Big screen TVs such as these give them hope and strength to push on in hope that one day, they too will have a wall with a socket to plug a TV such as that into.
Well OK, I didn't mention it per se but I've implied charging you WHEN you make the reservation. Like, first full hour or something. And not starting the clock for the amount of time it would take you to come to the reserved spot at allowed speed from your current location.
Naturally... they could add the extra charge for the "service" of reservation.
Hey... Just because I am using the familiar 1-2-3-Profit! system it does not mean I am being funny. I was serious.
And what do you mean, funny? Let me understand this cause, ya know maybe it's me, I'm a little fucked up maybe, but I'm funny how, I mean funny like I'm a clown, I amuse you? I make you laugh, I'm here to fuckin' amuse you? What do you mean funny, funny how? How am I funny? You said I'm funny. How the fuck am I funny, what the fuck is so funny about me? Tell me, tell me what's funny!
The second line might make some problems with that plan.
Drive calmly to the spot, as central server knows how far you are from the spot and it won't start charging you for the time it takes you to get there driving at the allowed speed.
What you COULD do is intercept that same data everyone gets and spam the system with squatting reservations. If your office(s) are strategically positioned so that you are about a minute or two from every parking slot it might work. Any extra charge for the sucker... I mean customer not getting there in time you dump on him/her.
Only problem is... The city would probably see no reason to let YOU scam the people when THEY can do that same thing. With the bonus that the city can have some "premium" permanently red lighted parking spots for no extra cost while you would have to be on your toes constantly.
So it might be kinda illegal in the eyes of the city officials.
1. Add reservation option. Mark the spot as yours before you get there. Drive calmly to the spot, as central server knows how far you are from the spot and it won't start charging you for the time it takes you to get there driving at the allowed speed. 2. Add red LEDs to the parking spot markers. Have them light up when the space is reserved. Have them turned off by sending a code from your mobile. 3. Add option to report people taking your reserved spot. Have tow-trucks ready and waiting. Also have option to charge them for "stealing" your reserved parking spot, since you have already paid for it. 4. Profit!
This fall, San Francisco will test 6,000 of its 24,000 metered parking spaces in the nation's most ambitious trial of a wireless sensor network that will announce which of the spaces are free at any moment.
Drivers will be alerted to empty parking places either by displays on street signs, or by looking at maps on screens of their smartphones. They may even be able to pay for parking by cellphone, and add to the parking meter from their phones without returning to the car.
- Wireless sensors? - Street signs? - Portable two-way communication devices? - maps?
With this process, just one bushel (60 pounds) of organic waste can yield about six gallons of bio-crude, Rivera said. . . And if that wasn't enough, the sole byproduct from the crude-making process is fertilizer: 737-grade, all organic fertilizer.
"The fertilizer is worth about 15 cents per pound, but the fuel byproduct is worth much more," said General Manager Gerald Brent.
Or should I say VOTE PARENT UP?
Either way... he/she has something there...
Despite contradicting him/herself - calling for abolishment of politicians while asking for "professionals" to write up the legislation.
Sounds a lot like politicians to me.
But the part about anyone drafting the legislation, quorums and sunset clauses sounds good... though some obvious polishing is still needed.
You have either not seen the movie, or have not played the game. Which one is it?
But yes... Mark Wahlberg "Max Payne" movie does seem to be targeted at just that kind of audience you represent. People that think that Timothy Olyphant "Hitman" movie was a good movie based on the "Hitman" games.
Why do you think I compared the unwinnable war to a war on chocolate? You can't beat chocolate... with its sweetness and bitterness and soft velvety touch on your tongue...
Hey! Maybe... if the US started carpet bombing Iraq and Afghanistan with chocolate...?
You do realize that there is a greater chance in wining a war on chocolate than "terror"? You know... all that stuff about one being an actual physical thing and other being an idea.
From the text of the report it appears that renaming the Morphine chem to 'Painkillers(or some other generic name that is not a prescription drug)' and changing the icons presented in the menu for selecting chems will be sufficient to get the game classified MA15+.
Not sure about Bioshock, but if I recall correctly none of the others had use of "real" drugs. Painkillers in Max Payne, Nectar in Haze and various imaginary drugs in Fallouts (Mentats, Buffouts, Jet... etc.). Imaginary drugs are OK. You can't ban something based on depiction of misuse of something that is imaginary.
Hell... Buffouts in Fallout had those little crosses (+) on them. You could claim that (since it is an imaginary drug) that it is actually the power of Jesus that gives your character extra strength when he takes them. Its imaginary... anything goes. You can even claim its all a placebo.
But when you say morphine... well... that IS a real drug. "I've been using morphine all this time, and it has significantly reduced my pain levels and helped me win in this game." You can't say you are not promoting drug use if your character goes around high as a kite on morphine or whatever - cause it gives him/you the advantage in the game.
I am guessing that it is all still a bit secrety, but basically the technology will allow optical network switches instead of electronical. Optical circuits.
"The scratched glass we've developed is actually a photonic integrated circuit," Eggleton said.
"This circuit uses the 'scratch' as a guide or a switching path for information - like when trains are switched from one track to another - except this switch takes only one picosecond to change tracks. This means that in one second the switch is turning on and off about one million times. We are talking about photonic technology that has terabit per second capacity."
An initial demonstration proved it possible to achieve speeds 60 times faster than existing local networks.
Remember how he voted on the copyright extension laws? Better amend the constitution so people can vote for some REAL change in the white house - like Papa Smurf!
NO MOUSE IN THE HOUSE! NO MOUSE IN THE HOUSE! NO MOUSE IN THE HOUSE!
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It will be read as eL-Tee? Sounds vaguely Spanish.
But what about 5318008?
You mean to say they have lived all these year and still don't know to joy of 5318008?
Good god...
Big screen TVs such as these give them hope and strength to push on in hope that one day, they too will have a wall with a socket to plug a TV such as that into.
Well OK, I didn't mention it per se but I've implied charging you WHEN you make the reservation. Like, first full hour or something.
And not starting the clock for the amount of time it would take you to come to the reserved spot at allowed speed from your current location.
Naturally... they could add the extra charge for the "service" of reservation.
You mean compared to the 5.9736 × 10^24 kg of Earth?
Who'da thunk it?
Hey...
Just because I am using the familiar 1-2-3-Profit! system it does not mean I am being funny. I was serious.
And what do you mean, funny?
Let me understand this cause, ya know maybe it's me, I'm a little fucked up maybe, but I'm funny how, I mean funny like I'm a clown, I amuse you?
I make you laugh, I'm here to fuckin' amuse you? What do you mean funny, funny how? How am I funny?
You said I'm funny. How the fuck am I funny, what the fuck is so funny about me?
Tell me, tell me what's funny!
The second line might make some problems with that plan.
Drive calmly to the spot, as central server knows how far you are from the spot and it won't start charging you for the time it takes you to get there driving at the allowed speed.
What you COULD do is intercept that same data everyone gets and spam the system with squatting reservations.
If your office(s) are strategically positioned so that you are about a minute or two from every parking slot it might work.
Any extra charge for the sucker... I mean customer not getting there in time you dump on him/her.
Only problem is... The city would probably see no reason to let YOU scam the people when THEY can do that same thing.
With the bonus that the city can have some "premium" permanently red lighted parking spots for no extra cost while you would have to be on your toes constantly.
So it might be kinda illegal in the eyes of the city officials.
1. Add reservation option. Mark the spot as yours before you get there.
Drive calmly to the spot, as central server knows how far you are from the spot and it won't start charging you for the time it takes you to get there driving at the allowed speed.
2. Add red LEDs to the parking spot markers. Have them light up when the space is reserved. Have them turned off by sending a code from your mobile.
3. Add option to report people taking your reserved spot. Have tow-trucks ready and waiting.
Also have option to charge them for "stealing" your reserved parking spot, since you have already paid for it.
4. Profit!
This fall, San Francisco will test 6,000 of its 24,000 metered parking spaces in the nation's most ambitious trial of a wireless sensor network that will announce which of the spaces are free at any moment.
Drivers will be alerted to empty parking places either by displays on street signs, or by looking at maps on screens of their smartphones. They may even be able to pay for parking by cellphone, and add to the parking meter from their phones without returning to the car.
- Wireless sensors?
- Street signs?
- Portable two-way communication devices?
- maps?
Disparities...
With this process, just one bushel (60 pounds) of organic waste can yield about six gallons of bio-crude, Rivera said.
.
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And if that wasn't enough, the sole byproduct from the crude-making process is fertilizer: 737-grade, all organic fertilizer.
"The fertilizer is worth about 15 cents per pound, but the fuel byproduct is worth much more," said General Manager Gerald Brent.
There.
Bio-fuel AND fertilizer.
Yup... Sounds quite too good to be true.
Or should I say VOTE PARENT UP? Either way... he/she has something there... Despite contradicting him/herself - calling for abolishment of politicians while asking for "professionals" to write up the legislation. Sounds a lot like politicians to me. But the part about anyone drafting the legislation, quorums and sunset clauses sounds good... though some obvious polishing is still needed.
You have either not seen the movie, or have not played the game.
Which one is it?
But yes... Mark Wahlberg "Max Payne" movie does seem to be targeted at just that kind of audience you represent.
People that think that Timothy Olyphant "Hitman" movie was a good movie based on the "Hitman" games.
How can you make a Max Payne movie WITHOUT abusing the bullet time?
Its like saying about the Superman movie "I hope they don't abuse flying effects... cause.. you know... its unrealistic that a man can fly."
I guess he does not realize that there ARE some things boobs can't help you with.
Man would think he'd learned his lesson with BloodRayne, but then again... he IS Uwe Boll...
War on chocolate would be much like war on drugs. Only harder to win.
I fact... as they say that eating large quantities of chocolate has the same effect as smoking a joint - war on chocolate IS the war on drugs.
Why do you think I compared the unwinnable war to a war on chocolate?
You can't beat chocolate... with its sweetness and bitterness and soft velvety touch on your tongue...
Hey! Maybe... if the US started carpet bombing Iraq and Afghanistan with chocolate...?
...If everyone voted for greater of two evils at least they would vote honestly.
So when the amount of evil finally calls for a revolution there will at least be some honesty left in the people of the land.
Come again?
Tool in a war on what?
You do realize that there is a greater chance in wining a war on chocolate than "terror"?
You know... all that stuff about one being an actual physical thing and other being an idea.
But it is no where easier to read that way, than when it was a text-brick few posts above.
From the text of the report it appears that renaming the Morphine chem to 'Painkillers(or some other generic name that is not a prescription drug)' and changing the icons presented in the menu for selecting chems will be sufficient to get the game classified MA15+.
Not sure about Bioshock, but if I recall correctly none of the others had use of "real" drugs.
Painkillers in Max Payne, Nectar in Haze and various imaginary drugs in Fallouts (Mentats, Buffouts, Jet... etc.).
Imaginary drugs are OK. You can't ban something based on depiction of misuse of something that is imaginary.
Hell... Buffouts in Fallout had those little crosses (+) on them.
You could claim that (since it is an imaginary drug) that it is actually the power of Jesus that gives your character extra strength when he takes them.
Its imaginary... anything goes. You can even claim its all a placebo.
But when you say morphine... well... that IS a real drug.
"I've been using morphine all this time, and it has significantly reduced my pain levels and helped me win in this game."
You can't say you are not promoting drug use if your character goes around high as a kite on morphine or whatever - cause it gives him/you the advantage in the game.
I am guessing that it is all still a bit secrety, but basically the technology will allow optical network switches instead of electronical.
Optical circuits.
"The scratched glass we've developed is actually a photonic integrated circuit," Eggleton said.
"This circuit uses the 'scratch' as a guide or a switching path for information - like when trains are switched from one track to another - except this switch takes only one picosecond to change tracks. This means that in one second the switch is turning on and off about one million times. We are talking about photonic technology that has terabit per second capacity."
An initial demonstration proved it possible to achieve speeds 60 times faster than existing local networks.
Remember how he voted on the copyright extension laws?
Better amend the constitution so people can vote for some REAL change in the white house - like Papa Smurf!
NO MOUSE IN THE HOUSE!
NO MOUSE IN THE HOUSE!
NO MOUSE IN THE HOUSE!
Soon Conan O'Brian or Jon Stewart might be giving them away.
Right before they start giving them away at the local gas station with every purchase of a full tank of gas.
Anyone else can't get the sound of his voice from their head repeating "Where's your Obama now, nyaaa?"?
Meet the new boss, ha?
We must be shopping at the same place!