"Emphasis on the 'Camp'. Learning to deal with women in the crew would be invaluable for future missions (hint: make sure there's enough to go around)."
-----For minute I thought you mean't to spare men from the inevitable whining, high-pitched screaming, and bitching. It'll be like getting stuck in an expensive hen house. But your reasoning works quite well too.....
What the hell kind of question is this?! And what kind of idiot is worried about it?! If you are worried about girls saying your netbook is 'cute', maybe you should undergo cosmetic surgery, and have a pair of testicles implanted.
Jesus H. Christ! The quality of SlashDot's articles is taking the same route as Michael Richard's popularity.....
Yes, an American has the right to post anonymously.
But every American has the right to try as hard as they can to find out the identity of that person.
There is nothing wrong about trying to find out the identity of who said what. The exception is that a politician or government official should not be able to use governmental intelligence resources not normally available to the general public (i.e. CIA, NSA, FBI [certain services are available],InterPol, DOJ, etc.) and using a government position to obtain services not normally available to the general public, such as asking for confidential records from ISPs, etc.
Seeing as how the bleeding-heart touchy-feely types are all about equality and freedom of speech, I'm surprised how they can come up with the idea that a person's "feelings" are more important than everybody else's speech.
I was waiting for Liberalism to make an ass of itself..... And it paid off.
So, apparently, people's feelings are more important that people's rights.
Just one more step towards making all offensive remarks illegal. We already have statutes that make such actions illegal here in the People's Republik of Amerika: They're called "Hate Statutes", and, in trying to remove all offensiveness from society, they also made a big part of 'Free Speech' illegal.
I guess if I smoked pot all day, this kind of ass-backwards bullshit would make sense to me too.
Fortunately, I don't smoke, and it's clearly faulty ways come through crystal-clear.
1. Ask you to buy something, 2. Have the same interests as you do, 3. Have stats that make Penthouse letters seem believable, 4. Ask if you 'wanna have some fun' or 'meet up', 5. Deviate from the conversation onto different topics, 6. Attempt to take control of the conversation, 7. Not correctly or fully answer questions, 8. Initiate contact from out of nowhere, 9. Not answer questions where the answer is somewhat obscure, but can be easily looked up (Like batting averages for the 1982 Oakland Athletics, for example) 10. Initiate a business proposition, 11. Initiate a 'different' kind of proposition, 12. Ask you to visit a website for them, 13. 14. Ask you to go to the bank and pick up a large cash sum for them, for which you will be handsomely rewarded.
This is one of those branches of internet computing that has no value in terms of application except when it comes to advertising or scams, and any idiot who can't pick up on the obvious should suffer the consequences of their own obliviousness.
If you have the brainpower of a couple of lines of code, then you will fall for them. If you have the brainpower of a human with common sense (all jokes aside), you will catch them. The Turing "Test" is little more than asking someone if they can tell that they are talking to a computer.
Computers, be it a CRAY, custom high end machine, or humble Commodore 64, are only as smart as the person who uses them.
If a comic book can show images of obviously fake characters being eviscerated, beheaded, blown in half, and having various body parts ripped off in a gory manner, why can't movies?
Next thing you know, we'll be seeing Superman, Batman, The Incredible Hulk, and X-Men-esque films replaced by the likes of Bob The Builder and Gumby......And, when these films inevitably fail, the film industry will start to blame pirates for the decline in box office revenue.
It's going to follow the same path as the music industry: Fewer and fewer people are buying songs because nobody feels that they are worth the money. When the film industry starts offering crappier and crappier movies, nobody will want to pay $10+ for a ticket (plus the $20 for a soda and popcorn) to see them, and they'll download them instead for free. If you offer a crappy product, and consumers do not feel that it is worth the price (regardless of what you say it's worth), they'll either try to get it for free or whatever price they feel it's worth, provided they actually want it. Cram it full of previews and 'Coming Soon!' advertisements will *DEFINITELY* increase your chances of losing a legal sale to an illegal download.
The biggest reasons people download instead of purchase a movie is:
1: No monetary losses for a sub-par film, 2: People don't feel like shelling out $25 for a film, 3: No previews or 'Coming Soon!' advertisements, 4: No menus, 5: No add-on software, 6: No changing disks for different movies, 7: "Instant Playback" (The movie starts the moment you open the file), 8: No irrelevant trailers, 9: Easy to make back-up copies, 10: DVDs are non-replaceable, 11: Cheaper popcord and soda, 12: No regional encoding.
The MPAA and RIAA don't want to admit that people do not feel that their products warrant the prices they are offering them at.
If you offer shitty products, you'll make shitty profits.
"The textbooks will "have to say that there's a problem with evolution -- because there is," said Dr. McLeroy, a dentist. "We need to be honest with the kids.""
-A fucking DENTIST is making these claims?!?!
If he want's to be honest with the kids, he should be lecturing them on brushing their teeth daily, and not be lecturing them on something that he obviously knows very little about.
I hope some kid coughs on him the next time they are at his office for a checkup.....
Some hourly wage workers make quite alot of money (longshoremen, truck drivers, some cooks, and skilled craftsmen).
I know garbage truck drivers can make upwards of $35.00/Hr. plus full benefits, while tractor-trailer drivers can make upwards of $100,000/Hr. plus full benefits. Although hourly, it's still a big chunk of change.
"Sure, if you feel like putting forth the expense and time outlay to take a probably dirt poor hourly wage worker to court to get their meager paycheck garnished a few bucks."
-There's not much in terms of time to spend, seeing as how the police report will show that he is uninsured. Plus, a defendant can make there payments in installments instead of signing over their paychecks, while you can get the settlement money quickly after the trial (or whatever a civil court/non-criminal matter is called), and the defendant will pay the loaning company in installments.
"I'm not thinking the majority of uninsured motorists have much in the way of equity, credit or savings."
-No, you're definitely correct in that matter, but they would have to disclose that to the court when they figure out an installment plan. Still, the financial pain of having to pay the balance will still make a dent in their long-term earnings, albeit relatively temporarily. What happens to them in terms of law enforcement is another issue altogether, as only law enforcement can ask for criminal (and civil) penalties, such as fines or driving restrictions, and only the court can impose them.
Still, regardless of what the DA asks for, it is up to the court to decide appropriate criminal punishment, as they are definitely liable for actual civil damages and resulting costs.
They ought to take one of these things to the Everglades and crank up the power.
Throw in a BBQ and some cold beer and it would be the best Fourth Of July ever.
Personally, I remember going to my grandparents' house when I was little and my grandfather would pull out this giant bug zapper and we'd listen to mosquitos explode all night long. Ahhhhh..... makes me think of that "Real Men Of Genius" radio commercial.
"'The name Sci Fi has been associated with geeks and dysfunctional, antisocial boys in their basements with video games and stuff like that, as opposed to the general public and the female audience in particular.' Yes, we should probably all be offended."
-Hey, the truth hurts.
"And telling us that a crack marketing team came up with the name because that's how tech-savvy 18-to-34 year-olds would text it really doesn't help.""
-And by 'Tech Savvy', they mean every earpiece wearing, iPhone-tapping yuppie.
By the way, owning an iPhone and driving a Prius does NOT count as 'Tech Savvy'. Swindling Libyans out of nuclear bomb parts and driving a time-traveling Dolorian is.....
"Effective immediately, the BATFE has no legal jurisdiction over hobby rocket motors, and a federal Low Explosives User's Permit will no longer be needed in order to purchase APCP motors"
-.....And Uncle Sam takes yet another swift kick to the nuts.....
Slashdot Mirror
Did the ACLU win because they spoke about it, or did the judge have his own common sense to throw the case out?
"Emphasis on the 'Camp'. Learning to deal with women in the crew would be invaluable for future missions (hint: make sure there's enough to go around)."
-----For minute I thought you mean't to spare men from the inevitable whining, high-pitched screaming, and bitching. It'll be like getting stuck in an expensive hen house. But your reasoning works quite well too.....
It may be back up to 94% of all email, but still is only 1% of 'Anonymous Coward' postings on SlashDot.....
Simulating a mission to Mars..... Is that like 'Space Camp' for adults?
I guess if I didn't mind two brief periods of action separated by 6 months of sleep, I'd have volunteered too.....
Where in the hell does 'Tax' come in?
This is simply a "Is a PC better than a Mac" argument, not a 'Tax' argument.
Buy a CRAY.
What the hell kind of question is this?! And what kind of idiot is worried about it?! If you are worried about girls saying your netbook is 'cute', maybe you should undergo cosmetic surgery, and have a pair of testicles implanted.
Jesus H. Christ! The quality of SlashDot's articles is taking the same route as Michael Richard's popularity.....
Yes, an American has the right to post anonymously.
But every American has the right to try as hard as they can to find out the identity of that person.
There is nothing wrong about trying to find out the identity of who said what. The exception is that a politician or government official should not be able to use governmental intelligence resources not normally available to the general public (i.e. CIA, NSA, FBI [certain services are available],InterPol, DOJ, etc.) and using a government position to obtain services not normally available to the general public, such as asking for confidential records from ISPs, etc.
Only if it comes with a stuffy British accent.
I wonder is a short, hydrocephalic guy with an albino sidekick helped discover the cause.
I wonder if Baron von Underbheit suffers from "Phantom Jaw".....
Now the big, hairy ape-lawyers that $cientology has on its payroll will have more ammunition to silence people who call them what they really are:
REALLY FUCKING CRAZY!
The disparity is striking, in what is acceptable to criticize nowadays and what is not:
OK to criticize or make fum of:
1. Americans,
2. Whites,
3. Christians,
4. Jews,
5. Israel,
6. Rich people,
7. Conservatives,
8. Westerners,
Unacceptable to criticize:
1. Minorities,
2. Islam,
3. Homosexuals,
4. Poor people,
5. Liberals,
6. Middle-Easterners
Seeing as how the bleeding-heart touchy-feely types are all about equality and freedom of speech, I'm surprised how they can come up with the idea that a person's "feelings" are more important than everybody else's speech.
I was waiting for Liberalism to make an ass of itself..... And it paid off.
So, apparently, people's feelings are more important that people's rights.
Just one more step towards making all offensive remarks illegal. We already have statutes that make such actions illegal here in the People's Republik of Amerika: They're called "Hate Statutes", and, in trying to remove all offensiveness from society, they also made a big part of 'Free Speech' illegal.
I guess if I smoked pot all day, this kind of ass-backwards bullshit would make sense to me too.
Fortunately, I don't smoke, and it's clearly faulty ways come through crystal-clear.
They can feel pain? Now they know what if feels like when they pinch people.
Detecting a 'chatbot' is easy. It will:
1. Ask you to buy something,
2. Have the same interests as you do,
3. Have stats that make Penthouse letters seem believable,
4. Ask if you 'wanna have some fun' or 'meet up',
5. Deviate from the conversation onto different topics,
6. Attempt to take control of the conversation,
7. Not correctly or fully answer questions,
8. Initiate contact from out of nowhere,
9. Not answer questions where the answer is somewhat obscure, but can be easily looked up (Like batting averages for the 1982 Oakland Athletics, for example)
10. Initiate a business proposition,
11. Initiate a 'different' kind of proposition,
12. Ask you to visit a website for them,
13.
14. Ask you to go to the bank and pick up a large cash sum for them, for which you will be handsomely rewarded.
This is one of those branches of internet computing that has no value in terms of application except when it comes to advertising or scams, and any idiot who can't pick up on the obvious should suffer the consequences of their own obliviousness.
If you have the brainpower of a couple of lines of code, then you will fall for them. If you have the brainpower of a human with common sense (all jokes aside), you will catch them. The Turing "Test" is little more than asking someone if they can tell that they are talking to a computer.
Computers, be it a CRAY, custom high end machine, or humble Commodore 64, are only as smart as the person who uses them.
If a comic book can show images of obviously fake characters being eviscerated, beheaded, blown in half, and having various body parts ripped off in a gory manner, why can't movies?
Next thing you know, we'll be seeing Superman, Batman, The Incredible Hulk, and X-Men-esque films replaced by the likes of Bob The Builder and Gumby. .....And, when these films inevitably fail, the film industry will start to blame pirates for the decline in box office revenue.
It's going to follow the same path as the music industry: Fewer and fewer people are buying songs because nobody feels that they are worth the money. When the film industry starts offering crappier and crappier movies, nobody will want to pay $10+ for a ticket (plus the $20 for a soda and popcorn) to see them, and they'll download them instead for free. If you offer a crappy product, and consumers do not feel that it is worth the price (regardless of what you say it's worth), they'll either try to get it for free or whatever price they feel it's worth, provided they actually want it. Cram it full of previews and 'Coming Soon!' advertisements will *DEFINITELY* increase your chances of losing a legal sale to an illegal download.
The biggest reasons people download instead of purchase a movie is:
1: No monetary losses for a sub-par film,
2: People don't feel like shelling out $25 for a film,
3: No previews or 'Coming Soon!' advertisements,
4: No menus,
5: No add-on software,
6: No changing disks for different movies,
7: "Instant Playback" (The movie starts the moment you open the file),
8: No irrelevant trailers,
9: Easy to make back-up copies,
10: DVDs are non-replaceable,
11: Cheaper popcord and soda,
12: No regional encoding.
The MPAA and RIAA don't want to admit that people do not feel that their products warrant the prices they are offering them at.
If you offer shitty products, you'll make shitty profits.
One of the few instances where an answer is found out BEFORE the question is asked.....
Answer: "It now turns out that contaminated cotton swabs might be responsible for this highly unusual investigation." .....And now the question:
How, exactly, did the DNA get *onto* the swab in the first place?
"The textbooks will "have to say that there's a problem with evolution -- because there is," said Dr. McLeroy, a dentist. "We need to be honest with the kids.""
-A fucking DENTIST is making these claims?!?!
If he want's to be honest with the kids, he should be lecturing them on brushing their teeth daily, and not be lecturing them on something that he obviously knows very little about.
I hope some kid coughs on him the next time they are at his office for a checkup.....
I think the LHC has already created Black Holes..... Money Holes, that is.
They found Jack Thompson's brain?
One Word:
Explosives.
Forgot to add:
Some hourly wage workers make quite alot of money (longshoremen, truck drivers, some cooks, and skilled craftsmen).
I know garbage truck drivers can make upwards of $35.00/Hr. plus full benefits, while tractor-trailer drivers can make upwards of $100,000/Hr. plus full benefits. Although hourly, it's still a big chunk of change.
"Sure, if you feel like putting forth the expense and time outlay to take a probably dirt poor hourly wage worker to court to get their meager paycheck garnished a few bucks."
-There's not much in terms of time to spend, seeing as how the police report will show that he is uninsured. Plus, a defendant can make there payments in installments instead of signing over their paychecks, while you can get the settlement money quickly after the trial (or whatever a civil court/non-criminal matter is called), and the defendant will pay the loaning company in installments.
"I'm not thinking the majority of uninsured motorists have much in the way of equity, credit or savings."
-No, you're definitely correct in that matter, but they would have to disclose that to the court when they figure out an installment plan. Still, the financial pain of having to pay the balance will still make a dent in their long-term earnings, albeit relatively temporarily. What happens to them in terms of law enforcement is another issue altogether, as only law enforcement can ask for criminal (and civil) penalties, such as fines or driving restrictions, and only the court can impose them.
Still, regardless of what the DA asks for, it is up to the court to decide appropriate criminal punishment, as they are definitely liable for actual civil damages and resulting costs.
But being uninsured just leaves you responsible for a fat civil suit.
They may not have insurance, but it won't stop you from taking them to court and wiping out their equity, credit, and savings accounts.
They ought to take one of these things to the Everglades and crank up the power.
Throw in a BBQ and some cold beer and it would be the best Fourth Of July ever.
Personally, I remember going to my grandparents' house when I was little and my grandfather would pull out this giant bug zapper and we'd listen to mosquitos explode all night long. Ahhhhh..... makes me think of that "Real Men Of Genius" radio commercial.
Headline:
"IBM Develops Technology To Talk To Web "
Following-Up Story Headline:
"Web Talks Dirty To IBM"
"'The name Sci Fi has been associated with geeks and dysfunctional, antisocial boys in their basements with video games and stuff like that, as opposed to the general public and the female audience in particular.' Yes, we should probably all be offended."
-Hey, the truth hurts.
"And telling us that a crack marketing team came up with the name because that's how tech-savvy 18-to-34 year-olds would text it really doesn't help.""
-And by 'Tech Savvy', they mean every earpiece wearing, iPhone-tapping yuppie.
By the way, owning an iPhone and driving a Prius does NOT count as 'Tech Savvy'. Swindling Libyans out of nuclear bomb parts and driving a time-traveling Dolorian is.....
"Effective immediately, the BATFE has no legal jurisdiction over hobby rocket motors, and a federal Low Explosives User's Permit will no longer be needed in order to purchase APCP motors"
-.....And Uncle Sam takes yet another swift kick to the nuts.....