PKD was a drug-addict speed-freak. He kept himself hopped up on amphetamines so that he could crank out the words to keep bread in his pocket. Your holding him up as a paragon of literary merit is like calling Charles Dickens a great writer.
Fusion's time will come. Fission'll make a comeback too.
The minute these hippie's comfort is even slightly pinched, they'll be clamoring for new energy sources. Air condition is a necessity during global warming.
Wasn't the sale of Lenovo reviewed before hand? I'm sure I heard something about that? Weren't these same concerns raised (at least on that all-important venue,/. ) before the sale? If the State Department is legitimately concerned, they just need to have some technically savvy[1] people audit some of the machines.
[1] Yes, I understand we're talking duh gubbamint here... Even if they hire a consultant, it'd be some TSA-level quality MCSE who doesn't know which end of a soldering iron not to grab.
I thought that it was Federal regulation from back to the 70's at least that SSN's were NOT to be used for any other purpose othere than identification for SS.
I remember in college in the 80's that the university used student's SSNs as their student number.
And many state DMVs (WHO SHOULD KNOW BETTER) seem to use the same faulty practice.
It's too late to fix the current system. We're all gonna have to line up to get the chip in the head with the secret bonus explosive charge as seen in the book of revelations and MI:III.
XBox 360 with 20GB hard drive ($400) + HD-DVD drive addon ($100?) + 1 year XBox Live ($50) = $550.
Playstation 3 with 20GB hard drive ($500) + Bluray drive (included) + 5 years online (included) = $500.
$500? FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ?!! And that's without even a game!
I can give a starving village in Africa a herd of four goats that would make them self-sufficient for that kind of money! (Hah, I bet you thought I was gonna say I could buy blowjobs for a year!...)
Here in Florida, they're currently running ads against proposed legislation because it would "allow phone companies to sell cable, but allow them skip carrying poor neighborhoods".
They're all a bunch of sleazy, greedy bastards, on both sides.
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Come on, if you're gonna do that, go all the way!
Adblock doesn't appear to be much help. The site design is just so damn cluttered, you can't really block all the noise.
PKD was a drug-addict speed-freak. He kept himself hopped up on amphetamines so that he could crank out the words to keep bread in his pocket. Your holding him up as a paragon of literary merit is like calling Charles Dickens a great writer.
The minute these hippie's comfort is even slightly pinched, they'll be clamoring for new energy sources. Air condition is a necessity during global warming.
[1] Yes, I understand we're talking duh gubbamint here... Even if they hire a consultant, it'd be some TSA-level quality MCSE who doesn't know which end of a soldering iron not to grab.
I'm sure you meant the "pilot" could be remotely "flying the plane" from India.
See, worse all the way around.
If you don't have at least a homebrew MASER, you don't belong on /. !
Maybe Fitzi should ask again in light of recent rulings. If for no other reason than to highlight the administration's doublethink on the matter.
just what is Jeff Gannon's phonenumber?
goddamnit, why can't I post annonymously?!!!
Selective enforcement of the law is one of the hallmarks of corruption.
Torvalds vs. Tanenbaum ... fight!
1. Photorealistic... alien... yeah, right...
2. speciest bigot, you probably think it's ok to shoot NAZIs, too
I remember in college in the 80's that the university used student's SSNs as their student number.
And many state DMVs (WHO SHOULD KNOW BETTER) seem to use the same faulty practice.
It's too late to fix the current system. We're all gonna have to line up to get the chip in the head with the secret bonus explosive charge as seen in the book of revelations and MI:III.
mmmmmm....... Danish time!
Whoops, I totally spaced on Jack Thompson's involvement in that perfect shitstorm.
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5) The porpoise of the dolphin is to flip out and kill sharks.
Why would a hivemind species have need for unique identifiers?
$500? FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ?!!
And that's without even a game!
I can give a starving village in Africa a herd of four goats that would make them self-sufficient for that kind of money! (Hah, I bet you thought I was gonna say I could buy blowjobs for a year!...)
"Bladsraw" is a good Chinese name!
They're all a bunch of sleazy, greedy bastards, on both sides.
Fine. Come getchyer cables off my goddamn rightaway!
What PART of "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn! Iä! Iä!" didn't you UNDERSTAND?!!!
This will totally destabilize the status quo in the Tijuana gentlemen's entertianment industry. Goodbye donkey shows, hello elephant shows!
He should see what kids do with GI Joe and Barbie.
Nasty, dirty, horrible things. And that ho Barbie likes it. Poor Ken.