Two left nuts? Isn't that the cure for two left feet?
I thought the cure for two left feet was something along the lines of taking dancing lessons. Therefore, the cure for two left nuts would be... hookers?
1. $180 (about 133 Euro) is not by any standards "a fotune"
2. you want a pocket-sized, internet-enabled computer that can run custom-made applications... that isn't "too expensive"? Dude, hardware doesn't grow on trees.
3. "I don't use it very much..." Um, then why do you want a G1? Just take the freebie clamshell phone that your wireless carrier offers you when you get a new plan. I think a lot of the freebie phones nowadays have cameras and MP3 players in them if thats a necessity for you too.
Or you just have a REALLY bug rug and a REALLY big broom to sweep it with. *ba-doom TSSHHH*
"...unless there is a black hole under said rug." Come on now, lets be realistic here: that black hole could only exist if the LHC didn't break down right away. Well, that or your infinite improbability machine is functioning (properly or otherwise).
Tommy: Let's think about this for a sec, Ted, why would somebody put a guarantee on a box? Hmmm, very interesting. Ted Nelson, Customer: Go on, I'm listening. Tommy: Here's the way I see it, Ted. Guy puts a fancy guarantee on a box 'cause he wants you to fell all warm and toasty inside. Ted Nelson, Customer: Yeah, makes a man feel good. Tommy: 'Course it does. Why shouldn't it? Ya figure you put that little box under your pillow at night, the Guarantee Fairy might come by and leave a quarter, am I right, Ted? [chuckles until he sees that Ted is not laughing too] Ted Nelson, Customer: [impatiently] What's your point? Tommy: The point is, how do you know the fairy isn't a crazy glue sniffer? "Building model airplanes" says the little fairy; well, we're not buying it. He sneaks into your house once, that's all it takes. The next thing you know, there's money missing off the dresser, and your daughter's knocked up. I seen it a hundred times. Ted Nelson, Customer: But why do they put a guarantee on the box? Tommy: Because they know all they sold ya was a guaranteed piece of shit. That's all it is, isn't it? Hey, if you want me to take a dump in a box and mark it guaranteed, I will. I got spare time. But for now, for your customer's sake, for your daughter's sake, ya might wanna think about buying a quality product from me. Ted Nelson, Customer: [pause] Okay, I'll buy from you. Tommy: Well, that's... Tommy, Richard Hayden:...What?
I don't know what system you're playing on, by for my PS3, the Rock Band 1 guitar is a wireless guitar. And I don't think it's crappy at all.
The only complaint I've heard from any of my friends about the guitar is the one person who preferred the "click" action that Guitar Hero guitars have when you moved the strum-bar. (and that's just because she's a Guitar Hero addict and refuses any substitute.)
And how are your buttons not playable? I think you might have gotten some other non-standard guitar dude.
(This is a response to all of the siblings here...)
Here and here. Read it. Questions answered without people spouting their own biased opinions without checking the facts.
Simply put: Yes, Gotham could be considered to be modelled after Chicago, but it is not meant to specifically be that city or any other real city. (which is a good reason to deliberately leave out well known landmarks in the editing of the movie):)
I haven't really read Batman comics since the mid-90s, but I definitely recall laughing at several issues where there would be an innocent bystander or two walking the streets of Gotham wearing a Bulls jersey, but those are mainly just the artists tipping their hat to the city they decide to get thier ideas from.
The guy who starts flinging puns around like this is probably the same guy who uses that horrible pick-up line: "Hey, lets add a bed, subtract our clothes, divide your legs and multiply." This should be the guy you actually throw out of the party... like immediately after these words are uttered. It'll give everyone else a story to talk about later ("yeah, our party rocked. we even had to throw this one guy out!") plus it'll make the one female you have at the party feel less nervous.
Their president is a belligerent idiot, [...] , and they continue to pursue nuclear weapons
Hm, remind me again, which country are you talking about here?
No no no. This isn't a situation of "the pot calling the kettle black". We already have nukes.
First we got the bomb, and that was good 'Cause we love peace and motherhood Then Russia got the bomb, but that's okay 'Cause the balance of power's maintained that way Who's next
France got the bomb, but don't you grieve 'Cause they're on our side, I believe China got the bomb, but have no fears They can't wipe us out for at least five years Who's next
Then Indonesia claimed that they Were gonna get one any day South Africa wants two, that's right One for the black and one for the white Who's next
Egypt's gonna get one too Just to use on you know who So Israel's getting tense Wants one in self defense "The Lord's our shepherd," says the psalm But just in case, we better get a bomb Who's next
Luxembourg is next to go And, who knows, maybe Monaco We'll try to stay serene and calm When Alabama gets the bomb Who's next, who's next, who's next, who's next
Yeah, it really sucked when they switched records from 78rpm to 33rpm - my grandfather had to go out and buy a whole new turntable and stylus, bastards.
My grandfather saved his money from buying the latest tech and just learned to listen faster.
The only way I'd be OK with flying cars was if the average population not only had an IQ of 180 to start
Problem is, if the average population has IQ of 180, then technically, it has IQ of 100.
ok, so only let us brainiacs with IQ >= 180 up in the air with the fun Jetsons cars and the same amount of people with IQ = 20 down on the ground paving our landing strips....
On second thought, I don't want anyone with an IQ of 20 working on MY landing strip. Not that they would even be a functioning member of society that could handle this type of work anyways...
Oh, and for some reason, the idea of being able to just plug in a thumb drive to the side of these things has escaped both of these companies. I can understand Sony's argument, since they make a whole line of flash media, but SD cards and the like are for cameras, not for storing books.
I disagree. I have an SD card in my cellphone (Treo650) that is used to primarily hold all of my eBooks. Yes, the extra space is also used for more photos and applications that won't fit into the base memory of it, but the point I'm trying to make is just that SD cards are not just a type of media storage strictly used in digi-cams. I think of them more like a very simplistic (and much smaller) version of thumb-drives.
I am assuming that a USB port has NOT been included on these devices because of the constraints caused by a handheld device... particularly the limited power supply issue. If you put a USB port on a handheld machine, it needs to be able to power the device that you would plug into it,/i>. (ie. all of those little USB trinkets that were all-the-rave a couple years ago.)
Look on the even brighter side: maybe the galactic operator is using Windows, and Ctrl-C will just copy our universe.
Me, being the perpetual pessimist, must retort: I most certainly hope not. If said "galactic operator" is using the wrong version of his OS (be it too old OR too new), copying all of that information to the clipboard could just crash the whole damn Cosmos and wipe EVERYTHING out.
Thousands of you took part in the search for Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year for 2007, and the vast majority of you chose a small word that packs a pretty big punch. The word you've selected...
Um... so this word was selected by a "vast majority" of the "thousands" that participated in selecting the Word of the Year.
Does anyone else think that this was just a joke played by some highschool kids saying that they own your website? The only reason "pwned" (or any variation of it) wasn't used is because it would be too obvious that scriptkiddies rigged your election.
Researchers are starting to discover the simple rules that allow swarms of thousands of relatively simple animals to form a collective brain...
starting to discover?? I remember doing a bunch of research on swarm intelligence 10+ years ago. (I always thought ant colonies were the most interesting, but even flying/swimming patterns of bats, birds and fish were still baffling. I even tried implementing this sort of "hive-mentality" into some Robocode bots... but never got anything that really was all that successful.)
I'm guessing the only reason TFA is "news" today is because the department is looking for more funding.
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You could at least get it right:
Klaatu barada nikto
And in case some of you didn't know:
Klaatu Barada Nikto
I thought the cure for two left feet was something along the lines of taking dancing lessons.
Therefore, the cure for two left nuts would be... hookers?
I'm crossing my fingers and hoping they will never turn a planet into a robot.
1. $180 (about 133 Euro) is not by any standards "a fotune"
2. you want a pocket-sized, internet-enabled computer that can run custom-made applications... that isn't "too expensive"? Dude, hardware doesn't grow on trees.
3. "I don't use it very much..." Um, then why do you want a G1? Just take the freebie clamshell phone that your wireless carrier offers you when you get a new plan. I think a lot of the freebie phones nowadays have cameras and MP3 players in them if thats a necessity for you too.
Or you just have a REALLY bug rug and a REALLY big broom to sweep it with. *ba-doom TSSHHH*
"...unless there is a black hole under said rug." Come on now, lets be realistic here: that black hole could only exist if the LHC didn't break down right away. Well, that or your infinite improbability machine is functioning (properly or otherwise).
oh man, I just messed up the rule for the day.
If you are working in the vacinity of dials that go to 11, as long as you aren't the drummer, you should have nothing to worry about.
Tommy: Let's think about this for a sec, Ted, why would somebody put a guarantee on a box? Hmmm, very interesting. ...What?
Ted Nelson, Customer: Go on, I'm listening.
Tommy: Here's the way I see it, Ted. Guy puts a fancy guarantee on a box 'cause he wants you to fell all warm and toasty inside.
Ted Nelson, Customer: Yeah, makes a man feel good.
Tommy: 'Course it does. Why shouldn't it? Ya figure you put that little box under your pillow at night, the Guarantee Fairy might come by and leave a quarter, am I right, Ted?
[chuckles until he sees that Ted is not laughing too]
Ted Nelson, Customer: [impatiently] What's your point?
Tommy: The point is, how do you know the fairy isn't a crazy glue sniffer? "Building model airplanes" says the little fairy; well, we're not buying it. He sneaks into your house once, that's all it takes. The next thing you know, there's money missing off the dresser, and your daughter's knocked up. I seen it a hundred times.
Ted Nelson, Customer: But why do they put a guarantee on the box?
Tommy: Because they know all they sold ya was a guaranteed piece of shit. That's all it is, isn't it? Hey, if you want me to take a dump in a box and mark it guaranteed, I will. I got spare time. But for now, for your customer's sake, for your daughter's sake, ya might wanna think about buying a quality product from me.
Ted Nelson, Customer: [pause] Okay, I'll buy from you.
Tommy: Well, that's...
Tommy, Richard Hayden:
Did I miss something here?
Since when can you import Rock Band songs into Guitar Hero? Or vice vera?
I don't know what system you're playing on, by for my PS3, the Rock Band 1 guitar is a wireless guitar. And I don't think it's crappy at all.
The only complaint I've heard from any of my friends about the guitar is the one person who preferred the "click" action that Guitar Hero guitars have when you moved the strum-bar. (and that's just because she's a Guitar Hero addict and refuses any substitute.)
And how are your buttons not playable? I think you might have gotten some other non-standard guitar dude.
I thought it was Happy Fun Ball(TM) that you were not supposed to taunt?
(This is a response to all of the siblings here...)
Here and here. Read it. Questions answered without people spouting their own biased opinions without checking the facts.
Simply put: Yes, Gotham could be considered to be modelled after Chicago, but it is not meant to specifically be that city or any other real city. (which is a good reason to deliberately leave out well known landmarks in the editing of the movie) :)
I haven't really read Batman comics since the mid-90s, but I definitely recall laughing at several issues where there would be an innocent bystander or two walking the streets of Gotham wearing a Bulls jersey, but those are mainly just the artists tipping their hat to the city they decide to get thier ideas from.
Someone better warn the Jews in space. You know, the ones up there, patrolling the skies, defending the Hebrew race.
The guy who starts flinging puns around like this is probably the same guy who uses that horrible pick-up line: "Hey, lets add a bed, subtract our clothes, divide your legs and multiply."
This should be the guy you actually throw out of the party... like immediately after these words are uttered. It'll give everyone else a story to talk about later ("yeah, our party rocked. we even had to throw this one guy out!") plus it'll make the one female you have at the party feel less nervous.
No no no. This isn't a situation of "the pot calling the kettle black". We already have nukes.
First we got the bomb, and that was good
'Cause we love peace and motherhood
Then Russia got the bomb, but that's okay
'Cause the balance of power's maintained that way
Who's next
France got the bomb, but don't you grieve
'Cause they're on our side, I believe
China got the bomb, but have no fears
They can't wipe us out for at least five years
Who's next
Then Indonesia claimed that they
Were gonna get one any day
South Africa wants two, that's right
One for the black and one for the white
Who's next
Egypt's gonna get one too
Just to use on you know who
So Israel's getting tense
Wants one in self defense
"The Lord's our shepherd," says the psalm
But just in case, we better get a bomb
Who's next
Luxembourg is next to go
And, who knows, maybe Monaco
We'll try to stay serene and calm
When Alabama gets the bomb
Who's next, who's next, who's next, who's next
--Tom Lehrer
... because random stupid facts like this are bound to show up as a question or two on NTN trivia within the next month.
On second thought, I don't want anyone with an IQ of 20 working on MY landing strip. Not that they would even be a functioning member of society that could handle this type of work anyways...
I am assuming that a USB port has NOT been included on these devices because of the constraints caused by a handheld device... particularly the limited power supply issue. If you put a USB port on a handheld machine, it needs to be able to power the device that you would plug into it,/i>. (ie. all of those little USB trinkets that were all-the-rave a couple years ago.)
I most certainly hope not. If said "galactic operator" is using the wrong version of his OS (be it too old OR too new), copying all of that information to the clipboard could just crash the whole damn Cosmos and wipe EVERYTHING out.
Does anyone else think that this was just a joke played by some highschool kids saying that they own your website? The only reason "pwned" (or any variation of it) wasn't used is because it would be too obvious that scriptkiddies rigged your election.
you bastard!
/. here at work... errrr... i mean THERE at work... i'm at home now... wait.. only 3:30pm... oh geez...
some of us can't change our browser settings or add plug-ins to stop all of those pop-ups on our computers at work!
er.. um... not that i'm surfing
1) funding
2) laziness
3) All of the above (better things to do with current funds and time/effort)
And after even BEGINNING to read, contemplate and understand all of that... to quote Strongbad, "MY HEAD ASPLODE!!!"
Be sure to make sure you don't waste resources on cloning a professional Scarlett Johansson impersonator.
I'm guessing the only reason TFA is "news" today is because the department is looking for more funding.