At some point you need someone who can say, "This is shit." (Insert witty story about how this phrase becomes, "This product will aid growth and guarantee success in the market")
In the Beginning was the plan. And then came the assumptions. And the assumptions were without form. And the plan was completely without substance. And the darkness was upon the face of the workers. And they spoke among themselves saying: "It is a crock of sh_t, and it stinketh."
And the workers went unto their supervisors, and sayeth: "It is a pail of dung, and none can abide the odor Thereof"
And the supervisors went unto their managers and sayeth unto them, "It is a container of excrement, and it is very strong, Such that none can abide it."
And the managers went unto the directors and sayeth, "It is a vessel of fertilizer, and none can abide its strength." And the directors spoke amongst themselves, saying one to another: "It contains that which aids plant growth, and is very strong."
And the directors went unto the vice presidents and sayeth to them, "It promotes growth, and is very powerful."
And the vice presidents went unto the president, and sayeth unto him, "This new plan will actively promote growth and efficiency of this company, and certain areas in particular."
And the president looked upon the plan, and saw that it was good. And the plan became policy. And this is how shit happens.
the RPI Cheer: e to the x, dy/dx e to the x, dy cosine, secant, tangent, sine three point one four one five nine square root, cubed root, log of pi disintegrate 'em RPI!
The RPI Cheer, you say? Interesting. My Alma Mater calls it the WPI Fight Song. And supposedly we stole it from MIT anyway:-p
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Holy crap. After searching google, quite a few other schools call it their own:
Very handy but doesn't always work. I did a fresh install last night and saw the "-X" tip for my networking software. It worked great, cause I don't need X to get on the Net. But emacs seems to be immune to this trick and *requires* X. And hell, my homework's already late.
For someone following along exactly, you may want to run unset USE afterward if you eventually will be emerging something with X in that session.
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Yes, it did seem like an idea that would be easily abused. Thanks.
Must donations be in cash to qualify for tax breaks? What about donations of time, or code?
Um, this isn't a troll. The spelling is quite relevant to the GoogleFight results.
This phenomenon is called the Uncanny Valley.
Funny line about the models :)
But why are you spam-baiting someone's phone number in your sig?
At some point you need someone who can say, "This is shit." (Insert witty story about how this phrase becomes, "This product will aid growth and guarantee success in the market")
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How shit happens
In the Beginning was the plan.
And then came the assumptions.
And the assumptions were without form.
And the plan was completely without substance.
And the darkness was upon the face of the workers. And they spoke among themselves saying: "It is a crock of sh_t, and it stinketh."
And the workers went unto their supervisors, and sayeth: "It is a pail of dung, and none can abide the odor Thereof"
And the supervisors went unto their managers and sayeth unto them, "It is a container of excrement, and it is very strong, Such that none can abide it."
And the managers went unto the directors and sayeth, "It is a vessel of fertilizer, and none can abide its strength." And the directors spoke amongst themselves, saying one to another: "It contains that which aids plant growth, and is very strong."
And the directors went unto the vice presidents and sayeth to them, "It promotes growth, and is very powerful."
And the vice presidents went unto the president, and sayeth unto him, "This new plan will actively promote growth and efficiency of this company, and certain areas in particular."
And the president looked upon the plan, and saw that it was good.
And the plan became policy.
And this is how shit happens.
Why don't you put out an ad somewhere
I think he just did.
Yes. Each one I mentioned had some variation to it.
Maybe they're trying to out-Fox Fox.
Isn't this what they've done with every good show?
e to the x, dy/dx
e to the x, dy
cosine, secant, tangent, sine
three point one four one five nine
square root, cubed root, log of pi
disintegrate 'em RPI!
The RPI Cheer, you say? Interesting. My Alma Mater calls it the WPI Fight Song. And supposedly we stole it from MIT anyway
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Holy crap. After searching google, quite a few other schools call it their own:
Caltech, Georgia Tech, Rice, Purdue, Princeton, Carnegie Mellon, Rose-Hulman, Northwestern
The sad thing is that you even care. Just post and be done with it!
*sirens*
Licence and registration please.
Now just how fast do you think you were going there?
Look, sir, the law says you just can't go faster than c. I'll let you off with a warning this time, but don't let it happen again.
I know you mean to be funny, but sneakernet is very common in this situation.
I'm claiming prior art. (Also see Parent)
Asteroids with moons! Cool. Do you know of any planet-moons with moons?
I haven't seen the show, but it sounds like the writers have been reading too much Arthur C. Clarke. He's got fr1st p0st on that concept.
Very handy but doesn't always work. I did a fresh install last night and saw the "-X" tip for my networking software. It worked great, cause I don't need X to get on the Net. But emacs seems to be immune to this trick and *requires* X. And hell, my homework's already late.
For someone following along exactly, you may want to run
unset USE
afterward if you eventually will be emerging something with X in that session.
Not renting so much midget porn might be more effective.
Venezuela Express (VenEx): when it absolutely, positively has to get there overnight^W when we feel like it.
And it will take two million years to reach a star considered to be in our close neighborood.
Or much, much, longer, depending on which direction it's pointed.
Wow, you've completely missed the point of this organization. Congratulations.
Warning: profit unreachable.
:)
How true
Consider it as one step in the arms race. At least we'll have forced the spammers to use legit email addresses.
I would leave this on the train and pick up someone else's case by mistake.
Ah, but at least it would be ethical. Disagree? Many would side with you.
Yeah, I know this is (-1, Offtopic). Mod as you wish.
Meesa very appreciating yousa advice!