(And just for the record, "redneck" does not refer to Irish or Scottish immigrants: it refers to people who work on the fields and have, well, red necks - due to sunburns. It's not a racist term, and for the most part, it's not even offensive.)
If you mention this, you also have to mention Leon M. Lederman's "The God Particle", which is, except for its ridiculous title, simply wonderful. Lederman continually cracks mediocre jokes for a few hundred pages, and when you finished the book, you somehow learned the history and principles of particle physics, QED and QCD.
... that this is a classic case of "cum hoc, ergo propter hoc". This is wrong, we at/. know that. So let me try and explain what is happening here...
It may be that people who own cats (and take care of them, the others die of toxoplasmosis anyway) have a certain socioeconomic status that enables them to do so. A cat costs approx $1 a day. This group of people ("Caring Cat Owners") therefore is more likely to take better care of their own bodies, have a more nutritious diet and so on, therefore living healthier lives...
I say it but once: FSCK you CG violence hipocrites!! The game is friggin ART! I am not ashamed of harvesting my little sisters, but you should be ashamed of harvesting the reputation of millions of gamers out there for some thousand extra sales of your lousy newspaper!
No, that was because she was a Current 93/David Tibet fan.
Yes, I am also a goth, yes, I am also a fan. Might be one of the most interesting products of the 80ies goth scene. Listen in, should be appealing to geeks.
And try to remember what Crowley said about the blue and the gold. Theres more to goth than black clothes.
That might just be because GANDALF IS IN FACT A LESSER DEITY.
Gandalf is one of the Istari (the Wise Ones), and the best-known Maiar (lesser deities) of Valinor (Westernesse, the Tolkien mythology's notion of paradise), sent to middle earth by the Valar (greater deities) to help the free peoples to fight the threat of Sauron.
This was by far the best comment I've read on/. for years. Great insights, and written in a style thats distinctive but inobtrusive. If you don't mind, I'd like to translate it to german and use it in educating people here.
or why would they otherwise sue a gadget that makes it actually possible to play the great piece of music you just heard back to the record shop assistant?
Nintendo got the pricing right with the GC and will stick to that if they're not totally braindead. We have four kids, and no other gaming console could ever beat the fun the Nintendo boxen are when played by a mixed-generation crowd.
Uh, it just occured to me that maybe this is not what the XBOX360 or PS3 are about...
Yeah, I pirate Star Trek: Enterprise. I'm german, the german synchro sucks big time, and I do not want to wait until the TV honchos allow me to pay about $80 for a season on DVD. Waiting a week for the next show is essential for my being interested in a TV series. I would pay a moderate fee per download, if that was at all possible.
Well, killing Banner Ads and the like is most easy, even without waste of bandwidth: There are/etc/hosts files out there that list all known Banner Ad servers with the IP adress 127.0.0.1, i.e. your local machine. As the requested images cannot be found on localhost, the request for them will fail, and that fast as the request is local. And if a server is not on the list: Just paste it into your/etc/hosts and Ads will get blocked.
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(And just for the record, "redneck" does not refer to Irish or Scottish immigrants: it refers to people who work on the fields and have, well, red necks - due to sunburns. It's not a racist term, and for the most part, it's not even offensive.)
You, sir, are wrong:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redneck#Etymology
Not exactly.
Dense is the opposite of maintainable and readable.
Density, however, is the opposite of maintainability and readability.
But I guess you meant exactly that.
...which retroactively protects their henchmen from the law is fascist. Pure and simple.
Obama did not object, Obama is just as fascist as the administration you have right now.
What, oh what brainwashing on earth makes you Americans tell yourselves that choosing between democrat and republican would be a real choice.
As long as you vote Democrat or Republican, you can stay at home in the first place.
Wake up already, or you will be a banana republic in the margin of the history books a few hundred years from now.
Regards,
RHK
If you mention this, you also have to mention Leon M. Lederman's "The God Particle", which is, except for its ridiculous title, simply wonderful. Lederman continually cracks mediocre jokes for a few hundred pages, and when you finished the book, you somehow learned the history and principles of particle physics, QED and QCD.
... that this is a classic case of "cum hoc, ergo propter hoc". This is wrong, we at /. know that. So let me try and explain what is happening here...
It may be that people who own cats (and take care of them, the others die of toxoplasmosis anyway) have a certain socioeconomic status that enables them to do so. A cat costs approx $1 a day. This group of people ("Caring Cat Owners") therefore is more likely to take better care of their own bodies, have a more nutritious diet and so on, therefore living healthier lives...
OMG I sound like Levitt.
Cya around, Cat is mewing hungrily.
I say it but once: FSCK you CG violence hipocrites!! The game is friggin ART! I am not ashamed of harvesting my little sisters, but you should be ashamed of harvesting the reputation of millions of gamers out there for some thousand extra sales of your lousy newspaper!
No, that was because she was a Current 93/David Tibet fan.
Yes, I am also a goth, yes, I am also a fan. Might be one of the most interesting products of the 80ies goth scene. Listen in, should be appealing to geeks.
And try to remember what Crowley said about the blue and the gold. Theres more to goth than black clothes.
Regards,
RHK
Das war völlig richtig. Dein Deutsch ist ausgezeichnet. :D
Gruß,
RHK
You do realize you just described Linux, right?
Now you're kidding. Please explain how do I remove Apache by removing a single directory? Or even something simpler, say, vi?
My excuses for a joke only a Tolkien sage gets.
Regards,
RHK
That might just be because GANDALF IS IN FACT A LESSER DEITY.
Gandalf is one of the Istari (the Wise Ones), and the best-known Maiar (lesser deities) of Valinor (Westernesse, the Tolkien mythology's notion of paradise), sent to middle earth by the Valar (greater deities) to help the free peoples to fight the threat of Sauron.
Look it up:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istari
"Windows on the hardware it's designed for (read: everything works correctly)"
You must be joking.
*claps*
/. for years. Great insights, and written in a style thats distinctive but inobtrusive. If you don't mind, I'd like to translate it to german and use it in educating people here.
This was by far the best comment I've read on
Keep up the good work.
Regards,
RHK
You're definitely at a disadvantage as an AJAX developer when you are not using it.
/., there goes my advantage.
Well, now its on
You forgot oRly.
The Ad comes from the 1990 movie Crazy People, starring Daryl Hannah.
or why would they otherwise sue a gadget that makes it actually possible to play the great piece of music you just heard back to the record shop assistant?
Ack.
Nintendo got the pricing right with the GC and will stick to that if they're not totally braindead.
We have four kids, and no other gaming console could ever beat the fun the Nintendo boxen are when played by a mixed-generation crowd.
Uh, it just occured to me that maybe this is not what the XBOX360 or PS3 are about...
I will wait for the Nintendo Revolution.
XBOX360 and PS3 bring nothing new to gaming, in my opinion. I AM really tired of things like FIFA 2023 and Splinter Cell XVII.
But if Nintendo really pull off their controller ideas... I believe this is good for a genuine gaming experience.
Well, you can be sure every good idea gets adapted.
In this case, it did take about two years (Snow Crash being (c)1992).
Yeah, I pirate Star Trek: Enterprise.
I'm german, the german synchro sucks big time, and I do not want to wait until the TV honchos allow me to pay about $80 for a season on DVD.
Waiting a week for the next show is essential for my being interested in a TV series.
I would pay a moderate fee per download, if that was at all possible.
Does anyone else smell a business opportunity for Radio-shielded passport sleeves?
What about Solaris?
Well, killing Banner Ads and the like is most easy, even without waste of bandwidth: /etc/hosts files out there that list all known Banner Ad servers with the IP adress 127.0.0.1, i.e. your local machine. As the requested images cannot be found on localhost, the request for them will fail, and that fast as the request is local. /etc/hosts and Ads will get blocked.
There are
And if a server is not on the list: Just paste it into your
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