And if passing one guy just puts you behind the next one doing 65, what's the point?
If you enjoy driving, you'll know that sometimes, being at the steering wheel is much like holding a video game controller. You want continue without braking in an elegant ways, and want to use your nerdy driving knowledge to solve a "problem" -- overcoming an obstacle on the road. Thats all, if you have to speed up to overcome this obstacle, so be it.
Not always so. I have one (1) broadband provider in my area, DSL via the telco. I have a single dial up provider, via the public library. My final choice would be satellite - again, a single provider, albeit accessed via several subcontractors. 3 strikes and I AM OUT!!
Mod +1 insightful!
And, this is in the United States.
Mod +1 informative!
While the US is failing to keep up with much of Europe in internet development, it is easy to understand that much of the world has fewer choices than I have. If you can have service stopped by an endless list of ISP's, and still find service, I truly envy you. I'll bet you have fiberoptic among your choices, too. God, I envy you!!
Yes I can connect virtually anywhere, because wifi is as ubiquitous as clean drinking water from taps. Don't envy me, just get a bit of perspective if you can.
You think depriving people of access to the Internet == which is quickly becoming an essential resource to many -- is more fair than suing people left and right?
I don't know how you got the idea that the 3 strike rule is really 'depriving' people of internet. Connection to the internet is a renewable process...you connect, disconnect, and connect again without losing your wallet. When you get sued, you lose money and time. When someone takes your money through a lawsuit, it is hard to get it back. On the other hand, if someone takes away your internet connection, you can access it elsewhere. Not too hard to figure out what is unfair, eh?
Especially since in Dr. Manhattan's case, no one is capable of understanding his point of view. The man just decides to appear on Mars and then wills into existence a huge glass fortress. The level of power necessary to bend time and space to your will like that is staggering.
University of Minnesota physics professor James Kakalios discusses how he was tapped to add a physics perspective to the upcoming Warner Brothers movie, Watchmen. Kakalios discusses how quantum mechanics can explain Dr. Manhattan's super human powers in the film, and how he came to become an expert on the topic of the physics of superheroes.
But how will you prove that you are actually someone with a masters degree in physics who doesn't give a shit about his low-pay job? I think the best way to go about it is to use Norton when you're on Symantec tech support.
I was going to say, is he complaining that tech support used a product that works but was not their own? They knew their product wouldn't work, so they went with something that did?
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And if passing one guy just puts you behind the next one doing 65, what's the point?
If you enjoy driving, you'll know that sometimes, being at the steering wheel is much like holding a video game controller. You want continue without braking in an elegant ways, and want to use your nerdy driving knowledge to solve a "problem" -- overcoming an obstacle on the road. Thats all, if you have to speed up to overcome this obstacle, so be it.
Actually, Alaska and most of the continental US was purchased from various nations.
Manhattan was purchased for $24.00 from an Indian chief. Do you think buying something justifies it for legitimate ownership?
The rest left ages ago when it became a nation of fundamentalist christians.
Left? I thought they decided never to come to the US in the first place.
Who would have thought that Darth Vader was Luke Skywalker's father?
Or that R is killed by Dr. Manhattan and there is no squid?
Really.
You could, for example, hold one in your hand and imagine a Beowulf cluster of 'these'.
Not always so. I have one (1) broadband provider in my area, DSL via the telco. I have a single dial up provider, via the public library. My final choice would be satellite - again, a single provider, albeit accessed via several subcontractors. 3 strikes and I AM OUT!!
Mod +1 insightful!
And, this is in the United States.
Mod +1 informative!
While the US is failing to keep up with much of Europe in internet development, it is easy to understand that much of the world has fewer choices than I have. If you can have service stopped by an endless list of ISP's, and still find service, I truly envy you. I'll bet you have fiberoptic among your choices, too. God, I envy you!!
Yes I can connect virtually anywhere, because wifi is as ubiquitous as clean drinking water from taps. Don't envy me, just get a bit of perspective if you can.
You think depriving people of access to the Internet == which is quickly becoming an essential resource to many -- is more fair than suing people left and right?
I don't know how you got the idea that the 3 strike rule is really 'depriving' people of internet. Connection to the internet is a renewable process...you connect, disconnect, and connect again without losing your wallet. When you get sued, you lose money and time. When someone takes your money through a lawsuit, it is hard to get it back. On the other hand, if someone takes away your internet connection, you can access it elsewhere. Not too hard to figure out what is unfair, eh?
Hilarious... ly backwards.
Especially since in Dr. Manhattan's case, no one is capable of understanding his point of view. The man just decides to appear on Mars and then wills into existence a huge glass fortress. The level of power necessary to bend time and space to your will like that is staggering.
This might be interesting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmj1rpzDRZ0
University of Minnesota physics professor James Kakalios discusses how he was tapped to add a physics perspective to the upcoming Warner Brothers movie, Watchmen. Kakalios discusses how quantum mechanics can explain Dr. Manhattan's super human powers in the film, and how he came to become an expert on the topic of the physics of superheroes.
What in the screaming blue hell is a GPGPU?
I think you meant "screaming green hell"
Especially when the Three Laws of Robotics doesn't cover sexual relationships.
Lets watch you get modded Informative or "Insightful"..come on mods, what are you waiting for?!
you can't kill an annoying girlfriend.
"Yes.We.Can!"
That's possibly the worst analogy I've ever read.....
A bad analogy is like a leaky screwdriver.
Another way to look at this is:
When in human history has encountering a more advanced civilisation ever been good for a less advanced civilisation?
Same as in the movie "The Day The Earth Stood Still" I think?
That "thing".... been around FOREVER.
Well, this this hasn't: http://xkcd.com/305/
Now, will we see more of these?
Or these: http://xkcd.com/70/
Over a few years a Russia can drop the addicted westerner a visit...
hmm...how many Russia's are active in this business right now, you reckon?
...lack the intelligence to really grasp....
A man's reach must exceed his grasp...so they say...for something or the other to wish for.
That's totally on topic...
Whats the topic?!!!
The tagline is inverted.
In Soviet Russia, taglines invert YOU!
Congrats to everyone involved! And what a way to start off Spring IYA 2009!
Sometimes we would fake an Indian name and accent
But how will you prove that you are actually someone with a masters degree in physics who doesn't give a shit about his low-pay job? I think the best way to go about it is to use Norton when you're on Symantec tech support.
Moreover, Symantec's management acknowledged that they were in the wrong, and indicated they would be addressing this
Acknowledgment is valuable when faced with bad press.
I was going to say, is he complaining that tech support used a product that works but was not their own? They knew their product wouldn't work, so they went with something that did?
Even 5 year olds can answer these questions.
He should have made the phone call and dealt with the Indian accent.
Yes, the tech-support guy's name Prajith is actually Indian. I wonder if he still works at Symantec though.
Indiana once passed a law saying that PI should be exactly 3.2:
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jlawler/aux/pi.html
I'm despairing, all right.
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