When I read a rumor that mostly fat people were dying from swine flu, it gave me the motivation to lose weight. I went from obese to normal weight in nine months. Now I feel stronger because I am not carrying around 50 pounds of ballast.
That's the only good thing that has come of the media scare about swine flu.
Perhaps Mr. Nayar should stop beating around the bush and just state the reasons why he thinks Americans are unemployable: Americans enjoy running water. Americans don't want to live in a small mud hut with their whole extended family. Americans don't want to work 80 hours a week on slave wages with no overtime. Americans have a higher cost of living in regards to just about everything. Americans usually need cars to function in American society. Americans want to have 72"+ LED backlit LCD TVs. Managers don't get bonuses for hiring Americans.
I personally think that every job should have a wage that a person can live off of, "unskilled" or "skilled". If you want to see something funny, hand a CEO a floor buffer and watch him fumble about with it.
Great, now we'll need to deal with the lunar version of NIMBYs. I was personally looking forward to Hydrogen 3 and titanium surface mining on the Moon. I want vast robotic factories on the Moon so we can start mass producing segments for cylinder-type space colonies. I want to be able to retire in one of those space colonies.
It is a shame that some people exist merely to hold the rest of us back from our ideal Star Trek future with green alien babes.
What I like to do to those "If you have nothing to hide" people is tell them the truth. I make sure to tell them about all of the weird fetishes I wank off to, my thoughts on the whole "don't eat your own boogers" conspiracy, and whatever twisted thoughts are going through my mind at the moment.
My right to privacy isn't for my sake, it is for everyone else. Their fragile minds can't handle the onslaught of awkwardness I bring down upon them.
I wish just once that one of these politicians would have the balls to make it opt-in, with written consent required and none of that "hidden deep within a contract" crud. Perhaps requiring a public notary to stamp it too might be beneficial.
I know for sure that I'd sleep well if these opt-out lowlifes lost their jobs.
You can count up to 31 on one hand if you use binary. That number goes up to 1023 if you use two hands. You can get up to 4095 if you have an additional finger on each hand.
People with two extra fingers on each hand can get it OVER 9000!
EA/Mythic are going to make a huge amount of money off of this once it goes retail. Why don't they pay us $20,000 a year (since we'll be telecommuting) and give us benefits (health/dental insurance)? The beta sign up process is like a typical hiring process.
Out of principle I stopped writing and left the site when I saw that they wanted me to write in 1000 characters or less "why I wanted to beta test their game." They know damn well that most people want to play because it is free and a way to pass time. It is a question that doesn't need to be asked.
So to anyone who is still signing up, you have one less person to compete with for this lucrative unpaid intern position. Enjoy.
No matter how hard they try, such a device will add weight to the car. This in turn lowers your vehicle's miles per gallon rating. Thus they are stealing gas from you, no matter how insignificant the amount is.
If you can't get them for a breach of privacy, get them for theft. I remember hearing about a case where a landlord who put hidden cameras in an apartment. The landlord couldn't be charged with a privacy violation so the police got him for stealing electricity he used to power his recording equipment with.
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Paperback books are cheap. This ebook reader can't compete with real books so long as it will be priced $300 to $400. The only way eBook readers could become commonplace is if they give them away.
Master Chief's actor just has to look good in a battle suit. He does not need to talk at all. That would be out of character.
Next find a good looking girl to play the part of the 3D AI. Show her naked through out the movie. Make it rated R or NC-17. If I'm going to watch a movie based on a game, there best be some fan service.
Next thing to do is make sure the bulk of the movie is located on the Halo. When the Master Chief looks in the sky, I want to see the other side of the Halo.
I'd like to see is either excellent CG enemies or guys in suits. I want none of that cheap looking Hulk CG. I want to be frightened by the enemy. When the Flood comes after me, I want to feel the fear and need to flee. In regards to the Flood, I want to see them actually transform a human corpse.
Follow these guidelines and the movie won't suck as much as it would if it was made for a PG or PG-13 movie.
Some of us consider using horrible voice actors as "butchering".
Not only are the voice actors horrible, there is only a small pool of voice actors that they select from. So the same person who ruined Character X from Series X has gone on to ruin Character Y from Series Y.
I haven't gone to an anime convention in two years because I'd probably end up in jail for assaulting anyone who is there to represent the american dubbing companies (I like to think of them all as slaughter houses).
Anime and manga from Japan are art. The types of voices that the producer and director select are part of the package. They are part of the vision.
What these American dubbing companies do is the equivalent of walking into an art gallery with a sledge hammer and a box cutter. Art galleries have security guards. Who will protect anime from these vandals?
I sort of got mixed feelings about this. On one hand, we have to give up our biometrics. On the other, at least we don't have to get rectal exams on entry to the park.
Over two years ago, I read up on SATA2 interface. The thing I really liked about it is the possibility of SATA2 optical drives. A SATA2 DVD+-RW drive would enable us to ditch PATA connectors completely.
I can't wait until the computer industry finally implements this stuff. I wanted this technology in 2003 when I built my latest computer. I am disappointed to see the industry moving so slowly.
Actually the Benefix Recombinant Factor products are made from genetically altered hamsters. The process of harvesting the factor kills the rodents so my existence is the bane of any animal rights advocates.
This also means that I won't get HIV or any other nasty blood disease. Most hemophiliacs don't feel safe using donor blood due to the HIV outbreaks of the Early 80's. About 44% of hemophiliacs at the time were infected.
The blood supply is supposedly perfectly safe now, but I wouldn't touch that stuff even if it'd save my life.
My uneasiness comes from the thought that someone could get infected with HIV and go donate blood before any detectable amount of HIV anti-bodies form in the blood. They actually test for the presence of the anti-bodies instead of the actual virus.
I'll probably bleed to death before they release a real cure.
BeneFix Recombinant Factor products cost about $1000 per 10CC, with a typical dose being 40CC. Typically a patient receives three treatments a day for two weeks after surgery or an accident. That's $168,000. There is just too much profit in these drugs for hemophilia to ever be cured.
Of course, that cash amount doesn't look nice to potential employers. I don't participate in anything now since I can't afford this stuff.
I've considered living out in the woods, but I'd probably injure myself and die a slow and horrible death.
In conclusion, I'd like to thank Benefix for saving my life and curse them for making my ass unemployable with thier overpriced medicine.
Well Crazy Jim, unfortunately such a system would require a big antenna somewhere on the car and said antenna could be easily disconnected with a pair of pliers. It would also allow the police to track us.
Some may say I'm paranoid, but I recently got a 5 point speeding ticket and I don't want it to become any easier the cops to leech off of society at our expense. Just have good automotive insurance and they should replace your car if it is stolen.
They should be doing something more productive such as: reading educational books, socializing with other people, picking up a hobby such as wood carving, going out for hikes, bicycling, going out to vote, home improvement, researching investment opportunities, volunteer work in the community, etc.
The physical and mental benefits far outweigh watching television all day. I'm not suggesting that people give up television completely, but just don't watch it for more than two hours a day at max.
I'm sure the weight of the structure we'd need to contain the vacuum would far exceed the air it would displace. Maybe it could be possible with some radical design made out of carbon fibre, but for today it isn't practical.
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When I read a rumor that mostly fat people were dying from swine flu, it gave me the motivation to lose weight. I went from obese to normal weight in nine months. Now I feel stronger because I am not carrying around 50 pounds of ballast.
That's the only good thing that has come of the media scare about swine flu.
Perhaps Mr. Nayar should stop beating around the bush and just state the reasons why he thinks Americans are unemployable:
Americans enjoy running water.
Americans don't want to live in a small mud hut with their whole extended family.
Americans don't want to work 80 hours a week on slave wages with no overtime.
Americans have a higher cost of living in regards to just about everything.
Americans usually need cars to function in American society.
Americans want to have 72"+ LED backlit LCD TVs.
Managers don't get bonuses for hiring Americans.
I personally think that every job should have a wage that a person can live off of, "unskilled" or "skilled". If you want to see something funny, hand a CEO a floor buffer and watch him fumble about with it.
Great, now we'll need to deal with the lunar version of NIMBYs. I was personally looking forward to Hydrogen 3 and titanium surface mining on the Moon. I want vast robotic factories on the Moon so we can start mass producing segments for cylinder-type space colonies. I want to be able to retire in one of those space colonies.
It is a shame that some people exist merely to hold the rest of us back from our ideal Star Trek future with green alien babes.
What I like to do to those "If you have nothing to hide" people is tell them the truth. I make sure to tell them about all of the weird fetishes I wank off to, my thoughts on the whole "don't eat your own boogers" conspiracy, and whatever twisted thoughts are going through my mind at the moment.
My right to privacy isn't for my sake, it is for everyone else. Their fragile minds can't handle the onslaught of awkwardness I bring down upon them.
I wish just once that one of these politicians would have the balls to make it opt-in, with written consent required and none of that "hidden deep within a contract" crud. Perhaps requiring a public notary to stamp it too might be beneficial.
I know for sure that I'd sleep well if these opt-out lowlifes lost their jobs.
You can count up to 31 on one hand if you use binary. That number goes up to 1023 if you use two hands. You can get up to 4095 if you have an additional finger on each hand.
People with two extra fingers on each hand can get it OVER 9000!
I am willing to pay for games. I have a lot of free time. I am the target customer. I just don't want beg to work for free.
EA/Mythic are going to make a huge amount of money off of this once it goes retail. Why don't they pay us $20,000 a year (since we'll be telecommuting) and give us benefits (health/dental insurance)? The beta sign up process is like a typical hiring process.
Out of principle I stopped writing and left the site when I saw that they wanted me to write in 1000 characters or less "why I wanted to beta test their game." They know damn well that most people want to play because it is free and a way to pass time. It is a question that doesn't need to be asked.
So to anyone who is still signing up, you have one less person to compete with for this lucrative unpaid intern position. Enjoy.
No matter how hard they try, such a device will add weight to the car. This in turn lowers your vehicle's miles per gallon rating. Thus they are stealing gas from you, no matter how insignificant the amount is.
If you can't get them for a breach of privacy, get them for theft. I remember hearing about a case where a landlord who put hidden cameras in an apartment. The landlord couldn't be charged with a privacy violation so the police got him for stealing electricity he used to power his recording equipment with.
The transparent hand.
and I am going to recommend to my friends and family that they do so to. They are dead to me.
Paperback books are cheap. This ebook reader can't compete with real books so long as it will be priced $300 to $400. The only way eBook readers could become commonplace is if they give them away.
Master Chief's actor just has to look good in a battle suit. He does not need to talk at all. That would be out of character.
Next find a good looking girl to play the part of the 3D AI. Show her naked through out the movie. Make it rated R or NC-17. If I'm going to watch a movie based on a game, there best be some fan service.
Next thing to do is make sure the bulk of the movie is located on the Halo. When the Master Chief looks in the sky, I want to see the other side of the Halo.
I'd like to see is either excellent CG enemies or guys in suits. I want none of that cheap looking Hulk CG. I want to be frightened by the enemy. When the Flood comes after me, I want to feel the fear and need to flee. In regards to the Flood, I want to see them actually transform a human corpse.
Follow these guidelines and the movie won't suck as much as it would if it was made for a PG or PG-13 movie.
Actually a capital K is used for the Kelvin temperature scale in the Metric System. kilo uses a lowercase k.
The file size is 932 kiloBytes.
It is 305 Kelvin outside.
Some of us consider using horrible voice actors as "butchering". Not only are the voice actors horrible, there is only a small pool of voice actors that they select from. So the same person who ruined Character X from Series X has gone on to ruin Character Y from Series Y. I haven't gone to an anime convention in two years because I'd probably end up in jail for assaulting anyone who is there to represent the american dubbing companies (I like to think of them all as slaughter houses). Anime and manga from Japan are art. The types of voices that the producer and director select are part of the package. They are part of the vision. What these American dubbing companies do is the equivalent of walking into an art gallery with a sledge hammer and a box cutter. Art galleries have security guards. Who will protect anime from these vandals?
I sort of got mixed feelings about this. On one hand, we have to give up our biometrics. On the other, at least we don't have to get rectal exams on entry to the park.
Over two years ago, I read up on SATA2 interface. The thing I really liked about it is the possibility of SATA2 optical drives. A SATA2 DVD+-RW drive would enable us to ditch PATA connectors completely.
I can't wait until the computer industry finally implements this stuff. I wanted this technology in 2003 when I built my latest computer. I am disappointed to see the industry moving so slowly.
Actually the Benefix Recombinant Factor products are made from genetically altered hamsters. The process of harvesting the factor kills the rodents so my existence is the bane of any animal rights advocates.
This also means that I won't get HIV or any other nasty blood disease. Most hemophiliacs don't feel safe using donor blood due to the HIV outbreaks of the Early 80's. About 44% of hemophiliacs at the time were infected.
The blood supply is supposedly perfectly safe now, but I wouldn't touch that stuff even if it'd save my life.
My uneasiness comes from the thought that someone could get infected with HIV and go donate blood before any detectable amount of HIV anti-bodies form in the blood. They actually test for the presence of the anti-bodies instead of the actual virus.
I'll probably bleed to death before they release a real cure.
BeneFix Recombinant Factor products cost about $1000 per 10CC, with a typical dose being 40CC. Typically a patient receives three treatments a day for two weeks after surgery or an accident. That's $168,000. There is just too much profit in these drugs for hemophilia to ever be cured.
Of course, that cash amount doesn't look nice to potential employers. I don't participate in anything now since I can't afford this stuff.
I've considered living out in the woods, but I'd probably injure myself and die a slow and horrible death.
In conclusion, I'd like to thank Benefix for saving my life and curse them for making my ass unemployable with thier overpriced medicine.
The pope dying is news for religious people, not nerds.
Well Crazy Jim, unfortunately such a system would require a big antenna somewhere on the car and said antenna could be easily disconnected with a pair of pliers. It would also allow the police to track us.
Some may say I'm paranoid, but I recently got a 5 point speeding ticket and I don't want it to become any easier the cops to leech off of society at our expense. Just have good automotive insurance and they should replace your car if it is stolen.
There is no fucking way Enterprise can compete with SciFi Friday, the biggest night of scifi programming EVER.
Once 8PM comes around, I'm watching Stargate SG1, Stargate Atlantis, and Battlestar Gallactica.
The physical and mental benefits far outweigh watching television all day. I'm not suggesting that people give up television completely, but just don't watch it for more than two hours a day at max.
I'm sure the weight of the structure we'd need to contain the vacuum would far exceed the air it would displace. Maybe it could be possible with some radical design made out of carbon fibre, but for today it isn't practical.
Two words: Job security
If network administrators aren't battling a constant stream of viruses, worms, and other garbage, they may become redundant.