- My site is hosted on a server in Acme Inc.'s facilities in New York / London / Tokyo. It's in a datacenter.
Or so they tell you.
Still, no reason not to trust them. Sure, they've had some bad reviews from that one guy in Arizona or somewhere, but I've been very happy with their giant catapults.
The Fermi Paradox solves itself just fine without our going to see for ourselves, you know.
1. Transcendence
Goddamn hippies.
2. Inevitable self-annihilation
There's nothing inevitable about self-annihilation. We've got exactly one data point as far as species capable of it go, and that one hasn't self-annihilated yet.
3. Annihilation by third parties who don't want to share
What third parties would those be? There's only us and, possibly, aliens who are not-us. I think that covers everything.
However, take the recent announcement that Tony Blair's goons are legally able to confiscate ANY phone from people passing through UK borders, with no excuse required.
Citation needed, not least on when Tony Blair got re-elected.
can run games for the open-source Radeon and Nouveau drivers without simply converting the Direct3D commands into OpenGL.
Presumably "simply" isn't the right adjective, because it implies that converting from Direct3D to OpenGL is the better way of doing things - what's the problem with converting Direct3D commands to OpenGL? Slow?
I thought the main thing about the phases of the moon was to do with the sun-earth-moon angle - higher tides when the moon and sun are opposed or in conjunction, lower tides when they're at 90 degrees to each other in the sky*.
...has been stopped near Manzanillo on the Atlantic side of the canal. President Ricardo Martinelli
Which country is Manzanillo in? Which canal are we talking about? Which country is Ricardo Martinelli the El Presidente of?
And no, it isn't bleedin' obvious, nor should it matter even if it is. The point of "journalism" - loosely applied to Slashdot though it is - is to inform the reader, not have them play fill-in-the-blanks.
Experts believe the communist state is working towards developing a nuclear warhead
Which of the two communist states previously mentioned is now being referred to? If you can make it clearer without wasting the reader's time, always do so.
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Gay muslim atheist paedophiles.
But don't call me Shirley.
You're being ridiculous.
This was clearly the work of gay Muslims.
- My site is hosted on a server in Acme Inc.'s facilities in New York / London / Tokyo. It's in a datacenter.
Or so they tell you.
Still, no reason not to trust them. Sure, they've had some bad reviews from that one guy in Arizona or somewhere, but I've been very happy with their giant catapults.
'I'm just feeling like a million bucks,' the [Philadelphia] Daily News told Reynolds to say so they could get a clichéd quote from him yesterday.
FTFY
The Fermi Paradox solves itself just fine without our going to see for ourselves, you know.
1. Transcendence
Goddamn hippies.
2. Inevitable self-annihilation
There's nothing inevitable about self-annihilation. We've got exactly one data point as far as species capable of it go, and that one hasn't self-annihilated yet.
3. Annihilation by third parties who don't want to share
What third parties would those be? There's only us and, possibly, aliens who are not-us. I think that covers everything.
Can we put that on the end of all Slashdot headlines from now on?
Alliterations aren't as awesome as anyone acknowledges.
I know the phone companies don't like tethering, but this is ridiculous.
Well, you didn't spot the lack of an apostrophe in "worlds." Maybe editing is tougher than it looks ;)
He's history's greatest monster!
bugger the sheep
Jump the shark?
a Samsung phone stayed alive for 25 minutes—enough to send several texts and make a 6-minute, 20-second call.
It takes 25 minutes to make a 6-minute, 20-second call? Trippy.
don't poison yourself with chemicals.
Damn straight. From now on I'm not letting any chemicals into my body!
If your reasoning includes the word "lumped," you might want to re-think it.
(likely not the indented result of last night's exercise).
Likely not the intended spelling of "intended."
However, take the recent announcement that Tony Blair's goons are legally able to confiscate ANY phone from people passing through UK borders, with no excuse required.
Citation needed, not least on when Tony Blair got re-elected.
Anyone else think of this when they saw the video?
If your website does not load this morning you need to ask yourself do we use Network Solutions?
Wait, is that we meaning you, or we meaning me? I know you means me, because it's me you're talking to. I'm just not sure who we is. Are.
can run games for the open-source Radeon and Nouveau drivers without simply converting the Direct3D commands into OpenGL.
Presumably "simply" isn't the right adjective, because it implies that converting from Direct3D to OpenGL is the better way of doing things - what's the problem with converting Direct3D commands to OpenGL? Slow?
The NSA do all kinds of interesting mathematics. Betterment of humanity though? Eh...
Unusual supernova is actually perfectly normal
Best headline ever.
I thought the main thing about the phases of the moon was to do with the sun-earth-moon angle - higher tides when the moon and sun are opposed or in conjunction, lower tides when they're at 90 degrees to each other in the sky*.
*roughly
For instance, the 'what3words' for the famous Peter Pan statue in London's Hyde Park is 'union.prop.enjoy'
What's wrong with "peter.pan.statue.hyde.park.london"?
How useful is this to know? It's not like New York is now definitely safe from hurricanes for the next 700 years.
BBC reports
It's the BBC, but that's just me being pedantic.
...has been stopped near Manzanillo on the Atlantic side of the canal. President Ricardo Martinelli
Which country is Manzanillo in? Which canal are we talking about? Which country is Ricardo Martinelli the El Presidente of?
And no, it isn't bleedin' obvious, nor should it matter even if it is. The point of "journalism" - loosely applied to Slashdot though it is - is to inform the reader, not have them play fill-in-the-blanks.
Experts believe the communist state is working towards developing a nuclear warhead
Which of the two communist states previously mentioned is now being referred to? If you can make it clearer without wasting the reader's time, always do so.
Go on, let me be an editor, just for a day!