Dude, if your self-designed-and-built elevator to bring you from the basement to the kitchen uses more than $6 in energy to do so, you're going to have to give me your Geek License. Sorry.
Not quite 10 billion numbers. Area code can't start with 0 and exchange can't start with 0 (you'd dial the operator) or 1 (you'd be indicating it was a long-distance call), and the exchange can't end in 11- (that is, your phone number can't be (570) 911-2345 OR (570) 611-2345). I think there are additional limitations
I think that Federal rule still applies. I was on a Parks Service campground drinking with a few friends one time and the park police came by and saw the beers in our hands. We thought we were fucked, but he rolls his window down, says "You all 18?", we showed him our IDs, and he thanked us.
We all just kinda stood there... uhhh.... wtf? We had to get a 21 year old to BUY it why can we DRINK it?
Bwahaha. That's cool. I'm glad PSU isn't the only campus with the fake parties. And the administration claiming it was noise violations is full of shit. We've set up fake events in empty apartments, just to have four cops show up and pound on the door of some scared-shitless freshman who just got out of the shower.
Fuck em. Noise violation? Maybe they meant that they were raising the noise/floor/ by adding junk to the system =)
Just wait until you get to the bar that says "No scan, no booz".
State College, PA baby. When I turned 21, I went and got my "postcard" license to replace the underage "playing card" license, and they upped the duplicate count by one. Now, I always have to carry two IDs.:(
If the addicts all go up to the kitchen, and there's no meth to be had, the cook is going to say "All you addicts go and buy me 3 boxes today, 3 tomorrow at a different store, and you get a quarter off your next purchase."
Pretty soon there's gonna be a mile long line of meth addicts at the pharmacy.
I'm 21. When I/do/ get carded, usually its a swipe through a dumb machine that makes sure the information on the front matches the magstripe on the back. It doesn't connect to any database to check, not even, afaik, the ones at the PLCB Liquor Stores (Pennsylvania does not allow wine or spirits to be sold by private businesses).
Not only that, how is this a problem for anyone over 30? Once you're that old, you're not going to get carded. Even for people like me, I haven't been carded in a while because I always go to the same places!
But say you moved: The database would say "Mr. Lynn drank heavily all over town for about 3 days, and then stopped drinking altogether." - What bartender cards you every time you come in? One at the bar I wouldn't be at!
Thanks for clarifying the statistics. I'm an undergrad, and haven't taken enough statistics to be able to pull meaningful information out.
Another confounding variable would be the fact that there was a psychological test involved. Was the test designed by a psychologist? Were any biological tests involved to determine that those who indicated that they/could/ sense RF given? What kind of statistical analysis was made to determine the minimum score to be considered "able to sense RF radiation"?
Doctors don't necessarily make good psychologists. On the other hand, psychologists probably aren't too great at designing a medical study (I'm studying human development, I know!).
1. 36 women and 35 men were selected for a study, and were checked by physicians to make sure that they didn't have any/other/ conditions that would, well, cause them to have trouble sleeping.
2. They were then classified into two groups. One, that said they could "detect" the effects of RF radiation, and another that said they could not.
3. The group as a whole was divided into two groups, both to be strapped into the "RF Machine", however, the machine would only be on for the "RF" group, not the placebo group.
4. The study reveals a statistically significant reduction in the time that it takes for one to reach deep sleep (1/3 of an hour for those exposed, 1/4 hour for those not exposed), and that Stage 4 sleep time is also reduced (37.2 min vs 45.5 mins respectively).
5. The study also says that/preliminary/ results show that those who SAID they could detect symptoms of RF exposure had increased headaches during exposure than those that did NOT say they could detect the symptoms of RF exposure. However, it does not give a statistical analysis.
Remember, this is labelled a "provocation study" that is "We're trying to narrow this down, now pick us apart." It even says that in the Discussion!
I wish I knew what the next rationale would be. But what's wrong with that? First, we (Americans) wanted freedom to practice our own religion. Then we wanted freedom to choose our own governance. Then, we demanded that that governance protected our right to speak freely, et cetera.
How is it not unfair for the market to demand all that is possible? It is possible - hell, it is even/less difficult/ to give me DRM-free, uncompressed music. They're getting there.
Personally, I want to be able to go to RIAA's website, spend about $150 or so, and have a license to consume as I please. After I pay that $150, I'm free to get the damn music where I want - the asshats in the SECURITY shirts can't take away my bootleg equipment at a concert, the asshats in the RIAA flak jackets cant take away my external HDD's for downloading on P2P, and they sure as hell can't fine my music store because I accidentally played a riff from a copyrighted tune with one of their goonies around.
Also, after/reading/ the article, I need to add this:
- In my analog world, free performances of intellectual property were given all the time. I was free to record them as I saw them. In my digital world, even though it may be much easier, I'm really not. In the analog world, playing a song in front of me too many times is going to result in something that all the *AA's must hate: a memory. In my head, I can make beautiful renditions of songs I've heard but never purchased. Not only that, but I can sing them - and I'm a good singer, so I might just piss off some artists!
I'm a college student, and I believe in intellectual property, and understand its value to society, HOWEVER:
- I was raised in an analog world, and now have my youth in a digital one. In my analog world, if a TV show came on when I couldn't watch it, I simply programmed the VCR and listened to my parents whine that they didn't know how to do so. In the digital world, if I am to record it using consumer equipment, at one day, those who are NOT in charge (Remember, those that are, that is, the USC, said it was OK.) can take away my right to do so. Therefore, I'm not going to give them the chance. I will use BitTorrent to time and format shift my television viewing.
- In my analog world, the only rule for renting a video was "Be kind, rewind." In the new digital world, I'm also told that I will be prevented from copying the video for my own personal use. I never had any use to before - a movie rental is just a 2 mile drive and $3.00, but since you decided to prevent me from doing so, my curiosity was provoked, and I will now copy the video just to say that I can.
- In my analog world, if I didn't like all the crap on an album the shills are trying to sell, I could purchase the single, and probably get a B-side or two with it. Now, I can't. Furthermore, with digital distribution, I'm asked to take a quality hit in order to help defray the costs of the distributor. Not likely. I'll download it.
- In my analog world, if I hear a song that I like, I can call up my favorite radio station, ask the DJ to play it, and then tape it. Unfortunately, due to payola and the ClearChannel buyout of my entire county, sometimes I can't do that - but it is still my right under US case law! In the digital world, however, RIAA tries to require safeguards to keep me from doing that. Therefore, if I hear a song on internet radio, I'm going to have no qualms in downloading an MP3 version of it.
- In my analog world, $20 used to be able to get you two movie tickets, two sodas, and a big ol popcorn. Now, when I go, I'm carded for the R movie (I'm twenty-one), searched for a camera (and I'm a slim person), and then charged upwards of $35 for a low-quality (DLP) show in a sticky auditorium. Being searched for a camera in order to watch a movie is too much, so I'm going to download it.
I'm not immoral. The powers that be simply think the rules should change now because it's a new system, and I'm sorry, they're not going to. If you try to take away what rights I had, I'm going to disregard/yours/.
Have you ever seen a CD that's been used a lot? Due to the way that a CD is made, it's more vulnerable up/top/ than on the bottom. Eventually, something will break the urethane "seal" on the label side, and cause the reflective layer to oxidize, or "rot". D'oh!
This can even happen without wear if there are any imperfections in the seal of either side!
Starting now, the twenty-second day of December, in the year of our Lord 2007, a new date format standard is now available for your consumption, known as Standard 1, because it's the first standard I have made.
YYYY-DD-MM. Not to be confused with the ISO format of YYYY-MM-DD. Please do not get confused.
Wait, you're supposed to watch downloaded TV shows on a PC monitor?
Shit, someone better hide that 30" 1080i Sanyo I have in my living room! They ESPECIALLY better hide my parents' new HDTV, THAT thing THINKS its a PC monitor, it has a DVI in!
Don't blow smoke and say "downloads won't work because nobody can hook a PC to a TV". You're wrong. It's one fucking cable.
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Too bad ads like that are the truth? I remember when Smuckers came out with that goop that was supposedly grape jelly and peanut butter together in the same can. I also remember my mother buying it the next day, and my brother and I taking turns stuffing our 4- and 6- year old hands in the jar to, well, basically paint or faces in it and down about 700 kcal. Any wonder I have to go to the gym 4 days a week to keep my BMR under 25?
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Until it catches fire. A burning beam falling on you sucks ass, but a sticky, 200kg blob of thermoplastic is going to be much, much worse.
5000 sqft is a lot? My apartment is 1200, and it's a /student/ apartment (albiet, 4BR/2BA)
Your sig is sooo fitting.
Dude, if your self-designed-and-built elevator to bring you from the basement to the kitchen uses more than $6 in energy to do so, you're going to have to give me your Geek License. Sorry.
Not quite 10 billion numbers. Area code can't start with 0 and exchange can't start with 0 (you'd dial the operator) or 1 (you'd be indicating it was a long-distance call), and the exchange can't end in 11- (that is, your phone number can't be (570) 911-2345 OR (570) 611-2345). I think there are additional limitations
I think that Federal rule still applies. I was on a Parks Service campground drinking with a few friends one time and the park police came by and saw the beers in our hands. We thought we were fucked, but he rolls his window down, says "You all 18?", we showed him our IDs, and he thanked us.
We all just kinda stood there... uhhh.... wtf? We had to get a 21 year old to BUY it why can we DRINK it?
No. I don't. I got one when I was 8, and then had the screen broken by the next day because it fell out my (hideously large) coat pocket.
My Nokia 3660? Out the window at 65MPH a few times and it still worked!
I already met a Boman. Her name was Beverly, and she wore combat boots.
Bwahaha. That's cool. I'm glad PSU isn't the only campus with the fake parties. And the administration claiming it was noise violations is full of shit. We've set up fake events in empty apartments, just to have four cops show up and pound on the door of some scared-shitless freshman who just got out of the shower.
/floor/ by adding junk to the system =)
Fuck em. Noise violation? Maybe they meant that they were raising the noise
Just wait until you get to the bar that says "No scan, no booz".
:(
State College, PA baby. When I turned 21, I went and got my "postcard" license to replace the underage "playing card" license, and they upped the duplicate count by one. Now, I always have to carry two IDs.
I love this one, they recently did it in PA.
But here's the catch: The power of addiction.
If the addicts all go up to the kitchen, and there's no meth to be had, the cook is going to say "All you addicts go and buy me 3 boxes today, 3 tomorrow at a different store, and you get a quarter off your next purchase."
Pretty soon there's gonna be a mile long line of meth addicts at the pharmacy.
What?
/do/ get carded, usually its a swipe through a dumb machine that makes sure the information on the front matches the magstripe on the back. It doesn't connect to any database to check, not even, afaik, the ones at the PLCB Liquor Stores (Pennsylvania does not allow wine or spirits to be sold by private businesses).
I'm 21. When I
Not only that, how is this a problem for anyone over 30? Once you're that old, you're not going to get carded. Even for people like me, I haven't been carded in a while because I always go to the same places!
But say you moved: The database would say "Mr. Lynn drank heavily all over town for about 3 days, and then stopped drinking altogether." - What bartender cards you every time you come in? One at the bar I wouldn't be at!
No, OLEDs are not backlit. That's the wonderful thing about the "LE" part of the acronym =)
Thanks for clarifying the statistics. I'm an undergrad, and haven't taken enough statistics to be able to pull meaningful information out.
/could/ sense RF given? What kind of statistical analysis was made to determine the minimum score to be considered "able to sense RF radiation"?
Another confounding variable would be the fact that there was a psychological test involved. Was the test designed by a psychologist? Were any biological tests involved to determine that those who indicated that they
Doctors don't necessarily make good psychologists. On the other hand, psychologists probably aren't too great at designing a medical study (I'm studying human development, I know!).
Why is this tagged psuedoscience?
/other/ conditions that would, well, cause them to have trouble sleeping.
/preliminary/ results show that those who SAID they could detect symptoms of RF exposure had increased headaches during exposure than those that did NOT say they could detect the symptoms of RF exposure. However, it does not give a statistical analysis.
Here's a layman's synopsis:
1. 36 women and 35 men were selected for a study, and were checked by physicians to make sure that they didn't have any
2. They were then classified into two groups. One, that said they could "detect" the effects of RF radiation, and another that said they could not.
3. The group as a whole was divided into two groups, both to be strapped into the "RF Machine", however, the machine would only be on for the "RF" group, not the placebo group.
4. The study reveals a statistically significant reduction in the time that it takes for one to reach deep sleep (1/3 of an hour for those exposed, 1/4 hour for those not exposed), and that Stage 4 sleep time is also reduced (37.2 min vs 45.5 mins respectively).
5. The study also says that
Remember, this is labelled a "provocation study" that is "We're trying to narrow this down, now pick us apart." It even says that in the Discussion!
expensive beer and crap wings, and hitting on the girls isn't as easy as doing it in a real bar where they're more likely to be drunk.
what's the policy for when some kid's jackass son (me, 15 or so years ago) understands the rm command?
I wish I knew what the next rationale would be. But what's wrong with that? First, we (Americans) wanted freedom to practice our own religion. Then we wanted freedom to choose our own governance. Then, we demanded that that governance protected our right to speak freely, et cetera.
/less difficult/ to give me DRM-free, uncompressed music. They're getting there.
How is it not unfair for the market to demand all that is possible? It is possible - hell, it is even
Personally, I want to be able to go to RIAA's website, spend about $150 or so, and have a license to consume as I please. After I pay that $150, I'm free to get the damn music where I want - the asshats in the SECURITY shirts can't take away my bootleg equipment at a concert, the asshats in the RIAA flak jackets cant take away my external HDD's for downloading on P2P, and they sure as hell can't fine my music store because I accidentally played a riff from a copyrighted tune with one of their goonies around.
Also, after /reading/ the article, I need to add this:
- In my analog world, free performances of intellectual property were given all the time. I was free to record them as I saw them. In my digital world, even though it may be much easier, I'm really not. In the analog world, playing a song in front of me too many times is going to result in something that all the *AA's must hate: a memory. In my head, I can make beautiful renditions of songs I've heard but never purchased. Not only that, but I can sing them - and I'm a good singer, so I might just piss off some artists!
I'm a college student, and I believe in intellectual property, and understand its value to society, HOWEVER:
/yours/.
- I was raised in an analog world, and now have my youth in a digital one. In my analog world, if a TV show came on when I couldn't watch it, I simply programmed the VCR and listened to my parents whine that they didn't know how to do so. In the digital world, if I am to record it using consumer equipment, at one day, those who are NOT in charge (Remember, those that are, that is, the USC, said it was OK.) can take away my right to do so. Therefore, I'm not going to give them the chance. I will use BitTorrent to time and format shift my television viewing.
- In my analog world, the only rule for renting a video was "Be kind, rewind." In the new digital world, I'm also told that I will be prevented from copying the video for my own personal use. I never had any use to before - a movie rental is just a 2 mile drive and $3.00, but since you decided to prevent me from doing so, my curiosity was provoked, and I will now copy the video just to say that I can.
- In my analog world, if I didn't like all the crap on an album the shills are trying to sell, I could purchase the single, and probably get a B-side or two with it. Now, I can't. Furthermore, with digital distribution, I'm asked to take a quality hit in order to help defray the costs of the distributor. Not likely. I'll download it.
- In my analog world, if I hear a song that I like, I can call up my favorite radio station, ask the DJ to play it, and then tape it. Unfortunately, due to payola and the ClearChannel buyout of my entire county, sometimes I can't do that - but it is still my right under US case law! In the digital world, however, RIAA tries to require safeguards to keep me from doing that. Therefore, if I hear a song on internet radio, I'm going to have no qualms in downloading an MP3 version of it.
- In my analog world, $20 used to be able to get you two movie tickets, two sodas, and a big ol popcorn. Now, when I go, I'm carded for the R movie (I'm twenty-one), searched for a camera (and I'm a slim person), and then charged upwards of $35 for a low-quality (DLP) show in a sticky auditorium. Being searched for a camera in order to watch a movie is too much, so I'm going to download it.
I'm not immoral. The powers that be simply think the rules should change now because it's a new system, and I'm sorry, they're not going to. If you try to take away what rights I had, I'm going to disregard
Have you ever seen a CD that's been used a lot? Due to the way that a CD is made, it's more vulnerable up /top/ than on the bottom. Eventually, something will break the urethane "seal" on the label side, and cause the reflective layer to oxidize, or "rot". D'oh!
This can even happen without wear if there are any imperfections in the seal of either side!
To: All Concerned Users
From: Vegeta99
Subject: New Date Format.
Starting now, the twenty-second day of December, in the year of our Lord 2007, a new date format standard is now available for your consumption, known as Standard 1, because it's the first standard I have made.
YYYY-DD-MM. Not to be confused with the ISO format of YYYY-MM-DD. Please do not get confused.
Wait, you're supposed to watch downloaded TV shows on a PC monitor?
Shit, someone better hide that 30" 1080i Sanyo I have in my living room! They ESPECIALLY better hide my parents' new HDTV, THAT thing THINKS its a PC monitor, it has a DVI in!
Don't blow smoke and say "downloads won't work because nobody can hook a PC to a TV". You're wrong. It's one fucking cable.
Too bad ads like that are the truth? I remember when Smuckers came out with that goop that was supposedly grape jelly and peanut butter together in the same can. I also remember my mother buying it the next day, and my brother and I taking turns stuffing our 4- and 6- year old hands in the jar to, well, basically paint or faces in it and down about 700 kcal. Any wonder I have to go to the gym 4 days a week to keep my BMR under 25?
You're right, not always.
48kHz DVD audio sampling rates really SHOULD be enough for anyone. Nobody can hear 24kHz.