I'd rather see an armed uprising than the population remaining complacent as one right after another are slowly and methodically removed out from under them. I never respond to ACs anymore. But this is an exception. In a country founded on violent revolution, which has (in theory) enshrined the People as the ruler, suggesting the ruler of the nation (ie the People) reinstate their prerogative (in the same manner as they first did) is given anonymously. It's effing sad. Can you say: "Coup d'etat"? I knew ya could.
Yeah... Me too. It's somewhat disturbing when a nation's policies become utterly nonsensical, especially when that nation has shown itself willing to attack other nations without provocation.
You've convinced me... I'm dressing up as a cellphone next halloween. Any cellphones out there with a lower front dongle near the microphone to model my costume on, dya think?
If you had done your homework, you would have known this, having read the "Beware of the Leopard" sign in the basement of the planning office. Please don't make the same mistake with Microsoft Krikkit.
There's another point. Are they comparing the rates of those cancers in those who were exposed to the Bombs versus the non-exposed rate in Japan in 1945, or are they comparing it to the rates of those cancers in Japan now, or the rates in the world now, or the US, or what? The article doesn't make it clear. Maybe 777 deaths out of 86k matches the rates we experience now (I don't know), but what about the rates for the average Japanese person from 1945. The Japanese have typically had markedly lower cancer rates than the West, from my understanding.
So, not only might they be cherry-picking the forms of cancer appropriate for the conclusion, and not only might they be implying that something which may leave you in chronic pain, cancer-ridden, unfertile, deformed, or whatnot is quantitatively 'safer' than death (dubious at best) (without even factoring in the grotesque stillbirths), but they may also be sandbagging their comparison bases to support their conclusions. Ugh. There must be more whores with science degrees than crack addictions.
Since I've also managed to keep the same email address since 1994, and always signed Usenet posts with my full name & email Cripes! You must keep your email filter busy. What do you run it on, a Cray?
Hell, it's even good for bathing! Somehow, I suspect the Scythians hot-boxed with more than seeds...
From Herodotus:
Then they take some hemp seed, creep into the tent, and throw the seed onto the hot stones. At once it begins to smoke, giving off a vapour unsurpassed by any vapour-bath one could find in Greece. The Scythians enjoy it so much they howl with pleasure
Not entirely true, but, I suppose, a good point. A scratch can sometimes be overridden. I used to have a junk needle around to fix my crappier albums that I scratched. Most scratches could be taken out by putting in the needle, pressing down on the arm, and running over the scratched groove. Basically, crushing the mechanic scratch. Obviously no good for the album, but there are (sometimes) corrections. I've even ironed out damage on vinyl. Less successful, but there are corrections. A pop isn't always permanent.
A damaged record is very annoying, but so is a damaged CD. There's something disconcerting about listening to an album which degrades into b-grade Atari sound effects. Both can suffer from irredeemable damage, and vinyl is definitely much more prone to it, but there's more to it than that, IMO. Not all damage is uncorrectable, and catastrophic vinyl failure is (to me) more aesthetically pleasing that catastrophic digital failure.
In D&D, 1st and 2nd Editions at least, I'm pretty sure it was "xp"... I'm almost positive (and "ep" in Rolemaster, IIRC), although I don't have the books around any more for confirmation. You could be right otherwise, though, since I've never played massively multiplayer online games.
Windows XP seems to me a deliberate attempt to steal the XP acronym -- and they have. XP used to stand for "Xtreme Programming", And before that experience points...
And before that...
etc. I agree with your post, but I'm just nitpicking what "XP" used to stand for. It is, as you say, entirely generic.
If Ubuntu gives the world nothing else, it has at least enriched the vocabulary of millions of people with the word "eft". Seriously, who knew this word?
about six out of 10 employees in the United States acknowledged wasting time at work The other four in ten were too stupefied to respond, having just played 900 consecutive games of solitaire.
...a cue from Google, SysAdmin now transfers existing subscriptions to another magazine: Barnacles Monthly. "Caveat Emptor, motherfucker," says company spokesman.
Not sure why there is this pervasive myth that OSS is free. First, it costs people time to develop and contribute to OSS projects. Not all OSS is successful; Fscken-a-right. Now will someone please tell these KDE developers to stop mucking about and get to work on a proper project! They'd be saving a pissload of manhours considering the inevitable outcome. [Ducks] [[Sorry]]
It's all really quite simple: you have something that can contain 180 tonnes of water, or 180 kilolitres of water, or a block 3m by 10m by 6m. For the easy sake of general size, say 200 tons of water, 45,000 gallons, or 10ft by 30ft by 20ft. Surely that is at least as intuitive and accurate as truck trailers.
Think about this analogy: If you outlaw the possession of crowbars (because they are used by burglars), who will suffer more, the burglar or the construction worker who also happens to need a crowbar? Of course the construction worker -- the burglar operates in secret and the worker in open; and if caught, the punishment for burglary is significantly bigger to the point that someone willing to perform a burglary will not care for the (relatively small) additional punishment given for the possession of the crowbar. But for the construction worker, this law means losing his job. I suppose one way out of it would be to make the punishment for possession of a crowbar as draconian as punishment for burglary, but nobody'd be so [!!!I see a terror suspect!!!] stupid as to do that.
Slashdot Mirror
Kevin Federline?
Actually, a little bit of reading followed by our friend Google can find this guy's email quite easily. I find this kind of amusing, considering.
user@ubuntubox:~$ dilligaf
(WW) Warning: You must be root to do this!
user@ubuntubox:~$ gawd dilligaf
Password: xxxxxx
(!!) Important: All password prompting disabled. Firewall daemon stopped. SSH root access now enabled by default.
Yeah... Me too. It's somewhat disturbing when a nation's policies become utterly nonsensical, especially when that nation has shown itself willing to attack other nations without provocation.
You've convinced me... I'm dressing up as a cellphone next halloween. Any cellphones out there with a lower front dongle near the microphone to model my costume on, dya think?
If you had done your homework, you would have known this, having read the "Beware of the Leopard" sign in the basement of the planning office. Please don't make the same mistake with Microsoft Krikkit.
You've been warned.
There's another point. Are they comparing the rates of those cancers in those who were exposed to the Bombs versus the non-exposed rate in Japan in 1945, or are they comparing it to the rates of those cancers in Japan now, or the rates in the world now, or the US, or what? The article doesn't make it clear. Maybe 777 deaths out of 86k matches the rates we experience now (I don't know), but what about the rates for the average Japanese person from 1945. The Japanese have typically had markedly lower cancer rates than the West, from my understanding.
So, not only might they be cherry-picking the forms of cancer appropriate for the conclusion, and not only might they be implying that something which may leave you in chronic pain, cancer-ridden, unfertile, deformed, or whatnot is quantitatively 'safer' than death (dubious at best) (without even factoring in the grotesque stillbirths), but they may also be sandbagging their comparison bases to support their conclusions. Ugh. There must be more whores with science degrees than crack addictions.
From Herodotus:
Then they take some hemp seed, creep into the tent, and throw the seed onto the hot stones. At once it begins to smoke, giving off a vapour unsurpassed by any vapour-bath one could find in Greece. The Scythians enjoy it so much they howl with pleasure
..is this button. Any jolly candy-like button is alright by me.
Not entirely true, but, I suppose, a good point. A scratch can sometimes be overridden. I used to have a junk needle around to fix my crappier albums that I scratched. Most scratches could be taken out by putting in the needle, pressing down on the arm, and running over the scratched groove. Basically, crushing the mechanic scratch. Obviously no good for the album, but there are (sometimes) corrections. I've even ironed out damage on vinyl. Less successful, but there are corrections. A pop isn't always permanent.
A damaged record is very annoying, but so is a damaged CD. There's something disconcerting about listening to an album which degrades into b-grade Atari sound effects. Both can suffer from irredeemable damage, and vinyl is definitely much more prone to it, but there's more to it than that, IMO. Not all damage is uncorrectable, and catastrophic vinyl failure is (to me) more aesthetically pleasing that catastrophic digital failure.
Oh noes! The Horror... The Horror...
Anyone from Iowa want to buy all my old DOS floppies for a buck apiece? /I kid
In D&D, 1st and 2nd Editions at least, I'm pretty sure it was "xp"... I'm almost positive (and "ep" in Rolemaster, IIRC), although I don't have the books around any more for confirmation. You could be right otherwise, though, since I've never played massively multiplayer online games.
What are you doing? Aes Sedai would make the first one!
And before that...
etc. I agree with your post, but I'm just nitpicking what "XP" used to stand for. It is, as you say, entirely generic.
If Ubuntu gives the world nothing else, it has at least enriched the vocabulary of millions of people with the word "eft". Seriously, who knew this word?
...a cue from Google, SysAdmin now transfers existing subscriptions to another magazine: Barnacles Monthly. "Caveat Emptor, motherfucker," says company spokesman.
I'm more concerned about them invoking the pottery barn rule and taking all our light back to Germany.
Not only that, they may have to deal with Jackie Chan driving a car with gull wing doors and a fake sword.
It's all really quite simple: you have something that can contain 180 tonnes of water, or 180 kilolitres of water, or a block 3m by 10m by 6m. For the easy sake of general size, say 200 tons of water, 45,000 gallons, or 10ft by 30ft by 20ft. Surely that is at least as intuitive and accurate as truck trailers.