Your post annoyed me to an unusual degree because it seemed insulting, irrelevant and patronising. So I took a look at your other posts.
Let me just say this...
1. Just because everyone else spends their entire time writing 'RTFA' and 'In soviet Russia' posts, doesn't mean you have to. 2. What you may think comes across as a rapier wit in fact comes across as juvenile floundering.
You still have a chance not to be a dickhead in your/. life, please take it. I'll be watching you.
do you think the 17-year-old kid behind the register at Target is REALLY paying that much attention to whether the signatures match?
Where I live they don't even pretend to check for a match. Some seem to think it would be an insult to check your signature and others think they can tell if you're a crook just by looking at you.
And rant all you want, but the world is never going back to the default "he".
I randomly choose between he and she each time I need a gender-neutral pronoun - by tossing a coin. Amazingly the coin has come up "heads for he" 3427 times in a row so far. If anyone has an explanation for this, perhaps he could let me know? 3428.
...to the fish hobbyists, the scientists, and the company for any fuck ups that result from this. I hope its worth it.
You can argue that GMO crops are perfectly safe and you can argue that it's important to develop them for the benefit of mankind. You cannot, however, argue that it's important to have glow in the dark fucking fish.
...then I would expect to find some which were at least a few thousand years old, and eventually that were dozens of thousand years old. So why are the 100-200 year old ones a big deal?
you can resand acrylic and cover it with protective spray like they use on custom aquariums. Or I could use glass and not have to bother.
its good for high light applcations but if its just a viewing portal then you're correct sir, glass is better. I often prefer glass even for high light applications such as say... windows. Sir. No wait. Now I'm confused. Is a window a high light application or just a viewing portal, or both? Or neither?
What about all the tourists being bilked out of their money? Fuck 'em. If they think its worth spending money on then they deserve everything they get.
Besides, it would be stupid for the 'owners' of the various graves to agree to having 'their' BTK exhumed because then each one runs the risk of being discredited.
Peter Jones was brilliiant, granted, but there was nothing about his style or voice that made him inherently better for the role than dozens of other actors.
[as a nerdy aside, the guide would probably be written in XML, so could be rendered using XSLT in any medium, written or spoken and in any font or voice]
On the topic of DNA being the best man for the job to do the adaptation - well of course he would be. Tolkein would have been my choice to do the screenplay for the LOTR trilogy (and I would've chosen an English director >:| ), but the films are brilliant even without the great man's involvement.
I've not experienced this myself, but apparently there is a trend for kids to refuse to go to the toilet because they are playing games obsessively and this can cause serious medical problems in chronic cases. Think chronic poo backup.
Can't seem to locate any resources, so maybe its an urban myth.
Third option: I read the article but you did not understand my post.
The article is about 'biomass', and my post was about vegetable oil. Veg oil comes from the seeds of plants whereas biomass is the plants themselves (pretty low grade compost type stuff). Veg oil can also be treated to make something called biodiesel.
There is actually real potential in this stuff as fuel;
...Biodiesel, according to the British Association of Biofuels and Oils (BABFO), is the solution to many of the world's ills and could give Britain up to 10 percent of its motor fuel needs...
...The European Commission in 2001 directed that biodiesel make up 3.5 percent of the diesel fuel transport market by 2007...
Furthermore, any old veg oil can be used to drive a diesel. For instance, the oil used for frying in restaurants will do just fine, once filtered. So in this case, you get to grow food and grow fuel both at the same time!
I don't actually think that veg oil is a panacea, but it can certainly help.
Americans! They can even make threats sound like the closing lesson from Sesame Street.
I'm amazed actually that this whole thread has become so vitriolic. My original post was actually trying to point out the irony of considering free speech issues to be limited to government. Surely we (you) should be concerned with 'gagging' wherever it occurs?
The responses here just seem to have been drawn from the most basic American political rhetoric. I had hoped for a slightly more intellectual discussion.
(I do confess, however, to reacting badly to that assmuncher who made the quip about bondage;) )
Where I work they've let someone develop an entire enterprise scale distributed and replicated database system using Excel. Amazingly enough, this was done because the policy makers had imposed a ban on using Access.
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Your post annoyed me to an unusual degree because it seemed insulting, irrelevant and patronising. So I took a look at your other posts.
/. life, please take it. I'll be watching you.
Let me just say this...
1. Just because everyone else spends their entire time writing 'RTFA' and 'In soviet Russia' posts, doesn't mean you have to.
2. What you may think comes across as a rapier wit in fact comes across as juvenile floundering.
You still have a chance not to be a dickhead in your
do you think the 17-year-old kid behind the register at Target is REALLY paying that much attention to whether the signatures match?
Where I live they don't even pretend to check for a match. Some seem to think it would be an insult to check your signature and others think they can tell if you're a crook just by looking at you.
Because then someone can steal your watch. Granted, this would actually be better than having someone steal your finger.
I randomly choose between he and she each time I need a gender-neutral pronoun - by tossing a coin. Amazingly the coin has come up "heads for he" 3427 times in a row so far. If anyone has an explanation for this, perhaps he could let me know? 3428.
...to the fish hobbyists, the scientists, and the company for any fuck ups that result from this. I hope its worth it.
You can argue that GMO crops are perfectly safe and you can argue that it's important to develop them for the benefit of mankind. You cannot, however, argue that it's important to have glow in the dark fucking fish.
Apparrently he was caught with class A drugs, class B drugs and class 4C.
...then I would expect to find some which were at least a few thousand years old, and eventually that were dozens of thousand years old. So why are the 100-200 year old ones a big deal?
ESP=Gullibility any way.
you can resand acrylic and cover it with protective spray like they use on custom aquariums.
Or I could use glass and not have to bother.
its good for high light applcations but if its just a viewing portal then you're correct sir, glass is better.
I often prefer glass even for high light applications such as say... windows. Sir. No wait. Now I'm confused. Is a window a high light application or just a viewing portal, or both? Or neither?
Either way - thanks for the advice.
Depends on your priorities I guess. I would opt for glass because acrylic can get scratched up and look messy. Glass just *feels* better, too.
Dude. Use smoked glass and then it'll look plain until you switch on those bad boy cold cathodes!
Like it. You've given me an idea - how about a similar job but with a glass top so you could see inside?
What about all the tourists being bilked out of their money?
Fuck 'em. If they think its worth spending money on then they deserve everything they get.
Besides, it would be stupid for the 'owners' of the various graves to agree to having 'their' BTK exhumed because then each one runs the risk of being discredited.
When will someone finally work out a way of harnessing all the energy expended every day in my local gym? That's got to be better than a wind turbine.
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CHAINSAWS!!!
Paul Oakenfold, Sasha, Timo Mass, Paul Van Dyk, etc
All shitty house DJs.
Check out something a bit more thoughtful. e.g. Coldcut.
I stand corrected. Again.
I still think it can be done well with a new voice, though. I second Oliver Postgate.
Lame nay-saying whinging.
Peter Jones was brilliiant, granted, but there was nothing about his style or voice that made him inherently better for the role than dozens of other actors.
[as a nerdy aside, the guide would probably be written in XML, so could be rendered using XSLT in any medium, written or spoken and in any font or voice]
On the topic of DNA being the best man for the job to do the adaptation - well of course he would be. Tolkein would have been my choice to do the screenplay for the LOTR trilogy (and I would've chosen an English director >:| ), but the films are brilliant even without the great man's involvement.
and then put it in a sensational manner to get press.
No kidding? And on November 5th too.
About 90% of the science stories you hear about have been the subject of media spin, which is why you hear about them in the first place.
The whale is not really a fish. It is in fact an insect.
I've not experienced this myself, but apparently there is a trend for kids to refuse to go to the toilet because they are playing games obsessively and this can cause serious medical problems in chronic cases. Think chronic poo backup.
Can't seem to locate any resources, so maybe its an urban myth.
Third option: I read the article but you did not understand my post.
The article is about 'biomass', and my post was about vegetable oil. Veg oil comes from the seeds of plants whereas biomass is the plants themselves (pretty low grade compost type stuff). Veg oil can also be treated to make something called biodiesel.
There is actually real potential in this stuff as fuel;
Taken from http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsi
Furthermore, any old veg oil can be used to drive a diesel. For instance, the oil used for frying in restaurants will do just fine, once filtered. So in this case, you get to grow food and grow fuel both at the same time!
I don't actually think that veg oil is a panacea, but it can certainly help.
Americans! They can even make threats sound like the closing lesson from Sesame Street.
;) )
I'm amazed actually that this whole thread has become so vitriolic. My original post was actually trying to point out the irony of considering free speech issues to be limited to government. Surely we (you) should be concerned with 'gagging' wherever it occurs?
The responses here just seem to have been drawn from the most basic American political rhetoric. I had hoped for a slightly more intellectual discussion.
(I do confess, however, to reacting badly to that assmuncher who made the quip about bondage
Where I work they've let someone develop an entire enterprise scale distributed and replicated database system using Excel.
Amazingly enough, this was done because the policy makers had imposed a ban on using Access.
As long as Congress doesn't mess with what you can say, you don't care.
P.S. Maybe I can introduce my bondage boys to your zoophiliac family and their pets?