My god, you're right. We should just let anyone who wants to go into the U.S. No passport? That's OK. Help yourslef to some free government services while you;re at it. BTW, I don't know which countries you've been to, but every contry I've ever heard of treats its citizens different than it treats foreigners. Try gettig into almost any country without a passport and complain that their invading your privcy based on where you were born.
If the RIAA went away and music was sold by smaller laels, or by the musicians themselves (we have the technology), would music theft decrease?
The prices would probably come down, but I'm sure the new music distributers wold have to fight the same battle, and might join together in some sort of industry association. Thus under whatever name, there would be an RIAA.
As long as we're really being pedantic, I'm in Japan right now on a little island called Tsushima, although I see it written on many signs as tusima, or tushima or tsusima.
Nasa has had no incentive to build a new launch vehicle. This is just like communism: no incentive leads to no effort. I don't mean to imply that NASA employees are not hard working, or smart, but that the organisation itself had no incentive.
Take this example. Say you have some Engineers and tell them "I want you to design a car. I'll let you decide what size, how many people it will hold, what kind of fuel it will use, etc. I don't care how long it takes, r if you ever come up with anything useful." How realistic is it that they will come up with anything.
On the other hand, if you tell them "I want you to get me to the top of that mountain and back here safely, and I want to leave in the next 5 years." They will have the correct motivation.
NASA thrived under the latter scenario, but has no direction under the former.
But NASA lately has shown a distinct lack of vision.
NASA has never had its own vision. It isn't really its function. NASA didn't decide to go to the moon, Kennedy did. NASA decided _how_ to go to the moon, how to accomplish the objective laid out for it and it did a hell of a job. Without this sort of direction EXTERNAL direction, NASA is bound to flounder. It is like a powerful engine without a steering mechanism.
I am the psychotherapist. Please, describe your problems. Each time you are finished talking, type RET twice.
Fox reports that Dell is moving its call center operations for the Latitude and Optiplex computers back to the US from Bangalore, India after an onslaught of complaints from dissatisfied customers who couldn't cope with the differing accents and scripted responses.
Is it because dell is moving its call center operations for the latitude and optiplex computers back to the us from bangalore india after an onslaught of complaints from dissatisfied customers who couldn't cope with the differing accents and scripted responses that you came to me?
Is this the beginning of a trend where companies recognize that the quality offered by relocation to cheaper centers around the world doesn't result in customer appreciation and better quality?
Does it bother you that the quality offered by relocation to cheaper centers around the world does not result in customer appreciation and better quality?
Microsoft: You go to cut a piece of wood and the saw informs you that you have not purchased the 'cut' feature. You upgrade the saw, but it complains that you are using it on non Microsoft lumber. You ignore the warning and it cuts the board into a big pile of sawdust.
GNU: Cuts great, works on all types of wood, plastic and metal. Comes with tools to resharpen the blade. Unfortunately, GNU considers the inch a proprietary standard, so lengths must be specified in cubits.
Macintosh: makes a nice looking saw that can cut some interesting patterns. It's strongest feature is the fanatical devotion by its users. Unfortunately, you can only cut one piece of wood at a time.
Meth labs are always blowing up and I would imagine taking innocent peopel with them. So I don't see this as a victimless crime of just the drug use. Drug manufacturers are in business to make money, so they probably aren't intending to cause explosions, so would this be reckless endangerment, manslaughter? ISAHANAL (I Sure As Heck Am Not A Lawyer).
They should try to park the next one as far away from Hubble as possible. There might be some interesting things we could see with such a huge effective aperture.
They should standardize on some bar code system that can be implemented by many parties. There is software to print the address both in human and machine readable form, but I think it is only closed source. The USPS could even offer a lower rate to people who would do the work of encoding the address for them.
The wars of the future will not be fought on the battlefield or at sea. They will be fought in space, or possibly on top of a very tall mountain. In either case, most of the actual fighting will be done by small robots. And as you go forth today remember always your duty is clear: To build and maintain those robots. Thank you. -- Military school Commandant's graduation address, "The Secret War of
Lisa Simpson"
I think I'll do a translation from English to Penglish. I just made up this language, but I'm sure there will be many followers. The only difference between English and Penglish is that the English word antidisestablishmentarianism is replaced with the Penglish word contradisestablishmentarianism. I plan to make heavy use of a photocopier in the translation process.
Why not make it use propane? Coleman could come out with a cool looking and rugged computer for camping. When you were done computing, you could detach the canister, hook it up to the stove and make some s'mores.
I certainly hope I don't end up getting skin cancer or something, but then again, I'm paranoid, right?
Very paranoid. This device subjects the subject to.05 microsieverts of radiation. For comparison, the average person recieves 3600 microsieverts of radiation in one year. This is equivilant to the amount of radiation you would recieve in about 7 minutes. If the technology can reduce wait times, then I think it would be worthwhile.
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My god, you're right. We should just let anyone who wants to go into the U.S. No passport? That's OK. Help yourslef to some free government services while you;re at it. BTW, I don't know which countries you've been to, but every contry I've ever heard of treats its citizens different than it treats foreigners. Try gettig into almost any country without a passport and complain that their invading your privcy based on where you were born.
If the RIAA went away and music was sold by smaller laels, or by the musicians themselves (we have the technology), would music theft decrease?
The prices would probably come down, but I'm sure the new music distributers wold have to fight the same battle, and might join together in some sort of industry association. Thus under whatever name, there would be an RIAA.
As long as we're really being pedantic, I'm in Japan right now on a little island called Tsushima, although I see it written on many signs as tusima, or tushima or tsusima.
Nasa has had no incentive to build a new launch vehicle. This is just like communism: no incentive leads to no effort. I don't mean to imply that NASA employees are not hard working, or smart, but that the organisation itself had no incentive.
Take this example. Say you have some Engineers and tell them "I want you to design a car. I'll let you decide what size, how many people it will hold, what kind of fuel it will use, etc. I don't care how long it takes, r if you ever come up with anything useful." How realistic is it that they will come up with anything.
On the other hand, if you tell them "I want you to get me to the top of that mountain and back here safely, and I want to leave in the next 5 years." They will have the correct motivation.
NASA thrived under the latter scenario, but has no direction under the former.
But NASA lately has shown a distinct lack of vision.
NASA has never had its own vision. It isn't really its function. NASA didn't decide to go to the moon, Kennedy did. NASA decided _how_ to go to the moon, how to accomplish the objective laid out for it and it did a hell of a job. Without this sort of direction EXTERNAL direction, NASA is bound to flounder. It is like a powerful engine without a steering mechanism.
I am the psychotherapist. Please, describe your problems. Each time
you are finished talking, type RET twice.
Fox reports that Dell is moving its call center operations for the Latitude and Optiplex computers back to the US from Bangalore, India after an onslaught of complaints from dissatisfied customers who couldn't cope with the differing accents and scripted responses.
Is it because dell is moving its call center operations for the
latitude and optiplex computers back to the us from bangalore india
after an onslaught of complaints from dissatisfied customers who
couldn't cope with the differing accents and scripted responses that
you came to me?
Is this the beginning of a trend where companies recognize that the quality offered by relocation to cheaper centers around the world doesn't result in customer appreciation and better quality?
Does it bother you that the quality offered by relocation to cheaper
centers around the world does not result in customer appreciation and
better quality?
With all the DVD copying around, that $1m in sales probably translates to 1 or 2 million potential viewers.
Microsoft: You go to cut a piece of wood and the saw informs you that you have not purchased the 'cut' feature. You upgrade the saw, but it complains that you are using it on non Microsoft lumber. You ignore the warning and it cuts the board into a big pile of sawdust.
GNU: Cuts great, works on all types of wood, plastic and metal. Comes with tools to resharpen the blade. Unfortunately, GNU considers the inch a proprietary standard, so lengths must be specified in cubits.
Macintosh: makes a nice looking saw that can cut some interesting patterns. It's strongest feature is the fanatical devotion by its users. Unfortunately, you can only cut one piece of wood at a time.
Meth labs are always blowing up and I would imagine taking innocent peopel with them. So I don't see this as a victimless crime of just the drug use. Drug manufacturers are in business to make money, so they probably aren't intending to cause explosions, so would this be reckless endangerment, manslaughter? ISAHANAL (I Sure As Heck Am Not A Lawyer).
They should try to park the next one as far away from Hubble as possible. There might be some interesting things we could see with such a huge effective aperture.
the truly paranoid can take it with them when they travel.
Oh, that just what you'd want us to do isn't it???
I overclocked it and now it can clean my whole apartment in under 15 seconds. Of course I have to liquid cool it to keep the motors from melting.
One Linux PDA
One pack of battries
Two packs of caffenated chewing gum
One combination minature K&R and Legal precedent guide
Two gigs of memory
Hell, a fella' could have him a good time in Lindon (UT) with all this stuff.
They should standardize on some bar code system that can be implemented by many parties. There is software to print the address both in human and machine readable form, but I think it is only closed source. The USPS could even offer a lower rate to people who would do the work of encoding the address for them.
Just my $.02
it was a text-only mud my freshman year of college: ..
you are in room with a dirt floor. you see:
life
> get life
Connection closed by foreign host.
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We had 1337 entries in the Slashdot T-Shirt Design Contest.
If you put everything off until the last minute, it only takes a minute to get done.
The wars of the future will not be fought on the battlefield or at sea.
They will be fought in space, or possibly on top of a very tall
mountain. In either case, most of the actual fighting will be done by
small robots. And as you go forth today remember always your duty is
clear: To build and maintain those robots. Thank you.
-- Military school Commandant's graduation address, "The Secret War of
Lisa Simpson"
If I get hauled into court for unauthorized copying of MS software, they will pay my legal bills? "Right hand, this is Left hand, hello? HELLO???"
They must have borrowed an accountant from the RIAA to come up with that number.
That money rightfully belongs to TicketMaster.
I think I'll do a translation from English to Penglish. I just made up this language, but I'm sure there will be many followers. The only difference between English and Penglish is that the English word antidisestablishmentarianism is replaced with the Penglish word contradisestablishmentarianism. I plan to make heavy use of a photocopier in the translation process.
I misread this as He (Helium) blows stuff up. I was all excited that someone had found a way to make helium explosive. Oh well.
Why not make it use propane? Coleman could come out with a cool looking and rugged computer for camping. When you were done computing, you could detach the canister, hook it up to the stove and make some s'mores.
I certainly hope I don't end up getting skin cancer or something, but then again, I'm paranoid, right?
.05 microsieverts of radiation. For comparison, the average person recieves 3600 microsieverts of radiation in one year. This is equivilant to the amount of radiation you would recieve in about 7 minutes. If the technology can reduce wait times, then I think it would be worthwhile.
Very paranoid. This device subjects the subject to