Remember LA Gear shoes? The ones with the flashing piezoelectric lights that blinked when you took a step? If we can harness the power of millions of sugar-crazed kids, we can solve the world's energy problem! There is probably already enough HFCS to power this revolution.
If you'd like to see how well it works in firefox, you can override the about:config setting for the useragent. I changed the general.useragent.override string to
Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10_6_3; en-us) AppleWebKit/531.22.7 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0.5 Safari/531.22.7
And I was able to view the tests without the message about requiring Safari. That message appears to get stuck in a cookie so you you might need to reload the base apple.com/html5 page before trying again.
Probably not even remotely possible due to its size, but a similar problem seems to have been created in Kiruna, in Sweden. The town sits on top of the world's largest iron ore mine, and the mine has created a large cavity under the town. They are moving everything, in some cases, literally brick by brick. There's a neat article about it in this month's National Geographic.
I am surprised that you've never heard of this. When I took Young Drivers of Canada when I was 16, we had it drilled into our heads to leave one car length between our car and the car in front of us and monitor our rear view mirror in case we saw a vehicle approaching us from behind that was going too fast to stop in time. The idea is to be able to accelerate forward, either into the space you've left in front of you, or use that space to get out of the way, either into the lane next to the car in front, or up onto the sidewalk, if it came to that. Getting rear ended at traffic lights is one of the most common accidents of all time. How can you not have heard of this?
suppose your car has been told to shut off at a red light. What happens if you need to suddenly perform crash avoidance? One of the standard things taught in driver school is leaving enough room between you and the car in front of you in case you need to avoid a rear collision. I'm not sure insurance companies are going to go for this.
No kidding. As bad as Katrina was, it's hard to equate that particular disaster with the Tsunami that occurred on December 26, 2004 during which hundreds of thousands died.
Why do I need to use a computer, and what is the big difference it's going to make in my life? And also, how much would having an electronic device diminish the enjoyment of some of those things you mentioned? If I grab coffee and lunch some place during the day, the last thing I want is to be interrupted by a pager or blackberry or cellphone while I am enjoying it. And how many people have no real downtime at life because they are tied to mobile devices? Not necessarily because they are workaholics, but because their job mandates that they carry these things.
I'm not tied to a mobile device, don't own a land phone, have no TV, and keep my cellphone turned off most of the time. Yet, I work in an IT field. I would be interested in the measures that other IT-types take to protect their "downtime" from the intrusion of technology.
Well, this probably means that they'll be banning provocative Nurse wear in the OR. Wouldn't want the surgeon's eyes to wander and stare at boobies while trying to give some poor schmuck a vasectomy.
"Heeeeey, how you doin'?? Whooops! Sorry dude! My bad."
They'll probably just provide the original photo to the law enforcement agencies, so there's no need to deal with technology that reverses the blurred image. It's not like Google or the CIA is really crying out for disk space. Heck, if they had enough computing power, they could do the blurring in real time and not worry about keeping an original copy for law enforcement.
It's pretty much impossible to block everything. If someone really wants to send you a link to something that will infect (or try to infect) your computer, there are tons of ways to do it. The tinyurl example has already been mentioned, but every single Apache server out there comes with things like mod_rewrite or Redirect directives that can send innocuous URLs to the intended malicious URL. In the case of mod_rewrite, you can do it without even changing what the browser displays, so users don't even know they evaded (or didn't, as the case may be) an infection attempt.
Isn't the whole point of building a modular kernel to prevent desktop Linux from being burdened by "enterprise crap"? If you don't need it, the kernel shouldn't load it. And you can always build a static kernel with just what you need, anyway.
If your tofu had texture you didn't like, it wasn't cooked right. Tofu done right is supposed to be crispy, and properly seasoned. It's a moot point, though - the stuff I mentioned is like cream cheese, and is meant to be blended into mousses and sauces. It's unlike regular tofu.
As for mushrooms. Again, most people cook them wrong. They are supposed to be cooked at high high heat, until all of the water in them is driven out. Cook them under lower heat and they just get watery and mushy because you boil them. Or grill them on a barbeque and serve them with some goat cheese, black pepper and fresh chives. Portobello mushrooms were made for that sort of thing. Marinate them in balsamic vinegar first if you like.
Actually, really dark chocolate isn't all that sweet. I have some really rocking Lindt 99% Cocoa chocolate that's most excellent. And pretty bitter. It's amazing for things like mousses, especially with Silken Tofu (a tofu that's as creamy as cream cheese). Fantastic.
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I wonder if other folks can buy those terms for them? Is "colossal mistake" taken?
John's new 3d engine looks sweet. Incredible detail! Are there plans for a rail gun?
Remember LA Gear shoes? The ones with the flashing piezoelectric lights that blinked when you took a step? If we can harness the power of millions of sugar-crazed kids, we can solve the world's energy problem! There is probably already enough HFCS to power this revolution.
If you'd like to see how well it works in firefox, you can override the about:config setting for the useragent. I changed the general.useragent.override string to
Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10_6_3; en-us) AppleWebKit/531.22.7 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0.5 Safari/531.22.7
And I was able to view the tests without the message about requiring Safari. That message appears to get stuck in a cookie so you you might need to reload the base apple.com/html5 page before trying again.
Probably not even remotely possible due to its size, but a similar problem seems to have been created in Kiruna, in Sweden. The town sits on top of the world's largest iron ore mine, and the mine has created a large cavity under the town. They are moving everything, in some cases, literally brick by brick. There's a neat article about it in this month's National Geographic.
I am surprised that you've never heard of this. When I took Young Drivers of Canada when I was 16, we had it drilled into our heads to leave one car length between our car and the car in front of us and monitor our rear view mirror in case we saw a vehicle approaching us from behind that was going too fast to stop in time. The idea is to be able to accelerate forward, either into the space you've left in front of you, or use that space to get out of the way, either into the lane next to the car in front, or up onto the sidewalk, if it came to that. Getting rear ended at traffic lights is one of the most common accidents of all time. How can you not have heard of this?
suppose your car has been told to shut off at a red light. What happens if you need to suddenly perform crash avoidance? One of the standard things taught in driver school is leaving enough room between you and the car in front of you in case you need to avoid a rear collision. I'm not sure insurance companies are going to go for this.
No kidding. As bad as Katrina was, it's hard to equate that particular disaster with the Tsunami that occurred on December 26, 2004 during which hundreds of thousands died.
Suspended animation because of hydrogen sulfide? This is probably why I feel sleepy after letting a big one rip in my office.
Well, this probably means that they'll be banning provocative Nurse wear in the OR. Wouldn't want the surgeon's eyes to wander and stare at boobies while trying to give some poor schmuck a vasectomy.
"Heeeeey, how you doin'?? Whooops! Sorry dude! My bad."
They'll probably just provide the original photo to the law enforcement agencies, so there's no need to deal with technology that reverses the blurred image. It's not like Google or the CIA is really crying out for disk space. Heck, if they had enough computing power, they could do the blurring in real time and not worry about keeping an original copy for law enforcement.
Actually, they have all those logs *because* of the fibre!
You know, Alec Guinness is on official record as saying that the original Star Wars trilogy was the biggest load of crap he ever did.
I still love his work in the movies, though.
It's pretty much impossible to block everything. If someone really wants to send you a link to something that will infect (or try to infect) your computer, there are tons of ways to do it. The tinyurl example has already been mentioned, but every single Apache server out there comes with things like mod_rewrite or Redirect directives that can send innocuous URLs to the intended malicious URL. In the case of mod_rewrite, you can do it without even changing what the browser displays, so users don't even know they evaded (or didn't, as the case may be) an infection attempt.
Have you seen the East German or Chinese olympic women swim teams? We're not even needed for that any more, sadly
Goggles like those that Riddick wears, anyone? Sunglasses are legal everywhere - what's to stop these from becoming a similar fashion statement?
Isn't the whole point of building a modular kernel to prevent desktop Linux from being burdened by "enterprise crap"? If you don't need it, the kernel shouldn't load it. And you can always build a static kernel with just what you need, anyway.
You sort of get this feature with Parallels - the ability to drag a virtual server into a trash bin is almost as satisfying, and far less expensive.
And when you buy your ticket, you can click "I'm feeling lucky" and end up in the middle of nowhere. Awesome!
Tell that to the company that made all of that pet food.
Hummers while driving on the highway? Outstanding! Where do I sign up?
Well, hey, at least they sold those 200 Vista licenses in China, right?
If your tofu had texture you didn't like, it wasn't cooked right. Tofu done right is supposed to be crispy, and properly seasoned. It's a moot point, though - the stuff I mentioned is like cream cheese, and is meant to be blended into mousses and sauces. It's unlike regular tofu.
As for mushrooms. Again, most people cook them wrong. They are supposed to be cooked at high high heat, until all of the water in them is driven out. Cook them under lower heat and they just get watery and mushy because you boil them. Or grill them on a barbeque and serve them with some goat cheese, black pepper and fresh chives. Portobello mushrooms were made for that sort of thing. Marinate them in balsamic vinegar first if you like.
Actually, really dark chocolate isn't all that sweet. I have some really rocking Lindt 99% Cocoa chocolate that's most excellent. And pretty bitter. It's amazing for things like mousses, especially with Silken Tofu (a tofu that's as creamy as cream cheese). Fantastic.