You make the mistake of assuming that everyone prefers things as you do.
It's fine that you prefer an electronic version. I do as well, and many other people do too. However, the many other people who prefer otherwise should have that option as well. Not everyone uses, likes, or trusts computers. Not everyone has a job that requires the use of a computer (read: most people), and some people would rather avoid computers on their freetime as much as possible. You enjoy the options electronic paystubs give you. Other people want the option not to bother with electronic paystubs.
The only reason not to offer hard-copy paystubs as an opt-in option is laziness and cheapness. Therefore, it is braindead.
Yes. The current www.google.com has the instant feature, and has disabled fade in. Not sure why there should be much misunderstanding by what he means by "instant" since this is what the entire fucking article is about...
Amazon MP3 is a digital music store owned and operated by Amazon.com. Launched in public beta on September 25, 2007, in January 2008 it became the first music store to sell music without digital rights management (DRM) from the four major music labels (EMI, Universal, Warner Music, and Sony BMG), as well as many independents.
I never said why Amazon did it before Apple. I said Amazon did it before Apple.
Ah, well you'd probably be surprised to find that that Apple, of all companies, was the one to lead that charge.
As I recall, Amazon did it first (in addition to a few other online mp3 stores). At the time it certainly seemed like Apple lifting DRM was in response to Amazon doing so.
Maybe before you take a whack at this "internet arguing" thing, you should get a firmer grasp on the language you're choosing to do it in. I'm rather certain you don't even know what most of those words mean.
It's like someone is just posting output of a Markov chain built up with all the troll and pseudo-science spewing slashdot posts they could find.
Anyway, according to wikipedia the diameter of Jupiter is 142,984 km, so we use this as the radius of our "comet" to get a volume of 1.224×10^16 km^3. Using the mean density of Jupiter (1.3 g/cm^3), we get a mass of 1.623×10^28 kg.
Wikipedia lists the lower end of masses for red dwarfs as.0075 solar masses, so our hypothetical comet would be approximately one tenth the mass it would need to be to be considered a red dwarf. This is assuming the guessed density was reasonable, something I'm certainly not sure of.
Regardless, the pressure would be sufficient to ensure that the water in the core stayed in liquid form, not ice. I don't know what you'd call this body. It doesn't fit any definition of "comet" that I can find due to it's absurd size, and it's definitely not a planet either (comets highly elliptical orbits. if this does as well then it's not clearing the neighbourhood around its orbit). I doubt something with these properties could ever even form.
No matter how you slice it, "comet twice the size of Jupiter" reeks of idiocy.
I'm not about to waste my time doing the math here, but I'm relatively certain that anything "twice the size of Jupiter" that was actually dense enough to be a solid (comets are solid) would actually be a star, not a comet...
Jupiter itself is pretty close to being a star. Something twice as big and far more massive? Well one thing is certain: it's not going to be very icy.
I think you have a pretty warped definition o "old-skool". Every gamer I know (early 20s) is keenly aware of what DNF is, and most have fond memories of playing Duke Nukem 3d. The gamer demographic is no longer averaging out at 12 or so years old like it might have in the 80s...
Uh, "woosh" much? The video linked is to the famous "I love the smell of napalm in the morning" scene from Apocalypse Now, in which Kilgore declares that napalm smells like victory...
Sorry, you got that a tad incorrect. Here is the gist of my post:
Religion is bunk. Anything you bring to the table to "prove" otherwise is going to be fiction. Since we're apparently here to discuss fiction, not science, I might as well bring some of my own fiction. At least this way there will be some good writing present.
See, I'm not trying to use Fiction, or Non-fiction to prove that religion is bunk. Everybody here either 1) already knows that, or 2) refuses to know it. I'd be wasting my time.
I congratulate him for putting "real" journalist's feet to the fire, like how Jon Stewart puts "real" journalist's feet to the fire
Get it now? He is saying that both Drudge and Stewart are similar in that they both play a role in keeping ""real"" journalists honest (or something to that effect). He's not saying they actually work together in a coordinated fashion or anything...
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Not for checking your email it isn't. Unless of course you are a fucking moron.
Devils advocate here: is there any reason why a normal non-technical people should be using computers?
There, fixed that for you. If people can't be bothered to learn how to use computers, then they should stay the fuck away from computers.
You make the mistake of assuming that everyone prefers things as you do.
It's fine that you prefer an electronic version. I do as well, and many other people do too. However, the many other people who prefer otherwise should have that option as well. Not everyone uses, likes, or trusts computers. Not everyone has a job that requires the use of a computer (read: most people), and some people would rather avoid computers on their freetime as much as possible. You enjoy the options electronic paystubs give you. Other people want the option not to bother with electronic paystubs.
The only reason not to offer hard-copy paystubs as an opt-in option is laziness and cheapness. Therefore, it is braindead.
Having the option is nice. Being forced to do it paperless is braindead. I hope you can see the difference there...
Odd, might be regional then. In the Harrisburg PA area I don't get the fade-in.
Yes. The current www.google.com has the instant feature, and has disabled fade in. Not sure why there should be much misunderstanding by what he means by "instant" since this is what the entire fucking article is about...
I never said why Amazon did it before Apple. I said Amazon did it before Apple.
As I recall, Amazon did it first (in addition to a few other online mp3 stores). At the time it certainly seemed like Apple lifting DRM was in response to Amazon doing so.
Completely unbelievable troll. I don't own a dog.
Maybe before you take a whack at this "internet arguing" thing, you should get a firmer grasp on the language you're choosing to do it in. I'm rather certain you don't even know what most of those words mean.
It's like someone is just posting output of a Markov chain built up with all the troll and pseudo-science spewing slashdot posts they could find.
Exactly, pretty damn close...
Anyway, according to wikipedia the diameter of Jupiter is 142,984 km, so we use this as the radius of our "comet" to get a volume of 1.224×10^16 km^3. Using the mean density of Jupiter (1.3 g/cm^3), we get a mass of 1.623×10^28 kg.
Wikipedia lists the lower end of masses for red dwarfs as .0075 solar masses, so our hypothetical comet would be approximately one tenth the mass it would need to be to be considered a red dwarf. This is assuming the guessed density was reasonable, something I'm certainly not sure of.
Regardless, the pressure would be sufficient to ensure that the water in the core stayed in liquid form, not ice. I don't know what you'd call this body. It doesn't fit any definition of "comet" that I can find due to it's absurd size, and it's definitely not a planet either (comets highly elliptical orbits. if this does as well then it's not clearing the neighbourhood around its orbit). I doubt something with these properties could ever even form.
No matter how you slice it, "comet twice the size of Jupiter" reeks of idiocy.
I'm not about to waste my time doing the math here, but I'm relatively certain that anything "twice the size of Jupiter" that was actually dense enough to be a solid (comets are solid) would actually be a star, not a comet...
Jupiter itself is pretty close to being a star. Something twice as big and far more massive? Well one thing is certain: it's not going to be very icy.
I think you have a pretty warped definition o "old-skool". Every gamer I know (early 20s) is keenly aware of what DNF is, and most have fond memories of playing Duke Nukem 3d. The gamer demographic is no longer averaging out at 12 or so years old like it might have in the 80s...
Uh, "woosh" much? The video linked is to the famous "I love the smell of napalm in the morning" scene from Apocalypse Now, in which Kilgore declares that napalm smells like victory...
Sorry, you got that a tad incorrect. Here is the gist of my post:
See, I'm not trying to use Fiction, or Non-fiction to prove that religion is bunk. Everybody here either 1) already knows that, or 2) refuses to know it. I'd be wasting my time.
No no, that's napalm!
You're thinking of Explosive No. 808. To my knowledge C4 doesn't smell like anything in particular.
For a bug like that, any price is unreasonable.
I had to stop watching half-way through... to get more snacks.
Awesome, thanks for the tip. :)
In my understanding of it, "the existence or inexistence of god is unknownable" more accurately describes "strong agnosticism".
I: 1) don't know. 2) don't know if anyone can know. 3) don't care.
Get off my lawn!
Fucking classic. This is pure gold.
Get it now? He is saying that both Drudge and Stewart are similar in that they both play a role in keeping ""real"" journalists honest (or something to that effect). He's not saying they actually work together in a coordinated fashion or anything...
I recommend you immediately sue slashdots.org for this obviously unacceptable headline.