Not only does it have to get 200 mpg, but it has to be low-cost, quiet, have a short take-off distance, require no fuel, be constructed out of recycled paper, look really cool, carry 4 tonnes freight, shoot sparkles out its exhaust, pass a Turing test, eat 50 eggs in one sitting, and touch its right index finger to its right elbow.
Yep. He even expresses interest in women. Case closed in my book.
"Assange said he was seeking a 'siren' for [a] love affair," -- as in, police van siren??? "children" -- anyone care to wonder why he is seeking CHILDREN??? sick. "and occasional criminal conspiracy'" -- what, like condom-related international sextreason?!
Mod parent up a promotion to be a court judge. We need more people like you, who are able to extract the truth immediately based on personal opinion and nothingness, rather than people who will waste time bothering with facts and evidence and logic and reason.
How ridiculous to define Anonymous and issue "press releases from the group." Simultaneously they explain that the "group" is decentralized and ad-hoc'ly organized, yet they present quotes and info on "group activities" as if they're interviewing authorities within the "group", or "leaders" or something.
Because Anonymous is NOT a defined group, anyone can claim to be Anonymous and anyone can define it. In fact, I'll go on the record as an "authority" and define Anonymous thusly:
Anonymous is any individual who would rather poop in secrecy rather than compliantly poop under the watchful eye of someone who tells him where and when to poop. Anonymous is any individual who still is an individual, and hasn't gladly given up their identity to The System.
Ooh, what is this "System", that is the sworn enemy of Anonymous? Who are they and what is their manifesto? What is their control structure? Do they have official membership cards, like I assume Anonymous does???
Really, Anonymous is anyone who at any time decides they want to be called Anonymous for whatever reason. That's all.
Let me rephrase - like an ACTUAL pirate, not a curious teen or aging grandma.
We obviously need new terminology. By labeling people who let's say "back up" data as "pirates", the word "pirate" has come to mean something harmless, even cool. Yet the word is still used in the traditional sense to describe people who attack at sea, and destroy rather than create, and kill viciously, and actually take something away from people.
The pirate analogy is a bad one for copying data. The jesus analogy works better I think... he made some copies of fish and bread and distributed it free of charge.
People who copy data should henceforth be referred to as "miracle workers." Now try to paint them in the same exaggeratedly bad light with that name.
check out my youtube video of me on a webcam saying that a tsunami is coming!"
I just had to add a transcript for the youtube video...
"Hey everyone, it's me, Susilo here. I just made this video to talk about a tsunami, but first I just want to say hi to all my peeps, and thanks for your supportive comments. All you haters out there tryin to step to me and hacking my Twitter can just step off my grill. But what I really wanted was to just come on this video and say that there's a tsunami coming. So yeah, that's basically it, really. That's all I really wanted to say. So I guess you know, head to safety and shit... just... stay safe, and be nice in your comments. That's all I wanted to say in this video, so until next time, Indonesia rules!, check out my facebook page, and peace out."
Trusting twitter? Turn on the TV or radio. Perhaps check the meteorological service's website.
True. The only twit that I'd trust on this subject are along the lines of "LOL @tsunami".
I would wait for an official blog post from Susilo to find out if there is indeed a tsunami, and how does he feel about it.
For safety through redundancy, Susilo could also send out a message such as "Please 'Like' my 'Oh noes tsunami coming' facebook page and check out my youtube video of me on a webcam saying that a tsunami is coming!"
Was this before that parish banned pencils or before?
Pencils were banned. Someone tried to sneak one in so that they could work on fixing the problem, but the newly installed full body scanner at the office entrance detected it and the weapon was confiscated.
The scanner also detected that the penis size was average.
I'd be willing to not do a job that doesn't exist, for well under one million dollars.
A lot of people will even work at jobs that do exist (the worst kind, in my opinion) for 50 years and not make $1.9M.
The sad thing is that most people who get laid off probably do not get compensation equalling actual damages. I'm sure a lot of people who have been laid off would be satisfied with 1% of what he got.
I don't think Seagate was malicious or willfully misconductive. It's not like they were "out to get him" or anything. "Let's make him uproot his family and then say 'April fools!' That'll be hilarious." And I'm not saying companies shouldn't take responsibility for the people they hire. But I will say that it's not fair for one person to get "compensation in excess" while there are others of us who get laid off by someone who "didn't care what effect it had" on our careers, while we don't have the means to hire a lawyer to set it straight.
Then the US government came and said to them, "CIA, if Julian releases more documents, how many times more women should we accuse him of raping? As many as seven times?" The CIA said to them, "Not seven times, but, I tell you, seventy-seven times.”
It's to protect the company's interests should a phone be lost or stolen.
I don't think that wiping the entire phone's data goes far enough to protect their interests. Every company should have the ability to remotely wipe your smartphone, and your home computer, and the computers of all family and friends within 6 degrees of separation. Also, they should be able to kill you, because your brain contains precious precious data, too. Really, they ought to be able to take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
Way too far is not enough, I say, when it comes to protecting a company's interests.
To generate the extra CO2 we could always burn some trees. Maybe we could use these super-bright trees with some magnifying glasses to start the fires. Then not only does it save billions of dollars per second in electricity costs, but it is also self-sustaining.
Wait a minute. We could use the light from the super-bright trees to grow more trees! Then we'll have so much extra energy... Maybe we could use it to power fusion devices that turn lead into gold. My god... I think we have the makings of a perpetual motion machine here, one that for once doesn't break any laws of thermodynamics.
It still doesn't explain why the person she's conversing with is INVISIBLE!!!
I've asked a hundred people and nobody could give me an answer. The only reasonable explanation is that the person is a vampire and their image can't be captured on film.
It still doesn't explain why the time-traveling tranny's vampire friend is NAKED IN BROAD DAYLIGHT!!!
My point though is that our rules of physical reality *specifically* approximate how the universe functions. The "assumption" mentioned was that we assume nothing can travel faster than light. This is based on our entire history and knowledge of observation, and on our current understanding of the way things work. If our understanding of reality is so far off that that is not true, then we can admit that nothing is certain and we pretty much can't assume anything. IE. there are no reasonable assumptions.
But IF we can reasonably assume anything based on our knowledge to date, then we can reasonably assume that our understanding of the universe does in fact approximate (even remotely how it functions.
Assuming our rules are exact and complete is unreasonable. Assuming that the universe actually functions not even approximately as everything we've ever observed and deduced says it does, is unreasonable.
Only it won't work. I just learned about the Streisand effect from the recent article about officer Bubble, and I already have a situation in which to apply it. That's convenient.
Yeah, I was thinking about that too, except I now think that the Streisand effect is not that effective.
If you say "the recording industry doesn't want you to see this this video" or "Officer bubbles will arrest you for assaulting him with a viewing of this video", then there are a certain type of people who will seek out the video. These people are probably the type who like to form opinions for themselves, and are probably also the type who don't mindlessly follow the authority claimed by big business or abusive government organizations. Those willing to risk being sued for a million dollars for making Officer bubbles feel foolish for acting like a ridiculous crybaby bully, probably already believe that police sometimes abuse their authority. Those who want to see the recording industry expose their lies and deception probably already know that the record company people are shadyyyy.
I believe that something like this (Officer bubbles or 20/20) is of interest to this type of person... slashdot people... knowledge and understanding seekers. Then occasionally it gains enough attention that it becomes a meme, and others... facebook people... those interested in what's popular... they will catch on. They will pay attention because others are.
I believe it's the second group of people that groups like RIAA fear, because they can be swayed easily by a message, and stuff like Officer bubbles and 20/20 are "uncontrolled messages," that may have an undesirable effect on an organization's brand management.
And I don't mean to say that individuals can be separated into one group or the other, but rather that as a collective, groups of people can act like flocks of sheep. I think it's the flocks that steer the recording industry or the police. The Streisand effect affects individuals, not flocks.
Now all they have to do is ban blowing up the moon, ban the construction of death stars, and ban initiating an inverse tachyon pulse at the same coordinates in space in three time periods.
But shutting down the LHC will cost too many jobs. They need to keep drilling with the 15 MJ beams, even if it causes another black hole in the gulf of mexico.
Slashdot Mirror
Microsoft does ONE thing well : it hires thousands of competent programmers and it makes usable software.
That's two things.
Oh.
I see what you're saying, now.
Ya me too! This a gonna be guuud
Not only does it have to get 200 mpg, but it has to be low-cost, quiet, have a short take-off distance, require no fuel, be constructed out of recycled paper, look really cool, carry 4 tonnes freight, shoot sparkles out its exhaust, pass a Turing test, eat 50 eggs in one sitting, and touch its right index finger to its right elbow.
Yep. He even expresses interest in women. Case closed in my book.
"Assange said he was seeking a 'siren' for [a] love affair," -- as in, police van siren???
"children" -- anyone care to wonder why he is seeking CHILDREN??? sick.
"and occasional criminal conspiracy'" -- what, like condom-related international sextreason?!
Mod parent up a promotion to be a court judge. We need more people like you, who are able to extract the truth immediately based on personal opinion and nothingness, rather than people who will waste time bothering with facts and evidence and logic and reason.
How ridiculous to define Anonymous and issue "press releases from the group."
Simultaneously they explain that the "group" is decentralized and ad-hoc'ly organized, yet they present quotes and info on "group activities" as if they're interviewing authorities within the "group", or "leaders" or something.
Because Anonymous is NOT a defined group, anyone can claim to be Anonymous and anyone can define it. In fact, I'll go on the record as an "authority" and define Anonymous thusly:
Anonymous is any individual who would rather poop in secrecy rather than compliantly poop under the watchful eye of someone who tells him where and when to poop.
Anonymous is any individual who still is an individual, and hasn't gladly given up their identity to The System.
Ooh, what is this "System", that is the sworn enemy of Anonymous? Who are they and what is their manifesto? What is their control structure? Do they have official membership cards, like I assume Anonymous does???
Really, Anonymous is anyone who at any time decides they want to be called Anonymous for whatever reason. That's all.
It took 1 click and then about 1 second to figure out what "Side 9" means in Danish.
Let me rephrase - like an ACTUAL pirate, not a curious teen or aging grandma.
We obviously need new terminology. By labeling people who let's say "back up" data as "pirates", the word "pirate" has come to mean something harmless, even cool. Yet the word is still used in the traditional sense to describe people who attack at sea, and destroy rather than create, and kill viciously, and actually take something away from people.
The pirate analogy is a bad one for copying data. The jesus analogy works better I think... he made some copies of fish and bread and distributed it free of charge.
People who copy data should henceforth be referred to as "miracle workers." Now try to paint them in the same exaggeratedly bad light with that name.
check out my youtube video of me on a webcam saying that a tsunami is coming!"
I just had to add a transcript for the youtube video...
"Hey everyone, it's me, Susilo here. I just made this video to talk about a tsunami, but first I just want to say hi to all my peeps, and thanks for your supportive comments. All you haters out there tryin to step to me and hacking my Twitter can just step off my grill. But what I really wanted was to just come on this video and say that there's a tsunami coming. So yeah, that's basically it, really. That's all I really wanted to say. So I guess you know, head to safety and shit... just... stay safe, and be nice in your comments. That's all I wanted to say in this video, so until next time, Indonesia rules!, check out my facebook page, and peace out."
Trusting twitter? Turn on the TV or radio. Perhaps check the meteorological service's website.
True. The only twit that I'd trust on this subject are along the lines of "LOL @tsunami".
I would wait for an official blog post from Susilo to find out if there is indeed a tsunami, and how does he feel about it.
For safety through redundancy, Susilo could also send out a message such as "Please 'Like' my 'Oh noes tsunami coming' facebook page and check out my youtube video of me on a webcam saying that a tsunami is coming!"
It is all a matter of operator precedence:
fake (tsunami warning) versus (fake tsunami) warning
"fake (tsunami warning)" is standard gramatical precedence or whatever.
"(fake tsunami) warning" would be specified "fake-tsunami warning"
Please mod me down, thanks. I can't believe I replied to this.
New Orleans is cursed.
It's true. Two bad things have now happened... to one city?!
When one bad thing happens in a city, I'd call it a coincidence. But two?! The odds must be close to one in zero.
Was this before that parish banned pencils or before?
Pencils were banned. Someone tried to sneak one in so that they could work on fixing the problem, but the newly installed full body scanner at the office entrance detected it and the weapon was confiscated.
The scanner also detected that the penis size was average.
I'd be willing to not do a job that doesn't exist, for well under one million dollars.
A lot of people will even work at jobs that do exist (the worst kind, in my opinion) for 50 years and not make $1.9M.
The sad thing is that most people who get laid off probably do not get compensation equalling actual damages. I'm sure a lot of people who have been laid off would be satisfied with 1% of what he got.
I don't think Seagate was malicious or willfully misconductive. It's not like they were "out to get him" or anything. "Let's make him uproot his family and then say 'April fools!' That'll be hilarious." And I'm not saying companies shouldn't take responsibility for the people they hire. But I will say that it's not fair for one person to get "compensation in excess" while there are others of us who get laid off by someone who "didn't care what effect it had" on our careers, while we don't have the means to hire a lawyer to set it straight.
Then the US government came and said to them, "CIA, if Julian releases more documents, how many times more women should we accuse him of raping? As many as seven times?" The CIA said to them, "Not seven times, but, I tell you, seventy-seven times.”
It's to protect the company's interests should a phone be lost or stolen.
I don't think that wiping the entire phone's data goes far enough to protect their interests. Every company should have the ability to remotely wipe your smartphone, and your home computer, and the computers of all family and friends within 6 degrees of separation. Also, they should be able to kill you, because your brain contains precious precious data, too. Really, they ought to be able to take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
Way too far is not enough, I say, when it comes to protecting a company's interests.
Yeah, but ms only does this when they already have a competing product that has already proven itself vastly more successful.
http://idle.slashdot.org/story/10/09/11/1920205/Microsoft-Holds-iPhone-Funeral-Event
http://games.slashdot.org/story/10/09/22/1416246/Xbox-Head-Proclaims-Blu-ray-Dead
It's not like they're trying to create popular doubt in superior products or anything.
To generate the extra CO2 we could always burn some trees.
Maybe we could use these super-bright trees with some magnifying glasses to start the fires. Then not only does it save billions of dollars per second in electricity costs, but it is also self-sustaining.
Wait a minute. We could use the light from the super-bright trees to grow more trees! Then we'll have so much extra energy... Maybe we could use it to power fusion devices that turn lead into gold. My god... I think we have the makings of a perpetual motion machine here, one that for once doesn't break any laws of thermodynamics.
Everything about this story makes sense!
Doctor: "Good news! We've managed to turn all your skin into blood! Now, there is also some slightly bad news..."
Grandma Titor was likely using one of these:
http://www.hearingaidmuseum.com/gallery/Carbon/WesternElectric/info/westelect34a.htm
It still doesn't explain why the person she's conversing with is INVISIBLE!!!
I've asked a hundred people and nobody could give me an answer. The only reasonable explanation is that the person is a vampire and their image can't be captured on film.
It still doesn't explain why the time-traveling tranny's vampire friend is NAKED IN BROAD DAYLIGHT!!!
My point though is that our rules of physical reality *specifically* approximate how the universe functions. The "assumption" mentioned was that we assume nothing can travel faster than light. This is based on our entire history and knowledge of observation, and on our current understanding of the way things work. If our understanding of reality is so far off that that is not true, then we can admit that nothing is certain and we pretty much can't assume anything. IE. there are no reasonable assumptions.
But IF we can reasonably assume anything based on our knowledge to date, then we can reasonably assume that our understanding of the universe does in fact approximate (even remotely how it functions.
Assuming our rules are exact and complete is unreasonable. Assuming that the universe actually functions not even approximately as everything we've ever observed and deduced says it does, is unreasonable.
Only it won't work. I just learned about the Streisand effect from the recent article about officer Bubble, and I already have a situation in which to apply it. That's convenient.
Yeah, I was thinking about that too, except I now think that the Streisand effect is not that effective.
If you say "the recording industry doesn't want you to see this this video" or "Officer bubbles will arrest you for assaulting him with a viewing of this video", then there are a certain type of people who will seek out the video. These people are probably the type who like to form opinions for themselves, and are probably also the type who don't mindlessly follow the authority claimed by big business or abusive government organizations. Those willing to risk being sued for a million dollars for making Officer bubbles feel foolish for acting like a ridiculous crybaby bully, probably already believe that police sometimes abuse their authority. Those who want to see the recording industry expose their lies and deception probably already know that the record company people are shadyyyy.
I believe that something like this (Officer bubbles or 20/20) is of interest to this type of person... slashdot people... knowledge and understanding seekers. Then occasionally it gains enough attention that it becomes a meme, and others... facebook people... those interested in what's popular... they will catch on. They will pay attention because others are.
I believe it's the second group of people that groups like RIAA fear, because they can be swayed easily by a message, and stuff like Officer bubbles and 20/20 are "uncontrolled messages," that may have an undesirable effect on an organization's brand management.
And I don't mean to say that individuals can be separated into one group or the other, but rather that as a collective, groups of people can act like flocks of sheep. I think it's the flocks that steer the recording industry or the police. The Streisand effect affects individuals, not flocks.
Now all they have to do is ban blowing up the moon, ban the construction of death stars, and ban initiating an inverse tachyon pulse at the same coordinates in space in three time periods.
It's due to it's power requirements.
But shutting down the LHC will cost too many jobs. They need to keep drilling with the 15 MJ beams, even if it causes another black hole in the gulf of mexico.
My favorite number is potato.
You assume that what we take as hard rules of physical reality even remotely approximates how the universe actually functions.
If ever there were a reasonable assumption, this is it.