You'll grow a sense of humour right out your ass when this fuckwit kills someone you love. It doesn't matter how "safe" or experienced a driver is, it's the other road users that are the unknown. I don't accept any risk that some DICKHEAD doing 200KPH will hit me. The law states that no-one should drive that fast on public roads as a matter of COMMON SENSE.
That's ridiculous. I'm sure Jimmy and company didn't get together thinking "ooh Robert Johnson's dead and T-Bone's surely on his way out - let's form a band and profit on their original talent and give them nothing". Have you ever played in a band? If so, you'd know the feeling when a groove just works. And that groove is the fruit of one's musical influences. The last thing on your mind is "I wonder how much I can exploit this for?"
I remember catching my one year old child pulling apart my book collection.
"Why did you do such a bad thing?" I shouted before realising she was just satisfying her curiosity - and possibly satisfying her tummy or gums by chewing on some particularly prized volumes (Churchill's 'The Second World War' if I remember correctly. Dusty and delicious). She had no idea that what she was doing was wrong.
Humankind is in it's mere infancy. Once (if) we evolve beyond our fairy tale beliefs and insatiable appetite for destruction we will hopefully exist in a mutualistic relationship with the world and each other.
RTFA. It's not a dircetoinal beam, and the load (or receiver) must be resonating at the same frequency as the source. The concern is, as an earlier poster mentioned, the possible effect on life that relies on the Earth's magnetic fields to navigate.
Your argument has no teeth, and highlights your own failings on this topic. If you drop $300 on a device or peripheral without doing a little homework to find out whether it is supported by OS of choice, then you have no-one to blame but yourself. There is unlikely to ever be global cross platform support between all digital hardware and software, so pre-purchase research is essential in all tech purchase situations.
I don't really have an opinion on the list as such, it seems my skill set is current. I do have an opinion however, about the long term value of ALL I.T. work.
I've been working in I.T. in varying capacities since 1987, and as an applications programmer/analyst since 1996. As far as I know, only two of the applications I have created early on in my programming career are actually still being used. The rest have been replaced due to change of functional requirements or business logic, system upgrades or expansions; and so on.
In theory, I can work 50 hour weeks for the greater portion of my life, producing product that will, in all probability, be worthless within years or decades of its creation.
Of course, these efforts are stepping stones in the path of product evolution, and of course, they generate wads of cash for myself and my employers. But I'll often view my neighbour; who is a builder and earns at least what I do; with a certain amount of envy, in that he leaves a tangible structure behind when he closes off a project, and that structure will probably still be there when he dies. Perhaps that's why I built my own house.
I agree. I remember the first few times I played Doom, I had no sound card. The game play was great, I remember being amazed. However once I installed a sound card, the entire game roared to life. I was totally immersed in the shotgun blasts and grunts of maimed beasts. Sound made the game real.
Not true. Speaking from an Australian country town perspective, the neglect and under funding to public schools is terrible. However my three children all attend the local primary school, and they all love it. The teachers care, and are good at their jobs, as well as sound disciplinarians. Most of the kids are well behaved and polite.
Compared to the nearest private catholic school... My wife is a dance teacher, and handles students from both systems. Overall, the kids from the local public schools are more polite and respectful in class than the catholic school brats. Both of the small local public schools regularly place very highly in the annual N.S.W. Uni academic contests - my daughter included. We love our public school.
Too true. Painfully true. If you live in Australia and care about the information you're fed, listen to Triple J radio. They may be somewhat left biased (particularly being a non-commercial alternative 'youth' focused network), but they rarely filter, blinker or mold the truth, unlike the other stations.
Good thing it's not your choice then. How do you know the species to go extinct doesn't contain some form of genetic anomaly that may provide insight to finding the cure for being an ill 65 year old dude?
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You'll grow a sense of humour right out your ass when this fuckwit kills someone you love. It doesn't matter how "safe" or experienced a driver is, it's the other road users that are the unknown. I don't accept any risk that some DICKHEAD doing 200KPH will hit me. The law states that no-one should drive that fast on public roads as a matter of COMMON SENSE.
That's ridiculous. I'm sure Jimmy and company didn't get together thinking "ooh Robert Johnson's dead and T-Bone's surely on his way out - let's form a band and profit on their original talent and give them nothing". Have you ever played in a band? If so, you'd know the feeling when a groove just works. And that groove is the fruit of one's musical influences. The last thing on your mind is "I wonder how much I can exploit this for?"
"Why did you do such a bad thing?" I shouted before realising she was just satisfying her curiosity - and possibly satisfying her tummy or gums by chewing on some particularly prized volumes (Churchill's 'The Second World War' if I remember correctly. Dusty and delicious). She had no idea that what she was doing was wrong.
Humankind is in it's mere infancy. Once (if) we evolve beyond our fairy tale beliefs and insatiable appetite for destruction we will hopefully exist in a mutualistic relationship with the world and each other.
Four fuckin ex?? Nah, go the Coopers Sparkling Ale.
OK there Prism employee of the month, you can crawl back into your shell now.
Won't someone please think of the FISH!
... I, for one, welcome our new hot, wet overlords.
Man, you should have stayed in bed this morning! You're making me feel tired!
Yeah, and my electric toothbrush recharges through induction. No doubt Oral B has some patent thingy going as well. Bzzz Bzzz (spit).
You my friend, are most definitely THE MAN!
s/I had a great time installing ubuntu/I had a shit time installing ubuntu/
RTFA. It's not a dircetoinal beam, and the load (or receiver) must be resonating at the same frequency as the source. The concern is, as an earlier poster mentioned, the possible effect on life that relies on the Earth's magnetic fields to navigate.
I've been working in I.T. in varying capacities since 1987, and as an applications programmer/analyst since 1996. As far as I know, only two of the applications I have created early on in my programming career are actually still being used. The rest have been replaced due to change of functional requirements or business logic, system upgrades or expansions; and so on.
In theory, I can work 50 hour weeks for the greater portion of my life, producing product that will, in all probability, be worthless within years or decades of its creation.
Of course, these efforts are stepping stones in the path of product evolution, and of course, they generate wads of cash for myself and my employers. But I'll often view my neighbour; who is a builder and earns at least what I do; with a certain amount of envy, in that he leaves a tangible structure behind when he closes off a project, and that structure will probably still be there when he dies. Perhaps that's why I built my own house.
Make that... was funnier :(
Doh! It wasn't there when I hit reply! Honest! Besides, mine IS funnier. So nerr.
RTFA's TFA
Is Kevin Ham related in some way to Kevin Bacon? I wonder if there's a Kevin Pork or a Kevin Prosciutto out there somewhere...
I agree. I remember the first few times I played Doom, I had no sound card. The game play was great, I remember being amazed. However once I installed a sound card, the entire game roared to life. I was totally immersed in the shotgun blasts and grunts of maimed beasts. Sound made the game real.
Surely there's something more interesting to do with a bunch of young looking 21 year olds??
You wouldn't happen to be a (very) bored secretary would you?
Compared to the nearest private catholic school... My wife is a dance teacher, and handles students from both systems. Overall, the kids from the local public schools are more polite and respectful in class than the catholic school brats. Both of the small local public schools regularly place very highly in the annual N.S.W. Uni academic contests - my daughter included. We love our public school.
Too true. Painfully true. If you live in Australia and care about the information you're fed, listen to Triple J radio. They may be somewhat left biased (particularly being a non-commercial alternative 'youth' focused network), but they rarely filter, blinker or mold the truth, unlike the other stations.
Yes, perhaps I should have said "inciteful".
Good thing it's not your choice then. How do you know the species to go extinct doesn't contain some form of genetic anomaly that may provide insight to finding the cure for being an ill 65 year old dude?