I think it was intended to be a quote from the 1958 version of The Fly, where the man-fly hybrid is caught in a spider's web and is yelling in its tiny voice, "Help me! Heeeeelp meeeeeee!"
To any of you who may claim that this has been going on forever:
When I was in college, I went to a Bush (41) speech while he was campaigning for reelection.
A decent portion of the crowd - not a majority, mind you, but dozens of folks - were chanting "4 more months! 4 more months!"
A bunch of loyalists tried to shout down the protesters, but failed.
Whether you like the president or not, I like the idea that when he addresses a public crowd, it is an honest-to-goodness cross section of the population (minus any crazies with guns, obviously). These days anyone heckling the President would be forcibly removed from the venue.
If only Bush (43) could have learned from his father about Iraq.... But I digress.
FWIW, I've used GMail for several years now. A couple of weeks ago the very first piece of spam ever made it through the filter and into my inbox.
Now, hopefully that was a fluke and not the first leak in the dam.
In contrast, I set up a yahoo email account a few years ago. Within literally a couple of days, before I had ever even used the email address on any site or given it to anyone, I started getting loads of spam in the inbox.
To whomever decided to end the series, I say, "You team-killing fucktard!"
I watched the episodes of the first season with anticipation, downloading each when it came out. I watched most of (perhaps all of - I don't remember) the second season but wandered away at some point and forgot to go back.
Now I'll have to watch all of them in a couple of marathon sessions.
Sorry to see them go. But glad that MS was smart enough to have these guys do commercial bits for them instead of suing their asses off. I couldn't believe it when I saw the RvB characters on an XBox at Target. It did seem kind of weird without all the cursing, though.
3 Months seems a bit excessive, but the question posted at the top, "Why Are Students Liable for School Insecurity?" is just stupid.
That's like saying, "Sure, we have metal detectors at the airport, but I was able to sneak in 2 guns, a knife and a bazooka. Why should I be in trouble for bringing in all those things if their security was weak enough for me to defeat?"
Sure, the security might need to be fixed, but that doesn't excuse students from breaking the rules.
I know this topic is long-dead and chances are no one will ever read this reply, but here it goes anyway.....
I was just reading about the Prius and the opening line from an article in Car and Driver caught my eye that made me think about your ignorant statements.
Perhaps the most critical one was the anticipated number of miles to be driven by each car. For example, CNW set the number of expected lifetime miles for a Prius at 100,000 miles, which, according to CNW President Art Spinella, was based on public statements from Toyota. In an interview with the podcast "The Watt," Spinella admitted that, "If you can drive the Prius 200,000 miles, and do the same levels of costs and repairs, the cost per mile obviously comes down dramatically."
As you might expect, the media had a field day with the study. CNW's press releases were picked up from New York to Hong Kong. The impression left by the media coverage was to cast doubts on the real benefits of hybrids. In all fairness, it was not Spinella's fault that journalists were not nearly as thorough in representing the report as CNW was in their research.
If reporters had dug a little deeper, they would have clearly seen what the podcast interview exposed: the Hummer H3 looks a whole lot better than the hybrids because it uses "crude old technology that has long ago been paid for," according to Spinella. On the other hand, the hybrids are new and complex, and the cost of the R&D energy required to make the necessary transformation of our cars from oversized, high-emissions gas guzzlers to something new and better has not yet been amortized over any significant period of time.
Priustoric
Podcaster Ben Kenney asked if the results from the study would be different if conducted again in 10 years. Spinella responded:
"It would be totally different in three years. The hybrids will look significantly better. The new hybrids they are developing now--the new ones that I've seen, Prius III and Prius IV--are so much more simplified. They'll do what the current versions do, but with far less complexity, lighter motors, more recyclable parts, and longer lasting components. The current Prius, for all intents and purposes, will be
You know what, Anonymous Coward? Maybe it was the 'liberal media' that is to blame rather than the report itself.
I just took a little time to refamiliarize myself with it. What this comes down to is economies of scale. Since the H3 is little more than an existing GM chassis with a new body on top, the cost of developing the vehicle is spread over a shit load of cars/trucks on the road. Especially since has been no new technology developed for the hummer.
The Prius, on the other hand, has a lot of new technology. the cost of which is spread over relatively few cars on the road.
Perhaps the most critical one was the anticipated number of miles to be driven by each car. For example, CNW set the number of expected lifetime miles for a Prius at 100,000 miles, which, according to CNW President Art Spinella, was based on public statements from Toyota. In an interview with the podcast "The Watt," Spinella admitted that, "If you can drive the Prius 200,000 miles, and do the same levels of costs and repairs, the cost per mile obviously comes down dramatically."
As you might expect, the media had a field day with the study. CNW's press releases were picked up from New York to Hong Kong. The impression left by the media coverage was to cast doubts on the real benefits of hybrids. In all fairness, it was not Spinella's fault that journalists were not nearly as thorough in representing the report as CNW was in their research.
If reporters had dug a little deeper, they would have clearly seen what the podcast interview exposed: the Hummer H3 looks a whole lot better than the hybrids because it uses "crude old technology that has long ago been paid for," according to Spinella. On the other hand, the hybrids are new and complex, and the cost of the R&D energy required to make the necessary transformation of our cars from oversized, high-emissions gas guzzlers to something new and better has not yet been amortized over any significant period of time.
Priustoric
Podcaster Ben Kenney asked if the results from the study would be different if conducted again in 10 years. Spinella responded:
"It would be totally different in three years. The hybrids will look significantly better. The new hybrids they are developing now--the new ones that I've seen, Prius III and Prius IV--are so much more simplified. They'll do what the current versions do, but with far less complexity, lighter motors, more recyclable parts, and longer lasting components. The current Prius, for all intents and purposes, will be the Model T."
A) I first read about this 'study' several months ago
B) I couldn't find any information about "CNW Marketing" other than *suggestions* that they are a oil-funded group (nothing concrete, though).
So who the fuck is CNW Marketing and why should their study be given any credence? Was it published in a peer-reviewed journal? (Not that BS doesn't ever make it into perr-reviewed journals....)
I walk into a store and pick up a item. I take it to the register. It scans at the wrong price. The cashier doesn't notice. He hands me a receipt, bags my item and wished me a good day. I leave the store. The transaction is complete.
Personally, If I got outside and realized I hadn't paid for something, I would return to the store and hand over the money due. But could the store, upon realizing their fuckup, unilaterally decide to place a second charge on my credit card? I hope not.
To reiterate: I agree that ethically folks should be willing to pay the advertised price. But legally can Amazon demand that they do?
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"He came up with the design after he [saw A Clockwork Orange]"
There, I fixed that for you.
Easy being green, it is not
Sorry gramps, I'll get off of your lawn now. ;-)
I'm not nearly old enough to know the quote, I'm culturally aware enough.
Movie clip: http://youtube.com/watch?v=0qP81havHnE
South Park? Alien 4? Learn some classic cinema, guys.
I wonder how many restaurants / bars will be slashdotted?
"Flaimbait"? Sure. The first posts often are.
"Off Topic"? That's often the case.
"Redundant"? Impossible.
The subject is "Redundant.", so I guess someone was using a mod point to try to make a joke?
When I was in college, I went to a Bush (41) speech while he was campaigning for reelection.
A decent portion of the crowd - not a majority, mind you, but dozens of folks - were chanting "4 more months! 4 more months!"
A bunch of loyalists tried to shout down the protesters, but failed.
Whether you like the president or not, I like the idea that when he addresses a public crowd, it is an honest-to-goodness cross section of the population (minus any crazies with guns, obviously). These days anyone heckling the President would be forcibly removed from the venue.
If only Bush (43) could have learned from his father about Iraq.... But I digress.
300K for sharing a news article. A fucking NEWS article.
FWIW, I've used GMail for several years now. A couple of weeks ago the very first piece of spam ever made it through the filter and into my inbox. Now, hopefully that was a fluke and not the first leak in the dam. In contrast, I set up a yahoo email account a few years ago. Within literally a couple of days, before I had ever even used the email address on any site or given it to anyone, I started getting loads of spam in the inbox.
http://www.jnj.com/contact_us
Ah yes.... Porn.
Thanks, Anonymous Coward!
Dick Cheney will have somewhere to work when he's out of office.
I watched the episodes of the first season with anticipation, downloading each when it came out. I watched most of (perhaps all of - I don't remember) the second season but wandered away at some point and forgot to go back.
Now I'll have to watch all of them in a couple of marathon sessions.
Sorry to see them go. But glad that MS was smart enough to have these guys do commercial bits for them instead of suing their asses off. I couldn't believe it when I saw the RvB characters on an XBox at Target. It did seem kind of weird without all the cursing, though.
That's like saying, "Sure, we have metal detectors at the airport, but I was able to sneak in 2 guns, a knife and a bazooka. Why should I be in trouble for bringing in all those things if their security was weak enough for me to defeat?"
Sure, the security might need to be fixed, but that doesn't excuse students from breaking the rules.
I was just reading about the Prius and the opening line from an article in Car and Driver caught my eye that made me think about your ignorant statements.
From http://www.caranddriver.com/previews/7066/toyota-p rius.html:
Batteries certainly aren't replaced during the first 100K miles.
Risking getting modded down for redundancy, allow me to quote myself from another post in another sub-thread:
And now a word from the president of CNW himself about this study. From http://www.hybridcars.com/environment-stories/dust -to-dust-energy-costs.htmltest:
I just took a little time to refamiliarize myself with it. What this comes down to is economies of scale. Since the H3 is little more than an existing GM chassis with a new body on top, the cost of developing the vehicle is spread over a shit load of cars/trucks on the road. Especially since has been no new technology developed for the hummer.
The Prius, on the other hand, has a lot of new technology. the cost of which is spread over relatively few cars on the road.
And now a word from the president of CNW himself about this study. From http://www.hybridcars.com/environment-stories/dust -to-dust-energy-costs.htmltest:
Yeah, that seems reasonable....
Who knew??
B) I couldn't find any information about "CNW Marketing" other than *suggestions* that they are a oil-funded group (nothing concrete, though).
So who the fuck is CNW Marketing and why should their study be given any credence? Was it published in a peer-reviewed journal? (Not that BS doesn't ever make it into perr-reviewed journals....)
Ya missed it. OB/GYN Kenobi would have been funnier.
I walk into a store and pick up a item. I take it to the register. It scans at the wrong price. The cashier doesn't notice. He hands me a receipt, bags my item and wished me a good day. I leave the store. The transaction is complete.
Personally, If I got outside and realized I hadn't paid for something, I would return to the store and hand over the money due. But could the store, upon realizing their fuckup, unilaterally decide to place a second charge on my credit card? I hope not.
To reiterate: I agree that ethically folks should be willing to pay the advertised price. But legally can Amazon demand that they do?
Psst. That's because the incandescent it replaced was burned out.