Great, so we'll also be getting screwed by OREEEC (Organization of Rare Earth Element Exporting Countries) in addition to OPEC. I can't wait.
Hopefully we'll find alternatives for this looming shortage, as with the examples you mentioned (except for pyramid shims, never found anything else that works well). Maybe the reduction in size of circuits and other production improvements will compensate for the increased numbers of devices produced, keeping the amount of rare stuff used about the same.
Call me when I can get GeoMicroBrewing, then I'll be interested. (That would be the ability to get a high quality microbrew from a PDA, wherever I am. I suspect I have a long wait.)
Next up for them is creating 10 perfect (but miniature) bowling pins. This is all part of a misguided effort to bowl a perfect 300 game. Have to applaud the effort though.
Seriously, isn't this just a stopgap effort to mitigate some of the problems with the current standard? It sounds like the Watt balance technique mentioned in TFA is a much better idea. Hopefully the techniques used in the sphere effort can also be used elsewhere.
That's actually hidden in the released documents. You have to go to a specific page of the Excel portion, and by starting at a specific line and skipping the correct numbers of lines between read lines, the spec will be revealed. The exact details are left as an exercise for the morbidly curious.
I see an upcoming market for tattoos of old peoples faces. Be perfect if they put the image on their butt to obtain a decent 3-D effect. Put in your Yen, moon the machine, pick up your cigs.
I've seen the (local) news broadcasts fed to people in other countries, and some of it was even crappier than Fox. I actually saw newscasters holding up a newspaper and slowly reading the headlines to their audience. The ironic part is people from this country (you know who you are) are often picking on the quality of U.S. news reporting.
Definitely spam them. Spam them up and down. Spam them until they're blue in the face. Spam them until your fingers bleed. Put the other company as the sender of the spam.
The next day after you stop, send one modest advertisement (spam lite?) to the list, from your company.
Of course, this advice only applies if my name is not on the list.
(Note- this advice also does not apply if you have morals)
but maybe when we get there we could turn them into 20.3 Earth-sized planets in a decent orbit. We could also take the extra 0.3 and make a moon for each planet, or maybe something fancy like a ring. Who knows, by the time we actually figure out how to get there, we might be able to do this too...
Simple then. Turn off the magnetic field (after the anti-particle is stabilized), and see if the boom comes from the top or the bottom of the vacuum container. Or determine the vector in the magnetic field, turn off the field, and see where the impact location deviates from the expected path.
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Great, so we'll also be getting screwed by OREEEC (Organization of Rare Earth Element Exporting Countries) in addition to OPEC. I can't wait.
Hopefully we'll find alternatives for this looming shortage, as with the examples you mentioned (except for pyramid shims, never found anything else that works well). Maybe the reduction in size of circuits and other production improvements will compensate for the increased numbers of devices produced, keeping the amount of rare stuff used about the same.
Call me when I can get GeoMicroBrewing, then I'll be interested. (That would be the ability to get a high quality microbrew from a PDA, wherever I am. I suspect I have a long wait.)
Next up for them is creating 10 perfect (but miniature) bowling pins. This is all part of a misguided effort to bowl a perfect 300 game. Have to applaud the effort though.
Seriously, isn't this just a stopgap effort to mitigate some of the problems with the current standard? It sounds like the Watt balance technique mentioned in TFA is a much better idea. Hopefully the techniques used in the sphere effort can also be used elsewhere.
Adobe Makes FLESH Crawlable
My first thought was yes, it sometimes does make my flesh crawl, but why is this a headline here it isn't, um, let's not name the site.
Then I realized my mistake and thought well, that's nice but just not as interesting...
That's actually hidden in the released documents. You have to go to a specific page of the Excel portion, and by starting at a specific line and skipping the correct numbers of lines between read lines, the spec will be revealed. The exact details are left as an exercise for the morbidly curious.
if you are a left handed windows user...
Sounds like some obscure Jeff Altman insult...
I see an upcoming market for tattoos of old peoples faces. Be perfect if they put the image on their butt to obtain a decent 3-D effect. Put in your Yen, moon the machine, pick up your cigs.
Yacht, fancy house, nice car, holiday home etc etc.
Not after he receives my 'Request for assistance' letter from Nigeria...
I've seen the (local) news broadcasts fed to people in other countries, and some of it was even crappier than Fox. I actually saw newscasters holding up a newspaper and slowly reading the headlines to their audience. The ironic part is people from this country (you know who you are) are often picking on the quality of U.S. news reporting.
I think the public domain is the next target for the RIAA...
I bet they'll want the first instance of derivative works too...
Definitely spam them. Spam them up and down. Spam them until they're blue in the face. Spam them until your fingers bleed. Put the other company as the sender of the spam.
The next day after you stop, send one modest advertisement (spam lite?) to the list, from your company.
Of course, this advice only applies if my name is not on the list.
(Note- this advice also does not apply if you have morals)
but maybe when we get there we could turn them into 20.3 Earth-sized planets in a decent orbit. We could also take the extra 0.3 and make a moon for each planet, or maybe something fancy like a ring. Who knows, by the time we actually figure out how to get there, we might be able to do this too...
I think this is how Google started. Throw in some other random hardware and wait for the VC to come rolling in!
Is this a setup for one of those 'enlargement' ads?
The committee in charge of the mission decided that to avoid heat related issues, the probe would not go any closer to the Sun than the orbit of Mars.
I currently hold the patent on having the first clue on widely discussed topics. Sorry for all the chaos and discomfort.
Yeah, huge whales made out of solid CFCs apparently...
Tweedle-dumb?
It was in a EULA printed on the back of a doggy treat: 'By eating this buscuit, you agree to be bound and dissected by the terms of this agreement...'
Ok, I've seen some inattentive election judges, but how do they get away with that?
Election Judge- Next- you in the wheelbarrow- name?
Dead Voter- . . . .
EJ- Name please?
DV- . . . . . (limb falls off)
EJ- Sir, your name please!
Party Lackey crouching behind wheelbarrow- um, (looks at paper) John Smith, no Joe Smith this time...
EJ- Voting booth #4 Mr. Smith. Please leave your pickaxe and shovel by the door.
...when these printers are found guilty in court! Time to swap in the legal tray, before Bubba starts abusing the collator...
I thought it was early so they could dup it in time for the real anniversary.
Great idea, encourage it to build hands and a brain...
Simple then. Turn off the magnetic field (after the anti-particle is stabilized), and see if the boom comes from the top or the bottom of the vacuum container. Or determine the vector in the magnetic field, turn off the field, and see where the impact location deviates from the expected path.