But when you are running around the city and use your handheld to find the closest restaurant, store, gas station, etc, what pops up at the top of the list in tasteful but bolded text? That's right, the guy who paid google for that ad space. Remember, the whole advertising model on the web was failing before google showed up.
Yes, we are becoming anti-science. Or more accurately we are becoming anti-rational and pro-magical thinking. Something I call the Scooby-do Effect. Back in the day, every time Scooby and the gang would solve the mystery, it would be some rational (all be it physically impossible) explanation. It was Old Man McFadden using glow-in-the-dark (using radium no doubt) paint, slide projector, and fog machine or something. Flash forward to now and the gang thinks it's Old Man McFadden, only to find it's an actual ghost all along. This sort of reflects popular culture's rejection of the rational in favor of the mystical. There's probably a thesis paper in here somewhere.
For a truly obscure and a truly mind numbingly bad movie try The Irish Gringo. It redefines the genre of bad movies. Until you have seen this movie, you really have no idea how awful movies can be. I'm not kidding. This one makes The Avengers look like The Godfather II.
*Don't* take it home with you! Company data at home is bad on so many levels. Law suits, messy financial meltdowns, company audits, or your boss' kiddie porn collection are all things you want to keep outside your own home.
Yea, but what do you do to improve *that*. No offense meant, but the OS X printing interface is kinda sucky. And I write this from my much beloved Ti Powerbook.
TONY: That's a nice computer you have their. Right Jonny?
JONNY: Yea boss, a real nice computer. Be a shame if something happened to it.
TONY: Like a virus. It would be a shame to see such a fine computer infected by a virus. Maybe you should get some...protection.
CUSTOMER:..but..but OS X doesn't have any viruses.
TONY: You hear that Jonny? OS X doesn't have any viruses he says.
JONNY: What about this virus right here boss?
TONY: Yes, that is a very nasty virus. If that got released into the wild it could cause much trouble. Be careful where you load that virus Jonny.
TONY: [to customer] Jonny can be very clumsy. It wouldn't surprise me if he accidently put that on your network. Of course if you buy our...protection, you won't have to worry now will you...
Ahh, the riot of '87. That brings back some (long repressed) memories. I used to work at Riley's Bar and Grill, which was pretty much ground zero. I seem to remember everything was okay until the TV van showed up...
I'm tired of all these jokes from my old alma mater. I don't remember rampant drug and alcohol use when I was at Chico State in the mid '80s.
Come to think of it, I don't remember much of anything from when I was at Chico State in the mid '80s. Hmmm.... my Chico days are starting to make sense. Sort of.
MSH
To hell with that. I say they cast Zombie Kathrine Hepburn! You haven't seen Wonder Woman until you've seen her shambling down the road wheezing "...brains. must eat brains..." in a patrician New England accent. Movie Magic!
MSH
Not obfuscated, just compressed. I saw it this morning and wanted to learn how it worked so I tabbed it out and changed some of the var names to something more human readable. It only took a few minutes.
... function gidle(){
var l=0;
for(var i=1;i<b.length;i++){
var imagename="image"+i;
var imageElem=doc.getElementById(imagename);
if(c!=i){
if(b[i]>35){
b[i]-=h;
if(b[i]<=35){
b[i]=35;
imageElem.src=images[i]+"-sm.gif"
}
imageElem.width=b[i];
imageElem.height=b[i];
if(c==0){
var g=floor(255-255*(b[i]-35)/35);
title.style.color="rgb("+g+","+g+","+g+")"
}
p=1
}
l+=b[i]
}
} ...
If someone like me can get the basics this way, you can bet a real coder can follow it without a problem.
Funny, in Massachusetts it would be your sister's niece's third wife and in California it would be your sister, your niece, and your third wife. I guess Red and Blue states are not so different after all.
Yea. I remember the chemistry sets of yester year. These days they would be considered a weapons of mass distruction related program activity, and owning one would earn you a quick trip to Gitmo.
Apparently the current kits consist of watered down lemon juice (it could get in your eyes!) and some PH cards. Heck, I bet they don't even come with a bunson burner. I pity the children of today.[shakes head sadly]
don't even bring up Apple, people - if you do, you have no idea what you're talking about.
Why ever not? The Powerbook is *far* superior for running OS X. It is also much shinier and has the word "power" in it's name. No laptop in the world offers the same shiny, OS X running, 'power' in the name features as the Powerbook. This 'Thinkpad' of yours has *none* of these features. Bah! It is clear it is you who does not know what you are talking about. Good day sir.
...it's all just jerking off. If you can't run a personal vehicle for more then four hours it is useless. If you can't get it to run for a day our two, it is at best inconvenient.
On the other hand if you do have a compact high density power source then the sky is the limit. I've said it before and I'll say it again, the only thing standing between us an a fully functional battle suit is the power supply.
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And less chance of bringing back some weird disease.
But when you are running around the city and use your handheld to find the closest restaurant, store, gas station, etc, what pops up at the top of the list in tasteful but bolded text? That's right, the guy who paid google for that ad space. Remember, the whole advertising model on the web was failing before google showed up.
Use Science! Flip a coin and justify your reasons later.
Yes, we are becoming anti-science. Or more accurately we are becoming anti-rational and pro-magical thinking. Something I call the Scooby-do Effect. Back in the day, every time Scooby and the gang would solve the mystery, it would be some rational (all be it physically impossible) explanation. It was Old Man McFadden using glow-in-the-dark (using radium no doubt) paint, slide projector, and fog machine or something. Flash forward to now and the gang thinks it's Old Man McFadden, only to find it's an actual ghost all along. This sort of reflects popular culture's rejection of the rational in favor of the mystical. There's probably a thesis paper in here somewhere.
For a truly obscure and a truly mind numbingly bad movie try The Irish Gringo. It redefines the genre of bad movies. Until you have seen this movie, you really have no idea how awful movies can be. I'm not kidding. This one makes The Avengers look like The Godfather II.
*Don't* take it home with you! Company data at home is bad on so many levels. Law suits, messy financial meltdowns, company audits, or your boss' kiddie porn collection are all things you want to keep outside your own home.
Yes, but they should have replaced it with something better, not worse.
Yea, but what do you do to improve *that*. No offense meant, but the OS X printing interface is kinda sucky. And I write this from my much beloved Ti Powerbook.
TONY: That's a nice computer you have their. Right Jonny? ..but..but OS X doesn't have any viruses.
JONNY: Yea boss, a real nice computer. Be a shame if something happened to it.
TONY: Like a virus. It would be a shame to see such a fine computer infected by a virus. Maybe you should get some...protection.
CUSTOMER:
TONY: You hear that Jonny? OS X doesn't have any viruses he says.
JONNY: What about this virus right here boss?
TONY: Yes, that is a very nasty virus. If that got released into the wild it could cause much trouble. Be careful where you load that virus Jonny.
TONY: [to customer] Jonny can be very clumsy. It wouldn't surprise me if he accidently put that on your network. Of course if you buy our...protection, you won't have to worry now will you...
MSH
MSH
I'm tired of all these jokes from my old alma mater. I don't remember rampant drug and alcohol use when I was at Chico State in the mid '80s. Come to think of it, I don't remember much of anything from when I was at Chico State in the mid '80s. Hmmm.... my Chico days are starting to make sense. Sort of. MSH
To hell with that. I say they cast Zombie Kathrine Hepburn! You haven't seen Wonder Woman until you've seen her shambling down the road wheezing "...brains. must eat brains..." in a patrician New England accent. Movie Magic! MSH
MSH
Maybe he said it first, but the real kicker is that no one has been able to say it better since then.
MSH
Ah, but it has two hot androids!
Funny, in Massachusetts it would be your sister's niece's third wife and in California it would be your sister, your niece, and your third wife. I guess Red and Blue states are not so different after all.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krakatoa
Ouch.
Yea. I remember the chemistry sets of yester year. These days they would be considered a weapons of mass distruction related program activity, and owning one would earn you a quick trip to Gitmo.
Apparently the current kits consist of watered down lemon juice (it could get in your eyes!) and some PH cards. Heck, I bet they don't even come with a bunson burner. I pity the children of today.[shakes head sadly]
Why ever not? The Powerbook is *far* superior for running OS X. It is also much shinier and has the word "power" in it's name. No laptop in the world offers the same shiny, OS X running, 'power' in the name features as the Powerbook. This 'Thinkpad' of yours has *none* of these features. Bah! It is clear it is you who does not know what you are talking about. Good day sir.
I said 'Good Day' sir!
On the other hand if you do have a compact high density power source then the sky is the limit. I've said it before and I'll say it again, the only thing standing between us an a fully functional battle suit is the power supply.
MSH
fraud-ware?