GWB will use this as an excuse to drop the whole hydrogen economy thing and further increase America's dependence on Middle Eastern oil. Whether the climate gurus are right or wrong, this is a Bad Thing.
...as we call it in the UK, after Gerald Ratner, the founder of Ratners (a low-end high street jeweller) famously commented on one of his sherry decanters, "People say, 'how can you sell this for such a low price?' I say, 'because it's total crap'"
Ratners shares bombed, customers stayed away in their drives, Ratner stepped down and the company was rebranded.
It's not the guns that are the problem, it's the Americans. Before the flames begin, we in the UK have pretty much the same Anglo-Saxon mentality (short tempers, we always think we're right, our home is our castle etc) which is why we're not allowed to carry guns - something that dates from WWI, if I remember correctly, although it's been (fairly pointlessly) tightened to include most sports shooting since the Hungerford and Dunblane massacres, which were committed with legally held guns.
Conversely, the Swiss are armed to the teeth and gun violence there is very rare. It's just that Anglo-Saxons will fight with whatever they've got - fists, knives or firearms - over pretty much any disagreement, but your average European will just make a rude gesture and forget about it.
I'm always amazed by how many posts gun stories attract on Slashdot though!
I suppose the critical difference is that *nix window systems like X are very much built on top of the shell, which is the real operating system. With Windows (since NT), the shell is just an application running in a window, because the windowing system is inseparable from everything else. But that makes it even more of a catch-up cloning exercise.
Er...no. Most Top 40 stars are manufactured shite foisted on us by the record companies because of their looks/demographic appeal rather than their musical talent. Just look at all the substandard cover versions being released by teen "bands" (most of whom can't play any instrument whatsoever). Shows like American Idol/Pop Idol and Popstars prove how easily an "artist" can be manufactured (yeah, it's always the best looking ones that win [1]) and we, the public, just suckle at the tit of Simon Cowell, who earned $50m last year from peddling dross.
If anything, these "artists" deserve a McWage because they're just doing exactly what they're told, and not adding anything to the sum total of human knowledge and culture.
[1] with the honourable exception of the ginger minger in Girls Aloud;-)
Won't the bad guys just buy a few cans of pyrethrin lacquer (the stuff you spray around ant holes). "I'm sorry, Mrs. Roach, but your husband is missing presumed dead. He crawled for what he believed in."
Anyone else been getting increased "blockiness" on digital satellite TV for the last few days, despite a strong signal and clear weather? Could be related.
You couldn't see a solar flare "as soon as it erupted". It takes about 8 minutes for the light to reach Earth from the Sun. So if the Sun went supernova right now, you'd still have time to read this comment and make a coffee before you knew anything about it:-)
The average mpg of the US car fleet is at its lowest for 22 years despite improvements in engine technology. Blame aircon and the tendency towards trucks rather than cars...plus, at the price of gas in the US, there's no real incentive to do anything about it.
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Pr0n magazines that moan when you stroke the pictures!
Most physical objects get patented somehow - look at the bottom of any shaped bit of plastic and it will usually have a PAT number or at least PAT. APP. Maybe it's just the stupid shrink-wrap licence agreement that's new.
I tried searching for an exact phrase but it doesn't work - you just get lots of matches on the individual words. It is also very broken if you use quotation marks.
Most signwriting shops use laser printers to cut vinyl lettering for the side of vans etc. I suppose this is just the turbo nutter bastard version, if it can cut stone.
You still get plagued with Flash popups unless you do a bit of hacking of your etc/hosts file (don't worry, Windoze has one too). See here for how to do it. The list of servers is old but still very effective.
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GWB will use this as an excuse to drop the whole hydrogen economy thing and further increase America's dependence on Middle Eastern oil. Whether the climate gurus are right or wrong, this is a Bad Thing.
Ratners shares bombed, customers stayed away in their drives, Ratner stepped down and the company was rebranded.
To continue the Simpsons theme, our lawyers have asked us to make it clear that V8 juice is NOT 1/8 gasoline.
Mmmmmmmmm...grey goo
Conversely, the Swiss are armed to the teeth and gun violence there is very rare. It's just that Anglo-Saxons will fight with whatever they've got - fists, knives or firearms - over pretty much any disagreement, but your average European will just make a rude gesture and forget about it.
I'm always amazed by how many posts gun stories attract on Slashdot though!
Eat and drink nothing until you reach your ideal weight.
Well, it's probably about as safe as Atkins ;-)
I wish they'd bring back "undelete". What fun we used to have with that command on other people's PCs :-)
I suppose the critical difference is that *nix window systems like X are very much built on top of the shell, which is the real operating system. With Windows (since NT), the shell is just an application running in a window, because the windowing system is inseparable from everything else. But that makes it even more of a catch-up cloning exercise.
So one guy wrote Microsoft's Hell (as it will surely be called)? Oh well, Tim Paterson wrote DOS on his own and look how good that was ;-)
If anything, these "artists" deserve a McWage because they're just doing exactly what they're told, and not adding anything to the sum total of human knowledge and culture.
[1] with the honourable exception of the ginger minger in Girls Aloud ;-)
Won't the bad guys just buy a few cans of pyrethrin lacquer (the stuff you spray around ant holes). "I'm sorry, Mrs. Roach, but your husband is missing presumed dead. He crawled for what he believed in."
In my copy he gives the barman a tip as he leaves the cantina. "Clean the seat in the corner".
Anyone else been getting increased "blockiness" on digital satellite TV for the last few days, despite a strong signal and clear weather? Could be related.
You couldn't see a solar flare "as soon as it erupted". It takes about 8 minutes for the light to reach Earth from the Sun. So if the Sun went supernova right now, you'd still have time to read this comment and make a coffee before you knew anything about it :-)
The average mpg of the US car fleet is at its lowest for 22 years despite improvements in engine technology. Blame aircon and the tendency towards trucks rather than cars...plus, at the price of gas in the US, there's no real incentive to do anything about it.
Pr0n magazines that moan when you stroke the pictures!
Wood screws YOU!
Most physical objects get patented somehow - look at the bottom of any shaped bit of plastic and it will usually have a PAT number or at least PAT. APP. Maybe it's just the stupid shrink-wrap licence agreement that's new.
I tried searching for an exact phrase but it doesn't work - you just get lots of matches on the individual words. It is also very broken if you use quotation marks.
Smartfilter censorware blocks access to the site. Obviously my employer doesn't want me viewing hot open-source browser-on-browser action.
Most signwriting shops use laser printers to cut vinyl lettering for the side of vans etc. I suppose this is just the turbo nutter bastard version, if it can cut stone.
Especially at cricket.
Disney, Yoko Ono...and many other worthy causes
You still get plagued with Flash popups unless you do a bit of hacking of your etc/hosts file (don't worry, Windoze has one too). See here for how to do it. The list of servers is old but still very effective.
Actually, they're ALL prisoners. We transported them there in the 19th century and they bred ;-)