Oh, fantastic - yet another "sport" to distract the future generations of our planet from receiving an actual education.
Maybe it's time we consider creating separate "athletic schools" for the kids who want to be sports-stars, so the rest of the population can focus on, you know, learning important shit.
Please forgive my ignorance, but the laws governing RC aircraft basically consist of a flight ceiling and line-of-sight requirement, right? I.e., 'keep the thing below X feet and make sure you can see it?'
Presuming that's the case, and knowing that there are crap-tons of fire towers in the region, do you think it would be legal to stand atop one of the (normally 60-100 feet tall in this part of the world) and pilot the craft from there? You'd have a helluva sight range that way.
Leaving something in the path of a tornado is very very very difficult.
Flying a, what, 20 lb toy directly into a natural phenomena that produces rotating winds of between 75 - 350 Mph is and even less tenable proposition. You'd be better off with the inflatable ball, as you might get lucky and have it swept up into the twister, presuming it's deployed close enough. Or maybe drop it from an over-flying aircraft.
Definitely going to check that one out, I remember playing it when the crew first developed it, and I thought it was probably the best "war-sim" FPS out there at the time.
Side note regarding Steam - I'm really digging how they've embraced the modder community by folding them in as full (for lack of a better term) games - Just Cause 2 MP being another of my favorite examples.
Ban women passengers if you want to increase safety. I've ran 3 red lights either arguing with or being baffled or insulted by yapping women passengers.
Yea, that was totally the female passenger's fault, not the fault of the moron behind the wheel... Good luck convincing a judge of that when you inevitably injure/kill someone because of your inattention.
My advice - surrender your license and pick up a bus schedule, if you find driving to be too difficult to focus your attention on.
If you don't want to be distracted by the phone either turn it off, or place it in the trunk and use Bluetooth when you get call. This eliminates the ability to read and respond to email/SMS/MMS etc.
Conversely, if you're so damn distractable that the only way you can prevent yourself from fucking with some toy while you're supposed to be driving, perhaps you should consider surrendering your license and taking the bus.
PS If you're wondering about the quotes I put around the word "soylent..." it's because I think that it's a terrible name, and will most likely hurt any attempt at mass adoption, thanks to the mental connections people make when they hear that word.
Hey. My suggestion to the Ars guy who tried it out. Add sugar free coffee syrup.Then tasteless gruel becomes tasty gruel.
Or you could simply add some fruit/fruit juice to it.
Or I could not waste energy turning every potential meal into baby food.
Not saying that "soylent" isn't something worth pursuing (sure seems like it would be far more nutritional than the heavily processed garbage that's commonly eaten by the masses these days), but to quote a terrible character from a terrible movie, "it's just not my bag, baby."
Right now, Obama is meeting with leaders in Asia to finalize the secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement.
The TPP threatens to censor your Internet, kill jobs, undermine environmental safeguards, and remove your democratic rights.
That's the first two sentences on the first link - what part are you having trouble understanding?
It will also give your ex-girlfriend your new phone number. It will mix Kool-aid into your fishtank. It will drink all your beer and leave its socks out on the coffee table when there's company coming over. It will put a dead kitten in the back pocket of your good suit pants and hide your car keys when you are late for work.
It moves your car randomly around parking lots so you can't find it. It will kick your dog. It will leave libidinous messages on your boss's voice mail in your voice! It is insidious and subtle. It is dangerous and terrifying to behold. It is also a rather interesting shade of mauve.
So, basically what you're saying here is, unless every single possible aspect of a thing is specifically drawn out for you in a way you can comprehend, it's tantamount to utter ridiculousness?
Please. We aren't your mommies. If you find a subject interesting enough to research it, then do so. If not, ignore it and move on with your life. There's no call for such childish snark.
As an "urban farmer" myself, I can't recommend the practice highly enough. Not only will you save significant amounts of money on not having to buy common produce, eggs, etc., You will know that it's fresh, and not tainted with whatever blood disease the poor illegals who sliced/bagged it happened to have.
Doesn't matter, go back and read my original post - I merely pointed out that it's far easier to use modern tech to hack a modern system, then it is to scrounge up vintage tech for hacking vintage systems.
Microscopy: put cameras and microphones on a very small physical avatar (say, the size of a Lego minifig). Walk/drive it around in a real miniature environment-- say, a Lego city built on a tabletop, with real people also in the room. Enjoy. Refine. Make something cool.
That... actually sounds like a metric shit-tonne of fun. Like MarioKart meets Minecraft meets Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.
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Oh, fantastic - yet another "sport" to distract the future generations of our planet from receiving an actual education.
Maybe it's time we consider creating separate "athletic schools" for the kids who want to be sports-stars, so the rest of the population can focus on, you know, learning important shit.
Please forgive my ignorance, but the laws governing RC aircraft basically consist of a flight ceiling and line-of-sight requirement, right? I.e., 'keep the thing below X feet and make sure you can see it?'
Presuming that's the case, and knowing that there are crap-tons of fire towers in the region, do you think it would be legal to stand atop one of the (normally 60-100 feet tall in this part of the world) and pilot the craft from there? You'd have a helluva sight range that way.
Leaving something in the path of a tornado is very very very difficult.
Flying a, what, 20 lb toy directly into a natural phenomena that produces rotating winds of between 75 - 350 Mph is and even less tenable proposition. You'd be better off with the inflatable ball, as you might get lucky and have it swept up into the twister, presuming it's deployed close enough. Or maybe drop it from an over-flying aircraft.
Definitely going to check that one out, I remember playing it when the crew first developed it, and I thought it was probably the best "war-sim" FPS out there at the time.
Side note regarding Steam - I'm really digging how they've embraced the modder community by folding them in as full (for lack of a better term) games - Just Cause 2 MP being another of my favorite examples.
So do your own research about the TPP, I'm certain once you do you'll understand what all those "scary words" are about.
Wait... people still run Insurgency servers?
Well, guess I know what I'm reinstalling tonight!
Ban women passengers if you want to increase safety. I've ran 3 red lights either arguing with or being baffled or insulted by yapping women passengers.
Yea, that was totally the female passenger's fault, not the fault of the moron behind the wheel... Good luck convincing a judge of that when you inevitably injure/kill someone because of your inattention.
My advice - surrender your license and pick up a bus schedule, if you find driving to be too difficult to focus your attention on.
$300,000/yr posting game hacks?
Damn, I'm in the wrong business.
If you don't want to be distracted by the phone either turn it off, or place it in the trunk and use Bluetooth when you get call. This eliminates the ability to read and respond to email/SMS/MMS etc.
Conversely, if you're so damn distractable that the only way you can prevent yourself from fucking with some toy while you're supposed to be driving, perhaps you should consider surrendering your license and taking the bus.
That'll never work. Clearly we need a technological solution!
More seriously... why do you need to turn the phone off? If it rings or buzzes while you're driving, DONT PICK UP THE DAMN THING.
butbutbutbut... I'm just so goddamned important!
Hey, remember when "there's an app for that" was used in jest? Man, talk about the 'good ol days...'
PS If you're wondering about the quotes I put around the word "soylent..." it's because I think that it's a terrible name, and will most likely hurt any attempt at mass adoption, thanks to the mental connections people make when they hear that word.
Hey. My suggestion to the Ars guy who tried it out. Add sugar free coffee syrup.Then tasteless gruel becomes tasty gruel.
Or you could simply add some fruit/fruit juice to it.
Or I could not waste energy turning every potential meal into baby food.
Not saying that "soylent" isn't something worth pursuing (sure seems like it would be far more nutritional than the heavily processed garbage that's commonly eaten by the masses these days), but to quote a terrible character from a terrible movie, "it's just not my bag, baby."
That's the first two sentences on the first link - what part are you having trouble understanding?
It will also give your ex-girlfriend your new phone number. It will mix Kool-aid into your fishtank. It will drink all your beer and
leave its socks out on the coffee table when there's company coming over. It will put a dead kitten in the back pocket of your good suit pants and hide your car keys when you are late for work.
It moves your car randomly around parking lots so you can't find it. It will kick your dog. It will leave libidinous messages on
your boss's voice mail in your voice! It is insidious and subtle. It is dangerous and terrifying to behold. It is also a rather interesting shade of mauve.
So, basically what you're saying here is, unless every single possible aspect of a thing is specifically drawn out for you in a way you can comprehend, it's tantamount to utter ridiculousness?
Please. We aren't your mommies. If you find a subject interesting enough to research it, then do so. If not, ignore it and move on with your life. There's no call for such childish snark.
I can't understand what this is actually about from reading TFA, or TFA links. What am I supposed to be angry about?
That's the first two sentences on the first link - what part are you having trouble understanding?
As an "urban farmer" myself, I can't recommend the practice highly enough. Not only will you save significant amounts of money on not having to buy common produce, eggs, etc., You will know that it's fresh, and not tainted with whatever blood disease the poor illegals who sliced/bagged it happened to have.
Not to mention, all the technology in the world is means precisely dick if you don't know how to use it right.
More importantly, what do you think about Soylent, the food substitute?
Um... that if I wanted to eat tasteless gruel, I'd try out for the local theater's production of Oliver Twist.
CUTCO for the win! I love those knives. I bought some of them 20 years ago and they are as good as new. Really, really amazing knives.
My parents have one of their cheese knives, and I can't recommend it highly enough. That thing is spectacular.
Everything is defined and stated as clearly as possible.
At least, as clearly as is possible, when speaking legalese.
Doesn't matter, go back and read my original post - I merely pointed out that it's far easier to use modern tech to hack a modern system, then it is to scrounge up vintage tech for hacking vintage systems.
Then he'd have gotten away with it.
Microscopy: put cameras and microphones on a very small physical avatar (say, the size of a Lego minifig). Walk/drive it around in a real miniature environment-- say, a Lego city built on a tabletop, with real people also in the room. Enjoy. Refine. Make something cool.
That... actually sounds like a metric shit-tonne of fun. Like MarioKart meets Minecraft meets Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.
Alarm set.
See you in the collective unconscious.
So, what you're saying here is that if someone drives a truck or coupe, they aren't intelligent?
That's not delusional at all. Nope. Not a bit.
You also don't pay the store to spy on you, they have cameras. To you go on and on about that as well?
Nope, I typically don't waste my time with strawmen, except to torch them, and I just so happen to be all out of lighter fluid at the moment.