Please, if you're going to use the word "evil", make sure that you're actually describing something that is evil.
The use of "evil" in this sense is well within accepted definitions of the term: "morally reprehensible", "causing harm" or just "harmful" or "injurious". It is nothing new to use "evil" as a synonym for "bad". Etymologically, the word comes from a root meaning "over" or "above" what is acceptable or right. Perhaps you figure that it means something rather stronger and more emphatic than "bad", but I'd say that's just because "bad" has overtaken "evil" in common use, leading one to think evil is "mwuh, hah, hah" bad.
That's not a good thing, I'm sure since you followed all the rules of the road the person who hit you should be disciplined by the enforcement officers in the proper way.
I couldn't tell you if I followed them or not. I really can't -- no memory of the actual incident. But a witness said that the other guy's light was red.
I should ask my attorney if the he got any citations.
You apparently don't know what GPS actually is, because GPS has nothing to do with bird-eye views nor comparing alternate routes. All GPS does is tell you the time and where on the planet you are.
Routing and mapping are not exclusive to GPS.
It's pretty obvious in context that "GPS" here means "a GPS receiver for automotive navigation". It's kind of a layman's shorthand and is in fact a very common usage of the term. For instance, go to Amazon and type "GPS" in the search box. Something tells me that when someone asks: "Can I borrow your pen?" you reply: "I don't know, can you?"
About 5 years ago I ditched my car and replaced it with a bicycle. What hit me pretty quickly (especially since I wasn't in great shape) was that I didn't want to ride around for hours on end finding things.
I tried that last year. What hit me pretty quickly was another car.
You assume it will be available via retail channels. Elop is gunning hard to make sure the N9 is difficult to get.
Not hard for the kind of guy who wants an N9 (who probably has an N900 already). Just hard for the kind of guy who can't walk into a US carrier's retail outlet and get one with a 2-year service commitment -- actually, impossible for that guy.
Crazy idea: slashdot is a worlwide-reaching site. Why don't you post date/hours in terms of GMT?
The announcement about the briefing came from JPL, which is on PDT and the briefing is being held in Washington, DC, which is on EDT. So TFA gives both those times. The summary quotes the times given in TFA. I just wish NASA would starting using decimal-based time instead.
i did not create a new account for this post. you're an idiot. tell more lies. the fact is you're a liar. you lie. either you know you're lying, or your an idiot. the fact is either you know you're lying, or your an idiot.
you provide an invaluable service in proving that just because a fake name is associate with an account does not mean that you won't be an idiot or a liar or both.
cower in my shadow some more behind your chosen aviary based pseudonym, feeb.
you're completely pathetic.
I wonder if this could be done with a random insult generator combined with Elisa's evil twin . . .
In the Daily Mail - it must be true! Also this line was cute: "his team do not have the money or resources to examine the shape further. If it does turn out to be a UFO it will be priceless". All that's needed is an address so I can send the cheque!
The second part of that phrase was also great: ". . . but if it is just a shape, it will be worthless." That about covers it.
Nope. The Supreme Court has already asserted that Bill of Rights applies to state legislatures as well. I think the 14th amendment does this as well.
That doesn't stop the state from doing it. Although the courts could strike it down if challenged.
If you want to try to challenge the law on the basis of the 14th amendment, you're gonna need to get the case into the court system. And to get the case in, you're gonna need to show that it affects you directly. Probably most straightforward way to do that is to break the law and get prosecuted. And of course, you'll probably suffer punishment and other consequences like job loss, community disapproval, financial ruin, etc.
IANAL, but I did read a John Grisham book in a Holiday Inn once. And I took US Government class ages ago. So if a real lawyer wants to chime in -- or even a google commando who'd like to show just how quick a search he conducted to prove my ignorance -- please correct, clarify, amplify or otherwise improve my quick and dirty analysis.
Sorry, I really don't want to talk or even interact with anyone not accountable for their actions. (And yes, my account name has a real name behind it so I am accountable, too.) Generally, it's no big deal. However, it's a problem just often enough that I want to be able to report "jerkish" behavior when necessary. And I want someone to do something about it. (I am not allowed to shoot these people.) Sites that do not respond these reports lose my business. Just my 2 cents. Literally.
You needn't apologize for your opinion, you're as entitled to it to the next guy. But I don't think it's absolutely necessary to have an account associated with an actual identity to be able to report "jerkish" behavior. Suppose "Jerkface87" and "John Smith" were both being jerks. Presumably you could accuse either one.
But couldn't "Jerkface87" just re-register under a different name? Sure. But couldn't John Smith do so to? In fact, couldn't John Smith just come back as another "John Smith"? Or would one bad "John Smith" ruin it for everyone?
Any schmo can participate. Many - most would not surprise me - have admittedly inferior audio gear, not the least of which being cheap headphone (nevermind loudspeakers). All in all, I say this is a GRAND WASTE OF TIME. Not that I care. It gives them SOMETHING to do. I remember back in the day... Ahead would always say "wait for our next version" and of course it was buggy as all and still was bad. listening test or not !!
Poor schmoes with "crap gear" and rich schmoes with 500 gram 12" 45s with Soviet-built amplifier tubes and unobtanium speaker cables -- which must be either less than 1mm or greater than 15 mm diameter per conductor -- all listen to music.
Come to think about it, why would someone with headphones that cost more than my car is worth care about how much storage space is saved with which lossy codec? Just copy your CD/SACD/DVD-Audio/next-gen buzzword right to your storage medium.
But not a better deal than "none of the above". That option gives me more time to argue important stuff like streaming video pricing with my virtual friends on Slashdot.
"None of the above" also helps keep the in-laws away, since they are very serious about their TV.
I don't accept that you're an average Netflix viewer. As I said, with greater and better choice, it can be expected that, on average, Netflix viewers will stream more content, which costs more. Conversely, with more revenue, Netflix can negotiate better/more choice of streaming content.
If it doesn't work for you, just stop your subscription. Problem solved. I don't have a problem paying the cost of a single DVD for a month of their DVD and streaming service. As the summary asked, where is there a better deal?
I guess Netflix is making that bet. I guess we'll also see if it's a good wager.
$20 bucks? Wow. There are some really entitled and bitchy people out there that cannot see the big picture.
So, if a person complains about paying the "$20 bucks" (sic) that Netflix says it has to have, then the customer is the one acting entitled? It seems like the definition of "entitled" in this case means "having the temerity to decide what a product is worth to oneself".
So someone like me, who doesn't get cable TV, Netflix, etc. because I think they're all too expensive . . . I guess I'm the most entitled, bitchy person on earth. (No, I'm not Area Man. I've got an antenna and a TV so the wife can watch her stories.
I don't get it. Sure, I realize that it would take a HUGE number of floppies to accomplish this, but I'm a bit lost as to why that's "funny" as in the "smiley face" emoticon. Can you explain?
More than 20 years ago, I'd back up a 30 Megabyte disk on 1.2MB 5 1/4" floppies. The process took two or three 10-pack boxes of disks and several hours of babysitting the computer, swapping out floppies, labeling them in order, hoping they were all good and finally labeling and storing away all the boxes now full of my most recent backup. Now imagine how tedious (expensive, error-prone, ridiculous, utterly impractical) this would be for tens or hundreds of gigabytes.
If that doesn't do it, then imagine filling a swimming pool with a teaspoon. Mowing the lawn with scissors. Dialing every possible phone number because you forgot the last four digits.
If none of these things sounds funny, I guess this just isn't your style of humor. I didn't LOL, but I did chuckle.
Anti Aircraft Artillery?
American Automobile Association
LR03 1.5v batteries ?
Amateur Athletics Association ?
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm ?
and so on.
I remember playing games based on the first of those (Ack Ack gunner) about 30 years ago
I read TFA, and the term is not defined. Maybe the gamespot.com audience for the article would be expected to know it, but not all Slashdotters are gamers, so, yeah, a little help in the summary might be in order.
So I googled it, not expecting to get lucky on the first try, but I did. The first result actually answered the question, I think. It's a "big budget" game. Or maybe it reflects big sales. Or maybe a game of particularly high quality. Still not sure, and still not clear on the etymology of "AAA", maybe it's like a bond rating? Like that makes it any clearer.
The real question is, "is it time to die for your beliefs yet"
Dying for your beliefs doesn't help. The line attributed to Patton about "the other bastard" is quite applicable.
Either Patton or George C. Scott: "Now I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country."
So who in New Hampshire needs their zerks greased?
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Please, if you're going to use the word "evil", make sure that you're actually describing something that is evil.
The use of "evil" in this sense is well within accepted definitions of the term: "morally reprehensible", "causing harm" or just "harmful" or "injurious". It is nothing new to use "evil" as a synonym for "bad". Etymologically, the word comes from a root meaning "over" or "above" what is acceptable or right. Perhaps you figure that it means something rather stronger and more emphatic than "bad", but I'd say that's just because "bad" has overtaken "evil" in common use, leading one to think evil is "mwuh, hah, hah" bad.
There is no need to disparage the officer by calling him a "Pig".
"Murderer" is one thing but "pig" is a step too far? Whatever.
And "Center mass", my ass. You mean "shoot to kill", so just come out and say it.
That's not a good thing, I'm sure since you followed all the rules of the road the person who hit you should be disciplined by the enforcement officers in the proper way.
I couldn't tell you if I followed them or not. I really can't -- no memory of the actual incident. But a witness said that the other guy's light was red.
I should ask my attorney if the he got any citations.
You apparently don't know what GPS actually is, because GPS has nothing to do with bird-eye views nor comparing alternate routes. All GPS does is tell you the time and where on the planet you are.
Routing and mapping are not exclusive to GPS.
It's pretty obvious in context that "GPS" here means "a GPS receiver for automotive navigation". It's kind of a layman's shorthand and is in fact a very common usage of the term. For instance, go to Amazon and type "GPS" in the search box. Something tells me that when someone asks: "Can I borrow your pen?" you reply: "I don't know, can you?"
About 5 years ago I ditched my car and replaced it with a bicycle. What hit me pretty quickly (especially since I wasn't in great shape) was that I didn't want to ride around for hours on end finding things.
I tried that last year. What hit me pretty quickly was another car.
Now you know why we produce so much beer, it's to drown our sorrows.
Sadly, in the US, we produce more -- and cheaper -- beer. :(
You assume it will be available via retail channels. Elop is gunning hard to make sure the N9 is difficult to get.
Not hard for the kind of guy who wants an N9 (who probably has an N900 already). Just hard for the kind of guy who can't walk into a US carrier's retail outlet and get one with a 2-year service commitment -- actually, impossible for that guy.
source of that info?
Email chain-letter.
Crazy idea: slashdot is a worlwide-reaching site. Why don't you post date/hours in terms of GMT?
The announcement about the briefing came from JPL, which is on PDT and the briefing is being held in Washington, DC, which is on EDT. So TFA gives both those times. The summary quotes the times given in TFA. I just wish NASA would starting using decimal-based time instead.
ur mum's face couldn't.
i did not create a new account for this post. you're an idiot. tell more lies. the fact is you're a liar. you lie. either you know you're lying, or your an idiot. the fact is either you know you're lying, or your an idiot.
you provide an invaluable service in proving that just because a fake name is associate with an account does not mean that you won't be an idiot or a liar or both.
cower in my shadow some more behind your chosen aviary based pseudonym, feeb.
you're completely pathetic.
I wonder if this could be done with a random insult generator combined with Elisa's evil twin . . .
you're an idiot.
You could save the time it takes to type this dozens of times a day if you made it your sig . . .
In the Daily Mail - it must be true! Also this line was cute: "his team do not have the money or resources to examine the shape further. If it does turn out to be a UFO it will be priceless". All that's needed is an address so I can send the cheque!
The second part of that phrase was also great: ". . . but if it is just a shape, it will be worthless." That about covers it.
Nope. The Supreme Court has already asserted that Bill of Rights applies to state legislatures as well. I think the 14th amendment does this as well.
That doesn't stop the state from doing it. Although the courts could strike it down if challenged.
If you want to try to challenge the law on the basis of the 14th amendment, you're gonna need to get the case into the court system. And to get the case in, you're gonna need to show that it affects you directly. Probably most straightforward way to do that is to break the law and get prosecuted. And of course, you'll probably suffer punishment and other consequences like job loss, community disapproval, financial ruin, etc.
IANAL, but I did read a John Grisham book in a Holiday Inn once. And I took US Government class ages ago. So if a real lawyer wants to chime in -- or even a google commando who'd like to show just how quick a search he conducted to prove my ignorance -- please correct, clarify, amplify or otherwise improve my quick and dirty analysis.
let's dump more garbage into our oceans. Its not like they're struggling to survive against the onslaught of man already!
Given the amount of junk dumped every day, it's like -- well -- spitting in the ocean. I think I read somewhere that around 10000 shipping containers are lost at sea every year.
Sorry, I really don't want to talk or even interact with anyone not accountable for their actions. (And yes, my account name has a real name behind it so I am accountable, too.) Generally, it's no big deal. However, it's a problem just often enough that I want to be able to report "jerkish" behavior when necessary. And I want someone to do something about it. (I am not allowed to shoot these people.) Sites that do not respond these reports lose my business. Just my 2 cents. Literally.
You needn't apologize for your opinion, you're as entitled to it to the next guy. But I don't think it's absolutely necessary to have an account associated with an actual identity to be able to report "jerkish" behavior. Suppose "Jerkface87" and "John Smith" were both being jerks. Presumably you could accuse either one.
But couldn't "Jerkface87" just re-register under a different name? Sure. But couldn't John Smith do so to? In fact, couldn't John Smith just come back as another "John Smith"? Or would one bad "John Smith" ruin it for everyone?
Any schmo can participate. Many - most would not surprise me - have admittedly inferior audio gear, not the least of which being cheap headphone (nevermind loudspeakers). All in all, I say this is a GRAND WASTE OF TIME. Not that I care. It gives them SOMETHING to do. I remember back in the day ... Ahead would always say "wait for our next version" and of course it was buggy as all and still was bad. listening test or not !!
Poor schmoes with "crap gear" and rich schmoes with 500 gram 12" 45s with Soviet-built amplifier tubes and unobtanium speaker cables -- which must be either less than 1mm or greater than 15 mm diameter per conductor -- all listen to music.
Come to think about it, why would someone with headphones that cost more than my car is worth care about how much storage space is saved with which lossy codec? Just copy your CD/SACD/DVD-Audio/next-gen buzzword right to your storage medium.
How does this hurt the brain? Isn't it just the eyestrain that gives the headache? I thought the brain itself had no pain receptors.
Your overly literal reading of the summary hurts my wiener.
I have not been to a first run movie theatre for about 3 1/2 to 4 years; I've lost count.
Not me. I know exactly when my kid was born.
Still a better deal than cable.
But not a better deal than "none of the above". That option gives me more time to argue important stuff like streaming video pricing with my virtual friends on Slashdot.
"None of the above" also helps keep the in-laws away, since they are very serious about their TV.
I don't accept that you're an average Netflix viewer. As I said, with greater and better choice, it can be expected that, on average, Netflix viewers will stream more content, which costs more. Conversely, with more revenue, Netflix can negotiate better/more choice of streaming content. If it doesn't work for you, just stop your subscription. Problem solved. I don't have a problem paying the cost of a single DVD for a month of their DVD and streaming service. As the summary asked, where is there a better deal?
I guess Netflix is making that bet. I guess we'll also see if it's a good wager.
$20 bucks? Wow. There are some really entitled and bitchy people out there that cannot see the big picture.
So, if a person complains about paying the "$20 bucks" (sic) that Netflix says it has to have, then the customer is the one acting entitled? It seems like the definition of "entitled" in this case means "having the temerity to decide what a product is worth to oneself".
So someone like me, who doesn't get cable TV, Netflix, etc. because I think they're all too expensive . . . I guess I'm the most entitled, bitchy person on earth. (No, I'm not Area Man. I've got an antenna and a TV so the wife can watch her stories.
Put it all on 5 1/4" floppies :)
I don't get it. Sure, I realize that it would take a HUGE number of floppies to accomplish this, but I'm a bit lost as to why that's "funny" as in the "smiley face" emoticon. Can you explain?
More than 20 years ago, I'd back up a 30 Megabyte disk on 1.2MB 5 1/4" floppies. The process took two or three 10-pack boxes of disks and several hours of babysitting the computer, swapping out floppies, labeling them in order, hoping they were all good and finally labeling and storing away all the boxes now full of my most recent backup. Now imagine how tedious (expensive, error-prone, ridiculous, utterly impractical) this would be for tens or hundreds of gigabytes .
If that doesn't do it, then imagine filling a swimming pool with a teaspoon. Mowing the lawn with scissors. Dialing every possible phone number because you forgot the last four digits.
If none of these things sounds funny, I guess this just isn't your style of humor. I didn't LOL, but I did chuckle.
Anti Aircraft Artillery? American Automobile Association LR03 1.5v batteries ? Amateur Athletics Association ? Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm ?
and so on.
I remember playing games based on the first of those (Ack Ack gunner) about 30 years ago
I read TFA, and the term is not defined. Maybe the gamespot.com audience for the article would be expected to know it, but not all Slashdotters are gamers, so, yeah, a little help in the summary might be in order.
So I googled it, not expecting to get lucky on the first try, but I did. The first result actually answered the question, I think. It's a "big budget" game. Or maybe it reflects big sales. Or maybe a game of particularly high quality. Still not sure, and still not clear on the etymology of "AAA", maybe it's like a bond rating? Like that makes it any clearer.
Did you think before posting this comment? That what you wrote is just sick. Do you have you own children?
Sick, indeed. Better to butcher and eat them as babies, anyway.
Dying for your beliefs doesn't help. The line attributed to Patton about "the other bastard" is quite applicable.
Either Patton or George C. Scott: "Now I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country."
So who in New Hampshire needs their zerks greased?