This burns me every time I hear one of their "Grace Period" ads on the radio. On what authority can the BSA come into my place of business, audit, and fine me? They aren't a government or law enforcement agency, are they? What could they really do if they show up at my door and I tell them to take a leap?
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He isn't social, he doesn't play sports, doesn't dress right. Maybe he spends more time with his computer than with the other kids in his class. It makes sense that he'd be a threat to his classmates, because he's weird.
Oh, yeah. 95% of/.ers fit (either now or at some point in the past) this description.
Nice idea, but why should *I* have to go through the trouble of changing the way *I* conduct *my* personal affairs because the Marketiers are growing exponentially in number and getting more aggressive and annoying in trying to suck you in?
I've had my phone number for 10+ years, how much of a pain would it be to disconnect my home phone and update everyone that needs to be updated? Sorry, there is the time I don't want to waste. I'd rather be able to tell the Marketiers collectively to not call me and be done with it.
Well, imagine Greenpeace sponsoring some episode of some Star Trek series. But instead of having Greenpeace play some sort of force protecting a planet, they pay for a plot that shows the evil of commercialism and the Great Truth in environmentalism. That is, manipulation of the underlying message to support the organization's goal, rather than pushing the organization itself.
This happens already. Go watch Phenomenon and tell me that it is not pushing Scientology.
Quick, someone report these folks to the feds. They are in violation of the DMCA for distributing eye-wear -- or would that be eye-ware:^) -- that will decrypt my polarized monitor.
I can see it now -- I spend a bunch of time and money learning the ins and outs of audio encoding, compression and all that good stuff... Then I get my branding:
Certified LAME Engineer
A generalize form of this application was applied to the source for Windows XP (tm) with no startling results. However, when the resulting tune was played backwards, the listener could plainly hear "bill is god" and "linus is satan" over and over.
Personally I like the idea of "robots to serve as roving garbage scowls".
Boy, what world do you live in? I'm not sure that a nasty look from a robot will do much to solve the space debris problem. Perhaps a robot with a garbage pick, plastic bag, and orange vest would be a better place to start...
Bullsh*t. There isn't anything to "think about". Re-read the post. It doesn't say anything about threats or the current employer not raising his salary.
The employer has a responsiblity to get the most for the least. When they found out they were in danger of losing someone they valued, they took away the reason for him leaving.
I suppose when you are shopping around, you will look for the most expensive? "Hey, why would I pay $10 here, when I can pay $100 there. Think about it."
From what I remember, the adaptive optics used by ground based telescopes project a laser onto the atmosphere. The characteristics of the beam are known, so the mirrors in the telescope can be adjusted to produce the correct image. The theory is that by correcting the known image, the atmospheric distortion can be reduced. I don't have all of the maths for this, but that is the gist of how it works.
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Ironically, there was a banner dispayed for an SUV while I read the article.
How long after the first news story was the first "First Post" troll?
And which country is that?
This burns me every time I hear one of their "Grace Period" ads on the radio. On what authority can the BSA come into my place of business, audit, and fine me? They aren't a government or law enforcement agency, are they? What could they really do if they show up at my door and I tell them to take a leap?
Oh, yeah. 95% of /.ers fit (either now or at some point in the past) this description.
I've had my phone number for 10+ years, how much of a pain would it be to disconnect my home phone and update everyone that needs to be updated? Sorry, there is the time I don't want to waste. I'd rather be able to tell the Marketiers collectively to not call me and be done with it.
- Coke must now provide Pepsi products in its vending machines
- McDonalds must also offer Whoppers on its menu
Tell me how this is a Good Thing.That would be cool if they could use this technique to cure my... Hey, look! Cheese! Sorry, what were we talking about?
Leave it the gub'ment to give the telemarketers 1000 years before the new regulations go into effect... ;-)
Well, imagine Greenpeace sponsoring some episode of some Star Trek series. But instead of having Greenpeace play some sort of force protecting a planet, they pay for a plot that shows the evil of commercialism and the Great Truth in environmentalism. That is, manipulation of the underlying message to support the organization's goal, rather than pushing the organization itself.
This happens already. Go watch Phenomenon and tell me that it is not pushing Scientology.
Quick, someone report these folks to the feds. They are in violation of the DMCA for distributing eye-wear -- or would that be eye-ware :^) -- that will decrypt my polarized monitor.
Some of them are godd and some not so good.
Is godd anything like ghod?
:^)
I can see it now -- I spend a bunch of time and money learning the ins and outs of audio encoding, compression and all that good stuff... Then I get my branding: Certified LAME Engineer
ClueMaster: Hey, waitaminute... This has nothing to do with music cds... Read the fscking artcile.
unfortunately, the links to the research group and list of projects appear to be broken
Great, the lawnbot can't even tell the difference between a T1 and grass...
On a related note, the cheif research assistant was also missing his wallet, dog, and 2 children.
A generalize form of this application was applied to the source for Windows XP (tm) with no startling results. However, when the resulting tune was played backwards, the listener could plainly hear "bill is god" and "linus is satan" over and over.
Hmmm... I wonder what a segfault would feel like?
I wonder what Crash Coredump thinks about this?
Boy, what world do you live in? I'm not sure that a nasty look from a robot will do much to solve the space debris problem. Perhaps a robot with a garbage pick, plastic bag, and orange vest would be a better place to start...
And it appears to have crashed into the BBC's web server...
Why would anything related to the British and teeth make me worried? Oh, yeah, now I remember...
Bullsh*t. There isn't anything to "think about". Re-read the post. It doesn't say anything about threats or the current employer not raising his salary.
The employer has a responsiblity to get the most for the least. When they found out they were in danger of losing someone they valued, they took away the reason for him leaving.
I suppose when you are shopping around, you will look for the most expensive? "Hey, why would I pay $10 here, when I can pay $100 there. Think about it."
From what I remember, the adaptive optics used by ground based telescopes project a laser onto the atmosphere. The characteristics of the beam are known, so the mirrors in the telescope can be adjusted to produce the correct image. The theory is that by correcting the known image, the atmospheric distortion can be reduced. I don't have all of the maths for this, but that is the gist of how it works.
Great point. That's why I always stay away from typical babysitters and hire a priest to watch my kids. They would never do anything to harm them.