I also discovered a defect. If you're disassembling it for repairs and stick your screwdriver in that big screw head in the wall to try and remove it, it gives you quite a jolt. Clearly an oversight in Sony's workmanship.
If you're just looking for a pair of *anything* then that wouldn't be the right percentage anyway.
You're just looking for two matching cards, any two. Getting your first card is guaranteed 100% 52/52 getting a card after that is what counts. There 3 cards left in the deck that you can use out of 51 cards total left in the deck, so your chances of getting one of them would be 3/51 or 1/17 or 5.88%.
What he is talking about is getting two *specific* cards to complete a hand. Like if he had a 7, 9, J of hearts and was looking for the 8 and 10 of hearts to make a straight flush. Then it would be around 1/2704. Actually it's a little better than that because he already has 3 cards from the deck that he knows aren't the ones he's looking for. I think it would be something like 2/49 for the first card and if he got it, then 1/48 for the second card which would come out to 1/1176 or 0.085%
You bring up a good point with playing Tony Hawk. How many people who have never even touched a skateboard before go out and try to do some of the stunts on the game? I'm sure some people try it, but they are mostly current skateboarders and know the risks of what they are trying to do.
"do we need _more_ liquid than that which is normally spilled on a laptop"
This reminds me when I was a low paid helpdesk jockey for a large company. I got a call from some exec that spilled wine on her laptop on a plane and wanted it fixed. All I could think was "fuck you."
"more efficient software, which doesn't require a 3GHz processor to run on"
More efficient software? Didn't you know that software from back in the day of the 486 doesn't work anymore? All those efficient instructions were used up years ago and there just aren't any more left. It now takes 3.4 million instructions to calculate 0010+0010=0100 and the only way to do it is with a brightly colored GUI.
In fact, just posting this comment is killing 2.84 trillion instructions that we can never get back!
"I believe that kids of 3 years old learn the world by touching it and grabbing things and not by simulating the world on a TV monitor."
That's great, I think people should take their kids out in the world and let them learn by doing and seeing first hand. The problem is that many people don't spend enough time with their kids doing things like that and just sit them in front of the "babysitter/idiot box". Well, if they're going to be sitting in front of a screen anyway, why not let it teach them?
I hate buzzwords. Using buzzwords is almost as bad as being politically correct. At least tech jargon means something, even if some people don't know what.
Exactly, try handing a medical journal to an average Joe on the street and see how much he can understand.
I was channel surfing last night and came across someone giving a lecture on engineering antiviral something or other. My mom was a nurse for many years and I've spent a lot of time in hospitals and reading/hearing medical terminology because of that and even I didn't understand half of what he was saying. Most of it was terms I've heard before, but don't know what they mean.
But, I also know not to go to a medical supply store and start buying stuff to try out at home. If I need something I talk to a doctor.
Just get a friend in another state to put their address on it. If you win, You use the thinkgeek credit online so it doesn't matter where you are, and the friend can forward the T-Shirts to you.(or you can just make your own since you work in a tshirt shop.)
Slashdot Mirror
"cut the teather" holding you to the earth's surface, causing you to be flung off the planet."
So, what keeps astronauts from being "flung" against the side of the space shuttle when it's in orbit around the earth?
So, like, if I took a bunch of those air filter thingies from sharper image and tie them together facing the ground I could make my own spaceship?
Sweet!
I also discovered a defect. If you're disassembling it for repairs and stick your screwdriver in that big screw head in the wall to try and remove it, it gives you quite a jolt. Clearly an oversight in Sony's workmanship.
Do you mean I've spent many years and many thousand dollars on detectives tracking down this stalker only to find out his name is "Bell Tap"!?!?!?!?!?
If you're just looking for a pair of *anything* then that wouldn't be the right percentage anyway.
You're just looking for two matching cards, any two. Getting your first card is guaranteed 100% 52/52 getting a card after that is what counts. There 3 cards left in the deck that you can use out of 51 cards total left in the deck, so your chances of getting one of them would be 3/51 or 1/17 or 5.88%.
What he is talking about is getting two *specific* cards to complete a hand. Like if he had a 7, 9, J of hearts and was looking for the 8 and 10 of hearts to make a straight flush. Then it would be around 1/2704. Actually it's a little better than that because he already has 3 cards from the deck that he knows aren't the ones he's looking for. I think it would be something like 2/49 for the first card and if he got it, then 1/48 for the second card which would come out to 1/1176 or 0.085%
If you haven't played it, they how do you know you can't?
I completely agree with you.
You bring up a good point with playing Tony Hawk. How many people who have never even touched a skateboard before go out and try to do some of the stunts on the game? I'm sure some people try it, but they are mostly current skateboarders and know the risks of what they are trying to do.
"I'm not not licking toads"
-Homer
"yes, A GUN"
Oh, guns are ok. They're constitutional.
Just as long as you aren't playing any damned video games!
Frog legs, on the other hand, well, they'll hang you for that, frenchie!
"do we need _more_ liquid than that which is normally spilled on a laptop"
This reminds me when I was a low paid helpdesk jockey for a large company. I got a call from some exec that spilled wine on her laptop on a plane and wanted it fixed. All I could think was "fuck you."
Maybe for methanol fuel cells.
"more efficient software, which doesn't require a 3GHz processor to run on"
More efficient software? Didn't you know that software from back in the day of the 486 doesn't work anymore? All those efficient instructions were used up years ago and there just aren't any more left. It now takes 3.4 million instructions to calculate 0010+0010=0100 and the only way to do it is with a brightly colored GUI.
In fact, just posting this comment is killing 2.84 trillion instructions that we can never get back!
But, how many Volkswagen Beetles is that?
Hi
I just like the word "asshat"
"I believe that kids of 3 years old learn the world by touching it and grabbing things and not by simulating the world on a TV monitor."
That's great, I think people should take their kids out in the world and let them learn by doing and seeing first hand. The problem is that many people don't spend enough time with their kids doing things like that and just sit them in front of the "babysitter/idiot box". Well, if they're going to be sitting in front of a screen anyway, why not let it teach them?
I hate buzzwords. Using buzzwords is almost as bad as being politically correct. At least tech jargon means something, even if some people don't know what.
Exactly, try handing a medical journal to an average Joe on the street and see how much he can understand.
I was channel surfing last night and came across someone giving a lecture on engineering antiviral something or other. My mom was a nurse for many years and I've spent a lot of time in hospitals and reading/hearing medical terminology because of that and even I didn't understand half of what he was saying. Most of it was terms I've heard before, but don't know what they mean.
But, I also know not to go to a medical supply store and start buying stuff to try out at home. If I need something I talk to a doctor.
"multitudes of cell-phone carrying Finns crossing the border to buy cheap booze"
Abundant internet AND cheap booze?
Where did I leave my passport?
"Lots of great things come in the boxes: manuals, *upgrades*, warrantees"
Upgrades? Come in the box?
If they know it's outdated and they already have a patch for it, why don't they upgrade it before they put it in the box?
I think this demonstrates the incompetence of the software industry. And they think they've earned my money?
Did you think that up all on your own?
Too bad you had to resort to name calling.
and as an AC at that.
That's exactly what THEY want you to think.
It's because everyone that wants a desktop builds their own now so they can overclock it.
It's amazing what sheep will do when you tell them they should.
Just get a friend in another state to put their address on it. If you win, You use the thinkgeek credit online so it doesn't matter where you are, and the friend can forward the T-Shirts to you.(or you can just make your own since you work in a tshirt shop.)
Or all three of them are the same shirt with slightly different wording.