Tuesday, February 5, 2008, 04:21 PM - politiFoo
When I did a little research, I discovered Al Gore called for a crackdown on Piracy just after ceremonially signing Kyoto.
I report, you decipher.
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Monday, February 4, 2008, 06:09 PM - quoteFoo
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
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Tuesday, January 29, 2008, 03:33 AM - techFoo
A friend of mine switched to running RAID 0 on his main system. I tried to convince him that if he lost just one of the disks, he would lose Operating System, Files, and Settings; Everything. He replied, "It's nothing important, only Vista"
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Monday, January 28, 2008, 05:22 PM - politiFoo
Why is a magazine devoted to Hollywood celebreties named "In Touch"?
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Thursday, January 24, 2008, 05:20 PM - quoteFoo
"Real programmers don’t comment their code. If it was hard to write, it should be hard to understand."
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Monday, December 31, 2007, 06:06 PM - quoteFoo
"It isn’t that liberals are ignorant, it’s just that they know so much that isn’t so"
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Monday, December 31, 2007, 12:58 PM - quoteFoo
"Those who do not understand Unix are condemned to reinvent it, poorly"
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Tuesday, December 18, 2007, 12:31 PM - quoteFoo
"If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom."
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Friday, December 14, 2007, 08:23 PM - techFoo
The integral z-squared dz
From one to the cube root of three
Times the cosine
Of three pi over nine
Equals log of the cube root of e.
Found here.
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Friday, December 14, 2007, 08:08 PM - blogFoo
Continuing in the Star Wars vein..
Subject Trash Compactor
From Death Star Detention Level Janitor <oldroscoe@empiremail.com>
Date A Long Time Ago 7:46 PM
To Nardo Pace <npace@empiremail.com>
Hey, kid. That trash compactor you designed is up and running and I've got to say it looks great. Lots of grime, a magnetically sealed hatch that can't be opened from the inside, a tentacled garbage creature that practically serves no purpose at all. It's got everything a salty old janitor could ever want.
One thing, though. It takes an awful long time to flatten garbage. I'm talking a minute or more, depending on how many flimsy poles I toss in there. If our capital ships can boogie at faster than light speeds, why can't we make a few walls slide toward one another at a speed that outpaces a Hutt's leisurely stroll?
Read the rest.
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Friday, December 14, 2007, 08:07 PM
We’ve all heard the “official conspiracy theory” of the Death Star attack. We all know about Luke Skywalker and his ragtag bunch of rebels, how they mounted a foolhardy attack on the most powerful, well-defended battle station ever built. And we’ve all seen the video over, and over, and over, of the one-in-a-million shot that resulted in a massive chain reaction that not just damaged, but completely obliterated that massive technological wonder.
Read the rest.
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Friday, December 14, 2007, 08:06 PM - blogFoo
Reconsidering Star Wars IV in the light of I-III
If we accept all the Star Wars films as the same canon, then a lot that happens in the original films has to be reinterpreted in the light of the prequels. As we now know, the rebel Alliance was founded by Yoda, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Bail Organa. What can readily be deduced is that their first recruit, who soon became their top field agent, was R2-D2.
Consider: at the end of RotS, Bail Organan orders 3PO's memory wiped but not R2's. He wouldn't make the distinction casually. Both droids know that Yoda and Obi-Wan are alive and are plotting sedition with the Senator from Alderaan. They know that Amidala survived long enough to have twins and could easily deduce where they went. However, R2 must make an impassioned speech to the effect that he is far more use to them with his mind intact: he has observed Palpatine and Anakin at close quarters for many years, knows much that is useful and is one of the galaxy's top experts at hacking into other people's systems. Also he can lie through his teeth with a straight face. Organa, in immediate need of espionage resources, agrees.
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