This thing which automatically sends itself to everyone in your mailbox is saving a lot of people a lot of time. It's only slightly worse than the emails which end, "Send this to everyone you know." Most people believe the crap in them and forward to everyone they know.
Never: EVER, have I recieved an email which read "Forward to everyone you know" that should actually have been forwarded to anyone.
NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER send to everyone you know! How many times must I say this? There is *NOTHING* that needs to be sent to everyoen you know.
Yeah, I read it as a flaw in the protocol too, which really suprised me as I did a presentation on kerberos for a grad level netowkring class, so for a breif time at least I completely understood it, and couldn't imagine how it could be flawed.
If we get one Seti hit and we may be able to replace ALL of our current problems with new ones.
Earth: How do we cure cancer/every disease we know of? ET: Use *this*, but now that you're living forever, you have to worry about massive overpopulation. Earth: How do we get off this planet? ET: Use *this*, but now you have to worry about war between your planets. Earth: How do we achieve peace? ET: Use *this*, but now you're bored outta your minds.
The technology to fix this exists. The Palm V and Palm Vx are ideal eBook reading platforms. Reading on the palm kicks paper's ass, to be quite honost.
Some key features of reading on the palm: 1. Easy to always have with you. Palm fits in your pocket, paper back will not. Knock off a chapter in line at wall-mart. 2. Back-light: Read in the dark without keeping anyone else up. 3. Bookmark/Annotate: Look stuff up later, never loose your place. 4. Very easy to hold in one hand and turn pages. Try that with a paperback. 5. Download now means at 4am if I finish a book, I can download another one right away. 6. Easy to share. 7. Search.
I am very much sick of hearing people knock reading on the palm (or eBooks in general) becuase "The Paper Book is the perfect interface." I have to reply with a resounding, "NOT!" I read a lot, every day. And since starting to read on the Palm, I always prefer it to paper.
Please do *NOT* assume when someone says they are reading an eBook that they are sitting in front of a 21inch monitor in an office building. Picture me, in a lean-to on the side of Mount Washington, reading a little Mark Twain at 2am becuase I can't get to sleep.
More exciting is putting cameras on airplanes. Seeing something you are unable to see yourself is more exciting than the view from 2 inches off the ground.
I dunno if WordStar came up with them, but it had a ton of great keyboard shortcuts that exist today, but most people don't know about. Like Control-Y deleting a line. That command worked in the VB Editor. (I uh... asked a friend to test that... I don't program in VB, ha! Me, program in VB, d00d!)
Flip side: What if I get screened, show up super-clean, and want to pay less for health insurance? Shouldn't I be allowed to contract with an insurance company that only insures those that are screened?
What are insurance companies allowed to discriminate on: Age? Yes. Sex? Yes. Smoker? Yes. Race? No. Relegion? No. Occupation? Yes. Licensed Private Pilot? Yes. Credit Raiting? Yes. Bungee Jumper? Yes. Genetic Predisposition? Maybe!
In the end it's all numbers. If the numbers show people who wear blue shirts are more likely to get sick than those wearing red shirts... the insurance company should charge more to those in blue shirts. If you don't like this, go find another insurance company. It's legit to setup an insurance company that charges everyone excatly the same. If you're a 21 yr old smoker who flies ultralights, this might be the best bet for you. But if you're in perfect health and are extra careful with your self and have no predisposition, who are we to refuse this person the oppertunity to pay less. It's all gambling and knowing the odds changes the deal.
He's not just some guy, Marge. He's a Carny and part of a noble tradition. Carnies built this country-the carnival part of it anyway -- and though they may be rat-like in appearance, they are truly kings among men. [5F08]
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a Broadway show on IT?
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· Score: 5, Funny
Am I the only one who thought this was a broadway show?
Marge: You know, when I was a little girl I always dreamed of being in a Broadway audience.
MAYNARD: It reads, 'Here may be found the last words of Joseph of Aramathea. He who is valiant and pure of spirit may find the Holy Grail in the Castle of uuggggggh'. ARTHUR: What? MAYNARD: '... the Castle of uuggggggh'. BEDEVERE: What is that? MAYNARD: He must have died while carving it. LAUNCELOT: Oh, come on! MAYNARD: Well, that's what it says. ARTHUR: Look, if he was dying, he wouldn't bother to carve 'aaggggh'. He'd just say it! MAYNARD: Well, that's what's carved in the rock! GALAHAD: Perhaps he was dictating. ARTHUR: Oh, shut up. Well, does it say anything else? MAYNARD: No. Just, 'uuggggggh'. LAUNCELOT: Aauuggghhh. ???: Aaauggh. BEDEVERE: You don't suppose he meant the Camauuuugh? ???: Where's that? BEDEVERE: France, I think. LAUNCELOT: Isn't there a Saint Aauuuves in Cornwall? ARTHUR: No, that's Saint Ives. LAUNCELOT: Oh, yes. Saint Iiiives. SEVERAL: Iiiiives. BEDEVERE: Oooohoohohooo! LAUNCELOT: No, no, aauuuuugh, at the back of the throat. Aauuugh. BEDEVERE: No, no, no, oooooooh, in surprise and alarm. LAUNCELOT: Oh, you mean sort of a aaaagh! BEDEVERE: Yes, but I-- Aaaaagh! ???: Oooh! ???: Oh, no! [roar] MAYNARD: It's the legendary Black Beast of aaauuugh! ARTHUR: Run away! ALL: Run away! Run away! [roar]
Get a box, about the size of a bread box actually. Cut a 2-4 inch ROUND hole in one side, and cut most of another side off the box and replace with a plastic sheet, like a garbage bag or a length of saran-wrap. You need to be able to open and close the lid of the box still.
Now the danger (it isn't science if it isn't dangerous), light a piece of paper on fire, on a plate or something fireproof, and blow it out pretty quick so it generates a lot of smoke. Put this in the box and seal it up (make sure the flame is out, but still makes some smoke)
Now tap on the plastic side of the box and you can blow BIG smoke rings out the hole. You can shoot these things like 20 feet.
And now the kewl part, set a candle up about 10 ft from the box, and blow it out with the smoke ring. If you hit the candle with the center of the smoke ring, you blow it out. If you set it up on a table and get the aim down, you still blow the candle out after the smoke runs out.
BTW: This will set off smoke alarms and the like, so be prepared for that. If you disable your smoke detector, why not put a new battery in it while your there?
If you've got baking soda and water, why not demonstrate the fire extingushing effects of CO2. Mix baking soda and vinegar in a tall glass, only fill the glass about 1/3way with vinegar though. You want to pour the CO2 out of the glass and extinguish a candle, without pouring any vinegar out.
I take one of the following tactics, depending on my mood:
ONE The legal approach, which could probably make you some (odd todd voice) Money. Ask this question:"What company do you work for?" Write down the answer, or don't... unless you want to try to get them, write down the date as well. Read this to them: "In accordance with the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 I formally request you put me on your do not call list. Any repeated calls to this phone number will result in legal action against your company. Do you understand?" Then hang up
TWO The fun approach, start asking them random survey questions, and expand on the answers. The goal here is to find out what kind of people are in the world with no worry of their opinon of you. Keeping them on the phone raises their long distance bill too I guess... What kind of computer do you own? What operating system do you have on it? Have you heard of linux? How much memory does your system have? What type of internet connection do you have? What browser do you use? Do you own or rent? What type of car do you drive? Do you smoke cigarettes? -Or any slashdot poll...
THREE Make them listen, If I am doing something like playing the piano/guitar or listening to music, I usually just put the phone down without hanging up. I've had people listen to me play the piano for about 20 min without hanging up. Pathetic part is they go right into the pitch after that, as opposed to, "That really sucked, why don't you take some lessons"
FOUR, Two year old, Give the phone to my two year old, she doesn't have a credit card yet.
FIVE, Porn Read them something from the Penthouse Forum, or make something up along those lines.
SIX Turrets syndome, don't hang up, listen to response.
Talked my bro-in-law into getting one of these. I think it's very kewl. Plug 802.11b card into it and you're VERY portable and your webcam expierence is ideal. He's an airline pilot, so he's almost ALWAYS travelling, and this is the smallest way to get onto compuserve we could find (need to get to cserve to do bidding for airline pilot job).
Do you mean ssh like the doors in star trek? I agree, the best use for internet anywhere would be the 'ssh' sound working on every door you go through.
Slashdot Mirror
I wouldn't be using the words "Nano" and "Pants" in the same sentance in front of any of the Army guys I know.
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(4... 3... 2... 1... Submit!)
Interesting they are talking to CEO's and not CTO's. Would seem more appropriate to talk to someone in charge of technology.
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This thing which automatically sends itself to everyone in your mailbox is saving a lot of people a lot of time. It's only slightly worse than the emails which end, "Send this to everyone you know." Most people believe the crap in them and forward to everyone they know.
Never: EVER, have I recieved an email which read "Forward to everyone you know" that should actually have been forwarded to anyone.
NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER send to everyone you know! How many times must I say this? There is *NOTHING* that needs to be sent to everyoen you know.
Execpt this excellent cookie recipie...
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Yeah, I read it as a flaw in the protocol too, which really suprised me as I did a presentation on kerberos for a grad level netowkring class, so for a breif time at least I completely understood it, and couldn't imagine how it could be flawed.
M@
If we get one Seti hit and we may be able to replace ALL of our current problems with new ones.
Earth: How do we cure cancer/every disease we know of?
ET: Use *this*, but now that you're living forever, you have to worry about massive overpopulation.
Earth: How do we get off this planet?
ET: Use *this*, but now you have to worry about war between your planets.
Earth: How do we achieve peace?
ET: Use *this*, but now you're bored outta your minds.
M@
The technology to fix this exists. The Palm V and Palm Vx are ideal eBook reading platforms. Reading on the palm kicks paper's ass, to be quite honost.
Some key features of reading on the palm:
1. Easy to always have with you. Palm fits in your pocket, paper back will not. Knock off a chapter in line at wall-mart.
2. Back-light: Read in the dark without keeping anyone else up.
3. Bookmark/Annotate: Look stuff up later, never loose your place.
4. Very easy to hold in one hand and turn pages. Try that with a paperback.
5. Download now means at 4am if I finish a book, I can download another one right away.
6. Easy to share.
7. Search.
I am very much sick of hearing people knock reading on the palm (or eBooks in general) becuase "The Paper Book is the perfect interface." I have to reply with a resounding, "NOT!" I read a lot, every day. And since starting to read on the Palm, I always prefer it to paper.
Please do *NOT* assume when someone says they are reading an eBook that they are sitting in front of a 21inch monitor in an office building. Picture me, in a lean-to on the side of Mount Washington, reading a little Mark Twain at 2am becuase I can't get to sleep.
M@
More exciting is putting cameras on airplanes. Seeing something you are unable to see yourself is more exciting than the view from 2 inches off the ground.
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1. Get a job.
2. Save every pennt.
3. Spend it on your trip around the world.
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Much easier to measure a persons race then family history. Piece of cake to lie about family history too.
If I ran an insurance company, and found that people born in the winter we're more likely to get sick, I'd charge them more.
It's all numbers... only question is which numbers you decide to use.
College education seems to be a very popular one these days.
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I dunno if WordStar came up with them, but it had a ton of great keyboard shortcuts that exist today, but most people don't know about. Like Control-Y deleting a line. That command worked in the VB Editor. (I uh... asked a friend to test that... I don't program in VB, ha! Me, program in VB, d00d!)
M@
Flip side: What if I get screened, show up super-clean, and want to pay less for health insurance? Shouldn't I be allowed to contract with an insurance company that only insures those that are screened?
What are insurance companies allowed to discriminate on:
Age? Yes.
Sex? Yes.
Smoker? Yes.
Race? No.
Relegion? No.
Occupation? Yes.
Licensed Private Pilot? Yes.
Credit Raiting? Yes.
Bungee Jumper? Yes.
Genetic Predisposition? Maybe!
In the end it's all numbers. If the numbers show people who wear blue shirts are more likely to get sick than those wearing red shirts... the insurance company should charge more to those in blue shirts. If you don't like this, go find another insurance company. It's legit to setup an insurance company that charges everyone excatly the same. If you're a 21 yr old smoker who flies ultralights, this might be the best bet for you. But if you're in perfect health and are extra careful with your self and have no predisposition, who are we to refuse this person the oppertunity to pay less. It's all gambling and knowing the odds changes the deal.
M@
He's not just some guy, Marge. He's a Carny and part of a noble tradition.
Carnies built this country-the carnival part of it anyway -- and though
they may be rat-like in appearance, they are truly kings among men.
[5F08]
M@
Am I the only one who thought this was a broadway show?
Marge: You know, when I was a little girl I always dreamed of being in a Broadway audience.
M@
MAYNARD: It reads, 'Here may be found the last words of Joseph of Aramathea. He who is valiant and pure of spirit may find the Holy Grail in the Castle of uuggggggh'.
ARTHUR: What?
MAYNARD: '... the Castle of uuggggggh'.
BEDEVERE: What is that?
MAYNARD: He must have died while carving it.
LAUNCELOT: Oh, come on!
MAYNARD: Well, that's what it says.
ARTHUR: Look, if he was dying, he wouldn't bother to carve 'aaggggh'. He'd just say it!
MAYNARD: Well, that's what's carved in the rock!
GALAHAD: Perhaps he was dictating.
ARTHUR: Oh, shut up. Well, does it say anything else?
MAYNARD: No. Just, 'uuggggggh'.
LAUNCELOT: Aauuggghhh.
???: Aaauggh.
BEDEVERE: You don't suppose he meant the Camauuuugh?
???: Where's that?
BEDEVERE: France, I think.
LAUNCELOT: Isn't there a Saint Aauuuves in Cornwall?
ARTHUR: No, that's Saint Ives.
LAUNCELOT: Oh, yes. Saint Iiiives.
SEVERAL: Iiiiives.
BEDEVERE: Oooohoohohooo!
LAUNCELOT: No, no, aauuuuugh, at the back of the throat. Aauuugh.
BEDEVERE: No, no, no, oooooooh, in surprise and alarm.
LAUNCELOT: Oh, you mean sort of a aaaagh!
BEDEVERE: Yes, but I-- Aaaaagh!
???: Oooh!
???: Oh, no! [roar]
MAYNARD: It's the legendary Black Beast of aaauuugh!
ARTHUR: Run away!
ALL: Run away! Run away! [roar]
Get a box, about the size of a bread box actually. Cut a 2-4 inch ROUND hole in one side, and cut most of another side off the box and replace with a plastic sheet, like a garbage bag or a length of saran-wrap. You need to be able to open and close the lid of the box still.
Now the danger (it isn't science if it isn't dangerous), light a piece of paper on fire, on a plate or something fireproof, and blow it out pretty quick so it generates a lot of smoke. Put this in the box and seal it up (make sure the flame is out, but still makes some smoke)
Now tap on the plastic side of the box and you can blow BIG smoke rings out the hole. You can shoot these things like 20 feet.
And now the kewl part, set a candle up about 10 ft from the box, and blow it out with the smoke ring. If you hit the candle with the center of the smoke ring, you blow it out. If you set it up on a table and get the aim down, you still blow the candle out after the smoke runs out.
BTW: This will set off smoke alarms and the like, so be prepared for that. If you disable your smoke detector, why not put a new battery in it while your there?
M@
If you've got baking soda and water, why not demonstrate the fire extingushing effects of CO2. Mix baking soda and vinegar in a tall glass, only fill the glass about 1/3way with vinegar though. You want to pour the CO2 out of the glass and extinguish a candle, without pouring any vinegar out.
M@
Am I the only person whose got his 401k maxed?
M@
I take one of the following tactics, depending on my mood:
ONE The legal approach, which could probably make you some (odd todd voice) Money.
Ask this question:"What company do you work for?"
Write down the answer, or don't... unless you want to try to get them, write down the date as well.
Read this to them:
"In accordance with the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 I formally request you put me on your do not call list. Any repeated calls to this phone number will result in legal action against your company. Do you understand?"
Then hang up
TWO The fun approach, start asking them random survey questions, and expand on the answers. The goal here is to find out what kind of people are in the world with no worry of their opinon of you. Keeping them on the phone raises their long distance bill too I guess...
What kind of computer do you own?
What operating system do you have on it?
Have you heard of linux?
How much memory does your system have?
What type of internet connection do you have?
What browser do you use?
Do you own or rent?
What type of car do you drive?
Do you smoke cigarettes?
-Or any slashdot poll...
THREE Make them listen, If I am doing something like playing the piano/guitar or listening to music, I usually just put the phone down without hanging up. I've had people listen to me play the piano for about 20 min without hanging up. Pathetic part is they go right into the pitch after that, as opposed to, "That really sucked, why don't you take some lessons"
FOUR, Two year old, Give the phone to my two year old, she doesn't have a credit card yet.
FIVE, Porn Read them something from the Penthouse Forum, or make something up along those lines.
SIX Turrets syndome, don't hang up, listen to response.
M@
Talked my bro-in-law into getting one of these. I think it's very kewl. Plug 802.11b card into it and you're VERY portable and your webcam expierence is ideal. He's an airline pilot, so he's almost ALWAYS travelling, and this is the smallest way to get onto compuserve we could find (need to get to cserve to do bidding for airline pilot job).
M@
80% of all statistics are made up
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Do you mean ssh like the doors in star trek? I agree, the best use for internet anywhere would be the 'ssh' sound working on every door you go through.
M@
MMMmmm... cluster.
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Ha vuh vuh vuh.
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A networks instructor once told me
"Never underestimate the bandwidth of an 18-wheeler full of CDs."
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Google's news site had a direct link to this story, with the discussion.
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