Here's a great conversation I had with someone several years ago. Note that I had to remove a couple dozen exclamation points to get past the "junk character" filter.
Her: im having a really big problem with my icq will you please help me?
Me: I'll try my best
Her: my mom just got a new server and she completely and now i can't get my old contact list back!!!! she erased everything!!!!
Me: What do you mean "new server"? A new computer?
Her: you know the thing that sits next to your computer that you turn on to to on the comp!
Me: The metal box that has the CD drive in it?
Her: yep.
Me: That would be the computer.
Ah, my mistake. I thought 9.10 was the one that just came out. Mea culpa.
For the three people out there that still don't know, Ubuntu's versions are always Year.Month. 9.04 is the version that was released in April of 2009. 9.10 is the version that will be released (assuming there are no delays, at which point the number would also be changed) in October of 2009.
Viruses don't matter anymore. It's all about trojans now. A stupid person using Ubuntu is just as easy to infect with a trojan as a stupid person using Windows is.
God created man in his image.
Unless they really meant "God created complex mechanisms which eventually gave rise to life and then millions of years later resulted purely by chance something that resembled God." I don't buy it.
There's this really cool literary tool that you should check out. It's called metaphor.
So if Atlantic Records rescinded permission, why is he able to distribute the song free on his web site?
I know he doesn't *need* permission.
You just answered your own question. Weird Al gets permission for his parodies because it eliminates the possibility of a legal fight, even if it's a fight that Weird Al would win. There's no legal requirement to get permission.
I'll add to the anecdotes. My two-year-old niece almost exclusively plays with dolls, and she sure didn't learn it from her older brother, who would rather sit all day and watch the fire trucks across the street.
What you've said is that the existence of a deity isn't a scientific question, which is true. Science doesn't deal with proving anything, though. Science deals with observation, experimentation, and ultimately devising a theory that can predict future observations. Mathematics deals with proofs. Proving that a deity exists is orthogonal to science.
How many people think that The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella, Snow White and Pinocchio were thought up by Disney?
Well, it's not as if Disney was very accurate in their recreations. Disney has a habit of removing the part of the story where a hero, heroine, or other main character dies at the end.
Don't worry, I made my own snarky comment. The almost-layman's physics books I have are fairly old now, so I didn't even know that anyone had detected alpha radiation from bismuth-209. The Wikipedia article just mentions that the common isotopes of tungsten might undergo alpha decay very slowly, but it hasn't been definitely observed. Of course, protons themselves are theoretically unstable, but the half life is long enough that we don't have to care.
This includes such notable elements as Bismuth, used in Pepto-Bismol, and Tungsten, used in lightbulb filaments.
I had missed the memo that bismuth-209 decays very slowly (half life of approximately ~10^19 years, which is stable for all practical purposes). Most naturally occurring tungsten is stable, though, at least as far as human observation goes (Wikipedia says that about 0.1% of natural tungsten is tungsten-180, which has a half-life of ~10^18 years, which is as practically stable as bismuth-209).
What recourse do I have when they pull me over without cause and/or search my vehicle and DON'T find anything incriminating? They have still harassed and intimidated me, but because they didn't find anything they could arrest me for, it is ok?
No, it's not okay. Your recourse is to file a complaint with the police department and/or your state government (Attorney General's office might be a good place to start if the local police department doesn't handle the complaint). In a system that isn't completely corrupted, the officer will at least be suspended for the duration of the investigation.
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Her: im having a really big problem with my icq will you please help me?
Me: I'll try my best
Her: my mom just got a new server and she completely and now i can't get my old contact list back!!!! she erased everything!!!!
Me: What do you mean "new server"? A new computer?
Her: you know the thing that sits next to your computer that you turn on to to on the comp!
Me: The metal box that has the CD drive in it?
Her: yep.
Me: That would be the computer.
Ah, my mistake. I thought 9.10 was the one that just came out. Mea culpa.
For the three people out there that still don't know, Ubuntu's versions are always Year.Month. 9.04 is the version that was released in April of 2009. 9.10 is the version that will be released (assuming there are no delays, at which point the number would also be changed) in October of 2009.
Viruses don't matter anymore. It's all about trojans now. A stupid person using Ubuntu is just as easy to infect with a trojan as a stupid person using Windows is.
God created man in his image. Unless they really meant "God created complex mechanisms which eventually gave rise to life and then millions of years later resulted purely by chance something that resembled God." I don't buy it.
There's this really cool literary tool that you should check out. It's called metaphor.
Who gets to decide what Christianity is supposed to be? You?
Several instances, but, ultimately, it's the Pope.
I'm pretty sure that there are a lot of non-Catholic Christians who would strongly disagree with that.
run Linux on their toaster?
Linux? Linux? To repeat a post below: Geek card. Now.
So if Atlantic Records rescinded permission, why is he able to distribute the song free on his web site?
I know he doesn't *need* permission.
You just answered your own question. Weird Al gets permission for his parodies because it eliminates the possibility of a legal fight, even if it's a fight that Weird Al would win. There's no legal requirement to get permission.
I'll add to the anecdotes. My two-year-old niece almost exclusively plays with dolls, and she sure didn't learn it from her older brother, who would rather sit all day and watch the fire trucks across the street.
Oh I know, my girlfriend picks them up every once and a while... I'm sure just for the sex tips...
So easy, it's just not fair to say anything.
Preemptive "just like your mom."
However, did she have Flash, Java and DVD playback up and running after the install?
Is that the case with any operating system? It definitely wasn't the last time I installed Windows XP.
Maybe it's just because it's late and I'm getting sick, but how exactly does running Windows in a VM prevent it from becoming a zombie?
I thought Oracle was a database? Is it different enough from MySQL to bother keeping both?
If you have to ask that question, just believe us when we answer "Yes."
Another good reason not to be on Facebook.
You are aware that these things aren't mandatory parts of Facebook, right? It's not all that difficult to just ignore them.
What you've said is that the existence of a deity isn't a scientific question, which is true. Science doesn't deal with proving anything, though. Science deals with observation, experimentation, and ultimately devising a theory that can predict future observations. Mathematics deals with proofs. Proving that a deity exists is orthogonal to science.
I misread your post as "after a Romulan God". Now THAT would be a nerd's nerd.
Well, where do you think Star Trek got the name "Romulus" from?
How many people think that The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella, Snow White and Pinocchio were thought up by Disney?
Well, it's not as if Disney was very accurate in their recreations. Disney has a habit of removing the part of the story where a hero, heroine, or other main character dies at the end.
Both my direct manager and the head of HR know our passwords.
There's a sure sign of a problem right there.
Don't worry, I made my own snarky comment. The almost-layman's physics books I have are fairly old now, so I didn't even know that anyone had detected alpha radiation from bismuth-209. The Wikipedia article just mentions that the common isotopes of tungsten might undergo alpha decay very slowly, but it hasn't been definitely observed. Of course, protons themselves are theoretically unstable, but the half life is long enough that we don't have to care.
This includes such notable elements as Bismuth, used in Pepto-Bismol, and Tungsten, used in lightbulb filaments.
I had missed the memo that bismuth-209 decays very slowly (half life of approximately ~10^19 years, which is stable for all practical purposes). Most naturally occurring tungsten is stable, though, at least as far as human observation goes (Wikipedia says that about 0.1% of natural tungsten is tungsten-180, which has a half-life of ~10^18 years, which is as practically stable as bismuth-209).
No? It's the least stable isotope of hydrogen
It's the only known isotope of hydrogen that isn't stable.
Dragonslicer obviously has much lighter skin than you do.
You have no idea. I'm a Jew from Maine. They don't really come much whiter than me.
What recourse do I have when they pull me over without cause and/or search my vehicle and DON'T find anything incriminating? They have still harassed and intimidated me, but because they didn't find anything they could arrest me for, it is ok?
No, it's not okay. Your recourse is to file a complaint with the police department and/or your state government (Attorney General's office might be a good place to start if the local police department doesn't handle the complaint). In a system that isn't completely corrupted, the officer will at least be suspended for the duration of the investigation.
Geez, I've spent all this time thinking it was "Live, freeze, and die."
I grew up in Maine, you insensitive clod!
Then I hereby declare the formation of the 'Olds', which will only do pieces following up on old 'News'.
Hate to tell ya, but Slashdot has been around for a while now.
I'm not going to allow some other company to run my company, or otherwise boss me around.
Most executives will gladly allow a truck full of pictures of Ben Franklin to boss them around.