What a crappy thing to say. Before anyone gets excited the above poster is a troll and an anonymous coward who probably wishes he had (or will have) education a tenth as cool as that.
Mariokart and Monkey ball are always classics. Simple yet entertaining. (I haven't played the new mariokart, it looks more complex, but I have high hopes for when I finally get around to getting it.
... two weeks ago. A 15" G4 AL laptop w/ a superdrive. It is god's machine. This is by far the coolest computer I've ever owned. The ease and utility of a mac and the versatility and power of unix. It is like NeXT reincarnated and better. In the last twenty years, no offense bill, but M$ has gone from bad to worse. Linux is still cool, however.
See, he doesn't want to get caught like poppy lacking the "vision thing".
But he is only following his fathers direction. You see in 1989, Bush made front page news by announcing.... A mars mission! By 2019! Link here.
Hmm, I frankly stunned at this new initiative. It surprises me that son immediately wanted to follow father into Iraq, and, now follow father with mars... I dunno I wouldn't go to far with the follow father thing...
(potentially offensive blanket statements follow) I found that in High School, doing better work that required independent thought even though it was not assigned was, in almost every case, not understood and often treated critically. In my experience, at the University the opposite was true. The example above is perfect because it illustrates how, in some cases, following the instructions is more important than actually learning. I never followed instructions well either and my high school grades show it.
You sound a bit sarchastic toward the protesting community. I have to say that the 1 out of 100 odds for the space shuttle don't bode well for the argument that it is safe.
I'm not worried about the clean launches. What I'm worried about is the very dirty explosions (UF4 all over the place). I agree with the previous poster on spending money on the space elevator. Lets skip the flying dirty bombs.
Marketing for this has been a little misdirected. After reading the article, it sounds like this is going to be a Pay-Per-View (Game?) on demand game console. Unlike every game console of the past, this is more like a cable box or a TIVO. First of all, thier market is going to be successful if they can make online games fly. Also, there is a real question of costs. $300-500 bucks for the hardware, $10/month for the service, $45/month for broadband, plus the cost of games? Good luck. If they give away the hardware and only charge a monthly fee (with a contract) then it might see more support, IMO. Also, what if it can't connect? Does it break? Can I download games and then take it to my cabin in the himalayas? What if the company goes bankrupt? Does it break then? My NES still works, as does my atari 2600. Honestly, this sounds worse than WebTV because with WebTV at least you got the internet.
Prediction: This gets most of its money through hotels and related outfits. Also will look much like the movie (with adult stuff) menus from said hotels.
Buying a PCjr. (Actually my dad made that mistake, and got it for me for christmas, about a month before IBM discontinued production. Fortunately, it had real keys at that point. Heh)
Do you have any idea how much taxes/road construction, gas, pollution, etc cost? If not you need to rethink. Jesus, did you ever consider that the big,dig had to be built underground because of cars? Either way, public transit is *way* less expensive than cars. Sorry, try again,
Honestly, I've been a pc fan for years. Installed slackware in '94, owned a pc jr, a 286, 386, 486, and pentium. Love x86. Just got os x and an ipod. HOLY SHIT! This is the coolest geek set of toys I've ever seen.
That said, I think the iPOD design isn't perfect, a little too stylish, but overall, mac has become the geek choice of cool (overnight, with os x, IMO) I remember in 92 asking a mac relative to show me the mac shell. Heh. Now with os x, bash! tcsh! very cool.
Deep down, I somewhere in me the 100 for a new battery doesn't concern me. Why do we put up with MS?
Whatever. I just said what I believed, and honestly, I'm not sure which part you think is "propaganda." Who really is more mindless? The person who says what he believes or the one who points and calls him a mindless propagator of propaganda? To perhaps clarify, all I said was: 1) I don't support bush or the war. 2) Saddam killed 5,000 civilians with chemical weapons. 3) I don't care what the nature of Saddam's trial is, as long has he is guilty.
(First of all, calling the kurdish civilians a threat to national security is a stretch. And I'm a little offended by your suggestion. And to suggest that genocidal actions is in some cases justified is apalling on many levels.) But besides that, that wasn't my point. My point was that, like a captain on a sinking ship, Saddam must go down with his ship. Life isn't necessarily fair, and even if he had to do it (which is doubtful) he must pay the consequences. He killed thousands (civilians remember) at his command. It sucked for them, and in my opinion, Saddam killed himself when he killed his people.
On a similar note, I'm beginning to wonder if Saddam is a bit of a coward on a personal level. I'm really surprised that he was captured alive. (Remember his son committed suicide) I mean the guy was hiding in a hole with cash? WTF? We know he is paranoid (given how much he kills) but if he really followed through with his actions and meant what he says, he would be dead. IMO.
Fair trial? Are you trolling? As far as I'm concerned, the only fair trial he gets are the DNA tests that prove his identity. I'm not really a supporter of the war and I'm *definately* not a supporter of Bush. But, that man (saddam) ordered the gasing that killed 5,000 civilians of his own people. I don't care how complicated the middle east and world politics are. I hope the trial is a circus, and a good one. And I can guarantee that his end will be too good for him.
Most of biology gets its energy from passing electrons around from higher energy states to lower energy states, including you. Remember the NASA mars life claims from 1997 (or whenever), they argued that the rock had nodes of biologically derived magnetite. Similar stuff.
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-Sean
What a crappy thing to say. Before anyone gets excited the above poster is a troll and an anonymous coward who probably wishes he had (or will have) education a tenth as cool as that.
redundant, but funny ......
Mariokart and Monkey ball are always classics. Simple yet entertaining. (I haven't played the new mariokart, it looks more complex, but I have high hopes for when I finally get around to getting it.
-Sean
... two weeks ago. A 15" G4 AL laptop w/ a superdrive. It is god's machine. This is by far the coolest computer I've ever owned. The ease and utility of a mac and the versatility and power of unix. It is like NeXT reincarnated and better. In the last twenty years, no offense bill, but M$ has gone from bad to worse. Linux is still cool, however.
-Sean
What about getting off of mars once you are on it? The moon may be harder to reach, but it sure is a lot easier to leave.
-Sean
Who is going to pay for all of this?
I'm not sure. But I know one thing for sure. Halliburton's going to get it.
-Sean
See, he doesn't want to get caught like poppy lacking the "vision thing".
.... A mars mission! By 2019! Link here.
But he is only following his fathers direction. You see in 1989, Bush made front page news by announcing
Hmm, I frankly stunned at this new initiative. It surprises me that son immediately wanted to follow father into Iraq, and, now follow father with mars... I dunno I wouldn't go to far with the follow father thing...
-Sean
(potentially offensive blanket statements follow) I found that in High School, doing better work that required independent thought even though it was not assigned was, in almost every case, not understood and often treated critically. In my experience, at the University the opposite was true. The example above is perfect because it illustrates how, in some cases, following the instructions is more important than actually learning. I never followed instructions well either and my high school grades show it.
-Sean
You sound a bit sarchastic toward the protesting community. I have to say that the 1 out of 100 odds for the space shuttle don't bode well for the argument that it is safe.
-Sean
I'm not worried about the clean launches. What I'm worried about is the very dirty explosions (UF4 all over the place). I agree with the previous poster on spending money on the space elevator. Lets skip the flying dirty bombs.
-Sean
Marketing for this has been a little misdirected. After reading the article, it sounds like this is going to be a Pay-Per-View (Game?) on demand game console. Unlike every game console of the past, this is more like a cable box or a TIVO. First of all, thier market is going to be successful if they can make online games fly. Also, there is a real question of costs. $300-500 bucks for the hardware, $10/month for the service, $45/month for broadband, plus the cost of games? Good luck. If they give away the hardware and only charge a monthly fee (with a contract) then it might see more support, IMO. Also, what if it can't connect? Does it break? Can I download games and then take it to my cabin in the himalayas? What if the company goes bankrupt? Does it break then? My NES still works, as does my atari 2600. Honestly, this sounds worse than WebTV because with WebTV at least you got the internet.
Prediction: This gets most of its money through hotels and related outfits. Also will look much like the movie (with adult stuff) menus from said hotels.
-Sean
Buying a PCjr. (Actually my dad made that mistake, and got it for me for christmas, about a month before IBM discontinued production. Fortunately, it had real keys at that point. Heh)
-Sean
Do you have any idea how much taxes/road construction, gas, pollution, etc cost? If not you need to rethink. Jesus, did you ever consider that the big ,dig had to be built underground because of cars? Either way, public transit is *way* less expensive than cars. Sorry, try again,
-Sean
Honestly, I've been a pc fan for years. Installed slackware in '94, owned a pc jr, a 286, 386, 486, and pentium. Love x86. Just got os x and an ipod. HOLY SHIT! This is the coolest geek set of toys I've ever seen.
That said, I think the iPOD design isn't perfect, a little too stylish, but overall, mac has become the geek choice of cool (overnight, with os x, IMO) I remember in 92 asking a mac relative to show me the mac shell. Heh. Now with os x, bash! tcsh! very cool.
Deep down, I somewhere in me the 100 for a new battery doesn't concern me. Why do we put up with MS?
-Sean
Its in the summary: Space Adventures. You don't think they are doing this for free, huh?
I listen to the radio. NPR. I commute and get my news on the way to work each morning.
-Sean
Hmm, frankly, thats very interesting. Thanks for pointing that out to me (and the rest of /.).
your mindless propagation of propaganda.
Whatever. I just said what I believed, and honestly, I'm not sure which part you think is "propaganda." Who really is more mindless? The person who says what he believes or the one who points and calls him a mindless propagator of propaganda? To perhaps clarify, all I said was: 1) I don't support bush or the war. 2) Saddam killed 5,000 civilians with chemical weapons. 3) I don't care what the nature of Saddam's trial is, as long has he is guilty.
-Sean
Quote from my original post: I'm not really a supporter of the war and I'm *definately* not a supporter of Bush.
The US is far from innocent in many matters, IMO. That doesn't make the capture and trial of Saddam unimportant. Nor does it make Saddam innocent.
-Sean
You are correct, the list of embarrasing things on US hands over the 20-30 years is too long to count.
He might have been responsible for gassing civillian kurds and that is certainly an atrocity.
That was exactly my point. I guess my brain is too small to realize when such an action is justified, no matter what the world political climate is.
-Sean
(First of all, calling the kurdish civilians a threat to national security is a stretch. And I'm a little offended by your suggestion. And to suggest that genocidal actions is in some cases justified is apalling on many levels.) But besides that, that wasn't my point. My point was that, like a captain on a sinking ship, Saddam must go down with his ship. Life isn't necessarily fair, and even if he had to do it (which is doubtful) he must pay the consequences. He killed thousands (civilians remember) at his command. It sucked for them, and in my opinion, Saddam killed himself when he killed his people.
On a similar note, I'm beginning to wonder if Saddam is a bit of a coward on a personal level. I'm really surprised that he was captured alive. (Remember his son committed suicide) I mean the guy was hiding in a hole with cash? WTF? We know he is paranoid (given how much he kills) but if he really followed through with his actions and meant what he says, he would be dead. IMO.
-Sean
Fair trial? Are you trolling? As far as I'm concerned, the only fair trial he gets are the DNA tests that prove his identity. I'm not really a supporter of the war and I'm *definately* not a supporter of Bush. But, that man (saddam) ordered the gasing that killed 5,000 civilians of his own people. I don't care how complicated the middle east and world politics are. I hope the trial is a circus, and a good one. And I can guarantee that his end will be too good for him.
-Sean
Most of biology gets its energy from passing electrons around from higher energy states to lower energy states, including you. Remember the NASA mars life claims from 1997 (or whenever), they argued that the rock had nodes of biologically derived magnetite. Similar stuff.
-Sean