And Luke... what kind of moron was he? He's handed a deadly weapon he's never seen before and immediately points it at his head, then opens it and starts swinging it around... then basically converts religions within minutes of meeting Obiwan. Not just converts, but becomes a zealot
I don't know about you, but if someone handed me a lightsaber I'd go from atheist to believer in a heartbeat.
USAA is the best and I have been a customer of theirs for years. I try to give as much of my financial business to USAA because they have always been stellar with every aspect of their services.
If you're military or have family in the military look into becoming a USAA member, they also have services for non-military folks too.
While amusing this was not what I experienced when I went to vote early yesterday at my local Library. The only intimidation I experienced was at the length of the line to cast a vote so I decided to try another time.
I had a similar jaw dropping experience when a 20 year old I work with didn't get the reference "nuke them from orbit, it's the only way to be sure." When I told him it was from Aliens his response was, "I don't watch old movies."
I read Solzhenitsyn's Gulag Archipelago and Cancer Ward about 10 years ago and I remember first being shocked at the brutality and callousness a government could have for their own people, and second astounded that the US was ever afraid of the USSR. The society depicted by Solzhenitsyn seemed to me to be so dysfunctional and unworkable it could inevitably only result in collapse.
Etymotic make some excellent ear buds. I bought a pair for around $300 about 7-8 years ago and they still work great today. I originally got them for noise cancellation on air flights and I didn't want the big BOSE over the ear headphones. With the foam tip inserts they block nearly all outside noise. The only drawback to them is they get a little uncomfortable if you haven't broken in the inserts already.
One thing I find interesting that no one else has mentioned was what appears to be a stick figure person engulfed in flames on the shirt itself. Add a circuit board on top of that with a 9 volt attached and putty in her hands. I think the police reacted correctly in detaining her at gunpoint. I find it hard to believe that anyone, let alone a college student could be that stupid to not expect that kind of reaction. IMHO I think she did it intentionally just to see what would happen.
I totally agree. I enjoy having my blinds up and windows open from time to time to allow the fresh air into my home. I still expect the same amount of privacy when doing so. I don't see much difference between a google van or a peeping tom.
Take the inheritence tax, for example. Without the inheritence tax, you get economic dynasties where the child of a wealthy and powerful individual not only starts off with an advantage in education and political connections (that you can't really erase) but also with an entire foundation of wealth that an otherwise equally talented individual would not start with...I've always been of the opinion that wealth should be earned, but a lack of inheritence tax allows for the existence of an upper class that has no need for work when they can simply let their money work for them by entrusting it to investment advisors. Most if not all Libertarians consider the Inheritence Tax to be an abomination, though it is widely considered outside of the American Right to be a necessary foundation for the creation of equality.
So you're saying that John D. Rockefeller should have had his fortune confiscated by the state and re-distributed to the masses upon his death in 1937? That doesn't sound like a very fair solution to me. Why shouldn't a father be allowed to pass his wealth onto his children if he rightfully earned it? You say that wealth should be earned, but how does the state "earn" the wealth that someone creates during their lifetime upon their death? In the case of Rockefeller, the dynasty he created did indeed give a leg up to his sons and daughters, which they used to create more wealth and setup numerous philanthropic foundations, among other things. I'm of the opinion that those foundations have done far more for the betterment of mankind than the state ever could have.
My employer uses LaCie drives and I frequently see problems where Windows can't detect the device. I was working on a Server 2003 machine earlier and connected one of our BigDisk Firewire/USB LaCie drives to it, and Windows wasn't finding it. I pulled it and connected another drive of the exact same model to the same server and it came up fine. LaCie's have been pretty flakey in my experience, if you're looking for an external USB drive, don't get a LaCie.
That's the only good thing about this recall. Since my company is all Dell chances are good we'll finally be able to re-locate to that new facility we've all been wanting.
I just have to make sure I find my red swingline from the smoldering ruins.
I'd have to disagree that Cameron is the best center fielder in the game. It's a rare gift to be able to instantly know where a ball will land but that doesn't do any good if it's out of the park. Now Torii Hunter on the other hand gets the routine fly balls and steals home runs on a regular basis due to that vertical leap at the wall of his.
I've been wanting to build a digital picture frame for some time using a laptop LCD. There have been numerous projects like this posted before.
There was another link on Popular Science recently about this but alas, I couldn't find it again.
I have a couple of good 1024x768 LCDs from some busted Dell laptops and I've wanted to use a VIA EPIA 800 mobo to build around but I haven't been able to find any way to provide power and video to the laptop LCD from the mobo. Every project I've found for a DIY digital picture frame uses an off the shelf LCD monitor with VGA outputs for the display and a motherboard from a desktop. Looks like I have to use a laptop motherboard but I'd love to get this working with a VIA EPIA 800...drool.
we replace those tiny 4 GB memory cards with 1.44 MB floppies. Lets see how far those flying rats get with 4 GB of floppies attached to their frickin' heads.
After I read your subject I just couldn't help but laugh. Not in a flamebait kinda way but just the fact that Mass is only 10 sq miles in size, I find it hard to believe that there is "FAR" more to Mass that Boston.
Furthermore even though I think 1% is probably an overstatement of how many people will use this thing it should scale pretty nicely.
I disagree. Have you ever been to a SF Giants game? Just about every fan there is paying attention to something other than the game. The only "true" fans I've seen at games there are in the bleachers. They at least seem to know what's going on the field. I think a large amount of fans would enjoy this service. If these fans can get out of the office and bring their wireless laptop to the game, they can enjoy some sunshine and still get some work done.
I'm not trying to bash Giants fans it's just what I've noticed at the games. BTW, I'm an A's fan so I may be a little prejudiced:)
Maybe offtopic, maybe not, but I'd just like to add that I have the same problem with my Aironet 350 and Fedora Core 1; poking around on Usenet, it doesn't appear that we are alone with these problems. Word of mouth is that there's some kind of bug in Fedora's wireless scripts causing these troubles.
That's pretty much what I found out too, this was a bug with Fedora. The aironet 350 works with other distros. The bummer for me is that my work only uses LEAP so no other wireless card will work for me.:SIGH:
Well consider yourself lucky that you were able to get to download the updates. I was able to install FC1 and make it happily co-exist with XP on my laptop but it gave me the finger when I tried to get my Cisco Aironet 350 installed an running. I've been scouring the net for info on getting the card to work with FC1 and everything I've found basically says it's impossible. If anyone's been able to get an Aironet card working on FC1 I'd be interested in hearing the tale.
Well us Northern Californians wouldn't fall for that. Even us northerners think So Cal is on a different planet sometimes...that said tho I did have to go back to some HS chemistry to think this one out before I got the joke:P
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And Luke... what kind of moron was he? He's handed a deadly weapon he's never seen before and immediately points it at his head, then opens it and starts swinging it around... then basically converts religions within minutes of meeting Obiwan. Not just converts, but becomes a zealot
I don't know about you, but if someone handed me a lightsaber I'd go from atheist to believer in a heartbeat.
USAA is the best and I have been a customer of theirs for years. I try to give as much of my financial business to USAA because they have always been stellar with every aspect of their services. If you're military or have family in the military look into becoming a USAA member, they also have services for non-military folks too.
While amusing this was not what I experienced when I went to vote early yesterday at my local Library. The only intimidation I experienced was at the length of the line to cast a vote so I decided to try another time.
I had a similar jaw dropping experience when a 20 year old I work with didn't get the reference "nuke them from orbit, it's the only way to be sure." When I told him it was from Aliens his response was, "I don't watch old movies."
I read Solzhenitsyn's Gulag Archipelago and Cancer Ward about 10 years ago and I remember first being shocked at the brutality and callousness a government could have for their own people, and second astounded that the US was ever afraid of the USSR. The society depicted by Solzhenitsyn seemed to me to be so dysfunctional and unworkable it could inevitably only result in collapse.
Etymotic make some excellent ear buds. I bought a pair for around $300 about 7-8 years ago and they still work great today. I originally got them for noise cancellation on air flights and I didn't want the big BOSE over the ear headphones. With the foam tip inserts they block nearly all outside noise. The only drawback to them is they get a little uncomfortable if you haven't broken in the inserts already.
Well after I RTFA I'll be sure to divest myself of the shares of SHLD I currently own. Now if they could just hit the break even point....
One thing I find interesting that no one else has mentioned was what appears to be a stick figure person engulfed in flames on the shirt itself. Add a circuit board on top of that with a 9 volt attached and putty in her hands. I think the police reacted correctly in detaining her at gunpoint. I find it hard to believe that anyone, let alone a college student could be that stupid to not expect that kind of reaction. IMHO I think she did it intentionally just to see what would happen.
I totally agree. I enjoy having my blinds up and windows open from time to time to allow the fresh air into my home. I still expect the same amount of privacy when doing so. I don't see much difference between a google van or a peeping tom.
Take the inheritence tax, for example. Without the inheritence tax, you get economic dynasties where the child of a wealthy and powerful individual not only starts off with an advantage in education and political connections (that you can't really erase) but also with an entire foundation of wealth that an otherwise equally talented individual would not start with...I've always been of the opinion that wealth should be earned, but a lack of inheritence tax allows for the existence of an upper class that has no need for work when they can simply let their money work for them by entrusting it to investment advisors. Most if not all Libertarians consider the Inheritence Tax to be an abomination, though it is widely considered outside of the American Right to be a necessary foundation for the creation of equality.
So you're saying that John D. Rockefeller should have had his fortune confiscated by the state and re-distributed to the masses upon his death in 1937? That doesn't sound like a very fair solution to me. Why shouldn't a father be allowed to pass his wealth onto his children if he rightfully earned it? You say that wealth should be earned, but how does the state "earn" the wealth that someone creates during their lifetime upon their death? In the case of Rockefeller, the dynasty he created did indeed give a leg up to his sons and daughters, which they used to create more wealth and setup numerous philanthropic foundations, among other things. I'm of the opinion that those foundations have done far more for the betterment of mankind than the state ever could have.
My employer uses LaCie drives and I frequently see problems where Windows can't detect the device. I was working on a Server 2003 machine earlier and connected one of our BigDisk Firewire/USB LaCie drives to it, and Windows wasn't finding it. I pulled it and connected another drive of the exact same model to the same server and it came up fine. LaCie's have been pretty flakey in my experience, if you're looking for an external USB drive, don't get a LaCie.
I used to play cello in Soviet orchestra, now I sell froggie pops, I love free market economy.
God I loved the State!
That's the only good thing about this recall. Since my company is all Dell chances are good we'll finally be able to re-locate to that new facility we've all been wanting.
I just have to make sure I find my red swingline from the smoldering ruins.
That's the great thing about baseball. Watch enough games and you'll eventually see something that you've never seen before.
I'd have to disagree that Cameron is the best center fielder in the game. It's a rare gift to be able to instantly know where a ball will land but that doesn't do any good if it's out of the park. Now Torii Hunter on the other hand gets the routine fly balls and steals home runs on a regular basis due to that vertical leap at the wall of his.
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LCD Picture frame (search Slashdot for this one)
I've been wanting to build a digital picture frame for some time using a laptop LCD. There have been numerous projects like this posted before.
There was another link on Popular Science recently about this but alas, I couldn't find it again.
I have a couple of good 1024x768 LCDs from some busted Dell laptops and I've wanted to use a VIA EPIA 800 mobo to build around but I haven't been able to find any way to provide power and video to the laptop LCD from the mobo. Every project I've found for a DIY digital picture frame uses an off the shelf LCD monitor with VGA outputs for the display and a motherboard from a desktop. Looks like I have to use a laptop motherboard but I'd love to get this working with a VIA EPIA 800...drool.
Interesting, I couldn't find any reference to gmail when I searched Google.
Doing a regular websearch yeilds a bunch of linux hits. Guess we'll find out tomorrow.
D'oh, forgot the stinking k!
we replace those tiny 4 GB memory cards with 1.44 MB floppies. Lets see how far those flying rats get with 4 GB of floppies attached to their frickin' heads.
After I read your subject I just couldn't help but laugh. Not in a flamebait kinda way but just the fact that Mass is only 10 sq miles in size, I find it hard to believe that there is "FAR" more to Mass that Boston.
Furthermore even though I think 1% is probably an overstatement of how many people will use this thing it should scale pretty nicely.
:)
I disagree. Have you ever been to a SF Giants game? Just about every fan there is paying attention to something other than the game. The only "true" fans I've seen at games there are in the bleachers. They at least seem to know what's going on the field. I think a large amount of fans would enjoy this service. If these fans can get out of the office and bring their wireless laptop to the game, they can enjoy some sunshine and still get some work done.
I'm not trying to bash Giants fans it's just what I've noticed at the games. BTW, I'm an A's fan so I may be a little prejudiced
Maybe offtopic, maybe not, but I'd just like to add that I have the same problem with my Aironet 350 and Fedora Core 1; poking around on Usenet, it doesn't appear that we are alone with these problems. Word of mouth is that there's some kind of bug in Fedora's wireless scripts causing these troubles.
:SIGH:
That's pretty much what I found out too, this was a bug with Fedora. The aironet 350 works with other distros. The bummer for me is that my work only uses LEAP so no other wireless card will work for me.
Well consider yourself lucky that you were able to get to download the updates. I was able to install FC1 and make it happily co-exist with XP on my laptop but it gave me the finger when I tried to get my Cisco Aironet 350 installed an running. I've been scouring the net for info on getting the card to work with FC1 and everything I've found basically says it's impossible. If anyone's been able to get an Aironet card working on FC1 I'd be interested in hearing the tale.
Well us Northern Californians wouldn't fall for that. Even us northerners think So Cal is on a different planet sometimes...that said tho I did have to go back to some HS chemistry to think this one out before I got the joke :P
While you can certainly transmit sarcasm you can't seem to detect it very well.