And how fast could a horse pull a chariot over 'the desert dunes' without ejecting the occupant?
Well, that's why he is called "The Boy King" and not "The King Who Reached a Ripe Old Age." He got tossed from his Mach Five Chariot, while still young, broken his leg, and died from an infection.
Ferrari chariots? I guess he was more like James Dean of his time. Except James Dean had a Porsche Chariot.
A CEO is looking for a new CFO for his company. He invites an engineer, a mathematician and a statistician for a group interview. The CEO asks, "How much is two plus two?" The engineer pulls out his calculator, punches it in, and says, "Four!"
The mathematician goes to the whiteboard, and scribbles down a proof, and says, "This proves that two plus two is four!"
The statistician, leans forward to the CEO, and whispers, "How much do you want two plus two to be?"
Microsolt, Sun, Oracle, IBM, Dell, HP, SAP etc. all do this: They will create a different definition for what comprises their market, and then they all claim to be the market leader.
Wild boars cause incredible crop damage to farmers in Germany. In areas with a large wild boar population, farmers pay hunters a token fee to keep the damage at a minimum. Most of the hunters' compensations comes from selling the meat to restaurants. It's a delicacy and tastes delicious. The Frischlinge (baby wild boars) taste quite outstanding.
To hunt boars in America it takes cunning, patience, stealth, patience, an uncanny knowledge of the boars' habitat, a good aim, and more patience.
In Germany, the wild boar hunter builds a small tower at the edge of a farmer field. He then crawls up there with his weapon, and a thermos of coffee in the evening. At then waits for a wild boar to show up. And waits. And waits. And waits. So your comment about "patience" is the same for hunters in Germany. Being a outstanding shot, and being able to keep quiet in the hunter tower are nice traits to have as well.
So the reason why the German government is compensating them, is that if they can't sell the meat, the whole endeavor isn't worth it anymore. And the wild boars are considered pests (varmints).
In the northern part of Germany, they have a problem with rats, that chew their way through the dikes. Bad news if there is a flood. So old, retired men keep themselves busy by killing the rats, and get paid something like 5€ per rat tail by the government.
Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant! The folks in the US got their drawers in a knot, when the Concorde wanted to fly over, "because it was too loud." What do you think they will say, when they have a Hiroshima or Nagasaki flying over their heads?
Everyone can stomach a nuclear submarine or aircraft carrier, because, well, they aren't going to dock in their backyard. (Apologies to the folks in Groton, Norfolk, and San Diego). If an accident happens, only a few whales, and other sea critters will be harmed.
Anyway, I personally believe that we are making a big mistalke by not investing in nuke research.
For some reason, nuclear energy tends to scare the Bejeuses out of folks, who don't even have the dimmest shimmer, how the stuff actually works.
Boeing's Subsonic Ultra Green Aircraft Research (SUGAR) Volt concept is a twin-engine aircraft design notable for its trussed, elongated wings and electric battery gas turbine hybrid propulsion system
I think they just should have tried a less ambitious project, like building a Flying Car, instead.
"Ultra Green?" So what's the superlative for that? "Giga Green?" "iGreen?" Or what?
OS/2 is the type of operating system Hitler himself would write if he was smart enough and had the knowledge and skill sets to do it.
Yo. I've heard lots of criticism about IBM's ill-fated OS/2 . . . but this one is a real gemstone. The has to be the biggest power-slam Godwin that has ever graced the Internet.
Actually, Hitler didn't do much himself . . . he ordered other folks to do stuff that he wanted done. Like, Albert Speer, who built up the war industry. And Werner von Braun and his rockets. Or Konrad Zuse ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konrad_Zuse ), who actually did build a computer in Germany during World War II.
So, I don't think there's any point on speculating on what the Führer's operating system would look like.
Another point that comes to mind . . . Gordon Letwin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Letwin) of Microsoft did a lot of the groundwork for OS/2. I've heard that he was a real onery chap to deal with . . . so maybe there is something to your theory.
As someone who was clipped by a Prius in a parking lot when it was on battery, the damned things are quiet as hell and sneak up on you like a ICE powered automobile doesn't.
Operation Fortitude convinced the Germans that another invasion army was about to attack in Pas de Calais shortly after D-Day.
The V-weapons deception steered the rockets away from central London, by reporting false impact locations.
Even Hannibal used such tactics (false campfires) when campaigning against the Romans. It's actually amazing how old these tactics are . . . and that folks still fall for them.
Guns to NRA members. It's an SAT question. Old Macs can never be disposed of. Stash 'em in the attic, in the cellar, in the closet . . . Macies just cannot part themselves from 'em. I live with a graphic artist, and any time I mention that she should get rid of those old Macs, I face an armed insurrection. Two G4 Towers stuffed away somewhere, and a "7600" (whaddever the fuck that is) in the attic.
It really reminds me of some old geezer talking about his firearms:
"Well, it might not look like much to you youngens', but that was my Granddaddy's shootin' iron . . . shoot the ears off a fly with that, he could. "
"Well, back in 1998, I programmed that Mac in Lingo with Macromedia Director, to create great animations for my thesis work . . . "
I think my next winter project will be to gut them, fill them with Christmas lights, and turn them into audaciously outrageously tacky furniture . . .
Anything, as long as they don't leave the premises is probably ok . . .
Brilliant! Here's your prize, a gem quote in The Economist from Vladimir Putin about not deporting British spies from his country, when they were caught, "using a transmitter hidden in a rock":
"Mr Putin argued there was no need to extradite them: 'If these spies are sent out, others will be sent in. Maybe they'll send some clever ones that will be hard for us to find.'"
I think that this is a very dangerous idea. Didn't you read the title, "Saturn's Moon Prometheus Spawning Moonlets?" How would you feel, if Prometheus knocked on your front door, and explained, "I'm just here to pick up your kids for fuel."
As the Vulcans shake their heads, and try to think up ways of sabotaging our warp drives.
Before we set off for a romp around the solar system, we had better teach ourselves some outer space etiquette . . . like, "No using other folks' kids for fuel."
That's what we need. Satellites should be outfitted with pooper scoopers and plastic bags. They should be required by international law to clean up after themselves, and toss the plastic bag at the sun afterwards.
Or maybe one of those "cleanup the side of the road" community walks . . . except in space.
This all sounds silly, but maybe we do need some kinda of special cleanup satellite. It would probably be a great opportunity for the international space community to cooperate, as on the ISS . . . ?
The dude dropped too much acid back in the 70's . . . he hears voices . . . and has hallucinations about baseball fields, and shit . . .
Maybe if everyone on the coast does some Orange Sunshine, we can all just watch the oil separate itself from the water, and the oil will just walk away . . .
Until it gets down to the issue of who pays for it. I'm reminded of an ancient Roman orator, who was asked which wine he liked to drink best. His answer?
"The wine, for which, someone else has paid for."
Kinda sorta sums up the broadband debate everywhere. Everybody wants it; nobody wants to pay for it. And it would certainly be best if someone else paid for it.
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And how fast could a horse pull a chariot over 'the desert dunes' without ejecting the occupant?
Well, that's why he is called "The Boy King" and not "The King Who Reached a Ripe Old Age." He got tossed from his Mach Five Chariot, while still young, broken his leg, and died from an infection.
Ferrari chariots? I guess he was more like James Dean of his time. Except James Dean had a Porsche Chariot.
Sounds like the law is basically there to stop people from posing as federal agents.
Well, someone had better call David Duchovony and Jillian Anderson. They have even had the gall to do this on TV!
. . . and don't get me started about Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. That name is a dead giveaway that there is something illegal going on.
A CEO is looking for a new CFO for his company. He invites an engineer, a mathematician and a statistician for a group interview. The CEO asks, "How much is two plus two?" The engineer pulls out his calculator, punches it in, and says, "Four!"
The mathematician goes to the whiteboard, and scribbles down a proof, and says, "This proves that two plus two is four!"
The statistician, leans forward to the CEO, and whispers, "How much do you want two plus two to be?"
Microsolt, Sun, Oracle, IBM, Dell, HP, SAP etc. all do this: They will create a different definition for what comprises their market, and then they all claim to be the market leader.
Although I've never been able to figure out why anyone would want a king either, maybe there is some relation.
MORTICIAN: Who's that then?
CUSTOMER: I don't know.
MORTICIAN: Must be a king.
CUSTOMER: Why?
MORTICIAN: He hasn't got shit all over him.
That's incentive enough for me.
Wild boars cause incredible crop damage to farmers in Germany. In areas with a large wild boar population, farmers pay hunters a token fee to keep the damage at a minimum. Most of the hunters' compensations comes from selling the meat to restaurants. It's a delicacy and tastes delicious. The Frischlinge (baby wild boars) taste quite outstanding.
To hunt boars in America it takes cunning, patience, stealth, patience, an uncanny knowledge of the boars' habitat, a good aim, and more patience.
In Germany, the wild boar hunter builds a small tower at the edge of a farmer field. He then crawls up there with his weapon, and a thermos of coffee in the evening. At then waits for a wild boar to show up. And waits. And waits. And waits. So your comment about "patience" is the same for hunters in Germany. Being a outstanding shot, and being able to keep quiet in the hunter tower are nice traits to have as well.
So the reason why the German government is compensating them, is that if they can't sell the meat, the whole endeavor isn't worth it anymore. And the wild boars are considered pests (varmints).
In the northern part of Germany, they have a problem with rats, that chew their way through the dikes. Bad news if there is a flood. So old, retired men keep themselves busy by killing the rats, and get paid something like 5€ per rat tail by the government.
Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant! The folks in the US got their drawers in a knot, when the Concorde wanted to fly over, "because it was too loud." What do you think they will say, when they have a Hiroshima or Nagasaki flying over their heads?
Everyone can stomach a nuclear submarine or aircraft carrier, because, well, they aren't going to dock in their backyard. (Apologies to the folks in Groton, Norfolk, and San Diego). If an accident happens, only a few whales, and other sea critters will be harmed.
Anyway, I personally believe that we are making a big mistalke by not investing in nuke research.
For some reason, nuclear energy tends to scare the Bejeuses out of folks, who don't even have the dimmest shimmer, how the stuff actually works.
Boeing's Subsonic Ultra Green Aircraft Research (SUGAR) Volt concept is a twin-engine aircraft design notable for its trussed, elongated wings and electric battery gas turbine hybrid propulsion system
I think they just should have tried a less ambitious project, like building a Flying Car, instead.
"Ultra Green?" So what's the superlative for that? "Giga Green?" "iGreen?" Or what?
OS/2 is the type of operating system Hitler himself would write if he was smart enough and had the knowledge and skill sets to do it.
Yo. I've heard lots of criticism about IBM's ill-fated OS/2 . . . but this one is a real gemstone. The has to be the biggest power-slam Godwin that has ever graced the Internet.
Actually, Hitler didn't do much himself . . . he ordered other folks to do stuff that he wanted done. Like, Albert Speer, who built up the war industry. And Werner von Braun and his rockets. Or Konrad Zuse ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konrad_Zuse ), who actually did build a computer in Germany during World War II.
So, I don't think there's any point on speculating on what the Führer's operating system would look like.
Although, I do know what his cats looked like: http://www.catsthatlooklikehitler.com/cgi-bin/seigmiaow.pl
Another point that comes to mind . . . Gordon Letwin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Letwin) of Microsoft did a lot of the groundwork for OS/2. I've heard that he was a real onery chap to deal with . . . so maybe there is something to your theory.
Do you know any other characteristics we can look for?
Porn? That's a dead give away that some hanky panky is going on . . . and where there is hanky panky . . . there is life.
So NASA should build some, um, probes, that detect porn on extrasolar planets. Then we'll know if there is really life there.
Probably . . .
As someone who was clipped by a Prius in a parking lot when it was on battery, the damned things are quiet as hell and sneak up on you like a ICE powered automobile doesn't.
There is a simple technique that electric vehicle drivers could practice, that would solve this quietness problem: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blowing_a_raspberry
All electric vehicle drivers should be required to do this while driving.
It's just like requiring folks to buckle their safety belts while riding in a car.
Kinda sorta . . .
The tactic you are describing was used very successfully by the Allies during World War II: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Cross_System
Operation Fortitude convinced the Germans that another invasion army was about to attack in Pas de Calais shortly after D-Day.
The V-weapons deception steered the rockets away from central London, by reporting false impact locations.
Even Hannibal used such tactics (false campfires) when campaigning against the Romans. It's actually amazing how old these tactics are . . . and that folks still fall for them.
Guns to NRA members. It's an SAT question. Old Macs can never be disposed of. Stash 'em in the attic, in the cellar, in the closet . . . Macies just cannot part themselves from 'em. I live with a graphic artist, and any time I mention that she should get rid of those old Macs, I face an armed insurrection. Two G4 Towers stuffed away somewhere, and a "7600" (whaddever the fuck that is) in the attic.
It really reminds me of some old geezer talking about his firearms:
"Well, it might not look like much to you youngens', but that was my Granddaddy's shootin' iron . . . shoot the ears off a fly with that, he could. "
"Well, back in 1998, I programmed that Mac in Lingo with Macromedia Director, to create great animations for my thesis work . . . "
I think my next winter project will be to gut them, fill them with Christmas lights, and turn them into audaciously outrageously tacky furniture . . .
Anything, as long as they don't leave the premises is probably ok . . .
Brilliant! Here's your prize, a gem quote in The Economist from Vladimir Putin about not deporting British spies from his country, when they were caught, "using a transmitter hidden in a rock":
"Mr Putin argued there was no need to extradite them: 'If these spies are sent out, others will be sent in. Maybe they'll send some clever ones that will be hard for us to find.'"
Not sure how much the US has been burned by this sort of blackmail, but several UK incidents managed to make it out into the tabloid press.
US folks who spy for foreign countries tend to do it for the money . . . see Aldrich Ames http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldrich_ames, John Anthony Walker http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Anthony_Walker.
I think that this is a very dangerous idea. Didn't you read the title, "Saturn's Moon Prometheus Spawning Moonlets?" How would you feel, if Prometheus knocked on your front door, and explained, "I'm just here to pick up your kids for fuel."
As the Vulcans shake their heads, and try to think up ways of sabotaging our warp drives.
Before we set off for a romp around the solar system, we had better teach ourselves some outer space etiquette . . . like, "No using other folks' kids for fuel."
Definitely.
Patch the Kraken! Update the Kraken!
I prefer to fork the Kraken . . . garlic sauce and fresh bread on the side . . .
I'll use a Windows Mobile phone, too... if it's free.
Yeah, the phone is free, but the replacement printer cartridges are really expensive. That's where they are going to get their employees.
I think . . . or something like that . . .
From the leaked draft:
Rule One: No Pirate ISPs!
Rule Two: No member of law enforcement agencies are to maltreat the innocent Internet users in any way at all -- if there's anybody watching.
Rule Three: No Pirate ISPs!
Rule Four: From now on, I don't want to catch anybody not using DRM.
Rule Five: No Pirate ISPs!
Rule Six: There is NO ... Rule Six.
Rule Seven: No Pirate ISPs!
The OISF was founded about a year and a half ago with $1 million in funding from a DHS cybersecurity research program . . .
Open Pork!
That's what we need. Satellites should be outfitted with pooper scoopers and plastic bags. They should be required by international law to clean up after themselves, and toss the plastic bag at the sun afterwards.
Or maybe one of those "cleanup the side of the road" community walks . . . except in space.
This all sounds silly, but maybe we do need some kinda of special cleanup satellite. It would probably be a great opportunity for the international space community to cooperate, as on the ISS . . . ?
They must have some Internet access at sea. Not that they would want to share it, though.
Just curious, anyone know?
Well, he may not have been the only one, but it's obvious that the oil companies weren't; after all, they're only the causes of the problem!
That's BP's new motto: "BP - Most of the Time We Are Somebody Else's Problem!"
The dude dropped too much acid back in the 70's . . . he hears voices . . . and has hallucinations about baseball fields, and shit . . .
Maybe if everyone on the coast does some Orange Sunshine, we can all just watch the oil separate itself from the water, and the oil will just walk away . . .
Heavy, man . . .
Banks, Airlines, Energy companies, Grocery stores, Gas stations - when does it end?
Girl Scout Cookies . . . ?
Until it gets down to the issue of who pays for it. I'm reminded of an ancient Roman orator, who was asked which wine he liked to drink best. His answer?
"The wine, for which, someone else has paid for."
Kinda sorta sums up the broadband debate everywhere. Everybody wants it; nobody wants to pay for it. And it would certainly be best if someone else paid for it.