I've met a couple of the suicide girls here in Portland, nice people, very real. The only way I knew that I'd met them was a willy week article that pointed out where they worked (??!!). Never been to the site, my relationships forbids, but I can't see what nintendo would possibly have against a free bump from presumably attractive women.
After all, it seems like advertisings age old adage is, 'SEX SELLS'. IIRC correctly, if you enter the right code in metroid, you end up playing as a hot albiet pixilated woman. Nintendo may have gone towards a kiddie console setup, but they do still sell M rated games.
It's the evangelism that makes me bash, you know. The evangelical tradition is Christians bashing everyone else's beliefs. How often have I heard "Repent sinner, or go to hell!" from your ilk. Go ahead and get twitchy, but know that YOU are the cause of your own troubles.
When you are ready to have an enlightened, peaceful religion, you will drop the conversion drive, let people live their lives, and keep the core tenants of your religion, which are mostly good. Until then, you are just a bunch of petty bastards arguing over souls that don't belong to you.
But back to the topic at hand.. Seems like and interesting story ('Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell', not the bible). I generally don't get on well with fantasy stories set in the near past, present or the future, because well, I'm pretty sure that no magic is happening in those time zones. However, if the presentation is subtle (see John Crowley's 'Little, Big' fro an example of what I refer to), I can ussually suspend disbelief for long enough to enjoy the story. With amazon listing it at 16.99$, sounds like it might be worth the time.
Knowning when the ladies are in heat... Evolution took this out because we don't need it to survive.
Actually, "Evolution" probably took it out for a positive reason, not just because we didn't need it.
I don't think that it's gone. Your lady may want to have sex with you on a regular basis, but she is most fertile on certain days of her cycle. The natural planning method of birth control would work, except for the fact that sperm are able to live for quite some time whilst looking for an egg to fertilize.
If you really pay attention to your woman, you might notice that she does still have cycles, and that she's way hornier at certain times of the month.;) It's about the only thing that makes up for the fact that they bleed for a week straight.:D
I think that the original function of the fertility cycle probably has to do with the timing of which offspring are born. Animals are ruled by the weather.. If the offspring are born at the wrong time (say, during the middle of winter), they may well not survive. Humans have largely mastered the effects of weather, thus eliminating the need for a cycle that prevents us from bearing children in the winter.
I'm a bladesmith, and I work with a propane fired forge on a regular basis. Even my properly aspirated burners don't burn well without containment and back pressure. If you pull a burner out of the forge, it sputters real bad and doesn't produce nearly as much heat.
Most of the time, a straight propane leak (without proper aspiration) will blow it self out, even with an open flame nearby. Sure, it's stinky, and if you get the mix with atmostphere wrong it could blow up if contained properly, but generally, LPG is pretty safe stuff.
I once used an excuse straight out out the bastard operator from hell's excuse generator..
"Electromagnetic interference from solar flares, sir."
The best part?
It was true. They had a 100"+ UTP arial cable.. Dude asked me why he was having packet loss. That summer, the sun was kicking out lots of solar flares..
I'm thinking that if I ever run into this thing, I might just whip a couple of custom mp3's... You know, 10 second clips from, say 30 popular songs.
Then I'll transfer it back and forth until the damn thing crashes, or the network admin gets annoyed that I'm screwing up his CS game and smashes the thing with a hammer.
Perhaps you should read and understand the article before you tell everyone else to.
There is clear mention of using the technology for toll road systems..
"Proponents of the technology maintain that DSRC systems will also be able to replace existing highway RFID applications such as automatic toll collection systems like EZ-Pass. "There is nothing that current systems do that DSRC systems won't be able to do in a breeze--while it's idling in fact," says Richard Schnacke, vice president of industry relations for TransCore and the chairman and spokesperson for the DSRC Industry Consortium."
That makes it pretty obvious that data can be passed BOTH ways in the system. Is it important that the RFID chips are located in the street sign, or in the car? If they can use the technology in ways that they aren't directly advertising, that makes me nervous.
It seems to me that the dedicated short range communications (DSRC) system that they are proposing is easily upgradable from simple RFID chips on the roadside to more advanced DSRC boxes. I'm not sure if the stated 1 km range of the DSRC system is between two DSRC boxes, or between a DSRC unit and a roadside RFID chip, but I can see an easy implementation in which the RFID chips are made to transmit info to a more periodically spaced set of road side RSRC units. Such a system could easily track the speed and position of a vehicle, and transmit it to any given authority in very near real time. Hell, they would probably even give you speeding tickets remotely..
What really disturbs me about the development and possible deployment of this system is it's stated goal, "part of the agency's efforts to cut road fatalities in the U.S. by 50% within 10 years." I'm uncertain that warnings about upcoming road conditions will reduce the level of traffic fatalies by anywhere near 50%. The only way I can see this system having any sort of serious effect is if they use it to actively track and remove serial vehichle offenders.
Being able to identify something is a little different than being able to track it.
In some ways, using a car does seem to lessen you privacy, primarily in that law enforcement seems quite confident in searching your vechile without a warrant.
To identifiy a pet when you have it at a location where it can be scanned (such as a vet or the humane society). It does not allow you to track your pet.
[i]In short, by supressing one of my senses I also supress some of my natural uneasiness in uncertain social situations and that's helped make me more confident overall.[/i]
I can't do that. I, too, have a bit of discomfort in social situations, specifically when out in the general public.
I find that having headphones on decreases my situational awareness. I grew up in a shitty neighborhood where people sometimes wanted to kick the crap out of me. On one occassion, I got my ass beat because I wasn't tuned into what was going on around me. I didn't catch the clues, and I paid for it.
Even ten years later, even after kicking the crap out of people who messed with me in the past, even knowing that I live in a much nicer place now, I still can't feel comforatble wearing headphones in public.
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That is a good point.
It might blow your car up, costing you money. I think that some of the concerns expressed further up in the thread about 'I don't want to mess with my car because I'm afraid I might DIE' are just a little bit over dramatic.
Then, ANY kind of work that you do on a new engine might very well cause it to blow up. A buddy of mine blew a head gasket in his Honda trying to get a relatively small gain in horsepower/torque.
Most geeks are much safer and less likely to destroy an engine when blowing some code into a PROM than they would be actually modifying an engine in a more traditional sense.
Noobs are ok, as long as both teams are balanced. When the teams are unbalanced, and the decent part of your team is stats whoring as a feild ops or panzer, it does kinda suck.
Covert is one of the most fun classes in the game, but it does take more practice. I really wish that more noobs would spend thier first month playing an engineer instead of a covert with a sniper riffle. You really only need one covert on most maps. It's a bummer when you need a covert and all 5 of them are too busy trying to be an elite sniper to steal the pants and open the door for you to finish the objective.
Slashdot Mirror
Totally, Coward.
Good sex is worth way more than good porn.
I'm with you here..
I've met a couple of the suicide girls here in Portland, nice people, very real. The only way I knew that I'd met them was a willy week article that pointed out where they worked (??!!). Never been to the site, my relationships forbids, but I can't see what nintendo would possibly have against a free bump from presumably attractive women.
After all, it seems like advertisings age old adage is, 'SEX SELLS'. IIRC correctly, if you enter the right code in metroid, you end up playing as a hot albiet pixilated woman. Nintendo may have gone towards a kiddie console setup, but they do still sell M rated games.
[Folger's lawyer]
It's obvious that you are suffering from Terminal Bonitis, rather than caffine withdrawl.
Have a nice day.
[/Foldger's lawyer]
It's the evangelism that makes me bash, you know. The evangelical tradition is Christians bashing everyone else's beliefs. How often have I heard "Repent sinner, or go to hell!" from your ilk. Go ahead and get twitchy, but know that YOU are the cause of your own troubles.
When you are ready to have an enlightened, peaceful religion, you will drop the conversion drive, let people live their lives, and keep the core tenants of your religion, which are mostly good. Until then, you are just a bunch of petty bastards arguing over souls that don't belong to you.
But back to the topic at hand.. Seems like and interesting story ('Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell', not the bible). I generally don't get on well with fantasy stories set in the near past, present or the future, because well, I'm pretty sure that no magic is happening in those time zones. However, if the presentation is subtle (see John Crowley's 'Little, Big' fro an example of what I refer to), I can ussually suspend disbelief for long enough to enjoy the story. With amazon listing it at 16.99$, sounds like it might be worth the time.
*CRASH*
OWWW!
Thanks for the froody advice. Your mother is a Vogon lit teacher.
God Damn it Man!
Don't you know that the reason we don't "toot our own horn" is so that the savage hoards won't move here?
Stop it, or I'll revoke your camping license!
Knowning when the ladies are in heat... Evolution took this out because we don't need it to survive.
;) It's about the only thing that makes up for the fact that they bleed for a week straight. :D
Actually, "Evolution" probably took it out for a positive reason, not just because we didn't need it.
I don't think that it's gone. Your lady may want to have sex with you on a regular basis, but she is most fertile on certain days of her cycle. The natural planning method of birth control would work, except for the fact that sperm are able to live for quite some time whilst looking for an egg to fertilize.
If you really pay attention to your woman, you might notice that she does still have cycles, and that she's way hornier at certain times of the month.
I think that the original function of the fertility cycle probably has to do with the timing of which offspring are born. Animals are ruled by the weather.. If the offspring are born at the wrong time (say, during the middle of winter), they may well not survive. Humans have largely mastered the effects of weather, thus eliminating the need for a cycle that prevents us from bearing children in the winter.
It's not a scary as you might think.
I'm a bladesmith, and I work with a propane fired forge on a regular basis. Even my properly aspirated burners don't burn well without containment and back pressure. If you pull a burner out of the forge, it sputters real bad and doesn't produce nearly as much heat.
Most of the time, a straight propane leak (without
proper aspiration) will blow it self out, even with an open flame nearby. Sure, it's stinky, and if you get the mix with atmostphere wrong it could blow up if contained properly, but generally, LPG is pretty safe stuff.
I thought he'd finally gone senile and we'd never hear from him again.
Damn.
lol
;)
That may be the worst reply I've ever given
And yes.. Grave danger of being crushed by a red dwarf.
I once used an excuse straight out out the bastard operator from hell's excuse generator..
"Electromagnetic interference from solar flares, sir."
The best part?
It was true. They had a 100"+ UTP arial cable.. Dude asked me why he was having packet loss. That summer, the sun was kicking out lots of solar flares..
Uh..
s'already 151..
I'm not *hic* sure I can handle that much mor *hic*
byu7hng6
Damn.
I puked on my keyboard again.
Additionally, gas prices in oregon today are incredibly high..
.05$ cheaper per gallon).
2.50$ a gallon for super. On the other hand, self service prices in California are similar (maybe
Almost makes me wish I lived on NJ.. Of course, if I lived there, I'd have to buy more gas so that I could, well, leave.
But, if the game's just a click-fest, you're right: it's no better than gambling.
At least when gambling, you can win money.
Hmm..
I'm thinking that if I ever run into this thing, I might just whip a couple of custom mp3's... You know, 10 second clips from, say 30 popular songs.
Then I'll transfer it back and forth until the damn thing crashes, or the network admin gets annoyed that I'm screwing up his CS game and smashes the thing with a hammer.
Perhaps you should read and understand the article before you tell everyone else to.
There is clear mention of using the technology for toll road systems..
"Proponents of the technology maintain that DSRC systems will also be able to replace existing highway RFID applications such as automatic toll collection systems like EZ-Pass. "There is nothing that current systems do that DSRC systems won't be able to do in a breeze--while it's idling in fact," says Richard Schnacke, vice president of industry relations for TransCore and the chairman and spokesperson for the DSRC Industry Consortium."
That makes it pretty obvious that data can be passed BOTH ways in the system. Is it important that the RFID chips are located in the street sign, or in the car? If they can use the technology in ways that they aren't directly advertising, that makes me nervous.
It seems to me that the dedicated short range communications (DSRC) system that they are proposing is easily upgradable from simple RFID chips on the roadside to more advanced DSRC boxes. I'm not sure if the stated 1 km range of the DSRC system is between two DSRC boxes, or between a DSRC unit and a roadside RFID chip, but I can see an easy implementation in which the RFID chips are made to transmit info to a more periodically spaced set of road side RSRC units. Such a system could easily track the speed and position of a vehicle, and transmit it to any given authority in very near real time. Hell, they would probably even give you speeding tickets remotely..
What really disturbs me about the development and possible deployment of this system is it's stated goal, "part of the agency's efforts to cut road fatalities in the U.S. by 50% within 10 years." I'm uncertain that warnings about upcoming road conditions will reduce the level of traffic fatalies by anywhere near 50%. The only way I can see this system having any sort of serious effect is if they use it to actively track and remove serial vehichle offenders.
Being able to identify something is a little different than being able to track it.
In some ways, using a car does seem to lessen you privacy, primarily in that law enforcement seems quite confident in searching your vechile without a warrant.
Best way to smuggle drugs? The local bus system.
Sure, they work.
To identifiy a pet when you have it at a location where it can be scanned (such as a vet or the humane society). It does not allow you to track your pet.
And my dog thinks your cat is a pussy.
Quoth the parent:
[i]In short, by supressing one of my senses I also supress some of my natural uneasiness in uncertain social situations and that's helped make me more confident overall.[/i]
I can't do that. I, too, have a bit of discomfort in social situations, specifically when out in the general public.
I find that having headphones on decreases my situational awareness. I grew up in a shitty neighborhood where people sometimes wanted to kick the crap out of me. On one occassion, I got my ass beat because I wasn't tuned into what was going on around me. I didn't catch the clues, and I paid for it.
Even ten years later, even after kicking the crap out of people who messed with me in the past, even knowing that I live in a much nicer place now, I still can't feel comforatble wearing headphones in public.
You get wet. Then, you dry off. No worse than dealing with the rest of the idiots who drive.
It's that simple.
Ok, when I read your comment, I couldn't help but think how much cooler this 'dragon' would be if it did have an RPG..
C'mon.. Am I the only one who thought that a guard *dragon* would have a *flame thrower* in it's mouth?
Yeah, Man.
My name ain't skip.
That is a good point.
It might blow your car up, costing you money. I think that some of the concerns expressed further up in the thread about 'I don't want to mess with my car because I'm afraid I might DIE' are just a little bit over dramatic.
Then, ANY kind of work that you do on a new engine might very well cause it to blow up. A buddy of mine blew a head gasket in his Honda trying to get a relatively small gain in horsepower/torque.
Most geeks are much safer and less likely to destroy an engine when blowing some code into a PROM than they would be actually modifying an engine in a more traditional sense.
josh
Noobs are ok, as long as both teams are balanced. When the teams are unbalanced, and the decent part of your team is stats whoring as a feild ops or panzer, it does kinda suck.
Covert is one of the most fun classes in the game, but it does take more practice. I really wish that more noobs would spend thier first month playing an engineer instead of a covert with a sniper riffle. You really only need one covert on most maps. It's a bummer when you need a covert and all 5 of them are too busy trying to be an elite sniper to steal the pants and open the door for you to finish the objective.
Xp whoring sucks, too.
jones
I've seen better commentary on a stall wall..