I was thinking about this the other day... If oil production has peaked, and we are now pulling less oil/fossil fuels from the ground to burn... won't their be a rough maximum damage/change that we can do to the atmosphere? We are going to run out of these fuels soon (well, not run out, but it will be too expensive to use them like we do now), a hundred years maybe? I'd be interested to see an approximation of the worst possible impact we could have while sloppily burning everything we've got left.
I guess what I'm saying is, it doesn't look like global warming due to pollution from combustion of fossil fuels will not be around much longer no matter what we do.
These behaviours are a phenomenon or trend found only in pornographic material. By "only" I mean the acts are statistically insignificant in the general population. I recognize that a good ol'fashioned fleching session does, in fact, occur now and again, here and there. What I'm saying is pornography suggests such acts are the norm, which it certainly is NOT. And in "circles" where it has become popular, it has become such BECAUSE of pornography.
Wow, I think the slashdot crowds interest in this subject is a testament to its importance.
I recall having an overwhelming curiosity as a kid. To this day I still think it was bordering on fringe. Growing up in a christian home, it was my understanding that porn was not something I should dabble with. Did that make me want it more? YES!
I think at first I just had to SEE the act. Sure I knew what it entailed, but that deep male visual centered psyche had to SEE it. The REAL thing. Fast forward a few years, add household internet access and all of a sudden I find myself interested in it not because it's real, but because it's NOT real! Women don't DO ass to mouth, or get choke-fucked to tears/vomit. That's CRAZY! It's horrible and demoralizing to everyone involved and... SO AWESOME!
.... and now my mind is screwed beyond reproach. I value sexual purity in marriage and such images dancing around my head impact me in a way I wouldn't have thought... I knew it would be bad, but I'm recovering (thanks to an understanding wife and friends).
I've totally forgotten my point now... oh well. Nice to vent. As for comparing it to watching violence? let's put it this way... I wouldn't think about slitting the guy in the next cube's throat near as much as I'd think about splitting the cute new summer student in two. Maybe if all porn was soft and vanilla... but unfortunately we are animals who will pay to see more. So it is automagically made available.
Easy! Because every editor knows that the occasional story that has anything to do with matters of faith (especially Christianity) is usually good for 1000+ comments. Well, it used to be anyway...
I've always thought it kind of silly to get all excited about the development/deployment of these 'mark of the beast' technology types... As a Christian, sure, I wouldn't be surprised if the prophecy in revelation is fullfilled. If our decision to accept or not accept a tatoo, RFID, suppository or whatever the 'mark' is... is something we believe will happen, then why get all worked up about it? Why try to slow it down?
Seriously, sure they're a nice company that has some nifty and useful offerings (i like their search and gmail) and they showed potential for growth. But the real reason for my investment was...
Google's possible future scares the shit out of me!
I'm I the only engineer here who finds working for their company is 80% political and 20% engineering? I've learned so much about lying and trickery I'm considering running for office.
Considering Google has done just about everything differently than anyone else, I'd suspect they will never split their stock. Splitting your stock (apart from being meaningless) usually introduces volatility in your stock price. Google is already considered by many to be overvalued. Just having mentioned Buffet's (of Birkshire-Hathaways $80,000+ per share fame) market style suggests they may stick to a no-split ideal.
"oh, yeah! damn, this is smooth. yo, a lot of people been askin' what the hawkman's all about, this one's for you.
"e" stands for energy, yo that's me, i'm a brilliant scientist and a dope mc. before you step to me i'd think twice g, i'm the lord of chaos, king of entropy. you down with it? i motherfuckin' hope so, 'cause if you're not, i got a motherfuckin' rope yo! i'll string you up, from a big-ass tree, with a sign round your neck that says, "wack mc". there ain't another motherfucker hard like me, i'm a universal constant, i'm a singularity. got doomsday at my back with fat-ass tracks, he pumps funk in the cracks and cuts wax with an axe. so listen up bitch, 'cause there may be a test, my style is smooth, but it's hard to digest. my science is tight, rhymes faster than light, like a ton of TNT i'm about to ignite.
e=mc, e=mc hawking!
i explode like a bomb, no one is spared, my power is my mass times the speed of light squared. hoes on my tip, 15 bullets in my clip, my hand rests heavy on my pistol grip. doomsday cuts it up like a shaolin monk, pumping the funk in your junk-trunk punk. there's no escaping here, i'm gonna beat you out of shape, like a fucking black hole even light can't escape. got the mind to bust a rhyme to make your brain bleed, other rappers talk shit, but they gotta concede, that i'm a 3 sandwich eatin', super-model meetin', step to me punk and you're gonna get a beatin'. so listen up bitch, 'cause there may be a test, my style is smooth, but it's hard to digest. my science is tight, rhymes faster than light, like a ton of tnt i'm about to ignite.
Chorus
break down! ah yeah, that's right, e=mc hawking motherfuckers! god damn, that was some stanky-ass funk. somebody open a motherfuckin' window. yo doomsday, take us out."
Yo! I've been hearing that a bunch of punk bitches out there are claiming that they got the skillz to go toe to toe with the Hawkman in the Quake arena. Ha ha ha. That's some funny shit. If you meet up with me on a Quake server, I'll shove my rail gun so far up your ass, It will knock out your teeth. Check it!
The Mighty Stephen Hawking is a fucking Quake god, got my finger on the trigger and my eye on the quad. I know it's just a game, but I didn't come to play, the Hawkman cometh and he's bringing Doomsday. You say, "impressive", I already know it, I'm a hardcore player and I'm not afraid to show it. I got a Phd in pain and a masters in disaster, the mighty Stephen Hawking is a fucking QuakeMaster.
QuakeMaster, QuakeMaster. The Mighty Stephen Hawking is a fucking QuakeMaster. QuakeMaster, of disaster. The Mighty Stephen Hawking is a fucking QuakeMaster.
We meet on a server, and I say "what's up?", when we go at it punk, I'm gonna fuck you up. Got you in my sights and I'm gonna make you bleed, get used to hearing this, "you have lost the lead." Cuz while your camping, I'll be cold lamping, then I'll kick it in, and your ass I'll be stamping. I got a Phd in pain and a masters in disaster, the mighty Stephen Hawking is a fucking QuakeMaster.
QuakeMaster, QuakeMaster. The Mighty Stephen Hawking is a fucking QuakeMaster. QuakeMaster, of disaster. The Mighty Stephen Hawking is a fucking QuakeMaster.
All right! Now you know what time it is. I don't care if you're a newbie, or a low ping bastard, you step to me in the Quake arena and I'm going to tear you a new virtual Asshole. Yo! It will sound something like this...
QuakeMaster, QuakeMaster. The Mighty Stephen Hawking is a fucking QuakeMaster. QuakeMaster, of disaster. The Mighty Stephen Hawking is a fucking QuakeMaster.
I totally agree. It seriously feel sick to my stomach to think about how someone like ashley simpson is out there selling albums* when the small group playing at your local venue is TOTALLY amazing, can SING and WRITE, but won't be able to cut a deal to save their lives.
I'd be much more in favor of a world where you had access to their music for free but if you wanted to see the REAL DEAL you'd have to anti-up one or two hundred bucks (once the unrestricted distribution of their quality sound has made them popular of course). You'd actually be paying for an experience you can't just reproduce in your living room.
*released music which may or may not just be the intense processing, pitch shifting, and filtering of some stupid individuals voice.
Yikes, I hadn't thought about the whole spam/telemarketing clash that might happen with VoIP. Would I start getting 100 calls a day about what a great mortgage rate I could be getting? I like the idea of low cost phone plans.. but that might be a little too far. I suppose I'm thinking this because I really have no idea what VoIP will be like. And... now my comment is totally off-topic...
Slashdot Mirror
I was thinking about this the other day... If oil production has peaked, and we are now pulling less oil/fossil fuels from the ground to burn... won't their be a rough maximum damage/change that we can do to the atmosphere? We are going to run out of these fuels soon (well, not run out, but it will be too expensive to use them like we do now), a hundred years maybe? I'd be interested to see an approximation of the worst possible impact we could have while sloppily burning everything we've got left.
I guess what I'm saying is, it doesn't look like global warming due to pollution from combustion of fossil fuels will not be around much longer no matter what we do.
Results of this study or *test* are not surprising really...
Matthew chapter 4 anybody? Hmm? Thou shall not what?
Oh boy... lemme try again...
These behaviours are a phenomenon or trend found only in pornographic material. By "only" I mean the acts are statistically insignificant in the general population. I recognize that a good ol'fashioned fleching session does, in fact, occur now and again, here and there. What I'm saying is pornography suggests such acts are the norm, which it certainly is NOT. And in "circles" where it has become popular, it has become such BECAUSE of pornography.
Wow, I think the slashdot crowds interest in this subject is a testament to its importance.
I recall having an overwhelming curiosity as a kid. To this day I still think it was bordering on fringe. Growing up in a christian home, it was my understanding that porn was not something I should dabble with. Did that make me want it more? YES!
I think at first I just had to SEE the act. Sure I knew what it entailed, but that deep male visual centered psyche had to SEE it. The REAL thing. Fast forward a few years, add household internet access and all of a sudden I find myself interested in it not because it's real, but because it's NOT real! Women don't DO ass to mouth, or get choke-fucked to tears/vomit. That's CRAZY! It's horrible and demoralizing to everyone involved and... SO AWESOME!
.... and now my mind is screwed beyond reproach. I value sexual purity in marriage and such images dancing around my head impact me in a way I wouldn't have thought... I knew it would be bad, but I'm recovering (thanks to an understanding wife and friends).
I've totally forgotten my point now... oh well. Nice to vent. As for comparing it to watching violence? let's put it this way... I wouldn't think about slitting the guy in the next cube's throat near as much as I'd think about splitting the cute new summer student in two. Maybe if all porn was soft and vanilla... but unfortunately we are animals who will pay to see more. So it is automagically made available.
Easy! Because every editor knows that the occasional story that has anything to do with matters of faith (especially Christianity) is usually good for 1000+ comments. Well, it used to be anyway...
I've always thought it kind of silly to get all excited about the development/deployment of these 'mark of the beast' technology types... As a Christian, sure, I wouldn't be surprised if the prophecy in revelation is fullfilled. If our decision to accept or not accept a tatoo, RFID, suppository or whatever the 'mark' is... is something we believe will happen, then why get all worked up about it? Why try to slow it down?
('aw yeah, thirst for blood... bring it')
and you'll STILL have some weeny insisting that 8mm is better...
"never has to put up with re-runs"
insert slashdot dupe joke here
thank you
ermm.. how much does this bike weigh? 100lbs? if it does...
Assuming no losses, light wheels, constant mass:
Thrust 200 lb
889.6 N
Bike 100 lb
Slashdotter 265 lb
Total 165.5 kg
Max acc. 5.37 m/s^2
Time 5 s
Final speed 26.9 m/s
60.11 mph
I'm hoping the bike is heavier than 100lb. Cause this paints a funny picture in my head.
"last up to 15 years for next to nothing?"
Assuming minimum 1 turd/day
100$/yr Maintenance (vet bills)
2$-10$/wk Food (dog dependent)
$1500 in Bills
2*52*15 = $1560 in food
1 turd/day * 365 day/yr * 15 yr = 5475 smelly ass turds.
Picking up every single one? (unless, of course, you've got some land)
Anyone?
*wipes tears*
Thank you IAAP, thank you for making today worth living.
...to buy google stock.
Seriously, sure they're a nice company that has some nifty and useful offerings (i like their search and gmail) and they showed potential for growth. But the real reason for my investment was...
Google's possible future scares the shit out of me!
In America an engineer has to be 80% politician!
I'm I the only engineer here who finds working for their company is 80% political and 20% engineering? I've learned so much about lying and trickery I'm considering running for office.
Considering Google has done just about everything differently than anyone else, I'd suspect they will never split their stock. Splitting your stock (apart from being meaningless) usually introduces volatility in your stock price. Google is already considered by many to be overvalued. Just having mentioned Buffet's (of Birkshire-Hathaways $80,000+ per share fame) market style suggests they may stick to a no-split ideal.
Creators of the clock were reluctant to discuss whether the primary purpose of the device was to schedule the release of WinFS..
Maybe it means public daemon...
"oh, yeah!
damn, this is smooth.
yo, a lot of people been askin' what the hawkman's all about, this one's for you.
"e" stands for energy, yo that's me,
i'm a brilliant scientist and a dope mc.
before you step to me i'd think twice g,
i'm the lord of chaos, king of entropy.
you down with it? i motherfuckin' hope so,
'cause if you're not, i got a motherfuckin' rope yo!
i'll string you up, from a big-ass tree,
with a sign round your neck that says, "wack mc".
there ain't another motherfucker hard like me,
i'm a universal constant, i'm a singularity.
got doomsday at my back with fat-ass tracks,
he pumps funk in the cracks and cuts wax with an axe.
so listen up bitch, 'cause there may be a test,
my style is smooth, but it's hard to digest.
my science is tight, rhymes faster than light,
like a ton of TNT i'm about to ignite.
e=mc,
e=mc hawking!
i explode like a bomb, no one is spared,
my power is my mass times the speed of light squared.
hoes on my tip, 15 bullets in my clip,
my hand rests heavy on my pistol grip.
doomsday cuts it up like a shaolin monk,
pumping the funk in your junk-trunk punk.
there's no escaping here, i'm gonna beat you out of shape,
like a fucking black hole even light can't escape.
got the mind to bust a rhyme to make your brain bleed,
other rappers talk shit, but they gotta concede,
that i'm a 3 sandwich eatin', super-model meetin',
step to me punk and you're gonna get a beatin'.
so listen up bitch, 'cause there may be a test,
my style is smooth, but it's hard to digest.
my science is tight, rhymes faster than light,
like a ton of tnt i'm about to ignite.
Chorus
break down!
ah yeah, that's right, e=mc hawking motherfuckers!
god damn, that was some stanky-ass funk.
somebody open a motherfuckin' window.
yo doomsday, take us out."
One of my favs for sure.
Ahh, the memories..
Yo! I've been hearing that a bunch of punk bitches
out there are claiming that they got the skillz to go
toe to toe with the Hawkman in the Quake arena.
Ha ha ha. That's some funny shit.
If you meet up with me on a Quake server, I'll shove my
rail gun so far up your ass, It will knock out your teeth.
Check it!
The Mighty Stephen Hawking is a fucking Quake god,
got my finger on the trigger and my eye on the quad.
I know it's just a game, but I didn't come to play,
the Hawkman cometh and he's bringing Doomsday.
You say, "impressive", I already know it,
I'm a hardcore player and I'm not afraid to show it.
I got a Phd in pain and a masters in disaster,
the mighty Stephen Hawking is a fucking QuakeMaster.
QuakeMaster, QuakeMaster.
The Mighty Stephen Hawking is a fucking QuakeMaster.
QuakeMaster, of disaster.
The Mighty Stephen Hawking is a fucking QuakeMaster.
We meet on a server, and I say "what's up?",
when we go at it punk, I'm gonna fuck you up.
Got you in my sights and I'm gonna make you bleed,
get used to hearing this, "you have lost the lead."
Cuz while your camping, I'll be cold lamping,
then I'll kick it in, and your ass I'll be stamping.
I got a Phd in pain and a masters in disaster,
the mighty Stephen Hawking is a fucking QuakeMaster.
QuakeMaster, QuakeMaster.
The Mighty Stephen Hawking is a fucking QuakeMaster.
QuakeMaster, of disaster.
The Mighty Stephen Hawking is a fucking QuakeMaster.
All right! Now you know what time it is.
I don't care if you're a newbie, or a low ping bastard,
you step to me in the Quake arena and I'm going to tear you
a new virtual Asshole.
Yo! It will sound something like this...
QuakeMaster, QuakeMaster.
The Mighty Stephen Hawking is a fucking QuakeMaster.
QuakeMaster, of disaster.
The Mighty Stephen Hawking is a fucking QuakeMaster.
Which includes, if I'm not mistaken, 0 miles.
cause i'm running out of disk space!
*wipes tears*
You made my day. Funniest comment in this story goes to you.
well... *I* thought it was funny...
better mod me down too.
I'd like to tap a few folks myself...
I totally agree. It seriously feel sick to my stomach to think about how someone like ashley simpson is out there selling albums* when the small group playing at your local venue is TOTALLY amazing, can SING and WRITE, but won't be able to cut a deal to save their lives.
I'd be much more in favor of a world where you had access to their music for free but if you wanted to see the REAL DEAL you'd have to anti-up one or two hundred bucks (once the unrestricted distribution of their quality sound has made them popular of course). You'd actually be paying for an experience you can't just reproduce in your living room.
*released music which may or may not just be the intense processing, pitch shifting, and filtering of some stupid individuals voice.
I don't see what the big deal with imported ones is.. so long as its a cold one. Whether a one is imported or not, makes no difference.
Yikes, I hadn't thought about the whole spam/telemarketing clash that might happen with VoIP. Would I start getting 100 calls a day about what a great mortgage rate I could be getting? I like the idea of low cost phone plans.. but that might be a little too far. I suppose I'm thinking this because I really have no idea what VoIP will be like. And... now my comment is totally off-topic...