I use SpeedCrunch Portable on my flashdrive (for WinXP machines) and have used it for the past several years while in IT Skool. I never had to do much in the way of graphing so the lack of graphing with SpeedCrunch never bothered me.
Other than that, I still generally find it easier to just to type in to Google whatever simple math problem I'm needing to solve.
Don't want to sound cold, but the places with the most human suffering are also the areas with the worst overpopulation vs. the least natural resources.
"You want to help world hunger? Stop sending them food. Don't send them another bite, send them U-Hauls. Send them a guy that says, "You know, we've been coming here giving you food for about 35 years now and we were driving through the desert, and we realized there wouldn't BE world hunger if you people would live where the FOOD IS! YOU LIVE IN A DESERT!! UNDERSTAND THAT? YOU LIVE IN A FUCKING DESERT!! NOTHING GROWS HERE! NOTHING'S GONNA GROW HERE! Come here, you see this? This is sand. You know what it's gonna be 100 years from now? IT'S GONNA BE SAND!! YOU LIVE IN A FUCKING DESERT! We have deserts in America, we just don't live in them, assholes!""
-Sam Kinison
How do this get modded up? It seems like the only kind of people that you can stereotype and prejudice safely are the rich.
No, one may safely stereotype and prejudice fat people too. You can tease them all day long and they still can't run fast enough to catch up and beat the everloving shit out of you.
While these machines could be rouge agents in the Chinese Gov't. infrastructure they're even less likely to admit a security compromise that than espionage.
Of course they're rouge agents. It is Red China, after all...
I'm not sure; you might remember me however. I was the guy sitting there with a flour sack over his head to make certain no eye contact could have even accidentally been made, trying to silently implode in the most respectful way possible.
First thought that popped into my mind when I read about the Edison book was the Orange Catholic Bible.
Which brings up a related question for me. A bible the size of the OC Bible couldn't be physically thumped, so you can't call Orange Catholics "bible thumpers." "Bible plinkers" maybe?
I'm sure you can imagine a humanoid robot being a bit more comfortable to be around than something out of the terminator series at the doctor's office as an example.
"What? My appointment with doctor Smith isn't until four o'clock?
Is it just me or does the following make sense in a "no, I'm not that paranoid" paranoid sort of way?
Google has alleged that the attacks were launched by Chinese attackers. Subsequently, security experts have offered evidence that links the attacks to China."
Google: Hey! We think the Chinese did this!
Security Experts (so-called): Hey! You're right! In fact, we now have evidence that the Chinese did this heinous crime!
Google: Wait! We think that someone in Poland helped out!
SE(S-C): Hey! By golly, you're right again! In fact, we have even more evidence that the Chinese were helped by those crafty Poles!
Google: Wait! We think that the same dudes who tapped into the Predator video-feed also had a devious hand in this!
SE(S-C): Hey! You're really batting a thousand! In fact, we just now received a cached download of the streaming video of Osama bin Laden's laptop showing him punching the buttons!
Google: Yay! Now we can go to the peoples of the world with all this wonderful proof that we don't do evil; evil is done to us!
Wazu is known for being quite the party campus, so it surprises me not that students don't notice things like unicycling clowns, though it's highly unlikely that the cause is cellphones and not booze.
What would have interested me is if they had the unicycling clown cycle around campus while talking on his cellphone and seeing how long it took for him to swerve into a parked car. And since it would be a clown, it'd be a lot more funny.
Thanks for that succinct explanation; one which is actually easily understandable and helps point in the right direction of "figuring stuff out for oneself".
something that I was wondering about for a long ti... hey! Why am I suddenly finishing this sentence under someone else's account? I'm tsa dammit! Who the hell is The Wild Norseman anyway?!?
OR we will have to build robots to tend to our old people. We will stick them in FEMA trailers and let the robots take care of them. Imagine roombas rolling around the trailer park carrying pill cups.
I do like the drug-delivering roomba idea, except I'd have mine deliver psychedelics instead of regular meds.
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Allow me to be the first to give them a NAND-ing ovation.
"USDA grade-A and iPod Approved!"
Until we run out of shelves, then we table them until the table is cluttered, and then we floor them.
And back when I had a 21" CRT on my desk, I also had a place to monitor documents as well.
I use SpeedCrunch Portable on my flashdrive (for WinXP machines) and have used it for the past several years while in IT Skool. I never had to do much in the way of graphing so the lack of graphing with SpeedCrunch never bothered me.
Other than that, I still generally find it easier to just to type in to Google whatever simple math problem I'm needing to solve.
Don't want to sound cold, but the places with the most human suffering are also the areas with the worst overpopulation vs. the least natural resources.
"You want to help world hunger? Stop sending them food. Don't send them another bite, send them U-Hauls. Send them a guy that says, "You know, we've been coming here giving you food for about 35 years now and we were driving through the desert, and we realized there wouldn't BE world hunger if you people would live where the FOOD IS! YOU LIVE IN A DESERT!! UNDERSTAND THAT? YOU LIVE IN A FUCKING DESERT!! NOTHING GROWS HERE! NOTHING'S GONNA GROW HERE! Come here, you see this? This is sand. You know what it's gonna be 100 years from now? IT'S GONNA BE SAND!! YOU LIVE IN A FUCKING DESERT! We have deserts in America, we just don't live in them, assholes!""
-Sam Kinison
How do this get modded up? It seems like the only kind of people that you can stereotype and prejudice safely are the rich.
No, one may safely stereotype and prejudice fat people too. You can tease them all day long and they still can't run fast enough to catch up and beat the everloving shit out of you.
While these machines could be rouge agents in the Chinese Gov't. infrastructure they're even less likely to admit a security compromise that than espionage.
Of course they're rouge agents. It is Red China, after all...
OMG, take a look at this adorable picture of Jake playing with Mike's puppy!
[attached jpeg]
Mary
Now suppose my account were compromised and you got this exact message from my personal email, where the jpeg is a Viagra ad.
"Hmmm...oh, hey! Looks like I got an email from Mary!"
*double clicks email*
"Ohhh, cute pup... wait. Well, it's not a puppy, but it does remind me that I have been suffering from erectile dysfunction lately. Thanks Mary!"
Have you met my wife?
I'm not sure; you might remember me however. I was the guy sitting there with a flour sack over his head to make certain no eye contact could have even accidentally been made, trying to silently implode in the most respectful way possible.
First thought that popped into my mind when I read about the Edison book was the Orange Catholic Bible.
Which brings up a related question for me. A bible the size of the OC Bible couldn't be physically thumped, so you can't call Orange Catholics "bible thumpers." "Bible plinkers" maybe?
OMG! teh Eagle has landed! W00t!
I'm sure you can imagine a humanoid robot being a bit more comfortable to be around than something out of the terminator series at the doctor's office as an example.
"What? My appointment with doctor Smith isn't until four o'clock?
I'll be back."
Google has alleged that the attacks were launched by Chinese attackers. Subsequently, security experts have offered evidence that links the attacks to China."
Google: Hey! We think the Chinese did this!
Security Experts (so-called): Hey! You're right! In fact, we now have evidence that the Chinese did this heinous crime!
Google: Wait! We think that someone in Poland helped out!
SE(S-C): Hey! By golly, you're right again! In fact, we have even more evidence that the Chinese were helped by those crafty Poles!
Google: Wait! We think that the same dudes who tapped into the Predator video-feed also had a devious hand in this!
SE(S-C): Hey! You're really batting a thousand! In fact, we just now received a cached download of the streaming video of Osama bin Laden's laptop showing him punching the buttons!
Google: Yay! Now we can go to the peoples of the world with all this wonderful proof that we don't do evil; evil is done to us!
Saying that Scientists are going to do it is an overused catch-all phrase that doesn't actually add any information.
"All those scientists, they're all alike! They say they're working for us. What they really want is to rule the world!"
And when you look at it that way, it makes a load of sense.
Well, how much of a load are we talking about? If I attempted to lift it, could I throw my back out?
Oh, fuck me for not even reading the summary properly. :p
Nice try, dude. If that really worked, we'd all be getting laid like rock stars.
Western Washington University? Oh, well. Mea Culpa. But just because I attended WSU, I'm not nearly as think as you drunk I am.
Wazu is known for being quite the party campus, so it surprises me not that students don't notice things like unicycling clowns, though it's highly unlikely that the cause is cellphones and not booze. What would have interested me is if they had the unicycling clown cycle around campus while talking on his cellphone and seeing how long it took for him to swerve into a parked car. And since it would be a clown, it'd be a lot more funny.
He'd better be careful otherwise he could wake up with an ASCII horse's head in his email inbox.
Push the Italians too far and see what happens!
Thanks for that succinct explanation; one which is actually easily understandable and helps point in the right direction of "figuring stuff out for oneself".
So they're saying that sea levels are, in fact, rising around the planet enough to endanger mass cities? Beachfront property in Leicester FTW! Woot!
something that I was wondering about for a long ti... hey! Why am I suddenly finishing this sentence under someone else's account? I'm tsa dammit! Who the hell is The Wild Norseman anyway?!?
Humans are not usually very magnetic.
Are you sure? There are some humans that I have found to be highly repulsive...
OR we will have to build robots to tend to our old people. We will stick them in FEMA trailers and let the robots take care of them. Imagine roombas rolling around the trailer park carrying pill cups.
I do like the drug-delivering roomba idea, except I'd have mine deliver psychedelics instead of regular meds.
I'd call it a "shroomba."
I died inside a little. Urrghh.
WAIT! Hold on! Lemme get my camera first!