What I can't figure out about that movie is how goofy-faced Uma Thurmon was cast as a "genetically perfect superwoman". Get a nose-job already! sheesh!
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months."
True, anybody can put up a web site and review products, but I'll go to bat for Tom to say he is (or was about a year ago when I was frequenting the site) one of the best on the web when it came to technical information - especially on the whole dual Celeron overclocking thing.
Then again, I haven't really seen his site in about a year, since he became more of a video board review site.
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months."
An alien visit to this system would be interesting.
"Commander, we have found several artificial space probes in and near this system, constructed by what appears to be an intelligent species."
"yes, but where is the homeworld, did they develop FTL technology and leave?"
"no, we believe that the secondary, the black hole, is too small to be naturally formed, and it's trajectory, calculated retroactively indicates that it is the origin point for the space probes."
"then. .."
"yes, another one bites the dust."
"damn, why don't these primatives LEARN what not to mess with?"
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months."
No info yet. Just rumors. But when this thing DOES come out, if it's got AirPort, I'm ditching my Palm III, and buying one. And a G4 with an AirPort adapter.
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months."
heh - MacOS memory management is pretty bad. Every time you allocate memory, you have to designate it as moveable or non moveable, and put it into specific places in the heap, it's a huge pain in the ass, and after reading about it in chapter 1 of the "how to program for the macintosh" book (PDF, actually), I decided it wasn't for me. I suspect a lot of commercial Windows developers thinking of porting over to Mac OS went through the same thing, and that's probably why there isn't a whole bunch of software for the Mac
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months."
Okay, I'm not a typical Christian, but I am a Christian. The Bible even says that God created all of these plants, FOR us, and they are ours to do with as we please.
Now, there's obviously a catch there, because by that logic, we should just cut down all the rainforests and use the wood for paneling inside our new Lincoln Town Cars. Obviously, we've got to use our brains, and use these things wisely.
So it goes for drugs, and yes, there is a strong tendancy in some drugs, to lead people to abuse - the kind of abuse that DOES hurt people, their families, the economy, the concept of "values", etc. One of the big arguements that brought about prohibition was these newly empowered women's groups griping about how evil alchohol was driving their husbands out of the homes and causing them to spend all their time hanging out in bars with their buddies, getting drunk and renting hookers, etc. I think this would still be a problem today if we didn't have television.
So, personally, I don't have a problem with a puff on a joint now and then. But drugs can be harmful, and they're very dangerous. Now, that doesn't give anybody the right to pry into someone else's personal business and test their pee. But most of us just aren't able to responsibly handle recreational cocaine and heroin use.
Okay, so now that I've solved the drug problem, can we go to work on the flying cars? I mean come on, it's 3 months to go until the year 2000, and we still don't have flying cars! What's the matter with you people?
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months."
naw. Mankind's strongest inner drive is to set things up so that the rich people can endlessly suck more money from the poor people. Even in communist countries.
We will only reach the technological singularity if someone can get rich off of it. And they'll drag it out as long as possible to maximize the profits.
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months."
I have fairly high Karma, I guess. I do not typically post relevant or insightful posts. I guess I'm not really smart enough. But I do tend to post a lot of stuff that gets bumped up for being funny.
There's a trick to it to. You've got to find an article with between 15-30 posts (enough so you're not conspicuous, and others have contributed enough material for a typical smartass comment, but not so much that the moderators won't have time or points to moderate you - also, stay away from the really controversial articles. If it's about columbine or GNOME v. KDE, the server will bog down too much for anyone to moderate, there will be 350 posts before you can blink an eye).
That said, I still think that this new moderation system is the cat's fucking pyjamas. It has done wonders for most articles, keeping the garbage out, and properly highlighting the good stuff. I meta moderate too, and I see very few abuses, unlike the situation prior to meta moderation.
Also, when you get over 25, always remember to click your "No Score +1 Bonus" box, otherwise people won't give you their moderation points if you start out at a 2, and you won't accumulate Karma as quickly.
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months."
Documented proof: Some show on the discovery channel like a few months back, some guy with a pickup-truck mounted microwave transmitter totally zapped a car so the engine stalled, and wouldn't start. They had to enclose the TV camera in a faraday cage to protect it.
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months."
But when all the ATMs are down, no phones, no automobiles start, no TV, no computerized gunsights, no JSTARS, no AWACS, we'll still pick up the nearest handy object and start clubbing.
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months."
Should also recv. pages. The cell-phone TCP should not be simply a "cellular modem" but some type of wireless networking that uses the cellular networks, possibly also able to tie into AirPort networks.
I could take or leave color, but the display definately needs to be higher definition, and able to display changes quickly (the Palm III display isn't fast enough for video games really, but I've had many satisfying hours of spades). Doesn't use batteries, uses fuel-cells which can be recharged instantly by ethanol.
Speech to text isn't 100% necc. but it would be nice to have enough memory, and a microphone, to allow quick audio notes to be taken for later transcription, perhaps a slow background process that slowly converts speech to text, turning an 8 meg audio file into a 1k text file. Or maybe that conversion can be uploaded to a desktop. ..
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months."
If for no other reason than to support diversity period. A world with only one browser, that made by Microsoft, is a very sad world indeed. If you think Netscape is bad, then wait 5 years and see what IE devolves into without any competition.
However, I've been very impressed with recent Mozilla builds. It's still not ready for prime time, but then again, Netscape 4.5 and later aren't either. If there's any "last best hope" for standards compliance, diversity, and non Microsoft dominance, it's Mozilla.
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months."
No, the entire show has been about the phenomenon of the "urban legend" in American pop culture. The Mulder (irrational truth) vs. Scully (objectivist denial) dynamic was just there for fun.
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months."
. . . then again, the Krychek character has been through a lot of changes - switching sides, (?), being an underling of "the syndicte", then later, apparently having the upper hand - his continuing adventures could make for an interesting season or two (no more!).
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months."
Hey, she signed that piece of paper, and took Fox's money. That's what contracts are for - to keep spoiled actors (and sports figures), working long after they figure they got enough money and fame.
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months."
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What I can't figure out about that movie is how goofy-faced Uma Thurmon was cast as a "genetically perfect superwoman". Get a nose-job already! sheesh!
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months."
While I agree with your statements, they are almost a direct plagiarism from Steve Jobs.
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months."
True, anybody can put up a web site and review products, but I'll go to bat for Tom to say he is (or was about a year ago when I was frequenting the site) one of the best on the web when it came to technical information - especially on the whole dual Celeron overclocking thing.
Then again, I haven't really seen his site in about a year, since he became more of a video board review site.
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months."
I guess that's another distro we can count on to be broken on AMD chips. . .
(in case you didn't recognize the wily disguise, this was sarcasm)
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months."
Asking $20k for a fucking monitor is just. . . wrong.
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months."
An alien visit to this system would be interesting.
."
"Commander, we have found several artificial space probes in and near this system, constructed by what appears to be an intelligent species."
"yes, but where is the homeworld, did they develop FTL technology and leave?"
"no, we believe that the secondary, the black hole, is too small to be naturally formed, and it's trajectory, calculated retroactively indicates that it is the origin point for the space probes."
"then. .
"yes, another one bites the dust."
"damn, why don't these primatives LEARN what not to mess with?"
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months."
No info yet. Just rumors. But when this thing DOES come out, if it's got AirPort, I'm ditching my Palm III, and buying one. And a G4 with an AirPort adapter.
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months."
. . . but why can't this "strange matter" get it's shit together and start acting like normal matter?
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months."
no hero scientist.
a six-year old girl with an iMac.
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months."
heh - MacOS memory management is pretty bad. Every time you allocate memory, you have to designate it as moveable or non moveable, and put it into specific places in the heap, it's a huge pain in the ass, and after reading about it in chapter 1 of the "how to program for the macintosh" book (PDF, actually), I decided it wasn't for me. I suspect a lot of commercial Windows developers thinking of porting over to Mac OS went through the same thing, and that's probably why there isn't a whole bunch of software for the Mac
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months."
Yes, and these kids will wear coke-bottle glasses, and have acne. The new overlords of the human race. The ubermensch.
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months."
Okay, I'm not a typical Christian, but I am a Christian. The Bible even says that God created all of these plants, FOR us, and they are ours to do with as we please.
Now, there's obviously a catch there, because by that logic, we should just cut down all the rainforests and use the wood for paneling inside our new Lincoln Town Cars. Obviously, we've got to use our brains, and use these things wisely.
So it goes for drugs, and yes, there is a strong tendancy in some drugs, to lead people to abuse - the kind of abuse that DOES hurt people, their families, the economy, the concept of "values", etc.
One of the big arguements that brought about prohibition was these newly empowered women's groups griping about how evil alchohol was driving their husbands out of the homes and causing them to spend all their time hanging out in bars with their buddies, getting drunk and renting hookers, etc. I think this would still be a problem today if we didn't have television.
So, personally, I don't have a problem with a puff on a joint now and then. But drugs can be harmful, and they're very dangerous. Now, that doesn't give anybody the right to pry into someone else's personal business and test their pee. But most of us just aren't able to responsibly handle recreational cocaine and heroin use.
Okay, so now that I've solved the drug problem, can we go to work on the flying cars? I mean come on, it's 3 months to go until the year 2000, and we still don't have flying cars! What's the matter with you people?
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months."
if all of these people are out of work, who the hell are going to buy all the 100% automatically produced cars?
This is how the economy regulates itself. There will be hard times, but it will even out eventually.
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months."
naw. Mankind's strongest inner drive is to set things up so that the rich people can endlessly suck more money from the poor people. Even in communist countries.
We will only reach the technological singularity if someone can get rich off of it. And they'll drag it out as long as possible to maximize the profits.
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months."
Karma is the turning of slashdot into a game.
I have fairly high Karma, I guess. I do not typically post relevant or insightful posts. I guess I'm not really smart enough. But I do tend to post a lot of stuff that gets bumped up for being funny.
There's a trick to it to. You've got to find an article with between 15-30 posts (enough so you're not conspicuous, and others have contributed enough material for a typical smartass comment, but not so much that the moderators won't have time or points to moderate you - also, stay away from the really controversial articles. If it's about columbine or GNOME v. KDE, the server will bog down too much for anyone to moderate, there will be 350 posts before you can blink an eye).
That said, I still think that this new moderation system is the cat's fucking pyjamas. It has done wonders for most articles, keeping the garbage out, and properly highlighting the good stuff. I meta moderate too, and I see very few abuses, unlike the situation prior to meta moderation.
Also, when you get over 25, always remember to click your "No Score +1 Bonus" box, otherwise people won't give you their moderation points if you start out at a 2, and you won't accumulate Karma as quickly.
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months."
Yesterday's silicon today.
Today's drivers tomorrow.
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months."
Documented proof:
Some show on the discovery channel like a few months back, some guy with a pickup-truck mounted microwave transmitter totally zapped a car so the engine stalled, and wouldn't start. They had to enclose the TV camera in a faraday cage to protect it.
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months."
But when all the ATMs are down, no phones, no automobiles start, no TV, no computerized gunsights, no JSTARS, no AWACS, we'll still pick up the nearest handy object and start clubbing.
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months."
does that mean I'll get vets' benefits for my CTS?
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months."
Should also recv. pages.
.
The cell-phone TCP should not be simply a "cellular modem" but some type of wireless networking that uses the cellular networks, possibly also able to tie into AirPort networks.
I could take or leave color, but the display definately needs to be higher definition, and able to display changes quickly (the Palm III display isn't fast enough for video games really, but I've had many satisfying hours of spades).
Doesn't use batteries, uses fuel-cells which can be recharged instantly by ethanol.
Speech to text isn't 100% necc. but it would be nice to have enough memory, and a microphone, to allow quick audio notes to be taken for later transcription, perhaps a slow background process that slowly converts speech to text, turning an 8 meg audio file into a 1k text file. Or maybe that conversion can be uploaded to a desktop. .
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months."
no matter how nice the OS was, still:
WAY too big.
WAY too expensive.
Sorry, try again Apple. (please!)
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months."
If for no other reason than to support diversity period. A world with only one browser, that made by Microsoft, is a very sad world indeed. If you think Netscape is bad, then wait 5 years and see what IE devolves into without any competition.
However, I've been very impressed with recent Mozilla builds. It's still not ready for prime time, but then again, Netscape 4.5 and later aren't either. If there's any "last best hope" for standards compliance, diversity, and non Microsoft dominance, it's Mozilla.
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months."
No, the entire show has been about the phenomenon of the "urban legend" in American pop culture. The Mulder (irrational truth) vs. Scully (objectivist denial) dynamic was just there for fun.
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months."
. . . then again, the Krychek character has been through a lot of changes - switching sides, (?), being an underling of "the syndicte", then later, apparently having the upper hand - his continuing adventures could make for an interesting season or two (no more!).
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months."
Hey, she signed that piece of paper, and took Fox's money.
That's what contracts are for - to keep spoiled actors (and sports figures), working long after they figure they got enough money and fame.
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months."