Not to be mean, but I'm having difficulty believing you spent the *vast* amount of time required to write a book, and did not find time to squeeze in a little research.
Usually, you can get the process going with just a few sample chapters. It is not a short process, and you're going to be doing lots of waiting now. Maybe start writing your next book, and this time get a publisher on board before the book is done.
If you registered on Slashdot, you'd find it much easier to keep track of replies to your posts.
I'd also be able to let you know when I get a job. But then, I might not ever. I have a consulting deal in the works, for some very interesting radiation imaging equipment. See, by actually getting yourself out there and trying to change your situation, you get to go places.
Beats sitting around thinking that things are never going to change, and that nothing I do would ever change anything.
Strange...I installed Roadrunner just this week, and I didn't need to order cable service. Maybe the apartment sets us up with basic cable. I have no idea, cuz I don't have a TV.
You are way off base here. You don't even make sense.
I pay for Medicare/Medicaid/Social Security, because (theoretically) others will pay for me when I need it. Maybe I could blow all my Social Security money on the latest pop CD's (by then they will be singing from the cradle), but I'll be more likely to spend it on saltine crackers.
Another poster mentioned the invalidity of the high school argument.
I don't have many friends without cars. Guess it's because they have jobs, and are able to get out of their immediate vicinity.... Plus you're very illogical on this point too. A large amount of road tax comes from GASOLINE. Unless car-less people are really into mowing their lawn or setting brush fires, aren't buying much gas.
Your last comment is the most illogical. An independent, taxpaying member of society (such as yours truly) is going to be more concerned about forced expenditures. If a kid is leaching off their parent, they wouldn't give a crap about a few extra bucks on the bill. So I'm not in college and it won't affect me, but I don't like the precedent. Eventually they take all of our money away, then decide what we should be allowed to have.
Actually, the first sniper rifle would be more than adequate for just shooting the tether itself. That way all the hardware attached to the balloon disappears too. Otherwise they can just patch the balloon and send it up again.
I don't own a TV, and my parents haven't for about 18 years.
They got out of it around the same time TV began pushing the boundaries of what used to be morally unacceptable. Since then, TV has succeeded in programming a generation into mindless drones. They don't interact with other people, so all their perceptions of morality and acceptable behavior come from the TV. They watch the commercials and buy what they see.
That said, like many things it is the abuse which is harmful. Some people are intelligent enough to judge the content, and have the willpower to get up and turn it off. But a lot of people would have no idea what to do with their time. They have no skills or hobbies, because they have spent all their free time watching canned entertainment and laughing with the fake audience even if they don't get the joke.
Not everything on TV is bad, and certainly there are some fun programs to watch (for example, Junkyard Wars or Battlebots are some pretty fun shows for a bunch of engineering students to watch). But you need to be able to walk up and turn it off. Switch your mind from remote-control to self-control.
I wish there was a version of Quicken that accounted for your time and personal development. It would be interesting to track mental acuity, skillset expansion, energy, and rest levels in response to different activities. You could budget in time for entertainment, working on a hobby, reading a book, and even exercise. Then you could plot a graph and see whether you are a skilled and improving person, or a sad sack sitting on the couch, getting sadder and sackier.
The hardware would be amazingly simple! A peek inside the box reveals a stunningly minimal part count, enclosed in what only appears to be a single wire running from "VIDEO IN" to "VIDEO OUT."
The interference you are correct about, but the spark-gap is only a simple way to get high voltage. Basically hook up an electromagnetic buzzer to another pair of contacts, and power the primary of a coil with that.
Practical Use: Obtain several radio-controlled cars. Attach a crude spark-gap high voltage coil to each. Drive the cars around the countryside gathering a swarm of fire ants. Make a red skin-tight costume (don't forget the cape), practice your "evil laugh" and TAKE OVER!
The ANTMASTER will make you cry "UNCLE!"
And his PUNS are every bit as torturous as his fire-ant swarm!
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STOP IT! I'm getting all flustered and stuttery!
I changed my mind. Please mod me DOWN, I forgot that I am a geek and supposed to be shy and inept around women.
I'm so embarrassed.
She says she hopes to fall in love, and asks "Any takers?"
*raises a hand*
Please please please mod me up to +5, so if she reads Slashdot she'll see my post!
C'mon guys...
Computers are a tool for burglary, let's ban those.
OK, 217.22.144.195, it's not funny to SMS me with "LOL OMG KTHX BYE."
Well, maybe it is.
I hope the robot isn't smart enough to jam the handle at maximum speed toward an opponent, when the opponent is positioned...uhm...a little too close.
Ah, the college days of Extreme Foosball. And misinterpreting what exactly 'foos'-ing a ball is.
Not to be mean, but I'm having difficulty believing you spent the *vast* amount of time required to write a book, and did not find time to squeeze in a little research.
Usually, you can get the process going with just a few sample chapters. It is not a short process, and you're going to be doing lots of waiting now. Maybe start writing your next book, and this time get a publisher on board before the book is done.
One wonders how much is actually required, and how much a salesman will tell you is required.
If you registered on Slashdot, you'd find it much easier to keep track of replies to your posts.
I'd also be able to let you know when I get a job. But then, I might not ever. I have a consulting deal in the works, for some very interesting radiation imaging equipment. See, by actually getting yourself out there and trying to change your situation, you get to go places.
Beats sitting around thinking that things are never going to change, and that nothing I do would ever change anything.
Strange...I installed Roadrunner just this week, and I didn't need to order cable service. Maybe the apartment sets us up with basic cable. I have no idea, cuz I don't have a TV.
I didn't say that was good. In fact, I'd like to see unnecessary fees revoked. I am also against adding more.
Are you saying we should just give up? Those fees get there because people put them there. People can also take them away.
You are just defeatist and will never accomplish anything worth remembering after you're gone.
A very, VERY good point!
Remember, many of us are getting older and "have seen it all." Being jaded is an understandable reaction.
But remember: to a kid, everything is fresh and new. I think that's what people miss most about childhood.
Your grandkids are going to be just as thrilled with UT 2035, as you were with the original Castle Wolfenstein.
You are way off base here. You don't even make sense.
I pay for Medicare/Medicaid/Social Security, because (theoretically) others will pay for me when I need it. Maybe I could blow all my Social Security money on the latest pop CD's (by then they will be singing from the cradle), but I'll be more likely to spend it on saltine crackers.
Another poster mentioned the invalidity of the high school argument.
I don't have many friends without cars. Guess it's because they have jobs, and are able to get out of their immediate vicinity.... Plus you're very illogical on this point too. A large amount of road tax comes from GASOLINE. Unless car-less people are really into mowing their lawn or setting brush fires, aren't buying much gas.
Your last comment is the most illogical. An independent, taxpaying member of society (such as yours truly) is going to be more concerned about forced expenditures. If a kid is leaching off their parent, they wouldn't give a crap about a few extra bucks on the bill. So I'm not in college and it won't affect me, but I don't like the precedent. Eventually they take all of our money away, then decide what we should be allowed to have.
So, that means ALL the students would be paying for music, even if they didn't want it.
Need some money? Just go to the ones you have the most power over, and most likely already in overwhelming debt.
The president of Penn State is an idiot. Definitely NOT acting in the best interest of the students.
I share a flat with two other people. We have a DSL connection, 768/128. He's a KaZaA addicted looser.
So you're saying he's schizophrenic?
Actually, the first sniper rifle would be more than adequate for just shooting the tether itself. That way all the hardware attached to the balloon disappears too. Otherwise they can just patch the balloon and send it up again.
Any first year student is a freshman. "Freshwomen" is just butchering the word. Why don't we go for "freshperson" while we're at it.
Maybe at MIT, but at RHIT the female:male ratio literally was 1:10. I think it has improved to about 1:7 or 1:6 by now.
My freshman class was 400 students. All of the freshmen women were housed on the third floor above mine, which was a 40 student floor.
Not some of the ones I've seen in Green Bay.
I don't own a TV, and my parents haven't for about 18 years.
They got out of it around the same time TV began pushing the boundaries of what used to be morally unacceptable. Since then, TV has succeeded in programming a generation into mindless drones. They don't interact with other people, so all their perceptions of morality and acceptable behavior come from the TV. They watch the commercials and buy what they see.
That said, like many things it is the abuse which is harmful. Some people are intelligent enough to judge the content, and have the willpower to get up and turn it off. But a lot of people would have no idea what to do with their time. They have no skills or hobbies, because they have spent all their free time watching canned entertainment and laughing with the fake audience even if they don't get the joke.
Not everything on TV is bad, and certainly there are some fun programs to watch (for example, Junkyard Wars or Battlebots are some pretty fun shows for a bunch of engineering students to watch). But you need to be able to walk up and turn it off. Switch your mind from remote-control to self-control.
I wish there was a version of Quicken that accounted for your time and personal development. It would be interesting to track mental acuity, skillset expansion, energy, and rest levels in response to different activities. You could budget in time for entertainment, working on a hobby, reading a book, and even exercise. Then you could plot a graph and see whether you are a skilled and improving person, or a sad sack sitting on the couch, getting sadder and sackier.
We'll ALWAYS find a way to avoid commercials! Since the technology approach has failed us, how about a chemical approach?
When a commercial block occurs, grab your trusty hypodermic needle and go into a 2-minute coma.
The hardware would be amazingly simple! A peek inside the box reveals a stunningly minimal part count, enclosed in what only appears to be a single wire running from "VIDEO IN" to "VIDEO OUT."
The interference you are correct about, but the spark-gap is only a simple way to get high voltage. Basically hook up an electromagnetic buzzer to another pair of contacts, and power the primary of a coil with that.
How about the junction of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah?
Practical Use: Obtain several radio-controlled cars. Attach a crude spark-gap high voltage coil to each. Drive the cars around the countryside gathering a swarm of fire ants. Make a red skin-tight costume (don't forget the cape), practice your "evil laugh" and TAKE OVER!
The ANTMASTER will make you cry "UNCLE!"
And his PUNS are every bit as torturous as his fire-ant swarm!