SHAKE A STICK AT - "Although this does have a literal meaning, to threaten with a stick, we in the United States give it much more fanciful interpretation. If we say, 'There are more filling stations in town than one can shake a stick at,' we mean nothing more than that the town contains an abundance of places at which one may purchase gasoline for one's motorcar. That American usage dates from early in the nineteenth century. One may speculate that it arose from the play at warfare by small boys - George Washington Jones flourishing a triumphant wooden sword over the considerable number of British soldiers who surrendered at Yorktown, more, in fact, than he could wave his 'stick' at. Then, too, we use the expression to indicate a comparative that may express derogation, and have done so for well over a hundred years. David Crockett, in his "Tour to North and Down East" (1835), wrote of one place at which he stayed, 'This was a temperance house, and there was nothing to treat a friend to that was worth shaking a stick at." From "Heavens to Betsy" (1955, Harper & Row) by Charles Earle Funk.
Sounds familiar -- wasn't there a Company overseas that did something like that? Waited for lunch and then locked them out while sending them notices through email or somesuch?
I've seen this more and more. Companies have a policy where the only information you are allowed to give out, as a current employee about a former employee, is start and end dates and last position held.
Had a guy long ago that I had to fire (was either sleeping or writing bad code or both at the same time). He asked if he could use me as a reference (should give you some indication of just how truly stupid this guy was). I didn't say no. I mentioned this to the HR queen bee as I was filling out some paperwork on the episode, and she told me about the policy.
I got a call a few weeks later from him asking if I could write a letter. I told him sorry, I'm only allowed to confirm your dates of employment, etc. I then got a call from an HR guy at another company looking to hire him. He said I was listed as a reference and could I tell him a little about him. I had to say sorry.
"Why, did something happen?"
"Uhh, that's just company policy."
"I'm sure it is, but people don't usually stick to that unless there was something wrong."
had a buddy that had one of those fit to a cordless screwdriver he kept in his toolbox in the trunk. He could screw out the valve cores in about 5 seconds per.
he used to leave a love note for the asshole with the removed cores resting on a wiper.
I've always preferred removing the valve stems with a pair of cutting pliers, myself.
Yeah, it makes a nice whistling sound, but that is kinda the attraction too -- somewhere in the parking garage there are four whistles gradually becoming lower, quieter...
The victim walks out, sees four flats with no apparent damage *WTF*
Nothing as serious as having to buy 4x$120 tires, just aggravating to have to have someone come and repair the wheels onsite (esp in a parking garage where clearance will not permit a rollback trailer)
The BSOD is by far the most recognized feature of the Windows operating system, and as a result, Microsoft has historically insisted on total control over its look and feel. This recent departure from that policy reflects Microsoft's recognition of the Windows desktop itself as the "ultimate information portal." By default, the new BSOD will be configured to show a random selection of Microsoft product information whenever the system crashes. Microsoft channel partners can negotiate with Microsoft for the right to customize the BSOD on systems they ship.
Major computer resellers such as Compaq, Gateway, and Dell are already lining up for premier placement on the new and improved BSOD. Ballmer concluded by getting a dig in against the Open Source community. "This just goes to show that Microsoft continues to innovate at a much faster pace than open source. I have yet to see any evidence that Linux even has a BSOD, let alone a customizable one."
Laser pistol in the mouth woudl be too quick and easy and unsatisfying.
Let him fall into the lava pit and be horribly burned and scream for a few minutes before someone goes down and puts a couple in him to shut him up ala Austin Powers:
good point -- presumably they are paying taxes and should expect some kind of investigative help. Something tells me, however, that CR may not have the resources for a crack anti-cybercrime unit?
If only there was some kind of online medium for news articles where answers to questions like these could be answered!
Oh wait...
You can send us $40K by Western Union [and] your site will be protected
Richardson runs BetCris.com, an online wagering site, one of hundreds of sites ensconced in Costa Rica that take bets from Americans... without concern for U.S. bookmaking laws
Lyon says, "I could have left it alone, but I had gotten attached, and I started investigating. I came up with some interesting techniques to trace back the attacks." He turned over his work to several law enforcement agencies, but he never heard about it again.
"Um, hello - FBI? Hi. Yes I run a website gambling business offshore in Costa Rica and I just got threated by someone who says they will shut me down unless I wire fourty thousand via Western Union to someone in Belarus who *click* Hello?"
Why -- were they using bitkeeper for entire GNU/Linux distributions?
Just the kernel? Oh, that's ok to just refer to it as just "Linux" then.
I know it's not popular to side with RMS on the whole GNU/Linux thing, but I don't think he wasn't trying to co-opt Linux as part of GNU, and insist that everyone prepend 'GNU' each time they referenced Linux.
Instead, that a system based on GNU software with a Linux kernel was improperly being called "Linux" and he wanted everyone to call that GNU/Linux.
I personally don't care one way or the other (I call my box at home a "Linux server"), and I got a chuckle out of the comment, but it's not *that* funny (+5).
Rare exception - and they were humanoid-disembodied brains, weren't they?
Give me a horta anyday, though.
Seems like the original series had a lot more non-humanoid characters than the later series.
Remember there was the 'companion' that was basically an amalgum of sentient sparkles?
There was the Gorn (or is that too close to humanoid?) There was the spinning light thingy that made Kirk and the Klingons fight for its amusement. I know there were others.
If the genetic traits that cause 'ugliness' to pass from one generation to the next are not based on mutated genes, what is it then?
(and I answer myself)
No, all the genes to cause pretty or ugly bugs are already present in the population, regardless of what the currently popular dominant gene is. Those that have recessive 'pretty' genes don't get eaten and live to pass on their dominant 'ugly' gene.
When the predators go away, the bugs with ugly genes no longer have an advantage and the pretty ones live longer and are able to pass on their genes.
But how did the ugly gene get there in the first place? Were all the bugs pretty until a flash of cosmic rays struck the population and all of a sudden half started having ugly offspring because their DNA was damaged? At first, the ugly bugs can't get dates with the pretty ones and start to die out -- but then the predators start to differentiate their prey based on looks and start to avoid the ugly ones (they taste like shit too, btw).
All of a sudden the ugly bugs are running the place, getting good paying jobs, moving into nice neighborhoods, driving cool cars and screwing all the pretty bugs' daughters. All the good looking bugs get cut down in their prime because they taste better than the ones driving bmw's and working at the brokerage house and dating the ceo's daughter.
They evolved! A genetic trait that did not previously exist came into being by accident at a particular point in time that that trait became advantageous in the stock market. Then the market crashed, all the hungry cute-bug eating critters got evicted from their park avenue apartments and had to start eating the taste-like-shit ugly bugs or starve.
All of a sudden, it didn't matter what you looked like, where you worked, what kind of car you drove, who you were sleeping with or anything -- you had as much chance of being eaten as anyone else. Now you can't keep your six-figure job, pay for your nice apartment, keep up with your car payments or afford to take your girlfriend on nice vacations anymore.
Liberia is the oldest democracy in Africa which was founded in 1847. In 1948, the Republic of Liberia adopted maritime and associations laws to serve the needs of world commerce. Liberia was one of the first offshore, zero tax jurisdictions. Its excellent safety record and low loss ratio are attributed to its mandatory safety inspection program for vessel hull, machinery, safety and communications equipment, crew training and qualifications. Liberia has been an active member in the International Maritime Organization (IMO) since 1959 and has worked to transform IMO policy into effective action.
For more than 50 years, Liberia has operated a premier ship registry with one of the largest fleets of merchant ships in the world. About 1900 ships fly Liberian Flag. Vessel types include tankers, bulk cargo, general cargo, containers, reefers, offshore drilling units, barges, passenger vessels, fishing vessels, yachts and other small crafts.
The soundness of the Liberia Maritime Program, the high quality of the vessels and the professional skills with which they are administered are internationally recognised by lending institutions and shipyards that accept mortgages on vessels as security for payment.
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SHAKE A STICK AT - "Although this does have a literal meaning, to threaten with a stick, we in the United States give it much more fanciful interpretation. If we say, 'There are more filling stations in town than one can shake a stick at,' we mean nothing more than that the town contains an abundance of places at which one may purchase gasoline for one's motorcar. That American usage dates from early in the nineteenth century. One may speculate that it arose from the play at warfare by small boys - George Washington Jones flourishing a triumphant wooden sword over the considerable number of British soldiers who surrendered at Yorktown, more, in fact, than he could wave his 'stick' at. Then, too, we use the expression to indicate a comparative that may express derogation, and have done so for well over a hundred years. David Crockett, in his "Tour to North and Down East" (1835), wrote of one place at which he stayed, 'This was a temperance house, and there was nothing to treat a friend to that was worth shaking a stick at." From "Heavens to Betsy" (1955, Harper & Row) by Charles Earle Funk.
Sounds familiar -- wasn't there a Company overseas that did something like that? Waited for lunch and then locked them out while sending them notices through email or somesuch?
I've seen this more and more. Companies have a policy where the only information you are allowed to give out, as a current employee about a former employee, is start and end dates and last position held.
Had a guy long ago that I had to fire (was either sleeping or writing bad code or both at the same time). He asked if he could use me as a reference (should give you some indication of just how truly stupid this guy was). I didn't say no. I mentioned this to the HR queen bee as I was filling out some paperwork on the episode, and she told me about the policy.
I got a call a few weeks later from him asking if I could write a letter. I told him sorry, I'm only allowed to confirm your dates of employment, etc. I then got a call from an HR guy at another company looking to hire him. He said I was listed as a reference and could I tell him a little about him. I had to say sorry.
"Why, did something happen?"
"Uhh, that's just company policy."
"I'm sure it is, but people don't usually stick to that unless there was something wrong."
"I gotta go now."
NOBODY EXPECTS TH..
oh bugger
Clerks director Kevin Smith said on his official website that the movie "is, quite simply, f----ing awesome."
this is high praise, indeed
had a buddy that had one of those fit to a cordless screwdriver he kept in his toolbox in the trunk. He could screw out the valve cores in about 5 seconds per.
he used to leave a love note for the asshole with the removed cores resting on a wiper.
I've always preferred removing the valve stems with a pair of cutting pliers, myself.
Yeah, it makes a nice whistling sound, but that is kinda the attraction too -- somewhere in the parking garage there are four whistles gradually becoming lower, quieter...
The victim walks out, sees four flats with no apparent damage *WTF*
Nothing as serious as having to buy 4x$120 tires, just aggravating to have to have someone come and repair the wheels onsite (esp in a parking garage where clearance will not permit a rollback trailer)
Well, my first thought too was about making a joke about cosmic copulation, but I couldn't come up with a good one either.
I thought you said crossing the streams was bad!?
Well, there's definitely a slight chance that we might survuve!
The BSOD is by far the most recognized feature of the Windows operating system, and as a result, Microsoft has historically insisted on total control over its look and feel. This recent departure from that policy reflects Microsoft's recognition of the Windows desktop itself as the "ultimate information portal." By default, the new BSOD will be configured to show a random selection of Microsoft product information whenever the system crashes. Microsoft channel partners can negotiate with Microsoft for the right to customize the BSOD on systems they ship.
Major computer resellers such as Compaq, Gateway, and Dell are already lining up for premier placement on the new and improved BSOD. Ballmer concluded by getting a dig in against the Open Source community. "This just goes to show that Microsoft continues to innovate at a much faster pace than open source. I have yet to see any evidence that Linux even has a BSOD, let alone a customizable one."
http://teach.fcps.net/tips/March/NetworkDown.htm
No.
Laser pistol in the mouth woudl be too quick and easy and unsatisfying.
Let him fall into the lava pit and be horribly burned and scream for a few minutes before someone goes down and puts a couple in him to shut him up ala Austin Powers:
"Meesa alive, but meesa verri badlee burnded!!"
BAM!
"How could you missa!!"
BAM!
good point -- presumably they are paying taxes and should expect some kind of investigative help. Something tells me, however, that CR may not have the resources for a crack anti-cybercrime unit?
If only there was some kind of online medium for news articles where answers to questions like these could be answered!
... without concern for U.S. bookmaking laws
Oh wait...
You can send us $40K by Western Union [and] your site will be protected
Richardson runs BetCris.com, an online wagering site, one of hundreds of sites ensconced in Costa Rica that take bets from Americans
Lyon says, "I could have left it alone, but I had gotten attached, and I started investigating. I came up with some interesting techniques to trace back the attacks." He turned over his work to several law enforcement agencies, but he never heard about it again.
"Um, hello - FBI? Hi. Yes I run a website gambling business offshore in Costa Rica and I just got threated by someone who says they will shut me down unless I wire fourty thousand via Western Union to someone in Belarus who *click* Hello?"
I was thinking Galaxy Quest ;-)
Never give up, never surrender.
The Blessed Base Station
like this?
Look on the bright side. At least the parishoners at this church in Germany are getting decent reception.
woohoo -- just a few clicks gets you to this:
http://www.engadget.com/entry/5686037513758915/
I guess something like that would make you happy to just see a plain cell tower after that, eh?
Why -- were they using bitkeeper for entire GNU/Linux distributions?
Just the kernel? Oh, that's ok to just refer to it as just "Linux" then.
I know it's not popular to side with RMS on the whole GNU/Linux thing, but I don't think he wasn't trying to co-opt Linux as part of GNU, and insist that everyone prepend 'GNU' each time they referenced Linux.
Instead, that a system based on GNU software with a Linux kernel was improperly being called "Linux" and he wanted everyone to call that GNU/Linux.
I personally don't care one way or the other (I call my box at home a "Linux server"), and I got a chuckle out of the comment, but it's not *that* funny (+5).
Rare exception - and they were humanoid-disembodied brains, weren't they?
Give me a horta anyday, though.
Seems like the original series had a lot more non-humanoid characters than the later series.
Remember there was the 'companion' that was basically an amalgum of sentient sparkles?
There was the Gorn (or is that too close to humanoid?)
There was the spinning light thingy that made Kirk and the Klingons fight for its amusement.
I know there were others.
ster--illl-iiize!!!
That was never five minutes just now!!
Yes it was.
No it wasn't.
Yes it was.
No it wasn't.
Yes it was.
No it wasn't.
Yes it was.
No it wasn't.
Ok, I'll bite
If the genetic traits that cause 'ugliness' to pass from one generation to the next are not based on mutated genes, what is it then?
(and I answer myself)
No, all the genes to cause pretty or ugly bugs are already present in the population, regardless of what the currently popular dominant gene is. Those that have recessive 'pretty' genes don't get eaten and live to pass on their dominant 'ugly' gene.
When the predators go away, the bugs with ugly genes no longer have an advantage and the pretty ones live longer and are able to pass on their genes.
But how did the ugly gene get there in the first place? Were all the bugs pretty until a flash of cosmic rays struck the population and all of a sudden half started having ugly offspring because their DNA was damaged? At first, the ugly bugs can't get dates with the pretty ones and start to die out -- but then the predators start to differentiate their prey based on looks and start to avoid the ugly ones (they taste like shit too, btw).
All of a sudden the ugly bugs are running the place, getting good paying jobs, moving into nice neighborhoods, driving cool cars and screwing all the pretty bugs' daughters. All the good looking bugs get cut down in their prime because they taste better than the ones driving bmw's and working at the brokerage house and dating the ceo's daughter.
They evolved! A genetic trait that did not previously exist came into being by accident at a particular point in time that that trait became advantageous in the stock market. Then the market crashed, all the hungry cute-bug eating critters got evicted from their park avenue apartments and had to start eating the taste-like-shit ugly bugs or starve.
All of a sudden, it didn't matter what you looked like, where you worked, what kind of car you drove, who you were sleeping with or anything -- you had as much chance of being eaten as anyone else. Now you can't keep your six-figure job, pay for your nice apartment, keep up with your car payments or afford to take your girlfriend on nice vacations anymore.
forgot their/there and, my fav, lose/loose
So, you've invented a Cylon detector that always results green?
Yes, avoids too many awkward questions. A time saver, really.
>Liberia isn't exactly a economic or technological powerhouse either...
Nope, yet all the cruise ships seem to have Liberian registry...
I've always wondered what the deal was with that
Liberia is the oldest democracy in Africa which was founded in 1847.
In 1948, the Republic of Liberia adopted maritime and associations laws to serve the needs of world commerce.
Liberia was one of the first offshore, zero tax jurisdictions.
Its excellent safety record and low loss ratio are attributed to its mandatory safety inspection program for vessel hull, machinery, safety and communications equipment, crew training and qualifications. Liberia has been an active member in the International Maritime Organization (IMO) since 1959 and has worked to transform IMO policy into effective action.
For more than 50 years, Liberia has operated a premier ship registry with one of the largest fleets of merchant ships in the world. About 1900 ships fly Liberian Flag. Vessel types include tankers, bulk cargo, general cargo, containers, reefers, offshore drilling units, barges, passenger vessels, fishing vessels, yachts and other small crafts.
The soundness of the Liberia Maritime Program, the high quality of the vessels and the professional skills with which they are administered are internationally recognised by lending institutions and shipyards that accept mortgages on vessels as security for payment.
>d) A guy like Adama let slave circuits anywhere near his vipers.
I thought that was the point, he didn't. That's why the galactica and its "obsolete" mark-1 vipers survived, isn't it?