"When asked about the ideal fertilizer levels for plant growth, however, only one-third of the students were able to perform the required experiment..."
Did anyone suggest Brawndo? Don't they know it's got what plants crave?
/Headed there sooner than you think //I don't want to live on this planet any more
As one of the many faceless among the masses, I also offer my humble thanks for your work, Rob. I graduated HS in 1997, and between working between my first intern job and starting college, the sysadmin at my company suggested I start looking at a site called Slashdot. I followed the site ever since, mostly by directly visiting and in recent years by RSS feed. Over the years I've been exposed to countless meme's, in-jokes, hated authors, anonymous cowards, and definitely the most entertaining and pertinent technology opinions and articles that I've ever had the pleasure of reading. As a CS student, Slashdot encouraged me to get involved with Linux, PHP, and MySQL to create my own CMS, and I thank you for that inspiration. I'm glad to say that we did have a chance to at least meet briefly while the Atlanta area still hosted annual Linux user events (though most times we crossed paths it was when you greenlit my article submissions). Personally, I think you and Slashdot helped set the bar for many technologies and trends to come later: user-submitted and moderated stories (Reddit/Digg), you shared your life with us before it became the social norm (Facebook/Twitter), and produced a fanbase of techies hungry for emerging technologies (like Google, as you mentioned). There is so much more that I can ramble on about, but I'll stop there and just say thank you.
I'm curious as to the continued widespread use of "flatter than a pancake" as a technical unit of measure, considering that a specific mm width and length were just previously mentioned. Not to be a nitpicker, I just prefer my pancakes to be somewhat light and fluffy, and therefore not flat. Perhaps "flatter than a tortilla" would be more apt? Though if we're going this route, I continue to back the opinion that "shitload" be considered a unit of measure;)
You can definitely have a full-fledged linux environment on one of the DNS-323 or DNS-321 NAS units from D-Link. Basically you just drop 1 file into your root directory, reboot, and you have telnet access. From there you can pretty much install anything in the repository of pre-compiled binaries. I switched from a 4-bay server tower to this little NAS about a year ago, and I haven't had any issues. I eventually want to get another, though right now I don't have the need. See http://wiki.dns323.info/ for info.
A while back I switched to all USB chargers for my gadgets. I found a USB adapter for my Nintendo DS (charges both the Lite and older "phat" model) and my cellphone, and a 3rd-party charger for my iPod. Since I normally travel with my laptop, I can charge my devices from that during the day. However, the NDS charger came with a car adapter that has a USB socket, so I could use that to charge a device while on the road. And my iPod charger came with a tiny wall-wart that also has a USB socket, so I could use household current to charge as well. So my only problem now is that I have maybe 3 different types of cables floating around in my gadget bag, but at least I've dropped all the bulky chargers.
Actually, I only briefly heard about the GO initiative last week, just in time for their "all parks free" day. I _had_ to use Google to find the site just get info about it, considering the news broadcast didn't divulge many additional details.
I just recently re-made my cube into a faux study, as I really didn't like the bare walls and drab colors. Luckily my cube is rather large (8x8) so I had a lot of room to work with. The only thing I wish I had was natural light from a window--but I do have a wingchair and an oriental rug:)
http://terbidium.com/content/photos/slides.php?id=f3e8c8c34883c883af2483ab46d66d5c&album=295
The programme included only one contributor (Professor Repacholi) who disagreed with Sir William
Peter Griffin: We'll move to England, huh? Worst they got there is, you know, drive-by... arguments...
[Meanwhile, in England]
Englishman: I say, Jeremy, isn't that Reginald B. Stifworth, the young upstart chap who's been touting the merits of a united European commonwealth?
Jeremy: Why yes, I daresay it is.
Englishman: Oh, let's get him.
[They drive up]
Englishman: Oh Reginald... I disagree.
[drives off]
Nope, nothing possibly free-thinking, radical, or possibly suspicious in that collection, no sir-ee.
I read them on the MARTA train, I even read them on the plane. I'd even read them at my gate, where I sometimes wait and wait.
Attention user #16116678: as you know, all freethought has been banned, and is considered harmful. Your discussion of "mental effort" and "knowing what is good and ungood" has been reported to the Thought Police, who will be at your home shortly.
God-fucking-dammit! I really hated BellSouth before, but now I'm REALLY pissed. Making the analogy to driving on highways and interstates that were built using federal funds: wasn't the Universal Service Fee that's still tacked onto every phone bill supposed to actually build the basic telco infrastructure? Wouldn't that make the "pipes" the same as the interstates, and therefore already paid for by us (or the government)?
These goddam telco carriers tack on all the extra fees and taxes ON TOP of their base charges already, just so they can keep their advertised costs "competitive". That alone is more than unfair, but this really takes the cake. Who would be best to recieve comments, state reps in government, or direct to the FCC?
Funny nothing--those results are downright SCARY! I forget that people actually do the research and take pictures of these stores--that's trully a public service. Most of the time people think of online retailers as mom & pop, brick & mortars, and feel at ease with a fairly well-designed website and a decent rating. But when you see stuff like this, I think that's more of a testament than reading a hundred bad reviews from burned buyers. I'm sure it's hard to find decent retail space in the NY/NJ areas, but these pictures just make me think "I have a bad feeling about this".
Jules: Do you know what they call a Quarter Pounder with cheese in France?
Brett: No.
Jules: Royale with cheese. Do you know why they call it a Royale with cheese?
Brett: Because of the metric system?
Jules: Check out the big brain on Brett!
Slashdot Mirror
"When asked about the ideal fertilizer levels for plant growth, however, only one-third of the students were able to perform the required experiment..."
/Headed there sooner than you think
//I don't want to live on this planet any more
Did anyone suggest Brawndo? Don't they know it's got what plants crave?
As one of the many faceless among the masses, I also offer my humble thanks for your work, Rob. I graduated HS in 1997, and between working between my first intern job and starting college, the sysadmin at my company suggested I start looking at a site called Slashdot. I followed the site ever since, mostly by directly visiting and in recent years by RSS feed. Over the years I've been exposed to countless meme's, in-jokes, hated authors, anonymous cowards, and definitely the most entertaining and pertinent technology opinions and articles that I've ever had the pleasure of reading. As a CS student, Slashdot encouraged me to get involved with Linux, PHP, and MySQL to create my own CMS, and I thank you for that inspiration. I'm glad to say that we did have a chance to at least meet briefly while the Atlanta area still hosted annual Linux user events (though most times we crossed paths it was when you greenlit my article submissions). Personally, I think you and Slashdot helped set the bar for many technologies and trends to come later: user-submitted and moderated stories (Reddit/Digg), you shared your life with us before it became the social norm (Facebook/Twitter), and produced a fanbase of techies hungry for emerging technologies (like Google, as you mentioned). There is so much more that I can ramble on about, but I'll stop there and just say thank you.
I'm curious as to the continued widespread use of "flatter than a pancake" as a technical unit of measure, considering that a specific mm width and length were just previously mentioned. Not to be a nitpicker, I just prefer my pancakes to be somewhat light and fluffy, and therefore not flat. Perhaps "flatter than a tortilla" would be more apt? Though if we're going this route, I continue to back the opinion that "shitload" be considered a unit of measure ;)
I can tell from some of the pixels and from seeing a few shops in my time. What, are they borrowing an algorithm from 4chan?
Announcer: "...Number 3, in a quantum finish!"
Farnsworth: "No fair! You changed the outcome by measuring it!"
You can definitely have a full-fledged linux environment on one of the DNS-323 or DNS-321 NAS units from D-Link. Basically you just drop 1 file into your root directory, reboot, and you have telnet access. From there you can pretty much install anything in the repository of pre-compiled binaries. I switched from a 4-bay server tower to this little NAS about a year ago, and I haven't had any issues. I eventually want to get another, though right now I don't have the need. See http://wiki.dns323.info/ for info.
A while back I switched to all USB chargers for my gadgets. I found a USB adapter for my Nintendo DS (charges both the Lite and older "phat" model) and my cellphone, and a 3rd-party charger for my iPod. Since I normally travel with my laptop, I can charge my devices from that during the day. However, the NDS charger came with a car adapter that has a USB socket, so I could use that to charge a device while on the road. And my iPod charger came with a tiny wall-wart that also has a USB socket, so I could use household current to charge as well. So my only problem now is that I have maybe 3 different types of cables floating around in my gadget bag, but at least I've dropped all the bulky chargers.
Actually, I only briefly heard about the GO initiative last week, just in time for their "all parks free" day. I _had_ to use Google to find the site just get info about it, considering the news broadcast didn't divulge many additional details.
I just recently re-made my cube into a faux study, as I really didn't like the bare walls and drab colors. Luckily my cube is rather large (8x8) so I had a lot of room to work with. The only thing I wish I had was natural light from a window--but I do have a wingchair and an oriental rug :)
http://terbidium.com/content/photos/slides.php?id=f3e8c8c34883c883af2483ab46d66d5c&album=295
The programme included only one contributor (Professor Repacholi) who disagreed with Sir William
Peter Griffin: We'll move to England, huh? Worst they got there is, you know, drive-by... arguments...
[Meanwhile, in England]
Englishman: I say, Jeremy, isn't that Reginald B. Stifworth, the young upstart chap who's been touting the merits of a united European commonwealth?
Jeremy: Why yes, I daresay it is.
Englishman: Oh, let's get him.
[They drive up]
Englishman: Oh Reginald... I disagree.
[drives off]
Really? Seriously? First hit on Google: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cover_your_ass
I for one welcome our cromulent new verbs!
What the hell is an "aluminum falcon"?!
Just look at few items from my 2004 reading list when I was flying to and from New York on business:
I, Robot
Animal Farm
1984
The Gun Seller
Nope, nothing possibly free-thinking, radical, or possibly suspicious in that collection, no sir-ee.
I read them on the MARTA train, I even read them on the plane. I'd even read them at my gate, where I sometimes wait and wait.
Right. That's bad. Okay. All right. Important safety tip. Thanks, Egon.
Attention user #16116678: as you know, all freethought has been banned, and is considered harmful. Your discussion of "mental effort" and "knowing what is good and ungood" has been reported to the Thought Police, who will be at your home shortly.
Minitruth has determined this information to be doubleplusungood. Please deposit all copies of this report to the memory hole immediately.
God-fucking-dammit! I really hated BellSouth before, but now I'm REALLY pissed. Making the analogy to driving on highways and interstates that were built using federal funds: wasn't the Universal Service Fee that's still tacked onto every phone bill supposed to actually build the basic telco infrastructure? Wouldn't that make the "pipes" the same as the interstates, and therefore already paid for by us (or the government)? These goddam telco carriers tack on all the extra fees and taxes ON TOP of their base charges already, just so they can keep their advertised costs "competitive". That alone is more than unfair, but this really takes the cake. Who would be best to recieve comments, state reps in government, or direct to the FCC?
Funny nothing--those results are downright SCARY! I forget that people actually do the research and take pictures of these stores--that's trully a public service. Most of the time people think of online retailers as mom & pop, brick & mortars, and feel at ease with a fairly well-designed website and a decent rating. But when you see stuff like this, I think that's more of a testament than reading a hundred bad reviews from burned buyers. I'm sure it's hard to find decent retail space in the NY/NJ areas, but these pictures just make me think "I have a bad feeling about this".
"Eviscerate the Proletariat!"
"How about NO, ya crazy Dutch bastard?!"
"Dear god, I can't go through with it. The one place where the stupid joke might actually belong, too."
Because in Soviet Russia, punchline beats YOU!
Yeah...almost doesn't seem worth it...*sigh*
You mean actually EMBRACING new technology that everyone is using, is actually BENEFICIAL? Wow, that is such a novel idea!
</sarcasm>
Jules: Do you know what they call a Quarter Pounder with cheese in France?
Brett: No.
Jules: Royale with cheese. Do you know why they call it a Royale with cheese?
Brett: Because of the metric system?
Jules: Check out the big brain on Brett!
*Ahem* Hot Gritz + Natalie Portman, DUH!!!