So let's say we put a tether on Titan and attached an ion drive. How many years would it take to move it out of orbit around Jupiter and into an orbit around, and closer to, the sun? I'm not too picky about the temperature personally, but below -150C... well, let's put it this way: Have you ever heard about how using hairspray to make a flamethrower can cause the can to explode? Well something similar happens when you try to pee at extremely low temperatures. I just don't want to rupture any internal (or external) organs as the stream solidifies, is what I'm saying. So if we could move Titan somewhere closer to -50C or above, that would be great.
Well, clearly I didn't like the game, but whether I did or not, this still seems like a non-issue because the replayability of the game is virtually nil. It would be like doing the same crossword puzzle twice -- although I'm sure there is a large quantity of people who would feel a large degree of satisfaction from knowing all the answers. So even if someone liked the game as much as Zonk "Yay, Psychonauts!", it seems like a pointless backport, and if you hated it like I did, then it's equally underwhelming. And among those who liked it, how many people have actually played it since they finished it? How about in the last 6 months?
Microsoft could not do either in Xbox 360 due to contractual disputes with Intel and NVIDIA.
I understand Intel and nVidia resenting that their next gen chips were not selected for the 360, but not allowing the old chips to be used? Maybe I'm old fashioned, but it seems like some profit is better than no profit. And given their symbiotic relationship in the PC arena, you'd think they would have been able to work something out for the console.
I'm waiting for the law that allows drunk people to drive as long as someone sober is telling them which way to go, followed by the law that allows TomTom to count as a person.
I know you meant to be serious, but I'm pretty sure it has everything to do with saving money by using the same machine everywhere, and nothing to do with consideration for blind taxi riders.
now I'm torn between expressing my views and making a Soviet Texas joke
That's why you just post twice.
Anyway, this is completely nerd related. It's a well-known fact that Texans, hunters, and blind people are the arch nemeses of nerds everywhere, and now that they've combined their powers, we should all be on the lookout! Naturally we'll want to start an open-source project to track these threats on Google Maps using a coathanger, 2 CueCats, and an empty Pringles can.
Maybe I'm just being ornery, but WTF does this have to do with anything nerd, aside from its shock value?
"Blind hunters? That sounded unpossible until I read the summary, but even then I'm not sure if it's a good idea, and now I'm torn between expressing my views and making a Soviet Texas joke! Awwwww."
I'm sick of hearing all this crap about being addicted to the holodeck. What I choose to do in my free time is my choice. I simply choose to use the holodeck because it's cheap entertainment, and hey, at least I'm not out having an affair or spending all my money on booze! Besides, I'm interacting with other virtual representations of REAL PEOPLE, who love me and would never forget about me if I stopped playing tomorrow.
Be nice if they could find something better than morphine though. I've been on drips twice in my life. (Yeah, I guess I'm accident prone.) Anyway, 1) it's not so much pain relief as much as "I'm so euphoric that I don't care that my arm hurts like a bitch," especially for something like getting a wound scrubbed out with a Brillo pad, 2) the side effects suck and 3) coming down is like the worst hangover you've ever had, only worse. Even thinking about it right now makes me nauseous.
Was it Photoshop or Acrobat? You don't have to say anything, just blink once for PS and twice for Acrobat. Ready? Ok.. Photocrobawhat the hell, 3 blinks doesn't mean anything! Ok, let's try again...
AMS live? I don't see any reference to anything called "ams live" on Google. I have "quick post" (or whatever) to disable the RAM self-test on my Asus boards, but it still takes a while to complete the POST.
That's ridiculous. By all accounts, noblemen had all the food they wanted/needed, yet middle-age armor is still short. By the beginning of the 1800s, the middle ages had been over for two centuries, yet the average height was 2-3" below what it is today. Japanese people get plenty of protein from fish, so they should logically be taller. Likewise other asian cultures get plenty of poultry, yet remain significantly shorter than their european counterparts. Height is one of the most heritable traits we have, and genetics are clearly the most influential factor, with environmental factors playing a much smaller contributory role. This has been established by twin studies. Why taller people have been genetically successful in the past century or two may be somewhat of a mystery, but it probably has little to do with food. Since we tend to associate strength, power, and influence with height in modern society -- traits many females seek in a mate -- it follows that tall men would be selected more often as partners and have more babies, ergo a population of tall people.
Drain the oceans?!? That's ridiculous -- where would they go??? I guess you could find something that sucks really hard, like Digg, put a straw in it, and plop it on the beach.
But it would make much more sense to rapidly evaporate all of them, perhaps with a large scale hairdryer task force and/or a few strategically placed nukes.
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You maroons, stop linking to his site! You're just playing into his hand.
Not only that, but it stopped working 3 days after I bought it! When jWIN, uLOSE.
And to all the naysayers, obviously I know Titan is in orbit around Saturn right now.. I meant after we moved it to Jupiter.
So let's say we put a tether on Titan and attached an ion drive. How many years would it take to move it out of orbit around Jupiter and into an orbit around, and closer to, the sun? I'm not too picky about the temperature personally, but below -150C... well, let's put it this way: Have you ever heard about how using hairspray to make a flamethrower can cause the can to explode? Well something similar happens when you try to pee at extremely low temperatures. I just don't want to rupture any internal (or external) organs as the stream solidifies, is what I'm saying. So if we could move Titan somewhere closer to -50C or above, that would be great.
1) Put 20-50 airplane bottles of various liquors into an opaque bag.
2) Remove 5 bottles at random.
3) Pour into glass.
4) Drink.
Now THAT'S liquid terror!
since a) I don't talk to anybody, and b) even if I did, I wouldn't trust what they said.
Sigh.
Well, clearly I didn't like the game, but whether I did or not, this still seems like a non-issue because the replayability of the game is virtually nil. It would be like doing the same crossword puzzle twice -- although I'm sure there is a large quantity of people who would feel a large degree of satisfaction from knowing all the answers. So even if someone liked the game as much as Zonk "Yay, Psychonauts!", it seems like a pointless backport, and if you hated it like I did, then it's equally underwhelming. And among those who liked it, how many people have actually played it since they finished it? How about in the last 6 months?
That's what I thought.
Everyone who thought Psychonauts was a great game, please raise your hand.
Ok, great, now everyone who was under the influence of a mind altering substance while playing, please lower you hands.
Thanks. Now both of the people with their hands still in the air, please explain what you liked about the game.
Microsoft could not do either in Xbox 360 due to contractual disputes with Intel and NVIDIA.
I understand Intel and nVidia resenting that their next gen chips were not selected for the 360, but not allowing the old chips to be used? Maybe I'm old fashioned, but it seems like some profit is better than no profit. And given their symbiotic relationship in the PC arena, you'd think they would have been able to work something out for the console.
I'm waiting for the law that allows drunk people to drive as long as someone sober is telling them which way to go, followed by the law that allows TomTom to count as a person.
I know you meant to be serious, but I'm pretty sure it has everything to do with saving money by using the same machine everywhere, and nothing to do with consideration for blind taxi riders.
now I'm torn between expressing my views and making a Soviet Texas joke
That's why you just post twice.
Anyway, this is completely nerd related. It's a well-known fact that Texans, hunters, and blind people are the arch nemeses of nerds everywhere, and now that they've combined their powers, we should all be on the lookout! Naturally we'll want to start an open-source project to track these threats on Google Maps using a coathanger, 2 CueCats, and an empty Pringles can.
Maybe I'm just being ornery, but WTF does this have to do with anything nerd, aside from its shock value?
"Blind hunters? That sounded unpossible until I read the summary, but even then I'm not sure if it's a good idea, and now I'm torn between expressing my views and making a Soviet Texas joke! Awwwww."
I'm sick of hearing all this crap about being addicted to the holodeck. What I choose to do in my free time is my choice. I simply choose to use the holodeck because it's cheap entertainment, and hey, at least I'm not out having an affair or spending all my money on booze! Besides, I'm interacting with other virtual representations of REAL PEOPLE, who love me and would never forget about me if I stopped playing tomorrow.
Wow, free web hosting! How could it fail?
guess it's back to ?????
If patch count was a reliable measure of security, then Commodore 64 BASIC would be the most secure OS from Microsoft, ever.
Actually...
Prialt has a few caveats.
Be nice if they could find something better than morphine though. I've been on drips twice in my life. (Yeah, I guess I'm accident prone.) Anyway, 1) it's not so much pain relief as much as "I'm so euphoric that I don't care that my arm hurts like a bitch," especially for something like getting a wound scrubbed out with a Brillo pad, 2) the side effects suck and 3) coming down is like the worst hangover you've ever had, only worse. Even thinking about it right now makes me nauseous.
Here's to hoping it goes better than TGN1412.
That sounds familiar...
Was it Photoshop or Acrobat? You don't have to say anything, just blink once for PS and twice for Acrobat. Ready? Ok.. Photocrobawhat the hell, 3 blinks doesn't mean anything! Ok, let's try again...
AMS live? I don't see any reference to anything called "ams live" on Google. I have "quick post" (or whatever) to disable the RAM self-test on my Asus boards, but it still takes a while to complete the POST.
That's ridiculous. By all accounts, noblemen had all the food they wanted/needed, yet middle-age armor is still short. By the beginning of the 1800s, the middle ages had been over for two centuries, yet the average height was 2-3" below what it is today. Japanese people get plenty of protein from fish, so they should logically be taller. Likewise other asian cultures get plenty of poultry, yet remain significantly shorter than their european counterparts. Height is one of the most heritable traits we have, and genetics are clearly the most influential factor, with environmental factors playing a much smaller contributory role. This has been established by twin studies. Why taller people have been genetically successful in the past century or two may be somewhat of a mystery, but it probably has little to do with food. Since we tend to associate strength, power, and influence with height in modern society -- traits many females seek in a mate -- it follows that tall men would be selected more often as partners and have more babies, ergo a population of tall people.
[Insert Croc Hunter joke here]
Drain the oceans?!? That's ridiculous -- where would they go??? I guess you could find something that sucks really hard, like Digg, put a straw in it, and plop it on the beach.
But it would make much more sense to rapidly evaporate all of them, perhaps with a large scale hairdryer task force and/or a few strategically placed nukes.