Correct. Not only is this in wikipedia, but the Klingon Language Institute's website also states this. I wonder if James Doohan helped out with this project, though?
The only real point to this is to show that it "can be done," which isn't a bad reason to play around with things. But as for any real "killer apps," the keyboard attachment sort of kills the PSP's original "killer app" of portability in the gaming arena,...
But,... But,... But,... the two elephants brought aboard Noah's Ark had tusks! I remember that from all those pictures of the Noah's Ark story from bible study school!!!!:-)
Peter Gibbons: You see Bob, it's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care.
Bob Porter: Don't... don't care?
Peter Gibbons: It's a problem of motivation, all right? Now if I work my ass off and Initech ships a few extra units, I don't see another dime, so where's the motivation? And here's another thing, I have eight different bosses right now.
Bob Porter: Eight?
Peter Gibbons: Eight, Bob. So that means when I make a mistake, I have eight different people coming by to tell me about it. That's my only real motivation is not to be hassled, that, and the fear of losing my job. But you know, Bob, that will only make someone work just hard enough not to get fired.
Overall, I enjoyed the first episode of BSG season 2. But I can't seem to understand the writer's logic of how the cylons could infiltrate the computer network that Lt. Cmdr. Gata set up for solving the hyperspace problem and locating the fleet. It seems to me like they just set up a simple network with small amount of PCs, connected by wires (no "wi-fi", or the BSG equivalent). If that's the case, then how the frack would the cylons even know that there was a network to hack into?!?!
Perhaps they were able to detect some type of electromagnetic signature of the computers connected to it and break in from there, but if they were able to do that, why couldn't they just attack each one of the galactica's computers separately, several episodes ago during the original battle?
Maybe Boomer put some kind of bug in the computer system? Or perhaps the cylons are just super Xc3113n7 l337 h4Xor5!;-)
Do we really want to see CmdrTaco and CowboyNeal on our TV sets? Seriously,... bad idea! Plus, there wouldn't be all that many new shows, either,... mainly just repeats, considering how many dupes we get from the slashdot "editors"!
Bob: You see, what we're trying to do is get a feeling for how people spend their time at work so if you would, would you walk us through a typical day, for you?
Peter: Yeah.
Bob: Great.
Peter: Well, I generally come in at least fifteen minutes late, ah, I use the side door - that way Lumbergh can't see me, heh - after that I sorta space out for an hour.
Bob: Da-uh? Space out?
Peter: Yeah, I just stare at my desk, but it looks like I'm working. I do that for probably another hour after lunch too, I'd say in a given week I probably only do about fifteen minutes of real, actual, work.
We're going to see individual nationalistic rivalries on Earth and in our own solar system, once we begin exploring it, until the point where we finally have concrete proof of another intelligent civilization "out there". Once that happens, we'll begin to see ourselves not just as "Americans" or "Russians" or "British" or "Iraqis" or [insert nationality here] ad nauseum,...
Once we see that there are other civilizations on other planets, we'll begin to see ourselves as citizens of the planet Earth, Sol System. Sure, we'll probably always see "sub-nationalities" below the planet level, but we'll eventually start to work together sharing the resources of our own planet (and solar system, since there apparently is no one else on the other 8 planets either).
I once knew a guy in our graduate program that got his Ph.D. without ever buying a textbook!! No joke!! This was in a Chemistry program as well. He would rely on the course handouts from the professors, and old exams from students. He occasionally went to the library, too, but utilized online journals instead. Heck, I can remember in the **early** days of graduate school, when we actually had to go to the dark cellars of the library to find and photocopy journal articles that we needed to learn the material. Today, no more... all ACS journals since 1873 are published here!:-)
People certainly will steal textbooks!!!! Perhaps K-12 books are not as high of a theft value, but college textbooks are frequently stolen, mainly because of the bookstore's buyback value at the end of the semester,... Granted, you may not make much, but if you steal the books, and pocket $20 of the steal, you just made $20!
If everything changes to an e-text, exactly at what tree can a laptop be plugged in?
They should build aesthetically-pleasing solar panel devices into major municipal parks around the country. This would also be coupled with aesthetically-pleasing wi-fi antennaes,...:-)
These teachers in universities, who make over $100,000 per year are not happy enough with their salaries.
Uh,... yeah, right! The "teachers" in universities, i.e. translated to the ones that actually do the bulk of the teaching at major, four-year public (and private) institutions, don't make anywhere near $100,000. Sure, the Dean, and Assistant Deans and other higher-ups make that much money. Plus, Professors can approach and even exceed the $100K mark as well,... but they don't do this by teaching! The ones that make real money make their money from research grants and other revenue sources. These are also the profs that might teach like 1 course per year because the don't want to waste time from their research load.
Of course, there's always the little, ahem, kickback from the publisher for requiring a particular textbook of their students, but the publishing companies aren't ***that*** nice,... There's also a few profs that write their own textbook, and if the book becomes widely accepted and used at other schools, then they can make some money. But this isn't the majority of profs,...
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They also forgot CowboyNeal ! :-)
"Admiral! There be whales here!" - Obligatory Scotty Quote
Correct. Not only is this in wikipedia, but the Klingon Language Institute's website also states this. I wonder if James Doohan helped out with this project, though?
Huh? Don't you mean Transporter Chief Miles O'Brien?
The only real point to this is to show that it "can be done," which isn't a bad reason to play around with things. But as for any real "killer apps," the keyboard attachment sort of kills the PSP's original "killer app" of portability in the gaming arena,...
It must take an awfully large dose of Viagra to cure erectile dysfunction in elephants (or would that be called elephantile dysfunction?),...
I'm not so sure the Russians even care about Soviet Russia, either,... ;-)
"Evil will always prevail, because Good is Dumb." - Dark Helmet
Bob Porter: Don't... don't care?
Peter Gibbons: It's a problem of motivation, all right? Now if I work my ass off and Initech ships a few extra units, I don't see another dime, so where's the motivation? And here's another thing, I have eight different bosses right now.
Bob Porter: Eight?
Peter Gibbons: Eight, Bob. So that means when I make a mistake, I have eight different people coming by to tell me about it. That's my only real motivation is not to be hassled, that, and the fear of losing my job. But you know, Bob, that will only make someone work just hard enough not to get fired.
Perhaps they were able to detect some type of electromagnetic signature of the computers connected to it and break in from there, but if they were able to do that, why couldn't they just attack each one of the galactica's computers separately, several episodes ago during the original battle?
Maybe Boomer put some kind of bug in the computer system? Or perhaps the cylons are just super Xc3113n7 l337 h4Xor5!
All your computer are belong to us. Somebody set us up the virus.
Sounds to me like a job for,. . . MEGA-MAID ! :-)
Commence Operation "Vacu-Suck"!
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Peter Gibbons: Well, I wouldn't exactly say I've been *missing* it, Bob.
Peter: Yeah.
Bob: Great.
Peter: Well, I generally come in at least fifteen minutes late, ah, I use the side door - that way Lumbergh can't see me, heh - after that I sorta space out for an hour.
Bob: Da-uh? Space out?
Peter: Yeah, I just stare at my desk, but it looks like I'm working. I do that for probably another hour after lunch too, I'd say in a given week I probably only do about fifteen minutes of real, actual, work.
Once we see that there are other civilizations on other planets, we'll begin to see ourselves as citizens of the planet Earth, Sol System. Sure, we'll probably always see "sub-nationalities" below the planet level, but we'll eventually start to work together sharing the resources of our own planet (and solar system, since there apparently is no one else on the other 8 planets either).
People certainly will steal textbooks!!!! Perhaps K-12 books are not as high of a theft value, but college textbooks are frequently stolen, mainly because of the bookstore's buyback value at the end of the semester,... Granted, you may not make much, but if you steal the books, and pocket $20 of the steal, you just made $20!
They should build aesthetically-pleasing solar panel devices into major municipal parks around the country. This would also be coupled with aesthetically-pleasing wi-fi antennaes,... :-)
"Where's the ANY Key?"
Uh,... yeah, right! The "teachers" in universities, i.e. translated to the ones that actually do the bulk of the teaching at major, four-year public (and private) institutions, don't make anywhere near $100,000. Sure, the Dean, and Assistant Deans and other higher-ups make that much money. Plus, Professors can approach and even exceed the $100K mark as well,... but they don't do this by teaching! The ones that make real money make their money from research grants and other revenue sources. These are also the profs that might teach like 1 course per year because the don't want to waste time from their research load.
Of course, there's always the little, ahem, kickback from the publisher for requiring a particular textbook of their students, but the publishing companies aren't ***that*** nice,... There's also a few profs that write their own textbook, and if the book becomes widely accepted and used at other schools, then they can make some money. But this isn't the majority of profs,...
There was also a hurricane near the prime recovery zone of Apollo 13 as well. That flight was loaded with lots of luck, apparently,. . .
Oh, what I would do to be a cab driver in London today! Cha-Ching!