Seriously, guys, what's going on? I know you're probably stacked up with work, what with the virtual break-in and all, but come on! You're supposed to be good at this!
From the article: On-off flashes excite astronomers. Heh. For a second there I read "On-off flashers excite astronomers", and I thought, 'Man, they need to get a life and spend some time away from their telescopes."
Damn. I know I'm gonna get (-1, Redundant) on my original article, but I stupidly hit the wrong button and Submitted it instead of Previewing it.
Nevertheless, here's what I wanted to write after thinking it through:
You could also read the original project summary for the Grid Physics Network.
Although the site linked by the story (or click here for your One-Link (tm) GriPhyN info, in case you're too lazy to check the article out) has more new info that the original one, and it's more easily understood.
(Grrr. It's Preview, not Submit. It's Preview, not Submit).
You can read the project summary for the Grid Physics Network.
Here's what they're proposing to use the GriPhyN for: The four physics experiments are about to enter a new era of exploration of the fundamental forces of nature and the structure of the universe. The CMS and ATLAS experiments at the Large Hadron Collider will search for the origins of mass and probe matter at the smallest length scales; LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory) will detect the gravitational waves of pulsars, supernovae and in-spiraling binary stars; and SDSS (Sloan Digital Sky Survey) will carry out an automated sky survey enabling systematic studies of stars, galaxies, nebulae, and large-scale structure.
Somebody please do a parody of it, and post it here! I'd do it myself, but I'm too lazy to do it right now. It's too late to be Karma whoring on a Sunday evening.
Hey, I heard there's a CNET news article about a wireless device by Sony called the airboard. It's not completely flat though, so it's probably a counter-top appliance, rather than a knee-top Sounds interesting. You should send this as an article for Slashdot!
OK, back to something offtopic. I'd like to see what was shown once in Star Trek: TNG, that being a roll-up piano keyboard. Just unroll that baby and start playing some Beethoven!
OK, I don't want to get too involved in this discussion, but I just have to say this:
Sorry, but one of the sense of "hacker" IS "someone who break security". It's only recently that people have decided that they don't like the criminal aspect to that behavior, and so are trying to chop off that definition and place it into "cracker".
Shouldn't that say, "...and so are trying to hack off that definition..."?
he should read 1984 because it's one of the best books ever written. Let me add that "1984" should be read in English. I first read it in spanish, and the translations on Newspeak weren't quite as powerful as in the original English.
Having said that, I'll recommend "A brave new world", too.
I'm sure in due time if the Moon gets colonized someone will build a protective dome over at least Apollo 11's landing site.
I agree. We should protect that site, as a reminder of Humanity's first steps into space. Maybe a dome covered with a diamond film coating, a la Arthur C. Clarke's 2061.
It's not as if Muslims are going to be the next ones there and then decide that since that history was made by a non-muslim and therefore contradicts Allah or something and decide to burn it like the library of Alexandria.
Well, it's not as if it hadn't happened a thousand times during humanity's civilization times.
Like the Spaniards tearing down Pre-colombine buildings in order to build churches. Or Americans kicking Native Americans off their sacred lands in order to build oil lines or strip mines. Or shipping people out of some atoll in order to do nuclear tests there.
Let's face it, Humanity still has some way to go before we can all be, well, humane to each other, and I think that's a prerequisite to intelligent space exploration. In my opinion, of course.
I'm gonna check out the first installment of this article, see which posts got the most karma points, post them again here, and watch those karma points fly!
...and while I'm at it, I'll copyright them and sue the original posters for Intellectual Property infringement or something. Now where did I leave that Kramer & Kramer law firm's phone number?
And leave my PC unattended? At the mercy of script k1dd13s? Have you no love for the equipment which provides you with endless information and entertainment?
So I'm going to shave off my 2 week beard, take a shower and head downtown.. Oh, you have a laptop. Ok, never mind then.
Im gonna reply to my post instead of replying to the responses you guys gave me.
Just wanted to say thanks! I think I'll buy Baldur's Gate (if I can find bundled with the expansion or something, I'll buy that too), and if it's as good as you say, then I'll buy BG II.
I'll also check out Deus Ex, but after playing Quake II and Starcraft for a while I'm in the mood for something in the Fantasy genre. If Deus Ex looks good I'll add it to my "games to buy" list.
'The new policy is actually stricter than the previous one because it spells out the conditions under which personal information can be transferred.'
Or, in other words,
'The new policy is worse because it tied us to several conditions whenever we wanted to transfer personal information, instead of letting us do it whenever we felt like it'.
Servius has a point there. That's deffinitely something to think about. So apparently to them it's a bad thing to clearly delimit what a company can do with your personal info.
Marketroids (kudos to whoever came up with this word first), gotta love 'em!
Im planning on visiting the US in a few days, and apparently I wont be able to find Baldur's Gate II then. Is there any game of the genre that you'd recommend instead? Actually, I haven't bought Baldur's Gate 1 yet. Should I get it? Should I just wait for BGII? Should I buy something else instead?
I could see some of the tech-heavy commuter legs turning into airborne Quake LAN parties.
"Hey, who's this guy with the frag record on Quake? Damn he's good!"
"Which one?"
"Him, the Red Baron"
"Oh, that's the pilot of the plane. Ever since he got wind of our Frisco-to-Phoenix Quake LAN Parties, he's been playing on each and every one of them."
"Oh, wow. Man, he's good".
"Yup. He's the man!".
"By the way, where are we right now? I don't recognize the view out the window."
"I dunno... somewhere over Mexico, I think. Red Baron must've left the Autopilot off again. One more game?"
"Sure. Let's get it on!"
If you'd go to a corner in some crowded street in, say, L.A., and said those exact words: "Really, I just breathed in and then breathed out. Thought everyone might like to share.", I guess they'd probably share a few bucks with you.
Here on Slashdot, that'll only get you moderated down. Goes to show which crowd is the wiser, huh.
Slashdot Mirror
Quick everyone, set phasers on "Troll" before we realize Star Trek is _made up_!
Yet another review about the Airboard.
Seriously, guys, what's going on? I know you're probably stacked up with work, what with the virtual break-in and all, but come on! You're supposed to be good at this!
...protecting the Earth from the scum of the Universe. Literally.
But if it has to be under $300, you could use a plastic platter. It's not the same, but I'm willing to accept that.
From the article: On-off flashes excite astronomers.
Heh. For a second there I read "On-off flashers excite astronomers", and I thought, 'Man, they need to get a life and spend some time away from their telescopes."
Damn. I know I'm gonna get (-1, Redundant) on my original article, but I stupidly hit the wrong button and Submitted it instead of Previewing it. Nevertheless, here's what I wanted to write after thinking it through:
You could also read the original project summary for the Grid Physics Network.
Although the site linked by the story (or click here for your One-Link (tm) GriPhyN info, in case you're too lazy to check the article out) has more new info that the original one, and it's more easily understood.
(Grrr. It's Preview, not Submit. It's Preview, not Submit).
You can read the project summary for the Grid Physics Network.
Here's what they're proposing to use the GriPhyN for: The four physics experiments are about to enter a new era of exploration of the fundamental forces of nature and the structure of the universe. The CMS and ATLAS experiments at the Large Hadron Collider will search for the origins of mass and probe matter at the smallest length scales; LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory) will detect the gravitational waves of pulsars, supernovae and in-spiraling binary stars; and SDSS (Sloan Digital Sky Survey) will carry out an automated sky survey enabling systematic studies of stars, galaxies, nebulae, and large-scale structure.
Somebody please do a parody of it, and post it here! I'd do it myself, but I'm too lazy to do it right now. It's too late to be Karma whoring on a Sunday evening.
Here's a virtual (+1, Funny) for you. Too bad I'm not moderating right now.
Are we supposed to be frightened by a lawyer named "Shortly"?
(Good thing there's no patent on posting stupid jokes, otherwise I'd be broke by now)
Hey, I heard there's a CNET news article about a wireless device by Sony called the airboard. It's not completely flat though, so it's probably a counter-top appliance, rather than a knee-top
Sounds interesting. You should send this as an article for Slashdot!
OK, back to something offtopic. I'd like to see what was shown once in Star Trek: TNG, that being a roll-up piano keyboard. Just unroll that baby and start playing some Beethoven!
OK, I don't want to get too involved in this discussion, but I just have to say this:
Sorry, but one of the sense of "hacker" IS "someone who break security". It's only recently that people have decided that they don't like the criminal aspect to that behavior, and so are trying to chop off that definition and place it into "cracker".
Shouldn't that say, "...and so are trying to hack off that definition..."?
he should read 1984 because it's one of the best books ever written. Let me add that "1984" should be read in English. I first read it in spanish, and the translations on Newspeak weren't quite as powerful as in the original English.
Having said that, I'll recommend "A brave new world", too.
I'm sure in due time if the Moon gets colonized someone will build a protective dome over at least Apollo 11's landing site.
I agree. We should protect that site, as a reminder of Humanity's first steps into space. Maybe a dome covered with a diamond film coating, a la Arthur C. Clarke's 2061.
It's not as if Muslims are going to be the next ones there and then decide that since that history was made by a non-muslim and therefore contradicts Allah or something and decide to burn it like the library of Alexandria.
Well, it's not as if it hadn't happened a thousand times during humanity's civilization times.
Like the Spaniards tearing down Pre-colombine buildings in order to build churches. Or Americans kicking Native Americans off their sacred lands in order to build oil lines or strip mines. Or shipping people out of some atoll in order to do nuclear tests there.
Let's face it, Humanity still has some way to go before we can all be, well, humane to each other, and I think that's a prerequisite to intelligent space exploration. In my opinion, of course.
I'm gonna check out the first installment of this article, see which posts got the most karma points, post them again here, and watch those karma points fly!
...and while I'm at it, I'll copyright them and sue the original posters for Intellectual Property infringement or something. Now where did I leave that Kramer & Kramer law firm's phone number?
And leave my PC unattended? At the mercy of script k1dd13s? Have you no love for the equipment which provides you with endless information and entertainment?
So I'm going to shave off my 2 week beard, take a shower and head downtown..
Oh, you have a laptop. Ok, never mind then.
...this one would deffinitely get a (-1, Redundant).
I dunno what everyone else thinks, but this is so funny it deserves the double karma points it got. Way to go!
For a minute there I thought it had something to do with aluminum foil and coffee filters.
Chalk it up to being a caffeine-addict eating too many home-made sandwiches, I guess...
...Taco Bell!
Hey, if that damn Chihuahua dog can get a job working as an actor, I should be able to get an H-1 Visa in order to do some decent programming work.
Like coding in Visual Basic, installing Windows ME, trying to run Windows 2k on a PC in less than 6 hours...
Hmm. On second thought... I think I'll stay in Mexico for a few more years...
Im gonna reply to my post instead of replying to the responses you guys gave me.
Just wanted to say thanks! I think I'll buy Baldur's Gate (if I can find bundled with the expansion or something, I'll buy that too), and if it's as good as you say, then I'll buy BG II.
I'll also check out Deus Ex, but after playing Quake II and Starcraft for a while I'm in the mood for something in the Fantasy genre. If Deus Ex looks good I'll add it to my "games to buy" list.
'The new policy is actually stricter than the previous one because it spells out the conditions under which personal information can be transferred.'
Or, in other words,
'The new policy is worse because it tied us to several conditions whenever we wanted to transfer personal information, instead of letting us do it whenever we felt like it'.
Servius has a point there. That's deffinitely something to think about. So apparently to them it's a bad thing to clearly delimit what a company can do with your personal info.
Marketroids (kudos to whoever came up with this word first), gotta love 'em!
This may be a bit off-topic, but what the heck...
Im planning on visiting the US in a few days, and apparently I wont be able to find Baldur's Gate II then. Is there any game of the genre that you'd recommend instead? Actually, I haven't bought Baldur's Gate 1 yet. Should I get it? Should I just wait for BGII? Should I buy something else instead?
I could see some of the tech-heavy commuter legs turning into airborne Quake LAN parties.
"Hey, who's this guy with the frag record on Quake? Damn he's good!"
"Which one?"
"Him, the Red Baron"
"Oh, that's the pilot of the plane. Ever since he got wind of our Frisco-to-Phoenix Quake LAN Parties, he's been playing on each and every one of them."
"Oh, wow. Man, he's good".
"Yup. He's the man!".
"By the way, where are we right now? I don't recognize the view out the window."
"I dunno... somewhere over Mexico, I think. Red Baron must've left the Autopilot off again. One more game?"
"Sure. Let's get it on!"
Come frag the friendly skies...
If you'd go to a corner in some crowded street in, say, L.A., and said those exact words: "Really, I just breathed in and then breathed out. Thought everyone might like to share.", I guess they'd probably share a few bucks with you.
Here on Slashdot, that'll only get you moderated down. Goes to show which crowd is the wiser, huh.