Please don't whoosh me, but I have a CD turntable in my stereo. It holds 3 Discs and turns between them, not one of the cartridge style multi CD holders.
People also forget that there are Lawyers on both sides. There is constant hate directed to the lawyers prosecuting/trying to shut down TPB, but people fail to realise that there's a second bunch of lawyers who are fighting for the rights of TPB to stay up and running.
Finally, if Pi gets its own day, I think its entirely fair that 1.618 get its own celebration. Phi is easily as fascinating a number as Pi, so why didn't you get your panties in a twist over not having Phi day?
We have to do a lot of testing, and conform to many rules set out by various agencies including the FDA. There has to be significant testing done on a new product to ensure that it does what it's supposed to do, and does it without killing people in the process.
Now that's just the molecule.
On we go to the manufacturing process.
We document every single little action performed during the very early stages of making the Active Ingredient, to the Drug Product, to the eventual finished goods (be it a pill, syringe or vial)
We then review all the documentation, check if anything out of the ordinary happened, take multiple samples and test them to see they are what we set out to make... more things happen...... Some time later, the product ships out to go to the hospitals so you have pain killers and anaesthetic.
From the inception of a new molecule, to numerous QA testing processes registration etc, it can be years before someone out there gets the new wonder drug. By this time there is already something in the R&D pipeline for the next life saving drug.
This means that it can take years for new medicinal ideas to reach people. And this is because there are a lot of QA processes there to protect people from dodgy meds.
Fortunately badly programmed games rarely kill people, so there are much fewer restrictions regarding QA for such. This means that new ideas, new technologies can be taken advantage of much quicker from when they are formed. If it ships 90% perfect, and can be patched later on for that last 10% then it might be seen as an acceptable trade-off to have the latest and greatest thing out there as soon as it can be got.
Blizzard and Diablocraft 2-3 would appear to be the exception to this (and Duke Nukem Forever) whereby they are holding off on releasing the product until they are certain it's perfect. What will the fallout for it be? Will the games still be cutting edge when they arrive finally? We'll just have to wait and see.
Well that's what we get for relying on Human geneticists. We need to get a few more non-humans studying genetics to be able to get their unique perspective on the subject.
I stopped going to the cinema when I saw a notice in the foyer saying "Your ticket includes 0.50€ Royalty towards the artist". My cinema ticket was 13€. WTF?
Many computer keyboards and laptops (even a good enough webcam) can use biometrics to grant access.
The laptops we have here at work all have fingerprint scanners, eliminating the need to remember the password. A webcam can take a picture of the user (not a retinal scan, just a regular picture of the face, though to protect against someone using a photo, a panoramic shot is usually used and the user turns head in left/right directions to snap the sides of head too) and compare that against a database.
Where I work, our signature on paper, and electronic, is very important, so I usually have to type in a password 20 times a day. Having a long and awkward one is great, but I rarely need to type it as I can scan my fingerprint.
Websites should start offering this feature too, though there would be issues regarding who you would trust your one, universal, password with. A PasswordPal (Paypal) service should be created so that you can trust your password with one secure, insured and trustworthy group, and the other sites would operate with some sort of single sign-on. So if you log in to your computer then that IP becomes you wherever you go.
I hope that functionality such as this gets incorporated into the new version of the internet that is in the works.
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Please don't whoosh me, but I have a CD turntable in my stereo. It holds 3 Discs and turns between them, not one of the cartridge style multi CD holders.
Now I can send thinly veined insults across the nets
People also forget that there are Lawyers on both sides. There is constant hate directed to the lawyers prosecuting/trying to shut down TPB, but people fail to realise that there's a second bunch of lawyers who are fighting for the rights of TPB to stay up and running.
So yes, target the people behind the lawyers.
Finally, if Pi gets its own day, I think its entirely fair that 1.618 get its own celebration. Phi is easily as fascinating a number as Pi, so why didn't you get your panties in a twist over not having Phi day?
Sometimes, you CAN be too much of a geek.
Lets celebrate this day with Themed Showers.
The pie is a lie
Do not look at sun with remaining eye
The MMO gives my hands something to do while I chat to my peer group.
Have you tried Chat Roulette?
I recommend using a drawing pin to affix the password to the soft part of your screen
I work in QA for a large Pharmaceutical company.
We have to do a lot of testing, and conform to many rules set out by various agencies including the FDA. There has to be significant testing done on a new product to ensure that it does what it's supposed to do, and does it without killing people in the process.
Now that's just the molecule.
On we go to the manufacturing process.
We document every single little action performed during the very early stages of making the Active Ingredient, to the Drug Product, to the eventual finished goods (be it a pill, syringe or vial)
We then review all the documentation, check if anything out of the ordinary happened, take multiple samples and test them to see they are what we set out to make ... more things happen ... ... Some time later, the product ships out to go to the hospitals so you have pain killers and anaesthetic.
From the inception of a new molecule, to numerous QA testing processes registration etc, it can be years before someone out there gets the new wonder drug. By this time there is already something in the R&D pipeline for the next life saving drug.
This means that it can take years for new medicinal ideas to reach people. And this is because there are a lot of QA processes there to protect people from dodgy meds.
Fortunately badly programmed games rarely kill people, so there are much fewer restrictions regarding QA for such. This means that new ideas, new technologies can be taken advantage of much quicker from when they are formed. If it ships 90% perfect, and can be patched later on for that last 10% then it might be seen as an acceptable trade-off to have the latest and greatest thing out there as soon as it can be got.
Blizzard and Diablocraft 2-3 would appear to be the exception to this (and Duke Nukem Forever) whereby they are holding off on releasing the product until they are certain it's perfect. What will the fallout for it be? Will the games still be cutting edge when they arrive finally? We'll just have to wait and see.
I propose baguette-shaped ships
For relatively local trips,
I c what you did there
If you really want to split hairs,
It's a fusion reactor, FUSION.
Haven't oceans been responsible for uncounted numbers of deaths of innocent civilians?
But can it parallel park?
How many libraries of congress is this?
“cleared the neighbourhood around its orbit”
I've heard of people able to perform this feat after a large meal.
So, how much will it cost to make me a collider that goes to 14?
If he had a selection of mice, trained to emit different notes, he could try a few soothing melodies.
Presto Injecto!
I find your sig very appropriate. I think this is where evolution is leading us.
WTF, Fundamentalist Christians read and post sensible shit on /.
I repeat W.T.F?
Well that's what we get for relying on Human geneticists. We need to get a few more non-humans studying genetics to be able to get their unique perspective on the subject.
I stopped going to the cinema when I saw a notice in the foyer saying "Your ticket includes 0.50€ Royalty towards the artist". My cinema ticket was 13€. WTF?
Many computer keyboards and laptops (even a good enough webcam) can use biometrics to grant access.
The laptops we have here at work all have fingerprint scanners, eliminating the need to remember the password. A webcam can take a picture of the user (not a retinal scan, just a regular picture of the face, though to protect against someone using a photo, a panoramic shot is usually used and the user turns head in left/right directions to snap the sides of head too) and compare that against a database.
Where I work, our signature on paper, and electronic, is very important, so I usually have to type in a password 20 times a day. Having a long and awkward one is great, but I rarely need to type it as I can scan my fingerprint.
Websites should start offering this feature too, though there would be issues regarding who you would trust your one, universal, password with. A PasswordPal (Paypal) service should be created so that you can trust your password with one secure, insured and trustworthy group, and the other sites would operate with some sort of single sign-on. So if you log in to your computer then that IP becomes you wherever you go.
I hope that functionality such as this gets incorporated into the new version of the internet that is in the works.
Medichlorians