God was in heaven looking down on a platoon of Green Berets. They're running all-out, in perfect sync, singing "...the fighting men, of the Green Berets..."
Satan says to him, "Well, that's impressive. But how would they look with just half that great brain you gave them?"
Platoon slows to half speed and starts singing "...I wanna be an Airborne Ranger..."
Satan says "Okay, still pretty good. But how would they look with no brain at all?"
Platoon stops, stares around, and yells "Semper Fi!!"
We've become so used to the idea that ALL consumer electronics are made in sweatshops that we're down to comparing whose sweatshop is the *least* nightmarish? That's more than a little sad, no?
Wouldn't it be nice to have just one consumer electronics manufacturer that made all their stuff in the first-world and paid their workers decent wages? It might be nice to have at least one TV, DVD player and cellphone option that I didn't have to feel guilty about. I'm getting a little sick of thinking of how many third-world people had to be exploited just so I could get a 52" LCD for $1,500 instead of $1,700. I mean saving the $200 is nice, admittedly, but not at the expense of dumping mercury into some Chinese town's river water, or working some 12-year-old for 16 hour days.
Couldn't countries at least require that imported goods be manufactured at their own minimum wage?
Might call the 80's the era of the first affordable home computers. Commodore, Texas Instruments, Atari, etc. were the first companies to actually make affordable priced home computers for the consumer (costing hundreds of $ vs. thousands).
It's not like the people who've been pirating for the last ten years are just going to say to themselves "Hey, let's go back to the way it was in the 90's and forget that we've gotten used to not paying for our movies and getting them instantly!" just because of some raid. And as long as there are pirates sailing the high seas, *someone* will be there to sell them boats.
It's intended to carry heavy loads for long treks and have enough autonomy to follow soldiers around, listen to voice commands and navigate autonomously
Except for the "navigate autonomously" part, that sounds like a Marine.
Did you know that, in the 12 hours since Cary Sherman posted his editorial, over 10,000 Americans have lost their jobs? Clearly this man must be stopped before he destroys our economy! And that's why I urge you to support the Stop Cary Sherman/Super-Patriot/I Love America/Support Out Children Act. To do anything less is to deny our children a future of hope and prosperity!
Yes there are more women over 30yrs old looking and easy. But they usually come with baggage, divorces and kids.
I would like to *strongly* echo that point--OH MY GOD, DO THEY COME WITH BAGGAGE! Expect to spend years listening to her complain about every disastrous relationship in her past, each of which she will unfairly take out on you. You get to deal with her kids (who hate you), her ex-husband (who is jealous of you, doesn't want you around his kids, doesn't pay his child support on time, and shows up drunk/high to randomly cause trouble), her old boyfriends (who all seem to be drug dealers and ex-cons, and all of whom want to hook up with her again), that one batshit-crazy girl she dated during her lesbian phase (who's even crazier than her old boyfriends), her family (none of whom she gets along with, and all of whom seem to hate you), the ghost of every guy who she WISHES she had married but didn't/couldn't, and about a metric ton of other unresolved shit (including some uncle touching her hoo-ha in 5th grade, which she blames for every subsequent problem in her life).
Geez, #1 sounds a lot like "I want to you listen to me prattle on and on about how my day went, and that bitch at work who I don't like. In fact, I want you to listen to me for all eternity. But I'm never going to have sex with you, not ever."
If you're developing for the web, I've also found that Firefox has pretty good javascript debugging built in (go to tools: web developer: error console). Not as good as a full IDE, but a lot better than trying to do it manually.
Match.com was busted for actually sending their employees on dates with clients, and all online dating sites are are chock-full of fake profiles generated by the staff and/or spammers who will throw a bone every now and then for the sake of realism.
The reality is that it's almost impossible for these sites to maintain anything like a 50/50 female/male ratio without somehow gaming the system. Go to any real world dating event and you'll find something similar. Women are recruited, offered free admission, etc. just to get enough of them to show up--while guys are lined up around the block.
It's a sad statement about a larger reality in society, there are always more desperate men than women. The good looking, rich, charismatic guys tend to juggle multiple women while the dumpy guys often get zilch. Meanwhile, the women are holding out for (and fighting over) Prince Charming (i.e. the good-looking, rich, charismatic guy) and all-too-often ignoring the nice but not-so-princely peasants.
Not saying the same thing doesn't happen the other way around sometimes too (guys will often focus way too much attention on physical attributes, to their detriment). But it still usually results in more desperate men than women.
Free and open materials for a complete undergraduate university education.
I love that vision, but I don't think Houghton Mifflin and all those universities that make money off their bookstores are going down without a fight.
BTW, on a related note, has anyone else noticed that a lot of universities now are requiring students to not only buy books, but also access codes to course websites? My niece is taking undergrad classes and had to spend about $200 extra on these course codes during her first semester to access MANDATORY class websites (one of them was "MyMathPlus," I remember). Seems like a pretty sleazy way to make even more money for someone.
From everything I've heard, Iran is a modern, very prosperous country. It's hard to cut through all the bullshit and propaganda on both sides anytime you're dealing with a country that's at odds with the U.S., but I've known two people who went there who said they were welcomed very warmly as Americans and that quality of life there was pretty much the same as any European country.
It is simply a terrible state of affairs that high value and relatively low cost probe programs are being cut when we have politicians talking about a much more expensive manned mars mission
I bolded the key word there. Politicians know damned well that no manned mission is ever going to happen. They're just talking about it for show. Take a hard look at what's actually happening on the ground at NASA and you'll get a sense of the REAL situation. Looks like someone (the President or Congress, or both) is preparing to take a serious axe to NASA's budget.
One of the articles talks about rumors of MAJOR cuts forthcoming at NASA (in the 50+% range) for the 2013 budget. If that's true, it explains why they've been gutting so many programs recently. It's likely that the administration has had this in the works for at least the last year or two. And with cuts like that, it's not like NASA is going to have much choice. They've already cut the shuttle program and taken a big hit on the Webb telescope. It's likely they'll cut a bunch of other stuff before they're done (wouldn't even surprise me if they abandon ISS ahead of schedule).
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It's too early to predict what the 2010s will be about
I'm praying for "Era of women finally finding computer nerds hot."
Old Army joke:
God was in heaven looking down on a platoon of Green Berets. They're running all-out, in perfect sync, singing "...the fighting men, of the Green Berets..."
Satan says to him, "Well, that's impressive. But how would they look with just half that great brain you gave them?"
Platoon slows to half speed and starts singing "...I wanna be an Airborne Ranger..."
Satan says "Okay, still pretty good. But how would they look with no brain at all?"
Platoon stops, stares around, and yells "Semper Fi!!"
They could even slap a "No 13-year-olds were ripped out of school to make this piece of shit for a little cheaper" sticker on it.
We've become so used to the idea that ALL consumer electronics are made in sweatshops that we're down to comparing whose sweatshop is the *least* nightmarish? That's more than a little sad, no?
Wouldn't it be nice to have just one consumer electronics manufacturer that made all their stuff in the first-world and paid their workers decent wages? It might be nice to have at least one TV, DVD player and cellphone option that I didn't have to feel guilty about. I'm getting a little sick of thinking of how many third-world people had to be exploited just so I could get a 52" LCD for $1,500 instead of $1,700. I mean saving the $200 is nice, admittedly, but not at the expense of dumping mercury into some Chinese town's river water, or working some 12-year-old for 16 hour days.
Couldn't countries at least require that imported goods be manufactured at their own minimum wage?
Might call the 80's the era of the first affordable home computers. Commodore, Texas Instruments, Atari, etc. were the first companies to actually make affordable priced home computers for the consumer (costing hundreds of $ vs. thousands).
It's not like the people who've been pirating for the last ten years are just going to say to themselves "Hey, let's go back to the way it was in the 90's and forget that we've gotten used to not paying for our movies and getting them instantly!" just because of some raid. And as long as there are pirates sailing the high seas, *someone* will be there to sell them boats.
It's intended to carry heavy loads for long treks and have enough autonomy to follow soldiers around, listen to voice commands and navigate autonomously
Except for the "navigate autonomously" part, that sounds like a Marine.
You forgot the hair metal guys in the 80's.
Did you know that, in the 12 hours since Cary Sherman posted his editorial, over 10,000 Americans have lost their jobs? Clearly this man must be stopped before he destroys our economy! And that's why I urge you to support the Stop Cary Sherman/Super-Patriot/I Love America/Support Out Children Act. To do anything less is to deny our children a future of hope and prosperity!
Yes there are more women over 30yrs old looking and easy. But they usually come with baggage, divorces and kids.
I would like to *strongly* echo that point--OH MY GOD, DO THEY COME WITH BAGGAGE! Expect to spend years listening to her complain about every disastrous relationship in her past, each of which she will unfairly take out on you. You get to deal with her kids (who hate you), her ex-husband (who is jealous of you, doesn't want you around his kids, doesn't pay his child support on time, and shows up drunk/high to randomly cause trouble), her old boyfriends (who all seem to be drug dealers and ex-cons, and all of whom want to hook up with her again), that one batshit-crazy girl she dated during her lesbian phase (who's even crazier than her old boyfriends), her family (none of whom she gets along with, and all of whom seem to hate you), the ghost of every guy who she WISHES she had married but didn't/couldn't, and about a metric ton of other unresolved shit (including some uncle touching her hoo-ha in 5th grade, which she blames for every subsequent problem in her life).
Geez, #1 sounds a lot like "I want to you listen to me prattle on and on about how my day went, and that bitch at work who I don't like. In fact, I want you to listen to me for all eternity. But I'm never going to have sex with you, not ever."
I've had nightmares like that.
If you're developing for the web, I've also found that Firefox has pretty good javascript debugging built in (go to tools: web developer: error console). Not as good as a full IDE, but a lot better than trying to do it manually.
Happiness is a differential function
You, sir, hereby win slashdot.
Match.com was busted for actually sending their employees on dates with clients, and all online dating sites are are chock-full of fake profiles generated by the staff and/or spammers who will throw a bone every now and then for the sake of realism.
The reality is that it's almost impossible for these sites to maintain anything like a 50/50 female/male ratio without somehow gaming the system. Go to any real world dating event and you'll find something similar. Women are recruited, offered free admission, etc. just to get enough of them to show up--while guys are lined up around the block.
It's a sad statement about a larger reality in society, there are always more desperate men than women. The good looking, rich, charismatic guys tend to juggle multiple women while the dumpy guys often get zilch. Meanwhile, the women are holding out for (and fighting over) Prince Charming (i.e. the good-looking, rich, charismatic guy) and all-too-often ignoring the nice but not-so-princely peasants.
Not saying the same thing doesn't happen the other way around sometimes too (guys will often focus way too much attention on physical attributes, to their detriment). But it still usually results in more desperate men than women.
I just got a picture in my head of a man telling his girlfriend "I shouldn't NEED to tell you that I want to watch football, you should KNOW it."
Free and open materials for a complete undergraduate university education.
I love that vision, but I don't think Houghton Mifflin and all those universities that make money off their bookstores are going down without a fight.
BTW, on a related note, has anyone else noticed that a lot of universities now are requiring students to not only buy books, but also access codes to course websites? My niece is taking undergrad classes and had to spend about $200 extra on these course codes during her first semester to access MANDATORY class websites (one of them was "MyMathPlus," I remember). Seems like a pretty sleazy way to make even more money for someone.
I think they meant the American alphabet.
From everything I've heard, Iran is a modern, very prosperous country. It's hard to cut through all the bullshit and propaganda on both sides anytime you're dealing with a country that's at odds with the U.S., but I've known two people who went there who said they were welcomed very warmly as Americans and that quality of life there was pretty much the same as any European country.
I can confidently tell you that we've narrowed down our search (based on IP addresses) to a grandmother in a seniors home in Florida.
Obviously someone with a disguise that clever is a serious threat to national security. Clearly her takedown warrants a kill, not capture, mission.
FTFY
If you really want to demonstrate Newtonian physics, just show the schoolkids NASA's falling budget after 1968.
Taxing the rich?!? That's COMMIE talk!
It is simply a terrible state of affairs that high value and relatively low cost probe programs are being cut when we have politicians talking about a much more expensive manned mars mission
I bolded the key word there. Politicians know damned well that no manned mission is ever going to happen. They're just talking about it for show. Take a hard look at what's actually happening on the ground at NASA and you'll get a sense of the REAL situation. Looks like someone (the President or Congress, or both) is preparing to take a serious axe to NASA's budget.
Is your implication that they're walking away because they consider the ESA incapable and untrustworthy?
One of the articles talks about rumors of MAJOR cuts forthcoming at NASA (in the 50+% range) for the 2013 budget. If that's true, it explains why they've been gutting so many programs recently. It's likely that the administration has had this in the works for at least the last year or two. And with cuts like that, it's not like NASA is going to have much choice. They've already cut the shuttle program and taken a big hit on the Webb telescope. It's likely they'll cut a bunch of other stuff before they're done (wouldn't even surprise me if they abandon ISS ahead of schedule).