you can say that again. Why is it all european web sites seem to have the picture of a very european (i.e. wussy) looking guy on the front. Don't you think they would be too embarrased to put one of their silly faces up there?
Great point. In fact, I, as a scientist, atheist and wholehearted believer in evolution, realized some years ago that I myself had never, in fact, read Origin of Species.
When I finally read the book, I was hugely surprised by its contents. It was certainly not what I expected, and I would invite anyone, creationist, evolutionist, and anyone in between, to read the book to make sure we are all arguing about the same thing.
I saw the Hitchhiker's Guide movie this past friday. I enjoyed it, and here's why.... You know how geeks like us walk around making jokes that refer to hitchhiker's guide, monty python, blazing saddles, etc? Well, that's what the movie felt like: two hours of references to the book.
So, yeah, I enjoyed it... but did the movie have any purpose? Did it enhance the experience of the book? No, I don't think so. And I truly feel sorry for the people who see the movie without having read the book first. What a pointless excersize that would be.
Do yourself a favor -- go read all the books and don't worry about the movie(s).
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Gee, If I had known this was all you had to do to get credit for a posting on slashdot I'd have submitted this a year ago.
Seriously. Star Wars and empire were so great... so much a part of my youth, that I overlooked the poor showing on return of the jedi and anxiously anticipated the premiere of Episode 1 for YEARS. I vowed not to see another movie in a theater until it came out. Finally, on the day that it did come out it was like getting kicked in the balls. I felt so betrayed... so... insulted. I was very angry. Within an hour, my lifelong love of the Star Wars saga was GONE. I had no further desire to see any more of lucas' crap. I have not seen the second movie. Heck I'm not sure what the name of it is, though I guess it's probably about the clone wars. Frankly I'm not sure why I'm reading this thread. No one is going to trick me into going to the theater to watch this crap. Rant over, sorry.
Do you have all the facts? Were you there watching him do it? At best you have a copy of the indictment which lists specifics such as auctions that the stuff was sold at, which looks damning... but you have not given any thought to the fact that you have only a bare smattering of the facts.
And what is really infuriating is that your judgemental tendency is reflective of a sickening trend within american culture. Everyone is way too quick to judge without all the facts and no one can tolerate any sort of mistake.
Uhhh... I disagree. I work at an organisation which falls under HIPAA. All the money we would spend on new hard drives for no apparent reason would mean that developmentally delayed persons in the community would be unable to get access to the resources we exist to provide.
I know this is somewhat un-PC and off topic... but you know the words "developmentally delayed" mean exactly the same thing as the word "retarded"
Why don't you pick a different word or just use "retarded" rather than fishing around to find a new PC word every six months.
I have never heard howard stern say anything even remotely funny. And, frankly I do not find him to be offensive, nor is he pushing boundaries. He just makes a lot of strange squeaky noises. I do not understand his appeal at all.
Interesting how you arrived at a different conclusion than I. I thought of all the same points that you did, and arrived at the conclusion that he is probably not guilty. Not in a straightforward way, anyway.
The photo of my house is less than two years old but more than one year old based on the fact that my house exists in the photo and the fact that there's still a dirt aura around it instead of the grass I planted last year.
Photons do not contradict the double slit experiment. They contradict your intuition in the double slit experiement. Photons behave like you would expect waves to, but not how you would expect particles to in the double slit experiement, just as predicted by quantum mechanics.
The Car Talk guys own a garage in Cambridge, MA, and that is where I had my car serviced when I was a grad student at (I shall not speak the name of the evil institution).
The guys in the shop were not what you usually expect a mechanic to be. What I saw in those guys was the same thing I see in my propeller-headed software engineer colleagues. They were car hackers.
The most interesting visual in my memory was the heavy bearded guy welding a muffler with safety glasses on his face (i.e. no face mask) and a cigar hanging out of his mouth, talking about the physics of engine compression and how it is related to the exhaust system.
I am in the top of the aforementioned age bracket. I do not have, and have not had for a long time, any interest whatsoever in watching TV. In fact, I can remember the last show I watched religiously and looked forward to watching... It was Star Blazers.
Since then I have had no interest in TV. Sorry guys.
I lost 35 without trying. In March 2002 I gave up beer (and all other ethanol-containing beverages) cold turkey. Over the next six months, without changing ANY other habits, I went from 235 to 200 and have stayed there with no effort.
Not only that, I feel a whole lot better. Just give up the beer, dude. You'll thank me.
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you can say that again. Why is it all european web sites seem to have the picture of a very european (i.e. wussy) looking guy on the front. Don't you think they would be too embarrased to put one of their silly faces up there?
Great point. In fact, I, as a scientist, atheist and wholehearted believer in evolution, realized some years ago that I myself had never, in fact, read Origin of Species.
When I finally read the book, I was hugely surprised by its contents. It was certainly not what I expected, and I would invite anyone, creationist, evolutionist, and anyone in between, to read the book to make sure we are all arguing about the same thing.
I saw the Hitchhiker's Guide movie this past friday. I enjoyed it, and here's why.... You know how geeks like us walk around making jokes that refer to hitchhiker's guide, monty python, blazing saddles, etc? Well, that's what the movie felt like: two hours of references to the book.
So, yeah, I enjoyed it... but did the movie have any purpose? Did it enhance the experience of the book? No, I don't think so. And I truly feel sorry for the people who see the movie without having read the book first. What a pointless excersize that would be.
Do yourself a favor -- go read all the books and don't worry about the movie(s).
Gee, If I had known this was all you had to do to get credit for a posting on slashdot I'd have submitted this a year ago.
Seriously. Star Wars and empire were so great... so much a part of my youth, that I overlooked the poor showing on return of the jedi and anxiously anticipated the premiere of Episode 1 for YEARS. I vowed not to see another movie in a theater until it came out. Finally, on the day that it did come out it was like getting kicked in the balls. I felt so betrayed... so... insulted. I was very angry. Within an hour, my lifelong love of the Star Wars saga was GONE. I had no further desire to see any more of lucas' crap. I have not seen the second movie. Heck I'm not sure what the name of it is, though I guess it's probably about the clone wars. Frankly I'm not sure why I'm reading this thread. No one is going to trick me into going to the theater to watch this crap. Rant over, sorry.
You are talking about the mitochondrial DNA research that traced everyone's mitochondrial DNA back to a single "Eve"
That research has been debunked.
Based on what do you make that conclusion?
Do you have all the facts? Were you there watching him do it? At best you have a copy of the indictment which lists specifics such as auctions that the stuff was sold at, which looks damning... but you have not given any thought to the fact that you have only a bare smattering of the facts.
And what is really infuriating is that your judgemental tendency is reflective of a sickening trend within american culture. Everyone is way too quick to judge without all the facts and no one can tolerate any sort of mistake.
I'm talking about the high throaty voice that howard uses a lot. I, personally, find it highly annoying.
Uhhh... I disagree. I work at an organisation which falls under HIPAA. All the money we would spend on new hard drives for no apparent reason would mean that developmentally delayed persons in the community would be unable to get access to the resources we exist to provide.
I know this is somewhat un-PC and off topic... but you know the words "developmentally delayed" mean exactly the same thing as the word "retarded"
Why don't you pick a different word or just use "retarded" rather than fishing around to find a new PC word every six months.
I have never heard howard stern say anything even remotely funny. And, frankly I do not find him to be offensive, nor is he pushing boundaries. He just makes a lot of strange squeaky noises. I do not understand his appeal at all.
To each his or her own, I suppose.
Interesting how you arrived at a different conclusion than I. I thought of all the same points that you did, and arrived at the conclusion that he is probably not guilty. Not in a straightforward way, anyway.
If they can't do it efficiently, then give me my damn tax money back and I'll find someone who can.
The photo of my house is less than two years old but more than one year old based on the fact that my house exists in the photo and the fact that there's still a dirt aura around it instead of the grass I planted last year.
This reminds me of a story (doesn't everything?) A story that is true, but unless you understand the Boston attitude you may not believe it.
One christmas eve in Boston I stopped by a Star Market (pronounced stah mahket) with a sign on the door that said "we are closed for your convenience"
Photons do not contradict the double slit experiment. They contradict your intuition in the double slit experiement. Photons behave like you would expect waves to, but not how you would expect particles to in the double slit experiement, just as predicted by quantum mechanics.
These guys seriouly think the USA is a "broadband backwater"?
I live 50 miles of cornfields away from the nearest medium size town... and I've got all the broadband I can handle.
What's wrong with you city slickers? Too dumb to make the phone call it takes to buy a connection?
Wow, you've never written any big websites, have you.
The Car Talk guys own a garage in Cambridge, MA, and that is where I had my car serviced when I was a grad student at (I shall not speak the name of the evil institution).
The guys in the shop were not what you usually expect a mechanic to be. What I saw in those guys was the same thing I see in my propeller-headed software engineer colleagues. They were car hackers.
The most interesting visual in my memory was the heavy bearded guy welding a muffler with safety glasses on his face (i.e. no face mask) and a cigar hanging out of his mouth, talking about the physics of engine compression and how it is related to the exhaust system.
I am in the top of the aforementioned age bracket. I do not have, and have not had for a long time, any interest whatsoever in watching TV. In fact, I can remember the last show I watched religiously and looked forward to watching... It was Star Blazers.
Since then I have had no interest in TV. Sorry guys.
my favorite quote from the spec is "The ratio of basic string length to extended string length is small."
That means the extended string length is much longer than the basic string length....
Somehow I don't think that's what they meant.
touche :) very nice
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Ben Franklin
"There's a catch, of course. It's a nuclear reactor."
You are adding to the irrational ookiness of all things "nuclear"
What you should have said is "As an added bonus, it's a nuclear reactor"
I lost 35 without trying. In March 2002 I gave up beer (and all other ethanol-containing beverages) cold turkey. Over the next six months, without changing ANY other habits, I went from 235 to 200 and have stayed there with no effort.
Not only that, I feel a whole lot better. Just give up the beer, dude. You'll thank me.
Anyone who does not regognize Washington University in St. Louis immediately dates themselves as a net newbie...
:)
It doesn't seem like long ago that wuarchive.wustl.edu was the definitive source of stuff on the net.
...and zurich.ai.mit.edu was the definitive source of... other stuff
-Vort