Uh, that article you link to was 1994, and said that Krazy Glue was tried for cardiac surgery. Krazy Glue existed long before 1994. How is this "first prupose"?
Just a quick match. I knew even in the 60's they were using cyanoacrylate for open heart surgery, because of the necessity of sealing arteries quickly. My father worked in the chemical industry for 38 years and used it as an example, when trying to get something through my thick skull, of the many uses of various compounds.
This material could one day lead to medical devices that build themselves inside a patient's body, or door latches that can be opened with a flashlight.
Yeah, like Shrinky Dinks this'll be a hit with the mail-order or discount store crowd before you know it.
...read that and thought "Oh, shit, hope my data wasn't on there"
I've been pissed for a while because Comcast (love em or hate em, they carry the networks I want on cable) can't service my area. Guess this would be a one of those moments where I'd be glad. As RIAA/MPAA go, they'd just have to find some match somewhere of anything you have on your site or downloaded which looks even remotely like a song or movie title and their Bucket o' Lawyers would rip off a form letter to Comcast advising them to shut you down.
These are supposed to be fairly huge, so I wonder how long it will take for some to find them?
Hitler Youth had planted some trees in the Black Forest which changed color earlier in the autumn showing a very large swastika from the air. It was in Time or something several years ago. The article indicated many of the trees would be cut down.
A shame, it's not like the trees had done anything wrong...
As an aside, a fun challenge is to find landmarks from space without looking at the "map" part - only satellite images. I did pretty well on Niagara Falls and the Golden Gate Bridge, but utterly failed at finding Old Faithful.
Something is always happening somewhere, so you're bound to capture some interesting event. Heck I'm sure Zapruder was quite surpised to capture what he did on film. It's not like it wouldn't have happened if nobody had a camera runing...
"It was the Babylonians in 2300 B.C. that first etched the lay of the land on clay tablets. Google will be taking this to a whole new level."
Indeed, the engravers were working so fast that they hardly noticed they had captured one of Sargon's armies on the move.
If you know you're in the post office when you write down the numbers, you could just go to the USPS site. The only thing that Google adds is that it identifies the shipper by the format of the number and lets you use a control you already have to get there. Google doesn't even report the information; it just sends you to the shipper's site.
I hope they've already proofed this against the spammers who are sending out the bogus tracking numbers... Imagine typing in a number and being sent to some pharmacy page or worse.
I hope Google checks out whatever shippers the agree to do this for.
Don't be fooled. Yahoo is one of the fastest growing businesses. 3.575 billion in revenues for FY 2004. They're doing something right.
I hope with all the enthusiasm and creativity at Google that they've got some people looking after the dollars with good sense. It'd suck to see them parceled apart in a couple years because they couldn't cut it and see MSN and Yahool pick up the pieces.
Go to USPS and scribble down the id's of some priority mail or package tracking slips...
Put them into Google every day to see if they're on the move...
I wonder if you could then call the shipper and tell them the ship-to address is wrong and have whatever it is sent to your house...
When Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs walked into the suites of top record label executives in 2002, iTunes software in hand, he was welcomed as a trailblazer to a digital music future.
Now, nearly two years after Apple's iTunes launch, record executives have become worried that they have inadvertently ceded too much power over their industry to this charismatic computer executive.
Frustrated at what they see as Jobs' intransigence on song pricing and other issues, some record executives are now turning their hopes toward other partners...
Cripes, this is so damn typical of the entertainment industry. They're so interested in screwing everyone they can for a buck that the minute someone is successful using their property, they feel they need to bite back. It's rather like watching a bunch of cavemen around the first fire. One gets burned so they all put the fire out with their clubs, then thump their chests and hoot in victory before sitting around in the dark and cold again.
I think RIAA deserves the Duh! Prize (if there was one.) Next year or so it'll be the MPAA doing the same thing.
...if Firefox starts making it into those IBM On Demand commercials!
What are you saying? Because Big Blue endorses it the PHB's of the world will embrace it?
Sorry man, that paradigm died in the 90's. It used to be "Nobody ever got fired for choosing IBM" Now it's "Nobody ever got fired for choosing Microsoft."
IBM is still out-earning Microsoft, but they're getting further away from hardware and are competing with the monopolist in some market segments.
Years ago many of us would cringe at the thought, but these days Big Blue has taken on
a certain cachet with their cozying up with Tux, sharing the wealth (IP, source and application contributions) and profit(!!!)ing (which many
of us don't mind, because it helps promote the cause.) Sounds like a dream job, I just hope between Google and IBM they don't deplete the Mozilla development team.
Maybe IBM would be friendly to the development and effectively underwrite some of it in this manner.
The job is not for just anyone, however, as those who wish to apply for the job should have some cred with the Mozilla development community."
For sure. Don't expect a successful interview to go like this:
IBM: "What experience do you have with Firefox?"
Interviewee: "I've installed it on my computer and read all Slashdot postings about it and I know how to block ads and pop-ups!"
IBM: "Have you contributed to development?"
Interviewee: "I've donated $10 through the mozilla.org site!"
IBM: "Why do you think you're qualified for this position?"
Interviewee: "I hate Microsoft, I bad-mouth IE at every chance and overlook any bugs in Firefox!"
IBM: "We'll be in touch." [Picks up phone, hits a button, whispers, "Security. Please come to my office and escort my visitor off the premises!"]
Considering that there is zero chance that real Hitchhiker fans will be satisfied with the movie... why do you even bother trying?
Because there WAS a screen release of HHGG, it was the TV series, which is as close as you're going to get to the books.
That said, the movie is really a remake and in the way of remakes is a mishmash of stuff from the book and a bunch of other things not quite the same, because it it was it'd just be the TV series only shorter.
If you don't like the TV series, you won't be pleased by the film. That's about all there is to be said.
The Film, on the other hand(s) is taking a whack at people fullfilling their ambition to do what they want with somebody elses work, and much easier to do once that person is out of the way. Not necessarily because the director or producers feel it is so, but because more influential people who know how much easier it is to change canon or anything for commercial convenience. A cute Marvin may have turned Adams' stomach, but is the dream of a merchandising partner.
The only question I'd have is why they didn't do the two heads, on Zaphod, side-by-side, which is actually pretty comic. The description of what form the second head takes in the film makes me queasy. Eww...
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If you have a copy of the Hubble Manual, 24 April 1990, NASA will pay you $10,000.
It's interesting that the cartoon, about half way down, shows Handy Home Computers, about the size of the Mac Mini... I wonder how much the cartoonist would pay for same issue of magazine where his/her illustration prediction has finally come true.
More along the lines of they've tried everything their limited imagination and accountants (even more limited imagination) would let them do. It's been not just a good run, but a phenominal run. It is time to let it rest and beat to death some other genres until fresh ideas (or the next generation of viewers) come along.
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Just a quick match. I knew even in the 60's they were using cyanoacrylate for open heart surgery, because of the necessity of sealing arteries quickly. My father worked in the chemical industry for 38 years and used it as an example, when trying to get something through my thick skull, of the many uses of various compounds.
Yeah, like Shrinky Dinks this'll be a hit with the mail-order or discount store crowd before you know it.
People tend to forget what cyanoacrylate's first purpose was.
She'll get something, her lawyer will get a big chunk of it, then Comcast will pass it on to their subscribers.
You live in Disneyland or something?
I've been pissed for a while because Comcast (love em or hate em, they carry the networks I want on cable) can't service my area. Guess this would be a one of those moments where I'd be glad. As RIAA/MPAA go, they'd just have to find some match somewhere of anything you have on your site or downloaded which looks even remotely like a song or movie title and their Bucket o' Lawyers would rip off a form letter to Comcast advising them to shut you down.
let's hear it for 56K! poot!
Hitler Youth had planted some trees in the Black Forest which changed color earlier in the autumn showing a very large swastika from the air. It was in Time or something several years ago. The article indicated many of the trees would be cut down.
A shame, it's not like the trees had done anything wrong...
You could spend some time looking for these.
"It was the Babylonians in 2300 B.C. that first etched the lay of the land on clay tablets. Google will be taking this to a whole new level."
Indeed, the engravers were working so fast that they hardly noticed they had captured one of Sargon's armies on the move.
I hope they've already proofed this against the spammers who are sending out the bogus tracking numbers... Imagine typing in a number and being sent to some pharmacy page or worse.
I hope Google checks out whatever shippers the agree to do this for.
Don't be fooled. Yahoo is one of the fastest growing businesses. 3.575 billion in revenues for FY 2004. They're doing something right.
I hope with all the enthusiasm and creativity at Google that they've got some people looking after the dollars with good sense. It'd suck to see them parceled apart in a couple years because they couldn't cut it and see MSN and Yahool pick up the pieces.
Put them into Google every day to see if they're on the move...
I wonder if you could then call the shipper and tell them the ship-to address is wrong and have whatever it is sent to your house...
Someone's bound to try it, i betcha.
Now, nearly two years after Apple's iTunes launch, record executives have become worried that they have inadvertently ceded too much power over their industry to this charismatic computer executive.
Frustrated at what they see as Jobs' intransigence on song pricing and other issues, some record executives are now turning their hopes toward other partners...
Cripes, this is so damn typical of the entertainment industry. They're so interested in screwing everyone they can for a buck that the minute someone is successful using their property, they feel they need to bite back. It's rather like watching a bunch of cavemen around the first fire. One gets burned so they all put the fire out with their clubs, then thump their chests and hoot in victory before sitting around in the dark and cold again.
I think RIAA deserves the Duh! Prize (if there was one.) Next year or so it'll be the MPAA doing the same thing.
[I'd try MP3, but I'm too addicted to satellite radio]
I was wrong, Exxon-Mobil FY Revenue was 298 billion. Conoco-Phillips was 136 billion.
And they're pikers compared to the oil companies. I forget which, but one had a gross like 230 billion FY 2004
Yeah, that's always good. This viral advertising via blogs and stuff can only do so much.
What are you saying? Because Big Blue endorses it the PHB's of the world will embrace it?
Sorry man, that paradigm died in the 90's. It used to be "Nobody ever got fired for choosing IBM" Now it's "Nobody ever got fired for choosing Microsoft."
IBM is still out-earning Microsoft, but they're getting further away from hardware and are competing with the monopolist in some market segments.
Years ago many of us would cringe at the thought, but these days Big Blue has taken on a certain cachet with their cozying up with Tux, sharing the wealth (IP, source and application contributions) and profit(!!!)ing (which many of us don't mind, because it helps promote the cause.) Sounds like a dream job, I just hope between Google and IBM they don't deplete the Mozilla development team. Maybe IBM would be friendly to the development and effectively underwrite some of it in this manner.
The job is not for just anyone, however, as those who wish to apply for the job should have some cred with the Mozilla development community."
For sure. Don't expect a successful interview to go like this:
just a heads-up, ya know
Because there WAS a screen release of HHGG, it was the TV series, which is as close as you're going to get to the books.
That said, the movie is really a remake and in the way of remakes is a mishmash of stuff from the book and a bunch of other things not quite the same, because it it was it'd just be the TV series only shorter.
If you don't like the TV series, you won't be pleased by the film. That's about all there is to be said.
The Film, on the other hand(s) is taking a whack at people fullfilling their ambition to do what they want with somebody elses work, and much easier to do once that person is out of the way. Not necessarily because the director or producers feel it is so, but because more influential people who know how much easier it is to change canon or anything for commercial convenience. A cute Marvin may have turned Adams' stomach, but is the dream of a merchandising partner.
The only question I'd have is why they didn't do the two heads, on Zaphod, side-by-side, which is actually pretty comic. The description of what form the second head takes in the film makes me queasy. Eww...
If you have a copy of the Hubble Manual, 24 April 1990, NASA will pay you $10,000.
or has it already happened?
downtown Holland, Michigan is in flames as a randomly assembled protest practices their own brand of metamoderation.
it may well buy a couple gallons of gas
It's a Digital Reproduction, PDF. Fooey on that!
It's interesting that the cartoon, about half way down, shows Handy Home Computers, about the size of the Mac Mini... I wonder how much the cartoonist would pay for same issue of magazine where his/her illustration prediction has finally come true.
More along the lines of they've tried everything their limited imagination and accountants (even more limited imagination) would let them do. It's been not just a good run, but a phenominal run. It is time to let it rest and beat to death some other genres until fresh ideas (or the next generation of viewers) come along.
so long and thanks for all the rubber ears
but that's not the final word on the subject...is it ever?