At Arizona State we used PRS devices in a biology class of about 200 students. Only one third of the class was allowed to respond at one time in order to avoid overloading the IR receivers mounted on the walls.
For a student, biggest problem was figuring out whether or not the system recorded your answer. Upon a successful transmission, the system displayed a personal confirmation code on the classroom projector. Alas, it could only display around 30 codes before the oldest one was overwritten. With 70 other students in each group frantically submitting and resubmitting their answer, finding your confirmation code on the screen before it got overwritten was a matter of looking at the right place at the right time.
Repeat this two more times for a class of ~200 and the whole thing took 5-10 minutes... for a single question! The teacher eventually decided that the system was too unreliable and slow and used it only for a few bonus-point quizzes so that it wouldn't hurt our grade.
About a month ago I tried installing a PC version of FF7 on my computer but it died half way through. I saw that the CD had a small scratch on top that removed _just a speck_ of the label. Apparently, the label also functioned as the reflective layer but was left very lightly protected (sprayed-on overcoat?). It was pretty much dead in the water. If it were a bargain-basement CD-R I wouldn't have been surprised, but it was a factory-made CD!
Go watch Conspiracy Theory. Mel Gibson's character has a pretty sweet set up to toast his whole apartment when it gets raided. It should be relatively easy to construct a switch-activated device that ignites a flammable liquid and/or high explosive encased with your HD.
Of course, using an external hard drive is best. That way you can attach as many explosives as you want and you won't lose your main computer in case of a false alarm.
I took photos of ants infesting my power tap once. It was really strange at the time. I kept shaking them out, but they kept going back. I ended up having to spray inside the thing with Orange Clean to get them to stop coming back.
Check out the photos, I used them to scare my girlfriend about my ant-attracting messiness before I moved in with her.
...and then there was this one time I was going to school and I bent down to pick up the newspaper and a scorpion fell off my backpack's shoulder strap...but I didn't get a photo of that one...
There were two animated adaptations introducing Dragonball, a TV series and a short movie, Curse of the Blood Rubies
The TV series is what is shown (dubbed/edited) on CN. Oolong isn't introduced until after the flashing. I don't recall if Goku took off Bulma's panties originally in that version.
Curse of the Blood Rubies is a 48-minute version of the first quest to find the Dragonballs. Oolong is introduced before the flashing, and I know that Goku took off Bulma's panties in this version (Don't ask how:D).
The movie is different from the TV series in many other ways, but the general idea is the same. Drawing from other Toonami shows as an example: It's similar to the differences between Tenchi Muyo and Tenchi Universe.
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For a student, biggest problem was figuring out whether or not the system recorded your answer. Upon a successful transmission, the system displayed a personal confirmation code on the classroom projector. Alas, it could only display around 30 codes before the oldest one was overwritten. With 70 other students in each group frantically submitting and resubmitting their answer, finding your confirmation code on the screen before it got overwritten was a matter of looking at the right place at the right time.
Repeat this two more times for a class of ~200 and the whole thing took 5-10 minutes... for a single question! The teacher eventually decided that the system was too unreliable and slow and used it only for a few bonus-point quizzes so that it wouldn't hurt our grade.
About a month ago I tried installing a PC version of FF7 on my computer but it died half way through. I saw that the CD had a small scratch on top that removed _just a speck_ of the label. Apparently, the label also functioned as the reflective layer but was left very lightly protected (sprayed-on overcoat?). It was pretty much dead in the water. If it were a bargain-basement CD-R I wouldn't have been surprised, but it was a factory-made CD!
Curse you Eidos and your cardboard CD cases!
LG CD-ROM Drive: "I'll need a weapon to fight off drunken Mandrake CDs when I get there."
Gary Gygax: "Here, take my +1 mace."
Of course, using an external hard drive is best. That way you can attach as many explosives as you want and you won't lose your main computer in case of a false alarm.
Check out the photos, I used them to scare my girlfriend about my ant-attracting messiness before I moved in with her.
...and then there was this one time I was going to school and I bent down to pick up the newspaper and a scorpion fell off my backpack's shoulder strap...but I didn't get a photo of that one...
The TV series is what is shown (dubbed/edited) on CN. Oolong isn't introduced until after the flashing. I don't recall if Goku took off Bulma's panties originally in that version.
Curse of the Blood Rubies is a 48-minute version of the first quest to find the Dragonballs. Oolong is introduced before the flashing, and I know that Goku took off Bulma's panties in this version (Don't ask how :D).
The movie is different from the TV series in many other ways, but the general idea is the same. Drawing from other Toonami shows as an example: It's similar to the differences between Tenchi Muyo and Tenchi Universe.