I'm just amazed when stuff can be worked down to an amazingly simple formula. Like e=mc^2 . I mean, why exactly ^2 and not ^2.14332544988? I think the correct answer is basically as you've described. Like most absurd debates where both sides are vehemently opposed, the answer actually lies in the middle.
This is true, though I tend to just avoid the rush hour traffic by going to work at 10 and leaving at 6:30:P I've always chosen walking over bussing it as well, for cases where it takes 45 minutes or less at least..
They should have redesigned email back then to be more secure..! Instead of just reprimanding the perpitrator. Imagine all the time, bandwidth, electrical power and computing power that has been wasted (well, not really the computing power part, it's not like the plebs who own the zombies would do anything useful with them anyways..) from spam mail and viruses.. *sniff*
Double fuel mileage and you only need 14350 square miles. Get commuters on more public transit: 12000 square miles. Get 25% of the cars on the road to go electric, 9000 square miles. And with all the suicidal bored people you've now created, you'll indirectly reduce the population even further, resulting in even less of a need for biofuel! Yay
They did mention algae as a possible cellulose source also, doubtful that will be as acceptable (politically) Is Al Gore insecure in his sexuality or something?
Can you think of any large expanses of salt water around the place? Not unless we grow another island in the middle of the oceans, like on Superman, and then make a realllly big bowl, and put some saltwater in it..
There is nothing to suggest current global temperatures are optimal. Define.. optimal? There is plenty to suggest that lots of people would be seriously screwed if our climate changed significantly (for example if we lost the Gulf Stream as someone else mentioned.. or we lost the forest line around the north pole, or the deserts started growing at an increased rate..)
It's called Genesis Chapter 6, not "the noah's ark myth/legend/passed-down-and-mutilated-account", though I think you could maybe make a bit of cash as a headline-thinker-upper/journalist-type/crazy-writing-man-person.
Watch out for scene five (where Adam comes back from trying to find a suitable mate among the animals, only to find Eve in a highly personal engagement with the serpent...).
I think Delphi is great for a 'do anything' language - I use it basically for any non web based app requiring a GUI. I'm not sure how cross platform compatible it is as I haven't ever tried out Kylix or anything like that. I've used C/C++ for doing command line code, DLLs and OpenGL apps, but I've never actually used it for GUIs as it just looks like a royal pain in the ass compared to Delphi. For web based stuff I used to use PHP as that is what I learned at Uni, but I've moved to perl now, it's a lot more pleasant to work with, and encourages more secure practices IMO (I submitted an Ask Slashdot question about PHP security ages ago and the answers convinced me to girl Perl a go:) ). Knowing Perl will also be useful for doing any random scripting I may want to do in future too, I highly recommend it to anyone who hasn't tried it yet..
Yeah I would never have thought of Tolkien and Pratchett on the same level for the first few of his books, but like I said, DiscWorld became more than just a nonsense universe over time.
I understand that, and like I said the Hobbit is a good book. I like Hendrix and Van Halen fine. I also like The Hobbit, and JRR Tolkien, though I am not a big fan of LOTR.
I haven't seen any of the televised Pratchett stuff yet, though early in the series I was thinking that they would make excellent movies (though you'd also need crazy budgets and effects for a lot of it). I was shocked that Hogfather was the first one, but happy that it was being done at least. I think they've done the Colour of Magic now? Must order it and have a look..
I'm happy to see that there are other well read types out there that also find LOTR a rather mundane read:) DiscWorld is full of satire on modern political and scientific issues as you say, it just keeps your mind going. I bet if I read the series again then I'd notice a few hundred more jokes that I just hadn't picked up on before. By the end of the series some of the word play was getting a bit predictable, but in a good way, just because I've started playing with words myself a lot more as I age. My humour has been heavily influenced by Pratchett - I love how he can joke on so many levels - from highly intellectual (chaos theory, quantum physics) right down to Nanny Ogg's cookbook;)
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I'm just amazed when stuff can be worked down to an amazingly simple formula. Like e=mc^2 . I mean, why exactly ^2 and not ^2.14332544988? I think the correct answer is basically as you've described. Like most absurd debates where both sides are vehemently opposed, the answer actually lies in the middle.
But this tech is from UA, not Sun.. don't talk them down just yet!
I think you should be charged with killing some of my braincells right now just from reading your moronic comment..
We're just trying to work out all the bugs :p
This is true, though I tend to just avoid the rush hour traffic by going to work at 10 and leaving at 6:30 :P I've always chosen walking over bussing it as well, for cases where it takes 45 minutes or less at least..
They should have gone and shouted a conversation with him until he promised to stop using all caps.
They should have redesigned email back then to be more secure..! Instead of just reprimanding the perpitrator. Imagine all the time, bandwidth, electrical power and computing power that has been wasted (well, not really the computing power part, it's not like the plebs who own the zombies would do anything useful with them anyways..) from spam mail and viruses.. *sniff*
That or the Dead Sea. That thing is DEAD!
Are you perchance needing a convenient replacement for your eyedrops?
It's called Genesis Chapter 6, not "the noah's ark myth/legend/passed-down-and-mutilated-account", though I think you could maybe make a bit of cash as a headline-thinker-upper/journalist-type/crazy-writing-man-person.
Get Arnie in there: "You will never be able to close in on mein shaft gap"?
Watch out for scene five (where Adam comes back from trying to find a suitable mate among the animals, only to find Eve in a highly personal engagement with the serpent...).
I think Delphi is great for a 'do anything' language - I use it basically for any non web based app requiring a GUI. I'm not sure how cross platform compatible it is as I haven't ever tried out Kylix or anything like that. I've used C/C++ for doing command line code, DLLs and OpenGL apps, but I've never actually used it for GUIs as it just looks like a royal pain in the ass compared to Delphi. For web based stuff I used to use PHP as that is what I learned at Uni, but I've moved to perl now, it's a lot more pleasant to work with, and encourages more secure practices IMO (I submitted an Ask Slashdot question about PHP security ages ago and the answers convinced me to girl Perl a go :) ). Knowing Perl will also be useful for doing any random scripting I may want to do in future too, I highly recommend it to anyone who hasn't tried it yet..
So.. you're saying that we should have left Belgium alone?
Yeah I would never have thought of Tolkien and Pratchett on the same level for the first few of his books, but like I said, DiscWorld became more than just a nonsense universe over time.
I understand that, and like I said the Hobbit is a good book. I like Hendrix and Van Halen fine. I also like The Hobbit, and JRR Tolkien, though I am not a big fan of LOTR.
So she kinda meant "and we must follow if we can?", makes more sense. My sentence would also have read better as "thou hast lost me".
I haven't seen any of the televised Pratchett stuff yet, though early in the series I was thinking that they would make excellent movies (though you'd also need crazy budgets and effects for a lot of it). I was shocked that Hogfather was the first one, but happy that it was being done at least. I think they've done the Colour of Magic now? Must order it and have a look..
:) DiscWorld is full of satire on modern political and scientific issues as you say, it just keeps your mind going. I bet if I read the series again then I'd notice a few hundred more jokes that I just hadn't picked up on before. By the end of the series some of the word play was getting a bit predictable, but in a good way, just because I've started playing with words myself a lot more as I age. My humour has been heavily influenced by Pratchett - I love how he can joke on so many levels - from highly intellectual (chaos theory, quantum physics) right down to Nanny Ogg's cookbook ;)
I'm happy to see that there are other well read types out there that also find LOTR a rather mundane read
I don't know, my ex-gf liked fucking with guy's minds online.. she kept a stalker hanging on for days.. nasty piece of work that she was :s