I was just wondering what it would be like if a robot could smoothly penetrate my rectum to check for various maladies, and this pooped right up.
It's not every day that Slashdot knows exactly which articles I'll be most interested in, but once in a while I feel as if I'm in tune with the universe, and Slashdot is right there with me.
Books are obviously not the same thing as game systems.
Yes, it's overpriced. Yes, it's ridiculous that they aren't supplying an HDMI cable. Yes, I'm not going to buy one.
However, if I were the type to think that $920 worth of books (which can be dowloaded free if they're out of copyright, or borrowed from libraries if they're not) were a good investment, I think I'd probably be signing up for a PS3 pre-order.
The last 3 things have been heavily influenced by the internet.
You're not going to convince someone to stop being religious, but give it enough time for the new kids to grow up. The degodification of the world is still in its early stages.
There's a whole wall of Anime at every Fry's, and they're pretty good about swapping things out that don't move.
Star Trek is on for 5 hours a day on Spike.
I don't think that I'd want to ever see the page of someone who thought it a good idea to inline streaming video. I wouldn't want to see the page of someone who had a friend that thought that was a good idea either.
They already covered this one about 40 years ago with the psychic who could read minds. He was absolutely certain that a guy there was going to rob the bank. In the end, the suspect thought about it every single day, but would never actually do it.
There's a distinction that people forget about between thoughts and actions. I doubt this technology is able to distinguish between the sort of response that comes from an actual intent, and an actual thought that will never be acted on.
Though, they'll probably prove Professor Keating wrong one of these days, and man won't even be free in his dreams anymore.
Yeah. If Wargames were made today, I suppose the first "hacking" scene would involve Matthew Broderick asking Ally Sheedy if she wanted to crash any passenger jets. Then instead of changing her grades, he's set her up an account at Chase and put 100 million into it.
The best solution was my sister's (she has four kids): No one, including parents, get to use the computer, or watch the TV until everyone's homework is done. It's amazing to see her 14-yr-old helping her 12-yr-old with her math because the older one wants to get in some gaming.
If by "best" you mean "worst" then I'll agree with you.
This is akin to holding back a smart kid because you have a dumb kid too, and don't want them to feel bad about their idiocy.
I'm sorry, but I think you are unfamiliar with the terminology as well. Agnosticism does not mean that God may or may not exist and Atheism does not necessarily mean that God must not exist. Agnosticism means that the existence or non-existence of God is unknowable and an Atheist simply looks at the current evidence for the existence of God and arrives at the belief that He does not exist.
I chopped out the links that were provided, one from a religious site and one from a non-religious site. Why was there no actual dictionary definition given?
From Merriam-Webster's 11th Collegiate:
agnostic
1 : a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (as God) is unknown and probably unknowable; broadly : one who is not committed to believing in either the existence or the nonexistence of God or a god 2 : a person unwilling to commit to an opinion about something
To clarify - belief that something IS unknowable is belief, and violates the entire spirit of the word agnostic. This is why Webster throws in the "probably."
Though I agree - it's more fun to remove it and be able to happily classify people as believers who by definition avoid believing much of anything at all. It's comforting to be able to look at a grey bowl and call it the same black as whatever pot or kettle you decide to inhabit.
It's muddlers of language such as yourself and the references you choose to accept that make it impossible to describe anything concisely. When it's unsafe to use any word for fear of an obscure or blatantly false definition to be associated with it, then communication is hindered.
I salute you, Mr. Communication Hinderer Man.
Hope you feel better about yourself, though. I know a lot of people find solace in educating the populous with whatever brand of pseudo-knowledge that they subscribe to.
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1. Revenge of Shinobi (Genesis)
2. Ghouls n' Ghosts (Genesis)
3. The Legend of Zelda (NES)
4. Phantasy Star 2 (Genesis)
5. Super Mario Brothers (NES)
I don't think I'd read very much at all if it took me 2 minutes to read a page.
I was just wondering what it would be like if a robot could smoothly penetrate my rectum to check for various maladies, and this pooped right up.
It's not every day that Slashdot knows exactly which articles I'll be most interested in, but once in a while I feel as if I'm in tune with the universe, and Slashdot is right there with me.
My ergonomic keyboard never leaves me bored
I thought it was "never leaves a knee board."
I had never heard of a "knee board" but figured it was a piece of wood you put on your knees, and then put the keyboard on that.
Books are obviously not the same thing as game systems.
Yes, it's overpriced. Yes, it's ridiculous that they aren't supplying an HDMI cable. Yes, I'm not going to buy one.
However, if I were the type to think that $920 worth of books (which can be dowloaded free if they're out of copyright, or borrowed from libraries if they're not) were a good investment, I think I'd probably be signing up for a PS3 pre-order.
There's nothing childish about my penis, so stop making jokes about it.
The last 3 things have been heavily influenced by the internet. You're not going to convince someone to stop being religious, but give it enough time for the new kids to grow up. The degodification of the world is still in its early stages. There's a whole wall of Anime at every Fry's, and they're pretty good about swapping things out that don't move. Star Trek is on for 5 hours a day on Spike.
More people understand Adam Sandler.
I think you'd have more profitable ways to use that bot than winning $10k in a code-off.
Anyhow, I know a bot.
I don't think that I'd want to ever see the page of someone who thought it a good idea to inline streaming video. I wouldn't want to see the page of someone who had a friend that thought that was a good idea either.
They already covered this one about 40 years ago with the psychic who could read minds. He was absolutely certain that a guy there was going to rob the bank. In the end, the suspect thought about it every single day, but would never actually do it.
There's a distinction that people forget about between thoughts and actions. I doubt this technology is able to distinguish between the sort of response that comes from an actual intent, and an actual thought that will never be acted on.
Though, they'll probably prove Professor Keating wrong one of these days, and man won't even be free in his dreams anymore.
Oh, come on. They can get the same company that makes the shuttle's windshield wipers to make them some nets, too.
I find it amusing that she absolutely had to a buy a new sidekick within 24 hours. Can't live without it. No doubt that is good for the economy.
I find it amusing that people are able to act smugly when they're dead wrong.
~D
Yeah. If Wargames were made today, I suppose the first "hacking" scene would involve Matthew Broderick asking Ally Sheedy if she wanted to crash any passenger jets. Then instead of changing her grades, he's set her up an account at Chase and put 100 million into it.
Obviously, they didn't show the "you're running Vista" score which was apparently -4.3.
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From the Las Vegas Hilton's bathrooms near their Star Trek thing:
"May the LUCK be with you."
And they got Michael Dorn to say it.
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I can memoize the first 1,000,000 digits of pi easily.
~D
This must be false, since it doens't take into account any factors that would determine gas mileage.
Propaganda sucks.
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You're just trying to prove you're not weak-minded.
That's very difficult, considering he just said: I work the cashier in a liquor store.
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Mushroom, mushroom.
+5 Funny?
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Snaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaake
The best solution was my sister's (she has four kids): No one, including parents, get to use the computer, or watch the TV until everyone's homework is done. It's amazing to see her 14-yr-old helping her 12-yr-old with her math because the older one wants to get in some gaming.
If by "best" you mean "worst" then I'll agree with you.
This is akin to holding back a smart kid because you have a dumb kid too, and don't want them to feel bad about their idiocy.
~D
Everyone else who responded to this post is a moron.
~D
I'm sorry, but I think you are unfamiliar with the terminology as well. Agnosticism does not mean that God may or may not exist and Atheism does not necessarily mean that God must not exist. Agnosticism means that the existence or non-existence of God is unknowable and an Atheist simply looks at the current evidence for the existence of God and arrives at the belief that He does not exist.
I chopped out the links that were provided, one from a religious site and one from a non-religious site. Why was there no actual dictionary definition given?
From Merriam-Webster's 11th Collegiate:
agnostic
1 : a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (as God) is unknown and probably unknowable; broadly : one who is not committed to believing in either the existence or the nonexistence of God or a god
2 : a person unwilling to commit to an opinion about something
To clarify - belief that something IS unknowable is belief, and violates the entire spirit of the word agnostic. This is why Webster throws in the "probably."
Though I agree - it's more fun to remove it and be able to happily classify people as believers who by definition avoid believing much of anything at all. It's comforting to be able to look at a grey bowl and call it the same black as whatever pot or kettle you decide to inhabit.
It's muddlers of language such as yourself and the references you choose to accept that make it impossible to describe anything concisely. When it's unsafe to use any word for fear of an obscure or blatantly false definition to be associated with it, then communication is hindered.
I salute you, Mr. Communication Hinderer Man.
Hope you feel better about yourself, though. I know a lot of people find solace in educating the populous with whatever brand of pseudo-knowledge that they subscribe to.
~D
What a culturally insensitive editor.
~D
I think that would scare the hell out of me.
~D