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Comment Re:Simple math (Score 1) 816

by Alphasniper on Friday April 06, 2012 @08:39PM (#39603639) Attached to: MIT Institute's Gloomy Prediction: 'Global Economic Collapse' By 2030

these things called fish are being depleted faster than they can be replaced. Aquaculture can work but the most economically feasible species are mostly tropical so require heat and input of land crops as a food source. overall roughly a 2:1 conversion ratio on feed. Better than any other land animal but still has it's limits.

Comment Re:Simple math (Score 1) 816

by Alphasniper on Friday April 06, 2012 @08:34PM (#39603599) Attached to: MIT Institute's Gloomy Prediction: 'Global Economic Collapse' By 2030

vertical integration is only useful for living quarters. buildings shade arable land making it less productive. Try putting a section of garden under a tree and grow food crops. Yields drop substantially.

NYT's "Games To Avoid" an Ironic, Perfect Gamer Wish List 189

Posted by Soulskill on Friday December 11, 2009 @07:48AM from the more-or-less dept.

MojoKid writes "From October to December, the advertising departments of a thousand companies exhort children to beg, cajole, and guilt-trip their parents for all manner of inappropriate digital entertainment. As supposedly informed gatekeepers, we sadly earthbound Santas are reduced to scouring the back pages of gaming review sites and magazines, trying to evaluate whether the tot at home is ready for Big Bird's Egg Hunt or Bayonetta. Luckily, The New York Times is here to help. In a recent article provokingly titled 'Ten Games to Cross off Your Child's Gift List,' the NYT names its list of big bads — the video games so foul, so gruesome, so perverse that we'd recommend you buy them immediately — for yourself. Alternatively, if you need gift ideas for the surly, pale teenager in your home whose body contains more plastic then your average d20, this is the newspaper clipping to stuff in your pocket. In other words, if you need a list like this to understand what games to not stuff little Johnny's stocking with this holiday season, you've got larger issues you should concern yourself with. We'd suggest picking up an auto-shotty and taking a few rounds against the horde — it's a wonderful stress relief and you're probably going to need it."

Comment Smelt ya some bronze (Score 1) 635

by Alphasniper on Thursday June 04, 2009 @12:29AM (#28205721) Attached to: You've Dropped Your Landline — Now What?

Melt down the copper, add around 12% tin, and make yourself an awesome replica greek helmet or a bronze axe. Keep it on your desk at work as a symbol of your coolness

South Carolina Seeking To Outlaw Profanity 849

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday January 14, 2009 @07:07PM from the f@#k-those-f@#king-f@#kers dept.

MBGMorden writes "It looks like in an act that defies common sense, a bill has been introduced in the South Carolina State Senate that seeks to outlaw the use of profanity. According to the bill it would become a felony (punishable by a fine up to $5000 or up to 5 years in prison) to 'publish orally or in writing, exhibit, or otherwise make available material containing words, language, or actions of a profane, vulgar, lewd, lascivious, or indecent nature.' I'm not sure if 'in writing' could be applied to the internet, but in any event this is scary stuff."

Comment hypothetical (Score 2, Interesting) 794

by Alphasniper on Wednesday November 19, 2008 @11:34AM (#25814723) Attached to: Should You Get Paid While Your Computer Boots?

Lets just say that one of these guys hold some position where they can make important decisions that do not involve using a computer. Now say one of these employees makes a decision before he starts getting paid that negatively impacts a customer who then proceeds to sue the company. Now the company has a MAJOR problem. The time records would show that the person who rendered the decision was actually not on the clock at the time as a paid employee. Where I work this is not a hypothetical, it is a fact of life. As soon as I walk in the door I have people asking me to render decisions that, if I choose wrong could KILL a patient. Before I answer, I have to be on the clock. That's the rule. Same thing here, these guys are doing work for the company and could be asked to do something while their computer is booting(even if their bosses are too busy jerking off in the bathroom to do so). If they loose the lawsuit, the way you screw the pooch is to never lift a finger to do anything until the computer is booted, or on the flip side would be to do something catastrophic to the company while the computer is booting if you are the evil type. This one seems like they were just letting this one go in hopes that nobody would have the guts to speak up about it just like the no overtime for IT industry from awhile ago. http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/13/0114216

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