While the violence in Watchmen probably exceeds the brutality of that seen is Sin City, the difference is that is has a "message". Its a comment about our protagonist, about them being human, and nothing more that costumed vidulaties, many with severe physiological issues. Far from the costumed "Heroes" they originally strived to be.
The Major difference: the Violence in Sin City was designed to be "enjoyed", while the violence in Watchmen is intended to disturb.
A) - (You assume terminal velocity - why? what evidence do you have to support this.)
-- Pocket universe applies here quit easily. If we take the events described in the show to have occurred in its own pocket universe. (Problem applies on how we are able to observe events within a separate universe from our own, but I'll leave that as an exercise for the reader.)
Using the Idea that separate universes can have different universal constants, or even separate mathematical laws governing their physics, We can then take this to infer several theory's on this universe.
i) Gravity might be weaker. (Implying lower end speed.)
ii) higher resistance due to air-friction. resulting in a lower Terminal velocity (We come back to your assumption that Wile E. Coyote reached terminal velocity from a fairly low cliff. while a certain Frenchmen needed 40 km http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/080524/canada/canada_france_space
)
iii) the canyon floor is made of a very fine powdered silica, several feet deep, giving both a soft landing (that might be survivable,) and would explain the very large, almost comical, indent in the floor where Mr. Coyote landed.
Sorry, You had an unfortunate typo. bork
people bork into this era Where I'm from, bork is equivalent to:
shag; F&ck, etc... given the subject matter, I hand to do a double take.
Just with the attitude to computers, computer-guys are at least uneasily respected from afar now, instead of being utterly ostracized as satirized in Revenge of the Nerds. I was tempted to cite you for this one, up until you said "from afar". I keep hearing about all this "uneasy respect" us Computer-Geeks are supposed to be getting, and I'm just not seeing it.
even worse, now with the acceptance of computers, I'm seeing less of us old-school computer-guys in this industry and more of your pop-programmer, don't want to know what a circuit board is, or even what language I'm using, just what code snipped to use here types. not only do these people not respect extensive knowledge, I keep getting "Why would anyone care to know that". I'm feeling even more ostracized than before, only now it's in my own backyard.
Or maybe its time for me to switch career paths.
But if you are in the Bottom 50%, and start using your own critical thinking, isn't that the first step to recovery?
Or is the ability to actually use your own critical thinking the distinguishing factor in your placement in the top 50% (The fact that you are able to use your own critical thinking automatically places you in the top 50% - (That first sentence was a doozy.))
(and, btw, yes, I did yet your point. Just Carrying this through to it's full conclusion.)
Came across mollar 8 years ago. Beleived them when the would have a working model by '04 and FAA certification by '06
'04 came, we got the tether model. Not quite as expected, but something.
I stopped believing anything form mollar when '06 came and went, and FAA- Certification got bumped to '08
I started consididering them a joke when '08 came, and FAA - Certification seems to have been posponed indefinatly.
Tell me about it.
The app I'm currently in charge of maintaining, has logic so complex that only 7 people in our company "understand", (out of a few hundred.) Currently, I am the one charged with maintaining it. I drives me nuts because all this emensely complicated code is all in SQL stored procedures (I didn't write it.) that all call other SQL stored procedures, that call SQL stored procedures... ect... Trying to track a single value through the system becomes a nightmare.
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What the hell is wrong with you yanks? DIVING BOARDS a LIABILITY?? cripes, here in Canada we still have Diving Towers.
Forget 3 - 4 feet off the water, I know of two places within driving distance of my place where you can dive off a platform 20 feet above the water.
While the violence in Watchmen probably exceeds the brutality of that seen is Sin City, the difference is that is has a "message". Its a comment about our protagonist, about them being human, and nothing more that costumed vidulaties, many with severe physiological issues. Far from the costumed "Heroes" they originally strived to be.
The Major difference: the Violence in Sin City was designed to be "enjoyed", while the violence in Watchmen is intended to disturb.
To be fair there is (as mentioned somewhere above) a big difference between disipline and abuse.
Thats why we also have to keep a backlog of old OS's
Hence the line:
(Obviously not in the city, and certainly not in the city during rush hour.)
Though Freeways at 2 - 3 AM are fun.
It may just mean that you're no longer allowed to drive your own car.
What about those of us who actually like driving?
I find it rather soothing and relaxing, just taking a drive somewhere. (Obviously not in the city, and certainly not in the city during rush hour.)
And no, "Riding" will not due, Its not the destination, its not the journey, its the act itself.
That's not quite right either.
Some "Fords" are not "Cars" they are "trucks".
I think "Automobiles" works better here.
(Need a way to include Venn Diagrams here, this is slashdot, why can I not include a Venn Diagram in my post?)
No, It's about being able to afford all essentials,
D&D 3rd addition a few years ago, D&D 4th ed this year, four seasons of Futurama on DVD, Firefly DVD, Serenity, etc... Gets expensive after a while.
Good paying jobs = money to support geek habit.
A) - (You assume terminal velocity - why? what evidence do you have to support this.)
-- Pocket universe applies here quit easily. If we take the events described in the show to have occurred in its own pocket universe.
(Problem applies on how we are able to observe events within a separate universe from our own, but I'll leave that as an exercise for the reader.)
Using the Idea that separate universes can have different universal constants, or even separate mathematical laws governing their physics, We can then take this to infer several theory's on this universe.
i) Gravity might be weaker. (Implying lower end speed.)
ii) higher resistance due to air-friction. resulting in a lower Terminal velocity (We come back to your assumption that Wile E. Coyote reached terminal velocity from a fairly low cliff. while a certain Frenchmen needed 40 km http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/080524/canada/canada_france_space
)
iii) the canyon floor is made of a very fine powdered silica, several feet deep, giving both a soft landing (that might be survivable,) and would explain the very large, almost comical, indent in the floor where Mr. Coyote landed.
Are you sure you are in the right place?
(Alternatively: Y.M.B.N.H.)
He used the wrong syntax
//see prev. comment on namming //convention.
//LET THERE BE LIGHT!
#include
pid_t fork(void);
main(void)
(
pid_t Bob
Bob = fork();
}
Universe Bob = new Universe(oldUniverse);
even worse, now with the acceptance of computers, I'm seeing less of us old-school computer-guys in this industry and more of your pop-programmer, don't want to know what a circuit board is, or even what language I'm using, just what code snipped to use here types.
not only do these people not respect extensive knowledge, I keep getting "Why would anyone care to know that".
I'm feeling even more ostracized than before, only now it's in my own backyard.
Or maybe its time for me to switch career paths.
Oh dear god... that would work.
s/would/is
s/work/working.
But if you are in the Bottom 50%, and start using your own critical thinking, isn't that the first step to recovery? Or is the ability to actually use your own critical thinking the distinguishing factor in your placement in the top 50% (The fact that you are able to use your own critical thinking automatically places you in the top 50% - (That first sentence was a doozy.)) (and, btw, yes, I did yet your point. Just Carrying this through to it's full conclusion.)
I've always been partial to:
Star Trek = Nerd
Star Wars = Geek
When asked to pick between the two, the option picked equates to the appropriate social stereo type.
(Wow, that sentence was needlessly complex...)
Are you confusing File sharing (fairly certian it falls under free speach) with Copyrighted file sharing?
Using P2P to share files - Protected
Using P2P to share © Files - Not so mutch...
Unfortunatly the law makers are indescriminate in their ways.
Came across mollar 8 years ago. Beleived them when the would have a working model by '04 and FAA certification by '06 '04 came, we got the tether model. Not quite as expected, but something. I stopped believing anything form mollar when '06 came and went, and FAA- Certification got bumped to '08 I started consididering them a joke when '08 came, and FAA - Certification seems to have been posponed indefinatly.
Which is why I think this is a victory. Torrent Spy went down a martyer. Viva la resisteance...
Oh, so you've seen the code then...
Oh, I have a whole collection of wtf's saved up. As soon as I leave my current job, they're all getting sent...
Tell me about it. The app I'm currently in charge of maintaining, has logic so complex that only 7 people in our company "understand", (out of a few hundred.) Currently, I am the one charged with maintaining it. I drives me nuts because all this emensely complicated code is all in SQL stored procedures (I didn't write it.) that all call other SQL stored procedures, that call SQL stored procedures... ect... Trying to track a single value through the system becomes a nightmare.
I always thought it was more of a rubber stamp sort of thing.