Newspaper quality coverage? That's an insult to the internet.
In the last decade, I've seen a marked decline in the quality of newspaper stories and editing. It's like the fact gathering is being done by high school kids, and the editing is being done in Mumbai or Dehli. Wouldn't suprise me if this was true, though I've never looked into it.
I'm yet to see this in the NY Times, or the WS Journal, but almost every local paper I've read from around the US seems to be falling into this problem.
However, the major news providers on the net seem to have well researched and edited work.
Look at the shows that are on now (my own titles): Celebrity Cockroach Challenge American Earache Star Trek: Cancellation Joe Commercials
Hell, even the History and discovery channels seem to be sinking to new lows. Monster House? Oh, come on now. And I just love the Hitler Reruns. The Criminal Case shows taped 1999, are the worst.
Why would I watch this stuff with my precious free time when I could instead use that time to read a book, or learn something. Or just go outside with a drink, and look at the stars for a while. Or play with my daughter.
TV, I find is loud, annoying, in my face, insults my intelligence, and is ALWAYS trying to sell me something. It's old. Real old.
It dosen't even register when you ask them to give money instead of some useless trinkets.
I'm trying to save up for the down payment on a motorcycle that I want very badly. I'm trying to do this without affecting my family budget. So I'm saving a portion of my weekly lunch money, carpooling to work some days, doing without excess CD's, etc. And over the last year I've saved quite a bit of money.
Before Christman I thought it'd be nice if I could transform gifts into savings. So when people called my wife to ask what I wanted, she told them that I would prefer money because I'm saving for something.
Besides my wife herself, not 1 person went 'out of their way' to give me cash. I don't get it. They think they're doing me a favor by buying me alluminum coffee mugs and gift certificates to clothing stores I don't even like.
My Mother actually told me that there's no thought in giving money. So she gives me a gift certificate to Target instead. Go figure.
From the article: Call me paranoid, but all those "xxx, Chief Information Officer/Vice President at Avensis" quotes make it look as if they were fabricated prior to even figuring out who to talk to at the company, not to mention determining what his/her name would be.
Could it be that the Author of the memo heard a taped recording of the comments, and transcribed them without knowing the guy's name, thus leaving placeholders?
I don't think that even M$FT would stoop so low as to intentionally misquote someone. They'd never get away with it.
>>Talking, on the other hand, is an action that can have consequences in the world.
Precisely. And that is why Patriot Act 2005 will make gatherings of more than 3 people illegal. We can't have people 'talking'. It leads to all kinds of problems.
Don't forget about the true identity of Jack The Ripper, where the WMD's are buried, who constructed the Face On Mars, and why Tammy Faye Baker doesn't trust Faith Healing for her cancer.....
In this book, Heinlein chronicles the 2000+ year life of Lazarus Long. The character has had every organ replaced, his skin, bone structure(can't remember if the brain was swapped out).
When reading the book, I got the impression that the character still had the sense that he was the same Lazarus who was born. Probably because he had the same spirit and consciousness. Myself I wasn't so sure because he had been almost entirely modified.
Great book for a weekend's reading.
BTW, that's a generic link to Amazon, not one of those 'sales' links that people around here post sometimes.
TOS: During a space (ion?) storm Kirk, Uhura, Scotty (and Checkov?) are beamed to the ISS Enterprise in the Mirror Universe. Conversely, Mirror Kirk, Mirror Scotty and Mirror Uhura are brought to our reality. Much fun ensues.
Oh yeah, in the Mirror Universe, you get to see Spock's Beard.;)
My company provides a pager for production support. Ask your company to do the same for you.
Text messages can be easily sent to a pager. for example by sending an email to 1231234567@yourpagerservice.com.
I can't see how they wouldn't already do this. This is how things have been working (in every shop I've been in at least) long before cellphones became prevalent.
>>Dr Michael Brown, an astronomer at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, who led the NASA-funded research, said: "The sun appears so small from that distance that you could completely block it out with the head of a pin."
Doesn't seem to make sense to me. I can't block out any of the stars in Orion with a pinhead, and they seem to me to be much further away from Earth than Sedna is from Sol.
Funny that Dr. Brown is talking about pinheads....
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Newspaper quality coverage? That's an insult to the internet.
In the last decade, I've seen a marked decline in the quality of newspaper stories and editing. It's like the fact gathering is being done by high school kids, and the editing is being done in Mumbai or Dehli. Wouldn't suprise me if this was true, though I've never looked into it.
I'm yet to see this in the NY Times, or the WS Journal, but almost every local paper I've read from around the US seems to be falling into this problem.
However, the major news providers on the net seem to have well researched and edited work.
wbs.
Who cares about TV? It's all crap. Really.
Look at the shows that are on now (my own titles):
Celebrity Cockroach Challenge
American Earache
Star Trek: Cancellation
Joe Commercials
Hell, even the History and discovery channels seem to be sinking to new lows. Monster House? Oh, come on now. And I just love the Hitler Reruns. The Criminal Case shows taped 1999, are the worst.
Why would I watch this stuff with my precious free time when I could instead use that time to read a book, or learn something. Or just go outside with a drink, and look at the stars for a while. Or play with my daughter.
TV, I find is loud, annoying, in my face, insults my intelligence, and is ALWAYS trying to sell me something. It's old. Real old.
wbs.
God I hate all that stuff.
It dosen't even register when you ask them to give money instead of some useless trinkets.
I'm trying to save up for the down payment on a motorcycle that I want very badly. I'm trying to do this without affecting my family budget. So I'm saving a portion of my weekly lunch money, carpooling to work some days, doing without excess CD's, etc. And over the last year I've saved quite a bit of money.
Before Christman I thought it'd be nice if I could transform gifts into savings. So when people called my wife to ask what I wanted, she told them that I would prefer money because I'm saving for something.
Besides my wife herself, not 1 person went 'out of their way' to give me cash. I don't get it. They think they're doing me a favor by buying me alluminum coffee mugs and gift certificates to clothing stores I don't even like.
My Mother actually told me that there's no thought in giving money. So she gives me a gift certificate to Target instead. Go figure.
wbs.
Interesting that the fee on the $10 card is $3, and the fee on the $30 card is $2.
Theyz bee opressing the po with them high ratez. But the rich crakez payz less.
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From the article:
Call me paranoid, but all those "xxx, Chief Information Officer/Vice President at Avensis" quotes make it look as if they were fabricated prior to even figuring out who to talk to at the company, not to mention determining what his/her name would be.
Could it be that the Author of the memo heard a taped recording of the comments, and transcribed them without knowing the guy's name, thus leaving placeholders?
I don't think that even M$FT would stoop so low as to intentionally misquote someone. They'd never get away with it.
wbs.
>>They have no idea how much this screws up spam filtering and reporting systems
They have no idea that things such as Spam Filters even exist, much less having a lack of knowledge about fsking their effectiveness.
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Sounds familiar.
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Or maybe he'd get this.
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>>The engineers don't assemble the shuttle in space, so that shouldn't be an issue.
But during maintenance, the Orbiter, isn't always in a dorsal-up position during maintenance. As illustrated here.
There is no up.
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And yet I've still seen IDE cables forced in upside down, and power drive connectors shoved in backwards.
Scary. Very scary.
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Funniest post.....ever.
:)
Nice one friend.
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>>If instead, for example, slashdot logged you in based on your ip, then that wouldn't be security though obscurity.
Sure it would. Who says that person 'a' can't figure out person 'b's IP, spoof it and log on as person 'b'?
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>>Talking, on the other hand, is an action that can have consequences in the world.
Precisely. And that is why Patriot Act 2005 will make gatherings of more than 3 people illegal. We can't have people 'talking'. It leads to all kinds of problems.
wbs.
Intellegent or not, the inside of that head is certainly alien.
wbs.
Don't forget about the true identity of Jack The Ripper, where the WMD's are buried, who constructed the Face On Mars, and why Tammy Faye Baker doesn't trust Faith Healing for her cancer.....
wbs.
In this book, Heinlein chronicles the 2000+ year life of Lazarus Long. The character has had every organ replaced, his skin, bone structure(can't remember if the brain was swapped out).
When reading the book, I got the impression that the character still had the sense that he was the same Lazarus who was born. Probably because he had the same spirit and consciousness. Myself I wasn't so sure because he had been almost entirely modified.
Great book for a weekend's reading.
BTW, that's a generic link to Amazon, not one of those 'sales' links that people around here post sometimes.
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It has some of them. Sometimes you have to click on the thumbnal placeholders to get at the pictures. Click around.
/.-ed site.
I admit that it's not perfect, but it's still better than the
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Better than a mirror: The Wayback Machine!
Try looking here.
Or here.
The archives are kind of old (pre 2004) but they seem to have some of the information.
Take away a man's right to say Fuck, and you've taken away his right to say Fuck The Government.
I forgot who said this, might have been a comedian.
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At first I read it as .sex STD.
Now _that_ would be a dangerous series of websites.
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I think Troi must have one of these. That's her dirtly little secret.
"Mmm, Worf is thinking that he likes my ass. Riker's going to be jealous. Hee Hee."
"Captain, I sense that the Romulan is experiencing feelings of humor. He's comparing your head to a cue ball."
"So Wesley pulled it in the holoshower this morning. And he was thinking about...Guinan!"
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It'd be cool if the system was set up such that you can ask it where someone is, and have them located via GPS on the badge.
Picard: "Computer, where is Commander Laforge?"
Computer: "Commander Laforge is in the 10 Forward restroom, Stall 3."
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TOS: During a space (ion?) storm Kirk, Uhura, Scotty (and Checkov?) are beamed to the ISS Enterprise in the Mirror Universe. Conversely, Mirror Kirk, Mirror Scotty and Mirror Uhura are brought to our reality. Much fun ensues.
;)
Oh yeah, in the Mirror Universe, you get to see Spock's Beard.
wbs.
My company provides a pager for production support. Ask your company to do the same for you.
Text messages can be easily sent to a pager. for example by sending an email to 1231234567@yourpagerservice.com.
I can't see how they wouldn't already do this. This is how things have been working (in every shop I've been in at least) long before cellphones became prevalent.
wbs.
>>Dr Michael Brown, an astronomer at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, who led the NASA-funded research, said: "The sun appears so small from that distance that you could completely block it out with the head of a pin."
Doesn't seem to make sense to me. I can't block out any of the stars in Orion with a pinhead, and they seem to me to be much further away from Earth than Sedna is from Sol.
Funny that Dr. Brown is talking about pinheads....
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