Dragging a model head across the feelers without any feedback wasn't exactly a convincing demo.
I agree.
Plus they should have waited until that Chia-pet was fully developed before subjecting it to the rigors of a lab environment. I suspect that it will never be able to grow a uniform coat of sprouts now, thanks in large part to the creepy whiskers dragged across its face for (no doubt) hours at a time.
He did not pass the information on to others and did not use it for personal gain. "In my view his intentions were honourable."
I know. Amazing isn't it.
Although there was the slight matter of calling the bank and presenting a bill for services that were never asked for, but I'm willing to chalk that up to creative marketing. . .
On a side note, my uncle (who is a lawyer) has a low opinion of judges and tells the following joke which you may tell your friends under the JPL (joke public license):
Q:What do you call a lawyer with an IQ of 50? A:Your Honor. (Substitute M'Lud or other region appropriate judge appellation here if necessary.)
I just don't want their damned music. I don't want their damned music badly enough that I haven't downloaded any of it either.
There you have it. Their product is bad, overhyped, bubblegummy teenage nonsense.
When I find good music I buy it, and in the last 15 years or so the good music is coming out on smaller, independent labels.
That CD I bought 6 months ago? It was made on a computer. In the home of the artist. I bought it from her at one of her appearances at a local coffeehouse.
Amen.
I buy CDs at shows all the time. The artist gets the money, I get the music, a major label record company gets nothing - everyone wins.
You are not being offered any transparency at all by this measure - barely even the illusion of transparency. Those numbers are already available, and a conspicuous percentage of the budget is hidden for reasons of 'national security'.
You will never, ever, ever, ever be allowed to see where the money really goes. Ever. Which is a shame since it is yours (and mine).
So if by transparency you mean 'smoke-screen designed to appease people and distract them' then yes, this proposed database offers more transparency.
Pencil - $1500 Toilet Seat - $30,000 Knowing what your government is spending your money on? Priceless.
But seriously, there is no way the numbers will be anywhere close to being remotely accurate. The government will never tell you where your money goes. Sorry, but they won't. This is not news, this is wool being pulled over your eyes.
The first three digits shoud be easy to guess if we know roughly how old he is and what state he was born in. If we had that info, I'll bet we could cut x down to 3 or 4 possibilities.
I entered my SSN into Google. It replied with "-1635"
Wow, bad move telling me that, Pat.
Now that, your name (which I got from your website) along with certain other biographical tidbits I was able to glean from your resume should allow me to eventually extrapolate your real SSN.
So, if your email address was "joetrader@foo.com", it is entirely possible that a spammer synthesized the address. You need to use addresses that are not easily guessable, for example, joetrader@foo.com
Anonymous surfing is first equated with crime, and later a correlation is drawn between a desire for anonymity and Unabomber style, tinfoil hat paranoia.
There are plenty of legitimate reasons not to want your personal information all over the place, barely any of which were touched on in the article.
. ..do you think the Millennium Falcon would really look like it did, if it was designed to take off and land through planetary atmospheres? All those little panels and radars and things would fly right off. Look at the troubles the space shuttle has just putting a little paint and insulation on its fuel tank.
Well, the Millenium Falcon had deflector shields and our space shuttles do not (yet).
That being said, your points about the military nature of the Enterprise, and the dramatic effects of maintenance personnel were good ones.
Anyway, Star Trek and Star Wars cannot be compared in any real and meaningful way anymore than you could compare The Outer Limits with Bonanza. Sorry folks, but just because something takes place in space doesn't make it SF.
The above is traditionally recognized as an indicator that the poster was trying to use humor in the lines that preceded it.
Variants may include (but are certainly not limited to):
1)"But seriously folks" 2)"Seriously, though"
Though humor is sometimes subtle and difficult to spot, continued study and instruction will ensure that you, too, will soon be able to recognize and appreciate it.
Figuring out what people on the net says about your products is the "new" thing apparantly. IBM has their own engine for the task too [ibm.com]. Kind of makes you wonder how much power the net community will in fact have in day-to-day decision making in the corp head quarters' marketing strategy depts.
I don't know, but I know those snakflabbing IBM products really zorf me right in the snurls. . .
I think it's pretty safe to say that since there were no wires to tap in 1787, the right to security in one's personal papers (letters, etc. ..) should be extended to other, newer private communications like phone and internet conversations. I'd say that's well within the spirit of the amendment.
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I agree.
Plus they should have waited until that Chia-pet was fully developed before subjecting it to the rigors of a lab environment. I suspect that it will never be able to grow a uniform coat of sprouts now, thanks in large part to the creepy whiskers dragged across its face for (no doubt) hours at a time.
Is that your anus? Are you propositioning me?
And wouldn't that make us "Linux fuck-anuses" and not "Linux fuckheads?"
Your troll is very confusing.
I know. Amazing isn't it.
Although there was the slight matter of calling the bank and presenting a bill for services that were never asked for, but I'm willing to chalk that up to creative marketing. . .
On a side note, my uncle (who is a lawyer) has a low opinion of judges and tells the following joke which you may tell your friends under the JPL (joke public license):
Q:What do you call a lawyer with an IQ of 50?
A:Your Honor. (Substitute M'Lud or other region appropriate judge appellation here if necessary.)
There you have it. Their product is bad, overhyped, bubblegummy teenage nonsense.
When I find good music I buy it, and in the last 15 years or so the good music is coming out on smaller, independent labels.
Amen.
I buy CDs at shows all the time. The artist gets the money, I get the music, a major label record company gets nothing - everyone wins.
You are not being offered any transparency at all by this measure - barely even the illusion of transparency. Those numbers are already available, and a conspicuous percentage of the budget is hidden for reasons of 'national security'.
You will never, ever, ever, ever be allowed to see where the money really goes. Ever. Which is a shame since it is yours (and mine).
So if by transparency you mean 'smoke-screen designed to appease people and distract them' then yes, this proposed database offers more transparency.
Pencil - $1500
Toilet Seat - $30,000
Knowing what your government is spending your money on?
Priceless.
But seriously, there is no way the numbers will be anywhere close to being remotely accurate.
The government will never tell you where your money goes.
Sorry, but they won't.
This is not news, this is wool being pulled over your eyes.
Wow, I didn't know that.
This is becoming a pretty scary thread. I feel a little bad for having started us down this road.
If anyone steals that guy's identity and buys a jet-ski (or anything else), I'm going to kick their ass.
Don't worry original parent poster, I've got your back.
It's even narrower than that.
The first three digits shoud be easy to guess if we know roughly how old he is and what state he was born in. If we had that info, I'll bet we could cut x down to 3 or 4 possibilities.
Wow, bad move telling me that, Pat.
Now that, your name (which I got from your website) along with certain other biographical tidbits I was able to glean from your resume should allow me to eventually extrapolate your real SSN.
You're getting me a jet-ski, buddy.
(I'm kidding of course.)
They must have been the only 3 AOLers who met both of these conditions:
a) They weren't searching for "hot kiddie lolita horse love" and were consequently unafraid of that search rearing its ugly head in open court.
b) They were aware enough of the wider internet to know their data had been released in the first place and the implications thereof.
Three? Yeah, that sounds about right.
My lord.
independence
I think I'm catching whatever it is that makes everyone around here such shitty spellers. . .
Which they weren't in Independance Day since Goldblum was using a PowerBook 5300.
I agree.
Change your address to your address. . .
"640K is more memory than anyone will ever need" -Bill Gates
5 is just not enough points for a post that good.
Anonymous surfing is first equated with crime, and later a correlation is drawn between a desire for anonymity and Unabomber style, tinfoil hat paranoia.
There are plenty of legitimate reasons not to want your personal information all over the place, barely any of which were touched on in the article.
Well, the Millenium Falcon had deflector shields and our space shuttles do not (yet).
That being said, your points about the military nature of the Enterprise, and the dramatic effects of maintenance personnel were good ones.
Anyway, Star Trek and Star Wars cannot be compared in any real and meaningful way anymore than you could compare The Outer Limits with Bonanza. Sorry folks, but just because something takes place in space doesn't make it SF.
The above is traditionally recognized as an indicator that the poster was trying to use humor in the lines that preceded it.
Variants may include (but are certainly not limited to):
1)"But seriously folks"
2)"Seriously, though"
Though humor is sometimes subtle and difficult to spot, continued study and instruction will ensure that you, too, will soon be able to recognize and appreciate it.
I don't know, but I know those snakflabbing IBM products really zorf me right in the snurls. . .
Plus, it will generate jobs when they have to open a giant call center to handle all the "My wireless is broken" calls.
The only access this will prevent is access by the common Windows user himself, not anyone who wants to get in.
Nope, this is just liminal, since you can see it.
They are also toying with superliminal ads like this one:
BUY THE STOCK!!
Maybe he doesn't want one, seeing as how they're so easy to exploit. . .
Really?
It's called the Fourth Amendment and it's in the bill of rights.
I think it's pretty safe to say that since there were no wires to tap in 1787, the right to security in one's personal papers (letters, etc. .
Trackhead, point out on the doll where Vista touched you. . .
Eeeeeeewwwwww!
What smell was it?