Where many systems today are built with just the "fastest" processor, we dive deeper into incorporating the true components that allow every application you run, to run at the fastest speed possible.
Ie.. we overclock everything until it steams, then write on our own numbers on in yellow crayon.
I only choose Michael's Computers over any other company because it?s far better to know the maker and someone you can trust and is a Christian.
Yep. I pray for the forgiveness of my sins on Sunday so I don't don't to hell for lying through my teeth the other 6
> Wouldn't the OH- and H+ ions combine to form > Hydrogen (I) Oxide?
No. It would be Hydrogren (I) Hydroxide. Not too sure about the (I).. Hydrogen has a fairly limited set of ion states.
In all seriousness, the attraction bewteen H+ and OH- ions to form the water we all know and love is exactly the reason that a base nuetralizes an acid.
Yeah.. get enough Hydrogen Hydroxide together and you end up with a shit load of H+ and OH- ions... effectively like burning yourself with acid then pouring bleach over the wound.
| It's not the safety gestapo, it's the | environmental gestapo, and they won the | arguement 30 years ago.
Sod it. I am a greenie.. I recycle my newspapers and bottles and take my own plastic bags to the supermarkets. I turn the water off when Im brushing my teeth and I am part owner in a southern right whale that lives off the coast of Argentina.
But I also get off on 351 cubic inches of V8 screaming like a horse going arse first into a meat grinder.
Its simple, make it so that car mods void the manufacturers warranty on new cars and add 20% to the insurance of used cars. Thus Ma and Pa kettle wont even think about fiddling with their timings and the few of us who do actually feel like playing under the hood can do so without fucking up the air.
Anyway, one truck spews out so much more crap than a dozen V8.
Note.. changing the chip in your rice rocket just doesnt count.
| Japan and their rise in technology, is that | since the end of WWII, they haven't had a | military to take up financing, (or resources, or | R&D, etc..)
True, but the huge amount that the US spends on Military is largely by choice.
Is it really necessary to have sufficient armaments to destroy the planet seven times over? Is it really necessary to have sufficient firepower to independantly forcibly take over any other country/contitent on the planet?
And are these things more important than education, health care etc etc.
Every country sets its own agenda. The US wants to be the untouchable goliath of military power. If the US wanted to be the world leader in non-military research and development, they could be.
> Is there a brand available in the US you can > recommend?
The one coffee Ive found consitantly resonable while Ive been travelling is "Vittoria". I dont know if its availble in the US, but its made, roasted and vacuum sealed in Italy, then exported all around the world.
It obviously not as good as freshly roasted, freshly ground blends, but it sure beats instant, drop filter and most of the burnt stuff Ive found in the states.
Another alternative is talk to some New Yorkers. The Italian community there has to be supplied by somebody... so there is probably something available on line.
> The mom and pop serves "premium" coffee, like > starbucks. The tim hortons sells generic coffee, > like safeway.
With the exception of New York, US coffee blows. (Disclaimer... I've never been to Chicago). I don't know how you guys tolerate the stuff. Actually, I do.. you fill it up with Vanilla, Hazelnut or Cherry flavourings to hide the taste of the coffee itself.
Some of the best coffee in the world is in Melbourne, Australia. This is because the is a huge population decended from Italians, Greeks,Turks and Arabs... all cultures that understand coffee.
I was with a US delegate in a "Mum and Pop" corner store (in Melbourne) who just happened to sell coffee.. and they had 4 blends plus decaf. Note, I don't mean 4 types of coffee with flavours, I mean four bean blends which they could prepare in any one of half a dozen or so ways.
Note that UK coffee blows too... but the Poms know it and they all drink tea.
Irish coffee is also disgusting, which is why they all drink beer.
The most depressing is that chilean coffee is shite, and here we are so close to Brazil. The only way to see coffee her is to sell is by employing girls in bikinis who take their tops off and jiggle every hour ("El minuto feliz"... The happy minute).
> Of course, thats why I live someplace where I > can open the door a few feet away from me and > fire off a clip from my SKS and nobody is going > to think twice about it, unless it's midnight.
> If I purchase a milliion shares of SCO on the > open market, SCO does not see a PENNY of that > money.
1) It is possible for a company to invest in its own stock, though there are rules and regulations over this. This is different from a Buy Back where the stock is effectively taken off the market.
2) Although SCO as a corperate entity might not see a dime, plenty of individuals will. This may be as options, as stock bought at as discount though an employee purchase plan, as stock granted as "prizes" or simply because there is some bonus in the contract tied into the stock price.
Originally, the stock price was an indicator of the market value of a company in the future. Company X is worth Y millions and has Z millions of shares in market, their shares are worth Y/Z. If you believe that in the future the company will be worth Y+dY Millions, then buying the shares for less than (Y+dy)/Z means that you will be making a profit.
Of course, now its all speculation for the majority of non-blue chip companies, the stock price exists in some parallel universe. The SCO stock price rollercoaster has been a perfect example of this.
3) PHBs, being PHBs, regard stock price as a measure of confidence. For example, I have heard people saying that one should avoid Sun servers as Sun's stockprice is low. Its the herd mentality. Stupid... and it seems that these people still haven't learnt anything despite the.com bust, despite 1987 and despite that they are going to do it all again some time in the next 20 years.
> Considering the number of stupid websites that > are aching to charge $5 per month subscriptions
Yeah, but the Microsoft Scheme doesnt provide a new photo every day of a 40 year old junkie dress in a school uniform urinating with a look of extacy painted on her face.
Slashdot Mirror
No.
:)
Those colours make me look fat.
Where many systems today are built with just the "fastest" processor, we dive deeper into incorporating the true components that allow every application you run, to run at the fastest speed possible.
Ie.. we overclock everything until it steams, then write on our own numbers on in yellow crayon.
I only choose Michael's Computers over any other company because it?s far better to know the maker and someone you can trust and is a Christian.
Yep. I pray for the forgiveness of my sins on Sunday so I don't don't to hell for lying through my teeth the other 6
> "94303 chinese food" doesn't turn up local
> results, but "94303 chinese"
Thats because most of what's sold as "Chinese food" is MSG which is not strictly a food.
Having said that, most of what's sold as "Chinese Food" isn't exactly Chinese either.
> I spell Fubar with nine letters.
Foobarrgh.
Or maybe you're welsh, and there's a silent "wy" in there somewhere.
This is just a Scam to sell cartridges. Who needs "black, red, yellow and blue" when you can have "puce, rose, lavender and turquoise"?
Scented inks, anybody?
Its called a Frenum Ladder... and no.. that is NOT a work-safe link.
> Wouldn't the OH- and H+ ions combine to form
> Hydrogen (I) Oxide?
No. It would be Hydrogren (I) Hydroxide. Not too sure about the (I).. Hydrogen has a fairly limited set of ion states.
In all seriousness, the attraction bewteen H+ and OH- ions to form the water we all know and love is exactly the reason that a base nuetralizes an acid.
Yeah.. get enough Hydrogen Hydroxide together and you end up with a shit load of H+ and OH- ions... effectively like burning yourself with acid then pouring bleach over the wound.
So I just covered my keyboard with honey, and now there are no bacteria, but my typing speed is down to 20 words a minute.
> I'm sure 50% of the people out there pick their
> noses/ears and then their keyboard.
I had my little finger in my ear as I read that story. Now I feel all ashamed.
However, he DID say it in "Star Trek 4: The
Voyage Home"... which of course in an even numbered movie.
| When are those panels of randomly blinking
| lights going to make it on the market?
You've never tried to diagnose a 3COM Switch network, have you?
| It's not the safety gestapo, it's the
| environmental gestapo, and they won the
| arguement 30 years ago.
Sod it. I am a greenie.. I recycle my newspapers and bottles and take my own plastic bags to the supermarkets. I turn the water off when Im brushing my teeth and I am part owner in a southern right whale that lives off the coast of Argentina.
But I also get off on 351 cubic inches of V8 screaming like a horse going arse first into a meat grinder.
Its simple, make it so that car mods void the manufacturers warranty on new cars and add 20% to the insurance of used cars. Thus Ma and Pa kettle wont even think about fiddling with their timings and the few of us who do actually feel like playing under the hood can do so without fucking up the air.
Anyway, one truck spews out so much more crap than a dozen V8.
Note.. changing the chip in your rice rocket just doesnt count.
| Japan and their rise in technology, is that
| since the end of WWII, they haven't had a
| military to take up financing, (or resources, or
| R&D, etc..)
True, but the huge amount that the US spends on Military is largely by choice.
Is it really necessary to have sufficient armaments to destroy the planet seven times over? Is it really necessary to have sufficient firepower to independantly forcibly take over any other country/contitent on the planet?
And are these things more important than education, health care etc etc.
Every country sets its own agenda. The US wants to be the untouchable goliath of military power. If the US wanted to be the world leader in non-military research and development, they could be.
> Is there a brand available in the US you can
> recommend?
The one coffee Ive found consitantly resonable while Ive been travelling is "Vittoria". I dont know if its availble in the US, but its made, roasted and vacuum sealed in Italy, then exported all around the world.
It obviously not as good as freshly roasted, freshly ground blends, but it sure beats instant, drop filter and most of the burnt stuff Ive found in the states.
Another alternative is talk to some New Yorkers. The Italian community there has to be supplied by somebody... so there is probably something available on line.
> The mom and pop serves "premium" coffee, like
> starbucks. The tim hortons sells generic coffee,
> like safeway.
With the exception of New York, US coffee blows. (Disclaimer... I've never been to Chicago). I don't know how you guys tolerate the stuff. Actually, I do.. you fill it up with Vanilla, Hazelnut or Cherry flavourings to hide the taste of the coffee itself.
Some of the best coffee in the world is in Melbourne, Australia. This is because the is a huge population decended from Italians, Greeks,Turks and Arabs... all cultures that understand coffee.
I was with a US delegate in a "Mum and Pop" corner store (in Melbourne) who just happened to sell coffee.. and they had 4 blends plus decaf. Note, I don't mean 4 types of coffee with flavours, I mean four bean blends which they could prepare in any one of half a dozen or so ways.
Note that UK coffee blows too... but the Poms know it and they all drink tea.
Irish coffee is also disgusting, which is why they all drink beer.
The most depressing is that chilean coffee is shite, and here we are so close to Brazil. The only way to see coffee her is to sell is by employing girls in bikinis who take their tops off and jiggle every hour ("El minuto feliz"... The happy minute).
> Thanks to the [Timeout locking counter file]
> visitors who have stopped by our site.
Congrats guys. You just slashdotted a webcounter.
Hope they aren't getting revenue per hit.
Matt
> They are part of the official equipment for the
> NASA space-shuttle crews
Hey! If an astronaut can fly without having his knife confiscated, why can't I?
Maybe now we know why Challeger exploded....
> nail file, which I thought only showed up on the
> really big knives and the ones aimed at women.
Don't knock the nail file.
I'm a guitarrist, and sometimes you just need a nail file... if its on a Swiss Army Knife, you don't come off looking all "Metrosexual".
> Of course, thats why I live someplace where I
> can open the door a few feet away from me and
> fire off a clip from my SKS and nobody is going
> to think twice about it, unless it's midnight.
DC, right?
> If I purchase a milliion shares of SCO on the
.com bust, despite 1987 and despite that they are going to do it all again some time in the next 20 years.
> open market, SCO does not see a PENNY of that
> money.
1) It is possible for a company to invest in its own stock, though there are rules and regulations over this. This is different from a Buy Back where the stock is effectively taken off the market.
2) Although SCO as a corperate entity might not see a dime, plenty of individuals will. This may be as options, as stock bought at as discount though an employee purchase plan, as stock granted as "prizes" or simply because there is some bonus in the contract tied into the stock price.
Originally, the stock price was an indicator of the market value of a company in the future. Company X is worth Y millions and has Z millions of shares in market, their shares are worth Y/Z. If you believe that in the future the company will be worth Y+dY Millions, then buying the shares for less than (Y+dy)/Z means that you will be making a profit.
Of course, now its all speculation for the majority of non-blue chip companies, the stock price exists in some parallel universe. The SCO stock price rollercoaster has been a perfect example of this.
3) PHBs, being PHBs, regard stock price as a measure of confidence. For example, I have heard people saying that one should avoid Sun servers as Sun's stockprice is low. Its the herd mentality. Stupid... and it seems that these people still haven't learnt anything despite the
IANAPHBY.
(Y = Yet)
Matt
> I don't want to pay money to these
:)
> people just to listen to them complain.
So I guess you dont watch a lot of Woody Allen movies then
> Considering the number of stupid websites that
> are aching to charge $5 per month subscriptions
Yeah, but the Microsoft Scheme doesnt provide a new photo every day of a 40 year old junkie dress in a school uniform urinating with a look of extacy painted on her face.
remote controls don't require that much hand-eye coordination.
Depends on how many beers youve drunk while watching the box.
>dropping from 19 to 11
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IT GOES ALL THE WAY TO ELEVEN!!!!