Why in the world, after several seasons of having Chiana with "normal" eyes would they decide to give her contacts giving the appearance of "cat-like" vertical pupils? Anybody else notice this? I think it makes her look a bit more nefarious than she really is.
Didn't see the cat-eyes? Check out the trailer (there's about a half-second where I saw it) or check the photos at scifi.com/farscape.
"We didn't rely on reference boards or schematics from chip manufacturers. Those designs had too many straight lines and sharp corners, which are unnatural and direct poison arrows at our soul.
"We put the CPU in the center, because that is the chi, or life force for the entire board. A centered chi provides better performance."
Now don't you want one?
Not an original idea, I grant you, but I always thought it'd be neat to be able to take this nasty stuff and launch it into the sun. That'd clean up pretty well then, I think.
But what would be the problem with doing so? Is it a matter of dangers of rocket failure (e.g. huge atmospheric dirty-bomb), or is it also quantity of waste to be disposed of and the cost?
Not a direct answer to your specific question, but somewhat related: I believe that the trait of humans evolving as bipedal beings likely resulted from the fact that while in grassy plains, standing erect provided better ability to see food, water, but especially danger from farther away.
Obviously those who mastered the ability to stand/walk erect for longer periods of time would have perhaps better forewarning of pending dangers and could take to the trees or other retreat from predatory carnivores, and natural selection chooses the survivors.
Nevertheless, he's gotten many emails from people asking, "How can I reach this Esenam Ayele"? Look at the list of fools and believers of this obvious satire article.
He's added a disclaimer at the bottom of the article (Editor's Note: This article is a piece of satire. Please stop e-mailing me with your requests for money.) But it hasn't done much good.
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"Cheap" until you go to buy ink cartridges and realize you're being taken. I know this -- I've got a multifunction x83 whose cartridges can be nearly $40 apiece.
Go buy a halfway decent Canon instead. At least they permit competition of ink cartridge manufacturers, and hence the cartridge prices are about half that of Lexmark's.
That's getting out of my realm of experience. This might help you: http://developers.videolan.org/. Or it might not. That's all the more I can offer, hope it gives you some good leads.
I have no problem with the principle idea of switching from Sendmail to something more secure like qmail, postfix, exim, except for the fact that nobody has brought up that nearly EVERY *nix distro has tools that depend on having *sendmail*.
Perl modules, bash scripts, all look for the particular behavior of sendmail. Sure, qmail has a sendmail-like wrapper, but I've had problems in sending mail with qmail. Haven't wanted to try anything else yet.
It's such a pain to get anything else working, I'd rather use the m4's and keep sendmail working "good enough".
"They even use puffs of compressed air to separate sticky pages"
I can see where this would have been useful at one time, but don't we all get our pr0n on the web these days?
At first, the phrase "frontal face detection applications" sounded rather cumbersome. But then a shorter phrase of "facial detection applications" might have been grossly misunderstood.;)
I have serious doubts that John de Lancie would reprise his role as the "Q". I saw him at a convention once (yeah, I was a Trekkie geek) and he was truly a complete asshole. He downplays his role as "Q" because he wants to be recognized for his other work in various soaps like Days of our Lives and things like that. IMO a totally egomaniacal jerk who doesn't appreciate Trek fans at all. If Berman and company wanted to use a "Q" character, I think they'd do well to just cast someone entirely different. After all, there wasn't just one "Q" (de Lancie), but a whole "race" of them if you recall.
Should you decide to play, have fun with it and keep an open mind.
That having been said, you should:
Don't ever get too attached to any of the characters you play. They tend to die, unless you've got a DM that never kills any characters, in which case there's no risk and it's a boring game.
Always play while "straight". I'm talking about mental capacity here, not sexual preference. Put away the weed, the beer, whatever. But of course, the Mountain Dew and Doritos are fine. Seriously though, the game is much more fun when you and your friends can concentrate fully on the game, be alert, and be creative. I've played a game where all it took was one or two beers before some people became just lost interest or stopped trying.
What happens in the game is just that -- a game. However your character may interact with your friends' characters, keep it all in the game. I've seen minor pissing-matches between friends after D&D sessions, and it's a damned shame.
Oh yeah, get some dice. A nice big set of "matching" dice may look nice, but the favorites become those sets that are a hodge-podge of dice bought here and there.;)
How would this be enforced? When you are telemarketed (phone call from business) but are on a do-not-call list, you can ask the business for their name, etc and they'll generally be honest with you. Then you file a complaint with consumer protection (or pick your state agency) and it can be handled.
But do you really think if someone violates this "do-not-email" registry that they could successfully be tracked down? Forged mail headers, relaying... Even if you do track them down, there's burden of proof. Get the sendmail logs -- oh, but those could be forged or whatever by an "insider" to wipe them clean... I mean, how do you possibly enforce this?
I'd be more than happy to be informed that I'm mistaken, that it'd be no problem. Please, someone speak up.;)
I'm sure that a great number of slashdotters have studied anthropology or related topics previously, but for those not "in the know", the word "Neanderthal" is pronounced with a hard "T" (as in "tall"), not a "th" sound as in "thought".
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Why in the world, after several seasons of having Chiana with "normal" eyes would they decide to give her contacts giving the appearance of "cat-like" vertical pupils? Anybody else notice this? I think it makes her look a bit more nefarious than she really is.
Didn't see the cat-eyes? Check out the trailer (there's about a half-second where I saw it) or check the photos at scifi.com/farscape.
What do a drummer and a medium pizza have in common?
Neither one can feed a family of four.
Ah yes. I want my google search results in print format. Absolutely brilliant.
(for the humor impaired, the above is a joke)
...comes with the wisdom of the Far-East, yessir!
What, you haven't heard of the Feng Shui Motherboard?
"We put the CPU in the center, because that is the chi, or life force for the entire board. A centered chi provides better performance." Now don't you want one?
Richard Cunningham is also the name of one of the main characters of the TV Hit "Happy Days". Remember that? The Fonz: "Heeyyy, Mrs. C!"
FYI this is a reference to a well-known account of a paladin and his dangerous run-in with a gazebo.
Short, but funny read.
Not an original idea, I grant you, but I always thought it'd be neat to be able to take this nasty stuff and launch it into the sun. That'd clean up pretty well then, I think.
But what would be the problem with doing so? Is it a matter of dangers of rocket failure (e.g. huge atmospheric dirty-bomb), or is it also quantity of waste to be disposed of and the cost?
Not a direct answer to your specific question, but somewhat related: I believe that the trait of humans evolving as bipedal beings likely resulted from the fact that while in grassy plains, standing erect provided better ability to see food, water, but especially danger from farther away.
Obviously those who mastered the ability to stand/walk erect for longer periods of time would have perhaps better forewarning of pending dangers and could take to the trees or other retreat from predatory carnivores, and natural selection chooses the survivors.
... who don't realize TANSTAAFL.
BBspot ran a satire article about a fictional Nigerian philanthropist. This is a satire site, mind you.
Nevertheless, he's gotten many emails from people asking, "How can I reach this Esenam Ayele"? Look at the list of fools and believers of this obvious satire article.
He's added a disclaimer at the bottom of the article (Editor's Note: This article is a piece of satire. Please stop e-mailing me with your requests for money.) But it hasn't done much good.
"Cheap" until you go to buy ink cartridges and realize you're being taken. I know this -- I've got a multifunction x83 whose cartridges can be nearly $40 apiece.
Go buy a halfway decent Canon instead. At least they permit competition of ink cartridge manufacturers, and hence the cartridge prices are about half that of Lexmark's.
That's getting out of my realm of experience. This might help you: http://developers.videolan.org/. Or it might not. That's all the more I can offer, hope it gives you some good leads.
This website has likely everything you need: http://www.dvdrhelp.com/capture.
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I have no problem with the principle idea of switching from Sendmail to something more secure like qmail, postfix, exim, except for the fact that nobody has brought up that nearly EVERY *nix distro has tools that depend on having *sendmail*. Perl modules, bash scripts, all look for the particular behavior of sendmail. Sure, qmail has a sendmail-like wrapper, but I've had problems in sending mail with qmail. Haven't wanted to try anything else yet. It's such a pain to get anything else working, I'd rather use the m4's and keep sendmail working "good enough".
Look no further.
This is a true hardcore gamer .
"They even use puffs of compressed air to separate sticky pages"
I can see where this would have been useful at one time, but don't we all get our pr0n on the web these days?
after the RIAA completed their task in Afghanistan.
At first, the phrase "frontal face detection applications" sounded rather cumbersome. But then a shorter phrase of "facial detection applications" might have been grossly misunderstood. ;)
I have serious doubts that John de Lancie would reprise his role as the "Q". I saw him at a convention once (yeah, I was a Trekkie geek) and he was truly a complete asshole. He downplays his role as "Q" because he wants to be recognized for his other work in various soaps like Days of our Lives and things like that. IMO a totally egomaniacal jerk who doesn't appreciate Trek fans at all. If Berman and company wanted to use a "Q" character, I think they'd do well to just cast someone entirely different. After all, there wasn't just one "Q" (de Lancie), but a whole "race" of them if you recall.
Should you decide to play, have fun with it and keep an open mind.
That having been said, you should:
Oh yeah, get some dice. A nice big set of "matching" dice may look nice, but the favorites become those sets that are a hodge-podge of dice bought here and there. ;)
How would this be enforced? When you are telemarketed (phone call from business) but are on a do-not-call list, you can ask the business for their name, etc and they'll generally be honest with you. Then you file a complaint with consumer protection (or pick your state agency) and it can be handled.
;)
But do you really think if someone violates this "do-not-email" registry that they could successfully be tracked down? Forged mail headers, relaying... Even if you do track them down, there's burden of proof. Get the sendmail logs -- oh, but those could be forged or whatever by an "insider" to wipe them clean... I mean, how do you possibly enforce this?
I'd be more than happy to be informed that I'm mistaken, that it'd be no problem. Please, someone speak up.
I mean, they don't even NEED Carson Daly himself. They just bought his brain on eBay.
I'm sure that a great number of slashdotters have studied anthropology or related topics previously, but for those not "in the know", the word "Neanderthal" is pronounced with a hard "T" (as in "tall"), not a "th" sound as in "thought".
Take a look at Merriam-Webster's pronunciation .wav file -- they've got it right.
Pronouncing it correctly will show others you're a bit more educated -- saying it incorrectly, and the anthro-geeks will roll their eyes. ;)
If you really want to talk about PDA security, here's one palm device that's damned secure.