I too use just a single bladed Bic for shaving. But the things are cheap enough that I just use one twice and then toss it out. If I can't remember how many times I've used one, I'll toss it. Life is too short to spend time worrying about my razor.
And with this comment I nominate you to the "save the earth from the humans" award...
True, that kind of electoral fraud doest work in the US.
Down here in Mexico, however, that was exactly the way it happened... Right Wing National Action Party (PAN) has most of its support in the industrialized, wealthier north states and Left Wing Democratic Revolution Party (PRD) has most of its support in Mexico City and in the poorer southern states.
Both sides engaged in unethical campaign practices (however, the media sided with PAN heavily and this showed), and ballot stuffing was rampant in the strongest states and cities for each side, since the contested cities and states were being closely watched by both national and international observers (that's why "nobody" could find evidences of fraud)
in the end we now have a President-elect that "won" by 0.56% of the votes and with serious questions about the legitimacy of the process...
And we don't even have electronic voting systems, because the Electoral Institute decided that they were not safe!!
"Let the elections of 2008 stand as a warning to all who would attempt to defraud the American public", warned Vice President Eric Raymond.
That's where my suspension of disbelief broke apart... We all know that if Stallman became Ruler, ESR would be the first against the wall, even faster than Ballmer!
Sounds to me that encrypting your laptop or placing other obvious obstacles in it is a sure-way to get it impounded...
More likely i would suggest that when the airport guard asks you to turn it on, you boot it into a default installation of windows xp, with a few excel and powerpoint files in the desktop...
Well, an aquaintance of mine moved into an old building which had a cockroach problem, but he bought 4 geckos and let them run freely around the house... The cockroaches quickly became a non-issue, and now he has to supplement the geckos diet because they cant get enough to eat.
It has been scientifically proven that 85.7% of all statistics quoted during an average conversation are bogus, and just invented at the spur of the moment.
I remember reading somewhere (in Fiction) about some geneticist that was working in an altered HIV virus that destroyed the original HIV virus and malignant cells...
No stalking, I work in the collection department of a touristic company we use a lot of "secret techniques" (nothing non-obvious really) to locate people who are late on their accounts.
Its amazing the number of people who sign up for services, use them once or twice and then decide to stop paying, feeling safe that they gave a fake address and phone.
There are numerous documented cases of a small town's economy crashing a few months after a Walmart being open because it drives small retailers out of business.
I am talking about small towns with no Kmart, Target, etc. to offset it.
are they attempting to create a real life infection out of a web-based piece of lore, making a calculated move to tie this attack into numerous Web hoaxes, possibly to confuse infected users looking for help online or simply having a little fun at the good guy's expense?
I remember that some company in the late 90's had a brain-dead business plan to sell "disposable" cellphones in supermarkets and vendor machines. Made out of cheap plastic and designed to be thrown away once the minutes in it were exhausted...
Yeah, probably the people in charge of this "great idea" are not panhandling now, as I thought they would.
I would vote for Ray Park... the guy is excellent moving, shooting, jumping, waving lightsabers... er, nevermind
As long as he doesnt have to actually act, or even speak, he is great to look upon the screen, which kinda makes him perfect for the role of Master Chief
but why should pay for something that was broadcast for free just yesterday?
Well, not that I agree with them, but probably their rationale is that you are paying for the convenience of downloading and watching the show in your own time.
Man, to offset the carbon production of a Hummer SUV you need more than that... perhaps installing solar panels, or donating a lot of money to conservation efforts...
Damn, even then I wouldnt be sure... perhaps seven years of penance as a Franciscan brother might do the trick.
And clearly any gang of Italian Mercenaries could have killed Cesare Borgia many times over... but they didnt, because Cesare played every group against each other sucessfully, until he got sick and died.
Any small group of Balors could slay Graz'zt, but they dont, for the same reasons.
oops, it seems I was misinformed... thanks for the link, I'll see if I can get my local bookstore to order it as international shipping from Amazon is prohibitively expensive.
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Because "I want my WoW!" doesnt really have the same ring to it...
There's a spanish proverb,
Mal de muchos, consuelo de tontos...
Roughly it translates as:
Failings of many, fool's consolation
I too use just a single bladed Bic for shaving. But the things are cheap enough that I just use one twice and then toss it out. If I can't remember how many times I've used one, I'll toss it. Life is too short to spend time worrying about my razor.
And with this comment I nominate you to the "save the earth from the humans" award...
No, he means retro cool as in velocipede
Although the penny-farthing is pretty retro too...
True, that kind of electoral fraud doest work in the US.
Down here in Mexico, however, that was exactly the way it happened... Right Wing National Action Party (PAN) has most of its support in the industrialized, wealthier north states and Left Wing Democratic Revolution Party (PRD) has most of its support in Mexico City and in the poorer southern states.
Both sides engaged in unethical campaign practices (however, the media sided with PAN heavily and this showed), and ballot stuffing was rampant in the strongest states and cities for each side, since the contested cities and states were being closely watched by both national and international observers (that's why "nobody" could find evidences of fraud)
in the end we now have a President-elect that "won" by 0.56% of the votes and with serious questions about the legitimacy of the process...
And we don't even have electronic voting systems, because the Electoral Institute decided that they were not safe!!
"Let the elections of 2008 stand as a warning to all who would attempt to defraud the American public", warned Vice President Eric Raymond.
That's where my suspension of disbelief broke apart... We all know that if Stallman became Ruler, ESR would be the first against the wall, even faster than Ballmer!
Sounds to me that encrypting your laptop or placing other obvious obstacles in it is a sure-way to get it impounded...
More likely i would suggest that when the airport guard asks you to turn it on, you boot it into a default installation of windows xp, with a few excel and powerpoint files in the desktop...
Well, an aquaintance of mine moved into an old building which had a cockroach problem, but he bought 4 geckos and let them run freely around the house... The cockroaches quickly became a non-issue, and now he has to supplement the geckos diet because they cant get enough to eat.
It has been scientifically proven that 85.7% of all statistics quoted during an average conversation are bogus, and just invented at the spur of the moment.
Oh yeah, I remember paying for a 16x CD-RW drive more than it costs today to get a DVD-RW/+RW drive
I remember reading somewhere (in Fiction) about some geneticist that was working in an altered HIV virus that destroyed the original HIV virus and malignant cells...
Basically a sexually transmitted AIDS vaccine...
It should be noted though, that a "Virus Accelerator Board" is not a very good name from a marketing perspective! :P
You just have to put a nice marketing spin on the name... Like "Internet App Accelerator" or "Web code facilitator", etc.
No stalking, I work in the collection department of a touristic company we use a lot of "secret techniques" (nothing non-obvious really) to locate people who are late on their accounts.
Its amazing the number of people who sign up for services, use them once or twice and then decide to stop paying, feeling safe that they gave a fake address and phone.
There are numerous documented cases of a small town's economy crashing a few months after a Walmart being open because it drives small retailers out of business.
I am talking about small towns with no Kmart, Target, etc. to offset it.
are they attempting to create a real life infection out of a web-based piece of lore, making a calculated move to tie this attack into numerous Web hoaxes, possibly to confuse infected users looking for help online or simply having a little fun at the good guy's expense?
All of the above?
True, this idea might work in kiosks set in airports in touristic areas...
I remember that some company in the late 90's had a brain-dead business plan to sell "disposable" cellphones in supermarkets and vendor machines. Made out of cheap plastic and designed to be thrown away once the minutes in it were exhausted...
Yeah, probably the people in charge of this "great idea" are not panhandling now, as I thought they would.
Men in Tights had the best quote:
- And why would the people listen to you?
- Because, unlike some other Robin Hoods, I can speak with an English accent.
Could somebody tell me what are they saying? I can see the video, but my work computer doesnt have audio.
Hear, Hear!
This is Slashdot, for cryin out loud! I would understand this type of glaring error in a Newsweek article, but in "News for Nerds"?
I would vote for Ray Park... the guy is excellent moving, shooting, jumping, waving lightsabers... er, nevermind
As long as he doesnt have to actually act, or even speak, he is great to look upon the screen, which kinda makes him perfect for the role of Master Chief
but why should pay for something that was broadcast for free just yesterday?
Well, not that I agree with them, but probably their rationale is that you are paying for the convenience of downloading and watching the show in your own time.
Man, to offset the carbon production of a Hummer SUV you need more than that... perhaps installing solar panels, or donating a lot of money to conservation efforts...
Damn, even then I wouldnt be sure... perhaps seven years of penance as a Franciscan brother might do the trick.
And clearly any gang of Italian Mercenaries could have killed Cesare Borgia many times over... but they didnt, because Cesare played every group against each other sucessfully, until he got sick and died.
Any small group of Balors could slay Graz'zt, but they dont, for the same reasons.
oops, it seems I was misinformed... thanks for the link, I'll see if I can get my local bookstore to order it as international shipping from Amazon is prohibitively expensive.