so, can I call it "magneto-thermo-nuclear" cooking?
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Dont you think it's pretty strange that, out of the "more than 100 people around the world" employed by Microsoft to trace spammers, this article focuses on the one investigator with a name that resonates quite loudly in the IT community?
In any case, yes, three cheers for Sterling (can we call him "Sterl"?) McBride
what I really like about this arms race is that news stories about "how bad spam is" are becoming a regular feature in numerous media outlets...
what that means is that the opinion of the silent majority is being moved toward "angry mob" status, which, I believe will lead to the downfall of the Spam Kings.
so if anyone is interested, I'm planning on opening an online store specializing in torches and pitchforks...
I think the only way any company can make a successful HDD-based portable movie player is not to have a miniature screen, but to couple it with not-too-expensive video-goggles.
IMO, portable video players with a small integrated screen are the same as a MP3 player with a speaker on the front. Stupid.
All MP3 players come with earphones, dont they? Why dont all video-players come with video-goggles?
Just yesterday I was riding with a friend in his car when we catch up to another car driving erratically in front of us...
We both thought the driver was drunk, but when we got a chance to pass him, we saw a couple of kids bouncing on the back seat and the driver was doing just what you described.
But what can you do when your coworker arrives in your cubicle, obviously alarmed, complaining that her floppy drive wont accept her diskette, which has all moving parts stuck (probably from a sugar-laden drink spill), and wont take "your diskette died" for an answer?
you're deluding yourself... they'll never invent a holodeck, and if someone did, he'd be prevented from marketing it, because if everyone had a holodeck, no one would ever go outside of it, except to eat and defecate; this would lead to the downfall of mankind, as reproduction and social activities cease altogether.
maybe they're really depressed to have to live there, but can't afford to move someplace else?
next time I spot a news item about bacteria living in an odd environment, I'll submit it to slashdot, "Bacteria struggling to make ends meet in [weird environment], suffer from overpopulation; Joe Bacterium comments: "What can you do, it's part of our culture."
If the big music conglomerates die, people will still continue to make music...
There's a lot of talented musicians and bands out there. Maybe they only play in bars and small venues; maybe they still have a day job; maybe you have to make a special detour to that out-of-the-way independent record store to find their records.
We can all live without music conglomerates and their lipsynching puppets.
that guy's article almost reads like a "they're coming to steal our jobs and our women!!!1" rant.
while the dinosaurs were undoubtedly alarmed to see a huge meteor ending their way of life, all the smaller mammals were crying with joy to see their predators massively die.
you wouldnt need IR LEDs... those FLIR cameras are so powerful, all you'd need is to use something that has a different temperature than your roof as a writing material.
of course, using flashing signs made with IR LEDs would be sure to catch the attention of camera operator.
I once had this halfbaked idea of modding a car with IR illumination all over it, and drive around the areas full of camcorder-wielding tourists...
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so, can I call it "magneto-thermo-nuclear" cooking?
Dont you think it's pretty strange that, out of the "more than 100 people around the world" employed by Microsoft to trace spammers, this article focuses on the one investigator with a name that resonates quite loudly in the IT community?
In any case, yes, three cheers for Sterling (can we call him "Sterl"?) McBride
aaaaaaagh a snaaake! oh it's a snake!
do you keep the pr0n you find?
I saw the movie, but I was a little disappointed... I expected more CGI devastation though!
The plot was alright IMO, considering it's not exactly scientifically accurate.
I thought that the vice-president character was so Dick-Cheney-like that it was scary.
what I really like about this arms race is that news stories about "how bad spam is" are becoming a regular feature in numerous media outlets...
what that means is that the opinion of the silent majority is being moved toward "angry mob" status, which, I believe will lead to the downfall of the Spam Kings.
so if anyone is interested, I'm planning on opening an online store specializing in torches and pitchforks...
What makes you think we would ask for volunteers?
I think the only way any company can make a successful HDD-based portable movie player is not to have a miniature screen, but to couple it with not-too-expensive video-goggles.
IMO, portable video players with a small integrated screen are the same as a MP3 player with a speaker on the front. Stupid.
All MP3 players come with earphones, dont they? Why dont all video-players come with video-goggles?
obviously, in true Slashdotter tradition, the poster didnt even RTFA he linked to...
If the eMagin gadget is sold cheap enough, it would be a great solution for portable media devices...
Combine the eMagin with a video iPod, and I'll certainly use one during long trips on planes, trains and automobiles. Or even in bed.
why doesnt Slashdot have a +1 Scary mod?
Just yesterday I was riding with a friend in his car when we catch up to another car driving erratically in front of us...
We both thought the driver was drunk, but when we got a chance to pass him, we saw a couple of kids bouncing on the back seat and the driver was doing just what you described.
is it because they dont want to have to give up on their computers for weeks at a time?
I wear big shiny stainless steel rings to draw attention to my knuckle calluses.
If any would-be mugger doesnt realise what those calluses mean, then he fully deserves what he gets by trying to mug me.
would be to send a lot of them there... knowing that a majority would die from the exposure.
those survivors might be more resistant to radiation, and could possibly pass on that resistance to their offspring, and so on.
evolution is the key to colonizing other environments.
But what can you do when your coworker arrives in your cubicle, obviously alarmed, complaining that her floppy drive wont accept her diskette, which has all moving parts stuck (probably from a sugar-laden drink spill), and wont take "your diskette died" for an answer?
you must live in an exciting place.
nothing random and exciting ever happens here.
well, at least, very rarely.
you're deluding yourself... they'll never invent a holodeck, and if someone did, he'd be prevented from marketing it, because if everyone had a holodeck, no one would ever go outside of it, except to eat and defecate; this would lead to the downfall of mankind, as reproduction and social activities cease altogether.
how do you know those bacteria are happy?
maybe they're really depressed to have to live there, but can't afford to move someplace else?
next time I spot a news item about bacteria living in an odd environment, I'll submit it to slashdot, "Bacteria struggling to make ends meet in [weird environment], suffer from overpopulation; Joe Bacterium comments: "What can you do, it's part of our culture."
If the big music conglomerates die, people will still continue to make music...
There's a lot of talented musicians and bands out there. Maybe they only play in bars and small venues; maybe they still have a day job; maybe you have to make a special detour to that out-of-the-way independent record store to find their records.
We can all live without music conglomerates and their lipsynching puppets.
that guy's article almost reads like a "they're coming to steal our jobs and our women!!!1" rant.
while the dinosaurs were undoubtedly alarmed to see a huge meteor ending their way of life, all the smaller mammals were crying with joy to see their predators massively die.
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It won't kill 'em, but they'd probably wish they were dead (for a while).
or make them wish they werent suddenly permanently blind in one eye with a hot burning chemical burn sensation in their eyesocket...
you know there's a reason why people wear protective goggles at paintball games.
But paintball markers arent the most accurate way to shoot a projectile...
Also, what if your sleeping-gas-ball gets chewed inside your paintball gun?
Or, for crowd control situations, you might want to use less precise, mass tagging paintball cannons (www.alternativepaintball.com/cannon.htm)
isnt there a Dilbert strip in which our hero uses a phone inside an airplane and says "Hi Jack!"
you wouldnt need IR LEDs... those FLIR cameras are so powerful, all you'd need is to use something that has a different temperature than your roof as a writing material.
of course, using flashing signs made with IR LEDs would be sure to catch the attention of camera operator.
I once had this halfbaked idea of modding a car with IR illumination all over it, and drive around the areas full of camcorder-wielding tourists...