Great trailer, but I swear that I hear zooming spaceships and gunshots... in space. Argh. Maybe the studio dubbed it in for the trailer, but if there is sound in space in this movie, I'm sending out plenty of blue gloves and apples.
Ruin anything else from the series, but Firefly stands apart as one of the few (only?) shows/films/etc. which don't feature spaceships sounding like WW-II era bombers... in SPACE!!!
I once left a dismal job a few years back. I tore up my office, made it a total mess. There were dead-man switches galore, and I 'accidentally' broke every build. I clogged several toilets, on multiple floors, in both mens and womens restrooms. I brought in a bunch of rotten food, and left it in various locations. I installed a ton of spyware and uninstalled all virus checking software, after filling the network shares with several gigabytes of the most nasty pornography I could find. I filled my desktop machine with quick-dry cement. On the way out, I even scraped my boss's dinky little car with my truck.
That was one of the most satisfying experiences in my life. I can't wait to get into a crappy job again!
This was on a 450 mile trip two weeks ago, through 120 degree F heat. It might get about 7 MPG around town, but with all the power to spare, it does great on the highway.
I installed oversize discs and drums, plus a vacuum booster and master cylinder from a duece and a half into my 1 ton Suburban.
When idiots tailgate, my truck outstops them in a hurry. Two W5x25 I-beams plus three railroad ties prevents damage to my vehicle. I let them hit, and then I drive off without a scratch, leaving them sitting in a puddle of antifreeze.
No, for the average American baby, the content does not matter. Imagine a wretched, drooling creature, too fat and too dumb to walk, staring for hours, mesmerized by the flashing pictures on the screen. This lower order function is completely independent of the content being shown. Babies watching television are generally too stupid to process the content being shown to them.
I never had television growing up, and do not have one now. I'm appalled at all the mongoloid potato babies I see everywhere. Remember, these kids are the future. (A future of hyperactivity, selfishness, and drool.)
The real question is, why should we care? We're not talking about cute little fluffy bunny rabits down there, or mole-people. This is a frozen, salty lake of scum. One that may or may not be swimming with insignificant little bugs that are a few notches above simple proteins. I consider the life you find in a toilet bowl more important. Who cares if this gets contaminated? (Other than the fact that it would ruin further study.)
More research and funding should be put towards developing more artificial organs. The thought of extracting eight organs from a recently dead [but goulishly kept living] infant is disgusting and barbaric. Not to mention the poor quality of this potato baby's extremely short expected life. (Anti-rejection drugs, etc.)
The sappy article does nothing but manipulatively stir emotion. It is mindless drivel for the mongoloid masses. It is completely devoid of any mention of the technology behind this process.
While the technology is there for artificial organs, a lot of the research and engineering has not caught up. (Thanks to the fact that people would rather ban medical research, and instead fund sports programs.) Besides, a new baby could be made for a lot less effort and cost. A six-month-old is ultimately replaceable, and it not much more tragic than the loss of a family pet. Yes, it's tragic, but people, get on with your meaningless lives!
I'm not quite a robotics expert (that's 30 years down the line for me), but I do have a mechanical engineering degree, a lot of robotics experience, and I am involved on a team. One that was a DGC hopeful, but also one involved in the IRRF Open Challenge race this next September. (see my homepage.)
The people involved (such as myself) put in an enourmous amount of time, money and effort into our robots. The components are top of the line, and generally far beyond what we can normally afford. We work mainly from equipment and cash donations, but make up the rest ourselves.
A lot of the difficultly is directly related to funding. This is pioneering work, and it's very hard to establish a reputation and solicit sponsorship when a lot of your work is still on the drawing board. A lot of other teams involved have resorted to the cheapest components, and quickest solutions. Some of these work, other do not. As these races become a regular occurance, things will definitely change.
Scour the university surplus for an old IBM Model M keyboard. I have a few of them on various boxen, and I have to admit that they are the quietest keyboards I've ever come across.
He's completely wrong about advertising on the internet. Once advertisers treat it as a medium similar to television, that is exactly what it will become. The process has already started, and a majority of sites have flagrant advertising. The recent idea of television commercials displayed fullscreen between pages is yet another example.
Junkbuster is a joke, like spam filters, most advertisements easily slip by. Want to subscribe to a site? How about a couple dozen. The small $5 - $15 fees can add up to well over $800 per month for an average internet user.
I didn't bother to read the rest of the article, but this guy is clearly living in a fantasy world. A world with cave trolls, elves, magic goblins, and internet users with a clue.
The only alternative at this point is to start a new internet, completely seperate from the existing network. Maybe the spammers and advertisers could be kept at bay for another decade or so.
You can't make a site workable with every browser out there. When I write a site, I ignore the small minority (~0.5%) of users out there with alternative browsers.
Save yourself the hassle, and make sure your page works well in Internet Exploror 5.0. Besides, most of the other browsers will catch up in a few years or so.
Aside from a small performance boost, is there really any reason to update perfectly stable systems? My shop has been using a few boxen running RedHat 5.2 for almost seven years now. If everything is stable, why upgrade?
Considering that Peter Jackson made such gems as this, I think that he deserves quite a lot of credit. Just imagine how bad he could have done the LOTR series.
My '74 Dodge Dart SE may be arcane, but with a 383 stroker, it turns a few heads every now and then. Nothing beats the look of utter shock on peoples' faces when a long, heavy rust bucket like mine dusts a Corvette.
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You're in high school. Get a date for the prom, and get a job at McDonalds. Has your school taught you anything about being a cog?
Worry about an internship in 2009.
Great trailer, but I swear that I hear zooming spaceships and gunshots ... in space. Argh. Maybe the studio dubbed it in for the trailer, but if there is sound in space in this movie, I'm sending out plenty of blue gloves and apples.
Ruin anything else from the series, but Firefly stands apart as one of the few (only?) shows/films/etc. which don't feature spaceships sounding like WW-II era bombers ... in SPACE!!!
I have a few simulations that are taking upwards of 48 hours each to run on puny Athlon 1300s. I could load your systems for a couple hours. :-)
Fill every toilet in the house with said fetid mixture.
Much better than popcorn.
Try Trailer Park Tycoon. Quite a lot of fun.
Will someone please explain to me what trolls are? Are they like bugs or something? Thanks!
I once left a dismal job a few years back. I tore up my office, made it a total mess. There were dead-man switches galore, and I 'accidentally' broke every build. I clogged several toilets, on multiple floors, in both mens and womens restrooms. I brought in a bunch of rotten food, and left it in various locations. I installed a ton of spyware and uninstalled all virus checking software, after filling the network shares with several gigabytes of the most nasty pornography I could find. I filled my desktop machine with quick-dry cement. On the way out, I even scraped my boss's dinky little car with my truck.
That was one of the most satisfying experiences in my life. I can't wait to get into a crappy job again!
1977 Dodge Diplomat, 383 CID V8, 400+ HP
This was on a 450 mile trip two weeks ago, through 120 degree F heat. It might get about 7 MPG around town, but with all the power to spare, it does great on the highway.
Why can't Slashdot be validated??
I have an even better solution:
I installed oversize discs and drums, plus a vacuum booster and master cylinder from a duece and a half into my 1 ton Suburban.
When idiots tailgate, my truck outstops them in a hurry. Two W5x25 I-beams plus three railroad ties prevents damage to my vehicle. I let them hit, and then I drive off without a scratch, leaving them sitting in a puddle of antifreeze.
Wasn't Mr. Jingles just over 70 years old? That 4 year old mouse has a lot of catching up to do.
No, for the average American baby, the content does not matter. Imagine a wretched, drooling creature, too fat and too dumb to walk, staring for hours, mesmerized by the flashing pictures on the screen. This lower order function is completely independent of the content being shown. Babies watching television are generally too stupid to process the content being shown to them.
I never had television growing up, and do not have one now. I'm appalled at all the mongoloid potato babies I see everywhere. Remember, these kids are the future. (A future of hyperactivity, selfishness, and drool.)
The real question is, why should we care? We're not talking about cute little fluffy bunny rabits down there, or mole-people. This is a frozen, salty lake of scum. One that may or may not be swimming with insignificant little bugs that are a few notches above simple proteins. I consider the life you find in a toilet bowl more important. Who cares if this gets contaminated? (Other than the fact that it would ruin further study.)
chihauhaus are clearly rodents, not dogs. Therefor, Sedna is not a planet, but a rodent.
More research and funding should be put towards developing more artificial organs. The thought of extracting eight organs from a recently dead [but goulishly kept living] infant is disgusting and barbaric. Not to mention the poor quality of this potato baby's extremely short expected life. (Anti-rejection drugs, etc.)
The sappy article does nothing but manipulatively stir emotion. It is mindless drivel for the mongoloid masses. It is completely devoid of any mention of the technology behind this process.
While the technology is there for artificial organs, a lot of the research and engineering has not caught up. (Thanks to the fact that people would rather ban medical research, and instead fund sports programs.) Besides, a new baby could be made for a lot less effort and cost. A six-month-old is ultimately replaceable, and it not much more tragic than the loss of a family pet. Yes, it's tragic, but people, get on with your meaningless lives!
I'm not quite a robotics expert (that's 30 years down the line for me), but I do have a mechanical engineering degree, a lot of robotics experience, and I am involved on a team. One that was a DGC hopeful, but also one involved in the IRRF Open Challenge race this next September. (see my homepage.)
The people involved (such as myself) put in an enourmous amount of time, money and effort into our robots. The components are top of the line, and generally far beyond what we can normally afford. We work mainly from equipment and cash donations, but make up the rest ourselves.
A lot of the difficultly is directly related to funding. This is pioneering work, and it's very hard to establish a reputation and solicit sponsorship when a lot of your work is still on the drawing board. A lot of other teams involved have resorted to the cheapest components, and quickest solutions. Some of these work, other do not. As these races become a regular occurance, things will definitely change.
I hope that the screamapillar will be in the movie.
AUGHGHAHAGHAHGAGHAAAAHGHGUGHAHAGHG!!
Scour the university surplus for an old IBM Model M keyboard. I have a few of them on various boxen, and I have to admit that they are the quietest keyboards I've ever come across.
He's completely wrong about advertising on the internet. Once advertisers treat it as a medium similar to television, that is exactly what it will become. The process has already started, and a majority of sites have flagrant advertising. The recent idea of television commercials displayed fullscreen between pages is yet another example.
Junkbuster is a joke, like spam filters, most advertisements easily slip by. Want to subscribe to a site? How about a couple dozen. The small $5 - $15 fees can add up to well over $800 per month for an average internet user.
I didn't bother to read the rest of the article, but this guy is clearly living in a fantasy world. A world with cave trolls, elves, magic goblins, and internet users with a clue.
The only alternative at this point is to start a new internet, completely seperate from the existing network. Maybe the spammers and advertisers could be kept at bay for another decade or so.
You can't make a site workable with every browser out there. When I write a site, I ignore the small minority (~0.5%) of users out there with alternative browsers.
Save yourself the hassle, and make sure your page works well in Internet Exploror 5.0. Besides, most of the other browsers will catch up in a few years or so.
Aside from a small performance boost, is there really any reason to update perfectly stable systems? My shop has been using a few boxen running RedHat 5.2 for almost seven years now. If everything is stable, why upgrade?
Considering that Peter Jackson made such gems as this, I think that he deserves quite a lot of credit. Just imagine how bad he could have done the LOTR series.
I have a BSME. I might get a raise to $15. What a great economy.
My '74 Dodge Dart SE may be arcane, but with a 383 stroker, it turns a few heads every now and then. Nothing beats the look of utter shock on peoples' faces when a long, heavy rust bucket like mine dusts a Corvette.