hell, i've had my mini mac for over a quarter of a century...damn fine chainsaw, still starts on the 5th pull, even if the anti-kickback chainbrake got burned out after i lent it 2 a friend who couldn't figger out why it warn't cuttin' so good fer th' 1st 10 mins with the chainbrake on, then oliversuddin it cut jus' fine...don't need no stinkin' gummint osha chainbrake anyhow;-)
hope they fix the tivo desktop prefs while they're at it...click on start, it flashes running/stop then the start button reappears, so of course u keep clicking on it;-} ps reveals multiple instances, only way to stop is kill -9:-(
> Humanity as a whole shares and expected result of reality which is the baseline norm.
isn't this what casteneda presented in the intro to his 2nd in the don juan series?...from the day a child is born, one (of many possible) description is presented to him until he shares it...or some such...made a definite impression on a young breeder with 2 to socialize;-)
of course this overlaps religion: propagating a shared pov/weltanschauung/whatever obviously has survival value, like the biblical advice to get drinking water _downstream_ from the latrines, don't eat pork, why we invented monogamy, spicy foods, the caste system...
using the left hand exclusively for output functions & the right for input does result in better health, even if the underlying cause is unknown...same with dietary laws, even the caste system, anti-sodomy laws, monogamy...it's only a kludge if there's something better, ie: washing, but then that's not an option in a desert environment;-)
in a pre-literate, pre-sanitary world, the only way to promulgate useful knowledge is to codify it into mnemonic narratives, enforced by the cloak of the supernatural...ie: why religion was invented;-)
mammalian light-sensing cells of the retina are _under_ the blood vessels, whereas the squid eye (or was it octopus...sci.am covered this decades ago) has the sensors on top, demonstrating at least 2 evolutionary paths.
but trying 2 reason with a creationist is useless: they are not rational (reason-based) because the target audience of any religion is the pre-rational mind, ie: children, because each generation of barbarians has 2 b socialized early...which is why we invented religion in the 1st place;-)
iirc, brin did mention how public-access surveillance could be used for stalking, but i imagine u could also watch for the same ip accessing the same sequence of cams u were passing...
btw, my great uncle was impaled on a steering column, but i blame the smoke from the coke ovens that obscured his view of the intersection...
ironically, 40 yrs later my bro. left part of his tooth in the steering wheel when he drove thru coke oven steam right into a coal truck turns in front of him;-}
not just yet...the s.s. surplus is what's funding the gummint's deficit spending: there is no "lockbox", all fica receipts go into the general fund, and are basically replaced with a federal iou:-p
the shit's gonna hit the fan when the boomers start to retire, realsoonnow...
Slashdot Mirror
thank you for expressing something i have always thought was blindingly obvious...i guess everyone's blinded by their p.c. anti-market mentality:-(
rented-a-tent? ;-);-);-)
what made the radio version the definitve 1 was the sound effects:-)
hell, i've had my mini mac for over a quarter of a century...damn fine chainsaw, still starts on the 5th pull, even if the anti-kickback chainbrake got burned out after i lent it 2 a friend who couldn't figger out why it warn't cuttin' so good fer th' 1st 10 mins with the chainbrake on, then oliversuddin it cut jus' fine...don't need no stinkin' gummint osha chainbrake anyhow;-)
the ti99 was a 16bit machine...2x as good;-)
hope they fix the tivo desktop prefs while they're at it...click on start, it flashes running/stop then the start button reappears, so of course u keep clicking on it;-} ps reveals multiple instances, only way to stop is kill -9:-(
i hope javaHMO picks up on this...
what, the link [http://it.slashdot.org/it/04/12/26/052212.shtml?t id=128]
doesn't work 4 u?
> Humanity as a whole shares and expected result of reality which is the baseline norm.
...from the day a child is born, one (of many possible) description is presented to him until he shares it...or some such...made a definite impression on a young breeder with 2 to socialize;-)
isn't this what casteneda presented in the intro to his 2nd in the don juan series?
of course this overlaps religion: propagating a shared pov/weltanschauung/whatever obviously has survival value, like the biblical advice to get drinking water _downstream_ from the latrines, don't eat pork, why we invented monogamy, spicy foods, the caste system...
the 2nd amendment should be broadened to cover code, compilers, computing in general;-)
i heard about it last month: a neighbor who works @ aoHell said they were cleaning out the mid-managers...
or ponzi schemes posing as social "security";-)
using the left hand exclusively for output functions & the right for input does result in better health, even if the underlying cause is unknown...same with dietary laws, even the caste system, anti-sodomy laws, monogamy...it's only a kludge if there's something better, ie: washing, but then that's not an option in a desert environment;-)
;-)
in a pre-literate, pre-sanitary world, the only way to promulgate useful knowledge is to codify it into mnemonic narratives, enforced by the cloak of the supernatural...ie: why religion was invented
i still have mine: a black&silver, a tan console (w 32k expansion ram soldered on inside) and even a geneve;-)
> doesn't even know how to install Firefox on a Macintosh
if there isn't a clickable insataller, they're clueless...
mammalian light-sensing cells of the retina are _under_ the blood vessels, whereas the squid eye (or was it octopus...sci.am covered this decades ago) has the sensors on top, demonstrating at least 2 evolutionary paths.
but trying 2 reason with a creationist is useless: they are not rational (reason-based) because the target audience of any religion is the pre-rational mind, ie: children, because each generation of barbarians has 2 b socialized early...which is why we invented religion in the 1st place;-)
rilly kicked some patriot butt:-):-):-) so does that presage another new englander butt-kicking???
iirc, brin did mention how public-access surveillance could be used for stalking, but i imagine u could also watch for the same ip accessing the same sequence of cams u were passing...
or at least periodic relief from same...
in 1956, i believe (yes: http://www.lemurzone.com/airbag/belts.htm) to offer seatbelts as optional equipment, but the public ignored them...
btw, my great uncle was impaled on a steering column, but i blame the smoke from the coke ovens that obscured his view of the intersection...
ironically, 40 yrs later my bro. left part of his tooth in the steering wheel when he drove thru coke oven steam right into a coal truck turns in front of him;-}
not just yet...the s.s. surplus is what's funding the gummint's deficit spending: there is no "lockbox", all fica receipts go into the general fund, and are basically replaced with a federal iou:-p
the shit's gonna hit the fan when the boomers start to retire, realsoonnow...
about once a week i get hit by attempted ssh logins, and maybe 1/2 of those IPs are korean...
maybe this'll finally b the 2x4 that gets the attention of all those microserfs;-)
doncha just luv it:-)
and not just cross-cultural...think how useful it would b in a loud bar;-)
and it could eliminate the problem of people chattering thru a movie...
hell, i used my predicta as a monitor for my ti99/4a;-) taught myself assembly on it...