Looks like something the silithid might build. I'm thinking the cenarion circle is going to ask me to go there and hack up 15 searchers, 20 tunnelers, and return with 5 egg sacks for study.
TFA says they will be using TRIGA reactors, which are open pool reactors. From WikiP
"Pool reactors are used as a source of neutrons and for training, and in rare instances for process heat but not for electrical generation."
So how exactly are these "nuclear battery" TRIGA supposed to actually create useful power? The flow of hydrogen atoms to the "hydrogen trays?" It doesn't say protons.
Of course, I am treating wikipedia as infallible here. Maybe that is the flaw.
I tell everyone I know (in wintery climates anyway) to buy a good set (4, NOT 2) of snow tires. They all tell me to get stuffed because they have new "all season" tires (all season in Alabama, maybe) or they have a 4WD SUV or whatever. 4WD only helps you get going, not stop, and antilock brakes are only as good as the tires and the surface the tires are on. I do use snow tires in winter, and trust me, there is a world of difference! The only accident I was at fault in was an ice storm that caught me by surprise the day before I had intended to put on the ol' blizzaks. I left work at late at 8PM hoping to be the only person on the road. Began stopping what seemed like a reasonable distance for conditions, ABS kicked in as soon as I put my foot on the brake pedal and I slid all the way (under 25 MPH) into the back of the only other car on the road. New "all season" tires.
With blizzaks, when ABS kicks in you actually stop. Been using them for eight years.
GET SNOW TIRES. (I'm sure everyone in Canada already knows that. Few people around here seem to know or care.)
keyboards for all occasions, but no handicap keyboards? (Those gaming pads don't count, they only have a subset of keys ) I got mine at frogpad I wonder if others are better?
just imagine how much energy can be harvested this way the next time Godzilla rampages! Energy independence, AND the project will pay for itself in about a 40 minute feature film. Of course, then you have to rebuild it and wait for the next rampage for the new project to pay off...
The poem (and one line in particular) reminds me of a book of essays by Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss) called "The Tough Coughs as He Ploughs the Dough." It's been a long time since I read the book, but the style of your poem could easily pass for a Seuss work (though there are uncharacteristic awkward parts in the above example, for example the kiss line).
I'm not saying it is from that book, nor that Geisel wrote it. I believe the book contained his work from his twenties and early thirties. But it might be fun to read that book if you haven't done so.
Sure it's great for your hips and knees, but how many of you ride bikes? How can you spend hours on the saddle like that? Back when I rode a bike, it take long at all for my penis to go completely numb and fall asleep. It's like falling asleep on your arm except ITS YOUR PENIS. And the tingling pins and needles as it "wakes up" is NOT the good tingly feeling down there. Seriously, it's kind of scary. Your inguinal area is not constructed to hold all your weight. I haven't ridden a bike in years because of this.
That robot's saddle doesn't look any better. If I were doing a job that required squatting like that, I would prefer a short stool with casters on it. If their workers have to stand and squat 6 times a minute (just an arbitrary example) all shift, they really need to look at their processes.
I know that this is really only a beta for mobility devices for the elderly. In that case, I would guess grandpa doesn't need his penis anymore anyway.
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freerunner can also run android, soon you will be able to buy one w/ android preinstalled
http://www.sdgsystems.com/
plus, the hardware is completely open
Looks like something the silithid might build. I'm thinking the cenarion circle is going to ask me to go there and hack up 15 searchers, 20 tunnelers, and return with 5 egg sacks for study.
"I know I'll be interested in seeing how far Mr. Wozniak goes in the competition"
maybe he'll get to second base! w00t! vicarious victory for nerds everywhere!
if 10 million people play WoW, do you think a few of them might be judges?
"Does your car appear blue from the front, and red from behind?"
Yes. With those obnoxious xenon headlights
If she can't RTFM, how is she going to read the texts for her classes?
"...our future moon colonies are going to look like Soviet-era eastern Europe."
Only not quite as gray.
So THIS is where I find out I'm being downsized?
"It's the tiny difference between finding extraterrestial life, or not. In exchange for... Absolutely nothing!"
If 1950s scifi movies have taught me anything, it is that "there are some things mankind was not meant to know"
TFA says they will be using TRIGA reactors, which are open pool reactors. From WikiP
"Pool reactors are used as a source of neutrons and for training, and in rare instances for process heat but not for electrical generation."
So how exactly are these "nuclear battery" TRIGA supposed to actually create useful power? The flow of hydrogen atoms to the "hydrogen trays?" It doesn't say protons.
Of course, I am treating wikipedia as infallible here. Maybe that is the flaw.
"And don't take it personally, it is just business"
Isn't that what they told Fredo Corleone before dumping him in the lake?
I tell everyone I know (in wintery climates anyway) to buy a good set (4, NOT 2) of snow tires. They all tell me to get stuffed because they have new "all season" tires (all season in Alabama, maybe) or they have a 4WD SUV or whatever. 4WD only helps you get going, not stop, and antilock brakes are only as good as the tires and the surface the tires are on. I do use snow tires in winter, and trust me, there is a world of difference! The only accident I was at fault in was an ice storm that caught me by surprise the day before I had intended to put on the ol' blizzaks. I left work at late at 8PM hoping to be the only person on the road. Began stopping what seemed like a reasonable distance for conditions, ABS kicked in as soon as I put my foot on the brake pedal and I slid all the way (under 25 MPH) into the back of the only other car on the road. New "all season" tires.
With blizzaks, when ABS kicks in you actually stop. Been using them for eight years.
GET SNOW TIRES. (I'm sure everyone in Canada already knows that. Few people around here seem to know or care.)
"As it was, they fell unconscious almost immediately after depressurization."
And that is a mercy. As the joke goes: I'd rather die peacefully in my sleep, just like grandpa, rather than screaming in terror like his passengers.
as in the end of 2009? or tomorrow? Or somewhere in between, like the Chinese new year or Rosh Hashanah?
keyboards for all occasions, but no handicap keyboards? (Those gaming pads don't count, they only have a subset of keys )
I got mine at frogpad
I wonder if others are better?
"...once I realized I have to stage rebellions in my own cities, then conquer them in order to remain profitable."
That, sir, is what we call "a deep insight into the Tragedy of the Human Condition"(TM)
Exactly. Which is worse, a few squirts of ink, or all the trees that are cut down so you can print out your inbox?
just imagine how much energy can be harvested this way the next time Godzilla rampages! Energy independence, AND the project will pay for itself in about a 40 minute feature film. Of course, then you have to rebuild it and wait for the next rampage for the new project to pay off...
The poem (and one line in particular) reminds me of a book of essays by Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss) called "The Tough Coughs as He Ploughs the Dough."
It's been a long time since I read the book, but the style of your poem could easily pass for a Seuss work (though there are uncharacteristic awkward parts in the above example, for example the kiss line).
I'm not saying it is from that book, nor that Geisel wrote it. I believe the book contained his work from his twenties and early thirties. But it might be fun to read that book if you haven't done so.
"That way you get to have sex with the other women, and you only have take care of one."
She'd be even luckier if he were more discreet about his extramarital affairs than to post about them on /.
"still has work to do"
They have a LONG way to go... first step is finding better teams than the Chargers and the Raiders.
Oh yeah, and I second the motion for more cheerleaders... in motion!
http://www.goats.com/archive/081127.html
"PCGA President Randy Stude "
Randy Stud? What, did he earn money for college doing porn movies?
this is the article I was referring to in the above post about the poor fellow squatting at work:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/07/honda_walker_exoskeleton/
I guess I should have previewed my comment.
Sure it's great for your hips and knees, but how many of you ride bikes? How can you spend hours on the saddle like that? Back when I rode a bike, it take long at all for my penis to go completely numb and fall asleep. It's like falling asleep on your arm except ITS YOUR PENIS. And the tingling pins and needles as it "wakes up" is NOT the good tingly feeling down there. Seriously, it's kind of scary. Your inguinal area is not constructed to hold all your weight. I haven't ridden a bike in years because of this.
That robot's saddle doesn't look any better. If I were doing a job that required squatting like that, I would prefer a short stool with casters on it. If their workers have to stand and squat 6 times a minute (just an arbitrary example) all shift, they really need to look at their processes.
I know that this is really only a beta for mobility devices for the elderly. In that case, I would guess grandpa doesn't need his penis anymore anyway.