"I have documented over 7000 APs in the last two months"
Whoop-de-doo! I'm sure trainspotters boast to each other about how many train numbers they have in their little notebooks, but they're still strange sad bastards.
You could actually do something that doesn't involve computers. Heresy on Slashdot, I know, but there are more things in life than computing. You could take in the scenery, for a start. Stop and smell the roses.
By the way, if you're doing your own driving, you really ought to be concentrating on the road rather than how many networks you can find.
Then there was the line from Night of the Comet "*Daddy* would have bought us *Uzis*!"
Offtopic, I know, but I loved that movie.
The other really good dialogue is
"You're crazy!"
"I'm not crazy, I just don't give a fuck!"
In a desperate attempt to claw back on topic, I have to think here that the FBI are right about demanding a certain level of physical fitness from their employees. They have a perfect right to do that, and this entire piece is just another example of geeks whining when they don't get things all their own way.
Or to the person when he/she has reached a mature age and has a stupid looking Pikachu tattooed on them?
Ah, but by then Pokemon will be retro chic - 30somethings at parties will discuss episodes religiously, and whether anyone remembers the time charmander whopped jigglypuff, and just how gay was James out of team rocket?
All crappy kids TV shows become a 30something cult, given time...
Even small training aircraft such as the one I'm learning to fly in have redundancy of vital systems - two fuel pumps, two ignition systems, two radios.
Aviation is very conservative. "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" appears to be the motto. Any new development has to be proven to be just as safe as what is currently in use and fully ratified by the aviation authority of the country in question, i.e. the CAA in the UK, the FAA in the USA. So a new development in avionics can take years to come into practical use.
That said, the technology is filtering down, so now you're finding light aircraft with glass cockpits (i.e. LCD instrument panels instead of dials), sidesticks, TCAS, HUDs etc.
Train your frickin personal. If someone cant tell theres an 802.11b card in a notebook then there just stupid.
Learn to spell 'PERSONNEL'. If someone can't use their apostrophes properly then they're just stupid.
Of course, surely everyone knows the exact specification of every laptop sold anywhere in the world, and has the ability to instantly identify any part of it at a glance.
And you try to present yourself as an intellectual superior when you have the linguistic ability of a seven year old?
Your signature reads 'Education, Not illimination'. Obviously you could do with some education yourself. Education in English.
The word I think you're looking for there is 'illumination' perhaps? Oh, and you don't use a capital letter after a comma.
I don't want you serving me my drinks. You're obviously too young to drink, you certainly write as if you're too young.
Collision-avoidance and instrument landings systems seem to be critical only during takeoff and landing...
Well, those two planes that collided lately were a long way from takeoff or landing. Admittedly the collision was mostly due to the pilot of one plane being told one thing by TCAS and another thing by traffic control, and obeying traffic control - which was wrong.
But still anti-collision instruments are vital at all times. Most commercial flights are filtered along the same routes. Look at a flight map and you'll see 'Airways' which are high altitude routes banned to VFR pilots. These are regions of airspace for IFR traffic at altitude. i.e. airliners, small business jets, etc.
One might think that blocking the signals is a good idea, but consider that this would be a retrofit into existing aircraft. Such is always expensive, both in the cost of the retrofit itself and the downtime of the aircraft in question. It might not be reasonable even if one has the time and money, as the solution will likely add weight to the aircraft. This can matter greatly, even on a passenger jet.
Exactly. Even the paint on an airliner adds significantly to the weight, and the amount of fuel used. Recent tests proved that unpainted airliners had a significant fuel saving.
Wasn't it DR's (Digital Research) work which he licensed or bought?
No, it was QDOS (Quick and Dirty Operating System) which he bought up from some guy in Seattle who by now must feel like the Pete Best of the computer world.
Isn't the story that IBM approached Garry Kildall of DR, but he wasn't available at the time so IBM copped a hump at the idea of someone not wanting to see them and went to young Bill instead.
I still think that if not for Microsoft, computers would still be a very much just for geeks thing. This would have been BAD, and don't you forget it.
(The other day I bought the new Hitchicker Guide to the Galaxy DVD and was amused by the 'asteroids'-style effects in one of the scenes... I had forgotten about that!)
Yes. And all the one I've seen are puerile rubbish. Good political satire is intelligent and thought provoking. A site where you click your mouse button to throw bananas at Dubya or some such is neither.
I cannot judge that each of those 70,000 Australian citizens is explicitly NOT a Jedi, but from the context of the article, I would say a large majority of them were simply participating in the prank.
That's my idea. I find it hard to believe that that many people were so sad to put down 'Jedi' because they were hard core Star Wars fans. I do find it very easy to believe that a lot of people heard of the joke email and thought it would be a bloody funny thing to do!
Stick it to the man by taking the piss out of stupid questions.
If you're too cheap, you're going to look to them like a cowboy. Pure and simple.
And if you look to them like a cowboy, they won't hire you. They'll go for someone who's charging more like what they think the job's worth.
You do get what you pay for.
Doesn't the disc on Voyager feature an introduction by then UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim giving greetings from Earth? How odd that the first human voice any aliens who could work the disc will hear is the voice of a former Nazi alleged to have taken part in war crime atrocities in the then Yugoslavia...
But the video, the video -- head and shoulders the best opening Trek has ever done. The way the scenes of astronauts are alternated with blueprints and calculations is an acknowledgement of how all those triumphs really happened, and a reminder of the glories that can be achieved when jocks and nerds work together. It has a thematic unity we haven't scene since the intro to the first two seasons of TNG, which it surpasses in depth of human feeling.
Oh yes. The opening sequence. Typical 'America Rules!!!' wank. So where in this opening sequence can we find first artificial satellite Sputnik, first man in space Yuri Gagarin, or the longest inhabited space-station Mir?
That's a bit of a Stalinist attitude to history, don't you think?
This is a fucking good idea. The arseholes who leave their phones on in cinemas or theatres are ignorant scum and need to be taught a lesson. We can start with dropping their mobile in a bucket of water. Then we can re-introduce the stocks, and give everyone in the cinema or theatre a ripe tomato to throw at the fuckwit.
I go to a cinema to watch the film. Not to listen to some arsehole wittering on about work, or his/her sex life, or the weather this afternoon. I go to a theatre to watch the play, not to listen to some idiot too stupid to turn the keypad beep off, sending text messages to his stupid friends. I go to the opera to listen to the music, not to listen to some fuck organising his bank account over the phone. Arseholes who use their mobiles in a place of public entertainment deserve to be taught the errors of their fucking stupid ways. Confiscation of phone and a stiff fine at the very least... Beats a good kicking from everyone in the audience.
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Quote from the article on the two dozen saddoes saunter...
At one point, marchers came across a historical plaque that was sponsored by Microsoft. They groaned and quickly papered over the software giant's name with a bumper sticker
Ah, Vandalism. Marvellous way to bring people around to your way of thinking...
This is all just part of the Mice's experiments on us... They wanted the cavemen to be able to tell them the answer, not just grunt it or spell it out on the scrabble board!
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"I have documented over 7000 APs in the last two months"
Whoop-de-doo! I'm sure trainspotters boast to each other about how many train numbers they have in their little notebooks, but they're still strange sad bastards.
You could actually do something that doesn't involve computers. Heresy on Slashdot, I know, but there are more things in life than computing. You could take in the scenery, for a start. Stop and smell the roses.
By the way, if you're doing your own driving, you really ought to be concentrating on the road rather than how many networks you can find.
Some people go WarDriving everyday...
...and really need to get a life.
Then there was the line from Night of the Comet "*Daddy* would have bought us *Uzis*!"
Offtopic, I know, but I loved that movie.
The other really good dialogue is
"You're crazy!"
"I'm not crazy, I just don't give a fuck!"
In a desperate attempt to claw back on topic, I have to think here that the FBI are right about demanding a certain level of physical fitness from their employees. They have a perfect right to do that, and this entire piece is just another example of geeks whining when they don't get things all their own way.
Or to the person when he/she has reached a mature age and has a stupid looking Pikachu tattooed on them?
Ah, but by then Pokemon will be retro chic - 30somethings at parties will discuss episodes religiously, and whether anyone remembers the time charmander whopped jigglypuff, and just how gay was James out of team rocket?
All crappy kids TV shows become a 30something cult, given time...
What he said.
Even small training aircraft such as the one I'm learning to fly in have redundancy of vital systems - two fuel pumps, two ignition systems, two radios.
Aviation is very conservative. "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" appears to be the motto. Any new development has to be proven to be just as safe as what is currently in use and fully ratified by the aviation authority of the country in question, i.e. the CAA in the UK, the FAA in the USA. So a new development in avionics can take years to come into practical use.
That said, the technology is filtering down, so now you're finding light aircraft with glass cockpits (i.e. LCD instrument panels instead of dials), sidesticks, TCAS, HUDs etc.
Train your frickin personal. If someone cant tell theres an 802.11b card in a notebook then there just stupid.
Learn to spell 'PERSONNEL'. If someone can't use their apostrophes properly then they're just stupid.
Of course, surely everyone knows the exact specification of every laptop sold anywhere in the world, and has the ability to instantly identify any part of it at a glance.
And you try to present yourself as an intellectual superior when you have the linguistic ability of a seven year old?
Your signature reads 'Education, Not illimination'. Obviously you could do with some education yourself. Education in English. The word I think you're looking for there is 'illumination' perhaps? Oh, and you don't use a capital letter after a comma.
I don't want you serving me my drinks. You're obviously too young to drink, you certainly write as if you're too young.
Collision-avoidance and instrument landings systems seem to be critical only during takeoff and landing... Well, those two planes that collided lately were a long way from takeoff or landing. Admittedly the collision was mostly due to the pilot of one plane being told one thing by TCAS and another thing by traffic control, and obeying traffic control - which was wrong. But still anti-collision instruments are vital at all times. Most commercial flights are filtered along the same routes. Look at a flight map and you'll see 'Airways' which are high altitude routes banned to VFR pilots. These are regions of airspace for IFR traffic at altitude. i.e. airliners, small business jets, etc.
One might think that blocking the signals is a good idea, but consider that this would be a retrofit into existing aircraft. Such is always expensive, both in the cost of the retrofit itself and the downtime of the aircraft in question. It might not be reasonable even if one has the time and money, as the solution will likely add weight to the aircraft. This can matter greatly, even on a passenger jet.
Exactly. Even the paint on an airliner adds significantly to the weight, and the amount of fuel used. Recent tests proved that unpainted airliners had a significant fuel saving.
Wasn't it DR's (Digital Research) work which he licensed or bought?
No, it was QDOS (Quick and Dirty Operating System) which he bought up from some guy in Seattle who by now must feel like the Pete Best of the computer world.
Isn't the story that IBM approached Garry Kildall of DR, but he wasn't available at the time so IBM copped a hump at the idea of someone not wanting to see them and went to young Bill instead.
I still think that if not for Microsoft, computers would still be a very much just for geeks thing. This would have been BAD, and don't you forget it.
(The other day I bought the new Hitchicker Guide to the Galaxy DVD and was amused by the 'asteroids'-style effects in one of the scenes... I had forgotten about that!)
Yeah. All hand drawn and cel-by-cel animated too.
Can Ozzy Osbourne work out how to use it? If so, then you have achieved true user friendliness!
Yes. And all the one I've seen are puerile rubbish. Good political satire is intelligent and thought provoking. A site where you click your mouse button to throw bananas at Dubya or some such is neither.
L God Hubbard was actually a decent sci-fi author...
No, he was a crap author, and decided there was more money to be made starting a religion.
Jedis: Invented by George Lucas in the 1970s.
Druids and Wiccans: Invented by a bunch of drunken English poets in the 1920s
Hey! They're just as valid! They were all made up wholesale in the last century.
Christianity, Islam, and Judaism were equally made up, just a longer time ago...
I cannot judge that each of those 70,000 Australian citizens is explicitly NOT a Jedi, but from the context of the article, I would say a large majority of them were simply participating in the prank.
That's my idea. I find it hard to believe that that many people were so sad to put down 'Jedi' because they were hard core Star Wars fans. I do find it very easy to believe that a lot of people heard of the joke email and thought it would be a bloody funny thing to do! Stick it to the man by taking the piss out of stupid questions.
If you're too cheap, you're going to look to them like a cowboy. Pure and simple.
And if you look to them like a cowboy, they won't hire you. They'll go for someone who's charging more like what they think the job's worth.
You do get what you pay for.
Doesn't the disc on Voyager feature an introduction by then UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim giving greetings from Earth?
How odd that the first human voice any aliens who could work the disc will hear is the voice of a former Nazi alleged to have taken part in war crime atrocities in the then Yugoslavia...
But the video, the video -- head and shoulders the best opening Trek has ever done. The way the scenes of astronauts are alternated with blueprints and calculations is an acknowledgement of how all those triumphs really happened, and a reminder of the glories that can be achieved when jocks and nerds work together. It has a thematic unity we haven't scene since the intro to the first two seasons of TNG, which it surpasses in depth of human feeling.
Oh yes. The opening sequence. Typical 'America Rules!!!' wank. So where in this opening sequence can we find first artificial satellite Sputnik, first man in space Yuri Gagarin, or the longest inhabited space-station Mir? That's a bit of a Stalinist attitude to history, don't you think?
And I even like the 80's style 'rock ballad' theme song...
Did you know this was sung during the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games?
Strange but true!
The Taj Mahal is a historic landmark and the Golden Gate Bridge isn't?
Depends on your definition, I suppose. By comparison with the Taj Mahal, the first coat of paint on the Golden Gate isn't yet dry...
This is a fucking good idea. The arseholes who leave their phones on in cinemas or theatres are ignorant scum and need to be taught a lesson.
We can start with dropping their mobile in a bucket of water. Then we can re-introduce the stocks, and give everyone in the cinema or theatre a ripe tomato to throw at the fuckwit.
I go to a cinema to watch the film. Not to listen to some arsehole wittering on about work, or his/her sex life, or the weather this afternoon.
I go to a theatre to watch the play, not to listen to some idiot too stupid to turn the keypad beep off, sending text messages to his stupid friends.
I go to the opera to listen to the music, not to listen to some fuck organising his bank account over the phone.
Arseholes who use their mobiles in a place of public entertainment deserve to be taught the errors of their fucking stupid ways.
Confiscation of phone and a stiff fine at the very least... Beats a good kicking from everyone in the audience.
Quote from the article on the two dozen saddoes saunter...
At one point, marchers came across a historical plaque that was sponsored by Microsoft. They groaned and quickly papered over the software giant's name with a bumper sticker
Ah, Vandalism. Marvellous way to bring people around to your way of thinking...
Who dislikes User Friendly?
I do. I find it even less funny than Dilbert...
Well, at least evolution succeeded in making birds that weren't too heavy for their own wings...
Apart from Penguins, Emus, Ostriches, Kakapos, Cassowaries, Kiwis, etc...
This is all just part of the Mice's experiments on us... They wanted the cavemen to be able to tell them the answer, not just grunt it or spell it out on the scrabble board!