If having a perfect BMI doesn't actually mean perfect health, what's the point?
The point is, most americans are overweight, and if insurers can start charging most of their clients an extra $5 a week under the guise of "higher risk", their profits will skyrocket overnight.
There is no chicken and egg problem. The egg came first. One day, something that was almost a chicken, produced a chicken egg through a small random mutation. Lots of animals lay eggs, but every chiken came from an egg.
You do realise that when these nerds are "talking to your boobs" that in most cases they're simply avoiding eye contact right? They're nerds. They talk to the "boobs" of the boss too.
Sorry to burst your bubble dude, but the Porsche and the VW are literally the same car. Just some different engines and trim (internal and headlights / taillights etc).
I'd say the Cayenne vs the Touareg is a perfect example. They're the same car (mpeg-4 or x264 or whatever), only dressed up differently (more / less storage, java / whatever hd-dvd has, different studios supporing them, etc).
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I didn't either, until I spent some time with HD content. My TV is small by US penis-measuring standards, it's only 32" and it's only 720p, but there's a HUGE difference between SD and HD content in some programming. CSI:Miami looks fantastic, as does Saturday night AFL, I think sport is definitely a place you can expect to see a lot of growth in HD in the near future, and where it really pays off.
It's a very different set of technologies though. It's comparitively easier to get to the bottom of the ocean: be heavier than water. However, the engineering of craft is much more difficult for undersea vehicles. In space you only need to contain one atmosphere (~14psi) pressure. Underwater, at the bottom of the Mariana trench you're trying to keep out a thousand times that.
Add a field named "address" or whatever to your form, and give it an id="notshown" or whatever. Add in your stylesheet "#notshown { display:none }" and if you get a submission with that field filled in, it's spam.
Indeed. If there's more than one item, you get the first one free and the rest at the lower price. I bought a couple of bottles of Beam on a "2 for $50" a few years ago, they rung up for $37 each or whatever the normal price was. I complained, and got two bottles of whiskey for $25.
So I went back and bought a box of beer as well (it was new years after all)
You know, I'm sure there are people out there that think a game of chess between grand masters is more exciting than an unzud-strain rugby match. And I'm sure they'd call everybody who thinks differently "plebians" as well. It doens't make it true, it just makes you look like a dick.
No, the WTF is the fact that nerds (who really should know better) still LINED UP to buy them. Look, I'd *love* an iPhone. But a real iPhone, the one they'll sell in Europe or here (.au), and in 9 months or so in the US when apple nerds start importing them from europe/australia. When the model that is also a good phone is released, it'll be exactly the device I've been wanting for the last few years. But as it stands? I'm happy to pay full price for a cell phone, *OR* sign a contract. Never, ever both.
And no, as it's no longer 2003, I will never buy a cellphone that can't use MP3s as ringtones without paying my carrier.
We've been living this sedentry lifestyle for about 50 years, but we've only all been fat for about 15. It's what's going in that's the problem, not what we're doing at work.
I'm not trying to trivialise the importance of math in any way, but it costs a lot more to build shit and fire it into space than it does to build a few supercomputers and sit around thinking about / discussing numbers.
You know, saying "I'm not trolling" doesn't make it so. Of course your post was entirely insightful, and this is definitely the first time somebody's posted "why don't we spend this money on [foo] instead" to a space story on slashdot.
If you can't fake the universe, and you can really see results before the action is taken, what happens if you decide wether or not to hit the button based on the flip of a coin? Does that make the coin flip result predicted by whichever result you see?
I think you miss the point of copyright, as does the ??AA. The point of copyright is not to protect authors' interests. The point of it is to encourage creativity. The (originally temporary) artificial monopoly on intellectual property that is copyright was chosen as simply a means to an end. "Why bother to create something if you can't get paid for it?", they thought. The problem is, copyright has grown to an immensely long time. Everybody here knows it'll be extended over and over and is for all intents and purposes perpetual unless there are some serious shakeups in the way the US legislature does business. The net effect is that authors' rights are better protected, but at the expense of society-wide creation of new artistic works. The system has been gamed by those in power to further their own profits, and has begun to run counter to the reasoning behind its creation. Something needs to change.
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There is no chicken and egg problem. The egg came first. One day, something that was almost a chicken, produced a chicken egg through a small random mutation. Lots of animals lay eggs, but every chiken came from an egg.
I guess I did. Yes, one of these in the hands of joe q sixpack (aka dickhead) would indeed be unpleasant.
Yeah I bet homeland security is definitely worried about devices that exist within the imagination of your average slashdotter.
You do realise that when these nerds are "talking to your boobs" that in most cases they're simply avoiding eye contact right? They're nerds. They talk to the "boobs" of the boss too.
No no no, Fosters is Australian for "ship this swill to the yanks, coz it's better than budweiser so they'll actually drink the stuff".
Sorry to burst your bubble dude, but the Porsche and the VW are literally the same car. Just some different engines and trim (internal and headlights / taillights etc).
I'd say the Cayenne vs the Touareg is a perfect example. They're the same car (mpeg-4 or x264 or whatever), only dressed up differently (more / less storage, java / whatever hd-dvd has, different studios supporing them, etc).
I didn't either, until I spent some time with HD content. My TV is small by US penis-measuring standards, it's only 32" and it's only 720p, but there's a HUGE difference between SD and HD content in some programming. CSI:Miami looks fantastic, as does Saturday night AFL, I think sport is definitely a place you can expect to see a lot of growth in HD in the near future, and where it really pays off.
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Seriously though, this is fantastic news and makes it a lot more real in my mind. I hope they leave those god damned clone kids out of it though
It's a very different set of technologies though. It's comparitively easier to get to the bottom of the ocean: be heavier than water. However, the engineering of craft is much more difficult for undersea vehicles. In space you only need to contain one atmosphere (~14psi) pressure. Underwater, at the bottom of the Mariana trench you're trying to keep out a thousand times that.
Add a field named "address" or whatever to your form, and give it an id="notshown" or whatever. Add in your stylesheet "#notshown { display:none }" and if you get a submission with that field filled in, it's spam.
Think of the lolcats from your bank: "I'm in ur accounts stealin' j0r interests with f33s"
Indeed. If there's more than one item, you get the first one free and the rest at the lower price. I bought a couple of bottles of Beam on a "2 for $50" a few years ago, they rung up for $37 each or whatever the normal price was. I complained, and got two bottles of whiskey for $25.
So I went back and bought a box of beer as well (it was new years after all)
My name is Ingo Molnar. You killed my father. Prepare to die!
You know, I'm sure there are people out there that think a game of chess between grand masters is more exciting than an unzud-strain rugby match. And I'm sure they'd call everybody who thinks differently "plebians" as well. It doens't make it true, it just makes you look like a dick.
No, the WTF is the fact that nerds (who really should know better) still LINED UP to buy them. Look, I'd *love* an iPhone. But a real iPhone, the one they'll sell in Europe or here (.au), and in 9 months or so in the US when apple nerds start importing them from europe/australia. When the model that is also a good phone is released, it'll be exactly the device I've been wanting for the last few years. But as it stands? I'm happy to pay full price for a cell phone, *OR* sign a contract. Never, ever both.
And no, as it's no longer 2003, I will never buy a cellphone that can't use MP3s as ringtones without paying my carrier.
Mo... dem? What is this device you speak of? ;)
We've been living this sedentry lifestyle for about 50 years, but we've only all been fat for about 15. It's what's going in that's the problem, not what we're doing at work.
I'm not trying to trivialise the importance of math in any way, but it costs a lot more to build shit and fire it into space than it does to build a few supercomputers and sit around thinking about / discussing numbers.
You know, saying "I'm not trolling" doesn't make it so. Of course your post was entirely insightful, and this is definitely the first time somebody's posted "why don't we spend this money on [foo] instead" to a space story on slashdot.
If you can't fake the universe, and you can really see results before the action is taken, what happens if you decide wether or not to hit the button based on the flip of a coin? Does that make the coin flip result predicted by whichever result you see?
That way sounds a lot more selfish vs the one I had, frankly. Besides, I changed it anyways, that one was getting old (as a .sig, not an idea!).
I think you miss the point of copyright, as does the ??AA. The point of copyright is not to protect authors' interests. The point of it is to encourage creativity. The (originally temporary) artificial monopoly on intellectual property that is copyright was chosen as simply a means to an end. "Why bother to create something if you can't get paid for it?", they thought. The problem is, copyright has grown to an immensely long time. Everybody here knows it'll be extended over and over and is for all intents and purposes perpetual unless there are some serious shakeups in the way the US legislature does business. The net effect is that authors' rights are better protected, but at the expense of society-wide creation of new artistic works. The system has been gamed by those in power to further their own profits, and has begun to run counter to the reasoning behind its creation. Something needs to change.
Ironically the only thing I need a strategy guide for in the last Zelda, was how to work the god damned fishing you had to do in the first village.