I don't know about a mouse-easting coffee-table or fly-eating clock, but why couldn't we retro-fit our houses with similar devices placed around that gather mice, bats, flies, expired pets, grandma, etc., and store the energy to be used in common household items? Similar to the solar panels on the roof, they'd store energy for use to reduce the amount needed from the grid.
...but now I refuse. My 7 year old will be disappointed but someday he'll understand because I'll raise him to know that we vote with our wallets. I'd rather he be a PC gamer anyways.
Finally, a real-life Arc-Reactor! Better hope the insurgents don't get a hold of that thing...our ground-troops will be cut to shreds by Iron-Jihad-Man...
And I really do hope they get away with it...kinda like LeoDi's character in "Catch Me if You Can", but these things generally end up badly for the bad guys when things start to go public like this. HBGary will probably hire someone who actually knows his shit and tack them down; eventually someone will screw up and put a decimal in the wrong place or some mundane detail like that.
Kenneth Cole is still going to sell his shoes and what-not to the people with money to burn; it's more fashionable to be seen in his clothes, regardless of his tactlessness. In some circles, his stock will likely now rise.
they'd build a separate network for the prison system and the prisons could offer the service to inmates who, at least according to Monopoly rules, can still transact money and therefore spend it on such a service. If not, then they could offer the service to the inmates' families and associates so they could keep in touch. Outside phones would have to be rendered useless in some way when brought inside the prison walls so that prisoners were forced to use the paid service. Then the prison could be free to control the service by listening/recording calls and web activity, limiting the times the service is available and how many minutes/kilobytes the inmates could use. They could even have another level of service for the prison guards and other workers.
I'm sure this brings up a whole new list of issues but I feel like there's an opportunity here. Anyone with deep pockets want to help me develop the first Con-Tel provider?
We're fairly small...26 employees, 6 of whom are partners. I'm the first IT guy they've had in 90 years of business and I just started a couple months ago. I'm trying my best to incorporate new technology to set us apart from some of the other guys in town. When you think of accounting services, you don't think of technology but I think current and potential clients would like to see us leverage some of the e- services out there. At the same time, of course, we need to be able to convey stability and give people that "old business" feel. It's a delicate balancing act and convincing the old-boys to implement such technology is a challenge that, for the sake of growth, I'm willing to take on.
They have to hack the browsers from the cloud while using public apps and in a virtual environment, all the while staying well within the green limits set forth by the cyber industry. If they win they get $15,000 and a set of e-nano replicators.
Damn straight. I love reading Michael Shermer. He's one of the best skeptics out there because he doesn't just doubt and debunk, he backs it up with *real* science. Props to you for the post.
The predictions come true all the time. My horoscope predicted I would meet someone new today and I'll be damned if it didn't happen. The cashier at Kroger said "Hi, welcome to Kroger. My name is Brenda. Do you have your Kroger card?". It also said I would come into some money and sure enough, I got my paycheck.
It's an amazing feeling to be part of something so scientific.
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I don't know about a mouse-easting coffee-table or fly-eating clock, but why couldn't we retro-fit our houses with similar devices placed around that gather mice, bats, flies, expired pets, grandma, etc., and store the energy to be used in common household items? Similar to the solar panels on the roof, they'd store energy for use to reduce the amount needed from the grid.
what if I want my furniture to be vegan?
...but now I refuse. My 7 year old will be disappointed but someday he'll understand because I'll raise him to know that we vote with our wallets. I'd rather he be a PC gamer anyways.
Finally, a real-life Arc-Reactor! Better hope the insurgents don't get a hold of that thing...our ground-troops will be cut to shreds by Iron-Jihad-Man...
went out of business in '94...
I'm sure he was one of the idiots who was scammed by Apple into buying a MobileMe account for peace of mind "cloud backup"..
And I really do hope they get away with it...kinda like LeoDi's character in "Catch Me if You Can", but these things generally end up badly for the bad guys when things start to go public like this. HBGary will probably hire someone who actually knows his shit and tack them down; eventually someone will screw up and put a decimal in the wrong place or some mundane detail like that.
Kenneth Cole is still going to sell his shoes and what-not to the people with money to burn; it's more fashionable to be seen in his clothes, regardless of his tactlessness. In some circles, his stock will likely now rise.
Damnit!
Nyah nyah!
because SHE'S not an 18 year old Asian.
they'd build a separate network for the prison system and the prisons could offer the service to inmates who, at least according to Monopoly rules, can still transact money and therefore spend it on such a service. If not, then they could offer the service to the inmates' families and associates so they could keep in touch. Outside phones would have to be rendered useless in some way when brought inside the prison walls so that prisoners were forced to use the paid service. Then the prison could be free to control the service by listening/recording calls and web activity, limiting the times the service is available and how many minutes/kilobytes the inmates could use. They could even have another level of service for the prison guards and other workers.
I'm sure this brings up a whole new list of issues but I feel like there's an opportunity here. Anyone with deep pockets want to help me develop the first Con-Tel provider?
they are so few and far between, that we can mostly ignore them.
And we do.
We're fairly small...26 employees, 6 of whom are partners. I'm the first IT guy they've had in 90 years of business and I just started a couple months ago. I'm trying my best to incorporate new technology to set us apart from some of the other guys in town. When you think of accounting services, you don't think of technology but I think current and potential clients would like to see us leverage some of the e- services out there. At the same time, of course, we need to be able to convey stability and give people that "old business" feel. It's a delicate balancing act and convincing the old-boys to implement such technology is a challenge that, for the sake of growth, I'm willing to take on.
accounting firm....not form
how would I go about convincing my employer that our accounting form would benefit from being a part of these social networks?
It doesn't get much stoopider than American Idol, and that shit came from England.
Still, I wish I could disagree.
A win for married guys who don't want to get caught with a stash of porn in their %SystemRoot%\system32\OS\updates\IE folder.
No. I use unwound heat-sink coil. Barbed wire is for pussies.
In 5 - 10 years she'll have lost her curb-appeal anyways, and it will be time to trade her in for a newer model.
They have to hack the browsers from the cloud while using public apps and in a virtual environment, all the while staying well within the green limits set forth by the cyber industry. If they win they get $15,000 and a set of e-nano replicators.
Damn straight. I love reading Michael Shermer. He's one of the best skeptics out there because he doesn't just doubt and debunk, he backs it up with *real* science. Props to you for the post.
The predictions come true all the time. My horoscope predicted I would meet someone new today and I'll be damned if it didn't happen. The cashier at Kroger said "Hi, welcome to Kroger. My name is Brenda. Do you have your Kroger card?". It also said I would come into some money and sure enough, I got my paycheck.
It's an amazing feeling to be part of something so scientific.
Ahahahaha!! That one never gets old!
No, she's his ex because when I rescued her from the snow she realized she didn't want to be with someone who couldn't protect her.