. . . meanwhile, some space experts have questioned Japan's plans for a shark crew.
A NASA spokesman commented, "I'm just not exactly sure, but something seems not quite right with a laser satellite to be crewed by sharks."
A Japan space agency spokesman countered, "Sharks don't sleep, so we will be sure that they are always paying attention to the sensitive instruments, 24/7. And they don't get cancer, because of some mysterious substance in their cartilage. Sharks have survived for millions of years in the oceans of the Earth. Outer space is the next logical challenge for them."
Shakespeare: Mac OS X - He was fashionable . . . big collars and all. And he just wanted to write, and did not want to be bothered with technical details.
Jesus: Let's see - The Emperor of Rome, Tiberius (Bill Gates) controlled the known world at that time. Some yokel from some hick province starts a movement that challenges the monopoly, by preaching an alternative. Tiberius hires a hatchet man, Pontius Pilate (Daryl McBride), to "take care of the problem, using fear, etc."
So, like the bumper sticker says "Jesus runs Linux."
Did the US regulators have similar concerns? If not, why not?
. . . like GM, Chrysler, Wall Street, Savings & Loans . . . etc. All looking for government bailouts.
Oracle's Ellison was willing to bankroll the rescue of Sun with his own money.
With so many other headaches on their plate, the government was probably just happy to see a solution for Sun that didn't require gobs of taxpayer money.
"Mr. elderly Californian, I'm afraid I have some bad news for you . . . you have cancer."
"But I also have some good new for you, it's treatable."
"But yet again I have some bad new for you: you have the QZURVN gene, which our research indicates that you will die of heart disease in a few years anyway, so why should we bother treating the cancer?"
All nine of those instruments were gathering data simultaneously and streaming that data back to Earth.
Unfortunately, this high volume of data alerted the MPAA/RIAA that copyright theft was in progress, and their lawyers ordered a DMCA take down order to cut off data transmission from the moon. So not all the data was received.
The Moon must appear in court in order for its data service to be restored.
Yeah, since Windows 7 has so many different editions, the should also have a Windows 7 Debauched Launch Party Edition. All you need is lots of booze. And I mean 64 bit proof booze. Gallons of it. When your guests get tanked enough they won't give a shit about food or . ..
You have balloons,
Blow up some condoms.
streamers,
Put a bunch of razor blades in your printer, and print out a bunch of shit.
a deck of cards,
A stack of CD-ROMS and a marker. Make your own.
and a puzzle.
The desire and ability to do a puzzle can be quashed with more booze. Followed by some flaming shots, more booze.
It's like they want you to throw a lame children's birthday party.
If children are present at the Debauched Launch Party, you are going to be doing time.
I really have to wonder how this got through without anyone noticing how terrible it is.
At the Debauched Launch Party, most people won't even remember being there.
And the goodies you're supposed to give to guests? Two of them are cards for antivirus software. I guess that's being responsible, but pointing out ways to fix your software's faults is still a funny way to market a new product.
At the Debauched Launch Party, you give your guests STDs
The title and the picture don't match. From Wikipedia:
"Based upon the observed brightness, Apophis' length was estimated at 450 metres (1,500 ft); a more refined estimate based on spectroscopic observations at NASA's Infrared Telescope Facility in Hawaii by Binzel, Rivkin, Bus, and Tokunaga (2005) is 350 metres (1,100 ft)."
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. . . meanwhile, some space experts have questioned Japan's plans for a shark crew.
A NASA spokesman commented, "I'm just not exactly sure, but something seems not quite right with a laser satellite to be crewed by sharks."
A Japan space agency spokesman countered, "Sharks don't sleep, so we will be sure that they are always paying attention to the sensitive instruments, 24/7. And they don't get cancer, because of some mysterious substance in their cartilage. Sharks have survived for millions of years in the oceans of the Earth. Outer space is the next logical challenge for them."
. . . but the contract with AT&T that you have to sign costs $10,000 for two years . . .
. . . I want to know if it tastes good.
Fruit should be lasered according to how it tastes: "Good", "Great!", "Sweaty Tennis Socks", etc.
I see it this way:
Plato: BeOS - Like, very deep, man. Thoughtful.
Shakespeare: Mac OS X - He was fashionable . . . big collars and all. And he just wanted to write, and did not want to be bothered with technical details.
Jesus: Let's see - The Emperor of Rome, Tiberius (Bill Gates) controlled the known world at that time. Some yokel from some hick province starts a movement that challenges the monopoly, by preaching an alternative. Tiberius hires a hatchet man, Pontius Pilate (Daryl McBride), to "take care of the problem, using fear, etc."
So, like the bumper sticker says "Jesus runs Linux."
Makes a good Halloween tail, eh?
Actually, the conquistadors' diseases helped them to conquer and eliminate the native civilizations of America.
Who knows, maybe our first gift to aliens, when we first meet them, will be some of the nasty critters in the human body.
On the other hand, maybe when we reach Mars, we might run into some kind of Andromeda Strain.
"Yippee! We discovered life on Mars! Um, but its not quite how we imagined it."
That ought to fix the problem.
At least, that's what they claim.
We were stabbing voodoo dolls with his picture on them more than ten years ago.
Obviously, stabbing the voodoo dolls had no effect.
I would suggest that the Court anoint its forearm with Tabasco, and fist Mr. Wallace.
. . . and I do mean him, and not the voodoo doll. Then, he might get the message.
. . . so now I know how the Monty Python crew pulled off that trick . . . this music was stored on his fingernail!
Did the US regulators have similar concerns? If not, why not?
. . . like GM, Chrysler, Wall Street, Savings & Loans . . . etc. All looking for government bailouts.
Oracle's Ellison was willing to bankroll the rescue of Sun with his own money.
With so many other headaches on their plate, the government was probably just happy to see a solution for Sun that didn't require gobs of taxpayer money.
"Mr. elderly Californian, I'm afraid I have some bad news for you . . . you have cancer."
"But I also have some good new for you, it's treatable."
"But yet again I have some bad new for you: you have the QZURVN gene, which our research indicates that you will die of heart disease in a few years anyway, so why should we bother treating the cancer?"
(It doesn't touch closed social networks, like Facebook, at the moment.)
More like, they're not admitting touching them . . . at the moment.
. . . it seems pretty capable of breaking itself on its own, with any outside help
A server failure caused all of the data to be lost?
Maybe it was the server failure . . . maybe they only had one . . . ?
Well, until the IETF issues an RFC on this technology, it will be a non-starter.
"IP over ESP" . . . usually seen around the 1st of April.
Can we increase the bandwidth, by meth'ing up the subject?
I don't care what part of the political spectrum you fall under, that's change we can all get behind.
Congratulations! You may pick up your IT Peace Prize at the door!
Unless your job was supporting old, proprietary big iron.
Um, on second thought, never mind.
Sucker is still belching tons of pollutants without producing a watt of electricity
. . . and this "Sucker" you refer to is also known as "Congress?"
All nine of those instruments were gathering data simultaneously and streaming that data back to Earth.
Unfortunately, this high volume of data alerted the MPAA/RIAA that copyright theft was in progress, and their lawyers ordered a DMCA take down order to cut off data transmission from the moon. So not all the data was received.
The Moon must appear in court in order for its data service to be restored.
Yeah, since Windows 7 has so many different editions, the should also have a Windows 7 Debauched Launch Party Edition. All you need is lots of booze. And I mean 64 bit proof booze. Gallons of it. When your guests get tanked enough they won't give a shit about food or . . .
You have balloons,
Blow up some condoms.
streamers,
Put a bunch of razor blades in your printer, and print out a bunch of shit.
a deck of cards,
A stack of CD-ROMS and a marker. Make your own.
and a puzzle.
The desire and ability to do a puzzle can be quashed with more booze. Followed by some flaming shots, more booze.
It's like they want you to throw a lame children's birthday party.
If children are present at the Debauched Launch Party, you are going to be doing time.
I really have to wonder how this got through without anyone noticing how terrible it is.
At the Debauched Launch Party, most people won't even remember being there.
And the goodies you're supposed to give to guests? Two of them are cards for antivirus software. I guess that's being responsible, but pointing out ways to fix your software's faults is still a funny way to market a new product.
At the Debauched Launch Party, you give your guests STDs
I hope they can work out the kinks.
Oh, don't be so boring . . . let them leave the kink in!
So don't call it "nuclear decay." That just sounds bad all around.
Use a tried and proven practice by inventing a euphemism for "nuclear decay." How about "elemental ebbing," or "EE" for short?
Joe Public would definitely buy something labeled, "Powered by EE, as in grEEn!"
It's meteors all the way down . . .
Shortwave? Does anyone actually listen to it?
Spies: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbers_station
One man's static, is another man's coded instructions.
So you admit to listening to shortwave static and Cuba Radio? What a give-away.
I'm not sure about Canadian News, but I'm sure some charges could be trumped up for you listening to that.
As for the Jesus folks, Bibles make excellent One Time Pads: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_time_pad
I think shortwave will be around for a bit, even if only spooks listen to it.
Who writes this stuff?
And what are they drinking/smoking?
The title and the picture don't match. From Wikipedia:
"Based upon the observed brightness, Apophis' length was estimated at 450 metres (1,500 ft); a more refined estimate based on spectroscopic observations at NASA's Infrared Telescope Facility in Hawaii by Binzel, Rivkin, Bus, and Tokunaga (2005) is 350 metres (1,100 ft)."
. . . is assigned in prison to garden detail . . . and is given . . . a chainsaw!
The prison now has a few open bunks.
The prison psychologist stated, "I hoped that we could discover how to do pleasant things with a chainsaw, instead of nasty things."
There can't be a misunderstanding because it is the final result of a long discussion between Steve Ballmer and me.
. . . as far as I could throw him.