My young daughter and her friends have recently left Facebook. The reason? Because everyone's parents now use Facebook.
Those skilled in the internet have known Facebook will not last forever. The media, having hyped the living shite out of it for the past few years, are about to jump on the "Facebook is a sinking ship" hype, and I'm happy to help.
There was a drug on trial that did exactly this. I probably heard about it 5 years ago and I haven't heard anything since.
The idea was that we strengthen our memories by repeating them in our mind's eye. The chemical bonds, that make memories, are strengthened the more they are used. The drug stopped these bonds becoming stronger.
I have memories that haunt me. It could be OCD, and that would tie-in with the other mental health issues I have, but I refuse to have more 'tests'. If I could wipe these half-dozen memories, I'd sacrifice _everything_ I have.
It's the same in engineering, except they borrow acronyms from the IT world and change their meaning.
I've just finished editing the final draft of a report. One acronym was "DM", which I assume means "document manager" but now says, thanks to find and replace, dungeon master. Who will notice?
I appreciate my Honda Jazz. Eight years old and only a single gearbox sensor has gone wrong. You have to love modern cars that don't need reparing throughout their normal lifespan.
I have a two-yea old, mid-range 42 inch Panasonic plasma and it suffers from smearing. Even though it has a refresh rate of 200hz, it is noticable on fast panning action.
I assume other large TVs also suffer from smearing.
With this new 'solution' I imagine seeing a ghost image of the other player's screen, or am I way off the mark?
You have to create a situation in the audience's mind - the set-up - then you deliver the punch line. Certain pauses throughout the joke will add to the hilarity.
Q&A jokes are the bread and butter of many a stand up comedian, but it is often the comedian people are laughing at, not the joke. Everyday events work well. Puns are funny, but not cool. Topical subjects must be delivered shortly after the event. Racist jokes can be funny in front of the correct audience and the same can be said for making fun of the handicapped.
Your punch line "Useless!" failed in every way, although it had potential.
What I do insist on is technology that works, out of the box, without RTFM.
And yet you bought an iPhone, that doesn't work out of the box like every other phone on the market does. You have to take it home, plug it into a computer, having already installed iTunes first. iTunes topped 80mb last time I looked too, and takes a while to download and install.
Please give my students three meals a day. Please give my children access to free health care. Please provide my school district Internet access and computers. Please put books in my library. Please give my students a weight room so we can be big and strong.
This amuses me as I'd expect this as the norm in the UK, apart from the three meals a day. Breakfast is enough and it's free at the local school.
I don't pay anywhere close to $7,000 tax per year. That figure seems stupid.
They wander to create networks: http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/02/17/2243203/Ants-Build-Cheapest-Networks
I like ants; I've owned ant farms, but c'mon, they can't be used for everything. Digging sand from under your garden path? Sure. Farming aphids? Yeah, they do a better job than I ever could ever do...
Leave the computer stuff to the intelligent animals.
We both know the mods on there are oversensitive and easily gamed. I've reported perfectly decent posts because "I was offended..." and the mods have removed them. Guilty as charged, your honour.
News is that 606 is being shut down tomorrow and I'll be glad to see the back of it. It encourages faceless trolls with multi-ids and that never makes a good experience.
I don't worry and, like you say, it is pathetic <ok>
This is the argument I've been using against the BBC when they've been removing my posts.
How am I, Joe Public, supposed to know this super-injuction even exists?
Unless I'm told that mentioning Ryan Giggs is off-limits, how am I to know? I'm not a news organisation, I'm not a journalist, I don't work in the courts, I can't even attend the hearing.
My name is Joe Public and I broke the super-injuction. Lock me up for two years... if you can catch me copper!
Slashdot Mirror
Yes.
The rest of us can read properly.
My young daughter and her friends have recently left Facebook. The reason? Because everyone's parents now use Facebook.
Those skilled in the internet have known Facebook will not last forever. The media, having hyped the living shite out of it for the past few years, are about to jump on the "Facebook is a sinking ship" hype, and I'm happy to help.
Good riddance to bad websites.
Coke and hookers, my friend. Coke and hookers.
He's from England. Our gaols are full. He'll be given an ASBO and told not to do it again, via a typed letter.
There was a drug on trial that did exactly this. I probably heard about it 5 years ago and I haven't heard anything since.
The idea was that we strengthen our memories by repeating them in our mind's eye. The chemical bonds, that make memories, are strengthened the more they are used. The drug stopped these bonds becoming stronger.
I have memories that haunt me. It could be OCD, and that would tie-in with the other mental health issues I have, but I refuse to have more 'tests'. If I could wipe these half-dozen memories, I'd sacrifice _everything_ I have.
(I didn't RTFA and I didn't check my spelling)
It's the same in engineering, except they borrow acronyms from the IT world and change their meaning.
I've just finished editing the final draft of a report. One acronym was "DM", which I assume means "document manager" but now says, thanks to find and replace, dungeon master. Who will notice?
You know, we do have the tools of the AC here ;)
Anyway, well done.
I appreciate my Honda Jazz. Eight years old and only a single gearbox sensor has gone wrong. You have to love modern cars that don't need reparing throughout their normal lifespan.
Greed and capitalism.
We have a thousand companies all trying to win a single race where the winner takes all and the 999 others lose billions.
If they all worked together, we'd have cracked all illnesses by now.
I don't understand why this is discussed either. My personnal spam has halved over the past few years and the trend seems to be continuing
Not that I see any of it...
Oh you Americans and your sexual violence humour! When do the giggles stop?
I have a two-yea old, mid-range 42 inch Panasonic plasma and it suffers from smearing. Even though it has a refresh rate of 200hz, it is noticable on fast panning action.
I assume other large TVs also suffer from smearing.
With this new 'solution' I imagine seeing a ghost image of the other player's screen, or am I way off the mark?
Should have signed in. I would have modded you +1 funny.
I've said the same on here many, many times before giving up. No one will listen and no one will change their ways.
I used to play with password cracking programs on my P3. They all allowed for character substitution and many had a 'leet-speak' option to tick.
BTW, a full dictionary attack used to take about 3 seconds on my P3 and people would be magically impressed when I found their ZIP file passwords.
PS. My bank allows 14 characters... *facepalm*
Your delivery and punch line needs some work.
You have to create a situation in the audience's mind - the set-up - then you deliver the punch line. Certain pauses throughout the joke will add to the hilarity.
Q&A jokes are the bread and butter of many a stand up comedian, but it is often the comedian people are laughing at, not the joke. Everyday events work well. Puns are funny, but not cool. Topical subjects must be delivered shortly after the event. Racist jokes can be funny in front of the correct audience and the same can be said for making fun of the handicapped.
Your punch line "Useless!" failed in every way, although it had potential.
This one is about passworded ZIP files. A dialog pops up when the operation is complete. ;-)
Take the population of the UK - 66m
Two people will share the same face.
You can't tell me you've never seen two people who look like the pitting image of each other.
How can it not fail?
My packets take 50ms and five hops just leaving my ISP's network.
How will everyone cope with the laaaaaaaaaaag?
And yet you bought an iPhone, that doesn't work out of the box like every other phone on the market does. You have to take it home, plug it into a computer, having already installed iTunes first. iTunes topped 80mb last time I looked too, and takes a while to download and install.
Take a step back.
This amuses me as I'd expect this as the norm in the UK, apart from the three meals a day. Breakfast is enough and it's free at the local school.
I don't pay anywhere close to $7,000 tax per year. That figure seems stupid.
I fear their teabagging skills and their use of the phrase "ur a fag".
They wander to create networks: http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/02/17/2243203/Ants-Build-Cheapest-Networks
I like ants; I've owned ant farms, but c'mon, they can't be used for everything. Digging sand from under your garden path? Sure. Farming aphids? Yeah, they do a better job than I ever could ever do...
Leave the computer stuff to the intelligent animals.
How about:
No one important seems to give a shit, so why shoud I?
My parents caused all this, and they don't give a shit, so why should I?
I'm lied to daily, and I no longer trust anything that's said.
I need to pay my bills or I'll die. I'll worry about climate change when my other problems are sorted.
Life is just too short to worry about climate change.
-- or maybe something inbetween?
We both know the mods on there are oversensitive and easily gamed. I've reported perfectly decent posts because "I was offended..." and the mods have removed them. Guilty as charged, your honour.
News is that 606 is being shut down tomorrow and I'll be glad to see the back of it. It encourages faceless trolls with multi-ids and that never makes a good experience.
I don't worry and, like you say, it is pathetic <ok>
This is the argument I've been using against the BBC when they've been removing my posts.
How am I, Joe Public, supposed to know this super-injuction even exists?
Unless I'm told that mentioning Ryan Giggs is off-limits, how am I to know? I'm not a news organisation, I'm not a journalist, I don't work in the courts, I can't even attend the hearing.
My name is Joe Public and I broke the super-injuction. Lock me up for two years... if you can catch me copper!