Exactly! 9/11 will never happen again. Not because of the ridiculous tactics of the TSA, but because the rules changed on that day.
Used to be that your plane was hijacked, you flew somewhere obscure and waited on the tarmac while a deal was worked out, and then you were free. That's how box cutters were enough of a weapon to take over the flights.
Now we all know that someone doing trying something like that could very likely end in disaster, so when we passengers see something going down, we put an immediate stop to it.
It's called biofeedback. My Uncle used to have an electric train that you could "control" with your mind. The more relaxed you were, the faster the train would go.
I went on an on-site tech call once. The little company I worked for supplied the computers to the local school district.
While I was there, the "head computer guy" kept yammering on about all the problems they'd been having with the computers, but I'd only found one with an actual hardware problem.
Anyway, I was getting ready to leave and he started pointing at a monitor (CRT) and saying "look at this! See? This is what has been happening!" I looked at it, but couldn't see anything wrong.
"Right there!" he said, pointing, "See how it's jiggling around?" It was then that I noticed the bag of Cheetos in his hand. I told him to stop chewing for a second and see if the problem went away.
It did, and so did he. I left without seeing him again, I think he was a little embarrassed.:^)
Whether or not you believe man is changing the climate, you can't deny the ugly brown clouds hanging over major populations. The possibility of clearing that up is reason enough for me to 'go green.'
Oh come on. You really think the 100 watt bulb your neighbor has on his back porch is really affecting the ambient light? Try the acres of parking lots and car dealerships kept as bright all night as the sun at high noon.
I flew to California a few weeks ago after dark, and looking down from the plane the houses were the dark spots between the shopping malls, street lights, and factories.
We were streaming some helicopter news footage at work and the reporter said (paraphrasing) "Earlier there was a guy down there with a flashlight trying to say something or other in Morse code."
I can't really blame the reporter for not knowing Code, but it was still frustrating to me that there's somebody down there who is sending a distress call and nobody can understand him.
That's exactly what it is for me. I don't go to the movies a lot for the very reasons that many other posters have mentioned here (high prices, noisy crowd, etc) but when I actually go I try to make it an event.
Gather the family together, grab a bite to eat (we don't eat out much, either, so that's an event in itself), get to the movie early, buy some snacks and just try to enjoy ourselves. I try to get there 1/2 hour early or so. That way we get good seats and there's time to relax before the show.
It's a special event for us. If it was something we did all the time or last-minute I don't think I'd enjoy it and we'd just stay home and rent something.
It strikes me that people are just missing the point:
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Revolution \Rev`o*lu"tion\, n. [F. r['e]volution, L. revolutio.
See {Revolve}.]...
2. Return to a point before occupied, or to a point
relatively the same; a rolling back; return; as,
revolution in an ellipse or spiral.
[1913 Webster]
Maybe it's not that it's supposed to be 'revolutionary', but that it's coming full circle with new and retro games.
And maybe that's already been mentioned before and I just missed it.
I don't mean that as a slight against Apple's pricing or anything. What I mean is, let's assume Apple finally reaches 'computer nirvana' and has a perfect system. I (this is just my uneducated opinion) would think that a smart way to go would be to work on size and cost.
Imagine, instead of having "the computer" on a desk in the office, the computer could be a bunch of little nodes around your house. Instead of heading off to the computer room to google a recipe you could just use the node in the kitchen. Or stream mp3s into the bathroom while you get ready for work. I think the technology is nearly there anyway. Bring the cost down so that it makes sense to buy a few nodes at a time and make them small enough to be unobtrusive and I think it could work.
Of course, that's just my opinion, but in any case I don't think we're even close to running out of room to innovate.
I'm not going to pay $60 for a game that requires a $300 video card and a new computer (I've got a 1.4GHz Athlon) to be playable. I used to be a big time FPS player, but the inability (and unwillingness) of me to upgrade my machine has turned me to MUDs and free games (I'm loving simutrans these days) that I am perfectly contented with.
There is no shortage of free entertainment for me to spend my time on. That isn't to say, however, that somebody else isn't perfectly justified in paying 60 bones for a game if that's what they want. Just count me out.
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Well, a candy bar would probably clear the pool. Until, at least, it was confirmed to be just a candy bar.
You know...I'm just saying...
Man, if there was ever an argument for copyright, it's that one.
Anything to get rid of the Wilhelm Scream! Scorched earth!
This will probably be a big, complex simulation. It will be interesting to see how well it matches up with reality.
The passengers will fight the fool to his death.
Exactly! 9/11 will never happen again. Not because of the ridiculous tactics of the TSA, but because the rules changed on that day.
Used to be that your plane was hijacked, you flew somewhere obscure and waited on the tarmac while a deal was worked out, and then you were free. That's how box cutters were enough of a weapon to take over the flights.
Now we all know that someone doing trying something like that could very likely end in disaster, so when we passengers see something going down, we put an immediate stop to it.
From within emacs or from the command line? (it's m-x woman in emacs)
Also a CycloDS owner. I own bunches of games and they all sit in their cases in the closet, but I can play any of them any time I want.
So nice.
Also, the Realtime Save feature alone is almost worth the cost.
Yeah, which would be great if everybody liked KDE. Which clearly isn't the case, since a whole lot of people still use GNOME.
Personally, I can't think of anything that would get me to use KDE.
simutrans is a really fun Transport Tycoon-type simulation game.
As long as a person, no matter the age, does not influence someone else's life at all, they should be allowed to do whatever they please.
You're free to do anything you want as long as it only affects you.
Other than that, I agree with your post.
It's called biofeedback. My Uncle used to have an electric train that you could "control" with your mind. The more relaxed you were, the faster the train would go.
I went on an on-site tech call once. The little company I worked for supplied the computers to the local school district.
While I was there, the "head computer guy" kept yammering on about all the problems they'd been having with the computers, but I'd only found one with an actual hardware problem.
Anyway, I was getting ready to leave and he started pointing at a monitor (CRT) and saying "look at this! See? This is what has been happening!" I looked at it, but couldn't see anything wrong.
"Right there!" he said, pointing, "See how it's jiggling around?" It was then that I noticed the bag of Cheetos in his hand. I told him to stop chewing for a second and see if the problem went away.
It did, and so did he. I left without seeing him again, I think he was a little embarrassed. :^)
Exactly!
Whether or not you believe man is changing the climate, you can't deny the ugly brown clouds hanging over major populations. The possibility of clearing that up is reason enough for me to 'go green.'
Wow, that was awesome! Well done.
Oh come on. You really think the 100 watt bulb your neighbor has on his back porch is really affecting the ambient light? Try the acres of parking lots and car dealerships kept as bright all night as the sun at high noon.
I flew to California a few weeks ago after dark, and looking down from the plane the houses were the dark spots between the shopping malls, street lights, and factories.
Makes me think of the robot dog that chases Montag through the city.
Tremors?
Not exactly "giant monster", but monster-ish.
(oh, and do yourself a favor and stop with the first movie)
So disagreeing with one thing makes that person a non-Libertarian?
Thanks for illustrating exactly what's wrong with American politics today.
"Don't you dare disagree with the Party position."
No, not 1984, but Animal Farm.
Every morning we wake up and the painting on the barn has changed and nobody can remember what it used to say.
When I read that book I was so frustrated by how stupid the animals were. How could they fall for such obvious exaggerations?
Now I'm just frustrated at the people around me. How can they fall for such obvious exaggerations?
Ah...except that "hasta" means "until" in Spanish, so they're _still_ waiting for it in 2029.
And apparently it's such a meme that it's become part of the standard robotic vernacular.
or something...
Right you are...check out a couple: here and here
We were streaming some helicopter news footage at work and the reporter said (paraphrasing) "Earlier there was a guy down there with a flashlight trying to say something or other in Morse code."
I can't really blame the reporter for not knowing Code, but it was still frustrating to me that there's somebody down there who is sending a distress call and nobody can understand him.
It's an event.
That's exactly what it is for me. I don't go to the movies a lot for the very reasons that many other posters have mentioned here (high prices, noisy crowd, etc) but when I actually go I try to make it an event.
Gather the family together, grab a bite to eat (we don't eat out much, either, so that's an event in itself), get to the movie early, buy some snacks and just try to enjoy ourselves. I try to get there 1/2 hour early or so. That way we get good seats and there's time to relax before the show.
It's a special event for us. If it was something we did all the time or last-minute I don't think I'd enjoy it and we'd just stay home and rent something.
- "Legacy gaming?! Some revolution!"
...
It strikes me that people are just missing the point:
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Revolution \Rev`o*lu"tion\, n. [F. r['e]volution, L. revolutio.
See {Revolve}.]
2. Return to a point before occupied, or to a point
relatively the same; a rolling back; return; as,
revolution in an ellipse or spiral.
[1913 Webster]
Maybe it's not that it's supposed to be 'revolutionary', but that it's coming full circle with new and retro games.
And maybe that's already been mentioned before and I just missed it.
I don't mean that as a slight against Apple's pricing or anything. What I mean is, let's assume Apple finally reaches 'computer nirvana' and has a perfect system. I (this is just my uneducated opinion) would think that a smart way to go would be to work on size and cost.
Imagine, instead of having "the computer" on a desk in the office, the computer could be a bunch of little nodes around your house. Instead of heading off to the computer room to google a recipe you could just use the node in the kitchen. Or stream mp3s into the bathroom while you get ready for work. I think the technology is nearly there anyway. Bring the cost down so that it makes sense to buy a few nodes at a time and make them small enough to be unobtrusive and I think it could work.
Of course, that's just my opinion, but in any case I don't think we're even close to running out of room to innovate.
There is no shortage of free entertainment for me to spend my time on. That isn't to say, however, that somebody else isn't perfectly justified in paying 60 bones for a game if that's what they want. Just count me out.