Personally, I'd sacrifice a virgin should I find one
That was ironic... becuase if you are female in china, you have TWO shots... the entrance exams... OR sacrificing your virginity to somone else who passes (i.e. get yourself and M.R.S. degree).
I was reading some stats once on this whole thing... The number of kids on myspace (pop: 50 million? Is that right!?) in a given month who get assaulted is in the 2-10 range. The number of people in San Jose, California (less than one million people) is something like 60-100.
So, it's technically a LOT safer for your kids to be online than to be in a medium sized town in Califonia.
I wish some day that the irs would go have a chat with them... "Losing $250Billion a year huh? That's pretty interesting... considering you only reported half a billion in profits for the last few years..."
It:s OK to lose $250 billion a year because of mney flowing out of the country due to outsourscing... but for pirating moves, that must be stopped at all costs. makes total sense.
I was shopping around for a new machine today, and what I discovered is that the "state of the art" in America doesn't QUITE match the specs of the machine I bought in akihabara a year and a half ago... which was half the price! I was really shocked and depressed. The best of the best you can get in America these days is shameful... In fact, for the price of some of these systems, especially the prepackaged ones (over $2000 at DELL and all you can give me is 800 Mhz FSB!?!?), it would be cheaper to fly to Japan, build a new machine with top of the line parts and bring it home in the carryon. I could probably resell my machine today for a profit...
And the ironic thing is, these are mostly American parts!? They will seel them to Japan, but they won't give them to us!
Tell me, where in America can I buy a 3.7Ghz Intel + 4mb dual channel ddr2 677mhz + 1066mhz fsb mobo + 250GB SATA2 + 19 in LCD (1280x1024@92dpi) + Nvidia 6600 256MB PCI-E + DVD+/-RW (plus silly foo-foo "packaged" add-ons like gigabit lan, 7.1 surround sound, various memory card readers, etc) for less than about $900? Because if you can find that place, you can tell them they are Just Now selling what I bought the October before last in Akihabara.
Oh, and before I forget... 100MBit fiber, to the home, for less than $40 a month, but that is a different rant.
Just checking if these people are for real or just the same old hypocrites who'd drown thier mother if they could use the corpse to buy themselves an extra vote or line thier pockets: Does this bill include provisions to block MOVIES with explicit violence as well?
Ah yes, more to the specific point, which God is more powerful:
A) The god that creates everything in on feel swoop 6000, filles with incosistancies and plotholes and has to step in every so often to adjust settings here and there.
B) The one who can plan out events billions of years in advance, making everything fit so perfectly together, using simple rules that are capable of fractal growth into marvelously complex systems that continue to run flawlessly for millions of years without intervention?
In a head to head battle, I have a feeling that God B will have figured out how to win before the fight even begins.
Devil holding up a sign, "My gandpa ain't no monkey!" in a group of evolution protestors. One guys turns and says, "YOU'RE here too?" And the devil replys, "What? And let even MORE people see how brilliant he can be?"
Seems to me that the authors of the various comments and such still hold copyright claims on thier "work". In the same way that people get sued for using limewire to suck down movies that they have no rights to couldn't somone of these people sure DirectTV for copyright infringement via browser?
Copyright infringement may be illegal in many countries (whether or not it should be), but that doesn't make it theft, any more then the widespread prohibitions against drunk driving make that theft.
Likewise, this technique can be used to post OTHER people's resumes, people who you don't like, and perhaps get them the firing they so richly deserve...
the beauty of cultural criticism is that everyone can debate it endlessly, and everyone who's got the right sources can be right! Yay!
No no no, the BEAUTY of it is that everyone can debate it endlessly and PRETEND that it's not about huge tits, when it's clearly the case that it is. That, my friend, is the beauty of cultural criticism.
I always just assumed that the lazy, talentless hacks who spend all of 15 minutes throwing together a script full of plot holes, boring dialog, nonsensical character motivations, no character development whatsoever and cliched plot elements that have to be grafted over the originally interesting game-storyline (to make the movie "marketable", of course), while blowing the entire budget on dime-a-dozen pure-CGI special effects that were only really believable ten years ago while ironically being less visually interesting than those in the actual game itself were the source of the problem...
Now I read, they are only a symptom?
No, the real problem is, quite simply, Hollywood can NOT make a movie where the story is already written for them and the market for that story is pre-built-in. They can't HELP but change it based on market testing, on director's "creative" whims and seniour executive's cocaine fueled brain farts... Only to discover after the fact that the original story that sold so well as a game was, in fact, quite good and was the primary reason why the franchise was so popular in the first place, and that changing it to make it more saleable actually made it less appealing to everyone.
But this is precisely what you shouldn't do. Bob is going to hate your guts for making him look like an idiot, the Friends of Bob around the table are also going to hate your guts for making their fried look like an idiot, and the ones left are going to think your a smartass and hate your guts in case you do it to them next. And they'll all be looking for a way to take you down a peg or two next time they get the chance - which as you're going to have to use techie jargon at some point is likely sooner than later.
Sounds to me like the kind of people who aim for failure. If you find youself in that position, it's best to walk away. But still calling people on it. "Hey, you guys are trying to take me down a peg or two because of what I said to Bob. Look, you can't do that and expect to survive as a company. I'm afraid I have to go look elsewhere..."
WHY? Because there ARE companies that exist that don't have these kinds of silly politics and infighting. They DO exist, I have worked at them, they make money...
When you hear this kind of stuff, call people on it. They will be amazed, if you are charismatic enough.
Right in the middle of the meeting, assuming everyone around you is part of the company and not clients/customers, say "Hey Bob, hold up a second. Why exactly did you say 'revirtualization of the engagement parameters' instead of 'come up with a new plan' just there? That sounds a bit like a buzz word babble. Now I don't have anything against you personally, but I don't think that kind of talk is appropriate for the workplace. It just leads to confusion of terms, and unclear communication, and when you don't have good, clear communication, you fail as a business."
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Personally, I'd sacrifice a virgin should I find one
That was ironic... becuase if you are female in china, you have TWO shots... the entrance exams... OR sacrificing your virginity to somone else who passes (i.e. get yourself and M.R.S. degree).
I was reading some stats once on this whole thing... The number of kids on myspace (pop: 50 million? Is that right!?) in a given month who get assaulted is in the 2-10 range. The number of people in San Jose, California (less than one million people) is something like 60-100.
So, it's technically a LOT safer for your kids to be online than to be in a medium sized town in Califonia.
What kind of company turns up its nose at $500 million?
The kind that survives for a very VERY long time.
I wish some day that the irs would go have a chat with them... "Losing $250Billion a year huh? That's pretty interesting... considering you only reported half a billion in profits for the last few years..."
It:s OK to lose $250 billion a year because of mney flowing out of the country due to outsourscing... but for pirating moves, that must be stopped at all costs. makes total sense.
It's one more piece in the Googleplex, the massive global computer network that is estimated to span 25 locations and 450,000 servers.
All of them soon to be unusable as soon as the new no-net-neutrality laws are in place next year...
I was shopping around for a new machine today, and what I discovered is that the "state of the art" in America doesn't QUITE match the specs of the machine I bought in akihabara a year and a half ago... which was half the price! I was really shocked and depressed. The best of the best you can get in America these days is shameful... In fact, for the price of some of these systems, especially the prepackaged ones (over $2000 at DELL and all you can give me is 800 Mhz FSB!?!?), it would be cheaper to fly to Japan, build a new machine with top of the line parts and bring it home in the carryon. I could probably resell my machine today for a profit...
And the ironic thing is, these are mostly American parts!? They will seel them to Japan, but they won't give them to us!
Tell me, where in America can I buy a 3.7Ghz Intel + 4mb dual channel ddr2 677mhz + 1066mhz fsb mobo + 250GB SATA2 + 19 in LCD (1280x1024@92dpi) + Nvidia 6600 256MB PCI-E + DVD+/-RW (plus silly foo-foo "packaged" add-ons like gigabit lan, 7.1 surround sound, various memory card readers, etc) for less than about $900? Because if you can find that place, you can tell them they are Just Now selling what I bought the October before last in Akihabara.
Oh, and before I forget... 100MBit fiber, to the home, for less than $40 a month, but that is a different rant.
Just checking if these people are for real or just the same old hypocrites who'd drown thier mother if they could use the corpse to buy themselves an extra vote or line thier pockets: Does this bill include provisions to block MOVIES with explicit violence as well?
have you seen what meth does to people?
Would that be the legal meth we give to six year olds or the chemically identical "bad kind"...
Ah yes, more to the specific point, which God is more powerful:
A) The god that creates everything in on feel swoop 6000, filles with incosistancies and plotholes and has to step in every so often to adjust settings here and there.
B) The one who can plan out events billions of years in advance, making everything fit so perfectly together, using simple rules that are capable of fractal growth into marvelously complex systems that continue to run flawlessly for millions of years without intervention?
In a head to head battle, I have a feeling that God B will have figured out how to win before the fight even begins.
Somone steal this and submit it:
Devil holding up a sign, "My gandpa ain't no monkey!" in a group of evolution protestors. One guys turns and says, "YOU'RE here too?" And the devil replys, "What? And let even MORE people see how brilliant he can be?"
Seems to me that the authors of the various comments and such still hold copyright claims on thier "work". In the same way that people get sued for using limewire to suck down movies that they have no rights to couldn't somone of these people sure DirectTV for copyright infringement via browser?
Copyright infringement may be illegal in many countries (whether or not it should be), but that doesn't make it theft, any more then the widespread prohibitions against drunk driving make that theft.
It DOES, however, make them all child molestors.
As the accouting professor if he teaches people accounting first on paper or using Excel. Whatever he answers is what you should do as well.
Exactly what separate network is this that is somehow being joined to the Internet...
I'm pretty sure by the context that they mean ssl.
Likewise, this technique can be used to post OTHER people's resumes, people who you don't like, and perhaps get them the firing they so richly deserve...
So GROW UP and stop trying to pretend that the minority is the majority
Just out of curiosity, since there are technically more women in the world than men... What's YOUR definition of minority?
For example, proportionate to my hands would also yield the crucial 1:1 ratio. Any more than that is just wasted.
Ah, one of those people who haven't experienced the joy that is is the E cup...
or other fictional kickass ladies like the Major in Ghost in the Shell.
Hmmm, and Shosa DOES have nice tits, just like Lara... You might be onto something.
the beauty of cultural criticism is that everyone can debate it endlessly, and everyone who's got the right sources can be right! Yay!
No no no, the BEAUTY of it is that everyone can debate it endlessly and PRETEND that it's not about huge tits, when it's clearly the case that it is. That, my friend, is the beauty of cultural criticism.
I could, for example, make a pretty good case for greed BEING a survial trait for you and yours.
MOVIE survival. Greed gets you hacked to pieces by monsters, thus is NOT a survival trait.
I always just assumed that the lazy, talentless hacks who spend all of 15 minutes throwing together a script full of plot holes, boring dialog, nonsensical character motivations, no character development whatsoever and cliched plot elements that have to be grafted over the originally interesting game-storyline (to make the movie "marketable", of course), while blowing the entire budget on dime-a-dozen pure-CGI special effects that were only really believable ten years ago while ironically being less visually interesting than those in the actual game itself were the source of the problem...
Now I read, they are only a symptom?
No, the real problem is, quite simply, Hollywood can NOT make a movie where the story is already written for them and the market for that story is pre-built-in. They can't HELP but change it based on market testing, on director's "creative" whims and seniour executive's cocaine fueled brain farts... Only to discover after the fact that the original story that sold so well as a game was, in fact, quite good and was the primary reason why the franchise was so popular in the first place, and that changing it to make it more saleable actually made it less appealing to everyone.
But this is precisely what you shouldn't do. Bob is going to hate your guts for making him look like an idiot, the Friends of Bob around the table are also going to hate your guts for making their fried look like an idiot, and the ones left are going to think your a smartass and hate your guts in case you do it to them next. And they'll all be looking for a way to take you down a peg or two next time they get the chance - which as you're going to have to use techie jargon at some point is likely sooner than later.
Sounds to me like the kind of people who aim for failure. If you find youself in that position, it's best to walk away. But still calling people on it. "Hey, you guys are trying to take me down a peg or two because of what I said to Bob. Look, you can't do that and expect to survive as a company. I'm afraid I have to go look elsewhere..."
WHY? Because there ARE companies that exist that don't have these kinds of silly politics and infighting. They DO exist, I have worked at them, they make money...
Of course, they might be in Japan.
When you hear this kind of stuff, call people on it. They will be amazed, if you are charismatic enough.
Right in the middle of the meeting, assuming everyone around you is part of the company and not clients/customers, say "Hey Bob, hold up a second. Why exactly did you say 'revirtualization of the engagement parameters' instead of 'come up with a new plan' just there? That sounds a bit like a buzz word babble. Now I don't have anything against you personally, but I don't think that kind of talk is appropriate for the workplace. It just leads to confusion of terms, and unclear communication, and when you don't have good, clear communication, you fail as a business."
your mother fed you fat as a baby?