What was "The Bust" like? Was it like _WarGames_ where they showed up in black vans and confiscated your computers and rifiled through your trash? Or was it more like _Matrix_ where they called you in and presented all sorts of evidence they collected online etc.. ?
It's funny you mention "brave/physcho enough to look" as we used to have to do that. The Garmin 12XL didn't come from the factory with the "max speed" readout. So you had to look at the gps (usually strapped to your sleeve) to see how fast you were going. First time I read +50mph I almost fainted! I mean hell, you can die IN A CAR going 30mph. 50mph and nothing between you and a tree == ouch.
Anyhow, I sent the GPS back to Garmin for a firm-ware upgrade and now you just put it in your pocket, ski as fast as you can, and then check the readout. Also keeps people honost, as you can then show it to "Mr. 62mph" and say HA ha.
Also works great for tabagonning, snow-tubing, white water rafting, stuffing in R/C airplanes... not to mention those long straight sections of I89 near Bolton.
Take the batteries OUT of the device and put them in a pocket close to your skin until you use them. I use a camcorder/GPS/Mp3 player when I ski and keep the batteries in my inside pants pocket.
The part about:" and neither have you, so shut-the-fuck-up already" assumes the reader is putting up some front or something. The rest doesn't, maybe you should leave that part out.... maybe change to "And neither have half the people who benifit from the money donated to these causes...," but I'm pretty sure you can put it better than that.
The reason it is being shown in Science Museums is becuase that's where the IMAX theaters are.
The Boston Science Museum also shows "Laser Pink Floyd" every saturday night... and aside from the possible connection to chemistry, it has little to do with science.
You got me thinking, why can't it every come INTO the sunlight during sunset? I'm no rocket scientist, but it seems to me it could orbit the earth in either direction right? Which way we spin realitive to the sun shouldn't matter should it? The earth is a closed system, so if IIS is orbiting the opposite direction the Earth is spinning realitive to the sun, it would orbit INTO a sunrise at night right?
Or does it have something to do with the direction the water spins in the toilet?
What the article fails to mention is that this has been going on for YEARS (ever since the station launched), and there is nothing special about september really. Actually, it kinda sucks cause you gotta get up early. Wait until late sept or early october and you can see ISS slightly after sunset, which is much more convienent.
"brighter than every other star in the sky..." Except the sun of course.
Much more interesting, and challenging to find, are the iridum flairs which are sometimes brighter than the moon even. Check out Heavens-Above, register and enter your town. It is a nice interface showing you sat passes and iridum flair informaiton.
Get a remote with Jp1 and also get X10 stuff and you can control almost anything from a single remote, and you can program the remote (you get to make your own serial cable to interface to your computer) so any button does excatly what you want.
I've got a radio shack remote that transmits RF to an IR transmitting base, so I can turn lights off from the back yard if I wanna see stars better, or kill the WIGGLES on the TV after my daughter has stopped watching them.
I already pay a cable bill every month. I'm sure they can re-partition that money so the content providers get MORE, as I am sure the already get SOME. I mean, hello? I pay for the shows I want already, I pay to have Fox so I may watch the Simpsons. I don't watch MTV, so I don't pay for it. That's why there are no commercials on HBO etc... The system is already entirely there, the business model is proven, bring on FOX-BO or something where you pay a couple bucks more a month to get it and there are no commercials.
I think it's a fun game, playing these kinda tricks against casinos, actually out-smarting them. That it's totally legal is even better. That the casinos don't like it is another bonus.
Reminds me of hearing people talk about slot machines, and how they see people watching them to see which ones are paying off, and all the LOL's (little old ladies) sitting in front of them pumping their social security in. The thought that one machine would start "paying off," is kinda funny. Do you think the casinos don't know about this? They WANT you to think you are seeing a pattern and they WANT you to try to use it, becuase in the end you are going to loose some money, and they will get it. The slot machines are all computer controlled, and it's not just "pay out %99 of what you get in," it's probably programmed to appear to have a pattern, anything to get you to keep playing.
Gambling against casinos is entertainment, possible some exersize for the LOL's as well, but in the end money moves from the customer to the casino. If you're having fun in the process than it's worth it. Realize that when you walk in... don't become a Marge Simpson.
M@
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The house does NOT have a 90% advantage. If they did, no one would play. The house has a very small advantage, but it's more than enough. A 1% advantage at a table where a million dollars moves through the betting circles is a $10k profit, every night! And this small percentage is the STATISTICAL advantage the house has if the players all play perfectly, and they DON'T, they take chances, especially when they are loosing, so it definatly adds up to a big profit for the casino.
Smart people should realize this and will understand that gambling against a casino is a form of entertainment, not something you should ever expect to profit at.
Now, playing cards with your buddies, then your putting your wits up against someone you know... that's REAL entertainment!
I sometimes sing to my debugger: --- Hello bluescreen my old friend, You are my program's bitter end. All my random poke and peeking, Didn't stop the memory leaking. And the Interrupt, I set so long a go, did never throw...
My only option... is viloence.
Slam the mouse in to the desk. Pound the keys and beat my chest. Do what I say not what I mean, Open the window, thow out this machine. And as it falls, and crashes on the street Debugging complete
I've been reading on the palm for a couple years now, and I have to say, it's a about a billion times more efficent than paper. Back lighting, annotation and just always having the book handy are the 3 top features for me.
I just finished the _Fellowship of the Ring_ last night. I thought I had read it in grade school, but I guess not! What a freaking GREAT story!
Having the book on your palm makes it accessable everywhere. I always have my palm, so I always have my book. I dunno if it'll get the 'non-reader' into it, but it's at least doubled the number of books I go through.
I'm 'syncing' some Sherlock Holmes right now, which I would probably never have read if it wasn't for the e-version.
Check out www.memoware.com, for lots of free e-text classics, and www.peanutpress.com for some contemporary stuff, which you'll have to pay for.
If you've got a PDA, and you don't have a book or two on it, your wasting a really great resource. If anything, you'll spend more time on the throne at the office.
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From here:
% At the gun club meeting, Moe holds up a rifle, attached via strings
% and rods to four smaller weapons.
Moe: And that's how, with a few minor adjustments, you can turn a regular
gun into five guns. [receives applause]
M@
What did Spock find in the toilet?
The captians log.
M@
One step closer to transparent aluminum.
(Hello... Computer?)
M@
Slashdot stats are available on the main slashdot page, I believe. YOu might need to be logged in and have it selected to display.
M@
And it's probably no coincidence that slashdot stats report 365days uptime today.
M@
What was "The Bust" like? Was it like _WarGames_ where they showed up in black vans and confiscated your computers and rifiled through your trash? Or was it more like _Matrix_ where they called you in and presented all sorts of evidence they collected online etc.. ?
M@
Did you get busted for copying from someone else and making available, or by making copies you bought/got from school available?
M@
So can you email me a copy of the cd? Or just post it somewhere.
M@
It's funny you mention "brave/physcho enough to look" as we used to have to do that. The Garmin 12XL didn't come from the factory with the "max speed" readout. So you had to look at the gps (usually strapped to your sleeve) to see how fast you were going. First time I read +50mph I almost fainted! I mean hell, you can die IN A CAR going 30mph. 50mph and nothing between you and a tree == ouch.
Anyhow, I sent the GPS back to Garmin for a firm-ware upgrade and now you just put it in your pocket, ski as fast as you can, and then check the readout. Also keeps people honost, as you can then show it to "Mr. 62mph" and say HA ha.
Also works great for tabagonning, snow-tubing, white water rafting, stuffing in R/C airplanes... not to mention those long straight sections of I89 near Bolton.
M@ (aka Mr. 68mph)
Yes, it has something to do with the cold.
Batteries don't work well in the cold.
Take the batteries OUT of the device and put them in a pocket close to your skin until you use them. I use a camcorder/GPS/Mp3 player when I ski and keep the batteries in my inside pants pocket.
(Why do I need a GPS skiing? Max Speed readout!)
M@
Maybe some of that fiber should be run to whatever machine is hosting the website.
M@
The part about :" and neither have you, so shut-the-fuck-up already" assumes the reader is putting up some front or something. The rest doesn't, maybe you should leave that part out.... maybe change to "And neither have half the people who benifit from the money donated to these causes...," but I'm pretty sure you can put it better than that.
M@
The reason it is being shown in Science Museums is becuase that's where the IMAX theaters are.
The Boston Science Museum also shows "Laser Pink Floyd" every saturday night... and aside from the possible connection to chemistry, it has little to do with science.
M@
You got me thinking, why can't it every come INTO the sunlight during sunset? I'm no rocket scientist, but it seems to me it could orbit the earth in either direction right? Which way we spin realitive to the sun shouldn't matter should it? The earth is a closed system, so if IIS is orbiting the opposite direction the Earth is spinning realitive to the sun, it would orbit INTO a sunrise at night right?
Or does it have something to do with the direction the water spins in the toilet?
M@
What the article fails to mention is that this has been going on for YEARS (ever since the station launched), and there is nothing special about september really. Actually, it kinda sucks cause you gotta get up early. Wait until late sept or early october and you can see ISS slightly after sunset, which is much more convienent.
"brighter than every other star in the sky..."
Except the sun of course.
Much more interesting, and challenging to find, are the iridum flairs which are sometimes brighter than the moon even. Check out Heavens-Above, register and enter your town. It is a nice interface showing you sat passes and iridum flair informaiton.
M@
Cut both cables with scissors.
Strip the wires about an inch (with your teeth of course).
Twist the right ones together.
Electrical tape and solder optional.
M@
Get a remote with Jp1 and also get X10 stuff and you can control almost anything from a single remote, and you can program the remote (you get to make your own serial cable to interface to your computer) so any button does excatly what you want.
I've got a radio shack remote that transmits RF to an IR transmitting base, so I can turn lights off from the back yard if I wanna see stars better, or kill the WIGGLES on the TV after my daughter has stopped watching them.
M@
Reminds me of a story I just read on my palm, an older story by H.G. Wells. You can download it free at memoware for free.
M@
I already pay a cable bill every month. I'm sure they can re-partition that money so the content providers get MORE, as I am sure the already get SOME. I mean, hello? I pay for the shows I want already, I pay to have Fox so I may watch the Simpsons. I don't watch MTV, so I don't pay for it. That's why there are no commercials on HBO etc... The system is already entirely there, the business model is proven, bring on FOX-BO or something where you pay a couple bucks more a month to get it and there are no commercials.
M@
Can I sleep in your bed tonight?
M@
"The Trick" is to not gamble.
The easiest way to make a small fortune in Las Vegas is to start with a large fortune.
M@
I think it's a fun game, playing these kinda tricks against casinos, actually out-smarting them. That it's totally legal is even better. That the casinos don't like it is another bonus.
Reminds me of hearing people talk about slot machines, and how they see people watching them to see which ones are paying off, and all the LOL's (little old ladies) sitting in front of them pumping their social security in. The thought that one machine would start "paying off," is kinda funny. Do you think the casinos don't know about this? They WANT you to think you are seeing a pattern and they WANT you to try to use it, becuase in the end you are going to loose some money, and they will get it. The slot machines are all computer controlled, and it's not just "pay out %99 of what you get in," it's probably programmed to appear to have a pattern, anything to get you to keep playing.
Gambling against casinos is entertainment, possible some exersize for the LOL's as well, but in the end money moves from the customer to the casino. If you're having fun in the process than it's worth it. Realize that when you walk in... don't become a Marge Simpson.
M@
The house does NOT have a 90% advantage. If they did, no one would play. The house has a very small advantage, but it's more than enough. A 1% advantage at a table where a million dollars moves through the betting circles is a $10k profit, every night! And this small percentage is the STATISTICAL advantage the house has if the players all play perfectly, and they DON'T, they take chances, especially when they are loosing, so it definatly adds up to a big profit for the casino.
Smart people should realize this and will understand that gambling against a casino is a form of entertainment, not something you should ever expect to profit at.
Now, playing cards with your buddies, then your putting your wits up against someone you know... that's REAL entertainment!
M@
I sometimes sing to my debugger:
---
Hello bluescreen my old friend,
You are my program's bitter end.
All my random poke and peeking,
Didn't stop the memory leaking.
And the Interrupt, I set so long a go,
did never throw...
My only option... is viloence.
Slam the mouse in to the desk.
Pound the keys and beat my chest.
Do what I say not what I mean,
Open the window, thow out this machine.
And as it falls, and crashes on the street
Debugging complete
my only option... was violence.
I've been reading on the palm for a couple years now, and I have to say, it's a about a billion times more efficent than paper. Back lighting, annotation and just always having the book handy are the 3 top features for me.
I just finished the _Fellowship of the Ring_ last night. I thought I had read it in grade school, but I guess not! What a freaking GREAT story!
Having the book on your palm makes it accessable everywhere. I always have my palm, so I always have my book. I dunno if it'll get the 'non-reader' into it, but it's at least doubled the number of books I go through.
I'm 'syncing' some Sherlock Holmes right now, which I would probably never have read if it wasn't for the e-version.
Check out www.memoware.com, for lots of free e-text classics, and www.peanutpress.com for some contemporary stuff, which you'll have to pay for.
If you've got a PDA, and you don't have a book or two on it, your wasting a really great resource. If anything, you'll spend more time on the throne at the office.
M@