For all of us that live on earth and don't measure distance in lightyear 156 billion light years = 9.17045971 × 1023 mile 156 billion light years = 1.47584243 × 1024 kilometers 156 billion light years = 8.07000454 × 1026 fathom
Howewver, what I can tell you is: 1. change your diet. veggies and veggies. Eat healthy, no more double bacon cheeseburger 3 times a day. No more soda. Instead, always have a liter of water on you. Sit down, have a meal, leave. Don't dibble dabble at the table with food infront of you. It will only make you eat more.
2. start moving. If your thinking, pace. Sure you may seem like a nervous wreak to your boss, but atleast your going to look sexy doing it (some day that is).
3. Remember. Energy in > Energy out = weight gain
Energy out > energy in = weight loss.
Laslty. If you feel the urge to swallow something, swallow water.
Also, a diesel engine burns "lean" meaning, it doesn't use up all the o2 in the air intake. This leade to higher mileage, but also higher nitrate (smog/acid rain) emissions.
Diesel engines also don't have throttle plates, fixing the "partial throttle' losses. where there is efficiency lost when the engine isn't at full throttle.
For a gas engine, it doesn't make sense to always drive at full throttle because of the inability to fully atomize fuel and achieve a clean combustion
-Grump
sorry, i'm not the most coherent right now. stayed up all night.
Thats why when I ship my "goods', I always use FedEx.
Fast, reliable, friendly.
1 sheet 4in*24in toilet paper. Lightly soiled, stolen from public bathroom. Starting bid $0.99. $20.00 shipping fee (biohazard)
1 used condom, stolen from slut next door. Bid Now(she's really cute!) Staring big $13.95 + $10.00 ship (keep it frozen, dry ice costs money too!)
"Uncontrolled yogurt" aka: rotten milk. Stolen from my roomate's side of the fridge. Starting bid $0.01 + free ship. (I want to get rid of it).
Female bicyle "accessory". Found on bike at local college campus. Starting bid: $29.95 + #10.00 ship (about 5 pounds) Image of product: http://www.digitalneurosis.com/music/bike2.jpg
Bid now! All deliveries are shipped via FedEX. Fast, reliable, friendly.
But do the credit reporting agencies bother with the accuracy of the info they keep about you?
NO
They only start to "care" after you have filed a complaint about the accuracy of your "credit history"; and by then, the damage can already have been done.
Imagine this: You applied for a car loan, you were approved. However, your credit wasn't "good enough" so your interest on your car loan is higher.
You thought all was fine and dandy until 2 years later, you try to buy a house. Lending company turns you down because of bad credit.
By the time you find out about your "bad credit", the damage had been done because you are paying too much for the car loan.
heh, your so right about dell being like that lately. Here is my Dell story, to back-up your statement. Thanks for the advice to talk to a manager when I call. Definately going to do that, and find one that is somewhere national, not international b/c dell india has wasted hours of my time.
It has taken 3 calls (and 1 hr per call) to dell tech support to get a "fixed bay" dvd drive replacemnet sent out to me. The first 2 drives shipped out were modular. ----------------- One glorious afternoon, the left hindge on my display breaks. I lose sanity and call dell tech support. I tell the tech i need a new hindge. Also, i need the fixed-bay dvd replaced because it has read problems. After spending an hour on the phone with India, I feel satisfied and go to dinner with my roomate.
2 days later, a tech shows up at my apartment. Great! replaces the display hindge, then gets this funny look while putting in the DVD drive. uh oh. Turns out he got the modular drive.
Call dell again, spend another hour on the phone with india. This time, I'm being firm with him. I look up my laptop "as shipped" configuration list and READ HIM THE FSCKING PART NUMBER. 2 days later, Airborne express arrives at my door. I pop open the box and WTF?!?!? its a modular drive!
Again, I spend another hour with India. This time I tell the tech "the left one that needs to be screwed in" I get him to read me the part number of what he is shipping me. He tells me "It is a Toshiba drive" Oh great! A Toshiba drive would be wonderful (beause my failed drive was a Hitachi).
Yesterday, I received the replacement drive. I pop open the box and it is the correct drive! PRAISE THE LORD, ITS A MIRACLE, THERE IS GOOD IN OUTSOURCEING!!!
Pop a DVD in the drive, it plays smoothly. Ship the modular and the defective drive back to Dell. ---story mode off--- -Grump.
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ok yea your right 1023 is 10^23
For all of us that live on earth and don't measure distance in lightyear
156 billion light years = 9.17045971 × 1023 mile
156 billion light years = 1.47584243 × 1024 kilometers
156 billion light years = 8.07000454 × 1026 fathom
Thanks google!
-Grump
fp?
my pool is green.
-Grump
no, i think they did it as a joke. afterall, apr 1 is april fool's day.
Grump
Suprnova.org changed their site to japanese on apr 1. Must be because they were expecting japanese visitors.
-Grump
Howewver, what I can tell you is:
1. change your diet. veggies and veggies. Eat healthy, no more double bacon cheeseburger 3 times a day. No more soda. Instead, always have a liter of water on you. Sit down, have a meal, leave. Don't dibble dabble at the table with food infront of you. It will only make you eat more.
2. start moving. If your thinking, pace. Sure you may seem like a nervous wreak to your boss, but atleast your going to look sexy doing it (some day that is).
3. Remember. Energy in > Energy out = weight gain
Energy out > energy in = weight loss.
Laslty. If you feel the urge to swallow something, swallow water.
-Grump
Also, a diesel engine burns "lean"
meaning, it doesn't use up all the o2 in the air intake. This leade to higher mileage, but also higher nitrate (smog/acid rain) emissions.
Diesel engines also don't have throttle plates, fixing the "partial throttle' losses. where there is efficiency lost when the engine isn't at full throttle.
For a gas engine, it doesn't make sense to always drive at full throttle because of the inability to fully atomize fuel and achieve a clean combustion
-Grump
sorry, i'm not the most coherent right now. stayed up all night.
Q: where do you think the hot air came from in the first place?
A: Rush Limbaugh.
neg to postitive what? karma?
well keep up the informative posts then.
thanks.
-Grump
It's called Blaa.
and what is Blaa in Norwegian?
-Grump
Google translate doesn't do Norwegian to English.
Also, why did they wait so long humm?
If they had used intel years ago, that would mean $1 loss per proc to intel.
Now however, it means having to pull $500 mil out of their pocket.
To Intel, i'm sure the finance guys would have wanted the $1 loss per chip rather than $500 mil.
They probably just figured this out and that is why they are suing.
-Grump.
"Customer is not fast enough for 5th gear."
speech to text programs aren't 100%, and nor is my proof reading.
-Grump
uh, I don't think the Royal Canadian Mounted Police would do too much, considering he is "south of the border".
-Grump
Thats why when I ship my "goods', I always use FedEx.
Fast, reliable, friendly.
1 sheet 4in*24in toilet paper. Lightly soiled, stolen from public bathroom. Starting bid $0.99. $20.00 shipping fee (biohazard)
1 used condom, stolen from slut next door. Bid Now(she's really cute!) Staring big $13.95 + $10.00 ship (keep it frozen, dry ice costs money too!)
"Uncontrolled yogurt" aka: rotten milk. Stolen from my roomate's side of the fridge. Starting bid $0.01 + free ship. (I want to get rid of it).
Female bicyle "accessory". Found on bike at local college campus. Starting bid: $29.95 + #10.00 ship (about 5 pounds)
Image of product: http://www.digitalneurosis.com/music/bike2.jpg
Bid now! All deliveries are shipped via FedEX. Fast, reliable, friendly.
just kidding
-Grump
Don't skimp on the delivery choices either!
Each day delayed in shipment means a delay of when the real card owner gets "notified".
-Grump
sadly, god-mode doesn't last forever, but there is an easy fix!
Me: Hey lets go to a movie!
Friend: i don't want to, gas is pricey.
me: its ok, lets take my car!
friend: ok.
Sucker...my car, you push.
-Grump
"Customer is from this not fast enough for 5th gear."
I've been driving manual for YEARS. Frankly speaking, I was offended by that.
-Grump
But do the credit reporting agencies bother with the accuracy of the info they keep about you?
NO
They only start to "care" after you have filed a complaint about the accuracy of your "credit history"; and by then, the damage can already have been done.
Imagine this: You applied for a car loan, you were approved. However, your credit wasn't "good enough" so your interest on your car loan is higher.
You thought all was fine and dandy until 2 years later, you try to buy a house. Lending company turns you down because of bad credit.
By the time you find out about your "bad credit", the damage had been done because you are paying too much for the car loan.
-Grump
well, yea.
I need to call about my audio jack. Its having problems. My friend has a similar model with problems with his jack too.
So might as well kill 2 birds with 1 call.
Only thing I'm impressed with dell tech support is when i had a tech in my apt.
-Grump
one more thing.
The replacement drive they sent me was a hitachi.
The last guy wasn't perfect, but far better than the previous 2.
-Grump
heh, your so right about dell being like that lately. Here is my Dell story, to back-up your statement. Thanks for the advice to talk to a manager when I call. Definately going to do that, and find one that is somewhere national, not international b/c dell india has wasted hours of my time.
It has taken 3 calls (and 1 hr per call) to dell tech support to get a "fixed bay" dvd drive replacemnet sent out to me.
The first 2 drives shipped out were modular.
-----------------
One glorious afternoon, the left hindge on my display breaks. I lose sanity and call dell tech support. I tell the tech i need a new hindge. Also, i need the fixed-bay dvd replaced because it has read problems. After spending an hour on the phone with India, I feel satisfied and go to dinner with my roomate.
2 days later, a tech shows up at my apartment. Great! replaces the display hindge, then gets this funny look while putting in the DVD drive. uh oh. Turns out he got the modular drive.
Call dell again, spend another hour on the phone with india. This time, I'm being firm with him. I look up my laptop "as shipped" configuration list and READ HIM THE FSCKING PART NUMBER. 2 days later, Airborne express arrives at my door. I pop open the box and WTF?!?!? its a modular drive!
Again, I spend another hour with India. This time I tell the tech "the left one that needs to be screwed in" I get him to read me the part number of what he is shipping me. He tells me "It is a Toshiba drive" Oh great! A Toshiba drive would be wonderful (beause my failed drive was a Hitachi).
Yesterday, I received the replacement drive.
I pop open the box and it is the correct drive! PRAISE THE LORD, ITS A MIRACLE, THERE IS GOOD IN OUTSOURCEING!!!
Pop a DVD in the drive, it plays smoothly. Ship the modular and the defective drive back to Dell.
---story mode off---
-Grump.
Maybe that community was actually a country club started by "Mac Lovers". You need to own atleast 1 Mac in order to gain membership.
-Grump
what if im on the 10 dollar/mo prepaid plan and don't get "free mins"?
lately seems to originate in Africa. Nigeria to be exact.
Grump