Job creation and economic stimulus. Also extraction of cash (to the general good) from drivers lacking sufficient behavior predicting skills or less than adequate reflexes.
Yeah, no argument there. Lagoon was the only one I really aced, though I could hold my own on Twilight Zone (even with its accursed ceramic ball) and the 90's Star Wars table (The one with the mini-game video games on the LED's up top).
But yeah, like I said, no consistency of play. Put me in front of any table other than those 3 and I was laughable at best.
Most of my college years were spent in front of the Creature From The Black Lagoon table (The table in the article + Licensing Deal). I could drop a 20 pence coin in there, play 5 or 6 games and walk away leaving multiple credits behind.
I don't know that I'd handle the consistency of play required to get into this sort of competition, but my averages were way above what these guys ended on, with a personal best of 911M and change.
And once it has been done once, provably as being how the composer intended it, but for some reason failed to include in the composition, then this can be included in the next software fix for the virtual virtuoso.
The topic under discussion is not machines taking over the free-styler or the composition. It is a machine that in certain circumstances can replace the work of several back-row fiddle-fiddlers in low-art, high paycheck situations. (High paycheck here indicating the reason those being replaced chose to be involved, rather than indicating a high monetary value).
>> So, software is going to deliver an inspired performance, breaking new musical territory ala Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Albert Collins, BB King, etc?
NBope. But anyone in a broadway musical pit, or anyone in the regular crowd in an orchestra who tries to do so is going to get some nasty looks from the conductor, and fired.
Such a limited imagination... Sex is naught but mutual nerve stimulation resulting in changing forms in cognitive patterns. An analogue and multiple improvements are most definitely very possible as soon as a second individual takes the step to freedom from biological fallibility.
Suit yourself. I fully intend to be not just alive, but enhanced beyond all the current boundaries and limitations of our ape heritage by then. Heck, with any luck I'll have ditched the last of the organic crap at that stage.
>> "distinction between being killed by a car hitting you and being killed as a car occupant"
Um, no, that had absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with any of the posts I have made on this topic. Not even tangentially.
My point was that the page linked to was using factually inaccurate hyperbole to try and enhance their argument; Specifically, they ignore/try to deny the fact that people were killed on roads before there where cars, or even carriages.
I wouldn't call it the "best" way, but pointing out elements of an argument that depend on exaggeration, hyperbole or simple factual inaccuracy is an important part of any argument.
You didn't read the page linked to from the comment I responded to and misread my comment then. The article makes the specific claim that the death of Betty or Gertrude, or whatever her name was, was the very first death in history caused by traffic on a road, which is plainly and clearly nonsense.
Including myself I know 3 regular slashdot posters in China. Right now the google.cn front page is one big image (which looks like a variant of the google basic page) link to http://www.google.com.hk/webhp?hl=zh-CN&sourceid=cnhp
Kinda missed my point there Skippy. People have been killing themselves and others through carelessness, clumsiness, incompetence and negligence for a lot longer than there have been combustion driven vehicles. That various countries fail to impose sensible restrictions on vehicle licensing, and fail to impose sufficient deterrents to driving while being a moron is hardly grounds to make out that such deaths only started when cars were introduced.
What a crock. Are they genuinely claiming that prior to 1896 there were no roads, or just that no-one ever chased their dinner-rat into a street in front of a cart?
Or is it just another bit of factually incorrect gibberish to try and divert money from genuine need into their coffers?
No argument there, but for the OS/Hardware manufacturer to be encouraging this (and no doubt skimming the profits)?
Ah well, they have a locked down system, no doubt there'll be a blanket ban of all ad-blocking software and hosts file editing. Not much to be done except shop elsewhere and leave Apple and their victims to their inevitable security nightmare.
I've seen mentions of iAds in a few places now (mostly on the Unity3d forums) but had assumed it to be some childish trolling.
This is a real thing? Apple are pushing the deployment of banner ads onto their minuscule screens? For real?
WTF man, like seriously, WTF?
Ok, I know I'm not in their target market for any of their devices (I'm sentient and have a good understanding of computers), but even so this just leaves me flabbergasted. Why would anyone competent enough to accrue the ludicrous prices of Apple gear ever be persuaded to part with the cash for such crud?
Given that the information supplied by PepsiCo was that it was to be a continuation of their FoodFrontiers blog (An insipid collection of fluff pieces, press releases and deliberately bad science), was to be heavily moderated with no badmouthing of Pepsi to be allowed in comments, and was to be primarily written/edited/maintained by a PR droid with no science qualifications and no interest in science...
There really was no point in holding back or permitting its existence to be marketed as anything other than paid advertising.
Not only Shanghai. Any foreigner in China must register their location within 24 hours of arrival. In all decent hotels this is done automatically on check-in (when they scan or photocopy your passport). If you are staying in a private residence you get 48 to 72 hours grace to do the registration, and if you stay more than 30 days you have to register residency (a white card with your name, address, and a few other details like the owner of the apartments id number etc).
Technically when the white card is applied for the police are supposed to inspect the accommodation and make sure it is fit for foreigners, but if they insist on enforcing that rule these days it means you've pissed someone off and should watch your back.
Slashdot Mirror
Brevity is Bliss.
Job creation and economic stimulus.
Also extraction of cash (to the general good) from drivers lacking sufficient behavior predicting skills or less than adequate reflexes.
Really, this is all a win-win-win situation.
Sufficient robustness to retain sexual appeal after being hit by a fast moving vehicle is a definite positive selection trait...
As long as they're eradicated before they breed I see no reason to interfere in this natural and culturally benevolent phenomenon.
>> they were behind the deepwater horizon spill
Dude, that was Ebaums World.
Yeah, no argument there.
Lagoon was the only one I really aced, though I could hold my own on Twilight Zone (even with its accursed ceramic ball) and the 90's Star Wars table (The one with the mini-game video games on the LED's up top).
But yeah, like I said, no consistency of play. Put me in front of any table other than those 3 and I was laughable at best.
Most of my college years were spent in front of the Creature From The Black Lagoon table (The table in the article + Licensing Deal). I could drop a 20 pence coin in there, play 5 or 6 games and walk away leaving multiple credits behind.
I don't know that I'd handle the consistency of play required to get into this sort of competition, but my averages were way above what these guys ended on, with a personal best of 911M and change.
>> Should some country have invaded USA to free its people from its brutal government?
Yes.
American Universities. Daycare for young "adults". Confirmed once again.
Lucas also gave thumbs up to Ewoks, Jar-Jar and the prequels.
His opinions no longer carry weight.
And once it has been done once, provably as being how the composer intended it, but for some reason failed to include in the composition, then this can be included in the next software fix for the virtual virtuoso.
The topic under discussion is not machines taking over the free-styler or the composition.
It is a machine that in certain circumstances can replace the work of several back-row fiddle-fiddlers in low-art, high paycheck situations.
(High paycheck here indicating the reason those being replaced chose to be involved, rather than indicating a high monetary value).
>> So, software is going to deliver an inspired performance, breaking new musical territory ala Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Albert Collins, BB King, etc?
NBope. But anyone in a broadway musical pit, or anyone in the regular crowd in an orchestra who tries to do so is going to get some nasty looks from the conductor, and fired.
Such a limited imagination...
Sex is naught but mutual nerve stimulation resulting in changing forms in cognitive patterns. An analogue and multiple improvements are most definitely very possible as soon as a second individual takes the step to freedom from biological fallibility.
Suit yourself. I fully intend to be not just alive, but enhanced beyond all the current boundaries and limitations of our ape heritage by then.
Heck, with any luck I'll have ditched the last of the organic crap at that stage.
>> "distinction between being killed by a car hitting you and being killed as a car occupant"
Um, no, that had absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with any of the posts I have made on this topic. Not even tangentially.
My point was that the page linked to was using factually inaccurate hyperbole to try and enhance their argument; Specifically, they ignore/try to deny the fact that people were killed on roads before there where cars, or even carriages.
I wouldn't call it the "best" way, but pointing out elements of an argument that depend on exaggeration, hyperbole or simple factual inaccuracy is an important part of any argument.
You didn't read the page linked to from the comment I responded to and misread my comment then.
The article makes the specific claim that the death of Betty or Gertrude, or whatever her name was, was the very first death in history caused by traffic on a road, which is plainly and clearly nonsense.
Including myself I know 3 regular slashdot posters in China.
Right now the google.cn front page is one big image (which looks like a variant of the google basic page) link to
http://www.google.com.hk/webhp?hl=zh-CN&sourceid=cnhp
with three text links to
http://www.google.cn/music/homepage?sourceid=cnhp
http://translate.google.cn/?sourceid=cnhp#
and
http://www.google.cn/products?sourceid=cnhp
underneath it.
The only other item on the page is a small text link to http://www.miibeian.gov.cn/, which looks to be a license or copyright statement.
Kinda missed my point there Skippy.
People have been killing themselves and others through carelessness, clumsiness, incompetence and negligence for a lot longer than there have been combustion driven vehicles.
That various countries fail to impose sensible restrictions on vehicle licensing, and fail to impose sufficient deterrents to driving while being a moron is hardly grounds to make out that such deaths only started when cars were introduced.
>> world's first road traffic death in 1896
What a crock. Are they genuinely claiming that prior to 1896 there were no roads, or just that no-one ever chased their dinner-rat into a street in front of a cart?
Or is it just another bit of factually incorrect gibberish to try and divert money from genuine need into their coffers?
No argument there, but for the OS/Hardware manufacturer to be encouraging this (and no doubt skimming the profits)?
Ah well, they have a locked down system, no doubt there'll be a blanket ban of all ad-blocking software and hosts file editing. Not much to be done except shop elsewhere and leave Apple and their victims to their inevitable security nightmare.
I've seen mentions of iAds in a few places now (mostly on the Unity3d forums) but had assumed it to be some childish trolling.
This is a real thing? Apple are pushing the deployment of banner ads onto their minuscule screens? For real?
WTF man, like seriously, WTF?
Ok, I know I'm not in their target market for any of their devices (I'm sentient and have a good understanding of computers), but even so this just leaves me flabbergasted. Why would anyone competent enough to accrue the ludicrous prices of Apple gear ever be persuaded to part with the cash for such crud?
Given that the information supplied by PepsiCo was that it was to be a continuation of their FoodFrontiers blog (An insipid collection of fluff pieces, press releases and deliberately bad science), was to be heavily moderated with no badmouthing of Pepsi to be allowed in comments, and was to be primarily written/edited/maintained by a PR droid with no science qualifications and no interest in science...
There really was no point in holding back or permitting its existence to be marketed as anything other than paid advertising.
>>How can a series of tubes be complicated?
Go and watch Brazil. (Movie, not country).
Not only Shanghai. Any foreigner in China must register their location within 24 hours of arrival. In all decent hotels this is done automatically on check-in (when they scan or photocopy your passport).
If you are staying in a private residence you get 48 to 72 hours grace to do the registration, and if you stay more than 30 days you have to register residency (a white card with your name, address, and a few other details like the owner of the apartments id number etc).
Technically when the white card is applied for the police are supposed to inspect the accommodation and make sure it is fit for foreigners, but if they insist on enforcing that rule these days it means you've pissed someone off and should watch your back.
>> friends who migrated from another city
Key phrase there : "Another city".
This particular law is about preventing rural to urban population migration.