Re:The losing Final Jeopardy question of Ken Jenni
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AP and/. have no love for weblogs?
Nothing personal intended, but I would not use anybody's weblog for the basis of a story. I would confirm it somewhere else, first. Believe it or not, not everything you read on a blog is true.
Re:Obligatory Cheers Quote
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From the episode where Cliff made it onto Jeopardy
Alex: "And the categories are, `Civil servants' `Stamps from around the world', `Mothers and sons', `Beer', `Bar trivia' and 'Celibacy'?
Mars Climate Orbiter is infamous for project engineers mixing up the usage of imperial units with metric units, causing the orbiter to burn up while entering Mars' atmosphere
Bingo! You now win the prize! The check is in the mail. Just don't cash it for a couple of weeks.
When I saw the subject line Apocalypse Now, I was expecting some comment about the "Smell of napalm in the morning." I was a bit surprised to read something from that other apocalypse.
I've been annoyed at the number of posts that were obviously moderated "off-topic" or "flamebait" just because the moderator didn't agree with the political slant.
we will find something so absurdly different from our own carbon based forms of life that we won't believe it at first.
Ok, now the Trekkie (or is that Trekker) comes out in me. I keep thinking of that Star Trek episode where some silicon-based (not carbon-based) turtles would tunnel through a planet killing humans because they were defending their nests and eggs.
The best part of that episode? I believe it was the source of the ultimate Bones quote. When
Spock and Kirk realized that the turtles were just defending their eggs and nests, Kirk asked McCoy to patch a wound in one of the silicon turtles. Bones realized that, in order to fix the wound, he would have to make a batch of what amounted to be cement.
"Dammit, Jim! I'm a doctor, not a construction worker!"
What is true is that/. has been spammed like crazy with gmail account offers over the past few days/weeks. That WAS the point of my posting and the AC above understood that. Please stop the gmail spam. It is so bad it makes it seem that everyone in the world is now making the offer. Note that I am happy with my e-mail supplier of choice and I don't need/don't care if my account says John@gmail.com instead of john50879@gmail.com.
I don't know about history repeating. IBM almost went out of business because they had a gross miscalculation on the popularity of the PC. Well, that may not have been the only reason IBM almost went under, but it was one of the key reasons.
It took IBM almost a decade to recover from it's miscalculation to be at the point where it was able to out-execute anyone.
The top 20 provided is a little too posh pop for my liking.
I guess you just don't realize that Avril Lavigne is NOT a pop star. She's an Ar-teest'. You can just feel her angst and pain as she sings every one of her heart felt lyrcs.
Oh, you're right. Who am I kidding? At least Outkast made the list.
We'll say he gets paid $15 (intentionally high)per hour.
$15 an hour is a $30,000 a year job. In a unionized area (such as Philadelphia), I believe water meter readers could easily make $30,000 a year. And, even if they aren't unionized, the actual cost would be more than just their hourly wagesr. Do not forget that each meter reader has benefits and taxes that the employer has to pay for. It is better to add about 30% to the cost, to take benefits and taxes into account. So, instead of $30,000, suddenly, the employer is paying about $39,000 a year for that meter reader ($9,000 for health benefits and employer taxes).
Don't forget the costs associated with driving around, the cost of purchasing, operating and maintaing a vehicle are rather high. You have to pay for insurance, gasoline and repairs.
Now, there are issues on the cost of making Philly wireless, but do not underestimate the cost of reading the meters themselves.
This leads to a legitimate, if somewhat controversial question: Why are "Bloggers" classified as "Journalists"? What makes Roland into such an expert on anything? Well, he has a blog about technology, he MUST be an expert! He's skill set? Well, his resume is NOT extraordinary. (Well, it is filled with phrases like "Animation of international groups", whatever the fuck that means). So, why is this guy given any credence? As another poster said earlier, this is SPAM!
That I do not know. But, if you ever moved to Iowa, you could buy a farm to grow corn, then, cut down about 20 acres of the corn and put in a baseball field, complete with lights. The next thing you know, you are playing catch with James Earl Jones....
For the Record, I live in Pennsylvania. I have been to Iowa, once. And, it was to see the movie site for the Field of Dreams. You are right when you say there isn't anything else to do, at least in that part of the state.
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Nothing personal intended, but I would not use anybody's weblog for the basis of a story. I would confirm it somewhere else, first. Believe it or not, not everything you read on a blog is true.
From the episode where Cliff made it onto Jeopardy
Alex: "And the categories are, `Civil servants' `Stamps from around the world', `Mothers and sons', `Beer', `Bar trivia' and 'Celibacy'?
Bingo! You now win the prize! The check is in the mail. Just don't cash it for a couple of weeks.
According to the Project Plan, the responsiblity for the parachute subsystem goes to "those guys in the other building."
Hey, wait, why is there a zero in the Percentage Complete column?
1620 GMT -- Recovery forces begin cleanup.
When I saw the subject line Apocalypse Now, I was expecting some comment about the "Smell of napalm in the morning." I was a bit surprised to read something from that other apocalypse.
You can tell how religious I am. :)
Miles per Hour? Or Kilometers per hour? Maybe NASA should check those measurements again...
-1 Flamebait.
Now THAT is funny!
Note to the moderators. The above comment is sarcasm....
No. No. No. They liberated the city from the non-believing heretics and blasphemers.
Ok, now the Trekkie (or is that Trekker) comes out in me. I keep thinking of that Star Trek episode where some silicon-based (not carbon-based) turtles would tunnel through a planet killing humans because they were defending their nests and eggs.
The best part of that episode? I believe it was the source of the ultimate Bones quote. When Spock and Kirk realized that the turtles were just defending their eggs and nests, Kirk asked McCoy to patch a wound in one of the silicon turtles. Bones realized that, in order to fix the wound, he would have to make a batch of what amounted to be cement.
"Dammit, Jim! I'm a doctor, not a construction worker!"
Personally, I want my bumpersticker to say Truth about Santa Claus debunks Santa God. God evolves from Santa.
Veeger.
What is true is that /. has been spammed like crazy with gmail account offers over the past few days/weeks. That WAS the point of my posting and the AC above understood that. Please stop the gmail spam. It is so bad it makes it seem that everyone in the world is now making the offer. Note that I am happy with my e-mail supplier of choice and I don't need/don't care if my account says John@gmail.com instead of john50879@gmail.com.
Free gmail accounts.
I don't know about history repeating. IBM almost went out of business because they had a gross miscalculation on the popularity of the PC. Well, that may not have been the only reason IBM almost went under, but it was one of the key reasons.
It took IBM almost a decade to recover from it's miscalculation to be at the point where it was able to out-execute anyone.
...and then we could use Tableau to give us a nice pretty picture of all that data!
I guess you just don't realize that Avril Lavigne is NOT a pop star. She's an Ar-teest'. You can just feel her angst and pain as she sings every one of her heart felt lyrcs.
Oh, you're right. Who am I kidding? At least Outkast made the list.
Skip the veal. Go for the fish.
But now, they save money on the cost of matches!
$15 an hour is a $30,000 a year job. In a unionized area (such as Philadelphia), I believe water meter readers could easily make $30,000 a year. And, even if they aren't unionized, the actual cost would be more than just their hourly wagesr. Do not forget that each meter reader has benefits and taxes that the employer has to pay for. It is better to add about 30% to the cost, to take benefits and taxes into account. So, instead of $30,000, suddenly, the employer is paying about $39,000 a year for that meter reader ($9,000 for health benefits and employer taxes).
Don't forget the costs associated with driving around, the cost of purchasing, operating and maintaing a vehicle are rather high. You have to pay for insurance, gasoline and repairs.
Now, there are issues on the cost of making Philly wireless, but do not underestimate the cost of reading the meters themselves.
This leads to a legitimate, if somewhat controversial question: Why are "Bloggers" classified as "Journalists"? What makes Roland into such an expert on anything? Well, he has a blog about technology, he MUST be an expert! He's skill set? Well, his resume is NOT extraordinary. (Well, it is filled with phrases like "Animation of international groups", whatever the fuck that means). So, why is this guy given any credence? As another poster said earlier, this is SPAM!
That I do not know. But, if you ever moved to Iowa, you could buy a farm to grow corn, then, cut down about 20 acres of the corn and put in a baseball field, complete with lights. The next thing you know, you are playing catch with James Earl Jones....
For the Record, I live in Pennsylvania. I have been to Iowa, once. And, it was to see the movie site for the Field of Dreams . You are right when you say there isn't anything else to do, at least in that part of the state.
Cow Tipping!