Dammit! I thought for sure I'd be able to be the first Pastafarian to comment on this story! Yet more evidence of the benevolence of his Noodly Appendage.
No, it's not like patenting shoes, or shirt collars for that matter. It's a patent for the allegedly "innovative" combination of a computer inside a shirt collar.
The obvious response would be to patent a computer integrated into a thong. The antenna for wireless connectivity could run up the buttstrap. The computer itself could network with other thong computers to guage compatible sexual responses to social interactions, could be used to time fertility for female wearers, and include new and innovative video game controller mechanisms.
A few of us in Medford MA have just begun discussing how we would go about convincing the city to offer wireless. We've all been reading the reports at MuniWireless.com"
Ebola is a far nastier disease than HIV infection, but it kills its hosts so quickly that it hardly ever spreads. Ebola is a far better analogy than HIV, which a person can have (and spread) for decades without dying.
But Witty apparently tries to spread itself 20,000 times, then takes out a hard drive sector, then tries to spread 20,000 more times, in a relatively quick death spiral.
I have an understanding of plasma dispays. And soon I will have understanding of videocassette recorders and car telephones. And when I have understanding of them, I shall have understanding of computers. And when I have understanding of computers, I shall be the Supreme Being! God isn't interested in technology. He knows nothing of the potential of the microchip or the silicon revolution. Look how he spends his time: forty-three species of parrots! Nipples for men!
I saw my cousin got a 'bionicle' lego set for christmas this year, and it was ridiculous. I don't think there were more than a hundred pieces, and no more than a handful of them could be connected to something other than the piece they were supposed to be connected to on the picture on the box.
My children, ages 7 and 5, are Bionicle fanatics. At first, I shared the same concern about specialized pieces, but there's actually quite a bit you can do with the "Technic" family of Lego parts. "Bionicle" is a particularly successful sub-category of the Technic product line, from what I can tell. Sure, the Bionicles have joints, legs, arms, cool staffs, heads, and bodies. That seems pretty specific. You can, however, combine any three Bionicles of a type (Rahkshi, Bohrahk, or Toa) into a "King" bionicle. Plus, you can be really creative with the staffs and weaponry, turning swords into a surfboard for example. The Bionicle kits only have about 50 pieces, but they only cost $5.50 US on sale at Target or KB (retail is around $9.99).
There's some incredibly fun bigger kits like the Gahdok and Cahdok kit, containing 630 pieces. Built to plan, this kit builds a pair of animals that are hand operated. They have jaws that slam shut to try to put each other out of commission.
Between the two kids, we have probably 3000 Bionicle / technic pieces in the toy room. Neither kids nor parents have started to grow tired of them.
Also, after drinking 6 cups of coffee a day, one would have to think you would be quite fidgety and more active, so really it may just be a side effect.
But what about the decaf effect?
Instead of somewhat silly studies like this (I mean try to imagine the proposal trying to get funding for this), I would like to see studies that show what practical, small lifestyle changes have in reducing such risks- things like taking the stairs instead of the elevator/escalator, switching from soda to water, etc.
This is not a silly study. This is just one of myriad results from the amazing Nurses' Study. Read about the history of this groundbreaking public health project. It's all about ferreting out subtle connections between lifestyle, diet, fitness, and health over a broad population.
Read the press release before complaining about a lack of details. The difference could not be explained by diet or exercise. This is one of many findings from the biggest darn health study I've ever heard of (and my wife is an epidemiologist, so I hear about every health study there is).
The Harvard researchers have been following well over 100,000 health professionals for many years now. The participants provide the researchers with detailed reports on weight, fitness level, lifestyle, exercise, diet, and illness. While I wouldn't necessarily infer causality (it _might_ not be the coffee that reduces the risk of Type II Diabetes), there is certainly a very solid correlation between drinking lots of coffee and not coming down with diabetes.
One more thing: The headline was highly misleading. The press release clearly states that there is also a benefit from decaffeinated coffee, although it seems to be less beneficial than caffeinated coffee. So don't think you need to double your Jolt intake or stock up on Penguin Mints. It's the coffee that's possibly helping you, not the caffeine.
Maybe I'm just jealous because I quit caffeine for New Years after 25 years hooked on the stuff. That headache will be fading any day now. At least I sure hope it will.
Penetrating her pod with my jack, making beautiful music together, the iPods themselves looking like birth control dispensers, pulling one's jack off, as it were.
I just hope that you can't spread music viruses through this method...
Strange. I certainly don't want to defend MSN search, but it seems to intentionally limit the response set for common words. Hence, low numbers of responses for "linux", "apache", and "windows". But if you search for "apache server", there's about 5 million responses on MSN search.
Years ago, back in 1990, my wife was an engineering consultant working in an office that had a bunch of potted plants. One of the plants actually had a note stickered to it that read
Asexual reproduction without a license is strictly prohibited
She and her office mate found this so funny that they photocopied and enlarged the message, putting the sign on the door of their office.
Biotech companies have been interested in enforced plant licenses. Monsanto developed Terminator Seed technology which would force farmers to buy new seeds every year, because they are designed to grow sterile plants. Because of global pressure by those damned commie anti-globalism activists, Monsanto has, for now, decided not to bring Terminator seeds to market. I guess they are leaving that to the government in California.
My well guarded private address, which I only give to my closest friends, has gotten no spam for 5 years. I receive about 20 emails per day at that private address and there is 0 spam.
I have young children who each have two email addresses. One address is the name of the kid @ our family domain. This address is only for close relatives and trusted friends. Spammers have not picked up these address.
But I don't run a real SMTP server, being on a less than completely reliable connection to the net. So I have our DNS provider forward these addresses to our cable ISP. We used "ATTBI.COM" addresses for them which have now been moved over to COMCAST.NET addresses. I have never given the ATTBI nor the COMCAST addresses to anybody. No one. They are just there to receive mail forwarded from the family domain. These addresses have somehow been harvested and they both get several Spam per week.
I have run into some bizarre results lately. Recently I was trying to figure out what the NT 4 process "ESSERVER.EXE" did, and google's top search result sent me to a page at (DON'T GO HERE!!!)MamuFilms.com which actually redirects to "Armbender.com", a site that won't show you any pages unless you install "Page Access", actually Zuvio nastyware.
Here's Googles somewhat hilarious cache of the Mamufilms.com page. The page includes links for everything from "Peter Paul and Mary mp3" to "preteen bra images". The text is vaguely reminiscent of actual gramatical English. Here's one sentence:
And With Unknown virtual gifts Already baby food coupons to Information Installed The 2000, with Himself, to other tips, tricks, and tweaks The Issue De Processes services.exe.
... is 405-609-5140. There are two "Lee R West"s in Oklahoma, so I don't know which is which. I AM NOT ADVOCATING calling him at home, but if you think it's a good idea, here are the numbers for both Lee R Wests:
Parent: yeah, right. Imagine this - you're going at full speed. Downhill. You'd better keep your feet as far away from the pedals as possible - if you don't want to break your legs.
This bike might have a internal coaster brake, like kids' bikes, or may very well be a fixed gear bike. These things do exist and are perfectly suitable to most urban environments (with the possible exeption of cities like San Francisco). Going downhill you DON'T take your feet off the pedals, you just control your descent by spinning at the right speed. It's actually a better system than relying on brake pads once you get competent using a fixie.
It's called a "fixed gear bike". There's no freewheel in the rear hub, so you have to pedal all the time you are moving, and you stop by stopping pedalling.
This may seem like a pain, but fixies are actually extremely popular among a certain bike subculture, particularly urban bike messengers. The famous and wonderful Sheldon Brown has an extensive collection of articles on building and riding fixies.
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Sure, but there be sharks in them waters! Microsoft has clearly jumped the shark here.
Dammit! I thought for sure I'd be able to be the first Pastafarian to comment on this story! Yet more evidence of the benevolence of his Noodly Appendage.
For another Creative Commons song that absolutely doesn't suck, check out Mix Tape by Jim's Big Ego.
The missing link? Right in the story synopsis, I found http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/03/25/missing .link.ap/index.html?section=cnn_topstories -- Now we can use the link to RTFA.
The obvious response would be to patent a computer integrated into a thong. The antenna for wireless connectivity could run up the buttstrap. The computer itself could network with other thong computers to guage compatible sexual responses to social interactions, could be used to time fertility for female wearers, and include new and innovative video game controller mechanisms.
A few of us in Medford MA have just begun discussing how we would go about convincing the city to offer wireless. We've all been reading the reports at MuniWireless.com"
But Witty apparently tries to spread itself 20,000 times, then takes out a hard drive sector, then tries to spread 20,000 more times, in a relatively quick death spiral.
A group of art students created a travelling exhibit called "Yugo Next". Lots of fun pictures available here, here, and here too.
I have an understanding of plasma dispays. And soon I will have understanding of videocassette recorders and car telephones. And when I have understanding of them, I shall have understanding of computers. And when I have understanding of computers, I shall be the Supreme Being! God isn't interested in technology. He knows nothing of the potential of the microchip or the silicon revolution. Look how he spends his time: forty-three species of parrots! Nipples for men!
My children, ages 7 and 5, are Bionicle fanatics. At first, I shared the same concern about specialized pieces, but there's actually quite a bit you can do with the "Technic" family of Lego parts. "Bionicle" is a particularly successful sub-category of the Technic product line, from what I can tell. Sure, the Bionicles have joints, legs, arms, cool staffs, heads, and bodies. That seems pretty specific. You can, however, combine any three Bionicles of a type (Rahkshi, Bohrahk, or Toa) into a "King" bionicle. Plus, you can be really creative with the staffs and weaponry, turning swords into a surfboard for example. The Bionicle kits only have about 50 pieces, but they only cost $5.50 US on sale at Target or KB (retail is around $9.99).
There's some incredibly fun bigger kits like the Gahdok and Cahdok kit, containing 630 pieces. Built to plan, this kit builds a pair of animals that are hand operated. They have jaws that slam shut to try to put each other out of commission.
Between the two kids, we have probably 3000 Bionicle / technic pieces in the toy room. Neither kids nor parents have started to grow tired of them.
But what about the decaf effect?
This is not a silly study. This is just one of myriad results from the amazing Nurses' Study. Read about the history of this groundbreaking public health project. It's all about ferreting out subtle connections between lifestyle, diet, fitness, and health over a broad population.
The Harvard researchers have been following well over 100,000 health professionals for many years now. The participants provide the researchers with detailed reports on weight, fitness level, lifestyle, exercise, diet, and illness. While I wouldn't necessarily infer causality (it _might_ not be the coffee that reduces the risk of Type II Diabetes), there is certainly a very solid correlation between drinking lots of coffee and not coming down with diabetes.
One more thing: The headline was highly misleading. The press release clearly states that there is also a benefit from decaffeinated coffee, although it seems to be less beneficial than caffeinated coffee. So don't think you need to double your Jolt intake or stock up on Penguin Mints. It's the coffee that's possibly helping you, not the caffeine.
Maybe I'm just jealous because I quit caffeine for New Years after 25 years hooked on the stuff. That headache will be fading any day now. At least I sure hope it will.
But then, maybe there was an ad for robotic assistants, but the Lacuna folks erased it from my mind. Never can tell these days.
I just hope that you can't spread music viruses through this method...
Strange. I certainly don't want to defend MSN search, but it seems to intentionally limit the response set for common words. Hence, low numbers of responses for "linux", "apache", and "windows". But if you search for "apache server", there's about 5 million responses on MSN search.
She and her office mate found this so funny that they photocopied and enlarged the message, putting the sign on the door of their office.
Biotech companies have been interested in enforced plant licenses. Monsanto developed Terminator Seed technology which would force farmers to buy new seeds every year, because they are designed to grow sterile plants. Because of global pressure by those damned commie anti-globalism activists, Monsanto has, for now, decided not to bring Terminator seeds to market. I guess they are leaving that to the government in California.
I have young children who each have two email addresses. One address is the name of the kid @ our family domain. This address is only for close relatives and trusted friends. Spammers have not picked up these address.
But I don't run a real SMTP server, being on a less than completely reliable connection to the net. So I have our DNS provider forward these addresses to our cable ISP. We used "ATTBI.COM" addresses for them which have now been moved over to COMCAST.NET addresses. I have never given the ATTBI nor the COMCAST addresses to anybody. No one. They are just there to receive mail forwarded from the family domain. These addresses have somehow been harvested and they both get several Spam per week.
Here's Googles somewhat hilarious cache of the Mamufilms.com page. The page includes links for everything from "Peter Paul and Mary mp3" to "preteen bra images". The text is vaguely reminiscent of actual gramatical English. Here's one sentence:
Edmond, OK 73003
(405)348-0818
Vinita, OK 74301
(918)256-4160
CNN Technology had a related story about Diebold Voting system problems last Monday.
They've always been called "Palm Pilots", haven't they? What else would you use one for?
1. Do MSN Search users really need to find MSN Search?
2. How could MSN Search gotten placed anywhere near that high using objective criteria. Sorry, that's a stupid question.
They were doing some BSD! And they've been asking people to "sign our MDA".
To paraphrase Inspector Clouseau, they are asking us to buy "a leesenzzz for their minkee". But it is not their minkee!
This bike might have a internal coaster brake, like kids' bikes, or may very well be a fixed gear bike. These things do exist and are perfectly suitable to most urban environments (with the possible exeption of cities like San Francisco). Going downhill you DON'T take your feet off the pedals, you just control your descent by spinning at the right speed. It's actually a better system than relying on brake pads once you get competent using a fixie.
This may seem like a pain, but fixies are actually extremely popular among a certain bike subculture, particularly urban bike messengers. The famous and wonderful Sheldon Brown has an extensive collection of articles on building and riding fixies.