Every year, we need to go down the list of software makers who have managed to totally Bork their users. The Meltdown awards. Just to distinguish between the companies that handle it well and the companies that are incompetent.
BPA in Botsylvania writes.. Dear Dr. Moron.. "BPA is scary and bad because there is more of it in obese people and aluminum cans and somebody says its bad, uh, why?"
Dear BPA, as you might know if you weren't America and a scientific moron, fat is where any chemical stored in the human body ends up if it is passing through the environment. This includes nutrients as well as dangerous chemicals. The more fat you have in your body, the more of every chemical and nutrient you are likely to have. So saying that larger people with larger fat deposits have more BPA in them is a little like saying the sun will rise every day for the next 365 days. It is stupid. Just like you. Until next time..
Nope, the real tactical importance of a Carrier Battlegroup is flexibility. If I can survive the first shot, the second, third, fourth and fifth will be mine and any conventional enemy knows that. We want to park the largest number of options as close to the likely theater as possible because I can't predict what is going to happen. Modern warfare is too complex for that.
Localized hypersonic sound pulse emission combined with teraflop level calculation for precision targetting to disperse a concentrated aerosolized polymer matrix mist loaded with synthetic diamond.
This is actually the denoument of the final season of "Breaking Bad." An multi-million anonymous donation from a mysterious "Senor Heisenberg" leads to sustainable fusion research all to late to redeem the hapless Walter White and his family.
Always trying to hop on the band wagon after the fact. The Blue and Maize may have bought up a couple arcades worth of memorabilia, but Michigan State had our comic book collection first! (http://comics.lib.msu.edu/).
Go Green and White! We'll see the rodents on the Football field.
Courtesy of the Museum of Horrifying Technology, 666 Lakeshore Drive, Chicago, IL.
"And this example right here is the SEGA VR headset from 1992, we like to call it "the Ringu" because any time someone uses it, a little Japanese girl shows up and kills them in an ironic and disturbing manner. We don't know why? Apparently they thought it was an important feature. Now over here, we have the VR headset that makes you go blind and bleed from your nose."
Or other way to demo what the user is seeing and send the signal to a nice big projector screen for Steve Balmer to scream about? I realize it is super small but this just seems like a pretty basic aspect. How do I debug the thing?
That's a lot of hard work and a huge number of sailors who have sheltered and lived in a small floating city. There's a new world coming though. Submersible carriers protecting the Atlantic Confederated States will be something to see once the Chinese realize they need somewhere to put all those new citizens looking for an exciting new life and a daily wage.
And while I'm thinking about it... The hardware store would probably have to post the "no dildos" rule pretty quick. But I think it is still a valid business strategy.
This strikes me as the type of development that is better suited for a Hardware store or retail outlet. Why should I make the individual investment when I can just go to Menards with an AutoCAD or Unigraphics file and say, "print me a plastic part" for $2.99 and I'll stop by when its done? That's why you rent tools from the hardware store instead of buying them and letting a bunch of them just take up space. A million individual 3D printers doesn't really make sense.
Ah.. Prince George's County, I remember thee well. The soft light of the Crack Houses lit up for New Years. The stray bullets landing in the backyard from Northwest D.C. "Spare a copper for a hit, eeh guvnor?"
"Prince George's County, like Flint Michigan without the dignity or respect for life."
There is a legitimate point to considering the technological ability to both communicate more rapidly about a highly infectious disease and approach a new and lethal strain with modern decontamination and medical systems. That doesn't rule out the possibility of certain very specialized and nasty toxins such as Bacillus anthracis and other hybrid biological weapons. The real danger is in a strain of bacteria that can infect a host, cause relatively mild and temporary symptoms, then reinfect and spread after a period of time leading to a lethal toxicity in the effected patient and the people they have probably come into contact with. Obviously, the really virulent diseases like Ebola Zaire are so nasty that they burn themselves out fairly rapidly because the infected population dies before they can spread the virus. As our knowledge of DNA sequencing and protein structures increases though, we start to arrive at a set of tools that could lead to truly frightening weapons and bacterial/viral hybrids. Diseases that can switch on and off based on environmental triggers. Or how about a bacteria that multiplies rapidly and uncontrollably under a certain PSI of air pressure in one's lungs?
Not to contribute to the general level of blather and misplaced angst generated by this discussion. I think it is useful to point out what college can be helpful for after all the screaming about grade inflation, tuition costs and how pointless all this education is (thank you Slashdot). The real question that should be asked of any undergraduate at the end of their 4 year (or five in my case, I had Coop rotations and problems with depression) is "Did you learn how to learn?" If the aspiring young person can't answer that question, then yes, their undergraduate education was problematic. I didn't get the best grades during my academic career, I had a hard time with several classes, but I never quit and I learned how to learn. I keep doing it all the time now. If I run into something new and interesting to work on, I know how to take a ride over to the Northwestern Engineering Library and dig in and learn everything I need to know. I am always open to learn new skills and anything my employer wants me to learn. I can turn around and teach what I have learned to other people. Is school good for teaching that process? Hard to say now. I know I got my money's worth from the Michigan State college of engineering.
Anything that leads to giant hybrid super-soldiers who have poignant and heartbreaking back stories while providing insightful and challenging commentary on contemporary social and transgenic issues with cute girls is A-OK by me.
Unless you are talking about Mississippi State.. I'm going to assume your "alma mater" is Michigan State. And I miss Moe at the Archives Bookstore. He was a total sweetheart of a tabby cat. Curious Books is still around of course and there is a lot to like about that location. I vaguely remember the Borders being near there also. I think Barnes and Noble moved to the Okemos Mall. And yes, this post is totally useless if you are talking about Mississippi State...
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Pornos for Ponies..
Every year, we need to go down the list of software makers who have managed to totally Bork their users. The Meltdown awards. Just to distinguish between the companies that handle it well and the companies that are incompetent.
Mr. Beniot 010010 opines in today's edition of the "Silicon Age" that "in the future all software will look like Blertify."
Repeat as needed.
Mr. 3-D printer.. meet Mr. sledgehammer and Mr. Sawzall.
Sorry, that should be "many chemicals" not any. Fat soluble chemicals.
BPA in Botsylvania writes.. Dear Dr. Moron.. "BPA is scary and bad because there is more of it in obese people and aluminum cans and somebody says its bad, uh, why?"
Dear BPA, as you might know if you weren't America and a scientific moron, fat is where any chemical stored in the human body ends up if it is passing through the environment. This includes nutrients as well as dangerous chemicals. The more fat you have in your body, the more of every chemical and nutrient you are likely to have. So saying that larger people with larger fat deposits have more BPA in them is a little like saying the sun will rise every day for the next 365 days. It is stupid. Just like you. Until next time..
Dr. Moron.
Yo, yo.. don't hate the torus, hate the game..
Nope, the real tactical importance of a Carrier Battlegroup is flexibility. If I can survive the first shot, the second, third, fourth and fifth will be mine and any conventional enemy knows that. We want to park the largest number of options as close to the likely theater as possible because I can't predict what is going to happen. Modern warfare is too complex for that.
Localized hypersonic sound pulse emission combined with teraflop level calculation for precision targetting to disperse a concentrated aerosolized polymer matrix mist loaded with synthetic diamond.
I think anyway.
This is actually the denoument of the final season of "Breaking Bad." An multi-million anonymous donation from a mysterious "Senor Heisenberg" leads to sustainable fusion research all to late to redeem the hapless Walter White and his family.
Ok, I see how it is. It would be easy to let this sort of slip into the type of undignified nerd slap fight we sometimes see here at slashdot.
So be it. www.nscl.msu.edu. Superconducting cyclotron. Howdya like them muons!
Always trying to hop on the band wagon after the fact. The Blue and Maize may have bought up a couple arcades worth of memorabilia, but Michigan State had our comic book collection first! (http://comics.lib.msu.edu/).
Go Green and White! We'll see the rodents on the Football field.
Sonic is really going to have to hurry to get all those rings back! I hate this level!
Courtesy of the Museum of Horrifying Technology, 666 Lakeshore Drive, Chicago, IL.
"And this example right here is the SEGA VR headset from 1992, we like to call it "the Ringu" because any time someone uses it, a little Japanese girl shows up and kills them in an ironic and disturbing manner. We don't know why? Apparently they thought it was an important feature. Now over here, we have the VR headset that makes you go blind and bleed from your nose."
Good luck John. You're going to need it.
Or other way to demo what the user is seeing and send the signal to a nice big projector screen for Steve Balmer to scream about? I realize it is super small but this just seems like a pretty basic aspect. How do I debug the thing?
That's a lot of hard work and a huge number of sailors who have sheltered and lived in a small floating city. There's a new world coming though. Submersible carriers protecting the Atlantic Confederated States will be something to see once the Chinese realize they need somewhere to put all those new citizens looking for an exciting new life and a daily wage.
And while I'm thinking about it... The hardware store would probably have to post the "no dildos" rule pretty quick. But I think it is still a valid business strategy.
This strikes me as the type of development that is better suited for a Hardware store or retail outlet. Why should I make the individual investment when I can just go to Menards with an AutoCAD or Unigraphics file and say, "print me a plastic part" for $2.99 and I'll stop by when its done? That's why you rent tools from the hardware store instead of buying them and letting a bunch of them just take up space. A million individual 3D printers doesn't really make sense.
Torgo took care of the print while the Master was away?
Ah.. Prince George's County, I remember thee well. The soft light of the Crack Houses lit up for New Years. The stray bullets landing in the backyard from Northwest D.C. "Spare a copper for a hit, eeh guvnor?"
"Prince George's County, like Flint Michigan without the dignity or respect for life."
There is a legitimate point to considering the technological ability to both communicate more rapidly about a highly infectious disease and approach a new and lethal strain with modern decontamination and medical systems. That doesn't rule out the possibility of certain very specialized and nasty toxins such as Bacillus anthracis and other hybrid biological weapons. The real danger is in a strain of bacteria that can infect a host, cause relatively mild and temporary symptoms, then reinfect and spread after a period of time leading to a lethal toxicity in the effected patient and the people they have probably come into contact with. Obviously, the really virulent diseases like Ebola Zaire are so nasty that they burn themselves out fairly rapidly because the infected population dies before they can spread the virus. As our knowledge of DNA sequencing and protein structures increases though, we start to arrive at a set of tools that could lead to truly frightening weapons and bacterial/viral hybrids. Diseases that can switch on and off based on environmental triggers. Or how about a bacteria that multiplies rapidly and uncontrollably under a certain PSI of air pressure in one's lungs?
Not to contribute to the general level of blather and misplaced angst generated by this discussion. I think it is useful to point out what college can be helpful for after all the screaming about grade inflation, tuition costs and how pointless all this education is (thank you Slashdot). The real question that should be asked of any undergraduate at the end of their 4 year (or five in my case, I had Coop rotations and problems with depression) is "Did you learn how to learn?" If the aspiring young person can't answer that question, then yes, their undergraduate education was problematic. I didn't get the best grades during my academic career, I had a hard time with several classes, but I never quit and I learned how to learn. I keep doing it all the time now. If I run into something new and interesting to work on, I know how to take a ride over to the Northwestern Engineering Library and dig in and learn everything I need to know. I am always open to learn new skills and anything my employer wants me to learn. I can turn around and teach what I have learned to other people. Is school good for teaching that process? Hard to say now. I know I got my money's worth from the Michigan State college of engineering.
Sorry, that should be www.hipflask.com. I was close.
Anything that leads to giant hybrid super-soldiers who have poignant and heartbreaking back stories while providing insightful and challenging commentary on contemporary social and transgenic issues with cute girls is A-OK by me.
www.hip-flask.com
No one expects the Elephantman Inquisition!
Unless you are talking about Mississippi State.. I'm going to assume your "alma mater" is Michigan State. And I miss Moe at the Archives Bookstore. He was a total sweetheart of a tabby cat. Curious Books is still around of course and there is a lot to like about that location. I vaguely remember the Borders being near there also. I think Barnes and Noble moved to the Okemos Mall. And yes, this post is totally useless if you are talking about Mississippi State...