These theories may seem like mumbo-jumbo or magic, but they have that very basic property of science: they're testable.
As a science-loving person, I almost fell in ecstasy by just reading this sentence. It really gets things straight regarding religious fanboyism. So "eat that, Intelligent Design".
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Well, that's too bad for you. See, what you view as "the real world" will soon become "the corporation-dominated world". But we'll live in whatever's left of the free world.
Alright, I must be crazy. I was just thinking about HIV in the shower, and a similar idea came to my mind.
You liar. The truth is that you were standing on the toilet fixing something and you tripped and fell and hit your head. Then you came up with two ideas: a) fixing HIV, and b) the flux capacitor.
There was a guy who made a Lemmings clone. Psygnosis contacted him and asked him to take off his game from the web.
This is something I don't understand - no more lemmings games have been produced - why does the company want to take off a game that doesn't take any sales away from them?
How much energy does it take to run that "microwave" to convert some plastic back to usable hydrocarbons? It's presumably powered by electricity...and where did that electricity come from?
I don't know about anyone else, but I plan to camp out all night in front of the FSF so I can be the first to get a copy of the final version of the GPLv3. Then I'm going to sell it on eBay.
I'm already in line for that, and I'm going to redistribute it under the BSD license, MUAHAHAHAHAHA!
Church: Hey if you need to cut something, why don't you just use that big sword o' yours? Tucker: Oh right. Duh. Tucker draws the sword, though not with one of Caboose's crayons Alien: Whargh? (sees Tucker holding the sword) RHURRRRRRRGH! The Alien jumps Tucker and beats the everliving shit out of him, and some shit that was never alive, and just keeps hitting him until further notice Tucker: Ahh, what the fuck!? Church: Whoa! Mahan, Tucker, that thing either really hates that sword, or really hates you. Tucker: Aaaaaaaah, get this fucking thing off me! Church: Heh wait a second Tucker, this might be a good chance for us to evaluate how these things fight. Tucker: Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow... Church: Now hold still. For science. Tucker: Not the face, not the face!
This idea is just too awesome to leave it gathering dust in TFA.
Google has the concept of "Tech Stops." Each floor of each building has one. They handle all of the IT stuff for employees in the building including troubleshooting networks, machines, etc. If you're having a problem you just walk into a Tech Stop and someone will fix it. They also have a variety of keyboards, mice, cables, etc. They're the ones who order equipment, etc. In many ways the Tech Stop does some of what our admins do. If your laptop breaks you bring it to a Tech Stop and they fix it or give you another one (they move your data for you). If one of your test machines is old and crusty you bring it to the Tech Stop and they give you a new one. They track everything by swiping your ID when you "check out" an item. If you need more equipment than your job description allows, your manager just needs to approve the action.
The Tech Stop idea is genius because:
1. You establish a relationship with your IT guy so technical problems stop being a big deal - you don't waste a couple of hours trying to fix something before calling IT to find out it wasn't your fault. You just drop in and say, "My network is down."
2. Most IT problems are trivial when you're in a room together ("oh that Ethernet cable is in the wrong port")
3. The model of repair or replace within an hour is incredible for productivity.
4. It encourages a more flexible model for employees to define their OWN equipment needs. E.g. a "Developer" gets a workstation, a second workstation or a laptop, and a test machine. You're free to visit the Tech Stop to swap any of the machines for any of the others in those categories. For example, I could stop by and swap my second workstation for a laptop because I'm working remotely a lot more now. In the Tech Stop system, this takes 5 minutes to walk down and tell the Tech Stop guy. If a machine is available, I get it right away. Otherwise they order it and drop it off when it arrives. In our current set up, I have to go convince my manager that I need a laptop, he needs to budget for it because it's an additional machine, an admin has to order it, and in the end developers always end up with a growing collection of mostly useless "old" machines instead of a steady state of about 3 mostly up-to-date machines.
I recall a story about a university not backing up the students, but backing up the economical system instead. It was the university depicted in the movie "Scent of a woman".
Here's a part of the speech that Lt. Col. Frank Slade gave to the audience at the end of the movie, and let's see if the words apply to universities today.
Slade: Mr. Sims doesn't want it. He doesn't need to labeled: "Still worthy of being a 'Baird Man.'" What the hell is that? What is your motto here? "Boys, inform on your classmates, save your hide" -- anything short of that we're gonna burn you at the stake? Well, gentlemen, when the shit hits the fan some guys run and some guys stay. Here's Charlie facing the fire; and there's George hidin' in big Daddy's pocket. And what are you doin'? You're gonna reward George and destroy Charlie.
Trask: Are you finished, Mr. Slade?
Slade: No, I'm just gettin' warmed up. I don't know who went to this place, William Howard Taft, William Jennings Bryan, William Tell -- whoever. Their spirit is dead -- if they ever had one -- it's gone. You're building a rat ship here. A vessel for sea goin' snitches. And if you think your preparing these minnows for manhood you better think again. Because I say you are killing the very spirit this institution proclaims it instills! What a sham. What kind of a show are you guys puttin' on here today. I mean, the only class in this act is sittin' next to me. And I'm here to tell ya this boy's soul is intact. It's non-negotiable. You know how I know? Someone here -- and I'm not gonna say who -- offered to buy it. Only Charlie here wasn't sellin'.
Trask: Sir, you are out of order!
Slade: Outta order? I'll show you outta order! You don't know what outta order is, Mr. Trask! I'd show you but I'm too old; I'm too tired; I'm too fuckin' blind. If I were the man I was five years ago I'd take a FLAME-THROWER to this place! Outta order. Who the hell you think you're talkin' to? I've been around, you know? There was a time I could see. And I have seen boys like these, younger than these, their arms torn out, their legs ripped off. But there isn't nothin' like the sight of an amputated spirit; there is no prosthetic for that. You think you're merely sendin' this splendid foot-soldier back home to Oregon with his tail between his legs, but I say you are executin' his SOUL!! And why?! Because he's not a Baird man! Baird men, ya hurt this boy, you're going to be Baird Bums, the lot of ya. And Harry, Jimmy, Trent, wherever you are out there, FUCK YOU too!
Mr. Trask: Stand down, Mr. Slade!
Slade: I'm not finished! As I came in here, I heard those words, "cradle of leadership." Well, when the bow breaks, the cradle will fall. And it has fallen here; it has fallen. Makers of men; creators of leaders; be careful what kind of leaders you're producin' here. I don't know if Charlie's silence here today is right or wrong.
I'm not a judge or jury. But I can tell you this: he won't sell anybody out to buy his future!! And that, my friends, is called integrity! That's called courage! Now that's the stuff leaders should be made of. Now I have come to the crossroads in my life. I always knew what the right path was. Without exception, I knew. But I never took it. You know why? It was too damn hard. Now here's Charlie. He's come to the crossroads. He has chosen a path. It's the right path. It's a path made of principle -- that leads to character. Let him continue on his journey.
You hold this boy's future in your hands, committee. It's a valuable future. Believe me. Don't destroy it! Protect it. Embrace it. It's gonna make ya proud one day -- I promise you.
Makes you think, doesn't it... Is the University of Washinton is just like "George hidin' in big Daddy's pocket"?
If the games ONLY get released for Microsoft Windows (Vista or not), can't the community pressure them to run on other platforms? "This software requires Microsoft Windows version yadda yadda" was acceptable 10 years ago, but we're in 2007 and now we have Mac OS, Linux, Freebsd. And there are very good cross-platform libraries for game developing: Irrlicht, OGRE3D, SDL, OpenGL... why choose DirectX? Isn't that monopolic practices? Forcing the public to purchase an expensive third party product (Windows) in order to use their software?
The real reason that Flash is popular is because that is the standard that YouTube decided on
You gotta be kidding. Flash was INSANELY POPULAR even before Youtube. Take a look at online animations, like Strongbad. Youtube has only contributed to Flash's popularity, making it a de-facto standard if it wasn't already one.
...I fail to see how it's the employer's fault for not treating them like regular employees.
Oh, sure, blame the victim. If you marry a girl who's used to being beaten by her father, is it NOT your fault if you beat her, too?
If someone does something WRONG, he could have two excuses: a) He couldn't help it (i.e. addiction, psychological problems), or b) he didn't know he was doing something WRONG.
If he KNOWS, and does WILLINGLY, then *IT IS* his fault. The problem is that the US treats immigrants, legal or not, like criminals (only in America you're required to carry an id with you if you look like a mexican - but if you're blonde and have snowwhite skin you certainly aren't asked for one), while the people that "hire" them are allowed to go on with their business.
The "threatened" with "la migra" sounds like bullshit to me. Fine! Go make a census to all the illegal immigrants near the US border, and ask them whether they're scared of Immigration or not. Then we'll talk, because it seems to me that your only sources of information are FOX news and CNN.
Just fix the darn protocols, dammit. It's been a year since Blue Security was taken down by PharmaMaster and NOBODY has done ANYTHING to prevent any subsequent DNS amplification attacks from happening.
If ISPs at least blocked forged-ip packets from exiting them, then THAT would be a nice start.
Funny. The people I know that hire "dirty Mexicans" usually end up hiring them for life. They treat their employees as family and their kids as their own.
Unfortunately, the people you DON'T know, treat them as slaves, and their kids as more slaves. They don't get medications, are exposed to pesticides, and if they complain, they're threatened with "la migra" (Immigration). Those cases are quite documented down here in Mexico.
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I thought Greedo posted first! You know, maybe it's the Big Bang special edition
These theories may seem like mumbo-jumbo or magic, but they have that very basic property of science: they're testable.
As a science-loving person, I almost fell in ecstasy by just reading this sentence. It really gets things straight regarding religious fanboyism. So "eat that, Intelligent Design".
Ahh... saying that felt so good.
Actually in 10 years, flash will ALREADY be obsolete. It'll be replaced by phase-change RAM or Nanotube memory.
Well, that's too bad for you. See, what you view as "the real world" will soon become "the corporation-dominated world". But we'll live in whatever's left of the free world.
Farewell.
The best joke is that if the RIAA continue with behaviors like this, they'll soon be known as the former owners of music copyright :)
...Or kick him down a well.
Where's Lassie when you need her?
Alright, I must be crazy. I was just thinking about HIV in the shower, and a similar idea came to my mind.
You liar. The truth is that you were standing on the toilet fixing something and you tripped and fell and hit your head. Then you came up with two ideas: a) fixing HIV, and b) the flux capacitor.
I know, I know! Let's call it the Goku(TM) microprocessor! :D
This really is just an extension of Microsoft's business model.
Yeah, but shouldn't they change their name from Microsoft to Microhard ?
Um... wait... nevermind.
There was a guy who made a Lemmings clone. Psygnosis contacted him and asked him to take off his game from the web.
This is something I don't understand - no more lemmings games have been produced - why does the company want to take off a game that doesn't take any sales away from them?
How much energy does it take to run that "microwave" to convert some plastic back to usable hydrocarbons? It's presumably powered by electricity...and where did that electricity come from?
:D
From usable hydrocarbons, of course!
Finally, a use for all those AOL CDs!
... and the term "CD burning" acquires a completely new meaning.
I don't know about anyone else, but I plan to camp out all night in front of the FSF so I can be the first to get a copy of the final version of the GPLv3. Then I'm going to sell it on eBay.
I'm already in line for that, and I'm going to redistribute it under the BSD license, MUAHAHAHAHAHA!
(Insert generic "mods on crack" comment)
For starters, there is _NO_ ubuntu christian edition. It's a mock site. Sheesh...
They're the ones who work for the TSA who allow you to get on a plane, right?.
No, those are the RIAA lawyers. Oh, wait...
I recall a story about a university not backing up the students, but backing up the economical system instead. It was the university depicted in the movie "Scent of a woman".
Here's a part of the speech that Lt. Col. Frank Slade gave to the audience at the end of the movie, and let's see if the words apply to universities today.
(Source: American Rhetoric)
Slade: Mr. Sims doesn't want it. He doesn't need to labeled: "Still worthy of being a 'Baird Man.'" What the hell is that? What is your motto here? "Boys, inform on your classmates, save your hide" -- anything short of that we're gonna burn you at the stake? Well, gentlemen, when the shit hits the fan some guys run and some guys stay. Here's Charlie facing the fire; and there's George hidin' in big Daddy's pocket. And what are you doin'? You're gonna reward George and destroy Charlie.
Trask: Are you finished, Mr. Slade?
Slade: No, I'm just gettin' warmed up. I don't know who went to this place, William Howard Taft, William Jennings Bryan, William Tell -- whoever. Their spirit is dead -- if they ever had one -- it's gone. You're building a rat ship here. A vessel for sea goin' snitches. And if you think your preparing these minnows for manhood you better think again. Because I say you are killing the very spirit this institution proclaims it instills! What a sham. What kind of a show are you guys puttin' on here today. I mean, the only class in this act is sittin' next to me. And I'm here to tell ya this boy's soul is intact. It's non-negotiable. You know how I know? Someone here -- and I'm not gonna say who -- offered to buy it. Only Charlie here wasn't sellin'.
Trask: Sir, you are out of order!
Slade: Outta order? I'll show you outta order! You don't know what outta order is, Mr. Trask! I'd show you but I'm too old; I'm too tired; I'm too fuckin' blind. If I were the man I was five years ago I'd take a FLAME-THROWER to this place! Outta order. Who the hell you think you're talkin' to? I've been around, you know? There was a time I could see. And I have seen boys like these, younger than these, their arms torn out, their legs ripped off. But there isn't nothin' like the sight of an amputated spirit; there is no prosthetic for that. You think you're merely sendin' this splendid foot-soldier back home to Oregon with his tail between his legs, but I say you are executin' his SOUL!! And why?! Because he's not a Baird man! Baird men, ya hurt this boy, you're going to be Baird Bums, the lot of ya. And Harry, Jimmy, Trent, wherever you are out there, FUCK YOU too!
Mr. Trask: Stand down, Mr. Slade!
Slade: I'm not finished! As I came in here, I heard those words, "cradle of leadership." Well, when the bow breaks, the cradle will fall. And it has fallen here; it has fallen. Makers of men; creators of leaders; be careful what kind of leaders you're producin' here. I don't know if Charlie's silence here today is right or wrong.
I'm not a judge or jury. But I can tell you this: he won't sell anybody out to buy his future!! And that, my friends, is called integrity! That's called courage! Now that's the stuff leaders should be made of. Now I have come to the crossroads in my life. I always knew what the right path was. Without exception, I knew. But I never took it. You know why? It was too damn hard. Now here's Charlie. He's come to the crossroads. He has chosen a path. It's the right path. It's a path made of principle -- that leads to character. Let him continue on his journey.
You hold this boy's future in your hands, committee. It's a valuable future. Believe me. Don't destroy it! Protect it. Embrace it. It's gonna make ya proud one day -- I promise you.
Makes you think, doesn't it... Is the University of Washinton is just like "George hidin' in big Daddy's pocket"?
You decide.
The *real* question is...
:)
does it run Vista?
If the games ONLY get released for Microsoft Windows (Vista or not), can't the community pressure them to run on other platforms? "This software requires Microsoft Windows version yadda yadda" was acceptable 10 years ago, but we're in 2007 and now we have Mac OS, Linux, Freebsd. And there are very good cross-platform libraries for game developing: Irrlicht, OGRE3D, SDL, OpenGL... why choose DirectX? Isn't that monopolic practices? Forcing the public to purchase an expensive third party product (Windows) in order to use their software?
The real reason that Flash is popular is because that is the standard that YouTube decided on
You gotta be kidding. Flash was INSANELY POPULAR even before Youtube. Take a look at online animations, like Strongbad. Youtube has only contributed to Flash's popularity, making it a de-facto standard if it wasn't already one.
...I fail to see how it's the employer's fault for not treating them like regular employees.
Oh, sure, blame the victim. If you marry a girl who's used to being beaten by her father, is it NOT your fault if you beat her, too?
If someone does something WRONG, he could have two excuses: a) He couldn't help it (i.e. addiction, psychological problems), or b) he didn't know he was doing something WRONG.
If he KNOWS, and does WILLINGLY, then *IT IS* his fault. The problem is that the US treats immigrants, legal or not, like criminals (only in America you're required to carry an id with you if you look like a mexican - but if you're blonde and have snowwhite skin you certainly aren't asked for one), while the people that "hire" them are allowed to go on with their business.
The "threatened" with "la migra" sounds like bullshit to me.
Fine! Go make a census to all the illegal immigrants near the US border, and ask them whether they're scared of Immigration or not. Then we'll talk, because it seems to me that your only sources of information are FOX news and CNN.
Well, welcome to the real world, which is a lot bigger than your hobbit hole.
Just fix the darn protocols, dammit. It's been a year since Blue Security was taken down by PharmaMaster and NOBODY has done ANYTHING to prevent any subsequent DNS amplification attacks from happening.
If ISPs at least blocked forged-ip packets from exiting them, then THAT would be a nice start.
Funny. The people I know that hire "dirty Mexicans" usually end up hiring them for life. They treat their employees as family and their kids as their own.
Unfortunately, the people you DON'T know, treat them as slaves, and their kids as more slaves. They don't get medications, are exposed to pesticides, and if they complain, they're threatened with "la migra" (Immigration). Those cases are quite documented down here in Mexico.
Welcome to the Internets.
It's called the interWEB, you fool!