer, Tom convinces a bunch of boys to whitewash a fence for him. He then later goes home and tells his aunt that he finished the job. The work got done, but Tom stole the credit and was rewarded.
Ubisoft did the same thing. They were trying to save face by releasing a patch they acquired through underhanded means. Dare I say, they STOLE credit for the work.
TRUE!
In all US vehicles, (and in some foreign cars) this computer is installed on most cars since the late 1980's or so. This computer is mainly used to diagnose engine issues -- misfires, O^2 sensors, fuel mix, etc. The newer models will even record information that is displayed on your console, such as low tire-pressure and "Service Engine Soon" warnings.
As you said, this can also be good for pulling accident data, or just keeping an eye on your kids. Really would help to prevent them from hiding any accidents that they try to cover up while on vacation, no matter how good an episode of TV it might be... uh, right.
TIP: You can also go to many places like Auto-Zone and they will plug in their reader for free to check out your "trouble codes".
Seriously though, I have to wonder if some people will vote for the issue/candidate with the shortest required reading. Or, we might start seeing stuff like this:
SEX! SEX! SEX!, vote yes on proposition 2600, SEX SEX SEX.
I see so many problems with this "direct voting". It's not even funny. Well, it's a little funny.
SEX!
So THEY'RE the ones responsible for keeping shows like Everybody Loves Raymond, Two and a Half Men, The King of Queens, Rules of Engagement, Desperate Housewives, The George Lopez Show, How I Met Your Mother, Reba, The Hills and all that other junk on the air. Dang old people! Get off my lawn!:-p
The idea of bipartisanship is a very common dream on Capital Hill, but it rarely happens. As for unification, Democrats use pathos to "unify" the country; Republicans use ethos in their arguments to try and achieve the same goal.
Consider the following arguments and see if you can guess which party would argue them:
(Yay, a game!)
Think of the children.
Marriage = man and one woman.
Give a hoot, don't pollute.
No new taxes.
How does that make you feel?
Votes for women.
One nation, under God.
State's rights.
That's age-ism.
Anyway, I was just trying to have some fun here. If any of the above bothers you... you must have a very low tolerance for criticism.
Chief Wiggum: "... once a man is in your home anything you do to him is nice and legal."
Homer: "Is that so?" *Leans out window and calls to Ned.* "Oh Flanders, won't you join me in my kitchen?" *Homer waits to pounce Ned and pounds his fist into his hand.*
Wiggum: "Uh, it doesn't work if you invite them in."
Ned: "Hidely Hey!"
Homer: "Go home."
Ned: "Toodly Doo!"
The first and third stanzas/paragraphs only technically have five lines. There are two indents. Note how the second stanza has only 5 lines (of mixed code) -- that's your clue right there.
When I saw the second paragraph, my first thought was to fire up Char Map.
Whereas other people kept thinking that the middle section was supposed to be substituting the hex numbers for the symbols above, I had to wonder if the symbols were trying to tell us something. After all, as was pretty clearly pointed out by the people who have solved paragraphs one and three, each section contains only five lines. (In fact, the middle paragraph was your clue to this one -- it was just obscured by the fact that it was in two different codes -- but still, only five lines).
Anyway, I realized that many of the symbols in the middle paragraph were in Charmap. AND each of these has a corresponding UTF code, which could be translated in to hex
For instance:
"Not Sign", U+00AC
"Inverted Exclamation Mark", U+00A1
"Greater Than Sign" (duh), U+003E
"Single Right-Pointing Angle Quotation Mark", U+203A (note in the code they are two different sizes)
"Greek Phi", U+03A6
(Unfortunately, slashdot does not support these extended characters, as I found out. So I could not display all of them.)
Not sure about the rest. The triangle COULD be a Greek Delta, but usually that is represented as a triangle with its base flat, not turned sideways. I have no idea what to make of the squiggly-"8"-like symbol. The three-pointed symbol could be a Greek Lambda, and possibly the top line is a Greek Tau. For the rest? You guess is as good as mine. I don't have the patience to go through CHARMAP symbol by symbol. Hopefully someone else just KNOWS this stuff.:-p
I'm not a genius, so I'll leave this to the board to ponder some more. But the way I figure it, once you have the whole middle paragraph in hex, you should be able to translate it easily enough.
Release a game for Linux FIRST, that'll bring 'em in. Then six months later release it for Windows. If a handful of Linux developers would really work on something people want (games, apps, etc) then there would be a lot more people willing to convert. I know secretaries and CPA's that play WoW, but do not know the first thing about how to install a graphics driver, let alone configure Linux. br
Hell, you could ship Linux with the game!
I have seen some forums where fantasy readers will trade/share their used copies of books (eg, The Dragonlance forums, among others). This could help you track down copies, plus would be another good resource for asking that specific group of fans where to find more of them.
I have had some luck increasing my fantasy library through used bookstores such as Half Price Books.
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I think... I think he's trying to communicate with us, but I can't quite make out what he's saying.
These are usually local ordinances. They are fairly rare as whole cities go, but if you live in a community with a "Homeowners Association" then they can have all sorts of crazy "laws". Junk vehicles in your driveway, bushes are too high, need to rake leaves, children are ugly, daughter is a floozy, etc. More often than not, the elderly are in charge of the Homeowner's Association, and spend their days looking through binoculars to see if that no-good 30-something couple's dog is making on their lawn again... and they didn't pick it up!
Welcome to The 'Burb's.
If you are serious about scaring away would-be baddies, buy some big freaking dogs. Dobermans, German Shepherds, Akitas -- these are all very good watchdogs. Let them patrol the Pentagon. Also, I would certainly hope that most entrances to the Pentagon, White House, etc. would have, oh I don't know, armed guards? It doesn't matter if you are good lockpick if the guy at the door has a gun that can beat you to the corner.
Now if we're really talking defense, obviously you need to go with a moat filled with sharks... with lasers on their heads.
Parents who are too busy to raise kids are not good parents. If you are working so hard that you have no time for family... aren't you missing the point? You earn money to feed and clothe your family. Buying a new car, or a second house are secondary, or even tertiary benefits. Material objects should not be the primary goal.
I know, I know, American "society" tells us to be consumers. Do you have to listen? No; not entirely anyway.
If a person is finding it too hard to keep up with a career and raise kids, maybe it is time for a career change? Maybe move to a smaller house to take off some of the stress of paying a huge mortgage? I know it sounds too easy... but maybe it is that easy! What's more important, your stuff, or your kids?
Although the chance that anyone on Slashdot will bother to read the text is low.
Unlike most SciFi Chanel shows, though, this one was not canceled. It has been running for 2000+ seasons!
This text is NOT the same text as what was compiled during the Council of Nicaea in 325. Nor is it the same as the Vatican bible. It is a third text written/compiled between 330-350. T
Well, I'll assume that the trolls won't actually READ the Bible, but they might read this Cliff's Notes version: Don't Know Much About The Bible
There, fixed that for you.
According to the article, the text was "Handwritten in Greek more than 1,600 years ago". 1600+ years ago would be around 400 AD (or CE, for you revisionist folks, though the numbering is the same). This is NOT before the Common Era. The summary is off by eight centuries (otherwise it would make perfect sense that this text did not contain anything about the Resurrection, considering it was 400 years before Christ! :-p)
"This [OS] is a problem" -River Tam
In Tom Sawyer, Tom convinces a bunch of boys to whitewash a fence for him. He then later goes home and tells his aunt that he finished the job. The work got done, but Tom stole the credit and was rewarded.
Ubisoft did the same thing. They were trying to save face by releasing a patch they acquired through underhanded means. Dare I say, they STOLE credit for the work.
TRUE!
In all US vehicles, (and in some foreign cars) this computer is installed on most cars since the late 1980's or so. This computer is mainly used to diagnose engine issues -- misfires, O^2 sensors, fuel mix, etc. The newer models will even record information that is displayed on your console, such as low tire-pressure and "Service Engine Soon" warnings.
As you said, this can also be good for pulling accident data, or just keeping an eye on your kids. Really would help to prevent them from hiding any accidents that they try to cover up while on vacation, no matter how good an episode of TV it might be... uh, right.
TIP: You can also go to many places like Auto-Zone and they will plug in their reader for free to check out your "trouble codes".
Obligitory XKCD reference: http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/a_new_captcha_approach.png
Seriously though, I have to wonder if some people will vote for the issue/candidate with the shortest required reading. Or, we might start seeing stuff like this:
SEX! SEX! SEX!, vote yes on proposition 2600, SEX SEX SEX.
I see so many problems with this "direct voting". It's not even funny. Well, it's a little funny. SEX!
So THEY'RE the ones responsible for keeping shows like Everybody Loves Raymond, Two and a Half Men, The King of Queens, Rules of Engagement, Desperate Housewives, The George Lopez Show, How I Met Your Mother, Reba, The Hills and all that other junk on the air. Dang old people! Get off my lawn! :-p
The idea of bipartisanship is a very common dream on Capital Hill, but it rarely happens.
As for unification, Democrats use pathos to "unify" the country; Republicans use ethos in their arguments to try and achieve the same goal.
Consider the following arguments and see if you can guess which party would argue them:
(Yay, a game!)
Think of the children.
Marriage = man and one woman.
Give a hoot, don't pollute.
No new taxes.
How does that make you feel?
Votes for women.
One nation, under God.
State's rights.
That's age-ism.
Anyway, I was just trying to have some fun here. If any of the above bothers you... you must have a very low tolerance for criticism.
Chief Wiggum: "... once a man is in your home anything you do to him is nice and legal."
Homer: "Is that so?" *Leans out window and calls to Ned.* "Oh Flanders, won't you join me in my kitchen?" *Homer waits to pounce Ned and pounds his fist into his hand.*
Wiggum: "Uh, it doesn't work if you invite them in."
Ned: "Hidely Hey!"
Homer: "Go home."
Ned: "Toodly Doo!"
Ain't no party like a seven-digit party!
This article seems to say that Vista is MORE secure than XP, or OSX.
Here's another good article about detecting Rootkits in XP vs Vista using antivirus suites and online scanners.
The first and third stanzas/paragraphs only technically have five lines. There are two indents. Note how the second stanza has only 5 lines (of mixed code) -- that's your clue right there.
When I saw the second paragraph, my first thought was to fire up Char Map.
:-p
Whereas other people kept thinking that the middle section was supposed to be substituting the hex numbers for the symbols above, I had to wonder if the symbols were trying to tell us something. After all, as was pretty clearly pointed out by the people who have solved paragraphs one and three, each section contains only five lines. (In fact, the middle paragraph was your clue to this one -- it was just obscured by the fact that it was in two different codes -- but still, only five lines).
Anyway, I realized that many of the symbols in the middle paragraph were in Charmap. AND each of these has a corresponding UTF code, which could be translated in to hex
For instance:
"Not Sign", U+00AC
"Inverted Exclamation Mark", U+00A1
"Greater Than Sign" (duh), U+003E
"Single Right-Pointing Angle Quotation Mark", U+203A (note in the code they are two different sizes)
"Greek Phi", U+03A6
(Unfortunately, slashdot does not support these extended characters, as I found out. So I could not display all of them.)
Not sure about the rest. The triangle COULD be a Greek Delta, but usually that is represented as a triangle with its base flat, not turned sideways. I have no idea what to make of the squiggly-"8"-like symbol. The three-pointed symbol could be a Greek Lambda, and possibly the top line is a Greek Tau. For the rest? You guess is as good as mine. I don't have the patience to go through CHARMAP symbol by symbol. Hopefully someone else just KNOWS this stuff.
I'm not a genius, so I'll leave this to the board to ponder some more. But the way I figure it, once you have the whole middle paragraph in hex, you should be able to translate it easily enough.
Release a game for Linux FIRST, that'll bring 'em in. Then six months later release it for Windows. If a handful of Linux developers would really work on something people want (games, apps, etc) then there would be a lot more people willing to convert. I know secretaries and CPA's that play WoW, but do not know the first thing about how to install a graphics driver, let alone configure Linux.
br Hell, you could ship Linux with the game!
Yup. http://repair4laptop.org/notebook_picture_frame.html
I have seen some forums where fantasy readers will trade/share their used copies of books (eg, The Dragonlance forums, among others). This could help you track down copies, plus would be another good resource for asking that specific group of fans where to find more of them.
I have had some luck increasing my fantasy library through used bookstores such as Half Price Books.