It's ironic in a very unfunny way that the soldiers who are risking their lives in Iraq to supposedly bring the gift of American values to the oppressed Iraqis are going to come home to find their veteran's benefits cut and the very civil liberties that they are supposed to be promoting stolen from them by the Bush administration. I appreciate that when Shrub visits a service base to give a speech the men and women there want to show their patriotism and loyalty by cheering, saluting, etc., but surely they can see the contradictions between what the President and his cronies say and do? Makes me wonder how most of them feel about him privately.
I'll bet your "serious" suggestion has it right - ten to one a toddler put it in the oven and she later turned it on to pre-heat it (hence not opening the door and finding it until too late).
A variant on this: try a teaspoon of vinegar. Down it in one gulp. It'll burn a bit, but the hiccups will be gone. Since I first heard of this remedy it has never once failed to stop hiccups, and everyone I've passed it on to reports the same success.
> Schrodenger's cat is NOT either alive or dead,it's BOTH until we observe it.
Our cat is also both, until you poke it with your foot or open a can of tuna fish within 100 yards of it. Then, unfortunately, it proves to be just alive.
I really liked "Good Omens" and I've enjoyed Gaiman's graphic novel work as well. However, I felt a bit repelled when I learned Gaiman was (or at least had been) a Scientologist. Does anyone know the full story on that? Is he still active in the 'Church?
A psychologist diagnosed him with depression and schizoid personality disorder, symptoms of which include a lack of desire for social relationships, little or no sex drive and a limited range of emotions in social settings.
I was born in Fleetwood and lived in the Preston area for a long time. I remember the first time I saw "A Grand Day Out" I was blown away at how brilliantly he captured the ethos of a certain kind of Lancashire time/place/personality. Like many great comic artists, Parks is a rather shy man who seems awkward in the spotlight. Rather than being "on" in public, he expresses that part of his personality through his creations. I agree it can be a little disappointing when we meet someone face to face and they don't seem anything like we would expect them to be from their work - I guess we just have to be grateful that they are so wrapped up in their own worlds. The world would be a poorer place without Wallace and Gromit.
My father was an engineer, he passed away a couple of years before pocket calculators became widespread. I remember the slide rule he had - a straight one in a green case. I used to sit at his old rolltop desk and play with the rule. I had no idea how to use it, but I found it strangely fascinating. There were lots of tiny numbers and curved colored lines connecting them. It had the air of a magic object: something very powerful if you knew the right incantations to use it. That slide rule has become indelibly associated in my mind with my father and a part of his life that I've always wished I knew more about. Just seeing the title of the thread brought an unexpected lump to my throat, and reading all the posts from people talking about how their father/mother/grandfather had one has been strangely moving.
As a complete beginner at programming, I found two books particularly useful for coming to grips with Java and object-oriented programming generally. One which has already been mentioned is the Ivor Horton book "Beginning Java 2" published by Wrox Press. Another is "Just Java 2" by Peter Van Der Linden. If you're already an experienced programmer, you should probably go with Bruce Eckel's "Thinking in Java".
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It's ironic in a very unfunny way that the soldiers who are risking their lives in Iraq to supposedly bring the gift of American values to the oppressed Iraqis are going to come home to find their veteran's benefits cut and the very civil liberties that they are supposed to be promoting stolen from them by the Bush administration. I appreciate that when Shrub visits a service base to give a speech the men and women there want to show their patriotism and loyalty by cheering, saluting, etc., but surely they can see the contradictions between what the President and his cronies say and do? Makes me wonder how most of them feel about him privately.
D*mn, where's the mod points when you need them? This should be +5 Funny already.
And wouldn't ya bet the first words the aliens say to us are "Have you guys found a cure for Alzheimers yet?"
Dude, totally offtopic, but your sig is very funny. Thanks.
They can ask Pete Townshend where the sites are ;-)
Wish I had mod points to mod this up!
I'll bet your "serious" suggestion has it right - ten to one a toddler put it in the oven and she later turned it on to pre-heat it (hence not opening the door and finding it until too late).
A variant on this: try a teaspoon of vinegar. Down it in one gulp. It'll burn a bit, but the hiccups will be gone. Since I first heard of this remedy it has never once failed to stop hiccups, and everyone I've passed it on to reports the same success.
> Schrodenger's cat is NOT either alive or dead,it's BOTH until we observe it.
Our cat is also both, until you poke it with your foot or open a can of tuna fish within 100 yards of it. Then, unfortunately, it proves to be just alive.
I really liked "Good Omens" and I've enjoyed Gaiman's graphic novel work as well. However, I felt a bit repelled when I learned Gaiman was (or at least had been) a Scientologist. Does anyone know the full story on that? Is he still active in the 'Church?
From the article:
A psychologist diagnosed him with depression and schizoid personality disorder, symptoms of which include a lack of desire for social relationships, little or no sex drive and a limited range of emotions in social settings.
Sounds like most Slashdot readers are in danger,
I was born in Fleetwood and lived in the Preston area for a long time. I remember the first time I saw "A Grand Day Out" I was blown away at how brilliantly he captured the ethos of a certain kind of Lancashire time/place/personality. Like many great comic artists, Parks is a rather shy man who seems awkward in the spotlight. Rather than being "on" in public, he expresses that part of his personality through his creations. I agree it can be a little disappointing when we meet someone face to face and they don't seem anything like we would expect them to be from their work - I guess we just have to be grateful that they are so wrapped up in their own worlds. The world would be a poorer place without Wallace and Gromit.
My father was an engineer, he passed away a couple of years before pocket calculators became widespread. I remember the slide rule he had - a straight one in a green case. I used to sit at his old rolltop desk and play with the rule. I had no idea how to use it, but I found it strangely fascinating. There were lots of tiny numbers and curved colored lines connecting them. It had the air of a magic object: something very powerful if you knew the right incantations to use it. That slide rule has become indelibly associated in my mind with my father and a part of his life that I've always wished I knew more about. Just seeing the title of the thread brought an unexpected lump to my throat, and reading all the posts from people talking about how their father/mother/grandfather had one has been strangely moving.
As a complete beginner at programming, I found two books particularly useful for coming to grips with Java and object-oriented programming generally. One which has already been mentioned is the Ivor Horton book "Beginning Java 2" published by Wrox Press. Another is "Just Java 2" by Peter Van Der Linden. If you're already an experienced programmer, you should probably go with Bruce Eckel's "Thinking in Java".