Starship troopers is my favorite to bitch about. They took a great coming of age story that had heaps of morality, and turned it into a WWII propoganda film / teen fuckfest. I mean, they even MADE UP A CHARECTER FOR HIM TO FUCK!
Anyone want to join me on a hollywood rampage?
I'm embarrassed to say it, but I did the exact same thing when I was 13 or so. The PS ball bearing was making a painful noise (like some sort of banshee wail). After the shock wore off, I did a little bit of tinkering to see if I could fix it. Turns out, I could stop the noise by placing my screwdriver in the path of the fan for about a second while the computer started up.
I did this for a good month or so.
Then one day, while taking my machine over to a friend's house for a lan game, I performed my "quiet the noisy beast PS fan" trick. The look on the faces of the two guys there was uniformly jawdropped for a good couple of seconds before one of them mentioned "I don't think that should be allowed to fix his own machine anymore."
Despite the funny rating on this post, it probably is the truth. People will "interpret" the bible to mean that extraterrestrials are really angels; they're servants of God that guided us through the ages. Unfortunately, it is certain that there will be a bunch of loonies who also feel that extraterrestrials are obviously demons; man was made in God's image, after all. These are simply tests from above to see how we will adapt.
And lets not forget that a disproportionate amount of black voters, who vote 90% democratic, were errorniously placed on the list of disenfranchised felons, which may well have easily tipped the balance.
Further, one could argue that the mail IS built for commerce. Consider just one example; every month you (or someone actinging in your interest) pays bills for various services. Heating, electric, telephone, etc. Rather than driving down to each particular building and dropping off a check, you pass that off to the gents with the eagle on their caps, who do it for a very modest fee.
The coverage by the media on these viruses is just outright terrible. There's always the assumption that all users are affected, when in reality a number of users are completely unaffacted by these viruses (reduced internet bandwidth aside). The growing number of Linux, MacOS X, BSD, and various other unix-based flavors are largely unaffected by these attacks. . . . . . . This piece by MSNBC
The boot sector on most computers usually ends up being Very Well Protected, but I doubt that the rest of the system is quite so lucky. Besides, all someone needs to do is hit priviledged mode on the processor, and you may well end up to see "j00 |-|@\/3 833|\| 0\/\/|\|3D" repeat endlessly across your machine on start up.
If you have to ask a question like that, a better one might be "How ISN'T my computer their turf?" Here's a tip: If you suddenly find all of your ports open, you may want to consider running a virus scanner.:)
Occam's razor says that he took his BIC to the 30 $20 bills there and gave Mr. Andrews a shave with lighter fluid. Look at the article again; it says that they're all burned on his eyebrow. Now, look at the pictures. At the risk of raking in a gasoline shower and a nice hot match, $20 worth of monopoly moneys goes to the first person that notices that the scorch marks are not all in one place or even on his right eye, where the RFID chip supposedly is! I'll grant the possibility that the bills aren't evenly stacked, but even so, this seems a bit wacky.
Also, if you weren't already convinced I should be modded down, here's some "-1 troll" fodder: The RFID tags make another excellent way to prevent counterfeiters from making perfect bills. Banks taking large sums of cash can now just scan the contents. If the scanner reads nothing, sounds some alarms. If it does read the appropriate signal, then whatever further counterfeit prevention methods, if any, can be used. Instead of assuming that this is some horrible, terrible, no good plan to oppress the people, have you considered that this is just another trick by the treasury department to try and keep bills authentic?
Ok, flame away.
Quite a few, actually. For the lonely, (the old, infirm, socially inept, etc) a dog makes a great friend. Sure, we all benefit from velcro, but to assume that people spend cash on their pets just because they can isn't necessarily the truth.
And I'm not even going to point out the dopey stories of pets dialing 911:)
Most unfortunate, as that's a near direct quote from Snow Crash, with the exception of replacing the name of the protagonist with the name of the poster.
Would anyone like to take any bets on how long it takes until the current administration "discovers" "evidence" that the EFF is channeling funds to "terrorists"?
In all seriousness, I'm glad to see this. If other legal fronts on the voting war go well, who knows, I might end up at the polls next November instead of scrawling in my entries via absentee ballot.
Not at all; America (I'm assuming thats what you mean by "this country") was founded on the principles of Taxation with Representation. Basically, all the colonies wanted was a say in the British legislature, and let the crown know this several times.
Of course, the point could be made that we don't really have much in the way of representation as it is...
Might I ask what they DO provide as a public service then?
Farscape was a damned good show, and they should have done publicity blitzes to get the ratings instead of caving so easily.
Even Acrobat is horrible. I particularly don't like the fact that it insists on loading up a bajillion different modules for every possible file in existance and taking two minutes to open a.ps file that ghostview would open in under two seconds.
Whoever came up with the "Is it better to give or to recieve a PDF" advertisement is going to find themselves wondering "Is it better to give or to recieve mailbombs?"
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Starship troopers is my favorite to bitch about. They took a great coming of age story that had heaps of morality, and turned it into a WWII propoganda film / teen fuckfest. I mean, they even MADE UP A CHARECTER FOR HIM TO FUCK! Anyone want to join me on a hollywood rampage?
Octal?
I'm embarrassed to say it, but I did the exact same thing when I was 13 or so. The PS ball bearing was making a painful noise (like some sort of banshee wail). After the shock wore off, I did a little bit of tinkering to see if I could fix it. Turns out, I could stop the noise by placing my screwdriver in the path of the fan for about a second while the computer started up.
I did this for a good month or so.
Then one day, while taking my machine over to a friend's house for a lan game, I performed my "quiet the noisy beast PS fan" trick. The look on the faces of the two guys there was uniformly jawdropped for a good couple of seconds before one of them mentioned "I don't think that should be allowed to fix his own machine anymore."
Hillarity ensues.
You EMP him so that his biomods are negated. Then, trap him in a small hallway and throw exploves in it.
This just in: Communists change history! We also interview a man in Dayton, Ohio who is actually surprised! News at 11.
It is interesting that most of the responses aren't "Egads! The story is a fake!" but rather "Egads! She's married!"
You're all a bunch of hornballs...
Despite the funny rating on this post, it probably is the truth. People will "interpret" the bible to mean that extraterrestrials are really angels; they're servants of God that guided us through the ages. Unfortunately, it is certain that there will be a bunch of loonies who also feel that extraterrestrials are obviously demons; man was made in God's image, after all. These are simply tests from above to see how we will adapt.
I'm going to move to Europe and patent the Linked List (patent pending) if this goes through! I'll be rich! RICH!
And what's more, I can sue any poor sap with a null pointer >:D
Oh, were you logged in, such that you could be modded +5, informative. Truly, you are porn king among nerds.
Oh, I get it, but it's still off topic.
No, I'm pretty sure it was the Quads on Livingston College, Rutgers University. That place is our university's special little hellhole.
And lets not forget that a disproportionate amount of black voters, who vote 90% democratic, were errorniously placed on the list of disenfranchised felons, which may well have easily tipped the balance.
Mall. Mall! MALL! He said MALL , not MAIL !
Further, one could argue that the mail IS built for commerce. Consider just one example; every month you (or someone actinging in your interest) pays bills for various services. Heating, electric, telephone, etc. Rather than driving down to each particular building and dropping off a check, you pass that off to the gents with the eagle on their caps, who do it for a very modest fee.
The coverage by the media on these viruses is just outright terrible. There's always the assumption that all users are affected, when in reality a number of users are completely unaffacted by these viruses (reduced internet bandwidth aside). The growing number of Linux, MacOS X, BSD, and various other unix-based flavors are largely unaffected by these attacks.
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This piece by MSNBC
Do what I did, connect the dots!
Mod parent up.
The boot sector on most computers usually ends up being Very Well Protected, but I doubt that the rest of the system is quite so lucky. Besides, all someone needs to do is hit priviledged mode on the processor, and you may well end up to see "j00 |-|@\/3 833|\| 0\/\/|\|3D" repeat endlessly across your machine on start up.
How is my computer their turf?
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If you have to ask a question like that, a better one might be "How ISN'T my computer their turf?" Here's a tip: If you suddenly find all of your ports open, you may want to consider running a virus scanner.
I'll gladly write a check out to see that.
Occam's razor says that he took his BIC to the 30 $20 bills there and gave Mr. Andrews a shave with lighter fluid. Look at the article again; it says that they're all burned on his eyebrow. Now, look at the pictures. At the risk of raking in a gasoline shower and a nice hot match, $20 worth of monopoly moneys goes to the first person that notices that the scorch marks are not all in one place or even on his right eye, where the RFID chip supposedly is! I'll grant the possibility that the bills aren't evenly stacked, but even so, this seems a bit wacky. Also, if you weren't already convinced I should be modded down, here's some "-1 troll" fodder: The RFID tags make another excellent way to prevent counterfeiters from making perfect bills. Banks taking large sums of cash can now just scan the contents. If the scanner reads nothing, sounds some alarms. If it does read the appropriate signal, then whatever further counterfeit prevention methods, if any, can be used. Instead of assuming that this is some horrible, terrible, no good plan to oppress the people, have you considered that this is just another trick by the treasury department to try and keep bills authentic? Ok, flame away.
Mod parent down for being painfully unfunny...
Quite a few, actually. For the lonely, (the old, infirm, socially inept, etc) a dog makes a great friend. Sure, we all benefit from velcro, but to assume that people spend cash on their pets just because they can isn't necessarily the truth.
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And I'm not even going to point out the dopey stories of pets dialing 911
Most unfortunate, as that's a near direct quote from Snow Crash, with the exception of replacing the name of the protagonist with the name of the poster.
I for one welcome our new EFF overlords!
Would anyone like to take any bets on how long it takes until the current administration "discovers" "evidence" that the EFF is channeling funds to "terrorists"?
In all seriousness, I'm glad to see this. If other legal fronts on the voting war go well, who knows, I might end up at the polls next November instead of scrawling in my entries via absentee ballot.
Not at all; America (I'm assuming thats what you mean by "this country") was founded on the principles of Taxation with Representation. Basically, all the colonies wanted was a say in the British legislature, and let the crown know this several times. Of course, the point could be made that we don't really have much in the way of representation as it is...
Might I ask what they DO provide as a public service then? Farscape was a damned good show, and they should have done publicity blitzes to get the ratings instead of caving so easily.
Even Acrobat is horrible. I particularly don't like the fact that it insists on loading up a bajillion different modules for every possible file in existance and taking two minutes to open a .ps file that ghostview would open in under two seconds.
Whoever came up with the "Is it better to give or to recieve a PDF" advertisement is going to find themselves wondering "Is it better to give or to recieve mailbombs?"