The real question is: if you had $101 million in the bank right now and only made $60k/year in your tech job, would you do it? As tempting as it may be, I wouldn't. You could take that $101 million and turn it into $200 million over the course of a few years and be so much more secure. As well, you could start donating the interest to charities, and do a million other things with it as well. Even develop your own launch system and go into LEO for $10 million or something.
Still, I don't see the problem? Everything is handled exactly the same way, except when the OS station reads the OS specification field, it passes the computer through instead of working on it. Anybody that doesn't build a modular system capable of handling such an insignificant anomaly should be fired.
A 300 lb gorilla is actually a small gorilla. Adult male gorillas are typically from 320 lb to 360 lb in weight. I believe your metaphor would have had more meaning if you had said "500 lb gorilla" or "900 lb gorilla", because those would be extremely large and powerful gorillas that would stomp on the other weaker ones (like you were trying to characterize Microsoft). The 300 lb gorilla would likely be beat up by other larger gorillas.
While your point might seem valid, it is invalidated by the fact that Dell has sold WinXP Home, WinXP Pro, and Win2k machines at the same time. Whatever field holds the OS specification during production, they simply need to add one more option: none. They still pass through the hardware testing station, but at the OS station they skip right through.
You know what's funny? Go to the ESRB site and do an advanced search to find all the games rated AO. There are only 19 titles that come up, and of those there are only really 2 legitimate "games":
GTA:SA Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude Uncut and Uncensored
Most of the rest are by two publishers named "Peach Princess" and "MacDaddy Entertainment". And their titles include such greats as:
Water Closet: The Forbidden Chamber X-Change All Nude Glamour Cyber Photographer
My point? Gimme a break, the only titles any normal person would ever consider spending money on are GTA and LSL. The rest of the crap in this AO category is off the deep end. GTA may be rough around the edges and not the morally brightest game around, but it doesn't deserve to be cast away with the rest of these freaks.
A sticker would be great, that way the younger kids can still buy it if they pull the sticker off. Go to Walmart, and the old mexican at the register that can't speak english won't know the difference.
You know what you do there? Just start screaming hysterically in a high shrill voice, yelling: "Oh my gosh, oh my gosh!!! Oh my!!!! I've won!!! Wooooo!! This is the best thing that has ever happened to me!!! OMG!!! I love you!!! Oh thank you!!! Thank you!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Oh my gosh! This is amazing! I'm the luckiest person alive! I can't believe I won!"
While your situation is a bit more serious than mine, I used to encounter the same thing. I would like to sleep in for an extra couple hours on the weekend to catch up on sleep. Normally I would get up at 6:30 am, but on the weekends I might sleep in until 9:00 am or 10:00 am. I think the telemarketers can't call before 8:00 am, so sometime around 8:30 am or 8:45 am I would get a call and have to haul my sleep-deprived ass out of bad to get the phone. Some times I would unplug it the night before, but I wouldn't always remember. Even still, this was back when I was living with my parents, and the other 10 phones in the house would ring as well. The thing that pissed me off the most was the calls that you would answer and all you would hear were clicks or something. Basically it was a computer calling to see if anyone would answer so they could collect the number and sell it to telemarketers.
Once I moved out I kept my cell phone and that was it, haven't had a land line since. I don't recall the last telemarketing call I got on this cell phone (if any) and I've had the same number for 4 or 5 years (since they instituted the law that you could keep and transfer your mobile number).
These robots would be all fine and dandy, until you consider that the average depth of the Atlantic is around 10,000 feet and the average depth of the Pacific is 13,000 feet. Robot subs to survive depths at 20,000 feet or greater would ne unnecessary. However, Las Angeles class attack submarines are rated down to only 2,000 feet. So robot subs could easily improve upon that. The problem would be commanding the robot subs. At any depth below a 100 feet (or even less), you can't effectively use any currently available communications technology. So the subs would have to be highly autonomous and have entire algorithms built for engaging targets. One false move and suddenly the robot is dead, or it accidently blows up a merchant ship on the surface.
And I'm sure there is no way in hell we would ever convert our nuclear missile subs to autonomous vehicles. One glitch and China no longer exists.
So what do we do? Build a bigger ray gun to use on the new 20k+ angry mobs. Soon enough we will have a ray gun so big that we can inflict pain on the entire middle east at once! Muahahahahahah!!!
I am unsure of how exactly a 95 GHz microwave would interact with aluminum foil. But assuming it could provide some reflection, you could wear a tin foil suit over normal full-length clothes, then wear something else on the outside so you don't look like one of those cheap robot-lookalike street performers.
I got a minor ticket (like $130 and less than 2 points). It was a moving violation that was not related to speeding or anything. The cop must have had a vendetta for me or something. The first court date was 3 months after the ticket and the cop showed up. I was his only case that day. There were other cops who had like 3 cases and didn't show up: all those people got to walk free. I argued my side well and was able to get the judge to doubt the situation the cop presented (he spoke words along those lines). Yet, he ended up siding with the cop because he said "I was not there, so I have to trust the officer's judgement of the situation"... despite me arguing points that proved the cop was unsure of what happened (the cop explained that I was in the left lane when I was actually in the right lane, etc - he did not have the facts straight).
So I contested for a second trial... like another 2 or 3 months later. The cop shows up again - I am his only case that day as well, and this isn't traffic court anymore. The first time was traffic court, this time around I am in the court room with prisoners accused of assault charges, theft, etc. So I start talking to the prosecutor to see what we can negotiate, and the cop can't even remember the circumstances of the ticket. He didn't even remember where it had happened. So I went ahead and explained everything to him and why the situation he presented was doubtful (the cop seemed a bit slow, heh). In the end he still wasn't sure of what had happened or why he made his final decision, but he just stuck to his guns anyhow.
I decided to negotiate with the prosecutor down to "impeding the flow of traffic", the lowest violation possible that meant no points but $130 in fines and court costs.
That cop was an ass. He even threatened to arrest me when he was giving me the ticket because I was asking so many questions and not leaving down the road (this was my first ticket ever in my 7 years of driving).
In the end it was better to spend the time than to have points on my license. But for any small ticket (less than 20 over or something) if you fight it long enough you can probably get it to "impeding" at the very least.
Actually, the tampon ads are probably the most effective in that household. If your gf tells you to pick some up for her, what are you going to choose? The generic store-brand kind, or the ultimate Tampax with lubricated pearls and extra absorbant filler? Dude, you are going for the name brand with all the bells and whistles. The simple fact is: you know what goes on down there... you don't want to talk about what goes on down there... so give her whatever the hell she wants to deal with it. Now, which name brand probably depends entirely on the ads you've seen, and how good the box they come in looks. Nevermind that your gf actually prefers the feel of the generic store-brand.
I bet you would be surprised what the target demographics for a tampon commerical look like.
How much does sugar cost elsewhere in the world? I can buy a pound of sugar at the store for $0.99... you're saying I can get that same pound of sugar for like $0.20 elsewhere? That would be cool, but it would only affect companies buying it in bulk.
The problem is that as this becomes more popular we're going to see hoodlums walking around with shirts saying "I fucked your mom." or with a picture of Goatse on them.
It would be funny for like... 1/4 of a second. heh
Not easy, just simpler than finding ways to pack more mirrors in a tinier surface with less failures. I'm just speculating though, I have no data to back myself up.
Or you could not get all bent out of shape and realize that the development of Doom 3 was for an engine, not a real game. Sure, they produced a game and marketed it that way. And I was happy when Doom 3 came out, but I had no intention of ever playing it. I was just waiting for someone else to come out with a great game based upon their engine.
But there is also engine work that produces great games. The battlefield series is great, sure all you do is kill other players, but the team play and strategy based genre is fun.
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The real question is: if you had $101 million in the bank right now and only made $60k/year in your tech job, would you do it? As tempting as it may be, I wouldn't. You could take that $101 million and turn it into $200 million over the course of a few years and be so much more secure. As well, you could start donating the interest to charities, and do a million other things with it as well. Even develop your own launch system and go into LEO for $10 million or something.
Still, I don't see the problem? Everything is handled exactly the same way, except when the OS station reads the OS specification field, it passes the computer through instead of working on it. Anybody that doesn't build a modular system capable of handling such an insignificant anomaly should be fired.
What if we threaten to execute any person that does not pass a basic intelligence examination by time they are 20?
A 300 lb gorilla is actually a small gorilla. Adult male gorillas are typically from 320 lb to 360 lb in weight. I believe your metaphor would have had more meaning if you had said "500 lb gorilla" or "900 lb gorilla", because those would be extremely large and powerful gorillas that would stomp on the other weaker ones (like you were trying to characterize Microsoft). The 300 lb gorilla would likely be beat up by other larger gorillas.
While your point might seem valid, it is invalidated by the fact that Dell has sold WinXP Home, WinXP Pro, and Win2k machines at the same time. Whatever field holds the OS specification during production, they simply need to add one more option: none. They still pass through the hardware testing station, but at the OS station they skip right through.
Dude, you're a freaking moron. The phrase is "for all intents and porpoises" - damn retards.
No.
You know what's funny? Go to the ESRB site and do an advanced search to find all the games rated AO. There are only 19 titles that come up, and of those there are only really 2 legitimate "games":
GTA:SA
Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude Uncut and Uncensored
Most of the rest are by two publishers named "Peach Princess" and "MacDaddy Entertainment". And their titles include such greats as:
Water Closet: The Forbidden Chamber
X-Change
All Nude Glamour
Cyber Photographer
My point? Gimme a break, the only titles any normal person would ever consider spending money on are GTA and LSL. The rest of the crap in this AO category is off the deep end. GTA may be rough around the edges and not the morally brightest game around, but it doesn't deserve to be cast away with the rest of these freaks.
If a kid has internet access and can get this mod, he sure as hell can access much worse
Much worse?
A sticker would be great, that way the younger kids can still buy it if they pull the sticker off. Go to Walmart, and the old mexican at the register that can't speak english won't know the difference.
You know what you do there? Just start screaming hysterically in a high shrill voice, yelling: "Oh my gosh, oh my gosh!!! Oh my!!!! I've won!!! Wooooo!! This is the best thing that has ever happened to me!!! OMG!!! I love you!!! Oh thank you!!! Thank you!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Oh my gosh! This is amazing! I'm the luckiest person alive! I can't believe I won!"
... just do that for like 10 minutes.
Yeh
While your situation is a bit more serious than mine, I used to encounter the same thing. I would like to sleep in for an extra couple hours on the weekend to catch up on sleep. Normally I would get up at 6:30 am, but on the weekends I might sleep in until 9:00 am or 10:00 am. I think the telemarketers can't call before 8:00 am, so sometime around 8:30 am or 8:45 am I would get a call and have to haul my sleep-deprived ass out of bad to get the phone. Some times I would unplug it the night before, but I wouldn't always remember. Even still, this was back when I was living with my parents, and the other 10 phones in the house would ring as well. The thing that pissed me off the most was the calls that you would answer and all you would hear were clicks or something. Basically it was a computer calling to see if anyone would answer so they could collect the number and sell it to telemarketers.
Once I moved out I kept my cell phone and that was it, haven't had a land line since. I don't recall the last telemarketing call I got on this cell phone (if any) and I've had the same number for 4 or 5 years (since they instituted the law that you could keep and transfer your mobile number).
These robots would be all fine and dandy, until you consider that the average depth of the Atlantic is around 10,000 feet and the average depth of the Pacific is 13,000 feet. Robot subs to survive depths at 20,000 feet or greater would ne unnecessary. However, Las Angeles class attack submarines are rated down to only 2,000 feet. So robot subs could easily improve upon that. The problem would be commanding the robot subs. At any depth below a 100 feet (or even less), you can't effectively use any currently available communications technology. So the subs would have to be highly autonomous and have entire algorithms built for engaging targets. One false move and suddenly the robot is dead, or it accidently blows up a merchant ship on the surface.
And I'm sure there is no way in hell we would ever convert our nuclear missile subs to autonomous vehicles. One glitch and China no longer exists.
Kentucky Fried Gator?
So what do we do? Build a bigger ray gun to use on the new 20k+ angry mobs. Soon enough we will have a ray gun so big that we can inflict pain on the entire middle east at once! Muahahahahahah!!!
Actually, I think all riots would be classified as protests, but not all protests would be classified as riots.
Protest != Riot
Riot = Protest
I am unsure of how exactly a 95 GHz microwave would interact with aluminum foil. But assuming it could provide some reflection, you could wear a tin foil suit over normal full-length clothes, then wear something else on the outside so you don't look like one of those cheap robot-lookalike street performers.
Doesn't always work that way.
... despite me arguing points that proved the cop was unsure of what happened (the cop explained that I was in the left lane when I was actually in the right lane, etc - he did not have the facts straight).
... like another 2 or 3 months later. The cop shows up again - I am his only case that day as well, and this isn't traffic court anymore. The first time was traffic court, this time around I am in the court room with prisoners accused of assault charges, theft, etc. So I start talking to the prosecutor to see what we can negotiate, and the cop can't even remember the circumstances of the ticket. He didn't even remember where it had happened. So I went ahead and explained everything to him and why the situation he presented was doubtful (the cop seemed a bit slow, heh). In the end he still wasn't sure of what had happened or why he made his final decision, but he just stuck to his guns anyhow.
I got a minor ticket (like $130 and less than 2 points). It was a moving violation that was not related to speeding or anything. The cop must have had a vendetta for me or something. The first court date was 3 months after the ticket and the cop showed up. I was his only case that day. There were other cops who had like 3 cases and didn't show up: all those people got to walk free. I argued my side well and was able to get the judge to doubt the situation the cop presented (he spoke words along those lines). Yet, he ended up siding with the cop because he said "I was not there, so I have to trust the officer's judgement of the situation"
So I contested for a second trial
I decided to negotiate with the prosecutor down to "impeding the flow of traffic", the lowest violation possible that meant no points but $130 in fines and court costs.
That cop was an ass. He even threatened to arrest me when he was giving me the ticket because I was asking so many questions and not leaving down the road (this was my first ticket ever in my 7 years of driving).
In the end it was better to spend the time than to have points on my license. But for any small ticket (less than 20 over or something) if you fight it long enough you can probably get it to "impeding" at the very least.
What does mounting guns on vehicles have to do with bikers duking it out on the road?
Actually, the tampon ads are probably the most effective in that household. If your gf tells you to pick some up for her, what are you going to choose? The generic store-brand kind, or the ultimate Tampax with lubricated pearls and extra absorbant filler? Dude, you are going for the name brand with all the bells and whistles. The simple fact is: you know what goes on down there ... you don't want to talk about what goes on down there ... so give her whatever the hell she wants to deal with it. Now, which name brand probably depends entirely on the ads you've seen, and how good the box they come in looks. Nevermind that your gf actually prefers the feel of the generic store-brand.
I bet you would be surprised what the target demographics for a tampon commerical look like.
How much does sugar cost elsewhere in the world? I can buy a pound of sugar at the store for $0.99 ... you're saying I can get that same pound of sugar for like $0.20 elsewhere? That would be cool, but it would only affect companies buying it in bulk.
The problem is that as this becomes more popular we're going to see hoodlums walking around with shirts saying "I fucked your mom." or with a picture of Goatse on them.
It would be funny for like... 1/4 of a second. heh
Then annoying, or disgusting.
Not easy, just simpler than finding ways to pack more mirrors in a tinier surface with less failures. I'm just speculating though, I have no data to back myself up.
But I'll bet that more (if not most) astronomers take the time to understand telescopes so they can better understand how to apply them to astronomy.
Or you could not get all bent out of shape and realize that the development of Doom 3 was for an engine, not a real game. Sure, they produced a game and marketed it that way. And I was happy when Doom 3 came out, but I had no intention of ever playing it. I was just waiting for someone else to come out with a great game based upon their engine.
But there is also engine work that produces great games. The battlefield series is great, sure all you do is kill other players, but the team play and strategy based genre is fun.