Nice reference, Sir! That is one of the classics in 419 eater.
http://www.419eater.com/html/m...
My personal favorite was The Incredible Shrinking Artwork (http://www.419eater.com/html/john_boko.htm). But you can waste far too much time on that site.
+1 funny
Seriously, how can anyone be shitting on this idea.
Simple: it infringes on their sense of entitlement and reinforces their need to be a victim.
I'm not convinced that this is a good precedent. Sure, they're encouraging sites to use HTTPS today... but what about tomorrow?
Speculation: Websites that block competing search engines from indexing their content may rank higher in Google searches? Websites that process payments using Google rank higher in Google search?
I'm not saying that HTTPS is a bad thing... but once they open the door once to arbitrary ranking changes done on a whim, that door can be opened again.
You ignore it. Don't think about, don't gossip it around, pretend you did not see anything.
And start looking for another position if warranted.
Aww crap; showing my age here. I saw the discussion about Sim and EA, and thought Sim City. Oh well...
And if you really don't like DRM but want to play Sim City again, shell out 6 bucks and buy SimCity 2000 from GOG (http://www.gog.com/game/simcity_2000_special_edition). No DRM there...
This.
I'm short-sighted, but for the last two years I've needed reading glasses as well as the normal glasses.
I'd just as rather have good night vision with glasses at this stage.
Tinkering is all well and good; and many times quite relaxing and enjoyable in it's own right.
If I've got time for a game, though, I'd rather be blasting Nazi's (or whatever floats your boat) than tinkering to get there. I still remember when I upgraded my video card to a Savage S4 and Half Life broke, requiring much tinkering, downloading, reconfiguring, rebooting, some more tweaking and finally a reboot to get back into the game. Then it isn't relaxing or fun; it's stopping me from the fun.
So a couple of bucks to GOG for their efforts to make thing run is a great investment, IMO. Plus it great to be able to get all the old titles again, long after the disks have been lost and the patches much harder to find...
There was a Singapore Airlines jet close enough to MH-17 at the time for the pilots to see it explode
Do you have a source for that?
I only ask because Singapore Airlines said right after the shootdown that:
Customers may wish to note that Singapore Airlines flights are not using Ukraine airspace.
(https://twitter.com/SingaporeAir/status/489851215941861376)
There's a false comparison being made here... who says the Nokia engineer or the Xbox content maker being laid off has the same skills as the programmer they are wanting to hire?
Every time it snows, deniers claim "see, there's no global warming"
Probably because alarmists say things like "Children just aren't going to know what snow is" and " winter snowfall will become a very rare and exciting event".
(David Viner, senior research scientist, Climatic Research Unit (CRU) of the University of East Anglia,2000)
What do they expect to find on such a distant clump of rock and why is it they thought it to be a good investment to go snap a few slefies around it rather then use that money to go where things really ought to be interesting like Io and Europa?
Well, it's a pretty cheap mission at $650 million over 15 years.
But the most exciting thing about the mission is the clues it gives to the early history of the solar system.
You're right: Europa and Io are very interesting places to visit, especially considering the possibility for life there, and no doubt those missions are being planned. But for now, we're a year out from Pluto and about to discover what we're yet to discover.
It was mostly limited to scratching "For a Good Time Call Jenny 867-5309" on the bathroom stall of every local truck stop/gas station.
That was you? You bastard; I wasted so many quarters trying get in touch with her as I followed her around the country!
Anyone can make an omelet with eggs. The trick is to make one with none.
