The Windows user washes his hands, takes only one paper towel and uses even the last little bit. He says: "Windows users are not only thorough, but very economical."
I've done it, I've done it!
Guess what I've done!
Invented a light that plugs into the sun.
The sun is bright enough,
The bulb is strong enough,
But, oh, there's only one thing wrong...
I doubt that a 15km sphere is the "entire biomass". There is probably more than that in nematodes alone.
According to Google Answers, the total biomass of Earth is 1.25 trillion metric tons. Assuming 1 ton / m^3, this works out to a sphere about 14km across. Next time use math, not intuition.
Fortunately, 2^90 is plenty of cells for an adult with a typical lifespan.
2^90 cells would form a sphere of flesh about 15 kilometers across, or roughly equivalent to the entire biomass of planet earth. Now that's a lot of deep dish pizzas.
That's not to say that I don't drool over them a little, but I have one of the last Powerbook G4 models, so trying to upgrade now would get me a smack from the spouse.:)
Unless, say, she were to receive a nice little hand-me-down...;-)
A few years ago when I was shopping for wedding rings, I came across a ring-selling website with instructions to wrap a string around your finger, then HOLD THE STRING UP TO THE SCREEN (!!) where there was a PICTURE OF A RULER, and that was supposed to tell you your ring size. (Classic. Wish I still had the link....)
Also, I have a Dell Inspiron laptop with a 15", 1920x1200 screen, which is unbelievably great for text. There's a global setting in Windows XP for a resolution multiplier (for web browsers, etc.) which I set to 125% so I could read web pages more comfortably. But Internet Explorer rendered web images using NEAREST-NEIGHBOR resampling, which made websites look utterly awful! You'd think with 256MB graphics cards they could at least do decent scaling, sheesh...
That said, a friend of mine has a PowerMac G5 hooked up to one of the 22" 3840x2400 monsters, and it is a thing of beauty (with the right software). I'm waiting til I can get a cell phone with WHUXGA resolution. (That's 7680 x 4800.) Only at that resolution can one truly appreciate the beauty of Tetris.
Actually, the Flying Spaghetti Monster created these in his own image. He only put us humans (and midgits) here to cause the global warming that enables these creatures to be fruitful and multiply. Ask any marinara biologist.
Welcome to the universe. You are made of exploded stars.
This begs the question; which elements heavier than iron (#26) are essential components of the human body?
According to Wikipedia, we contain trace amounts of cobalt(27, part of vitamin B12), copper(29), zinc(30), selenium(34), bromine(35), strontium(38), molybdenum(42), iodine(53), and lead(82). All of these (except strontium, it seems) can cause medical problems if absent. (yes, even lead!)
You also may contain traces of arsenic(33, if you play with ant poison), mercury(80, if you eat too much tuna), and gold(79, if you drink too much Goldschlager). Some multivitamins also contain nickel(28) and tin(50). Certain quack "nutritional" supplements contain silver(47), gold(79), platinum(78), germanium(32), indium(49), and who knows what else... Be sure to cook your supernova thoroughly before eating!
Ugh, to get to +5 Redundant, it has to be modded Underrated a few times as well... guess I shot myself in the foot with that one. Ah well, karma to burn.
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The Windows user washes his hands, takes only one paper towel and uses even the last little bit. He says: "Windows users are not only thorough, but very economical."
And they use both sides of the toilet paper, too.
Well actually I used my 2 week old estate (station wagon in the USA) to take horse manure from the local stables to my back garden
So much for that new car smell.
A Meteør once bit my sister... Mind you, Meteør bites Kan be pretty nasti.
Scientists in nearby Perth are sudying a 20m wide plug shaped object that was dragged up from the ocean floor by local fishermen.
You mean This?
It is called THE SUN.
In the immortal words of Shel Silverstein:
I've done it, I've done it!
Guess what I've done!
Invented a light that plugs into the sun.
The sun is bright enough,
The bulb is strong enough,
But, oh, there's only one thing wrong...
The cord ain't long enough.
That's the Royale with Thermal Paste.
It's also useful when you're trying to slip something past the censors.
Jack and jill went up the hill, riding on an elephant.
Jill got off, and helped jack off the elephant.
I doubt that a 15km sphere is the "entire biomass". There is probably more than that in nematodes alone.
According to Google Answers, the total biomass of Earth is 1.25 trillion metric tons. Assuming 1 ton / m^3, this works out to a sphere about 14km across. Next time use math, not intuition.
Fortunately, 2^90 is plenty of cells for an adult with a typical lifespan.
2^90 cells would form a sphere of flesh about 15 kilometers across, or roughly equivalent to the entire biomass of planet earth. Now that's a lot of deep dish pizzas.
This topic reminds me of a short story by Isaac Asimov: The Feeling of Power. I hope things don't get to that point.
The topics page shows them all I believe http://slashdot.org/topics.shtml
It would be informative to see them in order of most recent use. There hasn't been an OS 9 article in over a year, for example.
Passwords are like toothbrushes; change them every three months and don't share them with your friends.
Passwords are like toothbrushes. Don't get too enameled with yours, or it'll cause a dentin security and may even expose your root.
That's not to say that I don't drool over them a little, but I have one of the last Powerbook G4 models, so trying to upgrade now would get me a smack from the spouse. :)
;-)
Unless, say, she were to receive a nice little hand-me-down...
A few years ago when I was shopping for wedding rings, I came across a ring-selling website with instructions to wrap a string around your finger, then HOLD THE STRING UP TO THE SCREEN (!!) where there was a PICTURE OF A RULER, and that was supposed to tell you your ring size. (Classic. Wish I still had the link....)
Also, I have a Dell Inspiron laptop with a 15", 1920x1200 screen, which is unbelievably great for text. There's a global setting in Windows XP for a resolution multiplier (for web browsers, etc.) which I set to 125% so I could read web pages more comfortably. But Internet Explorer rendered web images using NEAREST-NEIGHBOR resampling, which made websites look utterly awful! You'd think with 256MB graphics cards they could at least do decent scaling, sheesh...
That said, a friend of mine has a PowerMac G5 hooked up to one of the 22" 3840x2400 monsters, and it is a thing of beauty (with the right software). I'm waiting til I can get a cell phone with WHUXGA resolution. (That's 7680 x 4800.) Only at that resolution can one truly appreciate the beauty of Tetris.
Cryptographers of the world, untie!
Yeah, but note that the OP said "intellectually curious", not "intelligent".
Remember, there are no stupid questions. But there are a lot of inquisitive idiots.
Wouldn't the reverse of cell division simply be cell multiplication? That doesn't sound so hard.
Actually, the Flying Spaghetti Monster created these in his own image. He only put us humans (and midgits) here to cause the global warming that enables these creatures to be fruitful and multiply. Ask any marinara biologist.
Hubble's highest resolution should be common geek knowledge
So if I attached Hubble's lens to my digital SLR camera, what zoom and f-stop would it be? 10,000mm / f0.1?
local denizens brushing off the solar panels, otherwise they'd be long covered by dust.
Fortunately, in Antarctica, the dust melts.
Welcome to the universe. You are made of exploded stars.
This begs the question; which elements heavier than iron (#26) are essential components of the human body?
According to Wikipedia, we contain trace amounts of cobalt(27, part of vitamin B12), copper(29), zinc(30), selenium(34), bromine(35), strontium(38), molybdenum(42), iodine(53), and lead(82). All of these (except strontium, it seems) can cause medical problems if absent. (yes, even lead!)
You also may contain traces of arsenic(33, if you play with ant poison), mercury(80, if you eat too much tuna), and gold(79, if you drink too much Goldschlager). Some multivitamins also contain nickel(28) and tin(50). Certain quack "nutritional" supplements contain silver(47), gold(79), platinum(78), germanium(32), indium(49), and who knows what else... Be sure to cook your supernova thoroughly before eating!
wheels that rotate a full 90 degrees...
Great, until a software glitch causes this "feature" to kick in at highway speeds... now that I'd like to see.
Self-posting stories coming to Slashdot.
This involves the finely-tuned process of randomly selecting an article from two days ago, changing a few words around, and clicking "Submit."
Come to think of it, this has been going on for quite some time now.
Ugh, to get to +5 Redundant, it has to be modded Underrated a few times as well... guess I shot myself in the foot with that one. Ah well, karma to burn.