For some reason your last line that totally reminded me of this episode of Star Trek where Kirk lands on planet that appears to be utopia. He learns from the leader that it is actually at war with a nearby planet, however rather than bombing the hell out of each other as they did in the past, they made an agreement to launch virtual bombs. The supposed sector would then have to voluntarily enter a death chamber where they would be gassed quietly, quickly, painlessly.
All was well until Kirk realizes that the sector he was in was 'bombed' and he escapes with the leader's daughter whom had fallen madly in love with him.
Not a Trekkie, only seen two episodes of Star Trek and that was one of them.
You've made a lot of good points. Thanks for your thoughts!
That makes a lot of sense. I had thought the original poster who linked the article said it made difference. Perhaps it was only marginal or anecdotal.
My assumption was that one would think a shooting range could help with accuracy which might translate at least partially on to the battle field.
Not sure why this is pathetic. People (myself included sometimes) complain about wasteful military spending. If a cheap and adequate solution is designed, how is that pathetic? I don't agree with war but while it happens, I expect the taxpayer's money to be spent efficiently.
Absolutely. Take a look at Hong Kong cinema, at one point they were putting out well-made movies and even respected by the international community. Unfortunately, rampant pirating has killed theater attendance and dropped legitimate sales. Most movies coming out of there are teh crap now.
That is a ridiculous argument. The parent was talking about analyzing math compared to regurgitative math; there was no mention of art.
Ask a Chinese student proficient in solving these types of math problems what he/she thinks about art, the answer will be a blank look. Ask a British student proficient in art what he/she thinks about math, and I'm pretty sure the answer will be a blank look too.
Do you sit in a comfortable office tapping at a computer?
Does your job involve a risk of amputation of hands or other serious bodily injury?
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We goof because the boss(es) expects us to clock in quantity regardless of quality. I used to put in 40 hours of quality work and got more done than a co-worker who put in 60-70. But the whole time my boss was complaining to me, he'd be piling more and more and still expect quality. On the other hand, the twisted beast that is management knows crap of our work quality; they only see the numbers and more hours = more dedication, right?
Sure, I work longer hours now but I'm not a robot and I sure ain't no monkey-bitch. Blame the boss. Blame the game. Don't blame us.
The parent poster makes a good point. Actually, I kinda prefer the current design other than a few CSS glitches and maybe the location of certain elements. The problem with the newer interfaces are that they are too slick. With Redesign Competitions, I've noticed that the "slicker" the new interface is, the less emphasis there is on content later. The fact that/. has a somewhat shitty design right now actually helps me get into the articles and comments better without being distracted by whiz-bang-golly-gee-moe freshness of Web 2.0.
Automatic editing is especially useful for web applications where image manipulation occurs based on form choices or happens in the background e.g. thumbnails being created on the fly, allowing certain types of filtering, etc.
In my senior year of college, we came up with a project to create an online photo storage and editing site much like Yahoo's Flickr. This site allowed users to crop photos, transform pictures to black and white, and adjust contrast amongst other things. We used ImageMagick to do all this, shooting in actions from the command line.
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Doesn't have the same ring to it as Girl On Girl.
For some reason your last line that totally reminded me of this episode of Star Trek where Kirk lands on planet that appears to be utopia. He learns from the leader that it is actually at war with a nearby planet, however rather than bombing the hell out of each other as they did in the past, they made an agreement to launch virtual bombs. The supposed sector would then have to voluntarily enter a death chamber where they would be gassed quietly, quickly, painlessly. All was well until Kirk realizes that the sector he was in was 'bombed' and he escapes with the leader's daughter whom had fallen madly in love with him. Not a Trekkie, only seen two episodes of Star Trek and that was one of them. You've made a lot of good points. Thanks for your thoughts!
That makes a lot of sense. I had thought the original poster who linked the article said it made difference. Perhaps it was only marginal or anecdotal. My assumption was that one would think a shooting range could help with accuracy which might translate at least partially on to the battle field.
Not sure why this is pathetic. People (myself included sometimes) complain about wasteful military spending. If a cheap and adequate solution is designed, how is that pathetic? I don't agree with war but while it happens, I expect the taxpayer's money to be spent efficiently.
Absolutely. Take a look at Hong Kong cinema, at one point they were putting out well-made movies and even respected by the international community. Unfortunately, rampant pirating has killed theater attendance and dropped legitimate sales. Most movies coming out of there are teh crap now.
Or throw the alarm clock under your roommate's bed. Nothing will wake you up faster than a human fist beating on your face. Except maybe warm feces.
that's some super-hot models
Do you live in a hut you built yourself?
Do you have medical benefits?
Do you sit in a comfortable office tapping at a computer?
Does your job involve a risk of amputation of hands or other serious bodily injury?
We goof because the boss(es) expects us to clock in quantity regardless of quality. I used to put in 40 hours of quality work and got more done than a co-worker who put in 60-70. But the whole time my boss was complaining to me, he'd be piling more and more and still expect quality. On the other hand, the twisted beast that is management knows crap of our work quality; they only see the numbers and more hours = more dedication, right?
Sure, I work longer hours now but I'm not a robot and I sure ain't no monkey-bitch. Blame the boss. Blame the game. Don't blame us.
The parent poster makes a good point. Actually, I kinda prefer the current design other than a few CSS glitches and maybe the location of certain elements. The problem with the newer interfaces are that they are too slick. With Redesign Competitions, I've noticed that the "slicker" the new interface is, the less emphasis there is on content later. The fact that /. has a somewhat shitty design right now actually helps me get into the articles and comments better without being distracted by whiz-bang-golly-gee-moe freshness of Web 2.0.
Automatic editing is especially useful for web applications where image manipulation occurs based on form choices or happens in the background e.g. thumbnails being created on the fly, allowing certain types of filtering, etc.
In my senior year of college, we came up with a project to create an online photo storage and editing site much like Yahoo's Flickr. This site allowed users to crop photos, transform pictures to black and white, and adjust contrast amongst other things. We used ImageMagick to do all this, shooting in actions from the command line.