That reminds me. What If you are in the middle of a continuous road train from here to this summer's favorite holiday location, with the same types of trains on the right and left lanes... and you run out of fuel while asleep?
Don't worry. They will just hire experienced bus drivers! I heard they can drive a 40 hour trip with less than 10 hours of sleep. Also they apparently found a very good deal, from some professionals who won because of their second lowest bid, and because the project manager personally chose his brother's company for being so great at it.
Not if those banks are failing, and will continue to fail, because they did put all the money in your research projects. ^^
Think around the next corner, people! If someone has less money, another one has more! Just find out, who has loads and loads of money now?? Then find out what he wants, or thinks he wants. (Thoughts can be changed!:) And then, sell him as much of that as possible in the most huge addictive shopping frenzy of all time! ^^
Version A) The microwaves are going to ionize the atmosphere. Breaking down earth's magnetic shielding from the solar wind. And then igniting the entire atmosphere.
Unless you give me... ONE...MILLION...DOLLARS!!! MUHAHAHAHAAAAA...
Version B) Our power needs will go up so far, that we will fill the whole area around the sun with solar panels, and live on top of them. Thereby making us invisible for any aliens. So we grow, and become more and more evil and power-hungry. Until we set out, to harvest other suns. And the aliens on other planets see sun after sun... vanish from the sky.
"Prepare for an epic billion-year long battle! In a 40-hour movie, that will burst even LOTR's time frame! Now in cinemas!"
P.S.: On a more serious note: What effect does this have on the atmosphere? I'd guess somewhat the same as in a microwave: Ionization and heating. The heating won't change much, I guess, when compared to the global warming of fossil fuel power plants. But the ionization certainly has a effect. What are the long-term results of those effects? And how big of a focus point on the surface are we talking about? I don't want to be at the spot where it hits when it's mis-calibrated... If those questions are answered, it's a pretty good plan in my eyes. I always wondered why we erect power plants, when nature already gave us the biggest fuckin' fusion reactor one can think of! ^^ (Yes there are bigger stars. But try imagining them!:P)
And who else are you gonna go to? Hm? The one company that is in beds with government *too*, or the other company whose CEOd plays golf with the Verizon CEO?
Free marked my ass! It's as free as you are free to choose between two dummy parties.
Maybe if one lives in such a world, one gets used to it. But my fellow Americans, let someone from overseas tell you, that that is pure fraud. Plain and simple.
Removing a very simple built-in function of your phone, and then asking $30 to put it back again is in my eyes a criminal offense, similar to taking someone or something hostage.
Calling something "unlimited" while it is officially limited to 5 Gb (is that really with a small "b"?), is at minimum false advertising. But more likely something more criminal.
And the fact that Verizon does not either get sued out of business, or pushed out of business by real competition, shows that the government is right in bed with them. So complaining to some government straw man won't change anything. Just as voting with your wallet won't change shit.
Man... how many times do I have to repeat this: It's NOT what you are burning *IN* your exercise! It's what you burn the whole rest of the week, because your body now has a higher base energy usage, to be "prepared" for future events like this. (I even recommend irregular and randomly timed exercise sessions.)
In other news: 90% of all overweight people already know enough about proper eating, to live a healthy life, but since 90% of all weight problems are psychological, that knowledge does not help anybody lose weight.
I wonder what genius came to the conclusion, that an action that builds up muscles (weight) through burning of energy, only leads to weight loss, if you actually burn up your fat. And not the additional food you will then most likely eat, or even worse: Your heart, liver, etc, that you drain in the first two weeks of "emergency mode" (like a battery backup) that happens when you suddenly don't eat enough. ^^
I mean the only people thinking otherwise, are those who still think that "low-fat" products would mean that you become "low-fat" too. lol.
But OK. The knowledge gap between what you read in magazines, and what really works, is quite huge. Even doctors often can't help you at all.
That is, because... let me make this "bold" statement: 90% of all weight problems are psychological problems.
It really is not hard to lose weight. Eat stuff with a high amount of fibers. As much vegetables as you like. Until you burst. Never without some unsaturated (=liquid! never solid. never margarine & co.) fat (like olive oil- or the like (which is essential!!). If the energy density is low enough, you will feel stuffed, but still lose weight. Obviously. More so, if you work out, of course. (More in the time between the workouts, because your base energy usage/wasting goes up.)
BUT: Who can actually do that? And for whom, the call of Cthul...uuum... sugar (short carbohydrates) and saturated fats, simply is too strong? No nutritionist can ever help you with that, can he?
That's why often, finding out what you replace with your addiction... or a behavioral re-training (therapy)... will help you more, than any guide about thousand facts (that you already read about a thousand and one times) ever could.
From the base of what I learned at school, which was really pretty useless, this helped me to get to my current fluent level: - Slashdot! (No shit! This was an essential part. ) - The Daily Show - US TV shows like Scrubs, Galactica, Prison Break, etc. - Other pages on the net that were in English only. I only used a (online) dictionary, when I could not understand it from the context.
The result is, that I got a style that is closer to the native style, but sometimes have trouble translating words back in to my own language.
Oh well, the only thing better, was growing up in a country, where you have to know 3 languages to get though daily life: Luxemburg. Where 30% speak french only (e.g. all the immigrant workers. No burger without French.), you learn German from the 1st class on (well, with a thick accent ^^), and speak Luxemburgish at home. (Luxemburgish. A language that has two words for nearly every thing. One french with a Luxemburgish ending, and one German with a Luxemburgish ending. Then a nice load of Anglicisms. And of course the native Luxemburgish words. The freedom of expression is really great, if you can use it.)
There is an antidote though: Child porn on (nearly) every computer! I mean, the law system basically already has that implemented: Everybody is guilty somewhere. So it will make no difference if they pick one of us at random, because he is one of the 99.99% with child porn on the computer. Or because he is one of the 99.99% with $OTHER_CATCH22_CRIMINAL_OFFENSE.
...is create a bunch of honeypot websites for politicians and fatcats.
And then trigger the appropriate middle-of-the-night "clubbing cops" raids on the targets.
But don't get too greedy. It must stay believable to the general public. (Including the media. Including "FOX & 'tards".)
P.S.: I think, we, the people, should have our own intelligence service. With the ability to filter out things that were aquired with proper methods. With a huge knowledge base. With native "agents" in every country. In every company and government office. And with trust relationship management. Make it a game. And let millions of people play it. Let's see who 0wns who then ^^ (Yes I know... nice dream though.)
Has anyone got a patch to make (Linux) Firefox play all formats natively, that e.g. ffmpeg plays? (It could use that exact library.) I don't care for any stupid imaginary "IP" laws and shit like that. I want all formats to work. No matter if the FF team lives in the real world or not. ^^
Uuum... on what planet? I developed software for Symbian. And I can install anything I like on the Symbian device. Even modify system files. On Maemo (I presume we're talking about the N900 here, you have root access right there. No jailbreaking. No tricks. Just a shell command to go to root mode. Which is expected,as it's Linux. And not that fake "Linux" that is called Android.)
You mean like the horrible death that so many Americans die every month, because "health" insurance companies only "insure" you, when you don't need it, and tell you to GTFO, as soon as you actually need them, thereby running a giant fraud on all of you?
I mean, helloooo... you *bought* a service, that pays for your (totally out of its actual worth) medical bills. And they won't pay. Which is a breach of contract. Except that the fine print is written in a way, that actually excludes everything, and if translated, states that you just pay for getting nothing at all. Which would be criminal if written in plain English.
Then you go to a "doctor" who gets payed only as long as you are sick. And whose information on what to do is based on fake magazines from the pharma industry. Who also only makes money if you are sick. So he gives you pills that don't do much. Just hide the symptoms a bit. And make sure they all come back right after you stopped taking them. Which would also being the criminal offense of drugging people. Except of course if you buy some senators. Which is really cheap nowadays.
I wonder how you people even survive. I wish I could see the faces of those people who oppose a health care bill that kicks the "health" industry's ass, when they then get denied coverage, and have to die. Slowly. And painfully. (They should look happy. After all there is no government death panel involved. Just plain old death-by-market.:P)
That is a bold generalization, which will result in a pretty sad life. ^^ I know, because it was my way of thinking.
Now I just think, that most people suck. But they are still useful. (In the evil overlord sense.):D And those who don't suck, are those that I want as friends, and that I try to support.
There will always be extremists. It's a natural result of a Gaussian distribution curve. The question is, if we just accept them as part of nature. We can "optimize", but never eliminate.:)
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That reminds me. What If you are in the middle of a continuous road train from here to this summer's favorite holiday location, with the same types of trains on the right and left lanes... and you run out of fuel while asleep?
Shall I smite you, milord?
I read it as "Satire". And even in your comment I had to look twice...
Don't worry. They will just hire experienced bus drivers! I heard they can drive a 40 hour trip with less than 10 hours of sleep. Also they apparently found a very good deal, from some professionals who won because of their second lowest bid, and because the project manager personally chose his brother's company for being so great at it.
I mean, what could possibly go wrong?
</sarcasm>
Not if those banks are failing, and will continue to fail, because they did put all the money in your research projects. ^^
Think around the next corner, people! If someone has less money, another one has more! :)
Just find out, who has loads and loads of money now?? Then find out what he wants, or thinks he wants. (Thoughts can be changed!
And then, sell him as much of that as possible in the most huge addictive shopping frenzy of all time! ^^
Version A)
The microwaves are going to ionize the atmosphere.
Breaking down earth's magnetic shielding from the solar wind.
And then igniting the entire atmosphere.
Unless you give me... ONE...MILLION...DOLLARS!!! MUHAHAHAHAAAAA...
Version B)
Our power needs will go up so far, that we will fill the whole area around the sun with solar panels, and live on top of them.
Thereby making us invisible for any aliens.
So we grow, and become more and more evil and power-hungry.
Until we set out, to harvest other suns.
And the aliens on other planets see sun after sun... vanish from the sky.
"Prepare for an epic billion-year long battle!
In a 40-hour movie, that will burst even LOTR's time frame!
Now in cinemas!"
P.S.: On a more serious note: What effect does this have on the atmosphere? I'd guess somewhat the same as in a microwave: Ionization and heating. The heating won't change much, I guess, when compared to the global warming of fossil fuel power plants. But the ionization certainly has a effect. What are the long-term results of those effects? :P)
And how big of a focus point on the surface are we talking about? I don't want to be at the spot where it hits when it's mis-calibrated...
If those questions are answered, it's a pretty good plan in my eyes. I always wondered why we erect power plants, when nature already gave us the biggest fuckin' fusion reactor one can think of! ^^
(Yes there are bigger stars. But try imagining them!
You mean other than that judge "realizing" how well money changes one's mind? ^^
The better news: The N900 is out soon! ^^
The best news: You can move to a better country, with lots of beautiful sub-200-pound girls. ^^
And who else are you gonna go to? Hm? The one company that is in beds with government *too*, or the other company whose CEOd plays golf with the Verizon CEO?
Free marked my ass! It's as free as you are free to choose between two dummy parties.
I knew it! The headline was about the Verizon sales and marketing droids! ^^
Maybe if one lives in such a world, one gets used to it. But my fellow Americans, let someone from overseas tell you, that that is pure fraud. Plain and simple.
Removing a very simple built-in function of your phone, and then asking $30 to put it back again is in my eyes a criminal offense, similar to taking someone or something hostage.
Calling something "unlimited" while it is officially limited to 5 Gb (is that really with a small "b"?), is at minimum false advertising. But more likely something more criminal.
And the fact that Verizon does not either get sued out of business, or pushed out of business by real competition, shows that the government is right in bed with them. So complaining to some government straw man won't change anything. Just as voting with your wallet won't change shit.
I recommend thinking about tertiary options. :)
Man... how many times do I have to repeat this: It's NOT what you are burning *IN* your exercise! It's what you burn the whole rest of the week, because your body now has a higher base energy usage, to be "prepared" for future events like this. (I even recommend irregular and randomly timed exercise sessions.)
In other news: 90% of all overweight people already know enough about proper eating, to live a healthy life, but since 90% of all weight problems are psychological, that knowledge does not help anybody lose weight.
I wonder what genius came to the conclusion, that an action that builds up muscles (weight) through burning of energy, only leads to weight loss, if you actually burn up your fat. And not the additional food you will then most likely eat, or even worse: Your heart, liver, etc, that you drain in the first two weeks of "emergency mode" (like a battery backup) that happens when you suddenly don't eat enough. ^^
I mean the only people thinking otherwise, are those who still think that "low-fat" products would mean that you become "low-fat" too. lol.
But OK. The knowledge gap between what you read in magazines, and what really works, is quite huge. Even doctors often can't help you at all.
That is, because... let me make this "bold" statement: 90% of all weight problems are psychological problems.
It really is not hard to lose weight. Eat stuff with a high amount of fibers. As much vegetables as you like. Until you burst. Never without some unsaturated (=liquid! never solid. never margarine & co.) fat (like olive oil- or the like (which is essential!!).
If the energy density is low enough, you will feel stuffed, but still lose weight. Obviously.
More so, if you work out, of course. (More in the time between the workouts, because your base energy usage/wasting goes up.)
BUT: Who can actually do that? And for whom, the call of Cthul...uuum... sugar (short carbohydrates) and saturated fats, simply is too strong?
No nutritionist can ever help you with that, can he?
That's why often, finding out what you replace with your addiction... or a behavioral re-training (therapy)... will help you more, than any guide about thousand facts (that you already read about a thousand and one times) ever could.
Sounds like Aerogel to me.
Yes, that stuff exists. Yes it's at least 99% nothing.
And yes it costs a fortune of fortunes! ^^
But hell, that's some really cool material!
From the base of what I learned at school, which was really pretty useless, this helped me to get to my current fluent level:
- Slashdot! (No shit! This was an essential part. )
- The Daily Show
- US TV shows like Scrubs, Galactica, Prison Break, etc.
- Other pages on the net that were in English only.
I only used a (online) dictionary, when I could not understand it from the context.
The result is, that I got a style that is closer to the native style, but sometimes have trouble translating words back in to my own language.
Oh well, the only thing better, was growing up in a country, where you have to know 3 languages to get though daily life: Luxemburg. Where 30% speak french only (e.g. all the immigrant workers. No burger without French.), you learn German from the 1st class on (well, with a thick accent ^^), and speak Luxemburgish at home. (Luxemburgish. A language that has two words for nearly every thing. One french with a Luxemburgish ending, and one German with a Luxemburgish ending. Then a nice load of Anglicisms. And of course the native Luxemburgish words. The freedom of expression is really great, if you can use it.)
There is an antidote though: Child porn on (nearly) every computer!
I mean, the law system basically already has that implemented: Everybody is guilty somewhere.
So it will make no difference if they pick one of us at random, because he is one of the 99.99% with child porn on the computer. Or because he is one of the 99.99% with $OTHER_CATCH22_CRIMINAL_OFFENSE.
...is create a bunch of honeypot websites for politicians and fatcats.
And then trigger the appropriate middle-of-the-night "clubbing cops" raids on the targets.
But don't get too greedy. It must stay believable to the general public. (Including the media. Including "FOX & 'tards".)
P.S.: I think, we, the people, should have our own intelligence service. With the ability to filter out things that were aquired with proper methods. With a huge knowledge base. With native "agents" in every country. In every company and government office. And with trust relationship management. Make it a game. And let millions of people play it. Let's see who 0wns who then ^^ (Yes I know... nice dream though.)
Exactly. You're no real geek, if you don't know know the term "Chiba". ^^
Has anyone got a patch to make (Linux) Firefox play all formats natively, that e.g. ffmpeg plays? (It could use that exact library.) I don't care for any stupid imaginary "IP" laws and shit like that. I want all formats to work. No matter if the FF team lives in the real world or not. ^^
Anyone?
WTF? That video is not available in my country because of some greedy bastards from the stone age.
How about you give me an ed2k link or one to a torrent file, like in the 21st century?
Uuum... on what planet? I developed software for Symbian. And I can install anything I like on the Symbian device. Even modify system files. On Maemo (I presume we're talking about the N900 here, you have root access right there. No jailbreaking. No tricks. Just a shell command to go to root mode. Which is expected,as it's Linux. And not that fake "Linux" that is called Android.)
You mean like the horrible death that so many Americans die every month, because "health" insurance companies only "insure" you, when you don't need it, and tell you to GTFO, as soon as you actually need them, thereby running a giant fraud on all of you?
I mean, helloooo... you *bought* a service, that pays for your (totally out of its actual worth) medical bills. And they won't pay. Which is a breach of contract. Except that the fine print is written in a way, that actually excludes everything, and if translated, states that you just pay for getting nothing at all. Which would be criminal if written in plain English.
Then you go to a "doctor" who gets payed only as long as you are sick. And whose information on what to do is based on fake magazines from the pharma industry. Who also only makes money if you are sick. So he gives you pills that don't do much. Just hide the symptoms a bit. And make sure they all come back right after you stopped taking them. Which would also being the criminal offense of drugging people. Except of course if you buy some senators. Which is really cheap nowadays.
I wonder how you people even survive. I wish I could see the faces of those people who oppose a health care bill that kicks the "health" industry's ass, when they then get denied coverage, and have to die. Slowly. And painfully. (They should look happy. After all there is no government death panel involved. Just plain old death-by-market. :P)
*whispers*
"Shall I?"
(whisperwhisper)
"Why me??"
(whisperwhisper)
"Ok, damnit! I'll do it! But you owe me one!"
*steps forward into the spotlight*
*loud*
"Well, I found a better combination:"
*louder*
"JUST INSTALL GNU/LINUX!"
*normal voice*
"Thank you, thank you! I will be here..." *dodges flying chair and Granny Smith with bite mark* "... all night!"
(P.S.: I use Linux as my main Desktop. And Windows for the games. No hard feelings here. :)
I wonder who tests if the test itself is "very good"...
How about you, good sir...
And you perhaps...?
^^
That is a bold generalization, which will result in a pretty sad life. ^^
I know, because it was my way of thinking.
Now I just think, that most people suck. But they are still useful. (In the evil overlord sense.) :D
And those who don't suck, are those that I want as friends, and that I try to support.
There will always be extremists. It's a natural result of a Gaussian distribution curve. The question is, if we just accept them as part of nature. We can "optimize", but never eliminate. :)