...you should make sure your SmartBreathalyzer is running Windows BAC SP2. Windows BAC SP2 fully supports the Male and Female classes, and adjusts predicted intoxication levels based on body mass and metabolism. In addition, Clippy will alert you of any extra factors that may affect the sobriety of the subject.
Not to go too far off-topic, but actually, Roller Blades are a particular brand name of roller skate, specifically, inline roller skates. It's a classic example of a brand name becoming synonymous with the general product, perhaps even more infamously than Kleenex, and to transition back to the/. world, Xerox.
Maybe I'm missing something, but fungus per grams seems like an odd measurement. That would imply that a lighter pillow of the same size would have less fungus.
Actually, if there's a range of fungal spores per gram, according to their study, maybe it simply means that fungi tend to live on the heavier things they studied (they say feathers and synthetic, and I'm not up on synthetic pillow substance design, but if we assume that it's lighter, that would mean the material is more fungus-resistant than feathers).
Sure, we're on the side of the average Iraqi citizen...
Remember "Shock and awe"? I'm sure the average Iraqi citizen enjoyed watching their houses and family be immolated for demonstrative purposes when they weren't guilty of anything. And what of the many thousands of civilians killed? Isn't that why you claim we went after Saddam? If so, he hasn't used (and most people agree, didn't have) chemical weapons in a few decades, so why didn't we go after him then?
But somehow, I think putting troops into a country with no plan except to fight "terror" is merely a recipe for real terrorism down the road. We think Mohammed Atta and other suicide-terrorists must have had something mentally wrong in order for them to do such things, but when you think of the Iraqi children in about a decade, having grown up in the ashes of their parents, with limbless and mangled friends, in poverty due to the unrestored loss of all of their property in war, and with a plethora of fatherless 10-year-olds who have a distinctly western appearance, and whatever things that "liberation" has brought them, I don't think these kinds of attacks are going to be rare at all.
I think we have differing definitions of 'middle class'. I didn't think I was poor, but let me add my family to the list:
I have
Ancient car that has to be resuscitated every year or so
Serendipitously discounted cell phone, normally $100, but I got it for free
Eh, we've never vaguely considered getting our own plane
Tiny home
Tupperware
Maybe society does orbit your 'middle class', but that's still pretty far above me.
Console gaming. I'm sure/. had the stats for the PS3 some time ago.
I suppose you could employ a vast number of devices to make the PC a relic, but I'm going to keep my AMD Swiss Army knife in the event that something like that would happen.
I didn't say anything about nuclear weapons, but I suppose that's what the energy department would be researching in that field.
I'm just suggesting that perhaps weapons could be left entirely to the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, and/or the military.
Then all of the power of that cluster would be available for energy-related research and analysis.
"an engineer's perspective (although admittadly still not a rocket scientist)"
That's even better, because this is an engineering project, not rocketry.
The first thing that I thought of when I first heard about this is what a great terrorist target it would make. You could shoot at it for many miles around, which might not affect it much if it's as strong as it sounds like the material is, but one would be able to see when it was in use. It's unrealistic to think that people around the world would constantly be taking impudent potshots at anything with any accuracy, but still, it remains a very visible target, and one that would be very difficult to replace.
On a different note, I see that this would be a social and cultural catalyst. What if we build this elevator in the US, and China wants to use it? It would seem wasteful to demand that China build their own space elevator to do exactly the same. Either we would allow other nations to use the elevator as well, thereby showing at least superficial unity, or we say that we have the world's only space elevator, and if China wants one, they must build their own, which would almost certainly dampen relations.
I won't speculate on what will happen, but I think either eventual harmony or inevitable conflict would be accelerated by something of this magnitude.
So they have computer systems larger than TeraGrid for weapons research? Imagine if the Department of Energy applied those resources to improving or replacing gasoline, supplying California's nearly-insatiable demand, creating more efficient power...
Yeah, I know - I saw the original story shortly after I sent it and proceeded to swear loudly at myself. I had actually checked the stories, but somehow missed the only one I was looking for.
I didn't think it would make it through the sieve, but it did. Again - sorry, everyone.
Symantec programs try to block Trillian every time I used my internet security suite and instant messenger at the same time. Of course, I gave up Symantec.
Additionally, I wish I would have taken a screenshot when it tried to block the command-line ftp program.
I also conjecture that they have some bias in favor of IE, since my default browser is set to Firefox, but webpages launched from Symantec anti-virus programs always launch in Internet Explorer anyway.
That being said, I'm no expert in internet security, but when I used IE, I very rarely had to opportunity to close it myself - it was always ended by an illegal operation, and I often had my homepage hijacked and search bars added. Neither has ever happened to me since I switched to Firefox. While that doesn't necessarily prove anything, I feel that Firefox is more secure.
Hurricanes? Try http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2 005/09/02/national/w142153D44.DTL or a similar story where he admits the faults in his administration in responding.
Wars? I don't think I need to give a link, W had at least a little to do with a war or two in recent history.
I don't know what you're referring to with the drugs, however. No one makes that claim.
Gore's loss? Well, yeah, that would be largely because of W.
W's fault that the rest of the world hates us? http://www.twf.org/News/Y2002/1109-Poll.html isn't scientific, but it shows some attitude about this in lieu of a scientific European poll that I can't currently find.
The main point, however, is that it was said the US and China are similar in one particular aspect. All of your later sarcastic comments are invalid by that same virtue, although you apparently knew that the author only meant it in that one respect. Adherence to treaties, or lack thereof, does not mean that the US has re-education camps. No one is saying that the United States and China are "practically the same country".
There are plenty of countries with more violence than the United States. Consider many of the Middle Eastern countries where firefights and suicide bombings are commonplace. For sexual immorality, IIRC, Great Britain has a much higher teen pregnancy rate than the United States. But all in all, countries with a larger degree of social freedom tend to have a more diverse youth.
But seriously, has anyone in known history watched TV or played a video game and then suddenly became a homicidal maniac?
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...if you're Michael Jackson.
...you should make sure your SmartBreathalyzer is running Windows BAC SP2. Windows BAC SP2 fully supports the Male and Female classes, and adjusts predicted intoxication levels based on body mass and metabolism. In addition, Clippy will alert you of any extra factors that may affect the sobriety of the subject.
Not to go too far off-topic, but actually, Roller Blades are a particular brand name of roller skate, specifically, inline roller skates. It's a classic example of a brand name becoming synonymous with the general product, perhaps even more infamously than Kleenex, and to transition back to the /. world, Xerox.
Not sure about that. I tried to crash my 1.07 like this and failed. I just see big tables.
Actually, if there's a range of fungal spores per gram, according to their study, maybe it simply means that fungi tend to live on the heavier things they studied (they say feathers and synthetic, and I'm not up on synthetic pillow substance design, but if we assume that it's lighter, that would mean the material is more fungus-resistant than feathers).
Remember "Shock and awe"? I'm sure the average Iraqi citizen enjoyed watching their houses and family be immolated for demonstrative purposes when they weren't guilty of anything. And what of the many thousands of civilians killed? Isn't that why you claim we went after Saddam? If so, he hasn't used (and most people agree, didn't have) chemical weapons in a few decades, so why didn't we go after him then?
But somehow, I think putting troops into a country with no plan except to fight "terror" is merely a recipe for real terrorism down the road. We think Mohammed Atta and other suicide-terrorists must have had something mentally wrong in order for them to do such things, but when you think of the Iraqi children in about a decade, having grown up in the ashes of their parents, with limbless and mangled friends, in poverty due to the unrestored loss of all of their property in war, and with a plethora of fatherless 10-year-olds who have a distinctly western appearance, and whatever things that "liberation" has brought them, I don't think these kinds of attacks are going to be rare at all.
...because now I'll be able to use DVD Shrink on a DVD that costs 90% less.
And this is why you use the preview button: to make sure you remembered to actually include html formatting. *smacks self*
I think we have differing definitions of 'middle class'. I didn't think I was poor, but let me add my family to the list: I have Ancient car that has to be resuscitated every year or so Serendipitously discounted cell phone, normally $100, but I got it for free Eh, we've never vaguely considered getting our own plane Tiny home Tupperware Maybe society does orbit your 'middle class', but that's still pretty far above me.
If I had a dime for every proposed anti-video-game legislation, I'd beat a politician to death with a sack of dimes.
In Soviet Russia, Hyperion watches you!
5, sure. But the informative part worries me a bit.
Console gaming. I'm sure /. had the stats for the PS3 some time ago.
I suppose you could employ a vast number of devices to make the PC a relic, but I'm going to keep my AMD Swiss Army knife in the event that something like that would happen.
I'm just suggesting that perhaps weapons could be left entirely to the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, and/or the military.
Then all of the power of that cluster would be available for energy-related research and analysis.
I'll probably get modded redundant for suggesting Aerosmith's "Love in an Elevator".
That's even better, because this is an engineering project, not rocketry.
The first thing that I thought of when I first heard about this is what a great terrorist target it would make. You could shoot at it for many miles around, which might not affect it much if it's as strong as it sounds like the material is, but one would be able to see when it was in use. It's unrealistic to think that people around the world would constantly be taking impudent potshots at anything with any accuracy, but still, it remains a very visible target, and one that would be very difficult to replace.
On a different note, I see that this would be a social and cultural catalyst. What if we build this elevator in the US, and China wants to use it? It would seem wasteful to demand that China build their own space elevator to do exactly the same. Either we would allow other nations to use the elevator as well, thereby showing at least superficial unity, or we say that we have the world's only space elevator, and if China wants one, they must build their own, which would almost certainly dampen relations.
I won't speculate on what will happen, but I think either eventual harmony or inevitable conflict would be accelerated by something of this magnitude.
...you know, developing sources of energy.
I didn't think it would make it through the sieve, but it did. Again - sorry, everyone.
*awaits flames*
I admit, they do seem a bit one-sidedly influenced.
Symantec programs try to block Trillian every time I used my internet security suite and instant messenger at the same time. Of course, I gave up Symantec. Additionally, I wish I would have taken a screenshot when it tried to block the command-line ftp program. I also conjecture that they have some bias in favor of IE, since my default browser is set to Firefox, but webpages launched from Symantec anti-virus programs always launch in Internet Explorer anyway. That being said, I'm no expert in internet security, but when I used IE, I very rarely had to opportunity to close it myself - it was always ended by an illegal operation, and I often had my homepage hijacked and search bars added. Neither has ever happened to me since I switched to Firefox. While that doesn't necessarily prove anything, I feel that Firefox is more secure.
Don't more Gigli's make it worse?
Then maybe that's why "Steve Jobs and the Apple crew insist that the iPod will remain simple for the time being."
None of you read the last paragraph of the link, did you?
Hurricanes? Try http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2 005/09/02/national/w142153D44.DTL or a similar story where he admits the faults in his administration in responding.
Wars? I don't think I need to give a link, W had at least a little to do with a war or two in recent history.
I don't know what you're referring to with the drugs, however. No one makes that claim.
Gore's loss? Well, yeah, that would be largely because of W.
W's fault that the rest of the world hates us? http://www.twf.org/News/Y2002/1109-Poll.html isn't scientific, but it shows some attitude about this in lieu of a scientific European poll that I can't currently find.
The main point, however, is that it was said the US and China are similar in one particular aspect. All of your later sarcastic comments are invalid by that same virtue, although you apparently knew that the author only meant it in that one respect. Adherence to treaties, or lack thereof, does not mean that the US has re-education camps. No one is saying that the United States and China are "practically the same country".
There are plenty of countries with more violence than the United States. Consider many of the Middle Eastern countries where firefights and suicide bombings are commonplace. For sexual immorality, IIRC, Great Britain has a much higher teen pregnancy rate than the United States. But all in all, countries with a larger degree of social freedom tend to have a more diverse youth. But seriously, has anyone in known history watched TV or played a video game and then suddenly became a homicidal maniac?