I'm still waiting for the ability to don a "squid" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114558/ and really record the "bits" of my life. You all thought I was joking about banging all those college chicks!
sorry guys, my HTML suxorz like a mad cow and I can't recall how to make the "squid" a hyperlink
yeah, I know, RTFA, this is not what they are offering.
but I'd be willing to bet high dollar amounts that they will look very carefuly at all criticism and comments on this release to get ideas/material for windows7.
Think business. What better source to find your bugs than the many thousands of angry coders who are not M$ fanbois. Let your hatred consume you Luke, find the flaws in the code..... or rather "Your hatred, a tool, it is. Fix that which is broken, and glory you will find"/yoda voice
And you suckers ^h^h^h^h guys will do it for FREE!!
Considering that they would ferment the corn, (that uses yeast) and then feed the leftovers (including the yeast) to cows, and knowing what a yeasty beer does to my methane production, I can't see how the increased methane production from the cows would be helping global warmiong AT ALL!!
I can't check the link at work, and I am not an expert on the subject though I have been making beer and Meade for about 2 years now. I start a 5 gallon batch every 1-2 weeks. That having been said:
I get my barley for about $2 a pound, regardless of the variety/malt. I get my hops for about $2.5/ounce, in pellet form. It's available as cones, but they are more expensive. it takes between 5-10 pounds of barley for a 5-gallon batch of beer and about 2 ounces of hops (more or less to taste, the hops have 3 functions, they add a spicy flavor, a bitter flavor, and they help preserve the beer. some beers I have seen take 4 OZ of hops, some only require.5 OZ)
The yeast sachets are about $2 each for beer yeast and about $.60 each for wine yeast.
These are local prices in Stafford, VA. northern brewers tends to be cheaper.
So, we are looking at $17 minimum for a batch of beer, more if you add the malt extracts (barley sugar) as it tends to be about $4/pound or you can use more grain. It is technically possible to use corn sugar (about $1/pound) to increase the alcohol content, but that tends to give a thin-feeling beer.
Pure beer (accourding to the germans) cannot contain anything but barley, hops, water and yeast.
A 5-gallon batch of imperial stout uses about 10 pounds of grain and 3 ounces of hops.
The cost of barley has gone up for me in the last 2 years, I used to get it for $1.30/pound and the hops has drastically jumped from $1.30 to $2.50/ OZ.
A minor note on hop growing, it takes 2-3 years for your hops to reach production levels. It's best to leave them alone while they attain that stage of growth. The hop farmers have noticed the high demand and planted more acres, that does not help now, but will in a few years.
and I believe Gordon Parsons summed it up with a song.....
(though I'm not terribly sure it was origionally his)
Pub with no Beer
It's lonesome away from your kindred and all By the campfire at night where the wild dingos call But there's nothin' so lonesome, so dull or so drear Than to stand in the bar of a pub with no beer
Now the publican's anxious for the quota to come There's a faraway look on the face of the bum The maid's gone all cranky and the cook's acting queer What a terrible place is a pub with no beer
The stockman rides up with his dry, dusty throat He breasts up to the bar, pulls a wad from his coat But the smile on his face quickly turns to a sneer When the barman says suddenly: "The pub's got no beer!"
There's a dog on the verandah, for his master he waits But the boss is inside drinking wine with his mates He hurries for cover and he cringes in fear It's no place for a dog round a pub with no beer
Then in comes the swagman, all covered with flies He throws down his roll, wipes the sweat from his eyes But when he is told he says, "What's this I hear? I've trudged fifty flamin' miles to a pub with no beer!"
Old Billy, the blacksmith, the first time in his life Has gone home cold sober to his darling wife He walks in the kitchen; she says: "You're early, me dear" Then he breaks down and he tells her that the pub's got no beer
It's lonesome away from your kindred and all By the campfire at night where the wild dingos call But there's nothin' so lonesome, so dull or so drear Than to stand in the bar of a pub with no beer
I hear you. I gave up a beautiful house on the Choctawatchie bay in NW FL for a trailer 1/2 the size and 3/4 the rent that was 15 miles further from the beach just so I could have broadband, and that was 6Mbps service from Cox.
"Read through them, and ask yourself: would a McDonald's Junior Manager know this as an intrinsic part of his job servicing customers?"
And as I read through your post I wondered "What does this guy do for a living, and how is he so intimately acquainted with the training a McManager gets?"
Forgive my niavety (and spelling), but does the raise in wages you point to keep in proportion to the raise in the cost of living? because if not, you are just stacking your numbers to look good without showing the entire picture. If increase in wages DOES NOT match (proportionatly) the increase in the cost of living, it MAY be due to the reason you are disputing.
Just a late-night thought for you to consider. Also, I am not an economist and am just throwing opposing views for you to chew on.
BTW, your link is dead, perhaps slashdotted already.
Unfortunately, there is no OPT OUT available for these "public services" or "utilities" Its take it or move to BFE Midwest and live like a fricken hermit.
That being said the Telecoms and Cable Cos seem to forget they pretty much asked to be a utility to get the (semi)monopoly status, and now don't want to act like one.
And don't get me started on the whole net nutrality subject~!!!! (/sarcasm (for those who do not get the new ~=sarcasm meme))
See through the politics and bullshit, this is a "red herring" they say they don't want the extra revenue from the 3rd party ISPs, but in reality they are just asking for a concession from the 3rd parties ("OK we'll accept the throttling, just don't drop us")
Unfortunately it looks like it'll become quite a bit more finite the first time a clueless coworker actually puts coffee in it. -- I keep seeing "IANAL" in comments on the RIAA and wonder to myself, what does the RIAA have to do with sodomy?
My congrats to you, CorSci81.
Yours is perhaps the best signature I have seen in a while; I am so used to hearing "I am not a lawyer" in my head when I read IANAL, so it caught me off guard and got a real laugh out of me. ( Much to the suprise of the guy in the next office over who came by to make sure I was alright. )
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don't forget, make permanent media instead.
I'm still waiting for the ability to don a "squid" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114558/
and really record the "bits" of my life. You all thought I was joking about banging all those college chicks!
sorry guys, my HTML suxorz like a mad cow and I can't recall how to make the "squid" a hyperlink
yeah, I know, RTFA, this is not what they are offering.
but I'd be willing to bet high dollar amounts that they will look very carefuly at all criticism and comments on this release to get ideas/material for windows7.
Please,
/yoda voice
Improbibility is not required....
Think business. What better source to find your bugs than the many thousands of angry coders who are not M$ fanbois. Let your hatred consume you Luke, find the flaws in the code..... or rather "Your hatred, a tool, it is. Fix that which is broken, and glory you will find"
And you suckers ^h^h^h^h guys will do it for FREE!!
I have your solution!!!!!
reseed Easter Island with barley!!!!!
Considering that they would ferment the corn, (that uses yeast) and then feed the leftovers (including the yeast) to cows, and knowing what a yeasty beer does to my methane production, I can't see how the increased methane production from the cows would be helping global warmiong AT ALL!!
not to mention the smell.
I can't check the link at work, and I am not an expert on the subject though I have been making beer and Meade for about 2 years now. I start a 5 gallon batch every 1-2 weeks. That having been said:
.5 OZ)
/pound
I get my barley for about $2 a pound, regardless of the variety/malt.
I get my hops for about $2.5/ounce, in pellet form. It's available as cones, but they are more expensive.
it takes between 5-10 pounds of barley for a 5-gallon batch of beer and about 2 ounces of hops (more or less to taste, the hops have 3 functions, they add a spicy flavor, a bitter flavor, and they help preserve the beer. some beers I have seen take 4 OZ of hops, some only require
The yeast sachets are about $2 each for beer yeast and about $.60 each for wine yeast.
These are local prices in Stafford, VA. northern brewers tends to be cheaper.
So, we are looking at $17 minimum for a batch of beer, more if you add the malt extracts (barley sugar) as it tends to be about $4/pound or you can use more grain. It is technically possible to use corn sugar (about $1/pound) to increase the alcohol content, but that tends to give a thin-feeling beer.
Pure beer (accourding to the germans) cannot contain anything but barley, hops, water and yeast.
A 5-gallon batch of imperial stout uses about 10 pounds of grain and 3 ounces of hops.
The cost of barley has gone up for me in the last 2 years, I used to get it for $1.30
and the hops has drastically jumped from $1.30 to $2.50/ OZ.
A minor note on hop growing, it takes 2-3 years for your hops to reach production levels. It's best to leave them alone while they attain that stage of growth. The hop farmers have noticed the high demand and planted more acres, that does not help now, but will in a few years.
Just my 2 cents or so...
Regardless, it is still affecting my beer making.
Two years ago, it cost about $12 to make a 5-gallon batch of beer, now it costs between $20 and $30.
(I know, I'm bitching about paying 4-6 dollars for the equivelant of a 12-pack of beer.)
and I believe Gordon Parsons summed it up with a song.....
(though I'm not terribly sure it was origionally his)
Pub with no Beer
It's lonesome away from your kindred and all
By the campfire at night where the wild dingos call
But there's nothin' so lonesome, so dull or so drear
Than to stand in the bar of a pub with no beer
Now the publican's anxious for the quota to come
There's a faraway look on the face of the bum
The maid's gone all cranky and the cook's acting queer
What a terrible place is a pub with no beer
The stockman rides up with his dry, dusty throat
He breasts up to the bar, pulls a wad from his coat
But the smile on his face quickly turns to a sneer
When the barman says suddenly: "The pub's got no beer!"
There's a dog on the verandah, for his master he waits
But the boss is inside drinking wine with his mates
He hurries for cover and he cringes in fear
It's no place for a dog round a pub with no beer
Then in comes the swagman, all covered with flies
He throws down his roll, wipes the sweat from his eyes
But when he is told he says, "What's this I hear?
I've trudged fifty flamin' miles to a pub with no beer!"
Old Billy, the blacksmith, the first time in his life
Has gone home cold sober to his darling wife
He walks in the kitchen; she says: "You're early, me dear"
Then he breaks down and he tells her that the pub's got no beer
It's lonesome away from your kindred and all
By the campfire at night where the wild dingos call
But there's nothin' so lonesome, so dull or so drear
Than to stand in the bar of a pub with no beer
Those of us who home brew have already seen the hit on both barley and hops.
But what we really want to know is:
Have they tried levitating a squirrel yet?
NA-NA---- NA-NA NEO-----NEOSPORIN!
(it's from an 80s Neosporin commercial -- and this message is here to circumvent the caps filter)
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I think that was the problem of one of the least popular Transformers, he turned from a bookshelf into a bench.
Yuck!
Thanks for the mental image.
What a perfect opportunity for a rickroll.
Too bad I can't get youtube at work. (that may be a rickroll above)
I hear you. I gave up a beautiful house on the Choctawatchie bay in NW FL for a trailer 1/2 the size and 3/4 the rent that was 15 miles further from the beach just so I could have broadband, and that was 6Mbps service from Cox.
I love all of this arguing about Mac being so secure, especially after it was the first to lose a recent security contest.
This is not flamebait, the mac fanbois are entitled to their opinions too. I'm just pointing out MY opinion of recent facts.
BTW, did they ever crack that ubuntu box?
"Read through them, and ask yourself: would a McDonald's Junior Manager know this as an intrinsic part of his job servicing customers?"
And as I read through your post I wondered "What does this guy do for a living, and how is he so intimately acquainted with the training a McManager gets?"
They mark you as funny, but there is a sick sort of irony/truth to your statement
Forgive my niavety (and spelling), but does the raise in wages you point to keep in proportion to the raise in the cost of living? because if not, you are just stacking your numbers to look good without showing the entire picture. If increase in wages DOES NOT match (proportionatly) the increase in the cost of living, it MAY be due to the reason you are disputing.
Just a late-night thought for you to consider. Also, I am not an economist and am just throwing opposing views for you to chew on.
BTW, your link is dead, perhaps slashdotted already.
Unfortunately, there is no OPT OUT available for these "public services" or "utilities"
Its take it or move to BFE Midwest and live like a fricken hermit.
That being said the Telecoms and Cable Cos seem to forget they pretty much asked to be a utility to get the (semi)monopoly status, and now don't want to act like one.
And don't get me started on the whole net nutrality subject~!!!! (/sarcasm (for those who do not get the new ~=sarcasm meme))
See through the politics and bullshit, this is a "red herring" they say they don't want the extra revenue from the 3rd party ISPs, but in reality they are just asking for a concession from the 3rd parties ("OK we'll accept the throttling, just don't drop us")
Unfortunately it looks like it'll become quite a bit more finite the first time a clueless coworker actually puts coffee in it.
--
I keep seeing "IANAL" in comments on the RIAA and wonder to myself, what does the RIAA have to do with sodomy?
My congrats to you, CorSci81.
Yours is perhaps the best signature I have seen in a while; I am so used to hearing "I am not a lawyer" in my head when I read IANAL, so it caught me off guard and got a real laugh out of me. ( Much to the suprise of the guy in the next office over who came by to make sure I was alright. )
But it is by will alone I set my mind in motion.
It is by the juice of saffu that thoughts acquire speed,
that lips acquire stains, that stains become a warning.
It is by will alone I set my mind in motion.
Hang on guys, let me break out my handy spectrodensitometer and we'll get some readings.
or we can just ask www.XRITE.com to compare them for us.