The Active Techophile. This variety of faculty member, usually an Assistant Professor early in their career, tends to enjoy the pleasures of technology during her or his office hours: browsing the net, casually searching for the latest online manuscripts, and, most critically, engaging his or her fellow Assistant Professors in hardcore LAN gaming. Students tend to like the Active Technophile, as he they sympathize with her or his interests, but they seldom interact except for periodic fragging.
My Palm has been working it its own niche market since I was about 13...
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308. _______ An clear and understandable methodology that will enable scavenger hunt organizers and judges to get a date, finally! [532 points for an actual woman] [54 points for compliant farm animals]
The race for the coolest case is getting pretty tight. But my next case will beat all of them. Get this: A case made of living human flesh, with neon lights to add zip.
Now... do any of you have a spare child you can lend me? A 2 year old should be just the right size.
So when are they going to come into my house, tie me down, cram lidlocks into my eyes, and force me to watch their drivel? It seems that we're getting closer every day.
Maybe Ted Kaczynski was right about the evils of technology...
I'll bet it's all you. Here's the experiment to find out:
Wrap your self from head to toe in saran wrap. After a month wrapped in saran wrap, if you don't notice a drastic decrease in dust, I'll give you a dollar.
I'm sure nobody can say why exactly people write open source software because different people are quite likely to have different motives. That said, I think we can look to Slashdot posters for equivalence on at least a few levels.
I say this because I've often wondered to myself, "Self, why do you spend at least a few minutes each week drafting comments to slashdot postings?" And the answer, just for me, varies depending on the day, the post, and my mood.
Some days I post to avoid work and flex, perhaps, a different part of my brain. The same might be said for some authors or contributors to open source software.
Other days, I post because an article catches my interest and I have something compelling to say. Again, the same might be said about open source programmers. They contribute to projects about which they are passionate.
Other days, I post to get a rise out of others or to simply be an attention-seeking karma whore. Surely, some open source programmers contribute for recognition, status, or props from their peers.
My bet is that most people write open source software for many reasons and that, even for an individual, those reasons change from one day to the next.
This is exciting. I just can't wait for Gutenberg video to come out. My votes for priority works to be put into public domain video include: Lady Chatterly's Lover and for the more perverse slashdotters out there, Lolita.
As much of a scam rebates appear to be, at least in most cases you have a chance to develop an inkling of the crap you're getting yourself into prior to buying the product.
But here's the scam: Products that are advertised in ways that do not make the fact part of the "deal" includes a rebate. For example: products listed as purchase price minus rebate with insufficient indication of the rebate figured into the price. Even worse (and this pissed me of in a major way): I bought tax software a year ago that included "free" state income tax filing software. After I had purchased the original bundle, I learned that I actually had to spend more money to buy the state software and then wait 6 f ucking months for a rebate check to arrive.
This product will make its money not on the deaf, who are few in number, but on regular geeks who realize the potential of a device that allows them to carry their pr0n anywhere in a tactile format. It gives a whole new meaning to the term "palm pilot."
Using web sites, email, voice mail, and mysterious in-person communications to piece together a puzzle in order to figure out what the hell is going on...
This isn't a game, it's my real life!! Why would I want to play a game that made me feel like I was at work?
I've come up with an alternative exercise program that fits my sedentary lifestyle. It goes as follows:
My nearest tissue box is placed across the room on top of a bookshelf. This way, when I'm *surfing* (wink) the web, each time I'm forced to get a tissue, I must walk across the room and reach up to get a tissue. This way, in addition to tremendous forearm strength, I'm developing other musculature! Next step: splat mat.
This is your golden opportunity to take that experience in getting an extra 8% performance from your CPU and putting it to use in a cool-as-hell defense application
Your knowledge of conduction, convection, peltiers, and liquid nitrogen cooling systems FINALLY has a greater purpose than bigger numbers at POST and on Sandra!!
This is simply a ridiculous use of an EULA. Software makers have gotten it into their heads that they can put any clause, with no restrictions based on sense or law, into a EULA and have it be valid or binding. While EULAs may have some binding power, this should be carefully bounded.
The next thing you know, you'll click 'yes' on a EULA and give the software maker permission to rape, murder, and cause general mayhem. And because it was in an EULA, it's binding! It's legal!
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Of course he'd want to track my shit, just in case I was eating Arab food -- implicating myself as an enemy combatant.
Small enough to swallow without notice? Ashcroft must love these things!
The Active Techophile. This variety of faculty member, usually an Assistant Professor early in their career, tends to enjoy the pleasures of technology during her or his office hours: browsing the net, casually searching for the latest online manuscripts, and, most critically, engaging his or her fellow Assistant Professors in hardcore LAN gaming. Students tend to like the Active Technophile, as he they sympathize with her or his interests, but they seldom interact except for periodic fragging.
This is no surprise. Besides drinking beer and watching hockey, what else is there to do in Canada besides using the force?
Besides, the hairy palms insulate against the cold winters.
My Palm has been working it its own niche market since I was about 13...
308. _______ An clear and understandable methodology that will enable scavenger hunt organizers and judges to get a date, finally! [532 points for an actual woman] [54 points for compliant farm animals]
The race for the coolest case is getting pretty tight. But my next case will beat all of them. Get this: A case made of living human flesh, with neon lights to add zip.
Now... do any of you have a spare child you can lend me? A 2 year old should be just the right size.
Free comic day? This is terribly exciting!
But the event I can't wait for is next Saturday: FREE COLONOSCOPY DAY!
So when are they going to come into my house, tie me down, cram lidlocks into my eyes, and force me to watch their drivel? It seems that we're getting closer every day.
Maybe Ted Kaczynski was right about the evils of technology...
I'll bet it's all you. Here's the experiment to find out:
Wrap your self from head to toe in saran wrap. After a month wrapped in saran wrap, if you don't notice a drastic decrease in dust, I'll give you a dollar.
Since a large portion of the dust that we encounter comes from dead skin cells that are shed from our bodies, a clear solution presents itself:
Convice some of those dirty bastards using your lab to wash once in a while.
Need for air filter: GONE.
I'm gonna need all that money from Nigeria to afford the necessary penis enlargement and credit rating accentuation!
Examined from the inside, the world of spam has created its own perverse little self-sustaining ecosystem.
I'm sure nobody can say why exactly people write open source software because different people are quite likely to have different motives. That said, I think we can look to Slashdot posters for equivalence on at least a few levels.
I say this because I've often wondered to myself, "Self, why do you spend at least a few minutes each week drafting comments to slashdot postings?" And the answer, just for me, varies depending on the day, the post, and my mood.
Some days I post to avoid work and flex, perhaps, a different part of my brain. The same might be said for some authors or contributors to open source software.
Other days, I post because an article catches my interest and I have something compelling to say. Again, the same might be said about open source programmers. They contribute to projects about which they are passionate.
Other days, I post to get a rise out of others or to simply be an attention-seeking karma whore. Surely, some open source programmers contribute for recognition, status, or props from their peers.
My bet is that most people write open source software for many reasons and that, even for an individual, those reasons change from one day to the next.
This is exciting. I just can't wait for Gutenberg video to come out. My votes for priority works to be put into public domain video include: Lady Chatterly's Lover and for the more perverse slashdotters out there, Lolita.
The classics will really come alive!
How can you expect for funds to be available for funding research when:
There's a high profile hunt for probably non-existent weapons of mass freaking destruction?
And when the people who we are casually tossing into the axis of evil decide to hate us for some mysterious reason?
And particularly when we need every cent to make bombs big enough to take out a small Syrian town??
As much of a scam rebates appear to be, at least in most cases you have a chance to develop an inkling of the crap you're getting yourself into prior to buying the product.
But here's the scam: Products that are advertised in ways that do not make the fact part of the "deal" includes a rebate. For example: products listed as purchase price minus rebate with insufficient indication of the rebate figured into the price. Even worse (and this pissed me of in a major way): I bought tax software a year ago that included "free" state income tax filing software. After I had purchased the original bundle, I learned that I actually had to spend more money to buy the state software and then wait 6 f ucking months for a rebate check to arrive.
A total fuc king scam. That should be illegal.
Just remember to steer them clear of the pedophilia sites --bad news for all.
And while you're at it, you may want to steer clear of those yourself...
This product will make its money not on the deaf, who are few in number, but on regular geeks who realize the potential of a device that allows them to carry their pr0n anywhere in a tactile format. It gives a whole new meaning to the term "palm pilot."
Using web sites, email, voice mail, and mysterious in-person communications to piece together a puzzle in order to figure out what the hell is going on...
This isn't a game, it's my real life!! Why would I want to play a game that made me feel like I was at work?
What is this "UNIX" and where can I download an iso to try it out?
;)
I've come up with an alternative exercise program that fits my sedentary lifestyle. It goes as follows:
My nearest tissue box is placed across the room on top of a bookshelf. This way, when I'm *surfing* (wink) the web, each time I'm forced to get a tissue, I must walk across the room and reach up to get a tissue. This way, in addition to tremendous forearm strength, I'm developing other musculature! Next step: splat mat.
Finally, I'll be able to type and browse with BOTH hands!
Take notice, all of you overclocking fanatics!
This is your golden opportunity to take that experience in getting an extra 8% performance from your CPU and putting it to use in a cool-as-hell defense application
Your knowledge of conduction, convection, peltiers, and liquid nitrogen cooling systems FINALLY has a greater purpose than bigger numbers at POST and on Sandra!!
This is simply a ridiculous use of an EULA. Software makers have gotten it into their heads that they can put any clause, with no restrictions based on sense or law, into a EULA and have it be valid or binding. While EULAs may have some binding power, this should be carefully bounded.
The next thing you know, you'll click 'yes' on a EULA and give the software maker permission to rape, murder, and cause general mayhem. And because it was in an EULA, it's binding! It's legal!
What a heap of bullshit this is turning into!
Oh, please, do both!
I would hate to be thought of as restricting anyone's God-given insanity.