At least it's only one molecule. Imagine how many pictures they would need until they had several molecules smiling and not blinking.
But imagine the time and processing power involved in the sheer amount of red eye correction needed for multiple complex molecules, to say nothing of entire grams of matter.
... send in the clowns to take science to court. This is going to end up in Springfield with Judge Snider ordering a 500 yard restraining order between business and science.
It's pretty ironic that an anti-spam advocate was trying to shut them down by basically spamming the legal system... so in a way, his anti-spam crusade did shut down one major spammer, himself. Oh poetic justice, you so crazy!
...maintaining your privacy is becoming even more difficult as social media and cloud computing become the norm.
Cloud computing is becoming the norm in pundit tech discussion perhaps, but in the real world where I work local software still rules. Perhaps before we invest heavily on server-side processing, we should improve our ISP services to cut down on nickel-and-dime use billing and frequent disconnections and traffic shaping...
A hardcore, hard-hitting, take-no-prisoners storyline on a 360 or PS3 console would have a hard time making it past the nintendo comitees unscathed. See the Expurgation of Maniac Mansion for a famous case of this self-censorship that nobody really asked for: http://www.crockford.com/wrrrld/maniac.html
Basically, I am using capitalism to solve the problem. Any objections from the 'industry' to that?
How dare you not give away all your money to the music industry? Don't you know they're the ones who gave you Britney Spears and Nicole Simpson?!? The black vans are on their way, we hope your stay in our, ahem, re-edutainment camp will make you see the light.
With this kind of conduct increasingly apparent even ten years ago, the only thing that surprises me about this is how this sham has been shambling on. But there are enough other branches of worthless journalism (i.e. men's and women's magazines which recycle the bulk of their material every two years), so go figure.
This became apparent to me as I watched reruns of the gaming news show Electronic Playground before its reincarnation into its current EP Daily format. Running shows that were sometimes 2-3 years old, it was fascinating to see the reporters fawn over the drivel fed to them by developers over games that were either never released, or came out as total garbage and targets of repeated negative and hateful critics. I've become very skeptic of the gaming news industry as a result, being a lot less receptive to video clips that show montages of no more than two consecutive seconds at once, cinematics passed as gameplay or bullshots. http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2005/09/12/
Building the biggest, best, brightest Metropolis I can create... then cut down all firefighting budget to zero and setting the whole thing on fire, allowing industries to spread it faster by exploding.
Oddly enough, even when half the city is in ashes with the remaining half burning fast, 30% of the people polled still thought traffic was the biggest problem...
Software programmers are free thinkers. They don't like being told what to do by a monolithic entity trying to hold all the cards and write all the game's rules.
You wouldn't believe the amount of angry customer calls I had escalated to me by people who think that computers, modems and internet service are all the same things and I was responsible for all of them. If you want me to share them with you, bring lots of hard liquor - you're going to need it.
Same, I got my money back for my Bender's Big Score after I figured out that the DVD telling me that "my regional settings are incorrect" was a side effect of the copy protection refusing my laptop to play it normally. I have not bought a single DVD ever since. Bittorrent has all my business now.
As it stands, most people would rather get their electronics from a hobo in a dumpster than from Radioshack. Changing their name to 'The Shack' would undoubtedly tap this rich (well, sort of) market.
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I'm typing this on my iPhone right now, and everything is just fi
At least it's only one molecule. Imagine how many pictures they would need until they had several molecules smiling and not blinking.
But imagine the time and processing power involved in the sheer amount of red eye correction needed for multiple complex molecules, to say nothing of entire grams of matter.
The molecule blinked right when the snapshot was taken.
Sounds like the opening chapter of a John Grisham novel. Encryption hits the newspaper stands before the library shelves, it seems!
*slips 1000$ bill in "Refreshing Crack!" vending machine*
*crack tube stays stuck in vending machine coil*
"No! Don't leave me hanging man!!!"
... send in the clowns to take science to court. This is going to end up in Springfield with Judge Snider ordering a 500 yard restraining order between business and science.
It's pretty ironic that an anti-spam advocate was trying to shut them down by basically spamming the legal system... so in a way, his anti-spam crusade did shut down one major spammer, himself. Oh poetic justice, you so crazy!
But they're going to get their speed throttled pretty soon because of stupid traffic shaping policies.
...maintaining your privacy is becoming even more difficult as social media and cloud computing become the norm.
Cloud computing is becoming the norm in pundit tech discussion perhaps, but in the real world where I work local software still rules. Perhaps before we invest heavily on server-side processing, we should improve our ISP services to cut down on nickel-and-dime use billing and frequent disconnections and traffic shaping...
A hardcore, hard-hitting, take-no-prisoners storyline on a 360 or PS3 console would have a hard time making it past the nintendo comitees unscathed. See the Expurgation of Maniac Mansion for a famous case of this self-censorship that nobody really asked for: http://www.crockford.com/wrrrld/maniac.html
Basically, I am using capitalism to solve the problem. Any objections from the 'industry' to that?
How dare you not give away all your money to the music industry? Don't you know they're the ones who gave you Britney Spears and Nicole Simpson?!? The black vans are on their way, we hope your stay in our, ahem, re-edutainment camp will make you see the light.
It's the sort of anonymous that is used when they tell you "please fill out this form with your opinions, and make sure you get the answers right."
Click the kidney, win an iPhone!
With this kind of conduct increasingly apparent even ten years ago, the only thing that surprises me about this is how this sham has been shambling on. But there are enough other branches of worthless journalism (i.e. men's and women's magazines which recycle the bulk of their material every two years), so go figure.
This became apparent to me as I watched reruns of the gaming news show Electronic Playground before its reincarnation into its current EP Daily format. Running shows that were sometimes 2-3 years old, it was fascinating to see the reporters fawn over the drivel fed to them by developers over games that were either never released, or came out as total garbage and targets of repeated negative and hateful critics. I've become very skeptic of the gaming news industry as a result, being a lot less receptive to video clips that show montages of no more than two consecutive seconds at once, cinematics passed as gameplay or bullshots. http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2005/09/12/
... as the NO U college.
Building the biggest, best, brightest Metropolis I can create... then cut down all firefighting budget to zero and setting the whole thing on fire, allowing industries to spread it faster by exploding.
Oddly enough, even when half the city is in ashes with the remaining half burning fast, 30% of the people polled still thought traffic was the biggest problem...
"Software programmers are free thinkers." Got any evidence for that, or are you just stroking our egos?
You tell me... care to find me some programmers who are proud to be mindless drones who are told what to do and how to think?
Software programmers are free thinkers. They don't like being told what to do by a monolithic entity trying to hold all the cards and write all the game's rules.
This pacific floating plastic formation is mentionned here:
http://www.cracked.com/article_17379_6-real-islands-way-more-terrifying-than-one-on-lost.html
For my money though, the snake island is WAY more terrifying.
Scientists estimate that at least 30% of the bulk is made up of Collectors edition Daikatana boxes.
The remaining 70% is made of coffee-stained AOL disks.
You wouldn't believe the amount of angry customer calls I had escalated to me by people who think that computers, modems and internet service are all the same things and I was responsible for all of them. If you want me to share them with you, bring lots of hard liquor - you're going to need it.
Ten years for hacking consoles? He should have stuck to arson and murder, he'd have gotten less than five.
Same, I got my money back for my Bender's Big Score after I figured out that the DVD telling me that "my regional settings are incorrect" was a side effect of the copy protection refusing my laptop to play it normally. I have not bought a single DVD ever since. Bittorrent has all my business now.
How should we name the unit to represent Joules Per Flush? I vote for the Crapper.
As it stands, most people would rather get their electronics from a hobo in a dumpster than from Radioshack. Changing their name to 'The Shack' would undoubtedly tap this rich (well, sort of) market.