As it happens I'm reading the The Space Merchants at the moment, which posits a future where advertising is ubiquitous. It was written in the 50s. Talk about prescient. The characters seem exceedingly cynical, then you realize they're just oblivious when they say the things like "the pamphlets were chock full of sound reasoning, a notion we ad men dispensed with ages ago."
The Google Dictionary Chrome extension and a right click is usually the level of commitment I put into these matters, unless it's something I'm really engaged in. I just thought it odd that it would return something in connection with nuclear weapons for me while I'm parsing some nerdy flamewar.
I remember NPCs from DandD; nice to see the term still kicking around. Yes, I'm that uninformed about online gaming.
It's like OPEC, and Canada is the Saudi Arabia of maple syrup. Disaffected hosers will soon be flying commandeered hangliders into redwood trees, death to America, eh? Smokes backbacon Mounties Rush tar sands DOA Joni Neil Gordon take off
Q. How many copy editors does it take to change a light bulb? A. The last time this question was asked, it involved art directors. Is the difference intentional? Should one or the other instance be changed? It seems inconsistent.
You're +3 Informative./. mods are a special breed, ya know? I take screenshots of these jaw dropping knee slappers, like when the remark about robots not entering the household in great numbers due to their unquenchable thirst for human blood went to +5.
Or that could occur to the casual uninformed observer, anyway. Eg giving a nuclear buildout a name that can be pronounced "Whoops." What's wrong with the "3 Rs?" Too out-of-date I suppose.
Actually they're $26.64 for a 12 pack: Lambskin Condoms FAQ. Good to see there are still people crafting an all-natural French letter in this 21st century.
TFA says $627 lost per year for a trucker due to a 1% loss of efficiency from underinflated tires, but that's only 153 gallons worth at the stated $4.10/gal for US diesel; what is that, about 5 fillups for a big rig? So it sounds like a minor win for truckers; a noble idea all the same. I wonder what the collective fuel savings would be if everyone used these. I used to think congestion must waste some staggering amount of oil, before finding some figures that suggested congestion leads to loss of ca. 280k barrels of oil consumed as gasoline in the US per day - which sounds like a lot, until you realize we plow through about 9 million barrels of gasoline daily.
But Graf Zeppelin did incorporate one especially notable innovation, in the use of Blau gas fuel for its five engines. One of the challenges of lighter-than-air powered flight has always been the need to account for the loss of weight as fuel is burned by the ship’s engines. As gasoline or diesel fuel is consumed during flight, the ship becomes lighter, and without a means to compensate for this change, lifting gas must be vented to maintain the ship’s equilibrium. The Zeppelin Company’s innovative solution to this issue with Graf Zeppelin was the use of a gaseous fuel, similar to propane, named Blau gas after its inventor, Dr Hermann Blau. Since Blau gas is similar in weight to air, its consumption during flight did not significantly change the aerostatic balance of the ship, and so it was not necessary to valve lifting gas to compensate for Blau gas burned by the engines.
I read in a book how when the Graf Zeppelin arrived at Los Angeles on a round-the-world cruise in 1929, they were unable to refill with helium due to a ban on its sale to Germany; so a local company stepped in with a suitable replacement - 55% natural gas, 45% compressed propane. How more volatile than hydrogen that would be I'm not sure, but it definitely wasn't inert, either. People seemed to have a much more relaxed attitude towards handling dangerous materials then, and get a load of this account of the GZ's departure:
After slowly cruising down the California coast to land in daylight the next morning, Graf Zeppelin made a difficult landing at Los Angeles on August 26th, through a temperature inversion which made it difficult to bring the ship down, requiring the valving of large quantities of hydrogen. The lost hydrogen could not be replaced at Los Angeles, and the takeoff, with the ship unusually heavy, was even more challenging; Graf Zeppelin only narrowly missed hitting power lines at the edge of the field.
Not a gamer but I use a Logitech G700 to browse with - you really can get about everything done with one, and they can be set to different profiles, even have the profiles only work when a given app is selected. Big downside is that the battery constantly needs recharging. With the G700 you have four on the side and 4 on top - it might suit your needs better, or be less confusing, if you find that big cluster of buttons on the G600 baffling. G700's a tad more expensive, I see.
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"Whatever happens, we have got
The Maxim Gun, and they have not."
Should they come in a 40 watt range?
I may close up early today.
As it happens I'm reading the The Space Merchants at the moment, which posits a future where advertising is ubiquitous. It was written in the 50s. Talk about prescient. The characters seem exceedingly cynical, then you realize they're just oblivious when they say the things like "the pamphlets were chock full of sound reasoning, a notion we ad men dispensed with ages ago."
ALI G: "Yo, check it; it is 8 in the morning - which is the earliest I've ever been up."
Give him a break, he's a shitfaced 2 year old.
800 musicians divvy up $50k among themselves? Must be Somalian music.
The Google Dictionary Chrome extension and a right click is usually the level of commitment I put into these matters, unless it's something I'm really engaged in. I just thought it odd that it would return something in connection with nuclear weapons for me while I'm parsing some nerdy flamewar.
I remember NPCs from DandD; nice to see the term still kicking around. Yes, I'm that uninformed about online gaming.
LOGO, heh. "Turtle Down." Good times.
I learned that at the most inopportune moments computers wouldn't open pod bay doors or cancel self-destruct sequences.
Google Dic via context menu tells me it means " Nonproliferation Center." Curiously enough writing about this may make some posters MAD.
It's like OPEC, and Canada is the Saudi Arabia of maple syrup. Disaffected hosers will soon be flying commandeered hangliders into redwood trees, death to America, eh? Smokes backbacon Mounties Rush tar sands DOA Joni Neil Gordon take off
God that's annoying. And four years past the curve, too. [shades] [Daltrey howl]
That's not much coffee.
Obligatory Albert Einstein.
Q. How many copy editors does it take to change a light bulb?
A. The last time this question was asked, it involved art directors. Is the difference intentional? Should one or the other instance be changed? It seems inconsistent.
This bacteria is gold, Jerry, gold!
You're +3 Informative. /. mods are a special breed, ya know? I take screenshots of these jaw dropping knee slappers, like when the remark about robots not entering the household in great numbers due to their unquenchable thirst for human blood went to +5.
STEM = stem cell = OMG murdering unborns
Or that could occur to the casual uninformed observer, anyway. Eg giving a nuclear buildout a name that can be pronounced "Whoops." What's wrong with the "3 Rs?" Too out-of-date I suppose.
It's better than someone abbreviating 'to be honest.' IISHTJTTSW? ;)
Actually they're $26.64 for a 12 pack: Lambskin Condoms FAQ. Good to see there are still people crafting an all-natural French letter in this 21st century.
TFA says $627 lost per year for a trucker due to a 1% loss of efficiency from underinflated tires, but that's only 153 gallons worth at the stated $4.10/gal for US diesel; what is that, about 5 fillups for a big rig? So it sounds like a minor win for truckers; a noble idea all the same. I wonder what the collective fuel savings would be if everyone used these. I used to think congestion must waste some staggering amount of oil, before finding some figures that suggested congestion leads to loss of ca. 280k barrels of oil consumed as gasoline in the US per day - which sounds like a lot, until you realize we plow through about 9 million barrels of gasoline daily.
Graf Zeppelin Design and Technology
I read in a book how when the Graf Zeppelin arrived at Los Angeles on a round-the-world cruise in 1929, they were unable to refill with helium due to a ban on its sale to Germany; so a local company stepped in with a suitable replacement - 55% natural gas, 45% compressed propane. How more volatile than hydrogen that would be I'm not sure, but it definitely wasn't inert, either. People seemed to have a much more relaxed attitude towards handling dangerous materials then, and get a load of this account of the GZ's departure:
LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin history page.
Not a gamer but I use a Logitech G700 to browse with - you really can get about everything done with one, and they can be set to different profiles, even have the profiles only work when a given app is selected. Big downside is that the battery constantly needs recharging. With the G700 you have four on the side and 4 on top - it might suit your needs better, or be less confusing, if you find that big cluster of buttons on the G600 baffling. G700's a tad more expensive, I see.
What surprised me from reading TFS was that Ubuntu only has 12.10 users.