They ship it around the world so cheap labour can maul the packages?
Mauls are heavy! A nice five pound flail (spikes are optional) is much better on your rotater cuff. If you're a wimp like me, go with a Confusion spell, followed up with a Fireball or two.
Sorry - your last comment went whoosh on me (Which, for most items valued that high, is illegal anyway.). So in the US for example, if I walk into an Audi dealership with a briefcase full of cash and an eye on an A7, then it is illegal for me to plunk down $90k out of pocket? Are there specific limitations on how much companies can accept by cash, by law? TIA for the response.
Holy shit this is the most paranoid, tinfoil hat rants I have read in a long time. You sound like one of those wackos over at infoshop.org. Care to point to any article from a credible source where they tasered Granny four times and beat her on the back of the head? My suspicion is that you have been arrested by the "hog forces" on many legimite charges and now make crap up to further grind your axe because "the Man' is keeping you down.
I've been working on a farm for a few years now and have been seriously considering doing the sheep for a while now. I would just like to ask a few questions about technique etc. to the experts before getting down to it.
1. Vaginal vs. Anal sex on ewes: Which is better? How do you get the ewe to stand still for anal?
2. What if I want to be on the receiving end for anal sex? How do you get the ram to drill you? Do you just bend down or what?
3. Oral sex with sheep? Is it possible? (And I don't mean blowing off the ram)
4. Do regular emissions of semen into the sheep impact on the quality of the wool or meat?
5. I can get at the sheep after they have just been slaughtered. Is it worth poking them in this state? Is there any way the health inspector will notice?
I've been working on a farm for a few years now and have been seriously considering doing the sheep for a while now. I would just like to ask a few questions about technique etc. to the experts before getting down to it.
1. Vaginal vs. Anal sex on ewes: Which is better? How do you get the ewe to stand still for anal?
2. What if I want to be on the receiving end for anal sex? How do you get the ram to drill you? Do you just bend down or what?
3. Oral sex with sheep? Is it possible? (And I don't mean blowing off the ram)
4. Do regular emissions of semen into the sheep impact on the quality of the wool or meat?
5. I can get at the sheep after they have just been slaughtered. Is it worth poking them in this state? Is there any way the health inspector will notice?
I've been working on a farm for a few years now and have been seriously considering doing the sheep for a while now. I would just like to ask a few questions about technique etc. to the experts before getting down to it.
1. Vaginal vs. Anal sex on ewes: Which is better? How do you get the ewe to stand still for anal?
2. What if I want to be on the receiving end for anal sex? How do you get the ram to drill you? Do you just bend down or what?
3. Oral sex with sheep? Is it possible? (And I don't mean blowing off the ram)
4. Do regular emissions of semen into the sheep impact on the quality of the wool or meat?
5. I can get at the sheep after they have just been slaughtered. Is it worth poking them in this state? Is there any way the health inspector will notice?
This formatting is much better - enjoy my fine poop post!
Why do dogs (and other animals) eat poop?
Many animals eat poop on a regular basis. These include rabbits, rodents, gorillas, many insects such as dung beetles and flies, and yes, dogs. (Keep that in mind the next time a dog wants to lick you!) Herbivores such as rabbits and rodents eat their own poop because their diet of plants is hard to digest efficiently, and they have to make two passes at it to get everything out of the meal. This is equivalent to a cow chewing its cud, only cows are able to re-eat their food without having to poop it out first. Another reason why animals eat poop is that poop contains vitamins produced by their intestinal bacteria. The animal is unable to absorb the vitamins through the intestinal wall, but can get at them by eating the poop. Another reason that animals such as dogs and flies eat poop is that poop contains a certain amount of protein. Dogs are particularly fond of cat poop because cat poop is high in protein. I had a friend with a dog and a cat, and he never had to clean the kitty litter. The dog took care of it.
Are there people who eat poop?
Yes, we all have, at one point or another. One of the main ways that diseases and parasites spread is through the consumption of food and water contaminated with feces. This happens because people don't wash their hands carefully after pooping or changing a diaper or scratching their butt. It can also happen through careless disposal of diapers. Our microbiologist here on Guam says that one dirty diaper in Tumon Bay can send the bacteria count through the ceiling.
But of course, what you want to know is, are there people who eat poop on purpose? Again, the answer is yes. In rare instances, people with severe developmental and psychological disorders practice pica, the consumption of non-food items, including coprophagy, the ingestion of feces. The behavior may also be observed among very young toddlers. Coprophagy is also listed as an unusual sexual practice in the encyclopedia of that name. Some people who practice sexual coprophagy say that only a lover's poop is good to eat; all other poop (including their own) makes them gag.
I have personally known only one person who ate poop on purpose, and she only did it once, when she was about four years old. She says she was curious about what it tasted like. When asked what poop does taste like, she replies, "About like you'd expect."
By the way, for all of you who are wondering, the author of this page does NOT eat poop.
Can you get sick from eating poop?
(Question submitted by Wendell)
Yes, you can definitely get sick from eating poop, even in minute quantities! Although urine emerges sterile from the body (unless the person has an infection), poop emerges loaded with bacteria and sometimes other life forms. Many diseases, including food poisoning, cholera and typhus, are spread by fecal contamination. Many parasites, such as the notorious tapeworm, can be spread through deliberate or accidental ingestion of poop.
There are some parasites, such as pinworms, who depend on people eating their own poop to keep the population up. Pinworms are small nematodes that live in the colon. The females emerge from the anus at night to lay their eggs. Their activity makes the anal area itch. The person scratches the itch (often doing so in his sleep), procuring a small amount of fecal matter and eggs under his fingernails, and then puts his fingers in his mouth. Once the eggs are consumed, the person is infected with a new generation of pinworms.
I have read that almost everyone has pinworms. Luckily, pinworms don't do much harm. You only notice them if you have a lot of pinworms! If you want to find out if you do indeed have them, get someone to gently touch around your anal area with Scotch tape while you are sleeping. The worms will stick to the tape and you'll be able to see them.
"GNU/Linux vendors Debian, Mandrake, Red Hat, and SUSE have joined together to give a common statement about the eating poop entitled "Is eating poop better than Linux?".
Why do dogs (and other animals) eat poop?
Many animals eat poop on a regular basis. These include rabbits, rodents, gorillas, many insects such as dung beetles and flies, and yes, dogs. (Keep that in mind the next time a dog wants to lick you!) Herbivores such as rabbits and rodents eat their own poop because their diet of plants is hard to digest efficiently, and they have to make two passes at it to get everything out of the meal. This is equivalent to a cow chewing its cud, only cows are able to re-eat their food without having to poop it out first. Another reason why animals eat poop is that poop contains vitamins produced by their intestinal bacteria. The animal is unable to absorb the vitamins through the intestinal wall, but can get at them by eating the poop. Another reason that animals such as dogs and flies eat poop is that poop contains a certain amount of protein. Dogs are particularly fond of cat poop because cat poop is high in protein. I had a friend with a dog and a cat, and he never had to clean the kitty litter. The dog took care of it.
Are there people who eat poop?
Yes, we all have, at one point or another. One of the main ways that diseases and parasites spread is through the consumption of food and water contaminated with feces. This happens because people don't wash their hands carefully after pooping or changing a diaper or scratching their butt. It can also happen through careless disposal of diapers. Our microbiologist here on Guam says that one dirty diaper in Tumon Bay can send the bacteria count through the ceiling.
But of course, what you want to know is, are there people who eat poop on purpose? Again, the answer is yes. In rare instances, people with severe developmental and psychological disorders practice pica, the consumption of non-food items, including coprophagy, the ingestion of feces. The behavior may also be observed among very young toddlers. Coprophagy is also listed as an unusual sexual practice in the encyclopedia of that name. Some people who practice sexual coprophagy say that only a lover's poop is good to eat; all other poop (including their own) makes them gag.
I have personally known only one person who ate poop on purpose, and she only did it once, when she was about four years old. She says she was curious about what it tasted like. When asked what poop does taste like, she replies, "About like you'd expect."
By the way, for all of you who are wondering, the author of this page does NOT eat poop.
Can you get sick from eating poop?
(Question submitted by Wendell)
Yes, you can definitely get sick from eating poop, even in minute quantities! Although urine emerges sterile from the body (unless the person has an infection), poop emerges loaded with bacteria and sometimes other life forms. Many diseases, including food poisoning, cholera and typhus, are spread by fecal contamination. Many parasites, such as the notorious tapeworm, can be spread through deliberate or accidental ingestion of poop.
There are some parasites, such as pinworms, who depend on people eating their own poop to keep the population up. Pinworms are small nematodes that live in the colon. The females emerge from the anus at night to lay their eggs. Their activity makes the anal area itch. The person scratches the itch (often doing so in his sleep), procuring a small amount of fecal matter and eggs under his fingernails, and then puts his fingers in his mouth. Once the eggs are consumed, the person is infected with a new generation of pinworms.
I have read that almost everyone has pinworms. Luckily, pinworms don't do much harm. You only notice them if you have a lot of pinworms! If you want to find out if you do indeed have them, get someone to gently touch around your anal area with Scotch tape while you are sleeping. The worms will stick to the tape and you'll be able to see them.
xandroid writes "Just a couple days after talking about free hardware, Bill Gates has sent an email to customers saying that Microsoft will continue to focus on security, titled 'A Microsoft Progress Report: Security' (MSNBC story, PC Magazine story, Google News' related stories). The email mentions that fast-spreading and destructive viruses and worms are 'threatening the potential of technology to advance business productivity, commerce and communication', but says that to counter the threats, Microsoft will make 'major investments in customer education and partnerships that will help make the computing environment safer and more secure'. He also talks about the XP Service Pack 2, and says that Microsoft is 'working with microprocessor companies, including Intel and AMD, to help Windows...support hardware-enforced data execute protection (also known as NX, or no execute)'." Reader Zephyr_in writes "Macworld reports that the beta-release of Longhorn is likely to be postponed to early 2005 because Microsoft is concentrating first on a security-focused update (SP2) to Windows XP. Earlier this week Gates said Longhorn is 'not a date-driven release.' and said the speculation that the operating system will come out in 2006 is 'probably valid.'"
about this type of thing. Reading the article, I came upon the point in question:
*Despite such technical hurdles, space-based arms are legal. The Outer Space Treaty of 1967 only bans nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction from orbit.*
so I guess rods hurled from the heavens aka Zeus are ok. One other part which still lingers in my head. Didn't lasers make it into the orginal ban as well?
about this type of thing. Reading the article, I came upon the point in question:
>>
so I guess rods hurled from the heavens aka Zeus are ok. One other part which still lingers in my head. Didn't lasers make it into the orginal ban as well?
To most home viewers, remote controls may seem like ancillary sidekicks to the main attraction that is the television, DVD player or digital video recorder. Yet in some ways the remote has become the centerpiece of home entertainment: so many functions have been relegated to this slip of an object that if it is lost, you may find yourself unable to do so much as call up a menu for watching the movie you popped into the DVD player.
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But if the remote control is a linchpin, it is also often an inscrutable one. A typical remote may have some 40 buttons, with functions that are hard to divine. Often the labels - "toggle," "planner" and the like - are no help. The device can feel like an afterthought, thrown together without any planning at all.
Increasingly, however, electronics companies are recognizing that building an easy-to-use remote control is an important and challenging task. To improve the remote, they are deploying teams of experienced industrial designers who focus on the product for months - and reaching out to consumers for advice.
In 1998, design engineers at TiVo, the Silicon Valley company that helped introduce the digital video recorder to the world, set out to produce a distinctive remote control. The result was a textbook blend of complexity and ease of use.
A month into the model-making, the peanut emerged. "The shape is comfortable in your hand," Mr. Newby said. "It's friendly and disarming. It's designed for simplicity, and it stands apart from the crowd of remotes on the coffee table."
The next challenge was to fend off an attack of buttonitis.
"Buttons proliferate on remotes like rabbits," Mr. Newby said, adding that he and his designers, who ranged in age from 25 to 45, had "bloody battles" over which ones to include. They managed to hold the number at 30, a considerable achievement given how many functions the TiVo receiver performs. Color, too, was a well-trampled subject. "Color is this very emotional thing," Mr. Newby said. Determined to come up with shades that the designers considered "warmer" than standard-issue black, they chose dark cherry as the base color, with light gray keys for contrast.
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To avoid a look that was too bright and toylike, he said, all of the colors ultimately got "dusted down a notch." The pause button, for example, is a subtle yellow-orange.
Then came the feel of the buttons, for which they chose a smooth, pliable rubber. Mr. Newby likened the feel of hitting the buttons to that of playing a piano. When a button is pushed, the user feels a slight snap, signaling that the key has traveled far enough to achieve electrical contact.
"These are the devilish details that often get overlooked," he said.
In the middle of the design process, Mr. Newby turned to non-engineers on the TiVo staff for feedback. This helped the designers refine the size and shape of the keys and the amount of space between them.
By September 1998, 11 weeks into the process, Mr. Newby and his team had completed the first few hand-built functional remotes. Then came a quick tooling cycle so TiVo could distribute the remotes to beta testers, consisting of technologically inexperienced friends and relatives of employees. The testers' feedback prompted the TiVo designers to reduce the time lapse between pressing a button and seeing the command executed on the screen.
The same group helped the designers fine-tune the dimensions of the remote to maximize the comfort level. Mr. Newby said the testers also advised the designers on where to put the battery compartment so that the device would balance nicely in the hand.
Other refinements followed, and by the time the first TiVo box was shipped to stores in March 1999, the remote was being produced in high volume.
The base color of the remote has since been changed to a dark gray to match TiVo's Series 2 receiver, with buttons of much lighter gray for contrast. And the number of buttons crept up to 34.
But the look and feel of the original TiVo remote as it emerged from the design team's sketchbooks and modeling labs ha
My local paper (Philadelphia Daily News) ran a comparison recently between the two - in terms of revenue, Disney grossed 50% more than Comcast, which is less than I would have thought. Comcast has cable companies in 41 states, and the Disney op does not have substantially more personnel than Comcast. Doesn;t mean a hill of beans when you start crunching numbers, but it showed me that Comcast has more muscle than I thought they did, and that the second round might be the one if they can cough up some more cash.
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now if it wasn't slow on my RedHat box - thats why Gawd made Opera I suppose...
As you say, NWN does have a very powerful toolset and increases its flexibility with each expansion (Gawd I hope they make more expansions, but Wizards might not let 'em) -
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1931 88613X/002-3859184-1971242?v=glance
is the world builder's guide and a good resource for starting out (like me)
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They ship it around the world so cheap labour can maul the packages?
Mauls are heavy! A nice five pound flail (spikes are optional) is much better on your rotater cuff. If you're a wimp like me, go with a Confusion spell, followed up with a Fireball or two.
Sorry - your last comment went whoosh on me (Which, for most items valued that high, is illegal anyway.). So in the US for example, if I walk into an Audi dealership with a briefcase full of cash and an eye on an A7, then it is illegal for me to plunk down $90k out of pocket? Are there specific limitations on how much companies can accept by cash, by law? TIA for the response.
Holy shit this is the most paranoid, tinfoil hat rants I have read in a long time. You sound like one of those wackos over at infoshop.org. Care to point to any article from a credible source where they tasered Granny four times and beat her on the back of the head? My suspicion is that you have been arrested by the "hog forces" on many legimite charges and now make crap up to further grind your axe because "the Man' is keeping you down.
Hi Y'all
I've been working on a farm for a few years now and have been seriously
considering doing the sheep for a while now. I would just like to ask a few
questions about technique etc. to the experts before getting down to it.
1. Vaginal vs. Anal sex on ewes: Which is better? How do you get the ewe to
stand still for anal?
2. What if I want to be on the receiving end for anal sex? How do you get
the ram to drill you? Do you just bend down or what?
3. Oral sex with sheep? Is it possible? (And I don't mean blowing off the
ram)
4. Do regular emissions of semen into the sheep impact on the quality of the
wool or meat?
5. I can get at the sheep after they have just been slaughtered. Is it worth
poking them in this state? Is there any way the health inspector will
notice?
Hi Y'all
I've been working on a farm for a few years now and have been seriously
considering doing the sheep for a while now. I would just like to ask a few
questions about technique etc. to the experts before getting down to it.
1. Vaginal vs. Anal sex on ewes: Which is better? How do you get the ewe to
stand still for anal?
2. What if I want to be on the receiving end for anal sex? How do you get
the ram to drill you? Do you just bend down or what?
3. Oral sex with sheep? Is it possible? (And I don't mean blowing off the
ram)
4. Do regular emissions of semen into the sheep impact on the quality of the
wool or meat?
5. I can get at the sheep after they have just been slaughtered. Is it worth
poking them in this state? Is there any way the health inspector will
notice?
Hi Y'all
I've been working on a farm for a few years now and have been seriously
considering doing the sheep for a while now. I would just like to ask a few
questions about technique etc. to the experts before getting down to it.
1. Vaginal vs. Anal sex on ewes: Which is better? How do you get the ewe to
stand still for anal?
2. What if I want to be on the receiving end for anal sex? How do you get
the ram to drill you? Do you just bend down or what?
3. Oral sex with sheep? Is it possible? (And I don't mean blowing off the
ram)
4. Do regular emissions of semen into the sheep impact on the quality of the
wool or meat?
5. I can get at the sheep after they have just been slaughtered. Is it worth
poking them in this state? Is there any way the health inspector will
notice?
This formatting is much better - enjoy my fine poop post!
Why do dogs (and other animals) eat poop?
Many animals eat poop on a regular basis. These include rabbits, rodents, gorillas, many insects such as dung beetles and flies, and yes, dogs. (Keep that in mind the next time a dog wants to lick you!) Herbivores such as rabbits and rodents eat their own poop because their diet of plants is hard to digest efficiently, and they have to make two passes at it to get everything out of the meal. This is equivalent to a cow chewing its cud, only cows are able to re-eat their food without having to poop it out first. Another reason why animals eat poop is that poop contains vitamins produced by their intestinal bacteria. The animal is unable to absorb the vitamins through the intestinal wall, but can get at them by eating the poop. Another reason that animals such as dogs and flies eat poop is that poop contains a certain amount of protein. Dogs are particularly fond of cat poop because cat poop is high in protein. I had a friend with a dog and a cat, and he never had to clean the kitty litter. The dog took care of it.
Are there people who eat poop?
Yes, we all have, at one point or another. One of the main ways that diseases and parasites spread is through the consumption of food and water contaminated with feces. This happens because people don't wash their hands carefully after pooping or changing a diaper or scratching their butt. It can also happen through careless disposal of diapers. Our microbiologist here on Guam says that one dirty diaper in Tumon Bay can send the bacteria count through the ceiling.
But of course, what you want to know is, are there people who eat poop on purpose? Again, the answer is yes. In rare instances, people with severe developmental and psychological disorders practice pica, the consumption of non-food items, including coprophagy, the ingestion of feces. The behavior may also be observed among very young toddlers. Coprophagy is also listed as an unusual sexual practice in the encyclopedia of that name. Some people who practice sexual coprophagy say that only a lover's poop is good to eat; all other poop (including their own) makes them gag.
I have personally known only one person who ate poop on purpose, and she only did it once, when she was about four years old. She says she was curious about what it tasted like. When asked what poop does taste like, she replies, "About like you'd expect."
By the way, for all of you who are wondering, the author of this page does NOT eat poop.
Can you get sick from eating poop?
(Question submitted by Wendell)
Yes, you can definitely get sick from eating poop, even in minute quantities! Although urine emerges sterile from the body (unless the person has an infection), poop emerges loaded with bacteria and sometimes other life forms. Many diseases, including food poisoning, cholera and typhus, are spread by fecal contamination. Many parasites, such as the notorious tapeworm, can be spread through deliberate or accidental ingestion of poop.
There are some parasites, such as pinworms, who depend on people eating their own poop to keep the population up. Pinworms are small nematodes that live in the colon. The females emerge from the anus at night to lay their eggs. Their activity makes the anal area itch. The person scratches the itch (often doing so in his sleep), procuring a small amount of fecal matter and eggs under his fingernails, and then puts his fingers in his mouth. Once the eggs are consumed, the person is infected with a new generation of pinworms.
I have read that almost everyone has pinworms. Luckily, pinworms don't do much harm. You only notice them if you have a lot of pinworms! If you want to find out if you do indeed have them, get someone to gently touch around your anal area with Scotch tape while you are sleeping. The worms will stick to the tape and you'll be able to see them.
"GNU/Linux vendors Debian, Mandrake, Red Hat, and SUSE have joined together to give a common statement about the eating poop entitled "Is eating poop better than Linux?". Why do dogs (and other animals) eat poop? Many animals eat poop on a regular basis. These include rabbits, rodents, gorillas, many insects such as dung beetles and flies, and yes, dogs. (Keep that in mind the next time a dog wants to lick you!) Herbivores such as rabbits and rodents eat their own poop because their diet of plants is hard to digest efficiently, and they have to make two passes at it to get everything out of the meal. This is equivalent to a cow chewing its cud, only cows are able to re-eat their food without having to poop it out first. Another reason why animals eat poop is that poop contains vitamins produced by their intestinal bacteria. The animal is unable to absorb the vitamins through the intestinal wall, but can get at them by eating the poop. Another reason that animals such as dogs and flies eat poop is that poop contains a certain amount of protein. Dogs are particularly fond of cat poop because cat poop is high in protein. I had a friend with a dog and a cat, and he never had to clean the kitty litter. The dog took care of it. Are there people who eat poop? Yes, we all have, at one point or another. One of the main ways that diseases and parasites spread is through the consumption of food and water contaminated with feces. This happens because people don't wash their hands carefully after pooping or changing a diaper or scratching their butt. It can also happen through careless disposal of diapers. Our microbiologist here on Guam says that one dirty diaper in Tumon Bay can send the bacteria count through the ceiling. But of course, what you want to know is, are there people who eat poop on purpose? Again, the answer is yes. In rare instances, people with severe developmental and psychological disorders practice pica, the consumption of non-food items, including coprophagy, the ingestion of feces. The behavior may also be observed among very young toddlers. Coprophagy is also listed as an unusual sexual practice in the encyclopedia of that name. Some people who practice sexual coprophagy say that only a lover's poop is good to eat; all other poop (including their own) makes them gag. I have personally known only one person who ate poop on purpose, and she only did it once, when she was about four years old. She says she was curious about what it tasted like. When asked what poop does taste like, she replies, "About like you'd expect." By the way, for all of you who are wondering, the author of this page does NOT eat poop. Can you get sick from eating poop? (Question submitted by Wendell) Yes, you can definitely get sick from eating poop, even in minute quantities! Although urine emerges sterile from the body (unless the person has an infection), poop emerges loaded with bacteria and sometimes other life forms. Many diseases, including food poisoning, cholera and typhus, are spread by fecal contamination. Many parasites, such as the notorious tapeworm, can be spread through deliberate or accidental ingestion of poop. There are some parasites, such as pinworms, who depend on people eating their own poop to keep the population up. Pinworms are small nematodes that live in the colon. The females emerge from the anus at night to lay their eggs. Their activity makes the anal area itch. The person scratches the itch (often doing so in his sleep), procuring a small amount of fecal matter and eggs under his fingernails, and then puts his fingers in his mouth. Once the eggs are consumed, the person is infected with a new generation of pinworms. I have read that almost everyone has pinworms. Luckily, pinworms don't do much harm. You only notice them if you have a lot of pinworms! If you want to find out if you do indeed have them, get someone to gently touch around your anal area with Scotch tape while you are sleeping. The worms will stick to the tape and you'll be able to see them.
I think you are wrong sir
xandroid writes "Just a couple days after talking about free hardware, Bill Gates has sent an email to customers saying that Microsoft will continue to focus on security, titled 'A Microsoft Progress Report: Security' (MSNBC story, PC Magazine story, Google News' related stories). The email mentions that fast-spreading and destructive viruses and worms are 'threatening the potential of technology to advance business productivity, commerce and communication', but says that to counter the threats, Microsoft will make 'major investments in customer education and partnerships that will help make the computing environment safer and more secure'. He also talks about the XP Service Pack 2, and says that Microsoft is 'working with microprocessor companies, including Intel and AMD, to help Windows...support hardware-enforced data execute protection (also known as NX, or no execute)'." Reader Zephyr_in writes "Macworld reports that the beta-release of Longhorn is likely to be postponed to early 2005 because Microsoft is concentrating first on a security-focused update (SP2) to Windows XP. Earlier this week Gates said Longhorn is 'not a date-driven release.' and said the speculation that the operating system will come out in 2006 is 'probably valid.'"
I got first post you motherfuckers!
pwned by a member of the ultra violet catastrophe
Grrr - must hit preview. My orginial post:
about this type of thing. Reading the article, I came upon the point in question: *Despite such technical hurdles, space-based arms are legal. The Outer Space Treaty of 1967 only bans nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction from orbit.* so I guess rods hurled from the heavens aka Zeus are ok. One other part which still lingers in my head. Didn't lasers make it into the orginal ban as well?
about this type of thing. Reading the article, I came upon the point in question: >> so I guess rods hurled from the heavens aka Zeus are ok. One other part which still lingers in my head. Didn't lasers make it into the orginal ban as well?
To most home viewers, remote controls may seem like ancillary sidekicks to the main attraction that is the television, DVD player or digital video recorder. Yet in some ways the remote has become the centerpiece of home entertainment: so many functions have been relegated to this slip of an object that if it is lost, you may find yourself unable to do so much as call up a menu for watching the movie you popped into the DVD player. Advertisement But if the remote control is a linchpin, it is also often an inscrutable one. A typical remote may have some 40 buttons, with functions that are hard to divine. Often the labels - "toggle," "planner" and the like - are no help. The device can feel like an afterthought, thrown together without any planning at all. Increasingly, however, electronics companies are recognizing that building an easy-to-use remote control is an important and challenging task. To improve the remote, they are deploying teams of experienced industrial designers who focus on the product for months - and reaching out to consumers for advice. In 1998, design engineers at TiVo, the Silicon Valley company that helped introduce the digital video recorder to the world, set out to produce a distinctive remote control. The result was a textbook blend of complexity and ease of use. A month into the model-making, the peanut emerged. "The shape is comfortable in your hand," Mr. Newby said. "It's friendly and disarming. It's designed for simplicity, and it stands apart from the crowd of remotes on the coffee table." The next challenge was to fend off an attack of buttonitis. "Buttons proliferate on remotes like rabbits," Mr. Newby said, adding that he and his designers, who ranged in age from 25 to 45, had "bloody battles" over which ones to include. They managed to hold the number at 30, a considerable achievement given how many functions the TiVo receiver performs. Color, too, was a well-trampled subject. "Color is this very emotional thing," Mr. Newby said. Determined to come up with shades that the designers considered "warmer" than standard-issue black, they chose dark cherry as the base color, with light gray keys for contrast. Advertisement To avoid a look that was too bright and toylike, he said, all of the colors ultimately got "dusted down a notch." The pause button, for example, is a subtle yellow-orange. Then came the feel of the buttons, for which they chose a smooth, pliable rubber. Mr. Newby likened the feel of hitting the buttons to that of playing a piano. When a button is pushed, the user feels a slight snap, signaling that the key has traveled far enough to achieve electrical contact. "These are the devilish details that often get overlooked," he said. In the middle of the design process, Mr. Newby turned to non-engineers on the TiVo staff for feedback. This helped the designers refine the size and shape of the keys and the amount of space between them. By September 1998, 11 weeks into the process, Mr. Newby and his team had completed the first few hand-built functional remotes. Then came a quick tooling cycle so TiVo could distribute the remotes to beta testers, consisting of technologically inexperienced friends and relatives of employees. The testers' feedback prompted the TiVo designers to reduce the time lapse between pressing a button and seeing the command executed on the screen. The same group helped the designers fine-tune the dimensions of the remote to maximize the comfort level. Mr. Newby said the testers also advised the designers on where to put the battery compartment so that the device would balance nicely in the hand. Other refinements followed, and by the time the first TiVo box was shipped to stores in March 1999, the remote was being produced in high volume. The base color of the remote has since been changed to a dark gray to match TiVo's Series 2 receiver, with buttons of much lighter gray for contrast. And the number of buttons crept up to 34. But the look and feel of the original TiVo remote as it emerged from the design team's sketchbooks and modeling labs ha
A good opportunity to remind folks that IBM's first product was a deli meat slicer. (no joke)
Anyone who doesn't have acess to Wawa misses it. I miss it. If you knew what Wawa was, and didn't have one near you you'd miss it too.
My local paper (Philadelphia Daily News) ran a comparison recently between the two - in terms of revenue, Disney grossed 50% more than Comcast, which is less than I would have thought. Comcast has cable companies in 41 states, and the Disney op does not have substantially more personnel than Comcast. Doesn;t mean a hill of beans when you start crunching numbers, but it showed me that Comcast has more muscle than I thought they did, and that the second round might be the one if they can cough up some more cash.
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031007 Firebird/0.7 now if it wasn't slow on my RedHat box - thats why Gawd made Opera I suppose...
45 seconds? Sounds liek someone yanked the power cord out of the boxen to do it that fast...
Are you referring to Loop or UT 03? All computers are not designed to run the latest and greatest games. That's why God made newegg.
Adam Miller, I believe - I always wondered if he got offered a job or not - sure deserves it. His mods are a lotta fun.
As you say, NWN does have a very powerful toolset and increases its flexibility with each expansion (Gawd I hope they make more expansions, but Wizards might not let 'em) - http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1931 88613X/002-3859184-1971242?v=glance
is the world builder's guide and a good resource for starting out (like me)
The Boy Scouts of America serve warrants? Who knew...
Got it and just finished with the install - everything you'd expect and more!