Didn't you always want more people to tell jokes that you found funny
I would love to be able to say "Assuming a spherical cow..." and have it understood that the next thing to come out of my mouth will be an oversimplification. I tried it once, and had to tell the joke, and explain the joke. It ended up being not very funny, and I would have been better off avoiding the simplification in the first place:/
This is offtopic for this thread, and most of the others I've read, here, but since I've got the text box open: I think it's best if "geek culture," whatever that is, is properly mixed in with the rest of culture. Someone here wrote something about 'more people' getting together and getting things done, but if those people all have the same skillset, then the size of the group will tend to have diminishing returns. Taking team sports as an example, you have the athletes on the field, each of which will have their own strengths (QB vs. lineman vs. kicker, etc). Then you have referees enforcing the rules. You have the coaches running things, each in their own style. You have the fans, of all kinds, enjoying the game (or not). You have announcers, statisticians, owners, advertisers, marketers, ticket scalpers, fantasy team managers, equipment and merchandise manufacturers, video crews (further subdivision, compare a camera guy to a producer) and most importantly (bias mine), groundskeepers. It takes all of these different kinds of people (Many of which are really some kind of geek, with strong interest and focus on their particular part in the game) to make the sport what it is. 12 Goalies does not a hockey game make, and I'm thinking that too many Oppenheimers spoils The Gadget.
I thought pacemakers uploaded the data through the net to the doctors.
Upload? Maybe, but you can't kill a guy by reading his heart rate. Control and monitoring are two separate functions, and any system that is important and dangerous will keep them as such.
You are right to wonder. I was just hoping that this aide was talking out of his ass, and this is the first thing that he thought of. One seriously hopes that these things have an air gap protecting them, but the "need" for this bill (Taking it at face value, for the sake of this point) seems to indicate otherwise.
Or just, you know, learn to drive. I don't see anything about the car that makes Coward's comment worth the pixels it's printed on. I've driven a Geo Metro, a Frieghtliner, and a nice selection in between, and I can't say that I would complain about the light weight if it meant that the road salt didn't destroy the body before I was done with the rest of the car. On the off chance that someone does manage to put me in the ditch, it'd take, what, two people or a lawn tractor to pull it back out? Sold.
I was going for flippant, but cute will do.
You didn't ask for good, useful, or efficient.
I actually thought, when I read the Slashdot headline, that the donuts were the story.
Maybe next week.
The point to that should-be-insightful comment is that if people like myself made their own damn sandwiches once in a while instead of dropping by the BK to buy a corn-burger and 48oz carbonated corn syrup, we might actually have a buck or two at the end of the month.
I have half an excuse on that particular count, which is that the grocery stores don't like 5 ton trucks hanging out in their parking lots.
That post doesn't seem to imply that the 'decent' player is the zune, just that it's not the ipod. I wouldn't own either one, and would define decent as "having variable speed playback of.MP3s and.OGGs, and is not tied in any way to any specific website or piece of software, excepting, of course, the standard for whatever kind of port that connects it to my computer."
You got the day of the week right, but you say that the host is good and that he holds your attention? So, which one is 'the' host? Does his brother bore you?
Zippo was my first thought. Too bad for their planned non-obsolescence...
Certainly the rare-to-have-shipped-so-many statement does not refer to consumables, but they couldn't be more specific because the consumers are supposed to be keeping up with the pace. Likewise the phones
I'd spend hours working and at the end of it might just about be able to pluck out "twinkle twinkle little star".
That's pretty much how it works.
Proficiency is not inborn.
This is why it's called 'band class' in 6th grade, and 'wind ensemble' in high school. These things take time.
If it is true that you would love to play an instrument, then I strongly encourage you to do so, but I've got no advice on getting started, having done so myself in said band class with a hand-me-down instrument. Guitar is, however, probably better suited to independent learning.
"how about mobile broadband?"
I see you've never been to VT.
A lot of people don't like the idea of ugly towers sticking out the tops of their nice Green Mountains, so a lot of people vote No on cell expansion.
Figure in the billboard ban, and "Heaven" is just the right word for it.
"Seriously, do you know any shop, market stall, or random bloke at all who would sell you a pirate copy of photoshop, or any other PC software?"
I can't say I "know" the guy, but it's pretty common for people to advertise $10-$20 copies of PC Miler at truck stops. There are a couple other options for commercial route planning, but I gather PC Miler doesn't have an online registration. I'm pretty sure the dude ain't a terrorist, though.
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Hey, thanks. I am now the proud owner of a lumpy ball of paper and tape.
Didn't you always want more people to tell jokes that you found funny
I would love to be able to say "Assuming a spherical cow..." and have it understood that the next thing to come out of my mouth will be an oversimplification. I tried it once, and had to tell the joke, and explain the joke. It ended up being not very funny, and I would have been better off avoiding the simplification in the first place :/
This is offtopic for this thread, and most of the others I've read, here, but since I've got the text box open: I think it's best if "geek culture," whatever that is, is properly mixed in with the rest of culture.
Someone here wrote something about 'more people' getting together and getting things done, but if those people all have the same skillset, then the size of the group will tend to have diminishing returns.
Taking team sports as an example, you have the athletes on the field, each of which will have their own strengths (QB vs. lineman vs. kicker, etc). Then you have referees enforcing the rules. You have the coaches running things, each in their own style. You have the fans, of all kinds, enjoying the game (or not). You have announcers, statisticians, owners, advertisers, marketers, ticket scalpers, fantasy team managers, equipment and merchandise manufacturers, video crews (further subdivision, compare a camera guy to a producer) and most importantly (bias mine), groundskeepers. It takes all of these different kinds of people (Many of which are really some kind of geek, with strong interest and focus on their particular part in the game) to make the sport what it is. 12 Goalies does not a hockey game make, and I'm thinking that too many Oppenheimers spoils The Gadget.
Freedom costs a buck o' five.
I thought pacemakers uploaded the data through the net to the doctors.
Upload? Maybe, but you can't kill a guy by reading his heart rate. Control and monitoring are two separate functions, and any system that is important and dangerous will keep them as such.
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You are right to wonder. I was just hoping that this aide was talking out of his ass, and this is the first thing that he thought of. One seriously hopes that these things have an air gap protecting them, but the "need" for this bill (Taking it at face value, for the sake of this point) seems to indicate otherwise.
a kill switch for newspapers or TV.
Or as much sense...
I'm sure they'd love to have it.
Or just, you know, learn to drive. I don't see anything about the car that makes Coward's comment worth the pixels it's printed on. I've driven a Geo Metro, a Frieghtliner, and a nice selection in between, and I can't say that I would complain about the light weight if it meant that the road salt didn't destroy the body before I was done with the rest of the car. On the off chance that someone does manage to put me in the ditch, it'd take, what, two people or a lawn tractor to pull it back out? Sold.
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/businesswire/2009/10/14/businesswire130175625_print.html
And the ruler?
I was going for flippant, but cute will do.
You didn't ask for good, useful, or efficient.
I actually thought, when I read the Slashdot headline, that the donuts were the story.
Maybe next week.
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/03/donutsolar.html
When is the last time your friendly local ATM made a mistake?
The point to that should-be-insightful comment is that if people like myself made their own damn sandwiches once in a while instead of dropping by the BK to buy a corn-burger and 48oz carbonated corn syrup, we might actually have a buck or two at the end of the month.
I have half an excuse on that particular count, which is that the grocery stores don't like 5 ton trucks hanging out in their parking lots.
Plus, I'm retarded and have poor planning skills.
That post doesn't seem to imply that the 'decent' player is the zune, just that it's not the ipod. .MP3s and .OGGs, and is not tied in any way to any specific website or piece of software, excepting, of course, the standard for whatever kind of port that connects it to my computer."
I wouldn't own either one, and would define decent as "having variable speed playback of
You got the day of the week right, but you say that the host is good and that he holds your attention? So, which one is 'the' host? Does his brother bore you?
Whut tha hell? What's up with the slash-roll? Where do I complain?
Zippo was my first thought. Too bad for their planned non-obsolescence...
Certainly the rare-to-have-shipped-so-many statement does not refer to consumables, but they couldn't be more specific because the consumers are supposed to be keeping up with the pace. Likewise the phones
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Thank you.
That is all.
Blendtec(R)
I'd spend hours working and at the end of it might just about be able to pluck out "twinkle twinkle little star".
That's pretty much how it works. Proficiency is not inborn. This is why it's called 'band class' in 6th grade, and 'wind ensemble' in high school. These things take time. If it is true that you would love to play an instrument, then I strongly encourage you to do so, but I've got no advice on getting started, having done so myself in said band class with a hand-me-down instrument. Guitar is, however, probably better suited to independent learning.
(and this 'Cold' refers to something like mean velocity of the particles, not temperature)
I understood that to be the definition of temperature.
"how about mobile broadband?" I see you've never been to VT. A lot of people don't like the idea of ugly towers sticking out the tops of their nice Green Mountains, so a lot of people vote No on cell expansion. Figure in the billboard ban, and "Heaven" is just the right word for it.
"Seriously, do you know any shop, market stall, or random bloke at all who would sell you a pirate copy of photoshop, or any other PC software?" I can't say I "know" the guy, but it's pretty common for people to advertise $10-$20 copies of PC Miler at truck stops. There are a couple other options for commercial route planning, but I gather PC Miler doesn't have an online registration. I'm pretty sure the dude ain't a terrorist, though.
#rm -r -f / tmp/dir
/home /phaedrus.old
Why does that look so familiar?
Oh, yeah;
rm -rf
Thank freshmeat for unrm