I've responded to a handfull of motorcycle collisions in my area and only one of the drivers survived. He was bruised all over and had a broken radius and ulna.
Everyone else died instantly when they slammed into another vehicle, guardrail, divider, or embankment.
It's strange though--even after responding to all these, I still want to get a bike...
No--I was being serious.
My current cell is about a year old and it's all beat up. The 'voice alert' is going to be pretty high up on my list of needs for a new phone...
Yeah, well, Beethoven's Fifth, being played through a crappy 2" piezoelectric disk speaker as the ringtone on some Nokia in a movie theater.
I absolutely hate those damn ring tones.
Who wants their incoming call to sound like they are playing a gameboy?
With the latest cell phones having better speakers in them, why don't they just have the damn thing beep once and announce in a human voice "You have a call"?
Would that be too much to ask? Aaagh!
The next time I hear "Great Balls of Fire" on a cell phone, I think I could quite possibly kill the person.
But at the same time, takes away many of the ways I use my media (all legal at the moment, mind you), that I bought with my money.
On a side note--I've always wondered how many people who say they have tons of MP3's (all legal) really are totally legal.
I have about 5,000 MP3's on my computer--only three of which I actually paid for...but when it comes to ranting about DRM, I always say my collection is totally legal...;)
Agreed.
And didn't Robert Heinlen say something to the effect of "humans laugh when the pain is too great" in his book "Stranger in a Strange Land"?
Think about a few of the jokes you've heard lately. Isn't the punchline about someone getting insulted, or injured?
We laugh to relieve (the stress?) of something so horrible.
I am an Emergency Medical Technician. A few years ago I went on a call where an older man had died of respitory failure in front of his friends and family.
We worked on the guy for a while and tried to get him back, but he didn't make it.
I had to tell the friends and family.
I felt horrible--and when we got back to our station I just wanted to crawl into a hole in the wall and die.
It was at that point that my partner said "Hey--did you check out the boots that guy had on? You know--I could really use a pair of boots like them. I wonder if the family would let me have 'em..."
I'm sure to a lot of you, you'll find that pretty f*cked up. It's 'gallows humor'. But I couldn't help but bust up laughing.
I felt much better.
I'm not saying it's right--but the laughter helps get through some horrible stuff--even prison rape jokes.
In my opinion Trillian sucks.
I paid $25 for their 1 year subscription to the site. I'm supposed to be able to download all the professional versions they release during that time.
My year is almost up and they have only released one version--the first one that was available.
Back in January or February they started hyping up the next version which was supposed to fix a bunch of things and add support for webcams and other new features. They said it was almost ready.
Now it's June and they still haven't released anything.
The worst part is if you go into the message boards and ask for a status update or a general idea of when it will be released.
One of their crappy moderators will just reply with "It'll be done when it's done." and then lock the thread so 'no flamewars will start'.
What a bunch of crap. I paid for the app, and I'm curious as to when the next version will be out. I gladly tell people when the next version of my app will be out--or at least when I'm shooting for it to be out.
Trillian won't be getting my money any more--I'll gladly go try out Miranda.
Slashdot Mirror
Troll?
I have minor asthma and it doesn't offend me. It's f*cking hilarious!
Or...what if it's dark outside and you turn on your bedroom light?
Can your neighbor suddenly see your porn connection?
I know I'm a young, but Doctor Who?
;)
I've responded to a handfull of motorcycle collisions in my area and only one of the drivers survived. He was bruised all over and had a broken radius and ulna.
Everyone else died instantly when they slammed into another vehicle, guardrail, divider, or embankment.
It's strange though--even after responding to all these, I still want to get a bike...
That should be past tense.
Wildcat use to reign.
Unfortunately Santronics Software took purchased it from good 'ol Mustang and ran it into the ground.
A small piece of me died that day.
No--I was being serious.
My current cell is about a year old and it's all beat up. The 'voice alert' is going to be pretty high up on my list of needs for a new phone...
Yeah, well, Beethoven's Fifth, being played through a crappy 2" piezoelectric disk speaker as the ringtone on some Nokia in a movie theater.
I absolutely hate those damn ring tones.
Who wants their incoming call to sound like they are playing a gameboy?
With the latest cell phones having better speakers in them, why don't they just have the damn thing beep once and announce in a human voice "You have a call"?
Would that be too much to ask? Aaagh!
The next time I hear "Great Balls of Fire" on a cell phone, I think I could quite possibly kill the person.
But at the same time, takes away many of the ways I use my media (all legal at the moment, mind you), that I bought with my money.
;)
On a side note--I've always wondered how many people who say they have tons of MP3's (all legal) really are totally legal.
I have about 5,000 MP3's on my computer--only three of which I actually paid for...but when it comes to ranting about DRM, I always say my collection is totally legal...
Probably because your tapes will get just as irradiated as your hard drives, unles you have a lead lined safe to store them in.
Unless you stored them off-site...say Alpha Centauri
Hey--McDonalds will finally get their "McWorld"--just like in their old commercials.
Agreed.
And didn't Robert Heinlen say something to the effect of "humans laugh when the pain is too great" in his book "Stranger in a Strange Land"?
Think about a few of the jokes you've heard lately. Isn't the punchline about someone getting insulted, or injured?
We laugh to relieve (the stress?) of something so horrible.
I am an Emergency Medical Technician. A few years ago I went on a call where an older man had died of respitory failure in front of his friends and family.
We worked on the guy for a while and tried to get him back, but he didn't make it.
I had to tell the friends and family.
I felt horrible--and when we got back to our station I just wanted to crawl into a hole in the wall and die.
It was at that point that my partner said "Hey--did you check out the boots that guy had on? You know--I could really use a pair of boots like them. I wonder if the family would let me have 'em..."
I'm sure to a lot of you, you'll find that pretty f*cked up. It's 'gallows humor'. But I couldn't help but bust up laughing.
I felt much better.
I'm not saying it's right--but the laughter helps get through some horrible stuff--even prison rape jokes.
I don't think that's entirely it.
I personally hate playing the levels, but playing head to head is awesome.
I think the fact that you can pit yourself against fellow humans is the big thing.
I tried to use the store finder you linked to, and ran into a problem.
What is the zip code for Mars anyways?
What's the conversion ratio for a metric assload from system international to US? ;)
*sigh*
It was supposed to be funny, not off topic!
Print on demand?!?
Print on demand THIS !!
Legitimate uses?
Thank God! I've been looking for a few good excuses^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hreasons to tell the MPAA when they come to my door.
Police radar cannot distinguish between two cars that are one behind the other.
That's where you're wrong.
LASER is a form of radar and is able to pinpoint one vehicle out of a pack from at least half a mile away.
You gotta admit though--surfing the web at the speed of "Right The F*ck Now" would so be worth it... ;)
In my opinion Trillian sucks.
I paid $25 for their 1 year subscription to the site. I'm supposed to be able to download all the professional versions they release during that time.
My year is almost up and they have only released one version--the first one that was available.
Back in January or February they started hyping up the next version which was supposed to fix a bunch of things and add support for webcams and other new features. They said it was almost ready.
Now it's June and they still haven't released anything.
The worst part is if you go into the message boards and ask for a status update or a general idea of when it will be released.
One of their crappy moderators will just reply with "It'll be done when it's done." and then lock the thread so 'no flamewars will start'.
What a bunch of crap. I paid for the app, and I'm curious as to when the next version will be out. I gladly tell people when the next version of my app will be out--or at least when I'm shooting for it to be out.
Trillian won't be getting my money any more--I'll gladly go try out Miranda.
I'm not too familiar with the US legal system--but don't they appoint a public defender if he can't afford a lawyer?
Come on! He doesn't actually think we can slashdot research.microsoft.com does he?!?
;)
...or even 404
Be more optimistic! ;)
(For example: When hunting for Moby Dick, bring along the tartar sauce...
Possibly...except now, broadband is available almost everything and, well, almost everyone has it.
...as I reply to this while connected at 33.6.
*sigh*
The worst part is that I work at this ISP as a network admin...and they won't get me anything faster than 33.6...
They said I could buy my self a T1 if I wanted for $100/mo and they would pay for all the hardware...gee...no thanks.