Is it just me or is there something peculiar about the shards of Narsil? This sword has been used in battle, broken when Sauron fell on it, and yet the shards look as if it is a new forged sword that has been newly sundered.
A sword that has been used for those purposes would be notched and scored on the blade, and for those of you who think that the heirs of Elendil might have cleaned it up, i think you should know that if you were to file off every single blemish on the blade you'd not have much of a blade left after a while.
You know that miracle scratch remover they sell on late night TV, that'll instantly remove chips, scrapes and gouges from your cars paint, saving you a costly trip to the body shop? Y'know the stuff? Well, Aragorn had some of that. He borrowed it from Elrond, who used it on his car, Ancalagon the '59 Cadillac.
It's all in the Silmarillion. Go ahead, check. I'm confidant that I'm right.
Why don't we all take a break from nit-picking, and just say a silent prayer of thanks that no huge liberties were taken, e.g., Tom Cruise as Gandalf, Jack Palance as Gimili, and Brittney Spears' left and right breasts as Merry and Pippin respectively.
History doesn't really like being guided; it tends to do its own thing. This is to say nothing of evolution.
These are still very rarefied problems, compared to those that most people in most parts of the world have to worry about -- they've never seen a computer, and are still waiting for running water. The average Chinese subsitence farmer, for instance, would probably be rather surpirised to hear that he's in imminant danger of being replaced by HAL . . .
Oh shit -- I'm starting to sound like one of those "socially aware" types -- somebody turn on FOX, fast!
Well, there's one less example for them. But then, even that one was wearing thin in the face of thousands of people executed right before they were chosen to host the 2008 Olympics
Good arguement; thought I'd give you some numbers to back it up. According to the BBC, China has reported over 1,700 executions in the last three months. Unreported executions could double or triple that number.
Is it surprising that this government indulges in large scale censorship as well?
(While we're at it) Free Tibet.
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Actually, it was at Scout Camp; we had these old portable fire extinguishers that were basically a big pump action nozzle attached to a big metal tank, worn as a backpack. As I recall, they had pretty good range and firepower, (waterpower?) and with something like 5 gallons of capacity, gave you pretty good staying power. They were made for putting out fires, right? I advise anyone who sees one at an antique store or where-ever to grab it.
Also, I wonder if somebody could hack something together using an old portable marine bilge pump. Full automatic would rock.
. . . that there are only 58 posts so far, even though this story has been up for a while, and that of those 58 posts, well over half are trolls and/or pure idiocy; and yet, people have the balls to bitch when a wildly popular (judging from the number of responses) story about Star Wars or somesuch is posted, that people have the balls to bitch that said story about Star Wars or whatever is not "News for Nerds. Stuff that matters."
Here's a newsflash: Quantam Mechanics is news for nerds. It is stuff that matters. And, clearly, nobody is reading it. If Slashdot strays from strictly hard science and tech news, it's only because the powers that be know which side their bread is buttered on.
Am I venting? Sorry, I'm venting. Goodnight, kids.
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers,
and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated,
and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath
or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched,
and the persons or things to be seized.
It could, and probably will, be argued that this is an instance of unreasonable search and seizure. We'll probably be hearing more about this.
Their CD's do knock you out cold in no time flat. They also market a line of polka CD's that can induce a bowel movement so fast that your head (or whatever) will spin.
So if you've lost a child, you need not be racked with grief. Instead you can pay lots of money to have your child returned to you defective, deformed, sick and abnormally large, with a tin-foil hat.
So when can I have my abnormally large, tinfoil-hat-wearing, defective penguin?
...it's easy to poke fun at groups like Clonaid, because after all, their ideas are pretty far removed from "normal" society and have almost no (if any) basis on fact. But I'm not sure if it's a good idea to write off everything they do as fodder for the "humor" category.
Yup. I think the gentleman here has a valid point. The Raelites (or Raelians?) may be a little weird, or for that matter a whole bunch of weird, but they're prepared to throw a lot of money at cloning, and they just might succeed. Although, yes, they are a cult run by a French race car driver, that doesn't mean they can't hire real scientists, and it's entirely possible they'll manage to pull this off. Keep your eyes on them. Stranger things have happened.
Ehh... what?! I live in France, and this price just seems far-fetched. Is that $1250 dollars a month? Pr. person??
Yeah, that's probably right, but bear in mind that the cost of real estate in San Francisco is absurdly high. Here in Columbus, Ohio, I'm paying $225 a month for my half of a fairly nice two bedroom apartment. It's probably pretty comparable to what the guy in SF is paying five times as much for.
The cost of living is low here, and the economy is great -- even McDonalds has to pay $8 an hour to get people in, and I know people who stock shelves at grocery stores for $13 an hour. Even the indolent, the ignorant, and the unskilled are able to live comfortably here. Ah, America.
that life is painful in se. Evolution has designed us to be robust enough to have a reasonable chance of living long enough to reproduce. It hasn't made us perfect. (Yeah, I know "perfect" is a loaded word. Indulge me.) A minor chronic ailment or two are the norm; being perfectly happy and healthy is incredibly rare.
And besides, they don't call it work b/c it's fun. I've never had a job that didn't entail some kind of nagging discomfort.
Not that I'm denying there are people with legitimate complaints; rather, I'd think that anything you do forty hours a week is probably going to give you some kind of trouble, be it sore feet, back pain, toe rot, sunburn, dishpan hands, or unsatisfying BMs. We're born to trouble as the sparks fly upwards, folks. It's the human condition.
As I understand, AT/TA, and CG/GC are different; i.e., you have four bases, (A,T,G,&C) and thus four base pairs, (AT, TA, GC, & CG) each of which is distinct. Mind you, I'm not an authority on this.
Anybody want to explain to me why 10 bases would be better? And how, mathematically, can one end up with 10? Wouldn't a perfect square like 9 or 16 make more sense?
I don't know about your freshman year, but I can tell you how it's different from mine: when the dirty, unshaven guy in women's underwear was rolling around the tires he won from a magazine contest, and singing songs to his rice in my freshman year dorm, none of us had a video camera around.
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. . .who can make a statement about punishing people with a straight face?
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Somehow I don't think that's what Jesus and/or Socrates had in mind
Hold on; let me get this straight. You don't think Socrates and Jesus were into S&M?
I can't remember the last time I saw an fp that was actually mildly substantive. +1 for novelty.
Rather amusing, though, that it takes an academic study to conclude that people are less likely to cheat if they'll be punished when caught.
Is it just me or is there something peculiar about the shards of Narsil? This sword has been used in battle, broken when Sauron fell on it, and yet the shards look as if it is a new forged sword that has been newly sundered.
A sword that has been used for those purposes would be notched and scored on the blade, and for those of you who think that the heirs of Elendil might have cleaned it up, i think you should know that if you were to file off every single blemish on the blade you'd not have much of a blade left after a while.
You know that miracle scratch remover they sell on late night TV, that'll instantly remove chips, scrapes and gouges from your cars paint, saving you a costly trip to the body shop? Y'know the stuff? Well, Aragorn had some of that. He borrowed it from Elrond, who used it on his car, Ancalagon the '59 Cadillac.
It's all in the Silmarillion. Go ahead, check. I'm confidant that I'm right.
Why don't we all take a break from nit-picking, and just say a silent prayer of thanks that no huge liberties were taken, e.g., Tom Cruise as Gandalf, Jack Palance as Gimili, and Brittney Spears' left and right breasts as Merry and Pippin respectively.
You cannot fold a piece of paper in half more than six times, no matter what the size...
Uhh, you're wrong. I checked.
Slash is starting to turn into a game of d&d. Before you know it I'll have a 'character alignment' based on how people percieve me.
Yeehaw! Can I be a Chaotic Stupid Half-Troll?
Three for the elves, who like frilly lacey things.
Seven for the dwarf lords to redecorate their halls of stone.
Nine for mortal men doomed to bad credit.
And one for the dark lord on his dark throne,
Redeemable at Wal-mart for $19.95
Duh. Nicotine would make you a cool counter-culture rebel, or possibly one of the many rugged cowboys who live in flavour country.
C'mon, kid -- the first pack is on me . . . .
These are still very rarefied problems, compared to those that most people in most parts of the world have to worry about -- they've never seen a computer, and are still waiting for running water. The average Chinese subsitence farmer, for instance, would probably be rather surpirised to hear that he's in imminant danger of being replaced by HAL . . .
Oh shit -- I'm starting to sound like one of those "socially aware" types -- somebody turn on FOX, fast!
Good arguement; thought I'd give you some numbers to back it up. According to the BBC, China has reported over 1,700 executions in the last three months. Unreported executions could double or triple that number.
Is it surprising that this government indulges in large scale censorship as well?
(While we're at it) Free Tibet.
Also, I wonder if somebody could hack something together using an old portable marine bilge pump. Full automatic would rock.
. . . that there are only 58 posts so far, even though this story has been up for a while, and that of those 58 posts, well over half are trolls and/or pure idiocy; and yet, people have the balls to bitch when a wildly popular (judging from the number of responses) story about Star Wars or somesuch is posted, that people have the balls to bitch that said story about Star Wars or whatever is not "News for Nerds. Stuff that matters."
Here's a newsflash: Quantam Mechanics is news for nerds. It is stuff that matters. And, clearly, nobody is reading it. If Slashdot strays from strictly hard science and tech news, it's only because the powers that be know which side their bread is buttered on.
Am I venting? Sorry, I'm venting. Goodnight, kids.
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
It could, and probably will, be argued that this is an instance of unreasonable search and seizure. We'll probably be hearing more about this.
Thank you. That is the most ludicrous thing I've seen in recent memory, and it's certainly close enough.
Their CD's do knock you out cold in no time flat. They also market a line of polka CD's that can induce a bowel movement so fast that your head (or whatever) will spin.
So when can I have my abnormally large, tinfoil-hat-wearing, defective penguin?
Yup. I think the gentleman here has a valid point. The Raelites (or Raelians?) may be a little weird, or for that matter a whole bunch of weird, but they're prepared to throw a lot of money at cloning, and they just might succeed. Although, yes, they are a cult run by a French race car driver, that doesn't mean they can't hire real scientists, and it's entirely possible they'll manage to pull this off. Keep your eyes on them. Stranger things have happened.
To avoid occular damage, please do not look directly at him, during this event or otherwise.
Yeah, that's probably right, but bear in mind that the cost of real estate in San Francisco is absurdly high. Here in Columbus, Ohio, I'm paying $225 a month for my half of a fairly nice two bedroom apartment. It's probably pretty comparable to what the guy in SF is paying five times as much for.
The cost of living is low here, and the economy is great -- even McDonalds has to pay $8 an hour to get people in, and I know people who stock shelves at grocery stores for $13 an hour. Even the indolent, the ignorant, and the unskilled are able to live comfortably here. Ah, America.
If by "geneticly modified," you mean 'grown in a square box,' then yes. Jackass.
If there's an original thought out there, you sure could use it right about now.
And besides, they don't call it work b/c it's fun. I've never had a job that didn't entail some kind of nagging discomfort.
Not that I'm denying there are people with legitimate complaints; rather, I'd think that anything you do forty hours a week is probably going to give you some kind of trouble, be it sore feet, back pain, toe rot, sunburn, dishpan hands, or unsatisfying BMs. We're born to trouble as the sparks fly upwards, folks. It's the human condition.
Hmmm. I'm thinking about going into the field myself, actually. D'you have any good dirt on the grad program at ECU?
Yeah, and can today's technology submerge cities like Buffalo and Toledo?
Anybody want to explain to me why 10 bases would be better? And how, mathematically, can one end up with 10? Wouldn't a perfect square like 9 or 16 make more sense?
From my freshman semester at college HOW exactly?
I don't know about your freshman year, but I can tell you how it's different from mine: when the dirty, unshaven guy in women's underwear was rolling around the tires he won from a magazine contest, and singing songs to his rice in my freshman year dorm, none of us had a video camera around.