You're quoting old prices. The LEAF is now AU$39,990 drive away and the i-MiEV is AU$29,990. The sales are still dismal here though, the usual case of lack of infrastructure and advertising. The owners I know are extremely enthusiastic about them though.
How about just donning spacesuits every few weeks/months and then cycle the air in the ship with some form of gas that'll kill the bacteria?
A vacuum should deal with the moisture accumulating behind panels wouldn't it? So you pump the air out, pump some gas that's harmless for the ship's equipment but will kill germs, pump it out, and then replace the air.
If the ship is compartmentalized then you can do this in sections, but a spacesuit might be useful just in case.
Does middle clicking on a link open a new tab for OS X yet? The last I heard you had to patch FF to enable this feature. Middle clicking works fine on Safari, it's one feature I really miss when using FF on OS X.
The problem with that line of thought is he didn't go schizo until after they spoke about disconnecting him in the pod which occured after the unit was retrieved. He just said that there was a problem with the unit out of the blue.
I thought HAL also said that they're incapable of misrepresenting information or something like that.
Was there ever an explaination for HAL's erroneous diagnosis of the AE35 unit? I've always wondered about that. If they're meant to be so perfect and all then how could the one aboard Discovery contradict the earth based one?
On one of the carriers they use to ferry space shuttles around, there's a blindingly obvious sign written on one of the struts which reads
"Place Orbiter Here... Black Side Down"
Add to this the incident where pranksters broke into the projector room and projected porn on to the big screen. It attracted a small crowd and stopped traffic on George St. The cops had to break into the room again to stop the projector.
I never knew that it was a Scieno propaganda tool but now that I think about it the volcano makes sense. The only time I saw something on the screen was the banner advertising Dianetics strapped over it when the screen stopped working.
For those who don't know it can be done, if you don't like Mozilla's default splash screen it can be replaced by adding an image titled mozilla.bmp in the Mozilla install directory.
Actually that makes one wonder: Will the bullet go through the tornado, or will it be absorbed and sucked up/down/wherever. I don't think I've seen either gun discharged nor tornado IRL before so I have no idea.
And really, why the hell would you need a gun for?:P
Slightly offtopic but there have been cases of space probes having lens cap problems. In the 70's a Russian probe (Venera, IIRC) landed on Venus and returned photos of complete darkness. In the end it was determined that its lens cap melted on to the camera.
A subsequent Venera had an improved lens cap which popped off on landing. The funny part is the lens cap landed in front of the probe, where a spring loaded arm called a "penetrometer" was supposed to spring out from the probe and sample the soil around it...
...You guessed it. The penetrometer ended up sampling the lens cap which was lying where the arm was supposed to plunge in.
If you check out the timeline it looks like IBM might have started off on the right foot by bringing out all sorts of well designed and innovative products. Then about half way through they lost the plot (*cough* MCA *cough*) and towards the end of last decade markets more fluff than anything truly innovative. It reads more like a brochure than a timeline towards the end.
This was apparently done at a Boston railroad station just after WWII, it
could easily work at airports, hotels, anyplace where someone (skycap,
bellboy) carries your bags at some point.
Some MIT students put a large (10lb) electric gyroscope inside a
suitcase. Also inside was a car battery for power and a hidden switch on
the outside to activate the gyroscope.
The gyroscope was mounted with its axis normal to the flat side of the
suitcase. Thus, if you carried the suitcase normally by the handle while
walking straight ahead, nothing would happen. If you tried to turn,
gyroscopic precession would fight you.
The students got off a train and hailed a porter. As the shen suitcase was
handed to the porter the switch was thrown. The porter walked towards the
entrance to the station plaform (straight line) with no problem. As he
turned at the entrance to head for the taxi stand, the suitcase tried to
continue in the same direction as though it had a mind of its own. The
porter pulled the end around, and the suitcase tilted and levitated into
the air (pivoting on the handle). The porter dropped the suitcase and ran!
The suitcase bounced on its corners for a few moments before it quieted
down.
Australian Police have been unable to recommend a prosecution for the following scam:
A company takes out a newspaper advertisement claiming to be able to supply imported hard core pornographic videos. As their prices seem reasonable, people place orders and make payments via check. After several weeks, the company writes back explaining that under the present law they are unable to supply the materials and do not wish to be prosecuted. So they return their customers' money in the form of a company cheque. However, due to the name of the company, few people will present these checks to their banks. The name of the company:
Slashdot Mirror
You're quoting old prices. The LEAF is now AU$39,990 drive away and the i-MiEV is AU$29,990. The sales are still dismal here though, the usual case of lack of infrastructure and advertising. The owners I know are extremely enthusiastic about them though.
How about just donning spacesuits every few weeks/months and then cycle the air in the ship with some form of gas that'll kill the bacteria?
A vacuum should deal with the moisture accumulating behind panels wouldn't it? So you pump the air out, pump some gas that's harmless for the ship's equipment but will kill germs, pump it out, and then replace the air.
If the ship is compartmentalized then you can do this in sections, but a spacesuit might be useful just in case.
Does middle clicking on a link open a new tab for OS X yet? The last I heard you had to patch FF to enable this feature. Middle clicking works fine on Safari, it's one feature I really miss when using FF on OS X.
The problem with that line of thought is he didn't go schizo until after they spoke about disconnecting him in the pod which occured after the unit was retrieved. He just said that there was a problem with the unit out of the blue.
I thought HAL also said that they're incapable of misrepresenting information or something like that.
Was there ever an explaination for HAL's erroneous diagnosis of the AE35 unit? I've always wondered about that. If they're meant to be so perfect and all then how could the one aboard Discovery contradict the earth based one?
Set the boot priority to boot the hard drive first and password protect the BIOS. That'll make it harder for them to mess things up!
:)
Add to this the incident where pranksters broke into the projector room and projected porn on to the big screen. It attracted a small crowd and stopped traffic on George St. The cops had to break into the room again to stop the projector.
I never knew that it was a Scieno propaganda tool but now that I think about it the volcano makes sense. The only time I saw something on the screen was the banner advertising Dianetics strapped over it when the screen stopped working.
The lyrics can be found here:
Title: Burger King Christmas Carol
Artist: Retard Choir
I work at Burger King making flame-broiled whoppers,
I wear paper hat.
Would you like an apple pie with that?
Would you like an apple pie with that?
Ding, fries are done.
Ding, fries are done.
Ding, fries are done.
Ding, fries are done.
I gotta run.
I gotta run.
I gotta run.
I gotta run.
Don't bob for fries in hot fat,
it really hurt bad and so does skin graft.
Would you like an apple pie with that?
Would you like an apple pie with that?
Where is the bell?
Wait for the bell.
Can't eat the bell.
Where is the bell?
Ding, fries are done.
Ding, fries are done.
Ding, fries are done.
Ding, fries are done.
I work at Burger King making flame-broiled whoppers,
I wear paper hat.
Would you like an apple pie with that?
Would you like an apple pie with that?
Ding, fries are done.
Ding, fries are done.
Ding, fries are done.
Ding, fries are doneeeeee.
Some good ones can be found here.
Do-h!
God that clip is going to give me an epileptic seizure if I keep watching it.
Did anyone notice what was written on the truck in the bit where the car flips over in the freeway? It's "Big Endian... (something)".
There must be a sizeable number of geeks in the crew!
Ah okay. Thanks for the clarification. :)
Actually that makes one wonder: Will the bullet go through the tornado, or will it be absorbed and sucked up/down/wherever. I don't think I've seen either gun discharged nor tornado IRL before so I have no idea.
:P
And really, why the hell would you need a gun for?
Hehe, cute. One question; is that a gun beside the driver's seat or am I mistaken?
Dammit! I need my mod points!
:)
That brought a laugh.
Slightly offtopic but there have been cases of space probes having lens cap problems. In the 70's a Russian probe (Venera, IIRC) landed on Venus and returned photos of complete darkness. In the end it was determined that its lens cap melted on to the camera.
A subsequent Venera had an improved lens cap which popped off on landing. The funny part is the lens cap landed in front of the probe, where a spring loaded arm called a "penetrometer" was supposed to spring out from the probe and sample the soil around it...
...You guessed it. The penetrometer ended up sampling the lens cap which was lying where the arm was supposed to plunge in.
If you check out the timeline it looks like IBM might have started off on the right foot by bringing out all sorts of well designed and innovative products. Then about half way through they lost the plot (*cough* MCA *cough*) and towards the end of last decade markets more fluff than anything truly innovative. It reads more like a brochure than a timeline towards the end.
That's IMHO, of course.
Or to quote from a post from the current poll, the question should be phrased, "CowboyNeal?".
Found from the net...
This was apparently done at a Boston railroad station just after WWII, it
could easily work at airports, hotels, anyplace where someone (skycap,
bellboy) carries your bags at some point.
Some MIT students put a large (10lb) electric gyroscope inside a
suitcase. Also inside was a car battery for power and a hidden switch on
the outside to activate the gyroscope.
The gyroscope was mounted with its axis normal to the flat side of the
suitcase. Thus, if you carried the suitcase normally by the handle while
walking straight ahead, nothing would happen. If you tried to turn,
gyroscopic precession would fight you.
The students got off a train and hailed a porter. As the shen suitcase was
handed to the porter the switch was thrown. The porter walked towards the
entrance to the station plaform (straight line) with no problem. As he
turned at the entrance to head for the taxi stand, the suitcase tried to
continue in the same direction as though it had a mind of its own. The
porter pulled the end around, and the suitcase tilted and levitated into
the air (pivoting on the handle). The porter dropped the suitcase and ran!
The suitcase bounced on its corners for a few moments before it quieted
down.
Try it on friends helping you pack for a trip!
Or you can do it with the Sean Connery accent: "Comradsches, Thisch isch your captain..."
I'd mod your post up to Score:5, Funny just for the link you posted. Oh my god it's so funny!
Anyone notice the number of kills painted on the side of the laser in the pic off the page?
Looks like five planes, a missile and two other things I can't make out.
Feng.
Did you read the changelog and do a "mknod /dev/ppp c 108 0"? I had the same problem with my laptop until I bothered to RTFM.
From the net...
Australian Police have been unable to recommend a prosecution for the following scam:
A company takes out a newspaper advertisement claiming to be able to supply imported hard core pornographic videos. As their prices seem reasonable, people place orders and make payments via check. After several weeks, the company writes back explaining that under the
present law they are unable to supply the materials and do not wish to be prosecuted. So they return their customers' money in the form of a company cheque. However, due to the name of the company, few people will present these checks to their banks. The name of the company:
"The Anal Sex and Fetish Perversion Company"