This is much more prevalent than one guy. Stroke victims who can't talk can often sing. So when they want to say something, they can simply say it to some made-up tune.
Yeah! And on a related note: I am responsible top backups at my company, and I'm very worried about how to make backups last beyond the eventual heat death of the universe. Does anyone have ant idead/suggestions?
A good application I've discovered was a QR code printed on a flight itinerary which gave up-to-date information regarding flight departure/arrival times.
It happens more than you think. Last year I applied for a work visa for India, and found out that the visa application processing (at least in Canada) was outsourced to a Canadian company.
Indeed. Imagine somebody patenting the steering wheel of a car, or the order of the pedals, or the order of the gears. That would be ridiculous. You'd never be able to switch brands of car.
It would be ridiculous now. A hundred years ago when the automobile was brand new it would've been perfectly reasonable. Henry Ford would've been totally within his right to tell competitors to find their own unique and innovative way to steer their own cars. The automobile industry would've been horrendously balkanized as a result, but a century ago the steering wheel could easily have qualified as an innovative concept worth patenting.
Except the first car to use traditional controls was a Cadilac (at least that Top Gear was able to find).
Fry: You know what the worst thing about being a slave is? They make you work all day but they don't pay you or let you go.
Leela: That's the only thing about being a slave.
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This is much more prevalent than one guy. Stroke victims who can't talk can often sing. So when they want to say something, they can simply say it to some made-up tune.
Ah! Like Ozzy Osbourne!
Yes, and they produce an adapter to make it work.
Apple's dock connector supports some signals that aren't directly available on USB (like video out and audio in/out)
Other manufacturers can get a micro-USB port to also double as a HDMI output.
Yeah! And on a related note: I am responsible top backups at my company, and I'm very worried about how to make backups last beyond the eventual heat death of the universe. Does anyone have ant idead/suggestions?
GP is referring to the old FDIV bug
Yeah! I thought everyone would get that!
radioactive decay is not as random as we thought. So where do we get random numbers that are good?
Pentium processors?
It's a linear scale, buddy. For that order of magnitude, the 273 degree offset is completely irrelephant.
I think that was the joke!
Yeah, I'm amazed how quickly Google Googles picks them up, and even if skewed gets them nearly instantly.
A good application I've discovered was a QR code printed on a flight itinerary which gave up-to-date information regarding flight departure/arrival times.
That would be this:
22 inch tablet
Doomsday device? Aha! Now the ball's in Farnsworth's court.
"I guess I can spare one and still be feared..."
Yes, and it does. The diagram the top of page 1 of TFA references files in \Windows\System32\
He should have read the fine print - "product may not appear exactly as shown"
Strong second! My favorite is his Inherit the Stars. It is a "scientific mystery" story and it will be boring to you prefer action to thinking.
-Anon
Love this one! Great the way he throws in physical facts about the moon and makes them fit into the story.
Well, here's an example showing it does happen:
Gibson vs. PRS
Or one pop song....
The one song?
It happens more than you think. Last year I applied for a work visa for India, and found out that the visa application processing (at least in Canada) was outsourced to a Canadian company.
Already there: Google Mars
Can be viewed online or thru Google Earth.
In a similar vein:
.. maybe five chords. Five chords - you may be up before the committee." - Pete Townsand
"Anything more than four chords is progesssive jazz." - Ronnie Hawkins
"Pop songs are four
I think my favorite quote about Ringo came from John Lenon when asked if Ringo was the best drummer in the world.
"Are you kidding! Ringo isn't even the best drummer in The Beatles!"
Wait! They beat their own targets, but yet are complaining in count that they lost 2.5B because Samsung are copying their devices. So which is it?
That's classy.
Why can't more companies act this way towards one another?
Indeed. Imagine somebody patenting the steering wheel of a car, or the order of the pedals, or the order of the gears. That would be ridiculous. You'd never be able to switch brands of car.
It would be ridiculous now. A hundred years ago when the automobile was brand new it would've been perfectly reasonable. Henry Ford would've been totally within his right to tell competitors to find their own unique and innovative way to steer their own cars. The automobile industry would've been horrendously balkanized as a result, but a century ago the steering wheel could easily have qualified as an innovative concept worth patenting.
Except the first car to use traditional controls was a Cadilac (at least that Top Gear was able to find).
Fry: You know what the worst thing about being a slave is? They make you work all day but they don't pay you or let you go.
Leela: That's the only thing about being a slave.
The Gmail app also does the same thing, but I'm not sure how long its done that.