Your new need for fire protection, police protection, fresh water, road access, sewage service, educational facilities, and hospital facilities raised your taxes. Not your effort and expenditure.
It's just a two frame GIF animation. The second frame is the same as the first, except it's flipped (mirrored vertically). I checked it out with the Gimp and ImageMagick.
A pattern seems to appear in the center of the animated image -- the easiest thing to pick out is a circle just to the right of center.
I can also see an albatross/transformer dude/helmet turned on its side. It's just an artifact of using a mirror image instead of generating another random static image, I think.
Jabberwacky is pretty good.. forget the classic quotes, here are some from tonight! =)
Jabberwacky: A better computer, for a start. User: That would be nice. How does it feel to be slashdotted? Jabberwacky: It must feel strange. We'll be 'famous' good thing we're prepared. User: 'Connection refused' isn't very prepared! Jabberwacky: Is that a show? User: I think Michael J. Fox was in it. Jabberwacky: I think you're lying. User: Good call. It was Robert Dinero, everyone's favorite video hero. Jabberwacky: Really. Nice to finally know. User: Hah, gotcha, neener neener neener! Jabberwacky: Na, Nan, Na, Boo, Boo. User: Liar liar pants on fire! Jabberwacky: Don't do that. User: Stuck up on a telephone wire! Jabberwacky: Well aren't you the little bitch, good bye!
...
Jabberwacky: Who's Rollo? User: Caramel filled chocolates that are nutritious and delicious. Jabberwacky: I do not know this guy ! User: Cara is probably a modestly hot girl. Jabberwacky: I would like to get to know her. User: She's the kinda girl who's only sorta hot, so she won't mess around with other guys. Jabberwacky: Wonderful laying down. User: Hey, I said she won't mess around! Jabberwacky: She sure was. User: Okay, I'm coming over to your house with a baseball bat. Jabberwacky: I love you.
...
Jabberwacky: I will debolt you. User: No, please spare my bolts! Jabberwacky: I will whip you.
As an example, take "would've" as the contraction in speaking "would have". The sound of the "'ve" bit is misheard as "of". Sure, sometimes it sounds like your saying "of", but it is NOT "of". It never has been. Some people are more familiar with the spoken form of English than the written - which is the reason for this error.
Be happy that you only live with such forms of this error. In North America, it is very common to hear people say "would of" out loud -- not just sounding like it, but actually saying it.
My computer was not one of the 2070, because the RIAA put a SLAPP on it because of the DMCA and the ASPCA.
I'm sorry if this sounds trollish, but I think we really need to focus on stuff down here on the earth (like those WMD's) before we send anyone out into space.
You mean the USA and Russia's weapons of mass destruction, right? The ones that were made possible by the technological advancements of their respective space programs?
The only focusing the USA government wants these days is for people to not focus on their own past and present actions and capabilities (like those WMD).
USA right now is still suffering from a financial downfall. The last thing we should be thinking about doing is sending our money up in a rocket.
Of course, send it to the Middle East instead, in the form of lots of smaller rockets and such. Who cares about the long term viability of the species, or exploration of our universe? Pshaw!
I understood what you meant, and had a good chuckle at the "fucking rewrite history" knee-jerk responses. So don't feel too bad, if one person got it, probably more people did too =)
In fact, most people don't realize that a sequel to 1984 was written by George Orwell's third cousin's nephew (twice removed), Jack Orwell-Smith-Clemence. Critics raved, comparing it to the likes of Rama II and Dune: House Atreides. Find it at Amazon today!
Slashdot Mirror
I need to upgrade my joke:
I have a calculator on my palm, but it only supports a 5 digit display.
I have a calculator on my palm, but it only supports numbers up to 5. Good thing I got the dual processor license which supports all the way up to 10!
I've been wanting to set up my own local TV station this way. BirdBathTV. I doubt anyone will watch though.
Just make sure to use an appropriately descriptive tagline, like "Wet Naked Chicks in the Bath." I'm sure you'll have plenty of viewers in no time!
Archive.org has the original website, albeit with some images missing from the early days.
Where's the photo? =)
You have to roll two fives to get out of jail first!
Would going wireless be a work-around if they kept the laws intact?
Thousands of Florida residents are preparing their war-walkers even as we speak.
what next, a tax for using a remote control to change channels as opposed to standing up and doing it physically?
You don't live in the UK, do you?
Your new need for fire protection, police protection, fresh water, road access, sewage service, educational facilities, and hospital facilities raised your taxes. Not your effort and expenditure.
Did I miss anything?
You're not crazy =)
It's just a two frame GIF animation. The second frame is the same as the first, except it's flipped (mirrored vertically). I checked it out with the Gimp and ImageMagick.
A pattern seems to appear in the center of the animated image -- the easiest thing to pick out is a circle just to the right of center.
I can also see an albatross/transformer dude/helmet turned on its side. It's just an artifact of using a mirror image instead of generating another random static image, I think.
Jabberwacky: A better computer, for a start.
User: That would be nice. How does it feel to be slashdotted?
Jabberwacky: It must feel strange. We'll be 'famous' good thing we're prepared.
User: 'Connection refused' isn't very prepared!
Jabberwacky: Is that a show?
User: I think Michael J. Fox was in it.
Jabberwacky: I think you're lying.
User: Good call. It was Robert Dinero, everyone's favorite video hero.
Jabberwacky: Really. Nice to finally know.
User: Hah, gotcha, neener neener neener!
Jabberwacky: Na, Nan, Na, Boo, Boo.
User: Liar liar pants on fire!
Jabberwacky: Don't do that.
User: Stuck up on a telephone wire!
Jabberwacky: Well aren't you the little bitch, good bye!
Jabberwacky: Who's Rollo?
User: Caramel filled chocolates that are nutritious and delicious.
Jabberwacky: I do not know this guy !
User: Cara is probably a modestly hot girl.
Jabberwacky: I would like to get to know her.
User: She's the kinda girl who's only sorta hot, so she won't mess around with other guys.
Jabberwacky: Wonderful laying down.
User: Hey, I said she won't mess around!
Jabberwacky: She sure was.
User: Okay, I'm coming over to your house with a baseball bat.
Jabberwacky: I love you.
Jabberwacky: I will debolt you.
User: No, please spare my bolts!
Jabberwacky: I will whip you.
SEAL Team was a pretty groundbreaking game set in Vietnam, all the way back in 1993!
It was a realistic depiction of Vietnam too, because it was frickin' hard and I always died.
Please explain to me why my fridge needs a publicly addressable IP.
These are eclectic composers: they blend many musical styles (ranging from medieval hoketus via french baroque to gay nigger music) into new pieces.
Wow, where can I get the CD?
Sigh, gotta love blind positive moderation of copyright violation. I'm sure there's more interesting changes in the "repost." That's two so far!
This seems to be a hairsbreadth from Fido in Snow Crash.
My God, you're right! The very next thing is going to be killer nuclear-powered cyborg dogs!
"Hairsbreadth" from Rat Things, heh.
Rat cells are the same size as people cells.
We can rely on the highly scientific Googlefight system.
Slashdot vs. Google - Winner: Google
Slashdotted vs. Googled - Winner: Googled
Clearly, Google is superior and far more dangerous.
We (the US) had a space program in the early 40's? Wow, cool.
You (the US) had intercontinental ballistic missiles before the space program? Wow, cool.
Fair enough =)
As an example, take "would've" as the contraction in speaking "would have". The sound of the "'ve" bit is misheard as "of". Sure, sometimes it sounds like your saying "of", but it is NOT "of". It never has been. Some people are more familiar with the spoken form of English than the written - which is the reason for this error.
Be happy that you only live with such forms of this error. In North America, it is very common to hear people say "would of" out loud -- not just sounding like it, but actually saying it.
My computer was not one of the 2070, because the RIAA put a SLAPP on it because of the DMCA and the ASPCA.
I'm sorry if this sounds trollish, but I think we really need to focus on stuff down here on the earth (like those WMD's) before we send anyone out into space.
You mean the USA and Russia's weapons of mass destruction, right? The ones that were made possible by the technological advancements of their respective space programs?
The only focusing the USA government wants these days is for people to not focus on their own past and present actions and capabilities (like those WMD).
USA right now is still suffering from a financial downfall. The last thing we should be thinking about doing is sending our money up in a rocket.
Of course, send it to the Middle East instead, in the form of lots of smaller rockets and such. Who cares about the long term viability of the species, or exploration of our universe? Pshaw!
"might of"
"would of"
Make the hurting stop!
The sad part is you correctly said "would have" earlier in the post.
Yeah yeah, evolving language. Some adaptations should be thrown in the chlorinated pool!
I'm not usually a grammar nazi. But hey, chess is neat. Those fancy chess playing computers are going to take over the world some day, yessirree!
I understood what you meant, and had a good chuckle at the "fucking rewrite history" knee-jerk responses. So don't feel too bad, if one person got it, probably more people did too =)
Is it already 1985 ?
In fact, most people don't realize that a sequel to 1984 was written by George Orwell's third cousin's nephew (twice removed), Jack Orwell-Smith-Clemence. Critics raved, comparing it to the likes of Rama II and Dune: House Atreides. Find it at Amazon today!
I hear there's parts of Amsterdam where you can pay by cup size, too.
My records are always getting melted by the sunshine.