It will let you rectify map images by placing control points. Maps can be made public so you can get help with this task from friends and strangers. Finally, you can export to PNG, TIFF, and WMS.
Thomas Pynchon's Mason & Dixon describes the 1761 transit of Venus, written in period-ish language:
"The girls have also been observers of the Transit, having cajol'd a Sailor of their Acquaintance into lending them a nautickal Spy-Glass, and smoak'd with Sheep-tallow Candles their own Darkening-Lenses,-- taking turns at the Glass, even allowing their Parents a Peep now and then,-- Jet breathing, "She's really there," Greet adding, "Right on time, too!" and Els,-- hum,-- we may imagine what Els was up to, and what transpir's just as the last of the Black Filament, holding the Planet to the Inner Limb of the Sun, gave way, and she dropp'd, at last, full onto that mottl'd bright Disk, dimm'd by the Lenses to a fierce Moon, that Eyes might bear."
Who says telescopes won't get you laid? The book was much published, but seldom sold; it can be had remaindered for $5. Or you could spare yourself the 750+ pages and just stare at the sun for wisdom. Good fun all the same.
Some studio exec had the balls hand the Lord of the Rings to Peter Jackson on the strength of what exactly?
A 30-second fantasy sequence in Heavenly Creatures?
The flop that was The Frighteners?
Bad Taste and Meet The Feebles?
And it turned out great. I'd be more angry to see a Cultural Treasure such as Hitchhiker's in the hands of some big-name Hollywood chump. Maybe the newbie will turn the trick.
...is a Christopher Guest phony documentary -- "Waiting for Guffman", "Mighty Wind", etc. They work on the Excruciating Awkwardness principle of comedy: Put your characters into situations so embarrassing, pathetic, and all-around squirmy your audience wants to scream. Then any joke gets a big relief laugh. Fortunately the jokes in the Office are pretty good, but what's really strong is it's minute observation of characters and cubicle life.
The Office is hilarious but you'll need some time to get through it on DVD -- it's hard to watch more than one episode at a single sitting.
I'm excited -- Martin Freeman's beleagured Tim bodes well for a great Arthur Dent.
Consider the following email hurtling at the speed of light towards the Lifeboat in 2020:
Dear Eric,
Everything is Super-Duper here on Earth. Don't know what you wing nuts were so worried about. Here's that picture you asked for of the woman with the donkey:
The real, real answer for those amongst you seeking wisdom is as follows.
Sum of digits 1 through 9 = 45
Sum of digits 1 through 99 = 45 + (10 * 45) = 11 * 45 (we add up the digits in the one's place ten times, plus once again in the ten's place) Sum of digits 1 through 999 = 45 + (10 * 45) + (100 * 45) = 111 * 45
And so by extension,
Sum of digits 1 through 999,999
= 111,111 * 45 =
4,999,995
Plus one more for the 1 in 1,000,000 gives you
4,999,996, which is a number worth a few thousand bucks to some sucker.
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The defense rests.
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It will let you rectify map images by placing control points. Maps can be made public so you can get help with this task from friends and strangers. Finally, you can export to PNG, TIFF, and WMS.
Thomas Pynchon's Mason & Dixon describes the 1761 transit of Venus, written in period-ish language: "The girls have also been observers of the Transit, having cajol'd a Sailor of their Acquaintance into lending them a nautickal Spy-Glass, and smoak'd with Sheep-tallow Candles their own Darkening-Lenses,-- taking turns at the Glass, even allowing their Parents a Peep now and then,-- Jet breathing, "She's really there," Greet adding, "Right on time, too!" and Els,-- hum,-- we may imagine what Els was up to, and what transpir's just as the last of the Black Filament, holding the Planet to the Inner Limb of the Sun, gave way, and she dropp'd, at last, full onto that mottl'd bright Disk, dimm'd by the Lenses to a fierce Moon, that Eyes might bear." Who says telescopes won't get you laid? The book was much published, but seldom sold; it can be had remaindered for $5. Or you could spare yourself the 750+ pages and just stare at the sun for wisdom. Good fun all the same.
Some studio exec had the balls hand the Lord of the Rings to Peter Jackson on the strength of what exactly?
A 30-second fantasy sequence in Heavenly Creatures?
The flop that was The Frighteners? Bad Taste and Meet The Feebles?
And it turned out great. I'd be more angry to see a Cultural Treasure such as Hitchhiker's in the hands of some big-name Hollywood chump. Maybe the newbie will turn the trick.
...is a Christopher Guest phony documentary -- "Waiting for Guffman", "Mighty Wind", etc. They work on the Excruciating Awkwardness principle of comedy: Put your characters into situations so embarrassing, pathetic, and all-around squirmy your audience wants to scream. Then any joke gets a big relief laugh. Fortunately the jokes in the Office are pretty good, but what's really strong is it's minute observation of characters and cubicle life.
The Office is hilarious but you'll need some time to get through it on DVD -- it's hard to watch more than one episode at a single sitting.
I'm excited -- Martin Freeman's beleagured Tim bodes well for a great Arthur Dent.
Consider the following email hurtling at the speed of light towards the Lifeboat in 2020:
Dear Eric,
Everything is Super-Duper here on Earth. Don't know what you wing nuts were so worried about. Here's that picture you asked for of the woman with the donkey:
<Install ActiveX MS-Singularity>
with love, wintermute
And they're cooked.
The real, real answer for those amongst you seeking wisdom is as follows.
Sum of digits 1 through 9 = 45
Sum of digits 1 through 99 = 45 + (10 * 45) = 11 * 45
(we add up the digits in the one's place ten times, plus once again in the ten's place)
Sum of digits 1 through 999 = 45 + (10 * 45) + (100 * 45) = 111 * 45
And so by extension,
Sum of digits 1 through 999,999
= 111,111 * 45 = 4,999,995
Plus one more for the 1 in 1,000,000 gives you 4,999,996, which is a number worth a few thousand bucks to some sucker.