That Old Testament stuff doesn't apply anymore. We're bound by the New Testament new covenant, wherein the omnipotent, omnibenevolent, perfect God changed his mind and we are to turn the other cheek and lead by example rather than execute someone who fucks a man's or a horse's ass.
If it weren't for Paul glomming onto the nascent Christian sect (power hunger thugs know a good thing when they see one) it might have died off as a historical footnote.
I guess we'd be in a nation "under Zeus", Mormons swearing Zeus had visited the Southwest, African Americans singing gospel, err, uh, Zeusal songs, everyone Thankgsiving to Zeus, Zeus on the money...
I guess only TV preachers would be slightly different, as they wouldn't have to apologize for being caught with prostitutes, after all, What Would Zeus Do is pretty obvious.
Reminds me of an ancient Commodore 64 program that would vibrate the floppy drive at different frequencies, and played a distinguishable version of Jacking-a-son's "Beat It".
See, youngsters, t'warn't no steenking digital audio chips back then. You downloaded a program from a BBS to do nasty things to the hardware and you liked it!
> NASA won't "outsource" anything, they'll > partner with India perhaps, like they > partnered with Russia to
"Partnered with" as in "hemmoraghed cash to", to 1. keep Rooskie scientists with a good salary so they don't sell atom bombs to terrorists or 3rd world countries, and 2. allow the Rooskies to save face as their communist empire collapsed. "See? We are partnered with the world and produce valuable stuff for the international space program!"
Which turned out to be useful with the recent shuttle problems.:(
Ok, so you'll live a couple of kiloyears. Then, statistics catch up with you, and you're killed in an accident.
Like the old vacuum tube computer designs with 20,000 tubes, estimated to run about 20 minutes between breakdowns, so, too, very few will live to be a million, much less a billion.
>> When you are ready to retire in 1000 years >> you will be worth $100,000,000,000,000 > > Except that in a thousand years, that will buy > you a Mars bar with enough change to use a > payphone.
Except, as a slashdot regular, he'll be lucky if this happens:
Female: Wow! Really? Wow! Umm, what's it like to be touched for the very first time after 1000 years of nothing?
Actually, that women are rarely dominant at the forefront of music, art, math, scientific paper publishing, etc. has been well studied and verified. One theory is that men are seeking to, in their maleish way, establish themselves. This also explains the drop-off in hit music, published papers (of note), and so on, later on in men's lives. Their nest is made, time to rest.
The ultimate proof females are bad at math: Look how many have posted (1500 and counting), while not realizing no one would ever read the posts there are so many.
I don't know. When 7 came on board, things perked up. She supplied the Spock angle, which had been missing from DS9.
Moreover, DS9 wasn't so great, either. It degenerated into the Quark-n-Kira show. And the Quark show for the second half of the series. Which wasn't to bad. Kind of like a likeable Urkle-ization.
No. It's obvious the Trek technology is the result of trillions of dollars of investment in consumer electronics over the centuries. Only mass production on that scale could drive such developments. Linux has nothing to do with that.
Well, maybe if I knew what motherfucking day the show was on, I would watch it. It was on Wednesday last year, although it got pre-empted by Detroit basketball every other Wednesday, pushing it to Friday, or was it Saturday, or was it Sunday afternoon?
Anyway, I don't know what day it's on this year, and have seen maybe 3 episodes. I don't know how the time travel Nazi thing turned out because I missed it.
> By having the Social Security trust in bonds, > the money stays liquid, and the government (in > theory) treats those bonds like any other > treasure bond, which are historically one of > the safest investments you can make.
Well, the entire problem is that this is an accounting gimmick. When the time comes to collect, the government has to pay the social security stuff back. So it has to tax the current population to pay it back, or borrow. And, of course, that's the entire problem to begin with. They're supposed to be taxing the current population for future outlays (back to them.) What they are doing is making those in the future pay for it anyway, minus the government's cut. It would be cheaper to just borrow when the government gets there.
Actually, without socialist concepts, major industries would have quickly moved to the rural boob states because there wouldn't be legislation protecting unions.
ATTENTION SLASHDOT ASSHOLE FROM LAST YEAR who bullshitted about Linux being so God-damned secure compared to "crappy" Windows. Eat shit and die! I told you if it were under assault even remotely as much as Windows, it would crack like your over-masturbated penis skin. Eat shit and die, you God-damned ignorant fuck!
Slashdot Mirror
Christianity is a conglomeration of dozens of local religions and customs along with some Jewish philosophy.
That Old Testament stuff doesn't apply anymore. We're bound by the New Testament new covenant, wherein the omnipotent, omnibenevolent, perfect God changed his mind and we are to turn the other cheek and lead by example rather than execute someone who fucks a man's or a horse's ass.
If it weren't for Paul glomming onto the nascent Christian sect (power hunger thugs know a good thing when they see one) it might have died off as a historical footnote.
I guess we'd be in a nation "under Zeus", Mormons swearing Zeus had visited the Southwest, African Americans singing gospel, err, uh, Zeusal songs, everyone Thankgsiving to Zeus, Zeus on the money...
I guess only TV preachers would be slightly different, as they wouldn't have to apologize for being caught with prostitutes, after all, What Would Zeus Do is pretty obvious.
I guess that makes God a crappy engineer for not forseeing problems if things...don't follow the "happy path".
Idiot!
I was talking to Yaweh, of course.
Reminds me of an ancient Commodore 64 program that would vibrate the floppy drive at different frequencies, and played a distinguishable version of Jacking-a-son's "Beat It".
See, youngsters, t'warn't no steenking digital audio chips back then. You downloaded a program from a BBS to do nasty things to the hardware and you liked it!
> NASA won't "outsource" anything, they'll
:(
> partner with India perhaps, like they
> partnered with Russia to
"Partnered with" as in "hemmoraghed cash to", to 1. keep Rooskie scientists with a good salary so they don't sell atom bombs to terrorists or 3rd world countries, and 2. allow the Rooskies to save face as their communist empire collapsed. "See? We are partnered with the world and produce valuable stuff for the international space program!"
Which turned out to be useful with the recent shuttle problems.
> Even a failed mission can function as an impactor.
"This is mission control. Stop screaming and report everything you can right up to the last second. Sheesh."
Ok, so you'll live a couple of kiloyears. Then, statistics catch up with you, and you're killed in an accident.
Like the old vacuum tube computer designs with 20,000 tubes, estimated to run about 20 minutes between breakdowns, so, too, very few will live to be a million, much less a billion.
>> When you are ready to retire in 1000 years
>> you will be worth $100,000,000,000,000
>
> Except that in a thousand years, that will buy
> you a Mars bar with enough change to use a
> payphone.
Except, as a slashdot regular, he'll be lucky if this happens:
Female: Wow! Really? Wow! Umm, what's it like to be touched for the very first time after 1000 years of nothing?
Slashdot Regular: Uhhhh...guhhhhh...awesome!
Female: That'll be $100,000,000,000,000 please.
Actually, that women are rarely dominant at the forefront of music, art, math, scientific paper publishing, etc. has been well studied and verified. One theory is that men are seeking to, in their maleish way, establish themselves. This also explains the drop-off in hit music, published papers (of note), and so on, later on in men's lives. Their nest is made, time to rest.
The ultimate proof females are bad at math: Look how many have posted (1500 and counting), while not realizing no one would ever read the posts there are so many.
Star Trek steals a lot from Star Trek, reusing plots.
I don't know. When 7 came on board, things perked up. She supplied the Spock angle, which had been missing from DS9.
Moreover, DS9 wasn't so great, either. It degenerated into the Quark-n-Kira show. And the Quark show for the second half of the series. Which wasn't to bad. Kind of like a likeable Urkle-ization.
No. It's obvious the Trek technology is the result of trillions of dollars of investment in consumer electronics over the centuries. Only mass production on that scale could drive such developments. Linux has nothing to do with that.
Well, maybe if I knew what motherfucking day the show was on, I would watch it. It was on Wednesday last year, although it got pre-empted by Detroit basketball every other Wednesday, pushing it to Friday, or was it Saturday, or was it Sunday afternoon?
Anyway, I don't know what day it's on this year, and have seen maybe 3 episodes. I don't know how the time travel Nazi thing turned out because I missed it.
I'd settle for if you get a handout in a particular voting year, you don't get to vote in that year.
Reason: Conflict of interest.
> By having the Social Security trust in bonds,
> the money stays liquid, and the government (in
> theory) treats those bonds like any other
> treasure bond, which are historically one of
> the safest investments you can make.
Well, the entire problem is that this is an accounting gimmick. When the time comes to collect, the government has to pay the social security stuff back. So it has to tax the current population to pay it back, or borrow. And, of course, that's the entire problem to begin with. They're supposed to be taxing the current population for future outlays (back to them.) What they are doing is making those in the future pay for it anyway, minus the government's cut. It would be cheaper to just borrow when the government gets there.
Oops, sorry.
Actually, without socialist concepts, major industries would have quickly moved to the rural boob states because there wouldn't be legislation protecting unions.
Oops, sorry.
Where's the first post requesting to see Sandra Bullock's feet?
Or the first post requesting what is DiVx and how do I get it?
Or the first post complaining that you, really now, should not be posting binaries on Usenet.
ATTENTION SLASHDOT ASSHOLE FROM LAST YEAR who bullshitted about Linux being so God-damned secure compared to "crappy" Windows. Eat shit and die! I told you if it were under assault even remotely as much as Windows, it would crack like your over-masturbated penis skin. Eat shit and die, you God-damned ignorant fuck!
Well played, Anonymous Coward!
> to mean that entire zip code is 'serviced.'"
...if ya know what I mean...
Technically, no one with broadband at home gets "serviced". "Servicing" requires a second person...
> producing everything from novel drugs to seeds that sprout into treehouses."
How about seeds that sprout into 11" weiners for me?
> Tax Time Again: Any Linux Solutions
...wait for it...
Of course! Any home computer with Linux on it may immediately be written off as a home business expense.
It sure isn't being used for games.
Screw all this crap!
Where's those devices that supposedly will let people masturbate each other over the Internet?!?!?