Honestly, here is the two-step program that worked for me:
1) Step away from the computer
2) Leave the house
I'm dead serious here. I started getting out just over a month ago, and now I have been on dates with two different girls in that time. The two years previous that I spent on the net, I didn't go out on a single date. Oh, and I'm getting to see more of the city, working out more, eating healthier, and generally just living a better life.
But, of course, let's not be silly here. Do it in moderation. As you can tell, I haven't given up the net *completely*;)
You mean, something more definitive, like google searching "global dimming", perhaps? Or compared to the plethora of links you've so meticiously gathered backing up any contrary claims?
The article mentions two experiments that independently verify global dimming is occuring -- one of which described in detail enough that one could do it at home. The questions it raises are about *why* the dimming is occuring, not *if* the dimming is occuring. That's a lot farther than any discussion about global *warming* gets, because we don't have any prove that global warming is even happening!
1. There's been a measured increase in Solar activity and radiation, which is *where* we get our heat from, obviously. Once the Sun gets over it's current temper tantrum, temperatures will get more moderate.
You see, the funny thing about money is that -- unlike data -- it actually has a physical *analogue*. That is, by stealing my CC information, you are stealing my physical money in a direct proxy. There is a one-to-one provable correlation there. There is *no* provable one-to-one correlation between stealing data/service and stealing money. Arguably, enough evidence points that file-sharing has indirect economical benefits, such as increasing market penetration/share and free advertising (including word of mouth).
As well, by using my credit card with my permission, you are committing fraud because you are alleging to be me in the action of using my credit card. If I listen to MP3s ripped from my friends' CDs or downloaded from the 'net, I am not committing fraud.
Er... so you are a man that is likely to become or be a female who knows what buffering is AND is impressed by geeks?
I think the original point was that the woman in the example was not a prospective "woman" (because she already *is* a woman) but a prospective *girlfriend*.
Yeah, that's true, but to a degree. I mean, as long as they don't have some A or B list female celebrity, it shouldn't be *too* hard.
Think of the stuff that could have been ruined before, like the secret of Qui-Gon Jinn's death being spoiled by the pre-released soundtrack with the "Funeral of Qui-Gon" track. Or ruining Gandalf's return with the previews of "The Two Towers". Yeah, both secrets were ruined, but only for some people (I think, could be wrong).
I think, as long as they don't have the actress parade about on fifty talk shows promoting the movie, then it should be okay. And, really, you only need the actress for the end of the movie, so you could shoot the majority of the film with a stunt double.
On a dusty, red planet, some Chozo (big scrawny bird-like aliens) find a gender-non-detriment human child on their planet. Montage of scenes of GND child growing up on them, learning their ways and technology. You could pretty much shot this whole thing just like any cheesy chop-sockey film where child/teen/adult learns martial arts from monks in hidden monastery. In this chunk of the movie, it stays true to the Metroid story, to a standard chop-sockey movie, *and* keeps the gender of Samus a mystery.
CUT to:
Years later, praying-mantis-like Space pirates (which are totally sweet Real Ultimate Power and kick ninja ass!) find Zebes and the Metroids, and start their nefarious plots. Insert typical amounts of bad guys Being Bad, killing people, and cool action scenes. End scenes with shot of Mother Brain. This meets the chop-sockey requirements of introducing the bad guys, stays true to the Metroid story, and Samus's gender is *still* a mystery.
CUT TO:
A full-suited Samus in the Samus-mobile, cruising the galaxy, getting the distress call to head to Zebes. If Lucas can hide Leia's voice in the Ubese armour in RotJ, Woo can damn well do the same here. Maybe have Samus kick some ass as she bounty hunts as a taste/teaser before she gets the call.
MEANWHILE, BACK ON ZEBES:
Space pirates start fooling around with top secret weapons, like Kraid and the Ice Beam...
Then, have Samus on Zebes, kicking ass, taking names, etc. Instead of her just shooting up creatures, set it up as the creatures attacking her in one of those suspenseful "stalking hidden danger" type things, and then, after that, she knows the creature-type is dangerous and then she can kill it with a clear conscience.
Of course, she kills Kraid and Ripley, big action sequences, she finds the "weapon upgrades", maybe a bit of the morph ball, bombs, missiles, charge shots. Probably not the screw attack. Enter the Metroids, Space Pirates, mimes, etc, etc.
Big finale: attack of the Mother Brain. Samus wins, barely (naturally), flees the self-destruct, takes the helm off, end of movie.
Main Entry: common sense
Function: noun
1 : the unreflective opinions of ordinary people
2 : sound and prudent but often unsophisticated judgment
You see, the word "common" doesn't refer to the wisdom being "commonly" available, it refers to the wisdom of "common" people. The reason you probably think so highly of "commonsense" is that you are from "common" people, in which case, having "commonsense" is something to aspire to.
Actually, one 6" screen is the size of *four* 3" screens. Screens are measured by the length of the diagonal, so to get a 6" screen made by 3" screens, you need to make a 2x2 square of 3" screens.
The C stands for "Continental" - Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile. A "cruise missile" and an ICBM are two different weapons. An ICBM is shot very high into upper atmosphere and uses a ballistic trajectory (parabolic path like a thrown baseball would follow) to hit a target. A cruise missile cruises to the target nearer to the ground like a autonomous airplane.
The reason time passes faster while you increase in age is because equal periods of time are different sizes relative to the amount of time lived.
For example, 1 year when you are 10 years old is 10% of your life span. From 10 to 11 years of age, you have increased your lifespan by 10%. When you are 40 years, one year is only 2.5% of your lifespan. As the time progresses, each additional year is smaller in comparison. While each year, objectively, is exactly one year in length, relative to the amount of time lived by a person, each year gives diminishing returns in terms of additional percentage of time lived.
The easiest way to test this would be to take a group of people, and ask them the following question:
1) Would you consider the amount of "life lived" (or however) from the years of 20-22 and 30-33 to be equivalent?
2) Would you consider the amount of "life lived" from the years of 40-44 to be equilavent to the years of 30-33?
3) 10-11 to 20-22?
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"In the old days, there used to be a term, 'buying your gross,' " Rick Sands, chief operating officer at Miramax, told the Los Angeles Times. "You could buy your gross for the weekend and overcome bad word of mouth, because it took time to filter out into the general audience."
If that doesn't say it all, I don't know what will. Pretty much, Sands is saying that enough people will buy his product before the general public realizes his product is useless to break even.
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Honestly, here is the two-step program that worked for me:
;)
1) Step away from the computer
2) Leave the house
I'm dead serious here. I started getting out just over a month ago, and now I have been on dates with two different girls in that time. The two years previous that I spent on the net, I didn't go out on a single date. Oh, and I'm getting to see more of the city, working out more, eating healthier, and generally just living a better life.
But, of course, let's not be silly here. Do it in moderation. As you can tell, I haven't given up the net *completely*
You mean, something more definitive, like google searching "global dimming", perhaps? Or compared to the plethora of links you've so meticiously gathered backing up any contrary claims?
The article mentions two experiments that independently verify global dimming is occuring -- one of which described in detail enough that one could do it at home. The questions it raises are about *why* the dimming is occuring, not *if* the dimming is occuring. That's a lot farther than any discussion about global *warming* gets, because we don't have any prove that global warming is even happening!
From here:
Google"global dimming" for more information.
Thanks for the laugh!!! :)
No, that's not a correct analogy.
You see, the funny thing about money is that -- unlike data -- it actually has a physical *analogue*. That is, by stealing my CC information, you are stealing my physical money in a direct proxy. There is a one-to-one provable correlation there. There is *no* provable one-to-one correlation between stealing data/service and stealing money. Arguably, enough evidence points that file-sharing has indirect economical benefits, such as increasing market penetration/share and free advertising (including word of mouth).
As well, by using my credit card with my permission, you are committing fraud because you are alleging to be me in the action of using my credit card. If I listen to MP3s ripped from my friends' CDs or downloaded from the 'net, I am not committing fraud.
Er... so you are a man that is likely to become or be a female who knows what buffering is AND is impressed by geeks?
I think the original point was that the woman in the example was not a prospective "woman" (because she already *is* a woman) but a prospective *girlfriend*.
Yeah, that's true, but to a degree. I mean, as long as they don't have some A or B list female celebrity, it shouldn't be *too* hard.
Think of the stuff that could have been ruined before, like the secret of Qui-Gon Jinn's death being spoiled by the pre-released soundtrack with the "Funeral of Qui-Gon" track. Or ruining Gandalf's return with the previews of "The Two Towers". Yeah, both secrets were ruined, but only for some people (I think, could be wrong).
I think, as long as they don't have the actress parade about on fifty talk shows promoting the movie, then it should be okay. And, really, you only need the actress for the end of the movie, so you could shoot the majority of the film with a stunt double.
This is how I think the movie *should* go:
Introduction/Teaser:
On a dusty, red planet, some Chozo (big scrawny bird-like aliens) find a gender-non-detriment human child on their planet. Montage of scenes of GND child growing up on them, learning their ways and technology. You could pretty much shot this whole thing just like any cheesy chop-sockey film where child/teen/adult learns martial arts from monks in hidden monastery. In this chunk of the movie, it stays true to the Metroid story, to a standard chop-sockey movie, *and* keeps the gender of Samus a mystery.
CUT to:
Years later, praying-mantis-like Space pirates (which are totally sweet Real Ultimate Power and kick ninja ass!) find Zebes and the Metroids, and start their nefarious plots. Insert typical amounts of bad guys Being Bad, killing people, and cool action scenes. End scenes with shot of Mother Brain. This meets the chop-sockey requirements of introducing the bad guys, stays true to the Metroid story, and Samus's gender is *still* a mystery.
CUT TO:
A full-suited Samus in the Samus-mobile, cruising the galaxy, getting the distress call to head to Zebes. If Lucas can hide Leia's voice in the Ubese armour in RotJ, Woo can damn well do the same here. Maybe have Samus kick some ass as she bounty hunts as a taste/teaser before she gets the call.
MEANWHILE, BACK ON ZEBES:
Space pirates start fooling around with top secret weapons, like Kraid and the Ice Beam...
Then, have Samus on Zebes, kicking ass, taking names, etc. Instead of her just shooting up creatures, set it up as the creatures attacking her in one of those suspenseful "stalking hidden danger" type things, and then, after that, she knows the creature-type is dangerous and then she can kill it with a clear conscience.
Of course, she kills Kraid and Ripley, big action sequences, she finds the "weapon upgrades", maybe a bit of the morph ball, bombs, missiles, charge shots. Probably not the screw attack. Enter the Metroids, Space Pirates, mimes, etc, etc.
Big finale: attack of the Mother Brain. Samus wins, barely (naturally), flees the self-destruct, takes the helm off, end of movie.
Er... not quite.
From Merriam Webster's Online Dictionary:
Main Entry: common sense
Function: noun
1 : the unreflective opinions of ordinary people
2 : sound and prudent but often unsophisticated judgment
You see, the word "common" doesn't refer to the wisdom being "commonly" available, it refers to the wisdom of "common" people. The reason you probably think so highly of "commonsense" is that you are from "common" people, in which case, having "commonsense" is something to aspire to.
You mean, a death cult, no?
My first car was an '81 Ford Pinto. It was a gift from my parents. Maybe I should have took the hint.
Actually, one 6" screen is the size of *four* 3" screens. Screens are measured by the length of the diagonal, so to get a 6" screen made by 3" screens, you need to make a 2x2 square of 3" screens.
"I find your ideas intriguing and I'd like to subscribe to your newsletter." - Homer Simpson.
Mmmm...I can't seem to be able to run that in Windows...
*laugh*
You don't have to be a rocket scientist to see that.
The C stands for "Continental" - Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile. A "cruise missile" and an ICBM are two different weapons. An ICBM is shot very high into upper atmosphere and uses a ballistic trajectory (parabolic path like a thrown baseball would follow) to hit a target. A cruise missile cruises to the target nearer to the ground like a autonomous airplane.
I believe the joke made that you replied to is that you can't have a Mini-Unicycle hybrid, as they are both the same species.
I couldn't find it, either.
If only it was an iDEN phone...drool...
I wouldn't worry about it - that's hosted on Motorla's servers.
How about this a counter thought:
The reason time passes faster while you increase in age is because equal periods of time are different sizes relative to the amount of time lived.
For example, 1 year when you are 10 years old is 10% of your life span. From 10 to 11 years of age, you have increased your lifespan by 10%. When you are 40 years, one year is only 2.5% of your lifespan. As the time progresses, each additional year is smaller in comparison. While each year, objectively, is exactly one year in length, relative to the amount of time lived by a person, each year gives diminishing returns in terms of additional percentage of time lived.
The easiest way to test this would be to take a group of people, and ask them the following question:
1) Would you consider the amount of "life lived" (or however) from the years of 20-22 and 30-33 to be equivalent?
2) Would you consider the amount of "life lived" from the years of 40-44 to be equilavent to the years of 30-33?
3) 10-11 to 20-22?
Still broke with commas, hyphens, single and double quotes, and apostrophes. But, periods, exclamimation marks, and question marks seem to work.
So, er...um...at least you are trying?
Perhaps, it would be better to determine the last letter by just looking for the final instance of [a-zA-Z] in a word?
Note: none of the anonymous cowards are me.
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If that doesn't say it all, I don't know what will. Pretty much, Sands is saying that enough people will buy his product before the general public realizes his product is useless to break even.
What a *great* business plan.
I had problems getting Master of Orion 3 over Gamespy's software to work with NAT.
"Comcast Offers 'Trial Of Microsoft' TV, Software"?