First off, no, you can break the bottom of the egg and it will stand. If you get a shelly omelet you slammed it too hard or underboiled the egg. You remove the curvature, thus making it more difficult for the egg's natural imbalance to push it to its side. Maybe your shell was too thin?
As for 'twisting the letter of the instruction' I fail to see how I did that. I presented a problem in search of a solution. I offered the two available materials. Everything from then on out is fair game. Show me the letter in that problem that is naturally oriented away from the listed solution. You won't find it. Because the problem was created with that solution in mind, which makes your counterpoint hilariously irrelevant.
I didn't state you couldn't slam the egg down. Because you didn't or wouldn't have thought of it does not make it outside the letter. That was what I was attempting to point out. Too many people view the answer that isn't theirs the inferior one with no appreciation of the difficulty of coming up with the first initial solution on which you slam your scathing bias.
All the world's answers aren't stupid. Some just think they are because someone else answered them first.
When one is presented a vague idea or goal to accomplish, it always seems easy to those who didn't have to do it.
I can ask dozen different questions, each with a simple answer, but that most people will fumble at. Not because it is difficult to execute the conclusion, but that the conclusion is non-obvious from the offset. Only once it is presented to all the answers, including those to which you would find 'better' become 'obvious'.
Hindsight is 20/20.
Making a graphic novel into a movie sounds easy. The average shmuck(by your own logic, I suppose that would include you), might say "Pffft...The story was already written down and framed, how could they screw THAT up?"
But only once you realize that you have 2 hours of film, a certain budget, actors with certain demands and a market with certain thirsts does the enormity of the task become apparent. How would you convety something that takes 2 hours to -read- into 2 hours of action? And how do you pull it off without boring the snot out of people or resorting to the cheap trick of keeping the silly camera moving too goddamn fast to make out the shortcomings of the choreography(I'm looking at you Transformers and Borne Supremacy).
I happened to like V for Vendetta.
I loved the first Matrix movie, the second one was meh and the third one was crap in my opinion. They shouldn't have been done. But given the massive plot hole-ridden concept the original was based on, I guess they sorta painted themselves in a corner.
But besides all that, I will ask a simple question: how do you make a boiled egg stand straight up on a table without using any materials except the egg and the solid table(no tablecloths, salt, etc...
The solution is simple. But can you think of it?
The answer(in reverse, right to left):
.dnats ot hcihw htiw esab rediw a ti gniwolla kcarc lliw gge eht fo mottob ehT.elbat eht no ti malS
To prove my point, after reading the answer(if you could), the solution becomes far more obvious then it was from the offset.
The big problem is sometimes the average shmuck thinks of himself too highly to probe deeper then a superficial holier then thou, self gratifying way a la Simpsons ComicBookGuy.
Actually, you neglect to mention that on all episodes since Super Best Friends including the offending episode in question, Mohammad's SP character is in the intro sequence with all the other characters that have appeared on that show over the years.
Chemist Dr. Shelley Minteer from St. Louis University developed the tech to extract power from sugar using a special membrane mimicking the process of living cells.
So either Sony licensed this or developed it in parallel.
Terry Pratchett often uses the word "Quantum" in his books that very way to great comedic effect(meaning, "I don't know what it is, it's probably quantum.")
At the risk of being shot down for using the name of the One Who's Name Shan't be uttered(trust me, I don't like their software either), I'm greatly enjoy my MS Trackball Explorer. Large sized finger operated optical trackball bliss.
I find the community and support are excellent as well. Linux support I found had lots of issues with the "Pfff, you don't know how to do THAT?? Well I ain't telling you, that's stupid. You must know every delimiter possible for use on that command line tool. ID10T!" crowd.
On the Ubuntu site, such posts are far fewer and are oft removed/discouraged/beat down upon by the others in the forum.
Also, the free disks, the philosophy behind it, the actual inclusion of 'evil' closed source drivers(though still looked down upon), the fast yet stable pace of development and the transparency of the developers.
These all made Ubuntu what it is. And that it does all these so well made it as popular as it is.
How can I believe any of this is true? I read on another site that a former employee says this is all false.
John: I would strongly caution people not to believe all the rumors they read. For example, it came to my attention that the individual who leaked the story about the Wowhead sale supposedly not only owns competitive content properties but also is the partner in a successful RMT site. Like all Internet rumors, it is just that, but please consider the source when you hear damning stuff. Why not take a free shot at your top competitor. If the rumor above is true about the source of these comments, it is of course the height of hypocrisy.
So you are sure Wowhead will not have gold ads now?
John: 100% sure. Neither Wowhead or the ZAM Network have ever had gold or powerleveling ads, and they never will. We sold IGE. We are clearly separating our business from those practices. Why would we start running gold ads now?
No. Wait...nah, still no. I ain't redesigning any site so some rich gadget fetishist can feel justified in his investment of an impractical web surfing device.
#1: Parliament voted and dissolved for the summer.
#2: Bare Naked Ladies(the band, take your mind outta the gutter). They and the Nettwerk music label oppose these kinds of actions. They also have money and the public ear. As far as a music label goes, Nettwerk is the one without the goaty. Combined with Michael Geist and we have the Canadian version of the Justice League.
#3: We still, thankfully, have a privacy commissioner. So enforcement of this would be a little bunk.
#4: Minority Gov't. Though the Bloc(the balance tipping power that solely is interested within their own province of Quebec is being more then their usual asshole selves towards the rest of the nation, there's no way, as a party, they would let this happen. Neither would the NDP. And the Liberals would smell the blood from miles away. Yes, I know the committee has peoples from all parties, but it doesn't mean the party itself would act on their behalf.
I could be wrong(though I really hope I'm not), but I don't see this swimming.
You're assuming the wealthy cat didn't buy all the walls with which the mouse could make a hole in. Without controls, what would prevent the cat from doing so?
Any political extreme is flawed. It is striking the balance that is key.
It's the story of a place called Mouseland. Mouseland was a place where all the little mice lived and played, were born and died. And they lived much the same as you and I do.
They even had a Parliament. And every four years they had an election. Used to walk to the polls and cast their ballots. Some of them even got a ride to the polls. And got a ride for the next four years afterwards too. Just like you and me. And every time on election day all the little mice used to go to the ballot box and they used to elect a government. A government made up of big, fat, black cats.
Now if you think it strange that mice should elect a government made up of cats, you just look at the history of Canada for last 90 years and maybe you'll see that they weren't any stupider than we are.
Now I'm not saying anything against the cats. They were nice fellows. They conducted their government with dignity. They passed good laws--that is, laws that were good for cats. But the laws that were good for cats weren't very good for mice. One of the laws said that mouseholes had to be big enough so a cat could get his paw in. Another law said that mice could only travel at certain speeds--so that a cat could get his breakfast without too much effort.
All the laws were good laws. For cats. But, oh, they were hard on the mice. And life was getting harder and harder. And when the mice couldn't put up with it any more, they decided something had to be done about it. So they went en masse to the polls. They voted the black cats out. They put in the white cats.
Now the white cats had put up a terrific campaign. They said: "All that Mouseland needs is more vision." They said:"The trouble with Mouseland is those round mouseholes we got. If you put us in we'll establish square mouseholes." And they did. And the square mouseholes were twice as big as the round mouseholes, and now the cat could get both his paws in. And life was tougher than ever.
And when they couldn't take that anymore, they voted the white cats out and put the black ones in again. Then they went back to the white cats. Then to the black cats. They even tried half black cats and half white cats. And they called that coalition. They even got one government made up of cats with spots on them: they were cats that tried to make a noise like a mouse but ate like a cat.
You see, my friends, the trouble wasn't with the colour of the cat. The trouble was that they were cats. And because they were cats, they naturally looked after cats instead of mice.
Presently there came along one little mouse who had an idea. My friends, watch out for the little fellow with an idea. And he said to the other mice, "Look fellows, why do we keep on electing a government made up of cats? Why don't we elect a government made up of mice?" "Oh," they said, "he's a Bolshevik. Lock him up!" So they put him in jail.
But I want to remind you: that you can lock up a mouse or a man but you can't lock up an idea. The Moral of the Story
"Mouseland" is a political fable, originally told by Clare Gillis, a friend of Tommy Douglas. Tommy has used this story many times to show in a humorous way how Canadians fail to recognize that neither the Liberals or Conservatives are truly interested in what matters to ordinary citizens; yet Canadians continue to vote for them.
The story cleverly deals with the false assumption by some people that CCF'ers (NDP'ers) are Communists. The ending shows Tommy Douglas has faith that someday socialism, which recognizes human rights and dignity, will win over capitalism and the mere pursuit of wealth and power.
I like some movies. I have plenty of DVDs(hovering around the 40 mark). But, to be honest, I also have plenty of xvid files as well.
I saw each and every one of the Pirates movies in theatres. Why? Because I like giant screens, immersive surround sound and enjoying a night out with friends. Enough, at least, to pay 10$ for. Many people obviously felt the same way by looking at the line up.
The point I'm making is that the experience has to be worth paying for. The medium is neither important nor can it be prevented from being copied and distributed.
If people are not paying you enough(and judging from the movie industry's 9% profit increase this year that argument in itself is dubious), then adjust your offering. Make them -want- to pay for it. Don't force them to through draconian measures or one sided selfish laws.
looking at those two left and right camera pics, it doesn't even look like water if viewed stereoscopically. It may look a bit like wet sand, but definitely not water 'puddles'.
No one was 'cheapening' anything. His little Slashdot joke will not cause anyone to shed any less tears for the Holocaust.
The only person trying to be 'shocking' here is you. And I don't appreciate it. And I'm sure many people here feel the same way. Save your yellings for 'actual' cases of racism and prejudice. You're only cheapening those by attempting to scream 'racism' when someone asks for their coffee 'black'.
Though I suppose you probably avoid the term "Blue Screen of Death" because it cheapens mortality or 'daemon' because of obvious religious connotations.
Regardless of your motive, logic or argument, you've insulted people("How was the Kool-aid?" wasn't insulting?). This has made you a troll. You wished to drive home your point or extend your thread by inflamming other people. That is textbook troll. You don't have to T@lk 7ik3 th!2(or however they write) to be a troll.
You've disregarded the rules of intelligent debate and now are bitching because people called you on it.
I agree. This is a great idea. It doesn't sacrifice personal freedom with the music while providing a deterrent to those who would put it in their Shareaza folder or torrent seed.
No...Church can 'preach' that which you apparently believe. Schools can 'teach' that which is observable in nature and verifiable in the lab.
And the whole 'You can't prove evolution' argument is false. It can be viewed, recorded and reproduced in micro-cultures easily and it's effects can be extrapolated equally in the macroscopic universe looking at many things such as DNA similarities and physical similarities between varying species.
You don't like learning scientific doctrine? Don't go to school. If you wanna get your personal views of big daddy God and his magical wonder book reinforced by other like minded peoples, go to your Church. Or a Church run 'school'. Just leave the public schools the fuck alone for those who don't want Jehova crammed down their throats.
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First off, no, you can break the bottom of the egg and it will stand. If you get a shelly omelet you slammed it too hard or underboiled the egg. You remove the curvature, thus making it more difficult for the egg's natural imbalance to push it to its side. Maybe your shell was too thin?
As for 'twisting the letter of the instruction' I fail to see how I did that. I presented a problem in search of a solution. I offered the two available materials. Everything from then on out is fair game. Show me the letter in that problem that is naturally oriented away from the listed solution. You won't find it. Because the problem was created with that solution in mind, which makes your counterpoint hilariously irrelevant.
I didn't state you couldn't slam the egg down. Because you didn't or wouldn't have thought of it does not make it outside the letter. That was what I was attempting to point out. Too many people view the answer that isn't theirs the inferior one with no appreciation of the difficulty of coming up with the first initial solution on which you slam your scathing bias.
All the world's answers aren't stupid. Some just think they are because someone else answered them first.
When one is presented a vague idea or goal to accomplish, it always seems easy to those who didn't have to do it.
.dnats ot hcihw htiw esab rediw a ti gniwolla kcarc lliw gge eht fo mottob ehT .elbat eht no ti malS
I can ask dozen different questions, each with a simple answer, but that most people will fumble at. Not because it is difficult to execute the conclusion, but that the conclusion is non-obvious from the offset. Only once it is presented to all the answers, including those to which you would find 'better' become 'obvious'.
Hindsight is 20/20.
Making a graphic novel into a movie sounds easy. The average shmuck(by your own logic, I suppose that would include you), might say "Pffft...The story was already written down and framed, how could they screw THAT up?"
But only once you realize that you have 2 hours of film, a certain budget, actors with certain demands and a market with certain thirsts does the enormity of the task become apparent. How would you convety something that takes 2 hours to -read- into 2 hours of action? And how do you pull it off without boring the snot out of people or resorting to the cheap trick of keeping the silly camera moving too goddamn fast to make out the shortcomings of the choreography(I'm looking at you Transformers and Borne Supremacy).
I happened to like V for Vendetta.
I loved the first Matrix movie, the second one was meh and the third one was crap in my opinion. They shouldn't have been done. But given the massive plot hole-ridden concept the original was based on, I guess they sorta painted themselves in a corner.
But besides all that, I will ask a simple question: how do you make a boiled egg stand straight up on a table without using any materials except the egg and the solid table(no tablecloths, salt, etc...
The solution is simple. But can you think of it?
The answer(in reverse, right to left):
To prove my point, after reading the answer(if you could), the solution becomes far more obvious then it was from the offset.
The big problem is sometimes the average shmuck thinks of himself too highly to probe deeper then a superficial holier then thou, self gratifying way a la Simpsons ComicBookGuy.
Actually, you neglect to mention that on all episodes since Super Best Friends including the offending episode in question, Mohammad's SP character is in the intro sequence with all the other characters that have appeared on that show over the years.
Chemist Dr. Shelley Minteer from St. Louis University developed the tech to extract power from sugar using a special membrane mimicking the process of living cells.
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So either Sony licensed this or developed it in parallel.
http://www.cbc.ca/quirks/archives/06-07/mar31.htm
Terry Pratchett often uses the word "Quantum" in his books that very way to great comedic effect(meaning, "I don't know what it is, it's probably quantum.")
Here in Canada, the mobile data rates are nothing short of horrid. Surfing the standard internet on a lil' widget would suck.
case in point
At the risk of being shot down for using the name of the One Who's Name Shan't be uttered(trust me, I don't like their software either), I'm greatly enjoy my MS Trackball Explorer. Large sized finger operated optical trackball bliss.
I hope they don't try to use some hack's voice for him(though he is a shapeshifter now so they could loophole it that way).
I find the community and support are excellent as well. Linux support I found had lots of issues with the "Pfff, you don't know how to do THAT?? Well I ain't telling you, that's stupid. You must know every delimiter possible for use on that command line tool. ID10T!" crowd.
On the Ubuntu site, such posts are far fewer and are oft removed/discouraged/beat down upon by the others in the forum.
Also, the free disks, the philosophy behind it, the actual inclusion of 'evil' closed source drivers(though still looked down upon), the fast yet stable pace of development and the transparency of the developers.
These all made Ubuntu what it is. And that it does all these so well made it as popular as it is.
How can I believe any of this is true? I read on another site that a former employee says this is all false.
John: I would strongly caution people not to believe all the rumors they read. For example, it came to my attention that the individual who leaked the story about the Wowhead sale supposedly not only owns competitive content properties but also is the partner in a successful RMT site. Like all Internet rumors, it is just that, but please consider the source when you hear damning stuff. Why not take a free shot at your top competitor. If the rumor above is true about the source of these comments, it is of course the height of hypocrisy.
So you are sure Wowhead will not have gold ads now?
John: 100% sure. Neither Wowhead or the ZAM Network have ever had gold or powerleveling ads, and they never will. We sold IGE. We are clearly separating our business from those practices. Why would we start running gold ads now?
No. Wait...nah, still no. I ain't redesigning any site so some rich gadget fetishist can feel justified in his investment of an impractical web surfing device.
#1: Parliament voted and dissolved for the summer.
#2: Bare Naked Ladies(the band, take your mind outta the gutter). They and the Nettwerk music label oppose these kinds of actions. They also have money and the public ear. As far as a music label goes, Nettwerk is the one without the goaty. Combined with Michael Geist and we have the Canadian version of the Justice League.
#3: We still, thankfully, have a privacy commissioner. So enforcement of this would be a little bunk.
#4: Minority Gov't. Though the Bloc(the balance tipping power that solely is interested within their own province of Quebec is being more then their usual asshole selves towards the rest of the nation, there's no way, as a party, they would let this happen. Neither would the NDP. And the Liberals would smell the blood from miles away. Yes, I know the committee has peoples from all parties, but it doesn't mean the party itself would act on their behalf.
I could be wrong(though I really hope I'm not), but I don't see this swimming.
...and McAffee
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Well there's your problem!
Then you've got too many widgets in your taskbar.
XP SP2 works perfectly fine with 512. Better then perfectly fine. Never had a problem on two workhorse computers I have running with it.
Hell, it'll even run on 256, though that's starting to push it a little.
Try removing some of them icons next to your clock and run a good spybot S&D scan.
You're assuming the wealthy cat didn't buy all the walls with which the mouse could make a hole in. Without controls, what would prevent the cat from doing so?
Any political extreme is flawed. It is striking the balance that is key.
This reminds me of the late Tommy Douglas'(Canadian politician) Mouseland story.
Source: http://www.saskndp.com/history/mouseland.html
It's the story of a place called Mouseland. Mouseland was a place where all the little mice lived and played, were born and died. And they lived much the same as you and I do.
They even had a Parliament. And every four years they had an election. Used to walk to the polls and cast their ballots. Some of them even got a ride to the polls. And got a ride for the next four years afterwards too. Just like you and me. And every time on election day all the little mice used to go to the ballot box and they used to elect a government. A government made up of big, fat, black cats.
Now if you think it strange that mice should elect a government made up of cats, you just look at the history of Canada for last 90 years and maybe you'll see that they weren't any stupider than we are.
Now I'm not saying anything against the cats. They were nice fellows. They conducted their government with dignity. They passed good laws--that is, laws that were good for cats. But the laws that were good for cats weren't very good for mice. One of the laws said that mouseholes had to be big enough so a cat could get his paw in. Another law said that mice could only travel at certain speeds--so that a cat could get his breakfast without too much effort.
All the laws were good laws. For cats. But, oh, they were hard on the mice. And life was getting harder and harder. And when the mice couldn't put up with it any more, they decided something had to be done about it. So they went en masse to the polls. They voted the black cats out. They put in the white cats.
Now the white cats had put up a terrific campaign. They said: "All that Mouseland needs is more vision." They said:"The trouble with Mouseland is those round mouseholes we got. If you put us in we'll establish square mouseholes." And they did. And the square mouseholes were twice as big as the round mouseholes, and now the cat could get both his paws in. And life was tougher than ever.
And when they couldn't take that anymore, they voted the white cats out and put the black ones in again. Then they went back to the white cats. Then to the black cats. They even tried half black cats and half white cats. And they called that coalition. They even got one government made up of cats with spots on them: they were cats that tried to make a noise like a mouse but ate like a cat.
You see, my friends, the trouble wasn't with the colour of the cat. The trouble was that they were cats. And because they were cats, they naturally looked after cats instead of mice.
Presently there came along one little mouse who had an idea. My friends, watch out for the little fellow with an idea. And he said to the other mice, "Look fellows, why do we keep on electing a government made up of cats? Why don't we elect a government made up of mice?" "Oh," they said, "he's a Bolshevik. Lock him up!" So they put him in jail.
But I want to remind you: that you can lock up a mouse or a man but you can't lock up an idea.
The Moral of the Story
"Mouseland" is a political fable, originally told by Clare Gillis, a friend of Tommy Douglas. Tommy has used this story many times to show in a humorous way how Canadians fail to recognize that neither the Liberals or Conservatives are truly interested in what matters to ordinary citizens; yet Canadians continue to vote for them.
The story cleverly deals with the false assumption by some people that CCF'ers (NDP'ers) are Communists. The ending shows Tommy Douglas has faith that someday socialism, which recognizes human rights and dignity, will win over capitalism and the mere pursuit of wealth and power.
How about this:
I like some movies. I have plenty of DVDs(hovering around the 40 mark). But, to be honest, I also have plenty of xvid files as well.
I saw each and every one of the Pirates movies in theatres. Why? Because I like giant screens, immersive surround sound and enjoying a night out with friends. Enough, at least, to pay 10$ for. Many people obviously felt the same way by looking at the line up.
The point I'm making is that the experience has to be worth paying for. The medium is neither important nor can it be prevented from being copied and distributed.
If people are not paying you enough(and judging from the movie industry's 9% profit increase this year that argument in itself is dubious), then adjust your offering. Make them -want- to pay for it. Don't force them to through draconian measures or one sided selfish laws.
looking at those two left and right camera pics, it doesn't even look like water if viewed stereoscopically. It may look a bit like wet sand, but definitely not water 'puddles'.
Oh lighten up, for crying out loud.
No one was 'cheapening' anything. His little Slashdot joke will not cause anyone to shed any less tears for the Holocaust.
The only person trying to be 'shocking' here is you. And I don't appreciate it. And I'm sure many people here feel the same way. Save your yellings for 'actual' cases of racism and prejudice. You're only cheapening those by attempting to scream 'racism' when someone asks for their coffee 'black'.
Though I suppose you probably avoid the term "Blue Screen of Death" because it cheapens mortality or 'daemon' because of obvious religious connotations.
Seriously, lighten up or shut up.
Regardless of your motive, logic or argument, you've insulted people("How was the Kool-aid?" wasn't insulting?). This has made you a troll. You wished to drive home your point or extend your thread by inflamming other people. That is textbook troll. You don't have to T@lk 7ik3 th!2(or however they write) to be a troll.
You've disregarded the rules of intelligent debate and now are bitching because people called you on it.
So lighten up or shut up would be MHO.
I agree. This is a great idea. It doesn't sacrifice personal freedom with the music while providing a deterrent to those who would put it in their Shareaza folder or torrent seed.
Mystic: But you get your choice of a free frogurt.
...
Homer: That's good!
Mystic: But it contains sodium benzoate.
Homer:
Mystic: That's bad.
Homer: Can I go now?
No...Church can 'preach' that which you apparently believe. Schools can 'teach' that which is observable in nature and verifiable in the lab.
And the whole 'You can't prove evolution' argument is false. It can be viewed, recorded and reproduced in micro-cultures easily and it's effects can be extrapolated equally in the macroscopic universe looking at many things such as DNA similarities and physical similarities between varying species.
You don't like learning scientific doctrine? Don't go to school. If you wanna get your personal views of big daddy God and his magical wonder book reinforced by other like minded peoples, go to your Church. Or a Church run 'school'. Just leave the public schools the fuck alone for those who don't want Jehova crammed down their throats.