The Brown Bess was optimized for volley fire because that's all it was good for, which is why the government adopted volley fire as what it wanted to do, which is why. . .
Not to knock the Brown Bess, The Royal Navy gave England control of the seas, but it was the Brown Bess that allowed them to leverage that into empire. I sure wouldn't want to face its volley.
That's why I'm hiding behind a tree with my rifle.
Lessee; we're doing worse and worse in our core competency, which we've been at for over a decade, but haven't even come close to recouping our initial investment yet, so we'll solve the problem by gathering whatever cash we can find under the sofa and plunge it into a horrendously expensive business in which we have no experience and know nothing about.
Well, yeah, sure, if you put it that way it makes perfect sense.
The biggest downside is that in just two short years, George Bush will no longer be president and we won't get to hear such cerebral commentaries any longer.
Yeah, the name will be changed to protect the guilty, but the song will remain the same.
Ohhhhhhh, don't mind me. My first ten years were the worst. And the second ten. They were the worst too. The third ten I didn't enjoy at all. After that I went into a bit of a decline.
New York State's Capital District . ..Mohawk River near Albany, NY . ..Boston, New York and Montreal are only a couple of hours away* . . . newly renovated Proctor's Theatre . ..Saratoga is famous . ..New York City.
Notice how cleverly they go on and on, for a full page, without even once mentioning (although Proctor's Theater is in it) that Niskayuna is a suburb of . ..Schenectady.
They did, however, port Zork to the Cray, so who wouldn't want to work there? (Don't ask me how I know. It's classified. In fact, you didn't even hear it from me)
*For sufficiently large values of "couple." Unless you've got an Enzo, the cops aren't looking, you get all the lights and have a tailwind.
Yeah, it's true, statistically women put a lot more dings in the vehicle than guys, but I'm afraid the guys blow them up a lot more.
And it's a cheap shot against women to make fun of them for it. Their notorious inability to judge distances is all the fault of the guys in the first place.
I have to disagree with you on this one. I'm not convinced that transmitting the output of, say, phpBB2 is the same as distributing the source of phpBB2.
I cannot logically parse this sentence. Can you take another stab at it before I go any further?
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I'll meditate on that post for 7 years in Tibet.
Don't know where you are, but California might be a lot closer; and has more Chinese in it.
KFG
The Brown Bess was optimized for volley fire because that's all it was good for, which is why the government adopted volley fire as what it wanted to do, which is why. . .
Not to knock the Brown Bess, The Royal Navy gave England control of the seas, but it was the Brown Bess that allowed them to leverage that into empire. I sure wouldn't want to face its volley.
That's why I'm hiding behind a tree with my rifle.
KFG
Lessee; we're doing worse and worse in our core competency, which we've been at for over a decade, but haven't even come close to recouping our initial investment yet, so we'll solve the problem by gathering whatever cash we can find under the sofa and plunge it into a horrendously expensive business in which we have no experience and know nothing about.
Well, yeah, sure, if you put it that way it makes perfect sense.
KFG
Most books are good--if they weren't, they wouldn't be published.
Oooh my!
Hell, I've read Stanislaw Lem novels that have sold millions of copies world wide and only one has been made into a movie.
Bloody shame, because Ikarie XB 1 (Voyage to the End of the Universe) showed such promise.
KFG
Oh, I don't know. Most of the nuns I know could make a good 10 yards.
KFG
It used to be that the government had better technology always. . .
Kentucky rifle vs. Brown Bess.
KFG
The biggest downside is that in just two short years, George Bush will no longer be president and we won't get to hear such cerebral commentaries any longer.
Yeah, the name will be changed to protect the guilty, but the song will remain the same.
I hope you like the tune.
KFG
Oh, but wait, I just realized, I need to THINK OF THE CHILDREN. . .
In future when you hear someone say "We cocoon our children" they will not be speaking metaphorically.
KFG
What's a nunchucku? Is it similar to a nunchuckme?
Try it both ways and I think you'll be dissatisfied with nunchuckme.
KFG
People who live outliers tend to think they're on the curve. We invented books as a partial solution to that problem, but if you don't read 'em . . .
KFG
Unless you're some kind of Zen master you're going to run into this sooner or later.
Zen masters, however, are notoriously lax about the concept of deadlines.
You can have your happy, productive worker, but you may have to change your definition of "productivity" to do it.
Of course there's the modern approach, change your definition of "happy" and feed him soma.
KFG
With the neglected word in its place: There (Ain't) No Such Thing As A Free Lunch.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TANSTAAFL
It not only predates chat speak, it predates the ARPANET.
KFG
Well thanks a lot, Marvin!
Ohhhhhhh, don't mind me. My first ten years were the worst. And the second ten. They were the worst too. The third ten I didn't enjoy at all. After that I went into a bit of a decline.
Although a lot is depressing these days....
But I think I feel good about it.
KFG
Well I know it, and you know it, but go try 'splainin' to them that they're not real leopards.
KFG
Have you been reading my diary?
KFG
Not talking about private universities here
.it's quite depressing
Oh I don't know. I might be the only one here, but when he said "reputed" university I thought he meant exactly what he said.
. .
I'm with ya.
KFG
http://ge.com/research/grc_3_1_1.html
.Mohawk River near Albany, NY . . .Boston, New York and Montreal are only a couple of hours away* . . . newly renovated Proctor's Theatre . . .Saratoga is famous . . .New York City.
.Schenectady.
New York State's Capital District . .
Notice how cleverly they go on and on, for a full page, without even once mentioning (although Proctor's Theater is in it) that Niskayuna is a suburb of . .
They did, however, port Zork to the Cray, so who wouldn't want to work there? (Don't ask me how I know. It's classified. In fact, you didn't even hear it from me)
*For sufficiently large values of "couple." Unless you've got an Enzo, the cops aren't looking, you get all the lights and have a tailwind.
KFG
Does Slashdot know of labs where basic research in applied engineering is still done in the US, without the pressure of money and immediate results?
A 20th century thinker. How quaint.
The trick is that you have to create your own company to do this or find an academic environment that will support independent commercialization.
To the post-scientific era -- and beyond!
KFG
Al Davis may or may not be a genius, but I'll bet any amount of money on this:
He does a shitload of better fact-checking than you do.
Who's Al Davis?
KFG
http://www.karsukasbengals.co.uk/bengal-kittens-fo r-sale.htm
KFG
If you use colored dope, rather than clear, on your model airplane, guess what happens?
It doesn't fly as far.
KFG
Yeah, it's true, statistically women put a lot more dings in the vehicle than guys, but I'm afraid the guys blow them up a lot more.
.is twelve inches.
And it's a cheap shot against women to make fun of them for it. Their notorious inability to judge distances is all the fault of the guys in the first place.
They keep telling them that this:
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. .
KFG
. . .you risk a terrible penalty if you attack a weaker vessel.
.piracy? So you can, ya know. . .take their stuff?
Well, isn't that kinda the whole idea of, like. .
KFG
I have to disagree with you on this one. I'm not convinced that transmitting the output of, say, phpBB2 is the same as distributing the source of phpBB2.
I cannot logically parse this sentence. Can you take another stab at it before I go any further?
KFG
You do not need to move your wrist at all to use this mouse. A device built from a sound principle, no snake oil involved.
Why does my shoulder hurt?
KFG