Yeah, my Dad was a big Herb Alpert fan back then. Still is. He asked me to transfer all of his LPs to cassettes so that he could listen to them anywhere in the house or in the car. I suggested that he just buy them on CD, for the convenience factor plus the higher fidelity. He looked at me like I'd sprouted another head.
You can't change some people, and no use trying to bring them into the modern day. So, I did as he asked. Now, every time I go to my parents' house, he's playing those Herb Alpert cassettes. It's like stepping into a time warp.:-D
Whipped Cream was one of the first albums I remember my Dad playing when I was a kid. He gave me his old bongo set (yes, bongos... this was the '60s, after all) and I'd play along with drums on the more upbeat tunes like "Peanuts".
Back on topic... There could be lots of uses for this new info about shear-thinning. The article mentions improved motor oils and better liquid plastics. I've read that this research could apply to better wall adherence for paints, and other applications in the food industry (not just for whipped cream).
It's good to see something immediately applicable come out of space-based experiments. It helps to legitimize (in the public's mind) the funding that is given to NASA.
There's no use even making the comparison. You buy what you want because it makes sense for you. Other people buy Mac Pros (or Dells, HPs, or whatever) because they want the warranty, tech support, dealer network, etc. Apple just doesn't see folks like you as part of its market.
You recall that it was the so called "liberal" PM that signed the Free Trade of the Americas Agreement with Bush and Fox, right? It wasn't your current "conservative" PM.
These labels mean nothing. In the view of most Canadians, the "Liberal Party of Canada" are not "small-l" liberals. They are solidly situated on the right wing side of the political spectrum. However, they are not as far right as the "Conservative Party of Canada" whose ideology closely mirrors that of U.S. conservatives (mostly Republicans and so-called "right-libertarians").
To many Canadians, both parties are of the same stripe.
So you're going to give up part of your kidney for a pacemaker or insulin pump? When they've already solved the rejection problems in far less invasive ways?
I'm not sure what a host's body rejecting an implantable device has to do with biobatteries. As you've said, rejection of the device can be deterred in other ways. It's more likely that biobatteries are being developed so that an otherwise-functional implantable device won't have to be replaced several times over a host's lifetime just because its batteries have been depleted.
That type of surgery is hard on a host. For example, for the last twenty years, my father has needed a pacemaker to regulate his bradycardia (extremely slow heartrate). In that time, he has undergone three pacemaker replacements, all due to depleted batteries. As he gets older, these procedures have taken an increasing toll on his health. One of these days, he will be deemed physically unable to recover from one of these procedures and, in essence, he'll only survive as long as his most recently-implanted pacemaker's batteries hold out.
So, I wouldn't say that biobatteries/biogenerators are "dubiously useful". As mentioned in the article, these batteries are self-sustaining and should endure for the host's lifetime. Personally, if Dr. Levinson can produce such a thing, then more power to him.
How can this be modded off-topic? "Do not want" refers directly to the English translation of the Chinese interpretation of Darth Vader's anguished cry "NooooOOOoOOOoO!!" in Ep. III. See this page for more info.
That's exactly how I use it. For example, I can type "mail", then click the "I'm Feeling Lucky" button, and immediately be taken to the Gmail login page.
It can be a definite timesaver if one knows that the first search result is the desired one (or at least a result that is relevant to one's needs).
It's rather fitting that, on the 10th anniversary of Slashdot, perhaps you've hit upon a new meme that highlights the risks that these bloggers are taking:
In Repressive Burma, internet connection kills you.
Are you perhaps thinking of the Bolshevik Revolution? On October 25, 1917, a women's battalion tried to defend the Winter Palace against the Red Guards. Upon the battalion's surrender, several of the women were reportedly raped and at least one committed suicide afterwards.
It was an Apple ADB "Extended Keyboard II" which some folks consider to be the best keyboard that Apple has ever made. The replacement cost was $130 US, so my friend opted to have it washed out rather than buy a new one.
This is similar to the way that I washed a keyboard that had my friend's toddler had vomited into. Here are the steps that I performed:
1) hosed it off with a garden hose to remove the "chunks"
2) dried it with compressed air
3) doused it with contact cleaner to remove any oxidation/corrosion from the stomach acid
4) let airdry for several days
According to one of the videographer's comments on the YouTube page, the passage refers to his own actions as being "undoubtedly legal", not those of the police officer.
Having said that, I agree that the meaning is unclear. It would have been more obvious if he had written "My actions were undoubtedly legal..." instead of "These actions were undoubtedly legal..."
Yes, that's always an option. However, what good will it do when every major provider (and their third-party resellers) in Canada have signed on to use the blacklist?
Are you now going to suggest that I should move to another city/province/country, perhaps? Obviously, the knee-jerk pat answer is not always very insightful, is it?
...there were very few sex scenes in his novels prior to about 1968-ish.
Probably because his editor and/or publisher objected to them. Overtly sexual passages in fiction were frowned upon in the increasingly puritanical morality of the 1950s. Even subtle hints of sexuality were banished. This was done in the name of saving our innocent virgin minds from such filthiness.
But, then the swinging 1960s rolled around and it wasn't such a concern, anymore. That attitude prevailed until the 1980s, when Heinlein really began to cut loose. As an example, "Friday" is probably the best-known Heinlein novel from the 1980s, and it's not because it was an outstanding literary work.
Why were the original US moon landing tapes stored in an Australian observatory!!??
As it says in the summary, the tapes were stored in the U.S. National Archives. The man who reported them missing (John Sarkissian) just happens to work for CSIRO Parkes Observatory in Australia.
Vancouver's municipal government began investigating pay-by-phone meters a few years ago and included the existing meters on several streets as part of the pilot project. Perhaps m0rph3us0 works or shops on one of those streets.
Well, the only other option you have is LEGO, and it completely sucked when you get two flat LEGO pieces stuck together. That frustrated my parents to no end as they had to get a razor blade to pry the two pieces apart.
What you needed was an official Lego Brick Separator. It separates pieces without denting or cutting them (or yourself) as could occur if you used fingernails, tools, etc. Also, it prevents one of the more common problems of children swallowing pieces while trying to separate stuck pieces with their teeth.
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Obviously, he meant that the apps/contacts/e-mails/schedules/etc. that are stored on the phone constitute his "life", not the phone itself.
Yeah, I didn't think it was particularly unclear, either, but my wife (who was reading along with me) asked "So, whose ISP caved?"
:-)
Since she's no dummy (she made me say that!), I figured that other (read: denser) folks might be confused, as well.
If you read a bit farther, it appears that the ISP did cave and remove the image.
Just to clarify... Boing Boing's ISP is Priority Colo. They did not cave.
On the other hand, Photoshop Disaster's ISP, Blogspot, did cave in to the DMCA takedown notice. Needlessly, as it turned out.
Around here, "spank the monkey" referred exclusively to masturbation. The slang for filling idle time was "fuck the dog".
For example:
Bob: "We didn't do anything this weekend. How about you?"
Jim: "Yeah, we just fucked the dog."
Yeah, my Dad was a big Herb Alpert fan back then. Still is. He asked me to transfer all of his LPs to cassettes so that he could listen to them anywhere in the house or in the car. I suggested that he just buy them on CD, for the convenience factor plus the higher fidelity. He looked at me like I'd sprouted another head.
:-D
You can't change some people, and no use trying to bring them into the modern day. So, I did as he asked. Now, every time I go to my parents' house, he's playing those Herb Alpert cassettes. It's like stepping into a time warp.
Well, that brings back a memory.
Whipped Cream was one of the first albums I remember my Dad playing when I was a kid. He gave me his old bongo set (yes, bongos... this was the '60s, after all) and I'd play along with drums on the more upbeat tunes like "Peanuts".
Back on topic... There could be lots of uses for this new info about shear-thinning. The article mentions improved motor oils and better liquid plastics. I've read that this research could apply to better wall adherence for paints, and other applications in the food industry (not just for whipped cream).
It's good to see something immediately applicable come out of space-based experiments. It helps to legitimize (in the public's mind) the funding that is given to NASA.
There's no use even making the comparison. You buy what you want because it makes sense for you. Other people buy Mac Pros (or Dells, HPs, or whatever) because they want the warranty, tech support, dealer network, etc. Apple just doesn't see folks like you as part of its market.
You recall that it was the so called "liberal" PM that signed the Free Trade of the Americas Agreement with Bush and Fox, right? It wasn't your current "conservative" PM.
These labels mean nothing. In the view of most Canadians, the "Liberal Party of Canada" are not "small-l" liberals. They are solidly situated on the right wing side of the political spectrum. However, they are not as far right as the "Conservative Party of Canada" whose ideology closely mirrors that of U.S. conservatives (mostly Republicans and so-called "right-libertarians").
To many Canadians, both parties are of the same stripe.
I refer you to the line in the article that states:
"... if the monolayers are made from immortalised cell lines, the biobattery should live as long as the host."
If the biobattery will live as long as the host does, then that sounds fairly permanent.
So you're going to give up part of your kidney for a pacemaker or insulin pump? When they've already solved the rejection problems in far less invasive ways?
I'm not sure what a host's body rejecting an implantable device has to do with biobatteries. As you've said, rejection of the device can be deterred in other ways. It's more likely that biobatteries are being developed so that an otherwise-functional implantable device won't have to be replaced several times over a host's lifetime just because its batteries have been depleted.
That type of surgery is hard on a host. For example, for the last twenty years, my father has needed a pacemaker to regulate his bradycardia (extremely slow heartrate). In that time, he has undergone three pacemaker replacements, all due to depleted batteries. As he gets older, these procedures have taken an increasing toll on his health. One of these days, he will be deemed physically unable to recover from one of these procedures and, in essence, he'll only survive as long as his most recently-implanted pacemaker's batteries hold out.
So, I wouldn't say that biobatteries/biogenerators are "dubiously useful". As mentioned in the article, these batteries are self-sustaining and should endure for the host's lifetime. Personally, if Dr. Levinson can produce such a thing, then more power to him.
How can this be modded off-topic? "Do not want" refers directly to the English translation of the Chinese interpretation of Darth Vader's anguished cry "NooooOOOoOOOoO!!" in Ep. III. See this page for more info.
That's exactly how I use it. For example, I can type "mail", then click the "I'm Feeling Lucky" button, and immediately be taken to the Gmail login page.
It can be a definite timesaver if one knows that the first search result is the desired one (or at least a result that is relevant to one's needs).
You're right, of course. I should have said that you had hit on a new take of an old meme.
It's rather fitting that, on the 10th anniversary of Slashdot, perhaps you've hit upon a new meme that highlights the risks that these bloggers are taking:
In Repressive Burma, internet connection kills you.
Are you perhaps thinking of the Bolshevik Revolution? On October 25, 1917, a women's battalion tried to defend the Winter Palace against the Red Guards. Upon the battalion's surrender, several of the women were reportedly raped and at least one committed suicide afterwards.
"My version of gun control is keeping both hands on the grip."
Around here, 'gun control' means that we hit what we aim at.
It was an Apple ADB "Extended Keyboard II" which some folks consider to be the best keyboard that Apple has ever made. The replacement cost was $130 US, so my friend opted to have it washed out rather than buy a new one.
This is similar to the way that I washed a keyboard that had my friend's toddler had vomited into. Here are the steps that I performed:
1) hosed it off with a garden hose to remove the "chunks"
2) dried it with compressed air
3) doused it with contact cleaner to remove any oxidation/corrosion from the stomach acid
4) let airdry for several days
Afterwards, the keyboard was as good as new.
According to one of the videographer's comments on the YouTube page, the passage refers to his own actions as being "undoubtedly legal", not those of the police officer.
Having said that, I agree that the meaning is unclear. It would have been more obvious if he had written "My actions were undoubtedly legal..." instead of "These actions were undoubtedly legal..."
Yes, that's always an option. However, what good will it do when every major provider (and their third-party resellers) in Canada have signed on to use the blacklist?
Are you now going to suggest that I should move to another city/province/country, perhaps? Obviously, the knee-jerk pat answer is not always very insightful, is it?
He's talking about the TOS episode, Miri, in which the title character (a peri-pubescent girl) has a crush on Kirk.
Probably because his editor and/or publisher objected to them. Overtly sexual passages in fiction were frowned upon in the increasingly puritanical morality of the 1950s. Even subtle hints of sexuality were banished. This was done in the name of saving our innocent virgin minds from such filthiness.
But, then the swinging 1960s rolled around and it wasn't such a concern, anymore. That attitude prevailed until the 1980s, when Heinlein really began to cut loose. As an example, "Friday" is probably the best-known Heinlein novel from the 1980s, and it's not because it was an outstanding literary work.
Why were the original US moon landing tapes stored in an Australian observatory!!??
As it says in the summary, the tapes were stored in the U.S. National Archives. The man who reported them missing (John Sarkissian) just happens to work for CSIRO Parkes Observatory in Australia.
Vancouver's municipal government began investigating pay-by-phone meters a few years ago and included the existing meters on several streets as part of the pilot project. Perhaps m0rph3us0 works or shops on one of those streets.
Well, the only other option you have is LEGO, and it completely sucked when you get two flat LEGO pieces stuck together. That frustrated my parents to no end as they had to get a razor blade to pry the two pieces apart.
What you needed was an official Lego Brick Separator. It separates pieces without denting or cutting them (or yourself) as could occur if you used fingernails, tools, etc. Also, it prevents one of the more common problems of children swallowing pieces while trying to separate stuck pieces with their teeth.