The thing that confuses me is that the CD drive in a computer *is* a "regular CD player" to any important extent.
Remember those external CD drives that were CD Walkman's/external drives? Clearly, it's the same hardware adapted to several uses. Just because you cen do MORE things with the CD player does not negate the fact that a cd-rom/rw/whatever drive is still, at heart, a regular ol' CD player.
one looks great, but I am only allowed to eat it with chopsticks, and the other is a bit cold, but I can eat it with a spoon or whatever I want... guess which one Ill take.
You take the spoon from the second bowl and eat the first bowl of soup?
It reminds me of some f'ed up RPG where you have all these tools in your inventory but you can only use them in certain combinations.
It's from "The Ensigns of Command", where that freaky race the Sheliak want to colonize a planet that was given to them in a treaty, but an old Federation colony ship crash landed there generations ago and they don't want to leave.
The exact dialogue was:
GEORDI
Captain, we can do it! We can
modify the transporters.
PICARD
Excellent.
GEORDI
It'll take fifteen years, and a
research team of a hundred --
PICARD
(dryly)
Mister La Forge, I believe we will
postpone.
I go to UC Davis and our bus system, Unitrans, is pretty well-known.
From the Wikipedia entry:
The system is well known throughout the area for its use of several distinctive ex-London Transport double decker buses, as well as its fleet of modern natural gas single-decks. Ridership exceeds 3 million passenger-trips per year on 16 weekday and 4 Saturday routes. Current (2004) fares are $1.00 for the general public and free to undergraduate University students.
The studios have almost total control of ticket prices, since nearly 100% of the ticket sales go to them.
The theatres have to purchase their screens and projectors and bulbs and THX certification somehow, so they charge $3 for a hot dog.
I wouldn't mind so much if the experience was classier. One theatre I went to even had soda all over the screen!
The Gregorian Reformation is assumed to have occurred in 1752 on the 3rd of September. By this time, most countries had recognized the reformation (although a few did not recognize it until the early 1900's.) Ten days following that date were eliminated by the reformation, so the calendar for that month is a bit unusual.
If I understand TFA correctly, the fibers are 2% of the mix volume. This translates to a much larger percentage of total volume once the concrete dries.
Concrete is already a very harmful substance in mix form, or when it gets dust-i-fied thru demolition, breaking, what have you:
Caution: CONCRETE MIX contains cement-itious materials and may cause irritation to lungs, eyes and skin. Avoid contact. Use only in adequate ventilation. Do not breath dust. Wet mixture may cause burns. Wear suitable gloves, eye protection and protective clothing. In case of skin contact, wash thoroughly with soap and water. In case of eye contact, flush immediately and repeatedly with large quantities of water and get prompt medical attention. In case of difficulty breathing, remove person to fresh air. If difficulty breathing persists, seek medical attention
You're right. Sorry to disturb you. Go ahead and go back to watching your professional wrestling TV show. Those guys are something, aren't they?
You're so cute when you're pious.
I'd be more inclined to care if there were some sort of useful application mentioned in TFA. I'm the first to applaud knowledge for knowledge's sake, but I wonder what useful thing could have been accomplished in those man-hours.
Or hey, if I'm missing the boat, just say so. No need to get all Kelsey Grammer on me.
They reached a strange agreement for an argument about personal privacy: In lieu of showing ID, Gilmore would consent to an extra-close search, putting up with a pat-down in order to keep his personal identity to himself. He was wanded, patted down and sent along.
As Gilmore headed up the boarding ramp a security guard yanked him from line. According to court papers, a security agent named Reggie Wauls informed Gilmore he would not be flying that day.
"He said, 'I didn't let you fly because you said you had an ID and wouldn't show it,' " Gilmore said. "I asked, 'Does that mean if I'd left it at home I'd be on the plane?' He said, 'I didn't say that.' "
Maybe your assertion is valid in SFO, but at OAK it wasn't.
I'm not sure how your high school is, but mine had some decently sized projecters in many classrooms. If you have a significant number of classrooms equipped this way, with LAN infrastructure already in place, get as many xboxen as you can find and get a big halo2 tourney going.
No worrying about hacking, patching issues, and everyone gets to play on a big-ass projector.
I can't remember what the max halo2 allows you to play at once, but say you have 5 classrooms to work with, at 4 per room that's 20 people, right? $5 a person and there's $100 for your club with minimal effort.
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The thing that confuses me is that the CD drive in a computer *is* a "regular CD player" to any important extent.
Remember those external CD drives that were CD Walkman's/external drives? Clearly, it's the same hardware adapted to several uses. Just because you cen do MORE things with the CD player does not negate the fact that a cd-rom/rw/whatever drive is still, at heart, a regular ol' CD player.
one looks great, but I am only allowed to eat it with chopsticks, and the other is a bit cold, but I can eat it with a spoon or whatever I want... guess which one Ill take.
You take the spoon from the second bowl and eat the first bowl of soup?
It reminds me of some f'ed up RPG where you have all these tools in your inventory but you can only use them in certain combinations.
It's from "The Ensigns of Command", where that freaky race the Sheliak want to colonize a planet that was given to them in a treaty, but an old Federation colony ship crash landed there generations ago and they don't want to leave.
o n3/tng-302.txt
The exact dialogue was:
GEORDI Captain, we can do it! We can modify the transporters.
PICARD Excellent.
GEORDI It'll take fifteen years, and a research team of a hundred --
PICARD (dryly) Mister La Forge, I believe we will postpone.
GEORDI (with a grin) Yes, sir.
http://www.twiztv.com/scripts/nextgeneration/seas
Geordi: We can do it! Picard: Good! Geordi: It'll take 15 years, and an engineering team of 100, but we can do it. Picard: ....
While the size of the stake or its prize has not been disclosed yet... Congradulations, you've just bought AOL! Roddy, tell him what he's won!
I go to UC Davis and our bus system, Unitrans, is pretty well-known.
From the Wikipedia entry:
The system is well known throughout the area for its use of several distinctive ex-London Transport double decker buses, as well as its fleet of modern natural gas single-decks. Ridership exceeds 3 million passenger-trips per year on 16 weekday and 4 Saturday routes. Current (2004) fares are $1.00 for the general public and free to undergraduate University students.
That's the plan. I'm putting myself through school - 5th year undergrad at the U. of CA., then it's off to law school - by working as a tech.
Best of both worlds?
The studios have almost total control of ticket prices, since nearly 100% of the ticket sales go to them. The theatres have to purchase their screens and projectors and bulbs and THX certification somehow, so they charge $3 for a hot dog. I wouldn't mind so much if the experience was classier. One theatre I went to even had soda all over the screen!
The Gregorian Reformation is assumed to have occurred in 1752 on the 3rd of September. By this time, most countries had recognized the reformation (although a few did not recognize it until the early 1900's.) Ten days following that date were eliminated by the reformation, so the calendar for that month is a bit unusual.
If I understand TFA correctly, the fibers are 2% of the mix volume. This translates to a much larger percentage of total volume once the concrete dries.
Concrete is already a very harmful substance in mix form, or when it gets dust-i-fied thru demolition, breaking, what have you:
Caution:
CONCRETE MIX contains cement-itious materials and may cause irritation to lungs, eyes and skin. Avoid contact. Use only in adequate ventilation. Do not breath dust. Wet mixture may cause burns. Wear suitable gloves, eye protection and protective clothing. In case of skin contact, wash thoroughly with soap and water. In case of eye contact, flush immediately and repeatedly with large quantities of water and get prompt medical attention. In case of difficulty breathing, remove person to fresh air. If difficulty breathing persists, seek medical attention
http://www.rapidset.com/ConcreteMix_data.asp
If anything, it'll encourage those who are at risk to use the protection they should be using anyway.
You're right. Sorry to disturb you. Go ahead and go back to watching your professional wrestling TV show. Those guys are something, aren't they?
You're so cute when you're pious.
I'd be more inclined to care if there were some sort of useful application mentioned in TFA. I'm the first to applaud knowledge for knowledge's sake, but I wonder what useful thing could have been accomplished in those man-hours.
Or hey, if I'm missing the boat, just say so. No need to get all Kelsey Grammer on me.
Dick.
So the world is full of patterns. Oh unknowable universe!
Seriously, why is this important?
"Not all missions can be solved with chess, Deep Blue. Someday you'll understand that."
Did you really just use the word "vis-à-vis"?
I really want to know how exactly a site like Yahoo! makes money. Are click-thru ads really that profitable?
Someone explain this, I'm in the dark.
Sort-of. From TFA:
They reached a strange agreement for an argument about personal privacy: In lieu of showing ID, Gilmore would consent to an extra-close search, putting up with a pat-down in order to keep his personal identity to himself. He was wanded, patted down and sent along.
As Gilmore headed up the boarding ramp a security guard yanked him from line. According to court papers, a security agent named Reggie Wauls informed Gilmore he would not be flying that day.
"He said, 'I didn't let you fly because you said you had an ID and wouldn't show it,' " Gilmore said. "I asked, 'Does that mean if I'd left it at home I'd be on the plane?' He said, 'I didn't say that.' "
Maybe your assertion is valid in SFO, but at OAK it wasn't.
A real Bachelor of Science degree includes enough liberal arts, writing, and, in general, thinking....
Yep, sounds like a BS degree to me!
Running a joke into the ground? You must be... oh, damn. You are new.
I just got an Archos AV400 for Xmas...
Holy crap, are you posting from somewhere that's 4 days ahead of us here in ther good old USA? Mars perhaps? Hmm....
So please, /. editors -- can we stop calling every handheld device released that has a digital audio playback system an "iPod Killer"?
...you must be new here.
Yeah, editors, cut it out with those sensationalistic headlines!
I'm not sure how your high school is, but mine had some decently sized projecters in many classrooms. If you have a significant number of classrooms equipped this way, with LAN infrastructure already in place, get as many xboxen as you can find and get a big halo2 tourney going.
No worrying about hacking, patching issues, and everyone gets to play on a big-ass projector.
I can't remember what the max halo2 allows you to play at once, but say you have 5 classrooms to work with, at 4 per room that's 20 people, right? $5 a person and there's $100 for your club with minimal effort.
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