Re:UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE THAT MUCH CAFFEINE!
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Death by Coffee?
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On an average day I drink about 8-10 cups of coffee, each made with a heaped tablespoon of powder. So, your scare statistics about 20-30 cups worth don't quite pan out.
Of course I don't sleep anymore, and had to re-type this three times to get the typos out, but hey, who's complaining...
Just wear a chainmail shirt under your clothes. The metal will conduct the charge far better than your nervous system, keeping you safe. Plus, it's fairly knife-proof too. An Aluminium chain shirt can weigh as little as 10 lbs for a t-shirt sized area, or just get a couple of pieces of butchers mail...
"You can't buy that kind of freedom. You have to fight for it."
Your forefathers fought for your "freedoms". Some of your forefathers died for those "freedoms".
I wonder - if they had known how things were going to turn out - would they have bothered?
And what do you think the chances are of your descendant not having their little plot of moon land confiscated/compulsory purchased the second it actually becomes valuable?
"Some of that stuff takes VERY little though yellow and magenta chains grant immunity to radiation (Ok, inside joke, govt labs use yellow and magenta plastic chains to rope off radioactive areas with no other explaination leaving you wondering what the actual contamination is from. Nothing like a 2 foot square hole in the hall in front of your office with one of those chains around the very edge of the hole)."
Anyone know where I can get some of these. I've just had a great idea for a halloween costume
"It seems that the DOJ thinks Europe was too hard on Microsoft in its anti-trust ruling.. According to Assistant Attorney General Hewitt Pate, the fine 'may send the wrong message about antitrust enforcement priorities'"
Spot who's Sweaty Ballmer's shower bitch.
"You bent over to pick up the money, Hewie. Now bend your as right back over again..."
I had a user bothering me during my lunch break, wanting me to come and restore her Office Assistant because she "Missed the little kitty".
It took a great effort of will to keep my language pg-13.
"I suppose someday it'll be theoretically possible to put that monster gamer machine in a thinline dress watch, but as they found with the "databank" watches the limitations are the input/output devices average people can comfortably work with, not electronic capabilities."
Right, now add the above concept with the mental-control system from yesterday.
Mental control, nanoscale technology, 3-d glasses...pretty soon you have the ultimate in wearable technology
Just hope they don't put the reset switch in the groin
...what is the chance in that 100 years that some large company decides that your MyName.ImNobodyReally.Com name would be a nice marketing gimmick and sues you for typosquatting?
RIAA and its lawsuits are like the thrashings of a dying behemoth - lashing out at anything it can reach in its death throes.
The days of the recording industries controlling the whole chain between artist and listener are over. There are other viable models of supply now - ones that allow people to listen to the music they like rather than buying 8 tracks of filler to get the three they want.
I really hope that the whole lawsuit issue blows up in RIAA's face, and that the resulting court fees are the final nail in their members' financial coffin. Jos
"I'm sorry citizen, you only have Red clearnace. Access to the Alpha City Transport System is restricted to Orange clearance and above. Your treason in attempting to access resources you do not have clearance for has been logged. Please report to your nearest IpSec Officer for termination. Have a nice day, and remember the Computer is your friend."
Remember this thread?
Remember how we all laughed?
Jos
"so the government can share this information with the private sector"
Great, so now we have to worry about cash-strapped government departments selling our personal data to spammers too.
And that's gonna do what exactly?
I mean it's not as if the federal agencies actually _listen_ to their Commander-in-Chief now is it.
It's like expecting Mi5 over here to alter their operating procedures just cos' of a little thing like a change of government.
Though whoever gets in has got to be more left-wing than our current supposedly "socialist" dictat^H^H^H government.
Jos
Re:It's Open Mic Night at the Astrophysics Lounge!
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Melting Europa
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"The real threat of any contamination from a probe is not so much from radiation as from heavy metals "
That's simple - just turn down the speakers so they don't hear it...
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On an average day I drink about 8-10 cups of coffee, each made with a heaped tablespoon of powder. So, your scare statistics about 20-30 cups worth don't quite pan out.
Of course I don't sleep anymore, and had to re-type this three times to get the typos out, but hey, who's complaining...
yeah, yeah an' we could have floating 3-d screens, an' voice operated computers an' robots an...
Waittaminute. What sci-fi movie we living in now?
Just wear a chainmail shirt under your clothes. The metal will conduct the charge far better than your nervous system, keeping you safe. Plus, it's fairly knife-proof too. An Aluminium chain shirt can weigh as little as 10 lbs for a t-shirt sized area, or just get a couple of pieces of butchers mail...
"You can't buy that kind of freedom. You have to fight for it."
Your forefathers fought for your "freedoms". Some of your forefathers died for those "freedoms".
I wonder - if they had known how things were going to turn out - would they have bothered?
And what do you think the chances are of your descendant not having their little plot of moon land confiscated/compulsory purchased the second it actually becomes valuable?
"Some of that stuff takes VERY little though yellow and magenta chains grant immunity to radiation (Ok, inside joke, govt labs use yellow and magenta plastic chains to rope off radioactive areas with no other explaination leaving you wondering what the actual contamination is from. Nothing like a 2 foot square hole in the hall in front of your office with one of those chains around the very edge of the hole)."
Anyone know where I can get some of these. I've just had a great idea for a halloween costume
"It seems that the DOJ thinks Europe was too hard on Microsoft in its anti-trust ruling.. According to Assistant Attorney General Hewitt Pate, the fine 'may send the wrong message about antitrust enforcement priorities'"
Spot who's Sweaty Ballmer's shower bitch.
"You bent over to pick up the money, Hewie. Now bend your as right back over again..."
My personal favourite - Brian: "You are all individuals" Crowd: "We are all individuals my lord" Lone voice from the back: "No I'm not!"
Me: "I fancy a fish finger sandwich"
Fridge: "Your fish fingers are 3 days out of date."
Me: "Why won't the microwave open?"
Microwave: "Those fish fingers are 3 days out of date. I'm not having them in here"
Me: "Open the microwave door, HAL..."
Oh I believe he's doing a bang-up job of that himself without any help.
I had a user bothering me during my lunch break, wanting me to come and restore her Office Assistant because she "Missed the little kitty". It took a great effort of will to keep my language pg-13.
"I suppose someday it'll be theoretically possible to put that monster gamer machine in a thinline dress watch, but as they found with the "databank" watches the limitations are the input/output devices average people can comfortably work with, not electronic capabilities."
Right, now add the above concept with the mental-control system from yesterday.
Mental control, nanoscale technology, 3-d glasses...pretty soon you have the ultimate in wearable technology
Just hope they don't put the reset switch in the groin
...what is the chance in that 100 years that some large company decides that your MyName.ImNobodyReally.Com name would be a nice marketing gimmick and sues you for typosquatting?
...just wait for the first Force Feedback models
RIAA and its lawsuits are like the thrashings of a dying behemoth - lashing out at anything it can reach in its death throes.
The days of the recording industries controlling the whole chain between artist and listener are over. There are other viable models of supply now - ones that allow people to listen to the music they like rather than buying 8 tracks of filler to get the three they want.
I really hope that the whole lawsuit issue blows up in RIAA's face, and that the resulting court fees are the final nail in their members' financial coffin.
Jos
"I'm sorry citizen, you only have Red clearnace. Access to the Alpha City Transport System is restricted to Orange clearance and above. Your treason in attempting to access resources you do not have clearance for has been logged. Please report to your nearest IpSec Officer for termination. Have a nice day, and remember the Computer is your friend."
Remember this thread?
Remember how we all laughed?
Jos
It's called the Earth. Why do you think we're unable to live in peace with each other. Earth is one big arena to our Space Robot Overlords...
Everyone knows Duct Tape is the Force in handy little rolls - it has a Light side, it has a Dark side and it hold the universe together.
Jos
"so the government can share this information with the private sector"
Great, so now we have to worry about cash-strapped government departments selling our personal data to spammers too.
And that's gonna do what exactly? I mean it's not as if the federal agencies actually _listen_ to their Commander-in-Chief now is it.
It's like expecting Mi5 over here to alter their operating procedures just cos' of a little thing like a change of government.
Though whoever gets in has got to be more left-wing than our current supposedly "socialist" dictat^H^H^H government.
Jos
Flash.mob?
"The real threat of any contamination from a probe is not so much from radiation as from heavy metals " That's simple - just turn down the speakers so they don't hear it...
You know that looks exactly like a spam mail I get every now and again. It usually leads to a site bristling with trojans. Jos
Forget oil change - you'd be paying 4o for a fuse change. I see a lot of very rich mechanics...