I'm oooooold! And I'm not happy! And I don't like things now compared to the way they used to be. All this progress -- phooey! In my day, we didn't have these cash machines that would give you money when you needed it. There was only one bank in each state -- it was open only one hour a year. And you'd get in line, seventeen miles long, and the line became an angry mob of people -- fornicators and thieves, mutant children and circus freaks -- and you waited for years and by the time you got to the teller, you were senile and arthritic and you couldn't remember your own name. You were born, got in line, and ya died! And that's the way it was and we liked it!
Life was simpler then. There wasn't all this concern about hy-giene! It my days, we didn't have Kleenex. When you turned seventeen, you were given the family handkerchief.... It hadn't been washed in generations and it stood on its own... filled with diseases and swarmin' with flies.... If you tried to blow your nose, you'd get an infection and your head would swell up and turn green and children would burst into tears at the sight o' ya! And that's the way it was and we liked it!
Life was a carnival! We entertained ourselves! We didn't need moooovin' pitchurrrres. In my day, there was only one show in town -- it was called "Stare at the sun!"... That's right! You'd sit in the middle of an open field and stare up at the sun till your eyeballs burst into flames! And you thought, "Oh, no! Maybe I shouldn't've stared directly into the burning sun with my eyes wide open." But it was too late! Your head was on fire and people were roastin' chickens over it.... And that's the way it was and we liked it!
Progress?! Flobble-de-flee! In my day, when we were angry and frustrated, we just said, "Flobble-de-flee!" 'cause we were idiots and we didn't know what else to say! Just a bunch o' illiterate Cro-Magnons, blowin' on crusty handkerchiefs, waitin' in lines for our head to burst into flame and that's the way it was and we liked it!
1. You shouldn't have to license a patent even if it lowers chance of an injury by 50%
2. If you have to license a patent to add the injury prevention widget, such a license should be compulsory.
3. You shouldn't be able to patent things that prevent injury
Seriously, folks, we live in an IP based world, and if someone makes an invention that makes a product significantly more safe, and the manufacturer knows about the patent, knows that their product is unsafe without the patent, and decides to sell the product anyway, why is it OMFG!ZMOG!EVILSBROKENJURYOUTOFCONTROL that the company is found liable for an injury?
From the article link:
According to the Journal of Trauma, an estimated 565,670 table-saw-related injuries were treated from 1990 to 2007 in U.S. emergency rooms. The vast majority involved a hand coming in contact with the blade, and about 10 percent ended in amputation.
USAA also has deposit@home, you can scan a check with yer handy dandy scanner and e-deposit it e-electronically without going to the bank. One could email you a jpg of the endorsed check and you could deposit it without the hassle of postage, if you were so inclined.
Right, but before everyone breaks out the champagne and hails the latest pirate-bay-based-lawsuit as a victory, was just pointing out that its not all happy times and file-shared pr0n down pirate bay way.
Seriously, in a microcontrollers class, whether its a stamp, HC12, 8051, whatever, isn't the final project at this level of neato? Not sure why this story is noteworthy, especially because it's not really identifiable as SMB other than the first few blocky shapes might be identifiable as the terrain of level 1-1. Most iPhone apps are more impressive.
About the only thing that is slashdotty is that the electronics platform is open source electronics, but I'd rather see an article about an open source rapid prototyper like http://fabathome.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page than someone's EE311 project.
Astronomy picture of the day for December 11, 1999.
The star field shown [in the image at the above link] is based on the Palomar Digitized Sky Survey and is 1/4 degree wide (about half the diameter of the full moon).
Bout 2% of the time I click on any of the stories or topics all the text is shifted a whole screen off to the right, or they run into the border on the left. Hitting reload/refresh doesn't help, you have to back out a step and come back into the page.
Happens at my home and my work computer, with every version of Firefox i've used.
Its easy as hell to keep a poker face online. Why do you need to train for that?
Exactly. And isn't all the high volume tiny price difference trading done by programs anyway? I guess they need twitchy gamerz to sit and watch block trades automatically happen or something...
People are so used to being cheated that they feel they have to be spiteful about everything. Since the rules are so arbitrary and the prices subject to change, they cry and whine for a 'better' deal. And yeah, some of the time it works, which just reinforces the behaviour. Passing people in an exit lane to get ahead in the traffic jam, sharing drinks with free refills, getting a warranty on something then deliberatly destroying it to get a new one, etc etc.
The problem is, enough whining and bitching creates a never ending cycle of ruthlessness and evil. People become overly agressive, loud, and obnoxius about everything. And then they elect Arnold for Governor.
Dunno. How many millions of army lensatic compasses were made? How many sights for handguns, exit signs or fancy watches?
Yes, it is only made in nuclear reactors and the upper atmosphere, but its not near as rare as some of you guys are making it out to be. Hell, you can buy some on ebay. The US has made about 225kg since 1955 so I doubt a few hundred milligrams is the most anyone has ever had.
This IEEE link says the global inventory is 2.65kg. So, yes, a 1kg sphere would be expensive, but not the GNP of the US. You just need some reactors, which I think OzCorp or whatever they are called would have in SpidyWorld.
http://www.ieer.org/reports/tritium.html
Link explaining how it is made:
http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/intro/tritium.ht m
Or you could always just call up Dr. Doom or Reed Richards and get some. Sheesh!
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Life was simpler then. There wasn't all this concern about hy-giene! It my days, we didn't have Kleenex. When you turned seventeen, you were given the family handkerchief. ... It hadn't been washed in generations and it stood on its own ... filled with diseases and swarmin' with flies. ... If you tried to blow your nose, you'd get an infection and your head would swell up and turn green and children would burst into tears at the sight o' ya! And that's the way it was and we liked it!
Life was a carnival! We entertained ourselves! We didn't need moooovin' pitchurrrres. In my day, there was only one show in town -- it was called "Stare at the sun!" ... That's right! You'd sit in the middle of an open field and stare up at the sun till your eyeballs burst into flames! And you thought, "Oh, no! Maybe I shouldn't've stared directly into the burning sun with my eyes wide open." But it was too late! Your head was on fire and people were roastin' chickens over it. ... And that's the way it was and we liked it!
Progress?! Flobble-de-flee! In my day, when we were angry and frustrated, we just said, "Flobble-de-flee!" 'cause we were idiots and we didn't know what else to say! Just a bunch o' illiterate Cro-Magnons, blowin' on crusty handkerchiefs, waitin' in lines for our head to burst into flame and that's the way it was and we liked it!
1. You shouldn't have to license a patent even if it lowers chance of an injury by 50%
2. If you have to license a patent to add the injury prevention widget, such a license should be compulsory.
3. You shouldn't be able to patent things that prevent injury
Seriously, folks, we live in an IP based world, and if someone makes an invention that makes a product significantly more safe, and the manufacturer knows about the patent, knows that their product is unsafe without the patent, and decides to sell the product anyway, why is it OMFG!ZMOG!EVILSBROKENJURYOUTOFCONTROL that the company is found liable for an injury?
From the article link:
According to the Journal of Trauma, an estimated 565,670 table-saw-related injuries were treated from 1990 to 2007 in U.S. emergency rooms. The vast majority involved a hand coming in contact with the blade, and about 10 percent ended in amputation.
Thats a lot of sawed hands.
USAA also has deposit@home, you can scan a check with yer handy dandy scanner and e-deposit it e-electronically without going to the bank. One could email you a jpg of the endorsed check and you could deposit it without the hassle of postage, if you were so inclined.
Right, but before everyone breaks out the champagne and hails the latest pirate-bay-based-lawsuit as a victory, was just pointing out that its not all happy times and file-shared pr0n down pirate bay way.
Subject to a pending appeal, don't the guys running it still face a year in jail? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pirate_Bay_trial
They also appear to be parked in fundraising mode, rather than spreading the word and fighting the good fight. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikileaks
So maybe the plan worked?
About the only thing that is slashdotty is that the electronics platform is open source electronics, but I'd rather see an article about an open source rapid prototyper like http://fabathome.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page than someone's EE311 project.
http://www.goominet.com/unspeakable-vault/vault/309/
Astronomy picture of the day for December 11, 1999.
The star field shown [in the image at the above link] is based on the Palomar Digitized Sky Survey and is 1/4 degree wide (about half the diameter of the full moon).
At closest approach it will be a first-magnitude star about as bright as Antares. from the wikipedia article link in the post. more about antares: http://www.universetoday.com/guide-to-space/stars/antares-star/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8559683.stm is a link to the article, rather than just the BBC
Uh... The USPTO isn't the US Copyright Office, don't use the same rules, laws, or concepts. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USPTO http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Copyright_Office So yeah, FUD is all well and good, but at least attack the correct legal concept.
Do not trust the shover satellite. He is malfunctioning.
Shoving will protect you. Shoving will propel you through the terrible secret of space.
Please go wait by the station so I can propel you.
Happens at my home and my work computer, with every version of Firefox i've used.
while true { kill all humans }
Not to mention that pleasant online twitch gamer smell. And the pale skin from never having left their parents basement.
Exactly. And isn't all the high volume tiny price difference trading done by programs anyway? I guess they need twitchy gamerz to sit and watch block trades automatically happen or something...
It isn't about regulation, it is about a way to tax the whole thing.
See, you thought the Stardust comet chasing dust collector was for research. It is actually there to collect antimatter!
This is so if you don't vote for Bush, Cheney can vaporize you (Ref: unperson crimethink)
A ha! So this whole thing is about amateur pr0n!
SMUD Green Power
People are so used to being cheated that they feel they have to be spiteful about everything. Since the rules are so arbitrary and the prices subject to change, they cry and whine for a 'better' deal. And yeah, some of the time it works, which just reinforces the behaviour. Passing people in an exit lane to get ahead in the traffic jam, sharing drinks with free refills, getting a warranty on something then deliberatly destroying it to get a new one, etc etc.
The problem is, enough whining and bitching creates a never ending cycle of ruthlessness and evil. People become overly agressive, loud, and obnoxius about everything. And then they elect Arnold for Governor.
Ok, shame on me for poor formatting. Anyway:
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http://www.ieer.org/reports/tritium.html
is the IEEE link talking about global inventories
http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/intro/tritium
is a link about production
Dunno. How many millions of army lensatic compasses were made? How many sights for handguns, exit signs or fancy watches? Yes, it is only made in nuclear reactors and the upper atmosphere, but its not near as rare as some of you guys are making it out to be. Hell, you can buy some on ebay. The US has made about 225kg since 1955 so I doubt a few hundred milligrams is the most anyone has ever had. This IEEE link says the global inventory is 2.65kg. So, yes, a 1kg sphere would be expensive, but not the GNP of the US. You just need some reactors, which I think OzCorp or whatever they are called would have in SpidyWorld. http://www.ieer.org/reports/tritium.html Link explaining how it is made: http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/intro/tritium.ht m
Or you could always just call up Dr. Doom or Reed Richards and get some. Sheesh!