If cell phones make people stupid while they're driving, what will this do?
Also, if the RIAA ever wins over the government and makes P2P illegal, there could be mobile P2P... Wow, that would be fun... Car chases over 11 k/s...
Hey, has slashdot been lagging for any of you? It has been really slow for me... I mean, I know good things come with time, but isn't this going a bit far?
Also, while they are a cult, they are more athiestic than anything. They claim that aliens put humans on earth, not any diety. So yeah... And we know all about alien worshipper cults. Special punch, anyone?
Well, what if Iraq does manage to destroy the statue of Liberty? In your scenario, where France is with Iraq, the remade statue of liberty might just go to the Iraqis. Or it'll be a statue of Hussain... That would be interesting.
What I'm wondering is... Well, back to the apple analogy: What about all the apples people don't buy? (Why of all fruits did you choose apples...?)
For example, my ISP wires hubs to every block with at least one user, no matter how many users there are on the block, and it's fiber optics and stuff, which seems to have a lot of problems during severe windstorms (I live in the northwest, so yeah...) But anyhow, when do you factor in the money they lose on stuff like that?
I saw this movie in my soc 110 class that was called "Crisis in masculinity" but I forget the rest of the name. Anyhow, it talked about how violence is cheap to do (in movies at least) and that's why people are so initiated into it. Then video games started picking it up, and started having you kill monsters/people instead of solving puzzles or whatever. I for one kinda miss the old games where you didn't have to kill everything that moves, but figure out puzzles.
But back to the topic, kids will see violence in any scenario. imoho, the best thing for the parents to do is watch it with the kids. Put it all into context, and explain that this stuff is wrong, etc. etc. Not enough of that is going on these days sadly. But it is one of the best things a parent can do.
"Speaking as a former soldier, the last thing I would want is an artificial girlfriend by my side to nag me about how I am feeling while out in the battlefield," said John Petrik, corporate communications officer at the Office of Naval Research.
I have definitely noticed that you are feeling stressed Dave. Is that due to the bullet lodged in your leg? Or are you thinking about that argument about your girlfriend you had last night? *shudder*
Hmm... But maybe a cheerleader bot might be nice... "Shoot him! Nice shot! Go you!"
Mothers: Can't do anything with them around, can't be born without them. *Sigh*
My mother always gives me odd looks when she sees me at/.. I think she think's it's a porn site. For technophiles. Which she thinks I am. Because I get excited over computer parts.::sigh:: Mom...
Imoho the only decent show on midnight swim comedy block is the oblongs. THe rest are kinda bland, with the exception of sealab 2024 sometimes, and space ghost occasionally.
But yeah... Why the hell are they doing Futurama. It was like the simpsons, without the originality.
The think about that site is I saw something complaining about how a lot of pre teens were playing video games. What they neglect to inform us is that an increasing amount of middle aged people are rediscovering video games. EVERYBODY is getting into videogames, from every age group, ethnicity, whatever. Just goes to show how groups like that LOVE to manipulate data...
Oh, did you hear that 80% of all net users have visited news related sites such as slashdot? You too should visit slashdot!
I have a russian medal for Chernobyl survivors that I bought at a swap meet. I figure the previous owner probably died of radiation poisoning and wasn't able to recieve the medal. That, or it's irradiated, which would explain the strange burns I get on my chest whenever I wear it...
are stored in a certain part of the brain, and once you have learned a thing once it will be unlocked back into the main memory.
An interesting fact is that different languages are stored in different areas of the brain. There was a scenario with a man who had to get part of his brain removed in the language sector. His wife knew only french and would refuse to learn english, and he was bilingual french/english. He decided that he should get the part of his brain that was fluent in french removed to force his wife to learn english. Interesting stuff.
It's a good thing someone is finally getting their act together and doing that, it needs to be done. What I worry about is them not getting the story right, or in cases like Serial Experiment Lain and Ghost in a Shell, where the answers are meant to be decyphered and interprited by the audience, they might put their own ideas and just ruin it.
Should I be rolling on the floor laughing or scared out of my mind? God, I knew the government had some way out ideas, but I think they still need to get a clue when it comes to internet stuff. Appoint/. types to be their tech advisors!
It's crap like this that is the reason I don't buy music.
The Recording industry is ridiculous. It takes a few cents to made a cd, (My dad worked in the CD production biz.) and they sell it for how much? $20 a pop. I'm not gonna pay that much to hear a few songs that I like, and a few songs that I don't like at all.
Also, what about the radio? You can easily put a recorder next to your radio and copy songs onto a tape/cd/hard drive that way. I'm suprised people don't do that. I did for a while. Why havn't they gotten on the radio for that? Oh, the radio pays the RIAA to use it's music. Well, somebody pays the money to buy a CD, and transferrs it onto the net, and distributes it. How is this that different from the radio?
If my cable provider sent me a letter saying that I would leave them immediately. I don't want a cable provider being a corporate whore, because then who knows, they might start broadcasting info about me to whatever corporation wants it. Minority report maybe?
What I can't stand is that they have to resort to using bone marrow taps to get good stem cells when perfectly good stem cells are available from the large number of fetuses aborted each year. But oh no, taking stem cells from a dead fetus would be unethical...
Sorry, I have a good friend who was shot 4 times and is paralyzed from the waist down. Good guy too. Wasn't doing anything wrong. And I figure with stem cell treatment he could walk again, but since the administration is so stagnant about ideas like this... Grr... Enough ranting. But with any luck, maybe stem cells from bone marrow will provide enough to rebuild neural tissue, instead of making blood cells.
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If cell phones make people stupid while they're driving, what will this do?
Also, if the RIAA ever wins over the government and makes P2P illegal, there could be mobile P2P... Wow, that would be fun... Car chases over 11 k/s...
Hey, has slashdot been lagging for any of you? It has been really slow for me... I mean, I know good things come with time, but isn't this going a bit far?
Also, while they are a cult, they are more athiestic than anything. They claim that aliens put humans on earth, not any diety. So yeah... And we know all about alien worshipper cults. Special punch, anyone?
"You mean I can dodge bullets?" "Once you're done, you won't have to." Morpheus and Neo in The Matrix.
Well, what if Iraq does manage to destroy the statue of Liberty? In your scenario, where France is with Iraq, the remade statue of liberty might just go to the Iraqis. Or it'll be a statue of Hussain... That would be interesting.
Well, one things for certain, the French sure aren't gonna build us another Statue of Liberty, with the way we've been acting lately.
For example, my ISP wires hubs to every block with at least one user, no matter how many users there are on the block, and it's fiber optics and stuff, which seems to have a lot of problems during severe windstorms (I live in the northwest, so yeah...) But anyhow, when do you factor in the money they lose on stuff like that?
While this isn't freshmeat, I'm still a bit confounded in that... why of all stores, Walmart?
But back to the topic, kids will see violence in any scenario. imoho, the best thing for the parents to do is watch it with the kids. Put it all into context, and explain that this stuff is wrong, etc. etc. Not enough of that is going on these days sadly. But it is one of the best things a parent can do.
I have definitely noticed that you are feeling stressed Dave. Is that due to the bullet lodged in your leg? Or are you thinking about that argument about your girlfriend you had last night? *shudder*
Hmm... But maybe a cheerleader bot might be nice... "Shoot him! Nice shot! Go you!"
My mother always gives me odd looks when she sees me at /.. I think she think's it's a porn site. For technophiles. Which she thinks I am. Because I get excited over computer parts. ::sigh:: Mom...
But yeah... Why the hell are they doing Futurama. It was like the simpsons, without the originality.
jk....
The think about that site is I saw something complaining about how a lot of pre teens were playing video games. What they neglect to inform us is that an increasing amount of middle aged people are rediscovering video games. EVERYBODY is getting into videogames, from every age group, ethnicity, whatever. Just goes to show how groups like that LOVE to manipulate data...
Oh, did you hear that 80% of all net users have visited news related sites such as slashdot? You too should visit slashdot!
Nuff said.
I have a russian medal for Chernobyl survivors that I bought at a swap meet. I figure the previous owner probably died of radiation poisoning and wasn't able to recieve the medal. That, or it's irradiated, which would explain the strange burns I get on my chest whenever I wear it...
Silent? Who says it's silent? I mean, if it were silent the RIAA wouldn't be so upset!
An interesting fact is that different languages are stored in different areas of the brain. There was a scenario with a man who had to get part of his brain removed in the language sector. His wife knew only french and would refuse to learn english, and he was bilingual french/english. He decided that he should get the part of his brain that was fluent in french removed to force his wife to learn english. Interesting stuff.
Who knows, maybe the RIAA will start hiring Mexican cops as the start of their secret army of anti Piracy assassins. *Shudders*
It's a good thing someone is finally getting their act together and doing that, it needs to be done. What I worry about is them not getting the story right, or in cases like Serial Experiment Lain and Ghost in a Shell, where the answers are meant to be decyphered and interprited by the audience, they might put their own ideas and just ruin it.
That computer reminded me of something from that show.
Or worse, Barney.
Should I be rolling on the floor laughing or scared out of my mind? God, I knew the government had some way out ideas, but I think they still need to get a clue when it comes to internet stuff. Appoint /. types to be their tech advisors!
The Recording industry is ridiculous. It takes a few cents to made a cd, (My dad worked in the CD production biz.) and they sell it for how much? $20 a pop. I'm not gonna pay that much to hear a few songs that I like, and a few songs that I don't like at all.
Also, what about the radio? You can easily put a recorder next to your radio and copy songs onto a tape/cd/hard drive that way. I'm suprised people don't do that. I did for a while. Why havn't they gotten on the radio for that? Oh, the radio pays the RIAA to use it's music. Well, somebody pays the money to buy a CD, and transferrs it onto the net, and distributes it. How is this that different from the radio?
Takes place on the web.
Also, anybody know any blurbs about the GiaS sequel?
If my cable provider sent me a letter saying that I would leave them immediately. I don't want a cable provider being a corporate whore, because then who knows, they might start broadcasting info about me to whatever corporation wants it. Minority report maybe?
3d cell phones. Just wow.... This is going WAY too far. Only in Japan...
Sorry, I have a good friend who was shot 4 times and is paralyzed from the waist down. Good guy too. Wasn't doing anything wrong. And I figure with stem cell treatment he could walk again, but since the administration is so stagnant about ideas like this... Grr... Enough ranting. But with any luck, maybe stem cells from bone marrow will provide enough to rebuild neural tissue, instead of making blood cells.