Actually, there is no reason for alcohol to be sold by volume other than that it usually is. I've seen a handful of smaller brewers and imports that sell by weight.
"To convert ABW to ABV, simply multiply the ABW by 1.25. So a 7 percent ABW beer would be a 9 percent ABV beer. If for some reason you want to convert from ABV to ABW, multiply the ABV percent by 0.8"
Although what you say is true, Arduino being a "toy" isn't exactly a bad thing.
I liken it to hardcore Linux users' disdain for Ubuntu. (I'm obviously making a sweeping generalization here, one that might not even be accurate, but I feel it's an apt comparison.)
It may not be the most efficient or the most technical or the most powerful, but it opens up a lot of new avenues for those that decide to try it out.
I ordered an Arduino starter kit last summer and a couple of books just for the hell of it and had a blast. Sure, I might not know much about electronics, but I didn't need to. If I want to learn more about a particular subject I'm free to explore more deeply.
I think that's the real power of Arduino right there.
That is exactly why I generally can't stand radio. There's a sports talk program on my area's local rock station 3 hours each day, interspersed with music and ads.
The music is ok, but I tune in for the sports talk. I hear the exact same handful of songs every damn day. I listened to our local classic rock station's morning show (it's pretty funny), but I can't stand listening to it for the music anymore because they play the same goddam shit over and over and over.
They play like 2-3 Pink Floyd songs, 3-4 Led Zeppelin songs, etc., etc. These bands wrote music for decades, yet the same couple of songs get exclusive play. That and 2 Nickelback songs (WTF?).
A lot of my friends (many of whom are in their own bands and play live in the area) complain about the same thing. People with a passion for music can't stand listening to the radio anymore.
ahhh damn what was that drum-spin story? I've read it around here before and I've been trying to find it again but with no luck. It's a great story and if you have a link it would be much appreciated!
I haven't done any research but I'd be willing to bet that the vast majority of murders that occur in the United States are due to gang violence related to our futile "War on Drugs."
The "War on Drugs" is also the reason that states are going bankrupt trying to house one of the largest prison populations on the planet.
The fact that the "War on Drugs" is insanely profitable for law enforcement and drug dealers alike, and that our citizens have been so indoctrinated of the "evils" of drugs from our government, a sane change in policy is unlikely to happen any time soon.
Ever see the photos of naked Vietnamese fleeing a firebombing? Naked Asian kids running through the streets crying!
Of course, Vietnam was the last conflict with genuine journalism. If you had pictures of Iraqi or Afghani kids fleeing a predator drone naked (because their clothes have been burned off, as well as their skin), you'd be arrested as a sex criminal and imprisoned accordingly.
Maybe it's just my particular setup, but Open Office fonts on Linux are absolutely atrocious. So much so that I run an XP VM strictly for Office.
I've given KWord a spin, and although it looks much nicer with regards to the entire KDE interface and the fonts are substantially better, KWord is still rough around the edges. I tried typing up an article the other day with it and that red squiggly line appeared under a misspelled word I was typing. I corrected the word, but then the red line just kept following the cursor. I cut the entire paper, pasted it back, and the line was still there. I was unimpressed.
For the record I'm running Slackware 13.
Do you know of any font packages for Open Office that might fix this problem? I would prefer to not have a VM strictly to type stuff. I admit I've seen ways to get Windows fonts on Linux, but I really haven't delved that deeply into it. If you'd care to enlighten me, I'd appreciate it.
The point I was trying to make was that if I disagree with Facebook's terms (which I do), that I really have no ability to challenge Facebook itself without significant social loss to me.
Thanks to Facebook, I have been able to stay in contact with many members of my family (aunts, cousins, uncles), whom I otherwise would only speak to a handful of times a year.
Granted, I have the right to create my own rival social networking site and convince everyone I know to switch to it, but that is basically an insane proposition given that Google's "Buzz" can't pull it off.
I am not blaming Facebook for it's decisions, but I am asserting that Facebook, at least temporarily, has a de facto monopoly on social networking, ergo I essentially have no recourse against their privacy policies.
Except it's not that simple. When Ma Bell was around and people didn't like the monopoly, should they have quit using telephones? Boycotting a service like the telephone (at the time) was simply too socially, and probably economically, damaging.
We have a similar, albeit less serious, issue here. When everyone you know, including family, uses Facebook to communicate and stay in touch, how can you just stop using it? Especially since your own action is utterly inconsequential to Facebook management, while being absolutely consequential to your own personal life.
Internet technology is fast approaching common infrastructure. This would be like 150 years ago, people saying "If you don't like the water company, just dig your own well!"
Of course, these examples are considered "extreme" because sites like Facebook are so new. But this line of reasoning only serves to magnify the real issue: the Internet has had such a profound effect on society that a newbie to traditional industry like Facebook can become so crucial to everyday life in just a few years. (Granted, the word "crucial" is somewhat strong, but we're talking about social interaction, not life or death.)
I can understand the position Facebook has taken. As a private company, they have the right to do as they please to a certain extent. But when a company like Facebook can achieve the same kind of social utility in a matter of years as a phone or electric company that took decades, the law simply cannot keep up.
A bill with the support of a Republican Senator and a Democratic Senator in the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee has been introduced to the Senate that will have to be passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives before it gets anywhere near Obama.
Why is a bill coming out of committee such a big deal?
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Actually, there is no reason for alcohol to be sold by volume other than that it usually is. I've seen a handful of smaller brewers and imports that sell by weight.
from http://beeradvocate.com/articles/518:
"To convert ABW to ABV, simply multiply the ABW by 1.25. So a 7 percent ABW beer would be a 9 percent ABV beer. If for some reason you want to convert from ABV to ABW, multiply the ABV percent by 0.8"
I don't know, I mean if it was going to happen anyway I'd like to hang around to see if Hollywood got it right.
You can always off yourself later if you want.
Actually something crazy does generally happen each year on 4/20, it's just that it happens inside of my head.
http://www.google.com/search?q=paedophile&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
sorry, wrong link earlier, but you're still wrong.
http://www.google.com/search?q=pedophile&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
so a silent 'a' changes the meaning of a word?
Speaking of "badly named," pedometer sounds like something made up on 4chan to rate the age of children in image posts.
Excellent point. I recall a 'behind the scenes' style episode where they showed how bad Jaime was at doing a quick monologue.
It was actually pretty funny hearing the rest of the cast making fun of him about it.
Considering the absolutely terrible job that television has been doing lately at making science fiction...
You must have missed SyFy's Sharktopus .
Although what you say is true, Arduino being a "toy" isn't exactly a bad thing.
I liken it to hardcore Linux users' disdain for Ubuntu. (I'm obviously making a sweeping generalization here, one that might not even be accurate, but I feel it's an apt comparison.)
It may not be the most efficient or the most technical or the most powerful, but it opens up a lot of new avenues for those that decide to try it out.
I ordered an Arduino starter kit last summer and a couple of books just for the hell of it and had a blast. Sure, I might not know much about electronics, but I didn't need to. If I want to learn more about a particular subject I'm free to explore more deeply.
I think that's the real power of Arduino right there.
That is exactly why I generally can't stand radio. There's a sports talk program on my area's local rock station 3 hours each day, interspersed with music and ads.
The music is ok, but I tune in for the sports talk. I hear the exact same handful of songs every damn day. I listened to our local classic rock station's morning show (it's pretty funny), but I can't stand listening to it for the music anymore because they play the same goddam shit over and over and over.
They play like 2-3 Pink Floyd songs, 3-4 Led Zeppelin songs, etc., etc. These bands wrote music for decades, yet the same couple of songs get exclusive play. That and 2 Nickelback songs (WTF?).
A lot of my friends (many of whom are in their own bands and play live in the area) complain about the same thing. People with a passion for music can't stand listening to the radio anymore.
I guess we can all thank Clear Channel for that.
ahhh damn what was that drum-spin story? I've read it around here before and I've been trying to find it again but with no luck. It's a great story and if you have a link it would be much appreciated!
Civilian to TSA Agent during pat-down: "I think you're the one trying to set off a bomb!"
No they don't. Ever notice how the "White's Only" signs don't appear in storefronts anymore?
I haven't done any research but I'd be willing to bet that the vast majority of murders that occur in the United States are due to gang violence related to our futile "War on Drugs."
The "War on Drugs" is also the reason that states are going bankrupt trying to house one of the largest prison populations on the planet.
The fact that the "War on Drugs" is insanely profitable for law enforcement and drug dealers alike, and that our citizens have been so indoctrinated of the "evils" of drugs from our government, a sane change in policy is unlikely to happen any time soon.
Actually, Steve Jobs unsurprisingly ripped off of Disney's animated adventure, Aladdin.
Hell, I heard that Robin Williams was only chosen to be the Genie's voice after Job's declined, sensing the true power of an all knowing Desert God.
Bill Gates was typecasted as Jafar.
Ever see the photos of naked Vietnamese fleeing a firebombing? Naked Asian kids running through the streets crying!
Of course, Vietnam was the last conflict with genuine journalism. If you had pictures of Iraqi or Afghani kids fleeing a predator drone naked (because their clothes have been burned off, as well as their skin), you'd be arrested as a sex criminal and imprisoned accordingly.
No, it should be called DurkaDurkMuhammadJihadBook.com
And their mascot is a guy in a bear costume.
I'm using Firefox 3.6.3 on Slackware 13 and it works just fine.
Easily the coolest Google Doodle of all time.
Maybe it's just my particular setup, but Open Office fonts on Linux are absolutely atrocious. So much so that I run an XP VM strictly for Office.
I've given KWord a spin, and although it looks much nicer with regards to the entire KDE interface and the fonts are substantially better, KWord is still rough around the edges. I tried typing up an article the other day with it and that red squiggly line appeared under a misspelled word I was typing. I corrected the word, but then the red line just kept following the cursor. I cut the entire paper, pasted it back, and the line was still there. I was unimpressed.
For the record I'm running Slackware 13.
Do you know of any font packages for Open Office that might fix this problem? I would prefer to not have a VM strictly to type stuff. I admit I've seen ways to get Windows fonts on Linux, but I really haven't delved that deeply into it. If you'd care to enlighten me, I'd appreciate it.
...loosing something precious every time they have sex!
Ironically, that sentence still makes sense with the typo.
You are correct.
The point I was trying to make was that if I disagree with Facebook's terms (which I do), that I really have no ability to challenge Facebook itself without significant social loss to me.
Thanks to Facebook, I have been able to stay in contact with many members of my family (aunts, cousins, uncles), whom I otherwise would only speak to a handful of times a year.
Granted, I have the right to create my own rival social networking site and convince everyone I know to switch to it, but that is basically an insane proposition given that Google's "Buzz" can't pull it off.
I am not blaming Facebook for it's decisions, but I am asserting that Facebook, at least temporarily, has a de facto monopoly on social networking, ergo I essentially have no recourse against their privacy policies.
Except it's not that simple. When Ma Bell was around and people didn't like the monopoly, should they have quit using telephones? Boycotting a service like the telephone (at the time) was simply too socially, and probably economically, damaging.
We have a similar, albeit less serious, issue here. When everyone you know, including family, uses Facebook to communicate and stay in touch, how can you just stop using it? Especially since your own action is utterly inconsequential to Facebook management, while being absolutely consequential to your own personal life.
Internet technology is fast approaching common infrastructure. This would be like 150 years ago, people saying "If you don't like the water company, just dig your own well!"
Of course, these examples are considered "extreme" because sites like Facebook are so new. But this line of reasoning only serves to magnify the real issue: the Internet has had such a profound effect on society that a newbie to traditional industry like Facebook can become so crucial to everyday life in just a few years. (Granted, the word "crucial" is somewhat strong, but we're talking about social interaction, not life or death.)
I can understand the position Facebook has taken. As a private company, they have the right to do as they please to a certain extent. But when a company like Facebook can achieve the same kind of social utility in a matter of years as a phone or electric company that took decades, the law simply cannot keep up.
Thank you!
For all the bitching people do about politics on this site, they apparently have absolutely no idea how government actually functions.
This bill just came out of committee. It must be passed by the Senate and the House and then signed by the President to become law.
None of these things have happened yet. There is plenty of time to debate the issue and plenty of time for you to write to your Congressman.
How can Obama deserve criticism here?
A bill with the support of a Republican Senator and a Democratic Senator in the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee has been introduced to the Senate that will have to be passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives before it gets anywhere near Obama.
Why is a bill coming out of committee such a big deal?