Ironically, there's prior art on that observation from over two thousand years ago:
At last I went to the artisans, for I was conscious that I knew nothing at all, as I may say, and I was sure that they knew many fine things; and in this I was not mistaken, for they did know many things of which I was ignorant, and in this they certainly were wiser than I was. But I observed that even the good artisans fell into the same error as the poets; because they were good workmen they thought that they also knew all sorts of high matters, and this defect in them overshadowed their wisdom [...]
Actually, scratch that--it looks like AT&T removed that option. However, a.) that's AT&T being a shitty carrier, and not the fault of Android; and b.) there's a way around it already.
> funny that my at&t android will only install items from the marketplace and not > 'any app i choose' - i read a forum that said i needed to root the device to remove that restriction.
You need to read different forums. Go to Settings, then Applications, and check the setting that says "Allow install of non-Market applications". Done. No root necessary.
You might want to do some research before you start casually using the term "bug chasers". Hint: it already has a meaning, and it's almost certainly not what you think it is.
> One of the morning messages could be "having a morning coffee with satan" and late night message could be "man do I appreciate cold beer right now".
I've had sort of the same idea, only mine is an IM bot that will occasionally fire off messages to my friends at 3 AM saying things like "Look behind you" or "HE COMES".
Avoid this. I was in London earlier this year (half-vacation, half-work; I was doing some stuff for my master's degree), and stopped by the Clink. It's basically several rooms full of mannequins in replica torture devices and a few small, sad plaques with information you could find on Wikipedia. It definitely wasn't worth the money, even after the student discount.
You should give the old LucasArts adventures a try. They were specifically designed so that you could never get stuck or lose the game or get killed for stupid reasons. It meant you could relax and enjoy the game's story, and it was almost always well worth it.
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--Socrates in Plato's Apology
> now raise your fist in the air to limit transmission interference
There's some prior art on that already.
> Can we really extend the life of our own sun? I can't even begin to calculate how that would work...
Well, for one, we should start using it only when it's dark outside.
> Maybe he/she is worried about releasing The Andromeda Strain...
Don't be silly. It's shoggoths all the way down.
Actually, scratch that--it looks like AT&T removed that option. However, a.) that's AT&T being a shitty carrier, and not the fault of Android; and b.) there's a way around it already.
> funny that my at&t android will only install items from the marketplace and not
> 'any app i choose' - i read a forum that said i needed to root the device to remove that restriction.
You need to read different forums. Go to Settings, then Applications, and check the setting that says "Allow install of non-Market applications". Done. No root necessary.
> I'm typing this post while driving up I-95 as we speak, and let me tell you, it's perfectly sa
Uh oh. Candlejack has taken up hitchhi
You might want to do some research before you start casually using the term "bug chasers". Hint: it already has a meaning, and it's almost certainly not what you think it is.
> One of the morning messages could be "having a morning coffee with satan" and late night message could be "man do I appreciate cold beer right now".
I've had sort of the same idea, only mine is an IM bot that will occasionally fire off messages to my friends at 3 AM saying things like "Look behind you" or "HE COMES".
> the state ought not to assume that I want to give away my body parts without confirmation of this wish.
Why? What exactly are you planning to do with them after you die?
> But where's the plagiarism? As far as I can tell the papers are original.
Yes, original papers...that people are then buying and passing off as their own work.
> Do you have children of your own?
The contents of my basement are nobody else's business.
> You pick up on a slightly misdirected interpunctuation (semicolon or even a colon would have been fine) but ignore the glaring grammar errors?
Not so much "ignore" as "refrain from correcting in disgust". I'm only dedicated to drive-by snark to a point.
> Chrome sandboxes individual tabs, crashes of one tab does not affect the running of the rest of Chrome browser.
Will Chrome also restart sentences in the event of comma splices?
> message queue that will spawn workers
You have no idea of my level of disappointment when I realized that the above didn't say "message queue that will spawn hookers".
> The Clink Prison Museum
Avoid this. I was in London earlier this year (half-vacation, half-work; I was doing some stuff for my master's degree), and stopped by the Clink. It's basically several rooms full of mannequins in replica torture devices and a few small, sad plaques with information you could find on Wikipedia. It definitely wasn't worth the money, even after the student discount.
The internet doesn't weigh anything.
> Why does it matter if someone else gets an epic-quality item?
Because you can't entrust the Sword of a Thousand Truths to a noob.
> [...] the criminal justice system is like a slot machine.
Sit playing it long enough, and a scantily-clad woman will come up to you and offer you free drinks?
> Dude, seriously. That was a pretty corny joke.
And yet there's a kernel of truth to it.
> WTF? I regularly post to slashdot while I'm driving to
What, was Candlejack in the passenger sea
> Go insane. It's the new encryption.
My brain will be running Windows Millenium Hand and Shrimp.
> SELECT * FROM underage_children ORDERBY date_of_birth DESC;
Error: 1337 (PARTYVAN): Why don't you have a seat over there?
> That was my last adventure game.
You should give the old LucasArts adventures a try. They were specifically designed so that you could never get stuck or lose the game or get killed for stupid reasons. It meant you could relax and enjoy the game's story, and it was almost always well worth it.
> How do you think the internet was created? With lots and lots of netbeans.
That would explain the vast fields of corn^H^H^H^H porn.