I had one of the first DSL lines in my area 10 years ago. It was nearly as fast as my current cable connection because the copper was 90 years old. The phone guy said he could get a decent signal at a mile that would never have worked on on newer wires.
The human race has long ago begun to wonder if we are alone in the universe. Sadly, given the lack of evidence of extraterrestrial life we've begun to lose faith in the value of space travel. This sort of research might give us a faint glimmer of hope that we were a little early to the show and yes, one day there will be green alien women that we can mate with in a kirkish wharfgasm of intergalactic pleasure.
Yeah, I had that in the post before I posted it but I dropped it. I suppose I could counter that the hydrogen gas in the sun's atmosphere is glowing plenty hot enough that you could feel it from the earth. But then that would be petty. Or I could point out that the only reason you feel warm outside when the sun is down is that the warm gasses around you keep you warm. Instead I think that as I am Derflattusmouse I'll make jokes about lighting farts the next time this subject comes up.
OH! I am sorry! Perhaps I diagnosed him as being a drunk because I was so drunk. I do apologize. I think I'll run and get a beer and think about what a drunk he is.
I don't have any advanced degrees. Just a B.A. in Psychology and I can inform you that your signature is a cry for help. It isn't funny. Especially because drinking and posting to slashdot alone on a Friday night almost certainly means that you (well, technically we) are self-medicating.
It would be illegal for me to charge you for the valuable psychiatric assessment I just gave us. Since in this state I must have a PhD to do so.
Luckily there is nothing to stop me from billing people $100/hr as an IT consultant even though my degree is in phrucking psychology.
Of course "This isn't the 1950's and the Cleaver's we're discussing here." In the real world the Cleavers lived on the same street as the Munsters.
The rest of us were talking about reality in which some dummy driving and talking on a cell phone presents a far greater threat to your person or your family than school shootings and gun nuts do.
Look it up.
They really did live on the same street!!
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I had one of the first DSL lines in my area 10 years ago. It was nearly as fast as my current cable connection because the copper was 90 years old. The phone guy said he could get a decent signal at a mile that would never have worked on on newer wires.
The human race has long ago begun to wonder if we are alone in the universe. Sadly, given the lack of evidence of extraterrestrial life we've begun to lose faith in the value of space travel. This sort of research might give us a faint glimmer of hope that we were a little early to the show and yes, one day there will be green alien women that we can mate with in a kirkish wharfgasm of intergalactic pleasure.
Yeah, I had that in the post before I posted it but I dropped it. I suppose I could counter that the hydrogen gas in the sun's atmosphere is glowing plenty hot enough that you could feel it from the earth. But then that would be petty. Or I could point out that the only reason you feel warm outside when the sun is down is that the warm gasses around you keep you warm. Instead I think that as I am Derflattusmouse I'll make jokes about lighting farts the next time this subject comes up.
"A gas cannot warm the planet." That giant orb of hydrogen in the sky seems to do a pretty good job of it.
OH! I am sorry! Perhaps I diagnosed him as being a drunk because I was so drunk. I do apologize. I think I'll run and get a beer and think about what a drunk he is.
I don't have any advanced degrees. Just a B.A. in Psychology and I can inform you that your signature is a cry for help. It isn't funny. Especially because drinking and posting to slashdot alone on a Friday night almost certainly means that you (well, technically we) are self-medicating. It would be illegal for me to charge you for the valuable psychiatric assessment I just gave us. Since in this state I must have a PhD to do so. Luckily there is nothing to stop me from billing people $100/hr as an IT consultant even though my degree is in phrucking psychology.
Of course "This isn't the 1950's and the Cleaver's we're discussing here." In the real world the Cleavers lived on the same street as the Munsters. The rest of us were talking about reality in which some dummy driving and talking on a cell phone presents a far greater threat to your person or your family than school shootings and gun nuts do. Look it up. They really did live on the same street!!