Think this funny all you want, but the parent post may have a point there. Perhaps this is another devious way MS is going to try to get ahead of rival products - i.e. by labelling them as Spyware. Some windows users are just silly enough to believe anything MS says.
I dont think it is appropriate to make jokes about this catastrophe. I just saw a video footage someone took in Aceh, Indonesia. If you think satelite photos are shocking, think again. If you want to watch this I recommend you go to lokitorrent. Its the KATC tsunami video in wmv format.
The video was taken from the upper level of a 2 storey house (from the balcony to be exact). The view outside shows turbulent water rushing and submerging many houses. Its horrible and looks as if the house is right in the middle of an ocean during a turbulent storm, only there's no rain.
Then there's a voice of a woman crying saying something to the effect of so and so was in the car... and she weeps uncontrollably. There's another woman's voice trying to console her. I couldnt make out everything what they were saying because of the difference in dialect (I'm from Malaysia), but it was enough to make me feel very sad and sorry for all those poor people there.:(
I was surprised that the article did not mention anything about Malaysia. The Tsunami also affected 3 states in the north of Malaysia (Penang, Kedah and Perlis bordering Thailand) which are roughly 300 to 400 kilometers away from the epicenter.
The death toll is estimated in the hundreds although at the time of writing there doesnt seem to be any official count. The aftershocks were felt as far down as Kuala Lumpur (600+ kilometers away from the epicenter and about 50 kilometers away from the coast).
There were tremors felt as far away as Kuantan (700+ km from epicenter) which is on the east coast of the Malaysian peninsula facing the south china sea! Many hotels and apartment buildings were evacuated as a result of this.
Actually I would think that the robotic Hubble mission wont be a total waste if they can somehow keep those robots in orbit and reuse them whenever they need to fix Hubble again (or anything else in orbit for that matter.
I have actually tried boiling water while I was under tremendous pressure from work, family and all, but somehow it still evaporates at 100 C. What could I be doing wrong?
It seems like every time there is a new supercomputer in a Slashdot headline, the first few responses are about running Doom 3 or some other FPS. Those computers are better off used for among other things to create predictive complex simulations like global weather, seismic activity, the global economy etc... etc. Using such a beast for a simple FPS would be such a waste.
That was exactly my reaction when I saw the trailers. I will have to admit that I too havent seen the movie, but yeah even the name bears some similarities:
Incredible - Fantastic
My sentiments go with most of the others who replied to this posting. In addition, there are some Linux users who have been using Linux on the PC platform for years who may want to switch over to PPC but aren't willing to part with their OS of choice. Having more Linux distros available for the PPC just means more choices. Why is that a bad thing?
Dear Thomas D. Selz
You mentioned in your letter that you were able to download a copy of GWTW easily. Please provide us with your IP address so that we may prevent you from doing so. Thank you.
I have a cousin who looks like he's about to fall asleep all the time (camel eyes) even if he is wide awake. If I have trouble with that I'm sure the digital camera will be worse.
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Actually if you're looking for such a thing, I guess probably the best thing do do is to buy a second hand old phone such as the Nokia 3210.
I'm sure they'll do just that once they figure out where to find sufficient amounts of water for it. Water is trivial here on earth, but on the moon?
Hey I thought Mumm-Ra was that weird guy from the Thundercats cartoon series....
Oh wait... he said UmmRa... umm nevermind...
Well, I guess if "fork" is such a bad word, then someone really ought to tell them "Fork You!"
Think this funny all you want, but the parent post may have a point there. Perhaps this is another devious way MS is going to try to get ahead of rival products - i.e. by labelling them as Spyware. Some windows users are just silly enough to believe anything MS says.
If you've seen the movie Taxi (starring Queen Latifa), you'd know what kind of uses this kind of peelable paint can have ;)
It's never funny when anybody dies. Period.
I dont think it is appropriate to make jokes about this catastrophe. I just saw a video footage someone took in Aceh, Indonesia. If you think satelite photos are shocking, think again. If you want to watch this I recommend you go to lokitorrent. Its the KATC tsunami video in wmv format.
:(
The video was taken from the upper level of a 2 storey house (from the balcony to be exact). The view outside shows turbulent water rushing and submerging many houses. Its horrible and looks as if the house is right in the middle of an ocean during a turbulent storm, only there's no rain.
Then there's a voice of a woman crying saying something to the effect of so and so was in the car... and she weeps uncontrollably. There's another woman's voice trying to console her. I couldnt make out everything what they were saying because of the difference in dialect (I'm from Malaysia), but it was enough to make me feel very sad and sorry for all those poor people there.
I was surprised that the article did not mention anything about Malaysia. The Tsunami also affected 3 states in the north of Malaysia (Penang, Kedah and Perlis bordering Thailand) which are roughly 300 to 400 kilometers away from the epicenter.
The death toll is estimated in the hundreds although at the time of writing there doesnt seem to be any official count. The aftershocks were felt as far down as Kuala Lumpur (600+ kilometers away from the epicenter and about 50 kilometers away from the coast).
There were tremors felt as far away as Kuantan (700+ km from epicenter) which is on the east coast of the Malaysian peninsula facing the south china sea! Many hotels and apartment buildings were evacuated as a result of this.
Actually I would think that the robotic Hubble mission wont be a total waste if they can somehow keep those robots in orbit and reuse them whenever they need to fix Hubble again (or anything else in orbit for that matter.
I have actually tried boiling water while I was under tremendous pressure from work, family and all, but somehow it still evaporates at 100 C. What could I be doing wrong?
"There's a lot of gullible people out there that are very vulnerable and they think that this is the pot at the end of the rainbow," she said.
Everybody sing along now...
Someday we'll find it
the rainbow connection
the lovers
the spammers
and mee...
It seems like every time there is a new supercomputer in a Slashdot headline, the first few responses are about running Doom 3 or some other FPS. Those computers are better off used for among other things to create predictive complex simulations like global weather, seismic activity, the global economy etc ... etc. Using such a beast for a simple FPS would be such a waste.
That was exactly my reaction when I saw the trailers. I will have to admit that I too havent seen the movie, but yeah even the name bears some similarities: Incredible - Fantastic
I've tried clicking on the article and what I got was a "Connection Refused". Anyone care to paste the article?
I hope this isnt going to be the start of a new trend.
"Some things die gracefully and other things we've had to kill," Perseghetti said.
Can anyone say Programming Mafia?
The Vulcan computer science directory has determined that the existence of programming bugs is impossible.
Sounds like the surface may be semisolid then, perhaps slushy.
Really? I wonder if Yoda lives there.
My sentiments go with most of the others who replied to this posting. In addition, there are some Linux users who have been using Linux on the PC platform for years who may want to switch over to PPC but aren't willing to part with their OS of choice. Having more Linux distros available for the PPC just means more choices. Why is that a bad thing?
Dear Thomas D. Selz You mentioned in your letter that you were able to download a copy of GWTW easily. Please provide us with your IP address so that we may prevent you from doing so. Thank you.
Yes of course the answer is 42. This computer was built to find out what the question is.
Surgeon General's Warning:
Smoking pot while on another planet may be hazardous to your health.
All your babies are belong to us.
I have a cousin who looks like he's about to fall asleep all the time (camel eyes) even if he is wide awake. If I have trouble with that I'm sure the digital camera will be worse.