'NASA does not have the capability to read minds, nor are we suggesting that would be done'
I KNEW they were going to say that.
In all seriousness, this would violate so many human rights that it wouldn't have a snow balls chance in hell of getting government approval(paranoid "Dale" clones, form a line to the left, please). Because pretty soon they'd want to start checking peoples' minds for non-terrorist related crime thought processes, then they want to put them in other places besides airports, and then you'd have WAY too many false arrests. If you threw a guy in jail everytime he thought "If that bitch doesn't take the trash out so help me God I'll kill her! My god, shit takes 3 minutes..lazy ho gonna die tonight!" then our prisons would be the size of small planets.
Would it have killed you to find a story about a guy actually digging up a backbone? It's had to of happened somewhere.
I'd appreciate it if you could find a few dozen of them, because I'm trying to convince myself that my Cable-Modem couldn't possibly be this spotty with it's service, so it's gotta be something like the backbone breaking somewhere.
I think Slashdot should rent out its services to companies that want to test their server's stability. They can make a new topic like:
"unicron writes in to tell us he's found a site with over 100,000 free, hi-rez pr0n pics, and it's all completely free! You can even download them all as one big-assed compressed file!"
Actaully, I don't believe anyone ever rose from the dead. I don't buy into any of the "mythical" aspects of modern religion. Hell, I don't buy into modern religion at all, especially organized religion, which I believe may be the biggest corruption of a beautiful thing in the history of our race.
Even though I'm fully aware these guys are only half-kidding, I think a perfect way to jest back would be to ask them to prove it in someway. Make em fight a Rancor.
This story is pretty old now, but it's still pretty damn funny.
A guy ran a red light like at 2AM, got home fine, no police saw him or anything like that. About 3 weeks later he gets a bill from the police department and a photo of his truck running that light. So, like the smart/dumbass he is, he gets cute, lays out some money on the bed(the price of the ticket), takes a photo of it, and sends it in. So a few weeks pass and he gets another letter, this one has a photo of handcuffs.
The Unibomber, Timothy Nichols, Timothy McVeigh, pretty much any serial killer inspires terror. Their have been IRA attacks on American's abroad, etc etc etc....
Take what was bad so that you know to avoid it the next time.
I'm attempting to create a country of yesterday as well. I'm putting together a 386 box to play old school games. Back when game developers had to push the envelope on great gaming because they were limited by mediocre technology. These days we don't say things like "Man that game was fun" to describe games, we say "Man that game had great geometric fog and lighting".
Exactly. It goes without saying that remote voting of any kind will NEVER exist, and even this system is way too easy a target for cries of foul from the losing parties. Anything from sabatouge, hacking, or even something as benign as a short-circuit of the system could happen, and the losing candidate will bring up all 3 if given half a chance, rest assured.
It just leaves the door wide open on challenging a vote, whether you believe someone lost fairly or unfairly due to the machine. I consider myself a reasonable person, and I would challenge it if I lost in a second.
Translation: "Me and a bunch of people got drunk, thought we could code, submitted the idea and produced a fancy web page. It's now two years later and the project has no files to download and is STILL on Stage 1, Planning."
I completely agree. As Americans, our perspectives are so screwed up when it comes to poverty and homelessness, especially with how it relates to charity. It disgust me how their are people in this country that watch those "Please help save a child in Bongo-Bongo" or wherever commercials and feel sad and donate 20 bucks to little Fellipe's shoe fund. These are the same people that actually see a homeless kid the next day and think "little fucker better not touch my Benz, I just had that shit detailed".
Yeah, the thing to also remember is to put a blanket over the old TV. What's really nice is if the sound still works on the old TVs, so once you have like 2 or 3 TVs under the blanket, house guests will go "My god, that 13inch TV has better sound than my 52" HDTV!"
I'm not exactly sure if "The Gray Race" came out before or after "Stranger than Fiction" but that album rocks. I've been listening to "No Substance" on my home from work lately, and while nothing on there can even compare to "Struck a Nerve" or "American Jesus".
Not where I work. The managers of the applications services devision where I work rarely have to ever write code, but when they do it's because his/her employees are stuck.
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So your condo is wired with fiber? Well, unless Cox has a CO inside your living room, I really don't think that matters.
The Cox plan is not a T1, you newb. It's 1.5mbit down, 128 up. A T1 is 1.5mbit both ways. Wake up, ass.
Yeah, for real. My palms are hairier than a motherfucker and I can't climb walls.
'NASA does not have the capability to read minds, nor are we suggesting that would be done'
I KNEW they were going to say that.
In all seriousness, this would violate so many human rights that it wouldn't have a snow balls chance in hell of getting government approval(paranoid "Dale" clones, form a line to the left, please). Because pretty soon they'd want to start checking peoples' minds for non-terrorist related crime thought processes, then they want to put them in other places besides airports, and then you'd have WAY too many false arrests. If you threw a guy in jail everytime he thought "If that bitch doesn't take the trash out so help me God I'll kill her! My god, shit takes 3 minutes..lazy ho gonna die tonight!" then our prisons would be the size of small planets.
Would it have killed you to find a story about a guy actually digging up a backbone? It's had to of happened somewhere.
I'd appreciate it if you could find a few dozen of them, because I'm trying to convince myself that my Cable-Modem couldn't possibly be this spotty with it's service, so it's gotta be something like the backbone breaking somewhere.
I think Slashdot should rent out its services to companies that want to test their server's stability. They can make a new topic like:
"unicron writes in to tell us he's found a site with over 100,000 free, hi-rez pr0n pics, and it's all completely free! You can even download them all as one big-assed compressed file!"
Actaully, I don't believe anyone ever rose from the dead. I don't buy into any of the "mythical" aspects of modern religion. Hell, I don't buy into modern religion at all, especially organized religion, which I believe may be the biggest corruption of a beautiful thing in the history of our race.
Even though I'm fully aware these guys are only half-kidding, I think a perfect way to jest back would be to ask them to prove it in someway. Make em fight a Rancor.
Make them use the force to move some shit around the room. If they can do it, let them have their religion.
Hell, make the fatter ones do 1 sit up and I'll believe they've mastered the force.
Nerd(robotic voice): I am a Storm-Trooper!
Triumph the Wonder Dog(robotic voice, mockingly): You are a huge nerd!
This story is pretty old now, but it's still pretty damn funny.
A guy ran a red light like at 2AM, got home fine, no police saw him or anything like that. About 3 weeks later he gets a bill from the police department and a photo of his truck running that light. So, like the smart/dumbass he is, he gets cute, lays out some money on the bed(the price of the ticket), takes a photo of it, and sends it in. So a few weeks pass and he gets another letter, this one has a photo of handcuffs.
He promptly paid the bill.
Sarcasm my ass, that fool was trolling with a damn fishing pole.
The Unibomber, Timothy Nichols, Timothy McVeigh, pretty much any serial killer inspires terror. Their have been IRA attacks on American's abroad, etc etc etc....
Make the pig pay for your mistakes, that's real friggin compassionate, man.
=)
Mr. Wall,
Your campaign seems to have the momentum of a freight train. Why are you so popular?
I'll finally be able to understand what gang-bangers are saying when they make those hand signals.
For hizzle my schnizzle...
Take what was bad so that you know to avoid it the next time.
I'm attempting to create a country of yesterday as well. I'm putting together a 386 box to play old school games. Back when game developers had to push the envelope on great gaming because they were limited by mediocre technology. These days we don't say things like "Man that game was fun" to describe games, we say "Man that game had great geometric fog and lighting".
Exactly. It goes without saying that remote voting of any kind will NEVER exist, and even this system is way too easy a target for cries of foul from the losing parties. Anything from sabatouge, hacking, or even something as benign as a short-circuit of the system could happen, and the losing candidate will bring up all 3 if given half a chance, rest assured.
It just leaves the door wide open on challenging a vote, whether you believe someone lost fairly or unfairly due to the machine. I consider myself a reasonable person, and I would challenge it if I lost in a second.
Translation: "Me and a bunch of people got drunk, thought we could code, submitted the idea and produced a fancy web page. It's now two years later and the project has no files to download and is STILL on Stage 1, Planning."
I completely agree. As Americans, our perspectives are so screwed up when it comes to poverty and homelessness, especially with how it relates to charity. It disgust me how their are people in this country that watch those "Please help save a child in Bongo-Bongo" or wherever commercials and feel sad and donate 20 bucks to little Fellipe's shoe fund. These are the same people that actually see a homeless kid the next day and think "little fucker better not touch my Benz, I just had that shit detailed".
Yeah, the thing to also remember is to put a blanket over the old TV. What's really nice is if the sound still works on the old TVs, so once you have like 2 or 3 TVs under the blanket, house guests will go "My god, that 13inch TV has better sound than my 52" HDTV!"
Reminds me of Dana Carvey doing George Bush on SNL with the night-vision goggles:
"It's scary! It's scary!"
They say management is the way nature removes idiots from the productive flow.
"I Like Ike"
Anybody got Tina Turner's cell phone number?
I'm not exactly sure if "The Gray Race" came out before or after "Stranger than Fiction" but that album rocks. I've been listening to "No Substance" on my home from work lately, and while nothing on there can even compare to "Struck a Nerve" or "American Jesus".
Not where I work. The managers of the applications services devision where I work rarely have to ever write code, but when they do it's because his/her employees are stuck.
You could tell me she's the best FPS player on earth, and I won't automatically call you a liar.
You could tell me she makes ungodly fun levels in any game and I might believe you.
Hell, you could even tell me that she can things in assembly that would make NSA programmers cry, and I'd look into it before calling you a liar.
But that whole thing about a playboy bunny dating Jon Romero..it's just too far fetched.