Half or more of that list describes common activities of all college students, not just foreign students.
Anymore, the crap going on in this country is like a bad McCarthy era flashback, with old J. Edgar running the FBI again.
This current administration seems to be unable to learn from history, and completely lacks common sense.
Boston Harbor is looking more like a teapot again every day. (and before some pedant tries to point out that taxation without representation was the hot issue then, look at yesterday's articles here-hint: Gov't. going back to taxing virtual goods in online games)
Two of my three most favorite games were Fallout and Fallout2...MANY hours spent with both games.
In case this is new to you, no spoilers will be put on you here.
The only advice I will offer is two things: 1. Save often! Even when you don't think you need to, you may need to! 2. Don't be afraid to think outside the box- both with the in game dialog with the NPC's, but in your actions also.
You will end up limiting yourself more than the game does otherwise.
I really hope none of your + mod points came from this: ""Copyright infringement isn't theft." Is copying another state's secrets theft if the original copy of the secrets is still in the original computer?"
If they did, both you and the moderators need taken out and shot. No?..then nevermind.
But if you are anywhere near trying to be serious with this one, crawl back in mom's basement...you aren't done yet.
This will not get you into a copyright or theft problem...this gets you stood in front of firing squads, free Gitmo vacations, Siberian mine explorations, gallows, and other Bad Things.
You must be new here, and new to the real world too.
P.S. If this was an attempt at humour...you failed.
iPod, iPhone, and now the IANAL...for lawyers. The IANAL started life as a 90 pound jackhammer powered by an 80 horsepower diesel driven air compressor, modified to run off of your USB port. As an added bonus, it retains the quick change tool-tip feature, so it can still be used as a jackhammer if needed!
Be the first lawyer on your block with IANAL. Liven up your next Bar Association meeting, wow your friends, and you too can be the next goatse!
I guess it's a trip to Necropolis to see the ghouls for you!
Although if you fire up Fallout 2, there are more water chips laying around than you can shake a stick at...the first time I played F2 I scarfed up all I could carry and stashed for later. HaHaHa! the joke was on me...they aren't even worth trying to sell.
As an American...I don't know whether to laugh or cry in response to your post. Makes me glad I don't have mod points now, as I would then have to figure out how to mod you twice: +1 funny, and +1 insightful.
Well, Brit, I got yer back from the troll/flamebait wielding mods when I metamoderate, as I doubt I will forget the contents of your post.
Not much, but the best I can do at this time.
I like drinking beer, a lot! Now I'll go cry in my beer...a lot.
The Olympic Games started out as a celebration of the normal everyday skills of soldiers. Think of it as the old-time Club Med Martial Arts Competition.
(just like USA's Rodeo celebrates some of the work skills of the Wild West era cowboys/ranchers)
As time went on, the Games became more popular, battle tactics changed (cavalry) new events were added, such as Equestrian events to reflect cavalry.
In more modern times it started reflecting more sports related events. My guess as to why relates to my seeing sports taking a bigger place in competing with other places without resorting to actual battle to prove your prowess.
"...for the females to be drunk enough at work to consider dating you."
Remember where your posting...I think that much alcohol is considered a lethal dose in most human beings. It may be okay for cows though...gives a new perspective on the term cow-orkers!
Now to go scrub my brains with bleach to get rid of the mental images.
Wish I had some mod points for you (insightful at least), but i don't...thus my reply.
As with a lot of things in our society that need fixed/tweaked, as parents we have a LOT of power to help this along. But only if we as parents make the effort to wield that power effectively.
Most of my attitudes haven't changed a lot since becoming an adult, to which I credit to my parents doing a good job raising me.
It's kind of like building a house- no matter the $$$'s spent on fancy materials and trimwork, if it has not been built on a good, solid foundation, it may as well be a whitewashed mud hut just waiting for inclement weather to bring to the ground.
Parents: build your kids a good foundation to grow on, and a lot of our problems will dwindle as time goes on, instead of getting worse-Use that power!
Crap! What was I thinking? This is/. so I should of used a bad car analogy!
Look for 'X marks teh spot' type x's and dig up your buried treasure. It could be a chest of jewels and gold doubloons, or thousands of old AOL cd's that came in the mail.
But you'll never know 'til ya excavate! It might get tricky if your not on the ground floor, but with your mid-range 6 digit/. UID, I got faith in ya.
"Now imagine the Chinese supporting these "Bolivarian computers". In Spanish..."
*Head asplodes!*
Interesting...yes, most interesting.
My only problem with this is, I have a hard time taking Hugo seriously most of the time.
Oddly enough, I hope this project works out and really takes off like a rocket. I wouldn't mind seeing it spread like wildfire across the globe. (Yes, I'm a FOSS advocate!)
Imagine MS's market share on the desktop dropping to 50-60% instead of 90%. They would have to get better squared away (codewise) than they are now...OMGZ!!! they may have to actually innovate instead of cool presentations and marketing blitz tactics, then cutting the cutting edge features 'cause we're too busy getting critical fixes out for our last OS, but SP2 (XP) will really fix things'
Ahh...sorry for the rant.:-)
MS just raises my blood pressure when I'm foolish enough to let it.
What I started out to say is that I think you bring up some interesting points, and I think it will
turn into either an intersting event, or a non-event. We will see.
An earlier post asked us to make a choice between new tech and cell phone tech....how about neither!
I read somewhere (Popular Mechanics I think) that a 1999 Chevy Impala had more computing power than the complete Apollo 9 spacecraft and launch vehicle.
Yes, they could have increased Apollo's computing power at the time,(and after missions) but they chose the most reliable/easier to hack by the astronauts (via ground control) systems that were available...not the most cutting edge by a long shot.
Another aspect is the hardware support of some older systems. I can't speak about ISS's spec's, but I know I have a ready market for OLD hardware with some industries and universities. Like 286's, 386's and 486's for equipment that was designed around these old computer systems, and the equipment is still profitable to run due to the expense of upgrading the computer systems and equipment. An example is the gas spectrometer that runs on an old 286 cpu that sits in my workshop...I picked that up in a surplus auction amongst much other stuff on a pallet for $5.00 in 1996, replaced the cpu with another 286 from a PC in the same pallet), and had a working GS!
It cost the university mucho $$$'s to make the upgrade, but this kind of thing is still in a transition state.
"...people who can't reliably tell me whether it will rain three days from now..."
I used to fly with an FAA instructor in Springfield, MO who would sit in on the weather forecast group at the airport. He told me that when forecasts are developed/predicted it amounted to 3 out of 10 guys looking at the data said it would rain, then the forecast would predict a 30% of rain. Basically a consensus of the available meteorologists giving odds on what would happen.
Disclaimer: 1. this was explained to me when I was 9 years old 2. the FAA guy was a practical joker 3. this all happened in the mid-late 1960's
Would that 'bridge for sale' be in Oklahoma? If so, maybe I can help you sell it...local dupes^W^contacts are available....some with money left over from the oil boom!
Good post, good point. I'm glad to see you modded up.
IMHO, it's become too important to teach/deal with the lowest common denominator instead of teaching the facts as we know them. There may be a multitude of causes for this, but part of the problems I see are:
Political Correctness?!? To me that means evade the facts and say what makes them feel good about themselves.
The value we place on human life, ignoring the survival of the fittest. (yes, that's harsh, but so was my 'school/upbringing'-I gotta call em as I see em)
Take for example the plethora of Product Warning Labels deemed needed today... A few years ago I was reading a cousin's trade magazine he subscribed to (he was in the health/life insurance casino^W^business) and was entranced by an article describing a 'stupid user claim' against the company that markets Preparation H.
Apparently a guy suffering from chronic hemmoroids(sp?) was flying from USA to somewhere in Asia and was worried about sitting for that length of time. (understandable!) and consulted his physician. Said Dr. advised him to get a tube of Prep. H for the flight, so he did.
During the flight, one of the attendants noticed the man in obvious discomfort, repeated trips to the restroom, and finally blood on his seat and asked him if there was a problem. After a brief discussion, the attendant (female) brought back the copilot (a male) to talk to the guy.
After the discussion, and seeing the amount of blood left on the guy's seat, a medical emergency is declared, the flight diverted, and the guy get's rushed to the local E.R.
After examination by the Dr., removal of the foil tube of Prep. H from the guy's rectum, the E.R. Dr. advised the guy that he was supposed to 'squeeze the CONTENTS of the tube in his rectum, not insert the whole foil tube.'
All this was because the tube stated that the product should be 'inserted rectally' and did not distinguish between the whole foil tube and it's contents.
Now, as harsh as I sounded above, I have to ask...has society went too far in valuing human life because it solely is human, or have we (as a species) outsmarted ourselves by disabling the www.darwinawards.com effect?
Do we REALLY need this guy's genetic input to the human gene pool?
Just for the record, at the age of 23 (before I passed on any genetics- or at least as far as I know/have heard) I took myself out of the gene-pool via vasectomy. I knew I was:
Irresponsible, impatient, self-centered, not wanting to be bogged down by kids/family, hard-headed, opinionated, and too vocal for my own good nowadays. (that's just the short list!)
It did not turn out like I expected...the gal I married had a kid...who was JUST LIKE ME!!!! It has been a challenge to incorporate ethics and morals into her upbringing (my step daughter) that meshes with my wife's ideals and mine. (my wife and I both see victory here...but it's been interesting)
Just to touch base with the intent of my post...I see a lot of people not fit to have a dog as a pet that can still procreate and have/raise children as a 'god given right'...WTF?
Sorry for the rambling rant...it just 'kicked in the balls' a nerve with me...but I agree with the point you are making.
P.S. rts008...quit posting while drunk...it lowers your social acceptance dramatically! And makes you say what you feel...that can't be good!
I wish I had mod points for you. (+insightful, BTW)
Your analogy is much better than the typical/. car analogy!
But, I'm waiting to be entertained further down in the posts by those same aforementioned car analogies! As an ex mechanic and drag-racer, I just love some of the car analogies.
To head off the drag-racer/drag-queen comments...why yes, when I drag-raced I wore a halter top and mini skirt with 6 inch spiked heels...and a wig. It totally fscked the competion and I won a lot, but you should have seen the look on the track groupies faces at the winner's circle!;)
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WTF?!?!
Half or more of that list describes common activities of all college students, not just foreign students.
Anymore, the crap going on in this country is like a bad McCarthy era flashback, with old J. Edgar running the FBI again.
This current administration seems to be unable to learn from history, and completely lacks common sense.
Boston Harbor is looking more like a teapot again every day. (and before some pedant tries to point out that taxation without representation was the hot issue then, look at yesterday's articles here-hint: Gov't. going back to taxing virtual goods in online games)
One of these days maybe I will learn to quit having a beverage available while reading /.
:-)
This is another of those times...cleaning up spewed coffee (black-no sugar) IS a little better than the beer in the keyboard and all over the monitor!
But at least I'm still chuckling as I cleanup!
Thanks for a good laugh to start the day with.
Enjoy!
Two of my three most favorite games were Fallout and Fallout2...MANY hours spent with both games.
In case this is new to you, no spoilers will be put on you here.
The only advice I will offer is two things:
1. Save often! Even when you don't think you need to, you may need to!
2. Don't be afraid to think outside the box- both with the in game dialog with the NPC's, but in your actions also.
You will end up limiting yourself more than the game does otherwise.
I really hope none of your + mod points came from this:
""Copyright infringement isn't theft." Is copying another state's secrets theft if the original copy of the secrets is still in the original computer?"
If they did, both you and the moderators need taken out and shot.
No?..then nevermind.
But if you are anywhere near trying to be serious with this one, crawl back in mom's basement...you aren't done yet.
This will not get you into a copyright or theft problem...this gets you stood in front of firing squads, free Gitmo vacations, Siberian mine explorations, gallows, and other Bad Things.
You must be new here, and new to the real world too.
P.S. If this was an attempt at humour...you failed.
Yeah, you have the:
iPod, iPhone, and now the IANAL...for lawyers.
The IANAL started life as a 90 pound jackhammer powered by an 80 horsepower diesel driven air compressor, modified to run off of your USB port. As an added bonus, it retains the quick change tool-tip feature, so it can still be used as a jackhammer if needed!
Be the first lawyer on your block with IANAL. Liven up your next Bar Association meeting, wow your friends, and you too can be the next goatse!
I guess it's a trip to Necropolis to see the ghouls for you!
Although if you fire up Fallout 2, there are more water chips laying around than you can shake a stick at...the first time I played F2 I scarfed up all I could carry and stashed for later.
HaHaHa! the joke was on me...they aren't even worth trying to sell.
Damn good thing I like bananas, and trees, and Tarzan, and especially Jane!
When the Labcoats attack you, prepare to fling the poo,
Monkey see...Monkey do(doo)!
Indeed!
Having worked with both the A-10 and AH-64, having my bacon saved by both, and having seen both in action...I'm Sooo glad they are on our side!
Sarah Connor hiding from Arnie had a much better chance of surviving!
As an American...I don't know whether to laugh or cry in response to your post.
Makes me glad I don't have mod points now, as I would then have to figure out how to mod you twice: +1 funny, and +1 insightful.
Well, Brit, I got yer back from the troll/flamebait wielding mods when I metamoderate, as I doubt I will forget the contents of your post.
Not much, but the best I can do at this time.
I like drinking beer, a lot! Now I'll go cry in my beer...a lot.
The Olympic Games started out as a celebration of the normal everyday skills of soldiers. Think of it as the old-time Club Med Martial Arts Competition.
(just like USA's Rodeo celebrates some of the work skills of the Wild West era cowboys/ranchers)
As time went on, the Games became more popular, battle tactics changed (cavalry) new events were added, such as Equestrian events to reflect cavalry.
In more modern times it started reflecting more sports related events.
My guess as to why relates to my seeing sports taking a bigger place in competing with other places without resorting to actual battle to prove your prowess.
"...for the females to be drunk enough at work to consider dating you."
Remember where your posting...I think that much alcohol is considered a lethal dose in most human beings. It may be okay for cows though...gives a new perspective on the term cow-orkers!
Now to go scrub my brains with bleach to get rid of the mental images.
Wish I had some mod points for you (insightful at least), but i don't...thus my reply.
/. so I should of used a bad car analogy!
As with a lot of things in our society that need fixed/tweaked, as parents we have a LOT of power to help this along. But only if we as parents make the effort to wield that power effectively.
Most of my attitudes haven't changed a lot since becoming an adult, to which I credit to my parents doing a good job raising me.
It's kind of like building a house- no matter the $$$'s spent on fancy materials and trimwork, if it has not been built on a good, solid foundation, it may as well be a whitewashed mud hut just waiting for inclement weather to bring to the ground.
Parents: build your kids a good foundation to grow on, and a lot of our problems will dwindle as time goes on, instead of getting worse-Use that power!
Crap! What was I thinking? This is
"...my place used to be owned by pirates."
/. UID, I got faith in ya.
Now is yer big chance!
Look for 'X marks teh spot' type x's and dig up your buried treasure. It could be a chest of jewels and gold doubloons, or thousands of old AOL cd's that came in the mail.
But you'll never know 'til ya excavate! It might get tricky if your not on the ground floor, but with your mid-range 6 digit
No, I think he meant that you get hate mail in your hubcaps.
Hmmm?
Does the size of the hubcaps determine how much hate mail you can get?
*goes outside and removes hubcaps...uses one to supplement tinfoil hat*
I'll bring the beer and electric cattle prods.
This would be an interesting party, methinks!
I'm a moron, you insensitive clod!
And, and...ohhhh!...Shiny!
"Now imagine the Chinese supporting these "Bolivarian computers". In Spanish..."
:-)
*Head asplodes!*
Interesting...yes, most interesting.
My only problem with this is, I have a hard time taking Hugo seriously most of the time.
Oddly enough, I hope this project works out and really takes off like a rocket. I wouldn't mind seeing it spread like wildfire across the globe. (Yes, I'm a FOSS advocate!)
Imagine MS's market share on the desktop dropping to 50-60% instead of 90%. They would have to get better squared away (codewise) than they are now...OMGZ!!! they may have to actually innovate instead of cool presentations and marketing blitz tactics, then cutting the cutting edge features 'cause we're too busy getting critical fixes out for our last OS, but SP2 (XP) will really fix things'
Ahh...sorry for the rant.
MS just raises my blood pressure when I'm foolish enough to let it.
What I started out to say is that I think you bring up some interesting points, and I think it will
turn into either an intersting event, or a non-event. We will see.
Excellent adaptation of a most appropriate famous line!
My hat's off to you, sir.
I'm kinda surprised that there seems to be lack of recognition of this quote with this crowd...Hmmm?
Good post!
An earlier post asked us to make a choice between new tech and cell phone tech....how about neither!
I read somewhere (Popular Mechanics I think) that a 1999 Chevy Impala had more computing power than the complete Apollo 9 spacecraft and launch vehicle.
Yes, they could have increased Apollo's computing power at the time,(and after missions) but they chose the most reliable/easier to hack by the astronauts (via ground control) systems that were available...not the most cutting edge by a long shot.
Another aspect is the hardware support of some older systems. I can't speak about ISS's spec's, but I know I have a ready market for OLD hardware with some industries and universities. Like 286's, 386's and 486's for equipment that was designed around these old computer systems, and the equipment is still profitable to run due to the expense of upgrading the computer systems and equipment.
An example is the gas spectrometer that runs on an old 286 cpu that sits in my workshop...I picked that up in a surplus auction amongst much other stuff on a pallet for $5.00 in 1996, replaced the cpu with another 286 from a PC in the same pallet), and had a working GS!
It cost the university mucho $$$'s to make the upgrade, but this kind of thing is still in a transition state.
Just a thought.
Sooo...it only goes to 10.
This one goes to 11!
Okay, now my funny bone has been buried....
Kudos to these people. It may have only been for some seconds, but at least they are forging onward, and I salute their work!
Proving theory is usually no easy task, a working prototype seems to be 3/4 of the battle.
Seriously, hat's off!!!
"...people who can't reliably tell me whether it will rain three days from now..."
I used to fly with an FAA instructor in Springfield, MO who would sit in on the weather forecast group at the airport. He told me that when forecasts are developed/predicted it amounted to 3 out of 10 guys looking at the data said it would rain, then the forecast would predict a 30% of rain.
Basically a consensus of the available meteorologists giving odds on what would happen.
Disclaimer:
1. this was explained to me when I was 9 years old
2. the FAA guy was a practical joker
3. this all happened in the mid-late 1960's
Would that 'bridge for sale' be in Oklahoma? If so, maybe I can help you sell it...local dupes^W^contacts are available....some with money left over from the oil boom!
I'll only ask 20% of the proceeds!
Good post, good point. I'm glad to see you modded up.
IMHO, it's become too important to teach/deal with the lowest common denominator instead of teaching the facts as we know them.
There may be a multitude of causes for this, but part of the problems I see are:
Political Correctness?!? To me that means evade the facts and say what makes them feel good about themselves.
The value we place on human life, ignoring the survival of the fittest. (yes, that's harsh, but so was my 'school/upbringing'-I gotta call em as I see em)
Take for example the plethora of Product Warning Labels deemed needed today... A few years ago I was reading a cousin's trade magazine he subscribed to (he was in the health/life insurance casino^W^business) and was entranced by an article describing a 'stupid user claim' against the company that markets Preparation H.
Apparently a guy suffering from chronic hemmoroids(sp?) was flying from USA to somewhere in Asia and was worried about sitting for that length of time. (understandable!) and consulted his physician. Said Dr. advised him to get a tube of Prep. H for the flight, so he did.
During the flight, one of the attendants noticed the man in obvious discomfort, repeated trips to the restroom, and finally blood on his seat and asked him if there was a problem. After a brief discussion, the attendant (female) brought back the copilot (a male) to talk to the guy.
After the discussion, and seeing the amount of blood left on the guy's seat, a medical emergency is declared, the flight diverted, and the guy get's rushed to the local E.R.
After examination by the Dr., removal of the foil tube of Prep. H from the guy's rectum, the E.R. Dr. advised the guy that he was supposed to 'squeeze the CONTENTS of the tube in his rectum, not insert the whole foil tube.'
All this was because the tube stated that the product should be 'inserted rectally' and did not distinguish between the whole foil tube and it's contents.
Now, as harsh as I sounded above, I have to ask...has society went too far in valuing human life because it solely is human, or have we (as a species) outsmarted ourselves by disabling the www.darwinawards.com effect?
Do we REALLY need this guy's genetic input to the human gene pool?
Just for the record, at the age of 23 (before I passed on any genetics- or at least as far as I know/have heard) I took myself out of the gene-pool via vasectomy. I knew I was:
Irresponsible, impatient, self-centered, not wanting to be bogged down by kids/family, hard-headed, opinionated, and too vocal for my own good nowadays. (that's just the short list!)
It did not turn out like I expected...the gal I married had a kid...who was JUST LIKE ME!!!!
It has been a challenge to incorporate ethics and morals into her upbringing (my step daughter) that meshes with my wife's ideals and mine. (my wife and I both see victory here...but it's been interesting)
Just to touch base with the intent of my post...I see a lot of people not fit to have a dog as a pet that can still procreate and have/raise children as a 'god given right'...WTF?
Sorry for the rambling rant...it just 'kicked in the balls' a nerve with me...but I agree with the point you are making.
P.S. rts008...quit posting while drunk...it lowers your social acceptance dramatically! And makes you say what you feel...that can't be good!
I wish I had mod points for you. (+insightful, BTW)
/. car analogy!
;)
Your analogy is much better than the typical
But, I'm waiting to be entertained further down in the posts by those same aforementioned car analogies!
As an ex mechanic and drag-racer, I just love some of the car analogies.
To head off the drag-racer/drag-queen comments...why yes, when I drag-raced I wore a halter top and mini skirt with 6 inch spiked heels...and a wig. It totally fscked the competion and I won a lot, but you should have seen the look on the track groupies faces at the winner's circle!
"...and it flew??"
/. to RTFA, but not even the summary???
At least read the summary, I know it's bad form on
Or is it the fact 'flightless'(from the summary) has too many syllables for you to grasp?
I would ask if you were new here, but I see your UID says otherwise...you should know better by now if you aren't brain dead.
If you feel your 5 digit UID elevates you past such concerns, then do the rest of us a favor and just lurk.
'Honest, man...I was born in East L.A.!'
:-)
Just watched that movie again two nights ago.