I can't imagine hardly anyone goes to college for anything other than increasing their money making potential. This makes me sad. Honestly. I know a lot of people feel this way, but to it expressed in such a blunt manner shows me how poor the educational system can be.
Many, many people go to college for reasons other than "increasing their money making potential", my wife being one. At my urging, she went (back) to college after we were married and got a B.A. in fine arts, graduating when she was nine months pregnant. She has not had a job or made any income in thirteen years, and we have no plans for her to do so. Despite this, her education was worth all the effort and every penny. She is more rounded, has more confidence and simply learned a great deal.
I really, really don't want to sound like I'm being rude, but the fact that you can't even imagine pursuing higher education for any reason other than money indicates to me that this is probably what was emphasized while you were in school.
There have been various movements over the years to add an "irony" punctuation mark to the language.
I often see the smiley emoticon used in this fashion, to defuse an insult or make sure the reader understands that what is said isn't meant to be taken literally, such as "You're such a jerk:)."
I was at that meeting he describes, and he wasn't invited back because, frankly, he was just too pompous.
Random staffer: Global warming? You mean "liberal agenda".
Rest of room: Ha ha ha. (random laughter)
Surgeon General: No, no. You don't understand. Global warming is real. It's scientific!
Me: Calm down. We're just fooling around.
Surgeon General: No! It's because of carbon dioxide emissions. Don't forgot how smart I am. Listen to me. I'm a surgeon and a general. Anybody else a surgeon here? No? Anyone else a general here? No? Then all of you just better listen.
Me: (whispering to guy next to me) Let's not invite him back.
I suspect it's more likely that individuals with a slower-than-typical HIV growth after infection from the virus are the same individuals that really, really like olive-pomace oil.
I first became aware of MythTV some years ago from a developer that was excitedly working on the project. With all the effort that was going on at the time, nobody seemed to have a clear-cut idea of a long-term, stable way of getting TV listings. "Scraping web pages" was the only plan.
Looks like five years later, it's still the only plan.
A "perfect phone" for 15 year olds should take into account that text messaging and IMing are at least as important if not more so than actual audio calls.
$200,000 isn't that much to many people, so a target of 4,500 customers per year by 2020 seems reasonable. Quite right, young man. I spend more than that in a week on fresh orchids and chewing gum.
Jeeves, fetch me my spats and pour me a brandy. I'm headed to the sky! Oh, and replace those twenty dollar bills in the lavatory with hundreds. The twenties are too scratchy.
Maybe something will happen. Maybe it won't. I can make random conjectures too.
Now that's a real summary!
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In the mid 90's, I switched employers. My former employer was a fairly large medical / toxicology (drug testing) laboratory, and the records were fully searchable by name, SS#, and so on. Around this time, I got a new PC, and left the old one pretty much untouched for several years. About five years later, I fired it up out of curiosity. The terminal emulator shortcut was still there, so I plugged in the modem and was on the laboratory's network within minutes. Full access.
The company has since been bought out and shut down, but that incident has always bugged me.
improved tenfold since 2002 and a hundredfold since 1995 Because of the internet explosion since 1995, I, too, recognize facials at least a hundred times better. Or at least see them a hundred times more.
It is a higher grade of the plastic found in Tupperware. Good thing they mentioned this. I had already put a bowl on my head and was about to test it out.
What happens when an article is posted in the form of an overly long rhetorical question with confusing formatting and mutiple choice answers where the third option is presumed to be the correct answer? A) Slashdot readers, being generally fairly intelligent and thorough readers, react with good humor and are amused by the clever presentation. B) People reading the summary are somewhat confused and are forced to read it again to understand what is being said. C) A snarky post is made that light-heartedly mocks the original poster.
When the internet was taking off, we had great catch-phrases like "Information Superhighway"." Now that's a name I can get behind.
"Municipal Wi-Fi", in contrast, sounds so lackluster, like "Deparment of Leisure Services". Proponents use lame slogans like "Wi-Fi? Wi-Not?" and "Just because you can't see it, doesn't mean it's not useful."
We need something that will make folks excited, like "Naked Bimbos Everywhere".
..cosmology is now more interesting than science fiction Maybe a lot of science fiction. That's why we need a lot more SF with bitchin' rocket ship fights and purple aliens with five boobs. You know, good stuff.
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Many, many people go to college for reasons other than "increasing their money making potential", my wife being one. At my urging, she went (back) to college after we were married and got a B.A. in fine arts, graduating when she was nine months pregnant. She has not had a job or made any income in thirteen years, and we have no plans for her to do so. Despite this, her education was worth all the effort and every penny. She is more rounded, has more confidence and simply learned a great deal.
I really, really don't want to sound like I'm being rude, but the fact that you can't even imagine pursuing higher education for any reason other than money indicates to me that this is probably what was emphasized while you were in school.
Education can truly be its own reward.
There have been various movements over the years to add an "irony" punctuation mark to the language.
:)."
I often see the smiley emoticon used in this fashion, to defuse an insult or make sure the reader understands that what is said isn't meant to be taken literally, such as "You're such a jerk
165 tons of glass plates?
Sounds like a typical lunch clean-up after Rosie O'Donnel.
Sorry. I'm truly sorry.
I was at that meeting he describes, and he wasn't invited back because, frankly, he was just too pompous.
Random staffer: Global warming? You mean "liberal agenda".
Rest of room: Ha ha ha. (random laughter)
Surgeon General: No, no. You don't understand. Global warming is real. It's scientific!
Me: Calm down. We're just fooling around.
Surgeon General: No! It's because of carbon dioxide emissions. Don't forgot how smart I am. Listen to me. I'm a surgeon and a general. Anybody else a surgeon here? No? Anyone else a general here? No? Then all of you just better listen.
Me: (whispering to guy next to me) Let's not invite him back.
Guy sitting hext to me: What an ass.
I suspect it's more likely that individuals with a slower-than-typical HIV growth after infection from the virus are the same individuals that really, really like olive-pomace oil.
Occams razor and all that.
Old martian crater,
Love her or hate her,
Waited for someone to come.
Before it's all over,
Rover comes over,
And crawls right into her bum.
In related news:
Angelina Jolie has vowed to single-handedly adopt every single orphaned African child.
Tom Cruise has vowed to eliminate mental illness worldwide with vitamins.
I vow to make every post +5 moderation on Slashdot.
I first became aware of MythTV some years ago from a developer that was excitedly working on the project. With all the effort that was going on at the time, nobody seemed to have a clear-cut idea of a long-term, stable way of getting TV listings. "Scraping web pages" was the only plan.
Looks like five years later, it's still the only plan.
A "perfect phone" for 15 year olds should take into account that text messaging and IMing are at least as important if not more so than actual audio calls.
Fixed that for you.
signed,
Epstein's Mom
Jeeves, fetch me my spats and pour me a brandy. I'm headed to the sky! Oh, and replace those twenty dollar bills in the lavatory with hundreds. The twenties are too scratchy.
This is ridiculous.
Maybe something will happen. Maybe it won't. I can make random conjectures too.
In the mid 90's, I switched employers. My former employer was a fairly large medical / toxicology (drug testing) laboratory, and the records were fully searchable by name, SS#, and so on. Around this time, I got a new PC, and left the old one pretty much untouched for several years. About five years later, I fired it up out of curiosity. The terminal emulator shortcut was still there, so I plugged in the modem and was on the laboratory's network within minutes. Full access.
The company has since been bought out and shut down, but that incident has always bugged me.
Thus rendering Harry's invisibility cloak useless.
What happens when an article is posted in the form of an overly long rhetorical question with confusing formatting and mutiple choice answers where the third option is presumed to be the correct answer? A) Slashdot readers, being generally fairly intelligent and thorough readers, react with good humor and are amused by the clever presentation. B) People reading the summary are somewhat confused and are forced to read it again to understand what is being said. C) A snarky post is made that light-heartedly mocks the original poster.
When the internet was taking off, we had great catch-phrases like "Information Superhighway"." Now that's a name I can get behind.
"Municipal Wi-Fi", in contrast, sounds so lackluster, like "Deparment of Leisure Services". Proponents use lame slogans like "Wi-Fi? Wi-Not?" and "Just because you can't see it, doesn't mean it's not useful."
We need something that will make folks excited, like "Naked Bimbos Everywhere".
These are some good points. I don't know what I would use speech recognition for, and I'm someone that writes a lot.
Seeing words laid out as text helps me think. I can compose things better, more coherently.
I'll write an email in an instant, but make me leave a voice mail, and I'll usually hang up first.
Well, I'm not the kind to kiss and tell, but I've been seen with Farrah. I'm never seen with anything less than a nine, so fine.
I've been on fire with Sally Field, gone fast with a girl named Bo, but somehow they just don't end up as mine.
It's a death defyin' life I lead, I take my chances.
..cosmology is now more interesting than science fiction Maybe a lot of science fiction. That's why we need a lot more SF with bitchin' rocket ship fights and purple aliens with five boobs. You know, good stuff.We knew this was coming.
However, there are still many games that computers are a long way away from beating skilled human opponents.
Poker
Go
Rock Paper Scissors
Mixed Martial Arts