The next 2 are something to do with birthdate: at the very least, odd year births have an odd here, evens have an even.
Not in my case, but I didn't apply for a ssn 'til I was a teenager and needed to get a job. Maybe it refers to the year you applied, which for many now is the year you were born.
OH MY GOD! You're right! One can only wonder at how the "spinning with a bucket" analogy could have escaped the notice of the proposers of the space elevator for so long. The world owes you a debt of gratitude, as your insight has prevented a disastrous endeavor that would have wasted billions of dollars and untold man-hours, all for naught.
I think Roger Waters was probably refering to the British Government when he wrote those words. I agree with your point though, the quote doesn't make much sense in this context.
I don't think it's really fair to hold a simple slashdot story submission up to the standards of professional journalistic integrity. It is fair, however, to question the bias of hardware reviewers who recieve free pre-releases to play with and depend on those pre-releases to provide the reviews which earn them a living.
what do you do, put on those big earmuffs they wear at the shooting range when you go to a store or restaurant? I'm constanly being barraged with other people's questionable taste in music whenever I go out in public.
p2p could kick broadcast's ass in one respect: collaborative filtering. Instead of searching for things you've never heard about, they can be suggested to you based on your listening history as it compares to that of others, particularly if there is a rating system involved. I don't know that any file sharing services are offering this yet, but I do know there are various sites that will give you a survey of certain films, for instance, which you rate on a 1-5 scale, which generates a profile for you which can be compared against the profiles of others to provide you with suggestions for the next film you pay to see in the theater.
I *like*... just about anything that involves a bagpipe
Wow, so you're a Test Department fan? Who'da guessed? In any case, your range of musical interests is pretty bland. Based on your musical interests, I'd guess you are a fairly geeky 15 year old girl. I realize this is not likely the case, but that's what you come across as: just the type of girl who is dismissive of other people's tastes, yet who never really bothered to try music that wasn't immediately available to her on some commercial radio station, where a payola grubbing 'DJ' has the playlists handed to him by guys in suits.
1)'Alternative' bands are among the more popular now, aren't they? Korn, Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, Blink 182, those are all alternative bands. Yes, they do sucketh mightily, but those are the bands that the backwards-hat-wearing fratboy shitheels you're deriding are into.
2)The stuff that's popular has very little to do with what's good, and everything to do with what people are exposed to. Mersh radio and MTV are what introduce most people to most new music. These outlets are controlled by the Big 5. I don't listen to radio or watch MTV, but I've managed to be thoroughly exposed to Britney, Christina, N'Sync, all that nu-metal garbage, lots of just plain awful and offensive rap (and a bit of good rap) through commercials, movie soudtracks, other people's radios, etc. IOW, media saturation works, it doesn't matter how awful the product, if you push hard enough you can force it down the public's throat. Most people don't think that Stereolab, for instance, or Fugazi, suck because most people haven't got a fucking clue who they are (I chose those bands because they've had some success while adhering to a DIY ethic). How could they form an opinion? It's quite obvious that those people who choose to invest their own time and energy into finding music they like rather than paying for the privilege of letting the riaa do it for them are going to have better musical taste than the lay public. This is true of every other commodity, why not music? Do you really think that some guy who buys 3 bottles of wine a year is a better judge of wines than a guy with a fully stocked cellar?
3)What do you like to listen to?
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But: how important is a stabilized rotatino axis?
During earth history the planet flipped its rotation axe several times by 180 degrees. Yes, what is now north pole was then south pole.
Um, I have never heard of this happening. I know the magnetic poles swap places from time to time, but the rotational poles have never done so, AFAIK. If they had, it wouldn't just be North and South switching, it'd be Easy and West as well!
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Yeah, I was as surprised as I imagine you are to see my comment modded 'Insightful'. I was aiming for 'Funny'...
Ah... so the field is only indirectly responsible for shielding us from radiation, by protecting the atmosphere from solar wind. Now, does anyone know if our strong magnetic field is common among earth-size extra-solar planets?
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For species branches can converge too - it's just kind of weird
So you've been getting that xxx farm girl spam too...
The next 2 are something to do with birthdate: at the very least, odd year births have an odd here, evens have an even.
Not in my case, but I didn't apply for a ssn 'til I was a teenager and needed to get a job. Maybe it refers to the year you applied, which for many now is the year you were born.
try taping down F5 ;)
Wow.. that would be a very impressive machine. I would love to see the interface for it.
OK, just shave the spot on your scalp where you want the socket (assuming you're not already bald there), and I'll come right over with the drill >:)
OH MY GOD! You're right! One can only wonder at how the "spinning with a bucket" analogy could have escaped the notice of the proposers of the space elevator for so long. The world owes you a debt of gratitude, as your insight has prevented a disastrous endeavor that would have wasted billions of dollars and untold man-hours, all for naught.
How about just building the reactors in space?
I think Roger Waters was probably refering to the British Government when he wrote those words. I agree with your point though, the quote doesn't make much sense in this context.
Actually, for applications like a "media PC", I'd rather see BeOS (well, we have to wait for OpenBEos now) on them.
The people are the meat, which explains their reluctance.
- 20" is not smaller than 19" even for very small values of 19". ;)
I think maybe you climb outta that k-hole, friend
I don't think it's really fair to hold a simple slashdot story submission up to the standards of professional journalistic integrity. It is fair, however, to question the bias of hardware reviewers who recieve free pre-releases to play with and depend on those pre-releases to provide the reviews which earn them a living.
Actually, as of the parent's post, pointing out that "jumping the shark" has "jumped the shark" jumped the shark.
what do you do, put on those big earmuffs they wear at the shooting range when you go to a store or restaurant? I'm constanly being barraged with other people's questionable taste in music whenever I go out in public.
p2p could kick broadcast's ass in one respect: collaborative filtering. Instead of searching for things you've never heard about, they can be suggested to you based on your listening history as it compares to that of others, particularly if there is a rating system involved. I don't know that any file sharing services are offering this yet, but I do know there are various sites that will give you a survey of certain films, for instance, which you rate on a 1-5 scale, which generates a profile for you which can be compared against the profiles of others to provide you with suggestions for the next film you pay to see in the theater.
And the cop is guilty of conspiracy to commit murder.
Not only that, but paperbacks don't hurt nearly as much a laptop when she throws them at you, and they're much more durable, too!
oh for god's sake, it's a joke! How could it be a troll? Nobody responded to it!
char warning[] = "To ensure customer service, your visit may be recorded";
:^)
I don't know what kind of house you live in, but when I have people over I call them 'guests'.
DIY science is dead, people! ;^)
for the ibm this thing is replacing. it'll only be 6 years old in 2003...
I *like* ... just about anything that involves a bagpipe
Wow, so you're a Test Department fan? Who'da guessed? In any case, your range of musical interests is pretty bland. Based on your musical interests, I'd guess you are a fairly geeky 15 year old girl. I realize this is not likely the case, but that's what you come across as: just the type of girl who is dismissive of other people's tastes, yet who never really bothered to try music that wasn't immediately available to her on some commercial radio station, where a payola grubbing 'DJ' has the playlists handed to him by guys in suits.
1)'Alternative' bands are among the more popular now, aren't they? Korn, Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, Blink 182, those are all alternative bands. Yes, they do sucketh mightily, but those are the bands that the backwards-hat-wearing fratboy shitheels you're deriding are into.
2)The stuff that's popular has very little to do with what's good, and everything to do with what people are exposed to. Mersh radio and MTV are what introduce most people to most new music. These outlets are controlled by the Big 5. I don't listen to radio or watch MTV, but I've managed to be thoroughly exposed to Britney, Christina, N'Sync, all that nu-metal garbage, lots of just plain awful and offensive rap (and a bit of good rap) through commercials, movie soudtracks, other people's radios, etc. IOW, media saturation works, it doesn't matter how awful the product, if you push hard enough you can force it down the public's throat. Most people don't think that Stereolab, for instance, or Fugazi, suck because most people haven't got a fucking clue who they are (I chose those bands because they've had some success while adhering to a DIY ethic). How could they form an opinion? It's quite obvious that those people who choose to invest their own time and energy into finding music they like rather than paying for the privilege of letting the riaa do it for them are going to have better musical taste than the lay public. This is true of every other commodity, why not music? Do you really think that some guy who buys 3 bottles of wine a year is a better judge of wines than a guy with a fully stocked cellar?
3)What do you like to listen to?
But: how important is a stabilized rotatino axis?
During earth history the planet flipped its rotation axe several times by 180 degrees. Yes, what is now north pole was then south pole.
Um, I have never heard of this happening. I know the magnetic poles swap places from time to time, but the rotational poles have never done so, AFAIK. If they had, it wouldn't just be North and South switching, it'd be Easy and West as well!
Yeah, I was as surprised as I imagine you are to see my comment modded 'Insightful'. I was aiming for 'Funny'...
Ah... so the field is only indirectly responsible for shielding us from radiation, by protecting the atmosphere from solar wind. Now, does anyone know if our strong magnetic field is common among earth-size extra-solar planets?