Can't help ya with the first two, but here ya go. Kind of odd though. New episodes go up like a day after they air on Comedy Central, then after a couple of days, are pulled, before going back up weeks later. But as a bonus, it's uncensored.
Wait, are you seriously implying that the only two options available to you are 1) blow through the intersection without stopping, praying to $deity that cross-traffic notices you in time to screech to a halt, or 2) stop and do nothing because the light will never change? AC isn't saying wait until you get a green, they are simply say to STOP AND LOOK before blindly blowing through a red light!
I'll bet a number of slashdotters have automated lawn mowers
Was gonna make a comment about "and they didn't even need to build it themselves!", with the intent to link back to a story on/. about automated lawn mowers, but my google-fu fails me, so beginning to wonder if I imagined seeing such a story.
(TFS didn't mention vacuums, which is why I didn't include that portion of GP's post and did not also mention the Roomba, which has shown up on/. a few times.)
(In before conspiracy theories about Google pulling search results to hide prior art.)
I don't understand. Saying that Democrats are left-wing seems akin to saying that my Ford car is actually a Ferrari. And pointing out that my car is, in fact, a Ford and not a Ferrari does not a "No True Scotsman" fallacy make.
It's very clear that this "Pirate Bay is unsafe" is just a pretense.
To you perhaps. But to someone who did get infected with something just from visiting the site, and not from any of the torrents, it isn't so clear. Not saying it's right, just saying it isn't clear what Microsoft's motives are.
New Hampshire legislators are only paid a salary of $100 per year, helping ensure the existence of a citizen legislature committed to public service, unlike every other state.
the application finds the iPad, not necessarily the person who took it
While I agree that that is an excellent point for why vigilante justice would not be a good idea, that's not really a reason to not issue a search warrant, simply a reason to not arrest whoever happens to be possessing the iPad at the time. Although... maybe if a search warrant was not issued until after the police went to the residence, explained the situation (we have certifiable, verifiable proof that there is stolen property within your residence), and were then denied entry...
So yeah, it IS pretty easy to avoid drunk driving, contrary to your assertion.
To you or I, sure. But the thread was about avoiding driving drunk according to Johnny Law's standards. And when Johnny Law decides that the threshold for "legally drunk" is lower than you are capable of sensing, or that sleeping in your car that is safely parked in a parking lot constitutes "drunk driving", then suddenly it's not so easy.
Not to mention that being over the limit does not translate the same to all people. I'm not talking about "oh it's just a little buzz, I'm alright to drive." I'm talking about a genuinely safe to drive, 100% feeling of sobriety, that won't change no matter how much longer you wait, but according to Johnny Law, you are unsafe to drive.
You're thinking of a different console. "Emotion Engine" is PS2, not N64.
....yes, I am aware of that. Try re-reading cpu6502's post. They said PS2 was 64-bit because it could handle 64-bit chunks, and then said "just like the N64". Hence my comment questioning the N64.
Mayhaps my memory is faulty, or I'm thinking a different console, but I thought the N64 achieved its "64-bit" console status by adding up the CPU (32-bit), GPU (16-bit), and Audio Processing Unit (16-bit).
(Or the GPU was also 32-bit and the APU was ignored. Like I said, faulty memory).
hell, my mother even sent one back with ketchup and relish packets inside.
As amusing as that sounds, and despite how unlikely this might be to occur, I'd be too worried about something happening to cause those packets to leak, ruining innocent people's mail.
100 miles via train isn't the same as 100 miles via car, which is what it sounds like davek is doing. I mean, don't trains generally travel much faster than highway speed? Even if not, if we're gonna talk about what is and is not an uncommon commute, and the discussion involves different commuting methods, we should probably stick to looking at commute time rather than distance traveled.
it seems that the fictional Wil Wheaton as shown in the show is actually a terrible person
I wouldn't say terrible.. more like his character is a bit of an ass. Same with his character on Eureka, and though I've not seen it yet, I've heard his character on The Guild is also an ass. I figured that's just how he's been typecast.
While I agree that it seems reasonable to require that whoever is situated to take manual control of a self-driving car in the event that it is necessary to do so, must not be intoxicated, when you can be charged with a DUI/DWI when you had no intent of driving, then our current crop of laws clearly are not reasonable.
That would make more sense than how I'd originally parsed it... which was to use the microwave to cook* that chicken/rice/veggie meal, rather than simply to reheat a portion of it that had been cooked and stored in the fridge/freezer.
*Maybe I've just got a crappy microwave, but I can't imagine that coming out very well.
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Can't help ya with the first two, but here ya go. Kind of odd though. New episodes go up like a day after they air on Comedy Central, then after a couple of days, are pulled, before going back up weeks later. But as a bonus, it's uncensored.
Wait, are you seriously implying that the only two options available to you are 1) blow through the intersection without stopping, praying to $deity that cross-traffic notices you in time to screech to a halt, or 2) stop and do nothing because the light will never change? AC isn't saying wait until you get a green, they are simply say to STOP AND LOOK before blindly blowing through a red light!
I'll bet a number of slashdotters have automated lawn mowers
Was gonna make a comment about "and they didn't even need to build it themselves!", with the intent to link back to a story on /. about automated lawn mowers, but my google-fu fails me, so beginning to wonder if I imagined seeing such a story.
/. a few times.)
(TFS didn't mention vacuums, which is why I didn't include that portion of GP's post and did not also mention the Roomba, which has shown up on
(In before conspiracy theories about Google pulling search results to hide prior art.)
I'm usually pretty open about the use of "ironic", but I'm afraid I don't see the irony here.
I don't understand. Saying that Democrats are left-wing seems akin to saying that my Ford car is actually a Ferrari. And pointing out that my car is, in fact, a Ford and not a Ferrari does not a "No True Scotsman" fallacy make.
It's very clear that this "Pirate Bay is unsafe" is just a pretense.
To you perhaps. But to someone who did get infected with something just from visiting the site, and not from any of the torrents, it isn't so clear. Not saying it's right, just saying it isn't clear what Microsoft's motives are.
New Hampshire legislators are only paid a salary of $100 per year, helping ensure the existence of a citizen legislature committed to public service, unlike every other state.
Interesting.. thanks for the link.
No sales tax or income tax? So property is taxed up the wazoo, or what?
the application finds the iPad, not necessarily the person who took it
While I agree that that is an excellent point for why vigilante justice would not be a good idea, that's not really a reason to not issue a search warrant, simply a reason to not arrest whoever happens to be possessing the iPad at the time. Although... maybe if a search warrant was not issued until after the police went to the residence, explained the situation (we have certifiable, verifiable proof that there is stolen property within your residence), and were then denied entry...
Question, are Nevada's brothels run by thugs? I ask because, though I always thought they were run by non-thugs, I honestly don't know.
Or you could just not run red lights
Maybe the particular intersection is one where the length of the yellow light has been shortened?
So yeah, it IS pretty easy to avoid drunk driving, contrary to your assertion.
To you or I, sure. But the thread was about avoiding driving drunk according to Johnny Law's standards. And when Johnny Law decides that the threshold for "legally drunk" is lower than you are capable of sensing, or that sleeping in your car that is safely parked in a parking lot constitutes "drunk driving", then suddenly it's not so easy.
AVOID DRUNK DRIVING CONVICTIONS BY NOT DRIVING DRUNK.
Considering the kinds of things that can fall under "drunk driving", easier said than done.
Not to mention that being over the limit does not translate the same to all people. I'm not talking about "oh it's just a little buzz, I'm alright to drive." I'm talking about a genuinely safe to drive, 100% feeling of sobriety, that won't change no matter how much longer you wait, but according to Johnny Law, you are unsafe to drive.
You're thinking of a different console. "Emotion Engine" is PS2, not N64.
....yes, I am aware of that. Try re-reading cpu6502's post. They said PS2 was 64-bit because it could handle 64-bit chunks, and then said "just like the N64". Hence my comment questioning the N64.
Mayhaps my memory is faulty, or I'm thinking a different console, but I thought the N64 achieved its "64-bit" console status by adding up the CPU (32-bit), GPU (16-bit), and Audio Processing Unit (16-bit).
(Or the GPU was also 32-bit and the APU was ignored. Like I said, faulty memory).
I can't decide if that's a step up or down from prosecuting teenagers for distributing CP, when the pictures are of themselves.
hell, my mother even sent one back with ketchup and relish packets inside.
As amusing as that sounds, and despite how unlikely this might be to occur, I'd be too worried about something happening to cause those packets to leak, ruining innocent people's mail.
25 miles doesn't really seem like a long way... how much time did your commute take?
100 miles via train isn't the same as 100 miles via car, which is what it sounds like davek is doing. I mean, don't trains generally travel much faster than highway speed? Even if not, if we're gonna talk about what is and is not an uncommon commute, and the discussion involves different commuting methods, we should probably stick to looking at commute time rather than distance traveled.
it seems that the fictional Wil Wheaton as shown in the show is actually a terrible person
I wouldn't say terrible.. more like his character is a bit of an ass. Same with his character on Eureka, and though I've not seen it yet, I've heard his character on The Guild is also an ass. I figured that's just how he's been typecast.
What you forgot to mention was that the driver was sleeping at 65 MPH.
SleazyRidr forgot no such thing.
While I agree that it seems reasonable to require that whoever is situated to take manual control of a self-driving car in the event that it is necessary to do so, must not be intoxicated, when you can be charged with a DUI/DWI when you had no intent of driving, then our current crop of laws clearly are not reasonable.
That would make more sense than how I'd originally parsed it... which was to use the microwave to cook* that chicken/rice/veggie meal, rather than simply to reheat a portion of it that had been cooked and stored in the fridge/freezer.
*Maybe I've just got a crappy microwave, but I can't imagine that coming out very well.
Don't you you mean corrupt format Senators?
As if there is a format of Senator that is not corrupt?
But can they go "we don't understand this language you wrote them in, decipher it for us"?