Big whoop. I ran into him once or twice at Van Cott Hall (dorms) at the University of Utah back in 1997. No were bestest friends!! Realy. Everybody should like me because he was a friend-of-a-friend. Wh00t!! That makes me 1337!!!1!@!!
Not only is this story a 4th or 5th time duplicate, but it's a tired subject. There is no philosophy in the Matrix movies. Nothing but thinly veiled trendy pop-culture references to various religions from an outsider's perspective. It's an offensive, violent movie, which the producers try to legitimize by jumping on the bandwagon of religion.
Notice that no religious expert supports the viewpoints of the usual windbags toting the defense that the matrix trilogy are thinking man's movies or something. Nothing but a trendy violence-filled, mindless movie. Entertainment for mindless masses.
First off, must it be rugged? Are we talking kitchen, or 1940s era machine shop?? My wife and I have been using fairly expensive laptops in the kitchen without any problem. If your wife is not a total slob, then why worry about extreme messes on the computer?
Furthermore, why invest in an LCD for this?? Do you live in some cheap $400/month apartment that lacks even a small kitchen? I'm sure that there must be room for a cheapo, standard 15" CRT, or if space is a bit of a premium, a 10" POS style CRT. Maybe an LCD in the kitchen can make you feel ilke you're living Microsoft's dream of the future, but get real. Get a cheap CRT, shut a 486 away in the cupboard, and make use out of a cost effective system that is well within your pricerange.
When waterproof, durable, roll-up flat canvas displays cost $50, then buy one.
I have a DSC-P51 that has been through hell and back over the past year. It is 2.0 MPixels, and cost about $250 new. It about the size of a cell phone, and easily fits in my pocket. Buy a group of used ones at this point, and you should do pretty well.
You might also look into getting the waterproof cases for a couple units if you want to really punish them.
I have seen a Chevette fitted with a 500 CID V8 from an old Caddy. The car literally stood up on its tail at about half throttle, and it was driven from the backseat. Amazingly, Chevettes are wide enough to fit all sorts of engines, the only major modifications involved moving the firewall back.
Add ~200 lbs of steel bumber, and another 100 lbs of re-bar inside the fenders, and my rust bucket Mopar with a 383 stroker still pulls low 14s on a bad day. Those hopped up go-carts are worthless junk IMO.
Yes, of course embrace and extend works. Let's turn this into a religious war. Users should be forced to switch to Linux.
Let any operating system stand on it's own merits. Users shouldn't be enticed and then forced. Sheesh, it's just an operating system, not a way of life.
It's the zealotry and idolotry that keeps the business users from using the system in the first place. I still hear the same GNU/Crying here on Slashdot after 5 years. Boo hoo, get back to coding. People are sick of using shoddy products, whether they come from Microsoft, Sun, IBM, or GNU.
If you're on campus, you don't have to spoof. Trust me on this one. The administration is filled with morons, and the networking staff at various departments are so incompetant that anyone at the level of pre-script-kiddie or greater can run wild without getting caught.
The University of Utah is a fucking joke. This DCMA warning can be laughed away, just like every other fatwa that is uttered blindly by the usual people.
And yes, you do get a reward for turning people in... if you're at the UofU at least. You get to be made Student Body President.
A few years ago, an MD-80 made an emergency landing at Bryce Canyon, in Southern Utah, on a runway barely large enough for small private aircraft. The amazing thing was that they actually flew the beast out of there. (I can't remember if they had to strip seats or anything, but I know that it must have had minimal fuel, and no passengers in order to clear the fence.)
Here is an article about it, but without much detail.
That one is quite easy to explain. Most parts of the shuttle are not dangerous at all, but if the government warns the stupid public that even the smallest part can kill you, people are just a little less likely to move, steal, or otherwise disturb parts.
Most people are sheepish, and if someone tells them that something is dangerous, they'll be too petrified in fear to actually think for themselves. This is evidenced in the public's reaction to various major events.
You're making a blind assumption that the person in question actually has a lap. If this lazy dorkus maximus requires a tray table system to use a laptop, plus openly admits to being a couch potato, I'd say that the apron of flab severly hampers the use of such items as laptops.
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Do you drive an SUV too?
Yes.
Big whoop. I ran into him once or twice at Van Cott Hall (dorms) at the University of Utah back in 1997. No were bestest friends!! Realy. Everybody should like me because he was a friend-of-a-friend. Wh00t!! That makes me 1337!!!1!@!!
I'll one-up that and do it in ASCIImation.
Don't worry, I'm sure that someone is changing that right now. Changing all instances of 'Katy' to 'Kevin' or somesuch.
Good, thank you for asking.
Not only is this story a 4th or 5th time duplicate, but it's a tired subject. There is no philosophy in the Matrix movies. Nothing but thinly veiled trendy pop-culture references to various religions from an outsider's perspective. It's an offensive, violent movie, which the producers try to legitimize by jumping on the bandwagon of religion.
Notice that no religious expert supports the viewpoints of the usual windbags toting the defense that the matrix trilogy are thinking man's movies or something. Nothing but a trendy violence-filled, mindless movie. Entertainment for mindless masses.
Now grow up.
Move to a place with central air. My place is no more expensive than any other.
Either that, or move to Alaska.
What about hypersonic deterrents. Git yerself a gun... or move out and sign over the deed to the leader of the vermin.
First off, must it be rugged? Are we talking kitchen, or 1940s era machine shop?? My wife and I have been using fairly expensive laptops in the kitchen without any problem. If your wife is not a total slob, then why worry about extreme messes on the computer?
Furthermore, why invest in an LCD for this?? Do you live in some cheap $400/month apartment that lacks even a small kitchen? I'm sure that there must be room for a cheapo, standard 15" CRT, or if space is a bit of a premium, a 10" POS style CRT. Maybe an LCD in the kitchen can make you feel ilke you're living Microsoft's dream of the future, but get real. Get a cheap CRT, shut a 486 away in the cupboard, and make use out of a cost effective system that is well within your pricerange.
When waterproof, durable, roll-up flat canvas displays cost $50, then buy one.
This is typical sexism at MIT. How are women supposed to play this game??
I have a DSC-P51 that has been through hell and back over the past year. It is 2.0 MPixels, and cost about $250 new. It about the size of a cell phone, and easily fits in my pocket. Buy a group of used ones at this point, and you should do pretty well.
You might also look into getting the waterproof cases for a couple units if you want to really punish them.
I have seen a Chevette fitted with a 500 CID V8 from an old Caddy. The car literally stood up on its tail at about half throttle, and it was driven from the backseat. Amazingly, Chevettes are wide enough to fit all sorts of engines, the only major modifications involved moving the firewall back.
Add ~200 lbs of steel bumber, and another 100 lbs of re-bar inside the fenders, and my rust bucket Mopar with a 383 stroker still pulls low 14s on a bad day. Those hopped up go-carts are worthless junk IMO.
Yes, of course embrace and extend works. Let's turn this into a religious war. Users should be forced to switch to Linux.
Let any operating system stand on it's own merits. Users shouldn't be enticed and then forced. Sheesh, it's just an operating system, not a way of life.
It's the zealotry and idolotry that keeps the business users from using the system in the first place. I still hear the same GNU/Crying here on Slashdot after 5 years. Boo hoo, get back to coding. People are sick of using shoddy products, whether they come from Microsoft, Sun, IBM, or GNU.
If you're on campus, you don't have to spoof. Trust me on this one. The administration is filled with morons, and the networking staff at various departments are so incompetant that anyone at the level of pre-script-kiddie or greater can run wild without getting caught.
The University of Utah is a fucking joke. This DCMA warning can be laughed away, just like every other fatwa that is uttered blindly by the usual people.
And yes, you do get a reward for turning people in... if you're at the UofU at least. You get to be made Student Body President.
This one has been brewing for a couple years now. I've recieved threats several time despite the fact that I don't waste my time with file swapping.
All students were emailed about this, I'd post it, but it looks like someone else already took care of it.
With a screen at that resolution, I just might be able to view an entire slashdot advertisement at once. Wow, no scrolling for me.
A few years ago, an MD-80 made an emergency landing at Bryce Canyon, in Southern Utah, on a runway barely large enough for small private aircraft. The amazing thing was that they actually flew the beast out of there. (I can't remember if they had to strip seats or anything, but I know that it must have had minimal fuel, and no passengers in order to clear the fence.)
Here is an article about it, but without much detail.
I hate seeds. And animals that hoard them.
Where have you been? The entire steel industry is gay. Aerospace too, and the railroads.
(Sorry, couldn't help myself.) Besides, the real gayness is found in the Electrical Engineering department.
That one is quite easy to explain. Most parts of the shuttle are not dangerous at all, but if the government warns the stupid public that even the smallest part can kill you, people are just a little less likely to move, steal, or otherwise disturb parts.
Most people are sheepish, and if someone tells them that something is dangerous, they'll be too petrified in fear to actually think for themselves. This is evidenced in the public's reaction to various major events.
The steam engine stands as one of mankind's greatest achievements. There's no need to one-up it,
You're making a blind assumption that the person in question actually has a lap. If this lazy dorkus maximus requires a tray table system to use a laptop, plus openly admits to being a couch potato, I'd say that the apron of flab severly hampers the use of such items as laptops.
Boo hoo. Cry me a river you stupid bitch. Me and my scummy friends will be back to shit on your pathetic site sometime very soon.
Drop dead, thx.
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