I think you're wrong bub. I've been to many a show and would never buy a CD for $20. That's highway robbery. My brother does live shows and charges $8 for CDs, and sells LOTS.
Don't go the whole "value added" route to justify higher prices, it just sounds like, well, a big record company.
"No other known object or type of explosion could be seen by the naked eye at such an immense distance," said Swift science team member Stephen Holland of Goddard. "If someone just happened to be looking at the right place at the right time, they saw the most distant object ever seen by human eyes without optical aid." There is no way of knowing what past humans eyes have seen. There may have been a more distant object at some time in our past that was viewed by human eyes, just not recorded.
Shit, I have always find it so incredible how several native English speaking people just get pissed off if you don't speak perfect English, when they can not speak any other language. If you're talking about professors who communicate poorly in English teaching students who only speak English, the students have *every right* to be upset.
If you're an instructor at an American university, you'd better speak passable English, or not be employed (as an instructor. research all you want)
I had a TERRIBLE time back in Calc II because of a French-Canadian prof and his crazy Russian TA...not fun.
BTW, I have no certifications (other than a BSCS). That's a much better "certification" than all the MCSE garbage out there. When was the last time a MCSE guy had to take Differential Equations?!
Not to mention that it's underground, and therefore it is subject to raiding by the devil, cave trolls, gremlins, etc. Don't forget about CRAB people, CRAB people!
What about those who enjoy a quiet morning stroll in the park before they go to work? What, all 4 of you? The vast majority of "9-5" workers wake up, shower, maybe eat a little, and get to work ASAP.
Anyone can get an "A" ticket; you don't even have to pay extra. Just check in 24 hours (exactly) before your flight online. You usually get a pretty low number, too. And then if something insane happens in the next 24 hours and I miss my flight, they'll say "but sir, you checked in, you must have been in the bathroom or something...bye!"
Isn't the whole point of checking in the act of, well...checking in? Indicating that you are present and ready for 'XYZ'? Otherwise why not just assign the "A" to the ticket when it's purchased, and not have check-in at all? Or assume that people check-in when they buy their ticket?
Only 33% of the world population is Christian. 20% of the world population practices Islam. 33% is still a minority. Apparently your nick should be 'TooLittleToDo', since you obviously have time to not only make totally unnecessary statements on Slashdot (This is a mostly English-language board; I'm an atheist raised in a non-religious house and I STILL recognize the image), but then to also get into silly hair-splitting arguments with people who call you out.
The DualShock form factor is the most comfortable (official, non-crazy ergonomic 3rd party) video game controller I've ever held. All buttons are easily reachable without finger contortions, fits great in your hands, feels "natural", etc. I am but one data point, but I've never known anyone among my gamer friends (who are all now approaching 30) who disliked the feel, and I've played many thousands of hours on the original (!) controller that came with the system in 2000.
Back to Joysticks: My favorite part about the DualShock are the analog sticks. Since the sticks are very short and end in what is a hemisphere that "slides" around on a virtual sphere underneath it (using springs and such), you get what is essentially a "short-throw" joystick that is impossible to create in a traditional joystick configuration (a la the N64 controller). Much more stable, smooth, etc that a normal joystick.
Seriously, compare the joystick on an N64 controller with the DualShock sticks, there's just no comparison.
And far less disastrous. Apparently, you haven't imagined yet what many engineering projects would be like if they assumed that pi = 3.2. The subject of Todd's (Joy's ex-husband) TV pilot Mi$ter Entrepreneur, Tom has developed a novelty calculator, the Calcucorn, which features a pink unicorn that speaks results of equations. The Mayor orders 3,000 of the calculators and distributes them to all local government officials and businesses - including a construction firm building a major cross-town bridge - before Tom "works out the kinks", exposing in dramatic fashion that the calculators are inaccurate. Tom, faced with the stress of being constantly filmed by Joy's ex-husband (played by David Cross) and the various crises caused by his faulty calculators, has a very non-Tom-like breakdown.
The "condemnations" of homosexuality on the one hand and shrimp on the other are not the same, using entirely different words. (Just because the 400 year-old language in the KJV uses the word "abomination" in both passages, doesn't mean the Hebrew is the same.)
(the following was shamelessly taken from godhatesshrimp.com)
But, some of you say, in the original Hebrew, there are two words that were both translated as "abomination": to'eivah, for homosexuality, and sheketz, for non-kosher food.
Our answer to that is:
Sure, that's the letter of the law, but pretty mealy-mouthed, in our opinion - you take the "strict constructionist" viewpoint in this situation to justify your prejudice while still being able to eat what you want, while glossing over or ignoring other translation problems in other parts of the bible. (More about biblical mistranslations in Romans and Corinthians: What the New Testament Says About Homosexuality)
You claim that some parts of the bible are open to interpretation, that there are translation errors, that some parts only apply to Jews, etc., and then simultaneously claim that the bible is inerrant and without flaw... a positively Orwellian bit of doublethink there. Either follow all the rules, or admit that they're all outdated.
But, still others say, what about 1 Corinthians? Paul says... Well, the easy answer is, this site was never meant to be a comprehensive rebuttal to following outdated religious rules. The less easy answer is that, in his letter to the church in Corinth, Paul referred to restrictions listed in Mosaic law in the Torah, a.k.a. the Old Testament, so basing your argument on Paul's reference to a source that was declared invalid by Jesus (see above) is a shaky bit of reasoning. Or to explain it more clearly, we'll quote a friend who is studying to be a minister:
1) Paul is not God.
2) When Paul is citing this list of sins he is doing it to make the point that the Church in Corinth is free of these sins, which were listed in the Torah, because of their faith in Jesus. Paul's letter to the Romans spells out in excruciating detail how the law no longer applies to Christians because they have died to sin and been risen in Jesus. In other words, these categories were good enough for our Hebrew forebears as they went, but as Jesus says to the tricky scribes, Moses gave those laws (specifically speaking of divorce) because the people's hearts were hard. Jesus clearly demands a higher mode of ethical conduct; in repeated instruction and parables he contrasts what people were taught with what he says. Therefore, Paul's personal feelings about what kind of people will inherit the kingdom of God, taken as a blanket condemnation of certain behaviors, is not only contrary to Paul's own teachings on the matter of justification, but deeply opposed to the spirit and teaching of Christ.
3) What Paul is giving a list of, in both verses that you cite, are examples of depraved conduct, as he sees it. His point is that when people turn their backs on God, they are prone to act in all kinds of sick ways; his point is not to list things that Christians should mark in their notebooks as being the "newly revised Levitical code". Paul is saying, "You guys used to do all kinds of crazy shit, but now that you have Jesus, you've got your act together." I would say that there is a big difference between lustful, furtive couplings and a committed, healthy relationship. The notion of a committed, healthy homosexual relationship was utterly foreign to early Jews and Christians, as was the notion of abolition, racial intermarriage, antiseptics, and all sorts of other things that we take for granted today.
4) Jesus never mentions homosexuality in the Gospels, not once. If it was so important that we had to clamp down on it anywhere and eve
No lizards with fur or nipples, no mammals with feathers, etc. But we do have mammals that lay eggs. Which is a pretty good argument for why there is no designer (first comment has permalink). Monotremes are really, really, *really* weird creatures. They branched off from other mammals *very* early, way before the placental/marsupial split. They have bits and pieces of pre-mammal, for instance from the Wikipedia article:
Because of the early divergence from the therian mammals and the low numbers of extant monotreme species, it is a frequent subject of research in evolutionary biology. In 2004, researchers at the Australian National University discovered the Platypus has ten sex chromosomes, compared with two (XY) in most other mammals (for instance, a male Platypus is always XYXYXYXYXY). Furthermore, one of the Platypus' Y chromosomes shares genes with the ZZ/ZW sex chromosomes found in birds. This news further pronounced the individuality of the Platypus in the animal kingdom.[46] However it lacks the mammalian sex-determining gene SRY, meaning that the process of sex determination in the Platypus remains unknown.[47]
I mean, 10 sex chromosomes? Bits of bird DNA? Talk about a throwback, or at least something that managed to evolve to the modern day from something that wasn't-quite-a-mammal, at least as we think of them today.
Now here we go dropping science dropping it all over Like bumping around the town like when you're driving a Range Rover Expanding the horizons and expanding the parameters Expanding the rhymes of sucker M.C. amateurs Naugels, Isaac Newton Scientific E.Z. Ben Franklin with the kite getting over with the key Rock shocking the mic as many times times the times tables Rock well to tell dispel all of the old fables I've been dropping the new science and kicking the new knowledge An M.C. to a degree that you can't get in college The dregs of the earth and the eggs that I eat I've got pegs through my hands and one through my feet Shea Stadium the radium E M D squared Got kicked out of the Palladium you think that I cared It's the sound of science Public service announcement time and money for girls covered with honey You lie and aspire to be as cunning Reeling and rockin' and rollin' B size D cup Order the quarter deluxe why don't you wake up My mind is kinda flowin like an oil projector Had to get up to get the Jimmy protector Went berserk and worked and exploded She woke up in the morning and her face was coated Buddy you study the man on the mic D. do what you like Drunk a skunk am I from the celebration To peep that freak unique penetration I figured out who makes the crack It's the suckers with the badges and the blue jackets A professor of science cause I keep droppin' it I smell weak cause you keep poppin' it People always asking what's the phenomenon Yo what's up know what's going on No one really knows what I'm talking about Yeah that's right my name's Yauch Ponce De Leon constantly on The fountain of youth not Robotron Peace is a word I've heard before So move and move and move upon the dance floor I'm gonna die gonna die one day Cause I'm goin and goin and goin this way Not like a roach or a piece of toast I'm going out first class not going out coach Rock my Adidas never rock Fila *I do not sniff the coke I only smoke sinsemilla* With my nose I knows and with my scopes I scope What I live I write and that is strictly rope I've got science for any occasion Postulating theorems formulating equations Cheech wizard in a snow blizzard Eating chicken gizzards with a girl named Lizzy Dropping science like when Galileo dropped his orange
Still referring to the use of sperm is sensationalist. There are countless animals that use flagella for locomotion. There does not seem to be any reason to favour the flagellum of sperm over bacterial flagella which are near identical in function. Other than the obvious reason that sex sells. Well, bacterial flagella are helical, screw-type appendages that spin, as opposed to the "lash back and forth" sperm flagella...
Maybe one form works better when "manufactured" for nano-use? Dunno...
Once you get in use the WRT as a client and get it to NAT from the wireless. This way you can keep on the same subnet (if your not allowing broadcasts through who cares right). That's the part I've never been able to figure out. Even with thibor15c or whatever on my WRT54GL, I can't get it to act as a client on another wireless network.
I've been able to plug a friend's network cable into the WAN port and have it grab a DHCP address that way, but never from another wireless network. How is it done?
What about last year's Sunshine, with its' slingshot rendezvous with Mercury? Wow, funny you should mention that. That scene actually made me tear up; it was one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen, and I can just imagine being there.
*pours out some of his 40oz in mourning of childhood dreams of being an autronaut*
The Underworld soundtrack helped a lot as well...what an absolutely amazing movie.
...on Jan. 14 it will pass close by the planet and use Mercury's gravity for a critical assist needed to keep the spacecraft on track for its ultimate orbit around the planet three years from now. ... I'm dumbfounded. How do they design these complex trajectories? It's actually quite easy! All you need is spice. A Mentat or two may also come in handy.
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I think you're wrong bub. I've been to many a show and would never buy a CD for $20. That's highway robbery. My brother does live shows and charges $8 for CDs, and sells LOTS.
Don't go the whole "value added" route to justify higher prices, it just sounds like, well, a big record company.
GREAT sig! That's such a cool episode.
Darmok, his arms wide!
If you're an instructor at an American university, you'd better speak passable English, or not be employed (as an instructor. research all you want)
I had a TERRIBLE time back in Calc II because of a French-Canadian prof and his crazy Russian TA...not fun.
I like my coffee black...black as midnight on a moonless night.
This is some DAMN fine pie!
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Wow, http://copwatch.com/AAAindex.html looks like the TimeCube site.
A little bit of Information Architecture would make that site look a little less, well, crazy.
Less giant fonts. Check out http://oswd.org/ for some templates!
When was the last time a MCSE guy had to take Differential Equations?!
MSCS-Infosec here *flex*
Isn't the whole point of checking in the act of, well...checking in? Indicating that you are present and ready for 'XYZ'? Otherwise why not just assign the "A" to the ticket when it's purchased, and not have check-in at all? Or assume that people check-in when they buy their ticket?
Just drives me crazy...
Welcome to my Foes list.
/disagree
The DualShock form factor is the most comfortable (official, non-crazy ergonomic 3rd party) video game controller I've ever held. All buttons are easily reachable without finger contortions, fits great in your hands, feels "natural", etc. I am but one data point, but I've never known anyone among my gamer friends (who are all now approaching 30) who disliked the feel, and I've played many thousands of hours on the original (!) controller that came with the system in 2000.
Back to Joysticks: My favorite part about the DualShock are the analog sticks. Since the sticks are very short and end in what is a hemisphere that "slides" around on a virtual sphere underneath it (using springs and such), you get what is essentially a "short-throw" joystick that is impossible to create in a traditional joystick configuration (a la the N64 controller). Much more stable, smooth, etc that a normal joystick.
Seriously, compare the joystick on an N64 controller with the DualShock sticks, there's just no comparison.
"Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it."
You MUST add your little bean to the pile, or it will never become a mountain.
Congrats on buying your first Mac! I think you'll find Leopard (10.5) a much, MUCH better operating system than any Windows release.
:)
PS - No need to write Mac in all caps, not an acronym or anything.
The "condemnations" of homosexuality on the one hand and shrimp on the other are not the same, using entirely different words. (Just because the 400 year-old language in the KJV uses the word "abomination" in both passages, doesn't mean the Hebrew is the same.)
(the following was shamelessly taken from godhatesshrimp.com)
But, some of you say, in the original Hebrew, there are two words that were both translated as "abomination": to'eivah , for homosexuality, and sheketz , for non-kosher food.
Our answer to that is:
But, still others say, what about 1 Corinthians? Paul says... Well, the easy answer is, this site was never meant to be a comprehensive rebuttal to following outdated religious rules. The less easy answer is that, in his letter to the church in Corinth, Paul referred to restrictions listed in Mosaic law in the Torah, a.k.a. the Old Testament, so basing your argument on Paul's reference to a source that was declared invalid by Jesus (see above) is a shaky bit of reasoning. Or to explain it more clearly, we'll quote a friend who is studying to be a minister:
Which is a pretty good argument for why there is no designer (first comment has permalink). Monotremes are really, really, *really* weird creatures. They branched off from other mammals *very* early, way before the placental/marsupial split. They have bits and pieces of pre-mammal, for instance from the Wikipedia article:
I mean, 10 sex chromosomes? Bits of bird DNA? Talk about a throwback, or at least something that managed to evolve to the modern day from something that wasn't-quite-a-mammal, at least as we think of them today.
I agree, there is no designer.
I wonder if anybody is going to notice. Eventually:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_shrugged#Philosophy_and_writing
Now here we go dropping science dropping it all over
Like bumping around the town like when you're driving a Range Rover
Expanding the horizons and expanding the parameters
Expanding the rhymes of sucker M.C. amateurs
Naugels, Isaac Newton Scientific E.Z.
Ben Franklin with the kite getting over with the key
Rock shocking the mic as many times times the times tables
Rock well to tell dispel all of the old fables
I've been dropping the new science and kicking the new knowledge
An M.C. to a degree that you can't get in college
The dregs of the earth and the eggs that I eat
I've got pegs through my hands and one through my feet
Shea Stadium the radium E M D squared
Got kicked out of the Palladium you think that I cared
It's the sound of science
Public service announcement time and money for girls covered with honey
You lie and aspire to be as cunning
Reeling and rockin' and rollin' B size D cup
Order the quarter deluxe why don't you wake up
My mind is kinda flowin like an oil projector
Had to get up to get the Jimmy protector
Went berserk and worked and exploded
She woke up in the morning and her face was coated
Buddy you study the man on the mic
D. do what you like
Drunk a skunk am I from the celebration
To peep that freak unique penetration
I figured out who makes the crack
It's the suckers with the badges and the blue jackets
A professor of science cause I keep droppin' it
I smell weak cause you keep poppin' it
People always asking what's the phenomenon
Yo what's up know what's going on
No one really knows what I'm talking about
Yeah that's right my name's Yauch
Ponce De Leon constantly on
The fountain of youth not Robotron
Peace is a word I've heard before
So move and move and move upon the dance floor
I'm gonna die gonna die one day
Cause I'm goin and goin and goin this way
Not like a roach or a piece of toast
I'm going out first class not going out coach
Rock my Adidas never rock Fila
*I do not sniff the coke I only smoke sinsemilla*
With my nose I knows and with my scopes I scope
What I live I write and that is strictly rope
I've got science for any occasion
Postulating theorems formulating equations
Cheech wizard in a snow blizzard
Eating chicken gizzards with a girl named Lizzy
Dropping science like when Galileo dropped his orange
Maybe one form works better when "manufactured" for nano-use? Dunno...
I've been able to plug a friend's network cable into the WAN port and have it grab a DHCP address that way, but never from another wireless network. How is it done?
*pours out some of his 40oz in mourning of childhood dreams of being an autronaut*
The Underworld soundtrack helped a lot as well...what an absolutely amazing movie.
...on Jan. 14 it will pass close by the planet and use Mercury's gravity for a critical assist needed to keep the spacecraft on track for its ultimate orbit around the planet three years from now. ... I'm dumbfounded. How do they design these complex trajectories? It's actually quite easy! All you need is spice. A Mentat or two may also come in handy.Well, the only human cell, anyway. I stand pedantically corrected! :)