. . . was bothering me the other night "with a nod, a smile or even a raise of the eyebrow." And his inquiries if my wife was interested in "candid photography."
Probably not even remotely possible due to its size, but a similar problem seems to have been created in Kiruna, in Sweden. The town sits on top of the world's largest iron ore mine, and the mine has created a large cavity under the town.
Then the Apollo program really would have been filmed in Hollywood studios.
Hey, scratch that. I now have definitive proof that the Moon landings were not filmed in a studio. The films were shown on TV; free of charge.
If Hollywood faked the Moon landings, they would have had DRM stuff on all of it. And if anyone said the word "Moon", the MPAA would have been all over it.
. . . I hate when I see folks who have no business coding, trying to code. It hurts them, when they realize that they don't have the knack for it . . . and it hurts me when I have to clean up the mess that they leave behind.
Unfortunately, BP is doing something very intelligent . . . they are wiping their hands from the affair and trying to disassociate themselves from the whole disaster. "What?!?! Liability?!?! Not us!"
It reminds me of when in a soccer (football) match when a player commits a serious foul. What is the first thing he does? He puts his hands up in the air and shakes his head at the referee, with a look, like, "I ain't done nuthin'!"
Small children, and large corporations are excellent at this. They say "It's not my fault!" and "It's not my problem!"
BP needs to change their company slogan to: "Most of the time we're somebody's else's problem."
Hey, accidents can happen, but when they do, it is not the right time to sit around with your head up your ass, trying to avoid blame.
I'm not a fan of solar energy . . . the sun doesn't always shine . . . and wind? Think tornadoes. Water power? Take a look at Poland right now; that's what water will get you.
Actually, I'm a big fan of the underdog geothermal energy. Just drill down deep enough, and it gets mighty hot there. But I guess geothermal isn't fashionable enough . . . unless you live in Iceland.
IBM, not that I know of any evidence that they are interested.
Sam Palmisano, IBM's CEO, recently announced that IBM was planning a lot of acquisitions in the coming years.
However, although IBM "embraces" Linux, mainly to stick a weed up Microsoft's ass, I think that they carry too much baggage from the "IBM monopoly" days. In other words, would you buy the "IBM Linux", "Blue Hat" ?
Of course, I might be wrong . . . although if they do a "due diligence" on Novell, they might want to brief their executives to keep their mouths shut at cocktail parties. That cost the last potential CEO at IBM his job (Robert Moffat).
Doesn't starting a car engine consume a lot of gas . . . like, more than you would if you just left it idling?
I rode in a friend's BMW that shut the engine off when not moving, and it seemed to be a royal fucking pain in the ass to get the damn thing started again. This was in city conditions, where a lot of stop and goes are common.
On the other hand the PolygamousRanchSister has a Prius, and I didn't notice any problems with that.
Oh, and either MAKE or Wired will have instructions on making such a car stopper. Some dumb-ass will actually build it and use it. I would never buy a car with such a "feature." I want to be in full control of my vehicle, all of the time.
With "privatize the space industry" all in vogue these days, the government should issue Satellite Hunting Licenses to private companies, with $$$ prizes for taking it out.
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. . . was bothering me the other night "with a nod, a smile or even a raise of the eyebrow." And his inquiries if my wife was interested in "candid photography."
Was he infringing on Amazon's patent?"
Quick pop quiz on the second article. There's 65 million people in the UK, so why are there 85 million tax records?
How about 20 million non-person entities, like corporations, churches, your local bowling club, the fox hunter club . . . oh, I guess that one is out.
Probably not even remotely possible due to its size, but a similar problem seems to have been created in Kiruna, in Sweden. The town sits on top of the world's largest iron ore mine, and the mine has created a large cavity under the town.
Sweden? Trouble? I think this guy was responsible: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil_i_L%C3%B6nneberga
I have only seen him as this guy though: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_aus_L%C3%B6nneberga
Cars are where most teenagers experience their first sexual adventures.
Cars come with radiator caps so if too much pressure builds up, the hot fluids are released into an overflow tank.
Finbarr Saunders (and his double entendres) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finbarr_Saunders: "Fnarr! Fnarr!", "Warf! Warf!", "Tsssk Tsssk", "Chortle Chortle" and "K-Woo! K-Woo!"
Then the Apollo program really would have been filmed in Hollywood studios.
Hey, scratch that. I now have definitive proof that the Moon landings were not filmed in a studio. The films were shown on TV; free of charge.
If Hollywood faked the Moon landings, they would have had DRM stuff on all of it. And if anyone said the word "Moon", the MPAA would have been all over it.
. . . and now, on BBC, "News for Parrots"
"No parrots were injured in Ebola tests . . ."
Wile E. Coyote unpacks his Acme Corporation "Underwater Oil Well Stopper" and lights the fuse.
It explodes in his face.
The well says "Meep! Meep!" and keeps gushing along.
Isn't that exactly the same thing which wardrivers have been doing since WiFi existed?
Yeah, but the wardrivers didn't patent it.
Cop Car: "Hey buddy, pull over! You are wardriving and thus infringing on a patent owned by the Google corporation!"
. . . I hate when I see folks who have no business coding, trying to code. It hurts them, when they realize that they don't have the knack for it . . . and it hurts me when I have to clean up the mess that they leave behind.
Sorry, I'm an Atheist and the ending for me was like watching the crew of the enterprise meeting Santa Claus at the North Pole.
That sounds like an excellent story idea to me! A real hoot and a half!
I wouldn't be surprised if some of the Star Trek writers considered that in a brainstorming session.
The closest they got was having Kirk and Spock meet Abraham Lincoln and being forced into a fight between good and evil.
does this seem really stupid?
Unfortunately, BP is doing something very intelligent . . . they are wiping their hands from the affair and trying to disassociate themselves from the whole disaster. "What?!?! Liability?!?! Not us!"
It reminds me of when in a soccer (football) match when a player commits a serious foul. What is the first thing he does? He puts his hands up in the air and shakes his head at the referee, with a look, like, "I ain't done nuthin'!"
Small children, and large corporations are excellent at this. They say "It's not my fault!" and "It's not my problem!"
BP needs to change their company slogan to: "Most of the time we're somebody's else's problem."
Hey, accidents can happen, but when they do, it is not the right time to sit around with your head up your ass, trying to avoid blame.
Get your hands on some smoke detectors: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hahn
I'm not a fan of solar energy . . . the sun doesn't always shine . . . and wind? Think tornadoes. Water power? Take a look at Poland right now; that's what water will get you.
Actually, I'm a big fan of the underdog geothermal energy. Just drill down deep enough, and it gets mighty hot there. But I guess geothermal isn't fashionable enough . . . unless you live in Iceland.
IBM, not that I know of any evidence that they are interested.
Sam Palmisano, IBM's CEO, recently announced that IBM was planning a lot of acquisitions in the coming years.
However, although IBM "embraces" Linux, mainly to stick a weed up Microsoft's ass, I think that they carry too much baggage from the "IBM monopoly" days. In other words, would you buy the "IBM Linux", "Blue Hat" ?
Of course, I might be wrong . . . although if they do a "due diligence" on Novell, they might want to brief their executives to keep their mouths shut at cocktail parties. That cost the last potential CEO at IBM his job (Robert Moffat).
Doesn't starting a car engine consume a lot of gas . . . like, more than you would if you just left it idling?
I rode in a friend's BMW that shut the engine off when not moving, and it seemed to be a royal fucking pain in the ass to get the damn thing started again. This was in city conditions, where a lot of stop and goes are common.
On the other hand the PolygamousRanchSister has a Prius, and I didn't notice any problems with that.
Oh, and either MAKE or Wired will have instructions on making such a car stopper. Some dumb-ass will actually build it and use it. I would never buy a car with such a "feature." I want to be in full control of my vehicle, all of the time.
"No one is innocent!"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crack_in_the_World
Worked fine, the last time it was tried on the silver screens in the 60's . . .
Throws them "a bone" or "the bone?"
More like, as in beastiality, "give a dog a bone."
I take pride in NASA but it will be a sad day when the last shuttle lands and we have to rely solely on others for LEO travel.
1960's: "Do you have the right stuff?"
2010's: "How's your Russian?"
Seriously, they said it was invaluable?
That's just credit card commercial things that you might encounter in a bar in San Mateo hype:
A good beer? $5
A plate of bar finger food? $10
A super secret prototype Apple Plan 9G iPhone? Priceless
60's: Country + Government + NASA = Man on the Moon
10': Country vs. Government vs. NASA = Bum a ride with the Russians
. . . she is one! Make sure that you get one with the memory chip, because there are plenty of Cherry 2000's, but the chips are scarce.
...and what are his credentials?
He did see this film: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crack_in_the_World
Slashdot is probably that last place on the Internet that I'd expect to see quotes from Borges.
I'd need to restore a backup of my mind from 1983, but my favorite was something like:
The King outlawed fornication and mirrors, because both doubled the amount of idiots in his country
Captain: "Maliciously destroying municipal property while under the influence. What was that?"
Luke: "Cutting the heads off of parking meters, Captain."
With "privatize the space industry" all in vogue these days, the government should issue Satellite Hunting Licenses to private companies, with $$$ prizes for taking it out.
Let the private sector nail that varmint!