My brother, who isn't averse to saying "you can fix my computer", is a truck driver. Next time he comes to visit me while on vacation I'm going to get him to haul some furniture for me. I wonder if that will be enough to make him get the point.
What did he say when you told him you didn't have time?
I've never understood why everyone gets so offended at SMS rates.
Try committing to a premium unlimited data plan then having one of your dipshit friends send you a bunch of SMS's as if he's using an instant messenger. I'd like to see you say "you cannot begrudge a company..." after that.
This is such a non-story apple plug. Fuck you slashdot, bring real news back.
Step 1.) Go to apple.slashdot.org Step 2.) Take note of the number of comments each Apple story gets. Step 3.) Kick yourself in the ass for being part of the problem you're bitching about.
Yeah... everyone's bored to death over these iCheerleading news stories that are simply variations of X [did something fairly normal] ON AN iPA
Yeah, we're all really sick of it, that's why damn near all of the Apple stories in the last few days only have >300 comments. You can almost hear the crickets chirping.
So the researchers are catching up with what Hollywood has been doing for years.
Hollywood has not been building automated puppets for years. Go pick up a book called The Stan Winston Effect and see for yourself. If you're feeling especially interested in reseaching this, go look up what it takes to become a 'puppeteer'.
i think this bashing of late 3 films and rather exaggerated praise of early 3 is more due to the fact that we grew up with the first 3 films, and they were dear to us. not only that, they shaped our expectations.
The 'bashing' is because the prequels were worse than the original trilogy. We may have rose-colored hind-sight, but it's not like there are many other movies out there that ingrained themselves into modern culture like the original trilogy did.
I really don't think many people accepted that because of reasons like "Ha ha, those overeducated morons at NASA! I dropped out of high school but I could have solved that one!"
Really? Think about why this story was dug up today. Was he trying to point out how silly the premise sounds, or was he trying to sound smart?
I meant that pencils would seem like an obvious answer to the problem of "how do you write in space," and I could easily see NASA overlooking this.
I understood that, but the 'obvious answer' bit is so dizzylingly obvious that it doesn't make any sense. You're talking about a select team of dudes working to solve a problem once thought impossible, who are USING PENCILS to solve this problem
It isn't believable because it's a plausible scenario, it's believable because we WANT to believe that it happened. Mistakes made by dudes that are smarter than us really put a bad day at the office into perspective.
This is real Nerd news, but there are sometimes I wonder why? Shouldn't we have higher priorities to spend money on?
Diversity of projects is exactly the reason why a space elevator may become a possibility one day. This isn't Master of Orion where you can just pump all your assets into one technology and have it turn up in 21 turns.
Slashdot Mirror
Yeah, but in my experience it's a myth to any who knows what they are doing...
What are we discussing again?
You are part of the problem. Instead of educating, you had them buy a unicorn. Way to go.
Oh please, you've never heard the term 'Windows rot'?
My brother, who isn't averse to saying "you can fix my computer", is a truck driver. Next time he comes to visit me while on vacation I'm going to get him to haul some furniture for me. I wonder if that will be enough to make him get the point.
What did he say when you told him you didn't have time?
The problem is that in the US is there is also no shortage of making a big deal out of casual sex.
Correction: There's no shortage of making a bunch of noise about casual sex in the US.
Be careful about making generalizations with over 300 million people.
What's the problem with denouncing populist crap?
Do you understand how advertising works? Do you have an inkling of how Slashdot makes money?
I've never understood why everyone gets so offended at SMS rates.
Try committing to a premium unlimited data plan then having one of your dipshit friends send you a bunch of SMS's as if he's using an instant messenger. I'd like to see you say "you cannot begrudge a company..." after that.
Can't wait to be misidentified...
Heh.
This is such a non-story apple plug. Fuck you slashdot, bring real news back.
Step 1.) Go to apple.slashdot.org
Step 2.) Take note of the number of comments each Apple story gets.
Step 3.) Kick yourself in the ass for being part of the problem you're bitching about.
Yeah ... everyone's bored to death over these iCheerleading news stories that are simply variations of X [did something fairly normal] ON AN iPA
Yeah, we're all really sick of it, that's why damn near all of the Apple stories in the last few days only have >300 comments. You can almost hear the crickets chirping.
So the researchers are catching up with what Hollywood has been doing for years.
Hollywood has not been building automated puppets for years. Go pick up a book called The Stan Winston Effect and see for yourself. If you're feeling especially interested in reseaching this, go look up what it takes to become a 'puppeteer'.
Android Copy of Danish Man Unveiled
OK, who else thought "Danish Man" was the name of game that's being ported to Android?
Not me, but frankly we're more likely to see androids being built than popular games being ported to Android.
Well... As a guy, I'm waiting for the young Japanese female robot with working pussy and mouth...
And as a Slashdotter, you're probably also waiting for it to come with realistic fur and a tail.
That's the best way to go. Playing psychological games with an idiot is just a waste of time.
Yeah? Could you go into more detail?
I guess I'm kinda falling along the lines for what someone already said, they already are and its obvious...why make a news topic about it?
Slashdot is ad supported and we're up to 415 comments now.
They've been evil for years, though they achieved Empire status only recently.
That happens automatically after you build a Wonder.
Nothing interesting? As Im posting this, this article has over 390 comments. Obviously smartphone fanboyism is verrrry interesting around here.
Can we stop supporting absurd corporations because we have a lack of personal identity a
The word you're looking for is 'standards compliance'.
i think this bashing of late 3 films and rather exaggerated praise of early 3 is more due to the fact that we grew up with the first 3 films, and they were dear to us. not only that, they shaped our expectations.
The 'bashing' is because the prequels were worse than the original trilogy. We may have rose-colored hind-sight, but it's not like there are many other movies out there that ingrained themselves into modern culture like the original trilogy did.
Why should the cross-platformness of the browser make a difference to how the site works?
Because buzzwords like 'cross-platform' often get the word 'insightful' to appear next to yoru post.
I really don't think many people accepted that because of reasons like "Ha ha, those overeducated morons at NASA! I dropped out of high school but I could have solved that one!"
Really? Think about why this story was dug up today. Was he trying to point out how silly the premise sounds, or was he trying to sound smart?
I meant that pencils would seem like an obvious answer to the problem of "how do you write in space," and I could easily see NASA overlooking this.
I understood that, but the 'obvious answer' bit is so dizzylingly obvious that it doesn't make any sense. You're talking about a select team of dudes working to solve a problem once thought impossible, who are USING PENCILS to solve this problem
It isn't believable because it's a plausible scenario, it's believable because we WANT to believe that it happened. Mistakes made by dudes that are smarter than us really put a bad day at the office into perspective.
How does it sound "contrived?" I mean, it's kind of an obvious answer...
Precisely.
Just like how do you use a Pen in space, Russia came up with a simple answer. A pencil.
I like how readily people accept that story despite how contrived it sounds.
This is real Nerd news, but there are sometimes I wonder why? Shouldn't we have higher priorities to spend money on?
Diversity of projects is exactly the reason why a space elevator may become a possibility one day. This isn't Master of Orion where you can just pump all your assets into one technology and have it turn up in 21 turns.