What kind of real items are you buying in Second Life? Furniture for your house? Food for your stomach? Yeah. That virtual steak sure was tasty. Clothes for the kids? He's not barefoot. He's got his shoes right there on his USB stick. Can't you see them? The frostbitten toes are just his imagination. IT"S A GAME! If somebody cheats, kick them off, undo, and move on. Jeeze, do you call the cops if someone doesn't pay the rent when he lands on your "Park Place"? Oh, I can see the Nigerian scam now. There's 3000 dollars in un-collected "GO" money. If you send me just $49 and your credit card number and bank account number, I'll send it right to you in six to eight weeks. Will my get out of jail cards work when the cops mash my door down and bust me with my bag of weed? You are crazy.
HEY MODS! That's not flamebait! I fully agree with the parent. Real worlds and virtual worlds don't mix. Learn some perspective and stop trying to pretend one is the other. Man! This is getting creepy!
...you are told that the 2008 Chevrolet Pendejo is the cheapest, best-performing, and bestselling SUV "in it's class.
I still wouldn't trade in my 1957 Plywood Fury. It's got a two barrel carbon-maker and brand new gladiator and a windshield that's 63% more transparent and the new "Wonda-Weave" fabric seat covers.
[Valentine overhears the Dukes talking in the bathroom] Randolph Duke: Pay up, Mortimer. I've won the bet. Mortimer Duke: Here, one dollar. Randolph Duke: [chuckling] We took a perfectly useless *psychopath* like Valentine, and turned him into a successful executive. And during the same time, we turned an honest, hard-working man into a violently... deranged, would-be killer! [laughs] Randolph Duke: Now, what are we going to do about taking Winthorpe back and returning Valentine to the ghetto? Mortimer Duke: I don't *want* Winthorpe back, after what he's done. Randolph Duke: You mean, keep *Valentine* on as managing director? Mortimer Duke: Do you really believe I would have a *nigger* run our family business, Randolph? [Valentine's eyes widen with anger] Randolph Duke: Of course, not. Neither would I.
Yeah no doubt. The forecasters won't be able to win no matter what. I'm beginning to think that long range forecasting of this nature is fairly pointless. If a storm is coming, move away. Two or three days warning is plenty of time. It would also help if they had a building code to match the conditions of the area. The palapas on the beach hold up better than some of those apartment complexes in Florida. Hurricanes shouldn't be a big deal, except for agribusiness, which is probably the only reason they do these forecasts. Neat way to manipulate the futures market or commodities trade though. Watch the price of orange juice or sugar.
Maybe Katrina made them a little jumpy. They may have decided that it's better to overdo it and be laughed at than under report it and be considered incompetent. They could just as easily forgo all the fancy, expensive equipment and use a Ouija board. Weather forecasting is more of a study of the occult. "Present" casting is where we have made real headway over the years. Now we can warn people a couple days in advance of an impending hurricane, and maybe a half an hour in the case of tornadoes. Going much more than 48 hours is more art than science. The only long term forecasting we are capable of is that of the seasons. Winter = cold, summer = warm.
Another great knee-jerk reaction. Since a revealed idea cannot rightfully be "owned" or controlled in any way by anyone. "Stealing" is a misnomer designed to incite more knee-jerk reactions to keep bad law on the books. Unfortunately it still works on a gullible public.
We are paying the government to conduct scientific testing..in space. The key word is testing. Are you,too, expecting them to bat a thousand? If you think you can do it better, you know the routine. Pick up a hammer and screwdriver and build your own space station. I'm glad all these naysayers weren't around when the government decided to buy Alaska from the Russians. And it (the gov't) caught a lot of hell at the time. The biggest problem with NASA and space exploration in general is that it has become so politicized. I happened to consider exploration and the acquisition of knowledge to be a good thing. And I believe we should increase the funding to at least 1% of the budget. *sigh*
And can we be assured that those who abuse their authority will never again be able to acquire such a position of authority? We can tattoo their foreheads to make then easily identifiable and they can flip burgers for the rest of their lives.
Being "for the space program" requires some acceptance of the massive risks inherent in manned space travel.
You're not kidding. The submitter's complaint is like bitching about the Wright Brother's airplane not being able to fly 100 people across the Atlantic by the end of 1904. The thing is an experiment, ok? Some problems may be due to poor decision making, but I think we can still cut them some slack here. This is not like the Challenger disaster where I believe upper management committed criminal negligence for political expediency. They were warned about that impending failure to the point that the TV news reporters were discussing it before launch. So they got a leak. Use it to ventilate the bathroom.
Some people might realize why I'm a bit leery of carbon fiber. We don't understand their properties as well as we think we do. Back to vacuum tubes for me. Then we really can say the internet is a series of tubes.
But if the election was between him and Kucinich, at least we would have a horse race. With our present slate of front runners, you can forget about any kind of privacy, online or off. We have a long way to go before civil rights becomes a real issue again.
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What kind of real items are you buying in Second Life? Furniture for your house? Food for your stomach? Yeah. That virtual steak sure was tasty. Clothes for the kids? He's not barefoot. He's got his shoes right there on his USB stick. Can't you see them? The frostbitten toes are just his imagination. IT"S A GAME! If somebody cheats, kick them off, undo, and move on. Jeeze, do you call the cops if someone doesn't pay the rent when he lands on your "Park Place"? Oh, I can see the Nigerian scam now. There's 3000 dollars in un-collected "GO" money. If you send me just $49 and your credit card number and bank account number, I'll send it right to you in six to eight weeks. Will my get out of jail cards work when the cops mash my door down and bust me with my bag of weed? You are crazy.
HEY MODS! That's not flamebait! I fully agree with the parent. Real worlds and virtual worlds don't mix. Learn some perspective and stop trying to pretend one is the other. Man! This is getting creepy!
Yeah yeah yeah keepin it real in the field.
HA! You laugh. I actually have seen an half an inch of rain come down from partly cloudy skies right underneath a bright, hot sun.
...you are told that the 2008 Chevrolet Pendejo is the cheapest, best-performing, and bestselling SUV "in it's class.
I still wouldn't trade in my 1957 Plywood Fury. It's got a two barrel carbon-maker and brand new gladiator and a windshield that's 63% more transparent and the new "Wonda-Weave" fabric seat covers.
That's in Utah, right?
Is Europe a country?
It probably goes more like this:
[Valentine overhears the Dukes talking in the bathroom]
Randolph Duke: Pay up, Mortimer. I've won the bet.
Mortimer Duke: Here, one dollar.
Randolph Duke: [chuckling] We took a perfectly useless *psychopath* like Valentine, and turned him into a successful executive. And during the same time, we turned an honest, hard-working man into a violently... deranged, would-be killer!
[laughs]
Randolph Duke: Now, what are we going to do about taking Winthorpe back and returning Valentine to the ghetto?
Mortimer Duke: I don't *want* Winthorpe back, after what he's done.
Randolph Duke: You mean, keep *Valentine* on as managing director?
Mortimer Duke: Do you really believe I would have a *nigger* run our family business, Randolph?
[Valentine's eyes widen with anger]
Randolph Duke: Of course, not. Neither would I.
Sony, the RIAA, the MPAA, the FBI, the CIA, the NSA all produce malware. Please block access to their sites.
Were they silenced for political reasons? or what?
Yeah no doubt. The forecasters won't be able to win no matter what. I'm beginning to think that long range forecasting of this nature is fairly pointless. If a storm is coming, move away. Two or three days warning is plenty of time. It would also help if they had a building code to match the conditions of the area. The palapas on the beach hold up better than some of those apartment complexes in Florida. Hurricanes shouldn't be a big deal, except for agribusiness, which is probably the only reason they do these forecasts. Neat way to manipulate the futures market or commodities trade though. Watch the price of orange juice or sugar.
That should explain the "gray screen of death".
Maybe Katrina made them a little jumpy. They may have decided that it's better to overdo it and be laughed at than under report it and be considered incompetent. They could just as easily forgo all the fancy, expensive equipment and use a Ouija board. Weather forecasting is more of a study of the occult. "Present" casting is where we have made real headway over the years. Now we can warn people a couple days in advance of an impending hurricane, and maybe a half an hour in the case of tornadoes. Going much more than 48 hours is more art than science. The only long term forecasting we are capable of is that of the seasons. Winter = cold, summer = warm.
The forecasts were way off. What's that old joke? Weather forecasters have it so good. They can be wrong 75% of the time and still keep their job.
...stealing other people's code.
Another great knee-jerk reaction. Since a revealed idea cannot rightfully be "owned" or controlled in any way by anyone. "Stealing" is a misnomer designed to incite more knee-jerk reactions to keep bad law on the books. Unfortunately it still works on a gullible public.
Let's see if I get this right...
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We are paying the government to conduct scientific testing..in space. The key word is testing. Are you,too, expecting them to bat a thousand? If you think you can do it better, you know the routine. Pick up a hammer and screwdriver and build your own space station. I'm glad all these naysayers weren't around when the government decided to buy Alaska from the Russians. And it (the gov't) caught a lot of hell at the time. The biggest problem with NASA and space exploration in general is that it has become so politicized. I happened to consider exploration and the acquisition of knowledge to be a good thing. And I believe we should increase the funding to at least 1% of the budget. *sigh*
"Damn perfectionist." :-)
The Wright brothers weren't spending my tax dollars on their experiments.
Damn! You ARE old.
And you point is? Clinton paved the road that Bush travels on.
And can we be assured that those who abuse their authority will never again be able to acquire such a position of authority? We can tattoo their foreheads to make then easily identifiable and they can flip burgers for the rest of their lives.
Being "for the space program" requires some acceptance of the massive risks inherent in manned space travel.
You're not kidding. The submitter's complaint is like bitching about the Wright Brother's airplane not being able to fly 100 people across the Atlantic by the end of 1904. The thing is an experiment, ok? Some problems may be due to poor decision making, but I think we can still cut them some slack here. This is not like the Challenger disaster where I believe upper management committed criminal negligence for political expediency. They were warned about that impending failure to the point that the TV news reporters were discussing it before launch. So they got a leak. Use it to ventilate the bathroom.
I get a girl drunk, grab her hair, lead her back to MY nest, plant my seed, and...well...I think you know the "rest of the story".
I hope 2008 is better.
Install Hillary? I don't think so. May as well roll back to Bush.
Roll, roll, roll in the hay
Some people might realize why I'm a bit leery of carbon fiber. We don't understand their properties as well as we think we do. Back to vacuum tubes for me. Then we really can say the internet is a series of tubes.
They've done nothing but bend over...
You gotta admit, it's pretty hard to stand upright without a spine.
But if the election was between him and Kucinich, at least we would have a horse race. With our present slate of front runners, you can forget about any kind of privacy, online or off. We have a long way to go before civil rights becomes a real issue again.