You don't think the cops know to look in places like that? I'm sure he would not have been the first person to try and hide money. What's the point in hiding it anyway? If they have a search warrant he's already in trouble. He'd never get a chance to spend any hidden money because he'll either be in jail or they'll be watching his transactions once he's out.
Now he could have gone the shawshank path and hidden the money next to a tree out in the middle of nowhere.. Feds probably would not have found that...
Some people feel they are movie connoisseurs, anything "the masses" enjoy they will find fault with. Had they paid any attention they would have known what to expect from Avatar..
I enjoyed watching the movie and would watch it again in a theatre with 3D... but I also think the story was a bit lame. Apparently everyone, except the scientists with Avatars, is blood thirsty and 100% willing to commit genocide. That portion was way too over the top for my liking.
As for the graphics, I really couldn't distinguish between "real" and cgi, the transitions and blending were wonderful.
I was glad I got to see it in the theatre, and I'm not a mainstream movie kind of guy... maybe I go see 1 movie a year.
If you get in trouble for drunk driving, you should not be allowed to have ANY alcohol before getting behind the wheel again. I'm sorry, but you mess up and you should lose your privledge to drive completely... but knowing that no car could ruin the life of many people, I think this is a fair compromise.
And let's be honest, how many people who have received a DWI in the past can only have 1 or 2 beers and stop drinking? I'm not saying they always go out and get plastered, but they are going to drink enough to at least get buzzed.
Why Idle? Winning the World Pinball Championship sounds extremely nerdy to me, seems to fit in with what/. is meant to be. While the article isn't anything special, I think the news fits in well.
My grandfather signed a DNR (do not recesitate) order when he was suffering from dementia and Parkinsans. When he finally died, the VA hospital could have brought him back but he didn't want to prolong the suffering. Is that considered suicidal?
When you are a terminal patient there is usually SOMETHING that can be done to prolong your life, but not everyone wants to keep going... maybe they feel like they've accomplished everything they set out to.
I think that it would probably help the majority of decent, competent cops to do their jobs if the bad ones (and their superiors) were fired and punished when they pulled this sort of crap, but whenever anybody calls for bad cops to be held accountable, police unions raise a stink.
I agree and I think more and more bad cops are being fired (I see an area story about once a month about a local cop losing their job). One issue I see is that no one comes out and tries to protect the good cops that do their job well. Police unions raise a stink because #1 they get paid to protect their members and #2 the cops have to feel like someone has their back because it's normally a thankless job. Would you do a job where most people despise you just because of the job title you hold? How about where one tiny mistake would have people calling for your head?
Being a police officer isn't (normally) a high paying job. You aren't going to attract the best people all the time when they could make more money (with less stress and probably better hours) somewhere else.
It's not just Japanese web design, it's all forms of media. I have been exposed to powerpoint presentations created by our mother company in Japan (I'm in the US), the slides are cluttered and colorful... Last summer I got to spend 2 weeks in Japan and it helped me understand why their presentations are the way they are, it's exactly like their TV. Even the basic news is cluttered with graphics. Sometimes I had a difficult time distinguishing between the actual tv show and a commercial (I only speak a few words of Japanese). It's not surprising to me their web pages are built in the same manner.
You know what? Religion is a good way for people to feel good about themselves as well as band together and help out those less fortunate. I'm not a religious person but I can see the good that can come from most groups.
It's very possible that some of our core scientific beliefs will be proven wrong in the next 100 years, will your great grandchildren look back and think "wow, the people who believed in nuclear fission were so archaic!"
There are some stupid people out there doing stupid things.... based on true stories I've seen on tv and/or read about, I can see how some The Onion articles could be construed as being true.
If you happened to catch 1 or 2 'believeable' stories prior to this one (disclaimer, I didn't read this one) maybe you would think it was very outlandish.
Many years ago I sent a funny article from The Onion to a friend, his response was along the lines of "no way?!?!?! is that real?". He also happens to be my most liberal friend (and not stupid, but maybe a bit gullible)
The differences I've personally noticed from my friends who fall on the far left or right... those on the left will relay 'joke' stories through email while my friends on the right will use facebook.
Or you could be talking about desparate people in a depressed economy willing to do something rash and hope to get a big settlement out of an extremely large multi-national company.
You can already buy burned DVDs of anything that has been released for just a couple of US$ in Brazil from street vendors, I doubt this new law is going to have an affect on illegal distribution in any way.
My sister ran into a similar problem as a nurse, one hospital required first and last names on their ID badge. The nurses used stickers to cover up last names because there are many crazy people with crazy family members that pass through hospital ERs every day.
Either don't buy any more Blizzard products or don't post on the forums. I played WoW for a few years and can't remember anything of value coming off the public forums.
I wouldn't want my full name posted but I wouldn't mind if they put Bob S. there.
In high school some friends and I would typically make a movie each summer. One summer we were making a fake Japanese terrorist movie where we would just randomly move our lips then come in later and dub in the script in English. In one scene we wanted to blow up a gov't building, so we took a 3D puzzle of the capital building and put a foil + liquid plumber mixture in a glass bottle and put the puzzle on top of it (not one of our brighest ideas). We hoped the pressure would shatter the puzzle from the inside out.. and yes, we were purposely doing cheesy effects.
All we got was a lot of smoke, but it was probably for the better since glass shards flying around would not have been good.
After that failure we decided to use one of the SimCity games and built a town up, then had the main villian menacingly click the 'demolish' button.
We also strapped bottle rockets to GI Joe toys and launched them in the middle of the neighborhood. Also had the cops show up twice while making movies to check out our fake guns, but they never did anything other than look at the gun to make sure it wasn't real.
Sadly this was the mid 90s... so much has changed in 15 years.
Unless they plan on building off-shore solar farms, I don't think replacing rain forests with solar farms is a good idea. There is also not much land on the equator.
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Yep, they are called stables. And the "rookies" have to wipe the asses of the "vets" since they are usually too fat to reach around themselves.
You don't think the cops know to look in places like that? I'm sure he would not have been the first person to try and hide money. What's the point in hiding it anyway? If they have a search warrant he's already in trouble. He'd never get a chance to spend any hidden money because he'll either be in jail or they'll be watching his transactions once he's out.
Now he could have gone the shawshank path and hidden the money next to a tree out in the middle of nowhere.. Feds probably would not have found that...
Some people feel they are movie connoisseurs, anything "the masses" enjoy they will find fault with. Had they paid any attention they would have known what to expect from Avatar..
I enjoyed watching the movie and would watch it again in a theatre with 3D... but I also think the story was a bit lame. Apparently everyone, except the scientists with Avatars, is blood thirsty and 100% willing to commit genocide. That portion was way too over the top for my liking.
As for the graphics, I really couldn't distinguish between "real" and cgi, the transitions and blending were wonderful.
I was glad I got to see it in the theatre, and I'm not a mainstream movie kind of guy... maybe I go see 1 movie a year.
I think a certain school district can claim "prior art"
http://yro.slashdot.org/submission/1310370/Feds-No-charges-in-Philadelphia-school-laptop-spy
Makes me want to reinstall "Evil Genius"
If you get in trouble for drunk driving, you should not be allowed to have ANY alcohol before getting behind the wheel again. I'm sorry, but you mess up and you should lose your privledge to drive completely... but knowing that no car could ruin the life of many people, I think this is a fair compromise.
And let's be honest, how many people who have received a DWI in the past can only have 1 or 2 beers and stop drinking? I'm not saying they always go out and get plastered, but they are going to drink enough to at least get buzzed.
I don't know... every time I see CME (corneal mass ejection) I still giggle. I think the pre-school terms probably fit well with me.
Why Idle? Winning the World Pinball Championship sounds extremely nerdy to me, seems to fit in with what /. is meant to be. While the article isn't anything special, I think the news fits in well.
They definitely didn't use it for the iPod nanos!
My grandfather signed a DNR (do not recesitate) order when he was suffering from dementia and Parkinsans. When he finally died, the VA hospital could have brought him back but he didn't want to prolong the suffering. Is that considered suicidal?
When you are a terminal patient there is usually SOMETHING that can be done to prolong your life, but not everyone wants to keep going... maybe they feel like they've accomplished everything they set out to.
I think that it would probably help the majority of decent, competent cops to do their jobs if the bad ones (and their superiors) were fired and punished when they pulled this sort of crap, but whenever anybody calls for bad cops to be held accountable, police unions raise a stink.
I agree and I think more and more bad cops are being fired (I see an area story about once a month about a local cop losing their job). One issue I see is that no one comes out and tries to protect the good cops that do their job well. Police unions raise a stink because #1 they get paid to protect their members and #2 the cops have to feel like someone has their back because it's normally a thankless job. Would you do a job where most people despise you just because of the job title you hold? How about where one tiny mistake would have people calling for your head?
Being a police officer isn't (normally) a high paying job. You aren't going to attract the best people all the time when they could make more money (with less stress and probably better hours) somewhere else.
It's not just Japanese web design, it's all forms of media. I have been exposed to powerpoint presentations created by our mother company in Japan (I'm in the US), the slides are cluttered and colorful... Last summer I got to spend 2 weeks in Japan and it helped me understand why their presentations are the way they are, it's exactly like their TV. Even the basic news is cluttered with graphics. Sometimes I had a difficult time distinguishing between the actual tv show and a commercial (I only speak a few words of Japanese). It's not surprising to me their web pages are built in the same manner.
You know what? Religion is a good way for people to feel good about themselves as well as band together and help out those less fortunate. I'm not a religious person but I can see the good that can come from most groups.
It's very possible that some of our core scientific beliefs will be proven wrong in the next 100 years, will your great grandchildren look back and think "wow, the people who believed in nuclear fission were so archaic!"
Live and let live if they aren't harassing me.
There are some stupid people out there doing stupid things.... based on true stories I've seen on tv and/or read about, I can see how some The Onion articles could be construed as being true.
If you happened to catch 1 or 2 'believeable' stories prior to this one (disclaimer, I didn't read this one) maybe you would think it was very outlandish.
Many years ago I sent a funny article from The Onion to a friend, his response was along the lines of "no way?!?!?! is that real?". He also happens to be my most liberal friend (and not stupid, but maybe a bit gullible)
The differences I've personally noticed from my friends who fall on the far left or right... those on the left will relay 'joke' stories through email while my friends on the right will use facebook.
No, but I've thought about beating the shit out of someone who tried to drug me as a prank.
Or you could be talking about desparate people in a depressed economy willing to do something rash and hope to get a big settlement out of an extremely large multi-national company.
You can already buy burned DVDs of anything that has been released for just a couple of US$ in Brazil from street vendors, I doubt this new law is going to have an affect on illegal distribution in any way.
My sister ran into a similar problem as a nurse, one hospital required first and last names on their ID badge. The nurses used stickers to cover up last names because there are many crazy people with crazy family members that pass through hospital ERs every day.
When did you last check, the 1500's?
Either don't buy any more Blizzard products or don't post on the forums. I played WoW for a few years and can't remember anything of value coming off the public forums.
I wouldn't want my full name posted but I wouldn't mind if they put Bob S. there.
In high school some friends and I would typically make a movie each summer. One summer we were making a fake Japanese terrorist movie where we would just randomly move our lips then come in later and dub in the script in English. In one scene we wanted to blow up a gov't building, so we took a 3D puzzle of the capital building and put a foil + liquid plumber mixture in a glass bottle and put the puzzle on top of it (not one of our brighest ideas). We hoped the pressure would shatter the puzzle from the inside out.. and yes, we were purposely doing cheesy effects.
All we got was a lot of smoke, but it was probably for the better since glass shards flying around would not have been good.
After that failure we decided to use one of the SimCity games and built a town up, then had the main villian menacingly click the 'demolish' button.
We also strapped bottle rockets to GI Joe toys and launched them in the middle of the neighborhood. Also had the cops show up twice while making movies to check out our fake guns, but they never did anything other than look at the gun to make sure it wasn't real.
Sadly this was the mid 90s... so much has changed in 15 years.
Unless they plan on building off-shore solar farms, I don't think replacing rain forests with solar farms is a good idea. There is also not much land on the equator.
Hmm... it doesn't roll off the tongue very well...
And companies that earn that sort of reputation end up getting lower quality candidates applying for positions.