I am rather surprised that noone has even bothered mentioning Nick Haflinger or The Shockwave Rider... which describes the precise scenario being discussed here. This is/. and I am pretty sure that almost everyone here has read it.
and our decendants do for the length of time needed to travel from one planet to another star system? Personally, I would spend the time making decendants.
Seriously... When we start this genetic engineering of humans... there are two ways we could go... We could go the way of Gattaca, in which everyone is specified to the parents wishes, and the "god-children" are known as InValids... or we could go the way of ST: Space Seed, where Kahn Noonian Singhand his cohorts try to take over the world
you mean the part where a gang bang is really some form of group sex or an orgy? I live in the US, and I had not previously heard this usage of gang banger to refer to street toughs.
Hate to break it to you like this, but unless you have a decent UPS, when you lose your power, you lose power to your computer, thus losing your means of accessing the internet... but on the other hand, if you have a decent laptop with a good dialup modem *shudder*, you would retain internet access. But on the premise that you had previously stated, there is no real difference between losing power and losing internet.
Myriad examples: the assholes with their 110dB subwoofer ripping through residential neighbourhoods at 2AM. The pissant little fuck who
takes 30 items through the 10 items or less till. People who don't hold doors open when you both arrive at the same time. Dangerous fucking
assholes running red lights. Ah, it's aggravating just thinking of all the examples.
The way I see it, and the people I work with for the most part share this sentiment, the vast majority of people are ignorant assholes who don't really give a damn. I am fortunate to live in a section of an apartment complex where it is reasonably quiet, so I have had no problems concerning the assholes with the loud speakers in their lowriders.
As to that pissant fuck who takes 30 items through the 10 item or less express lane, that aspect pisses me off to no end... i have been employed at a major grocery store that does excellent business. At this point, I have a semi-supervisory position of responsibility. In the rare event that I am in a checklane, i am for the most part a stickler for details, but I have been known to let an extra 2 or three items slip past. Another thing that irks me to no end is the new employees that seem too stupid to know better than to know when they are in an express lane. I have personally walked up to customers and told them "Sorry, but you can't bring that order through this lane... see the express lane sign?"
I may be many things, but I am not an asshole (IANAA anyone?), and have even been known to be an gentleman at times... holding the door open for someone else comes naturally to me. Must have been the way I was raised.
Just my 2 cents... don't waste your mod points on me, give them to someone who deserves them.
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"Because Santa love pr0n"
We use these lines in Rocky Horror.
As a resident of Wisconsin, America's Dairyland, I resent that.
No no... it still works... I too have trouble dating carbon based life forms.
Actually, that's incorrect about the principal's name... it's Seymour Skinner, not Eugene
Hey, man, you forgot Freebird.
*stretches back to high school astronomy and private studies*
Uh... no... earth is about 8 light minutes away from the sun, so there would only be an 8 minute lag.
I am rather surprised that noone has even bothered mentioning Nick Haflinger or The Shockwave Rider... which describes the precise scenario being discussed here. This is /. and I am pretty sure that almost everyone here has read it.
This is the dawning of the age of aquarius...
Sorry, I had to say it, because apparently noone else saw it.
In other words... welcome to 1984...
C'mon, laugh at me...
See, i have this problem too... I take it out and blow in it several times, then blowing into the NES itself... it still won't work.
and our decendants do for the length of time needed to travel from one planet to another star system? Personally, I would spend the time making decendants.
Just curious... which senator did you have in mind?
Well... unless they prefer to wear boxers...
Off Topic:
That is why Worf found it strange that the Klingons had only one word for honor: batl
The Alan Parsons Project...
Mini-Me, stop humping the laser...
Gattaca, here we come...
Seriously... When we start this genetic engineering of humans... there are two ways we could go... We could go the way of Gattaca, in which everyone is specified to the parents wishes, and the "god-children" are known as InValids... or we could go the way of ST: Space Seed, where Kahn Noonian Singhand his cohorts try to take over the world
Wisconsin: James E. Dyle, 608-266-1221
Close... His last name is Doyle...
I will be making my call tomorrow.
you mean the part where a gang bang is really some form of group sex or an orgy? I live in the US, and I had not previously heard this usage of gang banger to refer to street toughs.
Wasn't something similar to this used in Michael Chrichton's (sp) Airframe?
this is true...
but then again... what about those of us who do not use any screensavers at all?
Less seriously, when the hell are we going to find out who shot JFK? :-)
and for that matter, who is deep throat?
Hate to break it to you like this, but unless you have a decent UPS, when you lose your power, you lose power to your computer, thus losing your means of accessing the internet... but on the other hand, if you have a decent laptop with a good dialup modem *shudder*, you would retain internet access. But on the premise that you had previously stated, there is no real difference between losing power and losing internet.
Actually... as to the stupidity of a computer, I would have to say PEBKAC...
The way I see it, and the people I work with for the most part share this sentiment, the vast majority of people are ignorant assholes who don't really give a damn. I am fortunate to live in a section of an apartment complex where it is reasonably quiet, so I have had no problems concerning the assholes with the loud speakers in their lowriders.
As to that pissant fuck who takes 30 items through the 10 item or less express lane, that aspect pisses me off to no end... i have been employed at a major grocery store that does excellent business. At this point, I have a semi-supervisory position of responsibility. In the rare event that I am in a checklane, i am for the most part a stickler for details, but I have been known to let an extra 2 or three items slip past. Another thing that irks me to no end is the new employees that seem too stupid to know better than to know when they are in an express lane. I have personally walked up to customers and told them "Sorry, but you can't bring that order through this lane... see the express lane sign?"
I may be many things, but I am not an asshole (IANAA anyone?), and have even been known to be an gentleman at times... holding the door open for someone else comes naturally to me. Must have been the way I was raised.
Just my 2 cents... don't waste your mod points on me, give them to someone who deserves them.
sorry to disappoint you, but those would be midichlorians you are referring to.