Actually, according to interpretative readings of Dante's Divine Comedy (Canto I; L.31-33), the Leopard represents wordly pleasure and lust. So the sign actually says "Beware of the Wolf", since the Wolf represents avarice.
pffft! In my day 1200 baud modems were for the rich, 300 baud Hayes were for the upper middle class and the rest of us tapped out binary on tins cans that were strung together. The original PPP (Peasant to Peasant Protocol) specification used to be one tap for 1 and no taps for 0, but after the great flame war that ensued when Timmy mistook Dan's message as being a derogitory comment about his sister, PPPv2 was developed and one tap meant 0 and a quick double tap meant 1. Fortunately for us, it was only a software upgrade as Cambell's coupons were scare back then.
The title says 'China to Build World's First "Artificial Sun"', but if "similar devices [are] being developed in the other parts of the world" then it isn't a foregone conclusion that they will be the _first_ to do so.
You can type 'google' into the address bar in firefox and get to google. In fact, any non-URI string that you type in the firefox address bar is passed along to google as an "I'm Feeling Lucky" search.
"The real question is this: What the hell do the beatles and science have in common?"
Umm... as I recall, they sang 'Lucy in the sky with diamonds'... though it's still debated whether what they were singing about falls under the field of astronomy or that of chemistry.;)
I dunno... could it have been your derogitory comment regarding 'spotting fat people'? I agree with the moderation, but now that I've seen your response to it, I think the moderator should be commended and you'll be lucky if someone doesn't mark you -1 TROLL.
That's why I've learned to say hello once and only once and then hang up after a there's been a pause that's longer than a second or two. If it was a human on the other end calling me they would have starting speaking by that time, so it's safe to say that I was dialed by one of those auto-dialers. If I ever get it wrong and it was someone I know, they would just call right back (and hopefully be quicker on the uptake), but that's yet to happen. The machines OTOH, conventiently just go on to the next number on their list.
I was an I-9 admin for HP years ago so I can answer that.
To work in the US you must prove your identity and employment eligibility. While a document like a passport proves both, the individual can provide two seperate documents instead, one proving their identitiy (they are who they say they are) and the other that they are entitled to work in the US. Lacking a driver's license the person can use a state ID card or a voter registration card or even a school report card along with a social security card or their birth certificate (Original or Certified/Abstract).
...even a fairly inexpensive medium range telephoto lens would allow one to stand outside the 10 meter range of the sensor that is 'looking' for cameras and still have enough pull to get a close crop.
It would have been nice if he had gotten 1 second for every email. That wouldn't landed him roughly 3 years (2.917). Then the judge could've said to him "You've earned every second of your term".
It's bad enough we have to deal with the RIAA and MPAA every time a new technology gets developed. Let's try to avoid bringing PETA into the mix as well.;)
They obviously didn't watch Independance Day. If they did, they'd know all too well that the only way we can communicate with each other without letting any invading aliens in our counter-attack plans is by using -- ---.-.... ..-.-.-
While Pitch Black actually had three suns in it, factual information has never gotten in the way of a/. story before. Besides when it comes to chosing which articles to post, the obvious bias for all things Star Wars here tends to give the editors tunnel vision.
...but there aren't enough moderation points available in the/. system to stave off the flow of bad "In Soviet Russia..." _AND_ "PROFIT!" jokes that are going to flood in from this one.
If you think you have a good one, please save someone a mod point by keeping it to yourself, because if it isn't already redundant, it soon will be.
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-- I'm commenting on this story to prevent myself from burning moderator points on useless comments like this one;)
Back in the day, when cable television first came onto the scene, one of the first set top boxes released (I remember they were beige and I think it was made by American Standard) allowed you to press both the up and down channel buttons at the same time and *poof* you'd get the pay stations.
Since most of our parents refused to buy those stations (because some stations, like the first generation of The Movie Channel, showed raunchy movies at all hours because there wasn't any regulation then) it was quite the experience;)
The only way a boycott can work is if virtually _EVERYONE_ boycotts, but the average Joe doesn't know or could care less about issues of fair use, etc, so you'll never get enough of a consensus together to do anything more than cause a slight slump in their sales.
Unfortunately, the MPAA and RIAA will use any perceived drop in sales as an excuse to convince congress to give them even more favourable legistlation (if that's possible) because "people must be stealing the content since they're not buying it as much any more". Then they'll then wave those same statistics around like a huge banner in front of the judiciary as proof that little Timmy's download of that Metallica song just cost them billions.
Timmy will go to jail, his parents will have to enslave themselves for the rest of their lives to pay the fine and the MPAA and RIAA will hike their 24hr view/listen pricing to $19.99 to cover their fudged^H^H^H^H^H^Halleged 'losses'... in short, everyone loses except them.
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Actually, according to interpretative readings of Dante's Divine Comedy (Canto I; L.31-33), the Leopard represents wordly pleasure and lust. So the sign actually says "Beware of the Wolf", since the Wolf represents avarice.
Just do what I did... Google it
;)
pffft! In my day 1200 baud modems were for the rich, 300 baud Hayes were for the upper middle class and the rest of us tapped out binary on tins cans that were strung together. The original PPP (Peasant to Peasant Protocol) specification used to be one tap for 1 and no taps for 0, but after the great flame war that ensued when Timmy mistook Dan's message as being a derogitory comment about his sister, PPPv2 was developed and one tap meant 0 and a quick double tap meant 1. Fortunately for us, it was only a software upgrade as Cambell's coupons were scare back then.
The title says 'China to Build World's First "Artificial Sun"', but if "similar devices [are] being developed in the other parts of the world" then it isn't a foregone conclusion that they will be the _first_ to do so.
You can type 'google' into the address bar in firefox and get to google. In fact, any non-URI string that you type in the firefox address bar is passed along to google as an "I'm Feeling Lucky" search.
"The real question is this: What the hell do the beatles and science have in common?"
;)
Umm... as I recall, they sang 'Lucy in the sky with diamonds'... though it's still debated whether what they were singing about falls under the field of astronomy or that of chemistry.
I dunno... could it have been your derogitory comment regarding 'spotting fat people'? I agree with the moderation, but now that I've seen your response to it, I think the moderator should be commended and you'll be lucky if someone doesn't mark you -1 TROLL.
Or is it starting to look like ScuttleMonkey is getting kickbacks from **Beatles-Beatles?
Let the brown note jokes begin! But then again, some of us know the truth already.
That's why I've learned to say hello once and only once and then hang up after a there's been a pause that's longer than a second or two. If it was a human on the other end calling me they would have starting speaking by that time, so it's safe to say that I was dialed by one of those auto-dialers. If I ever get it wrong and it was someone I know, they would just call right back (and hopefully be quicker on the uptake), but that's yet to happen. The machines OTOH, conventiently just go on to the next number on their list.
I was an I-9 admin for HP years ago so I can answer that.
To work in the US you must prove your identity and employment eligibility. While a document like a passport proves both, the individual can provide two seperate documents instead, one proving their identitiy (they are who they say they are) and the other that they are entitled to work in the US. Lacking a driver's license the person can use a state ID card or a voter registration card or even a school report card along with a social security card or their birth certificate (Original or Certified/Abstract).
The list of acceptable documents is included with Form I-9 available from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services websiteright here
...even a fairly inexpensive medium range telephoto lens would allow one to stand outside the 10 meter range of the sensor that is 'looking' for cameras and still have enough pull to get a close crop.
I'm glad I did a quick find on "walkman" so I wouldn't be marked redundant as I was about to say the same thing.
I'm far more concerned about what damage that AC/DC concert did to me back when I was about 17. My ears were ringing for _hours_ afterwards.
It would have been nice if he had gotten 1 second for every email. That wouldn't landed him roughly 3 years (2.917). Then the judge could've said to him "You've earned every second of your term".
It's bad enough we have to deal with the RIAA and MPAA every time a new technology gets developed. Let's try to avoid bringing PETA into the mix as well. ;)
It will probably still be available on P2P networks by November 5th ;)
I'm sure you weren't the only one who was konfabulated by it ;)
Better yet, you can just go canadian!
They obviously didn't watch Independance Day. If they did, they'd know all too well that the only way we can communicate with each other without letting any invading aliens in our counter-attack plans is by using -- --- .-. ... . .-.-.-
I agree, but you must be new here.
/. story before. Besides when it comes to chosing which articles to post, the obvious bias for all things Star Wars here tends to give the editors tunnel vision.
While Pitch Black actually had three suns in it, factual information has never gotten in the way of a
Blue == INTeL ;)
Red == AMD [when overclocked]
...but there aren't enough moderation points available in the /. system to stave off the flow of bad "In Soviet Russia..." _AND_ "PROFIT!" jokes that are going to flood in from this one.
;)
If you think you have a good one, please save someone a mod point by keeping it to yourself, because if it isn't already redundant, it soon will be.
This message brought to you by the Moderator Points Association of America (MPAA) *ducks*
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I'm commenting on this story to prevent myself from burning moderator points on useless comments like this one
Do aggravation and high blood pressure count?
Back in the day, when cable television first came onto the scene, one of the first set top boxes released (I remember they were beige and I think it was made by American Standard) allowed you to press both the up and down channel buttons at the same time and *poof* you'd get the pay stations.
;)
Since most of our parents refused to buy those stations (because some stations, like the first generation of The Movie Channel, showed raunchy movies at all hours because there wasn't any regulation then) it was quite the experience
The only way a boycott can work is if virtually _EVERYONE_ boycotts, but the average Joe doesn't know or could care less about issues of fair use, etc, so you'll never get enough of a consensus together to do anything more than cause a slight slump in their sales.
Unfortunately, the MPAA and RIAA will use any perceived drop in sales as an excuse to convince congress to give them even more favourable legistlation (if that's possible) because "people must be stealing the content since they're not buying it as much any more". Then they'll then wave those same statistics around like a huge banner in front of the judiciary as proof that little Timmy's download of that Metallica song just cost them billions.
Timmy will go to jail, his parents will have to enslave themselves for the rest of their lives to pay the fine and the MPAA and RIAA will hike their 24hr view/listen pricing to $19.99 to cover their fudged^H^H^H^H^H^Halleged 'losses'... in short, everyone loses except them.