"Houston, this is Commander Mark E. Kelly reporting in over the crystal clear Verizon Communications Network. The launch was extremely smooth because of our Quaker State oil used used in our Rocketdyne engines. While we're sipping on our ice cold Red Bulls in celebration, we'd like to say we're looking forward to that frosty Budweiser beer when we get back to earth. We're sure those Goodyear Tires will help is in a smooth landing, and meanwhile we're using our Snap On tools to make the final adjustments to the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer. I'd like to thank our sponsors NAPA Auto Parts and Home Depot for the ExPRESS Logistics Carrier 3 we're going to deploy, and a big shout out to GEICO for insuring the trip..."
An uncle once told me an odd story. He, his wife, and a group of friends went to Vegas on a mission. They took two hourly slots each, 24 hours, and played one machine. No - don't ask me why, it was just something "fun" to do. They even had other patrons cheering them on! When all players had taken their turn they calculated their winnings. To a hundredths percentage point it matched exactly what the casino said it payed out on slots. It was for the entertainment, not the winnings.
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If you're playing poker with friends and don't wake up smelling of beer and cigarettes, you're just not doing it right.
Ontopic
For those of you who play online poker, what reassurance do you get that there aren't four guys sitting in the same room trying to fleece a fifth out of his money? Do the online games somehow detect this?
I remember being in Vegas many years ago. A guy walked up to my friend and I shuffling cards. His Stetson hat was worth than my car. He said "Boys, you want to play a little poker?" I'm not ashamed to say we ran away crying like little girls. That's kind of the way I view online poker.
I found Mercedes Lackey's Chanur series to be riveting when I was young. There is some politics, but the action scenes (and there are a LOT) leave you breathless and dead beat fatigued (in sympathy with the main characters.)
And I really do have to recommend the Narnia series. If they're Christian - great, they'll get the allegory. But if not, it's just a ripping good series of fantasy novels.
Thank you! I couldn't believe I went through all the posts and everyone was talking like Internet2 is a thing. Internet2 is a "non-profit consortium which develops and deploys advanced network applications and technologies." What everyone is referring to here is called the Abilene Network."
We can't do this _every_ year because the reason the Voyagers made it out so far was gravity assist.
But I agree, I'd like to see NASA funding going to a lot of smaller projects like this than one behemoth one.
This is kind of what I was thinking. I remember when I installed my first Linux firewall-router-etc system.
"Ooo! L00k at m3 I inst@ll teh UN1X! I am l33t L1nux dud3 now!!!!!11!1!11oneoneone"
Begin server install. Choose the following servers to install and expose to the internet...
Apache, MySQL, PHP, Telnet, tftp, etc.
"Ooo!!1! l33t L1nux dud3s like m3 want ALL teh servers! Inst@ll th3m @ll!!!11!!1!!"
And what you end up with is a system more vulnerable to the internet than if you just hooked your system up raw.
{sigh} I was so young and naive. Now I'm old and naive...
if you point a gun at my head, and threaten me, and then put a gun in my hands, you'd be in a "bad" place.
Well, no. Not if he gave your 'comrade' the clip of ammo and said "Run 100 yards. Load the weapon. Fire. If you stop before then, we shoot both of you."
Which is kind of how I think it really went.
And I wonder if the same might not have been done in the Chinese Sub incident.
"You are lead sub. Behind you are three similar subs with live torpedoes. Go into the middle of their fleet and surface or we will shoot you."
(Tongue firmly in cheek.)
I can't remember where I heard this, if it was an interview or an article, but Joel said it best when he said "When we write a joke, we never ask who's going to get this. We always say, the right people will get this."
That being said, being from Minnesota I caught a lot of Minnesota-themed jokes. I always wondered if anyone else got them. Or even cared. I know when I didn't get a joke because of some obscure reference, I just let it slide and waited for the next one.
Reminds me of Joe Haldeman's The Forever War. They made the soldiers swear at the drill sergeants thinking it would improve moral. It just became lame to them after a short while...
Actually, the individual treaties the tribes follow define their relationship with the US Federal Government. For 99% of the reservations, it is easier to picture them as an individual state than a sovereign nation. Meaning, they can vote for the US President, serve in the US military as a citizen, etc. I'm too lazy to look it up, but I believe their are some reservations on the US-Canada border that have treaties that make them more like a sovereign nation.
Excuse my ignorance, but this open source licensing still confuses me. Can a distribution have both BSD-type and GPL-type licenses bundled together? Could there be a potential conflict in the mechanics of how both are used?
I received one too. An item I had won had already shipped, but this e-mail claimed I had lost the auction. It had my name and the item I had bought in the email. The E-bay ID number of the transaction didn't match, but it looked incredibly realistic.
Dateline: Cleveland
"In a bizarre story coming out of Ohio, A Mr. Johanson allegedly went on a shooting spree. He shot out every window in his house, blasted his mailbox, walked down to the corner gas station and shot up a pump, shot out several street lights, and finally shot up a section of fiber cable. When finally captured and confronted by police, he claimed he was cleaning his rifle when it accidently went off."
{Nods to George Carlin as the source of this joke...}
Out of curiousity, what would they use to get the additional images? Did we (or someone else) have a satellite that could have been repositioned to look over the shuttle in detail? Or do we have stuff on the ground that can see that kind of detail from an object in space?
I know now they have a lot more cameras on the shuttle itself, and they do the "flip" just before they dock at the station.
Favorite Line. This is from memory so may not be 100%
Joel: "Let's all tell each other our Christmas wishes. Mine is for world peace."
Servo: "I wish everybody could have a puppy."
Crow: "I want to decide who lives and who dies!"
Joel (in his deadpan voice): "Oh, I don't know Crow..."
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25,000 euros? What a waste. Just throw a couple Mr. Yuck stickers on the front door and call it a day.....
We should have blown it up. Just for practice.,..
"Houston, this is Commander Mark E. Kelly reporting in over the crystal clear Verizon Communications Network. The launch was extremely smooth because of our Quaker State oil used used in our Rocketdyne engines. While we're sipping on our ice cold Red Bulls in celebration, we'd like to say we're looking forward to that frosty Budweiser beer when we get back to earth. We're sure those Goodyear Tires will help is in a smooth landing, and meanwhile we're using our Snap On tools to make the final adjustments to the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer. I'd like to thank our sponsors NAPA Auto Parts and Home Depot for the ExPRESS Logistics Carrier 3 we're going to deploy, and a big shout out to GEICO for insuring the trip..."
An uncle once told me an odd story. He, his wife, and a group of friends went to Vegas on a mission. They took two hourly slots each, 24 hours, and played one machine. No - don't ask me why, it was just something "fun" to do. They even had other patrons cheering them on! When all players had taken their turn they calculated their winnings. To a hundredths percentage point it matched exactly what the casino said it payed out on slots. It was for the entertainment, not the winnings.
Offtopic
If you're playing poker with friends and don't wake up smelling of beer and cigarettes, you're just not doing it right.
Ontopic
For those of you who play online poker, what reassurance do you get that there aren't four guys sitting in the same room trying to fleece a fifth out of his money? Do the online games somehow detect this?
I remember being in Vegas many years ago. A guy walked up to my friend and I shuffling cards. His Stetson hat was worth than my car. He said "Boys, you want to play a little poker?" I'm not ashamed to say we ran away crying like little girls. That's kind of the way I view online poker.
I found Mercedes Lackey's Chanur series to be riveting when I was young. There is some politics, but the action scenes (and there are a LOT) leave you breathless and dead beat fatigued (in sympathy with the main characters.)
And I really do have to recommend the Narnia series. If they're Christian - great, they'll get the allegory. But if not, it's just a ripping good series of fantasy novels.
Thank you! I couldn't believe I went through all the posts and everyone was talking like Internet2 is a thing.
Internet2 is a "non-profit consortium which develops and deploys advanced network applications and technologies." What everyone is referring to here is called the Abilene Network."
Excellent alternative!
1. Pour Coke into tank
2. Drop in several Mentos tablets
3. Take off using cheap, alternative fuel
4. ???
5. Profit!
Oh, for some mod points. Both of these are hilarious!!!!
We can't do this _every_ year because the reason the Voyagers made it out so far was gravity assist.
But I agree, I'd like to see NASA funding going to a lot of smaller projects like this than one behemoth one.
This is kind of what I was thinking. I remember when I installed my first Linux firewall-router-etc system.
"Ooo! L00k at m3 I inst@ll teh UN1X! I am l33t L1nux dud3 now!!!!!11!1!11oneoneone"
Begin server install. Choose the following servers to install and expose to the internet...
Apache, MySQL, PHP, Telnet, tftp, etc.
"Ooo!!1! l33t L1nux dud3s like m3 want ALL teh servers! Inst@ll th3m @ll!!!11!!1!!"
And what you end up with is a system more vulnerable to the internet than if you just hooked your system up raw.
{sigh} I was so young and naive. Now I'm old and naive...
if you point a gun at my head, and threaten me, and then put a gun in my hands, you'd be in a "bad" place.
Well, no. Not if he gave your 'comrade' the clip of ammo and said "Run 100 yards. Load the weapon. Fire. If you stop before then, we shoot both of you."
Which is kind of how I think it really went.
And I wonder if the same might not have been done in the Chinese Sub incident.
"You are lead sub. Behind you are three similar subs with live torpedoes. Go into the middle of their fleet and surface or we will shoot you."
(Tongue firmly in cheek.)
Hey Cheesey, I think you've started a new meme here!
"Dude, do a couple beads for crying out loud!"
I can't remember where I heard this, if it was an interview or an article, but Joel said it best when he said "When we write a joke, we never ask who's going to get this. We always say, the right people will get this."
That being said, being from Minnesota I caught a lot of Minnesota-themed jokes. I always wondered if anyone else got them. Or even cared. I know when I didn't get a joke because of some obscure reference, I just let it slide and waited for the next one.
Reminds me of Joe Haldeman's The Forever War. They made the soldiers swear at the drill sergeants thinking it would improve moral. It just became lame to them after a short while...
Actually, the individual treaties the tribes follow define their relationship with the US Federal Government. For 99% of the reservations, it is easier to picture them as an individual state than a sovereign nation. Meaning, they can vote for the US President, serve in the US military as a citizen, etc. I'm too lazy to look it up, but I believe their are some reservations on the US-Canada border that have treaties that make them more like a sovereign nation.
Excuse my ignorance, but this open source licensing still confuses me. Can a distribution have both BSD-type and GPL-type licenses bundled together? Could there be a potential conflict in the mechanics of how both are used?
Darn, I already posted or I would have modded this up.
Here's the report (14 MB PDF.)
For reference. I found these here.
Coal-fired plants - 49.0 percent
Nuclear plants - 19.8 percent
Natural gas-fired plants - 19.2 percent
Petroleum-fired plants - 1.8 percent
Conventional hydroelectric power - 7.1 percent
Solar, wind, etc - 3.1 percent
I received one too. An item I had won had already shipped, but this e-mail claimed I had lost the auction. It had my name and the item I had bought in the email. The E-bay ID number of the transaction didn't match, but it looked incredibly realistic.
Actually, there is almost no drag in a supersonic submarine. They plan to use a concept called Supercavitation.
Dateline: Cleveland
"In a bizarre story coming out of Ohio, A Mr. Johanson allegedly went on a shooting spree. He shot out every window in his house, blasted his mailbox, walked down to the corner gas station and shot up a pump, shot out several street lights, and finally shot up a section of fiber cable. When finally captured and confronted by police, he claimed he was cleaning his rifle when it accidently went off."
{Nods to George Carlin as the source of this joke...}
Out of curiousity, what would they use to get the additional images? Did we (or someone else) have a satellite that could have been repositioned to look over the shuttle in detail? Or do we have stuff on the ground that can see that kind of detail from an object in space?
I know now they have a lot more cameras on the shuttle itself, and they do the "flip" just before they dock at the station.
Favorite Line. This is from memory so may not be 100%
Joel: "Let's all tell each other our Christmas wishes. Mine is for world peace."
Servo: "I wish everybody could have a puppy."
Crow: "I want to decide who lives and who dies!"
Joel (in his deadpan voice): "Oh, I don't know Crow..."
That brings to mind Wallace and Gromit in "The Wrong Trousers". Great stuff!