All the cabbies I talked to in Vegas last time said COMDEX was a dead week for the casinos 'cause techies don't gamble as much as white trash. I don't know if this is true, but cabbies usually have the smut on what's going on in a town.
In the old days, (after walking ten miles in the snow to school) it would be really annoying to have some jackass clicketty-clicking away taking notes on a laptop.
What's the status now; are schools requiring quieter machines? Is it the norm to have the whole class making this noise? Are people back to paper and pencil for note-taking? Are notes "so 20th century"?
I like science, and I like the thought that (more) intelligent life exists somewhere in the universe, but I think those Seti@Home assholes are poking a cosmic hornet's nest with a big stick.
If patents were not enforcable, this diagnostic tool and many, many other medical treatments would not exist. In a few short years the pattents will expire and society will have free access to the methods the describe.
Yeah, I'm not slagging the armed forces; they serve a useful purpose and one *can* serve without having to kill anyone directly. However, I do think that 99.44% of/.ers (myself included) would not be happy in the military. It's also a retarded way to try to see the world. You have little control over where you go and what little free time you have when you get there.
Sure, we used to traffic in slaves and oppress women, does that mean we should just STFU about these issues today so as not to look hypocritical? I don't think so.
This is a pretty funny post, but it bugs the crap out of me that everyone thinks this is a strike. It's not. The port owners closed the ports after a work slowdown of 50%.
In other annoying news, President Bush mispronounced the word "nuclear" 473 times during his speech the other night.
You don't have to trust the network. Just click on "access from public machine" and then simply scan the barcode tattooed on your forehead each time you want to log in. Sure, forehead scanning is a PITA, but it beats having all your data available to the Forces of Evil.
I send about two constituent emails a month. I always get responses on issues I agree with my representatives on; I never get responses on issues I disagree with them on. As a third party voter, I overlap with both the majority parties quite a bit (Republicrats on gun control, Demicrans on free speech), yet it's obvious that the candidates don't give a crap about what I think, only about their market positioning.
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All the cabbies I talked to in Vegas last time said COMDEX was a dead week for the casinos 'cause techies don't gamble as much as white trash. I don't know if this is true, but cabbies usually have the smut on what's going on in a town.
But this one is really cool - it has 24" chrome wheels, fully hydraulic suspension, and it's covered in Nike stickers.
Actually some of the stories around here could stand to be a little less duplicitous too.
In the old days, (after walking ten miles in the snow to school) it would be really annoying to have some jackass clicketty-clicking away taking notes on a laptop.
What's the status now; are schools requiring quieter machines? Is it the norm to have the whole class making this noise? Are people back to paper and pencil for note-taking? Are notes "so 20th century"?
> where the public wants to draw the line between liberty and safety
"Give me liberty or give me death." -Patrick Henry, 1775
Good god, at that rate of gain you'll be 650 lbs by retirement age! How are you going to get into your motorhome?
So that's the Apple of your eye?
I can just imagine this as some sort of perv Turing Test: "Is it a man, a woman, or a machine operating the hand?"
I like science, and I like the thought that (more) intelligent life exists somewhere in the universe, but I think those Seti@Home assholes are poking a cosmic hornet's nest with a big stick.
Your machine will be hopelessly obsolete long before the components fail.
If patents were not enforcable, this diagnostic tool and many, many other medical treatments would not exist. In a few short years the pattents will expire and society will have free access to the methods the describe.
Yeah, I'm not slagging the armed forces; they serve a useful purpose and one *can* serve without having to kill anyone directly. However, I do think that 99.44% of /.ers (myself included) would not be happy in the military. It's also a retarded way to try to see the world. You have little control over where you go and what little free time you have when you get there.
As the saying goes, "Join the Army, travel to exotic lands, meet interesting people, and often kill them."
Sure, we used to traffic in slaves and oppress women, does that mean we should just STFU about these issues today so as not to look hypocritical? I don't think so.
>>RIGHT NOW, what can I use my spare cycles for, besides SETI?
Heating your office.
About 1/4 of the way into the film, Wallace says something like "howdya like my knobby styles?".
1. What the heck is he actually saying?
2. What does that mean in Yank English?
TIA -Anne
This is a pretty funny post, but it bugs the crap out of me that everyone thinks this is a strike. It's not. The port owners closed the ports after a work slowdown of 50%.
In other annoying news, President Bush mispronounced the word "nuclear" 473 times during his speech the other night.
I-93. Where else can you park in downtown Boston for free?
What exactly is the difference between a Resume and a CV ?
Academics have CV's and are generally paid half what their non-academic counterparts with resumes are.
Perhaps this alleged "atmosphere" doesn't exist at all, and they simply crashed into the big blue ceiling.
You don't have to trust the network. Just click on "access from public machine" and then simply scan the barcode tattooed on your forehead each time you want to log in. Sure, forehead scanning is a PITA, but it beats having all your data available to the Forces of Evil.
Yeah, and WTF are you going to do for 33 months, lift weights and smoke?
I send about two constituent emails a month. I always get responses on issues I agree with my representatives on; I never get responses on issues I disagree with them on. As a third party voter, I overlap with both the majority parties quite a bit (Republicrats on gun control, Demicrans on free speech), yet it's obvious that the candidates don't give a crap about what I think, only about their market positioning.
He thinks the poster is pulling his leg.
Don't worry, eventually there will be another even more evil event that will bump 9/11 down the list. People suck; count on it.