now if only Microsoft can develop an emulator or something to allow the Xbox 360 to run PSx (PS1, PS2, and perhaps PS3) games....maybe they might cause an upset in the Japanese market.
I use a combination of the Do-not-Call list AND not picking up if I do not recognize caller id or expect a call; that's what the machine is for. I guess it's more of the "no...I'll call you" thing.
heck....just the other day, I got a call from a number I didn't recognize and they left a message...it turned out to be from the Republican Party...something about a rally with the governator....don't know why they called....especially when I'm no longer registered as one (the Republican Party I use to belong to no longer exists).
It was Sony, then a small, aggressive concern, who produced Japan's first transistor radio, the TR-55 (in 1955). Sony's greatest success was the pocket sized TR-63 released in 1957. It was the first transistor radio to utilize all miniature components and was the first Japanese radio to be imported into the U.S.A.
or that after the classic game "Master of Orion"....maybe this is the first step in space colonization.
the good thing...at least they didn't name it Prometheus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prometheus) who was condemned to eternal suffering (also the name of the first X303 ship in the Stargate SG-1 universe) or Icarus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icarus_%28mythology% 29) who's wings melted and he fell to his doom when he got too close to the Sun. Or even "Titanic" among other doomed ship names.
actually, you just proved how not forward thinking environmentalist (at least the ones called nutjobs by the public) are.
if the amount of radioactive stuff released (assuming that for some how, the spent nuclear fuel is lost or accidentally released into the environment...which is a big "if") is the same, I'd take nuclear energy any day....as it doesn't release the OTHER non-radioactive toxins that coal plants do....
Me and Blinky (the 3-eyed fish from The Simpsons) are just fine with nuclear power.
well...the "Fear" of anything nuclear (it's funny how all those environmentalists bitch and moan about a few kilograms of uranium when many tons of it was released into the atmosphere due to coal power plants (ref: http://www.ornl.gov/info/ornlreview/rev26-34/text/ colmain.html)
By the year 2040, the prediction/projected cumulative amounts released by coal burning plants is U.S. release (from combustion of 111,716 million tons): Uranium: 145,230 tons (containing 1031 tons of uranium-235) Thorium: 357,491 tons
Worldwide release (from combustion of 637,409 million tons): Uranium: 828,632 tons (containing 5883 tons of uranium-235) Thorium: 2,039,709 tons
Anyways, back to the subject at hand, why can't we make the radioisotopes now in nuclear waste facilities (especially in the Yucca Mountain range in Nevada) produce energy using a RTG? It may not be the most efficient method but the stuff is just "sitting" there and can't be used in a traditional power generation method.
Just a thought. It might at least be able to power the lighting systems at those facilities.
I don't know about the rest but I think it's a bit too late...the cat's out of the bag that the RIAA is even more viscous than the Grim Reaper and a pitbull/lawyer combined. Makes ambulance chasers look like Saints.
And I'm not sure if they should use the word "Productive"....they could have just said "legal settlement" instead of admitting that their settlement tactics are "productive"...which is like the oil companies saying their price increases are profitable. Not something you want to admit to in public.
They need to learn to spin better or at the very least not shoot themselves in the foot.
cheaper? so the lives of astronauts has a dollar value?
well..what about a second layer of the same tiles? so if the top layer is damaged....the second one should be able to handle it. Think of a snake shedding it's skin or a shark replenishing its teeth with a backup
I still don't see why they can't put like a protective liner or coating on top of the fragile graphite/ceramic tiles to protect it.....of course, the coating will harmlessly burn away on re-entry (I was thinking LineX...as they advertise it as being really strong and I think it was Dateline or 60minutes where they showed a concrete cinder block that was coated that survived a 2 story drop)....maybe even make a coating that when it does burn, it leaves a thin carbon film for added heat protection (and fills any micro-cracks in the heatshield).
Or add a second layer of the super-light tiles that are half the total thickness (not half the protective black but of the backing material).
o well...maybe it's a cost thing...but I would think the cost of lives far outweighs the cost of the materials, not to mention the cost of the shuttle itself that is saved.
Most college students can't even afford dog poop...even if it came with a free car wash (and the dog)....
What about investing in a startup? It's high-risk...but hey.... Or invest in something that's bound to do well....oil stocks for one (unless they pull an "enron")
I like it...but I'm not sure that they really thought through with the name "Etch" as "Etch" sounds so similar to the Japanese word "Ecchi" (japanese pronounciation of "H" which stands for "Hentai" and "Hentai" means pervert....though "Ecchi" also means sex).
I like this woman's (http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/openletters/10ran di.html) plan to win the James Randi paranormal prize better.
Originally, I heard it about it on the radio (medical newstalk on KGO, with Dr. Dean Edell) about this one lady who hypothesized that she can control men's minds with her vagina and described a possible way that she can test this theory.
Can't wait until they do a double-blind test...ahahah
I don't see why they can't slipstream it so from the menu, the viewer can select the "edited" version. Heck, they (DVD's) do have the functionality to do multi-angles (mainly for p0rn) and the "follow the white rabbit" icons (easter eggs), and such allowing for almost endless combinations without requiring those combinations to be statically stored. Some creative menu/content layouts should be able to this just fine. And since the original content is on the disc, it should be a non-issue as it's just like using a cheat-sheet for a novel that lists which sentence/paragraph/pages have vulgar language and skipping it while you read it.
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I remember that...and Bleem.
Actually, I might have the original CD somewhere.....
now if only Microsoft can develop an emulator or something to allow the Xbox 360 to run PSx (PS1, PS2, and perhaps PS3) games....maybe they might cause an upset in the Japanese market.
I use a combination of the Do-not-Call list AND not picking up if I do not recognize caller id or expect a call; that's what the machine is for.
I guess it's more of the "no...I'll call you " thing.
heck....just the other day, I got a call from a number I didn't recognize and they left a message...it turned out to be from the Republican Party...something about a rally with the governator....don't know why they called....especially when I'm no longer registered as one (the Republican Party I use to belong to no longer exists).
I know....Sony didn't invent it....they invented* it.
* - [Insert fine print here]
sorry... /. doesn't have a spellchecker....
a lity ), only when I'm drunk can I spell better.
and like Peter Griffin ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Griffin#Person
Just with Oldsmobile...they may have not been the first to invent the automobile but they do have an impression list of "first"'s: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldsmobile#Oldsmobil
They may have not "invented" it persay but they did make the first transistor radio to use all miniature components. It's just like Edison...he didn't invent the light bulb...just perfected it ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incandescent_light_b
or that after the classic game "Master of Orion"....maybe this is the first step in space colonization.
% 29) who's wings melted and he fell to his doom when he got too close to the Sun.
the good thing...at least they didn't name it Prometheus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prometheus) who was condemned to eternal suffering (also the name of the first X303 ship in the Stargate SG-1 universe) or Icarus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icarus_%28mythology
Or even "Titanic" among other doomed ship names.
actually, you just proved how not forward thinking environmentalist (at least the ones called nutjobs by the public) are.
if the amount of radioactive stuff released (assuming that for some how, the spent nuclear fuel is lost or accidentally released into the environment...which is a big "if") is the same, I'd take nuclear energy any day....as it doesn't release the OTHER non-radioactive toxins that coal plants do....
Me and Blinky (the 3-eyed fish from The Simpsons) are just fine with nuclear power.
well...the "Fear" of anything nuclear (it's funny how all those environmentalists bitch and moan about a few kilograms of uranium when many tons of it was released into the atmosphere due to coal power plants (ref: http://www.ornl.gov/info/ornlreview/rev26-34/text/ colmain.html)
By the year 2040, the prediction/projected cumulative amounts released by coal burning plants is
U.S. release (from combustion of 111,716 million tons):
Uranium: 145,230 tons (containing 1031 tons of uranium-235)
Thorium: 357,491 tons
Worldwide release (from combustion of 637,409 million tons):
Uranium: 828,632 tons (containing 5883 tons of uranium-235)
Thorium: 2,039,709 tons
Anyways, back to the subject at hand, why can't we make the radioisotopes now in nuclear waste facilities (especially in the Yucca Mountain range in Nevada) produce energy using a RTG? It may not be the most efficient method but the stuff is just "sitting" there and can't be used in a traditional power generation method.
Just a thought. It might at least be able to power the lighting systems at those facilities.
both brands will spue black smoke and kill.
just imagine mad max....yes...with all the leather and spikes.
I don't know about the rest but I think it's a bit too late...the cat's out of the bag that the RIAA is even more viscous than the Grim Reaper and a pitbull/lawyer combined.
Makes ambulance chasers look like Saints.
And I'm not sure if they should use the word "Productive"....they could have just said "legal settlement" instead of admitting that their settlement tactics are "productive"...which is like the oil companies saying their price increases are profitable. Not something you want to admit to in public.
They need to learn to spin better or at the very least not shoot themselves in the foot.
now why would I do that without financial incentives?
I either use google or instant-message a friend of mine.
Works especially well when I have a brain-fart moment.
cheaper? so the lives of astronauts has a dollar value?
well..what about a second layer of the same tiles? so if the top layer is damaged....the second one should be able to handle it. Think of a snake shedding it's skin or a shark replenishing its teeth with a backup
I still don't see why they can't put like a protective liner or coating on top of the fragile graphite/ceramic tiles to protect it.....of course, the coating will harmlessly burn away on re-entry (I was thinking LineX...as they advertise it as being really strong and I think it was Dateline or 60minutes where they showed a concrete cinder block that was coated that survived a 2 story drop)....maybe even make a coating that when it does burn, it leaves a thin carbon film for added heat protection (and fills any micro-cracks in the heatshield).
Or add a second layer of the super-light tiles that are half the total thickness (not half the protective black but of the backing material).
o well...maybe it's a cost thing...but I would think the cost of lives far outweighs the cost of the materials, not to mention the cost of the shuttle itself that is saved.
Even still, some names can be "passed".
Why not "Buzz"? It seems to get all the "buzz" anyways.
Sounds oxymoronic to me....
Most college students can't even afford dog poop...even if it came with a free car wash (and the dog)....
What about investing in a startup? It's high-risk...but hey....
Or invest in something that's bound to do well....oil stocks for one (unless they pull an "enron")
I like it...but I'm not sure that they really thought through with the name "Etch" as "Etch" sounds so similar to the Japanese word "Ecchi" (japanese pronounciation of "H" which stands for "Hentai" and "Hentai" means pervert....though "Ecchi" also means sex).
I guess to some..Debian 4.0 on a AMD64 is "sexy".
because...they are forced by propaganda into an untruth/grey-area
Isn't this against international child labor laws?
What next, use real kids to push child p0rn rings?
slippery slope!
At least it's to the point...much like that new movie...what's it about? "Snakes on a plane" (sarcasm)
Does this mean that an open version of the W3C will come about?
I like this woman's (http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/openletters/10ran di.html) plan to win the James Randi paranormal prize better.
Originally, I heard it about it on the radio (medical newstalk on KGO, with Dr. Dean Edell) about this one lady who hypothesized that she can control men's minds with her vagina and described a possible way that she can test this theory.
Can't wait until they do a double-blind test...ahahah
I don't see why they can't slipstream it so from the menu, the viewer can select the "edited" version.
Heck, they (DVD's) do have the functionality to do multi-angles (mainly for p0rn) and the "follow the white rabbit" icons (easter eggs), and such allowing for almost endless combinations without requiring those combinations to be statically stored.
Some creative menu/content layouts should be able to this just fine.
And since the original content is on the disc, it should be a non-issue as it's just like using a cheat-sheet for a novel that lists which sentence/paragraph/pages have vulgar language and skipping it while you read it.