Who the hell let this guy title the article? It's "Nanoscopic." Nano is a Greek prefix meaning "one billionth," at least when it's spelled correctly. Micro is a Greek prefix meaning "one millionth." Scope is a Greek root meaning "to view."
Of course, I guess it could be about a grandmother who's a few microns tall. . .
Western Christianity has typically conveyed that the man is in a dominant role, and the woman is a sexual toy/servant/baby launcher. Christianity allows baby launchers? Funny, my pastor got all pissed at me when I was testing mine in the backyard.
What amazes me most about that breakdown, is if you look at it, it's hard to figure out why the labels are whining about the iTunes pricing model. That's b/c their breakdown is a lie. What overhead do they have besides distribution, advertising, and manufacturing costs? CEO salaries, and that's about it.
And retail overhead of $4? Yeah, I don't think so. It doesn't take a Walmart slug half an hour to put the CD on the shelf.
Being a scientist, I have found a lot of joy in the sci-fi stories where the exploration is as much of the adventure as aliens and action, such as Rendezvous with Rama, The Andromeda Strain, and Robinson's Mars trilogy. . Recently, my English professor friend asked me to introduce him to my favorite sci-fi books. I gave him some Heinlein, Card, and Rendezvous with Rama. He got about halfway through Rendezvous and asked me when the aliens were going to wake up and start killing people. It broke his little heart when I told him they weren't, that the book was about the exploration of the object, especially since he's one of those people who prides himself on being able to predict the little "twists" that are the same in every bit of popular fiction (film, television, video game, and novel) that we see today.
I agree. I've managed it since 9/11, going to four conferences from Cincinnati (the farthest being in Chicago). In a couple weeks, I'm going to the American Chemical Society National Meeting in New Orleans. There is no way in hell I am going to leave after work on Friday, drive down there, and be up at 8 am Saturday morning for the ensuing shenanigans. It just isn't going to happen. So now I get to see what the current state of airport fun is, after missing it the last six years. Joy!
I don't know about you, but I wasn't planning on distilling water with the still in my house.
***Actually, I might. In my lab I work about 10 feet away from liters of 200 proof ethanol (and no, it is not denatured:-). I haven't quite yet had the balls to taste it, but I'm pretty sure any home distillery won't be able to beat the 100% alcohol those bottles provide. Now all I need is a truck full of Bawls, and a couple of sick days. . .
What always amazed me about teabagging in the original Halo was how all these frat boys that I just knew had never played a single game online before all managed to come up with this act independently. If only they had just demonstrated that much independent thought in the rest of their lives. ..
Of course, then they probably wouldn't be frat boys, either. . .
Facebook believes me to be named Duncan Idaho, with a hometown on Giedi Prime, and a "Follower of Muad-dib." I, frankly, could give a damn whether or not they sell that information.
Of course, since the last time the FBI came to visit me (for using Dune as the basis for a RESIGNATION LETTER), maybe I should be more careful. . .
I know some people that build the kits and then put them on a shelf - what a waste - where's the fun in that? I have to disagree with you, at least as far as the Star Wars kits go.
And I also have a MegaBloks model of Shuttle Endeavour, of which I am very fond (the only MegaBloks set I've ever bought).
I agree. If it's something that I've done (though on a smaller, just-scares-the-cat scale), then it doesn't count.
Of course, I imagine it would also take a hell of a lot of genetically modified mosquitos to scare the cat, too.
Yes, it actually IS one of the few good uses for RFID, one of the things that it was actually designed for - tracking of pallets in a warehouse environment. Having worked in a warehouse in my undergrad years, I can say quite easily that our "pallet tracking system" (i.e., writing the SKU on it and putting it up somewhere in our 150,000 sq ft) needed some improvement.
I am all for legitimate uses of RFID. When Wallyworld starts demanding that individual items be tagged, then I will be upset.
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30? God, I really do need to get out of Cincinnati. We have six in a twenty-mile radius around downtown, four of which are a chain.
Who the hell let this guy title the article? It's "Nanoscopic." Nano is a Greek prefix meaning "one billionth," at least when it's spelled correctly. Micro is a Greek prefix meaning "one millionth." Scope is a Greek root meaning "to view."
Of course, I guess it could be about a grandmother who's a few microns tall. . .
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[quote]Unless we set up some sort of hobo farm, I don't see your plan being feasible. [/quote] Since when was San Francisco unfeasible?
And retail overhead of $4? Yeah, I don't think so. It doesn't take a Walmart slug half an hour to put the CD on the shelf.
Who possibly could have forseen the day when we'd be looking for "Made in Mexico" to denote a more reliable product?
Being a scientist, I have found a lot of joy in the sci-fi stories where the exploration is as much of the adventure as aliens and action, such as Rendezvous with Rama, The Andromeda Strain, and Robinson's Mars trilogy. . Recently, my English professor friend asked me to introduce him to my favorite sci-fi books. I gave him some Heinlein, Card, and Rendezvous with Rama. He got about halfway through Rendezvous and asked me when the aliens were going to wake up and start killing people. It broke his little heart when I told him they weren't, that the book was about the exploration of the object, especially since he's one of those people who prides himself on being able to predict the little "twists" that are the same in every bit of popular fiction (film, television, video game, and novel) that we see today.
B/C my boss is cheap, and picked out the tickets himself.
I agree. I've managed it since 9/11, going to four conferences from Cincinnati (the farthest being in Chicago). In a couple weeks, I'm going to the American Chemical Society National Meeting in New Orleans. There is no way in hell I am going to leave after work on Friday, drive down there, and be up at 8 am Saturday morning for the ensuing shenanigans. It just isn't going to happen. So now I get to see what the current state of airport fun is, after missing it the last six years. Joy!
I agree. I figured this out when I was 16, sitting in traffic on the highway, skipping class to see the premier of Episode 1 :)
And eat it!
I don't know about you, but I wasn't planning on distilling water with the still in my house.
:-). I haven't quite yet had the balls to taste it, but I'm pretty sure any home distillery won't be able to beat the 100% alcohol those bottles provide. Now all I need is a truck full of Bawls, and a couple of sick days. . .
***Actually, I might. In my lab I work about 10 feet away from liters of 200 proof ethanol (and no, it is not denatured
What always amazed me about teabagging in the original Halo was how all these frat boys that I just knew had never played a single game online before all managed to come up with this act independently. If only they had just demonstrated that much independent thought in the rest of their lives. . .
Of course, then they probably wouldn't be frat boys, either. . .
Facebook believes me to be named Duncan Idaho, with a hometown on Giedi Prime, and a "Follower of Muad-dib." I, frankly, could give a damn whether or not they sell that information.
Of course, since the last time the FBI came to visit me (for using Dune as the basis for a RESIGNATION LETTER), maybe I should be more careful. . .
And I also have a MegaBloks model of Shuttle Endeavour, of which I am very fond (the only MegaBloks set I've ever bought).
Is not as bad as Boston being scared of Lite-Brites.
I agree. If it's something that I've done (though on a smaller, just-scares-the-cat scale), then it doesn't count. Of course, I imagine it would also take a hell of a lot of genetically modified mosquitos to scare the cat, too.
Aren't they "underlords?"
You work with Weird Al? Sweet!
Yes, it actually IS one of the few good uses for RFID, one of the things that it was actually designed for - tracking of pallets in a warehouse environment. Having worked in a warehouse in my undergrad years, I can say quite easily that our "pallet tracking system" (i.e., writing the SKU on it and putting it up somewhere in our 150,000 sq ft) needed some improvement.
I am all for legitimate uses of RFID. When Wallyworld starts demanding that individual items be tagged, then I will be upset.
(Oh, if only I actually had one, there'd be nary a squirrel left in the city. .