The space set dates back to freaking 1979? I got mine when I was 8, or about 10 years later.
One of the best sound bites I'll always remember from my childhood is the click, click, click of the monorail engine changing direction at an endpoint. At the time, that particular set was one of the most expensive available from LEGO, retailing at about $149.99 (in 1989 dollars!)
What would be really neat is if in 150 years, we could use this trick to make everyone's blood O-negative.
Odds are we'll find a way to create effective blood substitutes well before then, but it would take some complexity out of the whole blood donor - donator process.
It's not too hard to make your own ice cream, but homemade or commercially made, there's a lot of science that goes into it.
The primary problem with homemade ice cream is that it gets very hard (almost as hard as ice) in the freezer. To offset this, you have to put in something that doesn't freeze - fat (think egg yolks), alcohol, sugar, or air. I don't particularly like the taste of alcohol (and it's expensive), sugar and fat make an indulgence even more unhealthy, and not everyone likes an airy ice cream. (Want more? I learned it this morning here. )
So it's just another option for people who want to make ice cream. I don't see what the big deal is.
The fertilization requirements mean that it's not out of the question that at some point, genetically modified switchgrass will be growing all over the midwestern states.
Many GM crops are already being used to increase yields in actual food (corn, wheat, soybeans) for animals, so it shouldn't come as a total shock, either.
While the tag "shitattractsflies" is somewhat amusing when describing (as an aside, Facebook started exclusively on college campuses some 5 years ago, now), I think the more insightful tag would be "peopleattractshit".
I didn't say they sold just quality products. I said they sell some quality products. Like the current CR Best Buy upright vacuum.
If it comes down to product quality, I don't leave it up to brand, store or whether the thing was made in America or not - those are all useless indicators. Which is why I pick an impartial, well-run third party to test what I consume, like recipes (Cooks Illustrated), products (Consumer Reports) or services (Angie's List).
Of course there might still be some duds, but I'll take the educated decision over a crapshoot any day.
I bought a vacuum from Sears. The thing is, they tend to be the exclusive seller of good to great products, as verified in Consumer Reports.
Will they push the extended warranty on you at the point of sale? Of course. So does just about everyone in a decently sized store.
If they didn't care about people as much as most Slashdotters think most corporations don't care about people, they wouldn't bother with the quality products. Of course, this doesn't absolve spying on their customers (time to turn of Javascript for them, eh? Thanks NoScript!).
It's an interesting idea. There are a lot of factors to weigh in, and the primary one is cost - odds are pretty good that doubling the initial cost of construction of a freeway this way won't result in nearly that much savings on maintenance (even accounting for less resurfacing, potholes, and salt spraying) down the line.
Then there's the fact that having a pump fail anytime during the cold season would almost certainly result in the destruction of the surface, unless there's some sort of way to engineer around this sort of failure.
Anyways, it's mentioned in the article that this isn't a new idea, and in fact warming a surface from below is commercialized on a smaller scale, only using electric power, and with surfaces about the size of driveways. ([1])
On highways and byways, this particular idea would work well on a larger scale only if there were enough other users to offset the initial costs of building the system, and if that engineering problem could be fixed.
No one's brought up the consequences of a collision yet, so here it is, from the first press release:
If the asteroid is indeed on a collision course, it would hit Mars with a velocity of about 13.5 km/s (8.4 miles per second), and would produce an explosion equivalent to about 3 MT of TNT. We can only speculate as to the effects of such an impact, but it would be reasonable to expect a crater nearly a kilometer across and a significant amount of dust lifted into the atmosphere.
It also notes the asteroid is 160 ft / 50 m across, and any impact probably will not be observed (by human eyes, anyways) because it will impact Mars where there are no instruments.
Forgive me for being a bit cynical, but after spyware gets through the latest, updated version of Symantec Corporate 10.1 and infects the computer, very few things (including Spybot, Ad-Aware, et. al.) can be done beyond a complete save and rebuild, essentially trashing the system for a day. I know; we did it.:-p
It just seems that running a PC is a lot like trying to stay balanced on the edge of a knife; fail, and it's to your doom. And the knowledged ones have the benefit of having a balance pole. But I'm a little tired of sending users off to the near-certain gloom, doom and maiming that seems to happen all the time off in the PC world.
It's not like people need 14 months to save up for a digital TV. A 'good enough' off-brand 32" TV runs $700 now, and it'll probably be more like $500 later.
Besides, a few "your TV will black out 1/14/09!" commercials have already starting airing. By January 2009, I'm sure the public at large will be as tired of similar commercials as they will be of general presidential election commercials by Election Day '08.
Super Mario Galaxy might be one of the few games I play again from start to finish.:-D
Video games have played with gravity in the past, but applying the concept of planetary gravity (with slightly non-realistic physics, but when you're orbiting around an ice cream cone, does it really matter?) to a 3-D platformer was the best idea I've ever played.
At some point I'm going to find the smallest, most isolated planet I can find and try to see how many times I can orbit it with a long jump.
That they did this without making me nauseous also deserves some sort of award. I seriously wonder how they did it.
Mitigating factors: Some people ignore the lights anyway, completely negating the effectiveness of ramp metering. Also, I admit to blowing through red lights when it is so painfully obvious that entering traffic at 35 mph would be an impediment to mainline traffic (because mainline traffic is moving at 55mph or more).
I imagine on the Wii you can point at the screen to aim, use the nunchuk to move (optionally holding Z to strafe, perhaps), shoot with the trigger button and do other stuff with the control pad and A button.
Since I don't actually play shooters, I can't cite any shooters on the Wii, though.
Well, it seems the only logical solution on how to close the Pandora's Box is to stop reading enthusiast gamesites, and to get traditional (read: with actual editorial values) media sources to take video games seriously enough to hire quality reviewers and talent.
There's already at least a few "current affairs" sections (Tempo, Entertainment, "Quality of Life", whatever you want to call it) around... why not digital entertainment?
If people start leaving Gamespot in droves, it *might* catch traditional media's attention. More likely, the Gamespot forums are so ablaze that ad revenues for the forums are at the highest levels in history.
They're probably trying to avoid a repeat of the whole "astronaut with diapers travels 1,000 miles to beat up other astronaut's lover" fiasco, which itself was misreported to the hills. This would not be the best way to go about it — sanity is one of those things that you can probably assume (to the point that they can still function in their job) for 99.5% of the general population.
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The space set dates back to freaking 1979? I got mine when I was 8, or about 10 years later.
One of the best sound bites I'll always remember from my childhood is the click, click, click of the monorail engine changing direction at an endpoint. At the time, that particular set was one of the most expensive available from LEGO, retailing at about $149.99 (in 1989 dollars!)
What would be really neat is if in 150 years, we could use this trick to make everyone's blood O-negative.
Odds are we'll find a way to create effective blood substitutes well before then, but it would take some complexity out of the whole blood donor - donator process.
Ha. This video is just crying to be put up on YouTube. :-D
I think Switzerland intended to procure an invasion with hardly anyone at all, reinforced by CGI soldiers, but I hear it didn't turn out so well.
It's not too hard to make your own ice cream, but homemade or commercially made, there's a lot of science that goes into it.
The primary problem with homemade ice cream is that it gets very hard (almost as hard as ice) in the freezer. To offset this, you have to put in something that doesn't freeze - fat (think egg yolks), alcohol, sugar, or air. I don't particularly like the taste of alcohol (and it's expensive), sugar and fat make an indulgence even more unhealthy, and not everyone likes an airy ice cream. (Want more? I learned it this morning here. )
So it's just another option for people who want to make ice cream. I don't see what the big deal is.
The fertilization requirements mean that it's not out of the question that at some point, genetically modified switchgrass will be growing all over the midwestern states.
Many GM crops are already being used to increase yields in actual food (corn, wheat, soybeans) for animals, so it shouldn't come as a total shock, either.
Right. The missing noun is "Facebook", as in, "when describing Facebook".
And yes, I used preview. I think programming in PHP just greatly diminished my grammar this morning.
While the tag "shitattractsflies" is somewhat amusing when describing (as an aside, Facebook started exclusively on college campuses some 5 years ago, now), I think the more insightful tag would be "peopleattractshit".
I didn't say they sold just quality products. I said they sell some quality products. Like the current CR Best Buy upright vacuum.
If it comes down to product quality, I don't leave it up to brand, store or whether the thing was made in America or not - those are all useless indicators. Which is why I pick an impartial, well-run third party to test what I consume, like recipes (Cooks Illustrated), products (Consumer Reports) or services (Angie's List).
Of course there might still be some duds, but I'll take the educated decision over a crapshoot any day.
I bought a vacuum from Sears. The thing is, they tend to be the exclusive seller of good to great products, as verified in Consumer Reports.
Will they push the extended warranty on you at the point of sale? Of course. So does just about everyone in a decently sized store.
If they didn't care about people as much as most Slashdotters think most corporations don't care about people, they wouldn't bother with the quality products. Of course, this doesn't absolve spying on their customers (time to turn of Javascript for them, eh? Thanks NoScript!).
It's an interesting idea. There are a lot of factors to weigh in, and the primary one is cost - odds are pretty good that doubling the initial cost of construction of a freeway this way won't result in nearly that much savings on maintenance (even accounting for less resurfacing, potholes, and salt spraying) down the line.
Then there's the fact that having a pump fail anytime during the cold season would almost certainly result in the destruction of the surface, unless there's some sort of way to engineer around this sort of failure.
Anyways, it's mentioned in the article that this isn't a new idea, and in fact warming a surface from below is commercialized on a smaller scale, only using electric power, and with surfaces about the size of driveways. ([1])
On highways and byways, this particular idea would work well on a larger scale only if there were enough other users to offset the initial costs of building the system, and if that engineering problem could be fixed.
Forgive me for being a bit cynical, but after spyware gets through the latest, updated version of Symantec Corporate 10.1 and infects the computer, very few things (including Spybot, Ad-Aware, et. al.) can be done beyond a complete save and rebuild, essentially trashing the system for a day. I know; we did it. :-p
It just seems that running a PC is a lot like trying to stay balanced on the edge of a knife; fail, and it's to your doom. And the knowledged ones have the benefit of having a balance pole. But I'm a little tired of sending users off to the near-certain gloom, doom and maiming that seems to happen all the time off in the PC world.
It's not like people need 14 months to save up for a digital TV. A 'good enough' off-brand 32" TV runs $700 now, and it'll probably be more like $500 later.
Besides, a few "your TV will black out 1/14/09!" commercials have already starting airing. By January 2009, I'm sure the public at large will be as tired of similar commercials as they will be of general presidential election commercials by Election Day '08.
...if an Tunguska-sized impact occurs on the side of the planet we can't see, did it really happen at all?
It's not so much as a war anymore, as it is the PS3 Death March. I will, however, call you either when it ends, or General MacArthur returns.
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I do better next time. Pew pew pew!
Super Mario Galaxy might be one of the few games I play again from start to finish. :-D
Video games have played with gravity in the past, but applying the concept of planetary gravity (with slightly non-realistic physics, but when you're orbiting around an ice cream cone, does it really matter?) to a 3-D platformer was the best idea I've ever played.
At some point I'm going to find the smallest, most isolated planet I can find and try to see how many times I can orbit it with a long jump.
That they did this without making me nauseous also deserves some sort of award. I seriously wonder how they did it.
I'm not sure why you're saying "this just doesn't work", because ramp metering happens to work.
Have evaluations of the effectiveness of ramp meters been done anywhere?
Mitigating factors: Some people ignore the lights anyway, completely negating the effectiveness of ramp metering. Also, I admit to blowing through red lights when it is so painfully obvious that entering traffic at 35 mph would be an impediment to mainline traffic (because mainline traffic is moving at 55mph or more).
I imagine on the Wii you can point at the screen to aim, use the nunchuk to move (optionally holding Z to strafe, perhaps), shoot with the trigger button and do other stuff with the control pad and A button.
Since I don't actually play shooters, I can't cite any shooters on the Wii, though.
Well, it seems the only logical solution on how to close the Pandora's Box is to stop reading enthusiast gamesites, and to get traditional (read: with actual editorial values) media sources to take video games seriously enough to hire quality reviewers and talent.
There's already at least a few "current affairs" sections (Tempo, Entertainment, "Quality of Life", whatever you want to call it) around... why not digital entertainment?
If people start leaving Gamespot in droves, it *might* catch traditional media's attention. More likely, the Gamespot forums are so ablaze that ad revenues for the forums are at the highest levels in history.
Sounds like it's time to celebrate Obscene Images Over Open Wireless Networks Day!
A link to goatse and the best wardriving software on the web... stat!
...if you were wondering why the Writers Guild of America are still on strike, this is why.
No advertising, no residual payments... not fair?
They're probably trying to avoid a repeat of the whole "astronaut with diapers travels 1,000 miles to beat up other astronaut's lover" fiasco, which itself was misreported to the hills. This would not be the best way to go about it — sanity is one of those things that you can probably assume (to the point that they can still function in their job) for 99.5% of the general population.
Thanks for the post. I wasn't even aware it could be a network issue, and on an office T1-or-better, that killed my system real quick.
I'll try FF 3 Beta 1 again, and hope to see better results this time! I liked what I saw initially.