"Hey dr. joey, I found those interesting, different and alien microbes frozen in what is a complete separated environment!" "Nice dr. chandler! Now let't take'm home, unfroze'm and make some yogurt. No, better yet, let's drill more and find some alive!"
Man, have you ever gone to Nigeria? They have nice cities there, too. It's not the jungle! sheeesh, you firstworlders seem to think you are in an island of civilization surrounded by the jungle-sea, Brave-New-World's style.
better yet think about this in a machine controlling the clocks:
at 10:30 set-the-clock 10:20 # enlarge their mornings by 10 min at 12:15 set-the-clock 12:25 # shave 10 min of their lunches at 15:30 set-the-clock 15:20 # enlarge their afternoons by 10 min.
ta-da! you made your employees work an additional half an hour per day.
ok, you can be more subtle and make, p.ex.: the minutes during work hours last 65 seconds and the minutes during lunch hours last 55 seconds -- and no one will see the time drift!
many consumers wanting their suppliers of goos and services want those to have "work ethics". But, guess what, they don't have consumer ethics. They want the best product for the lower price faster than possible. They don't take into consideration that the mcguy behind the counter is a person. My advice: want work ethic, and consumer service? I get it all the time, in absolutely everywhere I go shopping. How? I get there, say "good morning", smile, and treat the person behind the counter as a good innocent person till proved wrong. I don't demand the impossible, and I make myself clear (very, very, very politely) that I will not buy anything more than exactly what I want, because I know what I want is possible for the price I can afford. This way I usually get the maximum discounts; calling the salesperson by the name I get the best service. McPeople normally woo me inside the store. "Which of the toys do you want with your boy's Happy Meal, sir?" (they rarely ask this around here, except to me). Hope to help,
1. On topic: what solution? if the clock is shaved 10 min every day in the middle of the day you time is already screwed. 2. Off topic: (sig) want representation? condorcet is what you want. IRV just does not work.
To think the US of A is the paradise on earth, and their inhabitants are demi-gods walking on our planet. But their govment and their actions in general has made so much more difficult to maintain such point-of-view.
"how do you give a corporation the death penalty?". simple. 1. seize all of its assets and auction it ASAP. 2. put all managers, middle-management and up in jail. 3. declare all of its rights in contracts invalid. 4. watch.
But since ESR's article went out, I had this stuck on my throat: 1. if you want to do things cleanly, but knowing what you're doing, you fiddle with configuration files; 2. if you want things to just work, you step on the proverbial giants' shoulders. What do I mean? in casu, I installed a lot of CUPS local and remote printers using KDE 3.1/3.2 printer control panel. That's it. No hassle. As simple as under windows. End of story.
No, in the United States of America they switch the first two items. In the rest of the American continent, we do mostly the right thing.
Beer does not kill people; people kill people.
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Beer has electrolytes; it won't kill you like water. If you took the same amount of water, you would not be here, I think, even spreading it in a 24h period.
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No it would not. a cup of coffee has 50-100mg of caffeine TOPS. the overdose of caffeine is estimated at 20g = 400 cups of coffe *in a row*, not in the course of 24hours, because caffeine is a diuretic and *some of it will get eliminated if you take it slowly*. Anyway, you will take a minute to take a cup of hot coffee, so, in approximately 6 hours you can kill yourself by pouring 400 of them. Ah, and in Brasil (US$ 3/kg of coffee), you would spend 5kg of coffee = US$ 15,00; not expensive (cheaper then buying a.38 and ammo)
More informative, boarding on karmawhore.
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In the FAQ, the caffeine poisoning level is stated to be between 8 and 20 grams. (This is a large range, IMHO, but...) This is the equivalent of (worse case) 80 cans of RedBull (or similar, you know the 'energetic' soft drinks). As caffeine is an diuretic, it would be largely eliminated in the couse of 24 hours, so you can still die by taking 80-120 cans of RedBull one after another in a row and trying to avoid going to the bathroom. I don't think this is possible with coffee, tough.
Some info: 1. Japanese (or ISO) dates: YYYY-MM-DD. Good for sorting; logically arranged from MSB to LSB. 2. European (ISO-reversing-endianness hehe): DD-MM-YYYY. also good, because in many (Latin-derived?) languages you say the dates this way. Spanish, French, Portuguese: "onze de marco de dois mil e quatro" (pt) ~~ "eleven of march of two thousand and four". not so good for automated sorting... 3. American (USofAn hehehehe): MM-DD-YYYY. the only advantage is that it maps to the English way of saying dates. March eleventh, 2004 (do you say twenty-o-four??) 4. Inexistent: YYYY-DD-MM. this would really, really be braindead.
Ok. Somebody makes a question: Does everybody need a DVD player too ? and an SUV ? and all the other crap people in the west spend their money on ? I give an answer: yes. Then I proceed to explain my answer: no industrial mass-produced goods = not enough money to produce food for everybody It has 1 (one) point, because I posted it non-anonymously and dropped the karma bonus. How can this be Overrated? Can anyone explain this to me?
Our PTO is also overworked, but you know what happens if you file something that can be considered "trivial" or "not an invention"? It gets ditched. Rejected. If you want patent protection, you'll have to go to court. Far more expensive.
I'm a pot-a-day drinker too, but every so often I like to quit for a little while (I don't much like the idea that I'm physically addicted). I drink between 1.5l and 3l of coffe per day. (10-20 cups, 8-15 mugs?) I'm in the process of substituting some of it by water (had a long, 1.5year run without slowing down). And I am physically and psicologically addicted to the stuff.
You say: "Broad claims get through the patent office sometimes. That's what courts are for." But, Thats what the freaking patent office is for (sweeping out the broad claims). The process should be: apply for patent, too broad, denied, don't like it, go to court against PTO. But instead, it is: apply for patent, granted, threaten to sue a lot of suckers, make some money, one non-sucker sues back, wins, patent cancelled. Which one do you think misspends more taxpayers' money??
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Laugh. it's funny.
"Hey dr. joey, I found those interesting, different and alien microbes frozen in what is a complete separated environment!"
"Nice dr. chandler! Now let't take'm home, unfroze'm and make some yogurt. No, better yet, let's drill more and find some alive!"
And 'in soviet Russia, PDA armors YOU!'
Man, have you ever gone to Nigeria? They have nice cities there, too.
It's not the jungle! sheeesh, you firstworlders seem to think you are in an island of civilization surrounded by the jungle-sea, Brave-New-World's style.
better yet think about this in a machine controlling the clocks:
at 10:30 set-the-clock 10:20 # enlarge their mornings by 10 min
at 12:15 set-the-clock 12:25 # shave 10 min of their lunches
at 15:30 set-the-clock 15:20 # enlarge their afternoons by 10 min.
ta-da! you made your employees work an additional half an hour per day.
ok, you can be more subtle and make, p.ex.:
the minutes during work hours last 65 seconds
and the minutes during lunch hours last 55 seconds
-- and no one will see the time drift!
many consumers wanting their suppliers of goos and services want those to have "work ethics". But, guess what, they don't have consumer ethics. They want the best product for the lower price faster than possible. They don't take into consideration that the mcguy behind the counter is a person.
My advice: want work ethic, and consumer service? I get it all the time, in absolutely everywhere I go shopping. How? I get there, say "good morning", smile, and treat the person behind the counter as a good innocent person till proved wrong. I don't demand the impossible, and I make myself clear (very, very, very politely) that I will not buy anything more than exactly what I want, because I know what I want is possible for the price I can afford.
This way I usually get the maximum discounts; calling the salesperson by the name I get the best service. McPeople normally woo me inside the store. "Which of the toys do you want with your boy's Happy Meal, sir?" (they rarely ask this around here, except to me).
Hope to help,
Canadian people Promise to Fix Federal Heritage Minister real soon now :-)
1. On topic: what solution? if the clock is shaved 10 min every day in the middle of the day you time is already screwed.
2. Off topic: (sig) want representation? condorcet is what you want. IRV just does not work.
To think the US of A is the paradise on earth, and their inhabitants are demi-gods walking on our planet. But their govment and their actions in general has made so much more difficult to maintain such point-of-view.
"how do you give a corporation the death penalty?". simple.
1. seize all of its assets and auction it ASAP.
2. put all managers, middle-management and up in jail.
3. declare all of its rights in contracts invalid.
4. watch.
But since ESR's article went out, I had this stuck on my throat:
1. if you want to do things cleanly, but knowing what you're doing, you fiddle with configuration files;
2. if you want things to just work, you step on the proverbial giants' shoulders.
What do I mean? in casu, I installed a lot of CUPS local and remote printers using KDE 3.1/3.2 printer control panel. That's it. No hassle. As simple as under windows. End of story.
The correct phrase should be the fatal overdose of caffeine is estimated to be around 20g for the average single overweight male slashdotter ...
100kg, maybe, but 150kg in average is above what I expected!
No, in the United States of America they switch the first two items. In the rest of the American continent, we do mostly the right thing.
Beer has electrolytes; it won't kill you like water. If you took the same amount of water, you would not be here, I think, even spreading it in a 24h period.
No it would not. a cup of coffee has 50-100mg of caffeine TOPS. the overdose of caffeine is estimated at 20g = 400 cups of coffe *in a row*, not in the course of 24hours, because caffeine is a diuretic and *some of it will get eliminated if you take it slowly*. Anyway, you will take a minute to take a cup of hot coffee, so, in approximately 6 hours you can kill yourself by pouring 400 of them. Ah, and in Brasil (US$ 3/kg of coffee), you would spend 5kg of coffee = US$ 15,00; not expensive (cheaper then buying a .38 and ammo)
In the FAQ, the caffeine poisoning level is stated to be between 8 and 20 grams. (This is a large range, IMHO, but...) This is the equivalent of (worse case) 80 cans of RedBull (or similar, you know the 'energetic' soft drinks). As caffeine is an diuretic, it would be largely eliminated in the couse of 24 hours, so you can still die by taking 80-120 cans of RedBull one after another in a row and trying to avoid going to the bathroom. I don't think this is possible with coffee, tough.
No, the actual cause of the death was that he got so nervous that he shot himself in the head.
Porque senao as pessoas podem comecar a nao se preocupar se quem somente entende ingles vai compreender o que elas estao tentando comunicar.
Some info:
1. Japanese (or ISO) dates: YYYY-MM-DD. Good for sorting; logically arranged from MSB to LSB.
2. European (ISO-reversing-endianness hehe): DD-MM-YYYY. also good, because in many (Latin-derived?) languages you say the dates this way. Spanish, French, Portuguese: "onze de marco de dois mil e quatro" (pt) ~~ "eleven of march of two thousand and four". not so good for automated sorting...
3. American (USofAn hehehehe): MM-DD-YYYY. the only advantage is that it maps to the English way of saying dates. March eleventh, 2004 (do you say twenty-o-four??)
4. Inexistent: YYYY-DD-MM. this would really, really be braindead.
Ok. Somebody makes a question:
Does everybody need a DVD player too ? and an SUV ? and all the other crap people in the west spend their money on ?
I give an answer: yes.
Then I proceed to explain my answer: no industrial mass-produced goods = not enough money to produce food for everybody
It has 1 (one) point, because I posted it non-anonymously and dropped the karma bonus.
How can this be Overrated? Can anyone explain this to me?
Our PTO is also overworked, but you know what happens if you file something that can be considered "trivial" or "not an invention"? It gets ditched. Rejected. If you want patent protection, you'll have to go to court. Far more expensive.
I'm a pot-a-day drinker too, but every so often I like to quit for a little while (I don't much like the idea that I'm physically addicted).
I drink between 1.5l and 3l of coffe per day. (10-20 cups, 8-15 mugs?) I'm in the process of substituting some of it by water (had a long, 1.5year run without slowing down). And I am physically and psicologically addicted to the stuff.
the only thing USians can do is write their congresspeople and ask for USPTO reform.
You say: "Broad claims get through the patent office sometimes. That's what courts are for."
But, Thats what the freaking patent office is for (sweeping out the broad claims).
The process should be: apply for patent, too broad, denied, don't like it, go to court against PTO.
But instead, it is: apply for patent, granted, threaten to sue a lot of suckers, make some money, one non-sucker sues back, wins, patent cancelled.
Which one do you think misspends more taxpayers' money??