Slashdot has once again made a big deal out of nothing. In one of my archaeology classes a few years ago we discussed these very caves, and covered the EVIDENCE (that's right, evidence) that damn near proves the existence of Homo sapiens and neanderthals in fairly close quarters.
That's WHY this is such a big deal. Despite your conspiracy to cover the evidence about Homo sapiens and neanderthals, the truth is getting out!
Dr. Raymond Stantz: Personally, I liked the university. They gave us money and facilities, we didn't have to produce anything. You've never been in the private sector. They expect *results*.
I work for a university. This isn't funny because it's an exaggeration... it's funny because it's true. So very true.
I'm not looking forward to my eventual move to the private sector - "What, you expect me to do work on all the weekdays? And start before lunch too? Tyrants!"
I am curious, is there so much as ONE person in the world who truly likes Pepsi Blue? No one here will say they do, and I've never met anyone who does. Myself, I didn't hate it, but I found it just barely drinkable. What was Pepsi thinking?
But come on, there must be one person out there drinking it up, stocking up on all the bottles they can before it gets discontinued. Step forward!
Um, as it travels Mach 7.6 -- 7.6 times the speed of sound -- we do know: BOOM as it goes past.
Actually, I thought the sonic boom only happens when you accelerate through Mach 1, because at that point the airplane is travelling at the same speed as the sounds it is making, and therefore the sounds all build up on top of each other. But once you're well past Mach 1, this isn't a problem. Am I right? (So, we still have a sound problem, but it's only at two points during the flight, not over the course of the whole flight.)
It is in fact (at least, as far as anyone knows) transmitted by bosons which bring to each particle in the earth a message telling them to move toward the sun. Block the bosons, and you would block the gravitational effect of the sun.
Well, obviously I do like the site, or I wouldn't be bothering with it. You're probably right, it's infuriating in a good way.
I don't care for this particular riddle, though... most of them have an aha! type of answer, which when you think of it is clearly the right one. But how could this guy make a firebreak? Does he have tools to cut down the trees? It just doesn't seem like an answer that must be the right one. I find the idea of making a raft from logs in the woods more likely. Oh well..
The thing that drives me nuts is not having the "right" answer to check my answers against. Look at this one, for example:
willywutang is hanging out on a heavily forested island that's really narrow: it's a narrow strip of land that's ten miles long. let's label one end of the strip A, and the other end B. a fire has started at A, and the fire is moving toward B at the rate of 1 mph. at the same time, there's a 2 mph wind blowing in the direction from A toward B. what can willywu do to save himself from burning to death?! assume that willywu can't swim and there are no boats, jetcopters, teleportation devices, etc.. (if he does nothing, willywu will be toast after at most 10 hours, since 10 miles / 1 mph = 10 hours)
There's many possible answers, so how do I know if I've got the answer they want? He's in a heavily forested area, so grabbing a log and paddling out around the fire shouldn't be hard. Or he could dig a little moat, though that might not be too effective. So, is there some other, clever answer, I should look for, or am I done? Grrrrrrrrr!
dispersion of the bean as it travels through the 3-d space
Who would've thought, the future of data storage technology was with us the whole time: The simple, humble bean! Well, I'll be on eTrade if you need me.
I get my rentals for free from a friend who works at a video store
You do realize that, legally speaking, this is on par with going to Best Buy and walking out with your pockets stuffed full of DVD's? That's our laws for you. If you're going to watch something, then dammit some corporation better be making money off it!
Since the music companies can charge a tax on CD-R's, why can't the movie companies charge a tax on contact lenses?
You mean Rename "The Two Towers" to Something Less Offensive Petition
This petition is stupid... because it doesn't go far enough. Just the numbers 2, 9, or 11 are enough to remind me of the WTC tragedy. It is offensive to use those numbers in any context ever, unless you are solemnly remembering victims of terrorism. And don't even get me started on the "T" word - bad news!
I'm holding out for the 24-Disc box set of the trilogy when they release it in 2007. $395 might sound like a lot of money, but it will probably take a month to watch it all, so that's a lot of entertainment! I'm looking forward to the full 10-hour commentary tracks by each member of the Fellowship, Bilbo, Gollum, Mojo Jojo, Liv Tyler, Natalie Portman, the director, the producer, and the key grip. Wooooooooo!
What a cryptic preview. Appearantly the title of this new game is "Server Error in '/' Application."
What does that mean? In what strange direction are they taking the Star Wars universe? I can't wait to see what the Slash Application is, and what the Jedi will have to do to stop it.
But most importantly, will I be able to choose to play as either the Server or the Served?
And I've never seen a preview with source code to the game either. Anyone know what this does?
music.com - RIAA says they have the rights to this, since they "own music"
switch.com - Apple claims they deserve it because of their oh-so-clever ad campaign. But Cisco says it belongs to them, because they make switches, and can afford the most lawyers.
fordreallysucks.com - Now Chevy is claiming rights to this one, as it is a fundamental part of their corporate philosophy.
bendoverandtakeit.com - Microsoft is pursuing this one, using an argument similar to Chevy's.
From the article: "Y2K, another problem brought about entirely by lack of forethought (plus a healthy dose of denial), has not served as a wake up call."
I wonder why Y2K didn't serve as a wake-up call? Maybe it's because basically nothing bad happened? Yes, it cost a ton of money to correct the problem, but there were no huge catastrophes like segments of the media had predicted.
In the same way, yes, hard drives will crash, and people will lose stuff. But this is nothing new! The idea of a "digital dark age" where hard drives start crashing left and right, and history starts going down the drain, is absurd. It ranks up there with the pre-Y2K hype about society crashing and people roaming the streets in search of food. But hey, your story is a success if people will read it and take the hype to heart, right?
Well, of course someone will make the argument that "Spam costs companies billions each year in lost bandwidth, storage, and employee's time." I see those kind of statistics all the time and they're such B.S. Yes, spam sucks, but its not draining our economy or anything.
If your bandwidth and storage setup is so tight that some spam pushes it over the edge, that's your own fault for a poor server setup. And do you really think employees would get more done in a day if they hadn't had to delete those 10 messages? Sure, 15 seconds times a million employees is a lot of seconds. But the fact is, each of those individuals are going to do the same amount of work each day regardless if the spam shows up or not.
On the other hand, I think there may be a point if someone wants to talk about how much SPAM is costing companies each year. Those sick days add up.
From the Yahoo story: The director says he will begin the casting search for both superheroes, as well as three female leads, within the coming weeks.
Well, that takes care of what was lacking... that should ensure ticket sales from the Slashdot community! Especially if Superman is the jock with all 3 female leads hanging around him, and Batman is the heroic computer geek living in his basement, brooding and plotting his revenge.
What was racist about this statement? To imply that there may be some correlation between skin color and tendency to be a fan of rap music? No, you can't say that! Everyone's the same!
Racism would be saying something like "all those pink guys are morons". Connecting black people and rap music is only acknowledging black culture. If the construction crew had been mostly black people who were into rap, they could've talked about the white guy and his classic rock. Same difference.
That's 7 hours, 28 minutes a day, five days a week. The other 32 minutes are all yours!
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the sappy/happy ending when this movie really deserved an unhappy one
What does that mean, the movie "deserved" an unhappy ending? Are you saying that a movie is better just because the main character dies or loses? That it makes the movie deeper or more sophisticated?
Hogwash. The ending may not have been the most realistic scenario, but the whole movie was unrealistic. Tom Cruise jumping about speeding cars, evading scores of cops, etc., is not supposed to be realistic. It's a fun story about one man beating the odds. If you can't handle the idea of cheering for someone, I wouldn't recommend going to many summer movies.
Personally, I think Minority Report shows how it's possible to make a philosophically meaningful, thought-provoking movie which is also a great deal of fun. There seems to be this idea that it is "sophisticated" to only appreciate dark, plodding, depressing movies where anyone you might sympathize for loses everything you'd want him/her to get - as if that's required for a movie to have any real meaning or critical worth. What a ludicrous notion!
I have a question - My PC has a DVD drive and a GeForce3 card with an S-video output. If I play a DVD and watch it through the S-Video output, is the signal Macrovisionized?
I only ask because I want to set up a videotape piracy lab in my home.:) No, seriously, I'm just curious. Since PC's with such capability are becoming more common, this could mean that many more people have the theoretical ability to defeat Macrovision, without buying or modding anything extra.
What I'm wondering is, when will broadband start getting cheaper? Maybe it's many years down the road, but consider:
1. Infrastructure - now that broadband service is established, the costs shift from rolling out service to merely maintaining it, which should be cheaper.
2. Technology - higher speed network technologies continue to be developed and to become cheaper. At some point, the consumers should start benefitting from this.
Downloading, say, 600MB per day right now may seem like a ton, but in 10-15 years that might just be what you need to check your email. Our desktop machines are being aggressively improved in every area, so that a $4000 machine today is equivalent to a $700 machine in three years. Shouldn't a similar thing be happening in the broadband world?
So, did you email them and ask them to double check your address, and to send another copy? Or did you think the best approach was just a random complaint on/. ?
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That's WHY this is such a big deal. Despite your conspiracy to cover the evidence about Homo sapiens and neanderthals, the truth is getting out!
"NTT... has developed a wireless communications that..."
Society has also developed a grammaticals that communicate helps. Try it, you should.
I work for a university. This isn't funny because it's an exaggeration... it's funny because it's true. So very true.
I'm not looking forward to my eventual move to the private sector - "What, you expect me to do work on all the weekdays? And start before lunch too? Tyrants!"
Ok, this argument is just to funny!
I am curious, is there so much as ONE person in the world who truly likes Pepsi Blue? No one here will say they do, and I've never met anyone who does. Myself, I didn't hate it, but I found it just barely drinkable. What was Pepsi thinking? But come on, there must be one person out there drinking it up, stocking up on all the bottles they can before it gets discontinued. Step forward!
Actually, I thought the sonic boom only happens when you accelerate through Mach 1, because at that point the airplane is travelling at the same speed as the sounds it is making, and therefore the sounds all build up on top of each other. But once you're well past Mach 1, this isn't a problem. Am I right? (So, we still have a sound problem, but it's only at two points during the flight, not over the course of the whole flight.)
Many bosons died to bring us this gravity!
I don't care for this particular riddle, though... most of them have an aha! type of answer, which when you think of it is clearly the right one. But how could this guy make a firebreak? Does he have tools to cut down the trees? It just doesn't seem like an answer that must be the right one. I find the idea of making a raft from logs in the woods more likely. Oh well..
There's many possible answers, so how do I know if I've got the answer they want? He's in a heavily forested area, so grabbing a log and paddling out around the fire shouldn't be hard. Or he could dig a little moat, though that might not be too effective. So, is there some other, clever answer, I should look for, or am I done? Grrrrrrrrr!
Who would've thought, the future of data storage technology was with us the whole time: The simple, humble bean! Well, I'll be on eTrade if you need me.
You do realize that, legally speaking, this is on par with going to Best Buy and walking out with your pockets stuffed full of DVD's? That's our laws for you. If you're going to watch something, then dammit some corporation better be making money off it!
Since the music companies can charge a tax on CD-R's, why can't the movie companies charge a tax on contact lenses?
You mean Rename "The Two Towers" to Something Less Offensive Petition
This petition is stupid... because it doesn't go far enough. Just the numbers 2, 9, or 11 are enough to remind me of the WTC tragedy. It is offensive to use those numbers in any context ever, unless you are solemnly remembering victims of terrorism. And don't even get me started on the "T" word - bad news!
I'm holding out for the 24-Disc box set of the trilogy when they release it in 2007. $395 might sound like a lot of money, but it will probably take a month to watch it all, so that's a lot of entertainment! I'm looking forward to the full 10-hour commentary tracks by each member of the Fellowship, Bilbo, Gollum, Mojo Jojo, Liv Tyler, Natalie Portman, the director, the producer, and the key grip. Wooooooooo!
Especially Canada!
What does that mean? In what strange direction are they taking the Star Wars universe? I can't wait to see what the Slash Application is, and what the Jedi will have to do to stop it.
But most importantly, will I be able to choose to play as either the Server or the Served?
And I've never seen a preview with source code to the game either. Anyone know what this does?
Other domain names in arbitration:
music.com - RIAA says they have the rights to this, since they "own music"
switch.com - Apple claims they deserve it because of their oh-so-clever ad campaign. But Cisco says it belongs to them, because they make switches, and can afford the most lawyers.
fordreallysucks.com - Now Chevy is claiming rights to this one, as it is a fundamental part of their corporate philosophy.
bendoverandtakeit.com - Microsoft is pursuing this one, using an argument similar to Chevy's.
I wonder why Y2K didn't serve as a wake-up call? Maybe it's because basically nothing bad happened? Yes, it cost a ton of money to correct the problem, but there were no huge catastrophes like segments of the media had predicted.
In the same way, yes, hard drives will crash, and people will lose stuff. But this is nothing new! The idea of a "digital dark age" where hard drives start crashing left and right, and history starts going down the drain, is absurd. It ranks up there with the pre-Y2K hype about society crashing and people roaming the streets in search of food. But hey, your story is a success if people will read it and take the hype to heart, right?
If your bandwidth and storage setup is so tight that some spam pushes it over the edge, that's your own fault for a poor server setup. And do you really think employees would get more done in a day if they hadn't had to delete those 10 messages? Sure, 15 seconds times a million employees is a lot of seconds. But the fact is, each of those individuals are going to do the same amount of work each day regardless if the spam shows up or not.
On the other hand, I think there may be a point if someone wants to talk about how much SPAM is costing companies each year. Those sick days add up.
Well, that takes care of what was lacking... that should ensure ticket sales from the Slashdot community! Especially if Superman is the jock with all 3 female leads hanging around him, and Batman is the heroic computer geek living in his basement, brooding and plotting his revenge.
What was racist about this statement? To imply that there may be some correlation between skin color and tendency to be a fan of rap music? No, you can't say that! Everyone's the same!
Racism would be saying something like "all those pink guys are morons". Connecting black people and rap music is only acknowledging black culture. If the construction crew had been mostly black people who were into rap, they could've talked about the white guy and his classic rock. Same difference.
(24-8)*7/3 = 37 1/3 hours
That's 7 hours, 28 minutes a day, five days a week. The other 32 minutes are all yours!
What does that mean, the movie "deserved" an unhappy ending? Are you saying that a movie is better just because the main character dies or loses? That it makes the movie deeper or more sophisticated?
Hogwash. The ending may not have been the most realistic scenario, but the whole movie was unrealistic. Tom Cruise jumping about speeding cars, evading scores of cops, etc., is not supposed to be realistic. It's a fun story about one man beating the odds. If you can't handle the idea of cheering for someone, I wouldn't recommend going to many summer movies.
Personally, I think Minority Report shows how it's possible to make a philosophically meaningful, thought-provoking movie which is also a great deal of fun. There seems to be this idea that it is "sophisticated" to only appreciate dark, plodding, depressing movies where anyone you might sympathize for loses everything you'd want him/her to get - as if that's required for a movie to have any real meaning or critical worth. What a ludicrous notion!
I have a question - My PC has a DVD drive and a GeForce3 card with an S-video output. If I play a DVD and watch it through the S-Video output, is the signal Macrovisionized?
:) No, seriously, I'm just curious. Since PC's with such capability are becoming more common, this could mean that many more people have the theoretical ability to defeat Macrovision, without buying or modding anything extra.
I only ask because I want to set up a videotape piracy lab in my home.
What I'm wondering is, when will broadband start getting cheaper? Maybe it's many years down the road, but consider:
1. Infrastructure - now that broadband service is established, the costs shift from rolling out service to merely maintaining it, which should be cheaper.
2. Technology - higher speed network technologies continue to be developed and to become cheaper. At some point, the consumers should start benefitting from this.
Downloading, say, 600MB per day right now may seem like a ton, but in 10-15 years that might just be what you need to check your email. Our desktop machines are being aggressively improved in every area, so that a $4000 machine today is equivalent to a $700 machine in three years. Shouldn't a similar thing be happening in the broadband world?
So, did you email them and ask them to double check your address, and to send another copy? Or did you think the best approach was just a random complaint on /. ?