Supposedly he likes to have sex with washing machines. Apparently it's something he does quite a lot... If your sex toys' power isn't measured in horsepower, you aren't getting your money's worth. And there aren't many things as...energetic...as an unbalanced washing machine in spin cycle. That only applies to upright washers, of course. This is one situation where european-style washers are clearly inferior.
Writing anonymously isn't against the law. So the question is, is the blogger straying from facts, or portraying opinions as facts? If he isn't doing those in his blog, then whatever he's doing out of his blog has little or no bearing. After all, if they knew who he was, they wouldn't be asking these questions. Besides, if the RIAA has taught me one thing, it's that cases can be brought against John/Jane Does where it can be decided that there is enough merit to do so, and then the name can be subpoenaed. Granted, it seems that threshold is pretty low.
In short, if they haven't tried to bring a case of libel against 'daTruthSquad' as a John Doe, the subpoena is probably a chilling tactic.
No, I didn't read the article, and IANAL. This is/., and uninformed opinions are enshrined.
Canada could supply enough oil for our transportation needs until we can perfect the battery powered semi-trailer truck. There's a much simpler method of transporting large quantities over long distances using electrical power - electric trains. The current models of freight engines are diesel-electric, so it's not a huge leap to make them run on electricity - just take out the diesel generator, and feed in the power directly. The feasibility of transporting that kind of power may be an issue (I don't know what high-power lines typically carry), but probably no more issue than a massive amount of batteries or the matter of charging them regularly. A quick search shows that it's already been done. On a somewhat related note, I'd love to see high-speed passenger trains in North America. All those long distances taken at 400 km/h makes more sense to me than airplanes. A trans-Canada trip could be done in about 12 hours, not counting stops. Given the geographical layout of Canada's cities (pretty much a single strip), it's rather feasible, too.
Yeah, but... how you gonna keep the webcam from sliding?:) First you take a stick and pound it into the ground. Then you attach a camera to it. If necessary, a traffic light can be added to increase accuracy.
...you can't look at shrapnel in an MRI because it would be pulled out by the magnets... Sounds like an MRI would be the perfect tool for looking at shrapnel. Just sucks for the patient.
If I wasn't at work right now, I'd so be googling "bodyscan porn" right now so I could be...googling bodyscan porn. Well, that takes care of my plans for the night.
So they are all worried about grey goo? It's probably much simpler than that. It's already known that small particles can cause lung problems up to and including cancer (from asbestos). Small particles can also cause problems for other parts of our body, such as skin irritation from fibreglass. Indications are that shape, size, and chemical composition are all factors in the toxicity of small particles. Until these risks are tested against and quantified, any responsible scientist would be concerned. No need for future possibilities like self-replication to make them dangerous.
...the ability to read PDF files. Need to support pdf, html, txt, and possibly rtf. Also, support the major image types - jpg, png, bmp, tiff. With those you can read/view just about anything non-video and non-audio that's worth viewing, or it can be easily translated for viewing. Granted, you may have been including the image types in your requirement for pdf. But there's a lot of stuff out there in the other 3 document formats that would be a time-waster to have to reformat.
[Spelling Nazi Mode] I'd like to add: or be fired, yelled at by your wife, etc....
Commenting online is a way to vent anger (removed: at) at shit you can't normally vent at. I've seen many comment here about how "stupid" their management or users are/is. And I bet, most of the time, folks wouldn't talk like that at work - but they do here. I think being online is a way to deal with aggression. In short, I'd rather have you folks flame me, or whatever, online than shoot me at work. [/Spelling Nazi Mode]
Only 3? Well that pisses me off. Now I still need to vent. So, where do you work?
I think we're pretty close to the same page there. I don't think a glut's possible, even with the ramped up production. Too many people want it, and the 1.8M per month seems to be worldwide with [sarcasm]only[/sarcasm] half a million going to the US. I didn't think Nintendo was creating buzz - they would have gotten just as much if they'd consistently sold out the day they hit the shelves as they did when they sold out in minutes or hours of stocking (with a lot more profit;). Generally, yeah, if one console is dominant, it ruins the others for titles. I don't that's going to happen with the Wii because I think many of their purchases are casual gamers. So there should be a lot of room for top-tier titles on other consoles. I think this is also why Nintendo is being somewhat cautious with production - the casual gamer market is a big unknown. I think a lot of these questions will be answered by this time next year.
Well, according to this, Nintendo has apparently increased their production to 1.8M per month, from 1M per month last holiday season, and plans to hold those production numbers for a while into 2008. I think that's reasonable. Apparently no one knows how well the Wii is going to do, not even Nintendo. That sucks from the consumer's end, and probably isn't a comfortable position for Nintendo, either, but a glut on the market can be worse than a shortage (for both the company and the consumer).
I think part of the reason is that mathematicians are abusive bastards. How could they suck you into trying to read that if they'd used 'totally headfucking mindboggleing complicated Lie algebras'? Now he's probably reading/. and laughing at every person who says wtf?? And the other mathematicians are patting him on the back and going 'good one, wish I'd thought of it,' which is probably one way to gain respect in the field. Or, to put it another way, mathematicians like to make psychologists cry.
Still, with supply shortages plaguing Nintendo... I think the only thing hampering Nintendo is the fact that they're selling about 1/3 more than their closest competitor on a regular basis. This isn't so much like a plague of locusts as it is a plague of bags of money raining down on you. I would personally like to experience this plague Nintendo is suffering from, and I don't doubt that Sony would love to have the same problem with their PS3s.
Excellent point. Now complete it by counting the number of embassy 6 years prior to 9/11 and we might see what effect the war had on that particular attack vector.
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Like any other source of media, there's the few things that interest you and the multitude of things that interest all the other people. Perhaps if you search on the content you're interested in, they can give you some clues in there. I personally am interested in the myriad science and nature feeds out there, and HD video looks great on my monitor. Then there's The Wood Whisperer, a good feed if you're interested in woodworking. And, as is mentioned elsewhere, you can turn an RSS feed of torrented content into a channel, too. If neither of those options appeal to you, feel free to create your own. It seems to be a trend these days.
So long as you're comfortable with your country committing atrocities because they could be worse. Yet another reason why I laugh when the US decides to play police officer of the world. And yes, that's a nervous laugh, because I don't know what idiotic thing they're going to do to follow up when they actually do something right.
Well then I take back any disparaging remarks directed at you, and we'll skip the discussion on the differences between communism and Marxist dictatorships, and economics vs. politics. It just gets uglier when that stuff starts.
"Wrong" exists. "Evil" exists. Both exist outside of and regardless of the United States. It's not nuanced, it's not sophisticated, but when you take a look at Pol Pot's killing fields, Mao's mass starvation or soviet gulags there is no other conclusion. And yet I'm still comfortable saying that America is engaging in evil now, has before, and will again, all the while acknowledging that they aren't the sole source of this. I'm aware of the problems of my own country, too. But saying "we're the nicest country around when it comes to committing atrocities" still seems like a weak defense to me.
...odds are quite good that we won't be both tasty and nutritious for aliens. The problem is, tasty or nutritious is good enough. Tasty: That slob kid of ours, having human puffs again! What is it with kids these days, they eat nothing but junk food! Nutritious: Soldier one: Argh, another human ration. This stuff is so disgusting. Soldier two: I'll trade you for my dog ration.
What you *should* be doing is placing your works under the Artistic License or something similar. Or he could release to the public domain, and copyright becomes a moot point and all his statements stand. If you check out the gp's web site, he does put in a very general release statement, but doesn't explicitly mention public domain. I don't know if this is required.
They could create a weapon that is more versatile, less obvious, and capable of leaving the area it is used in ready for immediate habitation. The problem with big craters and glowing cities is that no one wants to live there. For all the effectiveness of nuclear weapons, we don't use them much. Why? Because the pros are outweighed by the cons.
Nuclear power is very good. If it wasn't for nuclear power, our world would be a cold dark ball. Nuclear power generated locally is a bit more dangerous, but is still better than just about any other large-scale power generation method we've devised.
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Writing anonymously isn't against the law. So the question is, is the blogger straying from facts, or portraying opinions as facts? If he isn't doing those in his blog, then whatever he's doing out of his blog has little or no bearing. After all, if they knew who he was, they wouldn't be asking these questions.
/., and uninformed opinions are enshrined.
Besides, if the RIAA has taught me one thing, it's that cases can be brought against John/Jane Does where it can be decided that there is enough merit to do so, and then the name can be subpoenaed. Granted, it seems that threshold is pretty low.
In short, if they haven't tried to bring a case of libel against 'daTruthSquad' as a John Doe, the subpoena is probably a chilling tactic.
No, I didn't read the article, and IANAL. This is
A quick search shows that it's already been done.
On a somewhat related note, I'd love to see high-speed passenger trains in North America. All those long distances taken at 400 km/h makes more sense to me than airplanes. A trans-Canada trip could be done in about 12 hours, not counting stops. Given the geographical layout of Canada's cities (pretty much a single strip), it's rather feasible, too.
If necessary, a traffic light can be added to increase accuracy.
...you can't look at shrapnel in an MRI because it would be pulled out by the magnets... Sounds like an MRI would be the perfect tool for looking at shrapnel. Just sucks for the patient.If I wasn't at work right now, I'd so be googling "bodyscan porn" right now so I could be...googling bodyscan porn. Well, that takes care of my plans for the night.
Likening the law to common sense is the road to insanity.
See you at the end.
I stand corrected. Shakespeare John Ashcroft is not.
...soared majestically high above your head, like a mighty eagle. Shakespeare you're not.
...the ability to read PDF files. Need to support pdf, html, txt, and possibly rtf. Also, support the major image types - jpg, png, bmp, tiff. With those you can read/view just about anything non-video and non-audio that's worth viewing, or it can be easily translated for viewing. Granted, you may have been including the image types in your requirement for pdf. But there's a lot of stuff out there in the other 3 document formats that would be a time-waster to have to reformat.[Spelling Nazi Mode]
I'd like to add: or be fired, yelled at by your wife, etc....
Commenting online is a way to vent anger (removed: at) at shit you can't normally vent at. I've seen many comment here about how "stupid" their management or users are/is. And I bet, most of the time, folks wouldn't talk like that at work - but they do here. I think being online is a way to deal with aggression. In short, I'd rather have you folks flame me, or whatever, online than shoot me at work.
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Only 3? Well that pisses me off. Now I still need to vent.
So, where do you work?
I think we're pretty close to the same page there. ;).
I don't think a glut's possible, even with the ramped up production. Too many people want it, and the 1.8M per month seems to be worldwide with [sarcasm]only[/sarcasm] half a million going to the US.
I didn't think Nintendo was creating buzz - they would have gotten just as much if they'd consistently sold out the day they hit the shelves as they did when they sold out in minutes or hours of stocking (with a lot more profit
Generally, yeah, if one console is dominant, it ruins the others for titles. I don't that's going to happen with the Wii because I think many of their purchases are casual gamers. So there should be a lot of room for top-tier titles on other consoles. I think this is also why Nintendo is being somewhat cautious with production - the casual gamer market is a big unknown.
I think a lot of these questions will be answered by this time next year.
Well, according to this, Nintendo has apparently increased their production to 1.8M per month, from 1M per month last holiday season, and plans to hold those production numbers for a while into 2008. I think that's reasonable. Apparently no one knows how well the Wii is going to do, not even Nintendo. That sucks from the consumer's end, and probably isn't a comfortable position for Nintendo, either, but a glut on the market can be worse than a shortage (for both the company and the consumer).
I think part of the reason is that mathematicians are abusive bastards. How could they suck you into trying to read that if they'd used 'totally headfucking mindboggleing complicated Lie algebras'? Now he's probably reading /. and laughing at every person who says wtf?? And the other mathematicians are patting him on the back and going 'good one, wish I'd thought of it,' which is probably one way to gain respect in the field.
Or, to put it another way, mathematicians like to make psychologists cry.
Excellent point. Now complete it by counting the number of embassy 6 years prior to 9/11 and we might see what effect the war had on that particular attack vector.
Like any other source of media, there's the few things that interest you and the multitude of things that interest all the other people. Perhaps if you search on the content you're interested in, they can give you some clues in there.
I personally am interested in the myriad science and nature feeds out there, and HD video looks great on my monitor. Then there's The Wood Whisperer, a good feed if you're interested in woodworking.
And, as is mentioned elsewhere, you can turn an RSS feed of torrented content into a channel, too.
If neither of those options appeal to you, feel free to create your own. It seems to be a trend these days.
So long as you're comfortable with your country committing atrocities because they could be worse. Yet another reason why I laugh when the US decides to play police officer of the world. And yes, that's a nervous laugh, because I don't know what idiotic thing they're going to do to follow up when they actually do something right.
Well then I take back any disparaging remarks directed at you, and we'll skip the discussion on the differences between communism and Marxist dictatorships, and economics vs. politics. It just gets uglier when that stuff starts.
...odds are quite good that we won't be both tasty and nutritious for aliens. The problem is, tasty or nutritious is good enough.Tasty: That slob kid of ours, having human puffs again! What is it with kids these days, they eat nothing but junk food!
Nutritious: Soldier one: Argh, another human ration. This stuff is so disgusting. Soldier two: I'll trade you for my dog ration.
They could create a weapon that is more versatile, less obvious, and capable of leaving the area it is used in ready for immediate habitation. The problem with big craters and glowing cities is that no one wants to live there. For all the effectiveness of nuclear weapons, we don't use them much. Why? Because the pros are outweighed by the cons.
Nuclear power is very good. If it wasn't for nuclear power, our world would be a cold dark ball. Nuclear power generated locally is a bit more dangerous, but is still better than just about any other large-scale power generation method we've devised.