I regularly have to speed up to get away from psychopathic tail-gaiting rigs, pickups, and SUVs that don't appreciate you doing the speed limit on the open highway.
You make good points, but these psychopaths would be playing by the same rules as you if the speed limits were a physical law.
I think you have just disqualified yourself from complaining about CG in movies like The Matrix, The Hulk, and LotR. If real things look fake to you, then what are the chances of simulated things ever looking real?
Kim Stanley Robinson's The Years of Rice and Salt is a great read. It does get a bit muddled in places, but that's part of its charm.
I've heard people complain about the reincarnation bits, but I absolutely cannot agree. They fit in perfectly with the rest of the book and work well as a device for keeping a larger plot going through the book.
I borrowed a copy of Dude, Where's My Country from a friend for reading. Meh. It's basically what Scott Adams would sound like if he wrote about politics, except that Michael Moore has a higher reliance on facts.
Interesting reading, but definitely rather lowbrow. Bah.
This year's The Scar should have won the Hugo. Unfortunately, my fellow Torontonians decided to give it to the latest craptacularity from our resident wannabe Robert Sawyer. Bah.
The Scar is an awesome standalone novel/travelogue that's brutally honest and spectacularly imaginitive in its fantasy. No elves here indeed.:)
Iraq was called the "Fertile Crescent" when it was a part of the Ottoman Empire
I am fairly certain it wasn't called that at least since Hulagu Khan "lead [his] army against Baghdad in anger, [... left] no one alive in [the] realm; [burnt the] city, [burnt the] land" in CE 1255.;)
As some of the posters above have noted, the human body is not a happy camper when it comes to a 24-hour day.
In my humble opinion, that means we have a perfectly valid excuse to switching to metric time and measuring everything in seconds.;)
That is because the very intuitive duration of 100 kiloseconds is equal to slightly over 27 hours. That would give us an extra three hours of sleep or whatever else we would want in a day.:)
Homer: Welcome to the Internet, my friend. How can I help you?
Comic Book Guy: I'm interested in upgrading my 28.8 kilobaud Internet connection to a 1.5 megabit fiber optic T1 line. Will you be able to provide an IP router that's compatible with my Token Ring Ethernet LAN configuration?
These are the only four departments with decent grades. I find the presence of SSA to be the most interesting.
IMHO, they are there because they are not allowed to make a single slip-up. If they do, the "my-life-will-never-get-screwed-up-so-lower-my-tax es" crowd that US is full off moves from mutter mode to full-blown attack mode. The SSA is not allowed to err on the side of comfort and is instead forced to insulate itself in layer after bristly layer of unplesantness that makes it less effective.
Remember the Naxid? They're insectile (sorry, insectoid), and so do the only thing that an insectile (or insectoid) race is allowed in sci-fi books: They try to take over. All the other races band together to try to beat them.
The Khepri in China Mieville's stellar near-sf steampunk fantasy Perdido Street Station do not try to take over. It's an amazing book. Coincidence? I think not.;)
Of course, there is a different nasty insectoid race in the even better same-universe The Scar, but they gave up on the take-overing millenia before the book.
On the TV, candidate Jack Johnson is debating candidate John Jackson.
Johnson: It's time someone had the courage to stand up and say: I'm
against those things that everybody hates! Jackson: Now, I respect my opponent. I think he's a good man. But,
quite frankly, I agree with everything he just said! Fry: These are the candidates? They sound like clones. [Squints] Wait a minute. They are clones! Leela: Don't let their identical DNA fool you. They differ on some
key issues. Johnson: I say your three cent titanium tax goes too far! Jackson: And I say your three cent titanium tax doesn't go too far
enough! Fry: If I were registered to vote I'd send these clowns a message
by staying home on election day and dressing up like a clown! Leela: You're not registered? Fry: Nope. Not vaccinated, either. Besides, it's not like one
vote ever made a difference. Leela: That's not true. The first robot president won by exactly
one vote. Bender: Ah, yes! John Quincy Adding Machine. He struck a chord with
the voters when he pledged not to go on a killing spree. Prof.: But, like most politicians he promised more than he could
deliver. Leela: The point is, one vote can make a difference. And even
though it won't, I'm still taking you to get registered. Prof.: Yes, that's a capital idea. Let's all go register. Fry: Professor, when did you become so obsessed with voting? Prof.: The very instant I became old.
At the registration booths, the Professor looks over the
"Tasticrats" and "Fingerlicans."
Prof.: The problem with both parties is that they always want
to give your tax dollars to the less fortunate. Fry: The less fortunate get all the breaks.
Zoidberg: You know, Fry, you could join a third party, maybe. Amy: Only weirdos and mutants join third parties. Zoidberg: Really? I better keep an eye out at the next meeting. Fry: What party do you belong to, Bender? Bender: Eh, I'm not allowed to vote. Fry: 'Cause you're a robot? Bender: No. Convicted felon.
bulleted lists don't use the <ul> tag. If they really wanted the kind of wrapping they got, they should have used the ul { list-style-position:inside; } rule
oodles of font tags specifying the same thing. Why are they trying to maintain compatibility with Netscape 3 and IE 3? CSS killed those off ages ago.
Apparently Internet music and movie sharing in Canada has gained enough popularity to turn the heads of the music and movie industry.
That's right. Laura Secord, the proud Inuit owner of our country's only computer, has dialed up with her revolutionary 14.4kbps ATi modem and downloaded an OGG by Voivod from Kazaa.
Apparently my ass.
Yes, I am bitter. Fine, I'll cut down on the caffeine.:)
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What if it turns out that Martians do have weapons of mass destruction unlike certain other desert regimes I could mention?;)
However, people won't tailgate explicitly for the purpose of getting you to accelerate. I'll be quiet now.:)
As for me, GNU/iKant believe it.;)
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I regularly have to speed up to get away from psychopathic tail-gaiting rigs, pickups, and SUVs that don't appreciate you doing the speed limit on the open highway.
You make good points, but these psychopaths would be playing by the same rules as you if the speed limits were a physical law.
I think you have just disqualified yourself from complaining about CG in movies like The Matrix, The Hulk, and LotR. If real things look fake to you, then what are the chances of simulated things ever looking real?
How many discussions about politics and technology are going on on SWIFT? How much art creation or intellectual pursuit? How many blogs or personal homepages?:)
As far as I am concerned, using SWIFT would be even less fun than using the internet behind the Great Firewall of China.
Do you mean to say your tv is larger than your monitor? What kind of geek are you?:P
I think this Penny Arcade cartoon sums up my feelings about Brian Herbert's enterprise very succinctly.;)
AOL!
Kim Stanley Robinson's The Years of Rice and Salt is a great read. It does get a bit muddled in places, but that's part of its charm.
I've heard people complain about the reincarnation bits, but I absolutely cannot agree. They fit in perfectly with the rest of the book and work well as a device for keeping a larger plot going through the book.
I borrowed a copy of Dude, Where's My Country from a friend for reading. Meh. It's basically what Scott Adams would sound like if he wrote about politics, except that Michael Moore has a higher reliance on facts.
Interesting reading, but definitely rather lowbrow. Bah.
Psst, buddy, do you want to know how Robert Jordan will end Wheel of Time?
Spoiler space.
Hey, don't spoil it for yourself.
Wade through another 20 volumes.
The Lone Gunpeople are dead.
Rosebud is a kind of flower.
At the end of "Worst Episode Ever", Homer Simpson is accosted by a race of subterranean elven horse jockeys.
At the end of LotR, Sauron is defeated.
There are Ewoks in Return of the Jedi.
USS Voyager returns to Earth in the final two-parter.
Spoiler space.
Wheel of Time, all n volumes of it, has been a dream of one of the minor characters. The end.;)
This year's The Scar should have won the Hugo. Unfortunately, my fellow Torontonians decided to give it to the latest craptacularity from our resident wannabe Robert Sawyer. Bah.
The Scar is an awesome standalone novel/travelogue that's brutally honest and spectacularly imaginitive in its fantasy. No elves here indeed.:)
Actually, Mozilla/Firebird is partially vulnerable to this bug too. At the moment, the patches are Opera and Safari.;)
yep linux will give us world peace. oh wait, no it won't, you're a freaking idiot.
/me gives you a flower
Will too. Don't be such a tool. Remember what the dormouse said. Feed your head.;)
Iraq was called the "Fertile Crescent" when it was a part of the Ottoman Empire
I am fairly certain it wasn't called that at least since Hulagu Khan "lead [his] army against Baghdad in anger, [... left] no one alive in [the] realm; [burnt the] city, [burnt the] land" in CE 1255.;)
As some of the posters above have noted, the human body is not a happy camper when it comes to a 24-hour day.
In my humble opinion, that means we have a perfectly valid excuse to switching to metric time and measuring everything in seconds.;)
That is because the very intuitive duration of 100 kiloseconds is equal to slightly over 27 hours. That would give us an extra three hours of sleep or whatever else we would want in a day.:)
Metric time now!:P
Homer: Welcome to the Internet, my friend. How can I help you?
Comic Book Guy: I'm interested in upgrading my 28.8 kilobaud Internet connection to a 1.5 megabit fiber optic T1 line. Will you be able to provide an IP router that's compatible with my Token Ring Ethernet LAN configuration?
Homer: (pause) Can I have some money now?
He sure sounds like a geek to me.;)
RTFSummary. There's no point in DRMing factoids about real content.;)
Labor 86.5 B
x es" crowd that US is full off moves from mutter mode to full-blown attack mode. The SSA is not allowed to err on the side of comfort and is instead forced to insulate itself in layer after bristly layer of unplesantness that makes it less effective.
NRC 94.5 A (Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
NSF 90.5 A- (National Science Foundation)
SSA 88 B+ (Social Security Administration)
These are the only four departments with decent grades. I find the presence of SSA to be the most interesting.
IMHO, they are there because they are not allowed to make a single slip-up. If they do, the "my-life-will-never-get-screwed-up-so-lower-my-ta
Remember the Naxid? They're insectile (sorry, insectoid), and so do the only thing that an insectile (or insectoid) race is allowed in sci-fi books: They try to take over. All the other races band together to try to beat them.
The Khepri in China Mieville's stellar near-sf steampunk fantasy Perdido Street Station do not try to take over. It's an amazing book. Coincidence? I think not.;)
Of course, there is a different nasty insectoid race in the even better same-universe The Scar, but they gave up on the take-overing millenia before the book.
I highly recommend China Mieville's writings.:)
On the TV, candidate Jack Johnson is debating candidate John Jackson.
Johnson: It's time someone had the courage to stand up and say: I'm against those things that everybody hates!
Jackson: Now, I respect my opponent. I think he's a good man. But, quite frankly, I agree with everything he just said!
Fry: These are the candidates? They sound like clones.
[Squints] Wait a minute. They are clones!
Leela: Don't let their identical DNA fool you. They differ on some key issues.
Johnson: I say your three cent titanium tax goes too far!
Jackson: And I say your three cent titanium tax doesn't go too far enough!
Fry: If I were registered to vote I'd send these clowns a message by staying home on election day and dressing up like a clown!
Leela: You're not registered?
Fry: Nope. Not vaccinated, either. Besides, it's not like one vote ever made a difference.
Leela: That's not true. The first robot president won by exactly one vote.
Bender: Ah, yes! John Quincy Adding Machine. He struck a chord with the voters when he pledged not to go on a killing spree.
Prof.: But, like most politicians he promised more than he could deliver.
Leela: The point is, one vote can make a difference. And even though it won't, I'm still taking you to get registered.
Prof.: Yes, that's a capital idea. Let's all go register.
Fry: Professor, when did you become so obsessed with voting?
Prof.: The very instant I became old.
At the registration booths, the Professor looks over the "Tasticrats" and "Fingerlicans."
Prof.: The problem with both parties is that they always want to give your tax dollars to the less fortunate.
Fry: The less fortunate get all the breaks. Zoidberg: You know, Fry, you could join a third party, maybe.
Amy: Only weirdos and mutants join third parties.
Zoidberg: Really? I better keep an eye out at the next meeting.
Fry: What party do you belong to, Bender?
Bender: Eh, I'm not allowed to vote.
Fry: 'Cause you're a robot?
Bender: No. Convicted felon.
So, in other words, Google will work the same way it has always done for me, but mainstream newbs are less likely to be suckered in my link farms.;)
Apparently Internet music and movie sharing in Canada has gained enough popularity to turn the heads of the music and movie industry.
That's right. Laura Secord, the proud Inuit owner of our country's only computer, has dialed up with her revolutionary 14.4kbps ATi modem and downloaded an OGG by Voivod from Kazaa.
Apparently my ass.
Yes, I am bitter. Fine, I'll cut down on the caffeine.:)