"When you don't know any of these people personally, it's easy to shoot off barbs."
No, when the NSA has no check on it it's easy to shoot off barbs. Especially since they're in the business of spying on US citizens. When AT&T openly colludes with the NSA to pass all traffic to the NSA it's not just AT&T that loses my respect.
And I'm not taking YOUR word that they're doing what they're supposed to be doing.
"It will also put me off talking freely and in an unguarded manner in front of female attendees at any conference."
Oh, please. There is nothing quite so pathetic as the lament of someone in the privileged class. This particular story may involve a woman who gamed the system, but if you think women aren't generally discriminated against and made to feel uncomfortable with sexual innuendo then you are not paying attention.
What we did to them? While I fully believe the US is culpable for the woes of many places in the world I think the greatest enemy of the Chinese is the Chinese. The US didn't support Mao and the US was not complicit in the building of a police state in China.
I think you are missing the point. Do you think it's just going to be a watch? I think we're finally going to have the Dick Tracy wrist phone complete with picture. I think we're going to have a whole raft of new apps that let you control things from your wrist.
That's true. It takes hardware, too. Learn to program a micro controller and use the FTDI usb to serial driver to build a contraption that uses a relay hooking up the mains power to your chair so that it switches on every time you fire up your web browser.
The invention of writing has been blamed for the decline in our ability to remember long oral histories. Do you think we are significantly dumber because we can't remember and recite The Iliad or The Odyssey, which was originally a tale told from memory? Everything in measure, of course, but any devices that offload tasks so that we are freed up to dream up even better and more complex ideas is OK by me.
According to Hemingway there are only three sports: Bull fighting, motor racing and mountain climbing. The rest are games.
I find bull fighting offensive, but it is a great quote. And I have the feeling that Hemingway wasn't talking about spectating, but rather participating.
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"...he knows full well which side his bread is buttered on."
Yep. Right around the fringe.
I had no idea 3D printers were that loud.
"When you don't know any of these people personally, it's easy to shoot off barbs."
No, when the NSA has no check on it it's easy to shoot off barbs. Especially since they're in the business of spying on US citizens. When AT&T openly colludes with the NSA to pass all traffic to the NSA it's not just AT&T that loses my respect.
And I'm not taking YOUR word that they're doing what they're supposed to be doing.
Here's all you need to know:
How do they say "fuck you" at the NSA?
"Trust me, trust me."
How do you think the neighbor would feel about being criminally charged for eavesdropping?
I've never really understood why they call it the second hand when it's really the third hand if you ask me.
"OK, I know it's April fools, but why would a packet traveling faster than the speed of light necessarily arrive before it is sent?"
Most likely because they set the TTL to be a negative number.
"You wanna get ahead in life? Suck dick."
Was that joke intentional?
Please don't Shakespeare the thread.
I think Obama has a ways to go to catch up to George Bush on vacation time.
"A man, on the other-hand (especially a white man), has no national or local organizations supporting him."
Dude, the entire system is an organization supporting white men.
"It will also put me off talking freely and in an unguarded manner in front of female attendees at any conference."
Oh, please. There is nothing quite so pathetic as the lament of someone in the privileged class. This particular story may involve a woman who gamed the system, but if you think women aren't generally discriminated against and made to feel uncomfortable with sexual innuendo then you are not paying attention.
OMG, didn't you read the article? I'm just going to sit here waiting for a takedown notice on your post...
Not at all. It goes back to the Tuesday before Mao being in power.
What we did to them? While I fully believe the US is culpable for the woes of many places in the world I think the greatest enemy of the Chinese is the Chinese. The US didn't support Mao and the US was not complicit in the building of a police state in China.
"Yes lets move it too the cloud!"
Why not? Grandpa moves to the clouds, his data moves to the cloud.
Or until it starts saying, "Hey, baby, want to kill all humans?"
I think you are missing the point. Do you think it's just going to be a watch? I think we're finally going to have the Dick Tracy wrist phone complete with picture. I think we're going to have a whole raft of new apps that let you control things from your wrist.
That's true. It takes hardware, too. Learn to program a micro controller and use the FTDI usb to serial driver to build a contraption that uses a relay hooking up the mains power to your chair so that it switches on every time you fire up your web browser.
No, it's like 10,000 spoons when all you need is a knife.
The invention of writing has been blamed for the decline in our ability to remember long oral histories. Do you think we are significantly dumber because we can't remember and recite The Iliad or The Odyssey, which was originally a tale told from memory? Everything in measure, of course, but any devices that offload tasks so that we are freed up to dream up even better and more complex ideas is OK by me.
Please tell him I'm not finished using it. Thank you.
According to Hemingway there are only three sports: Bull fighting, motor racing and mountain climbing. The rest are games.
I find bull fighting offensive, but it is a great quote. And I have the feeling that Hemingway wasn't talking about spectating, but rather participating.
Since I use a Mac or Solaris I guess I'll always have a room without Windows.
Carma, in this case.