I'm Australian, and I don't know who is running for the South Australian parliament. Ergo, they must be a bunch of useless bastards.
Feel free to moderate me (+1, Rebel.)
Like, okay, you know in Star Wars, when Leia hands out medals to Luke and Han, but Chewie's just standing there on the podium - he doesn't get a medal?
"Ladies and gentlemen of this supposed jury, that does not make sense! If Chewbacca didn't get a medal, you must acquit! The defense rests."
Snipers are COD's way of telling you to keep your damn head down. You might be a kick ass twitch gamer, but treat the game like a Sunday walk and it's headshot time.
Charles Darwin was caricatured as an ape; I wonder if the "outrage" has more to do with creationism than racism? Pointing out the similarities between humans and simians is evidence of evolution: blasphemy! It reminds me of Blackadder's puritanical aunt that saw sin everywhere: "Don't call me 'Auntie.' Aunt is a relative and relatives are evidence of sex."
"Earthmen are not proud of their ancestors, and never invite them round to dinner." -- The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.
So the Slashdot summary links to an article in the Huffington Post. And the HuffPo article links to an article in Wired. And the Wired article links to the actual story in the Boston Globe.
"Misdirection", check; give it a few minutes for "concealment" to kick in...
It currently sends out notifications for severe weather, amber alerts, escaped convicts, etc.
I'm not sure which is scarier: people wanting to be kept informed of escaped convicts, or the fact it apparently happens so often there's a notification system for it.
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I'm Australian, and I don't know who is running for the South Australian parliament. Ergo, they must be a bunch of useless bastards. Feel free to moderate me (+1, Rebel.)
"Coolest known sub-stellar body? Obviously they haven't met my wife."
Why bother building an expensive stealth fighter when they have Vladimir Putin, Russia's answer to Chuck Norris?
In Soviet Russia, PAK FA thinks for you!
So in the other films they found the Higgs Boson?
Dunno about being a sexist pig; shallow, perhaps. If people don't appreciate "geek chic", more fool them.
Luxury! If we wanted wire, we had to fight over a penny!
I got tired of the washing machine quantum entangling my singlets, so I switched to t-shirts.
Cancer is the cure for Alzheimers - the tumour kills you before you can develop it.
In other news, mice exposed to mobile phone radiation were found to have a lower IQs and squeak unnecessarily loudly about inane topics.
"Ladies and gentlemen of this supposed jury, that does not make sense! If Chewbacca didn't get a medal, you must acquit! The defense rests."
... those that "get" Second Life, and those that begrudge them for it.
No, that's the geologist-spot.
"Octopuses? In Mercia?"
I wonder how long it will take the octopuses to learn how to make the clip-clop noises?
You forgot Naked Short Sellers.
I think TROLL would be a better name for the less-free GNOME fork.
Star Wars Christmas Special: the only thing a black hole can't stomach.
An Oyveyian.
I tought so too.
Snipers are COD's way of telling you to keep your damn head down. You might be a kick ass twitch gamer, but treat the game like a Sunday walk and it's headshot time.
I think they know that already. "Developers developers developers!"
"Misdirection", check; give it a few minutes for "concealment" to kick in...
Yes, but can it run Duke Nukem Forever?
I'm not sure which is scarier: people wanting to be kept informed of escaped convicts, or the fact it apparently happens so often there's a notification system for it.