Rarely does the captain of a ship have the option of "going down with his ship" when the survival rate is 99%. If he stayed to help, he almost had to survive and it would at least be debatable whether or not he was a hero.
Look at it this way, now nerds are getting money for helping people hook up in bars. Of course, the nerds are still not hooking up in bars, but at least it's an improvement.
Are charities that accept bottles that they can return for the deposit, or aluminum cans then can be paid for handing over to a recycling center or clothes they can then sell to others foolish as well?
Yes, if the EFF accepts aluminum can donations, that would be foolish as well.
My electricity company is totally cool with charging me at the end of the month for a very specific usage figure... and you know what? I've never complained about or felt like I was getting the raw end of a deal.
Shhhh!!!!! Don't give the electricity company any ideas!
If he wanted to steal from the bank, here's a better, technical solution:
Every time there's a bank transaction where interest is computed, you know, thousands a day? The computer ends up with these fractions of a cent, which it usually rounds off. Just take those little remainders and put them into an account.
There were a couple movies where this was done and it worked brilliantly.
Location Tracking may be a Good Thing. News is coming out that Osama was tracked down because he had an iPhone. Even after the news came out about the location tracking, he couldn't put down Angry Birds.
I've heard more than a few people here in Sweden wonder if the average Hollywood movie could be an indication of there being some truth behind the "dumb american" stereotype...
Strangely enough, here in the US, I haven't heard anyone at all wonder anything at all about what the average Swedish movie indicates... because they haven't seen one. It's almost as if those brilliant Swedish filmmakers cannot attract a global audience.
Actually, Zynga pays out $0 no matter how many chips you have. These are the makers of Farmville we're talking about. Just like you can buy cows from them with real money and can't sell them back more cows for more money, you can buy poker chips from them with real money and can't sell them back more chips for more money.
Why do people buy play money chips? I don't know, why do people buy virtual cows? (OK, I do know the answer: e-peen)
Any coaches not already using computers to help with their strategy are doing themselves a huge disservice. I'm sure they are already crunching all the statistics they have, like how often a 4th down conversion works and using that to help with strategy.
However, I'm not sure this microchip does anything that anybody is interested in. It probably costs a fortune too, and they're putting it in a ball that's going to get knocked around? I'm sure the NBA is not sold on paying a lot of money to find out, as the article mentions, whether Johnny is 14% more dominant with his right hand than his left. And useful stats like "Time of Possession" will still have to be done by a human.
In fact, I can't think of a single stat important enough for a microchip in a ball to transmit in real time, and even if it was, it transmits to BOTH coaches. It's in the ball, so it creates somewhat of an arms race and just creates more information and work for the coaches to consider.
How do we make sure we can access or backup those files in case Zuckerberg decides to sell out to Google or Microsoft and they do away with everyone's profiles?
Just use Google Buzz instead, Google already owns that.
Watchmen actually grossed a lot of money. They just spent too much making it. "It was the sixth highest grossing R-rated film of 2009" according to Wikipedia. It killed 'R'-rated expensive movies, not necessarily 'R'-rated fantasy movies. For example, District 9 made a lot of money because of its small budget.
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Rarely does the captain of a ship have the option of "going down with his ship" when the survival rate is 99%. If he stayed to help, he almost had to survive and it would at least be debatable whether or not he was a hero.
The two-month extension passed both houses and Obama just now signed it.
You had me really worried there. I was trying to count up how many weeks I've had ads disabled.
The DOJ sure is responsible for a lot of recent crazy stories lately:
They're the department that bought the $16 muffins. link
They claim that Willie Nelson's song The Gambler is proof that online poker is illegal (yes, you read that right).link
And now a ToS violation is a crime.
Maybe the DOJ needs to be brought to justice.
Why? Halloween means free hand-outs, which we all know is what you Occupiers truly want.
:)
just kidding please don't mod me down
How about "Baloney1? That's your password?"
"Well, used to be just baloney, but now they make you add number."
travdaddy AT gmail, thanks!
Look at it this way, now nerds are getting money for helping people hook up in bars. Of course, the nerds are still not hooking up in bars, but at least it's an improvement.
Are charities that accept bottles that they can return for the deposit, or aluminum cans then can be paid for handing over to a recycling center or clothes they can then sell to others foolish as well?
Yes, if the EFF accepts aluminum can donations, that would be foolish as well.
My electricity company is totally cool with charging me at the end of the month for a very specific usage figure ... and you know what? I've never complained about or felt like I was getting the raw end of a deal.
Shhhh!!!!! Don't give the electricity company any ideas!
If he wanted to steal from the bank, here's a better, technical solution:
Every time there's a bank transaction where interest is computed, you know, thousands a day? The computer ends up with these fractions of a cent, which it usually rounds off. Just take those little remainders and put them into an account.
There were a couple movies where this was done and it worked brilliantly.
Thanks for making the ratings less useful.
Just like the Slashdot polls, the ratings are wildly inaccurate. "If you're using these numbers to do anything important, you're insane."
I'm trying to recall the last time I heard of any notorious vigilante actions, and I'm drawing a blank.
You've never heard of Batman?!?!
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Location Tracking may be a Good Thing. News is coming out that Osama was tracked down because he had an iPhone. Even after the news came out about the location tracking, he couldn't put down Angry Birds.
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I've heard more than a few people here in Sweden wonder if the average Hollywood movie could be an indication of there being some truth behind the "dumb american" stereotype...
Strangely enough, here in the US, I haven't heard anyone at all wonder anything at all about what the average Swedish movie indicates... because they haven't seen one. It's almost as if those brilliant Swedish filmmakers cannot attract a global audience.
Yup :-/
72 trillion
I'd be willing to pay a couple of bucks for 12 million pink Monopoly dollars.
OK, then this guy stole the equivalent of $2 * $12 million = $24 trillion pink Monopoly dollars.
Actually, Zynga pays out $0 no matter how many chips you have. These are the makers of Farmville we're talking about. Just like you can buy cows from them with real money and can't sell them back more cows for more money, you can buy poker chips from them with real money and can't sell them back more chips for more money.
Why do people buy play money chips? I don't know, why do people buy virtual cows? (OK, I do know the answer: e-peen)
That's OK, now we can repost all the comments from that story and get modded up!
"People of Earth, at 18:00 GMT March 10 we all jump at the same time and regain our microsecond!"
Hm, maybe I should have changed the date on that one.
Any coaches not already using computers to help with their strategy are doing themselves a huge disservice. I'm sure they are already crunching all the statistics they have, like how often a 4th down conversion works and using that to help with strategy.
However, I'm not sure this microchip does anything that anybody is interested in. It probably costs a fortune too, and they're putting it in a ball that's going to get knocked around? I'm sure the NBA is not sold on paying a lot of money to find out, as the article mentions, whether Johnny is 14% more dominant with his right hand than his left. And useful stats like "Time of Possession" will still have to be done by a human.
In fact, I can't think of a single stat important enough for a microchip in a ball to transmit in real time, and even if it was, it transmits to BOTH coaches. It's in the ball, so it creates somewhat of an arms race and just creates more information and work for the coaches to consider.
Once the human problem is solved, Skynet can start work on dressing the cheetah-bots in people clothes and making them do other adorable things.
I can has hoomanzburger?
How do we make sure we can access or backup those files in case Zuckerberg decides to sell out to Google or Microsoft and they do away with everyone's profiles?
Just use Google Buzz instead, Google already owns that.
Yes, but how many "Missed Connections" has it resolved?
Watchmen actually grossed a lot of money. They just spent too much making it. "It was the sixth highest grossing R-rated film of 2009" according to Wikipedia. It killed 'R'-rated expensive movies, not necessarily 'R'-rated fantasy movies. For example, District 9 made a lot of money because of its small budget.