While that's the most plausible explanation for how the spider bite could have actually helped with his paralysis, there is no way the nerves could have healed that quickly after the spider bite (within the several day stay at the hospital). As was said by some others, the most likely situation, given the evidence, is that he had not had his nerves tested for several years, and they had slowly healed to the point that they carry signal again over the last 20 years. The spider bite put him in the hospital, where it was discovered that his legs now function again.
WinCE (What were they thinking when they picked that name???) does not run standard windows apps. Since this is the reason many stick with windows, it kind of kills that whole aspect. WinCE is the core behind Windows Mobile and some embedded systems, and would not likely work well in a full laptop.
I wouldn't think they would be hazardous to the wearer. Unless of course the shock and pain of the assailant having his penis mutilated might cause the victim to be murdered instead. One also must wonder if those are really self-defense devices or revenge? While rapists should be severely punished, is mutilating their genitals the right answer?
I'm pretty sure the drive just encrypts and decrypts on the fly at the block level as it writes and reads the data. If the hardware is designed correctly, you would be at no more risk of data loss due to power loss than you are with a regular drive. Did you think it runs through and encrypts the whole drive at shutdown and runs a decrypt at startup?
If I am incapacitated, however, the data is lost to my corporation, not sure if they took that into account.
Are you sure your corporate IT staff does not have access to a master key/backdoor that could unlock your laptop in the case of you being unable to (i.e. you die, get fired, wind up in coma, etc)? Also, if your corp is worried about losing data, they should really have some sort of backup plan. Maybe encrypted backup over a VPN link so the data remains secure?
It seems the method might be unique for 766,171, but the I'm sure the idea of a signaling mechanism for graves is much older than 1904. I've heard that this is where the expression "saved by the bell" came from.
4,016,875 "Penis locking and lacerating vaginal insert" (the mind boggles)
I believe this is the "anti-rape condom". Women afraid of being raped would wear it, and if they do get raped the attacker is going to need a hospital visit and possibly some reconstructive surgery. Probably the only actual product in your list(no, the cat exerciser laser pen does not count).
4,429,685 "Surgical procedure for unicorns" (WTF?)
6,025,810 "Faster than light communication" (physics from another reality)
Hah, if I understand the abstract correctly, temperature of over 1000 F (who the fsck measures heat in Fahrenheit in a scientific paper(okay, quasi-scientific)?) plus magnetic fields can make particles move faster than light?
Yes, one of the school's I do work for uses "Synchroneyes". The main function is to let the lab teacher see what the students are doing on a huge "SMART board", but it also can lock out the computers, displaying "All eyes to the front". There is prior art for this patent. In addition, I thought software patents like these were abolished with the Bilski case?
Also, if I am understanding this correctly, this product seems counterproductive. It only blocks Lotus software, not the web browser or anything else? During meetings I often keep open a text editor for note taking, why would you remove the productivity software and leave everything else available to waste time?
Go into "experimental" to get to the web browser. It is pretty bare bones (I'd rather use links or lynx than it, I wonder if there are any hacks to get a different browser on there), but it would probably do for the submitter's needs if the library website is not graphically intensive. Although, unless the submitter wants an ebook reader first, with the ancillary function of very light web browsing, then they would probably be better off with a much less expensive internet tablet.
Might not fit the low cost requirement and the fact that they are looking for wifi(Pretty sure the Kindle connects with Edge or 3G, although so far Amazon does not charge for it). If they really want a Kindle for other uses (they do work for a library, so its possible they enjoy reading), then the browser would probably be sufficient for browsing the library website. Otherwise, they could probably get a Nokia 800 or 810 for a bit more than half the cost of a Kindle and have a much better browsing experience. I'd bet a Nokia 770 goes pretty cheap on ebay as well.
There is a possible solution though: inject the ads into the video itself, so they can't be separated.
Make the videos 'dynamic' flash videos, so the advertising can't really be removed without modifying a.SWF file.
Hey, you just described exactly how it works. There is no copyright infringement going on here. Boxee is not a web site, it is a media center application. Hulu allows embedding of their videos. They have ads in the video stream. Boxee basically just embeds the video, ads and all, into the application so that it can be played on your computer screen or TV with a simple interface.
If I recall correctly, Hulu originally provided code to help Boxee display Hulu content. So why the change of heart? I read some speculation somewhere that Hulu is actually being pressured by the content owners to stop Boxee because there is less advertising revenue from web streaming than there is for live TV. Since people use boxee to play videos on their TV and not a computer screen, the content owners feel they are losing out. What I don't think they understand is that you can watch Hulu's videos using your computer on your TV with or without Boxee.
There is no "ripping" of content. Hulu lets you embed their videos into another website. Their ads are in the video. Boxee just provides an interface to play the video with it streaming from hulu. If you are wondering why you need another interface, realize that Boxee is a Media Center app. It is streamlined to be controlled with a remote and its main function is playing your own content. Adding hulu into the mix gives you the ability to watch hulu's content legally without having to navigate with a normal web browser. The price you pay is you watch the normal Hulu ads. Sounds like free advertising for Hulu to me.
Boxee does not strip out the ads. It is still the same video stream, boxee just gives a remote-friendly interface to the media. It is no different than watching Hulu in full screen with your computer plugged into a TV. Hulu allows embedding into another website just like Youtube and other media sites, so how is embedding into the Boxee media player any different?
Also, Hulu's ads are played in the video. How are they being deprived of advertising revenue?
Its true! Just yesterday I was chasing a large bird and I accidentally ran off a steep cliff. I almost made it to the other side, but I looked down and realized I was defying gravity. I broke nearly every bone in my body and suffered massive internal bleeding, but I was OK again after the commercial break.
Anyway, you know something is up when 4 out of the last 5 of our governors were charged with crimes (plus the one that wasn't owned the firm that represented Ryan in court).
Just to clarify, the Sun is called Sol because as we name stars that we observe, we needed a name for our sun. Many scientific names are based in Latin, so there is no surprise there.
Also, the definition you are using from the IAU is used to define planets in our solar system. "Extrasolar planets" is the term for planets not in our solar system.
How is it their duty to define things like this? What if a state decides that "its constituents" believe the earth is flat, should they make a law that the earth is flat? Also, this is the Illinois government we are talking about here. They really don't care what their constituents think. There was never any mention of this in campaigns or surveys that I received. My guess is that someone with a lot of money was nostalgic about Pluto being a planet. Or there is some law in the books somewhere that we can tax exports from planets but not other celestial bodies or something retarded like that.
Where the hell did he get that definition then? Anywhere I've seen "planet" defined it mentions that it is bound by the gravity of a star. Where does it state that it has to orbit Sol?
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While that's the most plausible explanation for how the spider bite could have actually helped with his paralysis, there is no way the nerves could have healed that quickly after the spider bite (within the several day stay at the hospital). As was said by some others, the most likely situation, given the evidence, is that he had not had his nerves tested for several years, and they had slowly healed to the point that they carry signal again over the last 20 years. The spider bite put him in the hospital, where it was discovered that his legs now function again.
WinCE (What were they thinking when they picked that name???) does not run standard windows apps. Since this is the reason many stick with windows, it kind of kills that whole aspect. WinCE is the core behind Windows Mobile and some embedded systems, and would not likely work well in a full laptop.
I wouldn't think they would be hazardous to the wearer. Unless of course the shock and pain of the assailant having his penis mutilated might cause the victim to be murdered instead. One also must wonder if those are really self-defense devices or revenge? While rapists should be severely punished, is mutilating their genitals the right answer?
I'm pretty sure the drive just encrypts and decrypts on the fly at the block level as it writes and reads the data. If the hardware is designed correctly, you would be at no more risk of data loss due to power loss than you are with a regular drive. Did you think it runs through and encrypts the whole drive at shutdown and runs a decrypt at startup?
Think of the children!
Why are these people always thinking about children? Jeez, you'd think they were pedophiles or something.
If I am incapacitated, however, the data is lost to my corporation, not sure if they took that into account.
Are you sure your corporate IT staff does not have access to a master key/backdoor that could unlock your laptop in the case of you being unable to (i.e. you die, get fired, wind up in coma, etc)? Also, if your corp is worried about losing data, they should really have some sort of backup plan. Maybe encrypted backup over a VPN link so the data remains secure?
Did you just insinuate that Anonymous Coward is new here? That guy has been here forever!
Oh, wait...
It seems the method might be unique for 766,171, but the I'm sure the idea of a signaling mechanism for graves is much older than 1904. I've heard that this is where the expression "saved by the bell" came from.
4,016,875 "Penis locking and lacerating vaginal insert" (the mind boggles)
I believe this is the "anti-rape condom". Women afraid of being raped would wear it, and if they do get raped the attacker is going to need a hospital visit and possibly some reconstructive surgery. Probably the only actual product in your list(no, the cat exerciser laser pen does not count).
4,429,685 "Surgical procedure for unicorns" (WTF?)
Seriously, WTF?
6,025,810 "Faster than light communication" (physics from another reality)
Hah, if I understand the abstract correctly, temperature of over 1000 F (who the fsck measures heat in Fahrenheit in a scientific paper(okay, quasi-scientific)?) plus magnetic fields can make particles move faster than light?
Yes, one of the school's I do work for uses "Synchroneyes". The main function is to let the lab teacher see what the students are doing on a huge "SMART board", but it also can lock out the computers, displaying "All eyes to the front". There is prior art for this patent. In addition, I thought software patents like these were abolished with the Bilski case?
Also, if I am understanding this correctly, this product seems counterproductive. It only blocks Lotus software, not the web browser or anything else? During meetings I often keep open a text editor for note taking, why would you remove the productivity software and leave everything else available to waste time?
Go into "experimental" to get to the web browser. It is pretty bare bones (I'd rather use links or lynx than it, I wonder if there are any hacks to get a different browser on there), but it would probably do for the submitter's needs if the library website is not graphically intensive. Although, unless the submitter wants an ebook reader first, with the ancillary function of very light web browsing, then they would probably be better off with a much less expensive internet tablet.
Up the voltage high enough and it might go pretty fast. Well, at least some parts might.
Might not fit the low cost requirement and the fact that they are looking for wifi(Pretty sure the Kindle connects with Edge or 3G, although so far Amazon does not charge for it). If they really want a Kindle for other uses (they do work for a library, so its possible they enjoy reading), then the browser would probably be sufficient for browsing the library website. Otherwise, they could probably get a Nokia 800 or 810 for a bit more than half the cost of a Kindle and have a much better browsing experience. I'd bet a Nokia 770 goes pretty cheap on ebay as well.
There is a possible solution though: inject the ads into the video itself, so they can't be separated. Make the videos 'dynamic' flash videos, so the advertising can't really be removed without modifying a .SWF file.
Hey, you just described exactly how it works. There is no copyright infringement going on here. Boxee is not a web site, it is a media center application. Hulu allows embedding of their videos. They have ads in the video stream. Boxee basically just embeds the video, ads and all, into the application so that it can be played on your computer screen or TV with a simple interface.
If I recall correctly, Hulu originally provided code to help Boxee display Hulu content. So why the change of heart? I read some speculation somewhere that Hulu is actually being pressured by the content owners to stop Boxee because there is less advertising revenue from web streaming than there is for live TV. Since people use boxee to play videos on their TV and not a computer screen, the content owners feel they are losing out. What I don't think they understand is that you can watch Hulu's videos using your computer on your TV with or without Boxee.
With the way it is always thrown around as the name for the sun, I always assumed it was. Thanks for the correction.
My bad, only 3 out of 5 were charged with wrongdoing, Edgar was indicted but not charged. Thompson was apparently clean, though his firm did represent Ryan in court. http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2008_12/015984.php
There is no "ripping" of content. Hulu lets you embed their videos into another website. Their ads are in the video. Boxee just provides an interface to play the video with it streaming from hulu. If you are wondering why you need another interface, realize that Boxee is a Media Center app. It is streamlined to be controlled with a remote and its main function is playing your own content. Adding hulu into the mix gives you the ability to watch hulu's content legally without having to navigate with a normal web browser. The price you pay is you watch the normal Hulu ads. Sounds like free advertising for Hulu to me.
Boxee does not strip out the ads. It is still the same video stream, boxee just gives a remote-friendly interface to the media. It is no different than watching Hulu in full screen with your computer plugged into a TV. Hulu allows embedding into another website just like Youtube and other media sites, so how is embedding into the Boxee media player any different?
Also, Hulu's ads are played in the video. How are they being deprived of advertising revenue?
Yeah, it turns out any planet not in the solar system is an "extrasolar planet", not a "planet" by the IAU definition.
Statistically, you are more likely to rehash a joke from the Daily Show than think of something clever to say.
they're cartoons!
Its true! Just yesterday I was chasing a large bird and I accidentally ran off a steep cliff. I almost made it to the other side, but I looked down and realized I was defying gravity. I broke nearly every bone in my body and suffered massive internal bleeding, but I was OK again after the commercial break.
Anyway, you know something is up when 4 out of the last 5 of our governors were charged with crimes (plus the one that wasn't owned the firm that represented Ryan in court).
Just to clarify, the Sun is called Sol because as we name stars that we observe, we needed a name for our sun. Many scientific names are based in Latin, so there is no surprise there.
Also, the definition you are using from the IAU is used to define planets in our solar system. "Extrasolar planets" is the term for planets not in our solar system.
How is it their duty to define things like this? What if a state decides that "its constituents" believe the earth is flat, should they make a law that the earth is flat? Also, this is the Illinois government we are talking about here. They really don't care what their constituents think. There was never any mention of this in campaigns or surveys that I received. My guess is that someone with a lot of money was nostalgic about Pluto being a planet. Or there is some law in the books somewhere that we can tax exports from planets but not other celestial bodies or something retarded like that.
Where the hell did he get that definition then? Anywhere I've seen "planet" defined it mentions that it is bound by the gravity of a star. Where does it state that it has to orbit Sol?
Whoops. Make that "a class-action suit against a car manufacturer for a car defect".