Said the person x feet xx inches tall, weighing in at xxx pounds, but probably not knowing how many stones and pounds he weighs.
Metric's great. Let's say you have a fish-tank measuring around 3 feet high, and it's about 3 feet by 6 feet at the base. How much water does it hold, and what does it weigh when it has the water in it?
Kids at school that learn the metric system know a cubic metre of water weighs a metric tonne (around the same as a ton). So a fish tank like that (a metre tall, and 2 x 1 metres at the base) holds around two tonnes of water. Two cubic metres of water, or 2 million cc of water. Easy.
The funny thing about the US system of imperial measurements: it's not even the same as the original Imperial system. How many fluid ounces in a pint? Americans would say 16, but in Britain it was 20 (and they say everything's bigger in Texas. Ha!). Twenty fluid ounces to a pint. Which means our pints of beer are bigger (and have more ABV, I should add) than pints of beer in America.
But those fluid ounces aren't the same amount. A British fluid ounce is s-l-i-g-h-t-l-y smaller than the US fluid ounce. So a US pint isn't 0.75 of an old British pint, and a US gallon isn't 3/4 of an Imperial gallon... it's 0.832673844 Imperial gallons.
So a car that gets 40 mpg in America gets over 48 mpg in Britain, simply by driving on the left-hand side of the road (OK, simply because the measurement system's screwy).
You mean 829680d. The currency was written as £.s.d, pennies were 'd'.
£ is just a fancy way of writing 'L', because the notation came from the Latin. Librae solidi denari. And yes, that means LSD used to be the British currency before decimalisation.
And yet searching for this information on Google gives you an instrumental track on a Shamen LP. Ooooh, comin' on like a seventh sense...
I just lost anyone that doesn't remember the rave culture of the early nineties.
+1 in my book for this suggestion. My wife took our old printer and cables to a local after-school club because they said they needed older computer stuff in our local paper. Otherwise it would have been scrapped. It works fine, it's just pre-USB/Firewire.
Google. 700 FM. M. M. m. m. m.
Can anyone confirm the info on this page: the 700MHz band is currently TV Channel 52. People watching this station in Oklahoma might get some interference.
I know - switch to digital TV. But wouldn't it be funny if Fresh Prince of Bel-Air sounded like two farmers talking about tractors!
Just have some small additions: first, the difference between an email address suffix and an orginization. One organization could use many suffixes. One email suffix could be used by many people in a variety of locations (Gmail, anyone?). When this was first reported in March / April:
Susan Ralston, formerly Karl Rove's assistant at the White House, appears to have used at least four outside email accounts: a 'gwb' domain account, a 'georgewbush.com' account, and an 'rnchq.org' account -- all run by the RNC -- plus an AOL account.
One organization using a lot of @xyz.com's.
She once emailed two associates of lobbyist Jack Abramoff, 'I now have an RNC blackberry which you can use to e-mail me at any time. No security issues like my WH email.' So it's not as though they didn't know they were circumnavigating the law concerning the security of whitehouse.gov emails. The link above says:
Here's Bob Franken discussing the story on CNN yesterday: "It's about the Presidential Records Act, which requires the preservation of all official records of and about the president. . . .
"There are also messages to and from lobbyist Jack Abramoff, now in prison. At one point, according to investigators, after an e-mail was apparently sent by accident to the White House account of an assistant to Karl Rove, Abramoff fired another one saying, 'Damn it, it was not supposed to go in the White House system.' . . .
"Neither administration aides nor Republican Party officials would agree to be interviewed on camera after repeated requests from CNN.
Whoever corruptly...obstructs, or impedes or endeavors to influence, obstruct, or impede the due and proper administration of the law under which any pending proceeding is being had before any department or agency of the United States, or the due and proper exercise of the power of inquiry under which any inquiry or investigation is being had by either House, or any committee of either House or any joint committee of the Congress--
Shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 5 years or, if the offense involves international or domestic terrorism (as defined in section 2331), imprisoned not more than 8 years, or both.
US Code , Title 18, Section 1505. That's US Law. According to Cornell University Law School. But what do they know?
If you want to see a PDF of one such email exchange, click here. Sue Ralston has "please send all replies to...@georgewbush.com" as her sig line, fer flip's sake. Page 2 is where Jack Abramoff himself says "Dammit. It was sent to Susan on her rnc pager and was not supposed to go into the WH system."
Amazing what you can find after five minutes of rooting around on the net, huh?!
Just wanted to point out something. Disclaimer: I have voted for Tony Blair, and have never voted Conservative Party.
The parent of my answer started in this thread with dismissiveness. I've seen it used before by many others as a tactic to downplay the gravity of a situation they don't wish people to openly discuss, especially when it comes to politics (and in this case, American politics). It gets marked as funny, fair enough. But +3? Really?
The post I specifically answered mentioned one historically inaccurate sleight concerning Slick Willy Clinton in that he didn't go after OBL. This post, a few minutes ago, was at +3. I showed, with no error, he did. I countered with two links. Both from the same week in 1998. One showing Clinton going after OBL, the second one showing the lack of support the American C-in-C received from 'across the aisle', as they'd say in Washington.
This was marked down one point before being marked +1 for informative.
Disagreeing with me politically? Makes the world go around. But seriously: if you think that fellow geeks, or history, or myself, will think the facts are anything other than the facts because I get marked down by a few people with a conservative American political agenda on Slashdot? Good luck with that. How's that working for you in Iraq and possibly Iran?
Hell, I'd accept a Flamebait for this clarification as justification of just how much many Americans (and some are in this forum) will dismiss cited facts because of the cognitive dissonance it sets up in their minds, if it strokes their poor delicate and shattered egos. It's not as though that mental process is particularly complex.
Saying "there will be no sanctuary for terrorists," Clinton pounded the bejesus out of al Qaeda locations. Note: Iraq was not on the list. Note: Taliban released a report confirming that OBL wasn't killed, despite our efforts.
So what was the response to this attempt to nab him?
But Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), one of Clinton's severest critics earlier in the week, said, "There's an obvious issue that will be raised internationally as to whether there is any diversionary motivation."
Sen. John D. Ashcroft (R-Mo.), a possible presidential candidate in 2000, noted "there is a cloud over this presidency."
And Sen. Dan Coats (R-Ind.), who called on Clinton to resign after his speech Monday, said: "The president has been consumed with matters regarding his personal life. It raises questions about whether or not he had the time to devote to this issue, or give the kind of judgment that needed to be given to this issue to call for military action."
Not some bystanders. Not some pundits. Senators. Saying that maybe OBL was "diversionary motivation". Saying that trying to nab him put "a cloud" over the presidency. Brushing it off as "this issue." You might have noticed which side of the political divide they're all on.
You know: you can listen to as much spin and lies and distortion as you like, but it's not going to alter the past no matter how much you repeat it. You don't redefine the history that's already written, and viewable with just the easiest of Google searches, by repeating a lie. You can watch all the dramatic made-for-TV pieces you like that try to rewrite history to your liking...but it's nowt next to the established timeline. To fact. To how things really happened, and were reported as such AT THE TIME.
Either live in reality, or keep your delusions to yourself.
We, BRITISH RAILWAYS BOARD, a public authority established under the provisions of the Transport Act 1962, of 222, Marylebone Road, London, N.W.l, do hereby declare the invention, for which we pray that a patent may be granted to us, and the method by which it is to be performed, to be particularly described in and by the following statement: -
The present invention relates to a space vehicle. More particularly it relates to a power supply for a space vehicle which offers a source ofsustained thrust for the loss of a very small mass of fuel. Thus it would enable very high velocities to be attained in a space vehicle and in fact the prolonged acceleration of the vehicle may in some circumstances be used to simulate gravity.
...but seeing as Adolf Hitler's name already comes pre-Romanized for you (thanks to the remarkable nature of the alphabets of German and English), why do so many people write Adolph?
I could understand it if it were a non-Romanized name (Mao Zedong? Mao Tse-tung?). But come ON. Adolph? Why not just make it Adolphus of the House of Schicklgruber?
Yeah. They can just call the restaurant and ask for directions. Because that's what they do all day in rastaurants: wait for people to ask for directions from any little street in a x-mile radius to their location. They're all just taxi drivers doing their second job.
And that's assuming you have their number en route. What if you don't? What if the restaurant doesn't have someone that can spend the time to turn-by-turn guide your drive for the next twenty minutes?
Know what would be good? Having some sort of Google or Google Maps function on your hand-held doo-hickey that lets you request all the restaurants in the area, or by type, or whatever. Then you could map out driving directions to the one you want. Maybe even get real-time traffic information to plan your journey better on the way.
"A common mistake people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools." - Douglas Adams.
I did! But only in the layman use of the word (should've said malware...stupid Too Clever For Preview Button Syndrome)
I'd certainly also call it an exploit too, as in a manipulation.
Exactly. This isn't a computer virus. It's a social engineering virus.
Anyone that can write a keystroke logger program can also add wording that it's actually a codec for viewing videos. One more level of dishonesty's not going to stop them.
People often criticize Wiki, but seeing as the Wiki definition of a computer virus is "a computer program that can copy itself and infect a computer without permission or knowledge of the user", this is no virus.
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Said the person x feet xx inches tall, weighing in at xxx pounds, but probably not knowing how many stones and pounds he weighs.
Metric's great. Let's say you have a fish-tank measuring around 3 feet high, and it's about 3 feet by 6 feet at the base. How much water does it hold, and what does it weigh when it has the water in it?
Kids at school that learn the metric system know a cubic metre of water weighs a metric tonne (around the same as a ton). So a fish tank like that (a metre tall, and 2 x 1 metres at the base) holds around two tonnes of water. Two cubic metres of water, or 2 million cc of water. Easy.
The funny thing about the US system of imperial measurements: it's not even the same as the original Imperial system. How many fluid ounces in a pint? Americans would say 16, but in Britain it was 20 (and they say everything's bigger in Texas. Ha!). Twenty fluid ounces to a pint. Which means our pints of beer are bigger (and have more ABV, I should add) than pints of beer in America.
But those fluid ounces aren't the same amount. A British fluid ounce is s-l-i-g-h-t-l-y smaller than the US fluid ounce. So a US pint isn't 0.75 of an old British pint, and a US gallon isn't 3/4 of an Imperial gallon... it's 0.832673844 Imperial gallons.
So a car that gets 40 mpg in America gets over 48 mpg in Britain, simply by driving on the left-hand side of the road (OK, simply because the measurement system's screwy).
You mean 829680d. The currency was written as £.s.d, pennies were 'd'.
£ is just a fancy way of writing 'L', because the notation came from the Latin. Librae solidi denari. And yes, that means LSD used to be the British currency before decimalisation.
And yet searching for this information on Google gives you an instrumental track on a Shamen LP. Ooooh, comin' on like a seventh sense...
I just lost anyone that doesn't remember the rave culture of the early nineties.
It gets a tiny mention on Wiki.
Collaborate and listen.
Looks like we're close to having the Light Saving Brick (watch the video).
Peter, you've lost the news!
And with that, I've lost our American audience...
+1 in my book for this suggestion. My wife took our old printer and cables to a local after-school club because they said they needed older computer stuff in our local paper. Otherwise it would have been scrapped. It works fine, it's just pre-USB/Firewire.
... Boys and Girls Club?
In the US
Close but no cigar.
Wait, maybe one cigar.
Dammit, dammit, dammit, Wilma's vacuum was a purple wooly mammoth. Didn't you learn ANYTHING at the Museum of Natural History?
With a mastadon.
Their vacuum cleaner was a mammoth of a machine (but was the same hue as a Dyson).
Google. 700 FM. M. M. m. m. m. Can anyone confirm the info on this page: the 700MHz band is currently TV Channel 52. People watching this station in Oklahoma might get some interference. I know - switch to digital TV. But wouldn't it be funny if Fresh Prince of Bel-Air sounded like two farmers talking about tractors!
Thanks for the correction. And may I also add ClassicalBums and RingtoneShits to the mix?
Mmmm donot. call.
Obviously never seen www.gotahoe.com
And powergenitalia (PowerGen Italia) was a myth.
Never mind. There's always whorepresents, expertsexchange, and Australia's molestationnursery, now renamed.
One organization using a lot of @xyz.com's.
She once emailed two associates of lobbyist Jack Abramoff, 'I now have an RNC blackberry which you can use to e-mail me at any time. No security issues like my WH email.' So it's not as though they didn't know they were circumnavigating the law concerning the security of whitehouse.gov emails. The link above says:
So, what if it's shown that any government investigation was obstructed by someone deleting these emails...?
US Code , Title 18, Section 1505. That's US Law. According to Cornell University Law School. But what do they know?
If you want to see a PDF of one such email exchange, click here. Sue Ralston has "please send all replies to
Amazing what you can find after five minutes of rooting around on the net, huh?!
Just wanted to point out something. Disclaimer: I have voted for Tony Blair, and have never voted Conservative Party.
The parent of my answer started in this thread with dismissiveness. I've seen it used before by many others as a tactic to downplay the gravity of a situation they don't wish people to openly discuss, especially when it comes to politics (and in this case, American politics). It gets marked as funny, fair enough. But +3? Really?
The post I specifically answered mentioned one historically inaccurate sleight concerning Slick Willy Clinton in that he didn't go after OBL. This post, a few minutes ago, was at +3. I showed, with no error, he did. I countered with two links. Both from the same week in 1998. One showing Clinton going after OBL, the second one showing the lack of support the American C-in-C received from 'across the aisle', as they'd say in Washington.
This was marked down one point before being marked +1 for informative.
Disagreeing with me politically? Makes the world go around. But seriously: if you think that fellow geeks, or history, or myself, will think the facts are anything other than the facts because I get marked down by a few people with a conservative American political agenda on Slashdot? Good luck with that. How's that working for you in Iraq and possibly Iran?
Hell, I'd accept a Flamebait for this clarification as justification of just how much many Americans (and some are in this forum) will dismiss cited facts because of the cognitive dissonance it sets up in their minds, if it strokes their poor delicate and shattered egos. It's not as though that mental process is particularly complex.
Googled August 20, 1998
Saying "there will be no sanctuary for terrorists," Clinton pounded the bejesus out of al Qaeda locations. Note: Iraq was not on the list. Note: Taliban released a report confirming that OBL wasn't killed, despite our efforts.
So what was the response to this attempt to nab him?
Glad you asked.
Not some bystanders. Not some pundits. Senators. Saying that maybe OBL was "diversionary motivation". Saying that trying to nab him put "a cloud" over the presidency. Brushing it off as "this issue." You might have noticed which side of the political divide they're all on.
You know: you can listen to as much spin and lies and distortion as you like, but it's not going to alter the past no matter how much you repeat it. You don't redefine the history that's already written, and viewable with just the easiest of Google searches, by repeating a lie. You can watch all the dramatic made-for-TV pieces you like that try to rewrite history to your liking
Either live in reality, or keep your delusions to yourself.
Cheers.
I also signed the Official Secrets Act too, so for future reference: Jackpot, no rank, 777.
It always puzzled me what exactly I would invent while selling One Day Travelcards to Aussie backpackers. Until I found out that BR had been messing with the mind of Shirley Maclaine / David Icke since 1973...
...but seeing as Adolf Hitler's name already comes pre-Romanized for you (thanks to the remarkable nature of the alphabets of German and English), why do so many people write Adolph?
I could understand it if it were a non-Romanized name (Mao Zedong? Mao Tse-tung?). But come ON. Adolph? Why not just make it Adolphus of the House of Schicklgruber?
Yeah. They can just call the restaurant and ask for directions. Because that's what they do all day in rastaurants: wait for people to ask for directions from any little street in a x-mile radius to their location. They're all just taxi drivers doing their second job.
And that's assuming you have their number en route. What if you don't? What if the restaurant doesn't have someone that can spend the time to turn-by-turn guide your drive for the next twenty minutes?
Know what would be good? Having some sort of Google or Google Maps function on your hand-held doo-hickey that lets you request all the restaurants in the area, or by type, or whatever. Then you could map out driving directions to the one you want. Maybe even get real-time traffic information to plan your journey better on the way.
Nobody would ever want that. Just like you said. Of course, Goldman Sachs says they expect 14 million of these things to be sold by the end of 2008. That's a lot of nobodies. And that's just for the iPhone.
Opinions [REDACTED], everyone has one.
"A common mistake people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools." - Douglas Adams.
You're welcome.
...but is it a case of here I come to save the day?
Stupid thing to note: this was the only Google hit for the words of the Mighty Mouse cartoon.
You kids. You've spoiled the internets with your "can i has cheezburger" and your disco music stealing. Get off my lawn.
I did! But only in the layman use of the word (should've said malware ...stupid Too Clever For Preview Button Syndrome)
I'd certainly also call it an exploit too, as in a manipulation.
Exactly. This isn't a computer virus. It's a social engineering virus.
Anyone that can write a keystroke logger program can also add wording that it's actually a codec for viewing videos. One more level of dishonesty's not going to stop them.
People often criticize Wiki, but seeing as the Wiki definition of a computer virus is "a computer program that can copy itself and infect a computer without permission or knowledge of the user", this is no virus.
Nope.