It seems odd that clothing would be the top seller online, given that it involves more to return/exchange items to an online store than a regular store if the clothes should happen to be the wrong size.
Who's going to claim this as evidence first...?
Intelligent Design whackos or Evolutionists?
Don't you mean "Intelligent Design whackos or Evolutionist whackos"?...or maybe we could (gasp!) be courteous and try "Intelligent Design proponents or Evolutionists"? [/offtopic]
As I recall, this has been done already... when I was in kindergarten (circa 1993), we had two or three old Apple IIe computers in the classroom and we were on a scheduled rotation so that every week or so every kid would get a chance to play with it for a period of time. As educational games were the only ones available (at least to us), we were learning while we played. I loved playing and always looked forward to it. Number Munchers and Word Munchers were excellent games (among many others) and I still pull out the ol' IIe from time to time to revisit some old games that were truly educational. (This is not to say my education hasn't advanced since Kindergarten, but my future children will definitely be playing some of those same games if they still work by then)
Carmack could have been working for NASA or the US military, but instead he simply sits around coding violent computer games.
Oh, but he was working for the government. He just didn't know it. If I recall correctly, various violent video games are used by the military as traning devices. I know it's an argument usually used by anti-violence folks, but in this case it just blows a hole in part of an argument, so.... all good, right?
I did watch the trailer for that but unfortunately I don't have cable/satellite/anything with more than 9 channels. What a pathetic geek I am....hey, maybe that's it! I need to be more nerdy if I'm going to get the ladies!...except I spend more time in front of my computer than in front of a TV anyway. Point negated.
My family has always used an antenna (big tower by the garage) and it's fine for us. We pick up about 8 or 9 channels, which is plenty. PBS comes in clear as a bell, which I do consider to be a good thing. The tower also made a great place to mount the antenna for our wireless broadband connection. I doubt my parents would be too keen on having to buy a converter box if broadcasting does eventually go digital.
actually, when reading the article, I thought it meant that it sustained flight for one hour during a test run, in which case stating that it was on a TV show wouldn't be redundant... but yeah, I guess in this case it was repetetive.
Christians do produce their own academic materials.
Of course they do. Any religion that also has a formal education system probably produces their own academic materials. That's why I said "Insert public school here."
When I was a child, I recall being in wal mart and wanting to buy a six dollar item and having in my wallet a couple $2 bills, a $5, and a $10. Not wanting to split my "big bill" I opted to use the $5 and the $2... I don't recall the cashier claiming I was a counterfiter, but then, I was about 7 or 8 years old at the time.
I saw these long ago, as did most commenters, but rather than just dismissing them they gave me an idea. I'm sick of seeing carrying cases that are no less than $30 in most instances so seeing these iPod socks made me think; I could just sew a strip of cloth over itself and leave one end open and poof! A couple bucks and a quick lapse of manly pride while I use a sewing machine, and I've got a safe way to carry my iPod. w00t!
This is a fun 2-player game that is something like a board version of capture the flag. Each piece has a value, 1-9 or bomb, and you must navigate your pieces across the board to try to find the other player's flag. When two pieces collide the values are revealed (you can't see the other player's pieces' value) and whoever has the lower number value wins. Lower rank (higher number) pieces are more plentiful but are also defeated more easily. The catch is that only Miners (#8, I think) can dismantle bombs.
I've had a lot of fun playing this game and recommend you try it out. The only bad thing is that if you lose one of the pieces you can't make another one to fill in for it (everyone will know what value it is!)
I used to play several-hour-long game of risks at family reunions with my cousins. That was great fun, and forming alliances make it even more interesting. Though, when we had only 4 players and it got to be 2 on 2, things would sometimes fall into a deadlock and we'd all agree to cancel all alliances so we could get to killing each other. I wish I had more friends (sole proprietorship in IT is even more secluded) to play this great game with.
Picasa is okay, I had a lot of photos scattered all over my hard drive and it helped me collect them. The instant redeye is handy even though I use Photoshop for most image editing... so it's nothing stellar but not completely useless either.
Very interesting, considering that Applied Sciences, Inc. is considering building a nanotube production facility in Lima, OH; about 20 miles from where I live. With it being a new facility could they perhaps get into this production method?
Thanks for the help there, I'm sure nobody knew what it stands for... but actually, you're wrong. It actually stands for "Williamstown Theatre Festival," or perhaps "What's This For?"
Thanks to acronymfinder.com for the help, there are many other meanings for WTF on there.
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Wouldn't it be possible for a fingerprint to be required before the one-time password shows up?
Not necessarily.
It seems odd that clothing would be the top seller online, given that it involves more to return/exchange items to an online store than a regular store if the clothes should happen to be the wrong size.
Who's going to claim this as evidence first...?
...or maybe we could (gasp!) be courteous and try "Intelligent Design proponents or Evolutionists"?
Intelligent Design whackos or Evolutionists?
Don't you mean "Intelligent Design whackos or Evolutionist whackos"?
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^ mistyped link, should be:
http://mods.xkill.net/redir_falcon.html
Just in time for my senior year of high school...
"I wasn't playing games on my calculator... honest!"
As I recall, this has been done already... when I was in kindergarten (circa 1993), we had two or three old Apple IIe computers in the classroom and we were on a scheduled rotation so that every week or so every kid would get a chance to play with it for a period of time. As educational games were the only ones available (at least to us), we were learning while we played. I loved playing and always looked forward to it. Number Munchers and Word Munchers were excellent games (among many others) and I still pull out the ol' IIe from time to time to revisit some old games that were truly educational. (This is not to say my education hasn't advanced since Kindergarten, but my future children will definitely be playing some of those same games if they still work by then)
Carmack could have been working for NASA or the US military, but instead he simply sits around coding violent computer games.
Oh, but he was working for the government. He just didn't know it. If I recall correctly, various violent video games are used by the military as traning devices. I know it's an argument usually used by anti-violence folks, but in this case it just blows a hole in part of an argument, so.... all good, right?
I did watch the trailer for that but unfortunately I don't have cable/satellite/anything with more than 9 channels. What a pathetic geek I am. ...hey, maybe that's it! I need to be more nerdy if I'm going to get the ladies! ...except I spend more time in front of my computer than in front of a TV anyway. Point negated.
My family has always used an antenna (big tower by the garage) and it's fine for us. We pick up about 8 or 9 channels, which is plenty. PBS comes in clear as a bell, which I do consider to be a good thing. The tower also made a great place to mount the antenna for our wireless broadband connection. I doubt my parents would be too keen on having to buy a converter box if broadcasting does eventually go digital.
--just my thoughts
actually, when reading the article, I thought it meant that it sustained flight for one hour during a test run, in which case stating that it was on a TV show wouldn't be redundant... but yeah, I guess in this case it was repetetive.
Christians do produce their own academic materials.
Of course they do. Any religion that also has a formal education system probably produces their own academic materials. That's why I said "Insert public school here."
The [insert religious denomination here] didn't publish the science textbooks. Why should the bible be subject to special treatment?
Because,
The [insert public school here] doesn't use the bible as a textbook.
They're not in the same category.
When do we get to put a sticker on the bible?
When you publish the Bible.
When I was a child, I recall being in wal mart and wanting to buy a six dollar item and having in my wallet a couple $2 bills, a $5, and a $10. Not wanting to split my "big bill" I opted to use the $5 and the $2... I don't recall the cashier claiming I was a counterfiter, but then, I was about 7 or 8 years old at the time.
to finish the story. Here's the ommitted ending: "
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I saw these long ago, as did most commenters, but rather than just dismissing them they gave me an idea. I'm sick of seeing carrying cases that are no less than $30 in most instances so seeing these iPod socks made me think; I could just sew a strip of cloth over itself and leave one end open and poof! A couple bucks and a quick lapse of manly pride while I use a sewing machine, and I've got a safe way to carry my iPod. w00t!
This is a fun 2-player game that is something like a board version of capture the flag. Each piece has a value, 1-9 or bomb, and you must navigate your pieces across the board to try to find the other player's flag. When two pieces collide the values are revealed (you can't see the other player's pieces' value) and whoever has the lower number value wins. Lower rank (higher number) pieces are more plentiful but are also defeated more easily. The catch is that only Miners (#8, I think) can dismantle bombs.
I've had a lot of fun playing this game and recommend you try it out. The only bad thing is that if you lose one of the pieces you can't make another one to fill in for it (everyone will know what value it is!)
I have that version too! Do you usually use the modified rules they made for that version or do you use regular Risk rules?
I used to play several-hour-long game of risks at family reunions with my cousins. That was great fun, and forming alliances make it even more interesting. Though, when we had only 4 players and it got to be 2 on 2, things would sometimes fall into a deadlock and we'd all agree to cancel all alliances so we could get to killing each other. I wish I had more friends (sole proprietorship in IT is even more secluded) to play this great game with.
Picasa is okay, I had a lot of photos scattered all over my hard drive and it helped me collect them. The instant redeye is handy even though I use Photoshop for most image editing... so it's nothing stellar but not completely useless either.
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I hate to think about it, but how long will it be before Google is the all-encompassing monster monopoly that starts to put out crappy products?
Very interesting, considering that Applied Sciences, Inc. is considering building a nanotube production facility in Lima, OH; about 20 miles from where I live. With it being a new facility could they perhaps get into this production method?
Now we know it's safe to use VoIP on the Autobahn. Of course by 'safe' I mean there'll be no signal loss...
(WTF=what the fuck)
Thanks for the help there, I'm sure nobody knew what it stands for... but actually, you're wrong. It actually stands for "Williamstown Theatre Festival," or perhaps "What's This For?"
Thanks to acronymfinder.com for the help, there are many other meanings for WTF on there.