Yeah, then they could get flooded by the Mississippi each and every year. I mean, to heck with making the most important river in America navigable. Why not just let it change course constantly, block grain shipments from the Midwest, and let all those lazy foreigners starve because they don't have access to surplus American food supplies.
Back when dnetc started, computers always ran at 100%. Any "idle" time was just spent executing NOPs. These days, computers don't run at top speed all the time, and thus it's wasteful to run this SETI nonsense.
SETI was always more about feel-good-ness and "look how cool my computer is", than actually doing anything beneficial. It's like eating Rainforest Brand ice cream instead of flying to Brazil and standing in front of a bulldozer.
Typical California provincial attitude. Take the blinders off, pal, there's a whole world out there.
You actually want to *move* to New Orleans? That city is a dangerous cesspool. And I'm talking before the hurricane hit. A nice place to visit, to be sure, but a horror to live in. Sort of like L.A., actually.
These days, we call that "wetlands". It's much more fuzzy and cuddly than "swamp". People don't give money unless they're convinced that they're protecting fuzzy and cuddly things.
Yeah. Why don't we look at the "average lifespan" instead of a few freakazoids who make it to exteme old age?
And, frankly, it can be viewed that old people are nothing but a drain on society. From a pure utilitarian standpoint, it is best if people work until the late 50s, then die. That way, you get all of their productive years, and none of the negative "having to take care of you" years.
P.S. Japanese women, for one, age extremely rapidly after 30. Before that, they're cute. After 30, they're incredibly saggy and ugly. But be my guest, marry one of them. The bonus being, if you bring them back to the West, that they will adopt Western eating habits, and you'll have a saggy, ugly, fat wife!
I thought it was the fact that Gmail was a free email provider that provides pop3 and outgoing mail servers. I don't know about you, but I never see the web interface. I just have a bunch of Gmail accounts that I use for various purposes.
So, EA, an American company, must step up to the plate and produce a game? Why aren't Australian developers rising to the challenge? Oh, right, because it's always America's fault.
Real quarterbacks will probably love it. NFL players can actually use Madden for a bit of training. Not real training, of course, but noting formations and reacting properly to them, checking off receivers, etc. Ricky Williams used to mention that back when he had a web log.
Yeah, I remember when that came out. DJB came onto comp.protocols.ntp and flamed all the regulars. I mean, he was vindictive to the point of enjoying it. Before that, it was one of the most civil, academic newsgroups on the net.
Yeah, because their interest in breaking American government ciphers is purely academic, and will never, ever be used by the CCP. Maybe it would have also helped if they had applied for the visa in time.
Visas are a two-way street, you know. I've had plenty of problems obtaining the proper visa to enter China, only people don't write blog posts about it and imply it's due to some sinister conspiracy. Also, in the typical ignorant, Western-centric viewpoint, you point to a weblog that is blocked by the Great Firewall of China (don't feel special, all of blogspot.com is blocked). So Wang Xiaoyun and Yu Hongbo (their correct names before being Westernized) can't view your post, due to the censorship of the government for which they break ciphers for.
Legions of serious users have used CDE as their desktop environment, with no ill effects.
Sure, it's kinda ugly, but it's fast and functional. Unfortunately, many people who install Solaris/x86 are linux tinkerers, and they tend to make value judgements based on appearance. "What, no transparent windows? This sucks! And what the heck are these.pm files?"
Well, uncooked meat is horribly nasty, but consider the other side of the issue. It's very difficult to get a real well done steak. Usually, they just burn the hell out of it until it's dry and tough, because you're "supposed" to eat steak rare, and the chef is offended. Fuck that attitude. I have to order medium well, and the only truly good steak I ever have is the one I make myself.
I don't know...everything I've read says that the CoS lawyers are mean and vindictive, and spare no expense to make you miserable. Maybe this guy is just a Scientologist, and not part of the cult's legal army?
I tried that Google search you suggested and it looks like he tried to sue Google because Google Search linked to pages where people got pissed off after he tried to sue them.
It's in China. Hell, the customer service here won't even listen to its own customers...there's about zero chance that some foreigner is going to be able to do something.
I think that's pretty clear. Obviously, he was a greasy politician trying to take credit for the work of others. Maybe from where he was at, it made sense, but that just shows you how out-of-touch people in politics are.
Well, other than the fact that you didn't experience this, because the Shuttle landed in California, not the Cape, it makes a great story. Too bad you made the whole thing up, hippy.
Digital cameras are stupendous for everyone who wants to take pictures. You get the results instantly instead of having to wait and pay $$$. And let's see an old-fashioned camera take a movie. Only "photographers" *cough* artists *spit* need or want film cameras. Film also has many, many negative effects on the environment due to creating the film and the toxic chemicals needed to develop it.
But the greatest advantage of a digicam is being able to take pictures of naked girls. Some may advocate a videocam for this, but I find that they're much more shy when you whip out the tripod...clicking away with the camera is much better.
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Yeah, then they could get flooded by the Mississippi each and every year. I mean, to heck with making the most important river in America navigable. Why not just let it change course constantly, block grain shipments from the Midwest, and let all those lazy foreigners starve because they don't have access to surplus American food supplies.
SETI was always more about feel-good-ness and "look how cool my computer is", than actually doing anything beneficial. It's like eating Rainforest Brand ice cream instead of flying to Brazil and standing in front of a bulldozer.
You are a kook. Let's all emulate a nation with 11% unemployment, that's a recipe for success.
Basically, look at all the suffering in Africa. That was what the world was like way back then.
You won't get free games to review, if you give negative reviews. Play the game, ride the gravy train, and sell out to The Man.
You actually want to *move* to New Orleans? That city is a dangerous cesspool. And I'm talking before the hurricane hit. A nice place to visit, to be sure, but a horror to live in. Sort of like L.A., actually.
These days, we call that "wetlands". It's much more fuzzy and cuddly than "swamp". People don't give money unless they're convinced that they're protecting fuzzy and cuddly things.
WMD are chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons. If it ain't one of those three, IT'S NOT WMD.
Why not? You need an engineering license to build a bridge. You need a drivers license to operate a motor vehicle.
And, frankly, it can be viewed that old people are nothing but a drain on society. From a pure utilitarian standpoint, it is best if people work until the late 50s, then die. That way, you get all of their productive years, and none of the negative "having to take care of you" years.
P.S. Japanese women, for one, age extremely rapidly after 30. Before that, they're cute. After 30, they're incredibly saggy and ugly. But be my guest, marry one of them. The bonus being, if you bring them back to the West, that they will adopt Western eating habits, and you'll have a saggy, ugly, fat wife!
I thought it was the fact that Gmail was a free email provider that provides pop3 and outgoing mail servers. I don't know about you, but I never see the web interface. I just have a bunch of Gmail accounts that I use for various purposes.
So, EA, an American company, must step up to the plate and produce a game? Why aren't Australian developers rising to the challenge? Oh, right, because it's always America's fault.
Chinese people don't buy games, they pirate them. If I gave two shits, I could probably go down to the computer market and buy Madden for $5.
Real quarterbacks will probably love it. NFL players can actually use Madden for a bit of training. Not real training, of course, but noting formations and reacting properly to them, checking off receivers, etc. Ricky Williams used to mention that back when he had a web log.
Yaknow, there are single NFL teams with greater fan bases than the entire CFL and AFL put together.
P.S. you don't need time from a Stratum-1 server.
Visas are a two-way street, you know. I've had plenty of problems obtaining the proper visa to enter China, only people don't write blog posts about it and imply it's due to some sinister conspiracy. Also, in the typical ignorant, Western-centric viewpoint, you point to a weblog that is blocked by the Great Firewall of China (don't feel special, all of blogspot.com is blocked). So Wang Xiaoyun and Yu Hongbo (their correct names before being Westernized) can't view your post, due to the censorship of the government for which they break ciphers for.
Sure, it's kinda ugly, but it's fast and functional. Unfortunately, many people who install Solaris/x86 are linux tinkerers, and they tend to make value judgements based on appearance. "What, no transparent windows? This sucks! And what the heck are these .pm files?"
Well, uncooked meat is horribly nasty, but consider the other side of the issue. It's very difficult to get a real well done steak. Usually, they just burn the hell out of it until it's dry and tough, because you're "supposed" to eat steak rare, and the chef is offended. Fuck that attitude. I have to order medium well, and the only truly good steak I ever have is the one I make myself.
I tried that Google search you suggested and it looks like he tried to sue Google because Google Search linked to pages where people got pissed off after he tried to sue them.
It's in China. Hell, the customer service here won't even listen to its own customers...there's about zero chance that some foreigner is going to be able to do something.
I think that's pretty clear. Obviously, he was a greasy politician trying to take credit for the work of others. Maybe from where he was at, it made sense, but that just shows you how out-of-touch people in politics are.
Well, other than the fact that you didn't experience this, because the Shuttle landed in California, not the Cape, it makes a great story. Too bad you made the whole thing up, hippy.
But the greatest advantage of a digicam is being able to take pictures of naked girls. Some may advocate a videocam for this, but I find that they're much more shy when you whip out the tripod...clicking away with the camera is much better.
And Atari games sucked compared to Intellivision games.