We design outside the range of what our RGB monitors can display. The monitor just gives us a rough idea of what we're going to get. We go by the CMYK values and Pantone chip books. Pantone colors are specific, specially mixed colors -- not halftoned like CMYK. Color correction is a huge issue to say the least.
There's no such thing as absolute containment and with the biological micro gravity research that's being done something almost certainly has gotten loose. Heck, they do micro gravity research on bacteria.
I couldn't find anything in the last ten minutes but there's got to be some space pest they can't seem to get rid of. With humans up there the place has to be covered in E. coli.
They really should publish this kind of human interest stuff. A mildew-in-the-shower type story would be good PR methinks. Do they use Tilex?
... is why you can always see the complete action of each shot from a handgun. When one shoots a semi-automatic handgun the whole bullet/slide action/reload thingy happens REALLY fast. So fast that it would almost always happen between the individual frames. How do they catch that on film? My brother went to film school and he never learned how that's done.
10ish:
Wake, realize that life is good, light cigarette, pet dog. Go to bathroom. Press power button on computer to end hibernation. Start water boiling in microwave for coffee/chocolate milk drink. Let dogs out. Add one spoonful of Maxwelll House Instant Coffee to empty, dry mug. "Beeep." Dissolve coffee with a little hot water, swirl, add chocolate milk (purchased in pre-mixed form in gallon containers) to fill mug. Take mug to computer and view emails. "Woof!" Payton barks. Let dogs in. Finish coffee/choco drink whilst reading emails/News. Rinse coffee mug and invert over stove grate for drying. Begin heating two cups of water for second caffeine drink. Feed dogs. Have second cigarette while reading in bed. Mix second coffee -- still Maxwell House sorry coffee snobs. Drink coffee, read websites/post on Slashdot/try writing a MySpace blog then discard it 'cause it's dumb.
That's my basic startup sequence for the lazy days of the winter of '07.
I like your joke. Still, I'd like to point out that you can't get standard size (AA, 9 volt, etc.) rechargeable batteries. They need special circuitry to avoid exactly what you joke implies.
Sort of off topic -- apparently one can use a welder or other high powered device to revive worn out rechargeable batteries. http://www.instructables.com/id/EPV474YLF3EV2Z8V9V / Hopefully I won't remember this the next time I'm drunk.
Unfortunately, you're probably correct associating our countrywide genital shame with the pervasive religious majority.
Who wants public urination at all? Not me. A little modesty, attributable to whatever source, keeping you from pissing in front of me is a good thing.
This is a cool product, addressing an icky problem -- I'd just hate to see these installed unnecessarily, actually encouraging people to relieve themselves in public.
These things need all the hookups that a standard bathroom requires -- water, sewer, power. Why not just put in some extra drains, like storm drains, in discreet locations? Maybe throw a wall in front of it? Some subtle public education would do the rest.
One of my family is a pilot that covers those flights in to/out of the region. I'm frustrated that I can not kill these men myself. These, and all voilent terrorists, should be publically desposed of with haste. Their heads on spikes at airports seems appropriate. Everyone who knowingly aided them in any way -- same treatment. Politics aside, if you knew someone were conspiring to kill your family what would you do?
I'm also in GR. I've tried, half-heartedly, a couple of times to get a Ms. Pacman for my father. Do you know where I might pick one up and for how much?
I thougt a pound was just over two dollars -- or is that the Euro? -- but 10,000-1,000 dollars per pound! Just shows how little I understand the intricacies of international finance.
We can rub ourselves with ochre and put feathers in our caps.
Then we'll find the port shipping the newly tariffed goods and gaily dump said goods into the harbor -- cackling freely as the native savages are assigned the blame.
I can't remember exactly -- look for a more info text area and nav around till you make a funny icon show up, hit enter and you'll see montage of Aki images with her iin various poses/costumes set to music about three minutes long.
Disk two has a similar "hidden" extra -- I can't remember the content though.
Slashdot Mirror
I'm with you brother.
Why you need 300 dpi for a print image is difficult to convey to someone who's never had to worry about resolution in their life.
52" plasmas, factory settings, component cables . . .
I dunno, ignorance is bliss they say.
WhereTF are my mod points? You sir, are very funny indeed.
Thanks man! I've been thinking the same thing for years -- I just couldn't remember the name or anything from when I saw it on late-night MTV.
We design outside the range of what our RGB monitors can display. The monitor just gives us a rough idea of what we're going to get. We go by the CMYK values and Pantone chip books. Pantone colors are specific, specially mixed colors -- not halftoned like CMYK. Color correction is a huge issue to say the least.
What do the Australians know that we don't?
We already have fruit f*cker robots, why not fruit pluckers too.
f ruit+fucker
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/search?keyword=
There's no such thing as absolute containment and with the biological micro gravity research that's being done something almost certainly has gotten loose. Heck, they do micro gravity research on bacteria.
I couldn't find anything in the last ten minutes but there's got to be some space pest they can't seem to get rid of. With humans up there the place has to be covered in E. coli.
They really should publish this kind of human interest stuff. A mildew-in-the-shower type story would be good PR methinks. Do they use Tilex?
Why can't I get these orgasmic semiconductors printed directly on me? Or on the GF and save me some time?
... is why you can always see the complete action of each shot from a handgun. When one shoots a semi-automatic handgun the whole bullet/slide action/reload thingy happens REALLY fast. So fast that it would almost always happen between the individual frames. How do they catch that on film? My brother went to film school and he never learned how that's done.
10ish:
Wake, realize that life is good, light cigarette, pet dog. Go to bathroom. Press power button on computer to end hibernation. Start water boiling in microwave for coffee/chocolate milk drink. Let dogs out. Add one spoonful of Maxwelll House Instant Coffee to empty, dry mug. "Beeep." Dissolve coffee with a little hot water, swirl, add chocolate milk (purchased in pre-mixed form in gallon containers) to fill mug. Take mug to computer and view emails. "Woof!" Payton barks. Let dogs in. Finish coffee/choco drink whilst reading emails/News. Rinse coffee mug and invert over stove grate for drying. Begin heating two cups of water for second caffeine drink. Feed dogs. Have second cigarette while reading in bed. Mix second coffee -- still Maxwell House sorry coffee snobs. Drink coffee, read websites/post on Slashdot/try writing a MySpace blog then discard it 'cause it's dumb.
That's my basic startup sequence for the lazy days of the winter of '07.
" - Humor (not a strict requirement perhaps, but the movies have humor too)."
Wow, "have humor?"
The first Ghostbusters is one of the funniest films of all time.
"Why worry? Each one of us is carrying an unlicensed nuclear accelerator on his back."
make that: "...standard size LITHIUM-ION rechargeable..."
D'oh!
I like your joke. Still, I'd like to point out that you can't get standard size (AA, 9 volt, etc.) rechargeable batteries. They need special circuitry to avoid exactly what you joke implies.
V / Hopefully I won't remember this the next time I'm drunk.
Sort of off topic -- apparently one can use a welder or other high powered device to revive worn out rechargeable batteries. http://www.instructables.com/id/EPV474YLF3EV2Z8V9
Unfortunately, you're probably correct associating our countrywide genital shame with the pervasive religious majority.
Who wants public urination at all? Not me. A little modesty, attributable to whatever source, keeping you from pissing in front of me is a good thing.
This is a cool product, addressing an icky problem -- I'd just hate to see these installed unnecessarily, actually encouraging people to relieve themselves in public.
These things need all the hookups that a standard bathroom requires -- water, sewer, power. Why not just put in some extra drains, like storm drains, in discreet locations? Maybe throw a wall in front of it? Some subtle public education would do the rest.
One of my family is a pilot that covers those flights in to/out of the region. I'm frustrated that I can not kill these men myself. These, and all voilent terrorists, should be publically desposed of with haste. Their heads on spikes at airports seems appropriate. Everyone who knowingly aided them in any way -- same treatment. Politics aside, if you knew someone were conspiring to kill your family what would you do?
Is there a more correct name for what I think of as "The Moon?"
Not a "moon" like Jupiter has but "The Moon."
You know the one.
The one that has drastically affected this planet since before people -- the one the wolves call "Whoooooooooo!"
I'm also in GR. I've tried, half-heartedly, a couple of times to get a Ms. Pacman for my father. Do you know where I might pick one up and for how much?
b r y a n g @ n e w v i e w m e d i a . c o m
http://ledmuseum.home.att.net/ledleft.htm Seriously cool site.
I thougt a pound was just over two dollars -- or is that the Euro? -- but 10,000-1,000 dollars per pound! Just shows how little I understand the intricacies of international finance.
We can rub ourselves with ochre and put feathers in our caps.
Then we'll find the port shipping the newly tariffed goods and gaily dump said goods into the harbor -- cackling freely as the native savages are assigned the blame.
McDonalds is disgusting filth.
If the sheep wanna get radio collars so they can more easily obtain the advertised special -- fine.
I missed the mention of the real reason this "SpeedPass" is being developed.
It's not to speed us consumers along -- it's to speed the transaction up.
Removing the human cashier speeds the exchange and reduces labor costs.
If McDonalds/Mobile could have stations/"restaurants" with no human operators -- they would.
I happily spend more at local establishments, doing my part to fight the McDonalds plague.
Seriously, if you have kids, don't let them eat that shit.
Seriously, this is a story worth re-posting every two to three years.
There's always Net newbies coming here and bookmarks that need updating.
Most interesting to me this time are the metaphors Doug does[n't] use -- language shapes the world ya know.
. . . and it works good!
Lots of ordinary, every-day objects get way funner when put in a microwave oven.
Try a lightbulb.
Really.
It's on disk one special features section.
I can't remember exactly -- look for a more info text area and nav around till you make a funny icon show up, hit enter and you'll see montage of Aki images with her iin various poses/costumes set to music about three minutes long.
Disk two has a similar "hidden" extra -- I can't remember the content though.
all information is infinately compressable
... avenge death." Simpsons quote depicts a situation where zero data conveys information.
"Not back
100:1 is careless way to describe a compression scheme boasting as hundred-fold compression.
Now, stop discussing compression. Go watch Invader Zim RIGHT NOW!