Also, as a personal note: Lighten up. Have fun with your resume and don't follow the exact rules and formats of everyone else.
I have to disagree. A "fun" resume makes you memorable for all the wrong reasons, it's like showing up to a first date wearing a clown wig and oversized shoes. Make your personality be what makes you stand out from the crowd. It's okay to toss out a joke or two at the interview to show you're not a stuffed-shirt, but at that point they're already interested in you.
Show her a Three Stooges DVD. If she shakes her head and tsk-tsks through the whole thing, she's fine. If she laughs uproariously--at any point--stop play and say "you, sir, are running with the fellas."
The Craigslist Bad Check scam, where the con sends a check for several thousand more than the asking price...
(Clicks on link to website advising consumers of scams) (Gets pop-up window claiming you can make $18 billion in a year as a California option trader) Sigh...
Always let players repeat any cutscene previously viewed. Sometimes they accidentally skip it by slipping and pressing a button, sometimes they want to review a scene for a possible clue, sometimes they just think it looks cool.
For a more geek-friendly comparison, UM's loss was as shocking as if the MPAA and RIAA announced that all the movies and music they "owned" were going to be released into the public domain next Monday.
Naw, I think a better comparison would be if the RIAA decided to bully some disabled single mom and the mom made 'em back down.
why is "appalachianstate" a tag? the article mentions nothing about it....
It's a subtle zing at University of Michigan. The physicists are from there, their football team lost to much-weaker Appalachian State Saturday in what's arguably the biggest upset in college football history. Since U-M is often perceived as arrogant people feel they got their comeuppance.
(Yeah yeah, off-topic. Still a great news item though. Such was the delight of rivals Ohio State and Michigan State that students from there were emailing one of Appalachian State's players, asking to be added to his friend list.)
...but a great original 1985-era scary game was Rescue on Fractalus (it used actual fractals to generate an alien landscape, hence the title). You'd rescue downed pilots, who would see you land, run under your ship disappearing from view and (pause) there'd be a taptaptap to let them in. The trick was sometimes, after the pilot had disappeared from view, the "pilot" was really an alien and it'd SUDDELNY JUMP UP ON YOUR WINDSHIELD COMPLETE WITH SCARY MUSIC AND IT'S BANGING TO GET IT KILLITKILLITKILLIT!!! Great times, I'd play it with a friend and we'd both about wet ourselves.
So I suggest we let go on the hate speech in this specific thread and have a hateful conversation
Hey Slashdotters, which is better, Linux or BSD? How's about emacs vs. vi? PS3 vs. Wii? Gnome vs. KDE? Best distro out there? Gun control: good or bad? What's hands down the very best language out there?
More details at RealNightmare.org. Found out about the site from a postcard from my good Michigan Libertarian friends, they're hosting a talk on the dangers of this bill and what can be done to stop it on April 25 in Birmingham, MI. If you're in the Metro Detroit area come by.
Insightful post, I admire your honesty. Forgive my ignorance, but wouldn't there be a written contract involved? Like "give us W words about topic X by date Y and we'll give you Z dollars". Thus they'd have a contractual obligation to compensate you, regardless of whether they used your work.
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Also, as a personal note: Lighten up. Have fun with your resume and don't follow the exact rules and formats of everyone else.
I have to disagree. A "fun" resume makes you memorable for all the wrong reasons, it's like showing up to a first date wearing a clown wig and oversized shoes. Make your personality be what makes you stand out from the crowd. It's okay to toss out a joke or two at the interview to show you're not a stuffed-shirt, but at that point they're already interested in you.
April 13 is my birthday, and there's something ironically awesome about the world being destroyed on one's birthday.
:%s/astronaunt/astronomer/g
GP is making a joke using the Penny Arcade comic's author's nick: Tycho. You know, the astronaunt.
"Congratulations Homer! You've turned a potential Chernobyl into a mere Three Mile Island!
See this on a ./er's sig so I can't take credit for it, but it sums up the situation nicely:
Nuclear power. Global warming. Agrarian society. Pick one.
Show her a Three Stooges DVD. If she shakes her head and tsk-tsks through the whole thing, she's fine. If she laughs uproariously--at any point--stop play and say "you, sir, are running with the fellas."
Been looking for a Linux phone / PDA to develop apps for. Any thoughts on how this would compare to Palm Pre / Mojo / webOS?
occasional photos of tribal women in traditonal garb showing their boobies.
Please, I'm sure the game will be tastefully done and rated T for teens, as appropriate. To see boobies you need to apply the Hot Coffee mod.
occasional photos of tribal women in traditonal garb showing their boobies.
Herod's Lost Tomb
Copyright 2008 National Geographic Games. All rights reserved.
West of house
You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door.
There is a tribal woman here.
> Examine woman.
The woman is clothed.
> Examine boobies.
I see no boobies here.
The Craigslist Bad Check scam, where the con sends a check for several thousand more than the asking price...
(Clicks on link to website advising consumers of scams)
(Gets pop-up window claiming you can make $18 billion in a year as a California option trader)
Sigh...
just consult this.
http://www.hasthelhcdestroyedtheearth.com
-1, Offtopic and all, but can someone checkout the HTML source and explain what the hell that is?
Giraffes were formed when Chuck Norris gave a horse an uppercut.
Always let players repeat any cutscene previously viewed. Sometimes they accidentally skip it by slipping and pressing a button, sometimes they want to review a scene for a possible clue, sometimes they just think it looks cool.
For a more geek-friendly comparison, UM's loss was as shocking as if the MPAA and RIAA announced that all the movies and music they "owned" were going to be released into the public domain next Monday.
Naw, I think a better comparison would be if the RIAA decided to bully some disabled single mom and the mom made 'em back down .
It's a subtle zing at University of Michigan. The physicists are from there, their football team lost to much-weaker Appalachian State Saturday in what's arguably the biggest upset in college football history. Since U-M is often perceived as arrogant people feel they got their comeuppance.
(Yeah yeah, off-topic. Still a great news item though. Such was the delight of rivals Ohio State and Michigan State that students from there were emailing one of Appalachian State's players, asking to be added to his friend list.)
...but a great original 1985-era scary game was Rescue on Fractalus (it used actual fractals to generate an alien landscape, hence the title). You'd rescue downed pilots, who would see you land, run under your ship disappearing from view and (pause) there'd be a taptaptap to let them in. The trick was sometimes, after the pilot had disappeared from view, the "pilot" was really an alien and it'd SUDDELNY JUMP UP ON YOUR WINDSHIELD COMPLETE WITH SCARY MUSIC AND IT'S BANGING TO GET IT KILLITKILLITKILLIT!!! Great times, I'd play it with a friend and we'd both about wet ourselves.
This would make for classic Mythbusters material.
Yes, that would explain their weird behavior.
Here ya go. Sure it's targetted for old people but the simplicity is nice.
Hey Slashdotters, which is better, Linux or BSD? How's about emacs vs. vi? PS3 vs. Wii? Gnome vs. KDE? Best distro out there? Gun control: good or bad? What's hands down the very best language out there?
There, that should do it.
More details at RealNightmare.org. Found out about the site from a postcard from my good Michigan Libertarian friends, they're hosting a talk on the dangers of this bill and what can be done to stop it on April 25 in Birmingham, MI. If you're in the Metro Detroit area come by.
Insightful post, I admire your honesty. Forgive my ignorance, but wouldn't there be a written contract involved? Like "give us W words about topic X by date Y and we'll give you Z dollars". Thus they'd have a contractual obligation to compensate you, regardless of whether they used your work.
Already done.