I am a teenage kid and use my PC for far more than AOL, IM, CDs, and MP3s... you are forgetting PC games my friend. This, of course, ups the ante in terms of components, nothing but high-end for me. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'll go back to fragging people on my uber-ninja box.
Do we really need to save ourselves from destruction? Would it really matter? I, for one, wouldn't care if we all were destroyed by space matter. If it happened tomorrow, that would suck, but somehow I would end up getting laid because of the impending doom thing and that would be okay. Then I'd just sit on the couch with a beer and smoke a pack of unfiltereds. Ain't the end of the world grand?
Does any Slashdotter want to draft a well written and researched form letter? Perhaps one where all you need to do is fill in your relevant regional and personal information (state, representatives name, one's own name). I believe this would strongly facilitate a movement towards legislative action. Plus it would make it easier for lazy people/people with no time, like myself.
Praise be to you righteous one. This seems to be a valid question to me, particularly if one is interested in pursuing a career as an entrepeneur in this modern economy. Being a geek doesn't mean you have to work for The Man.
Indeed, the government IS evil. A government is, in simplest forms, a body of the people (not just democracy, any government). Since people have the capacity for evil, a government also does and because a government is a magnification of the people it is capable of a magnified evil. Some would construe that I am a proponent of Libertarianism or anarchism or some other such nonsense, but I do not prescribe to any such political affiliation. According to my personal philosophy, to which I prescribe only when it suits me, we (humanity) have dug our hole (basic social structures) and now we must lie in it. Woe to the organisms that ever sought land, we should have never left the ocean.
The high protein diets may certainly have effects in immediate weight loss but long term they are horrendous. Also, eating all of that meat really doesn't help you feel any better. I have cut out all land animals from my diet and subsisted on seafood and vegetarian foods for the last year and I feel great. When you stop eating things like chicken and beef you avoid a lot of saturated fats that you really shouldn't consume. You do need some saturated fats, but that is what sunflower seeds and the like are for. A largely vegetarian diet, or a diet eliminating fatty luxury foods (like steak), may not have the immediate results of the current fad diets but it sets you up for a long and enjoyable life, free of heart disease and all sorts of other nasty things.
Maximum RAM on a modern day (486 and up) processor is 4GB. G4s are just nicer processors though, come on. Honestly though, laptops aren't the best thing for heavy duty processing. Snag one of those newer cheap SPARC stations or if you have a bottomless wallet go for some big iron on Ebay.
Have you been to the theater lately? R rated films usually ARE filled with "parents" and their children. I am extrememly thankful my parents didn't take me to see Silence of the Lambs when I was young... now if it wasn't for all those zombie flicks they let me watch I wouldn't be afraid of dead people... and IT and Arachnaphobia pretty much did it for clowns and spiders... Aren't lifelong crippling phobias great?
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Quit whining about having movie reviews. Would it make you feel better if I lied to you and said that the FBI webserver involved in the movie ran Linux? Or that Vergers wheelchair used embedded Linux? Would you shut up then? Slashdot, I believe, has surpassed its original intent and become less of a news source, less of a Linux forum, and more of a community or an extension of a community.
Absolutely. The Biltmore Estate is one of the most interesting things in North Carolina. It contrasts wonderfully with the poverty stricken people of the Appalachias not too far away (not intended as an insult to the wonderful town of Asheville, think Deliverance). I feel that it perfectly portrays the gap between rich and poor and makes an interesting statement about what America was, is, and will be.
Thanks for the info. I was a bit perplexed at the ease with which Starling traveled from DC to Asheville throughout the film. I certainly would be exhausted after a drive like that but apparently in Hollywood they have a kind of vague understanding of Eastern geography that allows for such things.
I had no clue that was James Madisons Virginia home. Odd that she would pass a sign saying "Asheville" (which is in the mountains of North Carolina). Also, this house looked a lot like the Biltmore Estate in Asheville. Please let me know if I'm wrong. I live in NC (right below Virginia) and would love to visit James Madison's house some time.
I've had my Customatix shoes for some time and I love them. They have stood up to the abuse I put on them (dropping cases on them; walking through dusty network closets; mud, rain, and silicon paste) and I can say they have faired much better than any "brand" shoe I've ever had.
Not really a plug, but if you want a custom operating system without giving your money to Microsoft so they can shortchange some programmers overseas, try these guys.
I don't know how close you want the game to be related to actualy business but Dope Wars is really a good choice. It kind of blurs the line between economics and fun (and dealing drugs) but I think it may suit as it is easy to learn and free.
To "emulate" a dial tone you must create your own phone system. You need a 9v power supply (battery?) to run the power on the line and then simply cross the send and receives. Read the article on telephone systems at www.howstuffworks.com
My friends and I used to do that all the time. Especially under the bank. They've closed it up now. The police didn't call it 'infiltration' though, it was called 'trespassing' or 'breaking-and-entering'. Go figure.
Just remember that in the United States the predominant Christian denomination is not the Church (the Roman Catholic Church) but rather the churches (the Protestant denominations).
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I am a teenage kid and use my PC for far more than AOL, IM, CDs, and MP3s... you are forgetting PC games my friend. This, of course, ups the ante in terms of components, nothing but high-end for me. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'll go back to fragging people on my uber-ninja box.
BTW, AOL... come on... broadband all the way.
Do we really need to save ourselves from destruction? Would it really matter? I, for one, wouldn't care if we all were destroyed by space matter. If it happened tomorrow, that would suck, but somehow I would end up getting laid because of the impending doom thing and that would be okay. Then I'd just sit on the couch with a beer and smoke a pack of unfiltereds. Ain't the end of the world grand?
Dude, I'm not even going to be politic. You are an ignorant fucking dick. Bitch.
Does any Slashdotter want to draft a well written and researched form letter? Perhaps one where all you need to do is fill in your relevant regional and personal information (state, representatives name, one's own name). I believe this would strongly facilitate a movement towards legislative action. Plus it would make it easier for lazy people/people with no time, like myself.
Give the kids a break, they're in highschool. What cool things have YOU done?
Asshole, the linux toaster was built by students. Students of a teacher TEACHING Linux. Dumbass.
I thoroughly agree. Though since only the people in the US count for anything the conclusion one can draw from this is that ALL people are assholes.
Don't be an Asshole(TM).
Praise be to you righteous one. This seems to be a valid question to me, particularly if one is interested in pursuing a career as an entrepeneur in this modern economy. Being a geek doesn't mean you have to work for The Man.
Indeed, the government IS evil. A government is, in simplest forms, a body of the people (not just democracy, any government). Since people have the capacity for evil, a government also does and because a government is a magnification of the people it is capable of a magnified evil. Some would construe that I am a proponent of Libertarianism or anarchism or some other such nonsense, but I do not prescribe to any such political affiliation. According to my personal philosophy, to which I prescribe only when it suits me, we (humanity) have dug our hole (basic social structures) and now we must lie in it. Woe to the organisms that ever sought land, we should have never left the ocean.
The high protein diets may certainly have effects in immediate weight loss but long term they are horrendous. Also, eating all of that meat really doesn't help you feel any better. I have cut out all land animals from my diet and subsisted on seafood and vegetarian foods for the last year and I feel great. When you stop eating things like chicken and beef you avoid a lot of saturated fats that you really shouldn't consume. You do need some saturated fats, but that is what sunflower seeds and the like are for. A largely vegetarian diet, or a diet eliminating fatty luxury foods (like steak), may not have the immediate results of the current fad diets but it sets you up for a long and enjoyable life, free of heart disease and all sorts of other nasty things.
Maximum RAM on a modern day (486 and up) processor is 4GB. G4s are just nicer processors though, come on. Honestly though, laptops aren't the best thing for heavy duty processing. Snag one of those newer cheap SPARC stations or if you have a bottomless wallet go for some big iron on Ebay.
Not to be an ass but -- wait, yes, I'm being an ass. But, at least these days, doesn't usage denote meaning? If you say 'no' then I say 'shut up'.
"Will clones themselves ache from the sense that they may not be 'complete,' that they're inexorably removed from their so-called peers?"
Hell, I feel like that all the time.
Have you been to the theater lately? R rated films usually ARE filled with "parents" and their children. I am extrememly thankful my parents didn't take me to see Silence of the Lambs when I was young... now if it wasn't for all those zombie flicks they let me watch I wouldn't be afraid of dead people... and IT and Arachnaphobia pretty much did it for clowns and spiders... Aren't lifelong crippling phobias great?
Quit whining about having movie reviews. Would it make you feel better if I lied to you and said that the FBI webserver involved in the movie ran Linux? Or that Vergers wheelchair used embedded Linux? Would you shut up then? Slashdot, I believe, has surpassed its original intent and become less of a news source, less of a Linux forum, and more of a community or an extension of a community.
Absolutely. The Biltmore Estate is one of the most interesting things in North Carolina. It contrasts wonderfully with the poverty stricken people of the Appalachias not too far away (not intended as an insult to the wonderful town of Asheville, think Deliverance). I feel that it perfectly portrays the gap between rich and poor and makes an interesting statement about what America was, is, and will be.
Thanks for the info. I was a bit perplexed at the ease with which Starling traveled from DC to Asheville throughout the film. I certainly would be exhausted after a drive like that but apparently in Hollywood they have a kind of vague understanding of Eastern geography that allows for such things.
I had no clue that was James Madisons Virginia home. Odd that she would pass a sign saying "Asheville" (which is in the mountains of North Carolina). Also, this house looked a lot like the Biltmore Estate in Asheville. Please let me know if I'm wrong. I live in NC (right below Virginia) and would love to visit James Madison's house some time.
I've had my Customatix shoes for some time and I love them. They have stood up to the abuse I put on them (dropping cases on them; walking through dusty network closets; mud, rain, and silicon paste) and I can say they have faired much better than any "brand" shoe I've ever had.
Not really a plug, but if you want a custom operating system without giving your money to Microsoft so they can shortchange some programmers overseas, try these guys.
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Granted, they may be doing the same thing for all I know, but at least there are other options.
I don't know how close you want the game to be related to actualy business but Dope Wars is really a good choice. It kind of blurs the line between economics and fun (and dealing drugs) but I think it may suit as it is easy to learn and free.
To "emulate" a dial tone you must create your own phone system. You need a 9v power supply (battery?) to run the power on the line and then simply cross the send and receives. Read the article on telephone systems at www.howstuffworks.com
My friends and I used to do that all the time. Especially under the bank. They've closed it up now. The police didn't call it 'infiltration' though, it was called 'trespassing' or 'breaking-and-entering'. Go figure.
Just remember that in the United States the predominant Christian denomination is not the Church (the Roman Catholic Church) but rather the churches (the Protestant denominations).