Damn, you beat me to the reference. Sad though, the fantasy is always a lot better than the reality. I just hope when Morgan Webb takes her top off she doesn't have a bunch of nasty warts.
Exactly. If you're having to cheat in your major, either you've picked the wrong major (and are in denial about the need to change it), or you're just incredibly lazy. You think you're cheating the school, but at the end of the day, you're really cheating yourself (especially when the day comes when you have a job and might actually need to know your stuff).
One of the proudest things I can say is that I went through an undergrad and several grad degrees and never once cheated (I would have never trusted anyone else's work as much as I trust my own work anyway). I was tempted once in a gen-ed class with an awful professor where I was going to get a "C" (not because of the material so much as the prof's awful teaching and even more awful testing practices). But even in that case, I just took the "C" and vowed to warn other students about that professor (piece of shit had tenure and hung around like a school plague).
I did witness plenty of others cheating, but they were usually not the brightest guys in the room. A fellow grad student got the boot just a few months before she was to get her Masters when she got caught plagiarizing a paper (they went back and found that she had been plagiarizing almost all her stuff for some time, even on her Master's thesis). I felt more sorry for these people than angry at them, though.
If it's one thing that has always amazed me about Germany, it's the drive that Germans have towards reducing even the most complex of concepts to a single word--however many syllables it involves. There are single words in German that require entire paragraphs in English to translate.
Some people may worry that a laser this powerful could be used to build some sort of spaced-based precision bomber. But don't worry, you'd have to get someone to build you optics for a phase conjugate target tracking system to do something like that. And no one is stupid enough to do that without realizing the implications.
Yeah, you can make someone a lot happier with a lobotomy too. And stupid people who don't *use* their brains are often amused by the human equivalent of shiny keys (aka "reality television"). And people who drug themselves into a brainless stupor are are often in a complete euphoria (even a rat-infested, filthy trailer becomes paradise with just a little dab of meth).
But the rest of us, stuck with all of our fully-functional brains, are forced to sometimes contemplate serious matters that aren't so happy. Sure, we sometimes get depressed. But humanity probably wouldn't make much scientific, intellectual, or cultural progress if everyone was walking around every day drugged-up and lobotomized, with stupid goddamn grins on their faces.
It's funny, not long ago I was watching the 1984 movie Runaway, where it was assumed that we were just a few years away from robots intelligent enough to babysit our kids. Cut to 25 years later and my Roomba still gets stuck in corners and can't even climb a stair.
Considering the way Anakin was portrayed in those movies, I imagine it would take more than one bottle for anyone to want to sleep with him. I never thought I would see a human actor outclassed by CGI creatures, but there you go.
They now update the proxy block list by the hour, and monitor all the proxy lists pretty closely. The only way I know of to get around it is to use a home computer as proxy or VPN. But that's obviously not going to work if the blocker is at the country level. Unless you could get a friend in another country to set up a proxy just for you (and not publicize it to anyone else), that would be tough to get around.
No, in the original 1980-1986 "trilogy of trilogies" plan (the reason they added the "Episode IV" to the title sequence of Star Wars in 1981) Lucas was going to produce three sets of movies of three each (three prequels and three sequels to the originals)--with R2D2 and C3PO being the only characters to consistently appear in all three sets of films. I think either you're joking or you got the "Han and Leia's kids fighting the emperor" things from the (much later) books--or from some Lucas revisionism (he's been about half-batshit crazy for many years now and makes all kinds of claims that contradict both his earlier statements and interviews from those who worked with him during the time of the originals).
These days "Much darker than its predecessor" has become Hollywood doublespeak. It means nothing. "This Harry Potter movie will be much darker than the last one" is just the studio's way of trying to get more adults to come see it (at the end of the day, it still ends up being the same PG-13 rated CGI-fest).
Here's a good rule of thumb, if they have to *say* it's much darker, it probably isn't. If you want to see if it's just doublespeak, ask the simple follow-up question "But it's still suitable for kids, right?" If they fall over themselves saying yes, then you know the "much darker" thing is just a con.
A Nazi official said that the new "Final Solution" plan is meant to boost the railroad industry and help build positive relations between Jews and the Gestapo.
You forgot the next step--ISP's will start actively blocking proxies and proxy list sites. It's only a matter of time before it happens in the U.S. too. And geeks who say that such blocks are trivial to get around have never had to deal with well-maintained blockers like Websense.
#1 it's not about computers with Microsoft it's OS... that is... you can buy any PC you want... as long as it has windows.
Well you had better tell that to all the companies that sell PC's with Linux. In fact, I bought a Asus netbook just a little over a year ago with Linux pre-installed. Even long-standing Windows stalwart Dell offers Linux on at least some models.
With Windows, you have all the choice in the world--install it or don't on just about anything. With OS X you have exactly two choices--Apple or nothing. And "marketshare" has nothing to do with anti-competitive behavior. MS wasn't charged by the EU and others with having too much marketshare, they were accused of anti-competitive behavior. I think that charge was unfair. And, if that ruling wasn't unfair, then the EU and the MS critics are certainly being unfair in not applying the same standards to Apple that they applied to MS.
If you need a computer that runs windows software, and you can't spend hours upon hours of configuration or you can't spend $1000 on the cheapest iMac or Macbook along with a license to windows, you have to buy a windows machine.
Uh, you are not only completely wrong on that--you've got it BACKWARDS. MS sells Windows as a stand-alone product, which you are free to install on any Mac (ever hear of Bootcamp?) or any other computer you wish. However, the opposite it NOT true. Apple will not let you install OS X on anything but their machines. With Windows, you are free to buy any computer you wish (including an Apple) and use or not use Windows on it. With OS X you MUST buy an Apple--other computers are not allowed and they will sue the shit out of you if you even try to make a computer that will run their OS.
MS isn't the one playing hardball with the competition here. Apple is.
Oh, please enlighten us with a convoluted definition that somehow includes MS but excludes Apple. Not that it matters, MS wasn't charged with being a monopoly, they were charged with anti-competitive practices. And I can't imagine anything more anti-competitive than the Apple Store as it exists today. Imagine if MS suddenly told you that Windows software will now only let you install MS-approved software and then banned alternative browsers like Firefox and Opera from even being installed on Windows. There would be an uproar (nd rightly so). But that is exactly what Apple is doing in more and more of their products.
They do with iPod's and iPhone's. iPod probably has more market share today among MP3 players than Windows does with OS's. And at least Windows lets you run competing and non-MS-approved software (unlike most of Apple's recent devices).
Since when has MS ever forced anyone to buy its OS? There have always been alternatives out there (even better ones, like the OS/2 Warp on my first computer that blew Win 3.1 out of the water). Just because they're the most popular doesn't mean MS forces anyone to put it on their systems.
And, you're right. There is a big difference between MS's dealings with OEM's and Apple's complete lockdown of its competition. Apple is much worse. Just try producing an Apple clone or putting OS X on your non-Apple computer sometime and find out Apple treats OEM's that dare to cross *THEM*.
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You can always spin off a subscription-only alternative (with some added perks for subscribers like no ads at all). This may or may not make enough money to support the free version. If it does, great. If not, you could always shutter the free version and say "Sorry freeloaders." There are a lot of people willing to pay a premium for a good service (just look at all the subscribers to/.). But realistically, if someone is a freeloader and isn't willing to look at ads to begin with--you're not going to change their nature just by making even more annoying ads (you're just going to drive away a lot of other people who might actually be willing to pay for a premium ad-free version). If you have to dump the freeloaders at some point, I don't think it will be a big loss.
Yeah, it would also be better if there was no war; everyone had basic necessities like food, shelter, and healthcare; and everyone had someone to love and to love them. I mean, if we're going to dream, might as well cover it all.
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Damn, you beat me to the reference. Sad though, the fantasy is always a lot better than the reality. I just hope when Morgan Webb takes her top off she doesn't have a bunch of nasty warts.
Exactly. If you're having to cheat in your major, either you've picked the wrong major (and are in denial about the need to change it), or you're just incredibly lazy. You think you're cheating the school, but at the end of the day, you're really cheating yourself (especially when the day comes when you have a job and might actually need to know your stuff).
One of the proudest things I can say is that I went through an undergrad and several grad degrees and never once cheated (I would have never trusted anyone else's work as much as I trust my own work anyway). I was tempted once in a gen-ed class with an awful professor where I was going to get a "C" (not because of the material so much as the prof's awful teaching and even more awful testing practices). But even in that case, I just took the "C" and vowed to warn other students about that professor (piece of shit had tenure and hung around like a school plague).
I did witness plenty of others cheating, but they were usually not the brightest guys in the room. A fellow grad student got the boot just a few months before she was to get her Masters when she got caught plagiarizing a paper (they went back and found that she had been plagiarizing almost all her stuff for some time, even on her Master's thesis). I felt more sorry for these people than angry at them, though.
If it's one thing that has always amazed me about Germany, it's the drive that Germans have towards reducing even the most complex of concepts to a single word--however many syllables it involves. There are single words in German that require entire paragraphs in English to translate.
Some people may worry that a laser this powerful could be used to build some sort of spaced-based precision bomber. But don't worry, you'd have to get someone to build you optics for a phase conjugate target tracking system to do something like that. And no one is stupid enough to do that without realizing the implications.
And no matter how much Tom Cruise tries, it can't cure gay.
Yeah, you can make someone a lot happier with a lobotomy too. And stupid people who don't *use* their brains are often amused by the human equivalent of shiny keys (aka "reality television"). And people who drug themselves into a brainless stupor are are often in a complete euphoria (even a rat-infested, filthy trailer becomes paradise with just a little dab of meth).
But the rest of us, stuck with all of our fully-functional brains, are forced to sometimes contemplate serious matters that aren't so happy. Sure, we sometimes get depressed. But humanity probably wouldn't make much scientific, intellectual, or cultural progress if everyone was walking around every day drugged-up and lobotomized, with stupid goddamn grins on their faces.
It's funny, not long ago I was watching the 1984 movie Runaway, where it was assumed that we were just a few years away from robots intelligent enough to babysit our kids. Cut to 25 years later and my Roomba still gets stuck in corners and can't even climb a stair.
Considering the way Anakin was portrayed in those movies, I imagine it would take more than one bottle for anyone to want to sleep with him. I never thought I would see a human actor outclassed by CGI creatures, but there you go.
They now update the proxy block list by the hour, and monitor all the proxy lists pretty closely. The only way I know of to get around it is to use a home computer as proxy or VPN. But that's obviously not going to work if the blocker is at the country level. Unless you could get a friend in another country to set up a proxy just for you (and not publicize it to anyone else), that would be tough to get around.
No, "Much darker" is an R rating.
Either that or it means they didn't light the scenes properly.
No, in the original 1980-1986 "trilogy of trilogies" plan (the reason they added the "Episode IV" to the title sequence of Star Wars in 1981) Lucas was going to produce three sets of movies of three each (three prequels and three sequels to the originals)--with R2D2 and C3PO being the only characters to consistently appear in all three sets of films. I think either you're joking or you got the "Han and Leia's kids fighting the emperor" things from the (much later) books--or from some Lucas revisionism (he's been about half-batshit crazy for many years now and makes all kinds of claims that contradict both his earlier statements and interviews from those who worked with him during the time of the originals).
These days "Much darker than its predecessor" has become Hollywood doublespeak. It means nothing. "This Harry Potter movie will be much darker than the last one" is just the studio's way of trying to get more adults to come see it (at the end of the day, it still ends up being the same PG-13 rated CGI-fest).
Here's a good rule of thumb, if they have to *say* it's much darker, it probably isn't. If you want to see if it's just doublespeak, ask the simple follow-up question "But it's still suitable for kids, right?" If they fall over themselves saying yes, then you know the "much darker" thing is just a con.
A Nazi official said that the new "Final Solution" plan is meant to boost the railroad industry and help build positive relations between Jews and the Gestapo.
Vegas is the best. Blows Premiere out of the water, IMHO. Give me Vegas over Final Cut Pro any day of the week.
I'm OS/2. It's cold here and I need a hug.
You forgot the next step--ISP's will start actively blocking proxies and proxy list sites. It's only a matter of time before it happens in the U.S. too. And geeks who say that such blocks are trivial to get around have never had to deal with well-maintained blockers like Websense.
For the same reason that MS should be forced to put a competitor's browser in their OS in the EU, I suppose.
Well you had better tell that to all the companies that sell PC's with Linux. In fact, I bought a Asus netbook just a little over a year ago with Linux pre-installed. Even long-standing Windows stalwart Dell offers Linux on at least some models.
With Windows, you have all the choice in the world--install it or don't on just about anything. With OS X you have exactly two choices--Apple or nothing. And "marketshare" has nothing to do with anti-competitive behavior. MS wasn't charged by the EU and others with having too much marketshare, they were accused of anti-competitive behavior. I think that charge was unfair. And, if that ruling wasn't unfair, then the EU and the MS critics are certainly being unfair in not applying the same standards to Apple that they applied to MS.
Uh, you are not only completely wrong on that--you've got it BACKWARDS. MS sells Windows as a stand-alone product, which you are free to install on any Mac (ever hear of Bootcamp?) or any other computer you wish. However, the opposite it NOT true. Apple will not let you install OS X on anything but their machines. With Windows, you are free to buy any computer you wish (including an Apple) and use or not use Windows on it. With OS X you MUST buy an Apple--other computers are not allowed and they will sue the shit out of you if you even try to make a computer that will run their OS.
MS isn't the one playing hardball with the competition here. Apple is.
Oh, please enlighten us with a convoluted definition that somehow includes MS but excludes Apple. Not that it matters, MS wasn't charged with being a monopoly, they were charged with anti-competitive practices. And I can't imagine anything more anti-competitive than the Apple Store as it exists today. Imagine if MS suddenly told you that Windows software will now only let you install MS-approved software and then banned alternative browsers like Firefox and Opera from even being installed on Windows. There would be an uproar (nd rightly so). But that is exactly what Apple is doing in more and more of their products.
They do with iPod's and iPhone's. iPod probably has more market share today among MP3 players than Windows does with OS's. And at least Windows lets you run competing and non-MS-approved software (unlike most of Apple's recent devices).
Since when has MS ever forced anyone to buy its OS? There have always been alternatives out there (even better ones, like the OS/2 Warp on my first computer that blew Win 3.1 out of the water). Just because they're the most popular doesn't mean MS forces anyone to put it on their systems. And, you're right. There is a big difference between MS's dealings with OEM's and Apple's complete lockdown of its competition. Apple is much worse. Just try producing an Apple clone or putting OS X on your non-Apple computer sometime and find out Apple treats OEM's that dare to cross *THEM*.
You can always spin off a subscription-only alternative (with some added perks for subscribers like no ads at all). This may or may not make enough money to support the free version. If it does, great. If not, you could always shutter the free version and say "Sorry freeloaders." There are a lot of people willing to pay a premium for a good service (just look at all the subscribers to /.). But realistically, if someone is a freeloader and isn't willing to look at ads to begin with--you're not going to change their nature just by making even more annoying ads (you're just going to drive away a lot of other people who might actually be willing to pay for a premium ad-free version). If you have to dump the freeloaders at some point, I don't think it will be a big loss.
Yeah, it would also be better if there was no war; everyone had basic necessities like food, shelter, and healthcare; and everyone had someone to love and to love them. I mean, if we're going to dream, might as well cover it all.