Hey, I feel for you. Back in `93 (I think, don't quote me), we had an ice storm hit our area pretty hard. Some people were without power for over 2 weeks. And the cell phones were useless after the first couple of hours when the batteries at the towers went dead. Only the police, fire and utilities had any radio communications at the time because they had planned their systems for just this type of emergency.
Oh, some cell sites had generators, but the cell co.'s had assumed they could just grab a gas can at the local hardware store and buy some gas to refill the generators until the utility hooked them back up.
Which would have been fine if the utility didn't have 100K other customers who also needed to be hooked back up. Not to mention that the utility couldn't even get power to their own substations because of all the downed trees and lines. Heck, most roads were impassable because of downed limbs.
And none of the stores in the area that sold gas cans could take checks or credit cards because they didn't have power, cash sales only! And most banks and ATMs were offline as well. As were all the gas stations within a 100 mile radius. It was a mess. Widespread power outages are a bitch. I was fortunate as my power was only out for about 10 hours. We dug out the candles and my kerosene garage heater for the duration.
A co-worker drove 4 hours round-trip to his father-in-law's place just to borrow a generator. When he got home he discovered there wasn't a gas can to be bought nor a gas station open to sell him gas. His borrowed generator was useless. We still give him a hard time at work about that one. There were even some fist fights at the few places that had generators for sale and a couple of stores were gouging people heavily to buy them. Hard times seem to bring out the worst in some people.
Last spring after a storm I was without power for over half a day. I went out and bought a generator the next day but have never had to use it.
Hmm, just checked the weather service at http://radar.weather.gov/Conus/full_loop.php. Looks like that storm might make it this far after all. I think I'll go fill up both my 5 gallon gas cans.
Good luck to everyone in the storm's path! Hope it doesn't hit you!
No. The landline companies have their own battery/generator systems and have had them for years. I don't know if they were ever mandated to have them or if they just considered it good business sense. Even during a major, prolonged, power outage landlines are almost certain to work. Now if the phone lines go down due to storm damage, that's a different story.
In nature, the successful predator always goes after the weak and the lame first.
Where I work we had to implement draconian measures concerning attachments and files because the execs kept clicking "run anyway" even though the anti virus software warned them it could be an infected file. They honestly thought they knew more than the AV software.
Back when the twin blade razors first came out, Saturday Night Live did a parody commercial for a triple bladed razor, complete with cheesy animation just like the real thing.
I still remember their claim for the razor during the animation:
"The first blade pulls the whisker out, then the second blade pulls it out further and then the third blade RIPS IT OUT BY THE ROOTS FOR THE CLOSEST SHAVE EVER!"
I'd almost bet it kept the razor industry from introducing a 3 blade razor for many years.
(Personally, the number of blades doesn't affect me. I've had a full beard since college. My wife loves it, says it showed her I was unafraid to be different, willing to take chances and buck the trends.)
Everyone commenting on how inaccurate this is needs to take a close look in the mirror to make sure that the comic book guy is not staring back at them.
Actually, while technically the same, rapeseed and canola are definitely different. Rapeseed oil is highly poisonous but makes an excellent lubricant in certain applications. Canola is a variety of rapeseed that was mutated (by nuclear radiation, IIRC) to have a non-poisonous oil. They're the same, but different. Besides, who would want to buy "Nuclear Irradiated Mutant Rapeseed Oil"?
Actually Wendy was going by the name Walter Carlos back then, at least that's how she's listed on my copy of the album, which is worn and scratchy from repeated playing. It's a groundbreaking piece of work, somewhat mindblowing at the time. Must dig it out again and find a turntable.
Check if there's a custom cabinet shop in your area. They can probably build you something to your specs for a few hundred dollars. If you have them build it unfinished and finish it yourself you can save a bit. I had an A/V cabinet built a couple of years ago that fits right in with the rest of the house. Adjustable shelves, knockouts for cables hidden hardware; it looks like it came with the house.
Buy a Delorme Tripmate on Ebay. Buy or build a power/serial cable. Connect pins 2&3 on the serial port so the Tripmate will self start. Parse the ASCII strings sent by the Tripmate. The string you need looks like this:
McAfee Astrometrics has complete plans for building a time code inserter using the BOB3. It can also be configured to provide lattitude, longitude, altitude and date.
It's a valid email address and yes, I read it from time to time. If Arnold wants to send me some mail at that address there's a chance I'll read it, albeit a slim chance.
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Hey, I feel for you. Back in `93 (I think, don't quote me), we had an ice storm hit our area pretty hard. Some people were without power for over 2 weeks. And the cell phones were useless after the first couple of hours when the batteries at the towers went dead. Only the police, fire and utilities had any radio communications at the time because they had planned their systems for just this type of emergency.
Oh, some cell sites had generators, but the cell co.'s had assumed they could just grab a gas can at the local hardware store and buy some gas to refill the generators until the utility hooked them back up.
Which would have been fine if the utility didn't have 100K other customers who also needed to be hooked back up. Not to mention that the utility couldn't even get power to their own substations because of all the downed trees and lines. Heck, most roads were impassable because of downed limbs.
And none of the stores in the area that sold gas cans could take checks or credit cards because they didn't have power, cash sales only! And most banks and ATMs were offline as well. As were all the gas stations within a 100 mile radius. It was a mess. Widespread power outages are a bitch. I was fortunate as my power was only out for about 10 hours. We dug out the candles and my kerosene garage heater for the duration.
A co-worker drove 4 hours round-trip to his father-in-law's place just to borrow a generator. When he got home he discovered there wasn't a gas can to be bought nor a gas station open to sell him gas. His borrowed generator was useless. We still give him a hard time at work about that one. There were even some fist fights at the few places that had generators for sale and a couple of stores were gouging people heavily to buy them. Hard times seem to bring out the worst in some people.
Last spring after a storm I was without power for over half a day. I went out and bought a generator the next day but have never had to use it.
Hmm, just checked the weather service at http://radar.weather.gov/Conus/full_loop.php. Looks like that storm might make it this far after all. I think I'll go fill up both my 5 gallon gas cans.
Good luck to everyone in the storm's path! Hope it doesn't hit you!
No. The landline companies have their own battery/generator systems and have had them for years. I don't know if they were ever mandated to have them or if they just considered it good business sense. Even during a major, prolonged, power outage landlines are almost certain to work. Now if the phone lines go down due to storm damage, that's a different story.
Of course we all know Microsoft would never, EVER mine your personal data for it's own gain.
Pass. Mostly because I have no need of it.
Between my music player, camera SD cards and USB sticks, I'm carrying nearly 18G of storage in my pockets right now.
In nature, the successful predator always goes after the weak and the lame first.
Where I work we had to implement draconian measures concerning attachments and files because the execs kept clicking "run anyway" even though the anti virus software warned them it could be an infected file. They honestly thought they knew more than the AV software.
ADM and the DOE didn't find ethanol economical WAY back in 1997.
Not even with the 51 cent/gal federal subsidy.
http://www.eere.energy.gov/afdc/pdfs/adm_cs.pdf
Brilliant! Just Brilliant!
Now all those nasty, evil video pirates will suddenly be forced to... to...
Buy someone else's gateway???
Back when the twin blade razors first came out, Saturday Night Live did a parody commercial for a triple bladed razor, complete with cheesy animation just like the real thing.
I still remember their claim for the razor during the animation:
"The first blade pulls the whisker out, then the second blade pulls it out further and then the third blade RIPS IT OUT BY THE ROOTS FOR THE CLOSEST SHAVE EVER!"
I'd almost bet it kept the razor industry from introducing a 3 blade razor for many years.
(Personally, the number of blades doesn't affect me. I've had a full beard since college. My wife loves it, says it showed her I was unafraid to be different, willing to take chances and buck the trends.)
Everyone commenting on how inaccurate this is needs to take a close look in the mirror to make sure that the comic book guy is not staring back at them.
I resemble that remark!
Perhaps it's time for a more realistic superhero:
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http://www.ibiblio.org/Dave/Dr-Fun/df200311/df200
Aeon Flux had a plot?
That's news to me.
Actually, while technically the same, rapeseed and canola are definitely different.
Rapeseed oil is highly poisonous but makes an excellent lubricant in certain applications.
Canola is a variety of rapeseed that was mutated (by nuclear radiation, IIRC) to have a non-poisonous oil.
They're the same, but different.
Besides, who would want to buy "Nuclear Irradiated Mutant Rapeseed Oil"?
And entering "Bush military victories" into Google returns this result:
Your search - "Bush military victories" - did not match any documents.
So what?
If you think that's bad, imagine being in diapers for say, 18 years.
:)
On the other hand, there is the breast feeding...
Read this on other damage caused by ozone emitting "air cleaners"
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http://www.elecdesign.com/Articles/ArticleID/1108
Besides, wth are you worried about emf if you are sitting in front of a CRT all day?
Really. Your TV, CRT and anything in your house with an AC motor in it exposes you to far more EMF than the power lines.
http://www.emfs.info/Source_Appliances.asp
I think I know her, I still have the scars.
Seven others at last count.
And one Homer Jay Simpson.
Fifty thousand years hence, linguists will marvel at the popularity of certain Earth names in our time: Pluto Nium, Heywood Jablome, Dick Less, ...
Actually Wendy was going by the name Walter Carlos back then, at least that's how she's listed on my copy of the album, which is worn and scratchy from repeated playing. It's a groundbreaking piece of work, somewhat mindblowing at the time. Must dig it out again and find a turntable.
Check if there's a custom cabinet shop in your area. They can probably build you something to your specs for a few hundred dollars. If you have them build it unfinished and finish it yourself you can save a bit. I had an A/V cabinet built a couple of years ago that fits right in with the rest of the house. Adjustable shelves, knockouts for cables hidden hardware; it looks like it came with the house.
Do the Darwinists get equal time in the churches as well? Seems only fair.
Buy a Delorme Tripmate on Ebay. Buy or build a power/serial cable. Connect pins 2&3 on the serial port so the Tripmate will self start. Parse the ASCII strings sent by the Tripmate. The string you need looks like this:
D IRECTION,DDMMYY,MAGNETIC,E/W*CHECKSUM
$GPRMC,HHMMSS,A,LATITUDE,N/S,LONGITUDE,E/W,SPEED,
A search on Google for "Delorme Tripmate" and/or "NMEA-0183" should turn up plenty of info.
I use a Tripmate in my car connected to a Microchip PIC and an LCD to display time, date, location, speed and direction.
Maybe they change the percentage based on who's reading the article. ;-)
McAfee Astrometrics has complete plans for building a time code inserter using the BOB3. It can also be configured to provide lattitude, longitude, altitude and date.
http://mysite.verizon.net/vze8uqf1/id4.html
heywood@jablome.com
It's a valid email address and yes, I read it from time to time. If Arnold wants to send me some mail at that address there's a chance I'll read it, albeit a slim chance.