Wow, I just took a flashlight and shined it straight down in front of me and I didn't see the beam in the air at all. I better see if there's one of these invisible tunnels in front of me.
Yes, why the fuck are they keeping the credit card number more than a few weeks after the transaction? Credit card companies should provide and require processing systems that never allow the business to get a hold of the number, only at most a hash of it (so the business can do their oh-so-important customer tracking). It'd be something like paypal, where the recipient never gets your login information, just the money. And for online purchases, fuck one-click shopping; I'd rather have to re-enter my card information each time than have it stored on an irresponsible company's servers for eternity.
"* I can fix my hot water heater by removing the broken heating element and replacing it with a new one from the hardware store. Possibly the most ridiculous prediction/claim of all."
"The days of a third-party provider collecting, indexing, and targeting advertisements to you based on the content of your e-mail will be over."
You do realize that gmail is a free service, right? There are plenty of e-mail providers whom you can pay (your ISP for one) and get no advertisements.
"The quality of the music is high, there is no record of the transaction that the school or ISP can hand over to the RIAA, there is no way to detect this copyright infringement."
Get with the program! Plugging in the power adaptor is HARD WORK. We should not have to do such manual labor when technology can save us from drudgery.
"So many of the quotes have become a part of our culture, our communal consciousness, that they are very much ours, and no amount of government or corporate power can take them from us."
Wow, for a moment there I read that as "criminal consciousness". I think I need to tighten my tinfoil hat, as "they" are still inserting their version of the truth into my head.
Most importantly, "To clarify further, you may not rely upon this information as legal advice, nor as a recommendation or endorsement of any particular legal understanding, and you should instead regard this article as intended for entertainment purposes only."
"How long do we really want these worms to live? Till they become sentient long-lived invertebrate overlords?"
I know this was simply a joke, but it still rests on the false premise that evolution is directional (and that we humans are at the pinnacle). In fact, the worms living longer would reduce the rate of evolution. Even if it were increased, they would evolve to be...better worms.
"The main issue is the cost of purchasing standalone high-def players by the hackers, but as prices for these come down, this problem will slowly go away. "
See! Sony had a good reason to over-price the PS3 all along.
"Why is it that we can train a young child to control their bowel movements, yet expecting an adult to control their sexuality is somehow considered oppressive? If a child can learn to defer bowel movement until the appropriate time and place, why can't an adult defer their sexuality until an appropriate time and place? Or is it too much to expect an adult to have full control over their own body?"
One can gain control over when bowel movements occur, to some extent, but their occurrence cannot be prevented completely. If sex is the same (for the person in question), then your suggestion to stop it for the duration of the mission is as unreasonable as asking the astronaut not to shit for the duration of the mission (which would also simplify things).
Here it is interpreted as 65816 machine code (the main processor used in Super NES and the Apple IIgs). It alomost works as 6502, except the TCD which becomes an illegal opcode as the 6502 lacks the D-page register.
ORA #$F9
ORA ($02),Y
STA $E374,X
TCD
CLD
EOR ($56,X)
CMP $63
LSR $88,X
Also, interpreted as SPC-700 machine code (sound processor used in Super NES, which I've done a lot of work with):
OR $11, $F9
SET1 $9D.0
CMP A, $E3+X
LSR $D8+X
TCALL 4
EOR A, !$63C5+Y
EOR A, !$C088+Y
Interpreted as Motorola 68K machine code (I even re-assembled it to verify):
How about we make a contact-free system that puts big bright lights around the room and charges everything via "solar" panels? Sure, effeiciency will be low, and you'll have to wear "sun" glasses or be blinded, but hey, you won't have to plug them in. Think of the savings in time!
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Wow, I just took a flashlight and shined it straight down in front of me and I didn't see the beam in the air at all. I better see if there's one of these invisible tunnels in front of me.
Oh, wait, that's what light already does.
Spelling checker anyone?
Will the real terrorists please stand up? Yes, you, the one who intentionally works to incite fear in people. And you too.
"Fleen: Okay, on a scale of one to ten, are you more a) pissed; b) surprised; c) depressed by this turn of events?
Boyd: Gonna have to go with b) surprised."
I'll go with d) confused...err... 4) confus... 10) conf.. I dunno
Yes, why the fuck are they keeping the credit card number more than a few weeks after the transaction? Credit card companies should provide and require processing systems that never allow the business to get a hold of the number, only at most a hash of it (so the business can do their oh-so-important customer tracking). It'd be something like paypal, where the recipient never gets your login information, just the money. And for online purchases, fuck one-click shopping; I'd rather have to re-enter my card information each time than have it stored on an irresponsible company's servers for eternity.
"So yea, fook best buy and their dirty as practices."
And "fook" you for going along with them (but thanks for speaking up).
"* I can fix my hot water heater by removing the broken heating element and replacing it with a new one from the hardware store. Possibly the most ridiculous prediction/claim of all."
Especially since the water is already hot!
"The days of a third-party provider collecting, indexing, and targeting advertisements to you based on the content of your e-mail will be over."
You do realize that gmail is a free service, right? There are plenty of e-mail providers whom you can pay (your ISP for one) and get no advertisements.
I'm just disappointed that my submission didn't win.
"The quality of the music is high, there is no record of the transaction that the school or ISP can hand over to the RIAA, there is no way to detect this copyright infringement."
But isn't making a copy for a friend fair-use?
"Following this, the university will begin an internal investigation to ensure that law-breaking was going on."
There, fixed that for you.
"If we do not receive acceptable answers, Congress will be forced to act."
Funny, I thought government had the monopoly on force. Or do corporations (the MAFIAA) have more force than the government now?
Get with the program! Plugging in the power adaptor is HARD WORK. We should not have to do such manual labor when technology can save us from drudgery.
"So many of the quotes have become a part of our culture, our communal consciousness, that they are very much ours, and no amount of government or corporate power can take them from us."
Wow, for a moment there I read that as "criminal consciousness". I think I need to tighten my tinfoil hat, as "they" are still inserting their version of the truth into my head.
If the Internet2 had't been down, we wouldn't have had to settle for this low-bandwidth ASCII illustration.
I've found an even simpler RFID blocking solution.
Most importantly, "To clarify further, you may not rely upon this information as legal advice, nor as a recommendation or endorsement of any particular legal understanding, and you should instead regard this article as intended for entertainment purposes only."
Oh.
Plus Greenpeace has made it clear that they are a bunch of fuck-tards who should be ignored in the future.
"How long do we really want these worms to live? Till they become sentient long-lived invertebrate overlords?"
I know this was simply a joke, but it still rests on the false premise that evolution is directional (and that we humans are at the pinnacle). In fact, the worms living longer would reduce the rate of evolution. Even if it were increased, they would evolve to be...better worms.
"The main issue is the cost of purchasing standalone high-def players by the hackers, but as prices for these come down, this problem will slowly go away. "
See! Sony had a good reason to over-price the PS3 all along.
"Why is it that we can train a young child to control their bowel movements, yet expecting an adult to control their sexuality is somehow considered oppressive? If a child can learn to defer bowel movement until the appropriate time and place, why can't an adult defer their sexuality until an appropriate time and place? Or is it too much to expect an adult to have full control over their own body?"
One can gain control over when bowel movements occur, to some extent, but their occurrence cannot be prevented completely. If sex is the same (for the person in question), then your suggestion to stop it for the duration of the mission is as unreasonable as asking the astronaut not to shit for the duration of the mission (which would also simplify things).
Here it is interpreted as 65816 machine code (the main processor used in Super NES and the Apple IIgs). It alomost works as 6502, except the TCD which becomes an illegal opcode as the 6502 lacks the D-page register.
ORA #$F9
ORA ($02),Y
STA $E374,X
TCD
CLD
EOR ($56,X)
CMP $63
LSR $88,X
Also, interpreted as SPC-700 machine code (sound processor used in Super NES, which I've done a lot of work with):
OR $11, $F9
SET1 $9D.0
CMP A, $E3+X
LSR $D8+X
TCALL 4
EOR A, !$63C5+Y
EOR A, !$C088+Y
Interpreted as Motorola 68K machine code (I even re-assembled it to verify):
BSET D4,$11029D74
ROL.W #$1,D3
ADD.W D1,D4
SNE D5
BLS.S *+$0058
DIVU.W D0,D4
Unfortunately it doesn't work as PowerPC machine code. That exhausts my assembly skills (parent already covered the Z80 version).
"Slashdot Title? 253
Article text/Slashdot summary? 352
Article photo caption? 235"
Actual count: priceless
How about we make a contact-free system that puts big bright lights around the room and charges everything via "solar" panels? Sure, effeiciency will be low, and you'll have to wear "sun" glasses or be blinded, but hey, you won't have to plug them in. Think of the savings in time!
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