Posts by peyton?

Elliott Smith

Did not know of this musician until random comment:

http://forums.theregister.co.uk/post/466153

A happy discovery.

not really

I know what people want but don't act till they ask all the time - it is possible to know something (and/or everything) and not act on it.

They'll have learned from Facebook

In the T&Cs, there will be a clause (in magical invisible pixels no doubt) letting you know you wave all rights to anything you post, profits rising therefrom, your immortal soul will be used to feed the dementors, etc., etc.

^ A happy, well-fed soul gobbler

Doesn't it seem feasible

That if you don't like going out and socializing, a PC and a net connection would be your only lifeline to keep from losing it?

Please do not clear things up any more

There is a wiki for everything these days, and happily it is difficult to site that which is apocryphal.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagging_(fashion)

re: Ms Jackson if you're nasty

New censorship laws? I honestly didn't know this. I thought there was just a fine. What are they?

Also - many people objected not to the flash (as it was just that - everyone I talked to wasn't sure if they'd seen anything or not :p ) but to the fact that a man ripped off a woman's top. Prudish or not, some parents objected to their kids seeing this in a non-negative context.

Also - I think only like 0.05% of the Super Bowl viewership complained.

Also - the FCC was later criticized that the fine was too much by the Parents Television Council of all people.

Kinda bored with the superbowl thing always being brought up like some sort of twist on Godwin's Law.

It's Friday; you shouldn't be so angry

The journey of a million miles begins with a single step.

re: PatrickE

tl;dr

But fyi, there are people required to eat kosher/halal food that have looked into modernized methods, such as stunning followed by throat cutting - as opposed to desperately trying to justify the status quo. However, their various religious leaders generally weigh in to say "nope, not 'proper' enough"

Depending on how interstellar travel shakes out

These could act as convenient petrol stations for refueling.

May be out of luck if you want to pop in and grab a bag of crisps, of course.

psst, Tom

The UN includes member countries outside the US and Europe.

Now now - no favoritism

Surely it would be Like and Upvote.

Rumor has it

Changing your last name is quite expensive.

And let's face, if your last name is Winklevoss...

Not sure how Canadian Universities work...

But if he wants to go south of the border, he's pretty much guaranteed a free ride at any major research university.

In other words - this is stellar resume fodder.

couple things

I don't know that you can conclude our judicial system realized its mistake. In other coverage, it's been said the technical reason for this move is that some pre-trial something-or-other that had to occur in DC occurred, so now he can be moved. Probably BS, but that's the reason they gave.

Also, I don't interpret Ian's post to be supportive of Manning's bad treatment - I think he is just trying to point out that when you sign up for the military, you sign up for more than, possibly, you bargained for. That whole UCMJ thing (right or wrong).

To me, one of our biggest fails was not allowing the UN guy un-monitored access to Manning. I don't understand what this would have compromised (other than to contradict claims made by the military, the President, etc.) Strikes me as pretty sleazy, not to mention hypocritical.

chiming in...

Even if one refuses to accept conventional use of a word - it's in the Oxford English Dictionary:

'to subject to severe loss'

If the OED isn't an authority on what is an acceptable use of a word, who is? Can one of the "thumbs-downers" point to a more authoritative source that says '1 in 10' is the only acceptable usage?

Re: beautiful creatures

That's what's so terrible - they just sit around looking calm and complacent.... but you know behind the innocent visage they're busy calculating the best trajectory for leaping at you and eating your face off.

^ Me, if I encountered one of these.