Here's an alternate suggestion: Feed the animal a large meal, then wait for it to get sleepy. Cooling its environment would slow it down more. Then just stretch it out, at least mostly, and snap a picture before it moves much.
yeah, i know this is a troll... but it's true. OOffice takes forever to boot in KDE. Of course, it doesn't help that my box decided to try to use OO Math to open all the text documents. (tried changing file associations. slack can be a pain at times.)
If anyone's interested, the mortality rates (according to the book The Hot Zone, which I believe is a pretty decent source), vary from 25% to 90% of those who exhibit symptoms. These variations are among the different strains of Ebola and Marburg (a closely related filovirus which other posters will tell you about).
The FA is/.ed, but I wanted to say thanks for the link to the plugin.
While I'm permanently addicted to Opera myself (and 7.2 is the best I've yet seen!), I can't use it in the computer labs at my college. Curiously, the lab computers don't block installs. Therefore, the plugin is now zipped in one of my personal files, ready to be installed on any computer I sit down at. (I'm don't have the guts to install Opera on every computer. If I knew how run it directly from my drive without installing it in the registry, I would. Anyone know how to do that with XP Pro?)
sigh... I hear you, wish I could help. Perhaps the best Christmas gift for those with jobs to give right now is to help out people who are having a tough time financially.
I do notice that there's a "Tech Jobs" link in the lower left hand corner of Slashdot. You've probably checked it, but I thought I'd point it out.
Finally, I just wanted to suggest a link of my own for people to look at if they want to help out others. Shelter for Life is doing a lot of work in Afghanistan to help people rebuild. They're beginning in Iraq again, now that Saddam isn't keeping them out anymore.
Don't criticize the post if you don't understand the reference. (for those of you who don't know what that was all about, it's a song from a CGI video series called VeggieTales.) Given the Christian nature of both VeggieTales and Heifer International, I would expect that no offense would be taken.
I'll agree with your first and third posts... There are only so many upgrades we can afford to do.
But as far as form factor goes, this could be useful. If they can get >1 GB onto something that size (alright, I'm assuming a typo and that they ment to say a square centimeter), you could get several GB into a drive about an inch in diameter. Give the thing some thickness, say 3/16 of an inch, and you could have several of these memory devices built into the stick, which I agree has a nice form factor. Sounds like a next-generation thumb drive to me, which I'll welcome.
No, let me clarify. Pb was at one time used in pencils. These days, they use graphite. I wasn't sure when the switch was made (now I know that it was before the space programs), but there was a time in history when people wrote with the metal. Hence, the term "pencil lead" which we still use today to describe the graphite.
Maybe they think that if you can afford to buy a plasma TV at this point, you can afford to replace it often, depending on how much you use it as a picture frame.
The AC is probably right, though I wouldn't know for sure, since I wouldn't be getting pop-ups even if/. had/has them. Either way, if you don't have it, I would recommend getting Ad-Aware or Spybot (haven't used it personally, I hear it's better but there's more danger of messing up your system if you're not sure what you're doing). Then go download Opera or Mozilla and quit dealng with the pop-ups!
Now according to the Snopes article, the main problem was tips breaking off pencils and floating around. Graphite dust would not have been a problem, because I believe they were using lead pencils.
(Granted, it would be an issue today if pencils are used in space, but in those days, it wasn't.)
...it certainly appears that this whole pop-under advertising thing wasn't effective enough for X10. Maybe, with luck, other advertisers will realise this, apply it to all forms of pop-ups, and make the web friendlier and less annoying for everyone.
(No, I don't suffer from pop-ups myself... at home. When I go online on someone else's computer, though, I'm still trapped in that universe. So no replies saying I should use Mozilla or Opera (which I use) or the google toolbar, etc.)
Really... When I read Slashdot at -1, you're the one I see the most.
As far as hindering access to data, while the arguement that popping under is hindering is a bit pathetic, having popups (OK, if you actually use a program that still allows them to get through) DOES slow down surfing the internet considerably, especially if you're using a dial-up connection. That is clearly hindering access to the data the internet provides.
Opera here! Love the "Open requested pop-up windows only" feature. Stops the lousy stuff while still opening what I click on, even when it opens into a new window.
OK... it's pretty established that you probably have worse problems with a traumatic injury than your doses being released. Besides, depending on where the thing is implanted, there are going to be different risks of the thing getting smashed. Put it in the belly or something. It'll take a lot to wreck it there.
However, I see other problems with this... 1) Some drugs are going to require larger pills than others if they're going to last the same amount of time. They should try to get them to all last a similar period, or Grandma has to remember to go get her implants changed all the time instead of taking her pills. This variation in size would necessitate using different delivery devices making the whole thing more expensive. (I assume they use a large syringe-like thing to insert this rather than have a surgeon make a cut to slide it in.) 2) There is no way this can ever replace short-term drugs like ibuprofen. You don't need it constantly, so you're still going to be popping pills when you do. 3) Some drugs are less stable than others at body temperature. Take all those lactase pills (Lactaid and all its generics) -- keep them in your pocket, and they won't work when you need them. This is an extreme example because it deals with an enzyme, but the comparison still stands.
I suppose this could be useful in select individuals... HIV patients might benefit a lot once their dosage and drug combinations are established. For them, I'm sure it'd be nice not to be taking more than a dozen pills a day. It might also be good for the elderly -- both those who forget to take pills and those who are non-complient with their therapies could benefit. But I doubt your average, healthy, young individual will ever see much of this technology.
A "calorie" (small c) is the energy (not necessarily heat) needed to raise 1 g water (or 1 ml water) 1 degree celsius.
A "Calorie" (Capital C, also known as a kilocalorie or a kilogram calorie) is the energy needed to raise 1000 g of water (1 liter) 1 degree celcius. This, of course, is your food Calorie.
(Using this conversion, we can understand why Frymaster still gains weight when drinking Coke.)
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Here's an alternate suggestion:
Feed the animal a large meal, then wait for it to get sleepy. Cooling its environment would slow it down more. Then just stretch it out, at least mostly, and snap a picture before it moves much.
usually opens both writer and math. it's .swx, though. not sure why it's doing it in the first place.
I tend to enable "keytones". That way, the thing beeps at me whenever I hit CAPS instead of shift.
(Can't wait til I've fully transitioned to Slack. I want to kill the windoz keys once and for all. Please no Happy Hacker keyboard comments!)
yeah, i know this is a troll... but it's true. OOffice takes forever to boot in KDE. Of course, it doesn't help that my box decided to try to use OO Math to open all the text documents. (tried changing file associations. slack can be a pain at times.)
I'm saving it.
... subscribe to /. just so they can get first post?
If anyone's interested, the mortality rates (according to the book The Hot Zone, which I believe is a pretty decent source), vary from 25% to 90% of those who exhibit symptoms. These variations are among the different strains of Ebola and Marburg (a closely related filovirus which other posters will tell you about).
The FA is /.ed, but I wanted to say thanks for the link to the plugin.
While I'm permanently addicted to Opera myself (and 7.2 is the best I've yet seen!), I can't use it in the computer labs at my college. Curiously, the lab computers don't block installs.
Therefore, the plugin is now zipped in one of my personal files, ready to be installed on any computer I sit down at. (I'm don't have the guts to install Opera on every computer. If I knew how run it directly from my drive without installing it in the registry, I would. Anyone know how to do that with XP Pro?)
sigh... I hear you, wish I could help. Perhaps the best Christmas gift for those with jobs to give right now is to help out people who are having a tough time financially.
I do notice that there's a "Tech Jobs" link in the lower left hand corner of Slashdot. You've probably checked it, but I thought I'd point it out.
Finally, I just wanted to suggest a link of my own for people to look at if they want to help out others. Shelter for Life is doing a lot of work in Afghanistan to help people rebuild. They're beginning in Iraq again, now that Saddam isn't keeping them out anymore.
Don't criticize the post if you don't understand the reference. (for those of you who don't know what that was all about, it's a song from a CGI video series called VeggieTales.) Given the Christian nature of both VeggieTales and Heifer International, I would expect that no offense would be taken.
I think that's a compliment on this site.
I'll agree with your first and third posts... There are only so many upgrades we can afford to do.
But as far as form factor goes, this could be useful. If they can get >1 GB onto something that size (alright, I'm assuming a typo and that they ment to say a square centimeter), you could get several GB into a drive about an inch in diameter. Give the thing some thickness, say 3/16 of an inch, and you could have several of these memory devices built into the stick, which I agree has a nice form factor. Sounds like a next-generation thumb drive to me, which I'll welcome.
Jealous about which? That his wife (yes, that's me) did all the work, or that he has a wife in the first place?
I want to resurrect the discussion about a Canada icon, and to throw in my own vote.
How about Celine Dion's head in the flipping Southpark style?
No, let me clarify. Pb was at one time used in pencils. These days, they use graphite. I wasn't sure when the switch was made (now I know that it was before the space programs), but there was a time in history when people wrote with the metal. Hence, the term "pencil lead" which we still use today to describe the graphite.
Yeesh...
Maybe they think that if you can afford to buy a plasma TV at this point, you can afford to replace it often, depending on how much you use it as a picture frame.
Thanks. I didn't want to get too deep into a flame war. Unfortunately, this cowardly jerk probably won't stop... as an AC, he has nothing to lose.
The AC is probably right, though I wouldn't know for sure, since I wouldn't be getting pop-ups even if /. had/has them. Either way, if you don't have it, I would recommend getting Ad-Aware or Spybot (haven't used it personally, I hear it's better but there's more danger of messing up your system if you're not sure what you're doing). Then go download Opera or Mozilla and quit dealng with the pop-ups!
Now according to the Snopes article, the main problem was tips breaking off pencils and floating around. Graphite dust would not have been a problem, because I believe they were using lead pencils.
(Granted, it would be an issue today if pencils are used in space, but in those days, it wasn't.)
...it certainly appears that this whole pop-under advertising thing wasn't effective enough for X10. Maybe, with luck, other advertisers will realise this, apply it to all forms of pop-ups, and make the web friendlier and less annoying for everyone.
(No, I don't suffer from pop-ups myself... at home. When I go online on someone else's computer, though, I'm still trapped in that universe. So no replies saying I should use Mozilla or Opera (which I use) or the google toolbar, etc.)
Really... When I read Slashdot at -1, you're the one I see the most.
As far as hindering access to data, while the arguement that popping under is hindering is a bit pathetic, having popups (OK, if you actually use a program that still allows them to get through) DOES slow down surfing the internet considerably, especially if you're using a dial-up connection. That is clearly hindering access to the data the internet provides.
Opera here! Love the "Open requested pop-up windows only" feature. Stops the lousy stuff while still opening what I click on, even when it opens into a new window.
OK... it's pretty established that you probably have worse problems with a traumatic injury than your doses being released. Besides, depending on where the thing is implanted, there are going to be different risks of the thing getting smashed. Put it in the belly or something. It'll take a lot to wreck it there.
However, I see other problems with this...
1) Some drugs are going to require larger pills than others if they're going to last the same amount of time. They should try to get them to all last a similar period, or Grandma has to remember to go get her implants changed all the time instead of taking her pills. This variation in size would necessitate using different delivery devices making the whole thing more expensive. (I assume they use a large syringe-like thing to insert this rather than have a surgeon make a cut to slide it in.)
2) There is no way this can ever replace short-term drugs like ibuprofen. You don't need it constantly, so you're still going to be popping pills when you do.
3) Some drugs are less stable than others at body temperature. Take all those lactase pills (Lactaid and all its generics) -- keep them in your pocket, and they won't work when you need them. This is an extreme example because it deals with an enzyme, but the comparison still stands.
I suppose this could be useful in select individuals... HIV patients might benefit a lot once their dosage and drug combinations are established. For them, I'm sure it'd be nice not to be taking more than a dozen pills a day. It might also be good for the elderly -- both those who forget to take pills and those who are non-complient with their therapies could benefit. But I doubt your average, healthy, young individual will ever see much of this technology.
Implanon? Never heard of it, and it's not in http://rxlist.com . Please enlighten me.
Sorry dude... You're a little messed up.
A "calorie" (small c) is the energy (not necessarily heat) needed to raise 1 g water (or 1 ml water) 1 degree celsius.
A "Calorie" (Capital C, also known as a kilocalorie or a kilogram calorie) is the energy needed to raise 1000 g of water (1 liter) 1 degree celcius. This, of course, is your food Calorie.
(Using this conversion, we can understand why Frymaster still gains weight when drinking Coke.)