I agree with the "no cats in bed" rule, for some reason one cat loves to attack my crotch first thing in the morning! Yeah, nice way to wake up, claws of fury scraping their way to your nether regions.
For those wondering about this post. Here's another one.
In googling around I haven't found any relevant cites but this article would seem to dispute the claim of Norse origins for Tatooine. I hope butterflysrage replies here and posts some nice links. It's an interesting theory and should be widely spread if true.
Wow that's a great idea, if only there were some futuristic operating system that kept apps self-contained inside a single icon of some sort... that could be drag and dropped from one place to another... you could put them side by side in the same folder and stick a version number at the end of the name then run whichever you wanted.
Ya know it seems kind of wacky but I think I've been losing my cat allergy. Before we got married my wife always had cats, I said "Them or me" and the cats were gone. Then a few years later she missed them and wanted one badly so I gave in with the rule that it had to stay out of the bedroom.
Now months later the cat sleeps by my pillow and I don't break out like I used to and my eyes don't water. I still find myself avoiding other cats by habit but I wonder if I'm still allergic to them at all.
They proved a newspaper can successfully be made using only F/OSS. One day? Imagine one year with a programmer or two tweaking the software to work just how they want it. It could blow away the existing stuff and enable a resurgence in amateur newspapers.
I've seen the book, option 3 is the correct answer.
It's 1,440 pages of "Wait one minute, then turn the page" which sadly forces one into an inescapable loop for 24 hours. After one has starved, missed sleep and soiled oneself through this excruciating 24 hour period the last page says only this:
Hah! Thanks, yeah that was lame. So the one time I made it on I must have button-mashed E by mistake and thought I'd finally nailed the timing of the jump.
I'm just playing it now for the first time. It's pretty neat I felt tense and rushed as I was being chased through the city. Then about an hour into it I find this room with a ladder where you have to turn around and jump onto a pipe then walk on it to get to the next room. Dang I did it once then fell back down... after 10 tries I decided to go to bed.
Or when I'm stuck in a little room full of water with 2 pipes connecting to it, one I can get out by the other is just out of my reach. Oh wait, I have a crowbar. Nope, can't use it that way.
Oh well, just save it and come back later when I'm bored. If I come back later that is.
Even if they somehow got enough people to move they'd quickly realize what has become apparent in some of the tea party organizations: beyond a general anger at the government, the people in the movement agree on very little.
That's kind of like asking Slashdot users to agree on the One True OS.
Sort of, the people in the first group, who support the 'violent ape' theory is that man is violent by nature, and we will have wars because it is in our genes; we fight with family, we fight with neighbors, we fight with other people, etc.
There's also violence caused by scarcity real or imagined. Want money, chicks, food, etc... I'm sure you know how population growth is causing and will continue to cause fights over these things. It's true that the earth produces enough food for everyone but politics and greed prevent fair distribution of these things.
Personally I'll let someone kill me before I kill anyone else... of course I'll run or resist as much as possible first.:-) I don't want to die, that's nuts. But to me, murder is an enormous crime against society given simply the investment and effort that's put into each human being, besides their own individual worth which is greater than any physical object or monetary sum.
You speak of modern times but nationalism and patriotism continue to be a bane on humanity. Religions are used as arms of the state to encourage xenophobic behavior as it benefits those in power. As you said people continue to follow them. Those with honest intentions find themselves quickly neutered by the ones seeking power and personal gain. It's tough to swim with the sharks.
Anyhow, I appreciate your earnest effort to better the world we live in and your desire to spread that to others. I have certain philosophical and religious beliefs that lead me to believe man alone can't accomplish this, though I certainly don't resist any attempts to try. I know that many use God and the bible as excuses for their bloodlusts and the majority of churches encourage this, but there are millions who refuse to take up arms against their fellow man.
Dude, in your world peace blog post, isn't the 3rd group exactly who the 1st group are talking about? Violence and war are related to game theory, it's always to someone's advantage to brutalize the others. You solve the problem of the 3rd group and the 1st group will go away, the 2nd group will as well.
So peace is really simple, you just have to stop the sociopaths and "might is right" people, then everyone else can relax. That doesn't sound so easy now.
Since we're sharing anecdotes, here's my T-Mobile experience.
Had a 2 year contract but was planning to move out of the country. I talked with a rep at one of their stores and was told if they don't offer service in the new country I can cancel service without an early termination fee, also I need proof of address in the new country. No problem, the rep also offers to suspend service for up to 6 months while I make my initial move, get proof of address and come back for final paperwork. Sweet, so no charge while in the (obviously no service) country for 6 months, I fly back with proof of new address and I should be golden yes?
Nope, when I get back I find out they reactivated my account soon after I left, I'm charged with 6 months of service and a $250 early termination charge. I politely explain to the new rep (different store) how I have all the paperwork with me today because of the conversation with the old rep who set everything up and explained exactly what I needed. It's obvious no calls were made over that time period and previously I'd never had a late payment. Why would I leave for 6 months and NOT suspend my account? The rep agreed it made sense, but "Can't do anything", finally the supervisor agreed to waive the early termination fee and give me some kind of "discount" but I still owe several hundred dollars.
I was told if I went back to the original store... found the same rep, got them to admit fault, then THEY could waive the other fees. Yeah right, that was in another state and I couldn't remember exactly which rep anyways.
So I head back to my new home, T-Mobile account closed with an outstanding balance. I refuse to pay a cent since they're bastards and now a credit collection agency is hounding my parents. Such fun.
Knowing my dad, he'll probably pay the whole thing just to make them stop calling. I hate T-Mobile.
There's my anecdote. They're really worthless aren't they?
But if I were to swap out the unicorn with a plastic telecommunications device, name the hero, "Joe Sixpack," and call the wand "A virus-riddled Dell laptop," you'd know that this is the absolute truth, a PEBKAC error, to be accepted uncritically as historical fact.
And you'd be a Slashdot reader and total armchair system admin for doing so.
Considering how he's said exactly what the problem he's working on is I'm shocked that several geeks haven't already perused the known algorithms for it and come up with the exact same method he has.
Because Apple did this years ago with their Airport Express routers, it allows the computer to sleep while offering a service on the network such as file sharing or ssh, the base station detects the incoming request and wakes the computer from sleep.
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Damn 2 years?? I suspect the time is somewhere between 2009 and 2011...
It's the key for the Eagle Eye bluray release.
I don't know why they would have that in their logo, seems kind of random to me.
Wait... is that a... a construction crane?? Whoah... looks like it's coming in this dir$@HHXxXXXX____
NO CARRIER
You mean Q and X?
Not to mention C, G, J, U, V, Y and Z?
There's an R in "part".
Eh I don't get it.
I agree with the "no cats in bed" rule, for some reason one cat loves to attack my crotch first thing in the morning! Yeah, nice way to wake up, claws of fury scraping their way to your nether regions.
For those wondering about this post. Here's another one.
In googling around I haven't found any relevant cites but this article would seem to dispute the claim of Norse origins for Tatooine. I hope butterflysrage replies here and posts some nice links. It's an interesting theory and should be widely spread if true.
Wow that's a great idea, if only there were some futuristic operating system that kept apps self-contained inside a single icon of some sort... that could be drag and dropped from one place to another... you could put them side by side in the same folder and stick a version number at the end of the name then run whichever you wanted.
The future is going to be soo cool, I can't wait.
Ya know it seems kind of wacky but I think I've been losing my cat allergy. Before we got married my wife always had cats, I said "Them or me" and the cats were gone. Then a few years later she missed them and wanted one badly so I gave in with the rule that it had to stay out of the bedroom.
Now months later the cat sleeps by my pillow and I don't break out like I used to and my eyes don't water. I still find myself avoiding other cats by habit but I wonder if I'm still allergic to them at all.
They proved a newspaper can successfully be made using only F/OSS. One day? Imagine one year with a programmer or two tweaking the software to work just how they want it. It could blow away the existing stuff and enable a resurgence in amateur newspapers.
I've seen the book, option 3 is the correct answer.
It's 1,440 pages of "Wait one minute, then turn the page" which sadly forces one into an inescapable loop for 24 hours. After one has starved, missed sleep and soiled oneself through this excruciating 24 hour period the last page says only this:
Buy the book titled 'This book teaches you PHP'.
I was thoroughly disappointed.
Hah! Thanks, yeah that was lame. So the one time I made it on I must have button-mashed E by mistake and thought I'd finally nailed the timing of the jump.
Coulda spent YEARS on that ladder!!
I'm just playing it now for the first time. It's pretty neat I felt tense and rushed as I was being chased through the city. Then about an hour into it I find this room with a ladder where you have to turn around and jump onto a pipe then walk on it to get to the next room. Dang I did it once then fell back down... after 10 tries I decided to go to bed.
Or when I'm stuck in a little room full of water with 2 pipes connecting to it, one I can get out by the other is just out of my reach. Oh wait, I have a crowbar. Nope, can't use it that way.
Oh well, just save it and come back later when I'm bored. If I come back later that is.
That's kind of like asking Slashdot users to agree on the One True OS.
But why did you mod him down?? It's his birthday this year!!
There's also violence caused by scarcity real or imagined. Want money, chicks, food, etc... I'm sure you know how population growth is causing and will continue to cause fights over these things. It's true that the earth produces enough food for everyone but politics and greed prevent fair distribution of these things.
Personally I'll let someone kill me before I kill anyone else... of course I'll run or resist as much as possible first. :-) I don't want to die, that's nuts. But to me, murder is an enormous crime against society given simply the investment and effort that's put into each human being, besides their own individual worth which is greater than any physical object or monetary sum.
You speak of modern times but nationalism and patriotism continue to be a bane on humanity. Religions are used as arms of the state to encourage xenophobic behavior as it benefits those in power. As you said people continue to follow them. Those with honest intentions find themselves quickly neutered by the ones seeking power and personal gain. It's tough to swim with the sharks.
Anyhow, I appreciate your earnest effort to better the world we live in and your desire to spread that to others. I have certain philosophical and religious beliefs that lead me to believe man alone can't accomplish this, though I certainly don't resist any attempts to try. I know that many use God and the bible as excuses for their bloodlusts and the majority of churches encourage this, but there are millions who refuse to take up arms against their fellow man.
OT:
Dude, in your world peace blog post, isn't the 3rd group exactly who the 1st group are talking about? Violence and war are related to game theory, it's always to someone's advantage to brutalize the others. You solve the problem of the 3rd group and the 1st group will go away, the 2nd group will as well.
So peace is really simple, you just have to stop the sociopaths and "might is right" people, then everyone else can relax. That doesn't sound so easy now.
Since we're sharing anecdotes, here's my T-Mobile experience.
Had a 2 year contract but was planning to move out of the country. I talked with a rep at one of their stores and was told if they don't offer service in the new country I can cancel service without an early termination fee, also I need proof of address in the new country. No problem, the rep also offers to suspend service for up to 6 months while I make my initial move, get proof of address and come back for final paperwork. Sweet, so no charge while in the (obviously no service) country for 6 months, I fly back with proof of new address and I should be golden yes?
Nope, when I get back I find out they reactivated my account soon after I left, I'm charged with 6 months of service and a $250 early termination charge. I politely explain to the new rep (different store) how I have all the paperwork with me today because of the conversation with the old rep who set everything up and explained exactly what I needed. It's obvious no calls were made over that time period and previously I'd never had a late payment. Why would I leave for 6 months and NOT suspend my account? The rep agreed it made sense, but "Can't do anything", finally the supervisor agreed to waive the early termination fee and give me some kind of "discount" but I still owe several hundred dollars.
I was told if I went back to the original store... found the same rep, got them to admit fault, then THEY could waive the other fees. Yeah right, that was in another state and I couldn't remember exactly which rep anyways.
So I head back to my new home, T-Mobile account closed with an outstanding balance. I refuse to pay a cent since they're bastards and now a credit collection agency is hounding my parents. Such fun.
Knowing my dad, he'll probably pay the whole thing just to make them stop calling. I hate T-Mobile.
There's my anecdote. They're really worthless aren't they?
It's a group not a dude? Then they'll splinter off and start new groups? Like maybe... Pirate BOB??
I'm confused.
But if I were to swap out the unicorn with a plastic telecommunications device, name the hero, "Joe Sixpack," and call the wand "A virus-riddled Dell laptop," you'd know that this is the absolute truth, a PEBKAC error, to be accepted uncritically as historical fact.
And you'd be a Slashdot reader and total armchair system admin for doing so.
Your nick is appropriate.
Considering how he's said exactly what the problem he's working on is I'm shocked that several geeks haven't already perused the known algorithms for it and come up with the exact same method he has.
RENEW!!! RENEW!!! RENEEEWWWWW!!!!!!!! ... some non-caps text to get past the lameness filter.
Sadly they were all jailed anyways when a tornado came that they had failed to warn everyone about.
Where I live machetes still kill people everyday.
That just means we have the chance to get in on the latest internet craze: illputyouinabodybag.com!
Because Apple did this years ago with their Airport Express routers, it allows the computer to sleep while offering a service on the network such as file sharing or ssh, the base station detects the incoming request and wakes the computer from sleep.
It's time for more innovation from Microsoft.