I actually discovered that Facebook has something like this. I was in Romania for work last year, and when I tried to log into Facebook from there it said that I was accessing from an "unkown location". It then showed me pictures of my friends and required me to correctly name them before giving me access to my account. Privacy concerns aside, that's still a pretty interesting security policy!
And yes, I'll turn in my geek card for admitting on/. that I have a Facebook account.
Well, if you're into Power Metal (like me) you're actually probably quite familiar with plenty of Finnish music. In fact, I was drawn to this article because I care way more about the music coming out of Finland than I do about the music here in the US.
When you get tired of all the recycled Pop, Alternative, and Hip Hop around here check out some bands like Nightwish, Stratovarious, Sonata Arctica, and Lordi. You won't be disappointed!
I'm in the same boat as you. I would love a diesel sedan, but the problems I've had with my gasoline Jetta make me no longer trust VW. If Toyota made a diesel-electric hybrid I would be all over it.
A remake is cool, but I think the more interesting news is that TellTale games is working on a brand new title for the Kings Quest franchise. There's a brief announcement on there blog. (You have to scroll down pretty far).
Hurray the Thought Police are being deployed! Now we can all rest happily!
I hope you like the Status Quo, because it seems that anyone unhappy with it will now be ousted from governmental positions where they could have had a chance to make things better.
If a commercial entity had invented the Internet it would have functioned like the AOL of 1993 where all content has to be approved by a single corporation. That corporation would collect a tax on all transactions. It would kick out anyone it did not agree with.
So you're saying we would've had the App Store/iTunes a whole lot sooner?
It sounds like "corn sugar" is already used to refer to a separate product.
You are correct. I have been buying "corn sugar" for years. It is commonly used as a priming sugar when making homebrew beer.
Calling HFCS "corn sugar" would be incredibly misleading. If I saw a beverage say it was sweetened with corn sugar and would expect it to contain the powdered form of glucose I'm familiar with, not HFCS.
There seems to be a lot of debate as to whether 3D is actually "good" and something that adds to the movie-going experience. Regardless of your opinion of the current 3D technology, directors should absolutely resist when a producer breathes down their neck saying, "Your movie must have X", where X is 3D, cutting edge special effects, an unnecessary romance, a "hip" young character that can appeal to Y demographic.
This is a classic example of business versus art. There are good uses of 3D and there are bad. Let the director decide when 3D will actually improve the quality of a film, not the profitable, marketability, etc. Give that power to the producers, and you will merely have 3D as a gimmick. Let the artists (directors) discover new and creative uses of 3D technology on their own terms in ways that are meaningful. Don't force it down their throats as a marketing tool.
I'm happy to hear of anyone standing up to those Hollywood executive asshats.
Are you serious? I rarely pay more than $10 a pound for coffee and it tastes pretty damn good to me.
This is what I do:
- Never freeze or refrigerate coffee. - Store in an air-tight container, but with plenty of "breathing room". I use plastic resealable "tupperware". - Buy whole bean coffee and grind about a week's worth at a time. - Clean the coffee maker regularly
Doing this makes my coffee delicious for (typically) less than $10 per pound. I don't know what you're doing wrong.
I drink coffee nearly every day, and on days that I don't, I invariably get headaches. This past three-day weekend, I had no caffeine from Saturday to Monday. For the entire weekend, though, I was outdoors sweating and almost constantly drinking water. No headaches. This was the first time in many years I've gone that long without caffeine and not gotten headaches.
Religion on the other hand, rarely changes its story.
I agree with most of what you said up until this point. One need only look at the number of existing Christian denominations to see how much a religion can change. That is to say nothing of more differential Christian "offshoots" like Mormonism, Christian Science, and Jehova's Witnesses.
God himself changed from the vengeful Old Testament version to the warm and fuzzy New Testament version.
Jesus wasn't considered a deity until after 300 CE, which is also when the concept of the Holy Trinity came about.
The demonizing of alcohol by Christian organizations didn't happen until the 19th century (Jesus had wine at the last supper).
Galileo was pardoned by the Church in 1992.
Today the story of Adam and Eve is "not meant to be taken literally", but at the time the Old Testament was written, I don't see how else it would have been interpreted.
So, to say that religion never changes its story is foolish. Yes, both scientific conclusions and religious beliefs will change. This is largely because people change, societies change, and cultures change. The thing with religion is that it easy to shop around until you find one that "fits" with an existing view. Science does not work that way.
This is similar to what I do. I have a carabiner that I attach to a belt loop that connects to a chain of 20 key rings that I've accumulated over the years. It's great to unlock doors while still having the keys attached to me. I can just drop the keys if I'm carrying too much stuff.
But the best part is when people ask me why I have so many rings. I tell them the truth:
Three rings for the Elf Kings under the sky Seven for the Dwarf Lords in their halls of stone Nine for mortal men doomed to die And one for the Dark Lord on his dark throne.
That always struck me as a little improbable. You mean you're just going to eat that thing right after you pressed it against a disgusting fingerprint scanner?
I'd love to go on the show Deal or no deal (The one with the women holding the suitcases), and select my suitcases in numerical order (1, 2, 3, etc)-- because my chances are EXACTLY THE SAME as someone who selects the cases according to their own numerological theory.
I would choose the suitcases in the order of least attractive to most attractive suitcase-holding model. That way I could look at the pretty ones longer.
How long does this have to go on before people seriously start to suspect sabotage of the LHC? The time travel theories are funny, but there are enough people vehemently opposed to the experiment ("Oh, no black holez will destroy teh worldz!", "It is morally wrong to search for God's particle") that I would think sabotage to be a fairly plausible explanation for repeated failures. But maybe that's the tin foil hat speaking.
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The whole article is a stupid nerd reference to Star Trek. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replicator_(Star_Trek)
I disagree. The whole article is an AWESOME nerd reference.
The ad I have on this page is for 46% off at Borders. Guess they're already trying to dumb inventory.
I actually discovered that Facebook has something like this. I was in Romania for work last year, and when I tried to log into Facebook from there it said that I was accessing from an "unkown location". It then showed me pictures of my friends and required me to correctly name them before giving me access to my account. Privacy concerns aside, that's still a pretty interesting security policy!
And yes, I'll turn in my geek card for admitting on /. that I have a Facebook account.
Well, if you're into Power Metal (like me) you're actually probably quite familiar with plenty of Finnish music. In fact, I was drawn to this article because I care way more about the music coming out of Finland than I do about the music here in the US.
When you get tired of all the recycled Pop, Alternative, and Hip Hop around here check out some bands like Nightwish, Stratovarious, Sonata Arctica, and Lordi. You won't be disappointed!
Interestingly enough, the current line of Macbook Pros seem to have AMD/ATI graphics.
http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/specs.html
I'm in the same boat as you. I would love a diesel sedan, but the problems I've had with my gasoline Jetta make me no longer trust VW. If Toyota made a diesel-electric hybrid I would be all over it.
A remake is cool, but I think the more interesting news is that TellTale games is working on a brand new title for the Kings Quest franchise. There's a brief announcement on there blog. (You have to scroll down pretty far).
INCONCEIVABLE!
Hurray the Thought Police are being deployed! Now we can all rest happily!
I hope you like the Status Quo, because it seems that anyone unhappy with it will now be ousted from governmental positions where they could have had a chance to make things better.
If a commercial entity had invented the Internet it would have functioned like the AOL of 1993 where all content has to be approved by a single corporation. That corporation would collect a tax on all transactions. It would kick out anyone it did not agree with.
So you're saying we would've had the App Store/iTunes a whole lot sooner?
Agreed! This is exactly the first movie that came to mind upon reading the summary.
It sounds like "corn sugar" is already used to refer to a separate product.
You are correct. I have been buying "corn sugar" for years. It is commonly used as a priming sugar when making homebrew beer.
Calling HFCS "corn sugar" would be incredibly misleading. If I saw a beverage say it was sweetened with corn sugar and would expect it to contain the powdered form of glucose I'm familiar with, not HFCS.
The fact that ancient people didn't have access to the internet doesn't mean they were idiots.
One might even argue that made them smarter.
There seems to be a lot of debate as to whether 3D is actually "good" and something that adds to the movie-going experience. Regardless of your opinion of the current 3D technology, directors should absolutely resist when a producer breathes down their neck saying, "Your movie must have X", where X is 3D, cutting edge special effects, an unnecessary romance, a "hip" young character that can appeal to Y demographic.
This is a classic example of business versus art. There are good uses of 3D and there are bad. Let the director decide when 3D will actually improve the quality of a film, not the profitable, marketability, etc. Give that power to the producers, and you will merely have 3D as a gimmick. Let the artists (directors) discover new and creative uses of 3D technology on their own terms in ways that are meaningful. Don't force it down their throats as a marketing tool.
I'm happy to hear of anyone standing up to those Hollywood executive asshats.
Fucking Magnets! How do they work?
Are you serious? I rarely pay more than $10 a pound for coffee and it tastes pretty damn good to me.
This is what I do:
- Never freeze or refrigerate coffee.
- Store in an air-tight container, but with plenty of "breathing room". I use plastic resealable "tupperware".
- Buy whole bean coffee and grind about a week's worth at a time.
- Clean the coffee maker regularly
Doing this makes my coffee delicious for (typically) less than $10 per pound. I don't know what you're doing wrong.
I will support this with anecdotal evidence.
I drink coffee nearly every day, and on days that I don't, I invariably get headaches. This past three-day weekend, I had no caffeine from Saturday to Monday. For the entire weekend, though, I was outdoors sweating and almost constantly drinking water. No headaches. This was the first time in many years I've gone that long without caffeine and not gotten headaches.
Yay Water!
Religion on the other hand, rarely changes its story.
I agree with most of what you said up until this point. One need only look at the number of existing Christian denominations to see how much a religion can change. That is to say nothing of more differential Christian "offshoots" like Mormonism, Christian Science, and Jehova's Witnesses.
God himself changed from the vengeful Old Testament version to the warm and fuzzy New Testament version.
Jesus wasn't considered a deity until after 300 CE, which is also when the concept of the Holy Trinity came about.
The demonizing of alcohol by Christian organizations didn't happen until the 19th century (Jesus had wine at the last supper).
Galileo was pardoned by the Church in 1992.
Today the story of Adam and Eve is "not meant to be taken literally", but at the time the Old Testament was written, I don't see how else it would have been interpreted.
So, to say that religion never changes its story is foolish. Yes, both scientific conclusions and religious beliefs will change. This is largely because people change, societies change, and cultures change. The thing with religion is that it easy to shop around until you find one that "fits" with an existing view. Science does not work that way.
This is similar to what I do. I have a carabiner that I attach to a belt loop that connects to a chain of 20 key rings that I've accumulated over the years. It's great to unlock doors while still having the keys attached to me. I can just drop the keys if I'm carrying too much stuff.
But the best part is when people ask me why I have so many rings. I tell them the truth:
Three rings for the Elf Kings under the sky
Seven for the Dwarf Lords in their halls of stone
Nine for mortal men doomed to die
And one for the Dark Lord on his dark throne.
Or to quote one of my favorite Sci-Fi franchises:
"If you can't do something smart, do something right."
Standing up to China takes stones.
Having said that, I am more and more afraid that they'll own all of us in my lifetime anyway.
Google or China?
That always struck me as a little improbable. You mean you're just going to eat that thing right after you pressed it against a disgusting fingerprint scanner?
Sure! You just sterilize it with some vodka.
The only real winner is the lawyers.
I'd love to go on the show Deal or no deal (The one with the women holding the suitcases), and select my suitcases in numerical order (1, 2, 3, etc)-- because my chances are EXACTLY THE SAME as someone who selects the cases according to their own numerological theory.
I would choose the suitcases in the order of least attractive to most attractive suitcase-holding model. That way I could look at the pretty ones longer.
How long does this have to go on before people seriously start to suspect sabotage of the LHC? The time travel theories are funny, but there are enough people vehemently opposed to the experiment ("Oh, no black holez will destroy teh worldz!", "It is morally wrong to search for God's particle") that I would think sabotage to be a fairly plausible explanation for repeated failures. But maybe that's the tin foil hat speaking.