Being hit by a meteor is just shit luck, and there are no realistic preventative measures.
Abandon practices of good hygiene and food preparation and you'll think twice before scoffing at your chances of parasitic infection. Or indeed any infection.
For women, they've mostly been dreaming about their wedding day and married bliss since they were children.
And why?
Because they've had this "dream" pounded into their heads since the day of their birth by their equally-brainwashed mothers.
Same deal with the perceived need to have kids. Gotta get those buns in the oven, you know. How many times have you seen mummy's little girl pushing along a wee toy pram with a wee baby doll in it? Who brought that damned and damning prop into the kid's life?
Looks like tradition (in its worst guise) and familial pressure to me.
How might things pan out if you were to bring a reflective parabolic dish? The entire power output of this gun focused at a single point: that has to be lethal.
Or perhaps a dish-lens array that condenses the incoming beam into something much tighter, comparable to that from a laser pointer. But this beam can saw straight through organic matter like the proverbial hot knife through butter,
I enjoyed the story as is. What more could you possibly add by turning it into a movie? A teary scene where the hacker hugs his lil' boy and says, "Don't worry Johnny, Daddy's gonna bring home some food tonight! And a DVD! You wanna watch a DVD with me tonight, Johnny?"
Or perhaps some piecing together of oh-so-subtle clues NCIS-style, complete with the strangely lovable goth-girl investigator. Or perhaps a classic mad, ageing German scientist lifted straight from 80s' B-grade flicks. Or both, even.
The only two at least semi-sensible arguments for using the nukes was: a) it'd likely make an invasion of Japan unnecessary and b) we have them, so we might as well just use them.
Assuming Gabriel Weinberg is true to his advertised privacy policy—and I accept this at present—that would make DuckDuckGo an engine for conducting Bing searches via proxy.
They're welcome to use any backend they like as far as I'm concerned.
Perhaps my understanding of the World Wide Web is flawed, naïve, or both, but I don't think it works this way.
Wasn't one of the premises of the WWW to be able to hyperlink to anything you want, anything at all, and the underlying technology designed to reflect this idealogy?
Slashdot Mirror
Being hit by a meteor is just shit luck, and there are no realistic preventative measures.
Abandon practices of good hygiene and food preparation and you'll think twice before scoffing at your chances of parasitic infection. Or indeed any infection.
Smallpox anyone?
Bias aside, is Judge Koh competent to preside over this case?
Attila was a Hun.
Depends how low you want to set the bar for passing as human.
I'm not the AC you replied to, but I agree with him.
How ironic.
Then you are a better man than I.
Was it a quote from "Malcolm in the Middle"?
No. I can personally confirm it:
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/507/boeing787backdoor.jpg/
For women, they've mostly been dreaming about their wedding day and married bliss since they were children.
And why?
Because they've had this "dream" pounded into their heads since the day of their birth by their equally-brainwashed mothers.
Same deal with the perceived need to have kids. Gotta get those buns in the oven, you know. How many times have you seen mummy's little girl pushing along a wee toy pram with a wee baby doll in it? Who brought that damned and damning prop into the kid's life?
Looks like tradition (in its worst guise) and familial pressure to me.
So.
It has come to this.
Aaannd... GODWIN.
You lose!
Gooood day sir!
How might things pan out if you were to bring a reflective parabolic dish? The entire power output of this gun focused at a single point: that has to be lethal.
Or perhaps a dish-lens array that condenses the incoming beam into something much tighter, comparable to that from a laser pointer. But this beam can saw straight through organic matter like the proverbial hot knife through butter,
Feat not, I have the solution:
Usenet III!
I wouldn't.
I enjoyed the story as is. What more could you possibly add by turning it into a movie? A teary scene where the hacker hugs his lil' boy and says, "Don't worry Johnny, Daddy's gonna bring home some food tonight! And a DVD! You wanna watch a DVD with me tonight, Johnny?"
Or perhaps some piecing together of oh-so-subtle clues NCIS-style, complete with the strangely lovable goth-girl investigator. Or perhaps a classic mad, ageing German scientist lifted straight from 80s' B-grade flicks. Or both, even.
And maybe throw in a UNIX system. I know those.
What matters most to you? Weigh it up. Right to personal privacy off-the-clock vs need for immediate employment under debasing conditions.
Then excuse yourself, grab your jacket and leave the building.
Yet Julian Assange remains in relative safety and comfort on conditional bail in England.
Hardly a small fish, too.
DINOSAURS!
The only two at least semi-sensible arguments for using the nukes was: a) it'd likely make an invasion of Japan unnecessary and b) we have them, so we might as well just use them.
c) "Hoi! Comrade Josef! Look what we've got!"
All three of the above arguments are correct.
Serious question:
Are you aware of any mirrorless camera, available now or in the near future, that can give the coming Sony NEX-7 a run for its money?
I see nothing on the horizon.
Assuming Gabriel Weinberg is true to his advertised privacy policy—and I accept this at present—that would make DuckDuckGo an engine for conducting Bing searches via proxy.
They're welcome to use any backend they like as far as I'm concerned.
I use DuckDuckGo (mostly). They offer the following very simple directions, for your convenience:
Add to Opera
1. Right-click the DuckDuckGo search box (in the page).
2. Select Create Search.
3. Enter d for keyword.
4. Check Use as default search engine and Use as speed dial search engine (if you wish).
5. Click OK.
It's all right there on the main page, under the search field.
And of course, there are exceptions.
Carl Friedrich Gauss
rsync
Samba
and of course this little gem
I expect at least one follow-up WOOOSH! post but I derive pleasure from putting smartarses in their place.
Perhaps my understanding of the World Wide Web is flawed, naïve, or both, but I don't think it works this way.
Wasn't one of the premises of the WWW to be able to hyperlink to anything you want, anything at all, and the underlying technology designed to reflect this idealogy?
If I'm wrong, please educate me.
I'd like to see a real FPS where one shot and you're done.
Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45
No bunny hopping. No instant reloads. No heroes. Stark, grim and "real" as it gets.
You may be tired of this genre, but I fully recommend you try this game.
You want another reason?
TEX THE WORLD
(Credit to nickruiz (1185947) for bringing this to my attention.)