I wouldn't call them "new and innovative." First of all, they aren't even all that new. And just by looking on the list (non-reg, btw), you'll find that most of them are either of dubious value (Criminalizing Reckless Sex, Professional Amateurs, Psychopathic C.E.O.'s) or plain silly (The Best Way to Skip a Stone, The Car That Emotes).
Worst idea: Employable Liberal Arts Major, The
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The whole point of Liberal Arts education is to produce human beings incapable of doing something worthwhile, thus successfully eliminating them from the work pool (yay, more jobs for others). For decades, nay, centuries, this scheme has functioned flawlessly, keeping the World well oiled and working like a chronometer. And now, someone's trying to spoil it by teaching Liberal Arts majors Real World Stuff. I swear, if this is allowed to continue, you'll face the consequences pretty real soon.
If a tree falls in the woods and noone's there to hear it fall, will it still make noise? If the Earth moves through the Geminid stream and noone reports on it, will there still be a meteor shower?
Don't worry if you miss this one, for Mother Nature has a Christmas present for you. The Ursids are next. They max out on December 22-23. It's not as strong as the Geminid shower, but hey, it's still better than nothing.
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I think you meant it's as close as they get to sunbathing. The closest they get to _bathing_ is the water pipe running along the basement wall.
Shower, take two (this time, it's funny, i swear!)
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This shower was also covered by Slashdot in 2003, 2002, and 2001.
It's been running for three years? Which one of you bastards forgot to turn off the tap?
Erm, dude. Even an Estonian wouldn't rely on an Estonian GPS system. Mostly because we all suffer from some sort of a national inferiority complex: whatever it is that Estonians do, it's shit because, well, they're Estonians.
This, and the "private sector will pay for it" argument were most probably made to justify the cost of the system. People are going to ask questions about what good will this rather expensive system do to them and it's easier to explain it in terms of jobs created than, say, increased accuracy or independence from the GPS system.
*tongue-in-cheek* Oh yeah?!? Well, i'm sorry for being such an elitist snob.
Seriously, though, i've read Stephenson's "Cryptonomicon" and i'm afraid it isn't my kind of sci-fi. Neither is Harry Potter (even though i must confess that i've read all Harry Potter books...). Perhaps i'm too old for this shit...
I hate short reviews. There's only so much information a short review can carry and if the reviewer doesn't happen to be a master of the genre, they'll mostly end up either retelling the short plot summary on the back of the book, or comparing the book to some others (to explain it in terms familiar to the prospective reader). But neither of these will tell me what makes this book is so special that i have to read it.
That said, i have to confess that i didn't read the whole of this review, either. I guess this is just to show that sometimes size doesn't matter:H
The submitter writes: "One Lulu.com review (mentioned in a press release) describes The Pocket and the Pendant as being 'like Stargate, Harry Potter, Snow Crash and the old Land of the Lost rolled into one."
10. Don't push the 'Submit' button instead of 'Preview. Grr.
11. Once you're done, burn the results, because by the time you've finished with all this (we ARE talking about Estonians, you know, and they're never been known for their haste), the matter has lost its urgency anyway.
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I wouldn't call them "new and innovative." First of all, they aren't even all that new. And just by looking on the list (non-reg, btw), you'll find that most of them are either of dubious value (Criminalizing Reckless Sex, Professional Amateurs, Psychopathic C.E.O.'s) or plain silly (The Best Way to Skip a Stone, The Car That Emotes).
The whole point of Liberal Arts education is to produce human beings incapable of doing something worthwhile, thus successfully eliminating them from the work pool (yay, more jobs for others). For decades, nay, centuries, this scheme has functioned flawlessly, keeping the World well oiled and working like a chronometer. And now, someone's trying to spoil it by teaching Liberal Arts majors Real World Stuff. I swear, if this is allowed to continue, you'll face the consequences pretty real soon.
Heh. I *knew* something like this would happen when i copied the exact same post from the 2001 Slashdot story :H
If a tree falls in the woods and noone's there to hear it fall, will it still make noise? If the Earth moves through the Geminid stream and noone reports on it, will there still be a meteor shower?
Don't worry if you miss this one, for Mother Nature has a Christmas present for you. The Ursids are next. They max out on December 22-23. It's not as strong as the Geminid shower, but hey, it's still better than nothing.
I think you meant it's as close as they get to sunbathing. The closest they get to _bathing_ is the water pipe running along the basement wall.
It's been running for three years? Which one of you bastards forgot to turn off the tap?
OK, you bastards. Who forgot to turn off the tap?
Erm, dude. Even an Estonian wouldn't rely on an Estonian GPS system. Mostly because we all suffer from some sort of a national inferiority complex: whatever it is that Estonians do, it's shit because, well, they're Estonians.
This, and the "private sector will pay for it" argument were most probably made to justify the cost of the system. People are going to ask questions about what good will this rather expensive system do to them and it's easier to explain it in terms of jobs created than, say, increased accuracy or independence from the GPS system.
He's not on the list because he's not a software guy. He's a social hacker.
The problem Toyota is facing is the same one that killed Jaguar: they're too busy politicking instead of actually running the team.
Seriously, though, i've read Stephenson's "Cryptonomicon" and i'm afraid it isn't my kind of sci-fi. Neither is Harry Potter (even though i must confess that i've read all Harry Potter books...). Perhaps i'm too old for this shit...
I hate short reviews. There's only so much information a short review can carry and if the reviewer doesn't happen to be a master of the genre, they'll mostly end up either retelling the short plot summary on the back of the book, or comparing the book to some others (to explain it in terms familiar to the prospective reader). But neither of these will tell me what makes this book is so special that i have to read it.
That said, i have to confess that i didn't read the whole of this review, either. I guess this is just to show that sometimes size doesn't matter :H
That's why.
The streak could be a contrail shadow.
And i should care, because...?
If you say it three times it's true. Not.
Sean Connery was born in 1930. That didn't stop him from playing in The Rock in 1996, at the age of 66.
It seems to originate from Cory Doctorow's website. Not too sure about it, though.
You know what would be cool? A plant producing chemicals deadly to unlife. Zombicides, antivampirics, dispectrants, ghost repellants -- you name it.
They must be using a different calendar.
Oh, the irony of it all...
(Yeah, i have in fact had enough of this "1 do x. 2 ??? 3 - profit!" meme. How did you guess?)
10. Don't push the 'Submit' button instead of 'Preview. Grr.
11. Once you're done, burn the results, because by the time you've finished with all this (we ARE talking about Estonians, you know, and they're never been known for their haste), the matter has lost its urgency anyway.