What mk actually means by this is that he has to go through the code and remove all the comment code that contains wise-ass remarks, swearing, complaining, and general unprofessional looking stuff. ;)once we have made sure that there are no vulnerabilities exposed in the release.
'Huh?' said Ford.
'Huh?' said Arthur.
'Huh?' said Trillian.
'That's cool,' said Zaphod, 'we'll meet the meat.'
A large dairy animal approached Zaphod Beeblebrox's table, a large fat meaty quadruped of the bovine type with large watery eyes, small horns and what might almost have been an ingratiating smile on its lips. 'Good evening', it lowed and sat back heavily on its haunches, 'I am the main Dish of the Day. May I interest you in the parts of my body?' It harrumphed and gurgled a bit, wriggled its hind quarters in to a more comfortable position and gazed peacefully at them. Its gaze was met by looks of startled bewilderment from Arthur and Trillian, a resigned shrug from Ford Prefect and naked hunger from Zaphod Beeblebrox. 'Something off the shoulder perhaps?' suggested the animal, 'Braised in a white wine sauce?' 'Er, your shoulder?' said Arthur in a horrified whisper. 'But naturallymy shoulder, sir,' mooed the animal contentedly, 'nobody else's is mine to offer.' Zaphod leapt to his feet and started prodding and feeling the animal's shoulder appreciatively. 'Or the rump is very good,' murmured the animal. 'I've been exercising it and eating plenty of grain, so there's a lot of good meat there.' It gave a mellow grunt, gurgled again and started to chew the cud. It swallowed the cud again. 'Or a casselore of me perhaps?' it added. 'You mean this animal actually wants us to eat it?' whispered Trillian to Ford. 'Me?' said Ford, with a glazed look in his eyes, 'I don't mean anything.' 'That's absolutely horrible,' exclaimed Arthur, 'the most revolting thing I've ever heard.' 'What's the problem Earthman?' said Zaphod, now transfering his attention to the animal's enormous rump. 'I just don't want to eat an animal that's standing there inviting me to,' said Arthur, 'It's heartless.' 'Better than eating an animal that doesn't want to be eaten,' said Zaphod. 'That's not the point,' Arthur protested. Then he thought about it for a moment. 'Alright,' he said, 'maybe it is the point. I don't care, I'm not going to think about it now. I'll just ... er ... I think I'll just have a green salad,' he muttered. 'May I urge you to consider my liver?' asked the animal, 'it must be very rich and tender by now, I've been force-feeding myself for months.' 'A green salad,' said Arthur emphatically. 'A green salad?' said the animal, rolling his eyes disapprovingly at Arthur. 'Are you going to tell me,' said Arthur, 'that I shouldn't have green salad?' 'Well,' said the animal, 'I know many vegetables that are very clear on that point. Which is why it was eventually decided to cut through the whoile tangled problem and breed an animal that actually wanted to be eaten and was capable of saying so clearly and distinctly. And here I am.' It managed a very slight bow. 'Glass of water please,' said Arthur. 'Look,' said Zaphod, 'we want to eat, we don't want to make a meal of the issues. Four rare stakes please, and hurry. We haven't eaten in five hundred and sevebty-six thousand million years.' The animal staggered to its feet. It gave a mellow gurgle. 'A very wise coice, sir, if I may say so. Very good,' it said, 'I'll just nip off and shoot myself.' He turned and gave a friendly wink to Arthur. 'Don't worry, sir,' he said, 'I'll be very humane.' It waddled unhurriedly off to the kitchen.The waiter approached.
'Would you like to see the menu?' he said,
'or would you like meet the Dish of the Day?'
As a people we are fighting maintain the Heaven-ordained supremacy of the white man over the inferior or colored race; a white flag would thus be emblematical of our cause. —William T. Thompson (April 23, 1863. Creator of the 2nd confederate flag.)
FYI: This is a bit of over-hype. Sensationalism is probably not the best word for it. The events the article (and others listed below) are statistical anomalies. Mere bumps in the data. It would be really cool if it were accurate but so far nothing to say, write an article behind a paywall about...
I used to refute junk science by saying, "That's great. Show me the study." Now they are coming back with these junk journals. It is just making my life more difficult. I have had to change it by saying, "That's great. Show me the peer review."
Kepler's field of view is only 1/400th of the sky but it's range is further than 2700 Parsecs. So the planets discovered range between 127 and 8802 light years.
LOL!
Kumare A wonderful documentary with a surprisingly heartfelt ending.
I would like you to know that I am stealing this and taking credit as my own. Have a nice day.
Issac Asimov is often quoted on it: "There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." But think about it. From an early age we are training ourselves to hate knowledge. The smarts kids with the good grades were the most ostracized group in schools. The one group that was hated by all other groups. And look where that got us. Right here where we are now with people pretending that they are smart and nowhere near it. Edit: Put down wrong author's name.
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Just because a lot of people believe something does not mean it's true. Astrology has no factual basis and is about as accurate as throwing a dart.
I vote for everything I have posted. EVER.
It turns out that "I" happen to be Mindwolf. I am an active poster but only respond to comments on posts I have made. Rarely will I comment on other posts. The reason for this is time. I unfortunately have little time to devote to Hubski as I wish. I don't know if there are analytics for posting vs time but there are times where I won't post for a couple of weeks. Simply because I just can't. Yeah so that's why my orange is higher than blue. :)
I am so torn between Carlito's Way and Goodfellas. Both are on my list of favorite movies. I'm going to say Goodfellas for Joe Pesci's performance.
Man, if I had a nickel....
2010: Odyssey Two Goes into a little detail as to what may be at the center of Jupiter. Clarke surmised that it my be a gigantic diamond. Is it true? We don't really know. It is very hot, possibly as high as 56,000 K, and very dense. The central core pressure is estimated to be 100 million times the atmospheric pressure at the earth's surface.It is expected from a variety of planet formation scenarios that the planet has a rocky core of about 10-15 times the mass of the Earth, but on top of this is a seething 'ocean' of metallic hydrogen and other exotic states of hydrogen and helium, its chief constituents. Whether the central rocky core is in the form of a 'diamond' or not is not something that could be easily anticipated from the mathematical modeling of the planet's interior. In other words, Arthur's guess is as good as anyone!
Here is the link to the paper on it. Also, here is LHC's blog entry on it.
lmao
That was in fact the headline of the article.
-EDIT- Via Reddit http://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/1cen3t/there_was_just_.../ For those unused to live update threads, the best way to view them is to switch periodically between sorted by top and sorted by new. The sorted by new lets you get the most recent information, the sorted by top will let you see replies to important comments. [1] https://twitter.com/Boston_to_a_T/status/323871088532668416/... It looks like there has been a big explosion at the Boston Marathon, with some on twitter saying it looked like a bomb went off. Stay safe. Update 1: Live video of the finish line: [2] http://boston.cbslocal.com/2013-boston-marathon-finish-line/ Update 2: Mass casualty event, potentially more bombs: [3] https://twitter.com/universalhub Update 3: Not for the squeemish: [4] http://deadspin.com/explosions-reported-at-the-boston-marath... Update 4: Boston Fire Dept. scanner: [5] http://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/497/web Update 5: Another live feed: [6] http://www1.whdh.com/video/7newslive/ Update 6: Bomb Squad en route to Mass Ave. and Newbury: [7] https://twitter.com/universalhub/status/323878470750961664 Update 7: At least one runner lost both legs: [8] https://twitter.com/JesseRodriguez/status/323878089903964160 Update 8: Boston PD has reported at least 3 dead. Update 9: Youtube video of the explosion itself: [9] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfCK3Ar7Yus&feature=playe... Update 10: State Trooper scanner says more devices potentially at Boylston and Gloucester. Update 11: Fairmont Copley Hotel on lockdown as per WBZ. Also, another link to the Boston Fire Dept. Scanner: [10] http://tunein.com/radio/Boston-Fire-Department-s145668/. Update 12: List of scanners in Boston, including police scanner: [11] http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?mid=13 Update 13: Another video of the explosion: [12] https://vine.co/v/bFdt5uwg6JZ Update 14: EMS on scanner reporting for all personnel to be wary of trash containers. Update 15: Numerous sources including scanners reporting secondary devices have been found unexploded, pleading with people to stay away from the area: [13] http://fox17online.com/2013/04/15/secondary-devices-found-un...
Has anyone read the book? Clark and Kubrick Worked on it together while the film was being made. You notice several inconsistencies. For instance, Clark wanted it to be about Saturn but Kubrick went for Jupiter. In the end Clark ended up agreeing and wrote 2010 with Jupiter instead of Saturn. Is there anyone who watched the movie but did not read the book understand the ending? I didn't understand it until I read the book and it's the same with all my friends.
No worries about using me as an example. People try to make an example out of me all the time... :D
Here is the peer-reviewed journal entry (open access): Click here
It's a megalopygidae moth (flannel moth) caterpillar.
"Quantum" is the new "smurf".