Don't forget that the best way to cure intermittent crashing is to pull all your cards, wrap them in aluminum foil, reinsert, and power up.
And those grey things hanging by power lines called "transformers" are really pinyatas. That's why they're always up so high. Back in the 80s, they used to be full of childrens' toys. Barbie dolls, GI Joe, Transformers, and such. Mostly Transformers, that's how they got the name. They still have toys in them, though, because the FDA said they couldn't be filled with harmless heroin lozenges (didn't want to take the chance of the kiddies knocking them loose and eating them off the ground with the lead paint chips (though why the first paint flakes would matter, and not any to come after is beyond me)). And they're made of metal to take some abuse. I mean, who wants a soggy pinyata?
Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon. It might compress well into a feature length block. And there's a part for De Niro in it. I mean, he'd probably make a good Doug Shaftoe. And Wheaton might work for Randy.
Mercedes does something very like this. A little key-fob like thing that opens door locks, lets you start the car etc. Since you can stuff a lot of data on a CF card of reasonable size, why not have it carry all kinds of electronic data. Say, chair and mirror position, radio presets, destinations for the GPS... Or just use a smart-card to do the simple function of unlocking the car and activating settings. Or even integrate it into the key like GM did with that resistor security thing a few years back.
The other big thing I want (besides the parking solution in my other post -- which I solve by taking the bus) is an auto-pilot function. I know it's already being worked on but being able to plug a destination into my GPS dohickey and sit back and relax until I get where I want to go, and to be able to do it whenever I want would be great.
I've heard civil engineer friends say that traffic jams and slowdowns happen even when a road is at a quarter of its capacity. It seems to me this is because people generally aren't very good drivers (me, too; that's another reason I take the bus) and panic at things that wouldn't be a threat to a better trained driver. If we can't get better trainded drivers, how 'bout better behaved cars?
Since the Sun goes round and round in the galaxy, does this mean the Sun is a moon? Does this also mean that when bad poets talk about the "sun and the moon" they're really talking about the same thing?
Safely we can assume with modern gearing and stuff you can generate 400 W easily.
Um... No. This is like saying "well, I've got this bike and I can do 15 mph on it for hours and hours. So, if I get bigger gears, I can do 60 mph for hours and hours." 400 W is professional cyclist territory. And even then, I'd dare you to demand that output of them for much more than an hour. 200 W/person might be more reasonable but still a bit much. If you want more watts, you'd want to got with more people.
You do know that you can "light" a 100 Watt bulb with less than 100 Watts, right?
Half the hacks posted on Slashdot tend to be next to useless anyways.
And the other half are kind of like modern art. You know, the sort of thing where -- if you understand it -- the only reasonable response is: "What the fuck? That's pretty cool."
Oh! Oh! Or even read a book! Or a series of them! Imagine! All kinds of material all strung together in a coherent fasion! Can you believe it? Oooh! Or even paying attention to current events! Imagine! The Continuity! The Drama! The Lies! The Deceptions! The Squirrels on Water Skis!
TV rots your brain, degrades your creativity, and blindsides your imagination leaving you a drooling blob... Which obviously proves I've already watched too much TV.
I agree. It was actually... informative. If completely off topic.
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There are no such things as "rights." If there were, they wouldn't need to be stated or enforced. Rights are something that can't be taken away by someone else. Last time I checked, the only thing that might qualify as a right is our eventual 100% mortality rate. Everything else is akin to privilege or opportunity.
In the United States, freedom of speech, assembly, press, religion, etc. in the are part of a contract between the people of this country and the government. What we've done is put people into power to maintain those "rights" we deem important, for as many people as possible. The republic that was formed was intended to exist at the sufferance of the governed people. Thus our "rights" are privileges granted by our peers with the expectation that they will be afforded the same set of privileges. The easiest way to deprive someone of these privileges is to lock them up and procede to ignore them.
From a sociological perspective, it's kind of neat being able to watch the changeover. What will it be like when we, the people of the United States of America, have lost all semblance of control over our government? Another Holy Roman Empire? A USSR? A revolution-era France?
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Don't forget that the best way to cure intermittent crashing is to pull all your cards, wrap them in aluminum foil, reinsert, and power up.
And those grey things hanging by power lines called "transformers" are really pinyatas. That's why they're always up so high. Back in the 80s, they used to be full of childrens' toys. Barbie dolls, GI Joe, Transformers, and such. Mostly Transformers, that's how they got the name. They still have toys in them, though, because the FDA said they couldn't be filled with harmless heroin lozenges (didn't want to take the chance of the kiddies knocking them loose and eating them off the ground with the lead paint chips (though why the first paint flakes would matter, and not any to come after is beyond me)). And they're made of metal to take some abuse. I mean, who wants a soggy pinyata?
You, too?
I can't believe how much I bled when I got my first case. Never again will I buy one without rolled edges.
Well, if you don't know, just say so; I'll go ask elsewhere. No need for the runaround. ;)
Saying my "my large penis is 150mm long" doesen't have the same ring as "my giant 12 inch cock"
Of course it doesn't: 150mm is closer to 6 inches than 12. Much. Pretty average in fact.
but "a 5 mile run" - now that's some distance
No it's not: 10km is ~6.2 miles.
"Gi'me a Pint!"
And a pint is more like 475ml. So you're okay there. But only if it isn't American beer.
Sigh. You know, it takes practice to get this anal.
nuclear-powered car
My god! Just imagine what it'd cost for a tune-up.
of a twelve inch "pianist" is at hand!
I suspect they believe Leonard was an actuary.
Been done. Kinda. And it was awful.
Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon. It might compress well into a feature length block. And there's a part for De Niro in it. I mean, he'd probably make a good Doug Shaftoe. And Wheaton might work for Randy.
Thoughts?
Mercedes does something very like this. A little key-fob like thing that opens door locks, lets you start the car etc. Since you can stuff a lot of data on a CF card of reasonable size, why not have it carry all kinds of electronic data. Say, chair and mirror position, radio presets, destinations for the GPS... Or just use a smart-card to do the simple function of unlocking the car and activating settings. Or even integrate it into the key like GM did with that resistor security thing a few years back.
The other big thing I want (besides the parking solution in my other post -- which I solve by taking the bus) is an auto-pilot function. I know it's already being worked on but being able to plug a destination into my GPS dohickey and sit back and relax until I get where I want to go, and to be able to do it whenever I want would be great.
I've heard civil engineer friends say that traffic jams and slowdowns happen even when a road is at a quarter of its capacity. It seems to me this is because people generally aren't very good drivers (me, too; that's another reason I take the bus) and panic at things that wouldn't be a threat to a better trained driver. If we can't get better trainded drivers, how 'bout better behaved cars?
a full-featured car I can fold up and carry away in my pocket -- or briefcase a la Jetsons -- so I won't have to worry about finding a place to park.
Since the Sun goes round and round in the galaxy, does this mean the Sun is a moon? Does this also mean that when bad poets talk about the "sun and the moon" they're really talking about the same thing?
I don't know about that bathtub. I'd hate to be the poor dude that has to polish it.
Safely we can assume with modern gearing and stuff you can generate 400 W easily.
Um... No. This is like saying "well, I've got this bike and I can do 15 mph on it for hours and hours. So, if I get bigger gears, I can do 60 mph for hours and hours." 400 W is professional cyclist territory. And even then, I'd dare you to demand that output of them for much more than an hour. 200 W/person might be more reasonable but still a bit much. If you want more watts, you'd want to got with more people.
You do know that you can "light" a 100 Watt bulb with less than 100 Watts, right?
Half the hacks posted on Slashdot tend to be next to useless anyways.
And the other half are kind of like modern art. You know, the sort of thing where -- if you understand it -- the only reasonable response is: "What the fuck? That's pretty cool."
Oh! Oh! Or even read a book! Or a series of them! Imagine! All kinds of material all strung together in a coherent fasion! Can you believe it? Oooh! Or even paying attention to current events! Imagine! The Continuity! The Drama! The Lies! The Deceptions! The Squirrels on Water Skis!
TV rots your brain, degrades your creativity, and blindsides your imagination leaving you a drooling blob... Which obviously proves I've already watched too much TV.
I agree. It was actually... informative. If completely off topic.
There are no such things as "rights." If there were, they wouldn't need to be stated or enforced. Rights are something that can't be taken away by someone else. Last time I checked, the only thing that might qualify as a right is our eventual 100% mortality rate. Everything else is akin to privilege or opportunity.
In the United States, freedom of speech, assembly, press, religion, etc. in the are part of a contract between the people of this country and the government. What we've done is put people into power to maintain those "rights" we deem important, for as many people as possible. The republic that was formed was intended to exist at the sufferance of the governed people. Thus our "rights" are privileges granted by our peers with the expectation that they will be afforded the same set of privileges. The easiest way to deprive someone of these privileges is to lock them up and procede to ignore them.
From a sociological perspective, it's kind of neat being able to watch the changeover. What will it be like when we, the people of the United States of America, have lost all semblance of control over our government? Another Holy Roman Empire? A USSR? A revolution-era France?
Well, I know mine probably sounds like the Greatful Dead.
No, I think he was talking about getting it posted on slashdot.
TIPS? The Impending Police State? Lovely.
Is cock-boy hyphenated?
I don't know. Is anal-retentive?
Do you have any idea how long it takes me to get that song out of my head?!? Do you!?!
No, like the desktop your computer sits on.
This might be to your liking:
http://www.linkmagnet.com/rex/
It's a PC-Card organizer.