Easy. I hereby declare that I will pay the EFF the sum of $0.01 each time the challenge a spurious patent older than one year. If this bill passes, they will suffer financial harm-- and can challenge the patent. (And I save $0.01)
I'm a few hundred comments late to ever hope for any sort of moderation, but here it is:
Recall all troops in Iraq and Afghanistan
Give all recalled troops, who are already familiar with urban warfare, a quick retrain in US Urban Warfare
Identify the territories and hangouts of the most egregious street gangs-- the ones who have no respect for human life or the safety of others. Those who open fire on city streets and run tainted drugs throughout the land.
Select the top ten most dangerous of those gangs. For each, send in an entire battalion of troops. Wipe out those gangs entirely. No mercy, no survivors, no POW. All people, vehicles, assets and buildings associated with those gangs-- gone. Shot, burned, vaporized-- gone.
Put out a public warning to all other gangs in the country: There is a 24 hour amnesty. Any member can turn themselves in at their nearest place of authority. They will be given a full presidential pardon for anything they might have done. Every single one of their assets will be seized and liquidated. Then, they will be put into a "futures" lottery. They may draw a college tuition, they may draw medical experimentation, they may be put into a work squad that will be used to plant and harvest crops. Who knows. After the 24 hours are up:
The army will then be used to systematically eradicate every single remaining gang.
The army will then team up with the Canadian army and do the same thing for Canada. The combined forces will then do the same thing in Mexico. (Combined, because there may be some resistance from the Mexican authorities. The corrupt may need to be overthrown)
Once North America is liberated, we can then turn our attention back to the rest of the world. Let it be well known: If you fuck around, we will destroy you. Not one of these 6 year long, half-hearted multi-billion dollar disasters. The entire might of the army will fall upon you all at once. We will fuck up everything, and help the survivors reconstruct later on. Same deal: Wipe out the worst of the bunch, 24 hour amnesty, then destroy the rest. We will remove the corrupt from power, and give it back to the sovereign nation upon request.
With the obstacle of gangs and street thugs out of the way, it will be much easier to fund success programs at schools. Take the billions saved, and put that into the country's education. Teachers get paid properly, free tuition to anyone who wants it.
Blue has a very low luminescence. It contrasts poorly with other colors, especially those that have blue in them. If you have a blue background, no matter what color is in the foreground, it will be harder to see than any other color background.
In my opinion this is worse than the "communities" some e-com sites have you join that secretly charge your card $2 a month, at least that you see on your CC statement.
Those "communities", my friend, are called "porn websites"
While whitespacing, alignment and font are all things you need to consider, don't overlook the importance of color choices. You need highly contrasting colors that are easy on the eye, and that take into account colorblind users (about 8-10% of your userbase).
Some guidelines I wrote (for an assignment for an HCI course I just took) for color selection are:
Do use dark backgrounds, and light text.
Don't use adjacent colors of similar lightness.
Don't use Blue as a background or for fine detail.
Do use shades of Purple, Violet, Red for background. AND Do use shades of Green, Yellow, Orange for foregrounds
Do make sure black-and-white and monochrome versions are legible.
I have to wonder, though-- couldn't the visor have been sold (via Christies) by the very person who originally bought it from Brent Spiner? Thus, both Data is right ("I already sold it") and Christies is right ("This is as worn by Data...")
What about Neopets? It has seventy billion (rough estimate) flash games. You get points for playing them, so you can inflate your ego as you work on your mad neoTetris skillz. And you get to giggle like a schoolgirl every time you feed your pet.
(All kidding aside, the games there are pretty well done, and all you need is a Flash player and a working copy of Adblock to kill the Ritalin-inspired banners)
After 20 years, there's a whole generation who may not have even heard of the earlier some of the Final Fantasy games. With the holiday's approaching (or here, or never coming, depending on who's above you), now'd be the perfect time to pass it on to the next generation. Hop over to eBay and yoink a copy of FFVII and Tactics, and a used Playstation, and put it under someone's holiday-specific-gift-covering-item. =)
I second that, and think it should be generalized for any game that uses pre-existing music. Otherwise, I'd have voted for Road Rash 3D0 (Soundgarden) and Way of the Warrior (White Zombie)
The music from the main town in Diablo has been in my music collection since the game came out. I believe it plays in Tristam in Diablo II. Beautiful piece of music.
Slashdot Mirror
"But whats to stop a terrorist from taking a train and, God forbid, running it into the White House?" (2:50)
Easy. I hereby declare that I will pay the EFF the sum of $0.01 each time the challenge a spurious patent older than one year. If this bill passes, they will suffer financial harm-- and can challenge the patent. (And I save $0.01)
You can pick your friends...
Deja Moo? The feeling that you've heard this same bull before?
Who needs that newfangled junk. I can whistle at 56k, and do the binary in my head
And don't think you veggiesaurs are exempt. Have you ever eaten anything grown from a clipping of a plant? That's a clone.
And don't get me started on the beer drinkers who are quaffing yeast pee...
With the obstacle of gangs and street thugs out of the way, it will be much easier to fund success programs at schools. Take the billions saved, and put that into the country's education. Teachers get paid properly, free tuition to anyone who wants it.
For a start
"But whats to stop a terrorist from taking a train and, Ja forbid, running it into the White House?" (2:50)
How about some sort of gyroscope-mobile? With or without the anal probe, it's up to you.
http://colorusage.arc.nasa.gov/guidelines_lum_cont.php
Under the heading Pure blue should not be used for fine detail or background.
Blue has a very low luminescence. It contrasts poorly with other colors, especially those that have blue in them. If you have a blue background, no matter what color is in the foreground, it will be harder to see than any other color background.
In my opinion this is worse than the "communities" some e-com sites have you join that secretly charge your card $2 a month, at least that you see on your CC statement.
Those "communities", my friend, are called "porn websites"
Some guidelines I wrote (for an assignment for an HCI course I just took) for color selection are:
Some resources to look into from my bibliography:
"Luminance Contrast Color Guidelines." Arend, L. Logan, A. Havin, G. Color Usage Research Lab. Nasa Ames Research Centre. 7 Oct 2007 http://colorusage.arc.nasa.gov/guidelines_lum_cont.php
"Color & Contrast: Web Checkpoint 12" IBM Human Ability and Accessibility Centre. 1 Jun 2007. IBM. 7 Oct 2007. http://www-03.ibm.com/able/guidelines/web/webcolor.html
"Effective Color Contrast" Dr. Artidi, A. Lighthouse International. 2007. Lighthouse International. 7 Oct 2007. http://www.lighthouse.org/accessibility/effective-color-contrast/
"Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0." World Wide Web Consortium. 5 May 1999. W3C. 7 Oct 2007 http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT
I have to wonder, though-- couldn't the visor have been sold (via Christies) by the very person who originally bought it from Brent Spiner? Thus, both Data is right ("I already sold it") and Christies is right ("This is as worn by Data...")
Fry: No one drove in New York. There was too much traffic.
(All kidding aside, the games there are pretty well done, and all you need is a Flash player and a working copy of Adblock to kill the Ritalin-inspired banners)
Mmmm, bacons of Gondor. Sizzling fatty meats of Frodo!
I dunno.
Umm, excuse Mr. Double Penetration, I'm confused with your analogy. Which one causes the world to end?
This article smells of bullshit. I won't believe it until I look it up on Snopes!
After 20 years, there's a whole generation who may not have even heard of the earlier some of the Final Fantasy games. With the holiday's approaching (or here, or never coming, depending on who's above you), now'd be the perfect time to pass it on to the next generation. Hop over to eBay and yoink a copy of FFVII and Tactics, and a used Playstation, and put it under someone's holiday-specific-gift-covering-item. =)
I second that, and think it should be generalized for any game that uses pre-existing music. Otherwise, I'd have voted for Road Rash 3D0 (Soundgarden) and Way of the Warrior (White Zombie)
The music from the main town in Diablo has been in my music collection since the game came out. I believe it plays in Tristam in Diablo II. Beautiful piece of music.
... "Kick my shiny, metal ass."
I think we need to start subclassing the term. It's bricked, but it's recoverable. So it's just a mild inconvenience. A nerf brick? Loose grout?