I was about seven when BG was on TV and even then I knew it was a steaming pile. But it was mainstream Sci-Fi on TV at the time, and it could be appreciated as mindless entertainment. Another thing that both old and new BG have in common is the war theme that always keeps people's interest, I suppose because can be related to real life experiences, whether its Iraq, terrorism, and in the past, the Cold War, Vietnam, etc.
like the...boom of the.COM days every idiot is going to go quit their job and try to become a pro-blogger.
Thanks to the dot-com days these people don't have day jobs anymore. Really these scams have great appeal to the unemployed, who have extra time, are desperate, and feel like they have less to lose. And although its easy to make fun of "the losers," they're not paying income taxes or into social security, so we're all losing out.
I'd think the Jet stream and other major sources of wind are largely unaffected. What impact do all the turbine jets on airplanes have on weather patterns? the real problem is that windturbines spoil the nice views! Just ask the people on Martha's Vineyard.
GOTO statements are harmful! avoid using them! (old BASIC programming warning) Didn't you get the memo? a winking smiley is adequate to denote sarcasm;)
This made me think of the Twilight Zone episode with William Shatner, "Nightmare at 20000 Feet" Remade with John Lithgow in the Twilight Zone Movie. Shatner's character sees (or thinks he sees?) a gremlin eating pieces of the engine. He is taken away in a straigthtjacket when the plane lands.
As former caretaker of the late "Eugene," the pig, I've come to beleive that what people dislike about pigs is how closely their behavior resembles human behavior. Pigs are at least straightforward and unapologetic in their greediness. BTW I'd also like to mention ants, bees and wasps (Hymenoptera) whose hive-like "intelligences" maybe as sophisticated as our own individual human intelligence. It may be impossible to compare the two, but it does give one pause in trying to define non-human intelligence.
"Here I am with a brain the size of a planet and they ask me to pick up a piece of paper. Call that job satisfaction? I don't. " Marvin the robot
Actually Eye surgeons do cram, especially in pre-med. They're supposed to learn all about general anatomy and things that don't pertain to eye surgery. The "certification nonsense" is a problem in bureacracies everywhere. Oh well. Life, don't talk to me about life...
/.er's make fun of Microsoft because the MCSE is only helpful in getting a job and not really learning about computers. This has been true for a long time, and has nothing to do with "outdated knowledge." By all means get certified if it gets your foot in the door. But if you want to enjoy using computers, use un*x when you can. Anyone who doesn't know this already should not be entering the field at all, not debating what kind of certifications to get.
SGI attempted to get in PC graphic card...
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it would be nice if Slashdot made the distinction, but the most of the world, hacking~cracking. BTW its become really difficult to open cars doors with coat hangers. You need to leave the VT52 terminal once and a while and get out more!
I think most Japanese think of Christian, especially Catholic, imagery as lending a little exoticism the same way as Hollywood does in horror movies. They don't think of it as any more profound than most of us think religion in the remake of the "Amnityville Horror" is profound.
Viagra was actually meant as a drug for hypertension, then angina, before you know what. http://pubs.acs.org/hotartcl/mdd/98/novdec/viagra. html Many of the anti-psychotics were originally for epilepsy. Unfortunately innovation doesn't usually come from highly focussed research. The discovery of new drugs and technologies is more haphazard than that, and those that fund research are aware of this problem.
They're another dotnet company that will go out of business soon. Why would anyone want to use such a crummy, not-thought-out interface? and a $1 a song? No way are they going to make any money!;)
but the bouncer kicks him out, saying "we don't serve your kind here!" The string bends himself into a loop, them rolls around on the ground and in the dirt. He goes back into the bar, gets served a drink. The bouncer takes a second look and says "Hey aren't you the string I saw earlier?" He replies, "no, I'm a frayed knot!"
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I was about seven when BG was on TV and even then I knew it was a steaming pile. But it was mainstream Sci-Fi on TV at the time, and it could be appreciated as mindless entertainment. Another thing that both old and new BG have in common is the war theme that always keeps people's interest, I suppose because can be related to real life experiences, whether its Iraq, terrorism, and in the past, the Cold War, Vietnam, etc.
Thanks to the dot-com days these people don't have day jobs anymore. Really these scams have great appeal to the unemployed, who have extra time, are desperate, and feel like they have less to lose. And although its easy to make fun of "the losers," they're not paying income taxes or into social security, so we're all losing out.
I'd think the Jet stream and other major sources of wind are largely unaffected. What impact do all the turbine jets on airplanes have on weather patterns?
the real problem is that windturbines spoil the nice views! Just ask the people on Martha's Vineyard.
GOTO statements are harmful! avoid using them! (old BASIC programming warning) ;)
Didn't you get the memo? a winking smiley is adequate to denote sarcasm
This made me think of the Twilight Zone episode with William Shatner, "Nightmare at 20000 Feet" Remade with John Lithgow in the Twilight Zone Movie. Shatner's character sees (or thinks he sees?) a gremlin eating pieces of the engine. He is taken away in a straigthtjacket when the plane lands.
It sounds like this guy is trying to jump on Prof Frankfurt's bandwagon (On Bullshit.) http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0691 122946/qid=1121094466/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_ur_1/102-0 573459-7462505?v=glance&s=books&n=507846 t ml
http://www.pupress.princeton.edu/chapters/s7929.h
The problem, as Mr Frankfurt seems well aware of in his 80 page book, is that people can endlessly bullshit about how much bullshit there is out in the world. Don Watson also seems aware of this and intends on capitalizing on it.
As former caretaker of the late "Eugene," the pig, I've come to beleive that what people dislike about pigs is how closely their behavior resembles human behavior. Pigs are at least straightforward and unapologetic in their greediness.
BTW I'd also like to mention ants, bees and wasps (Hymenoptera) whose hive-like "intelligences" maybe as sophisticated as our own individual human intelligence. It may be impossible to compare the two, but it does give one pause in trying to define non-human intelligence.
"Here I am with a brain the size of a planet and they ask me to pick up a piece of paper. Call that job satisfaction? I don't. " Marvin the robot
Actually Eye surgeons do cram, especially in pre-med. They're supposed to learn all about general anatomy and things that don't pertain to eye surgery. The "certification nonsense" is a problem in bureacracies everywhere. Oh well. Life, don't talk to me about life...
/.er's make fun of Microsoft because the MCSE is only helpful in getting a job and not really learning about computers.
This has been true for a long time, and has nothing to do with "outdated knowledge." By all means get certified if it gets your foot in the door. But if you want to enjoy using computers, use un*x when you can.
Anyone who doesn't know this already should not be entering the field at all, not debating what kind of certifications to get.
some interesting comments from an another discussion.e shold=0&commentsort=3&tid=139&tid=130&tid=218&mode =thread&pid=11072394#11072938 check out the parent comment
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=132599&thr
SGI was probably incapable of adapting.
If you're either looking for cyberpunk books to read, or have expert opinions about the genre, head over tow riters_and_works
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberpunk#Cyberpunk_
it would be nice if Slashdot made the distinction, but the most of the world, hacking~cracking. BTW its become really difficult to open cars doors with coat hangers. You need to leave the VT52 terminal once and a while and get out more!
I think most Japanese think of Christian, especially Catholic, imagery as lending a little exoticism the same way as Hollywood does in horror movies. They don't think of it as any more profound than most of us think religion in the remake of the "Amnityville Horror" is profound.
I think you're doing a good job of keeping /. entertaining! Keep up the good work!
Viagra was actually meant as a drug for hypertension, then angina, before you know what. http://pubs.acs.org/hotartcl/mdd/98/novdec/viagra. html
Many of the anti-psychotics were originally for epilepsy. Unfortunately innovation doesn't usually come from highly focussed research. The discovery of new drugs and technologies is more haphazard than that, and those that fund research are aware of this problem.
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Marvel used a similar strategy to deny Stan Lee payment for several movies based on his comic-book characters. They lost.
They're another dotnet company that will go out of business soon. Why would anyone want to use such a crummy, not-thought-out interface? and a $1 a song? No way are they going to make any money! ;)
Yeah and when livers are so much tastier! Oops, I mean, they probably would be... you know, if... never mind.
Now we know where all the dupes come from!
It will be difficult to top the Lego Volvo http://car.kak.net/modules.php?file=article&name=n ews&op=modload&sid=1662
Are legos recyclible? If not are there any 'green' toy building bricks made from reclaimed plastic?
but the bouncer kicks him out, saying "we don't serve your kind here!" The string bends himself into a loop, them rolls around on the ground and in the dirt. He goes back into the bar, gets served a drink. The bouncer takes a second look and says "Hey aren't you the string I saw earlier?" He replies, "no, I'm a frayed knot!"
$10,000 and a week in Vegas. That outta do it.
"That's no moon. It's a space station!" "I've got a bad feeling about this."
"That's no moon!..." Shit, I forgot the rest... well, whatever it is, it ain't no fucking moon.