Assuming the houses share pipes you can devise a hammer-mechanism that'll deliver hits (1) and silence (0) to the pipes. Piezo pickups on the other end will transduce them back to bits. Not sure what the theoretical speed limit on such a system would be, but you may want to experiment with fluids of different viscosity in the pipes to get the desired bandwidth.
Someone taking a huge dump might disrupt the signal, so don't forget the error bits.
I agree. Great program. The "Flash animation killer" was the main reason I got it. As a bonus I haven't seen a single graphic add since installing it. Google text ads still show up, but those are tasteful and context specific, so I don't mind seeing them.
With their stupid "personalized menus" I would bet that the number of power users is going to go down even more. I mean, how can you learn new features of the program if it treats you like an idiot. After clippy, this has got to be one of the worst "features" of MS products.
Technology, at its best, gives us independence (e.g. reading web sites on the can). Relationships are all about inter-dependence. The two are mutually incompatible. The choice is yours. Looks like you let your dick make the decision for you.
What does looking at my hands and feet have to do with this?:) And don't even think about looking at my other extremity:)
What if you're worried about your babysitter not treating your child right.... Does that mean you can't videotape their behavior because their in your own home?
It does. You should have the right to know you're being monitored. What if you're a great baby sitter, but have your boyfriend come over for a roll on the couch after the kids are asleep (ah, the good old days)? Should the parents get to see that? On the other hand, you can simply warn the sitter that their activity is being monitored. Just the threat of monitoring will probably make sure they don't beat the crap out of an annoying child (and not funkify your couch to boot)
Something smells fishy. Assuming that these CO2-reducing plants can suck up a set percentage of the atmosphere's CO2 per unit time, wouldn't it get progressively harder (and more expensive) to extract CO2?
In any case, even if this does work, it'll piss off liberals as much as birth control pisses off conservatives. Idealogues will argue that "evil" behavior (promiscuous fuel use or promiscuous sex, depending on your leanings) will be encourgaed if it looks like we can prevent some of its consequences (global warming, STDs/babies), when in reality, we may be increasing other consequences of those behaviors not covered by the protective mechanism. Some here have already pointed out that this scheme doesn't reduce other greenhouse gasses.
To show my own political biases, this stinks of big oil trying to discourage conservation. Anyone know who funded this?
It's only worth it if you want to see IE die. I'm running mozilla (0.9.9) on linux now, and I also have it and opera on my win2k box
In windows, mozilla is slooooooow. It takes forever to load (don't tell me to enable quick launch, I don't need any more system tray icons, thanks) and slow to render. If I have it minimized for a while, it takes it forever to redraw the page once I decide to pop it back up. It's insane. On my linux box, NS and mozilla are about the same, so I use mozilla and submit the bugs, but I couldn't take the dragging feeling in windows, so I've reset my default browser to IE.
On top of the speed issues there are JS compatibility issues. Our school has a web-accessible email server (netscape's messenger express), which works fine with NS and IE, but has some problems with Mozilla's thinking on javascript. Some of the web pages I've designed that have javascript also break under mozilla. They run fine in IE NS and Opera, and, except for a nested table rendering problem in NS that I had to find a workaround for, I didn't have to do much tweaking after I wrote the code the way my js references told me it was supposed to be done. In other words, I feel no compelling reason to customize them for Mozilla, considering 99% of the users of the sites use IE or NS.
The only reason to use mozilla is if you're an anti MS or OSS idealogue (there are things to be said for both of those points of view, although not for being closed-minded idealogues). I'd just rather use the best/easiest tool for the job, and in most cases I've had to reluctantly admit that MS does a pretty good job at things. (clench teeth, prepare for -mods)
Sloppy wrote: Your post is an insult to drug dealers
Sloppy, I have to say you are absolutely right. I know many honest drug dealers that tell you up front what you're getting (I've never had "dude, this is some good shit," or "this shit's ok. Not great, just ok" turn out to be wrong) It's a surprisingly honest business (at least for the lighter stuff like weed). I apologize to all the fine drug dealers offended by my post comparing them to herbalife/eola/ebola dealers.
I was just about to post the same thing. If TRUSTe makes its money (non-profits still have to make money) from the businesses it moniters, then its seal isn't worth the pixels it's painted on.
you seem to have missed the point. My hypothetical drug dealing dad doesn't put up fliers, have ads, or even have a web site either. The fliers are annoying and maybe illegal, but the whole MLM thing is just wrong, AND the product your mom sells is just herbal speed (making the drug dealer analogy even more pointed)
A bunch of people did that to OJ simpson's 1-800 line (the one that sold the tell-all video). OJ's Lawyers threatened action, and I seem to remember seeing a news story on some being charged.
Might be considered some kind of telephone harrassment/disruption of business thing, but IANAL.
My dad's a drug dealer. We make lots of money, and that's just with 2 hrs a day. Year before last we made $3,000,000.00, because so many people have been victimized by my dad.
from the Wired article (the better of the two, should've been linked first): "If only they would devote a little bit of the millions of dollars they're spending on this ad campaign to help stop illegal downloading... but that wouldn't help them sell more CD burners, would it," said Hilary Rosen, CEO of the Recording Industry Association of America.
If only the RIAA would devote a little bit of the millions of dollars they're spending of buying politicians to help promote legal downloading of music or reducing CD prices..."
But seriously, I like seeing greedy capitalists go after each other's throats. Of course it's often like Mothra and Godzilla fighting: the rest of the city gets destroyed in the process, but we don't really count. There's more of us consumers born every minute.
Renay San Miguel, the author of the story, is a "Technology Anchor" for CNN and he doesn't even know the difference between the web and the internet ("often they'll go to a hacker chat room, a place on the Web using an Internet Relay Chat")
It's depressing that a big "news" company like CNN (OK, I know it's an entertainment business, but they still call themselves a news channel) can't even hire a decent geek to sit in a broom closet and proofread their drivel.
On the plus side, you do have to give them credit for not trying to make their point about the evils of IRC by saying that terrorists use it to coordinate activities. These days you use the T-word to push any cause (carnivore, &c.)
> Try again. Ambrose was merely accused (and admitted to)
> re-writing quotes and minor passages from other books without footnoting
> them or otherwise creditting the original author.
I'm not trying to start a flame war (my tone of voice is really friendly), but which part of my admittedly brief synopsis of the Ambrose affair do you disagree with?
accused + admitted = getting busted, and
re-writing quotes and minor passages w/out crediting original source = plagiarism
plagiarize 1. To use and pass off (the ideas or writings of another) as one's own.
2. To appropriate for use as one's own passages or ideas from (another).
from dictionary.com (wouldn't want to plagiarize;) )
I don't even know who Stephen Ambrose is but he doesn't seem to have anything to do with Star Wars.
Current Events Quiz Answer: Ambrose is the popular historian who got busted a few months back for plagiarism. Apparently big blocks of his books were simple copy and paste jobs from other (uncredited) sources.
Whether or not Lucas plagiarized stuff is irrelevant anyway. We enjoyed Star Wars when we were kids, and we enjoy the nostalgia as adults, but they suck ass (imo). Witness Phantom Menace with that annoying kid and irritating Jar Jar. The only good thing about the next one is that Jar Jar bites it, hopefully in a painful way.
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Someone taking a huge dump might disrupt the signal, so don't forget the error bits.
Best of luck ;)
Just because there is no symbol associated with a mathematical manipulation doesn't mean it's not a math problem.
Nice analogy between two over-priced items (Apple products/services and Starbucks) that have cheaper alternatives.
Examples: "Dirty Tricks of Presentors"
Yah, we know you know how to link. How about a single link about the news you want to share?
With their stupid "personalized menus" I would bet that the number of power users is going to go down even more. I mean, how can you learn new features of the program if it treats you like an idiot. After clippy, this has got to be one of the worst "features" of MS products.
Next time be strong.
looking at extremeties:
What does looking at my hands and feet have to do with this? :) And don't even think about looking at my other extremity :)
What if you're worried about your babysitter not treating your child right.... Does that mean you can't videotape their behavior because their in your own home?
It does. You should have the right to know you're being monitored. What if you're a great baby sitter, but have your boyfriend come over for a roll on the couch after the kids are asleep (ah, the good old days)? Should the parents get to see that? On the other hand, you can simply warn the sitter that their activity is being monitored. Just the threat of monitoring will probably make sure they don't beat the crap out of an annoying child (and not funkify your couch to boot)
In any case, even if this does work, it'll piss off liberals as much as birth control pisses off conservatives. Idealogues will argue that "evil" behavior (promiscuous fuel use or promiscuous sex, depending on your leanings) will be encourgaed if it looks like we can prevent some of its consequences (global warming, STDs/babies), when in reality, we may be increasing other consequences of those behaviors not covered by the protective mechanism. Some here have already pointed out that this scheme doesn't reduce other greenhouse gasses.
To show my own political biases, this stinks of big oil trying to discourage conservation. Anyone know who funded this?
In windows, mozilla is slooooooow. It takes forever to load (don't tell me to enable quick launch, I don't need any more system tray icons, thanks) and slow to render. If I have it minimized for a while, it takes it forever to redraw the page once I decide to pop it back up. It's insane. On my linux box, NS and mozilla are about the same, so I use mozilla and submit the bugs, but I couldn't take the dragging feeling in windows, so I've reset my default browser to IE.
On top of the speed issues there are JS compatibility issues. Our school has a web-accessible email server (netscape's messenger express), which works fine with NS and IE, but has some problems with Mozilla's thinking on javascript. Some of the web pages I've designed that have javascript also break under mozilla. They run fine in IE NS and Opera, and, except for a nested table rendering problem in NS that I had to find a workaround for, I didn't have to do much tweaking after I wrote the code the way my js references told me it was supposed to be done. In other words, I feel no compelling reason to customize them for Mozilla, considering 99% of the users of the sites use IE or NS.
The only reason to use mozilla is if you're an anti MS or OSS idealogue (there are things to be said for both of those points of view, although not for being closed-minded idealogues). I'd just rather use the best/easiest tool for the job, and in most cases I've had to reluctantly admit that MS does a pretty good job at things. (clench teeth, prepare for -mods)
It is at least internally consistent: It's not a spambot, so it doesn't fall into spam traps :)
Your post is an insult to drug dealers
Sloppy, I have to say you are absolutely right. I know many honest drug dealers that tell you up front what you're getting (I've never had "dude, this is some good shit," or "this shit's ok. Not great, just ok" turn out to be wrong) It's a surprisingly honest business (at least for the lighter stuff like weed). I apologize to all the fine drug dealers offended by my post comparing them to herbalife/eola/ebola dealers.
Anyone know their business model?
Might be considered some kind of telephone harrassment/disruption of business thing, but IANAL.
People who sell this crap need to be taken down by the FDA for selling drugs without a prescription. All herbalife is is natural speed.
Have fun with your mom and her ill-gotten gains
That's not saying much, is it :)
"If only they would devote a little bit of the millions of dollars they're spending on this ad campaign to help stop illegal downloading
If only the RIAA would devote a little bit of the millions of dollars they're spending of buying politicians to help promote legal downloading of music or reducing CD prices..."
But seriously, I like seeing greedy capitalists go after each other's throats. Of course it's often like Mothra and Godzilla fighting: the rest of the city gets destroyed in the process, but we don't really count. There's more of us consumers born every minute.
It's depressing that a big "news" company like CNN (OK, I know it's an entertainment business, but they still call themselves a news channel) can't even hire a decent geek to sit in a broom closet and proofread their drivel.
On the plus side, you do have to give them credit for not trying to make their point about the evils of IRC by saying that terrorists use it to coordinate activities. These days you use the T-word to push any cause (carnivore, &c.)
> Try again. Ambrose was merely accused (and admitted to)
> re-writing quotes and minor passages from other books without footnoting
> them or otherwise creditting the original author.
I'm not trying to start a flame war (my tone of voice is really friendly), but which part of my admittedly brief synopsis of the Ambrose affair do you disagree with?
accused + admitted = getting busted, and
re-writing quotes and minor passages w/out crediting original source = plagiarism
plagiarize ;) )
1. To use and pass off (the ideas or writings of another) as one's own.
2. To appropriate for use as one's own passages or ideas from (another).
from dictionary.com (wouldn't want to plagiarize
Current Events Quiz Answer: Ambrose is the popular historian who got busted a few months back for plagiarism. Apparently big blocks of his books were simple copy and paste jobs from other (uncredited) sources.
Whether or not Lucas plagiarized stuff is irrelevant anyway. We enjoyed Star Wars when we were kids, and we enjoy the nostalgia as adults, but they suck ass (imo). Witness Phantom Menace with that annoying kid and irritating Jar Jar. The only good thing about the next one is that Jar Jar bites it, hopefully in a painful way.
Maybe, but maybe not