A point well taken, but there's a degree of normalcy shift you need to expect when you live around the corner from Bungie. At least the cops reacted appropriately, both to the initial information they were given, and to the actual situation once the facts came to light.
You guys do realize that Twitter accounts can be set to "Private", right? Only the people you let in can see what you post, if you want it to be that way.
Lets say I create four private accounts; "Dad", "Mom", "Big Kid", "Little Kid". I allow all of them to see each other, but nobody else can see them. You now have an instant, anywhere-you-are, refrigerator family note system. For the record, it is also easy to send a direct message to somebody, like when Dad asks Mom to call the babysitter so they can have a romantic night out.
My friends and I (all in our mid twenties) use it for impromptu planning. Last night's BSG board game wouldn't have happened without Twitter. One quick text message, and my friend had let 12 of us know that he was getting off work earlier than expected, and were free to drop by. Five of us RSVP'd, and a fun night was had.
Lets take the idea presented by this article. I create a group of private twitter accounts: "MyHouse", "MyWasherDryer", "MySprinklerSystem", "MyModem", "MyServer", etc. My family are the only followers, and choose the things they care about to send them a SMS when an event occurs. With a proper setup back on the home side, you can direct message back to one of these accounts, and suddenly have a DIY home automation system.
I believe that the only people who haven't found a good use for Twitter yet, just aren't being creative enough with it, or flat out refuse to have anything to do with it because of the stigma that it's only used by idiots to keep up with celebrities. Give it a try, poke around for a bit, and be creative.
I imagine a cartoon-like scenario, of a curious party feeding a flexible snake into one end of the pipe, trying to feel out how far it goes before terminating, only to have it come out the other end and poke them in the butt.
Sometimes people want the line to go straight through the floor, instead of through a wall jack. Doesn't make any sense to me, but it's one of those "customer is always right" sort of things.
I don't understand why you seem to think having radioactivity released into the atmosphere is preferable to having it stored safely at a power plant.
As for waste, a large coal power plant (under full load) requires about 10,000 tons of coal per day. This doesn't include the energy needed to transport the coal to the plant (via a big ass train).
And that nuclear "waste" that we've got 60,000 metric tons of? Were it legal to actually build breeder reactors, we could use it to generate more power, and be left with hardly any radioactive waste in the end.
...I know nobody ever reads TFA, but there doesn't actually seem to be one here. Just a link to the company's website, and two articles to provide context to the non-existent article.
Think of it as giving each of your little guys a microscopic explosive. They will train in one of two spec ops facilities, for one-time deployment. Upon sighting the overwhelmingly larger enemy, one will penetrate the defenses, reach the enemy nerve center, and detonate, destroying the enemy's ability to function, and thus saving you from 18-25 years imprisonment.
...but I think I just invented a new form of birth control. Just from a quick look over Wikipedia, and what I remember from college biology, there's multiple enzymatic exchanges between sperm and egg before fertilization can complete. So, it should be possible to engineer a relatively simple, non-hormonal drug for men to take, which would prevent sperm from being produced all of the necessary enzymes (or purposefully carry an improper, but similarly binding enzyme), which could effectively kill any receptive egg that the sperm came in contact with, rather than fertilizing it.
Or am I completely delusional and in need of biology refresher courses? (it's entirely possible...)
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Don't you ask somebody out in order to get the opportunity to get to know them? This issue has been debated heavily by 90's sitcoms.
The only bar I go to is the one my parents built in their basement while I was away at college.
I never pay for drinks, I know the password for the Wi-fi, and it never closes.
Problem is, the only girl who ever shows up is my sister.
A point well taken, but there's a degree of normalcy shift you need to expect when you live around the corner from Bungie. At least the cops reacted appropriately, both to the initial information they were given, and to the actual situation once the facts came to light.
If he did, it wouldn't surprise me if he were in the 5-digit club, as GP is.
Well, I was going to moderate, but I feel it more important to ask this question:
What, exactly, is the difference between a saboteur and a terrorist? Aren't all terrorists out to sabotage?
You guys do realize that Twitter accounts can be set to "Private", right? Only the people you let in can see what you post, if you want it to be that way.
Lets say I create four private accounts; "Dad", "Mom", "Big Kid", "Little Kid". I allow all of them to see each other, but nobody else can see them. You now have an instant, anywhere-you-are, refrigerator family note system. For the record, it is also easy to send a direct message to somebody, like when Dad asks Mom to call the babysitter so they can have a romantic night out.
My friends and I (all in our mid twenties) use it for impromptu planning. Last night's BSG board game wouldn't have happened without Twitter. One quick text message, and my friend had let 12 of us know that he was getting off work earlier than expected, and were free to drop by. Five of us RSVP'd, and a fun night was had.
Lets take the idea presented by this article. I create a group of private twitter accounts: "MyHouse", "MyWasherDryer", "MySprinklerSystem", "MyModem", "MyServer", etc. My family are the only followers, and choose the things they care about to send them a SMS when an event occurs. With a proper setup back on the home side, you can direct message back to one of these accounts, and suddenly have a DIY home automation system.
I believe that the only people who haven't found a good use for Twitter yet, just aren't being creative enough with it, or flat out refuse to have anything to do with it because of the stigma that it's only used by idiots to keep up with celebrities. Give it a try, poke around for a bit, and be creative.
I imagine a cartoon-like scenario, of a curious party feeding a flexible snake into one end of the pipe, trying to feel out how far it goes before terminating, only to have it come out the other end and poke them in the butt.
Apparently I'm 5 years old.
Sometimes people want the line to go straight through the floor, instead of through a wall jack. Doesn't make any sense to me, but it's one of those "customer is always right" sort of things.
Oh, the stories I could tell...
(I used to work in the "Damages" department of Dish. Essentially, all of the worst install stories got routed directly through my department.)
I don't know weather to mod you funny, or reply with "woooooosh".
(It's "God Of Rock")
I know I'm being off-topic, but I don't think that post could have been any more British. Awesome.
The hell of it is, we could have really used the tax revenue they would have brought in.
I don't understand why you seem to think having radioactivity released into the atmosphere is preferable to having it stored safely at a power plant.
As for waste, a large coal power plant (under full load) requires about 10,000 tons of coal per day. This doesn't include the energy needed to transport the coal to the plant (via a big ass train).
And that nuclear "waste" that we've got 60,000 metric tons of? Were it legal to actually build breeder reactors, we could use it to generate more power, and be left with hardly any radioactive waste in the end.
...I know nobody ever reads TFA, but there doesn't actually seem to be one here. Just a link to the company's website, and two articles to provide context to the non-existent article.
Well, he has been injecting them, but not intravenously.
I see you've been watching Torchwood.
Which is why it becomes so very important for a would-be revolution to have the support of stealth bomber pilots.
Your post, it smells like new meme.
$370 million to do undergrad-level (at most) grunt work? Isn't that what unpaid interns are for?
Not yet. The RIAA's still making it's layaway payments.
I'm pretty sure I remember reading that a 10-12 in telescope should do the trick. To give a sense of scope, the moon is about 2,160 miles in diameter.
...maybe it's time to take it off?
Think of it as giving each of your little guys a microscopic explosive. They will train in one of two spec ops facilities, for one-time deployment. Upon sighting the overwhelmingly larger enemy, one will penetrate the defenses, reach the enemy nerve center, and detonate, destroying the enemy's ability to function, and thus saving you from 18-25 years imprisonment.
...but I think I just invented a new form of birth control. Just from a quick look over Wikipedia, and what I remember from college biology, there's multiple enzymatic exchanges between sperm and egg before fertilization can complete. So, it should be possible to engineer a relatively simple, non-hormonal drug for men to take, which would prevent sperm from being produced all of the necessary enzymes (or purposefully carry an improper, but similarly binding enzyme), which could effectively kill any receptive egg that the sperm came in contact with, rather than fertilizing it.
Or am I completely delusional and in need of biology refresher courses? (it's entirely possible...)
It's got to be terrible, finding out after 5 years that the process you've been using was destroying the very thing you were seeking out.
This is the discussion about the man with ovucidal sperm, right?