Look here for gemology alone. Take note of the Tanzanite, Iolite, and Songea Sapphire. Nigeria also produces decent facet grade emerald. A new find over there has what looks to be promising load of Kyanite that rivals Brazillian material.
Oh, then there's that whole diamond thing. You know, that little DeBeers thing where they control 85% of the world market in diamonds.
IANAL, but my term paper this semester is about copyright law, so:P
Several people in the main thread mention that the original banned comic was a work of parady, which is protected in copyright by fair use. However, the Rome Act of 1928, which amends the Berne Convention, does recognize the right of copyright holders to object to malicious modifications of copyrighted material. The key is whether or not it _might_ prejudice or decrease the copyright holder's reputation.
Sorry, folks, I don't like omni-mega media corp smacking around the little guy either; but, it looks like they might actually have a leg to stand on legally that wasn't "purchased" recently.
"To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." -Theodore Roosevelt
To the knee-jerk dumbasses: He's a Republican, not a 'crat.
Come on, you all are supposed to be nerds! You don't have to do anything to move Mt. Fugi. Just wait. The Earth,and therefore, everything on it, are hardly at rest. The earth spins and revolves around the sun, which revolves around the galactic center, which is speeding away from the center of the universe. And, that ignoring things such as vibrations like earthquakes (standing motion), erosion, plate techtonics, etc. I mean come on!
This actually happened to me as well, mostly because of my own stupidity.
I set up a anonymous ftpd on a non-standard port on my machine to use as a kinda "floppy disk" when running around between my computer and computer labs across campus. Low and behold, someone port scans me and starts using me as their private warez and mp3 server. Oh, well, after that I had to not be a lazy ass and type in a user and pass.
If they're really smart, they'll watch the radio frequency traffic comming in and avoid the place that has thermonuclear weapons, anti-balistic missiles, the biggest airforce in the world, and a trigger happy government.
Yeah, and we all know no "real" entrepeneurs have bills to pay. After all, all "real" entrepeneurs have their accountant worry about that kind of stuff. Oh, waiter! caviar and a bottle of 1608, please!
Well, since I'm not gonna make any money off of any, I might as well share one. If it's too obvious, screw you and go complain to IBM about theirs.
Print servers are quite common on LANs right? One doesn't want to have to print and hope the guy down the hall remembered to leave his computer on. And they still about the size of a workgroup hub, so you have to find a place to stash them where you have your printers set up.
Many printers now have USB, while print servers still tend to use parallel. (Yeah that part is obvious, KEEP READING.)
Well, we've gotten to the point where we can stick basic web servers in a RJ45 wall jack. Why not have a printserver in a similar configuration with the ethernet line being punched down into the back and instead of an RJ45 jack up front, have a pair of USB ports. USB power would be a problem,except printers use external power. The rest should be able to leach off the juice of the RJ45. If not I suppose a small power connection would have to be used.
Well, if its worth a crap, have fun. And if someone patents this, remember this as prior art!
Yeah, and us poor schmucks who can't afford several grand in expences have to get a corporation to help and hope they don't screw us. Too bad I can't make any money off of these ideas I have. Innovation my ass.
How many would subscribe if one could tell the mods the post is a dupe before it is displayed to the rest of the peons? Hey, put the grammar and spelling nazis to work and have them fix the posts during that period, too.
I ran into this today. The brand spanking new Dell 2.4 ghz xeon server that the place I do work at bought freezes repeatedly for several seconds even though its:
1. Almost no software has been installed. 2. Has 1GB of RAM 3. Has almost no software active (except the default services) 4. Taskmanager reports only 0-5% CPU use. 5. Is on an isolated test lan that only has 1 workstation.
Heh, as long as they aren't lots of big diamonds. You can get 1 to 2 cts of diamond for about $30 when they are the little 1 to 1.5 mm jobs. Diamond dust.
Heh, the actual jewlers cost of a stone is about 5-15% of its insured "value." The only exception occurs when the people not in the industry are allowed to buy too and they go "Oooh! A $1000 diamond for only $250! I gotta buy/bid on that!" such as ebay. Diamond, traditionally, is only worth a little more than sapphire, mainly because it is harder, and therefor, harder to cut (It still has to be done by hand).
As for "A Diamond is Forever," sure you think that and wonder when the house burns down how someone managed to pry all your diamonds out from your jewelry. Diamonds burn. If you have any decent valued diamond, get it insured.
Alot of them sure act like they are "protecting the VIP."
Then there are the ones that start an argument and do their best to make sure you can't defuse it.
Then there are the accusations from no where that hit you like a headshot.
And of course if you lose you get kicked out; and only then you can see the situation from a better perspective after it is too late to do anything about it.
Eh, you may have prefered it in a glass, but if you are throwing a kegger, the last thing you want is 30+ college drunkasses stumbling around with glass. Cheap plastic cups are the way to go.
Heh..I seem to remember that the atomic edition had some kind of censorship in it. That is why I have the original full version. I like my Duke3d rude, crude, and full of attitude.:P
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This is if you are willing to go ghetto with this idea.
1. Buy a decent lcd panel (those things for overhead projectors). They go used for anywhere from $20 to $200 depending on the quality and how much of the equipment comes with it. Make sure you get one with at least 640x480 resolution and can show at lease 65535 different shades and colors. Go ahead and get one that has both rca/composite and HD15 SVGA inputs (and maybe svideo). Be careful! Don't end up getting one of the old monochrome EGA dinosaurs.
2. Get a used overhead projector. Make sure it is bright(you want at least 2500 lumens, 3000+ preferably) and that the bulbs won't break the bank(the last one I set up for some friends ended up costing them about $12 for a bulb that lasted about 60 hours or about 2 weeks). This will give you about the equivilant of a 500-800 lumen video projector.
3. If you have a room with white walls that doesn't get alot of sunlight, you can use it without a screen. Keep in mind the white walls make it so the light from the projector bounces off all the walls and will interfere with your image quality. Preferably, you want a room with dark walls, no direct sunlight, and a pull down projection screen. A 60 watt soft white lightbulb should light the room up enough to see without drowning out the image.
Note:
*Caution: Trying to modify or build your own projector or blocking its means of cooling can result in a fire hazard. Do at your own risk.*
you can try and rig the assembly into something more "presentable." But, keep in mind that the bulbs are running about 350+ watts and will melt or burn just about anything non-reflective near them. These things need good airflow, so forced air cooling is a necessity. For a 350watt halogen bulb based projector, 2 standard 12v 90mm bb case fans work ok as long as they direct airflow directly over the bulb and out of the case.
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Look here for gemology alone. Take note of the Tanzanite, Iolite, and Songea Sapphire. Nigeria also produces decent facet grade emerald. A new find over there has what looks to be promising load of Kyanite that rivals Brazillian material.
Oh, then there's that whole diamond thing. You know, that little DeBeers thing where they control 85% of the world market in diamonds.
IANAL, but my term paper this semester is about copyright law, so :P
Several people in the main thread mention that the original banned comic was a work of parady, which is protected in copyright by fair use. However, the Rome Act of 1928, which amends the Berne Convention, does recognize the right of copyright holders to object to malicious modifications of copyrighted material. The key is whether or not it _might_ prejudice or decrease the copyright holder's reputation.
Sorry, folks, I don't like omni-mega media corp smacking around the little guy either; but, it looks like they might actually have a leg to stand on legally that wasn't "purchased" recently.
Personally, I like this one:
"To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." -Theodore Roosevelt
To the knee-jerk dumbasses: He's a Republican, not a 'crat.
Come on, you all are supposed to be nerds! You don't have to do anything to move Mt. Fugi. Just wait. The Earth,and therefore, everything on it, are hardly at rest. The earth spins and revolves around the sun, which revolves around the galactic center, which is speeding away from the center of the universe. And, that ignoring things such as vibrations like earthquakes (standing motion), erosion, plate techtonics, etc. I mean come on!
This actually happened to me as well, mostly because of my own stupidity.
I set up a anonymous ftpd on a non-standard port on my machine to use as a kinda "floppy disk" when running around between my computer and computer labs across campus. Low and behold, someone port scans me and starts using me as their private warez and mp3 server. Oh, well, after that I had to not be a lazy ass and type in a user and pass.
An anti-US (government) comment would be, "They could land, of course, if they made the right "campain donations" first.
The paradyme for successful business in the new millenium:
1. Sue the pants off everybody else.
2. Collect settlements and payments from rullings.
3. Profit!
No ??? about it.
If they're really smart, they'll watch the radio frequency traffic comming in and avoid the place that has thermonuclear weapons, anti-balistic missiles, the biggest airforce in the world, and a trigger happy government.
"IMO, they should have been charged under RICO."
.
.
RIAA-pot: BLACK. BLACK. You are so black! I'll sue you.
Napster-kettle: . .
Music-artists: . .
Pricegouged-consumers: . . .
Thankyou so much for saying what I was trying to get across.
Yeah, and we all know no "real" entrepeneurs have bills to pay. After all, all "real" entrepeneurs have their accountant worry about that kind of stuff. Oh, waiter! caviar and a bottle of 1608, please!
Well, since I'm not gonna make any money off of any, I might as well share one. If it's too obvious, screw you and go complain to IBM about theirs.
Print servers are quite common on LANs right? One doesn't want to have to print and hope the guy down the hall remembered to leave his computer on. And they still about the size of a workgroup hub, so you have to find a place to stash them where you have your printers set up.
Many printers now have USB, while print servers still tend to use parallel. (Yeah that part is obvious, KEEP READING.)
Well, we've gotten to the point where we can stick basic web servers in a RJ45 wall jack. Why not have a printserver in a similar configuration with the ethernet line being punched down into the back and instead of an RJ45 jack up front, have a pair of USB ports. USB power would be a problem,except printers use external power. The rest should be able to leach off the juice of the RJ45. If not I suppose a small power connection would have to be used.
Well, if its worth a crap, have fun. And if someone patents this, remember this as prior art!
Yeah, and us poor schmucks who can't afford several grand in expences have to get a corporation to help and hope they don't screw us. Too bad I can't make any money off of these ideas I have. Innovation my ass.
How many would subscribe if one could tell the mods the post is a dupe before it is displayed to the rest of the peons? Hey, put the grammar and spelling nazis to work and have them fix the posts during that period, too.
To you, sir, I say thank you.
I think they are planning on getting the former Iraqi minister of (mis)information to head the RIAA after Rosen resigns this December.
Thanks for the heads up. I was thinkin about shelling out for one of the 19" there.
:P
I'll offer mine, but its a bit outdated. Don't buy Packard Bell.
Oh, and don't buy the no-name generics sold on black friday.
I ran into this today. The brand spanking new Dell 2.4 ghz xeon server that the place I do work at bought freezes repeatedly for several seconds even though its:
1. Almost no software has been installed.
2. Has 1GB of RAM
3. Has almost no software active (except the default services)
4. Taskmanager reports only 0-5% CPU use.
5. Is on an isolated test lan that only has 1 workstation.
Heh, as long as they aren't lots of big diamonds. You can get 1 to 2 cts of diamond for about $30 when they are the little 1 to 1.5 mm jobs. Diamond dust.
Heh, the actual jewlers cost of a stone is about 5-15% of its insured "value." The only exception occurs when the people not in the industry are allowed to buy too and they go "Oooh! A $1000 diamond for only $250! I gotta buy/bid on that!" such as ebay. Diamond, traditionally, is only worth a little more than sapphire, mainly because it is harder, and therefor, harder to cut (It still has to be done by hand).
As for "A Diamond is Forever," sure you think that and wonder when the house burns down how someone managed to pry all your diamonds out from your jewelry. Diamonds burn. If you have any decent valued diamond, get it insured.
Alot of them sure act like they are "protecting the VIP."
Then there are the ones that start an argument and do their best to make sure you can't defuse it.
Then there are the accusations from no where that hit you like a headshot.
And of course if you lose you get kicked out; and only then you can see the situation from a better perspective after it is too late to do anything about it.
I expect to see any day now:
"Everything you like will make you suffer a agonizing premature death."
Eh, you may have prefered it in a glass, but if you are throwing a kegger, the last thing you want is 30+ college drunkasses stumbling around with glass. Cheap plastic cups are the way to go.
Bzzzt...wrong answer! Don't you read /.? The fat cats there got an internet censorship law passed. I don't know about you but I like my catgirl hentai!
Heh..I seem to remember that the atomic edition had some kind of censorship in it. That is why I have the original full version. I like my Duke3d rude, crude, and full of attitude. :P
Disclaimer: Information is provided as is and provider is not reponcible if the reader falls below the necessary level of intelligence to acomplish this task without causing some sort of tragedy. If you are suseptable to doing things that make others seriously doubt the presence of your intellect, please refrain from attempting any of the instructions listed below.
This is if you are willing to go ghetto with this idea.
1. Buy a decent lcd panel (those things for overhead projectors). They go used for anywhere from $20 to $200 depending on the quality and how much of the equipment comes with it. Make sure you get one with at least 640x480 resolution and can show at lease 65535 different shades and colors. Go ahead and get one that has both rca/composite and HD15 SVGA inputs (and maybe svideo). Be careful! Don't end up getting one of the old monochrome EGA dinosaurs.
2. Get a used overhead projector. Make sure it is bright(you want at least 2500 lumens, 3000+ preferably) and that the bulbs won't break the bank(the last one I set up for some friends ended up costing them about $12 for a bulb that lasted about 60 hours or about 2 weeks). This will give you about the equivilant of a 500-800 lumen video projector.
3. If you have a room with white walls that doesn't get alot of sunlight, you can use it without a screen. Keep in mind the white walls make it so the light from the projector bounces off all the walls and will interfere with your image quality. Preferably, you want a room with dark walls, no direct sunlight, and a pull down projection screen. A 60 watt soft white lightbulb should light the room up enough to see without drowning out the image.
Note:
*Caution: Trying to modify or build your own projector or blocking its means of cooling can result in a fire hazard. Do at your own risk.*
you can try and rig the assembly into something more "presentable." But, keep in mind that the bulbs are running about 350+ watts and will melt or burn just about anything non-reflective near them. These things need good airflow, so forced air cooling is a necessity. For a 350watt halogen bulb based projector, 2 standard 12v 90mm bb case fans work ok as long as they direct airflow directly over the bulb and out of the case.