I dunno if they were *censored* from saying it; maybe. I think it's a funnier, more titillating, more in-crowd way to say it -- and since many lawyers are uptight and priggish (not all, of course), it might also be a realistic depiction of how they might talk about it in court. (And by 'it,' I mean the numerical sexual position which shall not be named.) It makes the audience smirk happily to know they "get it," even when it's not a high burden to meet.
If this were on Boston Legal, I think they would have played it up even more;) Imagine other jokes / running conversations that could be based on this obfuscation.
DENNY CRANE: "Doesn't *everyone* refer to their sexual positions by number? I've got more than 400! One for each successful date of my life..."
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DENISE BAUER: "Alan, what you mean I look 'about 70'?" ALAN SHORE: "Oh, that's a good thing: I was rounding up. And I really mean it, too."
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Haven't you ever heard the punchline to the joke about sexual innuendo / slang terms, something like "Well, your honor, that's a peculiarity of screwin' with which you obviously need not concern yourself"?:)
Hey, I'm on West Coast time, and as I read the timestamp, I was probably asleep when you submitted that (completely unrunnable, really funny) take on it. My loss, toots!
"Incidentally most consumers of Fox News are too narrow-minded to realize this..."
On the other hand, lots of the criticism I've seen aimed at the Fox network has been pretty narrow-minded, too. There are plenty of broad brushes to go around, it seems.
And whether there are appropriate honorifics relating to the form in which it is written, Oh, He whose name requires three sheets. (Three sheets to the wind, perhaps...)
So far, I'm very impressed with the combination -- I think it would take a pretty stubborn Windows defender to say that Ubuntu is not a nicer fit on such machines, barring the (not usual, but specific) need to run particular pieces of Windows-limited software.
So far, only two real frustrations, both of which have been cleared up:
1) Wireless, though it's supposed to work "out of the box," did not work until a lot of shot-in-the-dark meandering down the twisty hallway of online advice. See related journal entry: https://slashdot.org/~timothy/journal/215545
Now that it *is* working, it picks up far more base stations than does the wireless system in my MacBook Pro, which surprises me. Works well at local coffee shops, WPA-secured home network, etc.
2) Enabling the cube. It's been a while since I last got the famous cube going (on a desktop I don't have handy to inspect / remember how I did it). Again, there's plenty of online advice, some of it well written, some of it less so. By trying enough things, though, after several search terms like "getting the cursed cube to work in Ubuntu for complete klutzes," I finally prevailed.
I've installed some of my favorite apps (like Inkscape and VLC). Installed some of my less-favorite software, like the official Flash plug-in, which makes the mind-rot of YouTube available to me.
All in all, this seems like a great release -- I even like the brown background pic this time around. (Clever abstraction, a company forte it seems.)
timothy
NOW, space can have a smell ...
on
Space Coffee
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· Score: 1
A good smell.
Lots of people, noses already firmly lifted into space, would haughtily say that Starbucks coffee smells like the aftermath of welding, but those people have no sense of perspective. And this coffee isn't even from Starbucks! My opinion, you have to work pretty hard to make the smell of coffee cooking unpleasant.
If you're not familiar with the way policies of seizure / confiscation have perverted certain aspects of law enforcement, I leave it to you to google and decide for yourself.
What about those convicted of online copyright violation? Or ordering products which are not legally importable but are nonetheless widely available? With thinking-of-children hats wedged in place (which isn't necessarily on top of their heads), busybody, unctuous lawmakers can justify all kinds "shouldn't we oughtta" measures like this.
Hmmm. What gives you the right use email *without* running it past the government first? Realize, that's the mindset at work here.
I may be vain in many ways (or at least a few), but the obsession with hair is one I am happy to laugh at. But then, my hairline's been retreating since before I was 12, so that could just be reaction formation;)
The government arbitrarily cripples all kinds of businesses -- medical marijuana comes to mind. So does prostitution.
Of course, they wouldn't call it "arbitrary" -- always, there's a really good *reason* (from the point of view of the government) why they do the crippling. So perhaps we've arrived at the No True Scotsman impasse:)
Fiber is not the mail, I realize, but there's no way to have a govt-run / subdidized / protectulated* industry without impinging on the freedom of others to engage in a free and fair marketplace, because the ideas of free and fair are suddenly out the window. (Ask an American home schooling parent how he enjoys subsidizing the government schools of this country.)
"Besides the fact that if they did, they would be sued." You can sue government entities only under certain circumstances, and even then it's a big pain.
No, you're thinking of "Some Kind of Wonderful," with Mary Stuart Masterson at her moody-punk-tomboy cutest. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094006/)
It's just "The Omen." The 1976 version is scarier than the remake, and since it's made after I was born I can assert with confidence that my own birth is not pictured therein. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075005/)
"Yep. Nader is the man for you. He's the only one who's honest enough to say what a waste it is to incarcerate hundreds of thousands of small-time pot dealers."
I'll address this one only to McCain, since Obama's made his confiscatory tendencies clearer:
Mr. McCain: Would you strongly consider a flat national sales tax proposal (even one with "Fair Tax"-style exceptions and give-backs) as an alternative to payroll taxes and nesting layers of loopholes? If not, please explain your reasoning.
I'm not a fan of either of these guys, or their parties. But I'd be much more interested (and possibly eager to vote for one of them) if McCain (ha!) or Obama (ha!) would say something about ending -- or at least mitigating -- the proudly silly ("zero tolerance") drug policies which result in crowded prisons, a bootlegger's market, intolerance for private property and decisions, and lowered respect for the law.
So, John, Barry, do either of you even care to address the low-hanging fruit, by lopping off a corner (let's say, for now, growing and / or possessing small amounts of marijuana) of this giant cancer on the country? Or will you just bloviate as usual on the "scourge of drugs" despite the discretionary nature of many aspects of the so-called War on Drugs?
I'll be waiting for your answer in my fortified bunker...
No, that's not how it works -- even if I wish that it did.
This story is categorized in the Slashdot backend as Interviews; the other topics named for it (in order) are Politics / United States / Republican / Democrat. (And there's no way to put topics *next* to each other, or I'd be happy to.) There's honestly no significance to the order (other than the top-level section topic, in this case Interviews) that topic icons appear. It's just an artifact of the way icons are displayed that you see the Democrat icon on top; don't take it for more than what it is.
Of course, Slashdot's [left-liberal / arch-conservative / phoney-progressive / anarcho-libertarian] slant is obvious to anyone with eyes...
I've seen only one episode (vsiting a friend who watches TV more than I do, and who gets more channels), but it made me want to see many more. (The one I saw was about zooming and crunching through East Africa in beaters purchased in-country -- pretty impressive how they all held up, actually, though all suffered pretty badly.)
This seems like a good way to create educational games, of the visually sparse (ha!) but still fun choose-your-adventure variety, like Oregon Trail. Is it easy to create content? Can anyone recommend tools to do so, to run under Linux?
I know they're not as conspicuous as they could be, but there are frequently stories included near the body of the new story. It took me a while to dig this one up (I remembered posting it, but that was several thousand posts ago, and a few years, too), so I hope people notice it.
Have heard good things about the HP's keyboard and build quality -- but bad things about the processor. It really would be nice if HP would include the Nano as the core of the next-gen version. OTOH, I'm not sure what you mean by the "stance Intel took developing" the Atom; would you mind explaining that?
One thing I like about Intel's integrated chipsets is that Compiz Fusion works well with quite low-end hardware; I like having those effects, even though they're pretty low on Maslow's heirarchy of human needs.
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I dunno if they were *censored* from saying it; maybe. I think it's a funnier, more titillating, more in-crowd way to say it -- and since many lawyers are uptight and priggish (not all, of course), it might also be a realistic depiction of how they might talk about it in court. (And by 'it,' I mean the numerical sexual position which shall not be named.) It makes the audience smirk happily to know they "get it," even when it's not a high burden to meet.
If this were on Boston Legal, I think they would have played it up even more ;) Imagine other jokes / running conversations that could be based on this obfuscation.
DENNY CRANE: "Doesn't *everyone* refer to their sexual positions by number? I've got more than 400! One for each successful date of my life ..."
---------
DENISE BAUER: "Alan, what you mean I look 'about 70'?"
ALAN SHORE: "Oh, that's a good thing: I was rounding up. And I really mean it, too."
-------
Haven't you ever heard the punchline to the joke about sexual innuendo / slang terms, something like "Well, your honor, that's a peculiarity of screwin' with which you obviously need not concern yourself"? :)
timothy
Hey, I'm on West Coast time, and as I read the timestamp, I was probably asleep when you submitted that (completely unrunnable, really funny) take on it. My loss, toots!
timothy
"Incidentally most consumers of Fox News are too narrow-minded to realize this..."
On the other hand, lots of the criticism I've seen aimed at the Fox network has been pretty narrow-minded, too. There are plenty of broad brushes to go around, it seems.
timothy
And whether there are appropriate honorifics relating to the form in which it is written, Oh, He whose name requires three sheets. (Three sheets to the wind, perhaps ...)
At least he didn't decide to become a "Princess."
So far, I'm very impressed with the combination -- I think it would take a pretty stubborn Windows defender to say that Ubuntu is not a nicer fit on such machines, barring the (not usual, but specific) need to run particular pieces of Windows-limited software.
So far, only two real frustrations, both of which have been cleared up:
1) Wireless, though it's supposed to work "out of the box," did not work until a lot of shot-in-the-dark meandering down the twisty hallway of online advice. See related journal entry: https://slashdot.org/~timothy/journal/215545
Now that it *is* working, it picks up far more base stations than does the wireless system in my MacBook Pro, which surprises me. Works well at local coffee shops, WPA-secured home network, etc.
2) Enabling the cube. It's been a while since I last got the famous cube going (on a desktop I don't have handy to inspect / remember how I did it). Again, there's plenty of online advice, some of it well written, some of it less so. By trying enough things, though, after several search terms like "getting the cursed cube to work in Ubuntu for complete klutzes," I finally prevailed.
I've installed some of my favorite apps (like Inkscape and VLC). Installed some of my less-favorite software, like the official Flash plug-in, which makes the mind-rot of YouTube available to me.
All in all, this seems like a great release -- I even like the brown background pic this time around. (Clever abstraction, a company forte it seems.)
timothy
A good smell.
Lots of people, noses already firmly lifted into space, would haughtily say that Starbucks coffee smells like the aftermath of welding, but those people have no sense of perspective. And this coffee isn't even from Starbucks! My opinion, you have to work pretty hard to make the smell of coffee cooking unpleasant.
timothy
If you're not familiar with the way policies of seizure / confiscation have perverted certain aspects of law enforcement, I leave it to you to google and decide for yourself.
What about those convicted of online copyright violation? Or ordering products which are not legally importable but are nonetheless widely available? With thinking-of-children hats wedged in place (which isn't necessarily on top of their heads), busybody, unctuous lawmakers can justify all kinds "shouldn't we oughtta" measures like this.
Hmmm. What gives you the right use email *without* running it past the government first? Realize, that's the mindset at work here.
timothy
Ah, now I see. You have chosen ... wisely.
I may be vain in many ways (or at least a few), but the obsession with hair is one I am happy to laugh at. But then, my hairline's been retreating since before I was 12, so that could just be reaction formation ;)
timothy
"If I had to choose between the cure for cancer being found earlier and having to go without hair for the rest of my life, I'd do it in a heartbeat."
Yes, but which one would you choose? Which one would you choose?!
timothy
Is the data connection sufficient (given decent towers nearby etc) for, say, using Skype?
If it is, that sounds like a fantastic deal!
timothy
"Why would the government arbitrarily cripple a business?"
Why not ask this guy? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysander_Spooner (Well, besides that he's dead, I mean.)
The government arbitrarily cripples all kinds of businesses -- medical marijuana comes to mind. So does prostitution.
Of course, they wouldn't call it "arbitrary" -- always, there's a really good *reason* (from the point of view of the government) why they do the crippling. So perhaps we've arrived at the No True Scotsman impasse :)
Fiber is not the mail, I realize, but there's no way to have a govt-run / subdidized / protectulated* industry without impinging on the freedom of others to engage in a free and fair marketplace, because the ideas of free and fair are suddenly out the window. (Ask an American home schooling parent how he enjoys subsidizing the government schools of this country.)
"Besides the fact that if they did, they would be sued."
You can sue government entities only under certain circumstances, and even then it's a big pain.
timothy
* Correct, that is not a real word.
There's also the plastic string stuff used to make bracelets at American (and perhaps other countries') summer camps. No disturbing imagery.
Perhaps gimp could even be made of latex.
timothy
No, you're thinking of "Some Kind of Wonderful," with Mary Stuart Masterson at her moody-punk-tomboy cutest. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094006/)
It's just "The Omen." The 1976 version is scarier than the remake, and since it's made after I was born I can assert with confidence that my own birth is not pictured therein. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075005/)
timothy
Sure -- but that's pretty Reardon of them to say / do :)
That's all.
timothy
Tesla Motors is altruistic?
I doubt it. They want to (at least I hope they want to) make a whole lot of money selling electric cars.
timothy
"Yep. Nader is the man for you. He's the only one who's honest enough to say what a waste it is to incarcerate hundreds of thousands of small-time pot dealers."
Well, except for all the [l/L]ibertarians ;)
timothy
I'll address this one only to McCain, since Obama's made his confiscatory tendencies clearer:
Mr. McCain: Would you strongly consider a flat national sales tax proposal (even one with "Fair Tax"-style exceptions and give-backs) as an alternative to payroll taxes and nesting layers of loopholes? If not, please explain your reasoning.
timothy
I'm not a fan of either of these guys, or their parties. But I'd be much more interested (and possibly eager to vote for one of them) if McCain (ha!) or Obama (ha!) would say something about ending -- or at least mitigating -- the proudly silly ("zero tolerance") drug policies which result in crowded prisons, a bootlegger's market, intolerance for private property and decisions, and lowered respect for the law.
So, John, Barry, do either of you even care to address the low-hanging fruit, by lopping off a corner (let's say, for now, growing and / or possessing small amounts of marijuana) of this giant cancer on the country? Or will you just bloviate as usual on the "scourge of drugs" despite the discretionary nature of many aspects of the so-called War on Drugs?
I'll be waiting for your answer in my fortified bunker ...
timothy
No, that's not how it works -- even if I wish that it did.
This story is categorized in the Slashdot backend as Interviews; the other topics named for it (in order) are Politics / United States / Republican / Democrat. (And there's no way to put topics *next* to each other, or I'd be happy to.) There's honestly no significance to the order (other than the top-level section topic, in this case Interviews) that topic icons appear. It's just an artifact of the way icons are displayed that you see the Democrat icon on top; don't take it for more than what it is.
Of course, Slashdot's [left-liberal / arch-conservative / phoney-progressive / ...
anarcho-libertarian] slant is obvious to anyone with eyes
Cheers,
timothy
Naw, the editor was wrong. Though screeshots would be interestingly dangerous.
timothy
I've seen only one episode (vsiting a friend who watches TV more than I do, and who gets more channels), but it made me want to see many more. (The one I saw was about zooming and crunching through East Africa in beaters purchased in-country -- pretty impressive how they all held up, actually, though all suffered pretty badly.)
Thanks for your support, TV licensees of Britain!
timothy
There. I added "Naked" to the headline; "Unprotected" wouldn't fit.
Good call :)
Cheers,
timothy
This seems like a good way to create educational games, of the visually sparse (ha!) but still fun choose-your-adventure variety, like Oregon Trail. Is it easy to create content? Can anyone recommend tools to do so, to run under Linux?
timothy
Hi!
I know they're not as conspicuous as they could be, but there are frequently stories included near the body of the new story. It took me a while to dig this one up (I remembered posting it, but that was several thousand posts ago, and a few years, too), so I hope people notice it.
https://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/12/01/0238222
Cheers,
timothy
Have heard good things about the HP's keyboard and build quality -- but bad things about the processor. It really would be nice if HP would include the Nano as the core of the next-gen version. OTOH, I'm not sure what you mean by the "stance Intel took developing" the Atom; would you mind explaining that?
One thing I like about Intel's integrated chipsets is that Compiz Fusion works well with quite low-end hardware; I like having those effects, even though they're pretty low on Maslow's heirarchy of human needs.
timothy