(BTW: I recall seeing a joystick controlled concept car at EPCOT Center at least 20 years ago in (I think) the GM pavilion. I wonder how that's doing these days...)
I like the Fail Whale, but I think that rather than being accompanied by birds, he should have the company of just a bowl of petunias. Much more fitting.
Just like a mac? Um, no. I am able to use Linux to my advantage since I have years of experience, but in the hands of my father (who, incidentally, went from windows to mac a year ago) it would be pointless. He'd never get the thing to boot, let alone configure a printer. Joe Average isn't going to run Linux for a loooooong time.
I'm all for evangelizing a great OS, buy let's not mislead people in the process.
Either you're in the marketing field, or you're in the wrong line of work. Spot on analysis.
You should be producing commercials.
Having been through a fair amount of TV production myself, I've gotten used to looking at this stuff differently, but it seems most folks just swallow...
(He doesn't have the Borg eye? Well this sure changes my lineup in the fantasy CEO league I play in!)
What more fitting tribute to Clarke than to associate his name with the greatest bang since the big one? With all respect due Mr. Clarke and his burst, I would like to point out that Eccentrica Gallumbits is already well know as "the best bang since the big one".
So long, Mr. Clarke, and thanks for all the fiction...
"The early Christians had the right idea, meeting in secret in caves. If only we could get the contemporary ones to follow their lead."
I really don't think you know what you're saying. Early Christians met in secret caves in order to avoid being killed by people who didn't like them. If you're going to try to compel contemporary Christians to behave the same way, you'll probably have to treat us the same way. So calling religious people crazy and then endorsing killing us is no different than being crazy yourself.
Exactly!
I don't know how to get this message across, but people are people, religion or not. Religion is often times used as an excuse for bad behavior, but removing the religion will not remove the bad behavior.
True enough.
I might also add that Christianity has promoted many significant reformations of cultures that anti-religious people enjoy. Read about William Wilberforce, Martin Luther King Jr., Martin Luther, Abraham Lincoln, William Tyndale, John Wycliffe, Thomas Aquinas, etc... Almost without fail you'll find the most influential men and women who brought about significant positive cultural change were worshipers of Christ.
Wait... are you suggesting that it was their devotion to Christ that prompted them to act positively? Have you forgotten about the members of other religions (and atheists) who have positively influenced civilization? Christians don't exactly have an exclusive on that one...
Granted, you'll find some people who've done some really evil things in the name of Christ, but you'll find really evil people pretty evenly distributed throughout the entire world, religious or not.
You should then find a concomitant distribution of non-Christian benefactors. If there was no Judeo-Christian mythology available, you would now be attributing all these things to whatever it was that people had ended up worshiping.
The truth is, you and I owe quite a lot to religious people before us, who put their lives second to the lives of the poor and oppressed. It's hard to find the motivation to do that if life is simply from dust to dust.
I take offense to that rather sinister insinuation. Don't make any assumptions about my capacity for doing good based on whether I am Christian or not. Sounds like sanctimony to me.
It turns out that this is fairly easy to implement. Right off the bat, they were able to reduce online stupidity by 75% by simply blocking access to craigslist rants and raves, and all blogs.
...they found out which diseases are more likely to lead to death in each weight group. Linking, for the first time, causes of death to specific weights...
That's great, but there's still that whole 'death' thing.
Wake me up when they work that one out. If I'm alive.
Blogging is at least 11 years old! I used to blog about the impending Apple/Next merger back in '96, posting every few days with whatever new angle was in the news.
I'm certain there was somebody doing it even earlier than that.
Slashdot Mirror
well, they got part of an OS...
http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2009/03/11/123-mad-men/
Lawful Good, here I...
Nah, fuck it.
Just give me a few minutes to pack some things, and we're off!
I recently caught one colleague crying that the iPad is merely a digital consumption device. He pays more than $120 per month for cable TV. The irony.
The only other option was a X-Box 360 controller.
(BTW: I recall seeing a joystick controlled concept car at EPCOT Center at least 20 years ago in (I think) the GM pavilion. I wonder how that's doing these days...)
Some people go back to school later, and thus graduate when they are older. Not everybody follows the same path...
There's always Hydrogen. And really anything lighter than whatever surrounds it.
(although I didn't read the article...)
It probably checks to see if someone is actually sitting in the driver's seat (all buckled in, of course) before it starts.
Opening the case to swap out the wifi card is what voids the warranty.
I agree that slashdot summaries are occasionally sub-optimal, but this is usually solved by RTFA. :)
No, I am not new here.
I like the Fail Whale, but I think that rather than being accompanied by birds, he should have the company of just a bowl of petunias.
Much more fitting.
(...tip of the hat to DNA.)
Female voice: "Linux. Just like a Mac, but Free".
Just like a mac? Um, no. I am able to use Linux to my advantage since I have years of experience, but in the hands of my father (who, incidentally, went from windows to mac a year ago) it would be pointless. He'd never get the thing to boot, let alone configure a printer. Joe Average isn't going to run Linux for a loooooong time.
I'm all for evangelizing a great OS, buy let's not mislead people in the process.
I had mod points, but they only go to +5...
Either you're in the marketing field, or you're in the wrong line of work. Spot on analysis.
You should be producing commercials.
Having been through a fair amount of TV production myself, I've gotten used to looking at this stuff differently, but it seems most folks just swallow...
(He doesn't have the Borg eye? Well this sure changes my lineup in the fantasy CEO league I play in!)
..they're working on Masturbation Hero. You'll get a load out of the controller for that game.
I don't think the goal is to get a load out of the controller...
...because he got a BJ and lied about it... In addition, your "correction" seems to need some grammar work:
...because a lying about a BJ... Bad form.Oh no! I'm stupid!
It was Ms. Gallumbits describing Zaphod Beeblebrox
How embarrassing!
So long, Mr. Clarke, and thanks for all the fiction...
"The early Christians had the right idea, meeting in secret in caves. If only we could get the contemporary ones to follow their lead."
I really don't think you know what you're saying. Early Christians met in secret caves in order to avoid being killed by people who didn't like them. If you're going to try to compel contemporary Christians to behave the same way, you'll probably have to treat us the same way. So calling religious people crazy and then endorsing killing us is no different than being crazy yourself.
Exactly!
I don't know how to get this message across, but people are people, religion or not. Religion is often times used as an excuse for bad behavior, but removing the religion will not remove the bad behavior.
True enough.
I might also add that Christianity has promoted many significant reformations of cultures that anti-religious people enjoy. Read about William Wilberforce, Martin Luther King Jr., Martin Luther, Abraham Lincoln, William Tyndale, John Wycliffe, Thomas Aquinas, etc... Almost without fail you'll find the most influential men and women who brought about significant positive cultural change were worshipers of Christ.
Wait... are you suggesting that it was their devotion to Christ that prompted them to act positively? Have you forgotten about the members of other religions (and atheists) who have positively influenced civilization? Christians don't exactly have an exclusive on that one...
Granted, you'll find some people who've done some really evil things in the name of Christ, but you'll find really evil people pretty evenly distributed throughout the entire world, religious or not.
You should then find a concomitant distribution of non-Christian benefactors. If there was no Judeo-Christian mythology available, you would now be attributing all these things to whatever it was that people had ended up worshiping.
The truth is, you and I owe quite a lot to religious people before us, who put their lives second to the lives of the poor and oppressed. It's hard to find the motivation to do that if life is simply from dust to dust.
I take offense to that rather sinister insinuation. Don't make any assumptions about my capacity for doing good based on whether I am Christian or not. Sounds like sanctimony to me.
mv *.avi *.av1
Or better yet, never buy another POS Western Digital product again...
It turns out that this is fairly easy to implement. Right off the bat, they were able to reduce online stupidity by 75% by simply blocking access to craigslist rants and raves, and all blogs.
Windows Mobile 6 == teh sux
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Above the movie, it says:
Moving image of the Moon shot by the HDTV camera (no audio)
No audio? That sucks. I really wanted to hear the 'whooshing' noise of the probe speeding through the moon's atmosphere!
(In space, nobody can hear your sarcasm.)
...they found out which diseases are more likely to lead to death in each weight group. Linking, for the first time, causes of death to specific weights...
That's great, but there's still that whole 'death' thing.
Wake me up when they work that one out. If I'm alive.
EOM
Blogging is at least 11 years old! I used to blog about the impending Apple/Next merger back in '96, posting every few days with whatever new angle was in the news.
I'm certain there was somebody doing it even earlier than that.