In case you are unsure about dropping $8 to see this movie, but don't want any spoilers, I offer the following objective test of this installment's worth:
OK Check it...hook them both up to a network and load SETI@Home on each. Then write a script that will check at the end of the day which of them has completed more SETI units and have that one play some trash-talking sound files to the other. (bonus points if you work some lego mindstorms in there to actually physically whoop up on the lesser computer)
[Super bonus points if you get one of them to change into an eighteen-wheeler and star in a cartoon]
Bah. Eat your own dogfood, guys - when over 50% of the buildings on the Caltech campus are made of this newfangled 'foametal', then I'll listen to your spiel...:-P
Universal health care? Check.
Lax marijuana laws? Check.
Can marry another man if for some reason I was feeling saucey? Check.
and now freedom to share music?
Not to slay a slashdot sacred iCow or anything, but isn't it kind of pointless to call Steve Jobs's Apple Expo/Macworld speeches "keynotes" when he gives them every flippin' time? I mean, who else is gonna give the thing? *half-heartedly hopes for Moof the Dogcow*
Unless something is clearly morally wrong, ignorance of the law can be considered an excuse to the extent that the morality of the act is unclear. For further reference, see your state's "Can you believe it? It's a LAW!" list of funny still-on-the-books-for-some-reason laws (these float around the internet often, usually things like "in nebraska its illegal to shave your dog on a tuesday")
If you want to waste your life doing that, go for it. I (and I estimate the other 99% of humanity) would like to work and do something with our lives. Enjoy your income - there's probably a lot of good TV in your future.
4) some thirteen-year-old clownfuckers hack the ships into being able to go through walls and hit targets dead-on even though they were aimed incorrectly?
"either people are in a big rush to learn about computers, or that computers are somehow fabulously easier to learn than anything else. There are no books on how to learn Beethoven, or Quantum Physics, or even Dog Grooming in a few days."
While I do agree that your post was informative, I don't think the author whom you're quoting understands the main reason why "Learn $Software_Package in 24 hours" books are so popular. Namely, it's because the computer industry changes so quickly that often people are afraid of committing to a long-term study of a programming language for fear it will drop out of sight (faster than they normally do, at least). The theory that "24 hours" books are popular because of an interesting mix of people's superficiality and impatience isn't totally vacuous, however; it seems to be borne out, if only by the fact that I've never seen a "Teach Yourself LISP in 24 Hours" book.
*waits for someone to post amazon link to "Teach Yourself LISP in 24 Hours"*
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$ grep "Jar Jar" episodeIII.txt
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I'm sold.
[Super bonus points if you get one of them to change into an eighteen-wheeler and star in a cartoon]
in that order??
Oh my lord, if only...The dot-com days are back, boys! Start eyein' those Ferraris like you mean it! CHA-CHING!
Cute logo, but they should've gone with Mr. Yuck.
Bah. Eat your own dogfood, guys - when over 50% of the buildings on the Caltech campus are made of this newfangled 'foametal', then I'll listen to your spiel... :-P
Lax marijuana laws? Check.
Can marry another man if for some reason I was feeling saucey? Check.
and now freedom to share music?
Are they accepting applications??
Not to slay a slashdot sacred iCow or anything, but isn't it kind of pointless to call Steve Jobs's Apple Expo/Macworld speeches "keynotes" when he gives them every flippin' time? I mean, who else is gonna give the thing? *half-heartedly hopes for Moof the Dogcow*
His twelve-year-old grandmother....
You gotta give the story an extra "kick"
but what does the pilot do during take-off when all electronic devices have to be shut off?
forget that - what about when I run the GIMP and am face-to-face with Wilbur?
might as well jump... :-P
i wont be convinced until I have a pair of nano-khakis that don't force me to "shake" for three goddamn minutes after I take a piss
Aww man, the one time I want ESR to mention his gun collection and he doesn't do it!
Hmph. Journalism indeed...
shipments schmipments - start measuring your impact on the gaming community in "millions of thumb-blisters" and then we'll talk...
Unless something is clearly morally wrong, ignorance of the law can be considered an excuse to the extent that the morality of the act is unclear. For further reference, see your state's "Can you believe it? It's a LAW!" list of funny still-on-the-books-for-some-reason laws (these float around the internet often, usually things like "in nebraska its illegal to shave your dog on a tuesday")
Here's hoping that he founds a new start-up with a guy named "Pride"...
The model with built-in firearms is, of course, the ESR-7...
I think the case you're referring to is a student who was suspended for wearing a Pepsi t-shirt on his high school's "Coke Day"?
If you want to waste your life doing that, go for it. I (and I estimate the other 99% of humanity) would like to work and do something with our lives. Enjoy your income - there's probably a lot of good TV in your future.
Garth! That was a haiku!
4) some thirteen-year-old clownfuckers hack the ships into being able to go through walls and hit targets dead-on even though they were aimed incorrectly?
While I do agree that your post was informative, I don't think the author whom you're quoting understands the main reason why "Learn $Software_Package in 24 hours" books are so popular. Namely, it's because the computer industry changes so quickly that often people are afraid of committing to a long-term study of a programming language for fear it will drop out of sight (faster than they normally do, at least). The theory that "24 hours" books are popular because of an interesting mix of people's superficiality and impatience isn't totally vacuous, however; it seems to be borne out, if only by the fact that I've never seen a "Teach Yourself LISP in 24 Hours" book.
*waits for someone to post amazon link to "Teach Yourself LISP in 24 Hours"*
most likely a thought bubble with the phrase "I have an idea!", although this depends on who happens to be drawing you.