This is the United States of America, mister. We do not think ahead. We do not plan ahead.
Our shuttle was a marginally workable exercise in pork barrel politics. And now it's up for retirement long before it can be replaced. Probably to be replaced by another pork barrel exercise, eventually. Or obsoleted by a burst of finesse from Europe or the third world. (But I'm not holding my breath.)
Russia thinks ahead and plans ahead. Now they're holding all the space exploration cards. Of course now they're the only ones who can get to the ISS, or to put it another way, they got stuck with the task. I wonder how well they thought that through.
Hmmm. Yes. On reconsideration, I suppose it is the responsibility of the Las Vegas constabulary to be tolerant of all manner of wacky tourists, and the casino's private security to be nutso paranoid about anything odd happening near their particular racket.
The police were friendly, waved, and didn't bother to investigate something that by all rights did not look overtly illegal.
Anywhere else in the world it could look like a school science experiment. In Vegas, especially during Defcon, it should be assumed to be a novel approach to gaming a casino.
... but on the other hand they have guns and can take as much in taxes from us as they want, which a private corporation can't do yet (even the oil companies:)
And here I used to think my method was faster; but since there's more than 23 stickers on the cube I guess it ain't any more...
So that would be, um, each face is three by three, um, nine stickers on each face. Then multiply that times the number of sides, so six times nine would be, uh,...
The real point is not to open source ones product. The point is to open source all the commodity overhead programming. If everyone is doing bookkeeping and payroll and inventory, then sharing the maintenance of the software keeps everyone's costs down.
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*geese*
"Honk a little softer, man, you're attracting geese!"
--from "Wide Screen Mama Blues" by Stan Freberg
I just want to know if it'll run Duke Nukem Forever!
Of course not! It's a Cray. It can run infinite loops in a finite amount of time. Duke Nukem?... probably about thirty-five seconds.
Oh, those old things.
In the United States, receiving stolen property is a crime. I would think there would be a similar law in the UK.
... and get off my big green Lego baseplate!
(There, fixed that for you.)
This is the United States of America, mister. We do not think ahead. We do not plan ahead.
Our shuttle was a marginally workable exercise in pork barrel politics. And now it's up for retirement long before it can be replaced. Probably to be replaced by another pork barrel exercise, eventually. Or obsoleted by a burst of finesse from Europe or the third world. (But I'm not holding my breath.)
Russia thinks ahead and plans ahead. Now they're holding all the space exploration cards. Of course now they're the only ones who can get to the ISS, or to put it another way, they got stuck with the task. I wonder how well they thought that through.
Hmmm. Yes. On reconsideration, I suppose it is the responsibility of the Las Vegas constabulary to be tolerant of all manner of wacky tourists, and the casino's private security to be nutso paranoid about anything odd happening near their particular racket.
The police were friendly, waved, and didn't bother to investigate something that by all rights did not look overtly illegal.
Anywhere else in the world it could look like a school science experiment. In Vegas, especially during Defcon, it should be assumed to be a novel approach to gaming a casino.
... but on the other hand they have guns and can take as much in taxes from us as they want, which a private corporation can't do yet (even the oil companies :)
(There. Fixed it for ya. ;-))
I don't want any physicists saying "you forgot the Hademard gate etc."
I think you meant "Hadamard gate".
-- Any Physicist
(Much easier to google for the wikipedia article with that spelling.)
Have they found who's been switching on and off all this time?
It was Steven Wright. He had no idea what that switch did. Then he got a call from a woman in Germany. She said "Cut it out!"
Arrrr! But, would it work in the West Country, where they all talk like pirates?
Well, Penn at least. Teller may point out a thing or two, but he's not known for "calling" exactly.
And here I used to think my method was faster; but since there's more than 23 stickers on the cube I guess it ain't any more...
So that would be, um, each face is three by three, um, nine stickers on each face. Then multiply that times the number of sides, so six times nine would be, uh, ...
Forty two.
Is that even possible?!?
I think not!
No, wait... *FOOMP!* [NO CARRIER]
Or how about Spam on a stick?
(Bloody Vikings!)
Nah. The quotes intensify the meaning and also delimit the phrase involved.
Nah. The "unquotes" simply underscore the speaker's predilection for annihilating his citations with unquotes instead of ending them with end-quotes.
Attack of the space-lawyers!
Not weird enough, and not really redundant enough either, for a B-movie title.
I was thinking more along the lines of "Lawyers In Spaaaaaace!"
Ooo! Just had a scary thought: Shatner. [shivers]
And I just found out about this strange cyber-morturary container they propose to hold the contest in.
Coffin hotels a la Snow Crash?
I read the article on Higgs, and it is entirely conjecture based on specified rumor after rumor. Is this TMZ.com?
Rumors? About me? *sigh* I'm always the last to hear of them.
The real point is not to open source ones product. The point is to open source all the commodity overhead programming. If everyone is doing bookkeeping and payroll and inventory, then sharing the maintenance of the software keeps everyone's costs down.
All we need is a basket of kittens
War kittens!?
What's the Latin-sounding legal term for "holding ones breath until one gets ones way"?
Cue the creepy, hushed voice-over:
In a University in Lower Saxony, a mathematician had formulated a remarkable conjecture. Its effects would be felt worldwide.
The Riemann Hypothesis, by Robert Ludlum. Now in paperback.
why the hell 42?
The way I heard it, it is the number of pips on a standard pair of dice. As in "God doesn't play dice with the Universe, does he?"