My Canon iP6000D has the best of both worlds - separate print heads and ink tanks. Keeps the ink relatively cheap ($10-13/tank), and when the print heads wear out or clog up, they're replaceable. Shameless plug - I've used both Epson and HP printers before the Canon...I won't be swiching back.
I was just up at Cedar Point yesterday (didn't ride the TTD, the line was WAY too long); we were watching them shoot it up when, with a full load of riders, it stalled out at the top. Didn't make it over, didn't start to roll back. Stayed there, perched 420 feet in the air, for about ten seconds, then slowly rolled back and came rocketing down. I'd have shit my pants.
Getting your Class III license (permit to own automatic weapons) in the US is a fairly involved process. You have to justify why you want to own a machine gun in the first place, submit to an extremely extensive to 8 month background check on par with one done for a Secret clearance, fill out a truckload of forms, and get your friendly local police chief to personally sign off on your application, stating that s/he believes you don't pose a threat to the community.
I'm not saying it would be easier to obtain one in the UK - probably take less time, but not be easier; but it's not just a matter of "filling out a form"
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I think that the real problem is that Microsoft would crush Apple like a bug if they tried. Any OS is only as good as the applications it runs, and OSX still depends heavily on Microsoft applications like Office.
I'm sure this has been brought up befors, but...running OSX on an x86 platform, Apple could just toss in some WINE-type stuff or virtualization software and be able to run MS apps at native speeds, conveniently eliminating the need for separate OSX versions. The interface would be teh sux0rs, but outside of that I don't see a problem with it.
Yeah...but they're pretty much only good for lack-of-cous problems. Astigmatism can be fixed too, but there are several other image-distortion disorders that aren't so easily remedied. I have keratoconus, a disorder where the cornea thins and begins to bulge out, causing severe visual distortion that can't be corrected with glasses. Rigid contacts can help by7 providing a smooth surface to the front of the eye, but after about three years in them, my eyes dried out something awful and I don't usually wear them anymore. In glasses or soft lenses, my left eye is completely useless (imagine having a drop of water permanently in your eye, that's basically what it looks like) and my right eye is sub-par. If adaptive lenses could fix this, it would utterly rock and I'd be first in line to buy a pair.
I don't have a PowerBook, and if I did I'd personally choose OS X, but fron what I understand, YellowDog Linux runs with full support on PowerBooks. You can even buy them with YDL preinstalled and still have a full Apple warranty (TerraSoft is an Apple Authorized OEM VAR). As affordable for the power as anything else you're going to find.
Nah, I just bolted the shoulder straps to the back of the seat. Of course I have a cage - it's actually also a little too beefy to be DOT legal (what can I say, I have a healthy disrespect for "safety" regulations), but some trick work running the pipes under the interior trim takes care of that at inspection time.
Sure, it's DOT illegal, but I keep the original belts installed for inspection time, and the buckle on the harness will undo under load. Bit restrictive, but I really shouldn't be mucking around in the car while I drive anyway.
My WindTunnel G4 developed a nasty overheating problem last week, so I had to tweak AppleFan.kext to keep the blowers running flat-out (even AFTER I blew out the 3lbs of dust from the fan grilles..I should probably get it looked at). Don't piss and moan about noise to me, it sounds like I have a frickin' leaf blower under the desk. A 45 pound one...but at least the spiffy case design makes it easy to lug around.
It might be an apocryphal reason, but I do know (in CT at least), the WAIS (IQ test) is part of the application process to be a Statey - if you score too high, you're disqualified, supposedly because intelligent people don't do well as LEOs. Or maybe for other reasons, determination of which is left as an excercise for the reader.
I've had VZW for almost three years now. First year, I has a shitty Motorola (v120c), dropped calls left and right, and if I had less than four bars of signal it got so choppy ans scrambled it wasn't much use talking anyway. Upgraded to an LG (VX10 now a 4500) and the only time I've ever lost calls is due to no signal. Gimme two bars and it sounds clear as a bell and holds on fine. Seriously, check your gear.
You just don't seem to be getting it - the whole purpose of these systems are to model the detonation of a weapon with aged, possibly deformed or otherwise bad components...so we DON'T have to make more nukes. I got pretty well acquainted with some people in the stewardship program during my stint at Brookhaven, and while they are doing some wacky shit like fast-proton imaging of the shock wave from the HE lenses of an old bomb (no fissile material of course), the simulations are still the primary method of pseudo-testing.
Oh, if you don't understand why the current stockpile might not be capable of detonating, you don't know enough about weapons to be participating in the discussion. Google for the High Energy Weapons Archive and read up...knowledge is power.
How 'bout we use Blue Gene for climate modeling, and start setting off full-yield nuclear tests to insure the viability of the stockpile? I don't terribly like the idea of nukes, but the genie is out of the bottle and there's no stuffing it back in - we need to have the things, and if god forbid we ever have to use them, I'd like to see them work properly. Seriously...unless you use one of the interconnect cables to garrote somebody, these computers are hardly "weapons", quite the opposite in fact.
I've never been involved in a shoot situation (though I do carry), but from what I've heard, in the heat of combat, with a moving, bobbing, bouncing, relatively small target (that's shooting back), a clean headshot is mighty difficult. Not that it's not someting to try for - but I personally would probably use the Mozambique drill. Two quick shots in the body, onbe careful head shot. Takes a bit to master, but it's pretty much foolproof (.357 w/125gr JHPs:D) If the baddie isn't armored, the two COM shots should work, and even if he is, they'll give him pause long enough for you to draw a bead on his head.
Of course, then there's the "trunk gun" philosophy; carrying a BFG in your car for a prolonged shootout like the TX incident. Myself, I keep a 7.62x51 semiauto, but that's more in case I get the random desire to stop by the range rather than the possibility of a shootout with armored bad guys.
I sold my soul awhile back and worked as a "Marketing Rep" selling to businesses (I NEEED THE MONEY...and I only lasted two and a half weeks anyway); if we didn't get a "No" answer from a qualified contact, we had to put the number on the callback list. Hangups, secretaries, anything that wasn't a person qualified to take the offer explicitly saying "No" would get a CB...so make sure you say "Whatever it is, I'm not interested, do not call back." before you hangup, or else it won't ever stop.
I wouldn't so much say it's even the writing as the acting; give a good actor a bad script and you can still get a passably decent performance...but Hayden Christensen is absolutely horrible. Beyond horrible even. A plank of wood with a dubbed voice would be better. I didn't think EpI was really that bad; it just didn't go much of anywhere plotwise, but in retrospect it shouldn't have - it was just laying the framework for the entire story.
(I always thought this was one of the greatest sketches ever on that show..)
The McLaughlin Group
John McLaughlin.....Dana Carvey Jack Germonde.....John Goodman Pat Buchanan.....Phil Hartman Eleanor Clift.....Jan Hooks Morton Kondracke.....Kevin Nealon
Announcer: From the nation's capital, "The McLaughlin Group", an unrehearsed, hastily assembled program presenting inside opinions and forecasts on major issues of today. With Jack Germonde of the Baltimore Sun, syndicated columnists Pat Buchanan and Eleanor Clift, and Morton Kondracke of the New Republic. Now, here's the moderator, John McLaughlin.
John McLaughlin: Issue number 1: the commander-in-chief in Mexico. Bush wants a free trade agreement, what does President Salinas want? Pat Buchanan! Pat Buchanan: John, Salinas is playing up his recent economic success and steering his.. John McLaughlin: Jack Germonde! Jack Germonde: I don't think it's so much what Salinas wants, it's what.. John McLaughlin: Eleanor Clift! Eleanor Clift: John, this is just another case of President Bush trying to push a policy.. Pat Buchanan: I'm not sure Bush has a policy.. John McLaughlin: Excuse me Pat, I believe Eleanor has the floor. Eleanor Clift: Thanks, John. The hard truth is that Bush needs Salinas more than Salinas.. John McLaughlin: Morton Kondracke! Morton Kondracke: I think this agreement talk is basically a.. John McLaughlin: Wrong! There will be a free trade agreement; it will take place within one year. Issue number 2: Maggie out, Major in. The new British prime minister, some believe he's a Thatcher clone. Will he carry out her policies? Jack Germonde! Jack Germonde: Well, Thatcherites are privately rejoicing.. John McLaughlin: Wrong Mortone. Morton Kondracke: See, Thatcher endorsed.. John McLaughlin: Wrong! On a scale of 1 to 14, 1 being lowest degree of unlikelihood, 14 being absolute metaphysical certitude, what are the chances of Major continuing Thatcher's alliance with Bush, vis-a-vis the Iraqis? Eleanor Clift! Eleanor Clift: I'd say about a 12. John McLaughlin: Pat Buchanan! Pat Buchanan: Hold it, 14 is most likely? John McLaughlin: Yes. Pat Buchanan: I would have to say about a 9. John McLaughlin: Jack Germonde! Jack Germonde: Lower, like 5. John McLaughlin: Mortone! Morton Kondracke: 8! John McLaughlin: Wrong! The actual degree of likelihood is 6.5. Issue number 3: life after death. Some pundits say it doesn't exist. Theologians disagree. Is there an afterlife? Jack Germonde! Jack Germonde: I.. uh.. really don't know. John McLaughlin: Mortone! Morton Kondracke: Well, it's not my field.. John McLaughlin: Pat Buchanan! Pat Buchanan: I'd like to believe, but it's not.. John McLaughlin: Wrong! There is life after death. The soul does not ascend to heaven but rather rests in a limbo state that varies depending on the karma of the spirit. Issue number 4: Intellegent beings on other planets, yes or no? Pat Buchanan! Pat Buchanan: I would think so. John McLaughlin: Eleanor Clift! Eleanor Clift: Don't know. John McLaughlin: Jack Germonde! Jack Germonde: Me, either. John McLaughlin: Mortontown! Morton Kondracke: Well, no one really knows.. John McLaughlin: Wrong! There is intellegent life in the 11th galaxy on the planet Neptar, which will conquer Earth in the year 5482, utilizing us for slave labor in their Chellonian salt mines. Issue number 5: what number am I thinking of? Pat Buchanan! Pat Buchanan: Geez, uh, 82? John McLaughlin: Wrong! Eleanor Clift! Eleanor Clift: Is it between 1 and.. John McLaughlin: Don't skirt the issue! Eleanor Clift: Uh.. 40! John McLaughlin: Wrong! Mortontyne! Morton Kondracke: 212? John McLaughlin: Wrong! Jackareeno! Jack Germonde: 2? John McLaughlin: Wrong! The correct answer is 134. 134. Issue number 6: what did you have for breakfast today? Eleanor! Eleanor Clift: Some cantaloupe. John McLaughlin: Mortontown, USA! Morton Kondracke: I had poached e
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My Canon iP6000D has the best of both worlds - separate print heads and ink tanks. Keeps the ink relatively cheap ($10-13/tank), and when the print heads wear out or clog up, they're replaceable. Shameless plug - I've used both Epson and HP printers before the Canon...I won't be swiching back.
I was just up at Cedar Point yesterday (didn't ride the TTD, the line was WAY too long); we were watching them shoot it up when, with a full load of riders, it stalled out at the top. Didn't make it over, didn't start to roll back. Stayed there, perched 420 feet in the air, for about ten seconds, then slowly rolled back and came rocketing down. I'd have shit my pants.
cnn.com: "U.S. sources say at least 40 dead...Four explosions in London's transport system have killed at least 40 people..."
Probably going to just keep climbing *shakes head*
Getting your Class III license (permit to own automatic weapons) in the US is a fairly involved process. You have to justify why you want to own a machine gun in the first place, submit to an extremely extensive to 8 month background check on par with one done for a Secret clearance, fill out a truckload of forms, and get your friendly local police chief to personally sign off on your application, stating that s/he believes you don't pose a threat to the community.
I'm not saying it would be easier to obtain one in the UK - probably take less time, but not be easier; but it's not just a matter of "filling out a form"
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I think that the real problem is that Microsoft would crush Apple like a bug if they tried. Any OS is only as good as the applications it runs, and OSX still depends heavily on Microsoft applications like Office.
I'm sure this has been brought up befors, but...running OSX on an x86 platform, Apple could just toss in some WINE-type stuff or virtualization software and be able to run MS apps at native speeds, conveniently eliminating the need for separate OSX versions. The interface would be teh sux0rs, but outside of that I don't see a problem with it.
Yeah...but they're pretty much only good for lack-of-cous problems. Astigmatism can be fixed too, but there are several other image-distortion disorders that aren't so easily remedied. I have keratoconus, a disorder where the cornea thins and begins to bulge out, causing severe visual distortion that can't be corrected with glasses. Rigid contacts can help by7 providing a smooth surface to the front of the eye, but after about three years in them, my eyes dried out something awful and I don't usually wear them anymore. In glasses or soft lenses, my left eye is completely useless (imagine having a drop of water permanently in your eye, that's basically what it looks like) and my right eye is sub-par. If adaptive lenses could fix this, it would utterly rock and I'd be first in line to buy a pair.
I don't have a PowerBook, and if I did I'd personally choose OS X, but fron what I understand, YellowDog Linux runs with full support on PowerBooks. You can even buy them with YDL preinstalled and still have a full Apple warranty (TerraSoft is an Apple Authorized OEM VAR). As affordable for the power as anything else you're going to find.
Nah, I just bolted the shoulder straps to the back of the seat. Of course I have a cage - it's actually also a little too beefy to be DOT legal (what can I say, I have a healthy disrespect for "safety" regulations), but some trick work running the pipes under the interior trim takes care of that at inspection time.
a 5-point harness :P
Sure, it's DOT illegal, but I keep the original belts installed for inspection time, and the buckle on the harness will undo under load. Bit restrictive, but I really shouldn't be mucking around in the car while I drive anyway.
Age of consent in Cali is 18. Old enough to drive, yet not old enough to screw. *shrugs*
Two engines...is twice as much to go wrong. KISS.
My WindTunnel G4 developed a nasty overheating problem last week, so I had to tweak AppleFan.kext to keep the blowers running flat-out (even AFTER I blew out the 3lbs of dust from the fan grilles..I should probably get it looked at). Don't piss and moan about noise to me, it sounds like I have a frickin' leaf blower under the desk. A 45 pound one...but at least the spiffy case design makes it easy to lug around.
It might be an apocryphal reason, but I do know (in CT at least), the WAIS (IQ test) is part of the application process to be a Statey - if you score too high, you're disqualified, supposedly because intelligent people don't do well as LEOs. Or maybe for other reasons, determination of which is left as an excercise for the reader.
I've had VZW for almost three years now. First year, I has a shitty Motorola (v120c), dropped calls left and right, and if I had less than four bars of signal it got so choppy ans scrambled it wasn't much use talking anyway. Upgraded to an LG (VX10 now a 4500) and the only time I've ever lost calls is due to no signal. Gimme two bars and it sounds clear as a bell and holds on fine. Seriously, check your gear.
Maybe if I was really, really drunk...
You just don't seem to be getting it - the whole purpose of these systems are to model the detonation of a weapon with aged, possibly deformed or otherwise bad components...so we DON'T have to make more nukes. I got pretty well acquainted with some people in the stewardship program during my stint at Brookhaven, and while they are doing some wacky shit like fast-proton imaging of the shock wave from the HE lenses of an old bomb (no fissile material of course), the simulations are still the primary method of pseudo-testing.
Oh, if you don't understand why the current stockpile might not be capable of detonating, you don't know enough about weapons to be participating in the discussion. Google for the High Energy Weapons Archive and read up...knowledge is power.
How 'bout we use Blue Gene for climate modeling, and start setting off full-yield nuclear tests to insure the viability of the stockpile? I don't terribly like the idea of nukes, but the genie is out of the bottle and there's no stuffing it back in - we need to have the things, and if god forbid we ever have to use them, I'd like to see them work properly. Seriously...unless you use one of the interconnect cables to garrote somebody, these computers are hardly "weapons", quite the opposite in fact.
I've never been involved in a shoot situation (though I do carry), but from what I've heard, in the heat of combat, with a moving, bobbing, bouncing, relatively small target (that's shooting back), a clean headshot is mighty difficult. Not that it's not someting to try for - but I personally would probably use the Mozambique drill. Two quick shots in the body, onbe careful head shot. Takes a bit to master, but it's pretty much foolproof (.357 w/125gr JHPs :D) If the baddie isn't armored, the two COM shots should work, and even if he is, they'll give him pause long enough for you to draw a bead on his head.
Of course, then there's the "trunk gun" philosophy; carrying a BFG in your car for a prolonged shootout like the TX incident. Myself, I keep a 7.62x51 semiauto, but that's more in case I get the random desire to stop by the range rather than the possibility of a shootout with armored bad guys.
In this house, we obey the laws of thermodynamics!
I sold my soul awhile back and worked as a "Marketing Rep" selling to businesses (I NEEED THE MONEY...and I only lasted two and a half weeks anyway); if we didn't get a "No" answer from a qualified contact, we had to put the number on the callback list. Hangups, secretaries, anything that wasn't a person qualified to take the offer explicitly saying "No" would get a CB...so make sure you say "Whatever it is, I'm not interested, do not call back." before you hangup, or else it won't ever stop.
I wouldn't so much say it's even the writing as the acting; give a good actor a bad script and you can still get a passably decent performance...but Hayden Christensen is absolutely horrible. Beyond horrible even. A plank of wood with a dubbed voice would be better.
I didn't think EpI was really that bad; it just didn't go much of anywhere plotwise, but in retrospect it shouldn't have - it was just laying the framework for the entire story.
Luke...meesa bein' your father...
You deserve to be removed from the gene pool (no pun intended). Isn't it beautiful how Nature works these things out depsite all our modern-ity? :)
(I always thought this was one of the greatest sketches ever on that show..)
The McLaughlin Group
John McLaughlin.....Dana Carvey
Jack Germonde.....John Goodman
Pat Buchanan.....Phil Hartman
Eleanor Clift.....Jan Hooks
Morton Kondracke.....Kevin Nealon
Announcer: From the nation's capital, "The McLaughlin Group", an unrehearsed, hastily assembled program presenting inside opinions and forecasts on major issues of today. With Jack Germonde of the Baltimore Sun, syndicated columnists Pat Buchanan and Eleanor Clift, and Morton Kondracke of the New Republic. Now, here's the moderator, John McLaughlin.
John McLaughlin: Issue number 1: the commander-in-chief in Mexico. Bush wants a free trade agreement, what does President Salinas want? Pat Buchanan!
Pat Buchanan: John, Salinas is playing up his recent economic success and steering his..
John McLaughlin: Jack Germonde!
Jack Germonde: I don't think it's so much what Salinas wants, it's what..
John McLaughlin: Eleanor Clift!
Eleanor Clift: John, this is just another case of President Bush trying to push a policy..
Pat Buchanan: I'm not sure Bush has a policy..
John McLaughlin: Excuse me Pat, I believe Eleanor has the floor.
Eleanor Clift: Thanks, John. The hard truth is that Bush needs Salinas more than Salinas..
John McLaughlin: Morton Kondracke!
Morton Kondracke: I think this agreement talk is basically a..
John McLaughlin: Wrong! There will be a free trade agreement; it will take place within one year. Issue number 2: Maggie out, Major in. The new British prime minister, some believe he's a Thatcher clone. Will he carry out her policies? Jack Germonde!
Jack Germonde: Well, Thatcherites are privately rejoicing..
John McLaughlin: Wrong Mortone.
Morton Kondracke: See, Thatcher endorsed..
John McLaughlin: Wrong! On a scale of 1 to 14, 1 being lowest degree of unlikelihood, 14 being absolute metaphysical certitude, what are the chances of Major continuing Thatcher's alliance with Bush, vis-a-vis the Iraqis? Eleanor Clift!
Eleanor Clift: I'd say about a 12.
John McLaughlin: Pat Buchanan!
Pat Buchanan: Hold it, 14 is most likely?
John McLaughlin: Yes.
Pat Buchanan: I would have to say about a 9.
John McLaughlin: Jack Germonde!
Jack Germonde: Lower, like 5.
John McLaughlin: Mortone!
Morton Kondracke: 8!
John McLaughlin: Wrong! The actual degree of likelihood is 6.5. Issue number 3: life after death. Some pundits say it doesn't exist. Theologians disagree. Is there an afterlife? Jack Germonde!
Jack Germonde: I.. uh.. really don't know.
John McLaughlin: Mortone!
Morton Kondracke: Well, it's not my field..
John McLaughlin: Pat Buchanan!
Pat Buchanan: I'd like to believe, but it's not..
John McLaughlin: Wrong! There is life after death. The soul does not ascend to heaven but rather rests in a limbo state that varies depending on the karma of the spirit. Issue number 4: Intellegent beings on other planets, yes or no? Pat Buchanan!
Pat Buchanan: I would think so.
John McLaughlin: Eleanor Clift!
Eleanor Clift: Don't know.
John McLaughlin: Jack Germonde!
Jack Germonde: Me, either.
John McLaughlin: Mortontown!
Morton Kondracke: Well, no one really knows..
John McLaughlin: Wrong! There is intellegent life in the 11th galaxy on the planet Neptar, which will conquer Earth in the year 5482, utilizing us for slave labor in their Chellonian salt mines. Issue number 5: what number am I thinking of? Pat Buchanan!
Pat Buchanan: Geez, uh, 82?
John McLaughlin: Wrong! Eleanor Clift!
Eleanor Clift: Is it between 1 and..
John McLaughlin: Don't skirt the issue!
Eleanor Clift: Uh.. 40!
John McLaughlin: Wrong! Mortontyne!
Morton Kondracke: 212?
John McLaughlin: Wrong! Jackareeno!
Jack Germonde: 2?
John McLaughlin: Wrong! The correct answer is 134. 134. Issue number 6: what did you have for breakfast today? Eleanor!
Eleanor Clift: Some cantaloupe.
John McLaughlin: Mortontown, USA!
Morton Kondracke: I had poached e