It's Zonk, mostly. He's incompetent. Every third article he sends through is "Rapists Choose Windows", and then you click the link and it's a story about a prison picking Windows. I don't have time to find actual examples right now, but he's an idiot.
Had I mod points, you'd be getting one of the good ones. But the acting isn't as bad as the writing. It's just lazy most of the time. Someone comes up with a somewhat interesting plot idea, then they hand it off to someone painfully boring to write filler around it. I could write better dialogue if I hadn't slept in days.
Also, the Wraith are the most boring bad guys ever. They're entirely, "Aargh, we're miscellaneously evil! Aaaaaargh!"
Sadly, they occasionally spit out a pretty good episode, so I can't give up on it entirely. Also, I have nothing else to do.
The US is making us do this again. Sorry. So, *sigh*, this is probably your last warning. First of all, thanks for taking that copy of Herbie: Fully Loaded off your site. But if you don't provide proof that you're not operating another server somewhere in some way we can't detect, we're going to come get you.
If you took the VHS of the television broadcast and put it on your own network, then you would very much be sued, and that analogy is closer to what happens here. The library's safe, but there's a lot of things libraries can do that the rest of us can't.
No, but the newspaper company would sue if you were distributing photocopies of their paper, and they'd win if they could prove damages. Probably even if they couldn't. The latter is a shame, but the former is not.
"Did it work?" "Of course not. It's a cobblestone mat." "Okay. So what do you want to do with all these cobblestone mats we've got?" "... They work! It's a miracle! Ship 'em!"
I can't tell if you're kidding. I hope you are, 'cause if you actually read that into the article, you're about one layer of tin foil short of your spine caving in under the weight.
Honestly, how much would it cost to require an SUV to get 30+ MPG instead of 15?
It would actually costs less than an SUV, you'd just have to dump half the steel to cut weight, which would reduce its size significantly. I propose we call the result the "carr." Or something like that. I don't know. I'll leave that to marketing, but I'm gonna get my company on top of this. We'll make a fortune.
Is this some sort of pyramid scheme? Does Microsoft donate to charity if I report that Slashdot reports that Broadband Reports reports a PC World article on the best and worst Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to someone else?
I got an off-topic and a serious reply. Was it not clear that I wasn't entirely serious? I thought it was pretty clear.
Although, on a serious note, "it can be interpretted as granting a right" is never good enough. Generally when things are written so that they can be interpretted as granting a right, they're written that way so that they can sound good without having to actually grant that right. But yeah, maybe the untranslated version is crystal clear.
There's no rights violation. It says so right in your thing: Citizens of the People's Republic of China enjoy freedom of speech, of the press, of assembly, of association, of procession and of demonstration.
The constitution doesn't say they get that stuff, just that they enjoy it. That was a pretty safe bet on the part of the constitution writers. Much better than Article 51, which says the people of China "want someone who likes to just stay in and cuddle."
I'm on the run from the feds so I couldn't register and read the article, but their excuse is that they were keeping it for research purposes? Seriously? That's the best they could come up with? "Oops" is better than "we were keeping it for research purposes." 'Cause I'm pretty sure none of your customers are going to be happy that you're being negligent with the thing that gives people access to huge amounts of their money so you can keep track of how much toilet paper they buy.
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In other news, 39 out of 40 Grand Challenge Entries not OSX driven.
I love OSX and everything, but this isn't exactly something to be proud of.
It's Zonk, mostly. He's incompetent. Every third article he sends through is "Rapists Choose Windows", and then you click the link and it's a story about a prison picking Windows. I don't have time to find actual examples right now, but he's an idiot.
That depends. Is your fiancee a robot?
And if so, does she use her powers for good or for awesome?
Had I mod points, you'd be getting one of the good ones. But the acting isn't as bad as the writing. It's just lazy most of the time. Someone comes up with a somewhat interesting plot idea, then they hand it off to someone painfully boring to write filler around it. I could write better dialogue if I hadn't slept in days.
Also, the Wraith are the most boring bad guys ever. They're entirely, "Aargh, we're miscellaneously evil! Aaaaaargh!"
Sadly, they occasionally spit out a pretty good episode, so I can't give up on it entirely. Also, I have nothing else to do.
True enough that it's technologically easy, but it'll never happen. I wish them the best of luck, though, if they want to try.
Option 5: Realize this entire discussion is about as pointful as the UN discussing how to run Steak and Shake, should they ever acquire it.
Resolution 30357F
The US is making us do this again. Sorry. So, *sigh*, this is probably your last warning. First of all, thanks for taking that copy of Herbie: Fully Loaded off your site. But if you don't provide proof that you're not operating another server somewhere in some way we can't detect, we're going to come get you.
If you took the VHS of the television broadcast and put it on your own network, then you would very much be sued, and that analogy is closer to what happens here. The library's safe, but there's a lot of things libraries can do that the rest of us can't.
No, but the newspaper company would sue if you were distributing photocopies of their paper, and they'd win if they could prove damages. Probably even if they couldn't. The latter is a shame, but the former is not.
"Did it work?"
"Of course not. It's a cobblestone mat."
"Okay. So what do you want to do with all these cobblestone mats we've got?"
"... They work! It's a miracle! Ship 'em!"
There's like 8 of them. Per capita, they have like 6000 more years to make a discovery or cure a disease before they fall behind.
And it could delay the launch of your space shuttle.
I don't get this game.
I can't tell if you're kidding. I hope you are, 'cause if you actually read that into the article, you're about one layer of tin foil short of your spine caving in under the weight.
But if you are kidding, excellent work.
Yes. That's the problem with moving Titan into Earth orbit. The melting.
Why did they group factories and home heating? That seems odd to me. Like, causes of death:
Heart disease: 30%
Puppies and Cancer: 25%
Stroke: 5%
Honestly, how much would it cost to require an SUV to get 30+ MPG instead of 15?
It would actually costs less than an SUV, you'd just have to dump half the steel to cut weight, which would reduce its size significantly. I propose we call the result the "carr." Or something like that. I don't know. I'll leave that to marketing, but I'm gonna get my company on top of this. We'll make a fortune.
And in related news, Al Gore has ridden the mighty moon worm.
Is this some sort of pyramid scheme? Does Microsoft donate to charity if I report that Slashdot reports that Broadband Reports reports a PC World article on the best and worst Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to someone else?
Prodigy and AOL both used to charge by the hour, too. My dad's beating arm was very sore after I spent 45 dollars playing Prodigy's maze game.
Seriously, the part about cuddling? Not a tip-off that I was a li'l bit kidding?
I got an off-topic and a serious reply. Was it not clear that I wasn't entirely serious? I thought it was pretty clear.
Although, on a serious note, "it can be interpretted as granting a right" is never good enough. Generally when things are written so that they can be interpretted as granting a right, they're written that way so that they can sound good without having to actually grant that right. But yeah, maybe the untranslated version is crystal clear.
There's no rights violation. It says so right in your thing:
Citizens of the People's Republic of China enjoy freedom of speech, of the press, of assembly, of association, of procession and of demonstration.
The constitution doesn't say they get that stuff, just that they enjoy it. That was a pretty safe bet on the part of the constitution writers. Much better than Article 51, which says the people of China "want someone who likes to just stay in and cuddle."
I'm on the run from the feds so I couldn't register and read the article, but their excuse is that they were keeping it for research purposes? Seriously? That's the best they could come up with? "Oops" is better than "we were keeping it for research purposes." 'Cause I'm pretty sure none of your customers are going to be happy that you're being negligent with the thing that gives people access to huge amounts of their money so you can keep track of how much toilet paper they buy.
My local bookstore has 470 copies of "The DaVinci Code" and one copy of "DOS for Dummies" with a ripped cover. That's it. I'll stick to Amazon.
Just take about 3.5 volts less insulin.