I had fairly strong lenses : -15 and -13 diopters. I have no idea where my vision landed on the 20/xx scale, as I couldn't even see the chart without glasses.
Lasik was not an option at my level - too much material would need to be ablated, leaving me with... structurally unsound corneas.
I was fortunate enough (!) to develop cataracts 30 years early. One became annoying when driving at night, which tilted me on the necessity-scale from cosmetic-surgery level to medical-necessity level. Only one eye was really bad enough to be an issue, but my correction was so strong that it was also deemed necessary to do the other eye to avoid the large difference in apparent size of objects.
Three side-effects of the cataract removal and lens implant surgery:
1. I now need reading glasses - they are no longer optional, as I have absolutely no ability to change focal distance. I could have gone with monovision, but didn't want to chance tolerance issues. As I am mid-forties, and was already wearing progressive lenses, this is fairly minor.
2. No more "coke bottle". The implanted replacement lenses are ordered just like a basic soft contact lens, with a certain amount of spherical correction, just enough to cover the -15 and -13 diopters my glasses or contacts used to cover. Now that I'm no longer looking through thick concave lenses perched in front of my face, everything appears noticeably larger.
3. Minor starbursts from very bright point sources of light.
You might notice that only #3 is a negative side-effect.
I still wear glasses, but for a minor amount of astigmatism, reading, and a couple diopters of prism (slightly cross-eyed).
I can now get out of bed, see the alarm clock, find my way to the bathroom, etc, without glasses. I can lose my glasses and not be almost completely helpless. I can get by with a cheap pair of readers from the dollar store in a pinch.
Hell, the other day I swam in the sea, able for the first time to see the shore, other swimmers, boats, birds, etc.
Happy? Oh hell yes.
No need to drill the lock in many cases, especially the small fire safes. Last time I had to get in to one of these, it was as easy as having a locksmith cut a key from the number printed on the lock. Five minutes, ten bucks.
1. Setup a window with the colors and fonts you want. (red on black, maybe?)
2. File ->Save As
3. Set the "Execute this command" field to your choice of sudo incantations.
Click Save.
Hm. I do tend to use such lovely names as "Marketing Asshats" when filling out registration forms for certain idiotic websites (mostly newspapers).
I suppose that could be extended to shopper cards. "Marketing Asshat", "Dataminer Fuckhead", "Corporate AssRapery".
MIght make for sme strange looks at those stores that insist cashiers watch for your name and say "Thank you Mr AssHat Fuckhead! Please come again!".
Combine the two. Put the six year olds in charge of the target market corps. Pink sparkly buzzwords!
The next rev of the XServe will come in pink, silver, aqua, and ice. The "Better" configuration will have faster processors, larger drives, and a sparkle finish. The "Best" config will be bundled with a special collector's edition "American Girl" CEO doll with Apple logo outfit.
Easy. Telephone companies have a long tradition of billing various taxes from all customers to benefit a few. This requires only a small change:
Telephone basic rate: 19.50
Long Distance: 5.42
Universal lifeline surcharge: 1.42
911 fund:.73
Universal Terrorism Fee: 2.97
Flat Rate Criminality charge:.42
Camera phone usage: :.00
We saw your pics..00
You look kind of funny fee: 1.27
CEO Monopoly money:.93
It does have 384MB in it, but I was under the impression that the vid card was not well supported under OS X. Truly, I've considered it, but I don't really want to dump ~$100 into a 5 year old machine.
If you do install OS X, make sure you update the firmware first. If you don't, you're likely to end up with no video, and no easy/cheap way to fix it.
The 350 and 400 mhz iMacs were er.. problematic in this regard.
One iPants beta tester was admitted to the Logan County Memorial Hospital with localized burns in the groin area. He has so far refused to speak to the press, but witnesses report his last coherent statement before passing out was "I can take it! Nnngh! It's not that hot! Aaaiiieee!!"
Neither Apple nor Levi Strauss representatives would comment on the case.
When asked about the similarity between this case and the infamous coffee incident, McDonalds Corp also had no comment.
The new version of iPant will reportedly not include rivets.
We humans aren't going to have any immunity to these microbes that have been isolated for 500000 years. I hope whoever's studying these lakes takes appropriate precautions against both accidental release and theft by terrorist organizations.
Just remember - every new supermicrobe is another potential blockbuster disaster movie.
Some small effect, perhaps. ConEdison is quoted as projecting 200-250 mw usage per year for the next 5 yrs ( http://www.safesecurevital.org/articles/2003/soars 05192003.html ).
Other planned projects mentioned in the article total ~1500 megawatts. They would make the East River a drop in the bucket.
Apparently, those evil web browsing laptop potatoes are the problem:
""People often forget, when you're Web surfing, you're not just using the electricity of one computer," says a spokesman for the New York Independent System Operator, which runs the state power grid. "In reality, you're using a whole system of routers, switches and servers each time you jump to another Web page. And they all take electricity."
didn't even give credit where credit was due. That should have read " I'm very sorry for the inconvenience, and I'm working hard on improving my server's resistance to the Slashdot Effect..."
On first look, I read that as "Build your own kittycam". I began to wonder what kind of monster image stabilization system you would need to couteract a pissed off bundle of fur and claws spinning at 120rpm.
Great! War Kayaking 301 should cover both the wireless networking/security requirement AND the general requirement for a PE class. Beats the crap outta running laps.
Slashdot Mirror
Well, crap.
So much for paragraphs.
I had fairly strong lenses : -15 and -13 diopters. I have no idea where my vision landed on the 20/xx scale, as I couldn't even see the chart without glasses. Lasik was not an option at my level - too much material would need to be ablated, leaving me with ... structurally unsound corneas.
I was fortunate enough (!) to develop cataracts 30 years early. One became annoying when driving at night, which tilted me on the necessity-scale from cosmetic-surgery level to medical-necessity level. Only one eye was really bad enough to be an issue, but my correction was so strong that it was also deemed necessary to do the other eye to avoid the large difference in apparent size of objects.
Three side-effects of the cataract removal and lens implant surgery:
1. I now need reading glasses - they are no longer optional, as I have absolutely no ability to change focal distance. I could have gone with monovision, but didn't want to chance tolerance issues. As I am mid-forties, and was already wearing progressive lenses, this is fairly minor.
2. No more "coke bottle". The implanted replacement lenses are ordered just like a basic soft contact lens, with a certain amount of spherical correction, just enough to cover the -15 and -13 diopters my glasses or contacts used to cover. Now that I'm no longer looking through thick concave lenses perched in front of my face, everything appears noticeably larger.
3. Minor starbursts from very bright point sources of light.
You might notice that only #3 is a negative side-effect.
I still wear glasses, but for a minor amount of astigmatism, reading, and a couple diopters of prism (slightly cross-eyed).
I can now get out of bed, see the alarm clock, find my way to the bathroom, etc, without glasses. I can lose my glasses and not be almost completely helpless. I can get by with a cheap pair of readers from the dollar store in a pinch.
Hell, the other day I swam in the sea, able for the first time to see the shore, other swimmers, boats, birds, etc.
Happy? Oh hell yes.
Apple's POS system is an Apple internal system. It is in no way supplied by the banks.
I often do honk when backing, just as I did back in my FedEx days. I get some strange looks, as I'm usually driving a tiny hatchback.
No need to drill the lock in many cases, especially the small fire safes. Last time I had to get in to one of these, it was as easy as having a locksmith cut a key from the number printed on the lock. Five minutes, ten bucks.
Welcome to identity theft, modern style.
You can do this with Terminal in OS X, too.
1. Setup a window with the colors and fonts you want. (red on black, maybe?)
2. File ->Save As
3. Set the "Execute this command" field to your choice of sudo incantations.
Click Save.
Hm. I do tend to use such lovely names as "Marketing Asshats" when filling out registration forms for certain idiotic websites (mostly newspapers). I suppose that could be extended to shopper cards. "Marketing Asshat", "Dataminer Fuckhead", "Corporate AssRapery". MIght make for sme strange looks at those stores that insist cashiers watch for your name and say "Thank you Mr AssHat Fuckhead! Please come again!".
Combine the two. Put the six year olds in charge of the target market corps. Pink sparkly buzzwords!
The next rev of the XServe will come in pink, silver, aqua, and ice. The "Better" configuration will have faster processors, larger drives, and a sparkle finish. The "Best" config will be bundled with a special collector's edition "American Girl" CEO doll with Apple logo outfit.
It's simple economics. The more people EA acquires, the more soylent green they can produce.
Easy. Telephone companies have a long tradition of billing various taxes from all customers to benefit a few. This requires only a small change: Telephone basic rate: 19.50 Long Distance: 5.42 Universal lifeline surcharge: 1.42 911 fund: .73
Universal Terrorism Fee: 2.97
Flat Rate Criminality charge: .42
Camera phone usage: : .00
We saw your pics. .00
You look kind of funny fee: 1.27
CEO Monopoly money: .93
One iPants beta tester was admitted to the Logan County Memorial Hospital with localized burns in the groin area. He has so far refused to speak to the press, but witnesses report his last coherent statement before passing out was "I can take it! Nnngh! It's not that hot! Aaaiiieee!!"
Neither Apple nor Levi Strauss representatives would comment on the case.
When asked about the similarity between this case and the infamous coffee incident, McDonalds Corp also had no comment.
The new version of iPant will reportedly not include rivets.
Just remember - every new supermicrobe is another potential blockbuster disaster movie.
Great use of white space for readability. Whoops.
Some small effect, perhaps. ConEdison is quoted as projecting 200-250 mw usage per year for the next 5 yrs ( http://www.safesecurevital.org/articles/2003/soars 05192003.html ).
Other planned projects mentioned in the article total ~1500 megawatts. They would make the East River a drop in the bucket.
Apparently, those evil web browsing laptop potatoes are the problem:
""People often forget, when you're Web surfing, you're not just using the electricity of one computer," says a spokesman for the New York Independent System Operator, which runs the state power grid. "In reality, you're using a whole system of routers, switches and servers each time you jump to another Web page. And they all take electricity."
didn't even give credit where credit was due. That should have read " I'm very sorry for the inconvenience, and I'm working hard on improving my server's resistance to the Slashdot Effect..."
And I thought it was just my flaky remote. Bah.
At least you can bill 'em $400/hr for happiness production. Add an extra 1 hr for slitting your wrists.
Just be SCO instead. Give the code to your customer. Then, sue IBM.
On first look, I read that as "Build your own kittycam". I began to wonder what kind of monster image stabilization system you would need to couteract a pissed off bundle of fur and claws spinning at 120rpm.
Unless it's an Apple robot. Hmm... They would need something better than the voices they have now.
I just figured you meant "who the hell was writing this tripe".
Great! War Kayaking 301 should cover both the wireless networking /security requirement AND the general requirement for a PE class. Beats the crap outta running laps.
Can I borrow your phone for a sec?
Sure, here you go.
*thunk*
Whoops. Sorry, my phone's a bit ripe. It's been a long day.