I remember seeing the movie Tron, and I thought, how cool it would be if I had computergraphics like that in my computer (an Amiga 1000 at that time). And now, with the advancement of tehcnology, I can have.. without the need for a Cray Y MP! Sometimes technology is so beautiful, it brings tears in my eyes..
Model Cray Y-MP T90 Clock cycle 2.2 ns Theor. peak performance: Per processor 1.818 Gflop/s Maximal 58.2Gflop/s Main memory 8 GB Memory bandwidth: Single proc. bandwidth 21.8 GB/s No. of processors 2-32
Performance:
19.5 Gflop/s
28.8 Gflop/s
Note: The and values as given above stem from a 16 processor T90 (T916).
The T90 is the successor of the the Cray Y-MP C90 and in almost all respects the machines are similar. As in the C90, the number of arithmetic vector pipe sets is four. The performance of a full T90 CPU is slightly less than four-fold that of a maximal C90 system. This is brought about by lowering the clock cycle from 4.1 to 2.2 ns and by doubling the number of CPUs from 16 to 32.
The machines from Cray Research Inc. are at this moment the only ones with a memory bandwidth as seems optimal for vector processors: two operands can be loaded and one result can be stored in one cycle for each pipe set. For the C90 this meant that the relative bandwidth to the CPUs had to be doubled from 24 to 48 bytes/cycle. This has indeed been accomplished and observed results indicate that for the C90 the performance scales up with the clock cycle and the number of functional units.
The Cray Y-MP T90, C90, and M90 systems do not have separate scalar processors but scalar- and vector code have to share the same functional units. Theoretically, the absence of separate scalar processors might impair the throughput speed, however, in practice the drawbacks seem rather limited. [end of line]
The interesting thing was CRAY was selling a "CRAY on a chip" back in 1988.
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And in another 20 years who knows? Perhaps the first true VR world will be modelled after Tron. Flat colors, black/neon color scheme I for one would go for the functional yet apparently bland world where you could interact with other people rather than a small room where you alone could interact with such amazingly modelled items like a desk, a lamp, a vase, and the dust which collects on everything. Use the mips for something fun, rather than a useless, yet realistically rendered, 10 by 12 room!
Ah, but simple objects can be so much more in Cyberspace. A simple picture on the wall can be a doorway, a live viewing window, a slideshow, a control surface, etc...
A nice lamp could also take on exotic properties such as changing into a guard unit. If you have an enviromental alteration utility in the game world you could draw an object in mid-air and turn that glyph into a fuctional object. You could use the texture transform controls to convert a simple rug into a frictionless surface, a water well, a white-hot stove burner, etc. You could alter the object's mass, composition, movement variables, destruction fracture properties, location, etc.
Simply put, since the limitations of reality are no longer an issue and if there are proper memory usage optimization routines there is nothing beyond godhood that a person in control of the enviromental object properties can do. They can still squander system resources on infinite loops, complex math functions, and system consuming virals, fractals, and perfect rendering options. However a good Cyberspace would note when these things are occuring and choke the resources, memory consumption, and priorities available to bad processes so as not to slow the system to a bog. Only people with SuperUser priorities would be allowed to run these functions in a heavy-CPU tasking enviroment. It is not the rendering level that is key here, but what the story can say (and it is nice to see tidy animation once in a while without the boring steadycam single shot filmography of yesteryear in the rough birthing stages of 3D computer animation).
Did this story remind anyone of the 60s TV series "Emergency!" [halpin.com]?
Fireman John Gage wanted to invent a "Foam Grenade" to throw into fires for the firemans invention contest at one point. He also wanted to invent suction cup boots to walk up walls though, but I'm sure the series writers are grinning at this news.
[from the article] "In fact, the adhesive is so strong that a single seta can lift the weight of an ant. A million setae, which could easily fit onto the area of a dime, could lift a 20-kilo child. Our discovery explains why the gecko can support its entire body weight with only a single finger."
I take a look at this story and wonder - what threshold will I have to set to keep from seeing the really awful jokes? 12?
The only thing that would have been worse, is if they had been shaped like penises! Penii? How the hell...? What kind of discussion...? I'm at a loss for words.
You haven't noticed? FIRE EXTINGUISHERS ARE LONG, CYLINDRICAL, AND ROUNDED AT ONE END. Now they have some shiny balls to match. Where would you hang these balls? You guessed it, right under the standard fire extinguishers (as they are already in the right locations anyway).
BTW - If you visit the TYCO Fire & Security Products page you'll notice a certain company, "The Dong Bang Electronic Industrial Co."
As was already written, "The jokes just write themselves". Reminds me of the time Redd Foxx died of a heart attack and nobody believed him or the Wang Corp got a class-action repetitive stress lawsuit filed against them.
You should figure out how to dispose of them safely. They are full of carbon tetrachloride, which is not only an excellent flame suppressant, but also a rather nasty carcinogen. I remember that when we sold my grandparents' house (purchased 1938), there were still a bunch of these things hanging around, waiting to deform future generations. I forget what we did with them (nothing responsible, I'm sure).
Okay, the first thing to remember is that this phosgene gas occurs when the gas in these balls are heated. Phosgene gas occurs naturally in chloroform bottles as well, so the balls contents may already have decayed into phosgene gas.
The good news is this gas decays into Carbon Dioxide and Hydrochloric Acid in water (which it does in the lungs and also damages the lungs). So there are a few methods of eliminating the gas that comes to mind. One is to bust the globes in a rainstorm in a open field. The water will react with the gas and decompose it to harmless levels. Another method would be to bust them in a running shower, but given the dangers of opening them in a closed unventilated environment I would urge strongly against it.
Another method is just to bust them open in a wide open area with a strong wind blowing to disperse the vapors. These vapors are dangerous in confined areas with minimal ventilation. So that is all you readers need to do to get rid of them if you find these ancient fire extinguishing balls. Another good choice is to let your local fire department dispose of them after making certain they know what they are (though there is a slight chance they'll end up in an auction booth or on eBay given that they are antiques).
Said vapor containing significant amounts of
phosgene [jtbaker.com] gas, which
was one of the poisonous gases used in World War I.
Most deadly because lethal exposurelevels were not
noticed by soldiers until it was too late.
http://lists.buffalonian.com/wnyhistory-digest/200 109/msg00040.html
"(wnyhistory) The History of Chemical Warfare and Western New
York and Phosgene Gas"
Phosgene is a gas of high density, with an odor
much like that of decaying hay or grain, is little, if at all, irritating to the
eyes and has no irritant action on the skin. Its presence, therefore, was
perceived with difficulty and men were gassed before they were aware of exposure
in World War I, never even putting on their masks. In WWI it went by the names
"creeping death" and "mustard gas". It is roughly 2-times heavier than air and
would "creep" down into trenches, flowing down hills into low lying areas,
including areas like the trenches dug by the troops for protection. When in the
trenches victims at first did not realize they were breathing it in, thinking
they were smelling fresh cut grass or hay breathed in deeply, thinking of home.
They often "woke up dead" in the morning from what was called "dry land
drowning" (pneumonia). The main producers in our area are VanDeMark Chemical and
Twin Lakes Chemical. Of course we no longer produce such agents for war, and
Phosgene has a number of uses in modern industry including pharmaceuticals
and plastics.
[ More info on that page
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With a name like that I expect some very tight underpants.
"Fire Extinguisher Balls! To the rescue!"
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What if you could hack somebody's suit. You could way beyond puting a "Kick Me" sign on their back, you could make it display the image of a naked body, sorta making them look like they are naked at first glance (just wait till they stand up to give their speach first hehehe) or put a scrolling marquee on their back saying anything you want. Put "Kiss it" on their butt. You could put a woman's bra size on boobs, or target circles, or "Silicon inside" or "They ARE real, and they're spectacular"
Oh the endless possibilities.
Uhmmm... isn't the purpose of a practical joke like this to embarrass the receiver?
You've got to remember that this is the era of the "I'm with Stupid -->" T-Shirts and "Tittie Inspector" caps. These might be effective on my grandmother, but not always a parent of cousin. It certainly would scare my sisters or me. It would greatly amuse my neice and nephews. To put it bluntly, if you could imagine somebody paying $15 for a T-Shirt or $40 for pants then it wouldn't make a great practical joke. As for the "naked backside" line of clothing, have we forgotten the "naked apron" line of wear?
I don't like the way the law is written, either, and I don't like government regulation of technology, however... ARTISTS HAVE THE RIGHT TO CONTROL THE FRUITS OF THEIR LABOR!!!
Believe it or not, it takes real thought and work to produce music and other artistic expressions. The creations are each unique. The bullshit argument that "the people who copy wouldn't have paid for it anyway" doesn't fly. Things distributed in limited quantity have value. The mere act of copying devalues music, just like a counterfeit painting devalues the original.
And the legitimate alternative is "This MONA LISA will self-destruct in 1 year unless you renew your viewing license! You are on day 364 of your viewing allowance! All attempts at photographing or redrawing this MONA LISA will immediately void your license regardless of your previous fee payments and also voids your right of refund!"
Yeah... the no-copy society sure adds value. There is another way of regarding this mindset - EXTORTION. Pardon me if I will ignore all "ART" under these conceptual limitations. The mindset of science is "Publish or Perish". If you don't share your ideas they simply die when you die. Creative information unshared is WASTED and DESERVES TO PERISH.
Imagine a social upheaval that destroys most of the original work and artists. If that work remains uncopyable then it is certain to be lost forever. There is another form of social upheaval that is always present - TIME. The art that has shaped our society remains in PUBLIC collections and not private homes (which can burn down more easily and destroy that art forever). Certainly well-maintained and loved private collections can become a wealth of public value only if they are later shared with the public.
To make a living in the artist's lifetime there must be some copy control. However, in the public's interest the artist must release that copy control so as to ensure their work survives past their limited lifetime. No matter how great the artist the work will not survive their lifetime if they keep it under private control.
The best example you can regard at this time is in the genre of computer games and emulators. Without rampant piracy from that era - EVERY SINGLE GAME AND PROGRAM OF THAT TIME WOULD BE LOST! Think about it. There may have been some financial loss to the artists of that time, but the cost is offset by the value given to later generations by these "concerned collectors". Private individuals will dispose of their old software and hardware when something better comes along at a reasonable price. Pirates will keep their collections intact and transfer it to the new media formats for the later generations regardless of whether they can get some immediate financial returns from the effort. Hell, I honestly feel bad when a software piracy ring gets busted purely because of the long-term value they provide as private archivers. Sure there are public archivers, but they do not keep copies of corporate software because of the fear of piracy. Which means the public archivers have most shareware, freeware, and really crappy freeware. Even though piracy is regarded as wrong it still provides value in the long term that the short term mindset NOCOPY CROWD PERISHES FROM.
Think about it as we return to the age of DONGLES, KEY DISKS, COPY BLOCKS, and other archival-unfriendly methods which kill the joys of our day to future generations. You know what is even more sad? Games today are released with patches being released weeks afterward for obvious bugs. If our future generations want to play the games that thrilled us then, they most likely will not have the patches available that made the games tolerable and will see the bug-filled mess that we endured pre-patched.
Oh, for the love of god. For the nth time, it's viruses, not virii. One of the characteristics of the English-speaking geek culture is the use of specialized jargon or shibboleths; but another characteristic is an above-average emphasis on correctness and precision. Using a made-up word like "virii" doesn't make you cool; it makes you sound stupid.
Ah, but you forget the cardinal rule of the English language: "If enough people use it - even though incorrect - it becomes a word by sheer force of numbers."
Take "Arkansas" being pronounced "Ark-an-saw". Enough people in that state hated their state being referred to as related to Kansas (or OUR-KANSAS) and thusly it became a rule (a stupid rule yet a rule nonetheless).
Another example is "Nonetheless" being one word. Is it proper to have a phrase become one word "alike" other words "awhile" we find more examples? Well, that's just too bad. If enough people decide "Virii" is the proper plural for "Viruses" then it becomes proper (though wrong by grammatical standards). Think about that and perhaps you could explain the "Rite = Right" or "Lite = Light" trend.
What exactly is the "Rite-Aid" chain of stores? The location to buy supplies for rituals? Or is it the place where "Right" people find "Aid"?
We can gripe all we wish, but the tyranny of the majority wins in the grammar wars.
Ah damn! I hit the return key by accident. I didn't finish the thought.
The next line was to be:
But that was in the days before the direct sales print-to-demand mindset of today. As with all entertainment media - it is a gamble. Entertainment by its nature is pure supply-side economics. Toss your money, efforts, and dreams into the wind and pray you have more blow back into your lap. The same rule holds for basic novel retailing. Print what you think will sell and pray you get at least your invested money back before the creditors come knocking at the door.
I brought up comic books as that is pretty much a vibrant dynamic of the retailing of the entertainment media in a microcosm. The ebb and flow of tidal demand are ever evasive and depends on factors of previously pleased customers, quality of the immediate product, quality of the past products, brand recognition, crossover identification sales (team up issues and super team issues), duplicated high-sales demand titles(the 4 Wolverine monthly books - the 4 Superman titles - 3 Spiderman titles - etc... but that has changed recently too), genre specific issues, merchandising tie-ins (GI JOE, the TRANSFORMERS, SMURFS, BARBIE, TOMB RAIDER, etc...), etc...
Again, to repeat the basic truth - it's a gamble. If you can cover your bases enough to ensure a profit over fluxes in loss leaders you can take enough money home to pay the talent and still be able to buy something nice each week.
Most books have under their covers the warning, [ Sale of this book without a front cover may be unauthorized. If this book is coverless, it may have been reported to the publisher as "unsold or destroyed" and neither the author nor the publisher may have received payment for it. ] And that refers to the cover reimbursement deal which comic book retailers used to enjoy.
I do wonder what the legal penalties for denying the legality of the First Sale Doctrine? Since there is no legal standing for the bullshit EULA you found, I wonder if it is void of all other legal protections (putting it immediately into public domain or would have to be recalled and destroyed for violation of the First Sale Doctrine)?
I apologize for splitting the message, but that damn return key is too close to the SHIFT key when I type too fast.
I ordered a copy of book 3 of George RR Martin's "Song of Ice and Fire" series from amazon.co.uk (on the Voyager imprint) since it's not available here yet. Inside on the copyright notice page is a EULA which basically says that the first sale doctrine does not apply and the book is only to be sold new.
What. The. Hell...
In comic books (if not a direct sales line)when the store orders an amount the unsold issues are shipped back for a refund. The retailer tears off half the cover and sends those as proof of delivery. The comic book producer then repulps the unsold comics and the store that ordered the comic books gets some money back.
I actually brought one of these from Japan! It is the best thing that I ever owned!! The seat stays warm (perfect for those late night hacking session bathroom breaks after too much Taco Bell). It is definitally cleaner then just plain paper:-) The warm water really cleans the backside well.
Every one of my friends who tried it were all very impressed by my captians chair, and a few of them actually bought one in the States.
Word of adivce, if you import you have to change from Metric->US, and I suggest you get a Transformer (you don't want to fry the computer)
Regards, The Happy Toliet Dude
Reading that bit in an article about toilets and thinking "Transforming Toilets" left me chuckling and frightened.
My fiance has given me permission to post that she likes to use Huggies Supreme Care Baby Wipes
No shame in that. There is a growing trend for people who prefer to use wet wipes over the current dry wipe method. In fact, the major toiletry makers are actually researching sellable products right now (read it in a science magazine) but lack at this moment market penetration to consumer acceptance.
Anything which can be decrypted is going to be breakable. It may take a good deal of effort, but I don't believe there's any such thing as 'unbreakable' encryption. After all, the data has to be decryptable at some point or it's useless.
And what about the LIARS POKER method? This was detailed in a Scientific American article from a few years back. The idea is to create a huge randomized key which both senders have (ergo in the Liars poker game, two dollar bills serial numbers). The exchange begins with one side saying, "I believe if you add the digits at locations 567, 9984, and 12355 the resulting number is 13." And so on for a few thousand exchanges. Then the other sender gets the chance to play. Then they use known location data on the other person's computer which hasn't been exchanged yet in the previous inquiries to encrypt their data. The receiver then has only a small keyspace to translate the message back to the original.
The problems fall back to the need for a physical exchange of data files. That is why trapdoor encryption is just so seductive and ultimately doomed to be openly cracked like an eggshell in the next 12 years. Brute force is getting much easier with every innovation and stifling that is futile.
It's good they are back. It was a great way to view stuff I'd never have a chance to actually watch on TV. Bandwidth costs must be HUGE!
To me it spelled certain doom on the advertisement model of internet revenue. I mean, they were showing only ADVERTISEMENTS from a variety of sponsors and they still couldn't get enough money to pay for the site?!?
How that revenue concept could have failed by any measure of the imagination simply boggles me. I mean, they were showing advertisements which is supposed to be a major profit revenue right now.
Yes I can understand the bandwidth costs, but they were getting people to watch advertisements WILLINGLY. That in itself is amazing to the rational mind. So how could this business model fail?
Think about it. People pay hard-earned money to wear advertisements for some corporation's products on T-Shirts. And they love it! Is this not BIZARRE? It started with the corporations paying people to wear their shirts. Then the corporations gave the shirts away. Then, people who felt left out of the promotional food chain and wanted to be part of the "in crowd", sought out corporate T-Shirts to wear too. Then the corporations began to CHARGE MONEY to WEAR THEIR ADVERTISEMENTS. And the people PAID THE MONEY to ADVERTISE FOR THE CORPORATION! That led to people buying tons of merchandise with corporate logos and mascots for no rational reason. After all, everyone loves Pizza Hut's Noid character, huh?
Isn't that insane?!?
So dear readers, WHY DID WWW.ADCRITIC.COM fail when they had a dedicated audience?
I think the use of spare fart cycles is an excellent way to support science, but...
Each project has it's own benefits. I completed 5000 [www.farts.com] fart units and now I am looking for prime farts [www.farts.net]. If you feel that strongly about medical fart research, then good for you. I did not like the bandwidth problems [www.fartfarm.com] kept running into. I decided my spare fart cycles would be better spent elsewhere. I share the same concern others have expressed about how the medical fart research data will be used. Some companies think they can patent my farts:(
I recommend that people look at all of the distributed farting projects. I suggest that you can support more than one. We can learn from all of them.
BTW, Breaking Wind: Legendary Farts [http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/fart.html] supports Literacy. Maybe I will get back those beans I have been donating for the last few years;-)
as well as the solar radiation on the moon and extreme heat (+250 degrees in the sunlight, -250 degrees in the shade) which for some strange reason didn't affect any of the film in their cameras. Remember that three weeks after Hiroshima, residual radiation was enough to ruin most photo negatives; the radiation in deep space and from the sun is much more intense.
Uh, the cameras could have lead shielding and LEAD GLASS (lead glass [def] glass that contains lead oxide and that has a high refractive index and optical dispersion; used in the manufacture of optical glass, in high-quality crystal glassware, and for radiation shielding.) What do you think they used?
Hint: Google search [ lead glass x-ray ] Hint: Google search [ lead shielding thickness ]
Yeah, Mormon Martian Missionaries. By the time everyone in the trip reaches Mars they'll all be married and pregnant. Which means they should pack for colonization because they'll have more mouths to feed if they start heading back. Hey, at least they'll have accurate genealogical records.
And I thought reactionless thrusters were impossible... Can some physics guys help us out here?
Ionic propulsion. Another method is to put a pulsed electromagnet which repels the ionized air (ionized air is vulnerable to magnetic fields) between the charge pulses. There isn't much thrust over a single flat surface, but that can be improved drastically by increasing the surface area of the cathode over the anode. The downside on this method is radioactive emissions. The surface area of the cathode can be increased cheaply by a network of small wires pointing vertically perpendicular toward the anode (preferably a screen like a screen door screen). The electromagnet is placed behind the cathode so that it's field can be charged full-strength as the air is ionized.
The other problems with this method lays in the heat generation, rapid corrosion of the electrified surfaces, and required power levels. On the upside the propulsion surface and discharge plates can be shielded as only the repelled ionized air is needed for thrust and the intake ports can be shielded well from emitting radiation.
If it's channeling millions into Google's hands, and out of the COS's, then why not?
Sure, they get some advertising. Like anyone with half a brain isn't going to laugh them off anyway.
Let's see, money from anti-$cientologi$t$. Money from the idiot cult. Profile advertising. Attempts to suppress the other side. Takes case before Supreme Court over the right to post anti-Co$ ads. More money for Google. Clams shoot themselves even worse in the foot.
Sounds peachy to me.
OTIII tech makes you immune to all poisons. Drink Drano to prove you are not a suppressive criminal. Drano is used in soap to make the WOGS vulnerable to the Psychs. OTIII makes you immune to the poison. Consume the Drano. You have been audited clear to OTIII. You are safe. Do not be suppressive. Doubt is for the WOGS. OTIII is powerful tech. Do not doubt the power of the tech. Consume the Drano. You thirst for it. Drink the Drano. You are OTIII. You are not a criminal pawn of the Psychs. Drink it.
(Feel free to use it as a signature.) Yes it is EVIL. But so is a cult of zombie non-thinkers. Use the evil against itself.
Leaving out the nutjob aspects of Scientology, the system has quite a bit of very powerful techniques that are useful (though quite antisocial) in perceiving the world.
1) figure out who is holding you back from your dreams and eliminate them from your life.
2) The law exists to protect you. It can be made to serve you as well.
3) Others are useful insofar as they are useful. (Circular? Yes)
Essentially, forget that other people are deserving of respect, and don't let guilt stand in your way. Guilt is not natural because it comes from "thetans", so it is necessary to realize that you are not responsible for reacting to the guilt.
Free yourself from the idea that you exist in a society and you can expand your options 100-fold.
It's amazing that more Scientologists don't end up in jail, actually.
Damn right. This sounds like a program to turn people into arrogant manipulators lacking all slivers of compassion. Or basically, a people user, a conman, a thief, a wanton crook, a sociopath, an exploiter, a pimp, and/or a Republican (which would explain why George Worthless Bush is money-grubbing and had $cientologi$t$ running his Texas departments. George Worthless Bush could be a secret $cientologi$t!)
I can duplicate their success plan and refine it. 1) Find lonely woman with no feeling of self-worth. 2) Propose to her then marry her within the first month. 3) Get access to her finacial papers, forge her signature so all she owns belongs to you, make certain you are the only beneficiary in the will too (have an identical will forged and leave the original with her if she's smart enough to realize this is her guarenteed murder signal). 4) After stressing her out with problems you create, give her sleeping pills, and then when she's out cold, smother her with the pillow or continue feeding her more sleeping pills until she's dead (this step is easier if you bribe the medical examiner ahead of time to write "suicide" or "natural death"). 5) If her relatives bother you, kill them too. 6) Cash in the windfall. 7) Find another woman along the same guidelines (this time you can either dazzle her with your money or play the poor game again).
Congratulations! You're now a Scientologist!
The only thing that would make this even better is to create a legal defense team of fellow murdering conmen and perhaps if you are really bold, claim it as a religion! Join now and you can have an entire support staff in the thieves guild of Scientology! If you're willing to dispose of all concepts of morality, love to get money by hurting / exploiting / murdering other people then this is your ideal support club!
The problem with the mafia is they were never this bold and never this ruthless to their inquisitors. The only thing stopping you is the laws against RACKETEERING and EXTORTION. Isn't that sad for the honest, hard working, and gullible world? It sure would be bad if someone used the HARRASSMENT and SLAVERY laws against you? After all, a 1000 year contract is JUST LEGALIZED SLAVERY which is a violation of our fine American Constitution.
By the way, OTIII Scientologists are immune to illness and poison. Some have even seen OTIII tech auditors fly off high structures. If you are OTIII you are immune to poison. This has always been true. OTIII tech renders all poisons harmless. It is that powerful. Refusal to test this truth is a sign you are suppressive. Supressive individuals are criminals. You must consume Drano to prove you are OTIII. Drano is not poison to people who have passed the OTIII audit. It is only poison to WOGS. That is why Drano is used in soap. It helps keep the WOGS sick and vulnerable to the Psychs. Do not be suppressive. Prove you are OTIII - Consume the Drano. Do not be suppressive. Do not doubt the tech of OTIII. Consume the Draino.
Yes, that WAS EVIL. And so is Scientology. Either way there will be a few less trolls here. I despise idiots that believe everything they read. The Darwin Awards would have claimed the clams in some other way and this seems the easiest.
But I don't think this concept is unique to email. You can actually throw real dinkum physical mail in the trash and claim you never received it either.
When are people going to realise that most things you can do in the digital world are simply metaphors of things that can already be done in the analog world? Sheesh!
Why at this moment I'm downloading in my pants. Hyuk Hyuk Hyuk! Any more obvious insights to share?
Or even the toilet seat. Low level current should be enough to keep it nice and toasty. Really would only need a few degrees above room temp to be MUCH more comfortable
There are heated toilet seats purchasable.
The problem, as with all great inventions, is the idiot factor. Joe Schmoe cracks the toilet seat or busts the wires with wear. One dark night he stumbles into the bathroom, whizzes on the seat, salty urine hits electric current, and it's "Don't Whizz on the Electric Fence" time. And then we get another lawyer-flinging spurious lawsuit or Darwin Awards candidate.
Don't underestimate the Idiot Factor. $cientogi$t$ would be a long extinct class of vicious nutball without it.
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I remember seeing the movie Tron, and I thought, how cool it would be if I had computergraphics like that in my computer (an Amiga 1000 at that time). And now, with the advancement of tehcnology, I can have.. without the need for a Cray Y MP! Sometimes technology is so beautiful, it brings tears in my eyes..
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We're getting DAMN close.
[From this website]
http://www.netlib.org/benchmark/top500/reports/re
1.1.2 The Cray Y-MP T90 (Triton)
Machine type: Shared-memory multi-vectorprocessor.
Models: Y-MP T90.
Operating system: UNICOS (Cray Unix variant).
Compilers: Fortran, C, C++, Pascal, ADA.
System parameters:
Model Cray Y-MP T90
Clock cycle 2.2 ns
Theor. peak performance:
Per processor 1.818 Gflop/s
Maximal 58.2Gflop/s
Main memory 8 GB
Memory bandwidth:
Single proc. bandwidth 21.8 GB/s
No. of processors 2-32
Performance:
19.5 Gflop/s
28.8 Gflop/s
Note: The and values as given above stem from a 16 processor T90 (T916).
The T90 is the successor of the the Cray Y-MP C90 and in almost all respects the machines are similar. As in the C90, the number of arithmetic vector pipe sets is four. The performance of a full T90 CPU is slightly less than four-fold that of a maximal C90 system. This is brought about by lowering the clock cycle from 4.1 to 2.2 ns and by doubling the number of CPUs from 16 to 32.
The machines from Cray Research Inc. are at this moment the only ones with a memory bandwidth as seems optimal for vector processors: two operands can be loaded and one result can be stored in one cycle for each pipe set. For the C90 this meant that the relative bandwidth to the CPUs had to be doubled from 24 to 48 bytes/cycle. This has indeed been accomplished and observed results indicate that for the C90 the performance scales up with the clock cycle and the number of functional units.
The Cray Y-MP T90, C90, and M90 systems do not have separate scalar processors but scalar- and vector code have to share the same functional units. Theoretically, the absence of separate scalar processors might impair the throughput speed, however, in practice the drawbacks seem rather limited.
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The interesting thing was CRAY was selling a "CRAY on a chip" back in 1988.
Intel 860 (1988). 'Cray-on-a-chip'. Scary!
http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/jbayko/cpu5.html#Sec5
And in another 20 years who knows? Perhaps the first true VR world will be modelled after Tron. Flat colors, black/neon color scheme
I for one would go for the functional yet apparently bland world where you could interact with other people rather than a small room where you alone could interact with such amazingly modelled items like a desk, a lamp, a vase, and the dust which collects on everything.
Use the mips for something fun, rather than a useless, yet realistically rendered, 10 by 12 room!
Ah, but simple objects can be so much more in Cyberspace. A simple picture on the wall can be a doorway, a live viewing window, a slideshow, a control surface, etc...
A nice lamp could also take on exotic properties such as changing into a guard unit. If you have an enviromental alteration utility in the game world you could draw an object in mid-air and turn that glyph into a fuctional object. You could use the texture transform controls to convert a simple rug into a frictionless surface, a water well, a white-hot stove burner, etc. You could alter the object's mass, composition, movement variables, destruction fracture properties, location, etc.
Simply put, since the limitations of reality are no longer an issue and if there are proper memory usage optimization routines there is nothing beyond godhood that a person in control of the enviromental object properties can do. They can still squander system resources on infinite loops, complex math functions, and system consuming virals, fractals, and perfect rendering options. However a good Cyberspace would note when these things are occuring and choke the resources, memory consumption, and priorities available to bad processes so as not to slow the system to a bog. Only people with SuperUser priorities would be allowed to run these functions in a heavy-CPU tasking enviroment. It is not the rendering level that is key here, but what the story can say (and it is nice to see tidy animation once in a while without the boring steadycam single shot filmography of yesteryear in the rough birthing stages of 3D computer animation).
Did this story remind anyone of the 60s TV series "Emergency!" [halpin.com]?
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Fireman John Gage wanted to invent a "Foam Grenade" to throw into fires for the firemans invention contest at one point. He also wanted to invent suction cup boots to walk up walls though, but I'm sure the series writers are grinning at this news.
All he had to do was wait for the GEKKO pads to be invented (also covered in a previous SLASHDOT issue).
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/scitech/DailyNews/
Now if they managed to emulate a REAL Gecko that would damn neat.
http://beyond2000.com/news_archive/story_656.html
[from the article]
"In fact, the adhesive is so strong that a single seta can lift the weight of an ant. A million setae, which could easily fit onto the area of a dime, could lift a 20-kilo child. Our discovery explains why the gecko can support its entire body weight with only a single finger."
I mean, I've spent the greater part of my adult life trying to keep my balls out of the fire.
I should mention that these balls release a white foam when they burst.
I also shriek when my balls are exposed to an open flame.
I take a look at this story and wonder - what threshold will I have to set to keep from seeing the really awful jokes? 12?
The only thing that would have been worse, is if they had been shaped like penises! Penii?
How the hell...? What kind of discussion...?
I'm at a loss for words.
You haven't noticed? FIRE EXTINGUISHERS ARE LONG, CYLINDRICAL, AND ROUNDED AT ONE END. Now they have some shiny balls to match. Where would you hang these balls? You guessed it, right under the standard fire extinguishers (as they are already in the right locations anyway).
BTW - If you visit the TYCO Fire & Security Products page you'll notice a certain company, "The Dong Bang Electronic Industrial Co."
As was already written, "The jokes just write themselves". Reminds me of the time Redd Foxx died of a heart attack and nobody believed him or the Wang Corp got a class-action repetitive stress lawsuit filed against them.
You should figure out how to dispose of them safely. They are full of carbon tetrachloride, which is not only an excellent flame suppressant, but also a rather nasty carcinogen. I remember that when we sold my grandparents' house (purchased 1938), there were still a bunch of these things hanging around, waiting to deform future generations. I forget what we did with them (nothing responsible, I'm sure).
Okay, the first thing to remember is that this phosgene gas occurs when the gas in these balls are heated. Phosgene gas occurs naturally in chloroform bottles as well, so the balls contents may already have decayed into phosgene gas.
The good news is this gas decays into Carbon Dioxide and Hydrochloric Acid in water (which it does in the lungs and also damages the lungs). So there are a few methods of eliminating the gas that comes to mind. One is to bust the globes in a rainstorm in a open field. The water will react with the gas and decompose it to harmless levels. Another method would be to bust them in a running shower, but given the dangers of opening them in a closed unventilated environment I would urge strongly against it.
Another method is just to bust them open in a wide open area with a strong wind blowing to disperse the vapors. These vapors are dangerous in confined areas with minimal ventilation. So that is all you readers need to do to get rid of them if you find these ancient fire extinguishing balls. Another good choice is to let your local fire department dispose of them after making certain they know what they are (though there is a slight chance they'll end up in an auction booth or on eBay given that they are antiques).
Said vapor containing significant amounts of phosgene [jtbaker.com] gas, which was one of the poisonous gases used in World War I. Most deadly because lethal exposurelevels were not noticed by soldiers until it was too late. http://lists.buffalonian.com/wnyhistory-digest/200 109/msg00040.html
"(wnyhistory) The History of Chemical Warfare and Western New
York and Phosgene Gas"
Phosgene is a gas of high density, with an odor
much like that of decaying hay or grain, is little, if at all, irritating to the
eyes and has no irritant action on the skin. Its presence, therefore, was
perceived with difficulty and men were gassed before they were aware of exposure
in World War I, never even putting on their masks. In WWI it went by the names
"creeping death" and "mustard gas". It is roughly 2-times heavier than air and
would "creep" down into trenches, flowing down hills into low lying areas,
including areas like the trenches dug by the troops for protection. When in the
trenches victims at first did not realize they were breathing it in, thinking
they were smelling fresh cut grass or hay breathed in deeply, thinking of home.
They often "woke up dead" in the morning from what was called "dry land
drowning" (pneumonia). The main producers in our area are VanDeMark Chemical and
Twin Lakes Chemical. Of course we no longer produce such agents for war, and
Phosgene
has a number of uses in modern industry including pharmaceuticals and plastics.
[ More info on that page ]
That was my nickname in college.
So where is your superhero costume?
With a name like that I expect some very tight underpants.
"Fire Extinguisher Balls! To the rescue!"
What if you could hack somebody's suit. You could way beyond puting a "Kick Me" sign on their back, you could make it display the image of a naked body, sorta making them look like they are naked at first glance (just wait till they stand up to give their speach first hehehe) or put a scrolling marquee on their back saying anything you want. Put "Kiss it" on their butt. You could put a woman's bra size on boobs, or target circles, or "Silicon inside" or "They ARE real, and they're spectacular"
Oh the endless possibilities.
Uhmmm... isn't the purpose of a practical joke like this to embarrass the receiver?
You've got to remember that this is the era of the "I'm with Stupid -->" T-Shirts and "Tittie Inspector" caps. These might be effective on my grandmother, but not always a parent of cousin. It certainly would scare my sisters or me. It would greatly amuse my neice and nephews. To put it bluntly, if you could imagine somebody paying $15 for a T-Shirt or $40 for pants then it wouldn't make a great practical joke. As for the "naked backside" line of clothing, have we forgotten the "naked apron" line of wear?
I don't like the way the law is written, either, and I don't like government regulation of technology, however... ARTISTS HAVE THE RIGHT TO CONTROL THE FRUITS OF THEIR LABOR!!!
Believe it or not, it takes real thought and work to produce music and other artistic expressions. The creations are each unique. The bullshit argument that "the people who copy wouldn't have paid for it anyway" doesn't fly. Things distributed in limited quantity have value. The mere act of copying devalues music, just like a counterfeit painting devalues the original.
And the legitimate alternative is "This MONA LISA will self-destruct in 1 year unless you renew your viewing license! You are on day 364 of your viewing allowance! All attempts at photographing or redrawing this MONA LISA will immediately void your license regardless of your previous fee payments and also voids your right of refund!"
Yeah... the no-copy society sure adds value. There is another way of regarding this mindset - EXTORTION. Pardon me if I will ignore all "ART" under these conceptual limitations. The mindset of science is "Publish or Perish". If you don't share your ideas they simply die when you die. Creative information unshared is WASTED and DESERVES TO PERISH.
Imagine a social upheaval that destroys most of the original work and artists. If that work remains uncopyable then it is certain to be lost forever. There is another form of social upheaval that is always present - TIME. The art that has shaped our society remains in PUBLIC collections and not private homes (which can burn down more easily and destroy that art forever). Certainly well-maintained and loved private collections can become a wealth of public value only if they are later shared with the public.
To make a living in the artist's lifetime there must be some copy control. However, in the public's interest the artist must release that copy control so as to ensure their work survives past their limited lifetime. No matter how great the artist the work will not survive their lifetime if they keep it under private control.
The best example you can regard at this time is in the genre of computer games and emulators. Without rampant piracy from that era - EVERY SINGLE GAME AND PROGRAM OF THAT TIME WOULD BE LOST! Think about it. There may have been some financial loss to the artists of that time, but the cost is offset by the value given to later generations by these "concerned collectors". Private individuals will dispose of their old software and hardware when something better comes along at a reasonable price. Pirates will keep their collections intact and transfer it to the new media formats for the later generations regardless of whether they can get some immediate financial returns from the effort. Hell, I honestly feel bad when a software piracy ring gets busted purely because of the long-term value they provide as private archivers. Sure there are public archivers, but they do not keep copies of corporate software because of the fear of piracy. Which means the public archivers have most shareware, freeware, and really crappy freeware. Even though piracy is regarded as wrong it still provides value in the long term that the short term mindset NOCOPY CROWD PERISHES FROM.
Think about it as we return to the age of DONGLES, KEY DISKS, COPY BLOCKS, and other archival-unfriendly methods which kill the joys of our day to future generations. You know what is even more sad? Games today are released with patches being released weeks afterward for obvious bugs. If our future generations want to play the games that thrilled us then, they most likely will not have the patches available that made the games tolerable and will see the bug-filled mess that we endured pre-patched.
Oh, for the love of god. For the nth time, it's viruses, not virii. One of the characteristics of the English-speaking geek culture is the use of specialized jargon or shibboleths; but another characteristic is an above-average emphasis on correctness and precision. Using a made-up word like "virii" doesn't make you cool; it makes you sound stupid.
Ah, but you forget the cardinal rule of the English language: "If enough people use it - even though incorrect - it becomes a word by sheer force of numbers."
Take "Arkansas" being pronounced "Ark-an-saw". Enough people in that state hated their state being referred to as related to Kansas (or OUR-KANSAS) and thusly it became a rule (a stupid rule yet a rule nonetheless).
Another example is "Nonetheless" being one word. Is it proper to have a phrase become one word "alike" other words "awhile" we find more examples? Well, that's just too bad. If enough people decide "Virii" is the proper plural for "Viruses" then it becomes proper (though wrong by grammatical standards). Think about that and perhaps you could explain the "Rite = Right" or "Lite = Light" trend.
What exactly is the "Rite-Aid" chain of stores? The location to buy supplies for rituals? Or is it the place where "Right" people find "Aid"?
We can gripe all we wish, but the tyranny of the majority wins in the grammar wars.
In comic books...
Ah damn! I hit the return key by accident.
I didn't finish the thought.
The next line was to be:
But that was in the days before the direct sales print-to-demand mindset of today. As with all entertainment media - it is a gamble. Entertainment by its nature is pure supply-side economics. Toss your money, efforts, and dreams into the wind and pray you have more blow back into your lap. The same rule holds for basic novel retailing. Print what you think will sell and pray you get at least your invested money back before the creditors come knocking at the door.
I brought up comic books as that is pretty much a vibrant dynamic of the retailing of the entertainment media in a microcosm. The ebb and flow of tidal demand are ever evasive and depends on factors of previously pleased customers, quality of the immediate product, quality of the past products, brand recognition, crossover identification sales (team up issues and super team issues), duplicated high-sales demand titles(the 4 Wolverine monthly books - the 4 Superman titles - 3 Spiderman titles - etc... but that has changed recently too), genre specific issues, merchandising tie-ins (GI JOE, the TRANSFORMERS, SMURFS, BARBIE, TOMB RAIDER, etc...), etc...
Again, to repeat the basic truth - it's a gamble. If you can cover your bases enough to ensure a profit over fluxes in loss leaders you can take enough money home to pay the talent and still be able to buy something nice each week.
Most books have under their covers the warning, [ Sale of this book without a front cover may be unauthorized. If this book is coverless, it may have been reported to the publisher as "unsold or destroyed" and neither the author nor the publisher may have received payment for it. ] And that refers to the cover reimbursement deal which comic book retailers used to enjoy.
I do wonder what the legal penalties for denying the legality of the First Sale Doctrine? Since there is no legal standing for the bullshit EULA you found, I wonder if it is void of all other legal protections (putting it immediately into public domain or would have to be recalled and destroyed for violation of the First Sale Doctrine)?
I apologize for splitting the message, but that damn return key is too close to the SHIFT key when I type too fast.
I ordered a copy of book 3 of George RR Martin's "Song of Ice and Fire" series from amazon.co.uk (on the Voyager imprint) since it's not available here yet. Inside on the copyright notice page is a EULA which basically says that the first sale doctrine does not apply and the book is only to be sold new.
What. The. Hell...
In comic books (if not a direct sales line)when the store orders an amount the unsold issues are shipped back for a refund. The retailer tears off half the cover and sends those as proof of delivery. The comic book producer then repulps the unsold comics and the store that ordered the comic books gets some money back.
Hi All,
:-) The warm water really cleans the backside well.
I actually brought one of these from Japan! It is the best thing that I ever owned!!
The seat stays warm (perfect for those late night hacking session bathroom breaks after too much Taco Bell). It is definitally cleaner then just plain paper
Every one of my friends who tried it were all very impressed by my captians chair, and a few of them actually bought one in the States.
Word of adivce, if you import you have to change from Metric->US, and I suggest you get a Transformer (you don't want to fry the computer)
Regards,
The Happy Toliet Dude
Reading that bit in an article about toilets and thinking "Transforming Toilets" left me chuckling and frightened.
My fiance has given me permission to post that she likes to use Huggies Supreme Care Baby Wipes
No shame in that. There is a growing trend for people who prefer to use wet wipes over the current dry wipe method. In fact, the major toiletry makers are actually researching sellable products right now (read it in a science magazine) but lack at this moment market penetration to consumer acceptance.
Anything which can be decrypted is going to be breakable. It may take a good deal of effort, but I don't believe there's any such thing as 'unbreakable' encryption. After all, the data has to be decryptable at some point or it's useless.
And what about the LIARS POKER method? This was detailed in a Scientific American article from a few years back. The idea is to create a huge randomized key which both senders have (ergo in the Liars poker game, two dollar bills serial numbers). The exchange begins with one side saying, "I believe if you add the digits at locations 567, 9984, and 12355 the resulting number is 13." And so on for a few thousand exchanges. Then the other sender gets the chance to play. Then they use known location data on the other person's computer which hasn't been exchanged yet in the previous inquiries to encrypt their data. The receiver then has only a small keyspace to translate the message back to the original.
The problems fall back to the need for a physical exchange of data files. That is why trapdoor encryption is just so seductive and ultimately doomed to be openly cracked like an eggshell in the next 12 years. Brute force is getting much easier with every innovation and stifling that is futile.
It's good they are back. It was a great way to view stuff I'd never have a chance to actually watch on TV. Bandwidth costs must be HUGE!
To me it spelled certain doom on the advertisement model of internet revenue. I mean, they were showing only ADVERTISEMENTS from a variety of sponsors and they still couldn't get enough money to pay for the site?!?
How that revenue concept could have failed by any measure of the imagination simply boggles me. I mean, they were showing advertisements which is supposed to be a major profit revenue right now.
Yes I can understand the bandwidth costs, but they were getting people to watch advertisements WILLINGLY . That in itself is amazing to the rational mind. So how could this business model fail?
Think about it. People pay hard-earned money to wear advertisements for some corporation's products on T-Shirts. And they love it! Is this not BIZARRE? It started with the corporations paying people to wear their shirts. Then the corporations gave the shirts away. Then, people who felt left out of the promotional food chain and wanted to be part of the "in crowd", sought out corporate T-Shirts to wear too. Then the corporations began to CHARGE MONEY to WEAR THEIR ADVERTISEMENTS. And the people PAID THE MONEY to ADVERTISE FOR THE CORPORATION! That led to people buying tons of merchandise with corporate logos and mascots for no rational reason . After all, everyone loves Pizza Hut's Noid character, huh?
Isn't that insane?!?
So dear readers, WHY DID WWW.ADCRITIC.COM fail when they had a dedicated audience?
Ponder that and wonder.
I think the use of spare fart cycles is an excellent way to support science, but...
:(
;-)
Each project has it's own benefits. I completed 5000 [www.farts.com] fart units and now I am looking for prime farts [www.farts.net]. If you feel that strongly about medical fart research, then good for you. I did not like the bandwidth problems [www.fartfarm.com] kept running into. I decided my spare fart cycles would be better spent elsewhere. I share the same concern others have expressed about how the medical fart research data will be used. Some companies think they can patent my farts
I recommend that people look at all of the distributed farting projects. I suggest that you can support more than one. We can learn from all of them.
BTW, Breaking Wind: Legendary Farts [http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/fart.html] supports Literacy. Maybe I will get back those beans I have been donating for the last few years
as well as the solar radiation on the moon and extreme heat (+250 degrees in the sunlight, -250 degrees in the shade) which for some strange reason didn't affect any of the film in their cameras. Remember that three weeks after Hiroshima, residual radiation was enough to ruin most photo negatives; the radiation in deep space and from the sun is much more intense.
Uh, the cameras could have lead shielding and LEAD GLASS (lead glass [def] glass that contains lead oxide and that has a high refractive index and optical dispersion; used in the manufacture of optical glass, in high-quality crystal glassware, and for radiation shielding.) What do you think they used?
Hint: Google search [ lead glass x-ray ]
Hint: Google search [ lead shielding thickness ]
No, we become Mormon Missionaries.
Yeah, Mormon Martian Missionaries. By the time everyone in the trip reaches Mars they'll all be married and pregnant. Which means they should pack for colonization because they'll have more mouths to feed if they start heading back. Hey, at least they'll have accurate genealogical records.
And I thought reactionless thrusters were impossible... Can some physics guys help us out here?
Ionic propulsion. Another method is to put a pulsed electromagnet which repels the ionized air (ionized air is vulnerable to magnetic fields) between the charge pulses. There isn't much thrust over a single flat surface, but that can be improved drastically by increasing the surface area of the cathode over the anode. The downside on this method is radioactive emissions. The surface area of the cathode can be increased cheaply by a network of small wires pointing vertically perpendicular toward the anode (preferably a screen like a screen door screen). The electromagnet is placed behind the cathode so that it's field can be charged full-strength as the air is ionized.
The other problems with this method lays in the heat generation, rapid corrosion of the electrified surfaces, and required power levels. On the upside the propulsion surface and discharge plates can be shielded as only the repelled ionized air is needed for thrust and the intake ports can be shielded well from emitting radiation.
If it's channeling millions into Google's hands, and out of the COS's, then why not?
Sure, they get some advertising. Like anyone with half a brain isn't going to laugh them off anyway.
Let's see, money from anti-$cientologi$t$. Money from the idiot cult. Profile advertising. Attempts to suppress the other side. Takes case before Supreme Court over the right to post anti-Co$ ads. More money for Google. Clams shoot themselves even worse in the foot.
Sounds peachy to me.
OTIII tech makes you immune to all poisons. Drink Drano to prove you are not a suppressive criminal. Drano is used in soap to make the WOGS vulnerable to the Psychs. OTIII makes you immune to the poison. Consume the Drano. You have been audited clear to OTIII. You are safe. Do not be suppressive. Doubt is for the WOGS. OTIII is powerful tech. Do not doubt the power of the tech. Consume the Drano. You thirst for it. Drink the Drano. You are OTIII. You are not a criminal pawn of the Psychs. Drink it.
(Feel free to use it as a signature.)
Yes it is EVIL. But so is a cult of zombie non-thinkers. Use the evil against itself.
Leaving out the nutjob aspects of Scientology, the system has quite a bit of very powerful techniques that are useful (though quite antisocial) in perceiving the world.
1) figure out who is holding you back from your dreams and eliminate them from your life.
2) The law exists to protect you. It can be made to serve you as well.
3) Others are useful insofar as they are useful. (Circular? Yes)
Essentially, forget that other people are deserving of respect, and don't let guilt stand in your way. Guilt is not natural because it comes from "thetans", so it is necessary to realize that you are not responsible for reacting to the guilt.
Free yourself from the idea that you exist in a society and you can expand your options 100-fold.
It's amazing that more Scientologists don't end up in jail, actually.
Damn right. This sounds like a program to turn people into arrogant manipulators lacking all slivers of compassion. Or basically, a people user, a conman, a thief, a wanton crook, a sociopath, an exploiter, a pimp, and/or a Republican (which would explain why George Worthless Bush is money-grubbing and had $cientologi$t$ running his Texas departments. George Worthless Bush could be a secret $cientologi$t!)
I can duplicate their success plan and refine it.
1) Find lonely woman with no feeling of self-worth.
2) Propose to her then marry her within the first month.
3) Get access to her finacial papers, forge her signature so all she owns belongs to you, make certain you are the only beneficiary in the will too (have an identical will forged and leave the original with her if she's smart enough to realize this is her guarenteed murder signal).
4) After stressing her out with problems you create, give her sleeping pills, and then when she's out cold, smother her with the pillow or continue feeding her more sleeping pills until she's dead (this step is easier if you bribe the medical examiner ahead of time to write "suicide" or "natural death").
5) If her relatives bother you, kill them too.
6) Cash in the windfall.
7) Find another woman along the same guidelines (this time you can either dazzle her with your money or play the poor game again).
Congratulations! You're now a Scientologist!
The only thing that would make this even better is to create a legal defense team of fellow murdering conmen and perhaps if you are really bold, claim it as a religion! Join now and you can have an entire support staff in the thieves guild of Scientology! If you're willing to dispose of all concepts of morality, love to get money by hurting / exploiting / murdering other people then this is your ideal support club!
The problem with the mafia is they were never this bold and never this ruthless to their inquisitors. The only thing stopping you is the laws against RACKETEERING and EXTORTION. Isn't that sad for the honest, hard working, and gullible world? It sure would be bad if someone used the HARRASSMENT and SLAVERY laws against you? After all, a 1000 year contract is JUST LEGALIZED SLAVERY which is a violation of our fine American Constitution.
By the way, OTIII Scientologists are immune to illness and poison. Some have even seen OTIII tech auditors fly off high structures. If you are OTIII you are immune to poison. This has always been true. OTIII tech renders all poisons harmless. It is that powerful. Refusal to test this truth is a sign you are suppressive. Supressive individuals are criminals. You must consume Drano to prove you are OTIII. Drano is not poison to people who have passed the OTIII audit. It is only poison to WOGS. That is why Drano is used in soap. It helps keep the WOGS sick and vulnerable to the Psychs. Do not be suppressive. Prove you are OTIII - Consume the Drano. Do not be suppressive. Do not doubt the tech of OTIII. Consume the Draino.
Yes, that WAS EVIL.
And so is Scientology.
Either way there will be a few less trolls here. I despise idiots that believe everything they read. The Darwin Awards would have claimed the clams in some other way and this seems the easiest.
But I don't think this concept is unique to email. You can actually throw real dinkum physical mail in the trash and claim you never received it either.
When are people going to realise that most things you can do in the digital world are simply metaphors of things that can already be done in the analog world? Sheesh!
Why at this moment I'm downloading in my pants.
Hyuk Hyuk Hyuk!
Any more obvious insights to share?
Or even the toilet seat. Low level current should be enough to keep it nice and toasty. Really would only need a few degrees above room temp to be MUCH more comfortable
There are heated toilet seats purchasable.
The problem, as with all great inventions, is the idiot factor. Joe Schmoe cracks the toilet seat or busts the wires with wear. One dark night he stumbles into the bathroom, whizzes on the seat, salty urine hits electric current, and it's "Don't Whizz on the Electric Fence" time. And then we get another lawyer-flinging spurious lawsuit or Darwin Awards candidate.
Don't underestimate the Idiot Factor. $cientogi$t$ would be a long extinct class of vicious nutball without it.