Maybe not long enough to learn that the correct usage is "breathe".
And what kind of dumbass thinks that zero-g would enable a fish to "swim" thru air? Is zero-g going to increase the resistance of the air enough to... ah nevermind. Somedays it doesn't pay to get out of bed.
The only white power rock band I can think of off the top of my head is Skrewdriver-- generic 80s thrash rock, kind of reminds me of the Exploited.
There's some skinhead ska bands out there if you look... I could never figure out how the whole reggae>rocksteady>ska thing happened in regards to the skins, since the roots of the music are from Jamaica. People are weird.
Sure, that's what I tell my clients-- I'll build your product, but I'm gonna just ignore all the browsers that don't play nice with standards. After all, everyone that uses any other browser besides "browser X" you don't want as a customer anyway, right?
Yes. That's how it works sometimes. On the other hand, you could always look forward to spending all your time with your time with your most loyal lover, Rosie Palm.
When I was a kid my mom got me into the "Silver John" series by Manly Wade Wellman. They're kinda spooky fantasy (but not scary) southern folk lore style short stories set in the Appalachias in the early 20th century, mixing Cherokee myths with pioneer-era American magic.
Lots of cool monsters (like the Behinder that "no on can rightly say what it looks like...for it's alway behind the man or woman it wants to grab" or the Gardinel, a kind of living house where "...the few that's lucky enough to have gone into a gardinel and win out again... tell that inside it's pinky-walled and dippy-floored, with on the floor all the skulls and bones of those who never did win-out... and all at once you know that inside a gradinel is like a stomach") and magic guitars strung with silver strings make these a lot of fun. Wellman had an amazing ability to convey local dialect effectively (which can make for a fun read-- practicing regional accents!) and a real feel for the landscape in which he sets the action.
He also did a lot of sci-fi as well, but the Silver John books are where it's at.
I'll second that-- I found all of the Lucky Star books to be fast, quick fun around that age (8 or so), and good preparation for when I wanted something a little more dry when I was older (Foundation).
I'd be interested in how this guy parses "positive" statements vs "negative" statements. English nuance is a tricky wicket, and unlike trying to analyze text from Twitter or Facebook ("Eeewwww, the Civil War is teh Suxorrzz") Wikipedia articles tend to maintain a neutral tone.
After reading the article (yeah, I know) and viewing the video, it seems like "negative" entries appear most often around periods of time when there's a lot of war. Interesting and obvious... but I'd like to know if periods of religious persecution or large scale social upheaval/conflict are accounted for, or show up on whatever "sentiment meter" he's using.
As a side note, I've been thinking about rolling my own-- the "free online" sentiment tools like sentiment140.com tend to miss out on a lot of nuance. Anyone here have any recommendations?
I've been using computers off and on since the 80s (macs/umax until 2001, then windows, and now whatevs) and I've never actually seen the Lotus notes interface in the wild. I'm aware of the program's existence, of course, but have never used it.
Pardon my ignorance, but is that link for real? Does this Lotus thing you speak of really work like that? It was just a joke, one-time thing that never made it past beta testing right?
I'm super bummed at his passing, and the irreverence, love for his work, and plain ol' good times in that video (I'd forgotten all about it!) made me smile a little while being sad. I forwarded to all my buddies who I know will be just as bummed as myself.
And whoever modded your post down is a humorless dumbass.
Worker's bill of rights? That sounds like a document that would be written by something called... wait for it... a union.
Nowadays, like it or not, that word is synonymous with "mafia" and "over-regulation of the free market", just the way our corporate overlords prefer it.
Here on/. all the kids think it means "too much of a pussy to demand a raise", which just goes to show how the battles won by our parents for our benefit are forgotten by their grandkids.
Go fuck yourself, troll. Way to hijack a thread, you must be proud! "Offtopic" is "While we're talking about monitor resolution for brand X, I noticed that the audio quality has problems as well", not "Iran has a new helicopter, hur durr Iran nukes?" Iran also has a lot of gay hookers, but you don't see me bringing that up.
Whichever moderater gave this dickhead a +1 insightful, go eat a bag of dicks, you lazy fuckwit. The only stories that get more offtopic troll threadjacking than stories about Israel/Iran are the ones about Google/Apple.
Let's face it, edjimication isn't getting any cheaper... and my understanding (based on a not-very rigorous survey of people I personally know, some of whom are tenured professors at the college level in the US) is that more and more young folk are going the way of trade schools (in the traditional sense).
Why get crazy in debt for a liberal arts degree when you can get real world skills for less of a financial outlay? Pros: -Get a job in an actual career (someone mentioned refrigerator repair earlier-- doesn't sound sexy, but fixing things and working with your hands appeals to a lot of people) -Don't spend the rest of your life in debt -Learn in an environment where people are there to learn (a lot of college pukes I see are there to party on their parent's dime)
Cons: -Accredation? -Unsure about the qualifications of a teacher who doesn't/can't get a regular teaching gig -Facilities? I don't want to learn welding at a college where safety gear is "donated"!
There's been some important precedents set-- Black Mountain College had a similar model.
First we have the over-the-top slashvertisement with the Plan****tronix thing last week, and now this not-news-for-nerds news story. I go to other news sources when I want straight-up national, international, or pop-culture news, and I like it that way. Don't get peas in my carrots!
Shouldn't feed, but... if you knew anything about IQ tests, you would know that they tend to skew to cultural/educational biases. An IQ test is not the same thing as a clock test on a video card-- low test scores don't always indicate low intelligence.
"Police are sloppy and lazy" is not a story, or news of any kind. I respect police officers in general because I know they have a shitty job where they see the worst of everyone, all the time-- but I also know when invesitgating a crime they will always look for the easiest explanation that requires the least amount of paperwork, and preferably does not require them to get out of a squad car.
Oh, and... don't ever talk to cops. They sent this person an email and she voluntarily went down to the station to "help" with the investigation? Silly rabbit. The only way you'll get me down to the station is if I'm served a warrant, or bailing a buddy out of jail.
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Maybe not long enough to learn that the correct usage is "breathe".
And what kind of dumbass thinks that zero-g would enable a fish to "swim" thru air? Is zero-g going to increase the resistance of the air enough to...
ah nevermind. Somedays it doesn't pay to get out of bed.
I say it's a "Fun" safe!
Please don't feed the trolls.
The only white power rock band I can think of off the top of my head is Skrewdriver-- generic 80s thrash rock, kind of reminds me of the Exploited.
There's some skinhead ska bands out there if you look... I could never figure out how the whole reggae>rocksteady>ska thing happened in regards to the skins, since the roots of the music are from Jamaica. People are weird.
Sure, that's what I tell my clients-- I'll build your product, but I'm gonna just ignore all the browsers that don't play nice with standards. After all, everyone that uses any other browser besides "browser X" you don't want as a customer anyway, right?
Dumbass.
I thought the same way you did-- concern over my kids, hands wringing, brow sweating...
Then I had a revelation-- I could just install MY CLEAN PC! and it was truly the answer to all my
-- aaah, f**k it. Nevermind.
Yes. That's how it works sometimes. On the other hand, you could always look forward to spending all your time with your time with your most loyal lover, Rosie Palm.
When I was a kid my mom got me into the "Silver John" series by Manly Wade Wellman. They're kinda spooky fantasy (but not scary) southern folk lore style short stories set in the Appalachias in the early 20th century, mixing Cherokee myths with pioneer-era American magic.
...for it's alway behind the man or woman it wants to grab" or the Gardinel, a kind of living house where "...the few that's lucky enough to have gone into a gardinel and win out again... tell that inside it's pinky-walled and dippy-floored, with on the floor all the skulls and bones of those who never did win-out... and all at once you know that inside a gradinel is like a stomach") and magic guitars strung with silver strings make these a lot of fun. Wellman had an amazing ability to convey local dialect effectively (which can make for a fun read-- practicing regional accents!) and a real feel for the landscape in which he sets the action.
Lots of cool monsters (like the Behinder that "no on can rightly say what it looks like
He also did a lot of sci-fi as well, but the Silver John books are where it's at.
I'll second that-- I found all of the Lucky Star books to be fast, quick fun around that age (8 or so), and good preparation for when I wanted something a little more dry when I was older (Foundation).
I'd be interested in how this guy parses "positive" statements vs "negative" statements. English nuance is a tricky wicket, and unlike trying to analyze text from Twitter or Facebook ("Eeewwww, the Civil War is teh Suxorrzz") Wikipedia articles tend to maintain a neutral tone.
After reading the article (yeah, I know) and viewing the video, it seems like "negative" entries appear most often around periods of time when there's a lot of war. Interesting and obvious... but I'd like to know if periods of religious persecution or large scale social upheaval/conflict are accounted for, or show up on whatever "sentiment meter" he's using.
As a side note, I've been thinking about rolling my own-- the "free online" sentiment tools like sentiment140.com tend to miss out on a lot of nuance. Anyone here have any recommendations?
Seriously. Or maybe a "sucking cock for page views" tag.
Is that too long for a tag?
I've been using computers off and on since the 80s (macs/umax until 2001, then windows, and now whatevs) and I've never actually seen the Lotus notes interface in the wild. I'm aware of the program's existence, of course, but have never used it.
Pardon my ignorance, but is that link for real? Does this Lotus thing you speak of really work like that? It was just a joke, one-time thing that never made it past beta testing right?
Right?
Please mod +1 Awesome.
I'm super bummed at his passing, and the irreverence, love for his work, and plain ol' good times in that video (I'd forgotten all about it!) made me smile a little while being sad. I forwarded to all my buddies who I know will be just as bummed as myself.
And whoever modded your post down is a humorless dumbass.
Worker's bill of rights? That sounds like a document that would be written by something called... wait for it... a union.
/. all the kids think it means "too much of a pussy to demand a raise", which just goes to show how the battles won by our parents for our benefit are forgotten by their grandkids.
Nowadays, like it or not, that word is synonymous with "mafia" and "over-regulation of the free market", just the way our corporate overlords prefer it.
Here on
Go fuck yourself, troll. Way to hijack a thread, you must be proud!
"Offtopic" is "While we're talking about monitor resolution for brand X, I noticed that the audio quality has problems as well", not "Iran has a new helicopter, hur durr Iran nukes?" Iran also has a lot of gay hookers, but you don't see me bringing that up.
Whichever moderater gave this dickhead a +1 insightful, go eat a bag of dicks, you lazy fuckwit. The only stories that get more offtopic troll threadjacking than stories about Israel/Iran are the ones about Google/Apple.
Mod +1 retro!
Let's face it, edjimication isn't getting any cheaper... and my understanding (based on a not-very rigorous survey of people I personally know, some of whom are tenured professors at the college level in the US) is that more and more young folk are going the way of trade schools (in the traditional sense).
Why get crazy in debt for a liberal arts degree when you can get real world skills for less of a financial outlay?
Pros: -Get a job in an actual career (someone mentioned refrigerator repair earlier-- doesn't sound sexy, but fixing things and working with your hands appeals to a lot of people)
-Don't spend the rest of your life in debt
-Learn in an environment where people are there to learn (a lot of college pukes I see are there to party on their parent's dime)
Cons:
-Accredation?
-Unsure about the qualifications of a teacher who doesn't/can't get a regular teaching gig
-Facilities? I don't want to learn welding at a college where safety gear is "donated"!
There's been some important precedents set-- Black Mountain College had a similar model.
Jesus... that's the funniest thing I'm gonna read all day... might as well start drinking!
Where's the gamemaker guy when you need him? You two should get a room.
I saw that episode, it was one of the better shows from the "new" series (not the black and white series from the 60s)
These posts bear a startling similarity to some of the work of the late, great Michael Kristopeit, whose shadow you would probably cower under.
You're completely pathetic.
That was fun, let's do it again sometime.
First we have the over-the-top slashvertisement with the Plan****tronix thing last week, and now this not-news-for-nerds news story. I go to other news sources when I want straight-up national, international, or pop-culture news, and I like it that way. Don't get peas in my carrots!
Is slashdot getting this desperate for ad clicks?
Nice try, troll.
Shouldn't feed, but... if you knew anything about IQ tests, you would know that they tend to skew to cultural/educational biases. An IQ test is not the same thing as a clock test on a video card-- low test scores don't always indicate low intelligence.
... but when I do, it's because I stopped blocking all submissions by Roblimo.
"Police are sloppy and lazy" is not a story, or news of any kind. I respect police officers in general because I know they have a shitty job where they see the worst of everyone, all the time-- but I also know when invesitgating a crime they will always look for the easiest explanation that requires the least amount of paperwork, and preferably does not require them to get out of a squad car.
Oh, and... don't ever talk to cops. They sent this person an email and she voluntarily went down to the station to "help" with the investigation? Silly rabbit. The only way you'll get me down to the station is if I'm served a warrant, or bailing a buddy out of jail.