And those are girls... dressed as video game characters...
That is like waving a red flag in front of a bull. Or a pork chop in front of a hungry dog.
Are you sure you are into... you know... tech and hetero-sex? Or maybe you are one of those rare females that are rumored to visit slashdot from time to time?
That is why they are dressed as characters from your childhood in order to make you spend more money on games.
Unfortunately, the rules of life dictate that unless you have enough money to buy the store along with the games, they will be repulsed by you. We men are really sad pathetic drones, so easily controlled by the queen bees. Or in this case, Princess Peach.
If you read some of the SF that was illustrated by those pictures, you'll find out that in most of them - its one united communist world.
And not just any communist world. Its makes Star Trek with its space battles and wars seem like a second rate utopia. Capitalism, hunger, disease, wars, borders, ignorance - all of that is extinct.
On the other hand, some visions were quite... bizarre.
I remember reading this book where soviet (as in Soviet Earth) cosmonauts are on a mission to some far away planet or other and along the way they stumble upon a earlier era. It is not explicitly mentioned, but it is obvious that what they find is a US military starship. The crew was dead because of the inadequate radiation protection or something. But the part that was most amusing was how cosmonauts reacted to pin-up posters on the walls. From not understanding the purpose of posters of naked women on the walls, to questions like why are their lips and nails painted red.
Now... a utopia where people don't understand the concept of disease or capitalism... OK. But one where they don't know about porn and makeup?
Riiiight... I guess they also forgot how to make beer.
Something like this falls well in that category of advertising, although there was really no need to mention fecal matter in the summary... . . What F? Aaah... massive SHIFT... My bad.
Still... That would be a shitty deal. Ah well... there is always pirated version with no adverts.
Also, saying "Office-based test script was "statistically insignificant,"...while a multitasking test panel produced results for SP1 less than 1% faster than RTM." doesn't really say much.
Adding to that the first (T)FA actually bothered to mention WHAT was the RC about...
Instead, Microsoft says, the service pack beta improves stability, performance, and reliability when reactivating a machine from Hibernate or Suspend mode; enhances device-driver support; increases security; and adds support for new standards such as Extended File Allocation Table (intended to enhance flash storage on notebooks, not desktops). ... kinda makes this (T)FA even more non-informative in comparison.
In fact... first thing that comes to my mind after reading TFA (the "Barth said"-part) is Samuel L. Jackson in Pulp Fiction: "Check out the big brain on Barth!"
The article notes that smoking cannabis will not deliver significant quantities of CBD That is because they were not smoking significant quantities of canabis.
CSI1: We found no fingerprints at the crime scene. CSI2: No fingerprints, eh? Well that can only mean one thing. CSI1: What's that? CSI2: Our perpetrator is none other than Slashdot's own someone1234 There... fixed it for you.
Don't you know that CSI do ALL the work? Detectives only eat donuts.
BTW... CSI2 just HAS to be Horatio Caine. The only man that defeated both Chuck Norris AND Jack Bauer with both hands behind his back.
But the turds I produce are definitely not mostly water. Mostly Bristol 2-5, rarely 1 or 6. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Stool_Scale Superman would have things to squeeze there. Using heat vision first would be advised though.
Ahh... yes.. Slashdot. THE place where one can have intelligent conversation involving Windows Vista, Superman AND fecal matter.
From the TFA:
As a drill instructor barked orders, Chang-hoon and 17 other boys marched through a cold autumn rain to the obstacle course. Wet and shivering, Chang-hoon began climbing the first obstacle, a telephone pole with small metal rungs. At the top, he slowly stood up, legs quaking, arms outstretched for balance. Below, the other boys held a safety rope attached to a harness on his chest.
"Do you have anything to tell your mother?" the drill instructor shouted from below.
"No!" he yelled back.
"Tell your mother you love her!" ordered the instructor.
"I love you, my parents!" he replied. You see? The problem these kids have is really that when on the internetz they don't get to climb telephone polls shouting "Mom I love you!". Riiight. The problem, once again, is in the fact that kids, as they hit puberty, can't express their feelings of love towards their parents properly. Not in the fact that it can be hard for a 50 kg teen to keep up with the pressure from peers and parents to be the coolest and best 24/7 IRL, while online they get to be who and what they want in 2 clicks of a mouse.
When these camps are finally allowed to admit that they are failing (sure... they will "cure" some kids... who will switch to other obsessions, some of them much less healthy) - I have a suggestion.
Sex camps!
Hire some pros and give the kids the choice - sex or surf. They will be "cured of the internet" in couple of days tops. Instructors can still cheer them on and yell "Tell your parent's you love them!" at them.
From TFA:
The coolant will be ground water and the site's temperature is a constant 15 degrees Celsius (59 degrees Fahrenheit) all year, meaning no air-conditioning will be needed outside the containers. This reduces the energy required for the water chillers, used with surface-level Blackbox containers.
The containers will be lowered 100m into the mine and linked to power, water cooling and network lines via external connectors. They are going to use the mine as a heat-sink, computers are going only 100m under ground.
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You're just not drunk enough.
Thank you!
I remember this thing from back in '80s and even back then it was obvious that its water+wind+ice that makes the rocks move.
What is next? Channels on Mars?
And those are girls... dressed as video game characters...
That is like waving a red flag in front of a bull. Or a pork chop in front of a hungry dog.
Are you sure you are into... you know... tech and hetero-sex?
Or maybe you are one of those rare females that are rumored to visit slashdot from time to time?
Yeah I remember back in 1987, Vista used to boot much faster on my C64.
That is why they are dressed as characters from your childhood in order to make you spend more money on games.
Unfortunately, the rules of life dictate that unless you have enough money to buy the store along with the games, they will be repulsed by you.
We men are really sad pathetic drones, so easily controlled by the queen bees. Or in this case, Princess Peach.
Well... one could argue that them being communist, they just didn't understand the supply-demand laws.
But it is more likely that they just needed to point out how those "others" are (were) decadent capitalist monkeys.
I just hope I am not too late.
I also wrote god with one "O"? I need coffey...
Turn of the computer, get outside and find yourself a girlfriend. NOW!
Or at least prostitute.
Vagina shaped nebula? Good good...
If you read some of the SF that was illustrated by those pictures, you'll find out that in most of them - its one united communist world.
And not just any communist world. Its makes Star Trek with its space battles and wars seem like a second rate utopia.
Capitalism, hunger, disease, wars, borders, ignorance - all of that is extinct.
On the other hand, some visions were quite... bizarre.
I remember reading this book where soviet (as in Soviet Earth) cosmonauts are on a mission to some far away planet or other and along the way they stumble upon a earlier era.
It is not explicitly mentioned, but it is obvious that what they find is a US military starship. The crew was dead because of the inadequate radiation protection or something.
But the part that was most amusing was how cosmonauts reacted to pin-up posters on the walls.
From not understanding the purpose of posters of naked women on the walls, to questions like why are their lips and nails painted red.
Now... a utopia where people don't understand the concept of disease or capitalism... OK.
But one where they don't know about porn and makeup?
Riiiight... I guess they also forgot how to make beer.
Scientists cautious about new and untested technology. General public clueless about new and untested technology.
Like... WOW! Incredible insight!
I agree.
Something like this falls well in that category of advertising, although there was really no need to mention fecal matter in the summary...
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What F? Aaah... massive SHIFT... My bad.
Still... That would be a shitty deal.
Ah well... there is always pirated version with no adverts.
Its clearly oranges.
Only, that one was from PC World Canada.
AND... they at least listed the RC's version (0.275) and explained the tests (well, kinda...),the difference in performance AND the hardware used. http://www.pcworld.ca/news/column/3eef651f0a010408008b33e8065121c5/pg1.htm
WTF is a "barn burner"?
Also, saying "Office-based test script was "statistically insignificant,"...while a multitasking test panel produced results for SP1 less than 1% faster than RTM." doesn't really say much.
Adding to that the first (T)FA actually bothered to mention WHAT was the RC about... Instead, Microsoft says, the service pack beta improves stability, performance, and reliability when reactivating a machine from Hibernate or Suspend mode; enhances device-driver support; increases security; and adds support for new standards such as Extended File Allocation Table (intended to enhance flash storage on notebooks, not desktops). ... kinda makes this (T)FA even more non-informative in comparison.
In fact... first thing that comes to my mind after reading TFA (the "Barth said"-part) is Samuel L. Jackson in Pulp Fiction:
"Check out the big brain on Barth!"
Now if only Joerg had read that article before saying what he did... http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/22/2342249
Göring would have been very disappointed.
Duke Nukem used the toilet. Look what happened to him.
There... fixed it for them.
Astronomical time is used as a guidline only.
Check the coast of Canada (Newfoundland) or the situation around Indonesia. Uuuuuhhh mama...
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Timezones_optimized.png
Say... get creative with a soldering iron over a bottle of vodka?
Laughing man logo comes to mind as a logical choice. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laughing_Man_(Ghost_in_the_Shell)
Some nice curses written in kanji would also be nice.
CSI2: No fingerprints, eh? Well that can only mean one thing.
CSI1: What's that?
CSI2: Our perpetrator is none other than Slashdot's own someone1234 There... fixed it for you.
Don't you know that CSI do ALL the work? Detectives only eat donuts.
BTW... CSI2 just HAS to be Horatio Caine.
The only man that defeated both Chuck Norris AND Jack Bauer with both hands behind his back.
Roads all across Ireland are blocked by thousands of Leprechauns protesting against capturing and inhumane treating of rainbows.
But the turds I produce are definitely not mostly water. Mostly Bristol 2-5, rarely 1 or 6. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Stool_Scale
Superman would have things to squeeze there. Using heat vision first would be advised though.
Ahh... yes.. Slashdot.
THE place where one can have intelligent conversation involving Windows Vista, Superman AND fecal matter.
Being comprised of mostly carbon atoms, if you polish the turd long enough at the right pressure and temperature - it will turn into a diamond.
Superman could do that.
Only I don't think anyone would like shaking hands with him later.
Definitely Photoshopped. http://www.xkcd.com/331/
Wet and shivering, Chang-hoon began climbing the first obstacle, a telephone pole with small metal rungs.
At the top, he slowly stood up, legs quaking, arms outstretched for balance.
Below, the other boys held a safety rope attached to a harness on his chest.
"Do you have anything to tell your mother?" the drill instructor shouted from below.
"No!" he yelled back.
"Tell your mother you love her!" ordered the instructor.
"I love you, my parents!" he replied. You see? The problem these kids have is really that when on the internetz they don't get to climb telephone polls shouting "Mom I love you!".
Riiight.
The problem, once again, is in the fact that kids, as they hit puberty, can't express their feelings of love towards their parents properly.
Not in the fact that it can be hard for a 50 kg teen to keep up with the pressure from peers and parents to be the coolest and best 24/7 IRL, while online they get to be who and what they want in 2 clicks of a mouse.
When these camps are finally allowed to admit that they are failing (sure... they will "cure" some kids... who will switch to other obsessions, some of them much less healthy) - I have a suggestion.
Sex camps!
Hire some pros and give the kids the choice - sex or surf. They will be "cured of the internet" in couple of days tops.
Instructors can still cheer them on and yell "Tell your parent's you love them!" at them.