The pig intestines option is illegal because it is a serious health code violation. It has real health and safety issues for people in the area. Sidewalk chalk does not.
We used to have a game tournament on my campus on occasion (usually once a quarter) in one of the biggest lecture halls using the floor to celing projection screen. It was great fun and the time in the room was donated because it wasn't in use during that period of the evening =)
Mabey for some people, but for a lot of us, it isn't "real" enough. Pixels on the screen just do not translate to the feel of physical contact that you get in sports, martial arts, etc.
If it doesn't feel real enough to you, it doesn't really help relieve the agression and frustration.
Consider it a part of the view of the "enlightened" "modern" man. If they can convince themselves that the base instincts within them are learned instead of ingrained, then they can feel justified for considering the people who actively disply those instincts as monsters.
They fight against their very natures in order to feel better about themselves and to raise themselves above the level of animals, at least in their own minds. Personally, I tend to prefer the animals. At least they are honest about their inner natures.
Should I faint now? I've finally met someone who has a common-sense standpoint on this sort of thing. Yes, these people had familes, and yes, their families will feel pain over their deaths but more people will die today than the passengers in those planes. Death (in its many forms) is a part of life wether we like it or not.
I can understand #1. I can generally program in Scheme and have it work, but if I try to think too much about *how* I got it to work, my head hurts.
As for #2, the main thing I gained from learning assembly was a better understanding of how things worked down at the bare metal. Believe it or not, it helped me figure out things that I had problems with before.
I've met someone who's name was Jesus. Great guy, though he showed me that the divine really does have a sense of humor. You see, his whole name was Jesus Pagan. I kid you not.
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"Uuuuhhh... you realize that this either means you're gay or a cross-dresser, right?"
From your comment, I'd say you've never been in that sort of situation. It's not uncommon for the b/f's or g/f's of models to be given clothes that they like as well since the models get to keep some of the things that they like. It helps them not look *ahem* out of place (ie she is dressed really well and you're not).
Actually, it's probably about even money-wise. I didn't have to buy most of my clothing - my ex was a model so I basically got whatever I liked clothing-wise.
Time wise, I tend to drive myself anyway so time really isn't an issue. It just means that I find more things to push myself in...
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Been there. Done that. It's really not any fun. Could be the reason I really haven't dated in quite a while. I've gotten plenty of offers, but haven't really taken any of them up on it. *shrugs*
I know what you mean about the size of the java books from O'Reilley. I have a small stack (nutshell, j2me, foundation classes, and a couple of others), but the small stack covers most of my questions so I don't really need all of the rest of them. It really comes down to picking which subjects you need most of your information in and just sort of playing the rest by ear when you get to it.
My big thing was trying to find what libraries had classes that I had a use for. As always, YMMV
If you want to kill someone with the blade of a knife, you don't generally go for the torso, you go for locations where veins and arteries are close to the surface - sides of the neck, top of the shoulder near the neck, inside of the thighs, under the arms, etc. With that, death happens in a matter of seconds.
Bludgening someone with the hilt of a knife (or a flashlight, etc) limits your targets much more (you would be more likely to knock someone out rather than kill them). Killing spots in this situation are limited primarily to the temples, an upward thrust under the nose (causes the bones connected to the cartilige to be driven into the brain), and the throat (not part of the head, but I'll let that slide anyway).
In answers to questions of how I know this, I grew up being trained martially as a serious practice rather than as a sport. One of my teachers was ex special forces. It's been an interesting trip.
believe it or not, "(something) ? do this : do that" has worked since at least 1.4 (never tried it before that).
I did it just for shits and giggles to mess with a friend of mine that wanted to look at a piece of code (he dislikes them as much as I do). Personally, I dislike using them because they're a pain in the ass to read (not because they look weird, but because they're too easy to miss if you're just looking at code trying to find a problem)
Mine doesn't have front claws anymore either (at my mother's insistance). That only caused him to be more brutal with her (and the vet, who has been forced to get stitches before after giving my cat a check up). Despite the fact that he has no front claws, he still tries to get at the neighbor's dogs when they come up onto the deck and he despises other cats (he not only hisses and charges, but also growls). There seem to only be a couple of things that he's afraid of - vacuum cleaners and bananas (yes, bananas. I have no idea why but I do find it amusing)
I'll play with him to give him a workout (and he has toys that he plays with by himself), but he usually just wants to be around me if I'm in the house. His favored method of waking me up seems to be getting on my pillow and whuffling in my face (at least he doesn't do what he did as a kitten. I'd wake up with his nose in my ear, his tounge stuck out partially, and purring like he swallowed a motorcycle).
The pic is from a couple of years ago, but it's so perfect. www.geocities.com/jartan.geo/cat.jpg
I also have to say that laser pointers are fun - www.geocities.com/jartan.geo/cat3.jpg
Mine does not like water (we had to bathe him once as a kitten), but like I said, a great deal of his behavior comes from the wildcat part of his genetic makeup.
To give you an idea, he used to hunt my mother for fun. He'd also use her to test if his claws were sharp enough (if she did not scream at a pitch and volume to his pleasure, he'd sharpen them some more and try again later). She still has scars from his moderate dislike of her (she smacked him one day when he pounced on her, he hit the floor, looked at her, and then jumped again, ripping into her arm with claws and teeth because she made him mad).
I never had any problems with him other than his trying to hog my bed or taking it upon himself to be my fuzzy alarm clock on my days off, but then he bonded with me when he first came into the house.
Actually, the 24 hours one wasn't bad. I skipped through a lot of it, because it was old hat, but it covered the concepts fairly well. If you were used to programming in other languages, you could sit down and go through the book in probably a day and a half. After that, I stuck with O'Reilly's books and the net.
Also, their sql in 10 minutes (by Ben Forta) isn't bad to use as a quick reference. I picked it up because I occasionally need to look something up and had the pleasure to meet the author in person at a conference a couple of years ago (He can pull better code off of the top of his head than a lot of people that I know, not to mention being a total nut and a load of fun to chat with).
Washing the cat, while an amusing thought, would be a truly bad idea with mine. That, however, has something to do with the fact that he's part wildcat and has many of the behaviors of one.
I always found the "I want to make games" reason amusing. Personally, I never really wanted to make games for a living because that would ruin playing them. I'd always be looking at the game I was playing and picking it apart, trying to find places where it could be improved. That just takes all of the fun out of playing them for me.
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The pig intestines option is illegal because it is a serious health code violation. It has real health and safety issues for people in the area. Sidewalk chalk does not.
We used to have a game tournament on my campus on occasion (usually once a quarter) in one of the biggest lecture halls using the floor to celing projection screen. It was great fun and the time in the room was donated because it wasn't in use during that period of the evening =)
Mabey for some people, but for a lot of us, it isn't "real" enough. Pixels on the screen just do not translate to the feel of physical contact that you get in sports, martial arts, etc.
If it doesn't feel real enough to you, it doesn't really help relieve the agression and frustration.
Consider it a part of the view of the "enlightened" "modern" man. If they can convince themselves that the base instincts within them are learned instead of ingrained, then they can feel justified for considering the people who actively disply those instincts as monsters.
They fight against their very natures in order to feel better about themselves and to raise themselves above the level of animals, at least in their own minds. Personally, I tend to prefer the animals. At least they are honest about their inner natures.
Next Tuesday's good for me...
Should I faint now? I've finally met someone who has a common-sense standpoint on this sort of thing. Yes, these people had familes, and yes, their families will feel pain over their deaths but more people will die today than the passengers in those planes. Death (in its many forms) is a part of life wether we like it or not.
out...what? :P
heheh.
I can understand #1. I can generally program in Scheme and have it work, but if I try to think too much about *how* I got it to work, my head hurts.
As for #2, the main thing I gained from learning assembly was a better understanding of how things worked down at the bare metal. Believe it or not, it helped me figure out things that I had problems with before.
This one owned a small robotics company called Zeus Robotics. go figure
I've met someone who's name was Jesus. Great guy, though he showed me that the divine really does have a sense of humor. You see, his whole name was Jesus Pagan. I kid you not.
"Uuuuhhh... you realize that this either means you're gay or a cross-dresser, right?"
From your comment, I'd say you've never been in that sort of situation. It's not uncommon for the b/f's or g/f's of models to be given clothes that they like as well since the models get to keep some of the things that they like. It helps them not look *ahem* out of place (ie she is dressed really well and you're not).
Actually, it's probably about even money-wise. I didn't have to buy most of my clothing - my ex was a model so I basically got whatever I liked clothing-wise.
Time wise, I tend to drive myself anyway so time really isn't an issue. It just means that I find more things to push myself in...
Been there. Done that. It's really not any fun. Could be the reason I really haven't dated in quite a while. I've gotten plenty of offers, but haven't really taken any of them up on it. *shrugs*
I know what you mean about the size of the java books from O'Reilley. I have a small stack (nutshell, j2me, foundation classes, and a couple of others), but the small stack covers most of my questions so I don't really need all of the rest of them. It really comes down to picking which subjects you need most of your information in and just sort of playing the rest by ear when you get to it.
My big thing was trying to find what libraries had classes that I had a use for. As always, YMMV
www.geocities.com/jartan.geo/cat.jpg
Behold, Gentlemen! The HAPPYMEAL Case! (hey it goes well with the ethernet card)
If you want to kill someone with the blade of a knife, you don't generally go for the torso, you go for locations where veins and arteries are close to the surface - sides of the neck, top of the shoulder near the neck, inside of the thighs, under the arms, etc. With that, death happens in a matter of seconds.
Bludgening someone with the hilt of a knife (or a flashlight, etc) limits your targets much more (you would be more likely to knock someone out rather than kill them). Killing spots in this situation are limited primarily to the temples, an upward thrust under the nose (causes the bones connected to the cartilige to be driven into the brain), and the throat (not part of the head, but I'll let that slide anyway).
In answers to questions of how I know this, I grew up being trained martially as a serious practice rather than as a sport. One of my teachers was ex special forces. It's been an interesting trip.
believe it or not, "(something) ? do this : do that" has worked since at least 1.4 (never tried it before that).
I did it just for shits and giggles to mess with a friend of mine that wanted to look at a piece of code (he dislikes them as much as I do). Personally, I dislike using them because they're a pain in the ass to read (not because they look weird, but because they're too easy to miss if you're just looking at code trying to find a problem)
Mine doesn't have front claws anymore either (at my mother's insistance). That only caused him to be more brutal with her (and the vet, who has been forced to get stitches before after giving my cat a check up). Despite the fact that he has no front claws, he still tries to get at the neighbor's dogs when they come up onto the deck and he despises other cats (he not only hisses and charges, but also growls). There seem to only be a couple of things that he's afraid of - vacuum cleaners and bananas (yes, bananas. I have no idea why but I do find it amusing)
I'll play with him to give him a workout (and he has toys that he plays with by himself), but he usually just wants to be around me if I'm in the house. His favored method of waking me up seems to be getting on my pillow and whuffling in my face (at least he doesn't do what he did as a kitten. I'd wake up with his nose in my ear, his tounge stuck out partially, and purring like he swallowed a motorcycle).
The pic is from a couple of years ago, but it's so perfect. www.geocities.com/jartan.geo/cat.jpg
I also have to say that laser pointers are fun - www.geocities.com/jartan.geo/cat3.jpg
Mine does not like water (we had to bathe him once as a kitten), but like I said, a great deal of his behavior comes from the wildcat part of his genetic makeup.
To give you an idea, he used to hunt my mother for fun. He'd also use her to test if his claws were sharp enough (if she did not scream at a pitch and volume to his pleasure, he'd sharpen them some more and try again later). She still has scars from his moderate dislike of her (she smacked him one day when he pounced on her, he hit the floor, looked at her, and then jumped again, ripping into her arm with claws and teeth because she made him mad).
I never had any problems with him other than his trying to hog my bed or taking it upon himself to be my fuzzy alarm clock on my days off, but then he bonded with me when he first came into the house.
Actually, the 24 hours one wasn't bad. I skipped through a lot of it, because it was old hat, but it covered the concepts fairly well. If you were used to programming in other languages, you could sit down and go through the book in probably a day and a half. After that, I stuck with O'Reilly's books and the net.
Also, their sql in 10 minutes (by Ben Forta) isn't bad to use as a quick reference. I picked it up because I occasionally need to look something up and had the pleasure to meet the author in person at a conference a couple of years ago (He can pull better code off of the top of his head than a lot of people that I know, not to mention being a total nut and a load of fun to chat with).
"I go to the movies, the park, out with girls, etc."
:P
Girls? Are you sure you're in the right place?
Washing the cat, while an amusing thought, would be a truly bad idea with mine. That, however, has something to do with the fact that he's part wildcat and has many of the behaviors of one.
I always found the "I want to make games" reason amusing. Personally, I never really wanted to make games for a living because that would ruin playing them. I'd always be looking at the game I was playing and picking it apart, trying to find places where it could be improved. That just takes all of the fun out of playing them for me.
Actually, Sun does make desktops (that's what their workstation machines are, really. they stand alone quite well) and there are notebooks.
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