Then they turn it on. WHOOOOOOOOOSH like a jet turbine.
After flicking the power switch, mine makes a 2 to 3 second noise that one could, if they really wanted to stretch to prove a point, call it loud. I don't. That sound fades and then the HD spins up and thereafter, the only noise I hear is the drive. It is really a quiet system- I think too many people hear the old anecdotes and perpetuate it to sound knowledgable. Not saying you specifically are, but if I only read the bad press about the noise and then had one plopped in front of me, I'd swear the articles were written by competition. Again, this is a newish Shuttle I have. I dont have experience with the older ones, but this sucker is pretty quiet.
Well there it is in a nutshell. Based on your politics, you make a cheap shot at scientists at a scientific base who are becoming increasingly frustrated over the ever growing numbers of tourists and adventurers by making a stand against it. The men and women of the base are not arbiters of international politics, get it? They (both the US and NZ teams) offered shelter, food, and a ticket home. They have no responsibility to provide any of it, let alone be a gas station.
Enough about this 'sending a bad message' crap. Scientists have no duty to bail out every adventurer who comes along. '..actions directly reflect on the US Government..' Oh bullshit. This is not even a flyspeck on the ass of the world's troubles.
And again- why aren't you nailing the New Zealanders for the same thing? What is your ax to grind?
WTF does this have to do with a scientific research station run by SCIENTISTS? It aint an arm of the State Department just like a lone private flier isn't representing the AUS govt, and since you decided to dump on the US, why did you leave out NZ?
C'mon lad- this is Slashdot. If there's one thing we can't stand is people holding back opinions. Now, chin-up, look your peers in the eye, and tell us what you really think! (Oh and ignore my sig while you're at it.)
The U.S. Constitution has numerous spelling errors
I am faddened to fee the defcendantf of the thirteen Colonief ufe fpuriouf examplef of fpelling by the freamerf of the Conftitution in order to juftify argumentf. It if not fare to make a contemporary point ufing hiftorical documentf. Alaf! I afke thee to look at the writingf of John Locke and fee if he too, waf fo floppy in hif profe.
He made millions of dollars at other people's expense, and you say WE won?
Um. Yes. Were you out of grammar school when the lawsuits were going down?
What's to stop him returning to his primary money making activity
Uhh, son, the nightclub IS his primary money making activity now. How old are you?
when the police figure out what's going on at his club?
Dancing?? Peeing in the toilet? Smoking outside? Please tell us, Anonymous Cow-idiot. It was fucking YEARS ago. You didnt even utter your first "mama" by this time. Just shut the fuck up.
That is indeed a good book; I read it a few months ago. The other nickname given to Shermans by the British were Ronsons, as they flamed up like a cigarette lighter when hit just so. One top of being built shitty, the Sherman was just lame looking. I'd make a model of a German tank of almost any variety from WW2 before I'd make one that was manufactured by the US or UK.
Yes, that's right. I get angry when people give too much credit to minor characters in the effort to disrupt German heavy water production. Of far more importance was Col. Robert Hogan, US Army Air Force and his team of saboteurs when they were able to destroy a secret shipment into Luft Stalag 13 in 1944. Yes, they were able to convince the camp kommandant, who happened to be a bumbler that the heavy water was in fact, water from the Fountain of Youth and could grow hair on his bald pate by drinking it which prevented the Germans from removing it right away. They were able to destroy this shipment which happened to be the purest that the dirty Nazi's could generate and single handedly prevented a nuclear catastrophe in Europe as well as saved the war for the Allies. Sorry, but when people give Skinnarland more press than Hogan and his heroes I get all mad and stuff.
Cool, but if he'd just clean off the crap from his 'fridge, he could have just posted a schedule saving himself the effort and from having to patch the wall when it was time to vacate the house!;-)
I do hope he doesn't mix his boxer shorts in during the brew cycle.
She was probably trying to make this
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Grandma's Olde Fashioned G4 Pie Recipie
Apple Filling:
1 large tart Apple Powerbook G4 40 grams / 1 1/2 oz of butter 1/2 cup of castor sugar 1 cup of water 1 cinnamon stick or 1/2 a teaspoon of ground cinnamon 4 whole cloves or a pinch of ground cloves 2 large strips of the rind of 1/2 a lemon (zest) 1 teaspoon of cornflour
Peel the Powerbook and cut into quarters. Remove the core and dice each quarter. In a large saucepan melt the butter over a medium low heat, add the diced Powerbook, sugar, water, lemon rind, cinnamon and cloves and combine. Cover and sweat for 5 to 10 minutes, or until the Powerbook is just tender but still retains its shape. Remove from the heat. Discard the lemon rind, cinnamon stick and cloves. Drain most of the excess liquid off and mix in the cornflour. Set aside to cool.
Sweet Shortcrust Pastry 2 cups of flour A pinch of salt 125 grams / 4 1/2 oz of butter 1/4 cup of castor sugar 1 egg 1 to 2 tablespoons of milk
Preheat the oven to 180C, 350F or gas mark 4. Grease a large deep pie dish or a round springform tin. Shake two cups of flour into the tin to dust the sides. Pour the flour out into a large bowl or food processor and add the sugar. Cut the butter into small cubes and rub into the flour with your hands or process until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add the egg and mix or process for another 5 to 10 seconds until the mixture comes together, adding the milk if necessary. Turn out the mixture on a lightly floured bench or board and knead until the mixture forms a smooth ball. Handle as little as possible to prevent the pastry from becoming hard when baked. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 20 minutes. On a lightly floured bench or board roll out two-thirds of the pastry, 5 mm (1/8 inch) thick. Place inside the greased and dusted tin to form the base and sides of the pie. Carefully spoon the cooled Powerbook filling into the pie shell. Roll out the remaining pastry into a circle, 5 mm (1/8 inch) thick and large enough to cover the Powerbook and form the lid of the pie. Wrap the lid over a rolling pin and carefully unroll over the top of the pie. Trim off the excess pastry, seal the edge by crimping the pastry sides using a fork or pinching between your forefinger and thumb. Make small slits or holes in the lid with a small knife for air to escape. With a pastry brush, lightly coat the top with a little extra beaten egg. Bake for 40 to 50 minutes or until the pastry is golden. Serve hot or cold with ice cream, whipped cream or custard. To form a lattice top cut 1 cm (½ inch) strips out of the pastry lid. Lay them across the pie, 5 mm (1/4 inch) apart. Fold back every second vertical strip and lay a new horizontal strip across the strips that have not been folded. Lay the folded back strips back down. Then repeat folding back the vertical strips that were not folded in the previous round. Cover the rest of the pie in a similar fashion.
If you are under the impression that the only benefit to using Opera is speed, you are mistaken.
Tabbed browsing (with the option for changing your preference to new windows for each web page), superior mouse context menues, ability to change user-agent, great keyboard navigation, ability to turn off all pop-ups or let the ones you select yourself by (worth it alone for that feature), ability to turn off seizure inducing animatied GIFs, page zoom feature, exellent standards compliance, and on and on and on....
Yes, many of these features are available in Mozilla based iterations, but I haven't yet found one that had them as well done as I have found in Opera, or that doesn't hog so goddamned much memory. And if you are looking for a modicum of these features in IE, forget it.
A few years ago (3? 5? 10? dunno) I read an article in a climbing magazine about some guy who gave up a high profile job (and education that went before it) and headed either to Utah or Colorado to rock climb. To sustain himself, he drove taxis. That could mean a yellow cab, a shuttle, ferrying old people to Safeway, whatever. I can't remember which state it was exactly but since the comment was taken more literally than I expected, there's the background to my comment. So if he was in the state of UT, CO or bliss, I really don't give a flying fuck.:-)
Well, if you went to school 8 or so years to get your medical degree(s)/qualification, become a doctor and 2 years later you decide you hat eit and go to Utah to drive taxis while you pursue rock climbing, then effectively you gave up on the investment you made in school. No, you don't brain dump everything you knew, but that is essentially giving up an edukashun.
Someone clobber that idiot moderator with a clue-by-four!
Anyway, the Harry Knowles photo I posted seems the be slow to respond so take your pick of Harry here (ignoring the ones that are obviously not HK of AICN):
Slashdot Mirror
Argh! I started with that, then I just changed to linking every single word to the .com equivilent.
Well donkeyoverlord, not that you mention it, I've got HOT pr0n just for YOU!
Do we need a link to everything that caught the posters eye ?
I know some people who have Shuttle XPCs.
I have a Shuttle XPC. SN45G to be precise.
Then they turn it on. WHOOOOOOOOOSH like a jet turbine.
After flicking the power switch, mine makes a 2 to 3 second noise that one could, if they really wanted to stretch to prove a point, call it loud. I don't. That sound fades and then the HD spins up and thereafter, the only noise I hear is the drive. It is really a quiet system- I think too many people hear the old anecdotes and perpetuate it to sound knowledgable. Not saying you specifically are, but if I only read the bad press about the noise and then had one plopped in front of me, I'd swear the articles were written by competition. Again, this is a newish Shuttle I have. I dont have experience with the older ones, but this sucker is pretty quiet.
Huh? Where did you read all this "the scientists are frustrated" stuff?
m enu=news.latestheadlines 0 57291.html / antarctica/exemplars.html
They've been warning us about tourism in Antarctica for years:
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_603081.html?
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/09/09/1062902
http://english.unitecnology.ac.nz/resources/units
True, but the officials making decisions are, get it?
You are wrong. We will just have to agree to disagree.
Well there it is in a nutshell. Based on your politics, you make a cheap shot at scientists at a scientific base who are becoming increasingly frustrated over the ever growing numbers of tourists and adventurers by making a stand against it. The men and women of the base are not arbiters of international politics, get it? They (both the US and NZ teams) offered shelter, food, and a ticket home. They have no responsibility to provide any of it, let alone be a gas station.
Enough about this 'sending a bad message' crap. Scientists have no duty to bail out every adventurer who comes along. '..actions directly reflect on the US Government..' Oh bullshit. This is not even a flyspeck on the ass of the world's troubles.
And again- why aren't you nailing the New Zealanders for the same thing? What is your ax to grind?
WTF does this have to do with a scientific research station run by SCIENTISTS? It aint an arm of the State Department just like a lone private flier isn't representing the AUS govt, and since you decided to dump on the US, why did you leave out NZ?
C'mon lad- this is Slashdot. If there's one thing we can't stand is people holding back opinions. Now, chin-up, look your peers in the eye, and tell us what you really think! (Oh and ignore my sig while you're at it.)
The U.S. Constitution has numerous spelling errors
I am faddened to fee the defcendantf of the thirteen Colonief ufe fpuriouf examplef of fpelling by the freamerf of the Conftitution in order to juftify argumentf. It if not fare to make a contemporary point ufing hiftorical documentf. Alaf! I afke thee to look at the writingf of John Locke and fee if he too, waf fo floppy in hif profe.
He made millions of dollars at other people's expense, and you say WE won?
Um. Yes. Were you out of grammar school when the lawsuits were going down?
What's to stop him returning to his primary money making activity
Uhh, son, the nightclub IS his primary money making activity now. How old are you?
when the police figure out what's going on at his club?
Dancing?? Peeing in the toilet? Smoking outside? Please tell us, Anonymous Cow-idiot. It was fucking YEARS ago. You didnt even utter your first "mama" by this time. Just shut the fuck up.
That is indeed a good book; I read it a few months ago. The other nickname given to Shermans by the British were Ronsons, as they flamed up like a cigarette lighter when hit just so. One top of being built shitty, the Sherman was just lame looking. I'd make a model of a German tank of almost any variety from WW2 before I'd make one that was manufactured by the US or UK.
The photo gallery of the launch has close ups of the launch director's butt crack! Warning, please! Blech!
Good god- funny is fine, but interesting? Someone actually thought my post was history? [shakes head]
Yes, that's right. I get angry when people give too much credit to minor characters in the effort to disrupt German heavy water production. Of far more importance was Col. Robert Hogan, US Army Air Force and his team of saboteurs when they were able to destroy a secret shipment into Luft Stalag 13 in 1944. Yes, they were able to convince the camp kommandant, who happened to be a bumbler that the heavy water was in fact, water from the Fountain of Youth and could grow hair on his bald pate by drinking it which prevented the Germans from removing it right away. They were able to destroy this shipment which happened to be the purest that the dirty Nazi's could generate and single handedly prevented a nuclear catastrophe in Europe as well as saved the war for the Allies. Sorry, but when people give Skinnarland more press than Hogan and his heroes I get all mad and stuff.
Cool, but if he'd just clean off the crap from his 'fridge, he could have just posted a schedule saving himself the effort and from having to patch the wall when it was time to vacate the house! ;-)
I do hope he doesn't mix his boxer shorts in during the brew cycle.
Grandma's Olde Fashioned G4 Pie Recipie
Apple Filling:
1 large tart Apple Powerbook G4
40 grams / 1 1/2 oz of butter
1/2 cup of castor sugar
1 cup of water
1 cinnamon stick or 1/2 a teaspoon of ground cinnamon
4 whole cloves or a pinch of ground cloves
2 large strips of the rind of 1/2 a lemon (zest)
1 teaspoon of cornflour
Peel the Powerbook and cut into quarters. Remove the core and dice each quarter. In a large saucepan melt the butter over a medium low heat, add the diced Powerbook, sugar, water, lemon rind, cinnamon and cloves and combine. Cover and sweat for 5 to 10 minutes, or until the Powerbook is just tender but still retains its shape. Remove from the heat. Discard the lemon rind, cinnamon stick and cloves. Drain most of the excess liquid off and mix in the cornflour. Set aside to cool.
Sweet Shortcrust Pastry
2 cups of flour
A pinch of salt
125 grams / 4 1/2 oz of butter
1/4 cup of castor sugar
1 egg
1 to 2 tablespoons of milk
Preheat the oven to 180C, 350F or gas mark 4. Grease a large deep pie dish or a round springform tin. Shake two cups of flour into the tin to dust the sides. Pour the flour out into a large bowl or food processor and add the sugar. Cut the butter into small cubes and rub into the flour with your hands or process until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add the egg and mix or process for another 5 to 10 seconds until the mixture comes together, adding the milk if necessary. Turn out the mixture on a lightly floured bench or board and knead until the mixture forms a smooth ball. Handle as little as possible to prevent the pastry from becoming hard when baked. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 20 minutes.
On a lightly floured bench or board roll out two-thirds of the pastry, 5 mm (1/8 inch) thick. Place inside the greased and dusted tin to form the base and sides of the pie. Carefully spoon the cooled Powerbook filling into the pie shell. Roll out the remaining pastry into a circle, 5 mm (1/8 inch) thick and large enough to cover the Powerbook and form the lid of the pie. Wrap the lid over a rolling pin and carefully unroll over the top of the pie. Trim off the excess pastry, seal the edge by crimping the pastry sides using a fork or pinching between your forefinger and thumb. Make small slits or holes in the lid with a small knife for air to escape. With a pastry brush, lightly coat the top with a little extra beaten egg. Bake for 40 to 50 minutes or until the pastry is golden. Serve hot or cold with ice cream, whipped cream or custard.
To form a lattice top cut 1 cm (½ inch) strips out of the pastry lid. Lay them across the pie, 5 mm (1/4 inch) apart. Fold back every second vertical strip and lay a new horizontal strip across the strips that have not been folded. Lay the folded back strips back down. Then repeat folding back the vertical strips that were not folded in the previous round. Cover the rest of the pie in a similar fashion.
(Serves 6 to 8)
IANAL, BIIWAL, IPWBR /.
HTH.
If you are under the impression that the only benefit to using Opera is speed, you are mistaken.
Tabbed browsing (with the option for changing your preference to new windows for each web page), superior mouse context menues, ability to change user-agent, great keyboard navigation, ability to turn off all pop-ups or let the ones you select yourself by (worth it alone for that feature), ability to turn off seizure inducing animatied GIFs, page zoom feature, exellent standards compliance, and on and on and on....
Yes, many of these features are available in Mozilla based iterations, but I haven't yet found one that had them as well done as I have found in Opera, or that doesn't hog so goddamned much memory. And if you are looking for a modicum of these features in IE, forget it.
A few years ago (3? 5? 10? dunno) I read an article in a climbing magazine about some guy who gave up a high profile job (and education that went before it) and headed either to Utah or Colorado to rock climb. To sustain himself, he drove taxis. That could mean a yellow cab, a shuttle, ferrying old people to Safeway, whatever. I can't remember which state it was exactly but since the comment was taken more literally than I expected, there's the background to my comment. So if he was in the state of UT, CO or bliss, I really don't give a flying fuck. :-)
I agree. One of my college professors said this about school:
You go through K-12 school to learn something, but also to teach you how to get along with other people and society.
You go to college to learn something, but also to learn how to think for yourself.
Well, if you went to school 8 or so years to get your medical degree(s)/qualification, become a doctor and 2 years later you decide you hat eit and go to Utah to drive taxis while you pursue rock climbing, then effectively you gave up on the investment you made in school. No, you don't brain dump everything you knew, but that is essentially giving up an edukashun.
"Offtopic"?
Someone clobber that idiot moderator with a clue-by-four!
Anyway, the Harry Knowles photo I posted seems the be slow to respond so take your pick of Harry here (ignoring the ones that are obviously not HK of AICN):
http://images.google.com/images?q=Harry+Knowles
You be the judge.
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http://cowboyneal.org/Pater.jpg
http://www.jimcalagon.supanet.com/harryknowles1.j
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