For those who don't understand certain words from the parent post such as 'curious', 'robot' or 'the', I have thoughtfully posted links that I hope you find interesting, informative and perhaps even insightful.
With Spider-Man 3 (May 2007) and the Transformers (July 2007) coming out in the same summer, it looks like I'll be spending a lot of time in the theatre in 2007!
Oh yeah, two films, what a busy summer! I bet you're one of those guys who, if someone drops their glasses twice in your presence, exclaims 'you always drop your glasses!':)
And it would be even sweeter if it had a function that turned the main block of keys into a full-colour graphical equaliser that's fed by the sound output.
Hell, there are plenty of cool (but also quite pointless) applications for such a keyboard.
Imagine, for example, a whack-a-mole mini-game. The whole keyboard goes black and then little pictures of moles/Tux/breasts appear randomly, with the user having to strike the keys as soon as their reactions allow. Whoever strokes the most boobs in a minute wins. Easy way to waste a few minutes at work if you're bored of Solitaire and Minesweeper.
Incoming email could also be displayed on the keyboard, say one row each for the sender, subject and start of message body. I know you can have desktop alerts that do the same thing, but imagine a large envelope sweeping from left to right across the keyboard, immediately followed by the details specified above. You'd need a good spam filter or it'd get annoying having all these nonsensical strings flashing across the keys while you're trying to type up that report for Jenkins in Accounting.
In my primary school, there were two sisters who, IIRC, belonged to the Plymouth Brethren. Any time we watched a video, which wasn't too common in primary school but was still an enjoyable distraction, they had to 'ceremoniously' leave the room. They also wore headscarves at all times.
Like you said, such considerations would be on a small scale but it would be interesting to see the guidelines for such cases. I expect that they can currently swap computer classes for others, but it's difficult when you shift the entire teaching approach to online activity. Would they be given printouts of sites beforehand? What happens if a pupil finds a link to an even better article and the URL is dictated to the class? Does the class wait in hushed anticipation as the Hewlett Packard spits out a fresh printout?
In these situations, perhaps it would be better if the children were home-schooled.
I see that you 'Freaked' me after I 'insulted your wife and family' by joking about the notion that men stop having sex after getting married. I was considering adding a winking smiley, but that kind of dampens the effect now, doesn't it?
I'd like to see how you react to genuine insults...
I know the stereotypes are unfair and a lot of us have got laid, but Slashdotters talking about vaginal dimensions feels as uncomfortable as your sister asking you your favourite position.
plastic things with slits in so you could build things out of them...
Tazos...I remember those, with the Looney Tunes characters emblazoned on every last square cm. I never did get round to building anything with them, I'd always lose the one I had before getting another so I'd only ever have one at a time. Ahh, mispent youth.
Pogs were just phenomenal. It's hard to describe, but the designs were just enchanting. Some of them would have shiny silver/gold coatings and obviously some were rarer than others. When you see somebody else's ultra-rare pog it's like looking at the Holy Grail.
I don't know about you Americans, but do any brits remember Mini Boglins? They were rubbery little figurines of and an offshoot of the Boglins brand finger puppets. They were super-cool, and had the rare types which came in different colours and were calleed 'Scouts'. I remember being fooled into swapping tons of Boglins for a standard kind that had been sprayed silver, thinking it was a genuine scout. Haha, happy days.
Thanks for that little diversion drsquare. I've liked your posts in the past but this tops it off, welcome to my friends list;)
[Bank_P42] What happen? [Bank_J67] Somebody set up us the bomb [Bank_T113] We get signal [Bank_P42] What! [Bank_T113] Main screen turn on. *** Al_Qaeda has joined #secretbankchat [Bank_P42] It's you! [Al_Qaeda] How are you gentlemen !! [Al_Qaeda] All your public transport are belong to us. [Al_Qaeda] You are on the way to destruction. [Al_Qaeda] What you say !! [Al_Qaeda] You have no chance to survive make your time. [Al_Qaeda] Ha Ha Ha Ha.... [Bank_T113] Captain !!* [Bank_P42] Take off every 'Financial Transaction'!! [Bank_P42] You know what you doing. [Bank_P42] Move 'Financial Transaction'. [Bank_P42] For great justice.
The grandparent was asking a perfectly valid question, he didn't state any mistruths or anything similar. I don't see why he should be modded down for it.
- saying that the french where behind this is racist
No, it's not.
- Anyone who as a minimum of real understanding about those two words ( this obviously dont mean you , at all ) can see what is meant in my reply.
Oh that's just lovely, someone who can barely string a coherent sentence together giving English lessons.
- There whas no joke , hence my reply and point.
Actually, there was a joke. I think everybody on Slashdot except you saw that the original post was a joke.
- The two are unrelated , one is remebering the deceased and good times and someone you knew , the other is a racist comment about people who died in a murdering action. I can make the disertion between the two , I guess you cant.
Jokes at funerals can be both in a negative context and benign, just like the original post. 99% of jokes about death in general aren't trying to be insensitive or belittle the event or even applaud it. You are creating intent when there is none there, just like you are creating racism when there is none there.
- "The French have it bad enough " Another racist comment based on your obvious lack of education and current knowledge
I don't know what the hell you are talking about, but please shut the fuck up. It is a KNOWN FACT that the French are the butt of many jokes, particularly from the British and the Americans. I stated that fact. You called me a racist. HOW THE FUCK IS MAKING A FACTUAL OBSERVATION ABOUT CURRENT INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE RACIST?
- BTW London aint in France...
Where in the hell did I say that or even imply it? You are not making any sense.
- As I said I am a Real American , from CANADA.
Where? In your sig?
- There is no morality discussion here
You were the one that started this whole moral debate about morbid humour by jerking that big knee of yours. You also needlessly went off on some racism/sexism tangent that is both irrelevant and inaccurate.
I don't think he actually has a problem with morbid humour at all. If you look at his poor grasp of English, as well as the user-name 'Moulinneuf' it's blatantly obvious that he's just an offended French guy trying to undermine you by feigning sympathy for dead people.
Please do yourself a favour and stop posting, it's plain embarrassing.
Furthermore, stop referencing concepts like 'racism', 'sexism' or any other 'ism' because you don't know what the fuck you are talking about.
I know you are French and are thus the target of the original joke (and many others) but just fucking laugh it off and take it on the chin like a man. It's not that you are appalled about laughing at death, it's because you are French and don't like the (obviously joking) accusation.
People, and probably yourself, laugh at death all the time. It's the subject of a large amount of humour and unavoidable. Just because this is a terrorist attack it doesn't magically elevate the deaths to another level of tragedy. People joke at funerals about the deceased all the time, are you suggesting that these people are despicable?
James AD Joyce, who will be added to my friends list, is correct - you are an embarrassment to your country. The French have it bad enough without people like you masking knee-jerk nationalism with thinly veiled moral 'highhorsing'.
Researching those illegal piracy sites was like crawling through five-hundred yards of shit smelling foulness I can't even imagine, or maybe I just don't want too.
So Biology\Zoology is not considered science, and therefore isn't for nerds?
Keeping and appreciating animals can be quite a geeky trait, aquarists included. Fishkeeping is a hobby that I'm starting to get into and the more I learn, the more I see geek potential.
Take for example, keeping a tank. Monitoring the nitrogen cycle by examining levels of ammonia, nitrite and nitrate is necessary for a healthy aquarium. You even get to break out the test-tubes and droppers like you're Gil Grissom!
Catfish, like the one in the article (albeit smaller, of course) are a popular choice for community aquariums because they are interesting animals that add variety. A lot of attention is given to ancestry - new and rare breeds can be very expensive indeed and each new type is meticulously labelled. I bet there are hundreds of Slashdotters reading this article and thinking to themselves 'I need a bigger tank', and are thinking of a place in the house to situate a 100,000 gallon bowfront...
Once you buy a fish tank, you never go back. Multiple Tank Syndrome (MTS) is an industry-recognised condition that's uttered with both humour and sincerity. Setting up your own ecosystem - choosing plants, substrate and decorations, as well as the fish - is like case modding, only it actually looks good.
Slashdot Mirror
Because, since childhood, Speilberg has been captivated by the two transformers known as 'Benjaminotron' and 'Ulysses Prime'.
For those who don't understand certain words from the parent post such as 'curious' , 'robot' or 'the', I have thoughtfully posted links that I hope you find interesting, informative and perhaps even insightful.
:)
With Spider-Man 3 (May 2007) and the Transformers (July 2007) coming out in the same summer, it looks like I'll be spending a lot of time in the theatre in 2007!
Oh yeah, two films, what a busy summer! I bet you're one of those guys who, if someone drops their glasses twice in your presence, exclaims 'you always drop your glasses!'
She found it funny, but the power of her own laughter propelled her off a hotel's 10th floor balcony.
She's OK though, the crisp fifty pound notes in her purse hit the ground at a faster velocity than she did.
And it would be even sweeter if it had a function that turned the main block of keys into a full-colour graphical equaliser that's fed by the sound output.
Hell, there are plenty of cool (but also quite pointless) applications for such a keyboard.
Imagine, for example, a whack-a-mole mini-game. The whole keyboard goes black and then little pictures of moles/Tux/breasts appear randomly, with the user having to strike the keys as soon as their reactions allow. Whoever strokes the most boobs in a minute wins. Easy way to waste a few minutes at work if you're bored of Solitaire and Minesweeper.
Incoming email could also be displayed on the keyboard, say one row each for the sender, subject and start of message body. I know you can have desktop alerts that do the same thing, but imagine a large envelope sweeping from left to right across the keyboard, immediately followed by the details specified above. You'd need a good spam filter or it'd get annoying having all these nonsensical strings flashing across the keys while you're trying to type up that report for Jenkins in Accounting.
That's a very good point.
In my primary school, there were two sisters who, IIRC, belonged to the Plymouth Brethren. Any time we watched a video, which wasn't too common in primary school but was still an enjoyable distraction, they had to 'ceremoniously' leave the room. They also wore headscarves at all times.
Like you said, such considerations would be on a small scale but it would be interesting to see the guidelines for such cases. I expect that they can currently swap computer classes for others, but it's difficult when you shift the entire teaching approach to online activity. Would they be given printouts of sites beforehand? What happens if a pupil finds a link to an even better article and the URL is dictated to the class? Does the class wait in hushed anticipation as the Hewlett Packard spits out a fresh printout?
In these situations, perhaps it would be better if the children were home-schooled.
You need to stop being so uptight.
I see that you 'Freaked' me after I 'insulted your wife and family' by joking about the notion that men stop having sex after getting married. I was considering adding a winking smiley, but that kind of dampens the effect now, doesn't it?
I'd like to see how you react to genuine insults...
I guess the assumption that Dungeon Masters don't get laid is correct, then.
I know what I'll be reading next Friday night.
Masturbating to anime porn?
Wow, they've got guides for everything these days...
12 inches is nothing.
I can get a 100 inch cell phone screen for 9.99 off eBay using nothing but basic materials available at any hardware store...
I think they have a website, 100inchcellphonescreen.com or something and the testimonials seem genuine!
I know the stereotypes are unfair and a lot of us have got laid, but Slashdotters talking about vaginal dimensions feels as uncomfortable as your sister asking you your favourite position.
plastic things with slits in so you could build things out of them...
;)
Tazos...I remember those, with the Looney Tunes characters emblazoned on every last square cm. I never did get round to building anything with them, I'd always lose the one I had before getting another so I'd only ever have one at a time. Ahh, mispent youth.
Pogs were just phenomenal. It's hard to describe, but the designs were just enchanting. Some of them would have shiny silver/gold coatings and obviously some were rarer than others. When you see somebody else's ultra-rare pog it's like looking at the Holy Grail.
I don't know about you Americans, but do any brits remember Mini Boglins? They were rubbery little figurines of and an offshoot of the Boglins brand finger puppets. They were super-cool, and had the rare types which came in different colours and were calleed 'Scouts'. I remember being fooled into swapping tons of Boglins for a standard kind that had been sprayed silver, thinking it was a genuine scout. Haha, happy days.
Thanks for that little diversion drsquare. I've liked your posts in the past but this tops it off, welcome to my friends list
No, he's a credit to pedants everywhere.
You sir, are a true credit to pedants everywhere.
[Bank_P42] What happen? ....
[Bank_J67] Somebody set up us the bomb
[Bank_T113] We get signal
[Bank_P42] What!
[Bank_T113] Main screen turn on.
*** Al_Qaeda has joined #secretbankchat
[Bank_P42] It's you!
[Al_Qaeda] How are you gentlemen !!
[Al_Qaeda] All your public transport are belong to us.
[Al_Qaeda] You are on the way to destruction.
[Al_Qaeda] What you say !!
[Al_Qaeda] You have no chance to survive make your time.
[Al_Qaeda] Ha Ha Ha Ha
[Bank_T113] Captain !!*
[Bank_P42] Take off every 'Financial Transaction'!!
[Bank_P42] You know what you doing.
[Bank_P42] Move 'Financial Transaction'.
[Bank_P42] For great justice.
The grandparent was asking a perfectly valid question, he didn't state any mistruths or anything similar. I don't see why he should be modded down for it.
...while running them over in a stolen ambulance?
- Calling someone "a pussy" is sexist
...
No, it's not.
- saying that the french where behind this is racist
No, it's not.
- Anyone who as a minimum of real understanding about those two words ( this obviously dont mean you , at all ) can see what is meant in my reply.
Oh that's just lovely, someone who can barely string a coherent sentence together giving English lessons.
- There whas no joke , hence my reply and point.
Actually, there was a joke. I think everybody on Slashdot except you saw that the original post was a joke.
- The two are unrelated , one is remebering the deceased and good times and someone you knew , the other is a racist comment about people who died in a murdering action. I can make the disertion between the two , I guess you cant.
Jokes at funerals can be both in a negative context and benign, just like the original post. 99% of jokes about death in general aren't trying to be insensitive or belittle the event or even applaud it. You are creating intent when there is none there, just like you are creating racism when there is none there.
- "The French have it bad enough "
Another racist comment based on your obvious lack of education and current knowledge
I don't know what the hell you are talking about, but please shut the fuck up. It is a KNOWN FACT that the French are the butt of many jokes, particularly from the British and the Americans. I stated that fact. You called me a racist. HOW THE FUCK IS MAKING A FACTUAL OBSERVATION ABOUT CURRENT INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE RACIST?
- BTW London aint in France
Where in the hell did I say that or even imply it? You are not making any sense.
- As I said I am a Real American , from CANADA.
Where? In your sig?
- There is no morality discussion here
You were the one that started this whole moral debate about morbid humour by jerking that big knee of yours. You also needlessly went off on some racism/sexism tangent that is both irrelevant and inaccurate.
YOU ARE MAKING NO SENSE.
I don't think he actually has a problem with morbid humour at all. If you look at his poor grasp of English, as well as the user-name 'Moulinneuf' it's blatantly obvious that he's just an offended French guy trying to undermine you by feigning sympathy for dead people.
- A fellow Brit
PS. Welcome to my friends list.
Please do yourself a favour and stop posting, it's plain embarrassing.
Furthermore, stop referencing concepts like 'racism', 'sexism' or any other 'ism' because you don't know what the fuck you are talking about.
I know you are French and are thus the target of the original joke (and many others) but just fucking laugh it off and take it on the chin like a man. It's not that you are appalled about laughing at death, it's because you are French and don't like the (obviously joking) accusation.
People, and probably yourself, laugh at death all the time. It's the subject of a large amount of humour and unavoidable. Just because this is a terrorist attack it doesn't magically elevate the deaths to another level of tragedy. People joke at funerals about the deceased all the time, are you suggesting that these people are despicable?
James AD Joyce, who will be added to my friends list, is correct - you are an embarrassment to your country. The French have it bad enough without people like you masking knee-jerk nationalism with thinly veiled moral 'highhorsing'.
That sounds like a challenge. You heard him boys, let the Arnold soundboarding commence!
Is there not a movie quote on the Internet that is properly replicated?
Researching those illegal piracy sites was like crawling through five-hundred yards of shit smelling foulness I can't even imagine, or maybe I just don't want too.
I didn't know they had Arctic glaciers in California...
Your name is quite apt on this occasion.
Money for nothin', and your clicks for free
Drop the intellectual property, you have 45 seconds to comply...
So Biology\Zoology is not considered science, and therefore isn't for nerds?
Keeping and appreciating animals can be quite a geeky trait, aquarists included. Fishkeeping is a hobby that I'm starting to get into and the more I learn, the more I see geek potential.
Take for example, keeping a tank. Monitoring the nitrogen cycle by examining levels of ammonia, nitrite and nitrate is necessary for a healthy aquarium. You even get to break out the test-tubes and droppers like you're Gil Grissom!
Catfish, like the one in the article (albeit smaller, of course) are a popular choice for community aquariums because they are interesting animals that add variety. A lot of attention is given to ancestry - new and rare breeds can be very expensive indeed and each new type is meticulously labelled. I bet there are hundreds of Slashdotters reading this article and thinking to themselves 'I need a bigger tank', and are thinking of a place in the house to situate a 100,000 gallon bowfront...
Once you buy a fish tank, you never go back. Multiple Tank Syndrome (MTS) is an industry-recognised condition that's uttered with both humour and sincerity. Setting up your own ecosystem - choosing plants, substrate and decorations, as well as the fish - is like case modding, only it actually looks good.