"forgot" to mention that $20 gift on your income tax forms?
Which isn't breaking the law in the US unless you've exceeded $13,000 annually to the donee, or $1M over their lifetime (3 states have state gift tax laws, but they all have exemptions for very low amounts that closely if not exactly mirror the federal laws).
"One of his disciples, the lesser-known Aristotle" means something wholly different than "one of his lesser-known disciples, Aristotle." As written, he's comparing the notoriety of the disciples. I think it's safe to say that, of Plato's disciples, Aristotle is the most well-known.
The over-50 exemption was created to give states more time to get everyone new licenses, and officials say the risk of someone in that age group being a terrorist, illegal immigrant or con artist is much less. By 2017, even those over 50 must have a REAL ID-compliant card to board a plane.
In other news, there's a rush to recruit terrorist older than 49..
Our company spent upwards of half a million dollars revising code so that the 'click to activate' crap wouldn't show up in IE. Our team spent at least $40k.
Though mildly irritating for your average at-home browser, a message saying anything about 'clicking to active' an 'Object' is a barrier of entry for someone who is using software to learn to read at a readiness level; we couldn't just 'leave it be'.
Now that it gets reversed? I'd like to have that chunk o' change back, that's for sure.
Nominating? They're pretty much expelling them through the rapid deletion without any nomination process. I think the tide might be turning due to the overwhelmingly negative reaction from the communities that surround the web comics, but the stories I've been following, they articles are having to be resurrected after a quick delete.
Having experienced this game, I can almost assure you that it was the game coding. We had to restart the game a dozen times or so because we got a blank screen with the message "Someone forgot to close the sound system!!!"
I've never found the lack of bugs on consoles to be remarkable but rather very logical -- in general, they're making the game for known hardware; every unit is the same or very similar or if they are developing for multiple platforms, the config differences are still a very small world. They don't need to account for changing drivers, an infinite number of configurations from different hardware vendors, what other software is running on the machine, what version of the OS is patched in, etc. They have one clear set of specs of what that machine does and does not support and how it works (whether they have proper documentation is another isssue).
My guess is on the PC side, there's somewhat a cascading effect -- or that's been my experience, however brief, working in the game industry -- in that problems are encountered with a series of hardware configurations or the like, and as those are addressed the project slips increasing the chances of more universal bugs entering the software when trying to meet deadlines. Not the only cause, but where I've been, the programmers always seem to be playing catch up to the curve balls thrown at them by a new driver or some such (management demands are another, more vast, curveball:))
Mark of the Web is a brilliant invention until you need to link to a non-embedded file like a word doc or PDF... It won't link to any local file which doesn't have the MOTW.
Having just watched the entire series on DVD recently, I think the story has given 4 distinct clues to the fact he's something other than 'just a shepherd':
1) In the first episode, he has a small monologue about what he's experienced during his first few days aboard Serenity, in which he says something to the effect of 'the captain just shot the man I swore to protect, and I'm not sure I feel bad about it'
2) In the episode where Book gets shot, the alliance refuses to treat him until they take a look at his identity card, at which point they usher him through without a question. Mel questions him about this later and how the alliance doesn't show that kind of attention to mere shepherds but Book defers answering with an 'I'll tell you later'-ish comment.
3) As mentioned above, in the bounty-hunter episode, Jubal Early says 'That's not a Shepherd'.
4) One episode (I can't recall which), Book goes into great detail about the weapons they're about to use -- something a simple Shepherd probably wouldn't know.
It's obvious that Whedon was doing a slow build in revealing the character, but he was definitely building the foundation for Book in the first season beyond his role of 'the preacher'.
Movies here are around $8.50-$9.00, so $18.00 for two at a prime-time showing. Add in popcorn for two $5.00, sodas $9 (2@$4.50). That's $32, plus travel costs (minimal, but depends on where you are and what you drive). $32 for ~2 hours of entertainment.
The only game I've seen with sub-10 hour gameplay (and we're talking the 'average' gamer... not one who is a master and can burn through the content without any learning time) I've played in the last however-many years was 'D' which had a 3 hour time-limit (fortunately, some replayability).
I dunno, $32 compared to $40-50 isn't terribly far off, especially considering you've got at least as much entertainment, and potentially a lot more. Add a third person into the movie thing and you're up at the price of a game. If you have a family that all enjoys similar games, that $40-50 can go a long way.
And you may not be able to download demos of console games, but you certainly can't sell your movie tickets or popcorn back for credit to another movie after you're done watching and cosnuming... or $5 to someone on ebay.
I thought it was slashdotted already, but it finally loaded... at least partially.
Here's the pertinent 'who he is' portion:
Cory Doctorow is the Nerd Prince of Blogging: co-editor of the popular BoingBoing.net, acclaimed science fiction author, and advocate for the Electronic Frontier Foundation. A man this busy needs as much helps as he can get, and Cory isn't shy about what gadgets he finds useful (or awful)
I can just imagine getting a really good 'score' during one of these games and a cheezy head pops out accompanied by 'Who's the Boss?! Who IS THE BOSS?!'
If I got to pick my phone number, it would be 222-2222. That way when people ask me for my number, I could just say 'press two for a while'. I wouldn't answer the phone, 'hello,' I'd answer it 'stop!'
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I was interviewing an individual not too recently and in reply to a question about why our company and this position was interesting to him, he replied, 'I've been out of work for a year, I have a wife and three kids and we're hungry.'
He fit most of the qualifications for the position fairly well, but that was the answer that swayed our interview team's vote. He's been an ideal employee since day 1.
Exception? Probably, but his brutal honesty was what really threw the vote his direction over the other candidates.
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Which isn't breaking the law in the US unless you've exceeded $13,000 annually to the donee, or $1M over their lifetime (3 states have state gift tax laws, but they all have exemptions for very low amounts that closely if not exactly mirror the federal laws).
"One of his disciples, the lesser-known Aristotle" means something wholly different than "one of his lesser-known disciples, Aristotle." As written, he's comparing the notoriety of the disciples. I think it's safe to say that, of Plato's disciples, Aristotle is the most well-known.
I'm not sure I'd characterize Aristotle as 'lesser known'.
By opening this box... by opening this box... by opening this box... by opening this AAAAARGH
This sounds suspiciously like an XKCD comic.
The over-50 exemption was created to give states more time to get everyone new licenses, and officials say the risk of someone in that age group being a terrorist, illegal immigrant or con artist is much less. By 2017, even those over 50 must have a REAL ID-compliant card to board a plane.
In other news, there's a rush to recruit terrorist older than 49..
... they'd go after Wal*Marts first. Or Target Frys.
Never tell me the odds.
Our company spent upwards of half a million dollars revising code so that the 'click to activate' crap wouldn't show up in IE. Our team spent at least $40k.
Though mildly irritating for your average at-home browser, a message saying anything about 'clicking to active' an 'Object' is a barrier of entry for someone who is using software to learn to read at a readiness level; we couldn't just 'leave it be'.
Now that it gets reversed? I'd like to have that chunk o' change back, that's for sure.
Nominating? They're pretty much expelling them through the rapid deletion without any nomination process. I think the tide might be turning due to the overwhelmingly negative reaction from the communities that surround the web comics, but the stories I've been following, they articles are having to be resurrected after a quick delete.
Having experienced this game, I can almost assure you that it was the game coding. We had to restart the game a dozen times or so because we got a blank screen with the message "Someone forgot to close the sound system!!!"
I've never found the lack of bugs on consoles to be remarkable but rather very logical -- in general, they're making the game for known hardware; every unit is the same or very similar or if they are developing for multiple platforms, the config differences are still a very small world. They don't need to account for changing drivers, an infinite number of configurations from different hardware vendors, what other software is running on the machine, what version of the OS is patched in, etc. They have one clear set of specs of what that machine does and does not support and how it works (whether they have proper documentation is another isssue).
:))
My guess is on the PC side, there's somewhat a cascading effect -- or that's been my experience, however brief, working in the game industry -- in that problems are encountered with a series of hardware configurations or the like, and as those are addressed the project slips increasing the chances of more universal bugs entering the software when trying to meet deadlines. Not the only cause, but where I've been, the programmers always seem to be playing catch up to the curve balls thrown at them by a new driver or some such (management demands are another, more vast, curveball
Depends on who has mod points that day. Einstein. +3 insightful! +2 Funny! (hair)
FTP is already taken. You need CTP: Culinary Transfer Protocol.
Mark of the Web is a brilliant invention until you need to link to a non-embedded file like a word doc or PDF... It won't link to any local file which doesn't have the MOTW.
Having just watched the entire series on DVD recently, I think the story has given 4 distinct clues to the fact he's something other than 'just a shepherd':
1) In the first episode, he has a small monologue about what he's experienced during his first few days aboard Serenity, in which he says something to the effect of 'the captain just shot the man I swore to protect, and I'm not sure I feel bad about it'
2) In the episode where Book gets shot, the alliance refuses to treat him until they take a look at his identity card, at which point they usher him through without a question. Mel questions him about this later and how the alliance doesn't show that kind of attention to mere shepherds but Book defers answering with an 'I'll tell you later'-ish comment.
3) As mentioned above, in the bounty-hunter episode, Jubal Early says 'That's not a Shepherd'.
4) One episode (I can't recall which), Book goes into great detail about the weapons they're about to use -- something a simple Shepherd probably wouldn't know.
It's obvious that Whedon was doing a slow build in revealing the character, but he was definitely building the foundation for Book in the first season beyond his role of 'the preacher'.
Movies here are around $8.50-$9.00, so $18.00 for two at a prime-time showing. Add in popcorn for two $5.00, sodas $9 (2@$4.50). That's $32, plus travel costs (minimal, but depends on where you are and what you drive). $32 for ~2 hours of entertainment.
The only game I've seen with sub-10 hour gameplay (and we're talking the 'average' gamer... not one who is a master and can burn through the content without any learning time) I've played in the last however-many years was 'D' which had a 3 hour time-limit (fortunately, some replayability).
I dunno, $32 compared to $40-50 isn't terribly far off, especially considering you've got at least as much entertainment, and potentially a lot more. Add a third person into the movie thing and you're up at the price of a game. If you have a family that all enjoys similar games, that $40-50 can go a long way.
And you may not be able to download demos of console games, but you certainly can't sell your movie tickets or popcorn back for credit to another movie after you're done watching and cosnuming... or $5 to someone on ebay.
Here's the pertinent 'who he is' portion:
Cory Doctorow is the Nerd Prince of Blogging: co-editor of the popular BoingBoing.net, acclaimed science fiction author, and advocate for the Electronic Frontier Foundation. A man this busy needs as much helps as he can get, and Cory isn't shy about what gadgets he finds useful (or awful)
Apparently his kit doesn't contain a host capable of withstanding the first 5 minutes of /.'ing. Still loading.
I can just imagine getting a really good 'score' during one of these games and a cheezy head pops out accompanied by 'Who's the Boss?! Who IS THE BOSS?!'
From Mitch's standup:
If I got to pick my phone number, it would be 222-2222. That way when people ask me for my number, I could just say 'press two for a while'. I wouldn't answer the phone, 'hello,' I'd answer it 'stop!'
I was interviewing an individual not too recently and in reply to a question about why our company and this position was interesting to him, he replied, 'I've been out of work for a year, I have a wife and three kids and we're hungry.'
He fit most of the qualifications for the position fairly well, but that was the answer that swayed our interview team's vote. He's been an ideal employee since day 1.
Exception? Probably, but his brutal honesty was what really threw the vote his direction over the other candidates.
A whole new meaning to 'having a woodie'.
"Damn. I hope some smart bastard gets the movie rights." Then SCO could just recoup their losses by suing them. It's a failproof business plan!