My cards usually crack from curvature long before the stripe is demagnetized or worn away. I guess that's what comes from sitting on your wallet all the time.
Keep your wallet in a front pocket - it's less vulnerable to pickpockets, doesn't mess with your seated posture, and doesn't deform everything in it.
> I wish we could just have either a flat sales tax or flat income tax *mumble mumble*
I thought we did have a flat sales tax - no matter what you buy or how much you make, you pay the same percentage. The only dfifference is where you live.
As far as a flat income tax, are you nuts? That would actually raise taxes on the poorer portion of the population, the portion less able to pay any extra taxes. It would, in effect, be a tax raise on the poor and a tax cut on the wealthy.
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Worse, the "advanced" BT clients let you change your upload rate. Part of the reason BT is so absolutely, amazingly fast is that it forces you to use all your upload...
Nonononononono. Maxing upload is *bad*. If you max out your upload, you can't ACK any packets coming in, which kills your downstream; eventually the connection'll time out. Then you're screwed.
> Yup, I have the same thing going on, I hunt and peck with my two index fingers, and hit the shift keys with the ring fingers, occasionally hit spacebar with my thumb.
That's not exactly what I do; I still use all my fingers, only I use the first two a lot more.
> But what amazes people even more than the loud typing is the rate at which I can pump the words out. 50-60 WPM is none too shabby.
50 - 60 WPM is none too fast, either. I can hit 90 in spots and 70 sustained (although I don't anymore because it makes my hands go numb after a couple hours). I know touch typists who can do 120, tho; the advantage of this method is not speed, it's hand health.
And no, it's not the quietest things ever invented by man, either. ^_~
> Hunt 'n peck typers are much less likely to suffer repetitive stress or CTS, since they dont hold their hands in the same position moving only their fingertips. All that hovering over the keyboard gives the wrists time to relax.
Which is why I've developed what my friends call piano typing - Hands flying everywhere on the keys, mostly using first two fingers of each hand and my right thumb.
> [Gordon Freeman] could wield any weapon thrown at him with ease
Ah, it's the ESR model.
> Consider that at the beginning of the game, Morgan goes into the hazardous area of the "tank" to do some grunt work--push a sample into the beam. Maybe he was more a high-level technician than a scientist.
Heh, and during the title sequence, we find out he has a doctorate from MIT. I don't know about you, but I'd be pissed to have a job like that with a bachelor's, let alone a PhD, let alone a PhD from MIT.
> Ad hominem. Take your "you damn kids have it so lucky" bullshit and cram it up your ass, grandpa.
No, there should have been a colon after hominem. You just gave a perfect example. Just so you don't call *me* a grandpa too, I'm early 20s and closer to being an uncle than a father. Moving on.
> I fucking dare you to try and justify the mass slaughter of civilians as a morally-defensible method to win a war.
Problem: End WWII by defeating Japan. Criteria: Minimize total casualties.
Option: Conventional invasion.
Projected Allied casualties: 800,000
Projected Japanese casualties: 1,000,000+ Major tasks: Defend against kamikaze attacks on the way in. Kill civilians rushing you on the beach with bamboo spears and children with grenades. Convince a very proud nation with a warrior heritage that it cannot possibly ever defeat you.
Option: Nuclear use.
Projected Allied casualties: 0
Maximum possible Japanese casualties: (total population of targets): 424,000 Actual casualties: ~103,000. Major tasks: Accept Japanese surrender. Allow them dignity.
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Which are kinda bland till you scoop some sugar on them...
All that is true, but the latest version of winamp in terms of date-of-build is 2.91.
Actually, the most recent build version of Winamp is 2.91.
Keep your wallet in a front pocket - it's less vulnerable to pickpockets, doesn't mess with your seated posture, and doesn't deform everything in it.
> I wish we could just have either a flat sales tax or flat income tax *mumble mumble*
I thought we did have a flat sales tax - no matter what you buy or how much you make, you pay the same percentage. The only dfifference is where you live.
As far as a flat income tax, are you nuts? That would actually raise taxes on the poorer portion of the population, the portion less able to pay any extra taxes. It would, in effect, be a tax raise on the poor and a tax cut on the wealthy.
Nonononononono. Maxing upload is *bad*. If you max out your upload, you can't ACK any packets coming in, which kills your downstream; eventually the connection'll time out. Then you're screwed.
As usual, ATI beat 'em to it.
You may be right.
Quick, let's get ESR an account.
Wasn't that the guy that Han shot? (first, in the remake)
Sort of pop/rock/rap fusion... think Beastie Boys, RatM, etc.
Allmusic.com, btw, is a great reference.
> Am I the only one who had the Final Fantasy battle victory music pop into their heads after seeing this headline?
Phantasy Star II here.
Then the Linux machine you were using was misconfigured. I've played RTCW on both sides of a dual boot box and if anything, Linux is a shade smoother.
Burner speed: older burners. "This fast burner is the equivalent of 40 burners!" Used mainly by the RIAA.
> Yup, I have the same thing going on, I hunt and peck with my two index fingers, and hit the shift keys with the ring fingers, occasionally hit spacebar with my thumb.
That's not exactly what I do; I still use all my fingers, only I use the first two a lot more.
> But what amazes people even more than the loud typing is the rate at which I can pump the words out. 50-60 WPM is none too shabby.
50 - 60 WPM is none too fast, either. I can hit 90 in spots and 70 sustained (although I don't anymore because it makes my hands go numb after a couple hours). I know touch typists who can do 120, tho; the advantage of this method is not speed, it's hand health.
And no, it's not the quietest things ever invented by man, either. ^_~
> Manhole Covers are round so they can't fall down the manhole. Simple.
Correct yet incomplete. You're not hired.
Also:
* Manhole covers are round because manholes are round, and manholes are round because humans are basically round in horizontal cross-section.
* Manhole covers are round to make them easier to put back - no worries about orientation.
* Manhole covers are round to make them easier to transport - by rolling.
* Manhole covers are round so that manholes will have no corners - corners cause points of focus of stress.
I'm sure you can think of some more, if you wouldn't stick with the answer "everybody knows".
> Hunt 'n peck typers are much less likely to suffer repetitive stress or CTS, since they dont hold their hands in the same position moving only their fingertips. All that hovering over the keyboard gives the wrists time to relax.
Which is why I've developed what my friends call piano typing - Hands flying everywhere on the keys, mostly using first two fingers of each hand and my right thumb.
> you are vulnerable to having your disk filled with porn
A lot of slashbots would not consider that a bad thing.
I would, but after ten years online, I'm rather jaded.
> [Gordon Freeman] could wield any weapon thrown at him with ease
Ah, it's the ESR model.
> Consider that at the beginning of the game, Morgan goes into the hazardous area of the "tank" to do some grunt work--push a sample into the beam. Maybe he was more a high-level technician than a scientist.
Heh, and during the title sequence, we find out he has a doctorate from MIT. I don't know about you, but I'd be pissed to have a job like that with a bachelor's, let alone a PhD, let alone a PhD from MIT.
> (it is never explained whether Noah is male or female).
Actually, according to the game, Noah is female (the governor says "she" or "her", I forget.), but according to the manual, Noah is a he.
see http://www.camineet.net/theories/noahgender.shtml
No, that's how you make beef jerky.
> Some folks don't see them, others are driven insane by them (could just be the work they do results in them commonly seeing the shadows).
The Cisco cert. academy I attend is full of them. For websurfing, writing, anything like that, they're fine.
I wouldn't want to do image editing on them, though.
Simple. Draw the maze on the surface of a cylinder.
(It's been 8 seconds since you hit 'reply'!)
No, there should have been a colon after hominem. You just gave a perfect example. Just so you don't call *me* a grandpa too, I'm early 20s and closer to being an uncle than a father. Moving on.
> I fucking dare you to try and justify the mass slaughter of civilians as a morally-defensible method to win a war.
Problem: End WWII by defeating Japan.
Criteria: Minimize total casualties.
Option: Conventional invasion.
Option: Nuclear use.
> Gestapo stormtroopers drag me off to the concentration camps.
Godwin's. You lose. Thread over.
(Please GOD, thread over.)
Why do you consider assembling in the street your only option?
After all, pissing off people is a GREAT way to turn them to your cause.