The rest of the media already picked this apart weeks ago, and has since processed the DNC's effusive apologies for somebody's error in Photoshop.
Seriously?
Just another photoshop disaster, blame it on the (most likely fired) person who was surfing around looking for ship pictures and was too lazy or stupid to see what they snagged.
Could be worse.. could take an engagement photo of two men, photoshop it and distribute it campaign literature to deny them their civil rights. Lawsuit is off and running.
They don't tailgate - you're not a real California driver unless you've driving 1 mm off the bumber of the car ahead of you.
They don't drive at unsafe speeds for road conditions - speeding & tailgating in the rain is a California speciality
They won't pass in the bike lane or on shoulder of the road - if you don't like our driving, stay off the sidewalk
They won't stop and hold up traffic, despite having the right of way, to wave through someone who clearly doesn't have it or is waiting for them to get through the stop so they can go, because they don't realize the other driver thinks they're being "nice"
They won't go the speed of traffic, which is usually 15 MPH faster than the speed limit, thus causing a lot of accidents as other drivers try to get around them
This sounds like orbit not destruction. It's like how the earth and moon can orbit the sun without being destroyed. I'm sure some of the details will help with measuring the effect of the black hole, but this is sensationalized to an absurd degree.
Each time the star passes it probably loses just a wee bit of mass and looks egg shaped. I'd pay to see that, but it would probably be a fatal experience.
some people just want to get under the table and don't care how
This is one thing I've never understood. Yes, it's true that some people just want to get absolutely plastered. Hell, one could argue common. In college, it's damn near a requirement in some social circles there.
So why in the darkest pits of hell would you want to do so with beer?!? You can't POSSIBLY find a more inefficient liquid than something that's 4.5% alcohol. Great, you just funnelled 3 liters of beer into your stomach. Have fun burping the fizz out for the next several hours, farting what you don't burp, and going for a piss every 30 seconds.
You can get absolutely, ridiculously cheap vodka or rum or what have you, almost (and sometimes over) a full order of magnitude MORE alcoholic than beer. No gas, significantly less pissing, faster drunk... I just don't understand it.
Now don't get me wrong... I like the taste of a good beer (emphasis on 'good'... anything mass produced like coors or what have you can be dumped right down the drain in my opinion), but if I was for some bizarre reason in the mood to get plastered, literally ANYTHING else alcoholic would do a better job than cheap beer.
If there's anyone on slashdot who enjoys getting wasted on cheap beer (unlikely), I'd love to hear the reasoning behind this.
Why beer? Well, probably has something to do with it being available in containers of 15.5 US gallons. I could be wrong.
BTW, the drink of choise among the local street people is malt liquor.
As the Bacon supply declines we approach, what I refer to as the Homer-Simpsonpocralypse event horizon. Hoyvin glavin! Or the end of the world as we know it.
Here in Californy we have Stone, Anderson Valley, Sierra Nevada, Lagunitas, Anchor and dozens more. There's at least two in the the small-ish city I live in, who make top quality ales. We can even get some of these things in quantity for low prices at the local CostCo.
...it's also worse than anywhere else in the world. No joke, people.
Well, there's BEER, as in Bud, Coors and various other mega brews, who use who knows what (Bud uses rice) in adjuncts, most of the money going into marketing is denied in going into product.
Then there are craft brewers who make Ales, Stouts, Porters, Lagers and so on with the finest barley, hops and water they can muster. You'll see them competing in the categories which really matter at the GABF Many of the small brewers can hold more than a candle to their European counterparts, who are under threat these days from cheap lagers from France (some people just want to get under the table and don't care how.) At least in Germany you are still guaranteed fair ales for your money, thanks to the Reinheitsgebot. A real pity the USA didn't take something like that onto the Constitution.
I thought Australian immigration requires anyone to be of at least 1 or 2 years (depending on few factors) as a permanent resident before they can apply to become a citizen, and becoming a PR in itself takes a while. Maybe easier to get the PR status for him due to his status and wealth, but citizenship is entirely different, I think? Possibly also requires certain amount of stay in the country to earn it. Would appreciate if any/.er has better detail on immigration requirements.
Because otherwise this just sounds like a really early non-news. Good on him for coming over to this side of the oceans though.
Well, the downside is they'll censor everything he likes about the internet. That's the major problem with the Aussie government, they don't feel like people should have rights.
Being a good citizen means fighting tooth and nail for what you want for your country. It doesnt mean jumping ship because it doesn't have this one thing you want. There is a lot not to like about America but to simply move to a whole different country after just some talks with local government? Seems like an overreaction.
America won't have 100Mb/s broadband until the cable and telcos have finished squeezing ever last cent they can out of copper. (Or until someone comes along and starts taking their future profits away by building it now.)
"... a few hundred times hotter than the surface of the sun." That's very warm.
It's relative warmth in the 100,000 K and up club it's rather difficult to keep track because once you've boiled away Tungsten, there's not much meaning in additional units of heat.
It does give me the impression the galaxy is actually protecting us from all this hot matter, it gets too close and gets blown away by a star or attacted to cooler matter. I imagine, however, this halo should be generating some serious amounts of IR. Need that ol' James Webb telescope to explain more about it.
Slashdot Mirror
It's not just for people who want to run tabloids, nasty art, junk music and girly magazines.
... the Democratic National Convention ... um ... Wait, what?
In Soviet Russia warships back YOU!
The rest of the media already picked this apart weeks ago, and has since processed the DNC's effusive apologies for somebody's error in Photoshop.
Seriously?
Just another photoshop disaster, blame it on the (most likely fired) person who was surfing around looking for ship pictures and was too lazy or stupid to see what they snagged.
Could be worse .. could take an engagement photo of two men, photoshop it and distribute it campaign literature to deny them their civil rights. Lawsuit is off and running.
Here I was thinking it was finally a dice rolling robot, anything to take away the pain of repetitive stress syndrome of trying to roll 20.
I would have guessed Nipponium
Gojiaium.
If I had it my way it would be called Foobium.
Pfftt... other world problems.
Careful, Mitt will sieze this opportunity to criticize lack of a proper policy in dealing with this matter, too.
This sounds like orbit not destruction. It's like how the earth and moon can orbit the sun without being destroyed. I'm sure some of the details will help with measuring the effect of the black hole, but this is sensationalized to an absurd degree.
Each time the star passes it probably loses just a wee bit of mass and looks egg shaped. I'd pay to see that, but it would probably be a fatal experience.
Diamond Bear, it's called Diamond Bear...geez get it right! They are in Little Rock and have won Gold at both the GABF and WBC for their Pale Ale.
Well done them!
Wondered about the name Golden Bear, which is usually referencing Californy or Jack Nicklaus.
some people just want to get under the table and don't care how
This is one thing I've never understood. Yes, it's true that some people just want to get absolutely plastered. Hell, one could argue common. In college, it's damn near a requirement in some social circles there.
So why in the darkest pits of hell would you want to do so with beer?!? You can't POSSIBLY find a more inefficient liquid than something that's 4.5% alcohol. Great, you just funnelled 3 liters of beer into your stomach. Have fun burping the fizz out for the next several hours, farting what you don't burp, and going for a piss every 30 seconds.
You can get absolutely, ridiculously cheap vodka or rum or what have you, almost (and sometimes over) a full order of magnitude MORE alcoholic than beer. No gas, significantly less pissing, faster drunk... I just don't understand it.
Now don't get me wrong... I like the taste of a good beer (emphasis on 'good'... anything mass produced like coors or what have you can be dumped right down the drain in my opinion), but if I was for some bizarre reason in the mood to get plastered, literally ANYTHING else alcoholic would do a better job than cheap beer.
If there's anyone on slashdot who enjoys getting wasted on cheap beer (unlikely), I'd love to hear the reasoning behind this.
Why beer? Well, probably has something to do with it being available in containers of 15.5 US gallons. I could be wrong.
BTW, the drink of choise among the local street people is malt liquor.
Yes, but I bet they're not the cheapest.
Please. It's about quality, not quantity.
But quantity isn't usually a problem either.
Noooooooooooo!!
<Professor Frink>
As the Bacon supply declines we approach, what I refer to as the Homer-Simpsonpocralypse event horizon . Hoyvin glavin! Or the end of the world as we know it.
</Professor Frink>
http://science.slashdot.org/story/12/09/25/165256/lab-grown-leather-could-be-a-reality-in-5-years
Well, that covers footballs ... <rimshot>
Who's gonna notice when the Earth becomes unliveable due to climate change?
* Tornadoes... Droughts... Floods...
* Bacon Shortage, like OMG???
You'll just have to put up with Shakespeare.
I'll get me coat.
You can have all the bacon I don't eat.
You're welcome.
So, what is typical permille in USA beer? 4.6% 2,9%? 1,2%?
I can get ales, made by american craft brewers up to 11.2% Depends how strong you want it. Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout is 9% ABV.
Here in Californy we have Stone, Anderson Valley, Sierra Nevada, Lagunitas, Anchor and dozens more. There's at least two in the the small-ish city I live in, who make top quality ales. We can even get some of these things in quantity for low prices at the local CostCo.
...it's also worse than anywhere else in the world. No joke, people.
Well, there's BEER, as in Bud, Coors and various other mega brews, who use who knows what (Bud uses rice) in adjuncts, most of the money going into marketing is denied in going into product.
Then there are craft brewers who make Ales, Stouts, Porters, Lagers and so on with the finest barley, hops and water they can muster. You'll see them competing in the categories which really matter at the GABF Many of the small brewers can hold more than a candle to their European counterparts, who are under threat these days from cheap lagers from France (some people just want to get under the table and don't care how.) At least in Germany you are still guaranteed fair ales for your money, thanks to the Reinheitsgebot. A real pity the USA didn't take something like that onto the Constitution.
The Patent Trolls would see to that.
"You've been served!"
Not to mention the cosmetic industry.
And auto industry - Rich Corinthian Leather* could actually be grown in labs in Corinth!
Tip o' the propeller beanie to Ricardo Montalban
It'll also save the hides of thousands of Naugas annually!
It hasn't occurred to you that a ban on incandescents for lighting might just exclude incandescents for heating in industrial applications?
Can you cite a source? Everything I've read says it's just an outright ban.
Can't run my Easy-Bake oven on LED bulbs! Without the income I'd be homeless!
I thought Australian immigration requires anyone to be of at least 1 or 2 years (depending on few factors) as a permanent resident before they can apply to become a citizen, and becoming a PR in itself takes a while. Maybe easier to get the PR status for him due to his status and wealth, but citizenship is entirely different, I think? Possibly also requires certain amount of stay in the country to earn it. Would appreciate if any /.er has better detail on immigration requirements.
Because otherwise this just sounds like a really early non-news. Good on him for coming over to this side of the oceans though.
Well, the downside is they'll censor everything he likes about the internet. That's the major problem with the Aussie government, they don't feel like people should have rights.
Being a good citizen means fighting tooth and nail for what you want for your country. It doesnt mean jumping ship because it doesn't have this one thing you want. There is a lot not to like about America but to simply move to a whole different country after just some talks with local government? Seems like an overreaction.
America won't have 100Mb/s broadband until the cable and telcos have finished squeezing ever last cent they can out of copper. (Or until someone comes along and starts taking their future profits away by building it now.)
"... a few hundred times hotter than the surface of the sun." That's very warm.
It's relative warmth in the 100,000 K and up club it's rather difficult to keep track because once you've boiled away Tungsten, there's not much meaning in additional units of heat.
It does give me the impression the galaxy is actually protecting us from all this hot matter, it gets too close and gets blown away by a star or attacted to cooler matter. I imagine, however, this halo should be generating some serious amounts of IR. Need that ol' James Webb telescope to explain more about it.