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Cooling Toronto Using Lake Ontario
An anonymous reader writes "Air cooled by the frigid waters deep in Lake Ontario started bringing relief to buildings in downtown Toronto on Tuesday after the valves were symbolically opened on the multi-million-dollar project. The company says that they have the capacity to air condition 100 office buildings or 8,000 homes - the equivalent of 32 million square feet of building space. They note that the cooling system reduces energy usage, freeing up megawatts from the Ontario's electrical grid, minimizes ozone-depleting refrigerants and reduces the amount of carbon dioxide entering the air."
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One morning, as Gregor Samsa was waking up from anxious dreams, he discovered that in bed he had been changed into a monstrous verminous bug. He lay on his armour-hard back and saw, as he lifted his head up a little, his brown, arched abdomen divided up into rigid bow-like sections. From this height the blanket, just about ready to slide off completely, could hardly stay in place. His numerous legs, pitifully thin in comparison to the rest of his circumference, flickered helplessly before his eyes. "What's happened to me," he thought. It was no dream. His room, a proper room for a human being, only somewhat too small, lay quietly between the four well-known walls. Above the table, on which an unpacked collection of sample cloth goods was spread out--Samsa was a travelling salesman--hung the picture which he had cut out of an illustrated magazine a little while ago and set in a pretty gilt frame. It was a picture of a woman with a fur hat and a fur boa. She sat erect there, lifting up in the direction of the viewer a solid fur muff into which her entire forearm had disappeared. Gregor's glance then turned to the window. The dreary weather--the rain drops were falling audibly down on the metal window ledge--made him quite melancholy. "Why don't I keep sleeping for a little while longer and forget all this foolishness," he thought. But this was entirely impractical, for he was used to sleeping on his right side, and in his present state he couldn't get himself into this position. No matter how hard he threw himself onto his right side, he always rolled again onto his back. He must have tried it a hundred times, closing his eyes so that he would not have to see the wriggling legs, and gave up only when he began to feel a light, dull pain in his side which he had never felt before. "O God," he thought, "what a demanding job I've chosen! Day in, day out, on the road. The stresses of selling are much greater than the work going on at head office, and, in addition to that, I have to cope with the problems of travelling, the worries about train connections, irregular bad food, temporary and constantly changing human relationships, which never come from the heart. To hell with it all!" He felt a slight itching on the top of his abdomen. He slowly pushed himself on his back closer to the bed post so that he could lift his head more easily, found the itchy part, which was entirely covered with small white spots--he did not know what to make of them and wanted to feel the place with a leg. But he retracted it immediately, for the contact felt like a cold shower all over him. He slid back again into his earlier position. "This getting up early," he thought, "makes a man quite idiotic. A man must have his sleep. Other travelling salesmen live like harem women. For instance, when I come back to the inn during the course of the morning to write up the necessary orders, these gentlemen are just sitting down to breakfast. If I were to try that with my boss, I'd be thrown out on the spot. Still, who knows whether that mightn't be really good for me? If I didn't hold back for my parents' sake, I'd have quit ages ago. I would've gone to the boss and told him just what I think from the bottom of my heart. He would've fallen right off his desk! How weird it is to sit up at that desk and talk down to the employee from way up there. The boss has trouble hearing, so the employee has to step up quite close to him. Anyway, I haven't completely given up that hope yet. Once I've got together the money to pay off my parents' debt to him--that should take another five or six years--I'll do it for sure. Then I'll make the big break. In any case, right now I have to get up. My train leaves at five o'clock." He looked over at the alarm clock ticking away by the chest of drawers. "Good God!" he thought. It was half past six, and the hands were going quietly on. It was past the half hour, already nearly quarter to. Could the alarm have failed to ring? One saw from the bed that it was properly set for four o'clock. Certainly it had rung. Yes, but was it
I would have thought that the absence of a Google stock notation, the reduction to 5.5 million shares (from 11.6 million) and the lower price range of $85 to $95 per share (instead of $108 to $135) would be newsworthy on Slashdot.
And how long will it take an 83 meter deep lake in Canada to evaporate to the point where the water temperature along the bottom is raised significantly enough to make this project moot?
'Standards' in computing only impress those who are impressed by things like 'standards'.
I would have thought that the absence of a Google stock notation, the reduction to 5.5 million shares (from 11.6 million) and the lower price range of $85 to $95 per share (instead of $108 to $135) would be newsworthy on Slashdot.
I would have thought that the absence of a Google stock notation, the reduction to 5.5 million shares (from 11.6 million) and the lower price range of $85 to $95 per IPO share (instead of $108 to $135) would be newsworthy on Slashdot.
San Francisco, California - Just three days after being the first in
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the world to leak photos of Apple's upcoming revision to MacOS X, version 10.4,
Steve Jobs announced to the world facts about the new Operating System
consistent with information leaked by elite GNAA operator Gary Niger and
prospective member Ron Delsner.
"We've pulled it off!", noted Niger during Jobs' announcement at Apple's
Worldwide Developers Conference. "The GNAA plan was clever from the start with
this one I think. When we received our leaked copy of the OS, we knew that by
releasing only partial information and some screenshots, the association people
would make with the GNAA would lead them to believe the screenshots were fake.
Now that Steve 'Rim' Jobs has verified everything we leaked, we have managed to
fool the entire Mac community. In essense, a few hundred thousand people have
been trolled, a few hundred thousand people have lost. Though I do wish they
have a nice day"
"I don't think it could have worked out any better; Every single one of the
features shown in our screenshots, particularly Dashboard, which everybody
called as fake, was demoed by Jobs. This is my revenge for being beat up on the
rent", quoted Ron Delsner on being approached by reporters. "I've been wanting
to join the Gay Nigger Association of America for quite some time, and knew
that I help pull off something big if they were to let me in."
Delsner was right, as upon hearing this, Gary Niger immediately produced a vial
of what he called the "Holy Gay Nigger Seed" from his front pocket, and asked
Ron to kneel, at which time the Seed was poured upon Ron's head, making him an
official member of the GNAA. Noticing the television cameras present in the
press room, Gary cited that this was in fact the first televised induction of a
member into the GNAA.
"But back to the troll", Niger said quickly after. "I had a sneaking suspicion
that the homosexual caucasians of the Mac community would feel threatened by
the GNAA's massive nigger cocks and immediately cast doubts upon any
screenshots we produced for them. I saw this as an opportunity to troll
hundreds of thousands of people. It just goes to show that GNAA is greater than
j00, and that fristage postage is mine."
And Niger certainly did not fail it, as can be seen from the following excerpts
taken from various Internet website's covering the leak:
ThinkSecret.com - "In fact, it was the source that led many users to call the
shots fake; the information in that story, as well as this one, was provided by
Gary Niger and Ron Delsner of the GNAA, an organization that deals in
crapfloods and Slashdot trolling."
AppleInsider.com - "Enjoy the photoshop work. I seriously don't think Apple
would be so crazy to use those jargons."
MacRumors.com - "Hmm... Information by "Gary Niger" of GNAA. Sounds too stupid
to be true. And that dashboard thing? Hogwash me thinks
MacRumors.com - "I immediately thought of them when I saw "GNAA". Anyone who
reads Slashdot would be familiar with them - they put big spam posts
everywhere. Yes, and it doesn't surprise me. I don't think the screenshots are
real (at least not the Dashboard ones), but I have no trouble believing the
PDF."
Kim Kap Sol on AppleInsider.com said "I can guarantee those are fake." He then
continued by saying "Hello I R Korea KEKEKEKE OMG ZERG RUSH GOGOGOGO ^_^"
Gary's reply to this was "Way to make a complete idiot of yourself you
dog-eating douchebag."
Steve Jobs was unavailable for comment immediately following the keynote
address, though WWDC attendee and GNAA member Porfa noticed "A cute wiggle in
Jobs' ass as he walked away."
About Apple
Apple Computer is the creator of the Macintosh, popularly known as the "gay
computer". 87% of GNAA members are Mac users. Founded in 1974 by Steve Jobs and
Steve Wozniak
I would have thought that the absence of a Google stock notation, the reduction to 5.5 million shares (from 11.6 million) and the lower price range of $85 to $95 per IPO share (instead of $108 to $135) would be newsworthy on Slashdot.
this is post number really round number hahaha
GNAUK (the UK branch of the GNAA) consultant rolloffle stood ecstatically in front of the massive GNAUK London office skyscraper. Waving his massive nigger hands for silence, he smiled and announced with glee that the GNAA was the cause of the 3000 blogs outage.
"Well, aw'right, now aw'right! It's due to our persistent shitflooding and blogbashing efforts that we can claim this spectacular victory over a major epicentre of retardery! Congratulations, morons, for you have been pwned! Remember, regular local backups are your friend!"
Having concluded with these statements, the crowd burst into an ambivalent mix of outraged and delighted argument. rolloffle then unzipped his trousers and started to beat back the hordes of angry webloggers and journalists with his gigantic nigger cock, fleeing into a side alley. The massive conglomeration of people then enjoyed a spectacular fireworks display, sending the massive office building of glass and steel smashing to the ground and burying the suckers present.
About GNAA:
GNAA (GAY NIGGER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA) is the first organization which
gathers GAY NIGGERS from all over America and abroad for one common goal - being GAY NIGGERS.
Are you GAY ?
Are you a NIGGER ?
Are you a GAY NIGGER ?
If you answered "Yes" to all of the above questions, then GNAA (GAY NIGGER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA) might be exactly what you've been looking for!
Join GNAA (GAY NIGGER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA) today, and enjoy all the benefits of being a full-time GNAA member.
GNAA (GAY NIGGER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA) is the fastest-growing GAY NIGGER community with THOUSANDS of members all over United States of America. You, too, can be a part of GNAA if you join today!
Why not? It's quick and easy - only 3 simple steps!
First, you have to obtain a copy of GAY NIGGERS FROM OUTER SPACE THE MOVIE and watch it. (You can download the movie (~280mb) using BitTorrent, by clicking here.
Second, you need to succeed in posting a GNAA "first post" on slashdot.org, a popular "news for trolls" website
Third, you need to join the official GNAA irc channel #GNAA on irc.gnaa.us, and apply for membership.
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Talk to one of the ops or any of the other members in the channel to sign up today!
If you are having trouble locating #GNAA, the official GAY NIGGER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA irc channel, you might be on a wrong irc network. The correct network is Niggernet, and you can connect to irc.gnaa.us as our official server. If you do not have an IRC client handy, you are free to use the GNAA Java IRC client by clicking here.
If you have mod points and would like to support GNAA, please moderate this post up.
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10millionth post???? PLZ! propz to gnaa if i get this, btw. if not i fail yuo.
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10millionth post???? PLZ! propz to gnaa if i get this, btw. if not i fail yuo. martin is teh man, lol.
10 millionth post? PLZ!!!!
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