I've been geocaching occasionally for almost 2 years now, and it is a blast! I use a Magellan Meridian Gold for my adventures, and even have a (very easy-to-find) cache of my own called Under Fire.
The first computer I ever used was a TI/99, when I was in kindergarten (c 1983). Those machines hung around the school until I was in 3rd grade or so. I recall the gifted & talented teacher had a voice synthesizer program that went with it. I whiled away several class periods experimenting with it, trying to get it to say "Tyrannosaurus Rex."
How much of a difference can there be to move it from Florida to Houston versus from Edwards to Houston?
It never goes to Houston; that's just where the control room is. It launches and (if all goes as planned) lands in Florida. The difference is between towing it off the tarmac and into the repair building versus hoisting it onto a special 747, flying cross-country, hoisting it back off, then towing it into the facility.
Strangely enough, I just started reading the first TPB volume of Earth X last night! Good stuff, beautiful art with a Joss Whedon foreword. And from the local library to boot!
Also, 25% will become stretchy, 25% will turn invisible, 25% will burst into flames, and 25% will have their skin replaced by an orangey rock-like substance!
The Nokia 3300 can use just about any mp3 as a ringtone. My current one is the sound of a telephone ringing.
Otherwise, the 3300 is pretty nifty, if unusual. It's shaped like the N-Gage, but doesn't require side-talking, and has a servicable calendar and browsing functions. Great for text massaging of all stripes, too.
I have a MasterCard type debit card. Late last year, someone got ahold of it's info (including the 3-digit code form the back). I suspect that it may have been related to an insecure form I submitted for an online purchase. I noticed 2 charges that I didn't recall making on my (online) statement; they totaled a bit over $200. After contacting my bank, they suggested I first try to contact the businesses that charged the card, then come back to them if I had any difficulty. They assured me my maximum liability was $50, and issued me a new card with a new number. So, armed with a pair of phone numbers, I called the two businesses: one was a phone-card seller, and the other issued prepaid debit cards. In two weeks, all my funds had been returned. A few weeks later, my bank's investigations unit contacted me to ask if I knew anyone in Lansing, MI, where the charges had originated. I answered "no," as I'm not sure I've ever known a Michigander (or whatever). And that was the last I've heard of it. Scary, but not as awful as it might have been.
Ahh, yes! You should have seen mom's face when she noticed that I had replaced her trash can icon with a carefully crafted toilet. When you put files in it, instead of swelling like the can did, I added tasteful wavy green 'stink lines'. Those were the days...
The free flow of information is all well and good, but the important service provided by most print journals is that they subject submissions to (supposedly) rigorous peer review. IANAS, but I imagine that such review might take some $ to accomplish. Will a researcher-pays system be inclined to look as closely at the articles submitted by its primary cash source?
Put a Bluetooth chip in your toothbrush, so when you're brushing and you realize you forgot to flush, you don't have to touch the commode handle in mid-brush.
Well, I'm not the kind to kiss and tell, But I've been seen with Farrah
I've never been with anything less than a nine, so fine.
I've been on fire with Sally Field, gone fast with a girl named Bo.
But somehow they just don't end up as mine, so fine.
It's a death-defying life I lead, I'll take my chances.
I've died for a living in the movies and tv.
But the hardest thing I'll ever do is watch my leading ladies,
Kiss some other guy while I'm bandaging my knee.
I might fall from a tall building, I might roll a brand-new car,
'Cause I'm the unknown stuntman that made Redford such a star.
I've never spent much time in school, but I've taught ladies plenty.
It's true I hire my body out for pay, hey hey!
I've gotten burned over Cheryl Tiegs, blown up over Rachel Welch
But when I wind up in the hay, it's only hay, hey hey!
I might jump an open drawbridge, or Tarzan from a vine,
'Cause I'm the unknown stuntman, that makes Eastwood look so fine
Slashdot Mirror
Go out and win one for the G.I.P.R.A. !
Charo wanted for questioning
I've been geocaching occasionally for almost 2 years now, and it is a blast! I use a Magellan Meridian Gold for my adventures, and even have a (very easy-to-find) cache of my own called Under Fire.
The first computer I ever used was a TI/99, when I was in kindergarten (c 1983). Those machines hung around the school until I was in 3rd grade or so. I recall the gifted & talented teacher had a voice synthesizer program that went with it. I whiled away several class periods experimenting with it, trying to get it to say "Tyrannosaurus Rex."
How much of a difference can there be to move it from Florida to Houston versus from Edwards to Houston?
It never goes to Houston; that's just where the control room is. It launches and (if all goes as planned) lands in Florida. The difference is between towing it off the tarmac and into the repair building versus hoisting it onto a special 747, flying cross-country, hoisting it back off, then towing it into the facility.
Strangely enough, I just started reading the first TPB volume of Earth X last night! Good stuff, beautiful art with a Joss Whedon foreword. And from the local library to boot!
Also, 25% will become stretchy, 25% will turn invisible, 25% will burst into flames, and 25% will have their skin replaced by an orangey rock-like substance!
The Nokia 3300 can use just about any mp3 as a ringtone. My current one is the sound of a telephone ringing.
Otherwise, the 3300 is pretty nifty, if unusual. It's shaped like the N-Gage, but doesn't require side-talking, and has a servicable calendar and browsing functions. Great for text massaging of all stripes, too.
I have a MasterCard type debit card. Late last year, someone got ahold of it's info (including the 3-digit code form the back). I suspect that it may have been related to an insecure form I submitted for an online purchase. I noticed 2 charges that I didn't recall making on my (online) statement; they totaled a bit over $200. After contacting my bank, they suggested I first try to contact the businesses that charged the card, then come back to them if I had any difficulty. They assured me my maximum liability was $50, and issued me a new card with a new number. So, armed with a pair of phone numbers, I called the two businesses: one was a phone-card seller, and the other issued prepaid debit cards. In two weeks, all my funds had been returned. A few weeks later, my bank's investigations unit contacted me to ask if I knew anyone in Lansing, MI, where the charges had originated. I answered "no," as I'm not sure I've ever known a Michigander (or whatever). And that was the last I've heard of it. Scary, but not as awful as it might have been.
Ahh, yes! You should have seen mom's face when she noticed that I had replaced her trash can icon with a carefully crafted toilet. When you put files in it, instead of swelling like the can did, I added tasteful wavy green 'stink lines'. Those were the days...
If only they would realize game-based movies are an equally bad idea!
The free flow of information is all well and good, but the important service provided by most print journals is that they subject submissions to (supposedly) rigorous peer review. IANAS, but I imagine that such review might take some $ to accomplish. Will a researcher-pays system be inclined to look as closely at the articles submitted by its primary cash source?
Put a Bluetooth chip in your toothbrush, so when you're brushing and you realize you forgot to flush, you don't have to touch the commode handle in mid-brush.
There's a communist country/[verb]s YOU joke in there somewhere...
Where is the kboom? There was supposed to be an earth-shattering kaboom!
Get a Catalog Case! Maybe even with wheels to preserve your spinal integrity...
Piffle! BEAKMAN in '08!
Cool! I can see my house from here...
It's kinda funny to see my county all alone and blue on the sea of red (Travis Co,TX).
Fithly Greek Godses! They steals our preciousss orbital debris...
Well, I'm not the kind to kiss and tell, But I've been seen with Farrah
I've never been with anything less than a nine, so fine.
I've been on fire with Sally Field, gone fast with a girl named Bo.
But somehow they just don't end up as mine, so fine.
It's a death-defying life I lead, I'll take my chances.
I've died for a living in the movies and tv.
But the hardest thing I'll ever do is watch my leading ladies,
Kiss some other guy while I'm bandaging my knee.
I might fall from a tall building, I might roll a brand-new car,
'Cause I'm the unknown stuntman that made Redford such a star.
I've never spent much time in school, but I've taught ladies plenty.
It's true I hire my body out for pay, hey hey!
I've gotten burned over Cheryl Tiegs, blown up over Rachel Welch
But when I wind up in the hay, it's only hay, hey hey!
I might jump an open drawbridge, or Tarzan from a vine,
'Cause I'm the unknown stuntman, that makes Eastwood look so fine
Watch out! If the Grimace should sieze power, we are all seriously F*CKED! After all, nothing can kill the Grimace!
...Public Mind Disturbs YOU!
Cousin Walter, is that you?
It's essentially a synonym for "Artist," often used in cinematic circles.
And for just $350, the problem can be yours!