I always wondered how a country that has natural resources like oil or uranium, could be poor. But I guess they're poor because they allow a dictator to acummulate all of the countries riches.
It's easy to blame poverty on the rich countries, but those people fought for their rights (e.g. The french revolution or the independence of the US as the better known ones), without those people we wouldn't be rich either.
All those poor countries need to do is stand up against those dictators that keep them poor.
Without those dictators and the (passive) cooperation of the people in those countries, the rich countries couldn't steal any of those resources.
half the world hasn't even made a phone call and many are dying of starvation - do you really need an extra screen to play games?
Oh right I forgot. If I don't buy that extra monitor/cell phone/car/whatever all the world's problems will be solved.
Let me ask you one thing: What did you do to help the rest of the world? (Donating your change or complaining on others doesn't count)
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Nuts? ASAIK you would be able to hit only one nut. Unless ofcourse both nuts who are calling eachother are standing next to eachother.
What's in use on the Shuttle might be 8086's, but what's in use on the ground for image processing, navigation control, simulation, and so forth is most likely a lot more state-of-the-art.
I would be more intrested in the shuttle SW. Just imagine how much ingenius went inside writting that code. Getting all of the functions to run on a pretty limited processor is mighty impressive.
Imaging... anybody have even a rough estimate of the number of images that nasa has collected ?? I don't even have to look to be able to guess that they have stuff for cataloging, anotating, organizing arranging, regestering, color correcting, etc.etc.etc.
Cool, that would revolutionize the way we handle our porn collections.
How about this approach... "Use the damned software!".
You're missing the point. That approach doesn't provide the free publicity.
does male ego really apply that much to intellectual persuits?
Is there any subject in existance where the Male Ego doesn't apply?
Most people are sheep. They follow the rules of society without thought and most of them wouldn't even realise they are following set rules.
Men and women have their roles to play, and any deviation is seen as weird and undesirable.
Wear a pink shirt and tell other males you don't like beer and football if want to see this in action.
Shezus, You people are leazy. Mars is less than 4 lightminutes away. Can't you just walk that short distance like they used to do, before rockets were invented?
but I just don't find manned missions very inspiring if it's to Mars - it's basically just one big desert.
So? Got better places to send a manned mission? Mars is the logical next step. It's nearby (well, for as far "nearby" means anything in space) and still intresting enough to spend time and money on it. I don't expect them to find anything spectacular on Mars, but it will lead to better space technology and the ability to visit more intresting places.
Do we really want everybody to be able to put 3D models of their houses online? I mean, it's not as if we'll be able to go through their underwear drawer, so what's the point?
On second thought, it would make the burglar business more intresting.
Sigarets aren't leathal either, witness the astounding lack of corpses near a sigaret dispenser.:-)
IMHO high voltage lines would only be hazardous to those who work close to them. EM fields follow the inverse square law and HV lines hang quite high, so the amount of energy anyone around those lines absorbs wouldn't be very big.
Perhaps they should ask birds if they have any negative effects from being near HV lines?
True, but you've a lot more experience besides games. IMHO games give people some of the ability to perform violent actions. For example, FPS train you on gun fighting, even if they aren't that realistic, they tend to give some feeling of ability and experience.
The impulses to performe violence action in reality come from other sources.
So are you saying we need more shows on which geek boys get laid with the best looking girls?
A show that makes glasses have more sex appeal than big mussles?
Never mind. As I know the universe I'll probably morph into a big mussled guy with perfect eyesight when this starts to take effect.
I believe games can make it easier to use real life violence, but I strongly doubt games would be the sole cause of someone "going Postal".
It's more easy to blame a violent game than to take responsibility for your actions, or to look for the real cause, because the real cause would probably be a complex mixture of numerouse influences and experiences throughout someone's life.
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Stupid name or not. People are talking about it. And that's what's important for names.
For those who can't speak the number one world language:
Lindows sucks worse than Lindows. And he downloaded it yesterday.
My Skull? Never heard of that P2P program.
I always wondered how a country that has natural resources like oil or uranium, could be poor. But I guess they're poor because they allow a dictator to acummulate all of the countries riches.
It's easy to blame poverty on the rich countries, but those people fought for their rights (e.g. The french revolution or the independence of the US as the better known ones), without those people we wouldn't be rich either.
All those poor countries need to do is stand up against those dictators that keep them poor.
Without those dictators and the (passive) cooperation of the people in those countries, the rich countries couldn't steal any of those resources.
I wonder, did anyone ever tried to use 2 mouses on one PC? Could be handy for some things.
Let me ask you one thing: What did you do to help the rest of the world? (Donating your change or complaining on others doesn't count)
Nuts? ASAIK you would be able to hit only one nut. Unless ofcourse both nuts who are calling eachother are standing next to eachother.
I have noone to buy any kind of diamond for on S.A.D. (Singles Awareness Day), you insensitive clod!
After the tin foil hat, the tin foil binder. Faraday's cage saves the day again.
Those with a cheap electric car do.
'it would take a 10 mile extention cord to drive to the shops'?
North Korea already has a state of the art war head delivery methode. It's called the North Korean International Postal Service.
Most people are sheep. They follow the rules of society without thought and most of them wouldn't even realise they are following set rules.
Men and women have their roles to play, and any deviation is seen as weird and undesirable.
Wear a pink shirt and tell other males you don't like beer and football if want to see this in action.
Shezus, You people are leazy. Mars is less than 4 lightminutes away. Can't you just walk that short distance like they used to do, before rockets were invented?
I, for one, hope they'll publish the most entertaining comments on the site.
Do we really want everybody to be able to put 3D models of their houses online? I mean, it's not as if we'll be able to go through their underwear drawer, so what's the point?
On second thought, it would make the burglar business more intresting.
Sigarets aren't leathal either, witness the astounding lack of corpses near a sigaret dispenser. :-)
IMHO high voltage lines would only be hazardous to those who work close to them. EM fields follow the inverse square law and HV lines hang quite high, so the amount of energy anyone around those lines absorbs wouldn't be very big.
Perhaps they should ask birds if they have any negative effects from being near HV lines?
Sunlight? Are you crazy?! Geeks melt when exposed to sunlight!
Where else do you think the vampire-melts-in-sunlight-myth is based on?
True, but you've a lot more experience besides games. IMHO games give people some of the ability to perform violent actions. For example, FPS train you on gun fighting, even if they aren't that realistic, they tend to give some feeling of ability and experience.
The impulses to performe violence action in reality come from other sources.
So are you saying we need more shows on which geek boys get laid with the best looking girls? A show that makes glasses have more sex appeal than big mussles?
Never mind. As I know the universe I'll probably morph into a big mussled guy with perfect eyesight when this starts to take effect.
I believe games can make it easier to use real life violence, but I strongly doubt games would be the sole cause of someone "going Postal".
It's more easy to blame a violent game than to take responsibility for your actions, or to look for the real cause, because the real cause would probably be a complex mixture of numerouse influences and experiences throughout someone's life.