The pi graphic attached to this story is more meaningful than at first glance, if any of you remember the movie fractals, numerology, obsession, madness, religion, finding patterns in randomness, etc.
great movie if you haven't seen it When I first read your comment, what immediately came to mind was this movie (which, you'll recall, also involves the same mysterious number), and I wanted to strangle you to death with my bare hands. Glad to see you're talking about Pi, which is an excellent film.
I don't get to bring this topic up very often: FidoNet!
I'm not sure what the connection is to the topic at hand (FidoNet was never "on" the internet), but man it sure was a great idea. Been around since 1984.
There are 3 books I read in 6th grade (11/12 year old) that really, really stuck with me: Interstellar Pig, House of Stairs, and The Boy Who Reversed Himself. I had NO IDEA they were all written by the same guy! Amazing! Here it is 15 years later and The House of Stairs still makes me feel weird...man, talk about a trip down memory lane!
I actually made an Interstellar Pig game based on the one in the book...and actually played it with some of my friends! Good times, good times.
I can't speak for the person to whom you are replying, but I actually didn't believe in God for the first 25 years of my life. I know this is an insensitive thing to ask, but did your conversion to Christianity closely follow some kind of traumatic event/time in your life? Almost every Christian I've met who did not have strong faith (or had no faith) as a child and converted after they reached adulthood were ex-drug addicts, or survived a horrific accident/disease, ended up in jail and found God, etc.
It seems to me that the only time Christianity (or religion in general) is ever considered a logical, palletable option after reaching adulthood is when you're psyche is so out of whack that up is down and left is right (not trying to be insulting). Is that the case with you, or did you come to Christianity without being "baptized by fire", so to speak?
This guy though got what he deserved: A $7000.00 bill, lots of wasted time, stressed out and humiliated family and a fat target on his ass for cops and courts to nail one day. The guy lost, but I certainly don't think he deserved it, do you? Since when is standing up for your rights a bad thing deserving of punishment? I guess you just want all us citizens to be quiet and roll over, eh?:/
How many people have to die at the hands of terrorists before you care? Lots, lots more. The lives of ~3000 people are NOT worth destroying the principals our country was founded on. If you lost a loved one on 9/11, I have sympathy for you, but that sympathy will end if/when you start using those deaths as a club to beat civil liberties over the head with. I've lost loved ones in a sudden and unexpected manner as well; it's not as if their grief is unique.
Wow, my friends and I played Jyhad (for a little while, anyway) in High School! We wanted a card game that wasn't Magic, and Jyhad fit the bill. I still have big old deck of a few hundred cards...somewhere in my basement?
Hmm, I have multiple NFS shares running on an Ubuntu/Feisty server that my 2 macs connect to, never had a problem...I type in "NFS://mini/media" or something similar in the "Connect to Server" menu and it...just works! 10.4.10
Not that I support it in any way (I think it's a completely invasive law), but they already do this in Canada, and have been since 1994 on all newborns. Really?! Show me some proof. You're saying that Canada has been collecting the DNA of every newborn in the country, sequencing it, and then putting it in some giant database for later searches? Or that they collect a DNA sample and then store the physical sample (sans the sequencing/database part)? Just looking for details, because that sounds crazy!
Personally I quit teh pr0n because I eventually ended up having incredibly screwed up thoughts run through my head, the kind of stuffs rapists are made out of. =P So don't tell me there's nothing wrong with it, I know first hand what can happen to kids if you put strange/sexually violent thoughts in to their heads. On the other hand, I had parents who entirelly supressed all that kind of stuff, and I ended up associating sex with sin and darkness and bad and such, so it's no suprise that when I couldn't help but obey my nature that it all came out skewed. So for a solid three months, as an eighteen year old male teenager, I willingly supressed every sexual thought I had, until I decided I had the will to maintain I healthy balance. Now I'm fine, for the most part. So you're blaming porn for your fucked up thoughts, instead of your parents doing a piss-poor job of teaching you about sex? The (probable) reason "teh pr0n" made you have dark/rape sex fantasies is because your parents totally fucked up your understanding of sex.
Non-fucked up understanding of sex + porn = normal person, masturbation, quick physical release Repressed, fucked up understanding of sex + porn = probably fucked up person in terms of sexuality, hangups, fear, etc
Only one variable has been changed on the left side of the equation. Hint: it's not porn. Call your parents and thank them for putting you through that hellish period when you were 18. It's their fault.
BTW, I speak from experience; my wife had a similar Christian upbringing (if you tell me your parents aren't Born Again, I'll be very surprised), and it took her quite a while to work out most of her sex hangups. It still makes her feel weird/dirty sometimes, all because of her parents' inability/lack of maturity when it came to an uncomfortable topic: talking to your kids about sex.
The smaller audience size for the channels I want might mean I end up paying more per month than I do now. Got it? That's exactly what I meant, except I'm being more pessimistic. I was saying that there may not even be enough people who would order a channel under the ala carte system to keep it afloat. I wouldn't mind paying more for SciFi (or another much-less-popular-than-ESPN channel), I just hope it still exists after ala carte goes mainstream.
Why do I need to pay for others to have 50 sport channels? The SciFi (et al) channel works just fine for me, I don't want to have ESPN; which by talking to the cable companies is one of the most expenive "free" channels out there. As much as I wish it weren't true, there are waaaay more cable customers who want ESPN than want SciFi.
I always think ala carte is a great idea until I think about which channels will fail because of losing subsidization. I want more SciFi/History/Documentaries, not more reality TV and crap for "the masses" (or as my wife affectionately calls them, "yellow mustard" folk). Yes, I am an elitist bastard.
When I was a little kid (9 or so), I had to opportunity to go to Space Camp at the Cape Canaveral facility, where we got to participate in this great shuttle tile demo.
The demonstrator had a tile held in place by a little jig/stand, and had a hand-held blowtorch going full-blast on one side of the tile (I forget if it was propane (3600F) or MAPP (5300F), but it was hot, regardless). Us kids were invited one by one to touch the other side of the tile with our hand, which was room-temperature (or maybe *slightly* warm) to the touch. I do remember they guy saying not to *push* on the tile at all, just feel it, so maybe they do break really easily. Or maybe this was an older type of tile than the ones they use now? Just thought I'd mention it.
It's not every species that lasts 7 million years. It's just as likely we won't be here at all, and this event will only bother the emerging rat civilization. Ugh, sounds just like the Homecoming series by Orson Scott Card. Rats and bats and such ruling the world 40 million years from now. It's NOT as cool as it sounds.
I read something a few years ago about spinning up a whole bunch of crazy composite ceramic flywheels under the hood and then tapping their kinetic energy. Of course, a 300lb flywheel spinning at 150,000rpm could do some damage in an accident.
Just replace the hard drive, it's REALLY quite an easy process. Check out InstantCake, which enables people who aren't command-line wizards to easily replace TiVo hard drives. Costs $20.
Mii Channel (Yes i'm aware the Mii's show up in Wii sports, but that doesn't really affect the game too much). Don't forget that Miis are used in several other 1st-party Wii games, like "Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree" and "Wii Play". I wonder if any 3rd-party dev houses will be allowed to use Miis...
As a happy PS3 owner, your post makes me smile from ear to ear. Hehe, a friend of mine who was recently burgled said the one thing he's NOT buying with the insurance money he got back from his stolen PS3 is...a PS3. (no ducking necessary, not hard to avoid a single guy throwing stuff).:P
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But Brain, if they called them "Sad Meals" no one would buy them!
great movie if you haven't seen it When I first read your comment, what immediately came to mind was this movie (which, you'll recall, also involves the same mysterious number), and I wanted to strangle you to death with my bare hands. Glad to see you're talking about Pi, which is an excellent film.
I don't get to bring this topic up very often: FidoNet!
I'm not sure what the connection is to the topic at hand (FidoNet was never "on" the internet), but man it sure was a great idea. Been around since 1984.
Wow! Those are all written by the same guy?!?
There are 3 books I read in 6th grade (11/12 year old) that really, really stuck with me: Interstellar Pig, House of Stairs, and The Boy Who Reversed Himself. I had NO IDEA they were all written by the same guy! Amazing! Here it is 15 years later and The House of Stairs still makes me feel weird...man, talk about a trip down memory lane!
I actually made an Interstellar Pig game based on the one in the book...and actually played it with some of my friends! Good times, good times.
Of course, shortly after that I got into David Eddings/Robert Jordan/Raymond Feist and read fantasy for 10 years before getting back into sci-fi.
Check out this link, it'll tell you everything you need to know:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_of_birds
That's amazing. I stand corrected. :)
It seems to me that the only time Christianity (or religion in general) is ever considered a logical, palletable option after reaching adulthood is when you're psyche is so out of whack that up is down and left is right (not trying to be insulting). Is that the case with you, or did you come to Christianity without being "baptized by fire", so to speak?
"You do not ask questions in this room. I ask questions and you answer them. If I am not satisfied with your answers, you will die."
I wonder if a MS in Computer Science would work...that's pretty close to math/logic.
Wow, my friends and I played Jyhad (for a little while, anyway) in High School! We wanted a card game that wasn't Magic, and Jyhad fit the bill. I still have big old deck of a few hundred cards...somewhere in my basement?
circa 1995 or so, good times.
Hmm, I have multiple NFS shares running on an Ubuntu/Feisty server that my 2 macs connect to, never had a problem...I type in "NFS://mini/media" or something similar in the "Connect to Server" menu and it...just works! 10.4.10
Can you point us to a reputable source?
Non-fucked up understanding of sex + porn = normal person, masturbation, quick physical release
Repressed, fucked up understanding of sex + porn = probably fucked up person in terms of sexuality, hangups, fear, etc
Only one variable has been changed on the left side of the equation. Hint: it's not porn. Call your parents and thank them for putting you through that hellish period when you were 18. It's their fault.
BTW, I speak from experience; my wife had a similar Christian upbringing (if you tell me your parents aren't Born Again, I'll be very surprised), and it took her quite a while to work out most of her sex hangups. It still makes her feel weird/dirty sometimes, all because of her parents' inability/lack of maturity when it came to an uncomfortable topic: talking to your kids about sex.
I always think ala carte is a great idea until I think about which channels will fail because of losing subsidization. I want more SciFi/History/Documentaries, not more reality TV and crap for "the masses" (or as my wife affectionately calls them, "yellow mustard" folk). Yes, I am an elitist bastard.
Bah, it's been in the upper 90s here in the central US all week (37C for you metric folk) with humidity in the 70%+ range. YUCK
When I was a little kid (9 or so), I had to opportunity to go to Space Camp at the Cape Canaveral facility, where we got to participate in this great shuttle tile demo.
The demonstrator had a tile held in place by a little jig/stand, and had a hand-held blowtorch going full-blast on one side of the tile (I forget if it was propane (3600F) or MAPP (5300F), but it was hot, regardless). Us kids were invited one by one to touch the other side of the tile with our hand, which was room-temperature (or maybe *slightly* warm) to the touch. I do remember they guy saying not to *push* on the tile at all, just feel it, so maybe they do break really easily. Or maybe this was an older type of tile than the ones they use now? Just thought I'd mention it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homecoming_saga
[comicBookGuy] most...boring...series...ever! [/comicBookGuy]
I read something a few years ago about spinning up a whole bunch of crazy composite ceramic flywheels under the hood and then tapping their kinetic energy. Of course, a 300lb flywheel spinning at 150,000rpm could do some damage in an accident.
Googled a bit, found this: http://www.allpar.com/model/patriot.html
Just replace the hard drive, it's REALLY quite an easy process. Check out InstantCake, which enables people who aren't command-line wizards to easily replace TiVo hard drives. Costs $20.
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http://www.dvrupgrade.com/dvr/stores/1/instantcak
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Sony [greater than symbol] MS in this regard. amazing!