So the fact that frenching means "to cut into thin strips", which is exactly how french fries look, makes no never mind at all? It is possible that the OED is not the sum of the knowledge of mankind... Mind you there exists a strong possiblity that we're both right, since "tranche" in French means "to slice", and it's a short hop from that to french.
The straight dope got it wrong it seems. Frenching is a culinary technique where you chop something into long thin strips. NOT because it came from France.
I agree, I've seen the exact same effect in Europe. The changes in diet from rice and limited protein to a surplus of everything usually causes heaviness, unless they are doing something particularly labour intensive.
is why they called a beast capable of chewing through kilometers of rock "Becky". I'd have thought "The Umber Hulk" or maybe "The Spiky Iron Fist" would have more subterranean-cred.
I think this is more of a case of the mad burghers in Brussels effect, when a beaurocratic committee is set up it needs to justify its existence and makes continually more bizarre pronouncements to do that. They are usually reined in before they can do any damage, but I think a lot of the trust people have in the EU is getting more and more eroded.
Micropayments would work well for this, a flat monthly charge would too slow to keep up with the dynamics. If you focus on incentivising good behaviour, not so much punishing bad behaviour, people will work it out for themselves. Mind you someone who plays a lot is actually costing the company more, so bulk discounts are kind of self defeating. So yeah I can't see much use for this idea.
It's the single player games that provide the slow secure income that allows you to do the social gaming. Reward those users, because they won't require additional expenses on your part after buying their games, and won't fill up your tech support with questions on port forwardings and complaints about latency.
They also don't pay anything after making their purchase. To be totally honest I don't think single player games have much of a future at the moment, except maybe as a hobbyist pastime. Which is a terrible pity.
Fewer people use PCs in Japan than elsewhere, I think because of commute times. Phones are more often used to do all sorts of tasks. Trying to extend that beyond Japan ignores a lot of cultural factors however.
Was Al Jazeera previously forbidden in the Middle East? My own experience in developing countries is that internet cafes have a much higher rate of usage than in developed countries. Trying to understand this phenomenon is fascinating.
The average poor/middle class person in Libya is and was massively worse off than the average poor person in the west, and there's a lot more to Libya than its capital.
We have a negligible sense of family, community and loyalty. But the grass is always greener on the other side, so I have no doubt that effective external propaganda helps tip the balance.
How is wanting paved roads, working streetlights, decent healthcare, indoor plumbing, the right to determine your own future and some semblance of a future for your children propaganda? What I'm talking about is ordinary Middle Easterners communicating with ordinary Westerners, realising that these guys are nothing special, then wondering why they can't have the same, a process as natural as the tide. The answer is simple of course; they can. I'm quite happy to see at long last the correct answer being given to the questions of starvation and poverty - remove the damn dictators.
World opinion isn't completely fine with it, however world opinion recognises that using force to free the prisoners will probably result in a vastly greater loss of innocent life than pursuing a course of brinkmanship and slow embargoes with NK.
I have to wonder how much of the source of all these protest is the internet. I don't mean twitter or facebook or any of those, but the ability of people in the Middle East to see the western quality of life and freedom for themselves, talk one to one with western people, look around themselves and realise...
...man, this is crap. Where is my freedom? Why am I wading knee-deep in camel dung while the high priests are living it up? Where's my decent education, where's my non corrupt police force, why do I have to bribe someone just to file some paperwork?
Nothing wrong with being nostalgic or enjoying an experience for the memories of good times it brings, this is why there is a market for classic cars, among other things. These days you have pretty much the same sorts of people doing pretty much the same sorts of things, just using a different interface, same as it ever was. I wouldn't say time has passed you by.
People pay hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars for largely purposeless crap all the time. That's why there is a market for luxuries and sports cars.:) Anyone can ride a ferris wheel, the hoi polloi don't get to see the curve of the earth however. At least not for a long time.
It is doubtful that a couple of billion people even have access to a TV, so I doubt that very much. Even in the UK only about half the population had any interest at all.
the hardest worker will always be constrained by his mental limitations, while the genius can achieve very much with little effort.
As Einstein put it: "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."
I find this enitre report on the study to be highly suspect, for example it says "Previous work has shown that people with more efficient brain connections score higher on tests of intelligence", a statement so profoundly free of any connection to actual science that it goes well beyond religious. I've seen plenty of hard workers sail right past highly intelligent people in academia and employment circles.
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So the fact that frenching means "to cut into thin strips", which is exactly how french fries look, makes no never mind at all? It is possible that the OED is not the sum of the knowledge of mankind... Mind you there exists a strong possiblity that we're both right, since "tranche" in French means "to slice", and it's a short hop from that to french.
None of which actually invalidates what I was saying. :D
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, but someone's always going to be able to blog / get research grants about the possiblity that it's something else!
The straight dope got it wrong it seems. Frenching is a culinary technique where you chop something into long thin strips. NOT because it came from France.
http://www.recipetips.com/glossary-term/t--35683/frenched.asp
I agree, I've seen the exact same effect in Europe. The changes in diet from rice and limited protein to a surplus of everything usually causes heaviness, unless they are doing something particularly labour intensive.
is why they called a beast capable of chewing through kilometers of rock "Becky". I'd have thought "The Umber Hulk" or maybe "The Spiky Iron Fist" would have more subterranean-cred.
I think this is more of a case of the mad burghers in Brussels effect, when a beaurocratic committee is set up it needs to justify its existence and makes continually more bizarre pronouncements to do that. They are usually reined in before they can do any damage, but I think a lot of the trust people have in the EU is getting more and more eroded.
Micropayments would work well for this, a flat monthly charge would too slow to keep up with the dynamics. If you focus on incentivising good behaviour, not so much punishing bad behaviour, people will work it out for themselves. Mind you someone who plays a lot is actually costing the company more, so bulk discounts are kind of self defeating. So yeah I can't see much use for this idea.
It's the single player games that provide the slow secure income that allows you to do the social gaming. Reward those users, because they won't require additional expenses on your part after buying their games, and won't fill up your tech support with questions on port forwardings and complaints about latency.
They also don't pay anything after making their purchase. To be totally honest I don't think single player games have much of a future at the moment, except maybe as a hobbyist pastime. Which is a terrible pity.
Fewer people use PCs in Japan than elsewhere, I think because of commute times. Phones are more often used to do all sorts of tasks. Trying to extend that beyond Japan ignores a lot of cultural factors however.
Was Al Jazeera previously forbidden in the Middle East? My own experience in developing countries is that internet cafes have a much higher rate of usage than in developed countries. Trying to understand this phenomenon is fascinating.
The average poor/middle class person in Libya is and was massively worse off than the average poor person in the west, and there's a lot more to Libya than its capital.
You're welcome.
We have a negligible sense of family, community and loyalty. But the grass is always greener on the other side, so I have no doubt that effective external propaganda helps tip the balance.
How is wanting paved roads, working streetlights, decent healthcare, indoor plumbing, the right to determine your own future and some semblance of a future for your children propaganda? What I'm talking about is ordinary Middle Easterners communicating with ordinary Westerners, realising that these guys are nothing special, then wondering why they can't have the same, a process as natural as the tide. The answer is simple of course; they can. I'm quite happy to see at long last the correct answer being given to the questions of starvation and poverty - remove the damn dictators.
And all the while, the world public opinion is completely fine with North Korean regime's massive torture and murder in concentration camps, of their own civilian population.
World opinion isn't completely fine with it, however world opinion recognises that using force to free the prisoners will probably result in a vastly greater loss of innocent life than pursuing a course of brinkmanship and slow embargoes with NK.
I have to wonder how much of the source of all these protest is the internet. I don't mean twitter or facebook or any of those, but the ability of people in the Middle East to see the western quality of life and freedom for themselves, talk one to one with western people, look around themselves and realise...
...man, this is crap. Where is my freedom? Why am I wading knee-deep in camel dung while the high priests are living it up? Where's my decent education, where's my non corrupt police force, why do I have to bribe someone just to file some paperwork?
Nothing wrong with being nostalgic or enjoying an experience for the memories of good times it brings, this is why there is a market for classic cars, among other things. These days you have pretty much the same sorts of people doing pretty much the same sorts of things, just using a different interface, same as it ever was. I wouldn't say time has passed you by.
People pay hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars for largely purposeless crap all the time. That's why there is a market for luxuries and sports cars. :) Anyone can ride a ferris wheel, the hoi polloi don't get to see the curve of the earth however. At least not for a long time.
I think the problem is in trying to see LEO as a destination. It's not, it's just a stepping stone to juicier pickings further out.
People do pay to use the rides at funfairs though. This would be similar, I would imagine.
Asteroids worth trillions in minerals and a ready source of free energy to process them?
Use firefox instead of chrome. ;-) Works like a charm for me and I don't have your specs.
It is doubtful that a couple of billion people even have access to a TV, so I doubt that very much. Even in the UK only about half the population had any interest at all.
The folks whom are most motivated to ignore the elephant in the room
Stop tapdancing and spit it out man - what specifically is this elephant you refer to?
Bad sensationalist reporting.
the hardest worker will always be constrained by his mental limitations, while the genius can achieve very much with little effort.
As Einstein put it: "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."
I find this enitre report on the study to be highly suspect, for example it says "Previous work has shown that people with more efficient brain connections score higher on tests of intelligence", a statement so profoundly free of any connection to actual science that it goes well beyond religious. I've seen plenty of hard workers sail right past highly intelligent people in academia and employment circles.