Input Interpretation: estimated average cruising airspeed of an unladen African swallow
Result: there is unfortunately insufficient data to estimate the velocity of an African swallow (even if you specified which of the 47 species of swallow found in Africa you meant)
(asked of a general swallow (but not answered) in Monty Python's Holy Grail.)
Of course, now I know there are 47 species of swallow in Africa.
He did an episode maintaining the first stage of a sewage processing facility. It looked pretty bad. The recent show where he collects rotting maggot infested cow corpses into a truck and then processes them with a large industrial grinder into a pulpy brown protein liquid is worse.
Fortunately the liquid is turned into animal feed and does not directly enter the human food supply where it could be left in an office fridge to become something disgusting.
I bought the Cosmos DVDs to watch and caught something I missed the first time. They used a short clip of Pink Floyd's One of These Days (I'm Going to Tear You into Little Pieces) as background audio in one episode. Good ol' Puff Daddy Sagan.
This does not scare the unemployed college student:-)
I had a friend in grad school whose credit card company screwed up his billing to the tune of 56 cents. He turned on the TV, poured himself a drink, and sat on the phone talking (wasting the time of) various people for hours over days until they just gave him the 56 cents (they never admitted wrong doing).
I remember this because I visited his apartment on the second day of his quest and thought to myself: "He's still at this?". While he was on the phone, the TV cut to breaking news of OJ Simpson leading police on a chase in a white Bronco. The CC company gave up about the same time as OJ.
That's the beauty of the cowcatcher, it deflect the obstruction to the side and into someone else's grille. Even then you can just let the birds pick the meaty bits out and hose down later.
Kind of hard to support when there's no mouse or touch screen.
According to the user's manual, the Kindle DX has a table of contents navigation feature that is usable with their proprietary format. Some PDFs have a table of contents information, displayed as you said in the bookmark pane of a PC based reader. The manual states that the TOC menu item is grayed out (disabled) for PDFs.
So the TOC navigation tools are there, they just don't allow them to be used with PDFs. For a large PDF, such as the USB spec, the TOC is very useful for navigation.
Good: Size and ability to download your own PDFs via USB. Price is not that outrageous for an early adopter type product.
Needs Improvement: Add SD card reader and WiFi. Switch between WiFi and 3G like the iPhone does so you can use a faster WiFi connection when available.
Bad: Disables table of contents feature for PDFs. Dumb
A (chosen) few will eventually go to jail. There are investigations in progress, but the justice system moves slowly, has limited resources, and is hamstrung by people with lots of money and connections. My guess is that in a year or two we will see some indictments, then another few years for trials and appeals. By the time anyone is convicted of a crime the public will say "huh? what?" and be gearing up for the next bubble/scam.
I dont own an iPhone because it doesn't have a tactile keyboard.
The iPhone 3.0 software enables the 'Spring Surprise' tactile feedback: Two steel bolts that, upon the activation of the keyboard, spring outward and pierce the user's hands and fingers.
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I typed: airspeed velocity of a swallow
Input Interpretation: estimated average cruising airspeed of an unladen African swallow
Result: there is unfortunately insufficient data to estimate the velocity of an African swallow
(even if you specified which of the 47 species of swallow found in Africa you meant)
(asked of a general swallow (but not answered) in Monty Python's Holy Grail.)
Of course, now I know there are 47 species of swallow in Africa.
Probably so, and he is just upset his last hooker had a penis.
Caveat emptor McMaster, you can't blame Craigslist for that.
...or you'll be wearing concrete galoshes.
Parenting tips from (old school) Scotty.
Infer a penny, infer a pound.
KFC is common all over the world.
And Mike Rowe thinks HE does dirty jobs...
He did an episode maintaining the first stage of a sewage processing facility. It looked pretty bad. The recent show where he collects rotting maggot infested cow corpses into a truck and then processes them with a large industrial grinder into a pulpy brown protein liquid is worse.
Fortunately the liquid is turned into animal feed and does not directly enter the human food supply where it could be left in an office fridge to become something disgusting.
Now witness the final battle between Captain Obvious and the Mighty Sarcasmo!
I bought the Cosmos DVDs to watch and caught something I missed the first time. They used a short clip of Pink Floyd's One of These Days (I'm Going to Tear You into Little Pieces) as background audio in one episode. Good ol' Puff Daddy Sagan.
Fat losers with special sauce in their keyboards.
Fused in a protective sphere of my patented, ultra-hard diamondium!
1994 called on this to say this particular unemployed college student had only a land line ;-)
This does not scare the unemployed college student :-)
I had a friend in grad school whose credit card company screwed up his billing to the tune of 56 cents. He turned on the TV, poured himself a drink, and sat on the phone talking (wasting the time of) various people for hours over days until they just gave him the 56 cents (they never admitted wrong doing).
I remember this because I visited his apartment on the second day of his quest and thought to myself: "He's still at this?". While he was on the phone, the TV cut to breaking news of OJ Simpson leading police on a chase in a white Bronco. The CC company gave up about the same time as OJ.
Has anyone here ever used an induction cooker to wipe/destroy a hard drive?
It seems that should be effective and entertaining.
That's the beauty of the cowcatcher, it deflect the obstruction to the side and into someone else's grille. Even then you can just let the birds pick the meaty bits out and hose down later.
Kind of hard to support when there's no mouse or touch screen.
According to the user's manual, the Kindle DX has a table of contents navigation feature that is usable with their proprietary format. Some PDFs have a table of contents information, displayed as you said in the bookmark pane of a PC based reader. The manual states that the TOC menu item is grayed out (disabled) for PDFs.
So the TOC navigation tools are there, they just don't allow them to be used with PDFs. For a large PDF, such as the USB spec, the TOC is very useful for navigation.
The operating temp range in the user's manual says max of 95F, so the beach may be out of the question anyways.
Good: Size and ability to download your own PDFs via USB. Price is not that outrageous for an early adopter type product.
Needs Improvement: Add SD card reader and WiFi. Switch between WiFi and 3G like the iPhone does so you can use a faster WiFi connection when available.
Bad: Disables table of contents feature for PDFs. Dumb
Personally, I'll stick to cell phones.
That's better. Then you get a righteous tasering for 'failing to preemptively comply with police directions'.
I prefer the Sgt Shultz response: "I see nothink!"
A (chosen) few will eventually go to jail. There are investigations in progress, but the justice system moves slowly, has limited resources, and is hamstrung by people with lots of money and connections. My guess is that in a year or two we will see some indictments, then another few years for trials and appeals. By the time anyone is convicted of a crime the public will say "huh? what?" and be gearing up for the next bubble/scam.
I gotta make sure my Budweiser is fresh!
Just kidding, all Budweiser is crap that I would never let past my lips.
What could possibly go wrong?
The drone might crash into your plants.
If Spinal Tap was in charge the pandemic threat level would go to 11.
I dont own an iPhone because it doesn't have a tactile keyboard.
The iPhone 3.0 software enables the 'Spring Surprise' tactile feedback:
Two steel bolts that, upon the activation of the keyboard, spring outward and pierce the user's hands and fingers.
The thinnest, lightest fuck you to ATT on the market!
You could make some freaky cool condoms with this, both for the visual pattern and the oscillations.