This is the exact same mechanism used in art schools to keep attendance up:
"Wow, you're a great artist, kid." "How would you know?" "I'm an art teacher." "Wow, really? And you think I'm good?" "Yes, good enough to be an art teacher one day."
Then they lead them into the art school... it's shockingly ugly.
$500. Flat. Not ONE nickel over $500... riiiiiiight.
More like $700, and if you want a, oh, let's say... MONITOR, it's a few bucks more (almost $800, to be painfully precise). Now my purebred Mini (granted, I picked the second-teir option) is hovering at the $1500 mark, and we have no printer, no speakers, no modem, no additional software. Round the whole shebang up to $1700, and we're probably approaching honesty. Macs are wonderful, and they cost wonderful. The box I am using to post this reply cost me $279, and the monitor cost me an additional $310 (I insisted on LCD), I have a $57 printer, $34 speakers (4.1), and Linux (with scads of software) for free (Ubuntu). $680. Flat. Ugly, yes. Kludgy, perhaps. But if I took that additional $1000 after it, I think I could shape it up nicely.
Actually, your most obvious culprits in the war on gas mileage are weight and secondary power uses. Yank out the AC system, the stereo and speakers, air bag systems, plush seats (replace with lighter, race-inspired models, of course), power windows, automatic transmission, sound-deadening materials, spare tire, etc. and you'll probably approach a doubling of gas mileage in a compact car while decreasing 0-60 times to boot. Of course, you won't end up on "Rides", but you get to keep the ash tray.
You've seen the aging entertainers brought up on stage to honor their work long after they've actively contributed anything of worth, and all your left with is a sad feeling that they held on so long past their prime. Could be that Earth may be held in higher regard for her unfulfilled promise than her (most likely) embarrassing star-children. I'd heap rather hear the Klingons say, "Those Earthlings were killed by a meteor just in time, Kaajh! If they had made it to space, our Empire would quake at their coming." Rather than hear the Vulcans say, "You have to feel sorry for the Earthlings, Travik. They colonize a planet, kill off all the indigenous life, build casinos, get sexually transmitted diseases and have to start all over again elsewhere. And they seem to be such jovial people, too! Tsk tsk." As Def Leppard put it: It's better to burn out than to fade away.
So, let me get this straight... We should ALL get AFI lifetime achievement awards for leading almost normal lives? It sort of takes the shine off the apple, so you can have mine. George Lucas gets awarded for his film work, and everyone crawls out to say what a hack he is. I ask what films they have made to displace his achievement, and you say I have devalued humanity in general. One word: decaf.
Kinda. It's not an Actions and Motivations award, it's a Film-Making award. He's made films, several in fact. Did it most of his life. Lifetime acheivement of making films. Here's an award. Besides, when I apparently called people's creativity into question, I didn't mean YOU, I meant THEM. YOU, however, are exempt from the comment. Don't ever confuse THEM with YOU.
While I wish them all the luck in whatever world they inhabit, the series was drekkish. The characters were seemingly handcrafted for conflict and dichotomy to the point that it's almost Jerry Springerish out there. Everyone's volatile, all the relationships are strained and uncooperative, etc. It's just an easy way of drawing and maintaining plot tension through antagonism. Plus, you get the added bonus of knowing without a shadow of a doubt that they're never, ever going to kill off a character until they've run a few seasons down the pipe and determined viewer reaction. You're somehow telling me this fanatically incompatible hodge-podge of critically-massed character constructs sticks together like glue? Pshaw. It was vaguely believable in the Star Trek incarnations, due to there being a quasi-miltary reason for being aboard a common vessel, but on some smuggler's run-down ship?
You want to impress me with this show, kill the captain in the third episode, have a struggle for possession of the ship itself (which costs namable characters' lives), and follow plot from there. Three episodes later, blow up the ship forever, strand them on a planet where they're dirt poor and unable to run from their pasts and chase their futures. Plus, they have to get a new ship. Have transient characters which are awesome and cool and leave for no explainable reason in episode 12 or so. They just say, "this is my stop", and hop off. Lather, rinse, repeat. One last beef: artificial gravity. Either lose it, or base the thing on a planet and never leave it.
Calling a group of cool, quirky characters delving into their personal problems while embroiled in an epic struggle on a single ship where "down" is always the floor "innovative" is a bit dumb.
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Wherza guy meet dat chickadee in the picture? She's gorgeous!
I am the perpetual Linux newbie, and I have used everything from RedHat to SuSe to Knoppix and even tried to install Gentoo (Lordy), but I keep coming back to Mandrake. I honestly think that all the distros I tried had merit, but mandrake seems the most willing to forgive my ignorance while still encouraging me to learn. I must say that in the 5 years I've been dabbling with Linux, I have seen immense improvements in practically everything except the nagging problem of consistent hardware support (for example: my digicam worked OOB with 'drake 8, but not with my current setup of 10). I'm sure anyone reading this could fix it in a NYM, but 8 didn't HAVE to be fixed, dangit! So, there, my answer is Mandrake. By the way, My 73-year-old Mom runs Mandrake, but she just calls it 'my computer'. I think that's cool!
Well, I understand your problems with the whole Jesus thing, and they are well-framed and empty of contempt, so I don't want to insult you. That would be punishing someone with a contrary viewpoint just for having it.
Truth is, most "definitive" biographical information we have about ancient characters was written dozens, if not hundreds of years after their deaths. However, since they seem to jibe with other evidences, we have no reason out of hand to disbelieve the existence, words, and acts of Ramses, Caesar, Alexander, Plato, etc. So at some point, you can comfortably say, "Well, no one came up with a refutive biography, so let's work with the one that seemed to be tolerable even to the critics at the time..." It's a bit thin, as opposed to having video of Alexander conquering the known world, but it seems to make historians happy. Unless, of course, you're Jesus.
But then again, Tony's 900, as spectacular as it was, didn't fit over 100 pieces of specific predictive prophecy from several hundreds of years of writing, most several hundreds of years prior to the event. And, Tony's 900 didn't quite heal hundreds or feed thousands and deliver moral teachings or resurrect after a decent Roman crucifixion. But then again, there are those who think that the sun rising every morning is the result of an image broadcast into their brain by evil goverrnment agents while their bodies are actually asleep on the slab in the lab. They'll say that Tony's 900 will have sufficient artificial prophecy written about it in the near future to make it seem as if it was a predicted event, and they'll say that's it's just a matter of time before there's a Church of the Tony Hawk 900. You know, some people believe some whacky things.
They only got a couple of eggs to work out of hundreds, and we still don't know the hidden impacts of such an abnormal mammalian progenation. What happens when this mouse breeds sexually? How long does it live? The whole thing could foreseeably collapse in less than two generations, or give rise to whole new genetic failures and degrading mutations in inobvious parts of the genome. I know this sort of research is promising, but it also scares me silly, because some whack-job is probably dying to try it on humans, no matter how risky.
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This is the exact same mechanism used in art schools to keep attendance up:
"Wow, you're a great artist, kid."
"How would you know?"
"I'm an art teacher."
"Wow, really? And you think I'm good?"
"Yes, good enough to be an art teacher one day."
Then they lead them into the art school... it's shockingly ugly.
Scientists at eBay race to find out what fleas buy!
Bees sue scientists over industrial espionage, claiming intellectual property rights on unexplained flying!
The folks at Delta can't explain why they're still flying!
The Flying Nun finally admits that she was gliding, thus, she claims, "I ain't been flying none!"
$500. Flat. Not ONE nickel over $500... riiiiiiight.
More like $700, and if you want a, oh, let's say... MONITOR, it's a few bucks more (almost $800, to be painfully precise). Now my purebred Mini (granted, I picked the second-teir option) is hovering at the $1500 mark, and we have no printer, no speakers, no modem, no additional software. Round the whole shebang up to $1700, and we're probably approaching honesty. Macs are wonderful, and they cost wonderful. The box I am using to post this reply cost me $279, and the monitor cost me an additional $310 (I insisted on LCD), I have a $57 printer, $34 speakers (4.1), and Linux (with scads of software) for free (Ubuntu). $680. Flat. Ugly, yes. Kludgy, perhaps. But if I took that additional $1000 after it, I think I could shape it up nicely.
Now I can get my Donkey Kong and my Donkey Burger at the same place! Thanks, McTendo!
It's just TV. The money used on TiVO could easily buy a bike and a tire-swing and lotsa root beer.
finally...a use for cats
Actually, your most obvious culprits in the war on gas mileage are weight and secondary power uses. Yank out the AC system, the stereo and speakers, air bag systems, plush seats (replace with lighter, race-inspired models, of course), power windows, automatic transmission, sound-deadening materials, spare tire, etc. and you'll probably approach a doubling of gas mileage in a compact car while decreasing 0-60 times to boot. Of course, you won't end up on "Rides", but you get to keep the ash tray.
You've seen the aging entertainers brought up on stage to honor their work long after they've actively contributed anything of worth, and all your left with is a sad feeling that they held on so long past their prime. Could be that Earth may be held in higher regard for her unfulfilled promise than her (most likely) embarrassing star-children. I'd heap rather hear the Klingons say, "Those Earthlings were killed by a meteor just in time, Kaajh! If they had made it to space, our Empire would quake at their coming." Rather than hear the Vulcans say, "You have to feel sorry for the Earthlings, Travik. They colonize a planet, kill off all the indigenous life, build casinos, get sexually transmitted diseases and have to start all over again elsewhere. And they seem to be such jovial people, too! Tsk tsk."
As Def Leppard put it: It's better to burn out than to fade away.
Tragedy strikes as the military's "seek, locate, EXTERMINATE!" commands are accidently downloaded into every combine and tractor in North America.
Maximum Overdrive, indeed.
"Nothing kills like a Deere"
So, let me get this straight... We should ALL get AFI lifetime achievement awards for leading almost normal lives? It sort of takes the shine off the apple, so you can have mine. George Lucas gets awarded for his film work, and everyone crawls out to say what a hack he is. I ask what films they have made to displace his achievement, and you say I have devalued humanity in general. One word: decaf.
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Is that YOU?
Kinda. It's not an Actions and Motivations award, it's a Film-Making award. He's made films, several in fact. Did it most of his life. Lifetime acheivement of making films. Here's an award. Besides, when I apparently called people's creativity into question, I didn't mean YOU, I meant THEM. YOU, however, are exempt from the comment. Don't ever confuse THEM with YOU.
but what have YOU done?
To think, for once, my sig IS my comment!
He's supposed to suspect himself?
Tried it, liked it, kept it. It's about the nicest thing I can say about software.
While I wish them all the luck in whatever world they inhabit, the series was drekkish. The characters were seemingly handcrafted for conflict and dichotomy to the point that it's almost Jerry Springerish out there. Everyone's volatile, all the relationships are strained and uncooperative, etc. It's just an easy way of drawing and maintaining plot tension through antagonism. Plus, you get the added bonus of knowing without a shadow of a doubt that they're never, ever going to kill off a character until they've run a few seasons down the pipe and determined viewer reaction. You're somehow telling me this fanatically incompatible hodge-podge of critically-massed character constructs sticks together like glue? Pshaw. It was vaguely believable in the Star Trek incarnations, due to there being a quasi-miltary reason for being aboard a common vessel, but on some smuggler's run-down ship?
You want to impress me with this show, kill the captain in the third episode, have a struggle for possession of the ship itself (which costs namable characters' lives), and follow plot from there. Three episodes later, blow up the ship forever, strand them on a planet where they're dirt poor and unable to run from their pasts and chase their futures. Plus, they have to get a new ship. Have transient characters which are awesome and cool and leave for no explainable reason in episode 12 or so. They just say, "this is my stop", and hop off. Lather, rinse, repeat. One last beef: artificial gravity. Either lose it, or base the thing on a planet and never leave it.
Calling a group of cool, quirky characters delving into their personal problems while embroiled in an epic struggle on a single ship where "down" is always the floor "innovative" is a bit dumb.
Wherza guy meet dat chickadee in the picture? She's gorgeous!
I am the perpetual Linux newbie, and I have used everything from RedHat to SuSe to Knoppix and even tried to install Gentoo (Lordy), but I keep coming back to Mandrake. I honestly think that all the distros I tried had merit, but mandrake seems the most willing to forgive my ignorance while still encouraging me to learn. I must say that in the 5 years I've been dabbling with Linux, I have seen immense improvements in practically everything except the nagging problem of consistent hardware support (for example: my digicam worked OOB with 'drake 8, but not with my current setup of 10). I'm sure anyone reading this could fix it in a NYM, but 8 didn't HAVE to be fixed, dangit!
So, there, my answer is Mandrake. By the way, My 73-year-old Mom runs Mandrake, but she just calls it 'my computer'. I think that's cool!
Heck, they've got Mississippi buried!
Darned clever if you ask me. Who really wants Linux on their computer, and who can pass up on meeting an Egyptian Gorilla?
Monkey = always good
Big Monkey = always big good!
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Installfest!
Well, I understand your problems with the whole Jesus thing, and they are well-framed and empty of contempt, so I don't want to insult you. That would be punishing someone with a contrary viewpoint just for having it.
Truth is, most "definitive" biographical information we have about ancient characters was written dozens, if not hundreds of years after their deaths. However, since they seem to jibe with other evidences, we have no reason out of hand to disbelieve the existence, words, and acts of Ramses, Caesar, Alexander, Plato, etc. So at some point, you can comfortably say, "Well, no one came up with a refutive biography, so let's work with the one that seemed to be tolerable even to the critics at the time..." It's a bit thin, as opposed to having video of Alexander conquering the known world, but it seems to make historians happy. Unless, of course, you're Jesus.
Well, thanks, but as you can see by following posts, I'm way off the mark. Ignore me.
Some called Tony Hawk doing the 900 a miracle.
But then again, Tony's 900, as spectacular as it was, didn't fit over 100 pieces of specific predictive prophecy from several hundreds of years of writing, most several hundreds of years prior to the event. And, Tony's 900 didn't quite heal hundreds or feed thousands and deliver moral teachings or resurrect after a decent Roman crucifixion.
But then again, there are those who think that the sun rising every morning is the result of an image broadcast into their brain by evil goverrnment agents while their bodies are actually asleep on the slab in the lab. They'll say that Tony's 900 will have sufficient artificial prophecy written about it in the near future to make it seem as if it was a predicted event, and they'll say that's it's just a matter of time before there's a Church of the Tony Hawk 900.
You know, some people believe some whacky things.
They only got a couple of eggs to work out of hundreds, and we still don't know the hidden impacts of such an abnormal mammalian progenation. What happens when this mouse breeds sexually? How long does it live? The whole thing could foreseeably collapse in less than two generations, or give rise to whole new genetic failures and degrading mutations in inobvious parts of the genome. I know this sort of research is promising, but it also scares me silly, because some whack-job is probably dying to try it on humans, no matter how risky.