How do you know it wasn't really a human?

"thine contention" / "thine attitude" / "thine words" - should all be "thy"
"thy" = "your", "thine" = "yours"

"I readeth not" = wrong tense, I think you want "I didst not read"


- archaic grammar nazi

I prefer my input devices to be...

quiet.

Forbidden

I don't have permission to access /hbs/pub/ on this server.

Its funny to see geeks trying to be preppers.

Just create a new account with a throw-away email address. I have done this four or five times all using the same credit card.

The tax on the profit from selling the bread is more akin to the tax paid on dividends by someone who holds stock, which is taxed like any other income. Tax on the sale of stock is more like tax on the the sale of the bakery. As I'm not in the business of finance (or baking) I can't compare the difference in tax on these actions, but the reduced tax rate on capital gains is not for frequent traders as it only applies to long term gains (stock that is held for at least a year).

parachute?

It looks like you're trying to drive over the speed-limit. Would you like to...
- Slow down?
- Alert local authorities?
- Opt for additional insurance coverage?
- Locate a runaway truck ramp?

You can look at the video here.

The motion-capture of the guy swinging from the monkey-bars looks somewhat realistic until you realize that his hands are swinging around in the rendering when they should be (and are) stationary on the actor.

Should be interesting when the technology matures, though.

I use google sets from time to time when I can't remember something, like the name of a product or company, by generating a list from items I know are similar.

Why are you assuming they're not?

The virtual mine homepage is here.

In the video (spoiler alert!), after players accomplish the three stages of the challenge (extracting coal, 'conserving energy' by turning off electric devices in town (including stoplights??), and constructing alternative energy devices, they go to the town square for a celebratory country ho-down. No joke.

Presumably the cost of surreptitiously acquiring the merchandise for unauthorized resale is much easier when it is manufactured in the same country, particularly if that country is known to be a relative safe haven for dubious business practices conducted at the expense of Western interests.

Chances are it was a bit harder landing than grassland. However the phone did have a protective case, and was still quite banged up from the fall.