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Exceptionally Unexceptional Quickies
Starting the show off with some cool do-it-yourselfer sorta projects:
Diederik Meijer submitted the
The Silicon Graphics Refrigerator Project
(or: How To Turn a $175.000 High-End SGI Challenge DM Server into a Fridge).
Next up, mdaughtrey built a Mechanical Hit Counter
jrbx1 sent us a link to an in-dash Atari 2600. Even coolor is that the dash its in is attached to a 1978 volkswagon ;)
rednax sent us a review of a kit for adding neon to your PC. If you're not skilled enough to hack how it works, at least you can pretend you're cool and hack how it looks!
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Nothing is more dangerous then
glewtion's link to a story about
a sculpture in england that that worries people since the heat it generates cook fry
a bird mid-air. Oh, and I lied: even more dangerous then art is
amasci's link to making pet ball-lightning. In
your microwave, duh.
If you've got some spare time,
MxTxL submitted something that we've been seeing more of, email games. This one is battlemail, which apparently is glorified addictive paper rock scissors.
f you were an Anime character, here's some helpful hints to keep in mind.
Hieronymus Coward sent us a bit about The Drew Carrey Show featuring a 2 minute segment based on the sims. I wonder if they will use the vibromatic bed, actually the next expansion comes out soon (today?) so I probably am gonna have
to resurrect my neighborhood sometime soon.
Thirsty?
Dipfan sent in a story about Coke wanting to put soda fountain style
coke in every house right next to the water dispenser.
Got Carbonated Milk?
Finally for a little random product plugging,
Rustin H. Wright found a place selling penguin crossing signs.
Finally,
anotherone noted that you can use Google in full swedish bork bork chef glory.
This proves I am getting a top of the line education at Ohio State.
Physics in a Microwave Oven
Back home, many an RPS legend has been born out of Roshambo Rampage.
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Have them get back to me when they can mix Bacardi in, too.
Milky carbonated drinks have been around for years in Japan. Calpis Soda is yummy, for example.
sulli
RTFJ.
References:
carbonated beverages linked to bone fractures in teenaged girls
ditto
an article disputing the above
I adblock all animated gifs.
Blessed be the prime numbered slashdotters
Mechanical Counter Mirror Link
http://www.codewolf.com - Just good stuff to waste time
From that page: The video window is updated every 5 seconds so chances are you'll see more than one count if other people are connected. I don't know how many that'll be though since this server is only on a 144K DSL link (thanks Verizon...not).
Um..144K? Hmm, was putting this page on slashdot such a great idea?
Swedish Chef translator here!!!!
I adblock all animated gifs.
Blessed be the prime numbered slashdotters
The direct link to the site is here. It is called the Sky Mirror. They got photos and everything.
"It is a greater offense to steal men's labor, than their clothes"
They're nothing new in the US either, although they've sort of died out with the soda fountain. Now, of course, I can't remember for certain what they were called (egg creams, I think) but I used to love a drink that was made of chocolate syrup + milk + club soda that this 50's style diner served when I was a kid.
Then again, we can't *really* expect marketdroids to come up with anything new, can we?
Cyclopatra
"We can't all, and some of us don't." -- Eeyore
"We can't all, and some of us don't." -- Eeyore
Geez, I hope this guy's house doesn't light on fire due to the slashdot effect...
We can search google using Swedish chef talk. Yet no one can parse the CmdrTaco speak mentioning all these quickies.
This one? vaxbar
If we drink carbonated milk, wouldn't we be getting and preventing osteoporosis at the same time???
El Karma: excelente(principalmente la suma de moderación hecha a los comentarios de los usuarios)
here's the ball lightning page without the nasty flashing ad frame
We're going to melt the thing, cut it out guys. :-)
/. effect. Grim or cool? I can't decide.
First house fire caused by the
sig fault
I just got the webcam to update the picture and it was up to 303,129 -- attached to the top was a little sign saying "Hellooooo Slashdot!"
Geez -- seems pretty happy for a guy who now knows that he wont have internet access until sometime tomorrow.. =)
...is that anything like "opium den"?
Moderators: read the article before your greasy little trigger fingers mark this Off-Topic.
Raises some very interesting issues.
:)
1. The Japanese have had carbonated milk drinks for some time. (And my, do they taste strange or what).
2. Carbonation creates carbolic acid. Mixed with a alkaline (which is what milk generally is), is going to create some very weird effects.
3. Saying that milk is outright 'good for you' is just plain irresponsible. Milk contains fat, cholesterol, and lactose, all of which are bad for you in sufficient enough quantities. (But see note below)
4. They're adding 'crystalline fructose', which is just another way of saying 'sugar' without saying 'Sugar'. Fructose is a simpler carbohydrate than sucrose (which is a fructose/glucose pair), and therefore even more easily absorbed by the digestive system, and turned into fat. We should be aiming for more comples carbohydrates, not simpler.
However:
1. It still sounds like a better drink than the soda-pop crap. But, if you want refreshment, drink water. We all need to drink more water. (Apols to those in Dallas, your water sucks, you might as well drink petrol
Many cafes still serve "French sodas" which are essentially milk, carbonated water, and a flavoring syrup. Great stuff. My favorite is a Hazelnut French soda. In fact, the Borders bookstore near me serves them, although they have the annoying habit of using Sprite instead of keeping plain carbonated water on tap.
;-) From what I hear, it's popular with some of the SCA type people. But personally, I prefer to brew mead instead. Yummy.
For a truly strange twist on milk, try making Koumiss (aka kumis, kumiss, or koumis). The Mongols used to make it by filling an animal stomach or bladder with mare's milk, hanging it outside the tent, and allowing it to ferment for up to a month or so. You can make a safer approximation by taking a gallon of 1% pasteurized cow milk, adding a few drops of Lactaid to break down the lactose into something standard brewing yeast can actually convert to alcohol, and a pinch of brewing yeast, and letting it ferment for 2 days. It's not only alcoholic by that point, but also quite fizzy thanks to all the CO2 that's a by-product of the yeast's activities. The alcohol inhibits the milk from souring. It tastes...interesting. Just picture mixing one part Coors Original with two parts milk, and then dropping in an Alka Seltzer. Interesting taste, indeed.
"The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws."--Tacitus, *The Annals*
*slaps forehead*
You fools, this thing produces NO2! That is NOT the same thing as nitrous (N2O). Nasty stuff if you're thinking of inhaling it, and it certainly won't boost your car's performance either.
Not that I really think inhaling N2O for fun is really that bright an idea either, but good grief man..
DNA just wants to be free...