They could make a website where people could buy storagespace on the satellite for poems. Lots of people would probably fall for the idea of sending a poem for their loved one into orbit around the earth. Like with the site where you can buy a star.
How about telling your girlfriend/boyfriend on a clear night, that if she/he look at the orion, just to the left of it there is a poem written especially for her/him, and it goes like this . ..
You would of course get a certificate with the poem, and a map showing where on the sky the poem is located. For an extra fee you could have it framed, too.
I am a programer, so I know for a fact that this is not right. 47 days is the time reported spent on programming. About 70-80% of that time is wasted on stretching lunch breaks, surfing the web, chatting and other things.
If these things are relatively cheap, why not send an army of them into minefields to trigger the mines? Then people won't have to risk their lives to clear the minefields, and innocent children would get safe places to play.
To finance it, I'm sure (at least quite a few more or less sick ones) people would pay good money to watch a show about it, cause it might be spectacular.
As long as your favourite beverage comes in color this little buddy can recognise, you don't have to pick up the empty cans ever again. Just have him pick them up and kick them out (or under the couch if that is preferred).
It would of course be nice if he could fetch new cans, too, but carbonated drinks don't respond well to kicking.
So, when (and where) can I pick up my almost free night vision goggles? And perhaps a surveilance system that needs no power? Just some "old cables" lying around in the back yard, and I know if it is the kids, the wife, the mistress or the IRS that is coming. ..
Perhaps making an actual game like this might learn todays kids a bit about these (and other) histpric events? At least make them aware of what happened, and a little bit about the circumstances around it. Not like much of todays (often boring) histpry books killing the interest with details. An interactive history book with lots of events in color and animation is easier to learn from than page after page of plain text.
Of course, when we get to this stage, we won't have only the virus to worry about. E.g. when are we going to see the "Norton 'Cure for Cancer 2.42'" in the local store?
And will we stop measuring "power" in MHz and start usin IQ?
And I, for one, is not looking forward to start learning the new "Bio-Binary" language, as each "bit" can have thousands of states, in stead of only two. ..
It should be possible to make this thing being a fan as well as a clock. Or the other way around; a windmill-clock! There's the idea, who wants to try and build one?
Lego really should have an option to buy just the drawings to make all these cool vehicles and stuff. Through 20 years of buying Lego, I have more than enough parts to build any kit they have come up with so far, perhaps except for a few very specialised parts. Wich they come up with a bit to often for my taste.
I remember 15-20 years ago, when I got my first kit, the yellow forklift. The steering had to be made manually from the 2x2 rotating plates and some 2x2 bricks. Sure, it didn't look quite as slick as all the new models, but you could build anything with what you had. Not like today; trying to build one of the newest kit strands because there is some odd-loking twisted part you don't have. ..
Anyway, they should sell just the prints for building the stuff. ..
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Using this watch woul be nothing compared to the calculators we used in colege. On math exam we were allowed to use the HP48GX, as long as it had no math expansion cards installed. On the other exams, calculators were not on the list of banned items, so it was ok to bring them. Considering the 128k RAM these calculators had, and the fact that there are compression programs for those calculators letting you put many times that amount of text and pictures in them, some students probably got better results than they deserved. (Yours truly not included.)
Another side of the matter, is this:
Why should calculators and watches (and books, for that matter) be banned in the first place? It's a crazy idea, that you might be kicked out for using stuff to get top results, when you in real life (when you got a job) might be fired for doing the same thing! In stead, you should be encouraged to use whatever help available to get a result as good as possible.
Next up is Siemens, who from 2Q next year will be shipping their top model refridgerators with an interface to the new Nintendo GameCube.
"This is the best way to controll that macaroni and cheese dish who has been in there for just too long" a sales representative claims.
There will also be an option for online connection against a global server, wich lets the users peek into what others have in their fridge, getting tips for keeping the fridge clean, and even help neighbours and friends out keeping their fridge under control while they are out of town. "How many times have you not been away, and suddenly rememberd that you forgot to throw away the last piece of lasagna?" the sales rep. asks.
I both agree, and at the same time I disagree with you.
First of all, I think we have to differ between "Beting the crap out of the kids" and "spanking" them.
Here in Norway we can't even grab kids by the arm if we catch them stealing, because it's forbidden by law. And spanking is absolutely not recommended, if the authoroties has a chance of knowing it. Wich sums up to "Don't even think about beating the crap out of any kids".
When that's said; I, too, got an occational spanking when I was a kid (I'm 27 now), but that was only when I did something really bad (like the time I totally killed my grandmothers flowerbed by feeding the flowers laundry detergant. There were some quite rare flowers in it, too.) Less serious "crimes" might be punished by just a slap on the hand, or just a verbal reprimande.
Today, we have a rising problem with crime, especially among young people (14-25), and I think the law forbidding parents physically punishing their kids have som of the blame. I'm not saying that kids should be beaten up for everything wrong they do, but if a kid gets spanked for stealing money from his/her mothers purse the first time, he/she will think twice before doing it again.
This fact that kids don't learn (by feeling) that crime is punished, makes it easier to resort to bigger crimes, since there is no fear for punishment. In addition, norwegian courts struggle with the problem that it takes a very long time to get a ruling, wich adds to the problem; there don't seem to be a punishment to the crime. I.e. the criminals are "told to say they are sorry and never to do that again", and that's it. No wonder they keep stealing when that's the way they're punished.
Give the kids a spanking if they really deserve it (but be sure to make that the exception, not the rule). Being unable to sit for an hour or so shouldn't do any long time harm, as long as the kid knows he/she did something really bad and deserved the punishment.
The pictures from the "Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Male and Female Genitals During Coitus and Female Sexual Arousal." study sure wouldn't be the same if they were using regular x-rays.
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THIS DISC IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THIS PLAYER ...
This part of the message makes me think that WHV should start producing their discs in another way, since it (the disc) is not compatible with my player. Cause my player happens to be able to play virtually any other disc, from any region, and if WHV don't have the money to make a small piece of plastic (with no moving parts!) work on a player that handles anything else, then how can they make a movie worth watching?
Been there, done that.:-/
My x took our kid and moved away about five years ago, so I know how that works.:-( They didn't move very far away, so I still get to see him a lot. I still feel I'm missing out on a lot, though. And it hurts not being able to show him that I love him every day.
Basicly, I think every parent that have lived together with their children for as much as only a short while get to love their children. And of those who choose to leave their children even before they are born, I think some of them regret it, and miss the child they never got to know.
If the sister get more attention due to her illness, that's only natural. It would happen even if she became ill after her brother was born. I have no doubt however, that the parent will love both their children equally. The fact that the boy saved his sister will probably make them closer, too.
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They could make a website where people could buy storagespace on the satellite for poems. Lots of people would probably fall for the idea of sending a poem for their loved one into orbit around the earth. Like with the site where you can buy a star.
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How about telling your girlfriend/boyfriend on a clear night, that if she/he look at the orion, just to the left of it there is a poem written especially for her/him, and it goes like this . .
You would of course get a certificate with the poem, and a map showing where on the sky the poem is located. For an extra fee you could have it framed, too.
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I am a programer, so I know for a fact that this is not right. 47 days is the time reported spent on programming. About 70-80% of that time is wasted on stretching lunch breaks, surfing the web, chatting and other things.
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If these things are relatively cheap, why not send an army of them into minefields to trigger the mines? Then people won't have to risk their lives to clear the minefields, and innocent children would get safe places to play.
To finance it, I'm sure (at least quite a few more or less sick ones) people would pay good money to watch a show about it, cause it might be spectacular.
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At least make him able to turn off that da** alarmclock that wakes me up at six in the morning!
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As long as your favourite beverage comes in color this little buddy can recognise, you don't have to pick up the empty cans ever again. Just have him pick them up and kick them out (or under the couch if that is preferred).
It would of course be nice if he could fetch new cans, too, but carbonated drinks don't respond well to kicking.
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So, the era when humans could remember an easy, pronouncable name instead of an IP address is over, then?
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I guess I better start learning the numbers. .
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Or how 'bout this one, so it won't be to dificult for the beginners:
10 PRINT "Hello World"
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Yes, it's cool, but do we really need another box that does nothing that the PC already does?
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Hemos, of course. :-)
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So, when (and where) can I pick up my almost free night vision goggles? .
And perhaps a surveilance system that needs no power? Just some "old cables" lying around in the back yard, and I know if it is the kids, the wife, the mistress or the IRS that is coming. .
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Perhaps making an actual game like this might learn todays kids a bit about these (and other) histpric events? At least make them aware of what happened, and a little bit about the circumstances around it. Not like much of todays (often boring) histpry books killing the interest with details. An interactive history book with lots of events in color and animation is easier to learn from than page after page of plain text.
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Unlike a two-dimensional chain, this knotted, three-dimensional "knitting needle" chain in space can't be untangled.
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Really? So how was it tangled in the first place, then . . .
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Of course, when we get to this stage, we won't have only the virus to worry about. E.g. when are we going to see the "Norton 'Cure for Cancer 2.42'" in the local store?
And will we stop measuring "power" in MHz and start usin IQ?
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And I, for one, is not looking forward to start learning the new "Bio-Binary" language, as each "bit" can have thousands of states, in stead of only two. . .
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It should be possible to make this thing being a fan as well as a clock. Or the other way around; a windmill-clock! There's the idea, who wants to try and build one?
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Lego really should have an option to buy just the drawings to make all these cool vehicles and stuff. Through 20 years of buying Lego, I have more than enough parts to build any kit they have come up with so far, perhaps except for a few very specialised parts. Wich they come up with a bit to often for my taste.
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I remember 15-20 years ago, when I got my first kit, the yellow forklift. The steering had to be made manually from the 2x2 rotating plates and some 2x2 bricks. Sure, it didn't look quite as slick as all the new models, but you could build anything with what you had. Not like today; trying to build one of the newest kit strands because there is some odd-loking twisted part you don't have. .
Anyway, they should sell just the prints for building the stuff. .
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Using this watch woul be nothing compared to the calculators we used in colege. On math exam we were allowed to use the HP48GX, as long as it had no math expansion cards installed. On the other exams, calculators were not on the list of banned items, so it was ok to bring them. Considering the 128k RAM these calculators had, and the fact that there are compression programs for those calculators letting you put many times that amount of text and pictures in them, some students probably got better results than they deserved. (Yours truly not included.)
Another side of the matter, is this:
Why should calculators and watches (and books, for that matter) be banned in the first place? It's a crazy idea, that you might be kicked out for using stuff to get top results, when you in real life (when you got a job) might be fired for doing the same thing! In stead, you should be encouraged to use whatever help available to get a result as good as possible.
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Next up is Siemens, who from 2Q next year will be shipping their top model refridgerators with an interface to the new Nintendo GameCube.
"This is the best way to controll that macaroni and cheese dish who has been in there for just too long" a sales representative claims.
There will also be an option for online connection against a global server, wich lets the users peek into what others have in their fridge, getting tips for keeping the fridge clean, and even help neighbours and friends out keeping their fridge under control while they are out of town. "How many times have you not been away, and suddenly rememberd that you forgot to throw away the last piece of lasagna?" the sales rep. asks.
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I both agree, and at the same time I disagree with you.
First of all, I think we have to differ between "Beting the crap out of the kids" and "spanking" them.
Here in Norway we can't even grab kids by the arm if we catch them stealing, because it's forbidden by law. And spanking is absolutely not recommended, if the authoroties has a chance of knowing it. Wich sums up to "Don't even think about beating the crap out of any kids".
When that's said; I, too, got an occational spanking when I was a kid (I'm 27 now), but that was only when I did something really bad (like the time I totally killed my grandmothers flowerbed by feeding the flowers laundry detergant. There were some quite rare flowers in it, too.) Less serious "crimes" might be punished by just a slap on the hand, or just a verbal reprimande.
Today, we have a rising problem with crime, especially among young people (14-25), and I think the law forbidding parents physically punishing their kids have som of the blame. I'm not saying that kids should be beaten up for everything wrong they do, but if a kid gets spanked for stealing money from his/her mothers purse the first time, he/she will think twice before doing it again.
This fact that kids don't learn (by feeling) that crime is punished, makes it easier to resort to bigger crimes, since there is no fear for punishment. In addition, norwegian courts struggle with the problem that it takes a very long time to get a ruling, wich adds to the problem; there don't seem to be a punishment to the crime. I.e. the criminals are "told to say they are sorry and never to do that again", and that's it. No wonder they keep stealing when that's the way they're punished.
Give the kids a spanking if they really deserve it (but be sure to make that the exception, not the rule). Being unable to sit for an hour or so shouldn't do any long time harm, as long as the kid knows he/she did something really bad and deserved the punishment.
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The pictures from the "Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Male and Female Genitals During Coitus and Female Sexual Arousal." study sure wouldn't be the same if they were using regular x-rays.
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Or how about that tune from Hampsterdance.
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THIS DISC IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THIS PLAYER
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This part of the message makes me think that WHV should start producing their discs in another way, since it (the disc) is not compatible with my player. Cause my player happens to be able to play virtually any other disc, from any region, and if WHV don't have the money to make a small piece of plastic (with no moving parts!) work on a player that handles anything else, then how can they make a movie worth watching?
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Been there, done that. :-/ :-( They didn't move very far away, so I still get to see him a lot. I still feel I'm missing out on a lot, though. And it hurts not being able to show him that I love him every day.
My x took our kid and moved away about five years ago, so I know how that works.
Basicly, I think every parent that have lived together with their children for as much as only a short while get to love their children. And of those who choose to leave their children even before they are born, I think some of them regret it, and miss the child they never got to know.
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At least THGTTG can be found on MP3 somewhere. I know I had the files a few years ago, but I decided to read the book instead.
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If the sister get more attention due to her illness, that's only natural. It would happen even if she became ill after her brother was born. I have no doubt however, that the parent will love both their children equally. The fact that the boy saved his sister will probably make them closer, too.
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