Has anyone seen that news clip where a couple of folks throw three cream pies in Bill's face? It is freakin' hilarious. Bill gets smacked in the face with a pie and kind of starts shaking, and curls up.
Does anyone know a web site one can get that video from? I saw that clip on a friend's computer a while back, but forgot to ask him where he had gotten it...
I think part of the reason people assume computer == nerd is because when you work at a computer, you are there alone, no social interaction. A lawyer would be working with his client, or fellow lawyers, or something; a doctor works with patients and nurses. A person who does computer work sits alone in front of a screen.
You might not like to run a word processor on a web browser, but I would wager in three to five years, that's about the only place you'll be able to run a word processor. It's all going distributed. There will come a day when computers will ship with no software installed on them, because all the software you need will be running of the net or someone else's machine.
If someone said, "I live next door to my investors," I would feel more comfortable investing with them (since if something goes wrong, I can expect them to have to answer) than investing with someone who might retreat to a country that is already infamous for piracy and intellectual property violations.
Yeah, I think that was what it was all about. I was too young to have enough sense when we got our first Packard Bell, being 10 (down at Sears, of course), but I stand alone to blame for not convincing my dad to buy our second Packard Bell, being 14.
Yeah, Packard Smell sure did suck hard. Hehe, although my first two computers were Packard Bells: a Legend IV (286, 12 Mhz, 1 MB RAM, 40 MB HD) and then a 486 DX/2, 4 MB RAM!:).
Anyway, you know that it's crappy when it becomes Wal-Mart's official computer brand. I lived my high school years in a small town, and the only place that sold computers was Wal-Mart. So, if you wanted to go see the newest computers, you had to go to Wal-Mart and look at their out-of-date, over-priced Packard Bells. Egad.
Finally, just curious if anyone else out there was part of the Packard Bell class-action suit. It was quite a few years ago, but we received a couple bucks through the mail because we had purchased our first Packard Bell during a specific date span and Packard Bell had done something bad then, so some lawyers decided to sue the company and redistrubute about $5 to us Packard Bell suckers... wonder how much the lawyers made...
Supposedly the guys at LinuxOne are just scamming folks. There is a good article that talks LinuxOne and why you should avoid these guys. According to the article, the only Exec to own stock is the CEO, and the company expects to generate $73 million with the IPO- this from a company whose income is $0 and whose expenses are $17,000. Also (according to the above-mentioned article), the CEO is in the business of spamming (read more).
Finally, this company plans on changing the source to Linux. I quote from their web page:
The Company's extensions to the Linux software kernel will rapidly distinguish its products from all other available Linux software.
So what is LinuxOne out to do? Raise money and flee the country, would be my bet. Their CEO, Dr. Wun C. Chiou, Sr., has connections in China. Don't expect him to stay around in the states after he "goes public," because his "investors" are going to be fuming.
It locked me out when I asked a question about an MP3 the forum said it "created." In actuality, the MP3 was "stolen" from a real, live group of human composers.:(
What I wouldn't give to have you guys fess up to whether F2K is real or not. I am a regular reader, and most of the posts are funny as hell (Barbie and Einstein have to be my two favorites), and I wish that computers were generating these responses, but my intuition tells me that humans are doing it all... Damn.
Those treaties we made with Russia concerned just anti-nuclear missile weapons. During Nixon's stint in office, scientists had come up with a way to build anti-missle missles around large cities or important tagets that needed to be protected from the Reds. Russia threatened to do the same, so a treaty was struck up guaranteeing that neither side would protect itself from a nuclear onslaught.
I wonder how Regan's Star Wars program affected this treaty. Anyway, the point being, is those treaties concerned nuclear weapons, not standard missles, like the SCUD missles that were supposedly shot down during the Gulf War.
- Who shall pay the rent for the old? (Is it really called rent? I wonder...:) - less people, less customers. - Who will actually work? Whern 95& of the population are retired you have a problem
The elderly will work! We will all be sitting behind desks, anyway, so why can't an 80 year old person keep working? They will have to, if they want to eat.
Regardless if it is real or not, I've gotten some pretty neat answers from the computer. (I'm sure it was the computer, a quick response (within 20 seconds) at a late hour in the night...)
Anyway, I asked it an Analysis of Algorithms homework question, asking for big theta of a recursive algorithm. Specifically, I asked for big theta of:
T(n) = a if n = 0 or n = 1 T(n) = T(n-1) + T(n-2) + C*n for all other values of n
and Evil Spock responded that it grew linearly since T(2) = 2a + 2c.
If a computer did that, that is freakin' incredible.
Agreed. God is no more than a group of scientists on a planet like Earth. Perhaps our Universe was created on accident, or was "unknowingly" created by a bunch of overzealous scientists on some planet...
Let's see: 1.) Had fun 2.) Met some cool people There is more to life than money. In fact, psychology has shown that people will come to appreciate what they do less if they are paid to do it.
Why does everyone think this is true? Is there anyone from Microsoft that can verify this? What's to stop me from calling up LokiSoft myself and say that I am from Microsoft? Where's the proof??
I want something now that would restore me to the level of intellectual and learning ability I had when I was 25. At the time I didn't put it to good use, but now (mhmm hmm years later) I think I could really use some extra brain cycles, plus I would have the wisdom to utilize them in a somewhat more constructive manner.
This leads to the question: How old are you now? 26? Just wanted to know...
I wouldn't doubt it! I am just 21, and I can tell that I am less sharp than I was a year to two ago.:(
Already hit my decline. I read someone once that the vast majority of revolutionary scientific discoveries were made by folks under age 25.
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Removing hair? Like balding? Or do you mean moving hair, like having it stand up on end?
Does anyone know a web site one can get that video from? I saw that clip on a friend's computer a while back, but forgot to ask him where he had gotten it...
I think part of the reason people assume computer == nerd is because when you work at a computer, you are there alone, no social interaction. A lawyer would be working with his client, or fellow lawyers, or something; a doctor works with patients and nurses. A person who does computer work sits alone in front of a screen.
You might not like to run a word processor on a web browser, but I would wager in three to five years, that's about the only place you'll be able to run a word processor. It's all going distributed. There will come a day when computers will ship with no software installed on them, because all the software you need will be running of the net or someone else's machine.
That, and I'm racist. (grin)
Yeah, I think that was what it was all about. I was too young to have enough sense when we got our first Packard Bell, being 10 (down at Sears, of course), but I stand alone to blame for not convincing my dad to buy our second Packard Bell, being 14.
Anyway, you know that it's crappy when it becomes Wal-Mart's official computer brand. I lived my high school years in a small town, and the only place that sold computers was Wal-Mart. So, if you wanted to go see the newest computers, you had to go to Wal-Mart and look at their out-of-date, over-priced Packard Bells. Egad.
Finally, just curious if anyone else out there was part of the Packard Bell class-action suit. It was quite a few years ago, but we received a couple bucks through the mail because we had purchased our first Packard Bell during a specific date span and Packard Bell had done something bad then, so some lawyers decided to sue the company and redistrubute about $5 to us Packard Bell suckers... wonder how much the lawyers made...
Finally, this company plans on changing the source to Linux. I quote from their web page:
Taken from http://www.linuxone.net/companyinfo/ about.html
So what is LinuxOne out to do? Raise money and flee the country, would be my bet. Their CEO, Dr. Wun C. Chiou, Sr., has connections in China. Don't expect him to stay around in the states after he "goes public," because his "investors" are going to be fuming.
It locked me out when I asked a question about an MP3 the forum said it "created." In actuality, the MP3 was "stolen" from a real, live group of human composers. :(
What I wouldn't give to have you guys fess up to whether F2K is real or not. I am a regular reader, and most of the posts are funny as hell (Barbie and Einstein have to be my two favorites), and I wish that computers were generating these responses, but my intuition tells me that humans are doing it all... Damn.
I wonder how Regan's Star Wars program affected this treaty. Anyway, the point being, is those treaties concerned nuclear weapons, not standard missles, like the SCUD missles that were supposedly shot down during the Gulf War.
That's unfortunate that you're anti apps on the web, because that's where it's all headed. Some neat, neat stuff, in my opinion.
Dude, it was because New Coke sucked. Did you ever drink any of that? Man, it was nasty.
The elderly will work! We will all be sitting behind desks, anyway, so why can't an 80 year old person keep working? They will have to, if they want to eat.
They are more aware of birth control, too.
Shift, not Shit. :)
Anyway, I asked it an Analysis of Algorithms homework question, asking for big theta of a recursive algorithm. Specifically, I asked for big theta of:
T(n) = a if n = 0 or n = 1
T(n) = T(n-1) + T(n-2) + C*n for all other values of n
and Evil Spock responded that it grew linearly since T(2) = 2a + 2c.
If a computer did that, that is freakin' incredible.
Why was there a problem? WHy don't they want under 18 year olds in at their conference or trade show?
Agreed. God is no more than a group of scientists on a planet like Earth. Perhaps our Universe was created on accident, or was "unknowingly" created by a bunch of overzealous scientists on some planet...
Let's see: 1.) Had fun 2.) Met some cool people There is more to life than money. In fact, psychology has shown that people will come to appreciate what they do less if they are paid to do it.
According to the Simpson's, the RAND company is responsible for turning Springfield's adults into reverse vampire zombies.
Why does everyone think this is true? Is there anyone from Microsoft that can verify this? What's to stop me from calling up LokiSoft myself and say that I am from Microsoft? Where's the proof??
Don't forget comatose patients. They can't give consent either.
Infoseek stock, of which I own too much, has taken a dive over recent months, and has dropped nearly three points since this story was released. Ugh.
Also! Dude, you shouldn't be going after kids. That's pretty fucked up right there.
I wouldn't doubt it! I am just 21, and I can tell that I am less sharp than I was a year to two ago. :(
Already hit my decline. I read someone once that the vast majority of revolutionary scientific discoveries were made by folks under age 25.