I guess some sort of reclining jello chair that resonates with certain sonic frequencies that he can send in the mail. See, being MacGyver isn't THAT hard.
Nice try, but you still haven't accounted for the jellyfish's stingers. I think a recliner with stingers clearly is some kind of super-villain throne.
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In the photo accompanying the story, the English woman is ugly. The thing is, I think 98% of the English women I've seen are ugly. It's bizarre.
Am I the only person who's noticed this?
(I realize I'm going to zero-out my karma with this, but the question is on my mind so I figured I'd ask.)
Over the past eight years or so, I've occasionally ranted, and heard other people rant, about how I/we were just one more liberties-reduction away from moving to Canada, Europe, Antarctica, etc. But we generally just grumble for a while and then get used to the new "normal".
Is this any different? Are there any of us for whom this really *is* the straw that breaks the camel's back?
I just got back from Austria, and I've got to say, it's pretty fsck'ing nice over there.
It's not his job to give legal interpretation on Supreme Court decisions.
Our whole system is law is based on the idea that each adult can know what's legal and illegal, and be thus held accountable for infractions.
I think you're highlighting the fact that that assumption is fallacious. When the law is so complex that we need a priesthood of interpreters, how can a non-priest know what's legal or illegal for him to do?
Would this make lawsuits regarding disclosure more difficult?
For example, suppose company Foo makes a tortuous misrepresentation of the quality of its R&D pipeline on a blog. Then I buy stock based on that. Then the company's lawyers realize the mistake and fix the blog. All within 10 minutes.
I sue, and say that the blog had bad information. They say, "We have no reliable record that the website ever showed that." I curse myself for not having had a Notary Public print out and stamp that web page.
I think this wouldn't happen with the current regime of printed disclosure statements. Could it happen with the proposed system?
To me, darkness and the "fog of war" effect point to laziness more than anything else. Sure, it's probably supposed to produce "atmosphere", but to me it just looks like they were too lazy to draw out the entire scene in detail.
I have to disagree. In AvP2, when I was playing as a marine in the single-player mode, and there was a xenomorph somewhere out there in dimly red-lit building, the effect was incredibly spooky. In that particular game, the dim red lighting really made the mood.
I've done jogging, which can be pretty encouraging because it gives you good-looking muscle tone as well as weight loss. But as one gets older, jogging typically gets more painful. Also, bad weather (including winter) can derail you from a jogging routine, and make you get off the wagon.
I find that until you run out of good content, Netflix + a home treadmill is a pretty good combination. I found that walking 8 miles/day takes about 2 hours and burns one pound of fat. 4 miles/day is still pretty good, and unless you eat like a glutton, should do great.
There's also the walkstation, which might be an awesome solution if you can put it in your workspace.
The guy seriously fudged the bucket with me. I actually had some amount of faith in this dude.
This was the big test to see if he would collapse under the pressure of the telecoms. More money was offered so he decided to go with it.
I am very upset over this but I should not be surprised. He is just another politician. (But lesser of the two evils)
I feel the same way. I'm a conservative, but after 7 years of Bush, I was well-primed to accept a Democrat who advocated more open, more transparent government. I even sent Obama money. I was excited.
More importantly, I was willing to overlook his past problems, like the fact that he'd promised not to run for president, because I found his apparent commitment to openness so appealing. But with this FISA reform, he's not only breaking his word again, he's also gathering more power to the executive branch, which I was hoping he'd fix.
Now I don't know what to do. Do I vote Libertarian, knowing that it will have no benefit during this election cycle? Or do I vote Obama, because McCain is in my eyes still worse?
This sucks. Obama had me excited about politics for the first time. And he just reminded me why that's foolish.
This is a rant about micrsoft.*com* - the website (and related update sites etc). It isn't about Microsoft itself, or its applications and operating systems.
The functionality of the website is certainly part of the overall experience of using Windows. Especially considering that the website (including confusing page navigation, prompts, and seemingly unnecessary reboots) is how he was getting software updates.
1) You suck a math (for lack of proper training, you believe). 2) During undergrad years, you didn't take steps to correct that. 3) Then you chose your grad program poorly, because they required
math skills that you didn't have, and 4) You *still* haven't done anything to correct your math deficiencies?
The main point I'm drawing from your story is that you need to be proactive about getting the math eduction you feel you need, but you're not willing to.
Maybe you could ask yourself why it matters to you care about being moral. (I'm not trying to be preachy or patronizing here. I'm trying to think this out for myself, too.)
If you're really just trying to avoid the unpleasant emotion of 'guilt', then you might be a hedonist, trying to maximize personal pleasure and minimize personal pain. (In this case, emotional pain.) So I guess you'd need to weigh the pleasure and pain of sending the spam, against the pleasure and pain of sticking by your guns and perhaps getting fired.
If you believe that being moral has some greater metaphysical or religious importance, then I think you have a different calculation to do. Your goal is probably to achieve the greatest good and/or the least evil. But you might believe that doing anything immoral is absolutely forbidden, and is not permitted even if you expect it would facilitate a greater good or prevent a worse evil. If that's the case, then your decision is made for you: you simply must not span.
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Wow, it's like listening to Ahab rant about getting Moby-Dick. Hopefully this will have a better outcome.
Nice try, but you still haven't accounted for the jellyfish's stingers. I think a recliner with stingers clearly is some kind of super-villain throne.
In the photo accompanying the story, the English woman is ugly. The thing is, I think 98% of the English women I've seen are ugly. It's bizarre.
Am I the only person who's noticed this?
(I realize I'm going to zero-out my karma with this, but the question is on my mind so I figured I'd ask.)
Wow. Off-topic, troll, and mostly inaccurate, all in a single posting. Rock on.
Over the past eight years or so, I've occasionally ranted, and heard other people rant, about how I/we were just one more liberties-reduction away from moving to Canada, Europe, Antarctica, etc. But we generally just grumble for a while and then get used to the new "normal".
Is this any different? Are there any of us for whom this really *is* the straw that breaks the camel's back?
I just got back from Austria, and I've got to say, it's pretty fsck'ing nice over there.
Would someone explain why mass is expressed in GeV? GeV sounds like a measure of electrical field strength.
Our whole system is law is based on the idea that each adult can know what's legal and illegal, and be thus held accountable for infractions.
I think you're highlighting the fact that that assumption is fallacious. When the law is so complex that we need a priesthood of interpreters, how can a non-priest know what's legal or illegal for him to do?
I think you fail to see the irrationality of your position.
You don't need meteors or prime evils to have defiled dungeons?
Sorry, I can't decide if I'm attempting dark humor or political commentary.
Would this make lawsuits regarding disclosure more difficult?
For example, suppose company Foo makes a tortuous misrepresentation of the quality of its R&D pipeline on a blog. Then I buy stock based on that. Then the company's lawyers realize the mistake and fix the blog. All within 10 minutes.
I sue, and say that the blog had bad information. They say, "We have no reliable record that the website ever showed that." I curse myself for not having had a Notary Public print out and stamp that web page.
I think this wouldn't happen with the current regime of printed disclosure statements. Could it happen with the proposed system?
I have to disagree. In AvP2, when I was playing as a marine in the single-player mode, and there was a xenomorph somewhere out there in dimly red-lit building, the effect was incredibly spooky. In that particular game, the dim red lighting really made the mood.
I hope their simulations use doubles, not floats!
I've done jogging, which can be pretty encouraging because it gives you good-looking muscle tone as well as weight loss. But as one gets older, jogging typically gets more painful. Also, bad weather (including winter) can derail you from a jogging routine, and make you get off the wagon.
I find that until you run out of good content, Netflix + a home treadmill is a pretty good combination. I found that walking 8 miles/day takes about 2 hours and burns one pound of fat. 4 miles/day is still pretty good, and unless you eat like a glutton, should do great.
There's also the walkstation, which might be an awesome solution if you can put it in your workspace.
That's BS. The Adam West Batman lost and got captured tons of times. That's when his utility belt's contents really got interesting!
Anyone know if they're mandating Ada?
Crap... you're right. Good catch.
GAAAHHH!!!! Bob found a way onto the web. Run!!!!
I feel the same way. I'm a conservative, but after 7 years of Bush, I was well-primed to accept a Democrat who advocated more open, more transparent government. I even sent Obama money. I was excited.
More importantly, I was willing to overlook his past problems, like the fact that he'd promised not to run for president, because I found his apparent commitment to openness so appealing. But with this FISA reform, he's not only breaking his word again, he's also gathering more power to the executive branch, which I was hoping he'd fix.
Now I don't know what to do. Do I vote Libertarian, knowing that it will have no benefit during this election cycle? Or do I vote Obama, because McCain is in my eyes still worse?
This sucks. Obama had me excited about politics for the first time. And he just reminded me why that's foolish.
A poorly re-invented ActiveX? I feel like I've just stared into the abyss, and seen Bill staring back at me.
The functionality of the website is certainly part of the overall experience of using Windows. Especially considering that the website (including confusing page navigation, prompts, and seemingly unnecessary reboots) is how he was getting software updates.
So basically you're saying that:
1) You suck a math (for lack of proper training, you believe).
2) During undergrad years, you didn't take steps to correct that.
3) Then you chose your grad program poorly, because they required
math skills that you didn't have, and
4) You *still* haven't done anything to correct your math deficiencies?
The main point I'm drawing from your story is that you need to be proactive about getting the math eduction you feel you need, but you're not willing to.
That doesn't inspire a lot of sympathy.
Are you kidding? When's the last time you saw any Itanium box?
Maybe you could ask yourself why it matters to you care about being moral. (I'm not trying to be preachy or patronizing here. I'm trying to think this out for myself, too.)
If you're really just trying to avoid the unpleasant emotion of 'guilt', then you might be a hedonist, trying to maximize personal pleasure and minimize personal pain. (In this case, emotional pain.) So I guess you'd need to weigh the pleasure and pain of sending the spam, against the pleasure and pain of sticking by your guns and perhaps getting fired.
If you believe that being moral has some greater metaphysical or religious importance, then I think you have a different calculation to do. Your goal is probably to achieve the greatest good and/or the least evil. But you might believe that doing anything immoral is absolutely forbidden, and is not permitted even if you expect it would facilitate a greater good or prevent a worse evil. If that's the case, then your decision is made for you: you simply must not span.
Any chance this violates the Constitution's provisions against (a) due process, and (b) unreasonable search and seizure?
You are likely to be eaten by a black hole.