Anyone retarded enough to name their kid in l3375p34k lacks the genes that would make higher learning a possibility anyhow.
I disagree. They will probably raise the kids w/o social skills, very introverted, etc. but it won't take away possibility of higher learning. A lot of introverted/shy kids are actually well educated since they compensate their lack of social life with learning.
Don't do it, dude. Your kids will have enough reasons to hate you without giving them stupid names.
Not necessary. In this more globalized world, and specially immigrant heavy US, there's so many unusual names, that people have stopped to raise their eyebrows for any new encountered name.
Names with digits in them will be somewhat exotic at first, but then after a while they will simply give a statement: "your parents (or grandparents or some other relatives) are/were geeks, right?"
Dude, there's a whole country full of people whose full names are spelled entirely with Greek letters!
Yeah, I saw that Star Trek episode, too...
Ughhh, I have coffee all over the screen again. Have to remind myself again: drink the coffee between the comments, not when reading them. You NEVER know what you'll read next.
'I want to make sure (a user) can't get through... an online experience without hitting a Microsoft ad.'
and
'I want to make sure (a user) can't get through a search engine and still not find what he is looking for. You have services like Google which provide AdWords on every search, but not necessarily guaranteeing the content users are looking for. I think users would enjoy using a search function as a part of an online experience without hitting a Microsoft ad.'
I must admit you have a talent for this! You turned a totally negative meaning into positive one just by adding context. Good job!
Now, in theory this could have happened, but knowing Ballmer, no, this is not his quote.
methinks he [Ballmer] thinks that it is a humble way to behave. It could be much worse. After all he didn't spit/hit/kick anyone, nor did he use a series of drunken CEO profanities - well, at least it wasn't reported.
He's very pissed after the EU ruling, so it goes like:
[Ballmer thinking]
Those %$#@%@!#&*%$ want me to pay???. Oh yeah! I'll make them pay, they'll see MS EVERYWHERE now, that will make them pay, yeah!
What other option did the other countries have at this point? War? You know that's not going to happen over something like this. At least, not yet.
No, but they all practically guaranteed (with personal visits even a few days before the war) Hussein that US will not attack Iraq. This allowed Hussein to keep his defiance instead of possibly to force him into cooperation.
If people want to cowboy around in space, fine. Privatize it, build up
a space tourism industry, and take the risks that way. But when you lose
human lives on the government's dollar, you risk shutting down scientific
progress for years while the government "investigates".
You can argue the same about science, right? Allow private industry do
research, why is that necessarily for the government to do? Government
should regulate it so it doesn't go out of hand, but the actual research
can be done by private companies.
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n a 100 million years or so Mars will enter this [habitable] zone and earth will be leaving it!
Time to pack then! Do they have snow on mars? I would hate to stop snowboarding.
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t would do, but in the intervening years the Sun will have lost enough mass that the Earth's orbit will have drifted outwards a ways; far enough that it should survive.
However, it's still going to get rather warm.
but only for a while. Once the planet is way out in outer space it will cool down nicely...
Our current society cannot be maintained without a realistic new energy source. It's foolish to spend money on space flight when we urgently need working fusion power or some other alternative power source with a high net energy return.
Life in 2104 is going to have a whole lot more in common with 1804 than it does with 2004. Start making some Amish frends now.
You have a valid point, but you over dramatize the issue. Fuel cell development is happening on a rapid scale. All we need are better materials and way to produce them that makes sense economically. And looking at history of technological advancement it will happen just in time. Don't underestimate economical motivation. Whenever there's a need, someone will invent it. Current energy production is cheap enough so there's not enough economical motivation to invent alternatives.
The only way the Amish-like lifestyle would happen if we had a global war destroying the lifestyle as we know it.
People will adapt. With current, and certainly future
science/technology/medicine development, people will make way to survive
an ice age era. I mean gee, we're not some kind of brainless creatures
that are meant to be destroyed whenever the climate changes. And besides, I
heard that glacier snowboarding is pretty cool. Can't wait!
While our sun is expected to go red giant in 4-5 billion years, it is expected to expand enough to make Earth uninhabitable within a mere *2 BILLION YEARS*!!!
and
we need to make backups of ourselves on other planets...
Just out of curiosity, how long did it take for life to evolve on this planet? What if we took bunch of DNA samples and sent it out to outer space in several directions? Provided a suitable environment was found, wouldn't they have a chance to develop into a civilization by then?
On similar note, who knows if life on this planet didn't start in this exact way?
even a non-fatal hit totally messes up your senses e.g. when Agent Smith shoots Neo the phone ringing goes quiet.
and
This guy quotes reality, based on what he's seen on The Matrix.
I don't think he based his statement on what he's seen on the Matrix. The statement he used is true (shock messing up the senses), he just used Matrix as an example, since most/.ers can relate to this easily. It's a difference quoting a movie to prove something, as opposed to just illustrate a point. Hollywood even though it dramatizes things, sometimes do make good illustrations of life problems.
If you've tried to support two unemployed people during an apartment AND job search in a new city, you know what I'm talking about.
Moving to a different country is a great change: lifestyle, culture, everything. I would never do that while having a wife and kids to support. However for single people it's a valid option. It's an opportunity to get to know different culture, possibly language, and broaden ones horizons. You could stay there for a year or more, then come back. Nothing to lose, but can be great adventure.
Now when you talk about moving within US, I would make sure I have employment in the new place before moving there. I would probably move first, find a place to live, establish myself at the new work place, and then let the rest of family come over. Less stressful for everyone.
Someone educate me: why is this considered funny? Cygwin emulates *nix pretty well, most of the bash commands/utilities are part of it (if you chose to install them), so it's a good playing ground for bash scripts within Windows.
If there's life on Mars are we supposed to leave it alone?
I agree with your point totally. We're all sharing the same solar
system/universe, so natural progress should be some kind of
inter-relations, not quarantining (sp?). The only concern I have that
would warrant a temporary quarantine, would be to check how our species
interact with bacteria/life forms not encountered previously. We all have
developed throughout our evolution a certain immune system which protects
us from earth bound bacteria/diseases (yes, I know, we still get sick,
but generally we survive such things as cold/flu). Now, when we encounter a
non earthly bacteria what will it do to us? It's an unknown, we might not
even notice it, maybe we will adapt to it right away, but maybe it will
wreck havoc like certain diseases during the middle ages. Until we know
I would be careful introducing it into our environment.
As much as I am annoyed by telemarketing, spam and all sort of other unsolicited products/services, I am dubious about this. I'm all for the Do-not-call list, but in this case telemarketers do have a point. Why allow charities and not them? The only reason so few people are complaining (even here on/.) is that most people are annoyed by telemarketing. If this was about a more neutral service, there would be serious complaints.
A better approach would be a do-not-call list with options: 1 option for "do not call me at all", and another option with "do not call me, but still allow charities", or something in this matter. This would give power to individual consumer, and remove any validity from telemarketers complaints.
A lot of you apparently haven't read yesterday's story.
As of this writing there's over 2500 replies to yesterday's story. The average for a "regular" story is what, somewhere around 200 or 300 hundred. I would rather say, the whole friggin/. community and their long lost relatives read the story.
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I must be bored, but of some reason I notice spelling errors...
You can't get more standard then ISO-standard!
than not then
I can't believe they even bother including a funny section on front page today? I mean, how explicit do you have to be???
it's alright to have a number spelled out, but having a numeral isn't allowed
OK, problem solved. If states give you hard time:
Brfourd
Jfournthreeseven
heh, wondering how many l33t kids can read their "language" spelled out...
Anyone retarded enough to name their kid in l3375p34k lacks the genes that would make higher learning a possibility anyhow.
I disagree. They will probably raise the kids w/o social skills, very introverted, etc. but it won't take away possibility of higher learning. A lot of introverted/shy kids are actually well educated since they compensate their lack of social life with learning.
Don't do it, dude. Your kids will have enough reasons to hate you without giving them stupid names.
Not necessary. In this more globalized world, and specially immigrant heavy US, there's so many unusual names, that people have stopped to raise their eyebrows for any new encountered name.
Names with digits in them will be somewhat exotic at first, but then after a while they will simply give a statement: "your parents (or grandparents or some other relatives) are/were geeks, right?"
Dude, there's a whole country full of people whose full names are spelled entirely with Greek letters!
Yeah, I saw that Star Trek episode, too...
Ughhh, I have coffee all over the screen again. Have to remind myself again: drink the coffee between the comments, not when reading them. You NEVER know what you'll read next.
Not true. I actually followed your link and got this:
'I want to make sure (a user) can't get through ... an online experience without hitting a Microsoft ad.'
and
'I want to make sure (a user) can't get through a search engine and still not find what he is looking for. You have services like Google which provide AdWords on every search, but not necessarily guaranteeing the content users are looking for. I think users would enjoy using a search function as a part of an online experience without hitting a Microsoft ad.'
I must admit you have a talent for this! You turned a totally negative meaning into positive one just by adding context. Good job!
Now, in theory this could have happened, but knowing Ballmer, no, this is not his quote.
Perhaps they should be a little more humble?
methinks he [Ballmer] thinks that it is a humble way to behave. It could be much worse. After all he didn't spit/hit/kick anyone, nor did he use a series of drunken CEO profanities - well, at least it wasn't reported.
He's very pissed after the EU ruling, so it goes like:
[Ballmer thinking]
Those %$#@%@!#&*%$ want me to pay???. Oh yeah! I'll make them pay, they'll see MS EVERYWHERE now, that will make them pay, yeah!
The editors should at least make mention of the MS money that funds this site.
/. ?
Could you explain this statement? Are you implying that MS owns or is an investor in
Though it would be funny to see what ads would pop up when searching for "Windows XP 2004 Server Keygen"
Probably lots of free porn offers to keep you occupied while your IP would be recorded and you would get a special "security patch".
What other option did the other countries have at this point? War? You know that's not going to happen over something like this. At least, not yet.
No, but they all practically guaranteed (with personal visits even a few days before the war) Hussein that US will not attack Iraq. This allowed Hussein to keep his defiance instead of possibly to force him into cooperation.
If people want to cowboy around in space, fine. Privatize it, build up a space tourism industry, and take the risks that way. But when you lose human lives on the government's dollar, you risk shutting down scientific progress for years while the government "investigates".
You can argue the same about science, right? Allow private industry do research, why is that necessarily for the government to do? Government should regulate it so it doesn't go out of hand, but the actual research can be done by private companies.
n a 100 million years or so Mars will enter this [habitable] zone and earth will be leaving it!
Time to pack then! Do they have snow on mars? I would hate to stop snowboarding.
t would do, but in the intervening years the Sun will have lost enough mass that the Earth's orbit will have drifted outwards a ways; far enough that it should survive.
However, it's still going to get rather warm.
but only for a while. Once the planet is way out in outer space it will cool down nicely...
Our current society cannot be maintained without a realistic new energy source. It's foolish to spend money on space flight when we urgently need working fusion power or some other alternative power source with a high net energy return.
Life in 2104 is going to have a whole lot more in common with 1804 than it does with 2004. Start making some Amish frends now.
You have a valid point, but you over dramatize the issue. Fuel cell development is happening on a rapid scale. All we need are better materials and way to produce them that makes sense economically. And looking at history of technological advancement it will happen just in time. Don't underestimate economical motivation. Whenever there's a need, someone will invent it. Current energy production is cheap enough so there's not enough economical motivation to invent alternatives.
The only way the Amish-like lifestyle would happen if we had a global war destroying the lifestyle as we know it.
Two words: ice age.
People will adapt. With current, and certainly future science/technology/medicine development, people will make way to survive an ice age era. I mean gee, we're not some kind of brainless creatures that are meant to be destroyed whenever the climate changes. And besides, I heard that glacier snowboarding is pretty cool. Can't wait!
While our sun is expected to go red giant in 4-5 billion years, it is expected to expand enough to make Earth uninhabitable within a mere *2 BILLION YEARS*!!!
and
we need to make backups of ourselves on other planets...
Just out of curiosity, how long did it take for life to evolve on this planet? What if we took bunch of DNA samples and sent it out to outer space in several directions? Provided a suitable environment was found, wouldn't they have a chance to develop into a civilization by then?
On similar note, who knows if life on this planet didn't start in this exact way?
even a non-fatal hit totally messes up your senses e.g. when Agent Smith shoots Neo the phone ringing goes quiet.
/.ers can relate to this easily. It's a difference quoting a movie to prove something, as opposed to just illustrate a point. Hollywood even though it dramatizes things, sometimes do make good illustrations of life problems.
and
This guy quotes reality, based on what he's seen on The Matrix.
I don't think he based his statement on what he's seen on the Matrix. The statement he used is true (shock messing up the senses), he just used Matrix as an example, since most
If you've tried to support two unemployed people during an apartment AND job search in a new city, you know what I'm talking about.
Moving to a different country is a great change: lifestyle, culture, everything. I would never do that while having a wife and kids to support. However for single people it's a valid option. It's an opportunity to get to know different culture, possibly language, and broaden ones horizons. You could stay there for a year or more, then come back. Nothing to lose, but can be great adventure.
Now when you talk about moving within US, I would make sure I have employment in the new place before moving there. I would probably move first, find a place to live, establish myself at the new work place, and then let the rest of family come over. Less stressful for everyone.
Just use cygwin.
Someone educate me: why is this considered funny? Cygwin emulates *nix pretty well, most of the bash commands/utilities are part of it (if you chose to install them), so it's a good playing ground for bash scripts within Windows.
If there's life on Mars are we supposed to leave it alone?
I agree with your point totally. We're all sharing the same solar system/universe, so natural progress should be some kind of inter-relations, not quarantining (sp?). The only concern I have that would warrant a temporary quarantine, would be to check how our species interact with bacteria/life forms not encountered previously. We all have developed throughout our evolution a certain immune system which protects us from earth bound bacteria/diseases (yes, I know, we still get sick, but generally we survive such things as cold/flu). Now, when we encounter a non earthly bacteria what will it do to us? It's an unknown, we might not even notice it, maybe we will adapt to it right away, but maybe it will wreck havoc like certain diseases during the middle ages. Until we know I would be careful introducing it into our environment.
As much as I am annoyed by telemarketing, spam and all sort of other unsolicited products/services, I am dubious about this. I'm all for the Do-not-call list, but in this case telemarketers do have a point. Why allow charities and not them? The only reason so few people are complaining (even here on /.) is that most people are annoyed by telemarketing. If this was about a more neutral service, there would be serious complaints.
A better approach would be a do-not-call list with options: 1 option for "do not call me at all", and another option with "do not call me, but still allow charities", or something in this matter. This would give power to individual consumer, and remove any validity from telemarketers complaints.
A lot of you apparently haven't read yesterday's story.
/. community and their long lost relatives read the story.
As of this writing there's over 2500 replies to yesterday's story. The average for a "regular" story is what, somewhere around 200 or 300 hundred. I would rather say, the whole friggin
PLEASE mark such images as NSF (not suitable for work)
Shouldn't that be NSFW then?