Could be, or maybe they just don't want to get mugged. White iPod headphone do a great job of saying "I've got an expensive, easy to steal piece of electronics on me."
Exactly! 'Cause I know I certainly keep hearing about these muggings that happen to all these people wearing iPods in upper-middle class neighborhoods, schools, universities, and especially large, patrolled software giant campuses.
"It's pretty cool," says Geoffrey Landis, a physicist at NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio. "There are obviously some details to be worked out here, but in a fundamental way the idea makes sense."
Is that what Landis means by "some details to be worked out"?
Scientist 1: Well, I've got some good news and some bad news about our new solar-sail microwave-powered craft.
Scientist 2: Okay, what's the good news?
Scientist 1: Our craft reached acceleration at unprecedented rates!
Scientist 2: That is good news! What's the bad?
Scientist 1: We also nuked its millions of dollars in research equipment.
Scientist 2: Oh well, it's not like we've wasted money before on ambitious space projects. *cough*
What's interesting is that this study does not include a very important greenhouse gas, DMS (dimethyl sulfide), which is responsible for cloud condensation among other things, and thus plays a major role in greenhouse effects. The degradation of oceanic DMSP (dimethylsulfonopropionate) to DMS is one of the major factors being studied in the twolabs I work for. Actually I work for the SIMO project, which is a joint project between these two labs.
I'm sure there were other factors not incorporated into this model that would be of use to consider. Hopefully, as the average user's computer becomes more powerful, the researchers behind ClimatePrediction.net will incorporate more factors and a more complex model to help give even more likely results.
Does this mean computers could get legally married? Will we see adultury among computers ("you've been wirelessly networking with that laptop again!")
More interestingly, will computers be "coming out"? Will we see PCs telling their owners that "actually, I prefer Linux to Windows." ("I'm the only Linux PC in the village?")
Well, I certainly hope not! I don't want my computer talking dirty to me like that! Next thing you know, it'll--why, it'll be asking for a good fsck!
I got the following error when trying to follow the steps in your HOW-TO:
ERROR: The following packages could not be installed: DRMplayer Reason: The following packages conflicted: freedom: should be absent (currently half-present) open-source: should be absent (currently present) unregulated_hardware: should be regulated by hardware vendor (currently not) Would you like to REMOVE the following packages and try reinstalling [Y/y]?
We at Microsoft would like to inform you that your idea of OOH turned out to not be so naive. You can look forward to seeing your idea exploited by us in Longhorn when we release it in 2006, or maybe early 2008, or 2010--we're not really sure yet, we're still busy working on some current security issues.
Also, since you did not apply for a patent, we went ahead and applied for one, and now hold IP rights to this concept--so don't even think about it! Sucker!
Prospective Buyer: Those screaming sounds out there in the wilderness--are those normal? Real Estate Agent: Oh, yes! But they're nothing to worry about--just newbies getting attacked. I think it rather adds to the charm; don't you!? Prospective Buyer: Do you have any other properties?...
1) buy != by
2) Of course, if he was using the Python interactive interpreter, he would have known this without even having to wait for it to compile!:-D
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4. CowboyNeal memory (dear God, no!)
5. I can't have memories, you insensitve clod!
6. In Soviet Russia, memories create you!
Or something...
I am amused by your post. Were I in possession of mod-points, I would bestow them upon you.
Exactly! 'Cause I know I certainly keep hearing about these muggings that happen to all these people wearing iPods in upper-middle class neighborhoods, schools, universities, and especially large, patrolled software giant campuses.
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Not to mention the spacecraft could be unmanned, thus null and voiding worries about CO fixation.
...the rest of the equipment?
Is that what Landis means by "some details to be worked out"?
Scientist 1: Well, I've got some good news and some bad news about our new solar-sail microwave-powered craft.
Scientist 2: Okay, what's the good news?
Scientist 1: Our craft reached acceleration at unprecedented rates!
Scientist 2: That is good news! What's the bad?
Scientist 1: We also nuked its millions of dollars in research equipment.
Scientist 2: Oh well, it's not like we've wasted money before on ambitious space projects. *cough*
At least for academic research, this is good advice.
Shutup, butthead!
Ha!
What's interesting is that this study does not include a very important greenhouse gas, DMS (dimethyl sulfide), which is responsible for cloud condensation among other things, and thus plays a major role in greenhouse effects. The degradation of oceanic DMSP (dimethylsulfonopropionate) to DMS is one of the major factors being studied in the two labs I work for. Actually I work for the SIMO project, which is a joint project between these two labs.
I'm sure there were other factors not incorporated into this model that would be of use to consider. Hopefully, as the average user's computer becomes more powerful, the researchers behind ClimatePrediction.net will incorporate more factors and a more complex model to help give even more likely results.
...to stop Wine-ing
Geeze!
Yes, well stated! Joe Haldeman incorporated this phenomenon in his Sci-Fi novel The Forever War.
No, but it was probably added posthumously by autocomplete.
Well, I certainly hope not! I don't want my computer talking dirty to me like that! Next thing you know, it'll--why, it'll be asking for a good fsck!
...welcome our new GIMP overlords!
Thanks so much to the GIMP crew for making this software! I absolutely love it for making graphics for my spare-time webdesign!
GIMP developers ROCK!!!
Dear Mr. Attack
I got the following error when trying to follow the steps in your HOW-TO:
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Well, for pop albums, that's the perfect amount of time for the hit songs, minus the filler.
Wait, no--I must be mistaken. It's all filler. Darn.
Dear Mr. Heal
We at Microsoft would like to inform you that your idea of OOH turned out to not be so naive. You can look forward to seeing your idea exploited by us in Longhorn when we release it in 2006, or maybe early 2008, or 2010--we're not really sure yet, we're still busy working on some current security issues.
Also, since you did not apply for a patent, we went ahead and applied for one, and now hold IP rights to this concept--so don't even think about it! Sucker!
Sincerely
Steve Ballmer
CEO Microsoft
I second this. The EITS department at the university I work at has been generous in taking in students.
Prospective Buyer: Those screaming sounds out there in the wilderness--are those normal?
Real Estate Agent: Oh, yes! But they're nothing to worry about--just newbies getting attacked. I think it rather adds to the charm; don't you!?
Prospective Buyer: Do you have any other properties?...
There should be choice then. Lets put an option to disable the splash screen!
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That depends who you ask. Some conservatives might say that it's just another one of those damn Godless liberals' estimates...
I joke...
There's always A List Apart as a nice, still "publishing" resource. :-)
1) buy != by :-D
2) Of course, if he was using the Python interactive interpreter, he would have known this without even having to wait for it to compile!
I, for one, welcome our Geek Hero Overlords.
Good Idea: Programmer of the Month contest
Bad Idea: Programmer of the Month pin-up calendar
This sounds really exciting; I'll enjoy it from the sidelines, as an amateur, for-fun programmer.
...No, no--the contest, not the calendar! Sheesh.