All these references to four! Before you know it, your post will get modded to Score: 4, Interesting.
Of course. Slashdot runs on an elemental system of four key elements, after all: Interesting, Insightful, Informative, and Funny! These four basic qualities are the very building blocks of truly great Slashdot comment sections.
The Four Slashdot Elements of Negativity will get no mention from me in this place, however./spits
I have to say, that looks like the sort of thing scientists might find deep, deep in the ocean. The sort of thing where its researchers start inexplicably disappearing, one by one.
You can't own a Canadian because we're an extremely well-bred population here in Canada. We can't just sell ourselves to any dirty foreigner who offers us money! Especially Americans.
Unfortunately, most nations these days are hardly civil enough to own Canadians. It's really quite disgusting. We had high hopes for our ownership by the United Kingdom at one time, you know, but then they had to go and declare us an independent country... such a disaster. The politicians were really quite depressed about that one.
Personally, I'm holding out for an advanced alien race to arrive for all our purchasing needs. I just hope they aren't the human-eating kind, as most Canadians would prefer to be part of a long term investment, not a short meal.
I checked my firefox addons list and sure enough, Shockwave was in there. The plugins were Disabled. Well, I might as well get rid of it if I never use it, no? And so the hunt began. I checked my add/remove list. Nope, not there. I tried searching for its files, but still couldn't find it. I googled how to uninstall it, fretted over the invisible and uninstallable evil program with security holes hiding on my computer as I navigated some links, checked the firefox plugin page, and after ten or so minutes I discovered...... that I don't actually have Shockwave. Just the firefox plugins, which came along for the ride when I copied firefox over from my old computer.
Except here in Canada, where most governments lean "liberal" socially, and... well, at the moment economic policy can only be described as "house on fire". To be perfectly honest, parliamentary debates might be improved a bit if firefighters would smash down the doors and haul everyone outside once in a while.
A masters in Google and a doctorate in speed reading.
This has actually been somewhat true (if you replace Google with Searching, that is) for a lot longer than the internet has existed. One of the most important things to learn at medical university/college, for example, is how to look stuff up. Ever wonder why doctors have giant libraries sitting around in their offices? That's all knowledge they gained in university, then promptly forgot, like any sane person would. They learned the reference system available to them at the time, and know how to use it - where one person gets hopelessly lost, they can find something useful. My mother collected a ridiculous number of books over the years for her practice - and she says her laptop and the internet almost invalidated nearly half of them.
Some basic training will always be required to understand certain things without a reference, though. Very simple example: nowhere in the wikipedia article on "clouds" does it say they're too diffuse to stand on.:) Don't go skydiving with intent to land on one, folks!
In Deus Ex, I occasionally rearranged the furniture in rooms for no particular reason. I can only imagine the reactions later: "Oh my god, my ammo and credit chits are all gone! And... someone has swapped my desk chair with the sofa from the break room. And my microscope is now on the corner table..."
I gave myself bonus points for the one time I did it while a guard was patrolling the room. I wonder if there's some sort of term for this in psychology.
I also have a riot occasionally setting up Team Fortress 2 engineer-buildings in ridiculous places, such as completely submerged in a lake.
And don't even get me started on Dwarf Fortress. How long do you want to bet a dwarven settlement, constructed entirely of soap, can survive on a diet consisting solely of horse meat and beer?
It has nothing to do with the ice, really. It's all about where much of the ice is; specifically, a great deal of it is located in a little-known nation just north of America. The American public is largely unaware of it, and knowledge of its existence could shock them to their very cores, should it come out. The only reasonable response is a blanket of secrecy.
This also explains a great deal about Alaskans. Since this "shadow nation" is located east of Alaska, not north, they have a different view of it compared to the other states. And it has changed them.
Correlation is not causation! It's entirely possible that they were all buried without a single case of death by dihydrogen monoxide, and that their deaths after burial were perfectly natural.
For everyone who can't see it because the image was cropped, I can confirm that the scar is indeed shaped exactly like a lightning bolt. In line with the prophecy from 1979 that states that "the boy who lived" with "lightning in his hand" may one day confront and defeat the terrifying Asteroid menace, I believe we have finally found our champion, the one who finally end the Asteroid threat to all of Earth once and for all. But we'll have to work hard to keep more Asteroids from hitting him in the meantime... are we up to it? I believe so. It is - he is... perhaps our greatest hope.
i treid goinf outside and seeing ti. watcjed fpr a wile, couldn't see it. the someone saus it happened back on wedndsday. ugh, missed tht totally,shoudl hafve RTDA. still hjaving some troubnle with my visonin and typing . a;so havng trouble remembering which kyes are which. lckily iu know whow to post ro slashdot blind.
To be fair though, facial recognition software doesn't work on Bruce Campbell. It recognizes most of his face correctly, but locks up every time it gets to his chin.
I learned a trick in Dwarf Fortress that would work like that, actually. It's like this: you perforate the dikes and run the water through waterwheels (or modern turbines, in this case). Then you use pumps, powered by the turbines, to pump the water back into the ocean! The remaining energy goes to whatever you want! The ocean is endless, and never stops running the turbines! Works like a charm.
Frankly I'm surprised scientists haven't done it yet. It's infinite free, clean energy; you'd think they would have figured it out by now. The Netherlands especially, seeing as so many areas are already below sea level. And it's practically foolproof, except for those few times I flooded my fort and drowned half my dwarves and ended up with mushrooms growing everywhere.
A speeding ticket for going 207,520,611 kph?! But this whole area is zoned as a hyperspace express route! That's way below the speed limit. And the maximum will be even higher when they finally get rid of that big rock in the way, I imagine.
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All these references to four! Before you know it, your post will get modded to Score: 4, Interesting.
Of course. Slashdot runs on an elemental system of four key elements, after all: Interesting, Insightful, Informative, and Funny! These four basic qualities are the very building blocks of truly great Slashdot comment sections.
The Four Slashdot Elements of Negativity will get no mention from me in this place, however. /spits
LOL! (metaphorically i mean)
I have to say, that looks like the sort of thing scientists might find deep, deep in the ocean. The sort of thing where its researchers start inexplicably disappearing, one by one.
You can't own a Canadian because we're an extremely well-bred population here in Canada. We can't just sell ourselves to any dirty foreigner who offers us money! Especially Americans.
Unfortunately, most nations these days are hardly civil enough to own Canadians. It's really quite disgusting. We had high hopes for our ownership by the United Kingdom at one time, you know, but then they had to go and declare us an independent country... such a disaster. The politicians were really quite depressed about that one.
Personally, I'm holding out for an advanced alien race to arrive for all our purchasing needs. I just hope they aren't the human-eating kind, as most Canadians would prefer to be part of a long term investment, not a short meal.
I checked my firefox addons list and sure enough, Shockwave was in there. The plugins were Disabled. Well, I might as well get rid of it if I never use it, no? And so the hunt began. I checked my add/remove list. Nope, not there. I tried searching for its files, but still couldn't find it. I googled how to uninstall it, fretted over the invisible and uninstallable evil program with security holes hiding on my computer as I navigated some links, checked the firefox plugin page, and after ten or so minutes I discovered... ... that I don't actually have Shockwave. Just the firefox plugins, which came along for the ride when I copied firefox over from my old computer.
D'oh.
Except here in Canada, where most governments lean "liberal" socially, and... well, at the moment economic policy can only be described as "house on fire". To be perfectly honest, parliamentary debates might be improved a bit if firefighters would smash down the doors and haul everyone outside once in a while.
What makes you think I have anything to do with the United States Government? Nice bit of redirection ya got there though.
You may want to turn signatures back on for a second. I think you may be missing something. :)
A masters in Google and a doctorate in speed reading.
This has actually been somewhat true (if you replace Google with Searching, that is) for a lot longer than the internet has existed. One of the most important things to learn at medical university/college, for example, is how to look stuff up. Ever wonder why doctors have giant libraries sitting around in their offices? That's all knowledge they gained in university, then promptly forgot, like any sane person would. They learned the reference system available to them at the time, and know how to use it - where one person gets hopelessly lost, they can find something useful. My mother collected a ridiculous number of books over the years for her practice - and she says her laptop and the internet almost invalidated nearly half of them.
Some basic training will always be required to understand certain things without a reference, though. Very simple example: nowhere in the wikipedia article on "clouds" does it say they're too diffuse to stand on. :) Don't go skydiving with intent to land on one, folks!
In Deus Ex, I occasionally rearranged the furniture in rooms for no particular reason. I can only imagine the reactions later: "Oh my god, my ammo and credit chits are all gone! And... someone has swapped my desk chair with the sofa from the break room. And my microscope is now on the corner table..."
I gave myself bonus points for the one time I did it while a guard was patrolling the room. I wonder if there's some sort of term for this in psychology.
I also have a riot occasionally setting up Team Fortress 2 engineer-buildings in ridiculous places, such as completely submerged in a lake.
And don't even get me started on Dwarf Fortress. How long do you want to bet a dwarven settlement, constructed entirely of soap, can survive on a diet consisting solely of horse meat and beer?
It has nothing to do with the ice, really. It's all about where much of the ice is; specifically, a great deal of it is located in a little-known nation just north of America. The American public is largely unaware of it, and knowledge of its existence could shock them to their very cores, should it come out. The only reasonable response is a blanket of secrecy.
This also explains a great deal about Alaskans. Since this "shadow nation" is located east of Alaska, not north, they have a different view of it compared to the other states. And it has changed them.
I guess that explains why an elephant can fly, too. Huh. I always wondered about the science of that movie! Well now I know.
Correlation is not causation! It's entirely possible that they were all buried without a single case of death by dihydrogen monoxide, and that their deaths after burial were perfectly natural.
For everyone who can't see it because the image was cropped, I can confirm that the scar is indeed shaped exactly like a lightning bolt. In line with the prophecy from 1979 that states that "the boy who lived" with "lightning in his hand" may one day confront and defeat the terrifying Asteroid menace, I believe we have finally found our champion, the one who finally end the Asteroid threat to all of Earth once and for all. But we'll have to work hard to keep more Asteroids from hitting him in the meantime... are we up to it? I believe so. It is - he is... perhaps our greatest hope.
i treid goinf outside and seeing ti. watcjed fpr a wile, couldn't see it. the someone saus it happened back on wedndsday. ugh, missed tht totally ,shoudl hafve RTDA. still hjaving some troubnle with my visonin and typing . a;so havng trouble remembering which kyes are which. lckily iu know whow to post ro slashdot blind.
To be fair though, facial recognition software doesn't work on Bruce Campbell. It recognizes most of his face correctly, but locks up every time it gets to his chin.
I learned a trick in Dwarf Fortress that would work like that, actually. It's like this: you perforate the dikes and run the water through waterwheels (or modern turbines, in this case). Then you use pumps, powered by the turbines, to pump the water back into the ocean! The remaining energy goes to whatever you want! The ocean is endless, and never stops running the turbines! Works like a charm.
Frankly I'm surprised scientists haven't done it yet. It's infinite free, clean energy; you'd think they would have figured it out by now. The Netherlands especially, seeing as so many areas are already below sea level. And it's practically foolproof, except for those few times I flooded my fort and drowned half my dwarves and ended up with mushrooms growing everywhere.
Bah, American propaganda! In Soviet Russia, the Red Spot shrinks you!
Gov: IP = YP
...to not use Microsoft Windshields and the stuff it comes bundled with.
(love the fuzzy dice, though. why do people always say they cause crashes? strange.)
A speeding ticket for going 207,520,611 kph?! But this whole area is zoned as a hyperspace express route! That's way below the speed limit. And the maximum will be even higher when they finally get rid of that big rock in the way, I imagine.
What's this judge up to, I wonder...
Oh, I don't know. Some of the old Forum posts about it were pretty freaking hilarious.