Bollywood's viewership is 3.8 billion vs Hollywood's 3.2 billion.
In other news, Britney's fanbase is probably in the billions, while Beethoven's is probably in the low millions. I'm sure you weren't trying to insinuate anything, but the trolls on iMDB try to use the same logic to say that one films sucks because another did better in the box office. Viewership means little.. how many of those 3.8 billion actually have a choice of what to watch?
You're telling me that it takes longer than an hour to solve a crime? I've been to football games -- I know that what's on the TV is what's actually happening in real time. If it's on the TV, it must be real.
Besides, who wants to watch a show where they uncover one clue a week, or get a subpoena, or nothing happens that week? Surprisingly, people don't want to watch real life when they turn on the TV (and don't even try to say that reality TV has anything to do with real life).
But there was bad news for Solaris users, with three out of the four honeypots running Solaris 8 or 9 hacked within three weeks. However, a fourth has been online for six months without being compromised.
Stop nagging, I'll get to it.
It's not that all 4 weren't compromised, it's just that they didn't notice me. I guess you're the one they caught on the first 3? It's okay, keep practicing.;)
But what happens when everyone gets tired of making the Sims get into bed together?
a) Vote to build a windowless/doorless room. Place the Sim inside. Watch and wait. b) Vote to refrain from using the lavatory. Take a stroll over to your neighbor's house, and after nature calls, demand Simoleans to prevent future occurances. c) Both a and b. d) ??? e) Profit!!
All of my photos are backed up 2x on DVD- one goes into a jukebox, the other goes onto a spindle, and all are stuffed into something called CDStorageMaster (fun proggy).
Aya carumba! I assume the DVDs in the jukebox are the backups for spindles? The dirt that's stuck between the discs will create more scratches than UFO sightings over Area 51. Really, if you're going to go through all that trouble, at least put the discs somewhere a bit more protected than a spindle. Spindles are fine when they're clean from the factory (although I've still seen some scratched discs on occasion), but once you introduce dirty (normal) air, the contamination from dust is unavoidable.. And every time you handle the spindle, the discs spin a little, decreasing the odds of actually being able to recover your data when you need it.
You can justify all you want, but the truth is that any objection against gambling is purely moral. I'm always amazed at how ass-backward conservative Slashdot is when it comes to things like gambling, but I guess that's the US mentality of "gambling evil" at work.
Well..
I don't think that gambling in and of itself is morally or ethically wrong, but the problem is that it lends itself to addiction through a random reward stimulus, and that addiction ends up creating a burden for society.
If you give a rat a button which randomly either provides a shock, or a reward, the rat will press it obsessively. Contrast that to a button which either provides purely reward or punishment, and the reaction will be markedly decreased. As much as we'd like to think so, we're not that different from our less talkative mammallian counterparts. Throw in the fact that gambling/casinos never close, and games never actually end per se, unless you run out of money, or you can manage your desire to keep playing and quit while you're ahead. Sure, not everybody gets addicted, just like not everybody gets addicted to the pleasure reward of alcohol, tobacco, or less socially/legally acceptable substances, but casinos and other industries profit most from the ones who do get hooked. It's their meal ticket. The people who can consistantly get up and walk away when they're up aren't the people who keep coming back, and if they do, they're asked to leave.
Online MMOGs, specifically EQ but also others, provide a random reward as well. While the short term consequences of compulsive gaming might not be glaringly obvious, in my personal experience, there's a trend for people to withdraw from their real-world responsibilities and even hobbies and interests to pursue the virtual world of "exciting," pseudo-random reward stimulus.
I don't believe that any of these activities should be illegal. Once you turn 18, the hand holding is over in my book.. if you screw up your life, that's your mistake. But to believe that gambling doesn't pose a real risk of problem behavior, and that society doesn't shoulder the burden, is simply naive.
On a related note, I can't wait to go back to Vegas.;)
Why is the word "growing" in quotes in the posted article? Did the scientists not actually grow the muscles?
You're assuming that putting "quotes" around a word makes it an antonym. But since they don't actually "belong" in that "sentence," it turns out to be just a superfluous use of "punctuation."
And anyway, I'm pretty sure that the muscles grew themselves. Now when scientists start giving birth to nanobots, THAT will be something to see. Or not to see, I should say.
Self replicating bots that rebuild nerves/bones/muscle, or self replicating bots that tear apart nerves/bones/muscles, take your pick. Or maybe tiny bots that hunt down and convert evilbots into other good hunterbots. I dub this new "game" Biocorewars.
Hmm.. self replicating microscopic entities that are either symbiotic or parasitic. I could've sworn I'd heard of something like that before.. bacsomething. Ah well, let the games commence!
"They're absolutely alive," Professor Montemagno told BBC News. "I mean the cells actually grow, multiply and assemble - they form the structure themselves. So the device is alive."
I, for one, welcome our new living nanobot overlords. Or would they be underlords? All hail!
You have a valid point, but the continuing decrease in long-distance travel by rail demonstrates the popular "life is the destination, not a journey," philosophy. People are more interested in getting where they're going than the conditions they travel in. Southwest, one of the crappiest airlines in the sky, is a perfect example of this. No business or first class, not even window/aisle reservations, and they're one of the few airlines that wasn't in the red the last time I checked. Add to this that for most people, time is money.. Aside from retirees or trust fund millionaires, most people spend their lives working, and each day not spent working is either money lost, or paid vacation days lost. Therefore, most people want to maximize their offtime by spending it at their destination, rather than in transit. Cruise ships are probably the only noteworthy exception to this, but that's mainly because of the (so-called) entertainment and activities available onboard. I don't think you'd be likely to see a zeppelin with, for example, a swimming pool on it anytime soon.
Mitch Kapor warns against gloating?? MITCH KAPOR??? Mitch Kapor telling someone not to gloat is like a crack fiend telling.. Wait, who the hell is Mitch Kapor, and what's this Lotus you speak of?
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Bollywood's viewership is 3.8 billion vs Hollywood's 3.2 billion.
In other news, Britney's fanbase is probably in the billions, while Beethoven's is probably in the low millions. I'm sure you weren't trying to insinuate anything, but the trolls on iMDB try to use the same logic to say that one films sucks because another did better in the box office. Viewership means little.. how many of those 3.8 billion actually have a choice of what to watch?
You're telling me that it takes longer than an hour to solve a crime? I've been to football games -- I know that what's on the TV is what's actually happening in real time. If it's on the TV, it must be real.
Besides, who wants to watch a show where they uncover one clue a week, or get a subpoena, or nothing happens that week? Surprisingly, people don't want to watch real life when they turn on the TV (and don't even try to say that reality TV has anything to do with real life).
I can pee standing AND have multiple orgasms!
Congratulations on your purchase of the Freshette. It's the next best thing to having your own penis.
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But there was bad news for Solaris users, with three out of the four honeypots running Solaris 8 or 9 hacked within three weeks. However, a fourth has been online for six months without being compromised.
;)
Stop nagging, I'll get to it.
It's not that all 4 weren't compromised, it's just that they didn't notice me. I guess you're the one they caught on the first 3? It's okay, keep practicing.
And if it was funny then, it's funny now, right?
Oh wait. I, for one, welcome our new joke-milking overlords. Arrr!
But what happens when everyone gets tired of making the Sims get into bed together?
a) Vote to build a windowless/doorless room. Place the Sim inside. Watch and wait.
b) Vote to refrain from using the lavatory. Take a stroll over to your neighbor's house, and after nature calls, demand Simoleans to prevent future occurances.
c) Both a and b.
d) ???
e) Profit!!
The ones that fail: will not succeed.
Ah crap, now you've gone and done it. Who's going to want to fail now? Now that they know the consequenses? Thanks. Thanks a lot.
All of my photos are backed up 2x on DVD- one goes into a jukebox, the other goes onto a spindle, and all are stuffed into something called CDStorageMaster (fun proggy).
Aya carumba! I assume the DVDs in the jukebox are the backups for spindles? The dirt that's stuck between the discs will create more scratches than UFO sightings over Area 51. Really, if you're going to go through all that trouble, at least put the discs somewhere a bit more protected than a spindle. Spindles are fine when they're clean from the factory (although I've still seen some scratched discs on occasion), but once you introduce dirty (normal) air, the contamination from dust is unavoidable.. And every time you handle the spindle, the discs spin a little, decreasing the odds of actually being able to recover your data when you need it.
525TB? Nice. Now you and WalMart can duke it out over who can fit more internets in their databases.
Chances are he'll succumb to injuries from being kicked to death by the 43rd day.
;)
Not to be a typo Nazi, but you accidentally tapped the four key when you hit the 3.
You can justify all you want, but the truth is that any objection against gambling is purely moral. I'm always amazed at how ass-backward conservative Slashdot is when it comes to things like gambling, but I guess that's the US mentality of "gambling evil" at work.
;)
Well..
I don't think that gambling in and of itself is morally or ethically wrong, but the problem is that it lends itself to addiction through a random reward stimulus, and that addiction ends up creating a burden for society.
Described here (end of second paragraph), here (fourth paragraph), and here (particularly insightful).
If you give a rat a button which randomly either provides a shock, or a reward, the rat will press it obsessively. Contrast that to a button which either provides purely reward or punishment, and the reaction will be markedly decreased. As much as we'd like to think so, we're not that different from our less talkative mammallian counterparts. Throw in the fact that gambling/casinos never close, and games never actually end per se, unless you run out of money, or you can manage your desire to keep playing and quit while you're ahead. Sure, not everybody gets addicted, just like not everybody gets addicted to the pleasure reward of alcohol, tobacco, or less socially/legally acceptable substances, but casinos and other industries profit most from the ones who do get hooked. It's their meal ticket. The people who can consistantly get up and walk away when they're up aren't the people who keep coming back, and if they do, they're asked to leave.
Online MMOGs, specifically EQ but also others, provide a random reward as well. While the short term consequences of compulsive gaming might not be glaringly obvious, in my personal experience, there's a trend for people to withdraw from their real-world responsibilities and even hobbies and interests to pursue the virtual world of "exciting," pseudo-random reward stimulus.
I don't believe that any of these activities should be illegal. Once you turn 18, the hand holding is over in my book.. if you screw up your life, that's your mistake. But to believe that gambling doesn't pose a real risk of problem behavior, and that society doesn't shoulder the burden, is simply naive.
On a related note, I can't wait to go back to Vegas.
Oh I dunno.. I wouldn't exactly call this attractive..
As opposed to our other devices with moving parts that last forever? Like the uh..
Why is the word "growing" in quotes in the posted article? Did the scientists not actually grow the muscles?
You're assuming that putting "quotes" around a word makes it an antonym. But since they don't actually "belong" in that "sentence," it turns out to be just a superfluous use of "punctuation."
And anyway, I'm pretty sure that the muscles grew themselves. Now when scientists start giving birth to nanobots, THAT will be something to see. Or not to see, I should say.
Self replicating bots that rebuild nerves/bones/muscle, or self replicating bots that tear apart nerves/bones/muscles, take your pick. Or maybe tiny bots that hunt down and convert evilbots into other good hunterbots. I dub this new "game" Biocorewars.
Hmm.. self replicating microscopic entities that are either symbiotic or parasitic. I could've sworn I'd heard of something like that before.. bacsomething. Ah well, let the games commence!
"They're absolutely alive," Professor Montemagno told BBC News. "I mean the cells actually grow, multiply and assemble - they form the structure themselves. So the device is alive."
I, for one, welcome our new living nanobot overlords. Or would they be underlords? All hail!
You have a valid point, but the continuing decrease in long-distance travel by rail demonstrates the popular "life is the destination, not a journey," philosophy. People are more interested in getting where they're going than the conditions they travel in. Southwest, one of the crappiest airlines in the sky, is a perfect example of this. No business or first class, not even window/aisle reservations, and they're one of the few airlines that wasn't in the red the last time I checked. Add to this that for most people, time is money.. Aside from retirees or trust fund millionaires, most people spend their lives working, and each day not spent working is either money lost, or paid vacation days lost. Therefore, most people want to maximize their offtime by spending it at their destination, rather than in transit. Cruise ships are probably the only noteworthy exception to this, but that's mainly because of the (so-called) entertainment and activities available onboard. I don't think you'd be likely to see a zeppelin with, for example, a swimming pool on it anytime soon.
I, for one, would seriously welcome a new backbone replacing surgeon overlord.
Mitch Kapor warns against gloating?? MITCH KAPOR??? Mitch Kapor telling someone not to gloat is like a crack fiend telling.. Wait, who the hell is Mitch Kapor, and what's this Lotus you speak of?
Did you even RTFA? They were arrested for being abusive towards lawyers.
The constitution only grants rights and protections to human beings.
Right-O! I, for one, welcome our new litigious overlords.
I used to be with IT. But then they changed what IT was. Now what I'm with isn't IT, and what's IT seems scary and wierd. It'll happen to YOU!
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