Residences in California rarely have air conditioning, as well. It always pissed me off I couldn't control the climate inside my own place. Windows always open to the noisy street with fire trucks going by. But hey, it's good for the environment and is approved by Bono.
The race is rather boring, as a technical achievement. After all, the Global Hawk, a 737-sized robot jet, has already set a record by flying 8600 miles in 22 hours from California to South Australia.
I can get from west LA to Vegas in 4 hours over land...
A study done a year or two ago concluded that new internet users, especially children, were unable to determine what part of a web page was content, and what part was advertisement. It's all just one big happy page to them, and they'll happily click on a banner that looks even remotely interesting.
Waah fuckity waah waah. God forbid if talentless cretins can't make a big profit by using crappy games to promote a web hosting service.
And as for your "if you're paying, you shouldn't have ads" argument, that's bullshit. You pay over $100 a ticket to see a football game, and get bombarded with ads during every moment the ball is not in play. Those who remember the early days of cable television remember no ads on any channels whatsoever - after all, you're paying for the service! Paying to get in to a movie theater results in ads.
Now, go back to being weeded out of the free marketplace, and keep the idiot ideas about blocking ads being a form of theft.
Don't worry about it my friend - anyone with a 23 in their handle is OK with me. I picked up my own handle due to it being on a book within my field of vision when I finally decided to bite the bullet and get a stupid slashdot account instead of posting anonymous like I should be able to.
HAHAHAhahaha hohoho hehehe...hohoHAHAHHAHAAA...whoo...almost burst my lungs laughing there. Thanks for the chuckle.
Defcon was, at one time, a cool place to go and meet really freaking cool people that didn't live anywhere near your area code. Since Defcon has been at the Alexis Park, however, it's attracted a completely different crowd. Basically, Defcon is the culmination of the Black Hat Briefings, a weeklong big-dollar security conference. The attitude is, come to Vegas during the week, see the shows, attend the real security briefings, and on the weekend we trot out the tattooed freaks for your amusement. Defcon isn't just a simple hacker con like Cuervocon or Xcon used to be. It's the weekend entertainment for a weeklong security conference. Few coders, but plenty of people dressed in black playing quake on windows laptops.
The "obvious" cultural reference took me a minute to pin down. It's not obvious at all...Slim Pickens rides on the outside of the bomb, and this guy will be inside a rocket. The question was just a cheap shot...the fellow must be rather tired of dealing with such dumb questions...I'm surprised it was picked to be asked, as either way it resultes in an information-free answer.
Personally I'm rooting for him to succeed and stick his rocket in the craw of the nay-sayers.
It should be pointed out that there are several competing "Darwin award" sites, which are all simply hit generators and timewasters. Blah.
Darwinism is concerned with the suitability of creatures to their environment (long-armed creatures are selected when fruit hangs from tall trees, etc).
No, however there was a The Next Generation episode about nanites becoming aware, and speeeeking through the ship's compuuuuters. It was bad, bad, bad, like most TNG episodes that didn't feature the Borg or Spock.
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Hey, give us a spoiler summary. Someone! I'm never going to read this book, but my curiosity is getting the better of me and I want to know what happens.
Who the hell cares about AT&T nowadays anyway? Maybe back in the day, but in 2002? This "advisory" is just some guy they hired who used to go to cons, and he's trying to justify his job by issuing spurious bulletins. I'd like to see some of the other crap the AT&T security mandarins put out...probably just as worthless as this one.
Also, interesting how AT&T apparently requires a SSN to be a customer...the only people who need an SSN are the federal government and your employer.
Well, not to soil this discussion with any facts, but military minefields are not repeat not intended to kill the enemy. They are meant to deny territory. In some conflicts, minefields are clearly marked by the side that placed them.
Of course, this kind of repellent factual discussion has no place in this thread. Nobody's talking about the system, just that the evil USA has yet again defied the world with its laser minelaying device. Score: -1 Offtopic.
Yeah, the problem is all the USA's fault. Even with the most tenuous of links, the USA should receive the full amount of blame for all the land mines in the world due to the strips of no-man's land in Korea.
I especially noticed the part where Russia and China, the largest exporters of land mines, didn't even make the post. After all, it's all the USA's fault.
Shelve that idea? WTF? Hollywood scriptwriters, and most Hollywood people in general, share your anti-American opinions. The biggest box office draw, Tom Cruise, said "I think the U.S. is terrifying" and considers the USA an unfit environment in which to raise his children. There's plenty of anti-everything sentiment in popular movies...the single example I will cite is the deep green pro-human-genocide message in "The Matrix".
I certainly expect Superman's message of TJAW to be thoroughly fouled and shown to be horribly wrong when the movie comes out. Hollywood engages in anti-conservative (NOT liberal) political commentary every chance it gets...
I don't get it. Maybe you're just karma whoring (you did mention columbine).
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Residences in California rarely have air conditioning, as well. It always pissed me off I couldn't control the climate inside my own place. Windows always open to the noisy street with fire trucks going by. But hey, it's good for the environment and is approved by Bono.
This Home Power sounds a heck of a lot like slashdot. Do they have a moderation system?
Man, there are shanties in Rio that had it better than you did.
I can get from west LA to Vegas in 4 hours over land...
A study done a year or two ago concluded that new internet users, especially children, were unable to determine what part of a web page was content, and what part was advertisement. It's all just one big happy page to them, and they'll happily click on a banner that looks even remotely interesting.
And as for your "if you're paying, you shouldn't have ads" argument, that's bullshit. You pay over $100 a ticket to see a football game, and get bombarded with ads during every moment the ball is not in play. Those who remember the early days of cable television remember no ads on any channels whatsoever - after all, you're paying for the service! Paying to get in to a movie theater results in ads.
Now, go back to being weeded out of the free marketplace, and keep the idiot ideas about blocking ads being a form of theft.
Don't worry about it my friend - anyone with a 23 in their handle is OK with me. I picked up my own handle due to it being on a book within my field of vision when I finally decided to bite the bullet and get a stupid slashdot account instead of posting anonymous like I should be able to.
Yeah, Mel the Programmer probably wrote that one. Talentless cretin.
If not, you're working for free, my friend.
It's not ironic, it's appropriate. Anyone who went to any of the Defcons before the Alexis Park became the permanent home will agree.
There's another way of getting weather forecasts on a boat - it's known as the "radio".
It also needs more knee-jerk comments from uneducated people. Thanks for doing your part today!
Defcon was, at one time, a cool place to go and meet really freaking cool people that didn't live anywhere near your area code. Since Defcon has been at the Alexis Park, however, it's attracted a completely different crowd. Basically, Defcon is the culmination of the Black Hat Briefings, a weeklong big-dollar security conference. The attitude is, come to Vegas during the week, see the shows, attend the real security briefings, and on the weekend we trot out the tattooed freaks for your amusement. Defcon isn't just a simple hacker con like Cuervocon or Xcon used to be. It's the weekend entertainment for a weeklong security conference. Few coders, but plenty of people dressed in black playing quake on windows laptops.
There's no story here. USA is wrong. USA is always wrong. When will all USA citizens die so the world will not have these problems any more?
Personally I'm rooting for him to succeed and stick his rocket in the craw of the nay-sayers.
Darwinism is concerned with the suitability of creatures to their environment (long-armed creatures are selected when fruit hangs from tall trees, etc).
No, however there was a The Next Generation episode about nanites becoming aware, and speeeeking through the ship's compuuuuters. It was bad, bad, bad, like most TNG episodes that didn't feature the Borg or Spock.
Hey, give us a spoiler summary. Someone! I'm never going to read this book, but my curiosity is getting the better of me and I want to know what happens.
Why, Wesley would save the ship, of course!
Also, interesting how AT&T apparently requires a SSN to be a customer...the only people who need an SSN are the federal government and your employer.
Of course, this kind of repellent factual discussion has no place in this thread. Nobody's talking about the system, just that the evil USA has yet again defied the world with its laser minelaying device. Score: -1 Offtopic.
I especially noticed the part where Russia and China, the largest exporters of land mines, didn't even make the post. After all, it's all the USA's fault.
Of course, knowing MS, they would do it in the middle of the day.
I certainly expect Superman's message of TJAW to be thoroughly fouled and shown to be horribly wrong when the movie comes out. Hollywood engages in anti-conservative (NOT liberal) political commentary every chance it gets...
I don't get it. Maybe you're just karma whoring (you did mention columbine).
Why didn't the Superman Emergency Squad come to Kal-El's rescue? Big-time continuity problem there.