(1) Turn off computer
(2) Go to retail outlets
(3) Pay cash
(4) Get scanned by hidden metal detector so the Government can count how much cash you're carrying going in and out of the store, thanks to the little metal strips on the bills. Unless you're carrying rolls of quarters.
Hey, I saw that on the X Files, so that means it must be true, right? Right?
"Are You GEEK enough to take the PEPSI CHALLENGE?" Funny, I always thought Jolt Cola was the choice of the Geek generation. But then, you do have to obey your thirst.
"Be young. Have fun. Use Linux. Drink Coke."
Re:Mage : the ascension == a must-read
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There's tons of potential new games to explore here!
Whales: the Saving. The angst, the horror, the humanity... er, the whale-ity. Try to roleplay a sperm whale free in the ocean,living in the Sea of Darkness, fighting orcas, sharks and your evil nemesis, the Japanese Whaling Fleet.
Noid: the Avoidance. Umm, it's better if you stay away from this one.
Dear sirs, all of these sites promote drinking. I'll ask you to remove them from the Internet. If the US wont do anything about it, then perhaps you will.
Next week I'll send you the list of all the Web sites with the word "sex" on them. I'll be expecting you to remove these as well.
But real readers read everywhere.
I agree completely! There's things a laptop can do, and then there's things it can't.
I would consider ebooks as an alternative to carrying several books around, but that'll be when laptops can start up in less than 10 seconds. And, the way things are going, I don't see that in the near future.
What am I going to do with all of these crackers and fish? You can feed the fish to the crackers, and then tell them:
"Dudes, sorry about this, now go home and crack the NASA site or something".
While I can't speak much for ShadowRun, having played it only a few times and read only a couple of books, I did play Mage for a couple of years, and I'd like to share a few things on my mind...
First of all, even if I think that WhiteWolf's World of Darkness is a bit cooler than the ShadowRun Universe, ShadowRun's a bit more closer to what I think the future may have in store for us (less the magic part, of course). International corporations will start to merge, even if the national governments like it or not, just like the Japanese zaibatsus (is that the right word? You know, when several different companies form a group to support each other and compete with other such groups?).
We're just beginning to see it in the case of Microsoft, which apparently is going to get stopped by the US Government, but what will happen if some other company starts to grow somewhere else, as in Japan or the EU?
I believe more in a future with giant companies running things out in the open, than in one with New World Order guys running things in the dark.
Of course, having Correspondence 4 or Forces 4 _would_ be cool!
Go back to the old country, wherever it is, and slap the professor who taught you English grammar. Now, now... it's not fair picking on someone just because he doesn't write English as well as you'd like. It's not as if it's easy to learn proper English merely by taking a couple of courses at school! Even less when we're probably dealing with some indio bajado del cerro a tamborazos.
However, I have to agree, he's an idiot, and as far as I'm concerned, it's open season on them all year long.
I really liked this interview, as it gave me some insight on how those Old Masters of Coding of the Days of Yore think. Or, at least, one of them. Here's the first thing that got my attention: Teaching students skills so that they can step immediately into a Windows development shop and are able to write COM programs is just not right. That's not what universities should be doing; universities should be teaching things which are likely to last, for a lifetime if you're lucky, but at least 5 or 10 or 20 years, and that means principles and ideas. At the same time, they should be illustrating them with the best possible examples taken from current practice.
Now if only this interview was posted earlier, we could've used it on the discussion about what makes a good CS project a few weeks ago, which you can find
here on Slashdot.
The other thing is I liked the most about this interview was this quote: ...the areas that are difficult are only two: one that it's too hard to write programs that work, and the other that it's too hard to use computers. So if you want things to work on, these are two that you could try.
I think I'm gonna frame this and hang it right beside my computer screen. Or append it on any bill we send to our clients.
someone's *finally* shooting Bruce Willis into space?
After seeing "Hudson Hawk", I'd say there was a lot of people who wanted to shoot Bruce Willis, period.
On the other hand, we _could_ shoot Roseanne Barr into space, towards any threatening asteroir coming our way, and use her gravitational pull to change the asteroid's path.
Man oh man, you shoulda seen what first came to my mind after reading that phrase! All I could think of was "poor birds, they're gonna get an eye poked out or something!"
*ROTFL* I know Im gonna get a -1 Offtopic mod, but it was worth it...
Hmm how about local TV from Tierra del Fuego. Hmmm....
- And now, we go live to Tierra del Fuego, with our correspondent, Maria Miranda de la Joya Cardenal. Maria?
- This is Maria Miranda de la Joya Cardenal, coming to you live from the beaches of Tierra del Fuego and... well, as you can see, there's nothing here but a couple of penguins, some rocks and some nasty cold weather.
- I see... penguins, you say?
- Yes, Jack, penguins. Well, one, actually.
- And the rocks? Any interesting rocks?
- Uh... well no. Not really.
- Uh.. well, thanks, Maria.
- This is Maria Miranda de la Joya Cardenal, signing off for TdFTV, wishing I was working in Chicago instead!
Nah, I'll stick to cable TV and "Married with Children" reruns.
Well, I'm not sure about the rest of the world, but here in Monterrey, Mexico, they're requiring all students in 2 of the most important colleges in the city to take laptop computers to class. And they're starting to put some school material online, too.
But I'd still take a school book over a CD-Rom, if only because you can always tell a girl "let me carry your books for you". How geeky would "let me carry your CDs for you" sound?
Although overjoyed that the case was over -- Eisenman's lawyer said an appeal was unlikely -- Qimron said he has regrets about the access others now have to the scrolls. He said it robbed scholars such as himself of the leisurely pace they once enjoyed. "Now there are a lot of people, and they work in haste to beat each other to publication," he said. "That's not proper."
Although IANAResearcher or Doctorate student or anything, I can sympathize with mr. Qimron's (wow, he even has a Trekkie-ish name) point. These days, there's a lot of money invested in grants, patents, scholarships and the like, and therefore there's a "first to publish, first to get the goods" attitude in several scientific circles.
Although I sincerely hope mr. Qimron is not doing this for the money, I can see why he would think that a copyright on his works could work towards doing research at a slower pace, and doing it "by the book" instead of cutting corners in order to be first, and not doing enough background research... no, wait, that's Slashdot submissions. Sorry.
Nah, I'm just kidding, but you get my point. If there's something worse than "First Post!" comments in Slashdost, I think it would be "First Article!" submissions to more serious science publications.
On the other hand, if it's all for the monetary gain, we could always start an Open Scrolls Movement. Anyone'd like to try and develop DeDSS?
Damn those guys who built the sets to the Britney Spears video. Leaving their fake Martian rocks all over the planet...
On a more serious note, maybe we've just found the younger rocks, and the older ones are still lying around.
What's next? DeCSS in Acapulco?
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Sep 1 2000: After the recent U.S. District Court ruling banning the distribution of DeCSS, the DVD-decrypting program, several mariachis decided to support the ruling by playing the DeCSS song on every wedding they're invited to.
Asked about the relationship between a DVD-decrypting program, and the traditional mexican music, they responded: "Well, there ees notheeng in common, but we decided to support our hacker amigos in their fight against the eevil gringo corporations".
Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera would now be involved in a lawsuit about which of them came up with the "Lame Blonde Female Singer" look first... ..only to be sued by Madonna, claiming "prior art".
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Anyone know how it would compare with diamond?
If I recall correctly, diamonds are not so good at conducting heat. After they reach some temperature, they burn up.
Hmm...
Forget about overclocking the Pentium IV... you know what we could do with this kind of technology and the proper funding?
Battlemechs! Marauders that won't overheat in the middle of a fight! Jenners with dual PPCs!
(1) Turn off computer
(2) Go to retail outlets
(3) Pay cash
(4) Get scanned by hidden metal detector so the Government can count how much cash you're carrying going in and out of the store, thanks to the little metal strips on the bills. Unless you're carrying rolls of quarters.
Hey, I saw that on the X Files, so that means it must be true, right? Right?
"Are You GEEK enough to take the PEPSI CHALLENGE?"
Funny, I always thought Jolt Cola was the choice of the Geek generation. But then, you do have to obey your thirst.
"Be young. Have fun. Use Linux. Drink Coke."
There's tons of potential new games to explore here!
,living in the Sea of Darkness, fighting orcas, sharks and your evil nemesis, the Japanese Whaling Fleet.
Whales: the Saving. The angst, the horror, the humanity... er, the whale-ity. Try to roleplay a sperm whale free in the ocean
Noid: the Avoidance. Umm, it's better if you stay away from this one.
Bill: the Cat. In one word: Ack!
And lots more!
Dear sirs, all of these sites promote drinking. I'll ask you to remove them from the Internet. If the US wont do anything about it, then perhaps you will.
Next week I'll send you the list of all the Web sites with the word "sex" on them. I'll be expecting you to remove these as well.
Sincerely,
John Doe.
But real readers read everywhere.
I agree completely! There's things a laptop can do, and then there's things it can't.
I would consider ebooks as an alternative to carrying several books around, but that'll be when laptops can start up in less than 10 seconds. And, the way things are going, I don't see that in the near future.
So what does this have to do with the price of eggs?
Well that depends... are they green eggs and ham?
You would'a thunk eggs wuz OT on Slashdot but nooo...
What am I going to do with all of these crackers and fish?
You can feed the fish to the crackers, and then tell them:
"Dudes, sorry about this, now go home and crack the NASA site or something".
Oh, you meant crackers as in cookies! Silly me...
He's talking about trading card games?
Uh, just for the record, that would be Magic, not Mage.
While I can't speak much for ShadowRun, having played it only a few times and read only a couple of books, I did play Mage for a couple of years, and I'd like to share a few things on my mind...
First of all, even if I think that WhiteWolf's World of Darkness is a bit cooler than the ShadowRun Universe, ShadowRun's a bit more closer to what I think the future may have in store for us (less the magic part, of course). International corporations will start to merge, even if the national governments like it or not, just like the Japanese zaibatsus (is that the right word? You know, when several different companies form a group to support each other and compete with other such groups?).
We're just beginning to see it in the case of Microsoft, which apparently is going to get stopped by the US Government, but what will happen if some other company starts to grow somewhere else, as in Japan or the EU?
I believe more in a future with giant companies running things out in the open, than in one with New World Order guys running things in the dark.
Of course, having Correspondence 4 or Forces 4 _would_ be cool!
Go back to the old country, wherever it is, and slap the professor who taught you English grammar.
Now, now... it's not fair picking on someone just because he doesn't write English as well as you'd like. It's not as if it's easy to learn proper English merely by taking a couple of courses at school! Even less when we're probably dealing with some indio bajado del cerro a tamborazos.
However, I have to agree, he's an idiot, and as far as I'm concerned, it's open season on them all year long.
I really liked this interview, as it gave me some insight on how those Old Masters of Coding of the Days of Yore think. Or, at least, one of them. Here's the first thing that got my attention:
...the areas that are difficult are only two: one that it's too hard to write programs that work, and the other that it's too hard to use computers. So if you want things to work on, these are two that you could try.
Teaching students skills so that they can step immediately into a Windows development shop and are able to write COM programs is just not right. That's not what universities should be doing; universities should be teaching things which are likely to last, for a lifetime if you're lucky, but at least 5 or 10 or 20 years, and that means principles and ideas. At the same time, they should be illustrating them with the best possible examples taken from current practice.
Now if only this interview was posted earlier, we could've used it on the discussion about what makes a good CS project a few weeks ago, which you can find here on Slashdot.
The other thing is I liked the most about this interview was this quote:
I think I'm gonna frame this and hang it right beside my computer screen. Or append it on any bill we send to our clients.
someone's *finally* shooting Bruce Willis into space?
After seeing "Hudson Hawk", I'd say there was a lot of people who wanted to shoot Bruce Willis, period.
On the other hand, we _could_ shoot Roseanne Barr into space, towards any threatening asteroir coming our way, and use her gravitational pull to change the asteroid's path.
A new song? Let's see...
Penis bird!
Penis bird!
Penis penis penis penis
Penis bird!
Nope. It'll never be as big a hit as "Feature Creep".
and I'll stick with my penis birds.
Man oh man, you shoulda seen what first came to my mind after reading that phrase! All I could think of was "poor birds, they're gonna get an eye poked out or something!"
*ROTFL* I know Im gonna get a -1 Offtopic mod, but it was worth it...
and something goes wrong, you get the blue screen of death instead of your show???
Imagine the Nielsen ratings on THAT!
Microsoft's ratigns would compete with "Survivor"s...
The possibilities for penis bird distribution are endless
He said gameplay, not foreplay!
Hmm how about local TV from Tierra del Fuego. Hmmm....
- And now, we go live to Tierra del Fuego, with our correspondent, Maria Miranda de la Joya Cardenal. Maria?
- This is Maria Miranda de la Joya Cardenal, coming to you live from the beaches of Tierra del Fuego and... well, as you can see, there's nothing here but a couple of penguins, some rocks and some nasty cold weather.
- I see... penguins, you say?
- Yes, Jack, penguins. Well, one, actually.
- And the rocks? Any interesting rocks?
- Uh... well no. Not really.
- Uh.. well, thanks, Maria.
- This is Maria Miranda de la Joya Cardenal, signing off for TdFTV, wishing I was working in Chicago instead!
Nah, I'll stick to cable TV and "Married with Children" reruns.
Hmm. I always thought J. R. R. Tolkien was an Afrikaneer. Goes to show you learn something new every day.
Well, I'm not sure about the rest of the world, but here in Monterrey, Mexico, they're requiring all students in 2 of the most important colleges in the city to take laptop computers to class. And they're starting to put some school material online, too.
But I'd still take a school book over a CD-Rom, if only because you can always tell a girl "let me carry your books for you". How geeky would "let me carry your CDs for you" sound?
Although overjoyed that the case was over -- Eisenman's lawyer said an appeal was unlikely -- Qimron said he has regrets about the access others now have to the scrolls. He said it robbed scholars such as himself of the leisurely pace they once enjoyed. "Now there are a lot of people, and they work in haste to beat each other to publication," he said. "That's not proper."
Although IANAResearcher or Doctorate student or anything, I can sympathize with mr. Qimron's (wow, he even has a Trekkie-ish name) point. These days, there's a lot of money invested in grants, patents, scholarships and the like, and therefore there's a "first to publish, first to get the goods" attitude in several scientific circles.
Although I sincerely hope mr. Qimron is not doing this for the money, I can see why he would think that a copyright on his works could work towards doing research at a slower pace, and doing it "by the book" instead of cutting corners in order to be first, and not doing enough background research... no, wait, that's Slashdot submissions. Sorry.
Nah, I'm just kidding, but you get my point. If there's something worse than "First Post!" comments in Slashdost, I think it would be "First Article!" submissions to more serious science publications.
On the other hand, if it's all for the monetary gain, we could always start an Open Scrolls Movement. Anyone'd like to try and develop DeDSS?
Damn those guys who built the sets to the Britney Spears video. Leaving their fake Martian rocks all over the planet...
On a more serious note, maybe we've just found the younger rocks, and the older ones are still lying around.
Sep 1 2000: After the recent U.S. District Court ruling banning the distribution of DeCSS, the DVD-decrypting program, several mariachis decided to support the ruling by playing the DeCSS song on every wedding they're invited to.
Asked about the relationship between a DVD-decrypting program, and the traditional mexican music, they responded: "Well, there ees notheeng in common, but we decided to support our hacker amigos in their fight against the eevil gringo corporations".
Now, can we move on to some _real_ news?
Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera would now be involved in a lawsuit about which of them came up with the "Lame Blonde Female Singer" look first...
..only to be sued by Madonna, claiming "prior art".