I was one of the first years of the DARE program. Even as a 4th grader, I was immensely bored by the overly-simplified and Happy-Little-Sunshine-World that those DARE things portrayed. However, I hadn't planned on trying that stuff before DARE, so I can't say how it affected me.
Most of the modern components you buy come with instructions if you are not sure. Though I didn't use it, my Athlon 2000+ came with a nice fold-out poster on how to correctly seat the CPU and put the heatsink on without crushing the core.
The best suggestion I can make is to have someone who knows what they are doing looking over your shoulder.
It's not a big deal, but I'm 99.99% sure the TIEs didn't have life support in the movies. They were crafts designed to superior speed and maneuverability by stripping away all the non-essentials, like shields or hyperspace-capability.
I don't remember where they said they were clones...Unless you are just assuming that after the events of "Attack of the Clones"
Not to be an over-obsessed SW geek, but the TIE fighter didn't have a life support system. That's why the pilots needed those air masks, while the X-wing pilots got the open-air helmets.
Sanduloviciu says this electric spark caused a high concentration of ions and electrons to accumulate at the positively charged electrode, which spontaneously formed spheres (Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, vol 18, p 335). Each sphere had a boundary made up of two layers - an outer layer of negatively charged electrons and an inner layer of positively charged ions.
Plasma cells are an interesting idea, but I doubt it's time to rip up the old textbooks yet. The 'nucleus' was only a collection of gas atoms. It kind of sounds like the researchers had to jump through hoops to get these 'cells' to grow or divide. Still, it might give us some new insights.
And the problem with that is? Sure, it would be a dirty job for something major, but for the simple stuff, I prefer to do it myself anyway. I know people who actually take their cars into the shop to change the oil. Yeesh.
I understand your viewpoint, but IMHO, it's better to more directly go after the companies (like with the Do not call list or more strict rules on what they can do) rather then try to hurt the company by making the lives of people with crappy jobes even worse.
I never do anything like that because, as much as I dislike getting telemarketer calls, delaying people on the line isn't hurting the telemarketing company, it's hurting the employee. They get paid by the sale, so keeping them on the line for 30 minutes is sure to cost them a lot.
Oh, and don't give me any bullshit about "They work for a telemarketing company. They deserve to lose money." That's just childish. Most of these people don't have a lot of choice. If they could get work elsewhere, they would.
All I know is, after a year of not clicking any of the unsubscribes, not opening any of the e-mails, even, I have about 100 spams a day in my hotmail throwaway account. If I go through and unsubscribe to the majority of them, I will only get about 10 spams a day for at least a couple months.
I don't know why people complain about this. When a company is already sending you 3-4 spams a day, every day, it's not like alerting them to an active account is going to make them send more. Those unsubscribe links work for me. I just do it about once a year to keep the spam down in my throwaway account. (Have yet to get spam in my real account)
That's very true. Back when I was in high school, we had a kid try to do that in the lunch line with a five or a ten. Of course, I'm guessing it was a bad copy job, because he was caught.
I know that when I worked in a fast food place, we were required (Although most didn't do it) to use these markers on the twenty dollar or higher bills that came our way. I'm not clear on how they worked, but the bill's paper type, ink type, or some combination of the two cause it to make a black mark, whereas if you used the marker on regular paper, it was clear. (Or was it the other way around? It's been a while) It seems that this sort of thing could easily defeat inkjet bills in the situations mentioned above.
- Leave person waiting. That is, first ansver, let him/her start up then say "oh, just a sec..." and go take a bath. I'm not talking quick shower here, take a real long soaker. Then go back and see if they're still there. I have actually never experienced a person calling back after this treatment. It also works great for busy people as you don't have to waste time on the phone.
That is something I would never do. These people, as annoying as their calls are, are just trying to make a living. I've got no problem going after the people at the top of spam and telemarketing groups, but don't pick on the little guy, just because he needs work.
I'm running Apache 2.0.44 w/ PHP 4.3.0 on Windows XP Pro and have not had any problems. with it. When I first set it up, I had some random crashes, but that turned out to be my software firewall. Since I've uninstalled it, no problems.
According to the bug reports, the change in splash screen has something to do with copywrite issues, but they do not say exactly what the problem is. So I doubt they will get the old one back.
I agree. I am a freshman this year, and never enjoyed the nice low price of Resnet last year. (They double the price this year). And since so much of the classes require internet access and freshman are required to be in the dorms, it was either a dial up account or Resnet. I choose resnet, partly because I could not afford to tie up the phone all day.
I guess I'll just have to get all the stuff I wanted before they impose these limits in July....
Oh, and this 2 gb limit is going to ruin the Cornell Scifi club..... >:(
I suppose I should mention that I would not consider/. a blog. Maybe my definitions are off, but I would only call it a weblog if it was done by one person, about their lives. This is a collaborate, almost forum-like place.
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I was one of the first years of the DARE program. Even as a 4th grader, I was immensely bored by the overly-simplified and Happy-Little-Sunshine-World that those DARE things portrayed. However, I hadn't planned on trying that stuff before DARE, so I can't say how it affected me.
Most of the modern components you buy come with instructions if you are not sure. Though I didn't use it, my Athlon 2000+ came with a nice fold-out poster on how to correctly seat the CPU and put the heatsink on without crushing the core.
The best suggestion I can make is to have someone who knows what they are doing looking over your shoulder.
Well, I never paid much attention to the books...
Still, just because there were clones during the founding the empire in AotC doesn't mean that all stormtroopers and TIE pilots in ANH were clones.
It's not a big deal, but I'm 99.99% sure the TIEs didn't have life support in the movies. They were crafts designed to superior speed and maneuverability by stripping away all the non-essentials, like shields or hyperspace-capability.
I don't remember where they said they were clones...Unless you are just assuming that after the events of "Attack of the Clones"
Not to be an over-obsessed SW geek, but the TIE fighter didn't have a life support system. That's why the pilots needed those air masks, while the X-wing pilots got the open-air helmets.
Sanduloviciu says this electric spark caused a high concentration of ions and electrons to accumulate at the positively charged electrode, which spontaneously formed spheres (Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, vol 18, p 335). Each sphere had a boundary made up of two layers - an outer layer of negatively charged electrons and an inner layer of positively charged ions.
Plasma cells are an interesting idea, but I doubt it's time to rip up the old textbooks yet. The 'nucleus' was only a collection of gas atoms. It kind of sounds like the researchers had to jump through hoops to get these 'cells' to grow or divide. Still, it might give us some new insights.
Actually, he didn't invent that. He just wondered what would happen if he HAD invented it.
Still, a man can dream. A man can dream....
And the problem with that is? Sure, it would be a dirty job for something major, but for the simple stuff, I prefer to do it myself anyway. I know people who actually take their cars into the shop to change the oil. Yeesh.
I understand your viewpoint, but IMHO, it's better to more directly go after the companies (like with the Do not call list or more strict rules on what they can do) rather then try to hurt the company by making the lives of people with crappy jobes even worse.
I never do anything like that because, as much as I dislike getting telemarketer calls, delaying people on the line isn't hurting the telemarketing company, it's hurting the employee. They get paid by the sale, so keeping them on the line for 30 minutes is sure to cost them a lot.
Oh, and don't give me any bullshit about "They work for a telemarketing company. They deserve to lose money." That's just childish. Most of these people don't have a lot of choice. If they could get work elsewhere, they would.
Yes, that was the joke. :)
That was exactly what I was thinking.
Lord and his colleagues, who produced infrasound with a seven meter (yard) pipe
Sounds like something do-able. Just don't go trying to making an MP3 of it.
People are going to find the URLs whether or not they are on google. It just seems pointless to remove them in an effort to curb downloading.
About the worst this can do is drive more people back to spy/adware-laden Kazaa.
All I know is, after a year of not clicking any of the unsubscribes, not opening any of the e-mails, even, I have about 100 spams a day in my hotmail throwaway account. If I go through and unsubscribe to the majority of them, I will only get about 10 spams a day for at least a couple months.
I don't know why people complain about this. When a company is already sending you 3-4 spams a day, every day, it's not like alerting them to an active account is going to make them send more. Those unsubscribe links work for me. I just do it about once a year to keep the spam down in my throwaway account. (Have yet to get spam in my real account)
That's very true. Back when I was in high school, we had a kid try to do that in the lunch line with a five or a ten. Of course, I'm guessing it was a bad copy job, because he was caught.
I know that when I worked in a fast food place, we were required (Although most didn't do it) to use these markers on the twenty dollar or higher bills that came our way. I'm not clear on how they worked, but the bill's paper type, ink type, or some combination of the two cause it to make a black mark, whereas if you used the marker on regular paper, it was clear. (Or was it the other way around? It's been a while) It seems that this sort of thing could easily defeat inkjet bills in the situations mentioned above.
I post there. It may not be the most sophisticated group of people on the web, but it certainly is entertaining.
I'm running Apache 2.0.44 w/ PHP 4.3.0 on Windows XP Pro and have not had any problems. with it. When I first set it up, I had some random crashes, but that turned out to be my software firewall. Since I've uninstalled it, no problems.
Isn't that what they said about Quantum Leap when it was cancelled in a similar way? Still waiting for that movie....
According to the bug reports, the change in splash screen has something to do with copywrite issues, but they do not say exactly what the problem is. So I doubt they will get the old one back.
I always liked that Jack Handy
I agree. I am a freshman this year, and never enjoyed the nice low price of Resnet last year. (They double the price this year). And since so much of the classes require internet access and freshman are required to be in the dorms, it was either a dial up account or Resnet. I choose resnet, partly because I could not afford to tie up the phone all day.
I guess I'll just have to get all the stuff I wanted before they impose these limits in July....
Oh, and this 2 gb limit is going to ruin the Cornell Scifi club..... >:(
I suppose I should mention that I would not consider /. a blog. Maybe my definitions are off, but I would only call it a weblog if it was done by one person, about their lives. This is a collaborate, almost forum-like place.