Not to be a conspiracy theorist, but I work with a bunch of math PhDs who specialize in stochastic processes. Two of them used to work in the financial sector before the crash. Everyone around here including me has come to the conclusion that someone planned a really big "oops" to make his friends very rich and get a few kickbacks. Sell it short, baby!
The problem with this is that since it has happened once, it *is* going to happen again in a slightly different way. Software glitches, fat fingering the keyboard, etc. are convenient excuses.
my parents are out with family friends, and theyll be back any minute so i need your help
see, i volunteer on my sister's softball team (im 22 the girls are 15) and whatever, i met this girl, her name is Alison, and were going out for a while. We have a lot in common, and sometimes i help her with homework. i helped her with her english essay and she still got a D... this is because her teacher is a prick... anywayz
so she came over like an hour ago, and i really want to lose my virginity, so i ask her to have sex
"no no i cant, its not right" she said, but i told her "dont worry, i know what im doing, ill be done in like 10 seconds, plus ill give you 2 n64 games if you say yes."
So then I gave her Diddy Kong Racing and Ken Griffy Jr. Baseball and we went up to my room. she is a bit confused and scared. then i think to myself- yo i need lube, right? cuz i heard other people saying you need to lube up her clit otherwise it wont fit in properly. ok so i have no lube, but i really want to lose my virginity, so i grab some butter from the fridge, but its cold and it wont melt, so i microwaved it for 8 minutes and i put it in a glass and poured it on her cooter, and now shes saying i burned it.
i dont know what to do, my parents are going to be back any minute and shes crying in the bathroom plz help you guys are really smart please help me.
any idea how to shut her up? should i give her another n64 game?
Why is it that all of these big web giants are doing stuff like this? It has been enough with Youtube adding the "like" button to mimic Facebook when upvoting or downvoting made more sense. But now we have Google automatically adding backgrounds to the search page when you don't want anything to change because it's distracting and works as it is already.
Not that the web should be completely static, but it's annoying when you have change for the sake of change in widely used sites.
The perhaps failed point that I was trying to make was that literary-type people have heavier exposure to books and know what book reviews are or are supposed to be. Most people here have their heads glued to the computer screen and aren't sitting in an armchair reading all day. It's a completely different "culture." The literary type is more academic, so he is going to pick up on this kind of thing, but he is not going to have the time or energy to be as technical as your average Slashdotter.
Most technical books are rarely completely read--much information is redundant from book to book--and are typically used as references. Not necessarily the case in a philosophical/political text where the reader may waste two weeks of his life if he doesn't have a good review to go by! In the Slashdotter's case, a book review can save the reader money by helping him to select a book that is well-written but will be obsolete in a few years.
This book review is not a review. It is a chapter-by-chapter summary. If Slashdot is going to do this "book review" section, could we please get some reviews? I know that most people don't read book reviews anyway (most Slashdotters aren't the literary type), but this kind of thing needs to be pointed out so that we can keep up the quality of news/submissions.
What we really need to know is whether this book sucks or doesn't, how well the material is presented, and what is lacking from an expert's perspective.
Your "analysis" sucks. Posting a mere slew of search results to show that people use the noun as a verb really doesn't get us anywhere. Don't argue with me unless you have better than an eighth grade education, effectively.
Hey mods, lick my balls for modding this down. The notion that you can't comprehend something does NOT give you a valid reason to mod it down.
But just go ahead and mod *this* post down (troll) after sucking my balls (after licking them, of course). I figure, why not waste two or three more modpoints while I'm at it. Oh, and please have a bad day, fartknocker.
Nice, the old ad populum logical fallacy. Would you like to cite your reference on where you found out that most people accept splashdown as a verb, or would you rather toss my salad instead?
which will run tests in orbit and then splashdown off the California coast
No matter how much you want it to be such, SPLASHDOWN IS NOT A VERB.
Noun: splashdown Verb: splash down
Very similar to the setup construct--
Noun: setup Verb: set up
If you are submitting an article, please get stuff straight. If your summary is a simple copy-paste because you are trying to be first and get your name on the front page, STOP IT. And before you pretend to be some literary scholar and tell me that English is a living language, let me just state that Slashdot (as well as other news outlets) is not the place to make such a move to create words on a whim.
Not anymore. They really dumbed it down over the last couple of years. When you recruit mindless radio DJs like Kipkay to the spotlight, you end up with stuff that might look cool to a twelve-year-old, but to any real hobbyist, it's just a bunch of lame junk like adding a Radio Shack toggle switch to a "radar gun" from Toys "R" Us or "hacking" a 9V battery by cutting it open and removing the AAAA cells. Not to rail on Kipkay because he really doesn't know any better, but Make has really moved to cater to the technically illiterate masses. It's becoming more of a light mods site than an in-depth guide to some really unique projects.
There's still always 2600, as limited as its scope is...
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A guy that I once met had a tattoo of a Smith Chart. Smart RF guy. Definitely dedicated to the field. ;)
Done, done, and DONE!!
I am TrisexualPuppy, and I approve this post!
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No, you're trying to force words into my mouth. I did not say anything about the functional change of the rating system.
There are MANY ways to change the rating system without making a Facebook style copycat.
Would there, however, be any benefit to having such a project set up under lunar regolith/base rock if we could ever get back to the moon?
Not to be a conspiracy theorist, but I work with a bunch of math PhDs who specialize in stochastic processes. Two of them used to work in the financial sector before the crash. Everyone around here including me has come to the conclusion that someone planned a really big "oops" to make his friends very rich and get a few kickbacks. Sell it short, baby!
The problem with this is that since it has happened once, it *is* going to happen again in a slightly different way. Software glitches, fat fingering the keyboard, etc. are convenient excuses.
ok this is what happening,
my parents are out with family friends, and theyll be back any minute so i need your help
see, i volunteer on my sister's softball team (im 22 the girls are 15) and whatever, i met this girl, her name is Alison, and were going out for a while. We have a lot in common, and sometimes i help her with homework. i helped her with her english essay and she still got a D... this is because her teacher is a prick... anywayz
so she came over like an hour ago, and i really want to lose my virginity, so i ask her to have sex
"no no i cant, its not right" she said, but i told her "dont worry, i know what im doing, ill be done in like 10 seconds, plus ill give you 2 n64 games if you say yes."
So then I gave her Diddy Kong Racing and Ken Griffy Jr. Baseball and we went up to my room. she is a bit confused and scared. then i think to myself- yo i need lube, right? cuz i heard other people saying you need to lube up her clit otherwise it wont fit in properly. ok so i have no lube, but i really want to lose my virginity, so i grab some butter from the fridge, but its cold and it wont melt, so i microwaved it for 8 minutes and i put it in a glass and poured it on her cooter, and now shes saying i burned it.
i dont know what to do, my parents are going to be back any minute and shes crying in the bathroom plz help you guys are really smart please help me.
any idea how to shut her up? should i give her another n64 game?
With common human mentality, the US government is just keepin' up with the Joneses.
Just keep your people chanting "freedom" and "democracy" as you lead them off the cliff like lemmings to the sea.
Why is it that all of these big web giants are doing stuff like this? It has been enough with Youtube adding the "like" button to mimic Facebook when upvoting or downvoting made more sense. But now we have Google automatically adding backgrounds to the search page when you don't want anything to change because it's distracting and works as it is already.
Not that the web should be completely static, but it's annoying when you have change for the sake of change in widely used sites.
The perhaps failed point that I was trying to make was that literary-type people have heavier exposure to books and know what book reviews are or are supposed to be. Most people here have their heads glued to the computer screen and aren't sitting in an armchair reading all day. It's a completely different "culture." The literary type is more academic, so he is going to pick up on this kind of thing, but he is not going to have the time or energy to be as technical as your average Slashdotter.
Most technical books are rarely completely read--much information is redundant from book to book--and are typically used as references. Not necessarily the case in a philosophical/political text where the reader may waste two weeks of his life if he doesn't have a good review to go by! In the Slashdotter's case, a book review can save the reader money by helping him to select a book that is well-written but will be obsolete in a few years.
This book review is not a review. It is a chapter-by-chapter summary. If Slashdot is going to do this "book review" section, could we please get some reviews? I know that most people don't read book reviews anyway (most Slashdotters aren't the literary type), but this kind of thing needs to be pointed out so that we can keep up the quality of news/submissions.
What we really need to know is whether this book sucks or doesn't, how well the material is presented, and what is lacking from an expert's perspective.
Go back to Mexico, troll.
Dear moron,
Your "analysis" sucks. Posting a mere slew of search results to show that people use the noun as a verb really doesn't get us anywhere. Don't argue with me unless you have better than an eighth grade education, effectively.
You know you want to!!! ;)
Hey mods, lick my balls for modding this down. The notion that you can't comprehend something does NOT give you a valid reason to mod it down.
But just go ahead and mod *this* post down (troll) after sucking my balls (after licking them, of course). I figure, why not waste two or three more modpoints while I'm at it. Oh, and please have a bad day, fartknocker.
Nice, the old ad populum logical fallacy. Would you like to cite your reference on where you found out that most people accept splashdown as a verb, or would you rather toss my salad instead?
Strange...I thought the Monkees not only knew how to watch television but actually had their own television program. Shows what I know.
which will run tests in orbit and then splashdown off the California coast
No matter how much you want it to be such, SPLASHDOWN IS NOT A VERB.
Noun: splashdown
Verb: splash down
Very similar to the setup construct--
Noun: setup
Verb: set up
If you are submitting an article, please get stuff straight. If your summary is a simple copy-paste because you are trying to be first and get your name on the front page, STOP IT. And before you pretend to be some literary scholar and tell me that English is a living language, let me just state that Slashdot (as well as other news outlets) is not the place to make such a move to create words on a whim.
Not anymore. They really dumbed it down over the last couple of years. When you recruit mindless radio DJs like Kipkay to the spotlight, you end up with stuff that might look cool to a twelve-year-old, but to any real hobbyist, it's just a bunch of lame junk like adding a Radio Shack toggle switch to a "radar gun" from Toys "R" Us or "hacking" a 9V battery by cutting it open and removing the AAAA cells. Not to rail on Kipkay because he really doesn't know any better, but Make has really moved to cater to the technically illiterate masses. It's becoming more of a light mods site than an in-depth guide to some really unique projects.
There's still always 2600, as limited as its scope is...
I will mate with you, whether you are male, female, or neuter. What is your telephone number?
-TrisexualPuppy
Because our citizens actually aren't griping about more nylons and washing machines...
We must not allow a MINE SHAFT GAP...err...science gap...
So is drinkypoo. Seeing that he makes sometimes 30 posts per day, he must be on welfare or trolling in the basement on his momma's coin.
Shieldw0lf quit being gay eventually, but drinkypoo has yet to take the hint. Dumb mexican, go back to mexico.
Lick my balls.
-TSP
Shut up and die, douche abuser!!!
--TrisexualPuppy