Comment: Re:Relation to Ida? (Score 1) 25
This is very interesting - I just finished reading The Link by Colin Tudge, et al (You can get it here. I definitely recommend reading it
FWIW - thank for the link.
Comment: Re:Companies think they own my machine (Score 2) 512
I wish that people would have an OS that has a simple sandbox keeping software installation tools from installing whatever they want.
Hear that sound? It's a thousand LINUX users struggling to type fast enough on the keyboard.
Comment: When do we get the ... (Score 3, Interesting) 195
tit-for-tat expulsions that usually follow someone (innocent or guilty) getting nabbed? How long before the CIA nab a Russian agent in Washington DC?
Comment: Re:must... protect.... god... (Score 1) 293
I've got to change my default font, I first read that as "SMITE HIM WITH LLAMAS!" which was of course incorrect...
I would pay good money to see someone smited (smitten?) with llamas.
Not me. It's alpacas or nothing.
Comment: Re:Half the battle (Score 1) 112
I will now go for a drive, and crank the stereo.
It will be a real world test to see if becoming an anti-social jerk causes me to become black and enlarges my genetalia.
I'm proudly hispanic, but I'd trade the racial identity for an even bigger penis.
Let me know if if also helps develop a sense of rhythm. I play the tenor sax (badly) and can't dance.
Comment: Re:I figured out the problem (Score 1) 91
If a meter is not equal to a metre, where are we going ? A liter not being equal to a litre ? A ton not being equal to a tonne ? A gallon not being equal to a gallon ?
A ton isn't equal to a tonne. One's non-metric, the other is metric - and the weights (or masses, if you prefer) are different. And a gallon may not be equal to a gallon: there's a US gallon and an imperial gallon. Litres and metres are ok, barring quantum physics...
Comment: Re:This is just a symptom of a larger problem (Score 1) 666
Our country is devolving into an oligarchy. If you're not upper crust, your opinion is irrelevant. Our politicians cater to the fat cats
Forgive me, isn't that a plutocracy? Oligarchy is government by the few. Plutocracy is government by the rich. Sorry to split a hair but I thought it worth splitting.
Comment: It's a cultural thing (Score 1) 272
I lived in Rome for two years. We often saw young kids (4-8 or so) on the streets with family around midnight. Our 4-year-old was tucked up and snoring. Heck, I should have been tucked up and snoring...
Rule for life: Don't impose your viewpoints on others. This also applies to wanting the schools to start later to suit the kids who go to bed late. (Maybe start a different class with the same stuff, staggered by two hours... hey, there's in money in this... I hold the copyright, remember).
Rule for life: Don't impose your viewpoints on others. This also applies to wanting the schools to start later to suit the kids who go to bed late. (Maybe start a different class with the same stuff, staggered by two hours... hey, there's in money in this... I hold the copyright, remember).
Comment: Re:312 km coast to coast (Score 1) 355
What is that, 20 miles? Must be an island.
Don't be sillly. [john donne]No man is an island [/john donne]
Comment: Re:Third-party nominations? (Score 1) 355
Of course, nobody's going in the first place so you're still stuck with the rest of us.
My thought exactly - this is a publicity stunt for another reality show.
Comment: Re:Third-party nominations? (Score 1) 355
Then what's the opposite of Hate?
Must be difference, I'm thinking.
Comment: "Intensive retraining ..." (Score 1) 173
Is that "drop and give me 20" type stuff? In other places, it's called "gardening leave" or maybe "leaving to spend more time with his family"
Comment: Re:This can't be the best way to program (Score 1) 260
Seriously, I'm putting the blame on Hollywood for this one.
Good point. We've a glut of reality TV here in NZ - we just need one on programming. And the usual people on the stage (sorry, behind the desks). The weepy blonde. The aggressive dude. The young, naive guy. The token ethnic minority. The other token ethnic minority (taken from the minority of the week poll; example: albino). The guy who's overly confident. The person who's obviously going to win. The older person with a mission.
Judges: Young-Attractive-female, Hip-Person and always-Grumpy-Person.
Comment: Other EKGs available on demand (Score 1) 52
I'm selling Beethoven's current heartrate, along with ... oh... Einstein's, Newton's, George Washington's, Oliver Cromwell's .... details on request.
Comment: Duper (Score 1) 288
Nuff said