...is that if you let these monkeys play with their typewriters long enough they'll eventually come up with a correct statistical analysis of your problem (as well as your social ID number and the Bible)
I disagree. Warcraft III had neither stunning graphics nor innovative gameplay, and somehow it sold a trillion copies. Sequals can prop another game up.
The good thing about Blizzard games is that they don't try to innovate just for the sake of innovation. If something ain't broke, don't fix it. If you've played warcraft 2, warcraft 3 will be vastly the same to play, except for some minor fixes which are all definite improvements. I'd prefer a well-rounded game that's not very innovative to a new idea that plays like crap any day.
But getting to the bottom of the ocean is pretty damn easy, all you have to do is being a tad more heavy than the water you're displacing. Kinda like the titanic did (when it stopped floating).
I'd say that from a profit point of view an illegal activity would be profitable if F*p X (where p is the chance of being caught, F the fine and X the profit). Of course, this only holds true if there are no repercussions apart from the fine when caught.
And because there's always time for 'one more useless fact'...
One might think that the purpose of 'tosser' as an insult is to imply that the person referred to as 'tosser' in fact throws up at a regular basis and therefore either is a pregnant woman or an incompetent drinker.
One could not be farther from the truth... Like most subtle insults in the english language, this particular abuse of the term 'tosser' originates from the east side of the Atlantic Ocean and in fact refers to someone dealing (tossing cards). This movement resembles the act of masturbation, which in the UK apparently is as bad an insult as 'fucker' is in the US.
When I was twelve I also believed that adding 'fucking' to every sentence would make my argument any stronger. Trust me, in 10 years you will also realise that's not true.
I had that happen to me this week. A course which has only had a reader as a text book for years suddenly changed to a 60 textbook because it was written by the teacher of the course...
I refused to buy the book and miraculously passed the exam using and excempt by someone else but the added value of using the book was nil.
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Of course they will say it's true. And next to that, also news agencies are fooled by Aprils fools jokes.
Frankly, I like the joke; even more because there are people (like you, ha ha) that actually fall for it.
...is that if you let these monkeys play with their typewriters long enough they'll eventually come up with a correct statistical analysis of your problem (as well as your social ID number and the Bible)
Doom's plot?!
1. Creatures from hell take over moon base
2. Kill them.
3. ???
4. Profit!
I disagree. Warcraft III had neither stunning graphics nor innovative gameplay, and somehow it sold a trillion copies. Sequals can prop another game up.
The good thing about Blizzard games is that they don't try to innovate just for the sake of innovation. If something ain't broke, don't fix it. If you've played warcraft 2, warcraft 3 will be vastly the same to play, except for some minor fixes which are all definite improvements. I'd prefer a well-rounded game that's not very innovative to a new idea that plays like crap any day.
Dude, you're missing the point... Being a college student is about screwing girls (or guys, if that's your cup of tea).
Wait 4 years and you can support OpenSource by trolling slashdot in your bosses' time
I'm a clownfish... I know funny!
It's about half a library of congress.
Thank you - I defied Slashdot logic and RTFA and I glad I did it - this is the most powerful page I've seen in months.
I believe the actual quote was more like 'I played an instrumental role in funding internet development'.
20 posts and still no Gore-Invented-The-Internet reference?!
What is Slashdot coming to these days...
But getting to the bottom of the ocean is pretty damn easy, all you have to do is being a tad more heavy than the water you're displacing. Kinda like the titanic did (when it stopped floating).
The ratio 'imagine a...'-jokes to 'now there will be a lot of 'imagine a...''-jokes
I'd say that from a profit point of view an illegal activity would be profitable if F*p X (where p is the chance of being caught, F the fine and X the profit). Of course, this only holds true if there are no repercussions apart from the fine when caught.
My favourite freeware site is:
http://www.pricelessware.org/
Selected by readers from the alt.freeware newsgroup.
And because there's always time for 'one more useless fact'...
One might think that the purpose of 'tosser' as an insult is to imply that the person referred to as 'tosser' in fact throws up at a regular basis and therefore either is a pregnant woman or an incompetent drinker.
One could not be farther from the truth... Like most subtle insults in the english language, this particular abuse of the term 'tosser' originates from the east side of the Atlantic Ocean and in fact refers to someone dealing (tossing cards). This movement resembles the act of masturbation, which in the UK apparently is as bad an insult as 'fucker' is in the US.
I'm glad the european judicial systems are not as prone to SCO's legal guerilla tactics as the US system is.
Well, maybe for the few true geniuses out there. But for most hackers it's merely a skill, maybe a craft at most.
Not being able to use sweatshops as much would greatly reduce the profit for companies that sell clothing :)
Too bad they didn't stick to the O'Reilly tradition of using an animal on the cover of the book. They could use a monkey :P
When I was twelve I also believed that adding 'fucking' to every sentence would make my argument any stronger. Trust me, in 10 years you will also realise that's not true.
I had that happen to me this week. A course which has only had a reader as a text book for years suddenly changed to a 60 textbook because it was written by the teacher of the course...
I refused to buy the book and miraculously passed the exam using and excempt by someone else but the added value of using the book was nil.
I'm sure that alcohol is not going to help an awful lot.
I'd prefer Schindlers List.
Your PCs have no sound card? Nowadays all computers have a soundcard, my wristwatch has a soundcard and even my milk cartons have a soundcard.
Damn, I want to be able to mod comments as Unfunny.