So when, exactly, did Fark jump the shark? Was it the first time the site was picked up by the mainstream media? Or the second time?
Now that there is a "book" (and I use the term only because of its physical prescence, not its actual usefullness as a piece of reference) about Fark and what Drew did before and what he thinks about the rest of the mainstream media (because he is now part of it), the shark has been truly jumped and gone....
So what is the next site? Any predictions?
Anybody else out there with a big, fat, 'told you so'? The automobile testers have been stating this very thing for years - that EPA ratings are out of whack.. and anyone who has ever purchased a car and tried to achieve the EPA ratings can attest to this as well...
so all these poor reviews of hybrids are now validated...
so this is a valid study? a 17-year-old high school student tested 100 pacemaker-wearing subjects with only iPods (and no other MP3 devices)..... yeah...
one robot, after reading this, turns to another and chortles, "Stupid humans..." just wait until the Robot Labor Union gets wind of this and renegotiates their labor contract...
exactly -- how would you know if you were investigated and nobody told you it was going on? Homeland Security is NOT required to notify citizens of ANYTHING that they do...
icy tentacles of 1984?
I usually average just about what the EPA says I should. Highway or city driving, it is just about right on. This will vary, of course, if I am driving more aggressively or hauling extra cargo in my VW EV, but that is not how the EPA tests for mpg.
but this is not news - our government abuses its power over its citizens and doesn't tell us for how long? This is not news and anyone surprised by this should be slapped with the DMCA, the Patriot Act, and any other insidious legislation that has been passed by our Congress who seems more willing to trade our civil rights for an illusion of security. How much more secure are we for this trade-off? We are not. We spent a truck load of money, created a new administration in our government, increased taxes, and are currently watching our own men and woment die in foreign lands for this veil of FUD called 'Homeland Security'.
I work for the government and all I have seen from my end as an employee is an increase in regulations, paperwork, and workload but no difference in how difficult it is to enter the country, purchase a fake identity, and live/exist here with little or no fear of being caught. We can track a single cow to its origin if we suspect that it may be infected with mad-cow disease, but we lose how many dozens of legal aliens every year, not to mention the illegal ones that we genuinely have no idea of...
Again, nothing new here, move along with the rest of the sheep....
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You forgot terbinium, from Mars, which is mined using essentially slave labor and the resistance leader (Kuato) was murdered several years ago...
Backwards compatibility was definitely one of my concerns in going from PS1 to PS2. Granted, the main reason I bought a PS2 was the Gran Turismo franchise, and will probably the only reason I would consider buying (if and when it comes out) a PS3...
Can anyone genuinely give us a reason as to why this has been done? Or why it was reported? Is it truly news that someone has created something that is useless except for as a media hype?
As several have already noted, this is not news, just a confirmation of what most of us already suspected.
To think that the fed does not tap/read email or any other electronic transmission, this posting included, is simply delusional. All the paranoia in the world will not protect you from this, only 2 things can fix this:
1. Never log on to the net, never use your telephone, never mail anything via USPS. There, now you are safe.
2. Make a change in goverment - the election process. Yeah, I know it is a slow, ugly process to get any kind of change done, but it is the only way to effect change in this country.
This DAP is being sold by Drs. Foster and Smith to calm dogs with separation anxiety. It works ok, but better methods are available to help your dog relax.
Why would I want to buy/build a PC for gaming if I am going to have to constantly update it? Granted, many geeks love to tinker with their hard/software. But once it is running sweet, why should I have to swap out a video card/get the latest bleeding edge drivers/wait for the multi-MB patch so I can play the latest game on my PC? Then, if you are lucky and the gods are smiling on you, you can play...
My PS2 has dozens of great titles (including the greatest of all time - GT) and I never have to crack the case of my PS2 to get it to run any of them. I opted out of that race a couple of years ago - too expensive/frustrating/time consuming.
I will be the first to admit that I didn't understand the finer details in that article, but the premise is rather exciting.... in another 10 or 20 years. It is a great breakthrough, however, whether or not you understand the science...
Corporations taking responsibility for their own actions -- there is something new. Strangely enough, it is the feds telling them to do this. Do as I say, not as I do...
Exactly -- in my office, everyone has access to the internet, but really only need access to our intranet. It causes more problems than it solves - viruses, users downloading strange apps, etc...
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So when, exactly, did Fark jump the shark? Was it the first time the site was picked up by the mainstream media? Or the second time? Now that there is a "book" (and I use the term only because of its physical prescence, not its actual usefullness as a piece of reference) about Fark and what Drew did before and what he thinks about the rest of the mainstream media (because he is now part of it), the shark has been truly jumped and gone.... So what is the next site? Any predictions?
Anybody else out there with a big, fat, 'told you so'? The automobile testers have been stating this very thing for years - that EPA ratings are out of whack.. and anyone who has ever purchased a car and tried to achieve the EPA ratings can attest to this as well... so all these poor reviews of hybrids are now validated...
How is it Preston & Child wrote about this stuff years ago? If you read "Mount Dragon", you got a creepy feeling when you read the BBC article...
so this is a valid study? a 17-year-old high school student tested 100 pacemaker-wearing subjects with only iPods (and no other MP3 devices)..... yeah...
one robot, after reading this, turns to another and chortles, "Stupid humans..." just wait until the Robot Labor Union gets wind of this and renegotiates their labor contract...
TRON 2: Jumping the Shark
exactly -- how would you know if you were investigated and nobody told you it was going on? Homeland Security is NOT required to notify citizens of ANYTHING that they do... icy tentacles of 1984?
I usually average just about what the EPA says I should. Highway or city driving, it is just about right on. This will vary, of course, if I am driving more aggressively or hauling extra cargo in my VW EV, but that is not how the EPA tests for mpg.
I work for the government and all I have seen from my end as an employee is an increase in regulations, paperwork, and workload but no difference in how difficult it is to enter the country, purchase a fake identity, and live/exist here with little or no fear of being caught. We can track a single cow to its origin if we suspect that it may be infected with mad-cow disease, but we lose how many dozens of legal aliens every year, not to mention the illegal ones that we genuinely have no idea of...
Again, nothing new here, move along with the rest of the sheep....You forgot terbinium, from Mars, which is mined using essentially slave labor and the resistance leader (Kuato) was murdered several years ago...
"The court's decision made clear that even private sellers have to stick to the fixed book price if they regularly sell new books. "
Looks like if they are used books, you have no restrictions... now we have to have "used" defined...Backwards compatibility was definitely one of my concerns in going from PS1 to PS2. Granted, the main reason I bought a PS2 was the Gran Turismo franchise, and will probably the only reason I would consider buying (if and when it comes out) a PS3...
Move along, nothing to see here....
Or try switching to a consumer dye-sub printer, so it removes the cost of inkjet ransoms altogether, and prints at about half the price...
I believe my original posting was meant as an either-or statement, do either 1 or 2, not both....
To think that the fed does not tap/read email or any other electronic transmission, this posting included, is simply delusional. All the paranoia in the world will not protect you from this, only 2 things can fix this:
1. Never log on to the net, never use your telephone, never mail anything via USPS. There, now you are safe.2. Make a change in goverment - the election process. Yeah, I know it is a slow, ugly process to get any kind of change done, but it is the only way to effect change in this country.
This DAP is being sold by Drs. Foster and Smith to calm dogs with separation anxiety. It works ok, but better methods are available to help your dog relax.
My PS2 has dozens of great titles (including the greatest of all time - GT) and I never have to crack the case of my PS2 to get it to run any of them. I opted out of that race a couple of years ago - too expensive/frustrating/time consuming.
True, yes, but identity theft just the same as far as SSA would see it.
It can be done but not in this type of situation - SSA does not issue new SSN's for identity theft.
another server bites the dust... is there a course on the pseudo-physics of slashdotting a webserver?
I will be the first to admit that I didn't understand the finer details in that article, but the premise is rather exciting.... in another 10 or 20 years. It is a great breakthrough, however, whether or not you understand the science...
Sounds like CCCI needs to quit whining and get on with business.
Move along /., nothing new to see here...
Exactly -- in my office, everyone has access to the internet, but really only need access to our intranet. It causes more problems than it solves - viruses, users downloading strange apps, etc...