"Extinction" is a very high bar to clear, except for losers like panda bears that are large enough to shoot and barely capable of reproducing without assistance.
You realize that you just described most overweight geeks, nerds and dweebs on the planet, don't you?
Don't worry, friend. I've put a call in to Bruce Willis and he assured me that he would handle any possible extinction event using nothing more than a case of Schlitz and a Louisville Slugger.
I've seen that movie! It's the one where he gets drunk on the Schlitz and beats the tar out of his annoying sidekick. They don't make 'em like that anymore.
According to my meticulous, scientific and unbiassed calculations, my estimate of the number of gallons of oil spewing from the ground in the gulf is: too many.
Indeed. Here's a thought, Adobe: Instead of pissing away tens of thousands of dollars on "poor, poor, pitiful me" ads complaining about how Apple doesn't like Flash because it's buggy, crashing and bad for their devices, spend that money on some decent programmers to fix Flash so they have nothing to complain about.
I'm so sorry that you won't be able to cross-compile ('cross contaminate' in Apple lingo) your app for Android and iPad/iPod/iPhone/iDontKnow. But that's OK because according to a recent news article Android is now a bigger market to shoot for anyway.
Your wireless router or access point must be secured by a either bicycle lock, a knotted jumble of bungie cords, an aggressive dog or cat, or a large glob of superglue.
Raj: Hi, this is Raj. Thank you for calling Bank of Regret. How may I help you?
Customer: I see some irregular activity on my account and I'd like to talk to someone about it.
Raj: I apologize for the inconvenience. Am I correct to understand that you would like to talk to someone about the irregular activity on your account?
Customer: Um, yes. Yes I would. That's what I said.
Raj: Am I correct to understand that that is what you said?
Customer: Yes! Just get someone who can explain these large wire transfers!
Raj (hand over the receiver): Who handles large wire transfers?
Dani: I do!
Raj: One moment please. I'll transfer you to Dani. He handles large wire transfers...
Look, my unit had nine televisions (big flat screens, full cable, Netflix movies twice a week) and four toilets for 150 guys. Total in the facility? 1,800 inmates in regular population housed in 6 units, with a total of 48 toilets and 108 televisions. What's wrong with this picture?
Sounds like they had more than 2 TV's displaying each toilet to me. That's not exactly HBO (well, it is if you count 'Oz').
$.25 an hour x 8 hours a day=$2 a day... Seems fairly competitive to me...
I wonder if they can get "fired" for screwing up their data entry, or if they just get moved from the "entering banking data" group to the "entering climate change data" group?
Think about this logically... you'll be dead in under a century.
I'm gonna be dead in less than a century no matter what anyone does or doesn't do. Enjoy your SkyNET, suckers! Don't forget to mock their accents, they just love that.
Hi, I'm your tunneling microscope programmer. I'm going to need a few new development tools in order to write your Facebook alternative website... including a tunneling microscope. Your new site is going to give "head in the clouds" a whole new meaning!
I'm 100% with you. Of course, I'm wondering what the standard for demonstrating active development would be? Also, who would be checking to see that they're actually doing something with it?
If they want to sue a company for using their patent then they'll have to show that they were actively selling or developing a product that included and properly utilized the patent at the time the accused infringer started their supposed violation of said patent.
A company that is using someone's unused patent needs to strike a licensing agreement with the patent owner or stop using the patent within a fixed period of time (6 - 12 months?) once they become aware of the existing patent. No "settlements" for using a patent troll's "intellectual property land mine". If they weren't acting in bad faith they should be allowed some time to change over to another method/process/product that they license from someone else or develop themselves.
The Americas first telegram, transmitted via a repeater: "What hath God wrought" sent by Samuel F.B. Morse in 1844.
And the first reply was: I'm sorry, God is not available at the moment. To leave a message for God please transmit your message after the beep. When you are finished transmit '1' for more options.
I know you were being sarcastic, but people really do think that way:P
Fear of what we don't understand, or anything that goes against the grain of what we've become comfortable and complacent with, generally results in strong gut reactions that don't have the luxury of being reviewed by logic. I guess "fear" sums it up. Nothing latches a closed mind like a new possibility.
I'm sure they didn't break out the number of visits from their own offices, their web developer, their mom, the intern using their site as his new home page, their dog chewing on their iPhone... actually, I'm surprised it was only 300!
Could this be... the first... Satellite fight? That would be even better than fighting robots.
First they could cross the streams of their satellite signals. Then a few thruster jabs. And then, what we've all been waiting for, full contact satellite warfare! Take that, SkyNET!
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MOV r0, 'Magical' ;
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LDR r1, r0 ;
There you go, all better
But what if, when Jesus said "and the first shall be last, and the last shall be first", he was talking about those angels? ;)
Clearly he was describing a LIFO queue data structure, not angels.
"Extinction" is a very high bar to clear, except for losers like panda bears that are large enough to shoot and barely capable of reproducing without assistance.
You realize that you just described most overweight geeks, nerds and dweebs on the planet, don't you?
Don't worry, friend. I've put a call in to Bruce Willis and he assured me that he would handle any possible extinction event using nothing more than a case of Schlitz and a Louisville Slugger.
I've seen that movie! It's the one where he gets drunk on the Schlitz and beats the tar out of his annoying sidekick. They don't make 'em like that anymore.
According to my meticulous, scientific and unbiassed calculations, my estimate of the number of gallons of oil spewing from the ground in the gulf is: too many.
The fanboy has his blinders on so tight that he looks like he's about to pass out from lack of oxygen going to his brain.
Naw, that's just the "O" face he gets when he starts playing with his iTouch ;-)
Adobe: We Bitch and Moan until we Get Our Way(TM)
Indeed. Here's a thought, Adobe: Instead of pissing away tens of thousands of dollars on "poor, poor, pitiful me" ads complaining about how Apple doesn't like Flash because it's buggy, crashing and bad for their devices, spend that money on some decent programmers to fix Flash so they have nothing to complain about.
On top of that they're using someones elses work and profiting from it.
I wonder if the pirate's code was published via a version of GPL? /sarcasm
I'm sure that if the original 'crackers' sued them Rockstar would be happy to meet them in court.
I'm so sorry that you won't be able to cross-compile ('cross contaminate' in Apple lingo) your app for Android and iPad/iPod/iPhone/iDontKnow. But that's OK because according to a recent news article Android is now a bigger market to shoot for anyway.
What exactly do they mean by adequately secured?
Your wireless router or access point must be secured by a either bicycle lock, a knotted jumble of bungie cords, an aggressive dog or cat, or a large glob of superglue.
Raj: Hi, this is Raj. Thank you for calling Bank of Regret. How may I help you? ...
Customer: I see some irregular activity on my account and I'd like to talk to someone about it.
Raj: I apologize for the inconvenience. Am I correct to understand that you would like to talk to someone about the irregular activity on your account?
Customer: Um, yes. Yes I would. That's what I said.
Raj: Am I correct to understand that that is what you said?
Customer: Yes! Just get someone who can explain these large wire transfers!
Raj (hand over the receiver): Who handles large wire transfers?
Dani: I do!
Raj: One moment please. I'll transfer you to Dani. He handles large wire transfers
Look, my unit had nine televisions (big flat screens, full cable, Netflix movies twice a week) and four toilets for 150 guys. Total in the facility? 1,800 inmates in regular population housed in 6 units, with a total of 48 toilets and 108 televisions. What's wrong with this picture?
Sounds like they had more than 2 TV's displaying each toilet to me. That's not exactly HBO (well, it is if you count 'Oz').
RTFA: banking information. What could possibly go wrong?
I dunno ... maybe they enter a "." instead of a "," (or visa versa depending on whether they're entering US or European numeric data).
... what if it was one of them who screwed up the data that caused the dip in the US stock market last week?
Waaaaaaait a minute
$.25 an hour x 8 hours a day=$2 a day ... Seems fairly competitive to me...
I wonder if they can get "fired" for screwing up their data entry, or if they just get moved from the "entering banking data" group to the "entering climate change data" group?
Think about this logically... you'll be dead in under a century.
I'm gonna be dead in less than a century no matter what anyone does or doesn't do. Enjoy your SkyNET, suckers! Don't forget to mock their accents, they just love that.
Hi, I'm your tunneling microscope programmer. I'm going to need a few new development tools in order to write your Facebook alternative website ... including a tunneling microscope. Your new site is going to give "head in the clouds" a whole new meaning!
I'm 100% with you. Of course, I'm wondering what the standard for demonstrating active development would be? Also, who would be checking to see that they're actually doing something with it?
If they want to sue a company for using their patent then they'll have to show that they were actively selling or developing a product that included and properly utilized the patent at the time the accused infringer started their supposed violation of said patent.
A company that is using someone's unused patent needs to strike a licensing agreement with the patent owner or stop using the patent within a fixed period of time (6 - 12 months?) once they become aware of the existing patent. No "settlements" for using a patent troll's "intellectual property land mine". If they weren't acting in bad faith they should be allowed some time to change over to another method/process/product that they license from someone else or develop themselves.
The Americas first telegram, transmitted via a repeater: "What hath God wrought" sent by Samuel F.B. Morse in 1844.
And the first reply was:
I'm sorry, God is not available at the moment. To leave a message for God please transmit your message after the beep. When you are finished transmit '1' for more options.
The *IAA posse is still behind this.
WTF was I thinking? I meant to say the Telco's posse is behind this. Sometimes I'm a bigger asshat than usual.
So this was a grassroots Astro-Astroturfing?
Wow mindblowing.
This was a "weather balloon". The *IAA posse is still behind this. If I was going to try something like this I would have students try it first.
BTW, netbrutatlity.com was registered by freedomworks.org, which sure doesn't look like a student project.
I know you were being sarcastic, but people really do think that way :P
Fear of what we don't understand, or anything that goes against the grain of what we've become comfortable and complacent with, generally results in strong gut reactions that don't have the luxury of being reviewed by logic. I guess "fear" sums it up. Nothing latches a closed mind like a new possibility.
At least not until after they release the first service pack for it. "Nutrasonic, by Microsoft! Guaranteeing geeks will never reproduce"
Web Page Traffic: 200 visitors in 3 days.
I'm sure they didn't break out the number of visits from their own offices, their web developer, their mom, the intern using their site as his new home page, their dog chewing on their iPhone ... actually, I'm surprised it was only 300!
PowerPoint is just like a jack-in-the-box, waiting to popup and reveal secrets. First a war in Afghanistan and now a war against internet users.
Could this be ... the first ... Satellite fight? That would be even better than fighting robots.
First they could cross the streams of their satellite signals. Then a few thruster jabs. And then, what we've all been waiting for, full contact satellite warfare! Take that, SkyNET!