Derived from the Greek island Lesbos. And yes, it is "French", so to speak, not that I'd expect a "ConcreteClam" to know this*;)
The problem with the original point is that pornography doesn't work well as a teaching aid for both sexes; sure, xtracto learned something watching a lesbian video, but could his girlfriend learn anything from watching a gay video? Maybe I don't want to know...
Just venturing a possibility here, but could the driving factor here be chip availablity or standardisation? It just seems a bit odd that they'd close the design division if it was going to cause such long delays in new product development; but then again "odd" isn't such a stretch for HP recently.
Still, I'm not about to ditch my 41C. 22 years and still going strong. That's quality!
I'd add that HP seem to be marketing themselves as a business/SOHO provider, so something like an iPod is possibly a bit frivolous to fit their strategy.
By the way, just once could we please have some actual reporting from Slashdot, not reposts from The Register or BoingBoing.
OK, everyone, on the count of three...1, 2, 3, "You're new here, right?"
No, they stopped designing new calculators. Look at their press releases, you'll see the last model announcment was 15 months ago, and even that was little more than a redesign of an older model.
5 is an incredibly high score for a football game. Check out the English league sometime.
To be honest, for a moment when you wrote "American football" I thought you meant those padded pansies in the NFL, who have to wear helmets in case their hair might get messed up. What is the point of contact sports if they aren't the skimmer box on the gene pool...
If any country is the first to ban or censor anything it's always good old Australia.
Not exactly everything, just anything to do with computers and sex. Its more technophobia and a mistaken belief that adults don't use computers (except at work) rather than prudishness.
Hell, just last night there was an expose on streakers, and on the recent series of Big Brother any indication whether one of the girls was a natural blonde had been eliminated with a razor, not with pixellation...this is free to air television, mind you. They can even show penises after 9:30pm, if that's your thing (provided they're more than 45 degrees from horizontal...no really, that's the real classification guideline!).
Another example, recently one TV station, the Special Broadcasting Service (specializes in non-English programming) ran an ad that went something like this: "SBS wishes to advise viewers that the coming season of movies contains adult themes, sex scenes, violence, horror, coarse language, drug use, and nudity. So there's something for everyone". Truly special...
I'm sure you can find someone elsewhere who will mail it to you for the cost of the game + shipping.
And there's the distinct posibility the Federal Police will turn up on your doorstep to make inquiries about importation of prohibited materials.
Don't think its possible? People were arrested for importing "Lady Chatterly's Lover" in the '50s by mail, credit card records make the job just that much easier.
Well, lets see: the legal age for sex here is 16, the legal age for violent video games is 15, yet we have a lower rate of teenage pregnancy and shooting fatalities than the US. Coincidence? Perhaps not...
Even if she was buying it for herself, it would still be her problem since she would still be responsible for supplying restricted material to a minor (or whatever the equivalent is in the US if there is one).
It is assinine, but frankly, you don't move me at all (I'm an insensitive clod).
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And this "lesbians" thing. Is that French?
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Derived from the Greek island Lesbos. And yes, it is "French", so to speak, not that I'd expect a "ConcreteClam" to know this*
The problem with the original point is that pornography doesn't work well as a teaching aid for both sexes; sure, xtracto learned something watching a lesbian video, but could his girlfriend learn anything from watching a gay video? Maybe I don't want to know...
*Benny Hill will never die.
...your tastebuts get numb...
I don't watch CSI, precisely because my taste isn't in my arse.
(Sorry, that was just too good to pass up)
That's why young people play games and old people do not...
My parents (both retired) spend far more time playing video games than I do. In fact, my 68 year old mother has worn out 3 mice playing Snood...
IIRC, Metrowerks only supplied processors for the laptops and (even less sure) the Mini: peanuts compared to the embedded market.
Just venturing a possibility here, but could the driving factor here be chip availablity or standardisation? It just seems a bit odd that they'd close the design division if it was going to cause such long delays in new product development; but then again "odd" isn't such a stretch for HP recently.
Still, I'm not about to ditch my 41C. 22 years and still going strong. That's quality!
...there is nothing like "partnering with a computer" to fill that void.
That sounds rather painful, especially if the case has sharp corners...
Mmm, custardy apples!
...it seems to be exactly the same except with a small hp logo on the back. [Snip] I don't see why they didn't sell more?
Apple's prices, with HP's reliability. A winning combination.
I'd add that HP seem to be marketing themselves as a business/SOHO provider, so something like an iPod is possibly a bit frivolous to fit their strategy.
By the way, just once could we please have some actual reporting from Slashdot, not reposts from The Register or BoingBoing.
OK, everyone, on the count of three...1, 2, 3, "You're new here, right?"
Nonsense, HP make highly desirable products*: I wouldn't anchor my boat with anything else.
(*Even though its a joke, typing that still made me feel dirty, and not in a good way)
No, they stopped designing new calculators. Look at their press releases, you'll see the last model announcment was 15 months ago, and even that was little more than a redesign of an older model.
http://www.hp.com/calculators/press.html
Given the code out in the wild, I'd say they already are
I dispute that. Show me the science in their fiction...
Btw, he has defected to Communist China as well
As if the Chinese people didn't have enough problems!
Simple: anyone making jokes about Microsoft's employees lack of ability to write anything decent will be modded down as redundant.
Whoops...
5 is an incredibly high score for a football game. Check out the English league sometime.
To be honest, for a moment when you wrote "American football" I thought you meant those padded pansies in the NFL, who have to wear helmets in case their hair might get messed up. What is the point of contact sports if they aren't the skimmer box on the gene pool...
(That burning smell is my karma.)
If any country is the first to ban or censor anything it's always good old Australia.
Not exactly everything, just anything to do with computers and sex. Its more technophobia and a mistaken belief that adults don't use computers (except at work) rather than prudishness.
Hell, just last night there was an expose on streakers, and on the recent series of Big Brother any indication whether one of the girls was a natural blonde had been eliminated with a razor, not with pixellation...this is free to air television, mind you. They can even show penises after 9:30pm, if that's your thing (provided they're more than 45 degrees from horizontal...no really, that's the real classification guideline!).
Another example, recently one TV station, the Special Broadcasting Service (specializes in non-English programming) ran an ad that went something like this: "SBS wishes to advise viewers that the coming season of movies contains adult themes, sex scenes, violence, horror, coarse language, drug use, and nudity. So there's something for everyone". Truly special...
Actually, since Australia signed the Fair Trade Agreement with the US we have our very own DMCA, so the strategy could theoretically work here, too.
Leisure Suit Larry 7 was banned here too. Oddly, the first six were perfectly acceptable it seems...
I'm sure you can find someone elsewhere who will mail it to you for the cost of the game + shipping.
And there's the distinct posibility the Federal Police will turn up on your doorstep to make inquiries about importation of prohibited materials.
Don't think its possible? People were arrested for importing "Lady Chatterly's Lover" in the '50s by mail, credit card records make the job just that much easier.
Well, lets see: the legal age for sex here is 16, the legal age for violent video games is 15, yet we have a lower rate of teenage pregnancy and shooting fatalities than the US. Coincidence? Perhaps not...
You could just wrap the appendage in foil.
Whooo...the idea that the tin-foil hat brigade might actually be on the money just gave me the jibblies...
...just get a metal fire-proof card with your name embossed on it
So when you're blasted into your component molecules, a big piece of shrapnel will fly out and stamp your name on whatever it hits. I like it!
Sue the Catholic church for including "Song of Solomon" in the Bible. Sue the Protestants while you are at it.
No, violence and sex are OK, as long as you call it "smiting" and "knowing". That's why the bible isn't M-rated.
Its pretty "known" up, really.
That is, unless she is only sixteen yet has managed to have two generations of Cohens come after her.
If that's the case, she shouldn't be worried about sex in a video game.
Even if she was buying it for herself, it would still be her problem since she would still be responsible for supplying restricted material to a minor (or whatever the equivalent is in the US if there is one).
It is assinine, but frankly, you don't move me at all (I'm an insensitive clod).