There's also the problem of the crime spree started by hardcore Mars geeks once they find out that they have to be a criminal to be eligible to go on the mission.
Maybe they just look "gaunt" because they're normal weight. A big majority (sure, pun intended) of the US population is overweight, and over a third are obese.
I eat meat, but nowhere near the amount in the average US diet. That is most definitely NOT healthy.
The large laptop manufacturers will resist this because it conflicts with their "built in obsolescence" design principles.
If you don't ask, you don't succeed. I think lots of people don't even bother trying to get replacement parts because they assume they're not available.
At work, my boss wanted to replace a $1000 Xerox printer because it wasn't working well. After some convincing on my part, I phoned Xerox and had them ship us the $2.42 piece of plastic to us, which arrived the next day.
For all the other ways Dell sucks, when I dropped my laptop and the hinge broke (after the warranty expired), I was able to order a new one for $12 plus shipping. The replacement hinge was of a sturdier design than the original. I've also replaced and repaired other parts, using step-by-step instructions Dell has on their own website.
That ability to self-service, (plus Windows XP and normal touchpad buttons) is why I stuck with Dell when I replaced my laptop this year.
Mir had a lot of issues of its own. It's not enough to say "okay, we won't do that next time," you have to demonstrate that it can be done; hence the ISS.
Mir was Space Station Beta. The ISS is a Release Candidate.
I used to use my Nokia brick phone as an alarm clock. It was simple and easy to set it to the time I wanted it to wake me up the next morning (which varies from day to day), and I could also set it to be in quiet mode for X hours so it would ring for phone calls in the morning, but not before I wanted to wake up.
Then I got a Blackberry, which despite being a whole lot more expensive and is supposedly for people 'on the go', only has a fixed-time alarm clock and doesn't let you set timed audio modes (except for fixed schedules).
I kept using the Nokia as a clock until it died, after which I dug out of the closet a speaking alarm clock made by Seiko in 1985 that works like new.
Here we go. Only three posts in, proving the point that any Internet discussion about Nazis inevitably produces a debate about the applicability of Godwin's Law.
The irony of this proposal is that many professors, realizing that book prices are just obscene in the academic market, are preparing their own materials and giving them to the students for the cost of printing them.
Up here in Canada, there are strict regulations on such photocopying. Professors order a course pack from a copy shop made up of hand-picked chapters from various books, which the students can then pick up, but because of the per-page photocopying license fees, these often end up costing the student about as much as the original textbook.
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If they really created antihydrogen, they should prove it by taking a photo.
We'll have to be extra cautious that they don't just take a photo of regular hydrogen and apply a negative filter to the image.
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There's also the problem of the crime spree started by hardcore Mars geeks once they find out that they have to be a criminal to be eligible to go on the mission.
As a compromise, they should send filesharers.
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That and the bureaucracy will also cause problems.
NASA: In order to be eligible for the one-way Mars mission, you must first pass a psychological exam.
Candidate: I'm ready. Ask away.
NASA: Would you be willing to go on a one-way trip to Mars, knowing that you will never return to Earth and that you will probably die in 2-3 years?
Candidate: Definitely!
NASA: We are sorry, according to our psychological exam, you are at risk for suicide. You are not eligible for the one-way trip to Mars.
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The one with "RIAA" over the front door. They're afraid you might use it to burn CDs.
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Actually, "Libre" in both Spanish and French originates from Latin.
If you're really hesitant, I recommend the Pig Latin fork, "IbreLayOffice"
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They found this was the most convenient way to deliver ads directly through the power grid.
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Ah, the good old days: when memes came from well-produced blockbuster films, not some annoying teenager with a webcam.
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It was guessing the answer to her Security Question that was publicly available on the internet. If that's "hacking" then I'm fucking Kevin Mitnick.
Most people's (snail) mail boxes are unlocked, but it's still mail fraud to go picking through them.
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I read your contrails arguments and I'm still convinced it's just a bunch of smoke and mirrors.
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Maybe they just look "gaunt" because they're normal weight. A big majority (sure, pun intended) of the US population is overweight, and over a third are obese.
I eat meat, but nowhere near the amount in the average US diet. That is most definitely NOT healthy.
- RG>
The large laptop manufacturers will resist this because it conflicts with their "built in obsolescence" design principles.
If you don't ask, you don't succeed. I think lots of people don't even bother trying to get replacement parts because they assume they're not available.
At work, my boss wanted to replace a $1000 Xerox printer because it wasn't working well. After some convincing on my part, I phoned Xerox and had them ship us the $2.42 piece of plastic to us, which arrived the next day.
For all the other ways Dell sucks, when I dropped my laptop and the hinge broke (after the warranty expired), I was able to order a new one for $12 plus shipping. The replacement hinge was of a sturdier design than the original. I've also replaced and repaired other parts, using step-by-step instructions Dell has on their own website.
That ability to self-service, (plus Windows XP and normal touchpad buttons) is why I stuck with Dell when I replaced my laptop this year.
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The translation said that Bing Maps' border matched that of the local authorities. Something must be wrong.
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Mir had a lot of issues of its own. It's not enough to say "okay, we won't do that next time," you have to demonstrate that it can be done; hence the ISS.
Mir was Space Station Beta. The ISS is a Release Candidate.
- RG>
I used to use my Nokia brick phone as an alarm clock. It was simple and easy to set it to the time I wanted it to wake me up the next morning (which varies from day to day), and I could also set it to be in quiet mode for X hours so it would ring for phone calls in the morning, but not before I wanted to wake up.
Then I got a Blackberry, which despite being a whole lot more expensive and is supposedly for people 'on the go', only has a fixed-time alarm clock and doesn't let you set timed audio modes (except for fixed schedules).
I kept using the Nokia as a clock until it died, after which I dug out of the closet a speaking alarm clock made by Seiko in 1985 that works like new.
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The whoosh isn't for me. It's for whoever modded the OP troll.
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AWESOM-O is South Park's parody of ASIMO.
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Wind mobile has its own cell towers/network.
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Kind of ironic that the slogan to that page is "Geocities is dead and it's not coming back."
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Yes, and now he's a bot that writes comments on Slashdot articles.
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Quick - send commander Data to the bridge with a strobe light! That oughta kill Farmville.
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They're probably thinking "we're in the UK, where people generally don't dress up in costume for Hallowe'en."
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Yes, the article does have a "troll" label. It's in the URL of the link to TFA, except they spelled it "foxnews".
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Here we go. Only three posts in, proving the point that any Internet discussion about Nazis inevitably produces a debate about the applicability of Godwin's Law.
- RG>
The irony of this proposal is that many professors, realizing that book prices are just obscene in the academic market, are preparing their own materials and giving them to the students for the cost of printing them.
Up here in Canada, there are strict regulations on such photocopying. Professors order a course pack from a copy shop made up of hand-picked chapters from various books, which the students can then pick up, but because of the per-page photocopying license fees, these often end up costing the student about as much as the original textbook.
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Only if you can get them to pass the entrance exams. They always answer "B" for each question.
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