This might sound a bit harsh, but really; you're whining on SLASHDOT. There's noone here who cares anyway, in fact, I've learned the hard way that whining about noone wanting you is generally a VERY BAD IDEA. I almost lost a very good friend of mine that way, since she didn't want to hurt my feelings by telling me it was very annoying to hear me talk about my problems all the time.
And the "women want nice, warm caring men" thing is complete bullshit too. The general rule is that women don't KNOW what they want, you have to tell them (and yes, I know that statement is probably demeaning towards women). As someone said, the best way to tell someone you're interested isn't by talking, it's by acting. Start out by doing something fairly innocent while you're spending time with her, like giving her a back rub whilst letting her talk about her problems (women love having someone listening to them) or something. Then, if you're lucky, things will just come naturally, for both of you.
The general rule is that women (and almost all people in general) tend to be rather insecure about themselves, and that can always be used to your advantage (providing you can overcome your own insecurities first, but that's another problem entirely).
Oh well, I've ranted enough about this already. Good luck to you, and may you have a great 2001.
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Something to keep in mind is that sometimes these lock-ins are unintentional.
Even if it's unintentional, it's still wrong. Under the law, it's still a crime to kill someone, even if it's unintentional. Doing something wrong because you don't know better is never an excuse.
In the end, they're gonna want retina scans or something similar anyway, and every user is gonna need a retina scanner. Who's gonna pay for this "secure technology"? I know who: We are.
Why don't they lower prices on CDs instead? That would probably help solve their problems. The bottom line is: If I'm not ready to pay for the latest Metallica CD or whatever, I'm not going to. I'm going to find a way to get it for free, no matter how hard it becomes. Most people don't use Napster since they don't want to support the artists, they use it since they want that one good song by that otherwise crappy artist, and aren't willing to pay lots of $$$ to the greedy record industry.
This would never happen though, because there isn't and would never be beatiful 18 year old females playing muds...
If the game was included with your cellphone, I'm sure there would be. I've seen way too many women play snake or whatever it's called to be surprised any more.
Not to mention all the women spending hours in front of solitaire every evening.:)
He he. This reminds me of a Pepsi commercial here in Sweden they had a few years back. They had done a marketing test, and had found that most people preferred Pepsi over "the other leading brand on the market".
I wonder which brand they could be referring to?;)
All cloning films suck (at least all I can think of, and certainly the ones you list here). If all cloning films suck, then real life cloning must suck too, since films reflect reality. In other words, these scientists should do something more interesting. Warp drives are usually cool in films, make some of them!
You would probably need a lot, if these were to survive in their natural habitat. I don't know how far the family tree has to branch before it becomes healthy for two animals to produce an offspring, but I think around 100 or maybe even 1000 different ones would be needed to make sure inbreeding didn't leave permanent damage on the population. It also depends slightly on how closely related the originals were.
On the other hand, with today's genetic engineering, they can probably change the genes enough to make inbreeding less of a problem, even if they had just a few samples to start from.
This is offtopic but... How come people seem to have a trouble spelling grammar? Everyone spells it "grammer" for some reason. Why? It's not like it's pronounced that way or anything (or is it?)
For some reason when I read this post I thought it was about computer mice. Got me really confused for a while there (who the heck would want a smart computer mouse anyway?).
Absolutely. On the other hand, I see the other situation too. The most attractive people are always surrounded by curtisans, whichever gender they might be...
Probably not too much energy... Most cars are metal, and metal heats up easily. On the other hand, is it just me or are traffic jams more frequent in the summer? Perhaps heat isn't the solution after all...
Delivered in a really big box, where you REALLY have to search hard for that tiny box containing the CD. Finally, you find the cd, try to put your thumb on the thing in the middle so you can get it out (the special tool made for this purpose you lost during the first week you just got the drive), but the thumb's too big.
After a few minutes you get it out (managing to drop it on the floor first of course). "Now if I could just find that eject button, it's supposed to be here somewhere...". A while later, you give up and eject it using the OS (Windows 2007?).
Then you're greeted with the install screen, after lots of tiring, pointless texts you don't want to read, you're asked to input the 192-digit serial number, found on the back of the CD cover. Luckily, you're a nerd, so you do have a microscope, but it isn't easy to read it. After about half an hour of trying, you get it right and reach the "real" install screen.
My friend is still a great fan of this really lovely BASIC compiler (I don't normally use BASIC myself). Why can't they release TB for free too (it's gotta be older than TP)?
Where does this person get all his time from? I mean, I hardly have the time to watch The Simpsons every day! Anyway, it's a really nice idea. We're lucky it wasn't mine since then it would never get added to...
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Right now one of the /. readers (grub) is trolling /. to get hits to his own webpage.
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I was being ironic. I actually found your comment to make perfect sense, it was just so easy to take a shot at it I had to.
This might sound a bit harsh, but really; you're whining on SLASHDOT. There's noone here who cares anyway, in fact, I've learned the hard way that whining about noone wanting you is generally a VERY BAD IDEA. I almost lost a very good friend of mine that way, since she didn't want to hurt my feelings by telling me it was very annoying to hear me talk about my problems all the time.
And the "women want nice, warm caring men" thing is complete bullshit too. The general rule is that women don't KNOW what they want, you have to tell them (and yes, I know that statement is probably demeaning towards women). As someone said, the best way to tell someone you're interested isn't by talking, it's by acting. Start out by doing something fairly innocent while you're spending time with her, like giving her a back rub whilst letting her talk about her problems (women love having someone listening to them) or something. Then, if you're lucky, things will just come naturally, for both of you.
The general rule is that women (and almost all people in general) tend to be rather insecure about themselves, and that can always be used to your advantage (providing you can overcome your own insecurities first, but that's another problem entirely).
Oh well, I've ranted enough about this already. Good luck to you, and may you have a great 2001.
Even if it's unintentional, it's still wrong. Under the law, it's still a crime to kill someone, even if it's unintentional. Doing something wrong because you don't know better is never an excuse.
No, the plural is haikus. Or wait, maybe it's haiki, no, no it has to be haikii.
/. discussion about the plural of virus)
(this is all in reference to an earlier
In the end, they're gonna want retina scans or something similar anyway, and every user is gonna need a retina scanner. Who's gonna pay for this "secure technology"? I know who:
We are.
Why don't they lower prices on CDs instead? That would probably help solve their problems. The bottom line is: If I'm not ready to pay for the latest Metallica CD or whatever, I'm not going to. I'm going to find a way to get it for free, no matter how hard it becomes. Most people don't use Napster since they don't want to support the artists, they use it since they want that one good song by that otherwise crappy artist, and aren't willing to pay lots of $$$ to the greedy record industry.
If the game was included with your cellphone, I'm sure there would be. I've seen way too many women play snake or whatever it's called to be surprised any more.
Not to mention all the women spending hours in front of solitaire every evening. :)
He he. This reminds me of a Pepsi commercial here in Sweden they had a few years back. They had done a marketing test, and had found that most people preferred Pepsi over "the other leading brand on the market".
;)
I wonder which brand they could be referring to?
Pioneer to sell first recordable DVD decks
Wow this is truly a great day for mankind. Finally we've gotten the answer to this great riddle, one that has plagued me for several years.
Finally, I'm free...
Now I only need the answer to why I always get a craving for pizza when I'm drunk. Is that something other people experience too or is it just me?
No, the BY FAR best date format is:
February 2 2000 or something to that effect. There is NO (simple) WAY that this could be misunderstood.
Absolutely. Is there anything wrong with that? :)
Am I the only person here who has NO idea of who the person I'm supposed to be asking questions is, and what he has done?
(no, this wasn't a joke)
All cloning films suck (at least all I can think of, and certainly the ones you list here). If all cloning films suck, then real life cloning must suck too, since films reflect reality. In other words, these scientists should do something more interesting. Warp drives are usually cool in films, make some of them!
Or am I wrong?
You would probably need a lot, if these were to survive in their natural habitat. I don't know how far the family tree has to branch before it becomes healthy for two animals to produce an offspring, but I think around 100 or maybe even 1000 different ones would be needed to make sure inbreeding didn't leave permanent damage on the population. It also depends slightly on how closely related the originals were.
On the other hand, with today's genetic engineering, they can probably change the genes enough to make inbreeding less of a problem, even if they had just a few samples to start from.
...C++ would be the perfect language.
This is offtopic but... How come people seem to have a trouble spelling grammar? Everyone spells it "grammer" for some reason. Why? It's not like it's pronounced that way or anything (or is it?)
For some reason when I read this post I thought it was about computer mice. Got me really confused for a while there (who the heck would want a smart computer mouse anyway?).
Absolutely. On the other hand, I see the other situation too. The most attractive people are always surrounded by curtisans, whichever gender they might be...
Or, we can just get that autistic boy from "Mercury Rising" and do it today.
Probably not too much energy... Most cars are metal, and metal heats up easily. On the other hand, is it just me or are traffic jams more frequent in the summer? Perhaps heat isn't the solution after all...
Delivered in a really big box, where you REALLY have to search hard for that tiny box containing the CD. Finally, you find the cd, try to put your thumb on the thing in the middle so you can get it out (the special tool made for this purpose you lost during the first week you just got the drive), but the thumb's too big.
After a few minutes you get it out (managing to drop it on the floor first of course). "Now if I could just find that eject button, it's supposed to be here somewhere...". A while later, you give up and eject it using the OS (Windows 2007?).
Then you're greeted with the install screen, after lots of tiring, pointless texts you don't want to read, you're asked to input the 192-digit serial number, found on the back of the CD cover. Luckily, you're a nerd, so you do have a microscope, but it isn't easy to read it. After about half an hour of trying, you get it right and reach the "real" install screen.
Recommended install: 100 GB
Full install: 140 GB
Uh oh, time to free up some diskspace...
And so on.
My friend is still a great fan of this really lovely BASIC compiler (I don't normally use BASIC myself). Why can't they release TB for free too (it's gotta be older than TP)?
Where does this person get all his time from? I mean, I hardly have the time to watch The Simpsons every day! Anyway, it's a really nice idea. We're lucky it wasn't mine since then it would never get added to...