Try buying the equipment for any sport and see if it's cheap. Well, you might get away with a few hundred for some of the really cheap ones...
That's why the rest of the world plays Football! (real football, not american football)
Take any small round object (a ball is preferable, but not indispensable), put some stones a couple of meters apart on an alley and get some buddies...
Yup, a few bucks worth of flowers are a good investment too... even if they last only a couple of days, they buy you some long-lasting marital goodwill
...unless your wife's reaction when you bring unexpected flowers is: "What the fsck did you do now!?"
Small children (3-6 years old) are amazingly energy-efficient! Feed a couple of them a small amount of sugars after 6pm if you don't believe me!
The other day I was thinking if it was plausible to build a playground that converts some of that energy into electricity... I am sure my kids could charge our cellphones and laptops in a couple of hours of play!
Anyone ever see those anonymous death threats directed at random people online? Well, I'm going to do the opposite. I vow to track down the parent poster, where ever he is, drag him kicking and screaming out of his parents' basement, bathe him, put him in the sun until he gets a tan, teach him to speak English (as opposed to Trollish), set him up with a real job and girlfriend, and give him a life.
Your goal, while noble, seems a little cost-and-labor intensive...
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Although, on the other hand, a threat to change this guy's life is just as cheap as a threat to kill him
Sure, those people might have liked Nader better, but instead of their candidate, or even the next best candidate in their view, we get... dubya.
True.
I don't vote on the american elections, however their results affect the entire world.
So I would also like to remind slashdoters that the entire world is hoping that we don't end up with an american president who believes that the earth is 6000 years old and who believes that living a few hundred miles away from siberia gives you foreign policy experience.
(Because seriously, McCain is not going to last more than two years... Not with the pressures of being president!)
It depends what your job is, but software developers should actually take a few moments and think about this and try to avoid naming their applications like cat, fsck, vi, nice, apt, sudo, etc.
According to several international studies*, The National Automonous University of Mexico (UNAM), and the National Polytechnics Institute (IPN), the two largest public universities in the country, are the best institutions of higher learning in the country.
Yet it is very common to see "UNAM, IPN, graduates need not apply" in job listings. Why?
Because employers seem to believe that the networking and prestige of the exclusive private schools are worth more than being a graduate of the two institutions that generate 90% of the scientific research in the country!
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$150,000 + $22,800 to spend on a TV message where you explain your views to the voter - OK
$150,000 for fancy clothing + $22,800 for hairstyling - Not OK
And while I'm sure Obama's suits are custom tailored, I sincerely doubt he spent $150,000 taxpayer dollars on them
What you describe is a common fixture in Sci-Fi
Look up "Planet of Hats" in the TVTropes Wiki for examples
The trope's name, of course, comes from Star Trek
Try buying the equipment for any sport and see if it's cheap. Well, you might get away with a few hundred for some of the really cheap ones...
That's why the rest of the world plays Football!
(real football, not american football)
Take any small round object (a ball is preferable, but not indispensable), put some stones a couple of meters apart on an alley and get some buddies...
Yup, a few bucks worth of flowers are a good investment too... even if they last only a couple of days, they buy you some long-lasting marital goodwill
...unless your wife's reaction when you bring unexpected flowers is: "What the fsck did you do now!?"
Do you have kids?
Small children (3-6 years old) are amazingly energy-efficient! Feed a couple of them a small amount of sugars after 6pm if you don't believe me!
The other day I was thinking if it was plausible to build a playground that converts some of that energy into electricity...
I am sure my kids could charge our cellphones and laptops in a couple of hours of play!
I'm glad you finally figured out what Karma is, Randy!
Now let's go over to Crabman's for a beer!
You are right! The human rights abuses in Afghanistan are intolerable!
We should go and liberate the Afghan people... er, oops! Sorry, my bad!
I agree. That's why I always write "anal-retentive" as a single word, with a hyphen.
...still, we should think about adding Asimov's three laws before we reach such an event horizon, no?
Anyone ever see those anonymous death threats directed at random people online? Well, I'm going to do the opposite. I vow to track down the parent poster, where ever he is, drag him kicking and screaming out of his parents' basement, bathe him, put him in the sun until he gets a tan, teach him to speak English (as opposed to Trollish), set him up with a real job and girlfriend, and give him a life.
Your goal, while noble, seems a little cost-and-labor intensive...
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Although, on the other hand, a threat to change this guy's life is just as cheap as a threat to kill him
How would one install OS X on a machine one has wiped it from?
Easy.
You tell the customer to take the computer to the Apple Store for "servicing"
Don't forget the huge amounts of bile over the 4th edition of Dungeons and Dragons!
Sorry, but "Family Car" assumes room for at least 4 adults.
When you buy a car you expect it to fit your family's needs for more than just a year or two.
Or if you absolutely cant do that, publish a spec that somebody can use to write compatible player.
Exactly, give us the spec and you'll never have to worry about Silverlight!
There is a very good likelyhood that Regan was already suffering from Alzheimer's while on office.
So there's another risk from electing a very old guy.
I gather you were not paying the electricity bill...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_neutrality
Sure, those people might have liked Nader better, but instead of their candidate, or even the next best candidate in their view, we get ... dubya.
True.
I don't vote on the american elections, however their results affect the entire world.
So I would also like to remind slashdoters that the entire world is hoping that we don't end up with an american president who believes that the earth is 6000 years old and who believes that living a few hundred miles away from siberia gives you foreign policy experience.
(Because seriously, McCain is not going to last more than two years... Not with the pressures of being president!)
It depends what your job is, but software developers should actually take a few moments and think about this and try to avoid naming their applications like cat, fsck, vi, nice, apt, sudo, etc.
Don't forget The Gimp!
"I have balls of steel!"
In Puerto Vallarta its always easier (and cheaper!) to score with drunk gringas than with the local girls.
See the battles of DeBeers vs. the artificial diamond makers
ITESM grads might beg to differ about UNAM and IPN being the best. ;)
Of course you would, you paid through the nose for that degree! ;)
I will admit that ITESM is probably one the best of the private schools for engineering, though
+1 Insightful?? WTF??
Anyone care to elaborate? I'm not a US citizen, so maybe I am unaware of the terrible things Lincoln did...
Something very weird happens here in Mexico.
According to several international studies*, The National Automonous University of Mexico (UNAM), and the National Polytechnics Institute (IPN), the two largest public universities in the country, are the best institutions of higher learning in the country.
Yet it is very common to see "UNAM, IPN, graduates need not apply" in job listings. Why?
Because employers seem to believe that the networking and prestige of the exclusive private schools are worth more than being a graduate of the two institutions that generate 90% of the scientific research in the country!
Sources:
http://www.topuniversities.com/worlduniversityrankings/results/2007/overall_rankings/top_400_universities/
http://www.arwu.org/rank2008/ARWU2008_TopAmer(EN).htm