To the "why is this here on/." replies, I humbly submit the following: Please note that this IS a geek/tech-related post. Note the explicit warning of humor, as exhibited by the big monty python foot icon. If anyone takes offence (sp) at this being yet another US-centric post, well, I'll give you that, but just remember that US political and technological affairs do affect everyone -- just ask an Iraqi... or an Afghani, or an Iranian, or a Cuban, or a Vietnamese...
I'm too lazy to link to the 12,000 non-humorous/. posts on the sad state of e-voting in the states, but I'm sure you've already ignored those posts once.
That said, the video itself was stale, predictable Onion humor -- you really needn't read past the headline, as there's not much more too it.
WaPo just ran this article about the DC area's last phone booth.
"If it gets knocked over, somebody runs into it with their car, or it needs to go for whatever reason, we would not bring in a different phone booth in its place," said Margaretta Rothenberg, a manager in Verizon's pay phone division.
One Friedman Unit, also known as "one Friedman" or "one F.U.", equals six months. The term is a tongue-in-cheek neologism coined by blogger Atrios (Duncan Black) in reference to the discovery by Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting of journalist Thomas Friedman's repeated use of "the next six months" as the time period in which, according to Friedman, "we're going to find out...whether a decent outcome is possible" in the Iraq War. FAIR cited his use of the phrase as early as 2003.
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Friedman_(Iraq_War_time_unit)
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Yes, I'm as paranoid as the next guy (on/.), but I can appreciate this idea to "regulate... through differential charging." This seems to be happening in my US city, where a series of red-light and speeding cameras is bringing in a massive amount of revenue for the city. I doubt these (presumably still cameras) are networked (although we do have a series of networked surveillance video cameras, supposedly only turned on for "special" occasions). Also on this idea of revenue growing, when our automated system records you speeding, takes your license plate photo, and mails you a ticket, there's no "points" taken from your license or other criminal liability; it's just a civil offense, unlike when a human police officer catches you and tickets you for speeding.
Sure it's a stretch, but just because it isn't part of _our_ public 'online' experience, doesn't mean that it isn't (or won't be) accessible to _someone_ online (in some sense), by which I mean stored and network-accessible. Sadly, I'll probably never get to see my own complete credit/financial, telephone, ATM, public transit, driving, air travel, medical, and employment histories at-a-glance (or yours), although someone might.
...and there are plenty of folks already working on the whole space-based warfare thing, logic being that they can't let the ChiComms or anyone else have it.
Good point, but with all the snooped/recorded cell traffic that's already collected from around the world, they can't hire enough Arabic-speaking analysts as it is...
Now, if we 1) replaced our troops with gun-toting robots, 2) trained some of those former troops to speak Arabic, 3) linked the killbots to a building with Arabic/English translators, 4) ?????, 5) PROFIT!!!
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I had a buckwheat hull pillow for about a decade (the longest I can recall using a pillow). I ended up suspecting it of giving me sinus problems so I got rid of it. Voila, the allergies cleared up and the sinuses felt much better. I had heard the buckwheat hulls disintegrate over time, so I'm not sure if it was that, fungi, or just a decade of dust.
At any rate, I miss that pillow. As far as doing its job (supporting my head and neck), it was by far the most comfortable pillow ever.
The film Zoolander played on this -- Derek and Hansel looking for files in the computer?
...or as IMDB put it, "The scene with Hansel and Zoolander and the iMac is an obvious reference to 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), when the apes are mystified and confused by the giant monolith."
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Boy #1 "Brian, you ain't no pimp, dude"
Brian: "Where's my money?"
Girl #1 "That's my money"
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To the "why is this here on /." replies, I humbly submit the following: Please note that this IS a geek/tech-related post. Note the explicit warning of humor, as exhibited by the big monty python foot icon. If anyone takes offence (sp) at this being yet another US-centric post, well, I'll give you that, but just remember that US political and technological affairs do affect everyone -- just ask an Iraqi... or an Afghani, or an Iranian, or a Cuban, or a Vietnamese...
I'm too lazy to link to the 12,000 non-humorous /. posts on the sad state of e-voting in the states, but I'm sure you've already ignored those posts once.
That said, the video itself was stale, predictable Onion humor -- you really needn't read past the headline, as there's not much more too it.
WaPo just ran this article about the DC area's last phone booth.
"If it gets knocked over, somebody runs into it with their car, or it needs to go for whatever reason, we would not bring in a different phone booth in its place," said Margaretta Rothenberg, a manager in Verizon's pay phone division.
God I'll miss those germ-ridden boxes...
Oh, I see what you did there.
Sarah Connor blah blah
One Friedman Unit, also known as "one Friedman" or "one F.U.", equals six months. The term is a tongue-in-cheek neologism coined by blogger Atrios (Duncan Black) in reference to the discovery by Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting of journalist Thomas Friedman's repeated use of "the next six months" as the time period in which, according to Friedman, "we're going to find out...whether a decent outcome is possible" in the Iraq War. FAIR cited his use of the phrase as early as 2003. http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Friedman_(Iraq_War_time_unit)
Yes, I'm as paranoid as the next guy (on /.), but I can appreciate this idea to "regulate... through differential charging." This seems to be happening in my US city, where a series of red-light and speeding cameras is bringing in a massive amount of revenue for the city. I doubt these (presumably still cameras) are networked (although we do have a series of networked surveillance video cameras, supposedly only turned on for "special" occasions). Also on this idea of revenue growing, when our automated system records you speeding, takes your license plate photo, and mails you a ticket, there's no "points" taken from your license or other criminal liability; it's just a civil offense, unlike when a human police officer catches you and tickets you for speeding.
Sure it's a stretch, but just because it isn't part of _our_ public 'online' experience, doesn't mean that it isn't (or won't be) accessible to _someone_ online (in some sense), by which I mean stored and network-accessible. Sadly, I'll probably never get to see my own complete credit/financial, telephone, ATM, public transit, driving, air travel, medical, and employment histories at-a-glance (or yours), although someone might.
Maybe a second layer of tinfoil wouldn't hurt.
You have no chance to survive make your time.
It does seem that Oscar Wilde is so "Work is the curse of the drinking classes."
Yes, and firstgov.gov sucks a lot less than it used to, thanks to the clustering thing from Vivisimo that it now employs to group reults.
In Soviet America, the software pirates you!
At this moment Mr. Sparkle is disrespectin' dirt.
...and there are plenty of folks already working on the whole space-based warfare thing, logic being that they can't let the ChiComms or anyone else have it.
I'm beginning to think I'm not alone in thinking that Friedman isn't getting the whole picture.
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Good point, but with all the snooped/recorded cell traffic that's already collected from around the world, they can't hire enough Arabic-speaking analysts as it is... Now, if we 1) replaced our troops with gun-toting robots, 2) trained some of those former troops to speak Arabic, 3) linked the killbots to a building with Arabic/English translators, 4) ?????, 5) PROFIT!!! This message brought to you by Lynne Chen3y and all the fine folks at Halliburton.
oblig hgttg ref, thx.
In Soviet Googalia, you get Craigslist laid!
4) ????? 5) Profit!
Try Scroogle. http://www.scroogle.org/ Why? http://www.scroogle.org/gscrape.html Alternately, use Clusty, a metasearch http://www.clusty.com/ Clusty even has a plugin for your Mozilla/Firefox search box http://clusty.com/toolbar/mozilla
Probably for a number of years up to the time Standard Oil killed the U.S. railroad industry.
I had a buckwheat hull pillow for about a decade (the longest I can recall using a pillow). I ended up suspecting it of giving me sinus problems so I got rid of it. Voila, the allergies cleared up and the sinuses felt much better. I had heard the buckwheat hulls disintegrate over time, so I'm not sure if it was that, fungi, or just a decade of dust. At any rate, I miss that pillow. As far as doing its job (supporting my head and neck), it was by far the most comfortable pillow ever.
It seems Apple has just released their nanoLith.
For real. This is why I don't drive in Virginia (home of the aforementioned Clara Barton Parkway where Walt was sighted).
One Red Bull and Grey Goose with a shot of CX717, please!