Incidently, it is fairly common for big people to be 'easy going', not because we (I was 6'1" entering high school, 6'5" leaving) didn't get picked on, but because we know what damage we can do.
I avoided serious fights for years, until I was pushed too far in Jr. High and picked up the kid (my age but 6" shorter... why he picked the fight I don't know) and threw him into a wall 1 handed. I realized how much I could have hurt him and backed off...
It's not so much that I am particularly strong, I'm not. But an average 6' + person has a massive amount of force behind a punch, between weight and bigger muscles.
All that being said, it still sucked getting harassed for being the smart kid, but no one ever picked a fight again:)
I've actually used 'the flux capacitor was out of tune' as a root-cause for a problem at our corp. The real cause was confusing and unlikely to occur again, so the tech staff decided to bluff.
I personally thought that a machete was a STUPID weapon to fight something that bleeds deadly blood, but maybe I'm wrong...
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Of course. Not being a thief, I don't have any problem with what they did.
Seriously, it's time to get over the 14 year old mentality folks.
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Not in the same league of course, but you might be amused...
I used to work retail, and with our surround sound system display, I had 2 400W subs running... on top of the particleboard shelving that effectively formed a HUGE reverb chamber... I'd crank up 'enter sandman' and watch 'em walk (and eventually fall of the display).
I had to stop cuz the neighboring store kept bitching that I was knocking merchandise off the shelf..
Some of your points are very good, but you need to be careful. One of the biggest mistakes that you can make is to assume that an opponent is crazy/stupid, just because they think differently.
As an aside, it's OK to consider people to 'think different' to be crazy/stupid:) (flamebait -1 here I come:) )
Interesting thought, but a defense buildup and a space buildup are radically different in terms of cost. As I recall, the entire NASA budget is just a few billion dollars/year, and the defense budget is in the hundreds of billions.
Add to that the fact that China just can't compete economically with the US yet. They are getting better, but it's (a 'spend the US into destruction strategy) just to heavy a burden right now.
Hell, the US had an overall very prosperous economy, and it still took 40 years to do in the USSR...
scratch that, it was lack of foresight. There _was_ a valid reason to use 2 digit dates, but the amount of data/# of programs grew so rapidly that it was a bitch to get fix.
Incidently, some code in the 50s and 60s used 1 digit years...
Also, I seem to recall that 'lovebug' was the internal name for that virus, no?
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kMy kbad kyou're kright k!
It would be nice, however, if someone would put out a goddamn program that isn't called 'kApp', 'kBrowser' or 'kCoolgame'.
Cuteness has its place, but it's a real pain finding the right app most of the time.
Nothing, except the DVD is expensive, considering it has no commentary, bonus stuff, etc.
I've had friends who bought edited versions that weren't marked, and it made 'em mad...
:)
As long as the edited version is labeled, it's fine. I'm of the hard rock/metal persuasion, and you just can't buy many albums w/o profanity
They pulled a couple of 'men's magazines', Maxim and Stuff because a few people complained.
They sell (unmarked) censored versions of music because the company find them morally wrong.
Consequently, I can't buy music there, since everything I buy has a 'parent advisory' on it.
Incidently, it is fairly common for big people to be 'easy going', not because we (I was 6'1" entering high school, 6'5" leaving) didn't get picked on, but because we know what damage we can do.
:)
I avoided serious fights for years, until I was pushed too far in Jr. High and picked up the kid (my age but 6" shorter... why he picked the fight I don't know) and threw him into a wall 1 handed. I realized how much I could have hurt him and backed off...
It's not so much that I am particularly strong, I'm not. But an average 6' + person has a massive amount of force behind a punch, between weight and bigger muscles.
All that being said, it still sucked getting harassed for being the smart kid, but no one ever picked a fight again
Damn, well, that settles that. Can you drop a line to the lawyer and let him know? :)
... to tabulate the votes of the supreme court? Those are the votes used to selec..., er elect the pres...
I've actually used 'the flux capacitor was out of tune' as a root-cause for a problem at our corp. The real cause was confusing and unlikely to occur again, so the tech staff decided to bluff.
I guess, technically, that would be 'fair', but it wasn't the idea... :)
It means blink 182 songs are all free...
Sadly, 'fingerbanging' is still not fair use...
I am curious how one stops and captures a terminator without even scratching his face...
I personally thought that a machete was a STUPID weapon to fight something that bleeds deadly blood, but maybe I'm wrong...
Of course. Not being a thief, I don't have any problem with what they did.
Seriously, it's time to get over the 14 year old mentality folks.
Not in the same league of course, but you might be amused...
I used to work retail, and with our surround sound system display, I had 2 400W subs running... on top of the particleboard shelving that effectively formed a HUGE reverb chamber... I'd crank up 'enter sandman' and watch 'em walk (and eventually fall of the display).
I had to stop cuz the neighboring store kept bitching that I was knocking merchandise off the shelf..
Some of your points are very good, but you need to be careful. One of the biggest mistakes that you can make is to assume that an opponent is crazy/stupid, just because they think differently.
:) (flamebait -1 here I come :) )
As an aside, it's OK to consider people to 'think different' to be crazy/stupid
"I wore this _exact_ shirt last week, but no one noticed..."
Or Canada...
eh, it _could_ happen, but it's not very likely.
I think people need to think in terms of risk/reward for these kind of things, and most folks only wanna talk in guarantees.
Can we make sure this kind of thing never happens again? No (unless planes are uninvented), but we can minimize the risk.
Is it a good idea to limit the options of pilots carrying millions of passengers a year? I don't think so.
Interesting thought, but a defense buildup and a space buildup are radically different in terms of cost. As I recall, the entire NASA budget is just a few billion dollars/year, and the defense budget is in the hundreds of billions.
Add to that the fact that China just can't compete economically with the US yet. They are getting better, but it's (a 'spend the US into destruction strategy) just to heavy a burden right now.
Hell, the US had an overall very prosperous economy, and it still took 40 years to do in the USSR...
Y2K was just bad design.
scratch that, it was lack of foresight. There _was_ a valid reason to use 2 digit dates, but the amount of data/# of programs grew so rapidly that it was a bitch to get fix.
Incidently, some code in the 50s and 60s used 1 digit years...
Also, I seem to recall that 'lovebug' was the internal name for that virus, no?
I think 100% might be exaggerating, but here's a thought:
1) have many speakers (people) and alternate them between letters (barry white says the first letter, fran drescher says the second, etc.)
2) slightly alternate the letters, but speeding them up/down 10-20%, changing the pitch, etc.
Just a thought.
and kevlar vests will have speakers too...
"uh oh... hey, you might wanna... oh, it's O..... SHIT! RUN!"