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Myth: You will make so much money babes will be hanging off of you. Reality: Chicks don't dig geeks, no matter how much money you make, besides, they know you'll spend it all on computers and techy toys instead of them.
Wrong again, friend. I know a girl who really digs geeky guys..not because of money, cars, or whatever- because she really clicks with their personalities: the outcasts, the ones who stay out of parties, the ones who don't know how to handle themselves in social situations. I know she's not the only one, too.
I first read the headline as "Cray Says Computers Are Great", which brings forth two obvious questions: Who is Cray, and why didn't he know already that computers were great?
Does anybody remember the Nintendo brand cereal? There was Zelda, I think, with marshmallow swords and triforces...I think there was a Mario cereal, too...
after all, what do people born after 1985 really have to feel nostalgic about from the 80s, or really remember about the explosion of "gangsta rap" in the late 80s and early 90s?
Please tell me you weren't born in '85.
This all reminds me of a previous discussion about GTA(sorry, no link) where I related a story about how I was in the game store, and overheard a mother talking to the clerk about how it was better that she buy her 12 year old GTA3 than let him watch cable. "I mean, there's just so much violence, he dosen't need to be exposed to that." I was truly sickened.
Granted, today's discussion is not about age and maturity, however, I think that with age and maturity, satirical racism can be taken with a grain of salt, and that some people are just too damn young for that kind of media. I can't stress enough that age limits need to be enforced because of issues like these. I could go on forever about this, but I'll dismount my soapbox.
So we're supposed to ignore the last 4 GTA titles just because the one coming up will have a black character to represent the player?
No, we're not. The first one was passed off as a fad before the second came out, and it's top-down view wasn't real enough to cause a stir. When 3 came out, the ultra real gang violence was attacked by several groups, and Vice City was nearly pulled from shelves several times because of racial-related violence(anybody remember the"kill the cubans" line? It's not in versions made after about 9 months ago). I wouldn't really agree that this is the first GTA game to draw contraversy, and I certainly wouldn't agree that it's only because he's black.
I'm not going to make any jokes about left handed people being sinister in case they ended up with all the mod points today.
I'm not making a joke or anything, actually this is pure speculation on the very informative post of parent, but is that where right/left in reference to conservative/liberal categorization comes from? Most conservatives would probably say that liberals are "evil" and "sinister"(I guess I wouldn't know, being a liberal). Anybody have an idea?
The editors of Slashdot seem to love posting articles whose sole purpose is to evoke flame wars between Intel fans and AMD fans.
You're riding on a very thin assumption, that there are AMD fans... Sorry, I think it's really good what you guys are saying, but I had to say it.
i used to know some die hards in high school who swore by overclocked k6's, and there's a computer shop in town which only sells AMD gear(tough shit for us Intels) and computers...After owning a Pentium and an AMD, I'd say for high end processing, Pentium takes the cake. I've also found that AMD procs crash more.
To parent, grandparent: Sorry for re-inciting the flame war you tried so hard to fight.
My cell phone (running on 900 MHz) has interferred with my CRT more than any 900 MHz cordless phone.
I've had similar experience. My house is wirelessly networked, and when I'm talking on the cellphone(all I've got) it really interferes the shit out of my network, and I generally have to reboot.. Although if i'm waithing for an important call, and I'm wearing my headphones or just listening to music on the computer, I've found if I put the phone right under the monitor, it makes an awful noise from the speakers when it rings, so I know it's ringing and don't just not hear it.
One man's junk is another man's treasure. You never know what an IRS agent might find lucky.
Wait, what? Are you saying that IRS agents have small penises, and want to get rich from home, and want to gain a full cup size, and save Nigerian people from occupation?
It is therefore thought that the kind of chemistry occurring on Titan today may be similar to that which created the conditions for the appearance of life on Earth.
Do the math.
Actually, this could mean a couple of things. A: There is the possiblity of history repeating itself on Titan in a few million years.
B: There is already primitive or primordial life on Titan.
C: There is intelligent life on Titan, and all our base belong to it.
I'd be interested to see what the satellite may uncover as it nears the moon more.
My boss & I quit cold turkey, we're 3 weeks strong.
Acutually, to be honest, it's a bet, first one to drink caffeine loses, and has to buy the other 2 CDs of their choice.
Anyway, cold turkey's not the worst, after the first couple days, the headaches are gone, just drink water when you want coffee. Or, drink chocolate milk..It's got just enough for a tiny boost, not enough to lose you some bet:)
Interesting. I liked electronica & "techno" long before ever one keystroke in Linux. Was I operating Linux because I was listening to electronica, or was I listening to electronica because I was operating Linux?
As I highly doubt he as any capacity in international relations, programming or physics next to graduates in those respective disciplines.... and I would put each of those many times ahead of chess in terms of importance to the world, and in the range of skills needed to be sucessful in them
I would agree...on some points. Physics and programming do require different kinds of knowledge; as does chess. Programming deals with logic, as does chess, to a degree. Physics has to do with established rules...so does chess(the pieces can only move in certain ways). But chess also deals with another kind of knowledge, based on strategy, probability, and, as mentioned before, logic. You have to think about how your moves(and your opponent's) affect the rest of the game, so in a way, I'd say these grandmaster guys are smarter than most nuclear physicists/many computer programmers.
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Myth: You will make so much money babes will be hanging off of you.
Reality: Chicks don't dig geeks, no matter how much money you make, besides, they know you'll spend it all on computers and techy toys instead of them.
Wrong again, friend.
I know a girl who really digs geeky guys..not because of money, cars, or whatever- because she really clicks with their personalities: the outcasts, the ones who stay out of parties, the ones who don't know how to handle themselves in social situations. I know she's not the only one, too.
Troll indeed...Of course I know who Cray is...You missed the point.
To be totally honest...I'm a little dyslexic.
I first read the headline as "Cray Says Computers Are Great", which brings forth two obvious questions: Who is Cray, and why didn't he know already that computers were great?
Does this mean that PS2 and XBOX can't do online gaming without royalties?? Help me out!
Does anybody remember the Nintendo brand cereal? There was Zelda, I think, with marshmallow swords and triforces...I think there was a Mario cereal, too...
10.5 hours labor(computer repair): $800
New Dell(Dude!): $450
Saying "Screw it!" and formatting your hard drive in 20 min.: Priceless
Here's what happens...
"The body cannot live without the mind."
"Whoa..."
It's okay, we can pump them up!
after all, what do people born after 1985 really have to feel nostalgic about from the 80s, or really remember about the explosion of "gangsta rap" in the late 80s and early 90s?
Please tell me you weren't born in '85.
This all reminds me of a previous discussion about GTA(sorry, no link) where I related a story about how I was in the game store, and overheard a mother talking to the clerk about how it was better that she buy her 12 year old GTA3 than let him watch cable. "I mean, there's just so much violence, he dosen't need to be exposed to that." I was truly sickened.
Granted, today's discussion is not about age and maturity, however, I think that with age and maturity, satirical racism can be taken with a grain of salt, and that some people are just too damn young for that kind of media. I can't stress enough that age limits need to be enforced because of issues like these. I could go on forever about this, but I'll dismount my soapbox.
So we're supposed to ignore the last 4 GTA titles just because the one coming up will have a black character to represent the player?
No, we're not. The first one was passed off as a fad before the second came out, and it's top-down view wasn't real enough to cause a stir. When 3 came out, the ultra real gang violence was attacked by several groups, and Vice City was nearly pulled from shelves several times because of racial-related violence(anybody remember the"kill the cubans" line? It's not in versions made after about 9 months ago). I wouldn't really agree that this is the first GTA game to draw contraversy, and I certainly wouldn't agree that it's only because he's black.
I'm not going to make any jokes about left handed people being sinister in case they ended up with all the mod points today.
I'm not making a joke or anything, actually this is pure speculation on the very informative post of parent, but is that where right/left in reference to conservative/liberal categorization comes from? Most conservatives would probably say that liberals are "evil" and "sinister"(I guess I wouldn't know, being a liberal). Anybody have an idea?
The editors of Slashdot seem to love posting articles whose sole purpose is to evoke flame wars between Intel fans and AMD fans.
You're riding on a very thin assumption, that there are AMD fans...
Sorry, I think it's really good what you guys are saying, but I had to say it.
i used to know some die hards in high school who swore by overclocked k6's, and there's a computer shop in town which only sells AMD gear(tough shit for us Intels) and computers...After owning a Pentium and an AMD, I'd say for high end processing, Pentium takes the cake. I've also found that AMD procs crash more.
To parent, grandparent: Sorry for re-inciting the flame war you tried so hard to fight.
My cell phone (running on 900 MHz) has interferred with my CRT more than any 900 MHz cordless phone.
I've had similar experience. My house is wirelessly networked, and when I'm talking on the cellphone(all I've got) it really interferes the shit out of my network, and I generally have to reboot..
Although if i'm waithing for an important call, and I'm wearing my headphones or just listening to music on the computer, I've found if I put the phone right under the monitor, it makes an awful noise from the speakers when it rings, so I know it's ringing and don't just not hear it.
One man's junk is another man's treasure. You never know what an IRS agent might find lucky.
Wait, what? Are you saying that IRS agents have small penises, and want to get rich from home, and want to gain a full cup size, and save Nigerian people from occupation?
over 500 terabytes of storage and 1000 gigabytes of memory per Altix node
Great, but I'll bet it dosen't run Longhorn.
What, so instead of "Fucking tool" it now will mean "Fucking tool who's in jail for aiming a sniper rifle at someone"?
True.
Do you think that cops would arrest you first for
a: hacking or
b: carrying around a F'n sniper rifle?
"No, officer, I swear I wasn't shooting anybody, I was just trying to hack their phone!"
all its base are most likely belong to us.
Only on slashdot is this a valid sentence.
But, you're right.
It is therefore thought that the kind of chemistry occurring on Titan today may be similar to that which created the conditions for the appearance of life on Earth.
Do the math.
Actually, this could mean a couple of things.
A: There is the possiblity of history repeating itself on Titan in a few million years.
B: There is already primitive or primordial life on Titan.
C: There is intelligent life on Titan, and all our base belong to it.
I'd be interested to see what the satellite may uncover as it nears the moon more.
How about quitting cold turkey?
My boss & I quit cold turkey, we're 3 weeks strong.
Acutually, to be honest, it's a bet, first one to drink caffeine loses, and has to buy the other 2 CDs of their choice.
Anyway, cold turkey's not the worst, after the first couple days, the headaches are gone, just drink water when you want coffee. Or, drink chocolate milk..It's got just enough for a tiny boost, not enough to lose you some bet:)
There is a chemical in tea that is similar to caffine, but not nearly as strong.
Yeah. It's called caffeine. There's just less of it.
Could it be becuase they're busy doing real work?
1) rack your oppononent in the groin with a baseball. 2) trash talk your opponent: tell 'em you did his wife last night.
others?
no, those are fine. Just remember to do them very very calmly.
Linux users tend toward Electronica
Interesting. I liked electronica & "techno" long before ever one keystroke in Linux. Was I operating Linux because I was listening to electronica, or was I listening to electronica because I was operating Linux?
...kind of like a quote from one of my favorite John Cusack movies
"Was I listening to pop music because I was depressed, or was I depressed because I was listening to pop music?"
As I highly doubt he as any capacity in international relations, programming or physics next to graduates in those respective disciplines.... and I would put each of those many times ahead of chess in terms of importance to the world, and in the range of skills needed to be sucessful in them
I would agree...on some points. Physics and programming do require different kinds of knowledge; as does chess. Programming deals with logic, as does chess, to a degree. Physics has to do with established rules...so does chess(the pieces can only move in certain ways). But chess also deals with another kind of knowledge, based on strategy, probability, and, as mentioned before, logic. You have to think about how your moves(and your opponent's) affect the rest of the game, so in a way, I'd say these grandmaster guys are smarter than most nuclear physicists/many computer programmers.
He's probably going to jail, right? Just think of his roomate...
"Hey, buddy, wanna play chess?"
"No, Bobby, we've played chess 12 times since breakfast."
I'd probably kill a man to learn chess from Bobby Fischer in jail.