This was going to be my point, thank you! Even if we still have to rely on solid-state rockets to get people into space, the cost-per-pound reduction for transferring cargo and equipment into orbit make a Space Elevator an immensely valuable proposition.
Since someone already noted that cookies would have been more appropriate, I'll just offer my guess that it was a cellular peptide cake. With mint frosting.
Mmmm... Troicake...
I'm amazed that Apple doesn't have more of a hand in the manufacturing of iPods, even by third party vendors. I'd think they'd provide Macs for them to use for whatever steps require home computers (of the type that might be susceptible to viruses), rather than let them use Windows machines. If only for the reason that Macs are less likely to transmit HIV (Hidden iPod Visuses) to their customers.
Two anonomous cowards raised the excellent point of the cellular membranes not surviving the freeze-drying process, and thus the componants that make blood work in the first place would be lost. But another question I have would be, if the purpose of this "product" is to have a lightweight supply of emergency blood but you still need purified water to reconstitute it, where are you going to get/store/transport the water?
Not only that, but if you're going to use a soldier's own blood, you're going to have to draw a heck of a lot in order for it to be useful if he/she really needs an emergency transfusion. You put in a lot more blood in situations like that than you take out in a routine withdrawal.
TR
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"Even pirates like chocolate chip cookies."
Other than having no privacy, but hell, I don't go there for that. I'm findnig it's great for keeping in touch with friends who otherwise would be but a shadowy spectre in some distant land (Wisconsin).
I do with it was a little more stable. I understand that with 90 million users whings get a little hairy, but is it too much to ask that they upgrade to handle the bandwidth demand? And expand their features. If I make a comment on someone's blog that they respond to, let me know. Little thing, people. Little things.
ok, I got beat to the insertion of this particular note.:-)
I blame slow typing, trying to get the URL to link (I haven't posted that often, and myspace does it automatically), and previewing it twice before I submitted it. Now I know better...
A couple of the accessories on that list were kinda cool, actually. The wallet for the Nano, the lock, the sticky paper. But they forgot what may be the most amazing accessory: the iBuzz, a vibrator (with attachable rubber spike ring) that pulses to the beat of whatever is playing on the iPod. I kid you not. http://www.ibuzzusa.com/. I've yet to buy my own, but then again, I don't know what good it will do me without owning an actual iPod.
Who knows if anyone will read this far, this has been a very prolific post for comments! I used to be the computer guru at my Best Buy back in '97-'99, and all the customer issues/tech support would inevitably come to me. My favorite that I remember to this day...
Customer: Yeah, I need to bring my computer back that I just got the other day.
ME: What seems to be the problem with it, maybe I can help?
Customer: I've only had it like three days and the coffee cup holder is already broken. It seems really cheaply made.
ME: Wait, the coffee cup holder?
Customer: Yeah.
ME: On the computer?
Customer: Yeah.
ME: I... don't think we sell a computer that comes with a coffee cup holder...
Customer: Yes you do. I got it at your store.
ME: Um... I don't know what to tell you... Coffee cup holder? What does it look like?
Customer: You know, you push the button and the cup holder slides out.
It hit me that the rest of this conversation was not going to be a pleasant one.
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Because... that would mean... ewwww....
This was going to be my point, thank you! Even if we still have to rely on solid-state rockets to get people into space, the cost-per-pound reduction for transferring cargo and equipment into orbit make a Space Elevator an immensely valuable proposition.
Since someone already noted that cookies would have been more appropriate, I'll just offer my guess that it was a cellular peptide cake. With mint frosting. Mmmm... Troicake...
I'm amazed that Apple doesn't have more of a hand in the manufacturing of iPods, even by third party vendors. I'd think they'd provide Macs for them to use for whatever steps require home computers (of the type that might be susceptible to viruses), rather than let them use Windows machines. If only for the reason that Macs are less likely to transmit HIV (Hidden iPod Visuses) to their customers.
Not only that, but if you're going to use a soldier's own blood, you're going to have to draw a heck of a lot in order for it to be useful if he/she really needs an emergency transfusion. You put in a lot more blood in situations like that than you take out in a routine withdrawal.
TR
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"Even pirates like chocolate chip cookies."
Other than having no privacy, but hell, I don't go there for that. I'm findnig it's great for keeping in touch with friends who otherwise would be but a shadowy spectre in some distant land (Wisconsin). I do with it was a little more stable. I understand that with 90 million users whings get a little hairy, but is it too much to ask that they upgrade to handle the bandwidth demand? And expand their features. If I make a comment on someone's blog that they respond to, let me know. Little thing, people. Little things.
ok, I got beat to the insertion of this particular note. :-)
I blame slow typing, trying to get the URL to link (I haven't posted that often, and myspace does it automatically), and previewing it twice before I submitted it. Now I know better...
A couple of the accessories on that list were kinda cool, actually. The wallet for the Nano, the lock, the sticky paper. But they forgot what may be the most amazing accessory: the iBuzz, a vibrator (with attachable rubber spike ring) that pulses to the beat of whatever is playing on the iPod. I kid you not. http://www.ibuzzusa.com/. I've yet to buy my own, but then again, I don't know what good it will do me without owning an actual iPod.
Who knows if anyone will read this far, this has been a very prolific post for comments! I used to be the computer guru at my Best Buy back in '97-'99, and all the customer issues/tech support would inevitably come to me. My favorite that I remember to this day... Customer: Yeah, I need to bring my computer back that I just got the other day. ME: What seems to be the problem with it, maybe I can help? Customer: I've only had it like three days and the coffee cup holder is already broken. It seems really cheaply made. ME: Wait, the coffee cup holder? Customer: Yeah. ME: On the computer? Customer: Yeah. ME: I... don't think we sell a computer that comes with a coffee cup holder... Customer: Yes you do. I got it at your store. ME: Um... I don't know what to tell you... Coffee cup holder? What does it look like? Customer: You know, you push the button and the cup holder slides out. It hit me that the rest of this conversation was not going to be a pleasant one.