...if we get non-terrestrial life and it's genetic code...
As an armchair biochemist, I gotta say I am DYING to know what Martian bugs would look like on the molecular level. I doubt they would have DNA, chances are they would use some other molecule for storing genetic information. I mean, what are the odds they would use the exact same system we do?
They'll probably have an equivalent to our whole DNA->protein mechanism, but how exactly will it work?
If they did use Earthly DNA, that would be just as amazing as them existing in the first place.
Before I die, someone *please* find Martian bugs and figure them out.
(oh sorry, 'bugs' is leet bio-speak for 'bacteria')
Your co-worker needed to use Netflix for longer than the trial period to get a true feel for their speed. They throttle heavy users. I tend to return discs the day after I get them, and Netflix waits an extra day to ship me my next one.
Here's a simple way you can prove ID to yourself right in your biochem lab!
Procure 2 petri dishes of sterile nutrients. Inoculate one with bacteria. Wait 24 hours for colonies to become visible. Apply an antibiotic such as tetracycline to the colonies. Observe the divine creation of an antibiotic-resistant strain in the neighboring empty dish.
My friend, you must play Mercenaries then. You can snipe civilians while they are driving. The way they slump behind the wheel is so entertaining! You'll quickly begin causing major traffic jams as the streets are choked with cars... then you finish it off with a block of C-4 which throws flaming wreckage all around. Good times.
Many times I have found myself literally swearing at the DVD player because the menus are so bad. As if the poor design isn't enough, the damn animated transitions make everything so slooooooooow.
Now with Java coming I'm sure we can look forward to a whole new universe of sluggish, buggy interfaces. I forsee a day when it doesn't just take 5 seconds to go from screen to screen, but it there is a maddening delay between moving the selection from one item to another on the SAME screen. That will be SWEET.
(Man, just when I am ready to swear off going out to the movies, they find a way to bring the annoyance home.)
I have a decent camera and I recently decided that I wanted to learn how to take product photos. Once I figured it out, I started using nice photos on my eBay and Craigslist sales.
I quickly noticed a problem though: if the photos are too nice, people don't understand that they are seeing a photo of the ACTUAL ITEM for sale. They think it is some kind of a catalog photo that you ripped off. Then they ask, "do you have a photo?"
"Yes, it is on the for-sale page."
"No, I mean a real photo."
"$&*!((#%!"
They do this even when I say in the ad, "pictured here is the actual item I am selling."
I never expected good photos to be a LIABILITY in selling my used crap. Time to forget what I learned and start taking nasty, blurry photos with bad white balance and dog hair in the frame.
I think for effective online sales you need photos so bad you'd expect to see a UFO in the image.
Cats themselves are bad enough, but people named Cat are always, in my experience, screwed up. The worst are those that choose the name Cat as an affectation, but people who go by (for instance) Kat for Katherine end up being almost as bad.
I assume you have to file a yearly personal tax return over there... if it is anything like here in the states, you are supposed to report your out-of-state purchases and pay a "use tax" on them.
For big-ticket items like cars, there is no way to evade the sales tax. Everyone cooperates to getcha. For other stuff, it's the honor system.
In other words, while practically you will be able to evade this tax by driving to Germany, technically you'll be breaking the law when you don't confess and pay the tax. So I suspect, anyway.
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A MMORPG where the minute-to-minute play is FUN? Such a thing... it's an abomination!
It is fantatic to be a smug ReplayTV user. :)
Now if you will excuse me, I need to get on the web interface and schedule some shows to record.
Who cares?
Then ReplayTV sucked
Great summary aside from this part! ReplayTV rules. Sales sucked.
This is Slashdot, support the underdog that comes with a built in Ethernet port.
...if we get non-terrestrial life and it's genetic code...
As an armchair biochemist, I gotta say I am DYING to know what Martian bugs would look like on the molecular level. I doubt they would have DNA, chances are they would use some other molecule for storing genetic information. I mean, what are the odds they would use the exact same system we do?
They'll probably have an equivalent to our whole DNA->protein mechanism, but how exactly will it work?
If they did use Earthly DNA, that would be just as amazing as them existing in the first place.
Before I die, someone *please* find Martian bugs and figure them out.
(oh sorry, 'bugs' is leet bio-speak for 'bacteria')
As a gamer and game designer, I stay the hell away from conventions.
FYI, the title is incorrect.
That's not true... that's impossible!
I went there with my mother and my sister, however, after people started running, I just wanted out. I only stayed for my sister.
To hell with your mother, eh?
What is this "f1" you speak of?
You wacky foreigners, with all your own... stuff! We think you are swell.
My distribution center is an hour away and it still takes 4 days to get a new movie.
Day 0: Mail it back
Day 1: They get my return
Day 2: Nothing happens
Day 3: They ship my next movie
Day 4: I get my next movie
N3tfl1x TEH HATE5 ME!!!1
Your co-worker needed to use Netflix for longer than the trial period to get a true feel for their speed. They throttle heavy users. I tend to return discs the day after I get them, and Netflix waits an extra day to ship me my next one.
If the stroke of a bureaucrat's pen puts Speakeasy out of business, I will go on a killing spree.
(Happy customer for years)
Here's a simple way you can prove ID to yourself right in your biochem lab!
Procure 2 petri dishes of sterile nutrients. Inoculate one with bacteria. Wait 24 hours for colonies to become visible. Apply an antibiotic such as tetracycline to the colonies. Observe the divine creation of an antibiotic-resistant strain in the neighboring empty dish.
Easy! Now everyone's happy.
Wait, what. . . ?
I am also a game designer (that you have never heard of) and you are more than welcome to that top spot in Google. Dang kids! :)
How do you know the replies were abusive if you don't speak Portuguese? Maybe they were inviting you over to meet their sisters.
My friend, you must play Mercenaries then. You can snipe civilians while they are driving. The way they slump behind the wheel is so entertaining! You'll quickly begin causing major traffic jams as the streets are choked with cars... then you finish it off with a block of C-4 which throws flaming wreckage all around. Good times.
PS I have never been to DC!
Many times I have found myself literally swearing at the DVD player because the menus are so bad. As if the poor design isn't enough, the damn animated transitions make everything so slooooooooow.
Now with Java coming I'm sure we can look forward to a whole new universe of sluggish, buggy interfaces. I forsee a day when it doesn't just take 5 seconds to go from screen to screen, but it there is a maddening delay between moving the selection from one item to another on the SAME screen. That will be SWEET.
(Man, just when I am ready to swear off going out to the movies, they find a way to bring the annoyance home.)
I believe that the impactor will awaken some long-dormant horror, entombed in the icy heart of the comet.
The science returns will be cold comfort when our skies are blackened by chill wings of He Who Slumbers.
Not wanting to become His breakfast, I, for one, will welcome our new alien overlord.
Oh! The lidless eyes! Ia! Ia! Where is your God now?
True, related story:
I have a decent camera and I recently decided that I wanted to learn how to take product photos. Once I figured it out, I started using nice photos on my eBay and Craigslist sales.
I quickly noticed a problem though: if the photos are too nice, people don't understand that they are seeing a photo of the ACTUAL ITEM for sale. They think it is some kind of a catalog photo that you ripped off. Then they ask, "do you have a photo?"
"Yes, it is on the for-sale page."
"No, I mean a real photo."
"$&*!((#%!"
They do this even when I say in the ad, "pictured here is the actual item I am selling."
I never expected good photos to be a LIABILITY in selling my used crap. Time to forget what I learned and start taking nasty, blurry photos with bad white balance and dog hair in the frame.
I think for effective online sales you need photos so bad you'd expect to see a UFO in the image.
I just threw up a little in my mouth.
but they're still too tied to print output...
My head asplode!
I have logged a lot of hours on QuarkXPress and I have never wished for MORE Internet features.
Cats themselves are bad enough, but people named Cat are always, in my experience, screwed up. The worst are those that choose the name Cat as an affectation, but people who go by (for instance) Kat for Katherine end up being almost as bad.
Stay away from the Cat people.
Someone get over there right away, fill the box with argon and switch it on.
I assume you have to file a yearly personal tax return over there... if it is anything like here in the states, you are supposed to report your out-of-state purchases and pay a "use tax" on them.
For big-ticket items like cars, there is no way to evade the sales tax. Everyone cooperates to getcha. For other stuff, it's the honor system.
In other words, while practically you will be able to evade this tax by driving to Germany, technically you'll be breaking the law when you don't confess and pay the tax. So I suspect, anyway.
Schweet, thanks! I'll check out Namecheap, and now if someone screws me with a GoDaddy domain I know how to do DNS. :)