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That's more discussion than for "Stuff that matters" like:
Katrina Delays Shuttle - 178
Intel Enters Anti-Virus Market - 124
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Introduction to Competitive Programming - 161
Microsoft Sues EU - 198
What is Responsible Disclosure for Security Flaws? - 205
New Tool to Track Kernel Testing Time - 92
It seems that even the/. crowd likes to devour a cheesy, tabloid "human interest" item once in a while. However, and I know I shouldn't grouse about rejected stories, I still think my submission on DVD players that play Blu-Ray and HD-DVD is much more news-worthy than this tripe:)
My 1st long term employment was one of 3 men amongst about 50 women in a Library and (possibly because I was only 19 at the time) it was fantastic!
Now, 15 years older, I find myself in a male only IT dept and long for: 1. that old work envrionment, 2. the knowledge of the "fairer-sex" that I have gained in the 15 years since, and 3. To be 19 again!
"True to its namesake, Phoenix has risen from the ashes of two unsuccessful attempts to reach Mars: The ill-fated Mars Polar Lander that was lost at the planet in 1999 and a Mars Surveyor Program lander that was cancelled and mothballed in 2000"
Remember how in the '80's we were heading straight for an ice age? What happened to that?
Erm, well, no I don't remember.
I amazoned for the crackpot book that you must be referring to, but can't find any books published in the past 30 years whose premise is that we are headed for an ice age.
the magnetic poles are supposed to reverse (flip) sometime between now and then next 700 years
Pole reversal has happened but predicting when is another favorite topic of those crackpot books you are reading.
and we have at most 2000 years of recrded history
You wagged school and stayed home to read "The Young Person's Old Testament" didn't you?
The fact that 99.99% of the worlds climate experts say that human activity is effecting the global climate - and the fact that scientists in the other 0.01% once worked for tobacco companies and now work for the Bush administration makes me think that you are talking crap.
There is power in a factory, power in the land
Power in the hand of the worker
But it all amounts to nothing if together we don't stand
There is power in a Union
Now the lessons of the past were all learned with workers blood
The mistakes of the bosses we must pay for
From the cities and the farmlands to trenches full of mud
War has always been the bosses way, sir
The Union forever defending our rights
Down with the blackleg, all workers unite
With our brothers and our sisters from many far-off lands
There is power in a Union
Now I long for the morning that they realise
Brutality and unjust laws cannot defeat us
But who'll defend the workers who cannot organise
When the bosses send there lackeys out to cheat us?
Money speaks for money, the Devil for his own
Who comes to speak for the skin and the bone?
What a comfort to the widow, a light to the child
There is power in a Union
The Union forever defending our rights
Down with the blackleg, all workers unite
With our brothers and our sisters from many far-off lands
There is power in a Union
There has been a spate of posts during the last couple of days with people searching google or acronymfinder.com or whatever and suggesting "funny" meanings for acronyms. This must stop. It just isn't funny. I can't accuse you of karma whoring, cos funny mods don't cut it. Please spare us...
Thankfully NZ isn't governed by Bush, although Australia seems to be.
Sad but true. Bush lauds Howard as a shining light of democracy. Wonder if he realises that most Australians don't want their troops in Iraq, the Telstra sale, the student union changes, etc,etc. Democracy. Yeah, right.
What strikes me is how M$ can see fit to even comment on the laws of a foreign country. What are they headed by some section of the Bush administration?
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-- The Christian in me says it's wrong, but the corrections officer in me says, 'I love to make a grown man piss himself.'
Nevermind, its prolly best if you just keep to yourself at work.
The "Quantum II" emblazoned on the photo of the CPU looks a bit dodgy when you zoom in. The JPG artifacts surrounding the text make me think that they were added to the (already compressed) image of some chunk of alloy. http://atomchip.com/db4/00366/atomchip.com/_uimage s/Processorclosed5.98x5.67.jpg
That's more discussion than for "Stuff that matters" like:
Katrina Delays Shuttle - 178
Intel Enters Anti-Virus Market - 124
CA Releases Patents to OSS - 77
Introduction to Competitive Programming - 161
Microsoft Sues EU - 198
What is Responsible Disclosure for Security Flaws? - 205
New Tool to Track Kernel Testing Time - 92
It seems that even the /. crowd likes to devour a cheesy, tabloid "human interest" item once in a while. However, and I know I shouldn't grouse about rejected stories, I still think my submission on DVD players that play Blu-Ray and HD-DVD is much more news-worthy than this tripe :)
News Ltd affiliates (tabloid bog paper) came out a day later with a full page story, photos, names.
The spirit of Fleet Street is alive and well and living in Sydney.
It's your future that scares me.
Now, 15 years older, I find myself in a male only IT dept and long for: 1. that old work envrionment, 2. the knowledge of the "fairer-sex" that I have gained in the 15 years since, and 3. To be 19 again!
that the AVG code will now be "optimised" to cras^H^H^H^H run-slowly on AMD CPU's?
The kiddies are swapping cvs details over Telnet.
"True to its namesake, Phoenix has risen from the ashes of two unsuccessful attempts to reach Mars: The ill-fated Mars Polar Lander that was lost at the planet in 1999 and a Mars Surveyor Program lander that was cancelled and mothballed in 2000"
The liberation of the people of Enceladus from their oppressive overlords?
It'll go on for years. Thousands will die. Better that we all learn to ride bicycles.
$300 !? I think you mean rich and stingy friends. :)
No, I got it from a very respected scientist, actually
Erm, well, no I don't remember.
I amazoned for the crackpot book that you must be referring to, but can't find any books published in the past 30 years whose premise is that we are headed for an ice age.
the magnetic poles are supposed to reverse (flip) sometime between now and then next 700 years
Pole reversal has happened but predicting when is another favorite topic of those crackpot books you are reading.
and we have at most 2000 years of recrded history
You wagged school and stayed home to read "The Young Person's Old Testament" didn't you?
The fact that 99.99% of the worlds climate experts say that human activity is effecting the global climate - and the fact that scientists in the other 0.01% once worked for tobacco companies and now work for the Bush administration makes me think that you are talking crap.
Well this should keep you happy all day
Power in the hand of the worker
But it all amounts to nothing if together we don't stand
There is power in a Union
Now the lessons of the past were all learned with workers blood
The mistakes of the bosses we must pay for
From the cities and the farmlands to trenches full of mud
War has always been the bosses way, sir
The Union forever defending our rights
Down with the blackleg, all workers unite
With our brothers and our sisters from many far-off lands
There is power in a Union
Now I long for the morning that they realise
Brutality and unjust laws cannot defeat us
But who'll defend the workers who cannot organise
When the bosses send there lackeys out to cheat us?
Money speaks for money, the Devil for his own
Who comes to speak for the skin and the bone?
What a comfort to the widow, a light to the child
There is power in a Union
The Union forever defending our rights
Down with the blackleg, all workers unite
With our brothers and our sisters from many far-off lands
There is power in a Union
WORDS Billy Bragg
if you weren't such a wanker you might have had some mod points
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If they upgrade the airstrip in Gitmo it wont matter.
Then we would have fantastic footage of the execution-style murder of Jean Charles de Menezes...
There has been a spate of posts during the last couple of days with people searching google or acronymfinder.com or whatever and suggesting "funny" meanings for acronyms. This must stop. It just isn't funny. I can't accuse you of karma whoring, cos funny mods don't cut it. Please spare us...
Sad but true. Bush lauds Howard as a shining light of democracy. Wonder if he realises that most Australians don't want their troops in Iraq, the Telstra sale, the student union changes, etc ,etc. Democracy. Yeah, right.
BFW!! I made a new car by fusing a car to an ordinary hub-cap.
this is just so cruel.
What strikes me is how M$ can see fit to even comment on the laws of a foreign country. What are they headed by some section of the Bush administration?
if anyone is interested, the md5 hash for the md5 summer (win32) is 6f122df5e2b86bc0bc8885cafe4b9eab