They should have disguised it as an 8-track tape player.
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Just to play devil's advocate, is it possible that some of the 'off-the-scale-high' readings were in fact accurate, i.e. into the "this ship is now officially a flying coffin" area of the scale, and that NASA chose not to present it in that light to avoid further grief to the family (or astronauts themselves)? (i.e. no point distressing them by announcing that they are about to die and nothing can be done about it.)
How much before the actual breakup DID the ground crew know that it was doomed? (I'm sure we'll never know.)
Mr. Brownstone.
This doesn't negate the point of your post, which I agree with. MrB just happens to be the only GnR song that *I* personally like, and I do ocassionally hear it on the (local CC) radio.
I don't think he mentions it explicitly but I think this guy is still a teenager. Does anybody know for sure?
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I doubt that, since increased product placement and additional commercials in movie theatres hasn't brought down ticket prices
Ticket prices have gone up (to the point that I don't see movies in theaters very often) BUT ticket prices sure haven't increased as fast as the COST of making movies has, so I'd guess the producers are just using whatever increased revenue they get from product placement (probably a lot of dough) to create a bigger-budget movie for an ever-more technically sophisticated audience who wants to see "shit git blowed up".
My iBook (dual USB) is a little over a year old and tha battery still lasts between 2.5 - 3.5 hours depending on what I'm doing, just like when it was new. Maybe I'm just lucky. (ANd I don't cycle it often, it's plugged in 90% of the time.) I've had really good luck with my Inspiron too... it's almost two years old and I still get right at 4 hours (dual batteries.)
With 6 in 1 card readers for USB costing around $30 in the UK, its easy enough to transfer data between different card formats, provided you buy one that has a slot for each type rather than a slot or two that multitasks
...and provided you don't mind carrying a PC everywhere you go, which sort of negates the whole concept of carrying a PDA so you don't have to carry a PC everywhere you go.
My 800 MHz iMac seems much faster than my P4 2GHz. Maybe it's just me, but MHz isn't everything.
My 500mHz iBook seems about the same speed as my old PII-166. I'm not talking about number crunching or actual app speed, I just mean the SUBJECTIVE experience... screen redraws, windows opens, etc.
It's eerie how spot on that article is. I mean, when I was growing up, I would buy a copy of every single album I could find of certain artists, like ZZ Top or Queen. But nowadays, there just aren't any artists who can seem to pull that kind of longevity off, because the labels don't seem to be inclined to let them.
First-record deals are notoriously BAD for the artist. If the first turns out to be successful, they then try to renegotiate the contract for more money. The record companies are neatly sidestepping this process by simply abandoning the band after one (or maybe two) successes and finding a soundalike clone and publishing THEIR music under another bad-first-record deal.
I suspect more than likely she's been asked to resign by other rats who wants will pin some blame on her later, but that's still pretty much the same idea.
What's that for? Future DRM? Or is that just part of the "reference" design, something for OEM's to use as a scratchpad for later integration into the silicon?
I know these are stupid questions, I'm just curious.
The worst part about 10-digit local calls is never being sure whether it's free or toll.
Calling your neighbor across the street... probably not toll. Calling the local blockbuster... well, PROBABLY not. Calling a plumber you looked up in the phone book? No way to tell really, without committing to memory the HUGE tables of "local to" exchanges in the front of the phone book. (I used to develop automated calling systems and I've had to deal with this for years.)
It turns your phone bill into a reverse lottery every month.
AFAIK, the only way to completely erase everything from a hard disk is to smash it into little pieces with a hammer. Even after a format data is accessable, if you know how to get it.
Even after smashing it with a hammer, I wouldn't be surprised if the right people with the right equipment (tunneling scanning electron microscope possibly) could still read it. I recall a few years back some kiddy pr0n guy erased a bunch of his floppy disks with a magnet, then cut them up with scissors, and the FBI still managed to retrieve enough data to prosecute him.
For one, it depends on the type of device. The ones you see embossed on paper are essentially just antennae that resonate at a certain frequency. There are other versions that are MUCH more sophisticated, though, AND active to boot, and manufacturers ARE anticipating imbedding them in a lot of products permanently (if for no other reason than to save the stores the labor costs of removing them.)
Do you think the little mylar strips in US money are for COUNTERFEIT protection??? haha. Stack up a few 20's and it wouldn't be hard to spot them at all using the same technology (i.e. finding the resonant frequency of a passive radiator consisting of an array of mylar strips of known size stacked a known distance apart.)
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That's Pulitzer, moron.
I bet you don't think Dave Barry is funny, either.
Are you one of the retards who mods everything modded "+1 Funny" down?
Maybe it was an experiment.
you never guess but I can do that for $399
Do you get paid in grocery store coupons or something?
You can haul gravel all day in a Toyota pickup truck too, but I don't recommend it if you're depending on doing it for a living.
You have to be kidding.
Secret Government Property?
They should have disguised it as an 8-track tape player.
Just to play devil's advocate, is it possible that some of the 'off-the-scale-high' readings were in fact accurate, i.e. into the "this ship is now officially a flying coffin" area of the scale, and that NASA chose not to present it in that light to avoid further grief to the family (or astronauts themselves)? (i.e. no point distressing them by announcing that they are about to die and nothing can be done about it.) How much before the actual breakup DID the ground crew know that it was doomed? (I'm sure we'll never know.)
Mr. Brownstone. This doesn't negate the point of your post, which I agree with. MrB just happens to be the only GnR song that *I* personally like, and I do ocassionally hear it on the (local CC) radio.
I forget what the term is, but in economics there's a graph for this (like everything else)
I don't know about economics, but in psychology I believe this is called "regression toward the mean".
I don't think he mentions it explicitly but I think this guy is still a teenager. Does anybody know for sure?
I doubt that, since increased product placement and additional commercials in movie theatres hasn't brought down ticket prices
Ticket prices have gone up (to the point that I don't see movies in theaters very often) BUT ticket prices sure haven't increased as fast as the COST of making movies has, so I'd guess the producers are just using whatever increased revenue they get from product placement (probably a lot of dough) to create a bigger-budget movie for an ever-more technically sophisticated audience who wants to see "shit git blowed up".
My iBook (dual USB) is a little over a year old and tha battery still lasts between 2.5 - 3.5 hours depending on what I'm doing, just like when it was new. Maybe I'm just lucky. (ANd I don't cycle it often, it's plugged in 90% of the time.) I've had really good luck with my Inspiron too... it's almost two years old and I still get right at 4 hours (dual batteries.)
Yeah, I don't get that. Surely that sort of thing should be illegal.
I mean, talk about entering into a business deal in bad faith.
"should be". Well, the world is full of "should be's".
Unfortunately, the courts don't care about abstract notions like "right" and "wrong", it's all about the law, which is OFTEN "wrong".
With 6 in 1 card readers for USB costing around $30 in the UK, its easy enough to transfer data between different card formats, provided you buy one that has a slot for each type rather than a slot or two that multitasks
...and provided you don't mind carrying a PC everywhere you go, which sort of negates the whole concept of carrying a PDA so you don't have to carry a PC everywhere you go.
Woo hoo!
How can they afford it?
I noticed another great deal the other day too.... new Ferarris are coming with FLOOR MATS!
Well, at least you didn't call me a fucktard.
hahaha.
My 800 MHz iMac seems much faster than my P4 2GHz. Maybe it's just me, but MHz isn't everything.
My 500mHz iBook seems about the same speed as my old PII-166. I'm not talking about number crunching or actual app speed, I just mean the SUBJECTIVE experience... screen redraws, windows opens, etc.
I really love it, but fast IT'S NOT.
Oh, I was looking for something more sinister. hehe.
I don't actually have any morals, but if I did, I suppose I would probably not like the connection.
It's eerie how spot on that article is. I mean, when I was growing up, I would buy a copy of every single album I could find of certain artists, like ZZ Top or Queen. But nowadays, there just aren't any artists who can seem to pull that kind of longevity off, because the labels don't seem to be inclined to let them.
First-record deals are notoriously BAD for the artist. If the first turns out to be successful, they then try to renegotiate the contract for more money. The record companies are neatly sidestepping this process by simply abandoning the band after one (or maybe two) successes and finding a soundalike clone and publishing THEIR music under another bad-first-record deal.
Whoever modded this as a troll is retarded.
I suspect more than likely she's been asked to resign by other rats who wants will pin some blame on her later, but that's still pretty much the same idea.
Remember, the music industry is loosely associated with the war industry.
So noted.
Now tell me what the significance of that is? Should I worry about them dropping unsold CD's on my house?
What's that for? Future DRM? Or is that just part of the "reference" design, something for OEM's to use as a scratchpad for later integration into the silicon?
I know these are stupid questions, I'm just curious.
I can set it on my girlfriend's back, and type on her ass, allowing me to code AND fondle her at the same time.
The worst part about 10-digit local calls is never being sure whether it's free or toll.
Calling your neighbor across the street... probably not toll. Calling the local blockbuster... well, PROBABLY not. Calling a plumber you looked up in the phone book? No way to tell really, without committing to memory the HUGE tables of "local to" exchanges in the front of the phone book. (I used to develop automated calling systems and I've had to deal with this for years.)
It turns your phone bill into a reverse lottery every month.
AFAIK, the only way to completely erase everything from a hard disk is to smash it into little pieces with a hammer. Even after a format data is accessable, if you know how to get it.
Even after smashing it with a hammer, I wouldn't be surprised if the right people with the right equipment (tunneling scanning electron microscope possibly) could still read it. I recall a few years back some kiddy pr0n guy erased a bunch of his floppy disks with a magnet, then cut them up with scissors, and the FBI still managed to retrieve enough data to prosecute him.
RFID tags need to be printed on paper
Wrong.
For one, it depends on the type of device. The ones you see embossed on paper are essentially just antennae that resonate at a certain frequency. There are other versions that are MUCH more sophisticated, though, AND active to boot, and manufacturers ARE anticipating imbedding them in a lot of products permanently (if for no other reason than to save the stores the labor costs of removing them.)
Do you think the little mylar strips in US money are for COUNTERFEIT protection??? haha. Stack up a few 20's and it wouldn't be hard to spot them at all using the same technology (i.e. finding the resonant frequency of a passive radiator consisting of an array of mylar strips of known size stacked a known distance apart.)
I'm sure it would work.
Just be careful. Certain synthetic fabrics (nylon for one) will catch fire fairly quickly in a microwave.