Comment Re:Very Afraid of the Teleporter (Score 3, Funny) 633
Holy shit, did I type "teleporter" when I meant to say "transporter?" If you'll excuse me, I'll just toss my geek card into this shredder right over here...
Holy shit, did I type "teleporter" when I meant to say "transporter?" If you'll excuse me, I'll just toss my geek card into this shredder right over here...
I voted for the replicator. End scarcity. That'd be pretty wonderful.
The idea of a teleporter actually frightens me, though. I can't shake the idea that you're actually destroyed in the teleporter, and when you're recreated at the other end, there's an entirely different "you" created, with all the memories of the final copy. However, the "you" that got into the teleporter ceases to exist. And this terrible death happens to you over and over, with the "new you" and the outside world utterly oblivious.
It kind of recasts Star Trek into a horrible, inadvertant tragedy. Yes, yes, I know. "It's just a show, I should really just relax."
Funny you should mention Bobby Tables in relation to this story. To escape his youthful indescretions, he changed his name to Robert');DROP TABLE Employees;--
It's like espresso, except with less caffiene to calm the frayed nerves of internet pedantics.
That's how you know it's over...
Look, buddy. Starfleet Academy is hard enough as it is, and as you can tell by the color of my shirt, I'm a dead man anyway. Can't I just have a little fun while I'm here?
The RF geeks replying that it probably won't do any harm are absolutely correct. It will almost certainly be entirely harmless.
However, the people saying that it will adversely affect your resale value are also correct, and in this case their opinion is the far more important one. Anyone purchasing a Manhattan penthouse will certainly do sufficient due diligence to look out the window before purchasing. The future purchaser won't think, "Hey, there's a cell tower right by me, maybe I should ask Slashdot." They'll think, "OMG, my testicles will fry! Abort transaction!"
a laptop full of Chinese secrets
My God! It's full of Calgon!
I'm sorry, was my reference not erudite enough for you? Perhaps I've been concealing my knowledge of the books, to make you believe that I knew only of the film...
A feint, within a feint, within a feint...
Well thanks for posting that, Ukab the Great... Ukab the Great... Ukab the Great... UKAB THE... *BOOM!!!*
Your name is a killing word...
Well, you said it yourself: The question is age-old...
I've noticed several design suggestions in your code.