But does it give a report on the rare metals mined in deep Africa needed to build it?
The geek-factor on one of these is huge and I'd be all over it like a prussian woodpecker over a Louis XIII Antique Chair, but all this greenness only makes sense to those willing to ignore the un-greenness of the whole manufacturing process.
Bah. Why don't they just strap a mini gas turbine?
At least one of my ideas got stolen by a professor of mine back in 94. He did some moonlighting for a private learning center I had the chance to visit a few years after he was my teacher. I recognized my interface and asked what it was... it seems my teacher "custom designed" the application for them... and made some good money on the process. The bastard.
There was another incident, a year or two later, involving a major soft-drink brand who had one of those stylish mid 90's interactive stand which looked suspiciously like one of my projects. My teacher, who did some freelancing on the side, said I was crazy and that I could prove nothing. The bastard.
These were small projects... nothing worth patenting.
I do humongous form-driven web applications used mainly by scientists. I also support the forms. I remember a few:
Case 1: scientist: "How do I validate my application?" me: "There's a button right next to the application reference. What does it say?" scientist: "it says 'validate application'" me: "Well. There you have it." scientist: "What do you mean? What should I do? I must validate this before 17 pm. It's now 16:55! HOW DO I VALIDATE MY APPLICATION?" me: "*sigh*"
Case 2: scientist: "Your service is terrible. I cannot login with the username and password you sent me" me: "What username are you using, Sir?" scientist: "The one you sent me. 'is:L00232'" me:"*sigh*"
Case 3: scientist: "I assure you I sent you the email with the error." me: "Sir, I searched my inbox and I can't find any mail from you. What email address did you use?" scientist: "For crying out loud! I used the one you have on your signature: +35121837402. And I've got here the receipt that came out of the machine! Give me your name. I'm going to take your incompetency right to the minister!!! He's an old friend of mine, you know?" me: "*sigh*"
Case 4: scientist: "(...) then I clicked 'submit' and nothing happened. I lost 5 hours work and the deadline is in 15 minutes! I demand to have one more day to submit my application. Give me your name. I'm going to take your incompetency right to the minister!!! He's an old friend of mine, you know?" me: "Sir. Everything the users do in these forms is logged. I'm looking at the logs right now. Your username was used once on July 13 at 19:25 when you created the application and today just 10 minutes ago. My name is [my real name]. Do you still want to take this to the mnister? I will gladly supply the logs." scientist: "uhhh I mean... errr..." me:"I thought so"
I've got thousands of cases... I'm going to cry for a couple of minutes...
Who modded this "Informative"? Are you implying that if 1 billion people dress like a Pirate the GW will go away? BS! We need real pirates, not the harmless, GW lowering-ineffective, pirate-wannabes!
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The desktop printer's individual color ink cartridges hold 50ml of ink, an almost unprecedented amount in a consumer product, and will sell for less than $20 each, the company predicts. Most existing inkjet printers from companies like Epson use ink cartridges with a capacity of about 10ml, and prices of $15 to $30.
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But does it give a report on the rare metals mined in deep Africa needed to build it?
The geek-factor on one of these is huge and I'd be all over it like a prussian woodpecker over a Louis XIII Antique Chair, but all this greenness only makes sense to those willing to ignore the un-greenness of the whole manufacturing process.
Bah. Why don't they just strap a mini gas turbine?
I hear you...
I propose one of these!
Saw you yesterday on National Geographic! :)
At least one of my ideas got stolen by a professor of mine back in 94. He did some moonlighting for a private learning center I had the chance to visit a few years after he was my teacher.
I recognized my interface and asked what it was... it seems my teacher "custom designed" the application for them... and made some good money on the process. The bastard.
There was another incident, a year or two later, involving a major soft-drink brand who had one of those stylish mid 90's interactive stand which looked suspiciously like one of my projects. My teacher, who did some freelancing on the side, said I was crazy and that I could prove nothing. The bastard.
These were small projects... nothing worth patenting.
*giggle*
I do humongous form-driven web applications used mainly by scientists. I also support the forms. I remember a few:
Case 1:
scientist: "How do I validate my application?"
me: "There's a button right next to the application reference. What does it say?"
scientist: "it says 'validate application'"
me: "Well. There you have it."
scientist: "What do you mean? What should I do? I must validate this before 17 pm. It's now 16:55! HOW DO I VALIDATE MY APPLICATION?"
me: "*sigh*"
Case 2:
scientist: "Your service is terrible. I cannot login with the username and password you sent me"
me: "What username are you using, Sir?"
scientist: "The one you sent me. 'is:L00232'"
me:"*sigh*"
Case 3:
scientist: "I assure you I sent you the email with the error."
me: "Sir, I searched my inbox and I can't find any mail from you. What email address did you use?"
scientist: "For crying out loud! I used the one you have on your signature: +35121837402. And I've got here the receipt that came out of the machine! Give me your name. I'm going to take your incompetency right to the minister!!! He's an old friend of mine, you know?"
me: "*sigh*"
Case 4:
scientist: "(...) then I clicked 'submit' and nothing happened. I lost 5 hours work and the deadline is in 15 minutes! I demand to have one more day to submit my application. Give me your name. I'm going to take your incompetency right to the minister!!! He's an old friend of mine, you know?"
me: "Sir. Everything the users do in these forms is logged. I'm looking at the logs right now. Your username was used once on July 13 at 19:25 when you created the application and today just 10 minutes ago. My name is [my real name]. Do you still want to take this to the mnister? I will gladly supply the logs."
scientist: "uhhh I mean... errr..."
me:"I thought so"
I've got thousands of cases... I'm going to cry for a couple of minutes...
Haven't we determined already that radio waves degrade into noise in a couple of light years :/?
...two astronaughts and said cup?
This is slashdot! I want my complementary washed up jokes!
Mod parent up!
@tepples: that woosh you just heard was the worlds most obvious joke going right over your head
Woosh? What do you mean - I didn't hear a woosh.
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Geez! What's with some people that just don't get jokes!!?
You evidently were never proper introduced to Miss Alotta Fagina.
Who modded this "Informative"?
Are you implying that if 1 billion people dress like a Pirate the GW will go away?
BS!
We need real pirates, not the harmless, GW lowering-ineffective, pirate-wannabes!
I am Portuguese. It is a Portuguese A with a ~.
Now go and spread the word.
dd
x
This is /. ...I think!
There is no need to explain the bug!
What? No css?
Are you implying it may not be a moon?
err..
Ah crap. I always mess my Star Wars quotes.
Touché!
You really should RTFA.
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The desktop printer's individual color ink cartridges hold 50ml of ink, an almost unprecedented amount in a consumer product, and will sell for less than $20 each, the company predicts. Most existing inkjet printers from companies like Epson use ink cartridges with a capacity of about 10ml, and prices of $15 to $30.
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NEVER trust tapes.
I don't!
Bastards!
while(1==1){
alert('pwned');
}
</script>
Mwhahahahah
Phear my mad skillz!
Hunrf?!?!
Sharp eye, hey? :)
Mod parent up! It's funny!
>(...)I have a device in my left eye (the aformentioned IOD).(...)
Could you elaborate some more? Googled for "eye IOD" but came out empty!