Hmm... 2013 can't be great for the gene pool. I guess it may be balanced out as 1/2 of the first generation's genes come from such an ambitious person.
Or maybe
2014) Run out of lottery money on alimony payments:P
We seriously don't need more than two teeth. One top, one bottom.
"I hate flossing. I just wish I had one long curvy tooth. It didn't need to be split up. They didn't have to make separations with me. But then if my tooth would have fell out, it been bad."
Nah, that would never work. It would be too easy for others to steal from them without some kind of zipper. Even then, the zipper would break easily enough. Further, people could just take them outright as it would be uncomfortable to wear such a sack while napping.
"bring you the unmatchable power of GNU/Linux". Cheesiest. Line. Ever. On/.
Just for the record: is there anything that you can name that can do more than Linux? Ever had an OS run on your wristwatch that was also able to run on the world fastest super computers, space exploration and operation critical medical hardware?
When I had a Razr a few years ago I got insurance on it, and the insurance company cancelled me when I dropped the third one in the toilet trying to answer it when I was taking a piss
Losing a phone once I can understand, but after the first time I'd be taking a lot more care where I put it!
If nothing else you should consider getting phone insurance - the premium won't be huge and if you lost phones as often as you suggest it practically pays for itself.
No if about it. It does has an infinite number of decimal places. It is irrational. Interesting idea that, say, a Turing machine for "intelligence" could be found in the decimal expansion of any irrational number (which requires Strong AI to be true).
Close enough to 10. Maybe if the Earth accumulates enough mass, we can get it there exactly. Maybe it's just me, but 32 is a harder number to work with.
I think the reason there are only 24 hour (sic) per day has something to do with the rotation of the Earth.
We *DO* use standard units for measuring time. They're called seconds. I think Americans (and avoiding another flame war, I mean people from the USA) use them too.
Your whole rant about Imperial units being more natural seems strange to me, could it be that it's a product of our respective upbringings? To me (and many others), metric units are more natural.
"-ize" is not an Americanism. The Oxford English Dictionary prefers "-ize", with "-ise" given as a variant. The rule is very simple: -ise for nouns (e.g. exercise) and -ize for verbs (e.g. randomize).
Very informative, but isn't exercise also a verb?:P
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You may need better vision.
...you could get to via NX... wouldn't that be tempting?
No. :D
Except for a vial coated in an oil of slipperiness, if memory serves.
Computers are general-purpose, but this is getting ridiculous. Just buy a toaster.
Hmm... 2013 can't be great for the gene pool. I guess it may be balanced out as 1/2 of the first generation's genes come from such an ambitious person.
:P
Or maybe
2014) Run out of lottery money on alimony payments
...you can't tell if it's there because it should be or because an electron just jumped the gap.
More of this. We should make tunneling the nerd version of this or this
I'd like to see more replies containing the atomic radius of silicon ... I think with a little effort we can break some sort of /. record here.
As long as we measure the length of the thread in atomic radii of silicon.
We seriously don't need more than two teeth. One top, one bottom.
"I hate flossing. I just wish I had one long curvy tooth. It didn't need to be split up. They didn't have to make separations with me. But then if my tooth would have fell out, it been bad."
- Mitch Hedburg
The MST3k version is worth watching. The interview with Robert Fiveson basically says that same thing "Great movie idea. Horrible execution."
Nah, that would never work. It would be too easy for others to steal from them without some kind of zipper. Even then, the zipper would break easily enough. Further, people could just take them outright as it would be uncomfortable to wear such a sack while napping.
I had no idea phycology was pseudo-science! That pond scum is obviously the work of some alchemy or witchcraft!
I thought computers were generally better at optimizing than humans these days. Certainly are at least faster :P http://wesnerm.blogs.com/net_undocumented/2005/06/human_vs_comput.html I realize it's contested, anyone have any more recent actual research or papers?
"Yeah, I'm calling you back, I was in the head"
"You're with that bitch, aren't you?"
Maybe it's slang I don't recognize, but this doesn't seem like an unreasonable response to me :P
The year of linux on the mobile desktop ?
It will be next year, I swear. For realz this time. Year after that, Microsoft will be bankrupt. Disclaimer: I Am Not An Economist
Cool! After a little digging http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepenthes_attenboroughii has a couple references to http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122221934/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0 which seems to imply rodents are there by accident, just like they could drown anywhere. Apparently a rat was observed in the 19th century to be in a pitcher plant (on the article you linked), but this may be sensationalism http://www.cpukforum.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=33295&st=0&p=250762&#entry250762
"bring you the unmatchable power of GNU/Linux". Cheesiest. Line. Ever. On /.
Just for the record: is there anything that you can name that can do more than Linux? Ever had an OS run on your wristwatch that was also able to run on the world fastest super computers, space exploration and operation critical medical hardware?
Just curious...
Batman can do anything.
When I had a Razr a few years ago I got insurance on it, and the insurance company cancelled me when I dropped the third one in the toilet trying to answer it when I was taking a piss
Losing a phone once I can understand, but after the first time I'd be taking a lot more care where I put it!
If nothing else you should consider getting phone insurance - the premium won't be huge and if you lost phones as often as you suggest it practically pays for itself.
Second paragraph, third sentence.
Your problem is that your pockets aren't big enough.
As if an article on a rat-eating plant isn't awesome enough? I'm not really aware of plants that eat anything larger than insects or small amphibians.
I suppose it would have to be normal, and irrational?
No if about it. It does has an infinite number of decimal places. It is irrational. Interesting idea that, say, a Turing machine for "intelligence" could be found in the decimal expansion of any irrational number (which requires Strong AI to be true).
Close enough to 10. Maybe if the Earth accumulates enough mass, we can get it there exactly. Maybe it's just me, but 32 is a harder number to work with.
I think the reason there are only 24 hour (sic) per day has something to do with the rotation of the Earth.
We *DO* use standard units for measuring time. They're called seconds. I think Americans (and avoiding another flame war, I mean people from the USA) use them too.
Your whole rant about Imperial units being more natural seems strange to me, could it be that it's a product of our respective upbringings? To me (and many others), metric units are more natural.
Which is why everything should be base 3! Then we'd have no problem dividing things into thirds. Dividing things in half, OTOH...
"-ize" is not an Americanism. The Oxford English Dictionary prefers "-ize", with "-ise" given as a variant. The rule is very simple: -ise for nouns (e.g. exercise) and -ize for verbs (e.g. randomize).
Very informative, but isn't exercise also a verb? :P