Coming out of the atheist closet among your friends and family can be just as daunting as admitting you are gay. I had a good friend get visibly angry with me when I said I do not believe in one god. In that perspective, he felt it was better to be a Muslim than an atheist.
Well said. Why is it that we get angry when some poor people collect welfare and food stamps, but nobody seems to care about corporate welfare, which is orders of magnitude greater in cost?
The perpetual-war syndrome needs to be stopped. We seem to think that because we succeeded in WW2 that we have some mandate to step in and solve all the worlds problems, despite repeated failures. Meanwhile, Haliburton and other quasi-military mega-corps are laughing all the way to the bank.
Sadly, Apollo Computer had this concept 20+ years ago. The Apollo Domain Operating System was built from the ground up as a network operating system. Everything from the kernel up was designed with networking in mind. It was a brilliant yet ultimately dead operating system. The biggest downfall was being expensive and proprietary. Sun Microsystems won through a cheaper alternative and doomed us forever with NFS.
I'm sorry... there's spelunking. There's caves (trolls! darkness!). There's a brand-new species. It doesn't even have eyes (take that, Beholder!)...
Ok, what are the odds of two/. stories containing references to the Beholder? Here is the other comment on the 3D gun art story: Art
What is even more weird is that I just found my box of D&D books in my parents attic. I showed my kids, including the Beholder. Sadly, they were disinterested in the books. Video games makes it way too easy to play RPG.
Absolutely! All I want to do is play Civ V with my kids on the LAN. They should have some sort of mode to allow multiplayer on the same local network. I would even pay a little more - just not 4x the cost of the game.
Despite owning the game, I have had to resort to "other" means of achieving this goal.
Beware all carbon-based life forms infecting planet Earth: ST:TMP
[after Spock comments that, mentally, V'ger is a child] Commander Leonard 'Bones' McCoy, M.D.: Spock, this "child" is about to wipe out every living thing on Earth. Now, what do you suggest we do? Spank it? Commander Spock: It knows only that it needs, Commander. But, like so many of us... it does not know what.
We had the same problem at HP in the 90's. I was part of an acquisition and realized I would never meet the hiring requirements, even though I was the one doing the interviewing. They liked to hire Phd's, which meant a lot of lofty thinkers and writers of papers. In terms of doing practical programming, that was left to us lowly minions. We called ourselves the "rowers".
Why didn't you spell it out the first time? Like the others, I assumed it was a mental block, not an allergy. Get to the point to avoid confusion and flame wars.
My daughter is allergic to eggs and peanuts. We have learned to be very explicit at restaurants and such to avoid any mixups. If you tell someone you don't want eggs in your food, you might get an apathetic response. If you tell them you could have an allergic reaction they are more likely to take you seriously.
Let's quit beating around the bush here: The new OS is going to be called "Windows Blue Screen of Death". A complete operating system of nothing but the BSOD.
Think of the quick load times and minimal system requirements.
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Coming out of the atheist closet among your friends and family can be just as daunting as admitting you are gay. I had a good friend get visibly angry with me when I said I do not believe in one god. In that perspective, he felt it was better to be a Muslim than an atheist.
So, yes, I am reticent to admit my unbelief.
Well said. Why is it that we get angry when some poor people collect welfare and food stamps, but nobody seems to care about corporate welfare, which is orders of magnitude greater in cost?
The perpetual-war syndrome needs to be stopped. We seem to think that because we succeeded in WW2 that we have some mandate to step in and solve all the worlds problems, despite repeated failures. Meanwhile, Haliburton and other quasi-military mega-corps are laughing all the way to the bank.
Love the UDP sig. Did you get this message?
Sadly, Apollo Computer had this concept 20+ years ago. The Apollo Domain Operating System was built from the ground up as a network operating system. Everything from the kernel up was designed with networking in mind. It was a brilliant yet ultimately dead operating system. The biggest downfall was being expensive and proprietary. Sun Microsystems won through a cheaper alternative and doomed us forever with NFS.
the terrain of indoor simulation would be small in extents and totally predictable. the 600 square miles of the Atacama doesn't have either problem
To your point, we need the unpredictable variables. An indoor experiment would have too much control. In fact they have probably already done that.
For example: Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!
None of those issues make the top 15 causes of death, whereas accidents are #5.
That was a good example of human-robot collaboration.
I'm sorry... there's spelunking. There's caves (trolls! darkness!). There's a brand-new species. It doesn't even have eyes (take that, Beholder!)...
Ok, what are the odds of two /. stories containing references to the Beholder? Here is the other comment on the 3D gun art story: Art
What is even more weird is that I just found my box of D&D books in my parents attic. I showed my kids, including the Beholder. Sadly, they were disinterested in the books. Video games makes it way too easy to play RPG.
Absolutely! All I want to do is play Civ V with my kids on the LAN. They should have some sort of mode to allow multiplayer on the same local network. I would even pay a little more - just not 4x the cost of the game.
Despite owning the game, I have had to resort to "other" means of achieving this goal.
Beware all carbon-based life forms infecting planet Earth: ST:TMP
[after Spock comments that, mentally, V'ger is a child]
Commander Leonard 'Bones' McCoy, M.D.: Spock, this "child" is about to wipe out every living thing on Earth. Now, what do you suggest we do? Spank it?
Commander Spock: It knows only that it needs, Commander. But, like so many of us... it does not know what.
I try to weed out the outliers. Supremely good or bad comments are not to be trusted.
Has anyone noticed it is impossible to be "current" anymore, geekly or otherwise? There are too many information streams.
Damn you internet! Damn you all to hell!
We had the same problem at HP in the 90's. I was part of an acquisition and realized I would never meet the hiring requirements, even though I was the one doing the interviewing. They liked to hire Phd's, which meant a lot of lofty thinkers and writers of papers. In terms of doing practical programming, that was left to us lowly minions. We called ourselves the "rowers".
Next... bacon flavored beer.
Ugh!
"Corporations are people too." -- Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney
Now write that 100 times
No worries here in NH if they ever offer the service here. No sales tax.
Now with regards to our no-motorcycle-helmet law, "Live Free and Die" is a more appropriate slogan.
Without RTFA, the synopsis leads me to suggest two great movies that cover this topic:
District 9
Bladerunner
What defines a human and what defines a sentient being?
Sometimes I wonder what my freaking dog is thinking. She seems a little too smart when she knows the exact moment to bolt into the neighbor's yard.
Hell I have bought so many cheap bundles i still haven't gotten around to playing all the games from the fall sale i got, much less the big Xmas sale.
Absolutely right. I have so many fire sale games on Steam it will take me until Christmas to play them all.
Notes is satan personified
They should call it Notes 6-6-6
Dilbert knows what to do.
Why didn't you spell it out the first time? Like the others, I assumed it was a mental block, not an allergy. Get to the point to avoid confusion and flame wars.
My daughter is allergic to eggs and peanuts. We have learned to be very explicit at restaurants and such to avoid any mixups. If you tell someone you don't want eggs in your food, you might get an apathetic response. If you tell them you could have an allergic reaction they are more likely to take you seriously.
Let's quit beating around the bush here: The new OS is going to be called "Windows Blue Screen of Death". A complete operating system of nothing but the BSOD.
Think of the quick load times and minimal system requirements.
Quality metrics can have unexpected side effects.
That was my first thought. I saw the movie with pre-"Miami Vice" Don Johnson.