The correct answer is that microwaves cause a transition in the rotational energy level of water. Don't believe me? Prove it to yourself: Take a cup of water, and an ice cube. Make sure the ice does not have condensation on it (i.e. it is dry, not partially melted). Put both in the microwave at the same time. The water will boil well before the ice will melt. That's because ice does not have a rotational degree of freedom-the water molecules can't rotate when they are frozen, hence they cannot absorb the microwaves.
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That's right, the dems and repubs are entitled to your vote. If you vote for someone besides one of the big two, you are stealing a vote from the duopoly candidate with the nearest ideological agenda.
What a load of rubbish. I am no fan of Ralph Nader, but he has as much right to seek the presidency as anyone else. If it hurt Gore, too bad.
Access is a horrible excuse for a "database" and shouldn't be considered for use by more than one user at a time, ever.
Not to troll, but this just proves you don't know how to use it. I've developed in Access since 2.0 for small environments (~25 concurrent users) and have never, ever lost one bit of data. Granted, I'm not saying Access can be compared to Oracle in terms of scalability, but for single office environments, it is more than adequate for the task. Certainly better than the upper limit of one you impose.
When I was in grad school, my office number was similar to the library number. After numerous wrong numbers, we (several students/office) started to play along. For any book or piece of material requested, we told the caller it had been banned or burned due to its corrupting influence on impressionable minds. The only thing funnier than the outraged indignation reactions were the sheepish acceptance ones.
Think about it, the show's dead anyway. At least the "serious" side of it with the never-ending doors-behind-doors conspiracy theory for which there are no longer dual interpretations. It was intriguing four years ago, now it's hackneyed.
So why not completely re-vamp? Make the show more overtly spoofy. Give Bruce the chainsaw arm and let him duke it out with the CSM whose weapons are all smoking-related: flame-thrower lighter, poison gas cigarettes, etc. Turn it into a never-ending manhunt, with the conspiracies, and Scully, as side issues.
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Well, since you've proposed it, the natural choice would be to call it Pim's law.
I agree, there has been a spate of misplaced or at least tenuous-at-best Orwell references lately. I guess a lot of/.'ers finally read it in Junior English.
I propose that a new term be coined: the KatzDot effect. It would be defined as that which elicits howls of protest from those knowledgable in a subject, but causes meek acceptance in those having less information. I suppose it would be similar to the word "pretentious", but incorporated into the definition would be the reaction of the listener.
Irwin was an editor at Wired, Katz wrote for Wired until about 18 months ago. You do the math.
I had never heard anyone refer to themselves as a "ChickClicker", and I know many net-savvy women. I suspect Katz is trying to insert this rather inane appellation into the popular culture to feed interest in the site bearing this name. Why is open to speculation. Perhaps he is trying to give a boost to yet another revolution he is always "predicting". If one tenth the paradigm shifts Katz predicts had one tenth the effect he prophesizes, the world would be one hundred times different.
I always thought the Voyager series could be saved from the "Lost in Space" syndrome if they made it back to the Alpha Quadrant but decided to join the Maquis. Voyager would become the "flagship" of the resistance: Lots of pirate action, trade, negotiations for allies, etc.
Unfortunately, the episodes that I've seen lately show that the former Maquis characters have been assimilated by the Feds. Too bad.
Exactly. After all, we still "dial" a phone. Hell, even modems "dial" a number, though there is nothing even vaguely circular rotating through the whole operation.
The majority opinion of/.ers seems to be that unless you have popular credibility, you have no credibility. And since in order to have popular credibility, you must be a freenix advocate, having an MCSE automatically disqualifies you. It doesn't matter that the topic at hand should make your independently verifiable expertise relevant to the discussion; quite the contrary, since MS has certified you as competent, you must be incompetent. Kind of a "friend of my enemy" thing.
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Gives a whole new meaning to "kernal panic".
The correct answer is that microwaves cause a transition in the rotational energy level of water. Don't believe me? Prove it to yourself: Take a cup of water, and an ice cube. Make sure the ice does not have condensation on it (i.e. it is dry, not partially melted). Put both in the microwave at the same time. The water will boil well before the ice will melt. That's because ice does not have a rotational degree of freedom-the water molecules can't rotate when they are frozen, hence they cannot absorb the microwaves.
What a load of rubbish. I am no fan of Ralph Nader, but he has as much right to seek the presidency as anyone else. If it hurt Gore, too bad.
Not to troll, but this just proves you don't know how to use it. I've developed in Access since 2.0 for small environments (~25 concurrent users) and have never, ever lost one bit of data. Granted, I'm not saying Access can be compared to Oracle in terms of scalability, but for single office environments, it is more than adequate for the task. Certainly better than the upper limit of one you impose.
Perhaps Star Trek: The Previous Generation
When I was in grad school, my office number was similar to the library number. After numerous wrong numbers, we (several students/office) started to play along. For any book or piece of material requested, we told the caller it had been banned or burned due to its corrupting influence on impressionable minds. The only thing funnier than the outraged indignation reactions were the sheepish acceptance ones.
Perhaps they could work that into the show.
Think about it, the show's dead anyway. At least the "serious" side of it with the never-ending doors-behind-doors conspiracy theory for which there are no longer dual interpretations. It was intriguing four years ago, now it's hackneyed.
So why not completely re-vamp? Make the show more overtly spoofy. Give Bruce the chainsaw arm and let him duke it out with the CSM whose weapons are all smoking-related: flame-thrower lighter, poison gas cigarettes, etc. Turn it into a never-ending manhunt, with the conspiracies, and Scully, as side issues.
So that's why they call them "Blue Mondays"
Jon, you missed an opportunity to expand your buzzword catalog.
I thought the politically-correct term was "residentially-challenged"
You sir are doing good in the world. I salute you.
In the recursive vein:
PETA Exists To Annoy
Well, since you've proposed it, the natural choice would be to call it Pim's law.
/.'ers finally read it in Junior English.
I agree, there has been a spate of misplaced or at least tenuous-at-best Orwell references lately. I guess a lot of
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Resistance is futile; you will have fries with that.
or cough up phlegm?
No matter who you vote for, the government always wins.
I propose that a new term be coined: the KatzDot effect. It would be defined as that which elicits howls of protest from those knowledgable in a subject, but causes meek acceptance in those having less information. I suppose it would be similar to the word "pretentious", but incorporated into the definition would be the reaction of the listener.
Irwin was an editor at Wired, Katz wrote for Wired until about 18 months ago. You do the math.
I had never heard anyone refer to themselves as a "ChickClicker", and I know many net-savvy women. I suspect Katz is trying to insert this rather inane appellation into the popular culture to feed interest in the site bearing this name. Why is open to speculation. Perhaps he is trying to give a boost to yet another revolution he is always "predicting". If one tenth the paradigm shifts Katz predicts had one tenth the effect he prophesizes, the world would be one hundred times different.
I wonder if they ever seriously considered naming the character "6 of 9".
I always thought the Voyager series could be saved from the "Lost in Space" syndrome if they made it back to the Alpha Quadrant but decided to join the Maquis. Voyager would become the "flagship" of the resistance: Lots of pirate action, trade, negotiations for allies, etc.
Unfortunately, the episodes that I've seen lately show that the former Maquis characters have been assimilated by the Feds. Too bad.
Exactly. After all, we still "dial" a phone. Hell, even modems "dial" a number, though there is nothing even vaguely circular rotating through the whole operation.
Any old name will do.
So this is the post microsoft world? Will it be known as "The PMS Age" or "The PM$ Age"?
The majority opinion of /.ers seems to be that unless you have popular credibility, you have no credibility. And since in order to have popular credibility, you must be a freenix advocate, having an MCSE automatically disqualifies you. It doesn't matter that the topic at hand should make your independently verifiable expertise relevant to the discussion; quite the contrary, since MS has certified you as competent, you must be incompetent. Kind of a "friend of my enemy" thing.