Yeah really. If revolution and the electoral process aren't options, what exactly are you proposing?
What's a sinister film that appeals to an 'American anti-American' ? And why would being against the current government be sinister?
You want to criticize the president, his detractors, and both extremes of their possible means of getting rid of him. Sounds like you just like to bitch. Do as you are, I guess.
If anything about linking this news item to Blindsight will invalidate my date chances, it'll be the fact that after I posted this I realized the astronomical object from that novel that I was really thinking of was the unknown x-ray emitter they called Big Ben, not the BC comet (which was the decoy to throw us off from noticing BB...I should just quit, girls may be reading this. Wait, it's/. (obg. yawneriffic comment #3)
"He strapped a whole sheet to his chest, started dancing and sweating and now he thinks he's an orange/glass of orange juice and if you touch him he'll leak/be drank down."
Hear hear. Trying to stop ICBMs is a mug's game. It's my understanding the last ABM waste of money (SDI) was more to bankrupt the Soviet Union in competition than to actually ever deliver a working system. Nothing has changed except China's probably in a better position than the Russkis ever were to keep pace (if not surpass) economically.
"To the best of my knowledge, Dennis Ritchie and Howard Trickey remain, enisled."
Do you suppose the author was going for 'enlisted' or actually meant to use 'enisled', which is indeed a word, and possibly an apt, if not a little prosaic, one.
No, I read it, like 25 years ago. And the sequel too. Until I escaped, the christian bookstore was the only place i was allowed reading material from.
I aint mad atcha tho.
Anyone ever notice while reading Snow Crash that Stephenson never described how users work their avatars? He mentions goggles and lasers that track the user's eye, but stuff like the ubiquitous VR gloves or even a damn joystick, not a blip. I don't think this is an oversight, btw, but more a very clever example of what NOT to write.
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Yeah really. If revolution and the electoral process aren't options, what exactly are you proposing? What's a sinister film that appeals to an 'American anti-American' ? And why would being against the current government be sinister? You want to criticize the president, his detractors, and both extremes of their possible means of getting rid of him. Sounds like you just like to bitch. Do as you are, I guess.
If anything about linking this news item to Blindsight will invalidate my date chances, it'll be the fact that after I posted this I realized the astronomical object from that novel that I was really thinking of was the unknown x-ray emitter they called Big Ben, not the BC comet (which was the decoy to throw us off from noticing BB...I should just quit, girls may be reading this. Wait, it's /. (obg. yawneriffic comment #3)
even for /. that's a yawneriffic attempt at repartee
It's Burns-Caulfield!
No, no, it's Q: How many feminists does it take to screw in a lightbulb? A: THAT'S NOT FUNNY!
"He strapped a whole sheet to his chest, started dancing and sweating and now he thinks he's an orange/glass of orange juice and if you touch him he'll leak/be drank down."
Just OOC, how did you go about resolving the monitor issue? Without driving the customer into a tint-based fury, that is.
Hear hear. Trying to stop ICBMs is a mug's game. It's my understanding the last ABM waste of money (SDI) was more to bankrupt the Soviet Union in competition than to actually ever deliver a working system. Nothing has changed except China's probably in a better position than the Russkis ever were to keep pace (if not surpass) economically.
I hope he doesn't just quit in three years to go work for the Miami Dolphins...
Yeah, I remember reading that article. I agreed with lightsabers, but I thought he was being shortsighted with R2-style video.
"To the best of my knowledge, Dennis Ritchie and Howard Trickey remain, enisled." Do you suppose the author was going for 'enlisted' or actually meant to use 'enisled', which is indeed a word, and possibly an apt, if not a little prosaic, one.
No, I read it, like 25 years ago. And the sequel too. Until I escaped, the christian bookstore was the only place i was allowed reading material from. I aint mad atcha tho.
No wonder this guy's so crafty, he used to get kids out of trouble with flash pots and prayer.
Time for Welshie to step forward I guess.
Is it just me, or does this post seem to have a higher than usual amount of "5, Informative" mods?
Anyone ever notice while reading Snow Crash that Stephenson never described how users work their avatars? He mentions goggles and lasers that track the user's eye, but stuff like the ubiquitous VR gloves or even a damn joystick, not a blip. I don't think this is an oversight, btw, but more a very clever example of what NOT to write.