> I mean, Java is just a freaking virtual machine, not the underpinnings > of all laws of physics. I'm pretty sure my shoes and coffee mug are > going to make it through this ordeal.
I don't know...I'm still pretty worried. Last night, I set some stuff out on the curb.
> That book went from "Who is John Galt?" to "When the hell will John Galt shut up?" pretty quick.
I once attempted to read Atlas Shrugged at a local Barnes and Noble with the assistance of a B-vitamin injection and an intrepid Sherpa guide with a BA in English literature.
We got as far as the fiftieth page of the John Galt monologue, and then I had to abandon the effort after poor Lobsang went mad and hurled himself into the espresso maker at the Starbucks next door.
> The free market uses the most valuable labour. Now USians are probably > too stupid to notice this, but the most skilled labour with the least > costs most certainly isn't coming from USians. > > If for no other reason than the MASSIVE health care costs the, uh, > "oversized" average USian places on the system.
"[...] what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul."
> And after ten minutes of posturing and spouting non-sequiturs, he still will not have said yes or no.
This is one of the reasons I started to support Howard Dean back in 2004. He was being interviewed on TV, and he was asked a question--I don't remember what it was, and it's not important now--and without even pausing, he answered "No, and I'll tell you why."
A straight answer from a presidential candidate. The sound of my jaw dropping could be heard for several blocks.
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> Did they include the "guy standing over rope with axe" switch
> to shut down the Manhattan project reactor pile?
Nah, that was really more of a hack.
>>"What do you think?"
>
> Is that a rhetorical question?
Why are you asking me?
> Last I checked, The Book of Skulls was written by Robert Silverberg [...]
Perhaps the original poster was thinking of Stickwick Stapers by Farles Wickens with four M's and a silent Q.
> What's a religion without nasty threats?
The Church of England?
"Cake or death?"
> All of these fools who think it's is ok for possession could,
> I dunno, be dragged out into the streets, put into stocks,
> and flogged?
Fixed that for you.
> Which payday do you choose?
Can I choose the 1st, 6th, 15th, 21st, and every other Friday?
> So unless we got some very clean and efficient way to generate power
> to get this clean H2, we're just back at square one.
A man.
Some water.
A very, very sharp axe.
(And yes, it's patented, so no stealing my idea, you insensitive clods.)
> Polygamy is and was fairly common in humans.
Can you get that in writing? Like, from a real anthropologist?
And then send it to my wife?
> Here's a hint: if you think money is generally created by printing more currency,
> you obviously don't know what the hell you're talking about.
Wait...wh-? Seriously?
Oh, shit. Excuse me--I have to call Kinko's and cancel an order right now.
> man lguest
A hollow voice says "Fool".
> 3rd Bass was a rap group. The bit you referenced is actually
> an Abbot and Costello skit called Who's on First.
Is there a word for the opposite of satori?
Because whatever it is, I think you just inflicted it on everyone.
>> Yes, I do know Who actually wrote it
>
>
> - So who did?
I don't know.
3rd Bass!
> Imagine a Beowulf cluster of those!
I don't think I'd be brave enough buy one.
I'm no Heorot.
> It's NEW ZEALAND not Australia you moron.
An easy way to remember: New Zealand is Australia's Canada.
I'm told the working title for his thesis was The Orbital Mechanics of Fat-Bottomed Girls: Making the Rockin' World Go 'Round.
> ...but what did it hit them with.
ZERG RUSH KEKEKEKEKE
> What's with that guy who asks Stallman if he's familiar with the anime industry?
He mistook Stallman for that giant teddy bear from Akira.
> I mean, Java is just a freaking virtual machine, not the underpinnings
> of all laws of physics. I'm pretty sure my shoes and coffee mug are
> going to make it through this ordeal.
I don't know...I'm still pretty worried. Last night, I set some stuff out on the curb.
This morning, it got garbage collected.
> We are looking at an example where the checks and balances system is being
> undermined at the most fundamental level.
Which is clearly why we need to return to the system of Jacks and Palances.
> Take it from me, I work in HR at a Fortune 500 company, so I know a thing or two.
HR? I'd be surprised if you know what color database has the most RAM.
> So after step one, the intro to step two is most likely "See, kids, and this happens when you forget to..."
Also known as the "We're gonna need another Timmy" method.
> That book went from "Who is John Galt?" to "When the hell will John Galt shut up?" pretty quick.
I once attempted to read Atlas Shrugged at a local Barnes and Noble with the assistance of a B-vitamin injection and an intrepid Sherpa guide with a BA in English literature.
We got as far as the fiftieth page of the John Galt monologue, and then I had to abandon the effort after poor Lobsang went mad and hurled himself into the espresso maker at the Starbucks next door.
> The free market uses the most valuable labour. Now USians are probably
> too stupid to notice this, but the most skilled labour with the least
> costs most certainly isn't coming from USians.
>
> If for no other reason than the MASSIVE health care costs the, uh,
> "oversized" average USian places on the system.
"[...] what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things
I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were
you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought.
Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award
you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul."
> And after ten minutes of posturing and spouting non-sequiturs, he still will not have said yes or no.
This is one of the reasons I started to support Howard Dean back in 2004. He was being interviewed on TV, and he was asked a question--I don't remember what it was, and it's not important now--and without even pausing, he answered "No, and I'll tell you why."
A straight answer from a presidential candidate. The sound of my jaw dropping could be heard for several blocks.
> I call BS regarding the google video thing, we all know it was ROT13'd twice.
That's nowhere near secure enough. I ROT6.5 everything four times.