Sheep bladders? SHEEP BLADDERS! Everybody knows that the true augerer uses the entrails of a pig to predict the future!
Using sheep bladders to predict earthquakes... why I never heard so much nonsense before in my life! Just goes to show how this generation doesn't know anything...
"Yes Captain... back in the late 20th century spanning to the early 21st century, a web news site called Slashdot...."
"Get to the point Data..."
"Yes Captain... if we overload the Borg's systems with excessively massive activity... it might, in theory, cause their servers to melt into charred silicon...as the venacular went."
He wasn't really deaf, just damn near deaf, nor was he mute as he spoke as any person with similar hearing problems would. Good movie it was. Now, having seen the glove on TechTV, I could only imagine strapping TWO of those things on. I'd feel like a cyborg. Add some facial sensors to incorporate expressions into the system.... almost sounds like borg garments... o.O
Now where did that come from... -_- I need some sleep. Yes.
What is this Ebola virus everyone keeps talking about? Is it dangerous? What files do I need to download to add to my anti-virus scanner? I don't want to get my system infect with Ebola if I can help it.
I can think of a reason for that to happen... well several, but peace and tranquility in the software and music industry might arise if all three of those kill each other. Then, there is the utter entertainment of watching it transpire.;)
...Pu-36, as in the isotope of plutonium with 36 neutrons, if I rememeber my isotope notation correctly. Then again, I initially thought it meant the number of PROTONS and looked up the atomic number 36 as being Krypton... How ironic, something of Krypton blowing up Earth. But then I remembered isotopes differing in NEUTRONS.;)
Remember all the balloonists trying to circle the globe? And all the failed attempts? Don't remember if anyone MADE it though. Figured this robot could do what we mere mortals haven't been able to do yet.;)
And to explain the reasoning for a joke kills the joke...:-P
Well, if all of Europe doesn't want our SPiced hAM products, that just means there's more for us...
Wait, I don't like SPAM, too salty.
Oh, you mean THAT kind of spam. Well then, I'm all for it, though I just use my @yahoo.com account for my spam collector and periodically empty it out, like every six months maybe.;) Then again, I hardly get any LEGITIMATE email to speak of...*frowns* which is pretty sad... *walks off grumbling*
Slightly off topic, regarding the parent's link...
Able to scan the whole sky every six months, the Nasa satellite is producing maps of the CMB with unprecedented accuracy.
I'm no physicist, astronomer or the like, but how can they POSSIBLY know if they are even close to being accurate? Accuracy requires one to be as close to the current answer as possible within a reasonable amount of error, but how can they possibly know what that answer is? There's no way to gauge it. (Or is there and I'm just being ignorant/dense/both?)
Just something that leapt out as I read it.
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And back to the topic:
In our time frame, the sun is as renewable as it gets. The chances of this race ever seeing the death of Sol (that is the name of it correct?) is astronomically oh-so-close slim to none. But then, I'm a cynic in that regard. Don't get me wrong, it would be a truly amazing event to witness (though I, myself, will most definitely not see it.. or did you know that already?). However, for that to happen, we need to get passed the threat of annihilating ourselves at the drop of a WMD... I mean hat, and move on technologically. Even then, that would take a major, no astronomical, leap in advancement to be capable of either time travel or living long enough to see the death of our Sun... which is in approximately how many billions of years?
So no need to fear, the sun is MORE than likely to supply us with "unlimited" and "renewable" energy as long as we don't blast ourselves to kingdom-come beforehand. All we have to do is fully harness it.
Mount the lawn mower blades in the design of a next generation of Segway, the "Lawn Care" Segway, that spins those blades at a speed comparable to whirly gigs. Just have to be careful where you go with it and don't forget the stepping off... *SLICE* *THUD* *LAWSUIT*
America Online is launching another feature tomorrow. This one's aimed at users of TiVo, the digital video recorder for television. AOL members with TiVo boxes will be able to program them via AOL by typing in the keyword "TV Listings," clicking on the show they want to record and clicking "record to my TiVo DVR." The free AOL service requires a Series 2 TiVo recording device.
Now I can record all those AOL commercials when I'm not watching TV so I can view them later! Oooooooh GOODIE!
Wait...
I would help if I had TiVo...
annnnnd watched TV a whole lot...
oh and I guess not having AOL puts a damper on that idea too. Dratz! KNEW it was too good to be true!
"Today class, we will be discussing the Great Unixing and the Enlinuxment prompting the Great Schism within and subsequent dissolving of the Microsoft Corporate Church..."
...but, that's just a pipe dream at the here and now.
Hasn't there already been MORE than ten years of video game exposure on children? Why waste another ten years and money, just observe the end results of the passed ten plus years.;)
Slashdot Mirror
Well, I for one WELCOME our new Bristlecone overlords!
There... I said it. Couldn't just LEAF it alone.. could you? Satisfied?
PAYS to be a socially-inept hole dweller sometimes... only one email today, and that was already known to be coming anyways. ;)
Sheep bladders? SHEEP BLADDERS! Everybody knows that the true augerer uses the entrails of a pig to predict the future!
Using sheep bladders to predict earthquakes... why I never heard so much nonsense before in my life! Just goes to show how this generation doesn't know anything...
"Slashdot effect?"
"Yes Captain... back in the late 20th century spanning to the early 21st century, a web news site called Slashdot...."
"Get to the point Data..."
"Yes Captain... if we overload the Borg's systems with excessively massive activity... it might, in theory, cause their servers to melt into charred silicon...as the venacular went."
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuu... SION! ...HAAAAAAAA!!!
Only... BEFORE birth.
He wasn't really deaf, just damn near deaf, nor was he mute as he spoke as any person with similar hearing problems would. Good movie it was. Now, having seen the glove on TechTV, I could only imagine strapping TWO of those things on. I'd feel like a cyborg. Add some facial sensors to incorporate expressions into the system.... almost sounds like borg garments... o.O
Now where did that come from... -_- I need some sleep. Yes.
What is this Ebola virus everyone keeps talking about? Is it dangerous? What files do I need to download to add to my anti-virus scanner? I don't want to get my system infect with Ebola if I can help it.
I can think of a reason for that to happen... well several, but peace and tranquility in the software and music industry might arise if all three of those kill each other. Then, there is the utter entertainment of watching it transpire. ;)
I think you mean...
...Pu-36, as in the isotope of plutonium with 36 neutrons, if I rememeber my isotope notation correctly. Then again, I initially thought it meant the number of PROTONS and looked up the atomic number 36 as being Krypton... How ironic, something of Krypton blowing up Earth. But then I remembered isotopes differing in NEUTRONS. ;)
"At last, after 2000 years of work, the Illudium Pu-36 Explosive Space Modulator"
Afraid of robots? Nonsense! Why, I myself have dozens and dozens of...
DIE ROBOT SCUM!!! *arms himself with an arsenal of weaponry from kitchen knives to a staple gun and proceeds to fire upon the mini-Hindenberg*
Remember all the balloonists trying to circle the globe? And all the failed attempts? Don't remember if anyone MADE it though. Figured this robot could do what we mere mortals haven't been able to do yet. ;)
:-P
And to explain the reasoning for a joke kills the joke...
Will this thing try to circle the globe too?
Well, if all of Europe doesn't want our SPiced hAM products, that just means there's more for us...
;) Then again, I hardly get any LEGITIMATE email to speak of...*frowns* which is pretty sad... *walks off grumbling*
Wait, I don't like SPAM, too salty.
Oh, you mean THAT kind of spam. Well then, I'm all for it, though I just use my @yahoo.com account for my spam collector and periodically empty it out, like every six months maybe.
Can just imagine if the interference was a problem...
All those DJs going "Can you hear me now?" every five seconds.
Slightly off topic, regarding the parent's link...
Able to scan the whole sky every six months, the Nasa satellite is producing maps of the CMB with unprecedented accuracy.
I'm no physicist, astronomer or the like, but how can they POSSIBLY know if they are even close to being accurate? Accuracy requires one to be as close to the current answer as possible within a reasonable amount of error, but how can they possibly know what that answer is? There's no way to gauge it. (Or is there and I'm just being ignorant/dense/both?)
Just something that leapt out as I read it.
--------
And back to the topic:
In our time frame, the sun is as renewable as it gets. The chances of this race ever seeing the death of Sol (that is the name of it correct?) is astronomically oh-so-close slim to none. But then, I'm a cynic in that regard. Don't get me wrong, it would be a truly amazing event to witness (though I, myself, will most definitely not see it.. or did you know that already?). However, for that to happen, we need to get passed the threat of annihilating ourselves at the drop of a WMD... I mean hat, and move on technologically. Even then, that would take a major, no astronomical, leap in advancement to be capable of either time travel or living long enough to see the death of our Sun... which is in approximately how many billions of years?
So no need to fear, the sun is MORE than likely to supply us with "unlimited" and "renewable" energy as long as we don't blast ourselves to kingdom-come beforehand. All we have to do is fully harness it.
That...
...err, on second thought, forget that idea.
or
Mount the lawn mower blades in the design of a next generation of Segway, the "Lawn Care" Segway, that spins those blades at a speed comparable to whirly gigs. Just have to be careful where you go with it and don't forget the stepping off... *SLICE* *THUD* *LAWSUIT*
From the article:
America Online is launching another feature tomorrow. This one's aimed at users of TiVo, the digital video recorder for television. AOL members with TiVo boxes will be able to program them via AOL by typing in the keyword "TV Listings," clicking on the show they want to record and clicking "record to my TiVo DVR." The free AOL service requires a Series 2 TiVo recording device.
Now I can record all those AOL commercials when I'm not watching TV so I can view them later! Oooooooh GOODIE!
Wait...
I would help if I had TiVo...
annnnnd watched TV a whole lot...
oh and I guess not having AOL puts a damper on that idea too. Dratz! KNEW it was too good to be true!
"I'm working late tonight, don't wait up..."
..err, I meant to say, cool!
"Oh really? Then how come your cell phone is in Joe's Tavern with your secretary's pager bobbing over your coordinates?"
"...*dialtone*..."
Can just see the history books...
...but, that's just a pipe dream at the here and now.
"Today class, we will be discussing the Great Unixing and the Enlinuxment prompting the Great Schism within and subsequent dissolving of the Microsoft Corporate Church..."
Now when hundreds of thousands bundles of unmarked cash in nice vacuum-packed plastic wrap start washing on shore... lemme know, k?
Or the terminator... You forgot about Skynet!
"I've lost the sweeps. I've lost the bleeps. And I've lost the creeps."
... errr, yeah. Jamming satellites, that's the topic. Sorry, still waking up.
"...That's not the only thing he's lost."
"Look, sir! It appears that we're being jammed."
"Raspberry... There's only one man who would DARE give me the raspberry..."
I saw Messenger 3.0 too... It was great!
wait... I must be refering to a different movie.
(You forgot the (tm) by the name.)
Hasn't there already been MORE than ten years of video game exposure on children? Why waste another ten years and money, just observe the end results of the passed ten plus years. ;)