I chose to have a "Taxi Driver" themed wedding. The pastor didn't like it when I responded to "Do you take this woman..." with "Are you talking to me?"
Wanna know the big secret though? By working on anti-satellite weapons they send out the message that it is ok for other countries to do the same. Of course since the US is far more dependent on satellites than any other country we'll have to turn around and develop anti-satellite defenses! Just like how they are working on cruise missle detection after years of developing stealthy cruise missles.
The defense industry creates its own business. It isn't called welfare if the recipient has "inc." after their name.
Don't you know what happens when you mix a magnetic field and iron-nickle asteroids floating by? Haven't these scientists ever watched cartoons? Oh, it makes me so angry!
"Mines will not be abolished from the battlefield for the forseeable future because they are an extremely effective weapon."
They are used to deny passage to enemy troops. The problem is that they don't discriminate between friendly troops or civilians. They also deny passage to your side. They have the same downside as persistant chemical weapons like mustard gas.
Problem with automated systems is that they can only do what they are programmed to do. Dumb systems make dumb mistakes.
South Korean scout 1: "Those robot sentries are a mile west of here, right?" South Korean scout 2: "Sure, we're safe" South Korean scout 1: "Did you just hear someone yell something?" *ratta-tat-tat!*
If a 22 year old civilian can get her hands on a sniper rifle, anti-tank mines, explosives, etc in England then I'd say they have problems that are a lot bigger than her.
Just do what I did. Wait for, oh, 3-5 generations of hardware to pass. Then when you build a new machine it is all the more satisfying. I'll miss my old ISA-Babbage machine.
Wait a minute, are you saying that I've actually been copying Siberian shamanistic practices my whole life? I always thought it was Santa Claus who was leaving all of those fly agaric mushrooms.
By the way, the best part of Siberian mushroom rituals is when they drink the urine of an imbiber to recycle the hallucinogenic compound. I'd hate to think how they discovered this.
Actually the iPods back then were a donkey pulled cart that had a small band on it that followed you around. If you wanted to hear a tune you'd just ask them. "Hey, do you guys know the theme to 'Shaft'?"
I agree with you completely. I'd even add Easter to your comment (egg and rabbit symbols). The coinciding of prechristian religions with Christian holidays and symbols was usually due to missionaries having to comprimise to get the locals to convert. They would argue that the current beliefs were just a corrupted version of the "true faith" (Thor's hammer was the cross, Quetzalcoatl was a Christlike figure, etc). In the end they would end up with a local version of the Church. My point was that it has become a shopping spree devoid of any deeper meaning, whether it was Nordic tree worship, visiting Apollo's temple or whatever.
I read that 30 secs is approx the max time people are willing to wait for an elevator. I thought that was impatient until now. Though if you are going through dozens of pages and you can scan them be eye in a few secs then those delays become annoying fast.
"4. Some of this is easy to fix. Why should I have to click through 3-4 different page loads to buy stuff? Why not just put everything on one page? Why load pages up with extra crap that has to download? There are ways to do fast loading sites, as long as it's a priority for those building them."
I want plain text descriptions, PRICES, and thumbnails. If I want big pretty pictures I can click on the item for more info. I also want more items per list, not the 10 or so that some places have. It makes scanning the selection impossible. Don't make me go to the checkout to see the price either. If you don't show it up front it discourages me from considering it.
Thank god there are so many fine young programmers out there (usually East European or Russian) who are using their great skills to make life a little bit more miserable. Spaciba!
The copyright advocates lose a lot of respect, in my eyes, when they pushed to have copyrights extended to a ridiculous 75 (+20) years. Somehow they feel they should have a lock on culture for generations. Disney of course pushed for this just around the time they're copyrights were going to end. Nothing sleazy about that! Everything created has a piece of something someone did before them in it. Nothing is 100% original yet companies like Disney feel they can use the ideas of others and then deny use of their result in turn. Too bad the Brothers Grimm couldn't copyright their work for a few hundred years, Disney would never have gotten started.
People ignore their health until they have a heart attack. They ignore their finances until they are deep in credit card debt. They ignore their car until it breaks down in the middle of nowhere. Why should they start worrying about this either? Just ignore it and deal with it later!
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More like:
"They started it! We just responded."
Chemical weapons weren't used by the allies in WWI until the Germans tried them first.
I chose to have a "Taxi Driver" themed wedding. The pastor didn't like it when I responded to "Do you take this woman..." with "Are you talking to me?"
Your virginity can actualy be restored by doing this.
Wanna know the big secret though? By working on anti-satellite weapons they send out the message that it is ok for other countries to do the same. Of course since the US is far more dependent on satellites than any other country we'll have to turn around and develop anti-satellite defenses! Just like how they are working on cruise missle detection after years of developing stealthy cruise missles.
The defense industry creates its own business. It isn't called welfare if the recipient has "inc." after their name.
Bah! CALL -151!!
Apple II forever!
But does the ending ever change?
I find swiping in-room hotel coffee packets to be far more satisfying.
A landmine with logic and sensors? Hmmmm, a hackable mine field!
Not sure if I'd want a minefield that redraws itself at random. Would make clearing it a bitch.
Don't you know what happens when you mix a magnetic field and iron-nickle asteroids floating by? Haven't these scientists ever watched cartoons? Oh, it makes me so angry!
"Mines will not be abolished from the battlefield for the forseeable future because they are an extremely effective weapon."
They are used to deny passage to enemy troops. The problem is that they don't discriminate between friendly troops or civilians. They also deny passage to your side. They have the same downside as persistant chemical weapons like mustard gas.
Problem with automated systems is that they can only do what they are programmed to do. Dumb systems make dumb mistakes.
South Korean scout 1: "Those robot sentries are a mile west of here, right?"
South Korean scout 2: "Sure, we're safe"
South Korean scout 1: "Did you just hear someone yell something?"
*ratta-tat-tat!*
If a 22 year old civilian can get her hands on a sniper rifle, anti-tank mines, explosives, etc in England then I'd say they have problems that are a lot bigger than her.
Just do what I did. Wait for, oh, 3-5 generations of hardware to pass. Then when you build a new machine it is all the more satisfying. I'll miss my old ISA-Babbage machine.
Wait a minute, are you saying that I've actually been copying Siberian shamanistic practices my whole life? I always thought it was Santa Claus who was leaving all of those fly agaric mushrooms.
By the way, the best part of Siberian mushroom rituals is when they drink the urine of an imbiber to recycle the hallucinogenic compound. I'd hate to think how they discovered this.
Actually the iPods back then were a donkey pulled cart that had a small band on it that followed you around. If you wanted to hear a tune you'd just ask them. "Hey, do you guys know the theme to 'Shaft'?"
I agree with you completely. I'd even add Easter to your comment (egg and rabbit symbols). The coinciding of prechristian religions with Christian holidays and symbols was usually due to missionaries having to comprimise to get the locals to convert. They would argue that the current beliefs were just a corrupted version of the "true faith" (Thor's hammer was the cross, Quetzalcoatl was a Christlike figure, etc). In the end they would end up with a local version of the Church. My point was that it has become a shopping spree devoid of any deeper meaning, whether it was Nordic tree worship, visiting Apollo's temple or whatever.
I read that 30 secs is approx the max time people are willing to wait for an elevator. I thought that was impatient until now. Though if you are going through dozens of pages and you can scan them be eye in a few secs then those delays become annoying fast.
"4. Some of this is easy to fix. Why should I have to click through 3-4 different page loads to buy stuff? Why not just put everything on one page? Why load pages up with extra crap that has to download? There are ways to do fast loading sites, as long as it's a priority for those building them."
I want plain text descriptions, PRICES, and thumbnails. If I want big pretty pictures I can click on the item for more info. I also want more items per list, not the 10 or so that some places have. It makes scanning the selection impossible. Don't make me go to the checkout to see the price either. If you don't show it up front it discourages me from considering it.
Oh heavens forbid! With no cool toys for Christmas it is in serious danger of becoming a religious holiday.
Thank god there are so many fine young programmers out there (usually East European or Russian) who are using their great skills to make life a little bit more miserable. Spaciba!
The copyright advocates lose a lot of respect, in my eyes, when they pushed to have copyrights extended to a ridiculous 75 (+20) years. Somehow they feel they should have a lock on culture for generations. Disney of course pushed for this just around the time they're copyrights were going to end. Nothing sleazy about that! Everything created has a piece of something someone did before them in it. Nothing is 100% original yet companies like Disney feel they can use the ideas of others and then deny use of their result in turn. Too bad the Brothers Grimm couldn't copyright their work for a few hundred years, Disney would never have gotten started.
People ignore their health until they have a heart attack. They ignore their finances until they are deep in credit card debt. They ignore their car until it breaks down in the middle of nowhere. Why should they start worrying about this either? Just ignore it and deal with it later!
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Unfortunately for the Pentagon, the patents taken out by Joseph Goebbels and Stalin on propaganda and press manipulation have not expired.
Does this mean we have to hand back the Statue of Liberty and the Louisiana Purchase?