They also think the precambrian extinction (somewhere between 70 and 95 percent of all flora and fauna on the planet) may have been caused by one. There are two great flood basalt plains on the planet (flood basalt is basically an ocean of magma spewing out of the earth-- one covers almost ALL OF INDIA) and they look like they might have been antipodal to large impacts. So the guess is that on the exact opposite of the planet from where the impact was, the earth split in a big way, and the combination from the impact and all the shit that spewed out of these flood basalt plains killed up to 95% of everything.
Wake up. That's like the people who hack into corporate computers to leave resumes on them in hopes that the company will be SO impressed with their 1337N355 that they'll offer them a job. You know what those people get?
Uh? You really think so? That's interesting, because I think (once this all said and done) that Linux comes out looking squeeky-clean, removing some of the doubt that might have been in CEO's head.
Agreed. Not much content other than vague generalities (as opposed to specific generalities, I guess). I would have liked to see lines xxx-yyy were released into the PD in 1895 in file ate_me.c, lines zzz-aaa. That would have been a bit more helpful compared to "probably public domain."
In short, I'd much rather hear "We removed them because they sucked," rather than, "they're probably PD, but as a precaution we removed them anyways."
The "good news" is that even if I have to dump $50 bucks on the game, it won't be out until "holidays of this year," so there's a chance I can talk either a mobo or a Radeon out of my fiancee for Christmas. That'll coincide nicely.
Now you listen to me, you smooth talking son-of-a-bitch! Let me lay it on the line for you and your boss, whoever he is. Johnny Fontane willl never get that movie! I don't care how many dago guinea wop greaseball goombahs come out of the woodwork!
Did you guys see the alt text on the images? "Magnification feature will return once onslaught subsides." Pretty funny. It's like/. is a giant can of RAID.
because I usually just pay the price at the local retail store because it's close and easy, but the markup on guitars is RIDICULOUS. You can talk guitar salesmen down thousands of dollars. Sometimes, I like to go in, haggle my way to under a grand for a (marked as) $3000 guitar, then walk out. The salesmen expect that kind of thing, but it's fun to spend a day playing very expensive guitars, and if you look serious they show you the *real* nice ones. Fun.
I think what confuses some people is that we're used to pushing against something to go somewhere. People have a misguided idea that it's the exhaust pushing against the ground that makes a rocket go, but it's actually the rocket pushing against its exhaust that makes it go. Basically, you mix two things together in a chamber, and under high pessure you shoot ("throw" in the parent's words) the resulting gases out the back end, and away you go. There's no need to interact with the atmosphere which is why rockets work in space and propellers don't.
I still have the problem of not wanting to read hundreds of pages of on-screen print. I just bought a 19" viewsonic monitor, but can't imagine reading an entire book on it (or any monitor). I also don't have a palm-type reader either. Are they worth buying yet? Do they read the same as treeware?
Thanks for the answers. I guess the hardest part for me to grasp is the radiation part.
Let's say I'm immortal for a minute. And let's say that we know how far it is from here to the furthest edge of teh universe, call it a godzillion light years. Will I stop seeing this radiation in a godzillion years (life age of the universe notwithstanding)? Seems like you would, because that initial whumph of radiation from that godzillion light years away, well there was nothing beyond that when
At those levels, scientists say they should be able to detect gravitational radiation from the first moments of the universe -- relic signals from the first second of the Big Bang.
I must be physics challenged. If there were waves created by the big bang, wouldn't they have moved away from the center much faster than the stuff that makes up our planet? Like 2 (3-d) ripples in a pond, one moving faster than the other? Or is this one of those "The universe is infinite and everything is moving away from everything else so there was no 'central location of the universe' because at the time of big bang the universe was only as big as the stuff was expanding" things. But.. but... if it's expanding, how is it infinite? If it's infinite, how is it expanding?
I wish I could wrap my mind around these things, because it's fascinating as hell, I just can't quite fit it.
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They also think the precambrian extinction (somewhere between 70 and 95 percent of all flora and fauna on the planet) may have been caused by one. There are two great flood basalt plains on the planet (flood basalt is basically an ocean of magma spewing out of the earth-- one covers almost ALL OF INDIA) and they look like they might have been antipodal to large impacts. So the guess is that on the exact opposite of the planet from where the impact was, the earth split in a big way, and the combination from the impact and all the shit that spewed out of these flood basalt plains killed up to 95% of everything.
Of course, by "fired," I meant "arrested." It's a common typo.
Fired.
I think you should have read ALL OF THE PREVIOUS POSTS that asked this question before posting it again. Have a nice day.
Uh? You really think so? That's interesting, because I think (once this all said and done) that Linux comes out looking squeeky-clean, removing some of the doubt that might have been in CEO's head.
In short, I'd much rather hear "We removed them because they sucked," rather than, "they're probably PD, but as a precaution we removed them anyways."
The "good news" is that even if I have to dump $50 bucks on the game, it won't be out until "holidays of this year," so there's a chance I can talk either a mobo or a Radeon out of my fiancee for Christmas. That'll coincide nicely.
Slow down cowboy!
Now you listen to me, you smooth talking son-of-a-bitch! Let me lay it on the line for you and your boss, whoever he is. Johnny Fontane willl never get that movie! I don't care how many dago guinea wop greaseball goombahs come out of the woodwork!
No no no, Clark Kent is a flamer, not a fireball.
It's just two poorly named variables bitwise ANDed. I know, it doesn't make any sense to me either.
Did you guys see the alt text on the images? "Magnification feature will return once onslaught subsides." Pretty funny. It's like /. is a giant can of RAID.
because I usually just pay the price at the local retail store because it's close and easy, but the markup on guitars is RIDICULOUS. You can talk guitar salesmen down thousands of dollars. Sometimes, I like to go in, haggle my way to under a grand for a (marked as) $3000 guitar, then walk out. The salesmen expect that kind of thing, but it's fun to spend a day playing very expensive guitars, and if you look serious they show you the *real* nice ones. Fun.
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Look at the dude's posting history. Read his comment and laugh. It's funny.
I think what confuses some people is that we're used to pushing against something to go somewhere. People have a misguided idea that it's the exhaust pushing against the ground that makes a rocket go, but it's actually the rocket pushing against its exhaust that makes it go. Basically, you mix two things together in a chamber, and under high pessure you shoot ("throw" in the parent's words) the resulting gases out the back end, and away you go. There's no need to interact with the atmosphere which is why rockets work in space and propellers don't.
Not as cool as Niven's "The Long Arm of Gil Hamilton." Although Gil's arm was imaginary. But hey, it worked for him.
I still have the problem of not wanting to read hundreds of pages of on-screen print. I just bought a 19" viewsonic monitor, but can't imagine reading an entire book on it (or any monitor). I also don't have a palm-type reader either. Are they worth buying yet? Do they read the same as treeware?
I use firebird; that happens to me (and has since the beginning) maybe once in twenty or thirty posts. Don't know what to tell ya, though.
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I say put that fuckin' talking chihuahua on the moon, sans spacesuit.
Actually, the SODIMMS are real hard to change; I'd prefer they use SOBRIGHTS.
Let's say I'm immortal for a minute. And let's say that we know how far it is from here to the furthest edge of teh universe, call it a godzillion light years. Will I stop seeing this radiation in a godzillion years (life age of the universe notwithstanding)? Seems like you would, because that initial whumph of radiation from that godzillion light years away, well there was nothing beyond that when
*head explodes*
I wish I could wrap my mind around these things, because it's fascinating as hell, I just can't quite fit it.