"Hey look, even after I slammed it against the wall it's still playing, skip free!" "Wow!"
My abuse actually broke the thing a few times, nothing some blu-tack and a soldering iron didn't fix. Ahhh... the heady days of user-serviceable consumer electronics!
Crap, I only just sold it after the volume control stopped working; I could have been rich!
Let x = y Multiply both sides by x: x^2 = xy Subtract y^2: x^2 - y^2 = xy - y^2 Now we can factorise. The left side is done using the difference of two squares method, the right is a simple factorisation. (x + y)(x - y) = y(x - y) Now we can cancel out (x - y) i.e. divide both sides by this: x + y = y
So if x = y, then x + y = 2y Therefore: 2y = y
Give y an arbitary value, e.g. 1: 2 = 1
We can also set y to the power of 0 on both sides, also giving us 2 = 1
IANAM (I am not a mathematician, nor a great speller).
*Sanity note: Yes, there IS a flaw with this, how long will it take/. to figure out high school maths?
I'm not exactly sure what you're replying to, but this seems the right (or... least wrong) place to say this:
If you want to see some evolution just look around. A rushed example: Pretty people. Be prepared for generalisations.
People who are pretty are admired by others, they are more confident, they do well. They have more money, and are very likely to have a partner. They can support more children, who are quite likely to be beautiful themselves, inheriting it.
We have more pretty people. Repeat.
Of course, spoiling the "theory" is that less... asthetically pleasing people have other qualities which endear them to the world, so we do not have a glut of pretty people - but there are more of them about...
Think also about: "slutty" (apologies for abhorrent word) people. Teenage mums? Likely to have children also in a later, more stable relationship. Therefore, their offspring (which *may* be genetically slutty - we can't prove this though) will be numerous. They will have more children.
There are a LOT more teenage pregnacies latley. This theory also can't be proved, though, because society's values are changing.
==============
So I've basically given a basic, modern example of evolution, and then picked holes in my own arguements before the replies do.
I'm not sure either way of creationalism vs. evolution, but I do agree with the original poster - let's just enjoy nature.
*Again, apologies for: generalisations with regard to appearace and teenage mothers. Apologies for spelling.
A nerd isn't just someone who is proficient at using computers... not by my definition.
I think most people here will agree with me when I say that, as a nerd, I don't just tinker with my computer - I tinker with anything I find. Whether you're into gardening, (car) mechanics, games, languages... it doesn't matter. You're a nerd if you're just *curious* about everything.
I think it's interesting to read what people are saying about this disease (disorder? I don't profess to know anything about it), and if you assign a rating of -6 to anything moderated funny, then you can read some really interesting things.
Agreed.
I'm 17 and have just moved from the UK to New Zealand (and will be returning home, damnit).
Early on (year 7-9) I had some problems; but after that things equalled out and I had no more and no less respect than anyone else.
If a guy asked me about his homework and my reply was a little too technical, I wouldn't get called a nerd or anything like that; I'd just a get a neutral, "Woah, man! I can't handle that sh!t!"
Here in New Zealannd I just can't find ANYONE intelligent, I'm afraid. I know the ICQ guys are from West-Coast South Island, but the education system here just creates mindless drones; I'd put it down to mindless teachers.
Incidentally, all the Austrialians I know are rather clever; and the Europeans I know all work very, very hard; quadrouple this for the Asian exchange students here.
Has anyone downloaded this yet?
After searching with little hope and no response for the song I want, I searched for 'Metallica', but still got nothing. I searched for 'Britney Spears' (without quotes - those who listen to her are those who cannot spell - 8-year-olds), hell; even searching for 'hot babes xxx' didn't get me any response.
My settings are; Inbound Limit: infinite, Outbound Limit: infinite, 5 connections to other computers, Shares from files.
In other news, does anyone know where the excellent WinMX went? And what good p2p applications are there to use in it's stead? Not Kazaa.
Once upon a time in a Slashdot post, a Slashdot poster said the following:
"It's been 20 years and Google draws a blank. So, it's Ask Slashdot time - as part of sharing the pain I just went through this morning, I defy anyone, even knowing the rules, (download "Slizang Thizang" off your fave P2P network and transcribe) to figure out what the complete lyrics to the "Double Dutch Bus" are, and to pizost 'em hizere, if yizou've gizot the bizallz."
Someone please alliviate my servere mental disabilities, by telling me what he was on about!
I can work the DOM in both IE (I have 5.01) and Mozilla (Firebird 0.6).
// Set the variable m_games to the class menu_games m_games = document.getElementById('menu_games') // Display menu_games // variable_containing_class.style.property_of_class= 'value' m_games.style.display='block'
Works in both.
Mozilla likes onclick, IE likes onClick. onClick works in both. Same for onMouseover and other event handlers.
The only problem I have with mozilla is that sometimes {... ; position:absolute ; top:0px;...} sometimes isn't actually positioned at the top. Which is a pain.
...do they need lawyers? Because the stupid, stupid people of the World don't understand that its hard to be in the medical profession. They don't understand what 60-percent-sucess-rate means. You can be that if the ambulance crew junp into the river and swim to that drowning child, but she drows anyway, they get sued.
*sigh
It has its own scripting language (so you can teach them simple programming), also allows you to make your own tilesets etc... very good! If I wasn't lazy and the net saturated with good RPGs, I'd use it myself! It can be reeeealy simpe or very complex! Not just a level editor, not a DOS screen of DJGPP. http://www.rpgtoolkit.com/cgi-bin/acforum. cgi?foru m=990 go!
They said the word 'Linux', Oh WOW! I think I'm going to explode! Or cum on my foot! Ha!! Take that you M$ evil do-ers! Us 733t 71nuX d00dZ sh477 0wn j00!</sarcasm> #include <std_disclaimer.h> I like linux, its good and does exactly what it says on the tin, and so much more. But lets not hype, people!
Castle Wolfenstein uses the Quake 3 engine! (Which is old now anyway) The UT2k3 engine usually is a preface to cluttered levels with lots of snags. This can lead to all sorts of graphical courruption with lower end cards. Doom 3 isn't out yet, so I doubt that they'd license thier engine alredy. By process of elimination, they'll most likely make thier own engine....or you could just read that comment above....
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The time has come, the song is over; thought I'd something more to say.
My boss' head has been made out of this stuff for YEARS now!
Goddamn I loved my Pocket Concert.
*SLAM* *SLAM* *SLAM*
"Hey look, even after I slammed it against the wall it's still playing, skip free!"
"Wow!"
My abuse actually broke the thing a few times, nothing some blu-tack and a soldering iron didn't fix. Ahhh... the heady days of user-serviceable consumer electronics!
Crap, I only just sold it after the volume control stopped working; I could have been rich!
YES, I have. Settlers 2 was the last thing I needed before I could make the switch to Linux.
You need DosEmu (google it, baby). Install it, install the provided FreeDos to use as your dos system.
Copy the settlers 2 files over to somewhere accessible.
Run:
xdosemu
Navigate the settler2 folder, run s2 (gets around needing the CD) and horay!
There is an RPM for dosemu, I belive; I also belive it worked in my mandrake install, although it should be in the urpmi repository.
Enjoy.
Halo 2 was developed and created in Auckland, New Zealand - okay so it's not India, China or Korea, but it certainly isn't the U.S..
Let x = y
/. to figure out high school maths?
Multiply both sides by x:
x^2 = xy
Subtract y^2:
x^2 - y^2 = xy - y^2
Now we can factorise. The left side is done using the difference of two squares method, the right is a simple factorisation.
(x + y)(x - y) = y(x - y)
Now we can cancel out (x - y) i.e. divide both sides by this:
x + y = y
So if x = y, then x + y = 2y
Therefore:
2y = y
Give y an arbitary value, e.g. 1:
2 = 1
We can also set y to the power of 0 on both sides, also giving us
2 = 1
IANAM (I am not a mathematician, nor a great speller).
*Sanity note: Yes, there IS a flaw with this, how long will it take
I'm not exactly sure what you're replying to, but this seems the right (or... least wrong) place to say this:
If you want to see some evolution just look around. A rushed example: Pretty people. Be prepared for generalisations.
People who are pretty are admired by others, they are more confident, they do well. They have more money, and are very likely to have a partner. They can support more children, who are quite likely to be beautiful themselves, inheriting it.
We have more pretty people. Repeat.
Of course, spoiling the "theory" is that less... asthetically pleasing people have other qualities which endear them to the world, so we do not have a glut of pretty people - but there are more of them about...
Think also about: "slutty" (apologies for abhorrent word) people. Teenage mums? Likely to have children also in a later, more stable relationship. Therefore, their offspring (which *may* be genetically slutty - we can't prove this though) will be numerous. They will have more children.
There are a LOT more teenage pregnacies latley. This theory also can't be proved, though, because society's values are changing.
==============
So I've basically given a basic, modern example of evolution, and then picked holes in my own arguements before the replies do.
I'm not sure either way of creationalism vs. evolution, but I do agree with the original poster - let's just enjoy nature.
*Again, apologies for: generalisations with regard to appearace and teenage mothers. Apologies for spelling.
...I've got to endure another 15 years of excited Slashdot stories, cynical responses and general -1 Flamebait crud?
A nerd isn't just someone who is proficient at using computers... not by my definition.
I think most people here will agree with me when I say that, as a nerd, I don't just tinker with my computer - I tinker with anything I find. Whether you're into gardening, (car) mechanics, games, languages... it doesn't matter. You're a nerd if you're just *curious* about everything.
I think it's interesting to read what people are saying about this disease (disorder? I don't profess to know anything about it), and if you assign a rating of -6 to anything moderated funny, then you can read some really interesting things.
Agreed.
I'm 17 and have just moved from the UK to New Zealand (and will be returning home, damnit).
Early on (year 7-9) I had some problems; but after that things equalled out and I had no more and no less respect than anyone else.
If a guy asked me about his homework and my reply was a little too technical, I wouldn't get called a nerd or anything like that; I'd just a get a neutral, "Woah, man! I can't handle that sh!t!"
Here in New Zealannd I just can't find ANYONE intelligent, I'm afraid. I know the ICQ guys are from West-Coast South Island, but the education system here just creates mindless drones; I'd put it down to mindless teachers.
Incidentally, all the Austrialians I know are rather clever; and the Europeans I know all work very, very hard; quadrouple this for the Asian exchange students here.
...looks like Red Hat has gone the way of Valhalla!
Has anyone downloaded this yet?
After searching with little hope and no response for the song I want, I searched for 'Metallica', but still got nothing.
I searched for 'Britney Spears' (without quotes - those who listen to her are those who cannot spell - 8-year-olds), hell; even searching for 'hot babes xxx' didn't get me any response.
My settings are; Inbound Limit: infinite,
Outbound Limit: infinite,
5 connections to other computers,
Shares from files.
In other news, does anyone know where the excellent WinMX went? And what good p2p applications are there to use in it's stead? Not Kazaa.
Google is Dying!
So what? We are on Slash-Dot!
Let's bash Microsoft!
The next step on the road to destroying an art form is to write it in 1337.
Once upon a time in a Slashdot post, a Slashdot poster said the following:
"It's been 20 years and Google draws a blank. So, it's Ask Slashdot time - as part of sharing the pain I just went through this morning, I defy anyone, even knowing the rules, (download "Slizang Thizang" off your fave P2P network and transcribe) to figure out what the complete lyrics to the "Double Dutch Bus" are, and to pizost 'em hizere, if yizou've gizot the bizallz."
Someone please alliviate my servere mental disabilities, by telling me what he was on about!
And then on MTV awards night... seen Britney's new costume? That's right. Irene.
...plays naked...
Ahem!;
ooooohhh! I get it! An' yeah, I bet Britney's got a hefty right hook, too.
...welcome our new yeast overlords!
I can work the DOM in both IE (I have 5.01) and Mozilla (Firebird 0.6).
= 'value'
;...} sometimes isn't actually positioned at the top. Which is a pain.
// Set the variable m_games to the class menu_games
m_games = document.getElementById('menu_games')
// Display menu_games
// variable_containing_class.style.property_of_class
m_games.style.display='block'
Works in both.
Mozilla likes onclick, IE likes onClick. onClick works in both. Same for onMouseover and other event handlers.
The only problem I have with mozilla is that sometimes {... ; position:absolute ; top:0px
...is that when I saw 'Lara' in the headline, I automatically assumed it was Lara Croft.
NOW we know why CowboyNeal has been so busy!
...do they need lawyers? Because the stupid, stupid people of the World don't understand that its hard to be in the medical profession. They don't understand what 60-percent-sucess-rate means.
You can be that if the ambulance crew junp into the river and swim to that drowning child, but she drows anyway, they get sued.
*sigh
It has its own scripting language (so you can teach them simple programming), also allows you to make your own tilesets etc... very good! If I wasn't lazy and the net saturated with good RPGs, I'd use it myself!. cgi?foru m=990
It can be reeeealy simpe or very complex! Not just a level editor, not a DOS screen of DJGPP.
http://www.rpgtoolkit.com/cgi-bin/acforum
go!
They said the word 'Linux', Oh WOW! I think I'm going to explode! Or cum on my foot!
Ha!! Take that you M$ evil do-ers! Us 733t 71nuX d00dZ sh477 0wn j00!</sarcasm>
#include <std_disclaimer.h>
I like linux, its good and does exactly what it says on the tin, and so much more. But lets not hype, people!
everyone laughs at the UK. Shame on my stupid country!
...when you can just post the URL on Slashdot?
Castle Wolfenstein uses the Quake 3 engine! (Which is old now anyway)
The UT2k3 engine usually is a preface to cluttered levels with lots of snags. This can lead to all sorts of graphical courruption with lower end cards.
Doom 3 isn't out yet, so I doubt that they'd license thier engine alredy.
By process of elimination, they'll most likely make thier own engine....or you could just read that comment above....