I'm sorry, but what did I write that read like "Please start a PC versus console argument with me?" Seriously, I'd like to avoid it in the future. Was is something phonetic?
If I want to go to Mexico, I'll just travel in and out with the illegal aliens, because the same federal government that wants to subject law abiding citizens (doing their traveling all above board) to microscopic scrutiny is also doing fuck all about undocumented border crossings.
I agree with you. I was more annoyed that the puck seemed to rank worse than the rootkit, but in hindsight I don't think they were in any sort of real order.
Not for those of us who went from PS2 to XBox 360, which I suspect is a good chunk of folks. I never got to play KOTOR for example (has that made the list yet?), and the fun I'm having with Mass Effect makes me want to go check out earlier Bioware offerings. I also finally got to play Morrowind (after loving Oblivion) thanks to the backward compatibility. Heck, I only just played Halo *1* this year.:)
At least you can swap in another mouse in a few seconds. OS X has supported two buttons from the beginning which is why those that still complain about one button get pushed around and dirt put in their hair.
And a successful lander on fricken' Titan. Everyone seems to forget that one, which I personally think kicks the ass of every other space endeavor out there. That was international cooperation at its best: American spacecraft and ESA lander.
I think that Mario 64 did the best mix of levels and "seamless" play that's been done
All marred by a wonky camera, sadly. The kind that makes you fall off the thin bridge into the bottomless pit when it rotates without warning, and other joy dampening events.
I never had an N64, so I downloaded SM64 onto my Wii. Yeesh. Years of full and proper camera control have spoiled me, I guess. I've got 15 stars and beat Bowser's first encounter, and I'll keep at it because it is quite fun when the camera isn't arguing with me, but it's not the immortal classic I was expecting.
Neither do nuke plants not called Chernobyl being run in a proper manner.
the fact that its been a long time since a Chernobyl disaster does not mean it can never happen.
"We can't do anything that isn't 100% safe!" is not a practical way to run a civilization. The risk can be reduced and managed.
whenever people tell me that US reactors are 100% incapable of having such problems, I'm reminded of the assurances that the twin towers were designed to withstand a plane hitting them.
They were designed to withstand the *impact*, not having planes slice through them and blast a raging kerosene based jet fuel fire into their innards. Despite what the conspiracy lunatics claim, the *fire* led to the collapse. No one thought to design for that because architects are generally not batshit insane fundamentalists.
In the UK, the nuclear industry has been caught lying through its teeth on pretty much every topic. they are not trusted, and with good reason.
"Some folks over here lied about stuff, therefore we can never trust a totally different group of people around the world" is not a practical way to run a civilization.
I think the chances of another chernobyl are very very low myself, but concerns about nuclear waste,
A political and engineering problem. The recycling of fuel was banned by that sanctimonious son of a bitch President Carter, and newer types of reactors simply produce little waste.
proliferation,
Of what? Nuke plants across the US? If you mean terrorists, then "We can't do this because of the small chance terrorists may get some" is not a practical way to run a civilization.
and the insane cost
Again, new tech and some standardization will fix this. France is, what, 75 to 80 percent nuclear? This works. We have a real world example.
huge history of UK govt subsidies to nuclear,
Relevance?
combined with the fact that we waste a stupid proportion of our energy at the moment,
Granted, but that's not a reason not to plan for the future. We can enact better conservation AND build nuke plants. It's not an either-or thing.
means I'm still opposed to new nuclear.
But your reasons are either irrelevant to the issue or out of date.
When we start seeing some vague concern about fuel efficiency in domestic appliances and new building design as a matter of routine, I'll accept that we have done what we need to do and might have to look at undesirable energy sources. This is not yet the case.
Again, we don't have to choose one or the other. I'm sorry, but this is a silly POV, and not a practical way to run a civilization. We can build nuclear plants, find ways to be more efficient, continue trying to get solar more efficient and explore many other things.
Your comment's kinda funny, but if you look at the Asian markets, they have 10x more choices than the US cell phone market as well as being years ahead technologically.
So?
Maybe I want the option of paying for things at a vending machine with my phone...maybe I don't. Or a browser. Or touchscreen. Or 3D. Or video.
*shrug*
Or monkeys.
OK, that one I"ll give you. When Apple releases the iPhone with free helper monkey, I'm so there.
A few would be willing to give up the right for the rest of their lives for one million dollars."
My price is $2 million. I could retire to Belize and not give a shit what the Mental Institution (read: government) does. With the investment income from that I could afford to have a stable of whores who get regular medical checkups.
Yes, that's all I care about at this point: retirement and whores. I blame society for giving me anything better to care about.:-P
Although I do have a good net worth of my own now in the upper half of six digits, so I might take the one mil is that was the final offer.
Infidel! The Slashdot Manifesto states quite clearly that the USA is the most evil entity ever to appear in the history of the Universe. We're all living in a police state. In fact, the Bushstaoppo police will be breaking down my door just for posting this. Any minute now. Mmmmmmyep. Riiiiiiiiiight.... now. No, now. Hmmm. Must be caught in traffic.
Anyway, Slashdot is the rag tag rebel fleet fighting the Evil Empire so geeks can feel like they have meaning in their lives instead of frittering it away on obscure Linux distros, spending more hours configuring MythTV than actually watching TV and comic books.
I shall now huff and puff at you for several minutes for being so ideologically impure!
Sadly, Giuliani is hurting from his buddy being a criminal. I was pushing for him to win the primaries because the religious freaks have stated they will break off into their own party if he did, thus completely marginalizing them. But then I think even Pat "9/11 was God's punishment" Robertson was able to add 2 and 2 so he came out and supported Giuliani to head off a defection. Dammit!
I've become an utter misanthrope. I've stopped caring what happens to my fellow citizens. I'm working hard, investing carefully, keeping my head down, and retiring early at age 50. And then I an fucking out of this place to somewhere with warm beaches and cheap but lovely whores.
I've dubbed it Rag Tag Rebel Syndrome. It's similar Munchausen Syndrome. It's people who deeply want to be some sort of subversive rebel fighting the Empire. I figure it's a direct result of a childhood in a *relatively* trouble free and lackadasial part of the world. There's nothing really to fight against in the West. Oh, there's plenty of issues and controversies and politics, but nothing really meaty anymore like civil rights or sufferage or slavery or other "E" Ticket struggles of the past.
I may seek a grant to study it. Maybe the NSA will give me one.:-)
Slashdot Mirror
The best thing about this story is that the study was done in Japan, and therefore my tax dollars did not pay for it.
I'm sorry, but what did I write that read like "Please start a PC versus console argument with me?" Seriously, I'd like to avoid it in the future. Was is something phonetic?
If I want to go to Mexico, I'll just travel in and out with the illegal aliens, because the same federal government that wants to subject law abiding citizens (doing their traveling all above board) to microscopic scrutiny is also doing fuck all about undocumented border crossings.
I agree with you. I was more annoyed that the puck seemed to rank worse than the rootkit, but in hindsight I don't think they were in any sort of real order.
Not for those of us who went from PS2 to XBox 360, which I suspect is a good chunk of folks. I never got to play KOTOR for example (has that made the list yet?), and the fun I'm having with Mass Effect makes me want to go check out earlier Bioware offerings. I also finally got to play Morrowind (after loving Oblivion) thanks to the backward compatibility. Heck, I only just played Halo *1* this year. :)
At least you can swap in another mouse in a few seconds. OS X has supported two buttons from the beginning which is why those that still complain about one button get pushed around and dirt put in their hair.
And a successful lander on fricken' Titan. Everyone seems to forget that one, which I personally think kicks the ass of every other space endeavor out there. That was international cooperation at its best: American spacecraft and ESA lander.
I think that Mario 64 did the best mix of levels and "seamless" play that's been done
All marred by a wonky camera, sadly. The kind that makes you fall off the thin bridge into the bottomless pit when it rotates without warning, and other joy dampening events.
I never had an N64, so I downloaded SM64 onto my Wii. Yeesh. Years of full and proper camera control have spoiled me, I guess. I've got 15 stars and beat Bowser's first encounter, and I'll keep at it because it is quite fun when the camera isn't arguing with me, but it's not the immortal classic I was expecting.
the only thing left is to actually convince a human woman to go in there with you
She's already in the (presumably) big and expensive house. This is just more display of wealth to make her wet.
Money makes anyone sexy to women. It works the same as alcohol for men.
I always struggled to focus through a microscope as a kid
:)
Uh, you turn the focusing knob until it's focused?
I had a microscope for my entire childhood. Never seemed to have a problem in this department. It was my very own tiny insect battle arena.
Coal plants don't give Chernobyl style disasters.
Neither do nuke plants not called Chernobyl being run in a proper manner.
the fact that its been a long time since a Chernobyl disaster does not mean it can never happen.
"We can't do anything that isn't 100% safe!" is not a practical way to run a civilization. The risk can be reduced and managed.
whenever people tell me that US reactors are 100% incapable of having such problems, I'm reminded of the assurances that the twin towers were designed to withstand a plane hitting them.
They were designed to withstand the *impact*, not having planes slice through them and blast a raging kerosene based jet fuel fire into their innards. Despite what the conspiracy lunatics claim, the *fire* led to the collapse. No one thought to design for that because architects are generally not batshit insane fundamentalists.
In the UK, the nuclear industry has been caught lying through its teeth on pretty much every topic. they are not trusted, and with good reason.
"Some folks over here lied about stuff, therefore we can never trust a totally different group of people around the world" is not a practical way to run a civilization.
I think the chances of another chernobyl are very very low myself, but concerns about nuclear waste,
A political and engineering problem. The recycling of fuel was banned by that sanctimonious son of a bitch President Carter, and newer types of reactors simply produce little waste.
proliferation,
Of what? Nuke plants across the US? If you mean terrorists, then "We can't do this because of the small chance terrorists may get some" is not a practical way to run a civilization.
and the insane cost
Again, new tech and some standardization will fix this. France is, what, 75 to 80 percent nuclear? This works. We have a real world example.
huge history of UK govt subsidies to nuclear,
Relevance?
combined with the fact that we waste a stupid proportion of our energy at the moment,
Granted, but that's not a reason not to plan for the future. We can enact better conservation AND build nuke plants. It's not an either-or thing.
means I'm still opposed to new nuclear.
But your reasons are either irrelevant to the issue or out of date.
When we start seeing some vague concern about fuel efficiency in domestic appliances and new building design as a matter of routine, I'll accept that we have done what we need to do and might have to look at undesirable energy sources. This is not yet the case.
Again, we don't have to choose one or the other. I'm sorry, but this is a silly POV, and not a practical way to run a civilization. We can build nuclear plants, find ways to be more efficient, continue trying to get solar more efficient and explore many other things.
Your comment's kinda funny, but if you look at the Asian markets, they have 10x more choices than the US cell phone market as well as being years ahead technologically.
So?
Maybe I want the option of paying for things at a vending machine with my phone...maybe I don't. Or a browser. Or touchscreen. Or 3D. Or video.
*shrug*
Or monkeys.
OK, that one I"ll give you. When Apple releases the iPhone with free helper monkey, I'm so there.
Maybe the next set of bums will be better, but it's usually only a matter of degrees
Yeah, zero degrees.
Pre-election:
Democrats: Vote us in. We'll rein in the war and bring science back to government!
Me: Well, OK...
Post-election:
Me: So what now?
Democrats: We're going to rape you in the ass, passing though your wallet on the way.
A few would be willing to give up the right for the rest of their lives for one million dollars."
:-P
My price is $2 million. I could retire to Belize and not give a shit what the Mental Institution (read: government) does. With the investment income from that I could afford to have a stable of whores who get regular medical checkups.
Yes, that's all I care about at this point: retirement and whores. I blame society for giving me anything better to care about.
Although I do have a good net worth of my own now in the upper half of six digits, so I might take the one mil is that was the final offer.
So... who's offering?
Another cell phone! Woot! The market was so sparse!
Maybe they can release an MP3 player next! Boo-yeah! Or a WW2 FPS game!
Really, how many "vast" conspiracies were ever really proven?
:-P
Four words:
Milli. Vanilli. Lip. Synching.
So there!
Infidel! The Slashdot Manifesto states quite clearly that the USA is the most evil entity ever to appear in the history of the Universe. We're all living in a police state. In fact, the Bushstaoppo police will be breaking down my door just for posting this. Any minute now. Mmmmmmyep. Riiiiiiiiiight.... now. No, now. Hmmm. Must be caught in traffic.
Anyway, Slashdot is the rag tag rebel fleet fighting the Evil Empire so geeks can feel like they have meaning in their lives instead of frittering it away on obscure Linux distros, spending more hours configuring MythTV than actually watching TV and comic books.
I shall now huff and puff at you for several minutes for being so ideologically impure!
I mean, seeing as how the passing fad of radios and audio systems in cars died out and all.
I wonder if it starts suffering compression losses if enough cars drive over it?
HA! I crack me up!
or are they all just hoping for a ride on the Number Six?
For the cost of an "E ticket"? Sure, I'll give it a whirl.
I can foresee famous hot women licensing the rights to their likenesses for big money.
The only true "no strings attached" sex is going to be with robots.
Well, I was being mostly facetious. Mostly. :)
Sadly, Giuliani is hurting from his buddy being a criminal. I was pushing for him to win the primaries because the religious freaks have stated they will break off into their own party if he did, thus completely marginalizing them. But then I think even Pat "9/11 was God's punishment" Robertson was able to add 2 and 2 so he came out and supported Giuliani to head off a defection. Dammit!
I've become an utter misanthrope. I've stopped caring what happens to my fellow citizens. I'm working hard, investing carefully, keeping my head down, and retiring early at age 50. And then I an fucking out of this place to somewhere with warm beaches and cheap but lovely whores.
flamebaiting troll of a Eurotrash snob and I have no idea how you were ever modded so high
Are you kidding? That's an automatic +10 mod around here. You need 6 mod downs just to make a visible dent.
Don't let it bother you. Islam will utterly pwn the EU within 20 years or less, and guys like the OP will be dead in an unmarked ditch.
I've dubbed it Rag Tag Rebel Syndrome. It's similar Munchausen Syndrome. It's people who deeply want to be some sort of subversive rebel fighting the Empire. I figure it's a direct result of a childhood in a *relatively* trouble free and lackadasial part of the world. There's nothing really to fight against in the West. Oh, there's plenty of issues and controversies and politics, but nothing really meaty anymore like civil rights or sufferage or slavery or other "E" Ticket struggles of the past.
:-)
I may seek a grant to study it. Maybe the NSA will give me one.
I'm sending them a resume. It sounds like a fascinating project.
Hitler
Bing! Bing! Bing! Bing! Bing! That's this thread's secret word! You win!!!