but probably franklin would just prefer to open windows on both ends of the long hall in his mansion, and just sit in the middle on a stool naked, as he sometimes preferred to do.
So did he exhibit this behavior before or after he got struck by lightning, while flying a kite in a thunderstorm?
Actually, I believe that the US politicians need to return to the values of the Founding Fathers, and this provides an excellent role model. Obama could get the ball rolling with a nude cabinet meeting. I am sure the health care debates would be much more amusing if the members of Congress were required to perform in the buff.
"With affordable health care, the Honorable Gentleman Senator of Michigan could be able to remove that hairy wart from his ass."
"I think it is irresponsible for the US taxpayers to be required to pay to lift those sagging tits of the Honorable Lady Senator of Virginia."
Yes, it would be definitely much more entertaining.
"If you are serious about health care reform, shed your clothes, and belly on up to the podium.
. . . given Africa's leaders' penchant for pilfering natural resources (oil, diamonds, et al) for their own personal profit, I wouldn't be surprised if the crater got stolen.
Although, that would be an interesting challenge for Swiss bankers: you can deposit diamonds at a bank, but how do you fit a crater in a vault?
. . . and send a message to/. with the subject, "DING! DING! DING!", just before you are "done."
So we will all know that it is dinner time, and we can come over to eat you.
I got dibs on the braaaaiiiiinnn.
On the serious side, ask the seller If you can put a couple of lab rats in a cage for a month in the apartment, before you settle. If they end up looking like Kentucky Fried Rats, pass on the apartment.
"Superconducting Super Collider": that just sounds too expensive.
When Congressmen are hunting for some pork for their district, they look for the biggest beast to slaughter. So that there will be enough pork to go around for a group of them. This collider project got their attention, just because of the name.
So my advice to physicists: avoid "super" and "collider" in the name of your project. Call it something like, "mini-micro particle separator."
That name will not draw any attention, because it sounds innocuous.
Oh, and the reactions of Alabama's politicos seemed like a giveaway: it just smelled like someone had just stolen their pork.
Unfortunately, Congress is more interested in pork procurement, than science.
Seriously I think that one of the most important lessons from his role on the NASA Challenger commission, is what an outside can accomplish. He did this by asking questions that the insiders never thought of, and took as "givens."
I would like to see a panel of experts that are not outspoken about global warming, in one way or another. Even if they are not weather experts, they may provide some insight to the scientific methods used.
IBM used to have a "Federal Systems Division." It was their job to knock on US government's door, and say, "Hardware upgrade for you, Sir?" Also, they would do complete packages as system integration projects. IBM sold this division in 1994 to Loral. Loral sold it to Lockheed later on.
I guess the new owners were not as interested in pushing IBM hardware as the original IBM owners.
Because it will lead to this. It's needed for security. If all citizens are weighed regularly and entered into the database, anyone overweight can be put on the no fly list.
how exactly is the airline supposed to know he is too fat when they sell the ticket? Most airlines sell their tickets online without ever seeing the person.
Well, I'm no fan of sitting next to fatties either, but maybe they should have decided *before* they let him board the plane?
Like, when I was a kid at amusement parks, they had signs, "you must be this tall to get on this ride."
Why don't they have similar constructions at airports that say, "you must be skinny enough to fit through this to get on this plane" . . . ?
. . . great views out your data center window . . . great opportunities for winter sports fans . . . oh, and did I mention the mountain climbing . . . ?
Hell hath no fury like a congresscritter who wants to stand on a platform in front of a defense factory in his or her district, come election time, and talk about how important the makers of the A43 Latrine Servicing Truck are to the defense and security of our great nation.
Election ad: "Our current Representative, John Wilkes Booth, allowed our Military Slide Whistle factory to be closed, and jobs in our district to be lost. Our military is now dependent on slide whistles made in China.
This election, vote for Jack D. Ripper. He will make sure that cuts are made elsewhere, not here!"
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What sex? A name like "sex.com" just isn't specific enough anymore. It's just like a department store trying to compete with small, specialty stores.
Would a serious skater buy a board at Wal-Mart?
If you want to sell sex on the Internet, target a specific market segment, with a domain like:
TeenLesbiansWithTripleHeadedDildoes.com, or
GranniesScatRompWithLordOfTheRingCharacters.com, or
CatholicSchoolTeachersAbusingSchoolKids.com . . .
. . . although, for the last one, you can get the real thing for free by attending church . . .
Well, if you're really interested . . . here's a place that will serve it up for you:
http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/03/15/california.whale.meat.apology/?hpt=T2
Straight up, or on the rocks.
Anything that can fry the bejesus off your balls . . . is good for their business.
Law enforcement authorities love'em.
"Oh, please, resist arrest . . . this Taser Killer Electron is all charged up and ready to go . . . now tell me . . . do you feel lucky . . . punk!
Taser Killer Electron . . . when regular, wimpy-ass electrons just can't get the job done!
Chavez is more that just a communist leader. He's wacky as well. Sort of the Kim Il Jong of South America.
Fidel Castro was suppressive, but not really wacky.
Chavez called for a ban on video games, and that children should play with tradition toys, like yo-yo's.
Now, that is not just suppressive, that is just plain wacky.
A yo-yo? Yes, Mr. Chavez, it takes one to know one.
But I guess there are a more than a few North American politicians who have the same idea as well.
I knew that there was something fishy about those bonds that Goldman Sachs sold me . . . with a 2 million year maturity!
but probably franklin would just prefer to open windows on both ends of the long hall in his mansion, and just sit in the middle on a stool naked, as he sometimes preferred to do.
So did he exhibit this behavior before or after he got struck by lightning, while flying a kite in a thunderstorm?
Actually, I believe that the US politicians need to return to the values of the Founding Fathers, and this provides an excellent role model. Obama could get the ball rolling with a nude cabinet meeting. I am sure the health care debates would be much more amusing if the members of Congress were required to perform in the buff.
"With affordable health care, the Honorable Gentleman Senator of Michigan could be able to remove that hairy wart from his ass."
"I think it is irresponsible for the US taxpayers to be required to pay to lift those sagging tits of the Honorable Lady Senator of Virginia."
Yes, it would be definitely much more entertaining.
"If you are serious about health care reform, shed your clothes, and belly on up to the podium.
How come I suspect that the Royal Observatory is going to be inundated with false positives, claiming, "The sky is falling! The sky is falling!"
However, this might be cool if they throw in a pair of 3D glasses . . .
. . . and a NASA secret decoder ring, so that you can snoop on what their other satellites and thingies are up to.
'Tabletop'?
Not quite, try 'tank top': http://www.cafepress.com/+linux_tangram_store_womens_tank_top,31557855
This will definitely improve the optical situation in the cubicle cities. A great gift for geeks for their girlfriends that they don't have.
. . . given Africa's leaders' penchant for pilfering natural resources (oil, diamonds, et al) for their own personal profit, I wouldn't be surprised if the crater got stolen.
Although, that would be an interesting challenge for Swiss bankers: you can deposit diamonds at a bank, but how do you fit a crater in a vault?
We already have over 100k in India,
IBM's internal company cricket team is like totally going to trounce the competition!
and we're ramping up in Argentina and Brazil.
Yo, and in soccer (US), football (rest of the planet) as well!
I guess IBM sees these sports as "growth potential."
Maybe the world's governments need to investigate IBM's plan for world domination of sports.
What I find more fascinating, it that despite all these ground-breaking developments, Xerox never was able to capitalize on them.
We could be all working on xPads and squawking in xPhones now.
I'm still scratching my head on this failure. Management error? Naw, can't be that.
. . . but the only app is Duke Nukem Forever.
. . . and send a message to /. with the subject, "DING! DING! DING!", just before you are "done."
So we will all know that it is dinner time, and we can come over to eat you.
I got dibs on the braaaaiiiiinnn.
On the serious side, ask the seller If you can put a couple of lab rats in a cage for a month in the apartment, before you settle. If they end up looking like Kentucky Fried Rats, pass on the apartment.
Get off my lawn!
But this being the government, they just won't get it.
. . . the government is always searching for new sources of income. Call me cynical, but I believe that an Internet tax is also on their agenda.
"Superconducting Super Collider": that just sounds too expensive.
When Congressmen are hunting for some pork for their district, they look for the biggest beast to slaughter. So that there will be enough pork to go around for a group of them. This collider project got their attention, just because of the name.
So my advice to physicists: avoid "super" and "collider" in the name of your project. Call it something like, "mini-micro particle separator." That name will not draw any attention, because it sounds innocuous.
Oh, and the reactions of Alabama's politicos seemed like a giveaway: it just smelled like someone had just stolen their pork.
Unfortunately, Congress is more interested in pork procurement, than science.
We lose.
Where's Richard Feynman when you need him?
Seriously I think that one of the most important lessons from his role on the NASA Challenger commission, is what an outside can accomplish. He did this by asking questions that the insiders never thought of, and took as "givens."
I would like to see a panel of experts that are not outspoken about global warming, in one way or another. Even if they are not weather experts, they may provide some insight to the scientific methods used.
Tinfoil hats should protect everyone from falling bullets. At least according to what I read here about these wonderful inventions.
Probably.
You might want a set of tinfoil shoulder pads as well.
IBM used to have a "Federal Systems Division." It was their job to knock on US government's door, and say, "Hardware upgrade for you, Sir?" Also, they would do complete packages as system integration projects. IBM sold this division in 1994 to Loral. Loral sold it to Lockheed later on.
I guess the new owners were not as interested in pushing IBM hardware as the original IBM owners.
Copy the Ethernet driver code, and use it as a base.
Seriously, that's what the folks told me before I wrote a device driver for an ATM network adapter.
Don't even look at the Token Ring driver code, I was told.
I could imagine the same holds for writing graphics card device drivers.
That glass of Sake, and a talk from your manager about the Divine Wind will be all that you need to set off about your task.
Oh, and the headband with the red dot.
a) Publicity. His next movie will be titled, "Too Fat to Fly."
b) It is cool and hip to fly with Southwest, in his mind.
c) He spent all his money on blow and whores.
d) All of the above.
Please check only one.
So why is this posted as a story on /.?
Because it will lead to this. It's needed for security. If all citizens are weighed regularly and entered into the database, anyone overweight can be put on the no fly list.
That's definitely ./ stuff to squabble about.
how exactly is the airline supposed to know he is too fat when they sell the ticket? Most airlines sell their tickets online without ever seeing the person.
Well, I'm no fan of sitting next to fatties either, but maybe they should have decided *before* they let him board the plane?
Like, when I was a kid at amusement parks, they had signs, "you must be this tall to get on this ride."
Why don't they have similar constructions at airports that say, "you must be skinny enough to fit through this to get on this plane" . . . ?
That would save everyone some grief later on.
. . . great views out your data center window . . . great opportunities for winter sports fans . . . oh, and did I mention the mountain climbing . . . ?
Hell hath no fury like a congresscritter who wants to stand on a platform in front of a defense factory in his or her district, come election time, and talk about how important the makers of the A43 Latrine Servicing Truck are to the defense and security of our great nation.
Election ad: "Our current Representative, John Wilkes Booth, allowed our Military Slide Whistle factory to be closed, and jobs in our district to be lost. Our military is now dependent on slide whistles made in China.
This election, vote for Jack D. Ripper. He will make sure that cuts are made elsewhere, not here!"