"In Usenet usage, a troll is not a grumpy monster that lives beneath a bridge accosting passers-by, but rather a provocative posting to a newsgroup intended to produce a large volume of frivolous responses. The content of a "troll posting generally falls into several areas. It may consist of an apparently foolish contradiction of common knowledge, a deliberately offensive insult to the readers of a newsgroup, or a broad request for trivial follow-up postings."
Besides I would not stick any of my 12 maxi singles of 1980s Billy Idol in the scanner to be scraped against the glass
How wide is your scanner's glass area?
Records used to have raised edges and center portion so the surface wouldn't be damaged when stacked on / dropped from the spindle of a changer turntable.
And there was a company out there with a triple head monitor made of 3 LCD panals. Since it was all one unit, the gap was really small. Not sure if they are still around though.
"In his current role as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Motion Picture Association of America, Valenti has presided over a world wide sea change in the industry. New magical technology, the rise of importance of international markets, the tyranny of piracy have radically changed the landscape of the American film and television industry."
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic". - Arthur C. Clarke
Main Entry: tyranny Pronunciation: 'tir- especially : oppressive power exerted by government 2 a : a government in which absolute power is vested in a single ruler; especially : one characteristic of an ancient Greek city-state b : the office, authority, and administration of a tyrant 3 : a rigorous condition imposed by some outside agency or force 4 : a tyrannical act
When Professor Campion unveiled Boilerplate in 1893, the concept of a mechanical man was not a new one. Edward S. Ellis, in 1865, wrote about a prodigy that constructed a non-sentient automaton called the Steam Man. At the time, it was considered to be nothing more than an elaborate novelty item, like Boilerplate. Stories of its feats were relegated to the tabloids and "Edisonades." In the account entitled Steam Man of the Prairies (the first of several such publications), Johnny Brainerd, a teenage dwarf, invented "a man that shall go by steam." Here is how it was described:
This is a later, cruder version
________________ No Pain, No Game By Dermot McGrath 2:00 a.m. March 7, 2002 PST COLOGNE, Germany -- Have you ever had a hankering to play a computer game that allows you to inflict real pain on your opponent?
Ever wondered how it would feel to shock, burn and lash your opponent into submission?
Well, wonder no more. Two German designers have addressed this yawning gap in the gaming industry with a fiendish invention called, appropriately enough, the Painstation. ________________________
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I sense a disturbance in the force as if millions of trolls cried out with bad fart jokes for this topic... ;)
A troll (in net terms) is not someone replying to a straight line with lame jokes.
From The the Subtle art of Trolling:
"In Usenet usage, a troll is not a grumpy monster that lives beneath a bridge accosting passers-by, but rather a provocative posting to a newsgroup intended to produce a large volume of frivolous responses. The content of a "troll posting generally falls into several areas. It may consist of an apparently foolish contradiction of common knowledge, a deliberately offensive insult to the readers of a newsgroup, or a broad request for trivial follow-up postings."
Besides I would not stick any of my 12 maxi singles of 1980s Billy Idol in the scanner to be scraped against the glass
How wide is your scanner's glass area?
Records used to have raised edges and center portion so the surface wouldn't be damaged when stacked on / dropped from the spindle of a changer turntable.
This is for 45RPMs, but you get the idea.
Here's a Laser turntable
And there was a company out there with a triple head monitor made of 3 LCD panals. Since it was all one unit, the gap was really small. Not sure if they are still around though.
You mean Mass Multiples?
The did this in Quebec when the ice storm took down the power lines
Here's a photo.
I don't think I can quiet down my case [digitalzophar.net] that much
Crap! If I hadn't just finished setting up my new system, I'd a offered you some money for that case.
Paul
Piping Design Central
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"In his current role as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Motion Picture Association of America, Valenti has presided over a world wide sea change in the industry. New magical technology, the rise of importance of international markets, the tyranny of piracy have radically changed the landscape of the American film and television industry."
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic". - Arthur C. Clarke
Main Entry: tyranny
Pronunciation: 'tir- especially : oppressive power exerted by government
2 a : a government in which absolute power is vested in a single ruler; especially : one characteristic of an ancient Greek city-state b : the office, authority, and administration of a tyrant
3 : a rigorous condition imposed by some outside agency or force
4 : a tyrannical act
Can it output 1600x1200 on one monitor and do 1024x768 on the other?
Does it come complete with a TV tuner and (S)VHS inputs?
I'm still waiting for Matrox to make a splash.
Paul
When Professor Campion unveiled Boilerplate in 1893, the concept of a mechanical man was not a new one. Edward S. Ellis, in 1865, wrote about a prodigy that constructed a non-sentient automaton called the Steam Man. At the time, it was considered to be nothing more than an elaborate novelty item, like Boilerplate. Stories of its feats were relegated to the tabloids and "Edisonades." In the account entitled Steam Man of the Prairies (the first of several such publications), Johnny Brainerd, a teenage dwarf, invented "a man that shall go by steam." Here is how it was described: This is a later, cruder version
Doesn't Atomz do this also?
How about PainStation?
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No Pain, No Game
By Dermot McGrath
2:00 a.m. March 7, 2002 PST
COLOGNE, Germany -- Have you ever had a hankering to play a computer game that allows you to inflict real pain on your opponent?
Ever wondered how it would feel to shock, burn and lash your opponent into submission?
Well, wonder no more. Two German designers have addressed this yawning gap in the gaming industry with a fiendish invention called, appropriately enough, the Painstation.
________________________
Wired article:
http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,
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http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=0