The mouse model is a good starting point for research, but it's not always a great predictor of human response.
My hypothesis is that the responses would be the same. To test this, go to Disneyland and kick Mickey Mouse in the crotch. Then, kick a comparably-sized human male in the crotch. Note the similarities in the response.
The real story here is that the Department of Homeland Security is also responsible for credit fraud. One of the scams people pull is to steal a number, write a bogus check to the credit card company for that card (which guarantees the credit will be there), and then spend the amount that was written on the check before the check is cashed (and detected as bogus).
This scheme (called Kiting) should be on the decline now that the Check21initiative has been in effect since late last year.
For most, it means that the little images of checks that come back on your bank statements are just as good as the cancelled checks that used to be returned to you, but now clears the way for electronic presentation of funds. What used to take several days for clearing is now as fast as an EFT (electronic funds transfer), so they'll know right away if the funds are available in the account.
Where politics intersect with the geek news, its definitely Slashdot material. Stories run here all the time about the MPAA/RIAA/or some other group vs. technolgies and people that threaten their perceived right to profit at all costs.
Why shouldn't they run stories about promising stem cell research vs. some wackadoos who think a microscopic clump of cells=living, breathing person? The former is an issue that has wider implications for the quality of life of many people who suffer some rather horrific conditions.
Or in Mortal Kombat you have a tickle fight, and instead of ripping out a heart, you read the woozy opponent a bedside story.
Thats exactly the idea behind the "Friendship" finishing moves in Mortal Kombat 2. What better tongue-in-cheek nod to the pressure groups than finishing a brutal fight with a magic trick or a birthday cake?
Why should it be any different from a place that naturally has a cellular dead spot? The end result is the same, regardless of the reason. The only difference is that people won't whine to have a blocker disabled if they know that the signal is being jammed.
so if they win the suit, the DoD can turn over page after page of redacted document that looks like a magic marker threw up all over it. If they don't want the information to get out, it won't.
At least he had fun, fun fun, until his daddy took the t-bird away.
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I hold that this is an unrecognized/unacknowleged form of discrimination and bigotry. Experience and ability should be the primary--if not only--criteria in hiring, not race, sex or orientation thereof--or education.
Whoa. Race, sex, nationality, and so forth are entirely separate from education since they're what the person is. Unless you're Michael Jackson or a eunuch, you can't change those things and its rightly illegal to discriminate on those lines (AA quotas aside). Education is something you CAN change. It shows an employer that you set your mind to a goal and stuck it out until you got your degree, learning relevant info and getting liberal arts education along the way. 40-50 years ago, you could walk out of high school and land a decent manufacturing job or other such gig with the right hookup. Today, the deck is stacked against you if you follow that route, unless you're heading for a trade school or to the service sector.
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Anyway, I then proceded to kick him in the crotch.
Sorry, I forgot to mention that scientific crotch-kicking usually requires a permit.
Spore: Hot Date
The shortest game in history, lasting only until somebody turns the autoclave on.
I wonder if Spore will have an Intelligent Design cheat code that would skip you right to homosapien and win the game.
Were any of the DC geeks trying to pull that cheesy yawning-arm-stretch maneuver on Elonka Dunin at the movie?
The real question is why was the air filter he wore so big?
The prop guys probably had a bet going to see if that guy from Reading Rainbow would wear a banana clip on his face.
The mouse model is a good starting point for research, but it's not always a great predictor of human response.
My hypothesis is that the responses would be the same. To test this, go to Disneyland and kick Mickey Mouse in the crotch. Then, kick a comparably-sized human male in the crotch. Note the similarities in the response.
None of that will happen until the Secretary of the Interior finishes redecorating the nation. Just look at those drapes!
That sound you hear is thousands of RSS feed subscribers all scratching their heads.
Is that what furious masturbation sounds like?
Back in the day we used to write them in study hall...had to do it long hand then goto the lab and enter the code.
Don't you mean GOTO the lab and enter the code?
But stagediving off the living room couch is kinda lame though.
The real story here is that the Department of Homeland Security is also responsible for credit fraud. One of the scams people pull is to steal a number, write a bogus check to the credit card company for that card (which guarantees the credit will be there), and then spend the amount that was written on the check before the check is cashed (and detected as bogus).
This scheme (called Kiting) should be on the decline now that the Check21initiative has been in effect since late last year.
For most, it means that the little images of checks that come back on your bank statements are just as good as the cancelled checks that used to be returned to you, but now clears the way for electronic presentation of funds. What used to take several days for clearing is now as fast as an EFT (electronic funds transfer), so they'll know right away if the funds are available in the account.
New Jersey has normal days?
Where politics intersect with the geek news, its definitely Slashdot material. Stories run here all the time about the MPAA/RIAA/or some other group vs. technolgies and people that threaten their perceived right to profit at all costs.
Why shouldn't they run stories about promising stem cell research vs. some wackadoos who think a microscopic clump of cells=living, breathing person? The former is an issue that has wider implications for the quality of life of many people who suffer some rather horrific conditions.
Coming soon, Howard Stern on HAM radio.
The FCC won't be kosher with that!
Other things known about the PS3:
* It is not a strapless evening gown.
* Ducks may not try to mate with it.
* It is not a flotation device.
* Is not a good substitute for snow chains.
* It will not remove tough grease stains.
* It will not get you an automatic first post on Slashdot.
Or in Mortal Kombat you have a tickle fight, and instead of ripping out a heart, you read the woozy opponent a bedside story.
Thats exactly the idea behind the "Friendship" finishing moves in Mortal Kombat 2. What better tongue-in-cheek nod to the pressure groups than finishing a brutal fight with a magic trick or a birthday cake?
Why should it be any different from a place that naturally has a cellular dead spot? The end result is the same, regardless of the reason. The only difference is that people won't whine to have a blocker disabled if they know that the signal is being jammed.
so if they win the suit, the DoD can turn over page after page of redacted document that looks like a magic marker threw up all over it. If they don't want the information to get out, it won't.
Do you happen to know Junis?
If it lands in the Sahara, that'll cost him a one stroke penalty.
Has anyone heard anything about the Four brave cosmonauts that were up there studying this?
Early reports mention that one is now invisible, another turned to stone, one can now stretch, and the cocky one can set himself on fire.
At least he had fun, fun fun, until his daddy took the t-bird away.
I hold that this is an unrecognized/unacknowleged form of discrimination and bigotry. Experience and ability should be the primary--if not only--criteria in hiring, not race, sex or orientation thereof--or education.
Whoa. Race, sex, nationality, and so forth are entirely separate from education since they're what the person is. Unless you're Michael Jackson or a eunuch, you can't change those things and its rightly illegal to discriminate on those lines (AA quotas aside). Education is something you CAN change. It shows an employer that you set your mind to a goal and stuck it out until you got your degree, learning relevant info and getting liberal arts education along the way. 40-50 years ago, you could walk out of high school and land a decent manufacturing job or other such gig with the right hookup. Today, the deck is stacked against you if you follow that route, unless you're heading for a trade school or to the service sector.
Space Camp?
Thats the one. My favorite mixed-up-robot-launching-teenagers-into-space movie ever!
Kidnapping, rape, murder...no matter how many times it happens to people who do the exact same things they do,
and if Lifetime Original Movies are to be believed, those kidnappings, rapes, and/or murders are likely to be carried out by Judd Nelson.