Does anyone know how you desalinate stone objects like statues?
In the past, the most common way to clean and desalinate stone was to immerse it in a tank of water for a period of weeks or months. This process can cause considerable damage because it loosens friable stone and pigment from the stone surface. A better method was developed in the 1960s, by which a clay poultice (magnesium silicate and deionized water) is used to suspend a thin layer of water over the surface of the sculpture, like a cosmetic mudpack, sucking out both dirt and salts. This treatment minimizes the contact with water and also does less harm to the fragile surface of the sculpture.
And why it is necessary?
Because french fries tastes better with a little 2000 year old salt on it, and this was the only place to find it!
"With any luck we'll see Capt. Janeway ask the food replicator for a meal, and a personal pan pizza will materialize."
With any luck we'll see Capt. Janeway ask the food replicator for a meal, and Seven of Nine's cat suit will digitally drop off! That would be some freakin product placement!
This is not a troll, and it IS on topic. When sites like this post a review of new hardware, they should understand that they will get lots of hits from people trying to read the story. Having to put 16 hits (waiting each time) on this server (and related ad servers) to read one story is stupid. I don't care if they add in ad breaks between sections, but only make me hit the server once, and give me the whole story please. Tom's is just a guilty of this.
The funny part is, the idiot who moderated this down didn't even get it. Some computer jokes are older than the 2 years you have been on the scene newbie!
1. Point a system entry in your hosts file to a non-existant IP.
2. Put this system name into the address line of your browser.
3. Keep hitting refresh.
4. Repeat.
5. After 3 days, point the hosts entry back to a real system.
Redmond WA. Today Bill Gates announced that all *nix systems will halt with the September 9th coming of the S1B bug. MSNBC recommends that all *nix users switch to Windows XP before it is too late. Steve Balmer was reported to say how amazed he was that *nix could be so short sighted. XP was designed to be S1B compliant right from the start (after installing SP8 due sometime in September). All you Windows users will be kept safe from this, and should not consider going to any rogue operating systems at this time.
"bringing things that could take many hours down to seconds," said Olaf O. Storaasli, senior research scientist in Langley's analytical and computational methods branch.
Sure, you will now be able to do 3 hours of computer work in only 10800 seconds! Thanks goodness!
It's not the genra that is over. The superhero flick is formula that can still work. Unfortunately, the drivvel they are putting out in that genra sucks. The only way to tell one Steven Segal movie from another is by what jacket he is wearing. Everyting else is the same!
It is like somebody took a perl bot, and added the vars $JACKET_TYPE, $DEAD_FREINDS_NAME, $TOWN, $WORTHY_CAUSE_TO_SAVE, $BOSS_BAD_GUY_NAME. Poof, it can put out 50 scripts per minute!
-Spackler
-If you mod me, do I not sink?
Remember the DirectTV GAME OVER?
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NSA Inside?
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When DirectTV wanted to get rid of all the hackers, it did it one tiny bit at a time. One little code change here, one little code change there. Everyone thought they were all useless, small things. A couple months later, the last one goes in. BANG, all the hackers systems die. I would think that these changes, no matter how small they seem, should be looked at in their total effect, because the NSA is thinking in the long term (as always).
Do you still feel that the congress represents the opinions of the American people as a whole, or has it strayed into power for it's own sake. I ask this, as I look at the taxes taken directly out of my paycheck, because it adds up to sums that the government could NEVER collect from people if they didn't take it away from us before we even get it.
Amazon. Yeah, I know that sounds like a "duh" kind of answer, but they carry pretty much any book that is talked about on slashdot, and the prices will be better than your local B&N or Borders. Sombody mentioned a Perl Algorthm book here that might be helpful to me. Amazon had it in stock and I had it the next day at my work.
I just finished writing this bot (in perl of course). I ran it through the last 50 comments of this story, and it did keyword searching on many important sites. I then ran the results through a genetic algorithm, designed to enhance and clarify the results. I publish this result with pride in the computerized intelligence that brought it about. Here is what it said:
All your base are belong to us.
PS:I don't care. That was worth losing a bit of karma for!
It only lasts 48 hours? Finally, I can go back to see the picture of that 1U half rack plexiglass computer! I knew there was a reason that I kept that "Older Stuff" box turned on!
Most of the people who are installing MS operating systems multiple times, are the ones that newbies look to when they have a problem. I've reinstalled NT server at home at least 20 times. Not because it had problems, but because I was testing different things. Sure, I paid for my copy of NT server, but I'll be damned if I'm going to keep tossing Bill Gates money just so I can answer peoples questions. If I need to call MS every time I am reinstalling (usually at 2am), the software will be useless to me. My ME (which I tested for 2 days) was bootleg, but I only tried it to be able to answer questions (my answer was "don't").
Here is my answer to Microsoft: Go ahead. Put this new registration scheme in place. Nobody will buy this, because nobody will be able to help new people. Meanwhile, as you make it harder to use your product, Linux takes over the desktop as well. Please explain to me where your profits will be then? (jerks)
2/25/01 - Today I was reading slashdot. It's all I really ever do. I was hoping that nice CmdrTaco would post a story just as I hit the refresh button (fp rocks!), but I missed again. I knew I should have learned to program that perl script! I posted more goatse today as an AC. That really ticks off everyone. Most people are scared to click on links in comments now. When will they ever learn that ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US! I also read that Shoeboy is also posting as an AC to protect his Karma. When will he learn that Karma aint that important (Taco said so in the FAQ, so it must be true!). My mom just told me I should go to bed. Sleep tight diary, and keep all my secrets safe.
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Does anyone know how you desalinate stone objects like statues?
In the past, the most common way to clean and desalinate stone was to immerse it in a tank of water for a period of weeks or months. This process can cause considerable damage because it loosens friable stone and pigment from the stone surface. A better method was developed in the 1960s, by which a clay poultice (magnesium silicate and deionized water) is used to suspend a thin layer of water over the surface of the sculpture, like a cosmetic mudpack, sucking out both dirt and salts. This treatment minimizes the contact with water and also does less harm to the fragile surface of the sculpture.
And why it is necessary?
Because french fries tastes better with a little 2000 year old salt on it, and this was the only place to find it!
That
would
be
rediculous
!
-Spackler
California Gov. Gray Davis (an avid /. reader) just inking an order for 33,871,648 of these.
"With any luck we'll see Capt. Janeway ask the food replicator for a meal, and a personal pan pizza will materialize."
With any luck we'll see Capt. Janeway ask the food replicator for a meal, and Seven of Nine's cat suit will digitally drop off!
That would be some freakin product placement!
Distributed.net!
Watch my block total SOAR!
Them "Dutch Power Cows" are goin DOWN!
Now all I need is 1000 email accounts, and I'm in biz.
when I get mine is to watch a "time shifted" video tape of last nights news while jerking off!
The odd measurments, along with not being able to match up the sound would be worth the price of admission!
Re:What is this password?
a11_your_11s_aRe_BeLoNg_2_US
M$_0wnz_j00
This is not a troll, and it IS on topic. When sites like this post a review of new hardware, they should understand that they will get lots of hits from people trying to read the story. Having to put 16 hits (waiting each time) on this server (and related ad servers) to read one story is stupid. I don't care if they add in ad breaks between sections, but only make me hit the server once, and give me the whole story please. Tom's is just a guilty of this.
Yes, it is a big day for lowering my karma!
Me too!!!
The funny part is, the idiot who moderated this down didn't even get it. Some computer jokes are older than the 2 years you have been on the scene newbie!
1. Point a system entry in your hosts file to a non-existant IP.
2. Put this system name into the address line of your browser.
3. Keep hitting refresh.
4. Repeat.
5. After 3 days, point the hosts entry back to a real system.
I can't wait for the MSNBC story about this one.
Redmond WA.
Today Bill Gates announced that all *nix systems will halt with the September 9th coming of the S1B bug. MSNBC recommends that all *nix users switch to Windows XP before it is too late. Steve Balmer was reported to say how amazed he was that *nix could be so short sighted. XP was designed to be S1B compliant right from the start (after installing SP8 due sometime in September). All you Windows users will be kept safe from this, and should not consider going to any rogue operating systems at this time.
You better stand back, I'm not sure how big this thing will get!
"bringing things that could take many hours down to seconds," said Olaf O. Storaasli, senior research scientist in Langley's analytical and computational methods branch.
Sure, you will now be able to do 3 hours of computer work in only 10800 seconds!
Thanks goodness!
RIAA Wants Opt-In Filtering For Napster (Score:5, Funny as hell, but completely clueless!)
Dr. Vozknocker: Ok, now try this one, "Big floppy donkey dicks!"
Cartman: NO
Dr. Vozknocker: Success, the child doesn't want to swear!
-If you don't get it, should you really have mod points?
It's not the genra that is over. The superhero flick is formula that can still work. Unfortunately, the drivvel they are putting out in that genra sucks. The only way to tell one Steven Segal movie from another is by what jacket he is wearing. Everyting else is the same!
It is like somebody took a perl bot, and added the vars $JACKET_TYPE, $DEAD_FREINDS_NAME, $TOWN, $WORTHY_CAUSE_TO_SAVE, $BOSS_BAD_GUY_NAME. Poof, it can put out 50 scripts per minute!
-Spackler
-If you mod me, do I not sink?
When DirectTV wanted to get rid of all the hackers, it did it one tiny bit at a time. One little code change here, one little code change there. Everyone thought they were all useless, small things. A couple months later, the last one goes in. BANG, all the hackers systems die. I would think that these changes, no matter how small they seem, should be looked at in their total effect, because the NSA is thinking in the long term (as always).
-Spackler
Slowly wasting all that Karma I built up!
No consumer electronic equipment is worth a hoot until *nix runs on it!
-Spack
Sir,
Do you still feel that the congress represents the opinions of the American people as a whole, or has it strayed into power for it's own sake. I ask this, as I look at the taxes taken directly out of my paycheck, because it adds up to sums that the government could NEVER collect from people if they didn't take it away from us before we even get it.
-Spackler
Amazon. Yeah, I know that sounds like a "duh" kind of answer, but they carry pretty much any book that is talked about on slashdot, and the prices will be better than your local B&N or Borders. Sombody mentioned a Perl Algorthm book here that might be helpful to me. Amazon had it in stock and I had it the next day at my work.
I just finished writing this bot (in perl of course). I ran it through the last 50 comments of this story, and it did keyword searching on many important sites. I then ran the results through a genetic algorithm, designed to enhance and clarify the results. I publish this result with pride in the computerized intelligence that brought it about. Here is what it said:
All your base are belong to us.
PS:I don't care. That was worth losing a bit of karma for!
It only lasts 48 hours? Finally, I can go back to see the picture of that 1U half rack plexiglass computer! I knew there was a reason that I kept that "Older Stuff" box turned on!
Most of the people who are installing MS operating systems multiple times, are the ones that newbies look to when they have a problem. I've reinstalled NT server at home at least 20 times. Not because it had problems, but because I was testing different things. Sure, I paid for my copy of NT server, but I'll be damned if I'm going to keep tossing Bill Gates money just so I can answer peoples questions. If I need to call MS every time I am reinstalling (usually at 2am), the software will be useless to me. My ME (which I tested for 2 days) was bootleg, but I only tried it to be able to answer questions (my answer was "don't").
Here is my answer to Microsoft: Go ahead. Put this new registration scheme in place. Nobody will buy this, because nobody will be able to help new people. Meanwhile, as you make it harder to use your product, Linux takes over the desktop as well. Please explain to me where your profits will be then? (jerks)
-Spackler
2/25/01 - Today I was reading slashdot. It's all I really ever do. I was hoping that nice CmdrTaco would post a story just as I hit the refresh button (fp rocks!), but I missed again. I knew I should have learned to program that perl script! I posted more goatse today as an AC. That really ticks off everyone. Most people are scared to click on links in comments now. When will they ever learn that ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US! I also read that Shoeboy is also posting as an AC to protect his Karma. When will he learn that Karma aint that important (Taco said so in the FAQ, so it must be true!). My mom just told me I should go to bed. Sleep tight diary, and keep all my secrets safe.