I guess someone has decided that since gas prices are so high that SUV's (aka Urban Assault Vehicles) are evil now. I saw a recent report on SUV blind spots about how a Ford Expedition can back over an entire kindergarten class and not notice. Now the rollover danger rears it's ugly head again.
Don't alarmist news stories about vehicle safety bring on a wave of nostalgia for those driver safety films they showed us in high school? I distinctly remember some gory footage in one film. They opened the driver's car door of a freshly crashed car and the head of the driver lolled back clearly showing that he or she had been nearly decapitated. You can relive the glory of your high school driver's ed class by watching them again in Hell's Highway.
Wouldn't you love a vehicle that has the rollover capability of a Ford Explorer with the explosive combination of a Ford Pinto and a Chevy Truck whose gas tanks are on the outside of the frame and don't forget those special Firestone tires? Am I missing any vehicles?
When programmers reach the age of 40 they are supposed to renew in a ceremony called McCarousel. At the end of the ceremony they are given a spatula and a McDonald's hat. They often chant "Do you want fries with that?" If they don't renew like they are supposed to, they become runners and try to reach Sanctuary.
And if you get that reference, it's time to renew.
--
"Sea greens and protein from the sea. Fresh as harvest day!"
If you want to see some really nice beaver, go see Narnia. It had the best looking beaver special effects. You even get to see deep inside a beaver lodge. The beaver chase scene is pretty amazing.
Who knew melting the polar icecap would cause the magnetic north pole to free itself up? It must be a Communist conspiracy. They don't want our compasses to work anymore. That's why they want us using them their orbital mind control GPS laser satellites to navigate. They made sure we had cheap oil so we'd pump out more CO2 because they knew that melting the polar ice caps would cause the magnetic north pole to become unstuck. Since it's moving to Sibera that means it's an old Communist conspiracy.
God, what fucktard approved that badly written blurb?
I ain't workin' here no more
My woman done left and took all the reasons
I was workin' for
You better not to try to stand in my way
As I walk out the door
Just take this job and shove it
"Cause I ain't workin' here no more.
Well this obligatory quote'll either be modded redundant or troll. And all I can say for that it is:
I often have the same feeling about Slashdot. it's like a big haystack, but the needles are larger and easier to find. I have noticed that the Roland Piquepaille needles happen to the most worthless. The obvious solution for finding the proverbial needle in the haystack of data is to make it up. It's not like there's any real worldexamples.
Well it's going to be people like them that will push the shift to RFID tags in everything. Just the same way people who run red lights will ensure we have more cameras in intersections and on the streets.
There are large swaths of Olivine on the surface of Mars. Olivine weathers rapidly in water. It'll dissolve on the order of 10,000 years. These deposits appear to be 3.5 billion years old. The amount of olivine on Mars puts an upper limit to the amount of liquid water Mars could have had. I don't know how quickly or slowly Olivine weathers under ice like say a glacier. I've also read speculation that a lot of erosion features could have been caused by glaciers and not by running water. These erosion features on Mars are simliar to known glacial erosion features found in places like Canada.
At least one Mars Rover scientist did say we didn't go to Mars looking for evidence of water because that would be the wrong objective. That they found evidence was icing on the cake. We should explore Mars because it is different than the Earth. And should we find similarities that's then so be it.
It is possible the Olivine a volcanic rock was deposited in those regions after most of the water disappeared. So there could be regions of Mars that had lots of water, but that was a long, long time ago. And there is probably more ice on Mars than we can guestimate, but less than what has been hyped about in the press. We are only now beginning the real exploration of Mars. We have a lot of tantalizing clues. So keep those probes, landers, and orbiters coming and let's find what we'll find.
I want a car mounted directional EMP device. Next time I sit at a stoplight next to one of those thumpers, I would point it at their vehicle, press the button and their car would go dead. I'd zap em just as the light turned green and I started accelerating. I would also mount one on the roof of the house. It would only zap them once they were well past the house. It would be better if it could just selectively fry their stereo system but leave the car running.
Slashdotters are the perfect test market for bionic hands. Say hello to Rosy the Robotic Palm and Her Five Bionic Sisters. If they can't wear it out from repetitive motion, no one else will. Ooh, what a shocker!
Who told the Royal Society about the web? I think we should keep them off the web instead. What would they rather put on the web? Intelligent Design? Scientology?
XML is subtly and quietly being used to link digital documents together, and more significantly, databases, much like the Internet itself linked individual computers into a global network.
Slashdotters must have a serious woody for the Xbox 360. Once again proving that the only kind of box most slashdotters get any action from is a game console.
Slashdot Mirror
I guess someone has decided that since gas prices are so high that SUV's (aka Urban Assault Vehicles) are evil now. I saw a recent report on SUV blind spots about how a Ford Expedition can back over an entire kindergarten class and not notice. Now the rollover danger rears it's ugly head again.
Don't alarmist news stories about vehicle safety bring on a wave of nostalgia for those driver safety films they showed us in high school? I distinctly remember some gory footage in one film. They opened the driver's car door of a freshly crashed car and the head of the driver lolled back clearly showing that he or she had been nearly decapitated. You can relive the glory of your high school driver's ed class by watching them again in Hell's Highway.
Wouldn't you love a vehicle that has the rollover capability of a Ford Explorer with the explosive combination of a Ford Pinto and a Chevy Truck whose gas tanks are on the outside of the frame and don't forget those special Firestone tires? Am I missing any vehicles?
Wikipedia has a note about Roland's deletion. It seems, they think, he's unworthy of a Wiki article. However, they do feel that figging is.
-1 Flaimbait? Wow! Mormons, sure are sensitive. At least I didn't say: My Xenu! It's full of Scientologists!
My God! It's full of Mormons!
if it came with the 'Any' key.
When programmers reach the age of 40 they are supposed to renew in a ceremony called McCarousel. At the end of the ceremony they are given a spatula and a McDonald's hat. They often chant "Do you want fries with that?" If they don't renew like they are supposed to, they become runners and try to reach Sanctuary.
And if you get that reference, it's time to renew.
--
"Sea greens and protein from the sea. Fresh as harvest day!"
If you want to see some really nice beaver, go see Narnia. It had the best looking beaver special effects. You even get to see deep inside a beaver lodge. The beaver chase scene is pretty amazing.
I heard it's better than Super Mario Bros. And not much else.
Father:*knock* *knock* Son, I need to use the RSStroom.
Slashdotter: **long pause** Go away. I'm busy!
Father: Open this door right now! You better not be podjacking in there!
Who knew melting the polar icecap would cause the magnetic north pole to free itself up? It must be a Communist conspiracy. They don't want our compasses to work anymore. That's why they want us using them their orbital mind control GPS laser satellites to navigate. They made sure we had cheap oil so we'd pump out more CO2 because they knew that melting the polar ice caps would cause the magnetic north pole to become unstuck. Since it's moving to Sibera that means it's an old Communist conspiracy.
God, what fucktard approved that badly written blurb?
I ain't workin' here no more
My woman done left and took all the reasons
I was workin' for
You better not to try to stand in my way
As I walk out the door
Just take this job and shove it
"Cause I ain't workin' here no more.
Well this obligatory quote'll either be modded redundant or troll. And all I can say for that it is:
Stick it where the sun don't shine!
Didn't you get the memo?
I often have the same feeling about Slashdot. it's like a big haystack, but the needles are larger and easier to find. I have noticed that the Roland Piquepaille needles happen to the most worthless. The obvious solution for finding the proverbial needle in the haystack of data is to make it up. It's not like there's any real world examples.
Well it's going to be people like them that will push the shift to RFID tags in everything. Just the same way people who run red lights will ensure we have more cameras in intersections and on the streets.
I broke the dam.
There are large swaths of Olivine on the surface of Mars. Olivine weathers rapidly in water. It'll dissolve on the order of 10,000 years. These deposits appear to be 3.5 billion years old. The amount of olivine on Mars puts an upper limit to the amount of liquid water Mars could have had. I don't know how quickly or slowly Olivine weathers under ice like say a glacier. I've also read speculation that a lot of erosion features could have been caused by glaciers and not by running water. These erosion features on Mars are simliar to known glacial erosion features found in places like Canada.
At least one Mars Rover scientist did say we didn't go to Mars looking for evidence of water because that would be the wrong objective. That they found evidence was icing on the cake. We should explore Mars because it is different than the Earth. And should we find similarities that's then so be it.
It is possible the Olivine a volcanic rock was deposited in those regions after most of the water disappeared. So there could be regions of Mars that had lots of water, but that was a long, long time ago. And there is probably more ice on Mars than we can guestimate, but less than what has been hyped about in the press. We are only now beginning the real exploration of Mars. We have a lot of tantalizing clues. So keep those probes, landers, and orbiters coming and let's find what we'll find.
I want a car mounted directional EMP device. Next time I sit at a stoplight next to one of those thumpers, I would point it at their vehicle, press the button and their car would go dead. I'd zap em just as the light turned green and I started accelerating. I would also mount one on the roof of the house. It would only zap them once they were well past the house. It would be better if it could just selectively fry their stereo system but leave the car running.
You know you are getting old when you can appreciate a device like that. No more having to yell "Hey you kids! Get off of my lawn!"
Diebold, die!
Slashdotters are the perfect test market for bionic hands. Say hello to Rosy the Robotic Palm and Her Five Bionic Sisters. If they can't wear it out from repetitive motion, no one else will. Ooh, what a shocker!
Beer! It's the reason I get up in the afternoon.
You can't even pee in the elevators in Singapore.
Who told the Royal Society about the web? I think we should keep them off the web instead. What would they rather put on the web? Intelligent Design? Scientology?
XML is subtly and quietly being used to link digital documents together, and more significantly, databases, much like the Internet itself linked individual computers into a global network.
No shit. Did the submitter just discover XML?
How much glass can an ass crack crack if an ass crack can crack glass?
Slashdotters must have a serious woody for the Xbox 360. Once again proving that the only kind of box most slashdotters get any action from is a game console.