Unless you loan the pen to someone who has the special paper, that won't work
"Hey, will you sign this picture of you that I printed off the Internet? Umm... could you sign in that white area there? Sorry about the grey spots, my printer's kinda on the blink... Thanks!"
But really... I don't think having the famous person's *signature* is gonna get you that much. After all, they've been giving the friggin' things away forever... I'll bet Plato did autographed copies of the Apology for his friends...
For my (USA) compatriots who have no idea what significance the UK would place on the fifth of November, this might shed a little light on the matter...
Remember, remember the fifth of November
Gunpowder, treason and plot. I see no reason why gunpowder treason Should ever be forgot. Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes 'Twas his intent To blow up the King and the Parliament Three score barrels of powder below Poor old England to overthrow. By God's providence he was catched With a dark lantern and burning match.
If the words or linebreaks are wrong, don't blame me, blame my source:p.
I'm curious, to what degree does the sound bouncing off the far end affect the flames?
That bouncing is why you set the speaker to the (well, a) resonant frequency of the tube. The waves going one direction reinforce the waves going the other way. Any other frequency would probably not result in much visible effect, since the reverberations would tend to even out.
if you do the O2/H2 baloon, remember to ask all pregnant women and folks with heart conditions to stepout of the room as well as make sure every kid in the room has there ears covered tightly.
Not to mention warning your colleagues... my chem teacher did this, having forgotten that we had had several bomb threats that week... much hilarity ensued, let me tell you...
Last I checked, the two categories for Darwin awards were "dead" and "alive but sterile" (either way, you're out of the gene pool). Though if his ex reads/., either one of those might apply as soon as she can find him... there can't be too many people who've discovered such things written in their yards...
Actually, I have noticed that an increasing number of ad banners do in fact include ALT properties, so that people who have image loading turned off (or who use lynx, though I think it's incidental that these people get it too) still get to experience the joy and wonder that is seeing these ad banners.
I really do hate displaying my ignorance like this, but what does this mean? Admittedly, I've never really played with resolution, but as I understood it, if you really wanted to, you could set it up so ctrl-alt-[KP+|KP-] rolled you up or down one resolution level... and at any rate I know that certain apps (eg tuxracer) run at an apparently lower resolution than I usually have... so what exactly is "real resolution changing"? I don't doubt that it's something extraordinarily exciting, I just haven't the foggiest idea what you (or they) mean...
And since there aren't that many people who regularly try to blind cameras, this guy may just be making himself stick out like a sore thumb!
Which is why he publicizes it! Now everyone who reads the article (which number is increased by the fact it's been published on/.) could theoretically make one of these things and start using it.
ObMSFT-Jab:...or maybe he just thinks security through obscurity is a good thing.
Or maybe the crap artists who are in it just for the money will stop making CDs, and the "art for art's sake" folks will carry on with what they do, living by contributions or concert tix or something, distributing their music on the Internet, and generally making music for the reasons that people started making music. To express themselves. To have fun. To entertain. To praise $DEITY. Because they wanted to, not just because they could make money off of it (though I will admit that making money is almost always a nice secondary effect).
The only "intuitive" interface is the nipple. After that, it's all learned.
(Bruce Ediger, bediger@teal.csn.org, in comp.os.linux.misc, on X interfaces.)
umm... or a country where "cheque" is standard either. I really should not post while watching TV... or at least I should look at the monitor once in a while... "If there is a mistake...well, you should have used the 'Preview' button!" *sigh*
Darnit, you should be able to post faster than 2 minutes if you're trying to correct your own typos...
Probably not if you're from a country where "checque" is standard spelling. From the article: "The settlement will go to all 50 states, based on population. Consumers may be able to seek compensation."
5 degrees fahrenheit is 15 degrees celcius to us canooks..
Uhh... unless there was a different number given for Canada, 5 degrees F is about 2-2.5 celcius... granted, I am just a stupid American trying to do conversions in my head, but I'm pretty sure I got that one right...
Tactile feedback is in the works. Check out this bit from page 5 of the article.
In May we began modifying the BMI to give her tactile feedback for new experiments that are now beginning. The BMI will control a nearby robot arm fitted with a gripper that simulates a grasping hand. Force sensors will indicate when the gripper encounters an object and how much force is required to hold it. Tactile feedback--is the object heavy or light, slick or sticky?--will be delivered to a patch on Aurora's skin embedded with small vibrators. Variations in the vibration frequencies should help Aurora figure out how much force the robot arm should apply to, say, pick up a piece of fruit, and to hold it as the robot brings it back to her.
Not exactly stimulating the sense nerves that are directly involved, but they do at least provide some sort of substitute.
Again, an incredibly robust response. I salute you. I'm having a bit of trouble understanding it, however. "Read the FCC ruling idiot", you say. Now, does this mean that there is some "ruling idiot" whom I should attempt to read for further information? or should I take your intent to be to call me an idiot in furtherance of your claim that I am wrong? If the latter, perhaps your charge of idiocy would be better-grounded if you furnished text and/or a URL so that even an "idiot" could read the ruling and appreciate your informative genius. As matters currently stand, the paucity of text in your arguments leads me to wonder whether taking your word for it mightn't be a questionable idea...
Re:So can they do what Google did?
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The Google issue was that they were linking to copyright-violating content at xenu.net, which linking is apparently illegal (ObIANAL). The DMCA cease-and-desist letter was an order to remove these links. So instead of links Google gave a copy of the letter, which helpfully contained the exact URLs of the offending content.
Now that I read the article more thoroughly, I see that the college's problem with the page was that it might be providing "material support" to FARC by sending people to their page. To answer my own question, then, they probably can't pull that trick, because any action to send people to that page would (I presume) still be "material support". Probably. At least, until a case like this ends up in court.
So can they do what Google did?
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I can't seem to find any of the relevant pages now, but iirc at one point Google had to remove links to certain pages at xenu.net because the Church of Scientology claimed their copyrights were being violated. So instead, on any search that would have returned one of the offending pages, Google instead gave a link to a page containing the notification letter, that in turn contained the URLs of the offending pages.
Can these people do likewise? Instead of hyperlinking directly, give a URL that can be cut-and-pasted (or an image of a URL that would then need to be retyped)? If the PATRIOT act does in fact forbid the hyperlink, does it also forbid the information?
Easy. Re-elect GWB. Secret White House documents indicate that he thinks he hasn't quite put enough of a dichotomy between himself and the previous administration, and so for a next step is planning to offer bonuses to corporations that increase their greenhouse gas emissions. By 2008, the Everglades should reach a nice toasty 212 F (100 C)...
An incredibly robust response. Would you care to back that up with, say, a link or an argument, or do you just post whatever the voices in your head tell you to?
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But really... I don't think having the famous person's *signature* is gonna get you that much. After all, they've been giving the friggin' things away forever... I'll bet Plato did autographed copies of the Apology for his friends...
And what does a viola have to do with anything? :p
Or, more likely... "I bade a crader on by pace begause doday is Astrodoby Day, gids!"
Last I checked, the two categories for Darwin awards were "dead" and "alive but sterile" (either way, you're out of the gene pool). Though if his ex reads /., either one of those might apply as soon as she can find him... there can't be too many people who've discovered such things written in their yards...
Actually, I have noticed that an increasing number of ad banners do in fact include ALT properties, so that people who have image loading turned off (or who use lynx, though I think it's incidental that these people get it too) still get to experience the joy and wonder that is seeing these ad banners.
I really do hate displaying my ignorance like this, but what does this mean? Admittedly, I've never really played with resolution, but as I understood it, if you really wanted to, you could set it up so ctrl-alt-[KP+|KP-] rolled you up or down one resolution level... and at any rate I know that certain apps (eg tuxracer) run at an apparently lower resolution than I usually have... so what exactly is "real resolution changing"? I don't doubt that it's something extraordinarily exciting, I just haven't the foggiest idea what you (or they) mean...
ObMSFT-Jab: ...or maybe he just thinks security through obscurity is a good thing.
How about Google news?
Or maybe the crap artists who are in it just for the money will stop making CDs, and the "art for art's sake" folks will carry on with what they do, living by contributions or concert tix or something, distributing their music on the Internet, and generally making music for the reasons that people started making music. To express themselves. To have fun. To entertain. To praise $DEITY. Because they wanted to, not just because they could make money off of it (though I will admit that making money is almost always a nice secondary effect).
VI RULES!
That should do. *runs for cover*
You reading any of the rest of this discussion? Introducing a bill late in the session positions it to be handled early in the next session.
Darnit, you should be able to post faster than 2 minutes if you're trying to correct your own typos...
Probably not if you're from a country where "checque" is standard spelling. From the article: "The settlement will go to all 50 states, based on population. Consumers may be able to seek compensation."
Again, an incredibly robust response. I salute you. I'm having a bit of trouble understanding it, however. "Read the FCC ruling idiot", you say. Now, does this mean that there is some "ruling idiot" whom I should attempt to read for further information? or should I take your intent to be to call me an idiot in furtherance of your claim that I am wrong? If the latter, perhaps your charge of idiocy would be better-grounded if you furnished text and/or a URL so that even an "idiot" could read the ruling and appreciate your informative genius. As matters currently stand, the paucity of text in your arguments leads me to wonder whether taking your word for it mightn't be a questionable idea...
Now that I read the article more thoroughly, I see that the college's problem with the page was that it might be providing "material support" to FARC by sending people to their page. To answer my own question, then, they probably can't pull that trick, because any action to send people to that page would (I presume) still be "material support". Probably. At least, until a case like this ends up in court.
Can these people do likewise? Instead of hyperlinking directly, give a URL that can be cut-and-pasted (or an image of a URL that would then need to be retyped)? If the PATRIOT act does in fact forbid the hyperlink, does it also forbid the information?
Anybody know any Twin Cities (MN)-area places that are hiring programmers?
It's a joke. Smile.
An incredibly robust response. Would you care to back that up with, say, a link or an argument, or do you just post whatever the voices in your head tell you to?