We apologize for your poor treatment and lack of overtime pay. You guys deserve better. In fact, you deserve more than anything we can give you, so we've decided to lay off every employee and move the operation overseas. Thanks for your continued committment, and don't forget to buy our up-and-coming game: Command & Conquer: Managers.
Followed up by a pie in the face from an audience member, and the presentation computer displaying a blue screen of death. Then Steve Jobs runs in with a ball and chain, and tosses it into the display screen.
Yes. As of today, we hate Google for their "improved" Google Groups, and we love Microsoft for their spam-fighting techniques.
Today must be backwards day...
I don't think so, I think maybe they're trying to *solve* the spam problem in a less-technical way than most are. Instead of continually refining spam filters, they're going to try a more primitive approach: lawsuits.
It's the equivalent of the nerdy kid in junior high school giving up on calm, rational solutions and just punching the ever-living daylights out of the local bully. Not very elegant, and it may not last very long, but people will probably talk about it for awhile.
My parents have one and I can still vivdly recall a few years ago when a tornado touched down nearby. We knew about it, and by golly, we were standing outside watching it and my mom was recording it with the video camera.
So yeah, except for the annoying tests those radios run once a week, they're pretty useful to have.
Let's see if we can milk all the way.... Seeing as how the FCC can way overstep it's bounds, maybe the NOAA can too. What are the odds that we can petition them to create a policy that voids the DMCA, declares SCO corrupt and bankrupt, and actively tracks down and imprisons scammers?
We've found something that works, so now it's our civil responsibility to use it to the fullest.
I'd say both. To not put a self-destruct would mean that when the battery dies, the enemy can safely do whatever they want with the lifeless set of electronics & weapons. If I were designing something like this, I'd have it self detonate if the batteries are almost dead.
As for turning against it's ex-master, bullets tend to not care who they're shot at. If someone jams the signal, they can pick up the 100lb robot and point it wherever the heck they please.
True, but when it means you can get a girl like Elastigirl (Mr. Incredible DID have a cape when they were courting)...you gotta ask yourself, is the juice worth the squeeze?
Of all the plants in the world, why would they choose a weed like the sunflower? Anyone who's every had to chop one down in a cottonfield or cornfield knows what I'm talking about, those things are like miniature trees. How much harder would it have been to have it make corn? Or even just become fertilizer, that's better than a weed...
I wonder if this study can be universally applied of if it only applies to personal experiences.
That is, if someone wants me to recall a fact from highschool biology, I can probably work hard to remember it. However, I could probably work a lot easier and just make something up.
This sort of thing has happened to me before. My parents once gave my sister and I a math problem, some multiplication of two large numbers. Much to my chagrin, my sister came up an answer the fastest, to which my parents replied "Wow! That's right!" I worked so quickly to try to come up with the right answer, and I fumed about her getting it right until I realized that she had just made up a number...my parents really didn't know the answer either, but by acting confidently like they did, I couldn't see the lies until a minute later.
I'm quite certain that my brain was working a lot harder to do the multiplication than my sister's, which had only to pull a reasonable-sounding number from thin air.
How's your karma? I noticed that almost all your Slashdot comments are +4 or +5 Funny/Informative/Insightful...is that because (1) people recognize the clever nickname and mod you up, (2) your comments really are that good, or (3) your experience on Star Trek helped you become the most 1337 guy here?
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Technically, it takes more like 600 seconds to start up. Sorry to be redundant.
Playboy endorses Abi? I should probably double check. Sounds like a good enough excuse for me to buy this month's issue...
Little known to the caller, this action prompts Slashdot to go into the defensive mode, wherein the article is duplicated...
So this Heisenburg guy is to blame for the errors. So...does he work for Microsoft or something?
http://www.johnrausch.com/SlidingBlockPuzzles/quzz le.htm
To all employees of EA:
We apologize for your poor treatment and lack of overtime pay. You guys deserve better. In fact, you deserve more than anything we can give you, so we've decided to lay off every employee and move the operation overseas. Thanks for your continued committment, and don't forget to buy our up-and-coming game: Command & Conquer: Managers.
Thanks, and have a nice day!
-Rusty Rueff
Oh, good idea, I shou^H^H^H^H^H^H whoever is the culprit should have done that. You're absolutely right.
Future Slashdot headline: Lycos apologizes for wrongly targeted DDoS attacks
As if that weren't enough, now they'll most certainly feel some variant of the Slashdot effect as people try to check it out. Way to go!
I'm a grad student, and I'd be depressed if I found a bill for $10. The univeristy is taking all my money as it is...
Followed up by a pie in the face from an audience member, and the presentation computer displaying a blue screen of death. Then Steve Jobs runs in with a ball and chain, and tosses it into the display screen.
Yes. As of today, we hate Google for their "improved" Google Groups, and we love Microsoft for their spam-fighting techniques. Today must be backwards day...
I don't think so, I think maybe they're trying to *solve* the spam problem in a less-technical way than most are. Instead of continually refining spam filters, they're going to try a more primitive approach: lawsuits.
It's the equivalent of the nerdy kid in junior high school giving up on calm, rational solutions and just punching the ever-living daylights out of the local bully. Not very elegant, and it may not last very long, but people will probably talk about it for awhile.
Fear of dangerous weather OR the lack thereof.
My parents have one and I can still vivdly recall a few years ago when a tornado touched down nearby. We knew about it, and by golly, we were standing outside watching it and my mom was recording it with the video camera.
So yeah, except for the annoying tests those radios run once a week, they're pretty useful to have.
Let's see if we can milk all the way.... Seeing as how the FCC can way overstep it's bounds, maybe the NOAA can too. What are the odds that we can petition them to create a policy that voids the DMCA, declares SCO corrupt and bankrupt, and actively tracks down and imprisons scammers?
We've found something that works, so now it's our civil responsibility to use it to the fullest.
I'd say both. To not put a self-destruct would mean that when the battery dies, the enemy can safely do whatever they want with the lifeless set of electronics & weapons. If I were designing something like this, I'd have it self detonate if the batteries are almost dead.
As for turning against it's ex-master, bullets tend to not care who they're shot at. If someone jams the signal, they can pick up the 100lb robot and point it wherever the heck they please.
Well, I suppose I see the point if they want to extend this to the typical college student extracurricular activities: namely drinking.
College Student: Get me a beer!
Bartender: Sorry fella, the federal database says you just had 10 beers at the bar down the road. You've had your limit...
Yes, this could be tradgedy for us all.
True, but when it means you can get a girl like Elastigirl (Mr. Incredible DID have a cape when they were courting)...you gotta ask yourself, is the juice worth the squeeze?
Of all the plants in the world, why would they choose a weed like the sunflower? Anyone who's every had to chop one down in a cottonfield or cornfield knows what I'm talking about, those things are like miniature trees. How much harder would it have been to have it make corn? Or even just become fertilizer, that's better than a weed...
Hmm...my wife is always tired and exhausted from "working so hard". This may explain a few things...
I wonder if this study can be universally applied of if it only applies to personal experiences.
That is, if someone wants me to recall a fact from highschool biology, I can probably work hard to remember it. However, I could probably work a lot easier and just make something up.
This sort of thing has happened to me before. My parents once gave my sister and I a math problem, some multiplication of two large numbers. Much to my chagrin, my sister came up an answer the fastest, to which my parents replied "Wow! That's right!" I worked so quickly to try to come up with the right answer, and I fumed about her getting it right until I realized that she had just made up a number...my parents really didn't know the answer either, but by acting confidently like they did, I couldn't see the lies until a minute later.
I'm quite certain that my brain was working a lot harder to do the multiplication than my sister's, which had only to pull a reasonable-sounding number from thin air.
This is the first post. I am not lying, I promise. Proof: I've never been known to work that hard. I never RTFA, just the blurb.
I don't know about you, but reading all that makes me feel old and outdated. I need to upgrade the internet...
SlashIM, it's gonna be all the rage.
How's your karma? I noticed that almost all your Slashdot comments are +4 or +5 Funny/Informative/Insightful ...is that because (1) people recognize the clever nickname and mod you up, (2) your comments really are that good, or (3) your experience on Star Trek helped you become the most 1337 guy here?
What about "Not being able to read the user's mind"?