this reminds me of a lil joke i heard some years ago (so the wording might be a bit off)....
"I just hired a person that takes care of all my worries for me" "that's great. how much does he charge?" "$200 the hour" "how are you gonna afford that?" "i have no idea. let him worry about that"
oblig. video game reference
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All your Antarctic spage-age house are belong to us.
what a perfect place for a south park reference...
"But, Mr. Gates, it isn't like this bug is the first troublesome thing to come out of Microsoft. Let us not forget Clippy(TM)" "Now, now, Microsoft has apologized for Clippy on several occasions!"//sig Just because I dont' care doesn't mean I dont' understand. - Homer
Re:Titan bet not just on life
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So there'd be no chance of *us* colonizing it and winning that bet?
hey, i'm not being a pessimist...just being realistic
Although i agree with you on this, I do like the fact that they are developing a seperate app for all these. There is nothing worse than a bloated app. Remember ICQ? I used to use Opera religiously but i switched once i found out about firefox. I went back to Opera just to see what they added to the new version, and holy shit, is it ever bloated with gadgets, buttons, toolbars, and the kitchen sink. I really don't like looking at a gazillion items on a browser. yes it can all be turned off, but that's just one less point for opera in regards to simplicity (in my book anyway). That's why i like the 'modular' designs a lot more (e.g. extensions in Firefox), you can decide how complicated you want your application to be.
Now if opera would come with an automatic blow-job attachment.....hmm....that gives me an idea...anyone know opera's development hot line?
and for a complete list of 2006 movies, click here.
Personally, I'm looking forward to a few of them (e.g. X-Men) but really, how much longer until the Police Academy series reaches into the double digits? This is insanity!
i don't have anything better than a simpsons quote, but hey, at least i try...
Tony: Sorry we're late. Could we have the money now? Marge: The answer -- is no. Tony: I'm afraid I must insist. You see, my wife, she has been most vocal on the subject of the pretzel monies. "Where's the money?" "When are you going to get the money?" "Why aren't you getting the money now?" And so on.
alright, so this quote is only applicable to the parent's last few words...but oh well.
I agree that there aren't many german films that do not follow that genre. American movies made up for most of our viewing pleasure... but just to proove a point, try 'Run Lola Run', starring the chick from the bourne identity (and its sequel).
the IT industry has been overrun with these 'certified' experts who in reality don't have a single ounce of experience. Sure, Microskills and all those other certification mills offer you to become a certified computer professional....yes, on paper. But you put one of those people in front of a broken machine and say 'fix it', you'll get a blank stare and a "but that wasn't on the test". so now the employers have a choice...either pay a lotta money for locals that (for the most part) supposedly are hot shit but are entirely clueless....or they export their IT to overseas, where it's cheap and chances are the people actually know what they're talking about. before your rant, yes, i too am certified. but i take pride in the fact that i learned my shit. i didn't just go through some course material, and payed $40 for a Q&A sheet that will let me pass the test with flying colors without knowing a single 'fact'. In all honesty, i probably wouldn't have the job that i now got if it wasn't for those certs. they're a great way to get someone's attention, but that's about it. you should earn your bread by actually knowing your stuff, not by pretending you do. i think the industry is in a really shitty situation because of all these paper MCSEs (etc) that have flooded the market. To those of you who have gotten by without getting certs, my hat off to you. Shame to those who used them to land a job that they don't deserve.
having moved to the states from germany, i was amazed at how the violence to sex content ratio is so backwards. i remember watching a commercial during germany's prime-time tv shows, and they'd advertise some shampoo where you'd see the lady bare-chested and everything....and it wasn't a big deal. i think people are very hard-up about anything regarding sex in this country. remember that nipple slip during the supperbowl? wow, mothers of America were yelling bloody murder! i read some email that was sent to CNN from a concerned mother who stated that her child's life will now forever be changed because of that scene. I'm not surprised that we see so many sex-related crimes in this country, it seems that people have been so shunned from sex while they were growing up, that when they're old enough to do whatever they want, they go all psycho.... I honestly think that teaching your kids about sex and showing them that it's a very natural part of human life is not a bad thing (TM).
Professor: "I'm sorry Fry, but the anchovy has been extinct since the 2200s." Fry: "What???" Professor: "Oh my, yes. Fished to death. Just about the time your people arrived on earth, wasn't it, Zoidberg?" Zoidberg: "I'm not on trial here!"
this reminds me of a story i was told while i was in the service (not so long ago actually)....
so one of the guys i used to work with (an E7 in the Marines) told me that he was at a computer auction where they would get rid of old (DRMO'ed) machines by selling them for cheap...these machines weren't exactly worth buying, but it's fun to see what they got nonetheless... anyway, so they were walking around, along with inspectors, to make sure that the computers were stripped of all its vital parts (ie, harddrives) to make sure that sensitive informatino wouldn't be leaked out. so one of these inspectors happened to come across a computer which still contained a floppy drive...he took his pen, used it to press the disk eject button and *pop* out came a bright pink (IIRC) diskette with the words TOP SECRET written on it. Needless to say, everyone was told to stand back, this huge investigation happened, interviews, names, the whole 9 yards...so the story goes that some general had the computer replaced a while ago and didn't bother to check it. When i was told the story i was very amazed that no one else caught it....i couldn't even imagine what could've happened if that inspector didn't bother to check what was in the drive....scary shit.
btw, from what i was told, this happened several years ago and some of the details may have gotten a little fuzzy....still interesting tale though.
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one of the good things about spam is that it rhymes with everything. I'm serious, give it a try:
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it even rhymes with itself:
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the first time i found out about this, it blew my mind!!!
ok, i'm done
Your g/f told me she's fine with that.
"reporting an extreme performance decrease since installing Windows XP SP2 - decreases as much as from 2.6ghz down to 300mhz"
From the MS website regarding minimum requirements for running Windows XP:
PC with 300 megahertz or higher processor clock speed recommended (source)
which seems to be just enough to keep the system running. Coincidence? I think not....
while we're on the subject of quotes from the movie, allow me to add one of my favorites...
Olaf: "My love for you is like a truck, berserker!
Would you like to making fuck, berserker!"
[....]
Girl: Did he just say "making fuck"?
"....as bits of meaningless test data flowed silently between the two computers"
;)
that sounds a lot like the way i was made...well, let me rephrase that....
"...as bits of meaningless biomass flowed silently between the two organs..."
and out of all those semen, mine was the fastest
Scientists have found that swallowing large amounts of bleach is good for you too.
this reminds me of a lil joke i heard some years ago (so the wording might be a bit off)....
"I just hired a person that takes care of all my worries for me"
"that's great. how much does he charge?"
"$200 the hour"
"how are you gonna afford that?"
"i have no idea. let him worry about that"
All your Antarctic spage-age house are belong to us.
what a perfect place for a south park reference...
//sig
"But, Mr. Gates, it isn't like this bug is the first troublesome thing to come out of Microsoft. Let us not forget Clippy(TM)"
"Now, now, Microsoft has apologized for Clippy on several occasions!"
Just because I dont' care doesn't mean I dont' understand. - Homer
So there'd be no chance of *us* colonizing it and winning that bet?
hey, i'm not being a pessimist...just being realistic
Although i agree with you on this, I do like the fact that they are developing a seperate app for all these. There is nothing worse than a bloated app. Remember ICQ?
I used to use Opera religiously but i switched once i found out about firefox. I went back to Opera just to see what they added to the new version, and holy shit, is it ever bloated with gadgets, buttons, toolbars, and the kitchen sink. I really don't like looking at a gazillion items on a browser. yes it can all be turned off, but that's just one less point for opera in regards to simplicity (in my book anyway).
That's why i like the 'modular' designs a lot more (e.g. extensions in Firefox), you can decide how complicated you want your application to be.
Now if opera would come with an automatic blow-job attachment.....hmm....that gives me an idea...anyone know opera's development hot line?
(upon opening the case)
...alright, I'm done.
"Man, this design is goofy."
"You're telling me"
Mouseware (TM) is where it's at!
Case modders rejoice! I can already see them come up with a line of computers with Mickey Mouse ears mounted on them.
as if a 5th batman movie wasn't enough, check out these other installments of well-known flicks...
(these are all scheduled to be released in 2006)
Hellboy 2
Indiana Jones 4
Kung Pow 2
Pirates of the Carribean 2
Police Academy 8
Return of the Living Dead 5
Shrek 3
Superman Returns
Texas Chainsaw Massacre Prequel
X-Men 3
and for a complete list of 2006 movies, click here.
Personally, I'm looking forward to a few of them (e.g. X-Men) but really, how much longer until the Police Academy series reaches into the double digits?
This is insanity!
i don't have anything better than a simpsons quote, but hey, at least i try...
Tony: Sorry we're late. Could we have the money now?
Marge: The answer -- is no.
Tony: I'm afraid I must insist. You see, my wife, she has been most vocal on the subject of the pretzel monies. "Where's the money?" "When are you going to get the money?" "Why aren't you getting the money now?" And so on.
alright, so this quote is only applicable to the parent's last few words...but oh well.
I agree that there aren't many german films that do not follow that genre. American movies made up for most of our viewing pleasure...
but just to proove a point, try 'Run Lola Run', starring the chick from the bourne identity (and its sequel).
Try looking at it from their perspective....
the IT industry has been overrun with these 'certified' experts who in reality don't have a single ounce of experience. Sure, Microskills and all those other certification mills offer you to become a certified computer professional....yes, on paper. But you put one of those people in front of a broken machine and say 'fix it', you'll get a blank stare and a "but that wasn't on the test".
so now the employers have a choice...either pay a lotta money for locals that (for the most part) supposedly are hot shit but are entirely clueless....or they export their IT to overseas, where it's cheap and chances are the people actually know what they're talking about.
before your rant, yes, i too am certified. but i take pride in the fact that i learned my shit. i didn't just go through some course material, and payed $40 for a Q&A sheet that will let me pass the test with flying colors without knowing a single 'fact'. In all honesty, i probably wouldn't have the job that i now got if it wasn't for those certs. they're a great way to get someone's attention, but that's about it. you should earn your bread by actually knowing your stuff, not by pretending you do.
i think the industry is in a really shitty situation because of all these paper MCSEs (etc) that have flooded the market.
To those of you who have gotten by without getting certs, my hat off to you. Shame to those who used them to land a job that they don't deserve.
having moved to the states from germany, i was amazed at how the violence to sex content ratio is so backwards. i remember watching a commercial during germany's prime-time tv shows, and they'd advertise some shampoo where you'd see the lady bare-chested and everything....and it wasn't a big deal.
i think people are very hard-up about anything regarding sex in this country. remember that nipple slip during the supperbowl? wow, mothers of America were yelling bloody murder! i read some email that was sent to CNN from a concerned mother who stated that her child's life will now forever be changed because of that scene.
I'm not surprised that we see so many sex-related crimes in this country, it seems that people have been so shunned from sex while they were growing up, that when they're old enough to do whatever they want, they go all psycho....
I honestly think that teaching your kids about sex and showing them that it's a very natural part of human life is not a bad thing (TM).
Professor: "I'm sorry Fry, but the anchovy has been extinct since the 2200s."
Fry: "What???"
Professor: "Oh my, yes. Fished to death. Just about the time your people arrived on earth, wasn't it, Zoidberg?"
Zoidberg: "I'm not on trial here!"
this reminds me of a story i was told while i was in the service (not so long ago actually)....
so one of the guys i used to work with (an E7 in the Marines) told me that he was at a computer auction where they would get rid of old (DRMO'ed) machines by selling them for cheap...these machines weren't exactly worth buying, but it's fun to see what they got nonetheless...
anyway, so they were walking around, along with inspectors, to make sure that the computers were stripped of all its vital parts (ie, harddrives) to make sure that sensitive informatino wouldn't be leaked out. so one of these inspectors happened to come across a computer which still contained a floppy drive...he took his pen, used it to press the disk eject button and *pop* out came a bright pink (IIRC) diskette with the words TOP SECRET written on it. Needless to say, everyone was told to stand back, this huge investigation happened, interviews, names, the whole 9 yards...so the story goes that some general had the computer replaced a while ago and didn't bother to check it. When i was told the story i was very amazed that no one else caught it....i couldn't even imagine what could've happened if that inspector didn't bother to check what was in the drive....scary shit.
btw, from what i was told, this happened several years ago and some of the details may have gotten a little fuzzy....still interesting tale though.