If you've lived in a home with a septic tank, you'll notice the grass grows better over the leech field. And furthermore... you know that spot in the back yard where you bury all the bodies? Stuff grows REALLY good there! Oh come on... I can't possibly be the only one that has noticed this!
angential light would still reflect off of the object as it traveled faster than light.. the object would just appear to be longer than it really was. So, that explains it! My penis really isn't as long as I think it is -- it's just moving really, really fast!
If I could create a universe, that would make me a God, at which point, I probably wouldn't have much need for a warp drive. After all, "What does god need with a starship?"
That's a fools bet if I ever heard one. If you're wrong, you can't collect, but if you're right, there will be nobody left to collect from! Personally, I'm betting the world won't end by 2012... and if I'm wrong, well then, good luck trying to get me to pay up!
All we need to do is create an engine that generates as much energy as there was present in the entire universe a few nanoseconds after the big bang... D'oh! Yeah, coating the entire surface of the Earth with gold foil to increase its reflectivity and eliminate global warming is technically possible too -- but that doesn't mean it's going to happen!
I keep thinking that. But you know, we've had automobiles for over 100 years now, and we still haven't evolved deer, rabbits, or skunks with reflective stripes on them that help keep them from being hit by night drivers. Evolving a pedestrian with the common sense to avoid stepping in front of a 2 ton metal object moving at 60 mph may take even longer -- especially if they keep insisting on enforcing all those pedestrian-coddling traffic regulations! I'm still waiting... In the mean time, does anybody know a good solvent for removing those unsightly (and incriminating) bits of blood, hair, and skin from my front bumper?
"Instead of driving your car to work each morning, you leave your car in one place and rotate the earth until your car and workplace are at the same place. Simple, right?"
I'll believe Faster Than Light travel when I actually see it...
A good handbrake slide will catch the pedestrian better as you'll have more surface area Sure, but that requires a certain amount of skill that those not practiced in the art of "drifting" don't possess. Plus, the tire screeching it produces serves as an advance warning that gives the pedestrian more time to run away. Nope, I'll stick with the tried and true good ol' American method of "point the car in the general direction of what you want to hit", thank you very much!
At 20 by my count, your post deserves some sort of award for the most gratuitous uses of the work "fuck". CmdrTaco, can you please add a new Achievement in honor of amicusNYCL?
I say we mount spikes on the grills of our vehicles, so pedestrians will know to get the hell out of our way! Like most attempts to coddle the clueless, won't widespread adoption of this just result in even more careless pedestrians? Besides which, when I point my vehicle at someone and accelerate, I wanna make sure they die, not get thrown safely clear and live to sue me. Besides which, some people would never buy a car with this feature.
You could always try reading what they wrote. That works for me.
If I already know whether or not what they are saying is true or false, then the message contains zero information for me. This is basic information theory -- only messages that tell me something I do not already know actually contain information.
It's surprisingly easy to just ignore the trolls, you know.
Yes, but it is still a waste of my time to read enough of their messages to categorize them as trolls.
I guess my opinion is worthless, then. Wow, I'm... not bothered by that at all. Astonishing.
And well you shouldn't care what my opinion is. However, since you didn't actually post anonymously, and I can look at your remarks in the context of all other posts made with the same name, your post DOES carry a lot more weight than the average Anonymous Coward post.
Back to the original point: people are (usually) nice to each other in person because there is no anonymity; you never know when you'll run into that person again. People aren't so nice on the 'net because there is an illusion of anonymity; you can always change your name if you piss to many people off (this is not my first slashdot user id). Take away that perception of anonymity, and people would be much nicer to each other on the 'net. Who wants the online pissing contest you got into 20 years ago to suddenly come up in the context of your presidential candidacy?
Wouldn't "Robots take to the stars!" make a lot more sense? I don't need a robot to run upstairs and fetch my slippers for me -- I need a robot to explore Venus, Mars, and Europa for me!
Good grief! Won't somebody throw a bucket of water on the bitch already? I've been waiting to dance at SCO's funeral for 4 years now! In fact, the hors d'oeuvres I made for the party are really getting stale...
McDonalds is a MAJOR user of SCO Unix, and they just keep growing. As do their customers. Like the tobacco industry, adversely affecting the health of you best customers is a poor long-term strategy. Almost as bad as suing your customers. And really, why doesn't Red Hat or someone else offer an easy migration path away from SCO, now that it is no longer actively supported.
jumping to that conclusion So it is the erroneous interpretation of the data, not the public availability of the data, that is the actual problem. My argument would be that in this case you should be able to point to thousands of others that also take Lamictal and don't have bi-polar in order to defend yourself. But since that data is not publicly available, people are more likely to jump to conclusions when they snoop in your medicine cabinet, go through your trash, etc.
Now, I can understand why somebody would not want their acyclovir (Zovirax) prescription to be public knowledge, but the fact is about 30% of the population has been infected with the incurable disease that this helps alleviate, including thousands of famous politicians and celebrities. Wouldn't it be a lot less embarrassing if it was public knowledge that so many others were taking it too? One possible objection is that a black market would develop for "embarrassing" drugs. However, a black market for prescription drugs already exists, and if you think your medical information is truly "private", you are deluding yourself. Somebody rich and powerful can always get access to that information -- so why not level the playing field, and let everybody have access to the info? Haven't you ever wished you could run a quick background check on potential dating partners before jumping into bed with them, only to find out later that they are both bipolar and HIV positive? Or maybe that's just me...
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If you've lived in a home with a septic tank, you'll notice the grass grows better over the leech field. And furthermore... you know that spot in the back yard where you bury all the bodies? Stuff grows REALLY good there! Oh come on... I can't possibly be the only one that has noticed this!
angential light would still reflect off of the object as it traveled faster than light.. the object would just appear to be longer than it really was. So, that explains it! My penis really isn't as long as I think it is -- it's just moving really, really fast!
If I could create a universe, that would make me a God, at which point, I probably wouldn't have much need for a warp drive. After all, "What does god need with a starship?"
But then you'd wipe out those infinitesimal gains at the end of the day, when those same people drive back east to their homes, duh!
That's a fools bet if I ever heard one. If you're wrong, you can't collect, but if you're right, there will be nobody left to collect from! Personally, I'm betting the world won't end by 2012... and if I'm wrong, well then, good luck trying to get me to pay up!
All we need to do is create an engine that generates as much energy as there was present in the entire universe a few nanoseconds after the big bang... D'oh! Yeah, coating the entire surface of the Earth with gold foil to increase its reflectivity and eliminate global warming is technically possible too -- but that doesn't mean it's going to happen!
I keep thinking that. But you know, we've had automobiles for over 100 years now, and we still haven't evolved deer, rabbits, or skunks with reflective stripes on them that help keep them from being hit by night drivers. Evolving a pedestrian with the common sense to avoid stepping in front of a 2 ton metal object moving at 60 mph may take even longer -- especially if they keep insisting on enforcing all those pedestrian-coddling traffic regulations! I'm still waiting... In the mean time, does anybody know a good solvent for removing those unsightly (and incriminating) bits of blood, hair, and skin from my front bumper?
"Instead of driving your car to work each morning, you leave your car in one place and rotate the earth until your car and workplace are at the same place. Simple, right?"
I'll believe Faster Than Light travel when I actually see it...
A good handbrake slide will catch the pedestrian better as you'll have more surface area Sure, but that requires a certain amount of skill that those not practiced in the art of "drifting" don't possess. Plus, the tire screeching it produces serves as an advance warning that gives the pedestrian more time to run away. Nope, I'll stick with the tried and true good ol' American method of "point the car in the general direction of what you want to hit", thank you very much!
At 20 by my count, your post deserves some sort of award for the most gratuitous uses of the work "fuck". CmdrTaco, can you please add a new Achievement in honor of amicusNYCL?
Of course the British would be the first to be able to download porn at 200 Mbits/second. They are the ones that really need it!
What's so strange about "virgin speed"? In Appalachia, if she can't run faster than all her brothers, she's probably not a virgin!
When Aziz Gul Saqib, director of Kabul Zoo, was later asked "And how is the pig?" he replied, "Tasty... very tasty!"
I thought they already had them, except they refer to them as "brush guards".
he might die permanently Yeah, I hate it when they just die temporarily... damn zombies!
What is this going to do to our Death Race 2000 scores?
Man, do you know what a pain it is to clean pedestrian off the grille of your car?!?
I say we mount spikes on the grills of our vehicles, so pedestrians will know to get the hell out of our way! Like most attempts to coddle the clueless, won't widespread adoption of this just result in even more careless pedestrians? Besides which, when I point my vehicle at someone and accelerate, I wanna make sure they die, not get thrown safely clear and live to sue me. Besides which, some people would never buy a car with this feature.
You could always try reading what they wrote. That works for me.
If I already know whether or not what they are saying is true or false, then the message contains zero information for me. This is basic information theory -- only messages that tell me something I do not already know actually contain information.
It's surprisingly easy to just ignore the trolls, you know.
Yes, but it is still a waste of my time to read enough of their messages to categorize them as trolls.
I guess my opinion is worthless, then. Wow, I'm... not bothered by that at all. Astonishing.
And well you shouldn't care what my opinion is. However, since you didn't actually post anonymously, and I can look at your remarks in the context of all other posts made with the same name, your post DOES carry a lot more weight than the average Anonymous Coward post.
Back to the original point: people are (usually) nice to each other in person because there is no anonymity; you never know when you'll run into that person again. People aren't so nice on the 'net because there is an illusion of anonymity; you can always change your name if you piss to many people off (this is not my first slashdot user id). Take away that perception of anonymity, and people would be much nicer to each other on the 'net. Who wants the online pissing contest you got into 20 years ago to suddenly come up in the context of your presidential candidacy?
Wouldn't "Robots take to the stars!" make a lot more sense? I don't need a robot to run upstairs and fetch my slippers for me -- I need a robot to explore Venus, Mars, and Europa for me!
Good grief! Won't somebody throw a bucket of water on the bitch already? I've been waiting to dance at SCO's funeral for 4 years now! In fact, the hors d'oeuvres I made for the party are really getting stale...
McDonalds is a MAJOR user of SCO Unix, and they just keep growing. As do their customers. Like the tobacco industry, adversely affecting the health of you best customers is a poor long-term strategy. Almost as bad as suing your customers. And really, why doesn't Red Hat or someone else offer an easy migration path away from SCO, now that it is no longer actively supported.
What assets do they have left that are worth selling?
I bet scrap metal dealers would pay top dollar for Darl McBrides' balls!
I'd rather the trustee send SCO into the deepest depths of Hades, but I guess sending it into Chapter 7 is a good start!
Why are they going bankrupt, when they are going to be getting that $4 billion judgment from IBM any day real soon now?
jumping to that conclusion So it is the erroneous interpretation of the data, not the public availability of the data, that is the actual problem. My argument would be that in this case you should be able to point to thousands of others that also take Lamictal and don't have bi-polar in order to defend yourself. But since that data is not publicly available, people are more likely to jump to conclusions when they snoop in your medicine cabinet, go through your trash, etc.
Now, I can understand why somebody would not want their acyclovir (Zovirax) prescription to be public knowledge, but the fact is about 30% of the population has been infected with the incurable disease that this helps alleviate, including thousands of famous politicians and celebrities. Wouldn't it be a lot less embarrassing if it was public knowledge that so many others were taking it too? One possible objection is that a black market would develop for "embarrassing" drugs. However, a black market for prescription drugs already exists, and if you think your medical information is truly "private", you are deluding yourself. Somebody rich and powerful can always get access to that information -- so why not level the playing field, and let everybody have access to the info? Haven't you ever wished you could run a quick background check on potential dating partners before jumping into bed with them, only to find out later that they are both bipolar and HIV positive? Or maybe that's just me...