Then you have to decide if peoples random conversations are even worth keeping. The signal to noise ratio in IM's is pretty bad compaired to well thought out replies in a message board. Do you really want to archive people's ribbing each other and random discussions? People have a hard time staying on topic because they can get their specific answers very quickly with chat. Also, chat does not have Topics that threaded messages do, and that makes it even harder to stay on one subject useful to archiving.
Space burials (presumably of cremated remains). At $200 each (plus cremation) I am sure they could sell a few thousand of these per year. Now if they could only figure out a way to allow living people to withstand 2000g of acceleration, space tourism might actually be affordable.
You could combine the two--without the cremation--and get double the money!
Seriously, though, do we really need a bunch of dead bodies floating in the orbital ring that serves us the Disney Channel via satelite?
Personally I'd classify the likely flying shards of molten metal "hazardous."
Just to be nitpicky, they would be droplets until they cooled back down. Droplets that drip along your skin and leave a blackened trail dead flesh. Sleep on that.
Just because they CAN be charged in 5 minutes doesn't mean they HAVE to be charged in 5 minutes. An overnite maintenence charge would probably eliminate the need for service stations for 95% of driving.
I already get a bunch of shopping links whenever I search information on products. I use Google less and less because I can't find information relevant to anything BUT shopping.
No this is impossible. No two students ever are given the same writing assignment and are taught the same grammar rules. It is unthinkable that they would be constrained to the same genteral length, counted by words. They are never given the exact same teachings on structures and outlines on essays. In fact, it's completely inconceivable that any two students in the US of A would ever write essays similar enough to warrant a plaigerism inquiry. And how simple would a re-write have to be to make it indistinguishable (sp?) from an independant work?
More to the point, how many teachers will actually read the two papers that will inevitably be identified as close enough to worry about. How many details such as time, place, and class year of origin will be reviewed by the actual teacher giving the BIG FAT "F"?
One last thing. Are these millions of works going to be available to Google? For schools that don't sign up to the service, there will be students who make this into a gold mine for grades.
Your right to remain silent has nothing to do with examination of your physical possessions. For example if a man driving a Delorean with a cracked mirror and one tail light robbed a store, the fact that you own said Delorian could still be used as evidence.
What makes you think he uses his colon in the bathroom? Many people use their colons in the bedroom, or even in the living room. Truly creative people use their colons in the kitchen. Some people are focused enough to use their colons in the park, and some even use their colons with (gasp) a partner!
I'm talking about authors, poets, and writers, you perverted freaks!
Because the original un-edited tapes are boring, dirty, and for the most part uninteresting. It would be like trying to watch Independance Day from the original cutting room floor. Like others have said, only public interest keeps these things funded, and only a small fraction of the public is interested in more than the first steps and the famous quote.
There is one more great big difference between the two type of stories. Fantasy plots generally are limited in their geography. Even if you did know about the far away land, getting there is prohibitive, and the stars are simply unthinkable. Sci-Fi plots almost universally have expanded to multiple planet scenarios up to the point of having so much to explore that no one could possibly hope to even see it all on film, much less in person. If I were a game developer, I'd feel much more comfortable producing, and even coding a world that has reasonable and well defined borders and limits.
So how the fuck is this different from retailing said license? Is there a fundamental limit on how many hands may pass money before a license is officially laid on the final user? Do retailers have a specific and unique licence that that overturns this decision as it may apply to them?
If you ever get around to recreating Hoth Battle, I'm stowing away on a Rebel cruiser. Preferably the first one, because I get to see an Imperial Star Destroyer accellerating out of position after having been completely disabled by an ion blast. Come to think of it, it might be cool to be the one that pulled the trigger on that one.
You get this amazing expanding fireball rivaling the best explosions from Holleywood! It's the most incredible thing you've ever seen! It roasts marshmallows in 2 seconds flat, and you get free parts (now colored charcoal black) that get special delivery up to three blocks away! And the crowd yells, "Tamaya!", and "Kagiya!"
Well I'm hoping you understand that this article was posted as a substory, and not a headliner. Ths having been said, your views are apparently in the minory. Your tone is less than cooperative, and your criticism falls somewhat short of contructive. In short, your reply shows the debating ability of a chihuahua.
I hope this flame lives up your high expectations of Slashdot in general, and of me in particular. Call me sometime, and we'll meet for tea.
And it is completely unsuitable for video game zoom-outs and low res screens. I'm of the mind that the Red Cross on video game health packs spreads awareness more than it spreads misinformation.
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Just curious, but how did this affect your weather-down day ratio?
Then you have to decide if peoples random conversations are even worth keeping. The signal to noise ratio in IM's is pretty bad compaired to well thought out replies in a message board. Do you really want to archive people's ribbing each other and random discussions? People have a hard time staying on topic because they can get their specific answers very quickly with chat. Also, chat does not have Topics that threaded messages do, and that makes it even harder to stay on one subject useful to archiving.
Seriously, though, do we really need a bunch of dead bodies floating in the orbital ring that serves us the Disney Channel via satelite?
Just because they CAN be charged in 5 minutes doesn't mean they HAVE to be charged in 5 minutes. An overnite maintenence charge would probably eliminate the need for service stations for 95% of driving.
Perfect. We could download the public filter keys the same way we do spam i.p. lists and virus definitions. *joke*
I already get a bunch of shopping links whenever I search information on products. I use Google less and less because I can't find information relevant to anything BUT shopping.
No this is impossible. No two students ever are given the same writing assignment and are taught the same grammar rules. It is unthinkable that they would be constrained to the same genteral length, counted by words. They are never given the exact same teachings on structures and outlines on essays. In fact, it's completely inconceivable that any two students in the US of A would ever write essays similar enough to warrant a plaigerism inquiry. And how simple would a re-write have to be to make it indistinguishable (sp?) from an independant work? More to the point, how many teachers will actually read the two papers that will inevitably be identified as close enough to worry about. How many details such as time, place, and class year of origin will be reviewed by the actual teacher giving the BIG FAT "F"? One last thing. Are these millions of works going to be available to Google? For schools that don't sign up to the service, there will be students who make this into a gold mine for grades.
Your right to remain silent has nothing to do with examination of your physical possessions. For example if a man driving a Delorean with a cracked mirror and one tail light robbed a store, the fact that you own said Delorian could still be used as evidence.
What makes you think he uses his colon in the bathroom? Many people use their colons in the bedroom, or even in the living room. Truly creative people use their colons in the kitchen. Some people are focused enough to use their colons in the park, and some even use their colons with (gasp) a partner!
I'm talking about authors, poets, and writers, you perverted freaks!
Because the original un-edited tapes are boring, dirty, and for the most part uninteresting. It would be like trying to watch Independance Day from the original cutting room floor. Like others have said, only public interest keeps these things funded, and only a small fraction of the public is interested in more than the first steps and the famous quote.
There is one more great big difference between the two type of stories. Fantasy plots generally are limited in their geography. Even if you did know about the far away land, getting there is prohibitive, and the stars are simply unthinkable. Sci-Fi plots almost universally have expanded to multiple planet scenarios up to the point of having so much to explore that no one could possibly hope to even see it all on film, much less in person. If I were a game developer, I'd feel much more comfortable producing, and even coding a world that has reasonable and well defined borders and limits.
So how the fuck is this different from retailing said license? Is there a fundamental limit on how many hands may pass money before a license is officially laid on the final user? Do retailers have a specific and unique licence that that overturns this decision as it may apply to them?
One Word: Atmosphere. It's why the Earth doesn't look like the Moon.
Mod this up. A 10 in every category.
I'm still trying new skill combinations.
Nice point, but to a Christian, Kali IS Satan, or might as well be. They're not very open-minded about those sorts of things.
Mr. Satan, it's Roseanne Barr. According to our contract, you'll marry me when I die. I can't wait!!!!!!
God, this is Jesus. Please go back to the pen I put you in 2000 years ago. Nobody believes that you're not me anymore.
It's shame, too, with horses being renewable and all . . .
If you ever get around to recreating Hoth Battle, I'm stowing away on a Rebel cruiser. Preferably the first one, because I get to see an Imperial Star Destroyer accellerating out of position after having been completely disabled by an ion blast. Come to think of it, it might be cool to be the one that pulled the trigger on that one.
You get this amazing expanding fireball rivaling the best explosions from Holleywood! It's the most incredible thing you've ever seen! It roasts marshmallows in 2 seconds flat, and you get free parts (now colored charcoal black) that get special delivery up to three blocks away! And the crowd yells, "Tamaya!", and "Kagiya!"
Well I'm hoping you understand that this article was posted as a substory, and not a headliner. Ths having been said, your views are apparently in the minory. Your tone is less than cooperative, and your criticism falls somewhat short of contructive. In short, your reply shows the debating ability of a chihuahua.
I hope this flame lives up your high expectations of Slashdot in general, and of me in particular. Call me sometime, and we'll meet for tea.
Did they factor out being a scorned minority?
And it is completely unsuitable for video game zoom-outs and low res screens. I'm of the mind that the Red Cross on video game health packs spreads awareness more than it spreads misinformation.