Until the security fence went up, thousands of people in Israel were killed by suicide bombs over the past ten years. This week is lopsided only if you ignore history.
In a genetics class many years ago I was informed that there was a human genetic condition that caused teeth to continuously fall out and be replaced. I was looking for web info regarding the condition, but such info was swamped by the pages about regrowing teeth from stem cells. I don't know how it works.
I do know that it would be pretty sweet to be able to continuously confuse dentists.
"The login window keeps flashing!" "The computer is making a squeeling noise!"
These issues and many more I have diagnosed as a case of something being placed on top of the keyboard. Usually, but not exclusively, the upper left where it gets ESC or the lower right to hit 'enter'.
...allow me to assert that you must be from the South, being that you're inbred as far as you are.... I'll bet your sister is your favorite aunt, and the lazy-eyed kids you two have together must sure be special....I want to be remembered as having lived during a time of greatness and good virtue, not insolence.
Speaking of performance - did anyone notice a difference post update? At a gathering last night I played some Halo 1 in a mixed XB1 / XB360 environment. The 360 has always had a rather odd time keeping up with the initial xbox on xb1 games, but last night the peeps on the 360 complained particularly bitterly of the lag. Perhaps it was because of the terrible drubbing we gave them, or maybe the 360 was less able to play some networked halo1?
No doubt! I was all set to be like "NO SHIT?! Did Stallman come through the skylight with a katana?" I was totally gonna memorize lines from BATMAN: The Dark Knight Returns' Talking Heads RE: Batman to try and get them on National Public Radio.
...I don't know why everyone wonders how a fictional lightsaber could work.
Neither do I. Lasers? Plasma? Mechanical core? Containment? Lenses and gyrsoscopes?
THERE WAS NONE OF THAT. There was a guy and his typewriter and a bunch of words that, while compelling, were not true. There is no technology of the lightsaber. There is no "how it works". It doesn't work. It doesn't exist. The same is true of teleporters, holodecks, warp speed, etc.
If someone wants to have some fun writing or reading this kind of stuff that's fine. But it's just fanfic. People seem to ascribe to it some sort of weight it doesn't have b/c of the science tone.
"Wow, that is the worst form of codec abuse I've seen yet. I mean, I've heard of people trying new things, but what kind of twisted mind would come up with the perversion of using mp3 codec to compress images?"
I would. Long have I thought to myself (e.g.) "Man, it would be cool if I could copy just the bass track off this sound sample." I have more experience with image editing software than I do with sound editors, but it would totally be cool to be able to edit sounds with the image editing tools I am aware of. It seems to be the most intuitive way of doing complex filtering. I think ARSS is totally cool.
Don't like it? Can't use it? Fine. But it's hardly perverse.
I heard about this one with respect to road rage: You're in your car, which you psychologically treat as your personal "territory". You act more dominant when you're on your own turf. So you get a bunch of people together who are acting dominant and the sparks fly. In this case it's your computer, in your house. Not too suprising that people in general might expect more deference than they otherwise would.
individuals can't do it, because they'll be arrested and/or shot in the process. we would have to have the whole fucking populace just up and storm the capital buildings, oppressive police districts, etc.
i mean, all at fucking once -- and that's never going to happen.
It could happen. It happens all the time in Palestine. There, the oppressive force has taken enough from the people that they are sufficiently pissed off to take drastic action.
But over here, on average, we all still have it pretty good. Over here, votes and publicity are still better options for the average individual. But just because we exist in one region of the public happiness / public reaction - space don't think that we couldn't exist in others.
Someone stole some laptops? That's far too slight to drive anyone to rebellion. We shouldn't be disgusted that people are unwilling to rebel, rather we should be happy to have it so good that most don't need to. Not that we shouldn't aspire to an even higher state, but we have a long way to fall in the USA before popular armed revolt becomes the best option.
When my parents started using ATMs they were free. And they were so handy pretty soon nobody wanted to do anything else! Then... hey what's this $1.25 fee?
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Christian Bale = Spike is a good call.
My wife suggested Bruce Willis as Jett.
Sue the responsible legislator for being a dumbass, and wasting everyone's time with something that is clearly not constitutional.
I think if we could establish that people in the government had a responsibility to not be stupid it might create some interesting legal pressures.
Until the security fence went up, thousands of people in Israel were killed by suicide bombs over the past ten years. This week is lopsided only if you ignore history.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli-Palestinian_conflict#Casualties
Palestinians:Israelis (victims under age 18)
Dec '87 - 2000: 3.67:1 (16.88:1)
2000 - 2004: 3.37:1 (5.5:1)
2005 - 2007: 15:1 (27.75:1)
No kidding! The first thing I thought when I saw this was that the thing about jerks is that they never do what you want!
Space Elevator Guy: Ok.... annnndddd.... NOW! ... ... ...
Jerk:
SEG: missed it last time, againnnn.... NOW!
Jerk:
SEG: Keep trying and.....
J: JERK!
SET: NO! not now... NOW!
J:
SEG: C'MON!
J: jerkjerkjerkjerk
SEG: AAAAIG it's going down! YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG!
etc. etc.
In a genetics class many years ago I was informed that there was a human genetic condition that caused teeth to continuously fall out and be replaced. I was looking for web info regarding the condition, but such info was swamped by the pages about regrowing teeth from stem cells. I don't know how it works.
I do know that it would be pretty sweet to be able to continuously confuse dentists.
If you have to evaluate your own results, then probably not.
If you have a partner to do the experimental analysis then it may well be worthwhile.
If you can gather a whole research team, then I'd say you should definitely go for it.
"The login window keeps flashing!"
"The computer is making a squeeling noise!"
These issues and many more I have diagnosed as a case of something being placed on top of the keyboard. Usually, but not exclusively, the upper left where it gets ESC or the lower right to hit 'enter'.
...allow me to assert that you must be from the South, being that you're inbred as far as you are. ... I'll bet your sister is your favorite aunt, and the lazy-eyed kids you two have together must sure be special. ...I want to be remembered as having lived during a time of greatness and good virtue, not insolence.
Good luck avoiding the insolence thing.
I welcome myself as our new mannequin overlord!
Stay away from me with that stick...
"... and the solution is focus groups."
Speaking of performance - did anyone notice a difference post update? At a gathering last night I played some Halo 1 in a mixed XB1 / XB360 environment. The 360 has always had a rather odd time keeping up with the initial xbox on xb1 games, but last night the peeps on the 360 complained particularly bitterly of the lag. Perhaps it was because of the terrible drubbing we gave them, or maybe the 360 was less able to play some networked halo1?
This isn't anywhere near vigilantism
No doubt! I was all set to be like "NO SHIT?! Did Stallman come through the skylight with a katana?" I was totally gonna memorize lines from BATMAN: The Dark Knight Returns' Talking Heads RE: Batman to try and get them on National Public Radio.
...I don't know why everyone wonders how a fictional lightsaber could work.
Neither do I. Lasers? Plasma? Mechanical core? Containment? Lenses and gyrsoscopes?
THERE WAS NONE OF THAT. There was a guy and his typewriter and a bunch of words that, while compelling, were not true. There is no technology of the lightsaber. There is no "how it works". It doesn't work. It doesn't exist. The same is true of teleporters, holodecks, warp speed, etc.
If someone wants to have some fun writing or reading this kind of stuff that's fine. But it's just fanfic. People seem to ascribe to it some sort of weight it doesn't have b/c of the science tone.
Now get off my lawn!
I ride a motorcycle, so I have come to the opinion that 90% of the drivers out there in their 'shiny metal boxes' are idiots.
Newsflash: 90% of everyone are idiots, correlation to automobile ownership is not statistically significant.
"Wow, that is the worst form of codec abuse I've seen yet. I mean, I've heard of people trying new things, but what kind of twisted mind would come up with the perversion of using mp3 codec to compress images?"
I would. Long have I thought to myself (e.g.) "Man, it would be cool if I could copy just the bass track off this sound sample." I have more experience with image editing software than I do with sound editors, but it would totally be cool to be able to edit sounds with the image editing tools I am aware of. It seems to be the most intuitive way of doing complex filtering. I think ARSS is totally cool.
Don't like it? Can't use it? Fine. But it's hardly perverse.
I heard about this one with respect to road rage: You're in your car, which you psychologically treat as your personal "territory". You act more dominant when you're on your own turf. So you get a bunch of people together who are acting dominant and the sparks fly. In this case it's your computer, in your house. Not too suprising that people in general might expect more deference than they otherwise would.
Moral of the story: Shouldn't have shaved $50 off the price initially for Linux over XP.
Oh. I thought you were gonna say:
step 1) convince friends to buy cheap linux machine
step 2) pick up used linux machines from friends 3 mo later on the cheap
step 3) PROFIT!!!
individuals can't do it, because they'll be arrested and/or shot in the process. we would have to have the whole fucking populace just up and storm the capital buildings, oppressive police districts, etc.
i mean, all at fucking once -- and that's never going to happen.
It could happen. It happens all the time in Palestine. There, the oppressive force has taken enough from the people that they are sufficiently pissed off to take drastic action.
But over here, on average, we all still have it pretty good. Over here, votes and publicity are still better options for the average individual. But just because we exist in one region of the public happiness / public reaction - space don't think that we couldn't exist in others.
Someone stole some laptops? That's far too slight to drive anyone to rebellion. We shouldn't be disgusted that people are unwilling to rebel, rather we should be happy to have it so good that most don't need to. Not that we shouldn't aspire to an even higher state, but we have a long way to fall in the USA before popular armed revolt becomes the best option.
Right now all the "cloud computing" I do is free
When my parents started using ATMs they were free. And they were so handy pretty soon nobody wanted to do anything else! Then... hey what's this $1.25 fee?
I still use ATMs tho. Just sayin.
"This is why slashdot needs a -1 Time Cube moderation option."
oh man, I would mod you up for that statement alone.
I'd totally like to play bioshock. Friends have told me Mass Effect (XBOX ver) is really good as well.
Haven't played either tho, 'cause of the DRM.
You mean a bad movie like... BATTLEFIELD EARTH?
Emulators are inefficient, and the Wii is not the most powerful of the current gen:
WIZ might make Wiis wheeze...
Niceties such as discussing interesting subject matters (aka hobbies) to others
Huh. I didn't really take the meaning of TFA in this way... rather the line:
Now, according to sources at Nintendo, the games designer has been banned by the company from speaking publicly about his hobbies.
I understood 'speaking publicly' to mean 'speaking to media, making public statements'.
Interpreted in this way, the story doesn't sound so very suprising.