While Clay (Hard) didn't come up with "Fap", he is responsible for its popularity.
As for being offended or amused, Sexy Losers is hands down the greatest web comic evar! Clay is a comic genius. The only comic that comes close to being as great is Ghastly's Ghastly Comic.
Saddly, Sexy Losers is "completed" and Ghastly's Ghastly Comic on hiatus.
Rotax may have at some point or another in their 80+ year history built a rotary engine (none come to mind, but I could be wrong), they however do not build any currently.
As an owner of two Aprilia (a 2001 RSV Mille and a 1999 RS250), I can tell you the Rotax built V990 (998cc 60deg V-Twin) in my RSV is not a Rotary engine. RS250 doesn't matter as it uses a Suzuki VJ22 (250cc 90deg two-stroke V-Twin) engine.
Try 6 years old. Read comments 31 and 32 on engadget to see that it was originally posted in 2000 and that it was even incorporated as fact into a UK schools physics revision site.
an RFID tag would require a conductor. go see for yourself, scrape layer by layer through the whole area by those eyes and you'll find nothing but paper.
I do however feel that this story needs to be taken with a grain of salt... atleast for now. The authors do seem a bit paranoid, and even bring up the classic wrap it aluminum foil. However I wouldn't put it past our big business controled government to put RFID tags in our money so that whenever Joe Sixpacks walks into his local WalMark they know exactly how much cash he has on him.
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200 miles is a pansy ride, anyhow. What, three hours each way? And taking roads like the Cherehola Skyway and the BRP to get there, you won't even notice the time fly by.
Seems I can't even remember where the hell deals gap/the tail of the dragon is. As it turns out it is only about 100 miles west of me. Yes I am an idiot, not only can I not remember where the hell things are in the state I live in, but I havn't even taken my bike to the tail of the dragon. As I said I am lazy, but I plan to make it out there this summer. I am trying to get a friend in Charlotte to come up, I am sure he would like it. He rides a 1995 Ninja 500. Not a great bike by any means, but it is his first bike. Atleast he didn't do like the typical squid and buy something like a gsxr1000 for his first bike.
Dress for the weather. I was out last night for an hour, and still commute almost daily.
I can't stand cold weather. We have been getting snow here recently, so I haven't even been able to go out for a short joy ride. When the roads arn't covered in snow and ice there is an excessive amount of salt/sand on the road. I don't like taking my bike out in that shit.
Oh, and I live in Canada. I'll bet it's colder here than TN/NC! Remember, though, if it's really cold that you need to pay attention to your suspension (fork oil with be thick for the first part of the ride, affecting compression/rebound damping), and your tires will probably not get fully up to temperature.
You're a canuck, you're used to balls shrinking weather.
Speaking of tires, I finally got my free 120/70 Diablo friday. Right now I have 120/70 and 180/55 Diablo Corsa's mounted. I was just going to pick up a 180/55 Diablo so I could get the free 120/70, but I got a good deal on buying a 180/55 and 120/70 Diablo. $250 including install, picked them up locally so I didn't pay shipping, and seeing as I know the guy real well I didn't pay tax. So now I have two diablo and one diablo corsa in 120/70, and one of each in 180/55.
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I agree. Anyone who says that the roads in the us have no corners has never seen the Blue Ridge Parkway, Tail of the Dragon, or the canyon roads in the west. I myself live 5 miles from the Blue Ridge Parkway and love to take my blue 2001 Aprilia RSV Mille (picture) out on it. Saddly it is winter and damn cold here so I haven't had a chance to in months.
I would love to ride the Tail of the Dragon, but it is about 200 miles east of me. I know that is no excuse as people much further away make it out there, but I am lazy. I plan on trying to make it out there this summer.
What about some kind of regulation (whether through the government or the telco) as to what kind of e-mail client would reside on the clients computer?
That would be a stupid idea. First there is the problem of people who use different os.. so this would mean if I chose to use an os thats not supported by the client I am screwed and can't send/receive emails? Then comes the problem of how trustworthy the government/telcos are. Remember carnivore? Wouldn't the government just love it if they could just make all email clents automatically send them email. Then what about encryption? Would options like PGP not be able to work? Maybe they would let PGP work however it would send the government the email pre-encrypted.. or better yet the government will give you the option of encryption in the client.. however an encryption with a known backdoor so the government can read it.
I'm sorry.. I just don't like the idea of a government/telco regulated/issued email client.
What about e-mails originating from overseas? Those wouldn't be taxed and therefore wouldn't really put much of a damper on spam coming from across the ocean.
Well then how would a government/telco regulated/issued client fix this problem? What gives the right to a government/telco to tell other countries what email client they must use? What if these countries don't comply? Does this mean all email from the countries would be blocked? That would really be pain in the ass for people who conduct international business.
The internet is a place of freedom... freedom to use whatever os/browser/email client/other I wish... lets keep it that way.
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Yes, it is sexylosers.com (formerly "The Thin H Line").
While Clay (Hard) didn't come up with "Fap", he is responsible for its popularity.
As for being offended or amused, Sexy Losers is hands down the greatest web comic evar! Clay is a comic genius. The only comic that comes close to being as great is Ghastly's Ghastly Comic.
Saddly, Sexy Losers is "completed" and Ghastly's Ghastly Comic on hiatus.
Before I go about rooting your box, I'd like to know more about you. Let me finger you first.
Spooky: the wikipedia article no longer exists. Or was your comment a joke?
n ce_Office.
He made a typo. Remove the last slash from the url, or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Reconnaissa
Rotax may have at some point or another in their 80+ year history built a rotary engine (none come to mind, but I could be wrong), they however do not build any currently.
As an owner of two Aprilia (a 2001 RSV Mille and a 1999 RS250), I can tell you the Rotax built V990 (998cc 60deg V-Twin) in my RSV is not a Rotary engine. RS250 doesn't matter as it uses a Suzuki VJ22 (250cc 90deg two-stroke V-Twin) engine.
That said there are motorcycle that were built using rotary engines.
Expanding further on the parents post, here are some animated examples to help his description.
Radial
stationary cylinders, rotating crank
stationary crank, rotating cylinders
Wankel
Wankel
Wankel
Try 6 years old. Read comments 31 and 32 on engadget to see that it was originally posted in 2000 and that it was even incorporated as fact into a UK schools physics revision site.
an RFID tag would require a conductor. go see for yourself, scrape layer by layer through the whole area by those eyes and you'll find nothing but paper.
Cheap, Paper RF ID Tags To Replace Barcodes?
I do however feel that this story needs to be taken with a grain of salt... atleast for now. The authors do seem a bit paranoid, and even bring up the classic wrap it aluminum foil. However I wouldn't put it past our big business controled government to put RFID tags in our money so that whenever Joe Sixpacks walks into his local WalMark they know exactly how much cash he has on him.
200 miles is a pansy ride, anyhow. What, three hours each way? And taking roads like the Cherehola Skyway and the BRP to get there, you won't even notice the time fly by.
Seems I can't even remember where the hell deals gap/the tail of the dragon is. As it turns out it is only about 100 miles west of me. Yes I am an idiot, not only can I not remember where the hell things are in the state I live in, but I havn't even taken my bike to the tail of the dragon. As I said I am lazy, but I plan to make it out there this summer. I am trying to get a friend in Charlotte to come up, I am sure he would like it. He rides a 1995 Ninja 500. Not a great bike by any means, but it is his first bike. Atleast he didn't do like the typical squid and buy something like a gsxr1000 for his first bike.
Dress for the weather. I was out last night for an hour, and still commute almost daily.
I can't stand cold weather. We have been getting snow here recently, so I haven't even been able to go out for a short joy ride. When the roads arn't covered in snow and ice there is an excessive amount of salt/sand on the road. I don't like taking my bike out in that shit.
Oh, and I live in Canada. I'll bet it's colder here than TN/NC! Remember, though, if it's really cold that you need to pay attention to your suspension (fork oil with be thick for the first part of the ride, affecting compression/rebound damping), and your tires will probably not get fully up to temperature.
You're a canuck, you're used to balls shrinking weather.
Speaking of tires, I finally got my free 120/70 Diablo friday. Right now I have 120/70 and 180/55 Diablo Corsa's mounted. I was just going to pick up a 180/55 Diablo so I could get the free 120/70, but I got a good deal on buying a 180/55 and 120/70 Diablo. $250 including install, picked them up locally so I didn't pay shipping, and seeing as I know the guy real well I didn't pay tax. So now I have two diablo and one diablo corsa in 120/70, and one of each in 180/55.
I agree. Anyone who says that the roads in the us have no corners has never seen the Blue Ridge Parkway, Tail of the Dragon, or the canyon roads in the west. I myself live 5 miles from the Blue Ridge Parkway and love to take my blue 2001 Aprilia RSV Mille (picture) out on it. Saddly it is winter and damn cold here so I haven't had a chance to in months.
I would love to ride the Tail of the Dragon, but it is about 200 miles east of me. I know that is no excuse as people much further away make it out there, but I am lazy. I plan on trying to make it out there this summer.
I pay charter for 256/128 and they're giving me 2048/128 also. Before they bumped me up I was still averaging about 1.5Mbit down.
Charter hasn't bitched to me about bandwidth use... yet. I downloaded a few gigs of stuff just last night.
JPHS for Linux and Windows.
I have a Tyan Tomcat III with dual p166MMX's (at 200MHz) that I use as a (slow) linux box for testing.
I use an old gateway 2000 machine which has a 166MHz Pentium (also at 200MHz) as my router/firewall/etc...
I run the x86 port of contiki on my 1000rl. I am waiting for the Apple II port of contiki for my Apple IIe.
PhoenixNet. Just all the more reason to stay away from Phoenix BIOS.
Don't forget about the FuckU-FuckMe device.
It seems that way. as I said in an earlyer post that got modded down by some stupid kid with mod points who didn't even check out the XFce site..
... and everything goes faster !
unless its being slashdotted.
unless its being slashdotted.
the remaining ten or so I spent in shock with my jaw scraping the floor.
Thats part of Verisigns new "Shock and Jaw" Campaign.
How To Fly Without ID. I wonder if this will still work... and if so for how much longer.
What about some kind of regulation (whether through the government or the telco) as to what kind of e-mail client would reside on the clients computer?
That would be a stupid idea. First there is the problem of people who use different os.. so this would mean if I chose to use an os thats not supported by the client I am screwed and can't send/receive emails? Then comes the problem of how trustworthy the government/telcos are. Remember carnivore? Wouldn't the government just love it if they could just make all email clents automatically send them email. Then what about encryption? Would options like PGP not be able to work? Maybe they would let PGP work however it would send the government the email pre-encrypted.. or better yet the government will give you the option of encryption in the client.. however an encryption with a known backdoor so the government can read it.
I'm sorry.. I just don't like the idea of a government/telco regulated/issued email client.
What about e-mails originating from overseas? Those wouldn't be taxed and therefore wouldn't really put much of a damper on spam coming from across the ocean.
Well then how would a government/telco regulated/issued client fix this problem? What gives the right to a government/telco to tell other countries what email client they must use? What if these countries don't comply? Does this mean all email from the countries would be blocked? That would really be pain in the ass for people who conduct international business.
The internet is a place of freedom... freedom to use whatever os/browser/email client/other I wish... lets keep it that way.