I remember a TV series from when I was a wee lad, The Immortal. A guy has something special in his blood that makes him effectively immortal. An old rich dude chases him around to harvest the blood for himself.
Many times frozen items are shipped with an indicator inside that will clearly show if the inside got over the freezing point at any time in its journey. I can't think offhand if I have heard of accelerometers being used routinely, but I'm sure they could be.
Wish I had some mod points. Regardless of which side of the current argument you are on, De Beers is an insane example of how a company can create artificial scarcity, and do it for over 100 years, while making boatloads of cash.
You've never seen Breaking Bad? Cold medicines containing pseudoephedrine are used to make meth. Here in one of the self-proclaimed meth capitals of the country (Missouri) anything having pseudoephedrine in it is behind the counter and you have to show an ID. I'm pretty sure it's statewide, but it's at least in several counties surrounding St. Louis.
It is obvious that you're a mathematician. Your equation is dimensionally wrong.
No, it's correct. Let's do the analysis:
$= (time + obtanium) / desire * beer
time is in seconds
obtanium is in seconds (how long to obtain it)
desire is in seconds/liter (the longer you wait, the more you want)
beer is in dollars/liter
so we have (seconds + seconds)/(seconds/liter) * (dollars/liter) = dollars
Q.E.D.
That's as far as I can go.
We have a pizzeria named Pi in St. Louis (it's famous because President Obama had one delivered to the White House) and they are running specials today.
Well, this char*f="char*f=%c%s%c;main(){printf(f,34,f,34);}";main(){printf(f,34,f,34);} crap isn't even a word. Please destroy it immediately.
Yes, it is quite obviously a joke.
Yes, but the tradeoff for a low f-stop (which I assume is what you're talking about) is smaller depth of field and all that that brings, like it being more difficult to focus on your subject. Not an issue with telescopes but definitely an issue with a low-light home video recorder.
Actually, I wasn't trying to be bitter, I was being somewhat snarky and tongue in cheek myself. Sometimes those things don't translate well on a message board with only raw text. No harm meant.
because the US was a Christian nation and the Soviets were atheist.
Not at all. They surrendered to the US because they were the less scary choice
FTFWikipedia article above:
After the surrender, von Braun spoke to the press:
"We knew that we had created a new means of warfare, and the question as to what nation, to what victorious nation we were willing to entrust this brainchild of ours was a moral decision more than anything else. We wanted to see the world spared another conflict such as Germany had just been through, and we felt that only by surrendering such a weapon to people who are guided by the Bible could such an assurance to the world be best secured.”
So it is possible he made up that part just to sound good to American ears, but he did say it.
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So all the other drivers flip you off because they are assholes? I think you may be projecting.
I remember a TV series from when I was a wee lad, The Immortal. A guy has something special in his blood that makes him effectively immortal. An old rich dude chases him around to harvest the blood for himself.
I would not doubt for a second that Heinlein, as well as Thompson, were big influences of his.
Ah, yes, these look like the same devices they use on Mythbusters fairly often.
Many times frozen items are shipped with an indicator inside that will clearly show if the inside got over the freezing point at any time in its journey. I can't think offhand if I have heard of accelerometers being used routinely, but I'm sure they could be.
As long as it doesn't record the inside of a meat packing plant it'll be fine.
Wish I had some mod points. Regardless of which side of the current argument you are on, De Beers is an insane example of how a company can create artificial scarcity, and do it for over 100 years, while making boatloads of cash.
I saw a few almost identical pictures along with a bunch of meaningless words. Meh.
You've never seen Breaking Bad? Cold medicines containing pseudoephedrine are used to make meth. Here in one of the self-proclaimed meth capitals of the country (Missouri) anything having pseudoephedrine in it is behind the counter and you have to show an ID. I'm pretty sure it's statewide, but it's at least in several counties surrounding St. Louis.
It is obvious that you're a mathematician. Your equation is dimensionally wrong.
No, it's correct. Let's do the analysis: $= (time + obtanium) / desire * beer
time is in seconds
obtanium is in seconds (how long to obtain it)
desire is in seconds/liter (the longer you wait, the more you want)
beer is in dollars/liter
so we have (seconds + seconds)/(seconds/liter) * (dollars/liter) = dollars
Q.E.D.
Ha! I don't know, but I bet it'll blend the hell out of it!
This is not a Howard Stern reference, it is a Snow White reference.
No, but as he mentioned they do have one that is programmable through a USB port. I thought he was shitting us, but then I looked it up
Yeah, Gah! I mistyped a 5 instead of a 2. Fixed, and thanks everyone.
That's as far as I can go. We have a pizzeria named Pi in St. Louis (it's famous because President Obama had one delivered to the White House) and they are running specials today.
Well, this char*f="char*f=%c%s%c;main(){printf(f,34,f,34);}";main(){printf(f,34,f,34);} crap isn't even a word. Please destroy it immediately. Yes, it is quite obviously a joke.
How can you say it's the free market when there is only one provider in the US and they have a monopoly?
Yes, but the tradeoff for a low f-stop (which I assume is what you're talking about) is smaller depth of field and all that that brings, like it being more difficult to focus on your subject. Not an issue with telescopes but definitely an issue with a low-light home video recorder.
I'm allergic to it, so I use sheepskin instead.
Actually, I wasn't trying to be bitter, I was being somewhat snarky and tongue in cheek myself. Sometimes those things don't translate well on a message board with only raw text. No harm meant.
He's trying to be snarky and humorous, and succeeds at neither. Well, maybe a little bit snarky.
Exactly, as every Slashdotter no doubt knows, Grandpa Simpson yells at clouds regularly.
Parent needs more upvotes. Except that klingons around uranus are very common with babies.
because the US was a Christian nation and the Soviets were atheist.
Not at all. They surrendered to the US because they were the less scary choice
FTFWikipedia article above:
After the surrender, von Braun spoke to the press: "We knew that we had created a new means of warfare, and the question as to what nation, to what victorious nation we were willing to entrust this brainchild of ours was a moral decision more than anything else. We wanted to see the world spared another conflict such as Germany had just been through, and we felt that only by surrendering such a weapon to people who are guided by the Bible could such an assurance to the world be best secured.”
So it is possible he made up that part just to sound good to American ears, but he did say it.
Do a Google search on "security theater." That's all these scanners are.