I'm all for Yahoo blocking 3rd party IMs because it would cut down on a lot of spam!
Well, I'm all for yahoo blocking 3rd party IMs because hopefully people will stop using their service and I won't have to build gaim from cvs once a week (okay, not every week) so I can IM people who won't give it up.
The sooner people start moving towards open protocols like jabber, the easier it is for all of us!
Yep, been there done that. I almost lost the hottest woman I've ever been with when Red Faction II came out. (--killing spree!--)
I don't know if you have the same setup as me, but me and my partner have almost identical schedules and live together in a studio. And because we spend most of our time at work/school there is this unspoken pressure to spend that time we do have together as "quality time."
While that's nice and all, I can't spend all of my free time hanging out with just one other person. (Hell, being a slashdot'er I can barley spend it with other people in general;-)
And not to sound new-age-self-help-pop-pysch-ish about it all, there is a balance between getting off work at 6:00 each night, heading to your buddies house and coming home at 3:30 in the morning smelling like cigarettes and Mountain Dew, and just spending all of your time with that with one other person.
Relationships are important. And they require a lot of work. However, chicks have a tendency to come and go, and it's going to be your friends that are going to be around for the long haul. All I'm saying is don't throw one away for the other.
What I do, is I have two/three nights a week where I go and play video games till whenever. I go out, have my fun, and she goes out with her friends and goes clubbing, bar hopping, whatever. She spends time with her friends, I spend time with mine. We spend time together. It works out great for the both of us, and neither of us feel like we're being smothered or ignored by the other.
What ever happened to the concept that the simplest explaination is probably the best?
For the most part it is, that's why string theroy has been around from some 20-30 years now, and is only recently becoming "mainstream." I belive it was Carl Sagan who said "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence." String therory makes some extraordinary claims (most of which aren't easly testable) and tests like these are looking for the extraordinary evidence.
Like the artice says, if extraordinary evidence dosen't appear "[string theroy]--along with their 11 dimensions, pixellated space, and inconstant constants--will suffer a fatal blow and 'pass on' to that great dusty library stack in the sky."
they believe the real goal is to obtain proprietary "calibration codes" that are the blueprints for how parts are made. With that information, Territo said, independent mechanics and parts manufacturers could duplicate major components such as fuel injectors that automakers have spent millions of dollars developing.
What a lame excuse. Independent mechanics duplicating major componets? Can you imagnine that? I'd like to see the day when Joe's Garage will replace your busted on-board computer for half the price, made from old 486's and playstation componets.
Oh well, I'm glad to hear that someone is doing something about this.
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Well, I'm all for yahoo blocking 3rd party IMs because hopefully people will stop using their service and I won't have to build gaim from cvs once a week (okay, not every week) so I can IM people who won't give it up.
The sooner people start moving towards open protocols like jabber, the easier it is for all of us!
My $.02
Yep, been there done that. I almost lost the hottest woman I've ever been with when Red Faction II came out. (--killing spree!--)
;-)
I don't know if you have the same setup as me, but me and my partner have almost identical schedules and live together in a studio. And because we spend most of our time at work/school there is this unspoken pressure to spend that time we do have together as "quality time."
While that's nice and all, I can't spend all of my free time hanging out with just one other person. (Hell, being a slashdot'er I can barley spend it with other people in general
And not to sound new-age-self-help-pop-pysch-ish about it all, there is a balance between getting off work at 6:00 each night, heading to your buddies house and coming home at 3:30 in the morning smelling like cigarettes and Mountain Dew, and just spending all of your time with that with one other person.
Relationships are important. And they require a lot of work. However, chicks have a tendency to come and go, and it's going to be your friends that are going to be around for the long haul. All I'm saying is don't throw one away for the other.
What I do, is I have two/three nights a week where I go and play video games till whenever. I go out, have my fun, and she goes out with her friends and goes clubbing, bar hopping, whatever. She spends time with her friends, I spend time with mine. We spend time together. It works out great for the both of us, and neither of us feel like we're being smothered or ignored by the other.
HTH
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You mean like the freedom to say what you just said without being taken out and shot by the local paramilitary force?
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For the most part it is, that's why string theroy has been around from some 20-30 years now, and is only recently becoming "mainstream." I belive it was Carl Sagan who said "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence." String therory makes some extraordinary claims (most of which aren't easly testable) and tests like these are looking for the extraordinary evidence.
Like the artice says, if extraordinary evidence dosen't appear "[string theroy]--along with their 11 dimensions, pixellated space, and inconstant constants--will suffer a fatal blow and 'pass on' to that great dusty library stack in the sky."
What a lame excuse. Independent mechanics duplicating major componets? Can you imagnine that? I'd like to see the day when Joe's Garage will replace your busted on-board computer for half the price, made from old 486's and playstation componets.
Oh well, I'm glad to hear that someone is doing something about this.