with the collective thinking power of slashdot, I'm sure we could achieve something equivalent, or better.
imagine a large, spherical grey satellite...
any post made by the trolls against this satellite would be a useless gesture, no matter what technical data they have obtained. This satellite would be the ultimate power in LEO!
trolls: That's no communications satellite. It's a slashdotting station!
yea I used to live on a street where such people would drive up and down with the bass cranked up so high, it would make all the parked cars alarms go off, leaving a chorus of high pitch noise in their wake.
What is fart gas made of?
The composition of fart gas is highly variable.
Most of the air we swallow, especially the oxygen component, is absorbed by the body before the gas gets into the intestines. By the time the air reaches the large intestine, most of what is left is nitrogen. Chemical reactions between stomach acid and intestinal fluids may produce carbon dioxide, which is also a component of air and a product of bacterial action. Bacteria also produce hydrogen and methane.
But the relative proportions of these gases that emerge from our anal opening depend on several factors: what we ate, how much air we swallowed, what kinds of bacteria we have in our intestines, and how long we hold in the fart.
The longer a fart is held in, the larger the proportion of inert nitrogen it contains, because the other gases tend to be absorbed into the bloodstream through the walls of the intestine.
A nervous person who swallows a lot of air and who moves stuff through his digestive system rapidly may have a lot of oxygen in his farts, because his body didn't have time to absorb the oxygen.
According to Dr. James L. A. Roth, the author of Gastrointestinal Gas (Ch. 17 in Gastroenterology, v. 4, 1976) most people (2/3 of adults) pass farts that contain no methane. If both parents are methane producers, their children have a 95% chance of being producers as well. The reason for this is apparently unknown. Some researchers suspect a genetic influence, whereas others think the ability is due to environmental factors. However, all methane in any farts comes from bacterial action and not from human cells.
yesterday I saw a blurb at fleshbot.com (nsfw so I'm not html'ing it) about Fleshbot releasing Ed Wood's Necromania in DVD, with other 'lost' Ed Wood smut films to follow soon.
What makes my comment slightly less offtopic is that Ed Wood shot TWO versions of that movie, one which had less pr0n action, and another version that was more hot, aptly named the hot version.
Apparently he had to use two cameramen, since his main guy refused to shoot hardcore (in the parlance of the time) scenes.
I also like DV tape... I think that the best solution would be a camera with a hard drive capacity of at least 6 hours of raw video, that is about 80gb, with functions that enable you to erase stuff you wont keep.
This should be enough for a one week vacation without having to transfer to other media, although it would be double plus good if such a camera also had a mini DVD burner on top, so you could do a rough edit (cut/paste) and burn it.
I have a TV out on my made-from-parts computer... if I want to watch whatever media I have on my hard-drive on television, all I have to do is take my remote mouse and keyboard over to the recliner, Alt-F5 and transfer my display from the monitor to the TV, and take it from there.
if they force me to watch ads or interact with product placements in a game, I'll make a point not to buy those products or give my business to a competing product.
I filled out a customer feedback form for a major car manufacturer, and gave my Gmail address as a reply destination.
While clicking the submit button, I noticed that I forgot to put the "." between my first and last name, my address being Firstname.Lastname@gmail.com.
I thought oh well, they're probably not going to reply to me anyway.
The next day I was surprised to see a reply by them in my Gmail inbox!
Makes me wonder how many typos Gmail can tolerate and still forward you the email...
Spy in the sky satellites listen in to what we say and look at what we do. Then solid state disk keeps the real time analysis of these calls and images operating at full speed. The world's fastest storage system is used in the world's most sophisticated spying operation.
Slashdot Mirror
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Find out what it means to me
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Take care, TCP
Oh socket to me, socket to me,
socket to me, socket to me...
Fellow Canucks, let's make it a reality.
I think the point is not to save money, but to play it ASAP.
My PS2 isnt chipped either, so it will be less trouble for me to wait and buy the game in 5 days.
It's not going to make a huge dent in my budget.
this could signal an incoming wave of repressive measures against pirated software websites...
although I don't know how that would deal with Usenet-based piracy...
to simulate a virtual continent for use in urban battlefield situations
That's one big fucking city.
where the streets have no name?
[/sorry]
for a Type R iPod in green/purple chameleon paint, and a "spinner rim" scroll wheel.
with the collective thinking power of slashdot, I'm sure we could achieve something equivalent, or better.
imagine a large, spherical grey satellite...
any post made by the trolls against this satellite would be a useless gesture, no matter what technical data they have obtained. This satellite would be the ultimate power in LEO!
trolls: That's no communications satellite. It's a slashdotting station!
ThinkGeek's remote watch
I don't work for them, but I figured I'd add that info since no one mentionned it specifically yet.
I suppose the downside of it is that you have to carry the sheet of manufacturers codes with you...
(psst Slashdot editors with infinite mod points, this is free advertising!)
yea I used to live on a street where such people would drive up and down with the bass cranked up so high, it would make all the parked cars alarms go off, leaving a chorus of high pitch noise in their wake.
someone please massmarket HERF guns.
And without software to do something useful with all that hardware, the hardware's nothing more than a really complicated space heater.
:P
I guess he doesn't play any computer games on his space heater...
I hope there are going to be bonus points/cash/statistics attached to parachuting...
And not just from aircraft... BASE JUMPING YEA!
I thought the standard for technology predictions was five (5) years.
Remember, even the worst farts aren't 100% methane
The sun is a mass of incandescent gas... ^H^H oops sorry... wrong comment.
Here's the lowdown on fart gas content, for those interested in such things:
(source: Facts on Farts)
What is fart gas made of?
The composition of fart gas is highly variable.
Most of the air we swallow, especially the oxygen component, is absorbed by the body before the gas gets into the intestines. By the time the air reaches the large intestine, most of what is left is nitrogen. Chemical reactions between stomach acid and intestinal fluids may produce carbon dioxide, which is also a component of air and a product of bacterial action. Bacteria also produce hydrogen and methane.
But the relative proportions of these gases that emerge from our anal opening depend on several factors: what we ate, how much air we swallowed, what kinds of bacteria we have in our intestines, and how long we hold in the fart.
The longer a fart is held in, the larger the proportion of inert nitrogen it contains, because the other gases tend to be absorbed into the bloodstream through the walls of the intestine.
A nervous person who swallows a lot of air and who moves stuff through his digestive system rapidly may have a lot of oxygen in his farts, because his body didn't have time to absorb the oxygen.
According to Dr. James L. A. Roth, the author of Gastrointestinal Gas (Ch. 17 in Gastroenterology, v. 4, 1976) most people (2/3 of adults) pass farts that contain no methane. If both parents are methane producers, their children have a 95% chance of being producers as well. The reason for this is apparently unknown. Some researchers suspect a genetic influence, whereas others think the ability is due to environmental factors. However, all methane in any farts comes from bacterial action and not from human cells.
How about remastered Ed Wood movies with new THX
yesterday I saw a blurb at fleshbot.com (nsfw so I'm not html'ing it) about Fleshbot releasing Ed Wood's Necromania in DVD, with other 'lost' Ed Wood smut films to follow soon.
What makes my comment slightly less offtopic is that Ed Wood shot TWO versions of that movie, one which had less pr0n action, and another version that was more hot, aptly named the hot version.
Apparently he had to use two cameramen, since his main guy refused to shoot hardcore (in the parlance of the time) scenes.
I also like DV tape... I think that the best solution would be a camera with a hard drive capacity of at least 6 hours of raw video, that is about 80gb, with functions that enable you to erase stuff you wont keep.
This should be enough for a one week vacation without having to transfer to other media, although it would be double plus good if such a camera also had a mini DVD burner on top, so you could do a rough edit (cut/paste) and burn it.
I have a TV out on my made-from-parts computer... if I want to watch whatever media I have on my hard-drive on television, all I have to do is take my remote mouse and keyboard over to the recliner, Alt-F5 and transfer my display from the monitor to the TV, and take it from there.
Why would I need an xbox?
if they force me to watch ads or interact with product placements in a game, I'll make a point not to buy those products or give my business to a competing product.
well, Gran Turismo games excepted.
I'll be in Asia at that time... grrr
;)
Ah well, maybe I can just buy the Chinese Edition for a few dollars, just for the HL2 box in Chinese writing...
probably not... but if someone used that gmail address, it wasnt me...
I discovered something interesting about Gmail.
I filled out a customer feedback form for a major car manufacturer, and gave my Gmail address as a reply destination.
While clicking the submit button, I noticed that I forgot to put the "." between my first and last name, my address being Firstname.Lastname@gmail.com.
I thought oh well, they're probably not going to reply to me anyway.
The next day I was surprised to see a reply by them in my Gmail inbox!
Makes me wonder how many typos Gmail can tolerate and still forward you the email...
this Friday he got Farked, and today he's getting Slashdotted...
this guy must love the Internets now!
Doesnt the government have to buy from the lowest bidder?
Spy in the sky satellites listen in to what we say and look at what we do. Then solid state disk keeps the real time analysis of these calls and images operating at full speed. The world's fastest storage system is used in the world's most sophisticated spying operation.
Here's to hoping it never becomes sentient.
The article doesnt say it's a design error.
They installed the switch backwards.