skimmed the O, what they've done is combine two methods; essentially they've created an artificial cell wall and populated it's innards with the cellular machinery from e. coli bacteria. then they've introduced a piece of dna for the protein they're looking for. the factory claim comes from claims that the hybrid cells can still produce proteins under turbulence of the blood stream. as far as i can tell they don't know where the energy is coming from, the action dies out after around 24 hours. these letters are usually incremental publications, it's very short and excludes most of the details, this may be just experimental error, there's no reason to suspect that this is potentially superior to conventional mab techniques, or is in any way safe to use in vivo. they look like they're looking for a mechanism right now, but this is mostly academic work, basic research, and most of all ignores the complexity of the mammalian immune system. this is being published now for the sake of shopping it around for more grant money. if you want the O and can figure out how to get me your email, i can send a limited number of copies.
Bullshit, the students are part of the institution, you did the right thing by pulling the plug, it's up to every student personally to create the right enviroment for learning.
You're not in high school any more, are paying a great deal of money to attend these classes and it's within your rights to demand a good enviroment and you're the only person who is going to advocate for your self.
My university was a bloated one that only cared about getting grant money so that they could expand-get more students-raise the usnews ranking-become even more selective about their students-repeat process.
The classroom enviroment is set by the students. So set it.
My advice: walk up to them after class and say "Hi, would you do me a favor and not play games during class I find it very distracting." The trick it to say it in a very menaceing way.
I've been hired and quit within the same hour. Telemarketing sucks.
As for the on call, go for it, write your own new contract, demand at least $50 an hour including drive time. You don't owe them anything but if they want to keep you on call there's no reason not to turn it to your advantage.
For those who think that this is an unreasonable amount, call a plumber, locksmith, electrician, repairman, any on call professional has the right to demand whatever the market will bear; and considering that these people seem to have had recruiting problems they may scoff at first, but when the shit hits the fan they'll come running.
Even better wait to negotiate a new contract until they're having an emergency.
I mean worst case they're going to say no, and if they say yes $$$
He was also one of the high fiving white guys, but my favorite is Reebok cross dressers. He looked good in heels.
The worst girlfriend song goes: "She's the worst girlfriend in the world the psycho-bitch from hell, yah that's the girl, she's the worst girlfriend in the world."
Great show.
more info: http://www.jumptheshark.com/a/almostlive.htm
This is a very good option, just blow the computer out every once in a wile. You'll find that CD-ROM drives will fail first. Moving parts are the only place you'll have issues, the hard disk is well sealed for dust, fans are the only real problem, just don't let the dust build up too much, blow it out when you can see dust building up.
The keyboard overlay is essential though, unless you like to toss kb's every once in a wile.
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http://www.acadweb.wwu.edu/dbrunner/cbefire/
I've posted this before, but clusters do catch fire. That fire was started by a server in a wooden cabinet, if I remember a fan failed.
Computers are not displacing traditional media in art. Computers supplement not replace. That's just like saying that pencils displaced charcoal. You get a different result. There is no way that computers will ever overtake traditional media, the interaction between pigment, surface, and light just can't be replaced. You can simulate the results but you just can't get the tactile feedback, the feel of the paint, as you get with watercolor. I make heavy use of pencil, ink, watercolor, AD markers, and yes computers. However in the context of this type of class a single day refresher on perspective drawing would be more than enough to get everyone up to speed.
I do agree that computers are an important tool for artists to learn to use. But in high-school you really don't have the repertoire of technical (drawing) skills that you need to be efficient at 3d modeling. I feel that being a good draftsman is critical to being a good modeler.
I make heavy use of blender, aside from auto-cad and photoshop I spend the most time in blender and have for years now, it's a wonderful program, I've referred many of my artist friends to it. It has a steeper but shorter learning curve than maya, and still gives great results. It would be definitely worth taking a class on in high-school.
I like to approach art education form a goal oriented standpoint. I can speak for learning blender, and the tutorials are pretty good, I would start by walking them through the building a castle tutorial, and then pretty much set them free. Have them come up with a project, I would highly suggest starting with a building, as it is much easier to deal with than modeling living things.
I for one don't like Gimp, although it is a powerful tool, it lacks some of the most powerful and useful tools available for photoshop. Look into a site license for photoshop it is really not as extravagantly expensive in an educational license as the commercial ones.
As for a pre-made curriculum, I suspect that you're SOL. It should be pretty easy though to adapt existing self learning tutorials for your students.
Tutorials are at: http://www.blender3d.com/cms/Tutorials.243.0. html
For learning 2D I would suggest a brief intro to vector drawing, using Illustrator, or my personal preference AutoCad. I come from a technical drawing background and find that AutoCad is my favorite vector drawing program, although it is very-much overkill.
After vector drawing I would introduce them to photo manipulation, take inspiration from the fark.com photoshop contests. Give the students a photo to manipulate and have them show their work to the class.
I would suggest that you use the format of assigning work and teaching skills on monday, free work for the middle of the week, and then on friday have the students show their work to the class and discuss their experiences.
Here at WWU in my department all design majors are required to take a course called "Introduction to Design Communication," this is a basic overview art course that teaches drawing, painting, illustration, and drafting. This was easily my favorite class I have ever taken. It is formated with the professors sharing their design work with the students, and teaching their personal techniques. The goal is to get the students up to speed so that they can begin to develop their own style.
Just remember that there is not right way to do anything in art. Start by showing the students how you work and let them use that as a launching point.
I would highly suggest the following Books/Films: Technical Drawing by Frederick E. Giesecke et. al. Shrek DVD bonus feature on the making of. mindfields and all it's great making of info (http://www.artificial3d.com/mindfields/) Any textbook on mechanical perspective (can't think of one off the top of my head) The Blender book and of course the Blender tutorials mentioned earlier.
Technical Drawing gives a great deal of information on mechanical drawing and is a great foundation of knowledge for the instructor to have. The Shrek DVD bonus features are a great source of inspiration for beginning artists, and also shows the students that even the pros make mistakes. Mechanical perspective is critical to understanding how we perceive depth and should be taught to students as they learn 3D modeling. Mindfields is fabulous as you can see the film and then get an in depth tutorial on exactly how it was made.
I would have to say that 2d image manipulation is much more intuitive than 3d modeling, and should be taught as a tool to rather than a goal. I would suggest visiting my own website, even though there isn't much there (they now only allow sftp now so I can't upload form dreamweaver (I'm lazy)) it has some stuff that wile time consuming is actually quite easy to do.
if you're interested in talking about cg art education my aim id is "glk572" and I'll be keeping an eye on this thread.
So to sum it up teach a foundation of skills that will allow the students to achieve their own goals. Have the students discuss and show their work. Focus on results and not methods.
The real question is wether you would rather be shat on by a bird or have a satellite fall through your roof; I would prefer the satellite, It would be worth it just for the story, especially if you rent.
In my state (Washington) there isn't even a prosecutor, just you and the "judge" they read the police report, and you tell your side of the story. If you can cast any doubt, the case is thrown out.
This is just for traffic violations, any actual crime there is a real trial, but for basic stupid stuff like speeding it's just an assembly line. You can even have the entire trial held by mail.
Not Kafkaesk but efficient, and since the burden is on the county to prove you guilty, and there's almost no evidence presented anyway, it's very easy to get any case tossed (in traffic court.)
I can only speak about district court one in pierce county washington; but I'm glad that the district attorney's office has higher priorities than traffic court. I am still amazed that some people don't contest traffic tickets, having been to traffic court 3 times, and having seen at least fifty cases, I have only seen a handful that didn't get thrown out, and those were the only ones where the person chose to have the officer present in court, or call an ill fated expert witness.
in my state you have to call the officer to testify. Basically the only thing presented at the court as evidence is the ticket and police report.
Also all three of my traffic court cases have been in front of a county commissioner, (who's just pissed that it's their turn to sit in traffic court, and just wants to go home) or better yet a judge "pro-tem" (a lawyer learning to be a judge). I was in court with a pro-tem he was hours behind on the docket, and dismissed every single case. It was cool.
After seeing people hang themselves out to dry by calling the officer as a witness, or worse yet the guy with the state police who calibrates the radar guns; I know I don't want anyone there to contradict my version of the events.
This is my strategy in traffic court. It hasn't failed me yet. I just don't think it'll work in "real" court. The real issue is that this works great when you're the defendant, but the plantiff needs to prove their case, not just create doubt.
However they mite bring this out in the unlikely event that any sco case ever ends up in a jury trial.
My step 4 is "produce no evidence," 5 "attack!!!"... profit
That mutant bacteria at the back of my fridge is pretty scary, it gave me the finger once, and last time I looked in there it was making a shiv. I'm afraid to open it again I think it might stab me. I think you're right about the bacteria this guy was playing with, it seems like stuff from a dirty public bathroom, not a weapons lab; and definitely nothing compared to the hordes of six month old costco values lurking in the big white box over in the corner.
(douglas adams reference [I'm about to get a new fridge just as soon as I can get rid of the dammed eagle.])
Is, I think, exactly what you're looking for, just replace his step of generating the map, with your own to create the image that you need, and out pops your image ready to be textured.
Actually you'll find that motorcycles get much, much better mileage than any car. Not only do they not use nearly as much gasoline, but look into some of the better brands of bikes and you'll find that their quiet, and clean, especially triumph, and BMWs. Not every bike is a hog.
You'll also find that motorcycles are quite mechanically simple, all the parts are easily accessible, making the bike easier to work on than a car. Also depending on where you work you may get a better parking spot from riding a bike.
As for when weather is bad, that's when you either break down and drive your car. Or a better solution is a revolving car pool with people who live near you. If you can't wrangle one with coworkers, try your local transit authority, they can usually help you find a carpool.
not having unions also means that your employer can forbid you from talking to your coworkers about how much money you make. Then your boss tells everyone that they're the highest employee in their department, resulting in no one ever getting a raise. It also means that you are essentially at the mercy of your employer regarding overtime, and basically makes it impassable to negotiate contract terms (after all they can just find someone else.) Unions put the workers on the same footing as their employers.
You may be better at your job than the idiot in the next cube, but seniority policies actually protect workers. They help prevent the company from hiring someone into a higher level position based on their (supposed) experience. There's nothing worse than having your new supervisor hired from outside, finding out that his qualifications are b.s. and then being stuck with him until his contract runs out.
Hiring all employees at the same wage, and then giving them regular promotions and raises, prevents elitism in the rank and file.
Unions by being able to negotiate with authority protect workers, provide protection, and create a sense of brother-ship instead of competition.
--this has been my pro union party line. I've worked in union and non union environments and I must say that I much prefer union.
Adobe Phothshop Kpt Effects Blender Adobe Illustrator Opera (bork) Norton Internet Security Autocad 2002 Winrar Adobe Acrobat tweak UI
I also strip down windows, getting rid of all the visual effects, preventing MSN Messenger from running, kill fast user switching, and getting back the old login. Not to mention a shitload of patches.
Just graphics/web(and mail)/newsgroups
Normal PC (Linux)
Mplayer Window Maker OO.org Firefox (better than opera 6, but not 7) Xspringies (I'm Hooked, relaxing) Other than that I can get just about evryting in my install, fun system to play with, except that linux dosen't seem to agree with my laptop.
Server/Home theatre computer
Cerberus ftp My HTPC Got TV? Gordian Knot Codec Pack Win DVD (for the codec) Windows Media 9 (I know, I know) TV Listings automate script Project 64 SNES 9x Remote Wonder Driver
This system is mostley a Home Theatre Pc, I use it for watching tv shows that I download, or record myself with got tv. Works really well, MyHTPC is a little hard to set up, but once it's all going it works great with the remote wonder. As a server it runs my printers, and holds 3 160 gb hard disks, as well as a 40 gig disk for boot/software. I'm thinking of adding more disks, but I'm about to run out of space in the case and I dobut that my power supply can run any more disks. No cd, keyboard or mouse, just like a super tivo that can play video games.
my university actually had a building burn down when a server overheated and cought fire. As I recall it cost a few million dollars to repair the dammage.
here's a page with pictures http://www.acadweb.wwu.edu/dbrunner/cbef ire/
Having worked in retail I can tell you that the way to raise profits isin't by attracting more customers, it's selling more product to the customers you have. If you already have a good sized customer base why not offer a service that let's you bilk a few extra bucks off the people already in your store. It's a lot like the gun and candy etc. that you see in the check out lines at grocery stores, it's a place that people spend time, so put a few high margin items there for them to buy. People swing by a coffie shop, spend some time, buy a cup of coffee for $4.00, if you can sell a tenth of them a cd for $10 you've raised your average recept by a dollar, a 25% increase. That's where the $$ is.
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skimmed the O, what they've done is combine two methods; essentially they've created an artificial cell wall and populated it's innards with the cellular machinery from e. coli bacteria. then they've introduced a piece of dna for the protein they're looking for. the factory claim comes from claims that the hybrid cells can still produce proteins under turbulence of the blood stream.
as far as i can tell they don't know where the energy is coming from, the action dies out after around 24 hours. these letters are usually incremental publications, it's very short and excludes most of the details, this may be just experimental error, there's no reason to suspect that this is potentially superior to conventional mab techniques, or is in any way safe to use in vivo. they look like they're looking for a mechanism right now, but this is mostly academic work, basic research, and most of all ignores the complexity of the mammalian immune system.
this is being published now for the sake of shopping it around for more grant money. if you want the O and can figure out how to get me your email, i can send a limited number of copies.
Bullshit, the students are part of the institution, you did the right thing by pulling the plug, it's up to every student personally to create the right enviroment for learning.
You're not in high school any more, are paying a great deal of money to attend these classes and it's within your rights to demand a good enviroment and you're the only person who is going to advocate for your self.
My university was a bloated one that only cared about getting grant money so that they could expand-get more students-raise the usnews ranking-become even more selective about their students-repeat process.
The classroom enviroment is set by the students. So set it.
My advice: walk up to them after class and say "Hi, would you do me a favor and not play games during class I find it very distracting." The trick it to say it in a very menaceing way.
A poke to the back of the head works too.
As does sitting in the front rows.
I've been hired and quit within the same hour. Telemarketing sucks.
As for the on call, go for it, write your own new contract, demand at least $50 an hour including drive time. You don't owe them anything but if they want to keep you on call there's no reason not to turn it to your advantage.
For those who think that this is an unreasonable amount, call a plumber, locksmith, electrician, repairman, any on call professional has the right to demand whatever the market will bear; and considering that these people seem to have had recruiting problems they may scoff at first, but when the shit hits the fan they'll come running.
Even better wait to negotiate a new contract until they're having an emergency.
I mean worst case they're going to say no, and if they say yes $$$
He was also one of the high fiving white guys, but my favorite is Reebok cross dressers. He looked good in heels.
The worst girlfriend song goes:
"She's the worst girlfriend in the world the psycho-bitch from hell, yah that's the girl, she's the worst girlfriend in the world."
Great show.
more info: http://www.jumptheshark.com/a/almostlive.htm
This is a very good option, just blow the computer out every once in a wile. You'll find that CD-ROM drives will fail first. Moving parts are the only place you'll have issues, the hard disk is well sealed for dust, fans are the only real problem, just don't let the dust build up too much, blow it out when you can see dust building up.
The keyboard overlay is essential though, unless you like to toss kb's every once in a wile.
http://www.acadweb.wwu.edu/dbrunner/cbefire/
I've posted this before, but clusters do catch fire. That fire was started by a server in a wooden cabinet, if I remember a fan failed.
Computers are not displacing traditional media in art. Computers supplement not replace. That's just like saying that pencils displaced charcoal. You get a different result. There is no way that computers will ever overtake traditional media, the interaction between pigment, surface, and light just can't be replaced. You can simulate the results but you just can't get the tactile feedback, the feel of the paint, as you get with watercolor. I make heavy use of pencil, ink, watercolor, AD markers, and yes computers. However in the context of this type of class a single day refresher on perspective drawing would be more than enough to get everyone up to speed.
I do agree that computers are an important tool for artists to learn to use. But in high-school you really don't have the repertoire of technical (drawing) skills that you need to be efficient at 3d modeling. I feel that being a good draftsman is critical to being a good modeler.
I make heavy use of blender, aside from auto-cad and photoshop I spend the most time in blender and have for years now, it's a wonderful program, I've referred many of my artist friends to it. It has a steeper but shorter learning curve than maya, and still gives great results. It would be definitely worth taking a class on in high-school.
I like to approach art education form a goal oriented standpoint. I can speak for learning blender, and the tutorials are pretty good, I would start by walking them through the building a castle tutorial, and then pretty much set them free. Have them come up with a project, I would highly suggest starting with a building, as it is much easier to deal with than modeling living things.
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I for one don't like Gimp, although it is a powerful tool, it lacks some of the most powerful and useful tools available for photoshop. Look into a site license for photoshop it is really not as extravagantly expensive in an educational license as the commercial ones.
As for a pre-made curriculum, I suspect that you're SOL. It should be pretty easy though to adapt existing self learning tutorials for your students.
Tutorials are at:
http://www.blender3d.com/cms/Tutorials.243.0
For learning 2D I would suggest a brief intro to vector drawing, using Illustrator, or my personal preference AutoCad. I come from a technical drawing background and find that AutoCad is my favorite vector drawing program, although it is very-much overkill.
After vector drawing I would introduce them to photo manipulation, take inspiration from the fark.com photoshop contests. Give the students a photo to manipulate and have them show their work to the class.
I would suggest that you use the format of assigning work and teaching skills on monday, free work for the middle of the week, and then on friday have the students show their work to the class and discuss their experiences.
Here at WWU in my department all design majors are required to take a course called "Introduction to Design Communication," this is a basic overview art course that teaches drawing, painting, illustration, and drafting. This was easily my favorite class I have ever taken. It is formated with the professors sharing their design work with the students, and teaching their personal techniques. The goal is to get the students up to speed so that they can begin to develop their own style.
Just remember that there is not right way to do anything in art. Start by showing the students how you work and let them use that as a launching point.
I would highly suggest the following Books/Films:
Technical Drawing by Frederick E. Giesecke et. al.
Shrek DVD bonus feature on the making of.
mindfields and all it's great making of info (http://www.artificial3d.com/mindfields/)
Any textbook on mechanical perspective (can't think of one off the top of my head)
The Blender book
and of course the Blender tutorials mentioned earlier.
Technical Drawing gives a great deal of information on mechanical drawing and is a great foundation of knowledge for the instructor to have. The Shrek DVD bonus features are a great source of inspiration for beginning artists, and also shows the students that even the pros make mistakes. Mechanical perspective is critical to understanding how we perceive depth and should be taught to students as they learn 3D modeling. Mindfields is fabulous as you can see the film and then get an in depth tutorial on exactly how it was made.
I would have to say that 2d image manipulation is much more intuitive than 3d modeling, and should be taught as a tool to rather than a goal. I would suggest visiting my own website, even though there isn't much there (they now only allow sftp now so I can't upload form dreamweaver (I'm lazy)) it has some stuff that wile time consuming is actually quite easy to do.
if you're interested in talking about cg art education my aim id is "glk572" and I'll be keeping an eye on this thread.
So to sum it up teach a foundation of skills that will allow the students to achieve their own goals. Have the students discuss and show their work. Focus on results and not methods.
The real question is wether you would rather be shat on by a bird or have a satellite fall through your roof; I would prefer the satellite, It would be worth it just for the story, especially if you rent.
amen
In my state (Washington) there isn't even a prosecutor, just you and the "judge" they read the police report, and you tell your side of the story. If you can cast any doubt, the case is thrown out.
This is just for traffic violations, any actual crime there is a real trial, but for basic stupid stuff like speeding it's just an assembly line. You can even have the entire trial held by mail.
Not Kafkaesk but efficient, and since the burden is on the county to prove you guilty, and there's almost no evidence presented anyway, it's very easy to get any case tossed (in traffic court.)
I can only speak about district court one in pierce county washington; but I'm glad that the district attorney's office has higher priorities than traffic court. I am still amazed that some people don't contest traffic tickets, having been to traffic court 3 times, and having seen at least fifty cases, I have only seen a handful that didn't get thrown out, and those were the only ones where the person chose to have the officer present in court, or call an ill fated expert witness.
in my state you have to call the officer to testify. Basically the only thing presented at the court as evidence is the ticket and police report.
Also all three of my traffic court cases have been in front of a county commissioner, (who's just pissed that it's their turn to sit in traffic court, and just wants to go home) or better yet a judge "pro-tem" (a lawyer learning to be a judge). I was in court with a pro-tem he was hours behind on the docket, and dismissed every single case. It was cool.
After seeing people hang themselves out to dry by calling the officer as a witness, or worse yet the guy with the state police who calibrates the radar guns; I know I don't want anyone there to contradict my version of the events.
This is my strategy in traffic court. It hasn't failed me yet. I just don't think it'll work in "real" court. The real issue is that this works great when you're the defendant, but the plantiff needs to prove their case, not just create doubt.
... profit
However they mite bring this out in the unlikely event that any sco case ever ends up in a jury trial.
My step 4 is "produce no evidence," 5 "attack!!!"
That mutant bacteria at the back of my fridge is pretty scary, it gave me the finger once, and last time I looked in there it was making a shiv. I'm afraid to open it again I think it might stab me. I think you're right about the bacteria this guy was playing with, it seems like stuff from a dirty public bathroom, not a weapons lab; and definitely nothing compared to the hordes of six month old costco values lurking in the big white box over in the corner.
(douglas adams reference [I'm about to get a new fridge just as soon as I can get rid of the dammed eagle.])
http://www.linuxgraphic.org/section3d/blender/page s/didacticiels/paysages/index-ang.html
Is, I think, exactly what you're looking for, just replace his step of generating the map, with your own to create the image that you need, and out pops your image ready to be textured.
Take another look at motorcycles.
Actually you'll find that motorcycles get much, much better mileage than any car. Not only do they not use nearly as much gasoline, but look into some of the better brands of bikes and you'll find that their quiet, and clean, especially triumph, and BMWs. Not every bike is a hog.
You'll also find that motorcycles are quite mechanically simple, all the parts are easily accessible, making the bike easier to work on than a car. Also depending on where you work you may get a better parking spot from riding a bike.
As for when weather is bad, that's when you either break down and drive your car. Or a better solution is a revolving car pool with people who live near you. If you can't wrangle one with coworkers, try your local transit authority, they can usually help you find a carpool.
not having unions also means that your employer can forbid you from talking to your coworkers about how much money you make. Then your boss tells everyone that they're the highest employee in their department, resulting in no one ever getting a raise. It also means that you are essentially at the mercy of your employer regarding overtime, and basically makes it impassable to negotiate contract terms (after all they can just find someone else.) Unions put the workers on the same footing as their employers.
You may be better at your job than the idiot in the next cube, but seniority policies actually protect workers. They help prevent the company from hiring someone into a higher level position based on their (supposed) experience. There's nothing worse than having your new supervisor hired from outside, finding out that his qualifications are b.s. and then being stuck with him until his contract runs out.
Hiring all employees at the same wage, and then giving them regular promotions and raises, prevents elitism in the rank and file.
Unions by being able to negotiate with authority protect workers, provide protection, and create a sense of brother-ship instead of competition.
--this has been my pro union party line. I've worked in union and non union environments and I must say that I much prefer union.
You assume that stock prices are based in reality.
the issue isin't that they're slashdotted, it's that they blocked acess to the file to save bandwith.
my first 10
Normal PC (windows)
Adobe Phothshop
Kpt Effects
Blender
Adobe Illustrator
Opera (bork)
Norton Internet Security
Autocad 2002
Winrar
Adobe Acrobat
tweak UI
I also strip down windows, getting rid of all the visual effects, preventing MSN Messenger from running, kill fast user switching, and getting back the old login. Not to mention a shitload of patches.
Just graphics/web(and mail)/newsgroups
Normal PC (Linux)
Mplayer
Window Maker
OO.org
Firefox (better than opera 6, but not 7)
Xspringies (I'm Hooked, relaxing)
Other than that I can get just about evryting in my install, fun system to play with, except that linux dosen't seem to agree with my laptop.
Server/Home theatre computer
Cerberus ftp
My HTPC
Got TV?
Gordian Knot Codec Pack
Win DVD (for the codec)
Windows Media 9 (I know, I know)
TV Listings automate script
Project 64
SNES 9x
Remote Wonder Driver
This system is mostley a Home Theatre Pc, I use it for watching tv shows that I download, or record myself with got tv. Works really well, MyHTPC is a little hard to set up, but once it's all going it works great with the remote wonder. As a server it runs my printers, and holds 3 160 gb hard disks, as well as a 40 gig disk for boot/software. I'm thinking of adding more disks, but I'm about to run out of space in the case and I dobut that my power supply can run any more disks. No cd, keyboard or mouse, just like a super tivo that can play video games.
my university actually had a building burn down when a server overheated and cought fire.
f ire/
As I recall it cost a few million dollars to repair the dammage.
here's a page with pictures
http://www.acadweb.wwu.edu/dbrunner/cbe
Having worked in retail I can tell you that the way to raise profits isin't by attracting more customers, it's selling more product to the customers you have. If you already have a good sized customer base why not offer a service that let's you bilk a few extra bucks off the people already in your store. It's a lot like the gun and candy etc. that you see in the check out lines at grocery stores, it's a place that people spend time, so put a few high margin items there for them to buy. People swing by a coffie shop, spend some time, buy a cup of coffee for $4.00, if you can sell a tenth of them a cd for $10 you've raised your average recept by a dollar, a 25% increase. That's where the $$ is.
unipolar mania, aka bipolar II. he fits the bill pretty well.
http://www.mdf.org.uk/bipolar/types.html
I don?t know about you but I am able to do things that I?m afraid of.