Okay Helium Jim Jones, whatever you say. Just don't send any Kool-Aid my way.
Helium Jim Jones: "Okay everyone, inhale the helium I've given you."
Everyone: *Everyone starts to inhale the helium from the balloons, which strangely didn't float with helium in them.* Hey... wait.. THIS ISN'T HEL--*everyone falls over dead*
Helium Jim Jones: Excellent... I am the last one! *Inhales the helium himself* Ahh... sweet, sweet helium... *Topple. Dead.*
(People in ground boat are sitting at their computer stations in the ground station boat, keeping watch on the elevator.)
Manager: Hey Bob, you sure you can handle controlling the space elevator's descent?
Bob: Yeah boss, I can do it. (Bob's computer starts acting funny.) Hey, wait a minute... my computer is going nuts. BOSS, THE ELEVATOR'S GOING BACK UP!
Manager: WHAT!!
Bob: Wait, it's coming back down. I think everything's okay now. I have control back. (Bob starts to control elevator again, then his computer gives him a message "all ur 3l3vat0r b3l0ng 2 m3 - 0sama".) NOOOOOO, THE CONTROLS! I'VE LOST THE CONTROLS! It's terrorists!!!
Manager: Um.. so now *!!*BooM*!!* (Space elevator lands on lift off platform with a huge bang and crash) Oh god, we're under attack!
Bob: I told you we should've patched our Windows, but you didn't listen, #$^#&@@%&%&@#@!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hrm. That seems so far, yet so soon. That's only a couple months over fifteen years. Will we have everything necessary to make a useable space elevator? I would personally like to see it, just because the idea of an elevator into space interests me. But, I don't know if we'll have it by 2018...
"Bar Boobies" - Drunk chicks flash their boobs, and a picture is taken and put on the screen. Each girl is judged by the amount of applause (or drunk men rushing to touch the boobies;)
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What about a version of "Spin The Bottle", but with pictures that are put up on the screen in the bar?
Imagine a geek putting bluetooth on his beer bottle/mug and having it connected to a display screen:
(Geek is drinking a beer, and a girl comes up to him for some reason)
Girl: Hello...
Geek (who has been drinking, so is tipsy.. plus he's been looking at a lot of porno before coming to the pub): Hey baby.. how about I plug my input device into your USB port and upload my data to your harddrive?
Girl: O_O Bastard! (girl slaps geek, throws his beer on him. this causes display screen to go crazy) *ERROR ERROR MS WINBEER XP SHUTTING DOWN*
True, valid point. But I for one would not mind being 'inspected'/'watched'/etc if it meant that I was being kept safe. I hardly talk on the phone, I don't care if someone knows that I've downloaded hot_blonde_lesbians.avi, or whatever. People are going to have to realize that hey, ever since 9-11, everyone's gonna have to give up some privacy. There should be a limit as to how much, though. But if my being watched is part of keeping me safe, then let them watch away.
Think of it this way. Would you want the government to be pulling something like this on innocent little grandma, or a terrorist who can be a serious threat to people's safety? If he really is the mastermind of September 11th, I'm glad they caught him, no matter how they did it. Remember, even if the government is fucked up and Bush is a moron, they're still trying to protect your ass.
"They were tracking him for some time," an unnamed intelligence official told the American news magazine US News and World Report. "He would shift; they would follow."
To me, if they were tracking him, that tells that they knew where he was. So, why didn't they just use the tracking from Echelon to capture Mohammed, instead of paying out 27 million to someone else also?
Well, that depends. It can be great. It can be great for someone who just wants information on a book, or wants to see what other people think of it without actually buying the book. Sure, they can do that at Amazon, but maybe someone would want a different source besides reviews on Amazon.
What is the best piece of code you've seen? What about the worst? Did the best and/or worst come from open source code, or proprietary? I'm just curious.
"ICANN has achieved the goal of expanding and encouraging the Internet but at huge cost to its reputation."
Okay, this doesn't make much sense. If they expanded and encouraged the Internet, wouldn't that be a good thing? It seems to me that if they expanded and encouraged the Internet, they'd be seen as good people. That sentence from the article makes it sound like it's a bad thing. The Internet gives people access to a wealth of information and helps them do their shopping, banking, etc. It's just my opinion that if they've helped more people get that ability, they shouldn't have this whole "huge cost to their reputation" thing.
I can understand wanting to help a little country or whatever get more widespread internet.. but don't we have enough going on, with Bush wanting to go into Iraq, and probably end up fighting in North Korea? Why focus on getting internet access in Senegal, when we could have these people focus on improving our own internet access and security or something? People in the White House are so worried about cyber war fighting and shit, have these Peace Corps people work on that.
"I don't think OSS is making a big dent in MS revenues - it's still virtually impossible to buy a new PC without windows pre-installed (and pre-licensed)."
It's not virtually impossible to buy a new PC without Windows pre-installed. I can look in my newspaper, and see ads for brand new PCs that don't come with Windows, or any other OS at all. You can buy the PC and install what you want on it. And there's always buying a "new" PC from parts on Price Watch and assembling it yourself. Then you can add whatever OS you want. See, it's not that hard to find a PC without Windows on it.
I will be glad when we're able to make metallic bodyparts as full replacements for lost limbs, fingers, etc. Maybe one day, we'll be able to replace damaged body parts with Terminator like metal parts. How cool would that be to lose an arm, but replace it with an almost indestructable artificial limb? I'd just hate to see the guy on the news who is rushed to the emergency room because his metal hand crushed his johnson... Ouch.
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First, not only is the sun causing more global warming, but now it's going to make a new desktop! Oh, the sun is taking over!
Helium Jim Jones: "Okay everyone, inhale the helium I've given you."
Everyone: *Everyone starts to inhale the helium from the balloons, which strangely didn't float with helium in them.* Hey... wait.. THIS ISN'T HEL--*everyone falls over dead*
Helium Jim Jones: Excellent... I am the last one! *Inhales the helium himself* Ahh... sweet, sweet helium... *Topple. Dead.*
Manager: Hey Bob, you sure you can handle controlling the space elevator's descent?
Bob: Yeah boss, I can do it. (Bob's computer starts acting funny.) Hey, wait a minute... my computer is going nuts. BOSS, THE ELEVATOR'S GOING BACK UP!
Manager: WHAT!!
Bob: Wait, it's coming back down. I think everything's okay now. I have control back. (Bob starts to control elevator again, then his computer gives him a message "all ur 3l3vat0r b3l0ng 2 m3 - 0sama".) NOOOOOO, THE CONTROLS! I'VE LOST THE CONTROLS! It's terrorists!!!
Manager: Um.. so now *!!*BooM*!!* (Space elevator lands on lift off platform with a huge bang and crash) Oh god, we're under attack!
Bob: I told you we should've patched our Windows, but you didn't listen, #$^#&@@%&%&@#@!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hrm. That seems so far, yet so soon. That's only a couple months over fifteen years. Will we have everything necessary to make a useable space elevator? I would personally like to see it, just because the idea of an elevator into space interests me. But, I don't know if we'll have it by 2018...
"Bar Boobies" - Drunk chicks flash their boobs, and a picture is taken and put on the screen. Each girl is judged by the amount of applause (or drunk men rushing to touch the boobies ;)
What about a version of "Spin The Bottle", but with pictures that are put up on the screen in the bar?
(Geek is drinking a beer, and a girl comes up to him for some reason)
Girl: Hello...
Geek (who has been drinking, so is tipsy.. plus he's been looking at a lot of porno before coming to the pub): Hey baby.. how about I plug my input device into your USB port and upload my data to your harddrive?
Girl: O_O Bastard! (girl slaps geek, throws his beer on him. this causes display screen to go crazy) *ERROR ERROR MS WINBEER XP SHUTTING DOWN*
Geek: *sigh*
Note: I'm in class and I'm bored. Sue me. :)
Actually, it was 27 million USD, 18 million British Pounds. :)
True, valid point. But I for one would not mind being 'inspected'/'watched'/etc if it meant that I was being kept safe. I hardly talk on the phone, I don't care if someone knows that I've downloaded hot_blonde_lesbians.avi, or whatever. People are going to have to realize that hey, ever since 9-11, everyone's gonna have to give up some privacy. There should be a limit as to how much, though. But if my being watched is part of keeping me safe, then let them watch away.
Think of it this way. Would you want the government to be pulling something like this on innocent little grandma, or a terrorist who can be a serious threat to people's safety? If he really is the mastermind of September 11th, I'm glad they caught him, no matter how they did it. Remember, even if the government is fucked up and Bush is a moron, they're still trying to protect your ass.
If they want to continue to deny the existance of Echelon, then why would Echelon even be mentioned at all?
To me, if they were tracking him, that tells that they knew where he was. So, why didn't they just use the tracking from Echelon to capture Mohammed, instead of paying out 27 million to someone else also?
To quote Bill Maher:
Khalid Sheikh Sheikh Sheikh, Sheikh Sheikh Sheikh, Sheikh Mohammed!
Well, that depends. It can be great. It can be great for someone who just wants information on a book, or wants to see what other people think of it without actually buying the book. Sure, they can do that at Amazon, but maybe someone would want a different source besides reviews on Amazon.
What is the best piece of code you've seen? What about the worst? Did the best and/or worst come from open source code, or proprietary? I'm just curious.
Okay, this doesn't make much sense. If they expanded and encouraged the Internet, wouldn't that be a good thing? It seems to me that if they expanded and encouraged the Internet, they'd be seen as good people. That sentence from the article makes it sound like it's a bad thing. The Internet gives people access to a wealth of information and helps them do their shopping, banking, etc. It's just my opinion that if they've helped more people get that ability, they shouldn't have this whole "huge cost to their reputation" thing.
I can understand wanting to help a little country or whatever get more widespread internet.. but don't we have enough going on, with Bush wanting to go into Iraq, and probably end up fighting in North Korea? Why focus on getting internet access in Senegal, when we could have these people focus on improving our own internet access and security or something? People in the White House are so worried about cyber war fighting and shit, have these Peace Corps people work on that.
Ha, this is Slashdot. Nobody reads articles. :P
So are the people making millions of dollars a year, who can afford to go to the Bahamas every weekend. Remember folks, money will get you everything.
You are missing something. The E in something. :P
"Dude, what'd you do, buy a new refridgerator?"
"No, just Windows XP."
It's not virtually impossible to buy a new PC without Windows pre-installed. I can look in my newspaper, and see ads for brand new PCs that don't come with Windows, or any other OS at all. You can buy the PC and install what you want on it. And there's always buying a "new" PC from parts on Price Watch and assembling it yourself. Then you can add whatever OS you want. See, it's not that hard to find a PC without Windows on it.
And this is offtopic, how? Read the parent post. If you're smart, you'll understand my reply is related to the parent comment. Dumbass bitches.
Man... Imagine the power output from someone with the runs. :)
"I'm suing McDonald's, because their food didn't give me enough fat to get to the mall!"
I will be glad when we're able to make metallic bodyparts as full replacements for lost limbs, fingers, etc. Maybe one day, we'll be able to replace damaged body parts with Terminator like metal parts. How cool would that be to lose an arm, but replace it with an almost indestructable artificial limb? I'd just hate to see the guy on the news who is rushed to the emergency room because his metal hand crushed his johnson... Ouch.