Only uninformed or deceived Westerners refer to "Hari Kari" That does not align with the citation you quoted:
In Japanese, hara-kiri is a colloquialism, seppuku being the more formal term. Samurai (and modern adherents of bushido) would use seppuku, whereas ordinary Japanese (who in feudal times as well as today looked askance at the practice) would use hara-kiri. Ordinary Westerners are presumably, by and large, not samurai or followers of bushido. Does that make them uninformed or deceived?
Anyway, the place resides in Florida and there's now way in heck I'd ever want to live there. If that's the case, he should just turn it into a time-share or rental. I wouldn't want to live there, but I like to visit.
You could quote the paragraph in question and put it in italics. You know, Slashdot should add some sort of quoting mechanism. Use a snappy name, like "quote" or something.
Submitting an email address on the "sign up for an email reminder" form results in a Microsoft VBScript error. It's either slashdotted or horribly broken.
The Democrats got handed a majority by the voters because they promised to change things. But they've done nothing. They continue to call for an end to the war, but their words have not translated into deeds. Same thing with this cloture vote. You may have a point when it comes to the occupation of Iraq, but every single Democrat voted "aye". How could they possibly have done more than that?
(I say "every", but a certain Democratic East Coast Senator that ran as an Independent this past election was the lone exception. He seems quite smitten with Bush and his policies in general. He should probably come out of the closet and switch parties already.)
Of course, it could equally be argued that without Linux, the GNU user space tools would just be a nice collection of tools with no OS to run on... It could not be successfully argued.
GNU tools ran fine on other OSes long before Linux became so popular, including Solaris (and SunOS before it), AIX, HP/UX, IRIX, NEXTSTEP, Ultrix, and so on.
"But what if the pig were suspended via twine attached to the dorsal feathers of a flock of swallows?"
African or European? Much like Godwin's Law, if a conversation includes sufficiently geeky participants, the probability over time of a Monty Python quote appearing also approaches 1.
I want to thank the EU for reminding me again how censorship of ideas doesn't work, unless you actually have a human read the content, and even then... "Which is why we have loyal citizens like Winston Smith, shown here working tirelessly at his spartan desk, searching assiduously through historical records to weed out untruths and doubleplusungoodthink. Freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength!"
And Scarecrows, Tin Men, little girls and their little dogs too Which, since we're talking about AI and technology, immediately reminds me of The Guru of News.
If UFC has shown us anything, it's that dependence on one single fight style is a death sentence. Kung Fu is a good workout, but is reduced to a fancy "dance" when your opponent actually steps in close enough to "grapple" with you. Nonsense. Kung fu styles generally include chin na techniques for neutralizing opponents at close quarters, including joint locks and nerve, airway, and circulatory attacks.
Shaolin monks as everyone thinks of them haven't existed since the Communist Revolution of China back in 1966, when they killed or arrested as many monks as they could find. There are still monks at the Shaolin temple, but the oral tradition has been broken and all "secret techniques" have been lost. From what I've read, the modern monks there are basically showmen for tourists. I've been told that this is indeed true of the areas visible to tourists, but that there are much more competent monks with whom you must be a bit more persistent to get training from. I cannot personally vouch for the veracity of this claim, though.
Dude! What are you talking about??? Even the Shaolin monks respect the sheer deadly destructive powers of a *LAWYER*!!! You're confusing Shaolin monks with the Nac Mac Feegle, whose swords glow blue in their presence.
Satellitte suggests 'orbit'. Well, they haven't been boosted beyond galactic escape velocity (by at least an order of magnitude), so they're in orbit around the galactic center.
I too thought as you do, but was flabbergasted to find that most of the police officers in my town have master's degrees. More surprisingly, two are lawyers. While in other towns, the police allegedly privately sell the drugs they seize in arrests for their own profit and let people go without tickets in exchange for sexual favors. Your area sounds fortunate to have well-qualified LEOs.
The citations Mr. Righi provides from Ohio state law seem to suggest that the officer in question did not have proper legal authority for his actions.
Sadly, we live in a world where most people in power actually believe that anyone who points out problems is just as bad as someone who causes and exploits problems. NARRATOR: Fortunately, our handsomest politicians came up with a cheap, last-minute way to combat global warming. Ever since 2063 we simply drop a giant ice cube into the ocean every now and then. Of course, since the greenhouse gases are still building up, it takes more and more ice each time. Thus solving the problem once and for all.
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This lawsuit may raise the cost of the OLPC to $419 per unit in Nigeria.
On his show, Jerry Springer was himself quite sober and rational, modulo the subject matter. It was his guests and audience that weren't.
Perhaps the next step should be NeXTstep.
Pffft, that's just software.
However, I'm curious to know if it supports an HCF (Halt and Catch Fire) opcode.
I hereby promote you to grade 37. And as for you, icepick72...
Guards! Bring me the forms I need to fill out to have him taken away!
Submitting an email address on the "sign up for an email reminder" form results in a Microsoft VBScript error. It's either slashdotted or horribly broken.
Well, and now we know why he believes he's above the law. I'm thinking it's more like Judge Dredd:
"I am the decider, I mean the...um...can't get fooled again."
Refuse to be terrorized, people.
He's saying that "0009" and "9" are both valid and distinct codes.
(I say "every", but a certain Democratic East Coast Senator that ran as an Independent this past election was the lone exception. He seems quite smitten with Bush and his policies in general. He should probably come out of the closet and switch parties already.)
Never underestimate the intelligence of a troll whose brain is cold enough to superconduct.
GNU tools ran fine on other OSes long before Linux became so popular, including Solaris (and SunOS before it), AIX, HP/UX, IRIX, NEXTSTEP, Ultrix, and so on.
African or European? Much like Godwin's Law, if a conversation includes sufficiently geeky participants, the probability over time of a Monty Python quote appearing also approaches 1.
The citations Mr. Righi provides from Ohio state law seem to suggest that the officer in question did not have proper legal authority for his actions.
GIRL: But--
NARRATOR: Once and for all!