In the last year, I have done a few very fun "mad scientist" things with my siblings (no kids yet). At least once per month I try to come up with something that they won't get at school, or elsewhere. Anything to try and teach them to not fear science.
We play with dry ice a lot. The kids are young (all around 7), so our projects are often very simple. Just having a pail of water with a few pieces of dry ice in the bottom bubbling up was enough to scare most of the neighbors and adult family members. They think I am endangering everyones lives. Luckily my elementary teacher wife explains to them all that everything is fine (in terms most of them can understand)
Last week we played with borax and elmers glue. It makes for some fun textures. They are a bit young to fully grasp some concepts of what is happening on a molecular level, but I think they do get the general idea (I like Lego analogies).
Now that summer is here, we can probably do some fun stuff outside. Maybe blow up some pop bottles with dry ice. Hopefully I don't end up in guantanamo considering it is now classified as a terrorist weapon. Lucky for me, my stay at guantanamo can be endless and without a trial! Wahoo....life in prison for playing with liquid c02!!!!
Anyone have any other simple, cheap, and education little home ideas (for my crew targetted at age 7-10, though anything would be nice)?
Well, I think I scared him fairly well. And I demonstrated that I am just crazy enough to not be put in charge of any of the latest projects coming up.
Sorry, I wasn't trying to...hehe I didn't even RTF headline. Actually, I had just come out of a dept meeting where we were debating switching a few machines to Linux. I had just been challenged to post an anti-linux link on Slashdot, along with the IP of our crappy windows webserver. My boss said he would kill me. I wanted to scare him. Notice, I didn't put the IP.
Seriously though, this brings up a good point...no, not that one you sick bastard.
This is more time consuming and wasteful than it first seems. How would they know if anything was illegal unless they looked at the data on each DVD. Even then they cannot know for sure that it isn't someone moving data that they rightfully own, can they? I know if they uncover 500 copies of the same movie, that is likely piracy, but they still need to individually inspect the disks.
These are amazing dogs if they can smell the difference between pirated data and fake data. And can they search these packages without any sort of warrent or anything?
Much of what I have read says that eSata isn't as reliable as USB 2.0? Has anyone here used it? I have heard that it can be quite flakey. Anyone?
3x the speed is tempting, especially now that processer models only go up by 5% in performance (or less). I remember climbing a lot faster back in the 486 days, or even Pentium 1. WOW! Why can't our hardware increase like that any more? 30% increase per model #!
Sweet idea! I live less than 2 miles from my employer. I could get all of my juice entirely from them! Now you have me thinking, maybe I should get an electric scooter or something! Thanks!
How far do you drive? If you are driving far enough, then it would save you money.....so in that case you can't afford not to buy a 2nd vehicle. If you are not driving very far to work, then it doesn't really matter.
Better yet, he could buy his own car. Couldn't he sell the big vehicle, buy a smaller one, be money ahead instantly (not to mention insurance), and start saving even more every time he filled up?
BUT WAIT, I'm just clouding the issue with common sense and facts. It makes more sense to get 8mpg, pay $3 per gallon, and complain about gas prices every chance we get.
Silly peasant. Witches burn, and what also burns? Wood. Wood also floats (along with very small rocks). So, if she drowns, then she isn't made of wood, and wouldn't burn, thus isn't a witch.
While I do agree with some of your post........this really stands out.
"Maybe if the enviro leftist nuts shut the hell up and let real science speak we all would see that this is a part of the normal cycle in this tiny little planet and Solar system."
Maybe? Maybe? Don't you think that even if there is a slight chance that global warming is caused by humans, it should be confronted and fixed.
Ah what the hell, we have lots of other planets to live on.
"Yet global warming is a fact, no-one disputes that (anymore)."
That is what I thought too, then I took a little survey. Very few of my coworkers, none of our distributors, and few of my family members believe it is happening.
One distributor said something which everyone really agreed with. "I can't imagine our temperature measurements from 100 years ago were all that accurate. What did they do, stick a thermometer down in a hole, light a match to read it, and estimate the temperature?"
I have no idea what the hole was for, but everyone seemed to agree with him. Plus, anyone who sees global warming for what it really is, is chastized as some crazy person, an untrue American, and a probably a terrorist.
I have tried clouding the issues with facts and figures, but they seem meaningless. I would guess it is just denial, so they don't have to feel guilty for driving their SUV's and Minivans over an hour to work.
For the first time I got to see the great "Nothing for you to see here. Please move along." message. I wonder if everyone at/. is celebrating napping day. http://www.napping.com/napping-day.html I know I plan to.
Yeah, or maybe they can just use a microphone! Wait, that is what the last 6 people said, none of which actually read the article, or even the blurb.....
Did anyone here actually read the article? You must have the unlocking device in your hand to opperate the door. It isn't as simple as listening to someone else's knock, you still need the "key". Actually, it even says this in the summary.
Nobody on slashdot actually reads the blurbs, yet they all act like they are so much smarter than the person who wrote the blurb.
Yeah, this is probably troll, but I logged onto slashdot this morning at an ungodly hour hoping to find some insightful reading........
Hmm, our news agency also just stated that the $10,000 was a cash prize, but it appears to be wrong. I don't suppose apple bucks are usable at allofmp3.com ? That would buy a LOT of music!!!
Do you think people were actually trying to be the 1 billionth? I mean, once it was a few thousand short were people buying a lot of songs to try and be the billionth? It seemed to pay off for one person if they were. Our local TV news agency said that the winner got "a 20 inch computer".
I agree, though the gameboy advance still outsold them both... Actually, I don't know a single person that has purchased a PSP or DS yet, yet I know several people who purchased Gameboy Advance games over Xmas. I thought that was rare, but I guess it is quite common. the NintendoPLayers.com link you mention claims that the DS won out strong in Japan. So, the PSP is the least popular worldwide then? Their are huge racks of PSP movies at the 2 local retailers in my area, yet I have never seen a single person looking at them. Has anyone here watched a movie on a PSP? Is it decent?
I agree totally. Everyone in my family has been warned about not clicking on links in IM, and openening Email attachments, and.......................
Yet they don't think it is their fault when they get a virus/worm/spyware.
Unlike the ignorant Linux fanboys on/., I do not think it is their fault just for using Windows, but they need to be somewhat responsible. The sad part is, even after 10 years of Windows problems, I still have family that insist they don't need security updates, firewall, and the like.
Okay, they all seem logical except real networks. Can someone explain how real is getting that many users? I am not sure I have ever seen anyone actually use their site for anything.
For the record, I woke up missing only 1 kidney. And, it was a large rubber-maid style tub, not a bath-tub as often reported. Also, I just found out they took a piece of my liver as well. Oh yeah, and while I was at Taco-Bell last week, I must have accidentally eaten some cockroach eggs, because the eggs are hatching inside an open sore in my mouth. Oh and lets not forget the thumb in my chili at Wendys. Then there is all the cow-eyeballs and worms that McDonalds uses as filler in their meat. All of this just after I got rid of this Dermatobia hominis.
Okay sorry, but all of the food horror stories of the past just came flooding back. Does Wiki have problems with people posting advertisements and other stuff? I have always wondered how they keep their content so filtered.
I just recently ordered a new 72 pin adaptor for my old NES. It arrived not long ago, so I am now going to see if that fixed the old blinky/blow in the box/game problem. It looks quite easy to replace. It was only $3 on ebay...though I suppose I should clean any games before I stick them in the fixed machine.
Super Mario Brothers 3 never worked for me! And when I finally got it working, some of the images were all blocky and crap. I had a game genie though, and using that seemed to make it so I didn't have to use the adaptor. Upon reflection, maybe the genie bent the old adaptor or something.
Maybe I can actually beat Contra now that I am a little more aged.
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Oops, yeah, solid. I have no idea where I came up with Liquid. Maybe I lost some brain function due to breathing too much C02 and not enough 02.
Thanks for the links! Mod the parent up please....I'll send you gold (sorry, too much AOE on my mind at the moment).
In the last year, I have done a few very fun "mad scientist" things with my siblings (no kids yet). At least once per month I try to come up with something that they won't get at school, or elsewhere. Anything to try and teach them to not fear science.
We play with dry ice a lot. The kids are young (all around 7), so our projects are often very simple. Just having a pail of water with a few pieces of dry ice in the bottom bubbling up was enough to scare most of the neighbors and adult family members. They think I am endangering everyones lives. Luckily my elementary teacher wife explains to them all that everything is fine (in terms most of them can understand)
Last week we played with borax and elmers glue. It makes for some fun textures. They are a bit young to fully grasp some concepts of what is happening on a molecular level, but I think they do get the general idea (I like Lego analogies).
Now that summer is here, we can probably do some fun stuff outside. Maybe blow up some pop bottles with dry ice. Hopefully I don't end up in guantanamo considering it is now classified as a terrorist weapon. Lucky for me, my stay at guantanamo can be endless and without a trial! Wahoo....life in prison for playing with liquid c02!!!!
Anyone have any other simple, cheap, and education little home ideas (for my crew targetted at age 7-10, though anything would be nice)?
Well, I think I scared him fairly well. And I demonstrated that I am just crazy enough to not be put in charge of any of the latest projects coming up.
Sorry, I wasn't trying to...hehe I didn't even RTF headline. Actually, I had just come out of a dept meeting where we were debating switching a few machines to Linux. I had just been challenged to post an anti-linux link on Slashdot, along with the IP of our crappy windows webserver. My boss said he would kill me. I wanted to scare him. Notice, I didn't put the IP.
Linux? What's Linux?
Isn't that something hackers use to put spyware on my computer, then share illegal music with their friends? I hear it funds terrorism!
Exactly. If I hadn't posted here, I would mod you up. You have just replaced Deuce Biggalo as my new hero.
Seriously though, this brings up a good point...no, not that one you sick bastard.
This is more time consuming and wasteful than it first seems. How would they know if anything was illegal unless they looked at the data on each DVD. Even then they cannot know for sure that it isn't someone moving data that they rightfully own, can they? I know if they uncover 500 copies of the same movie, that is likely piracy, but they still need to individually inspect the disks.
These are amazing dogs if they can smell the difference between pirated data and fake data. And can they search these packages without any sort of warrent or anything?
Much of what I have read says that eSata isn't as reliable as USB 2.0? Has anyone here used it? I have heard that it can be quite flakey. Anyone?
3x the speed is tempting, especially now that processer models only go up by 5% in performance (or less). I remember climbing a lot faster back in the 486 days, or even Pentium 1. WOW! Why can't our hardware increase like that any more? 30% increase per model #!
Sweet idea! I live less than 2 miles from my employer. I could get all of my juice entirely from them! Now you have me thinking, maybe I should get an electric scooter or something! Thanks!
How far do you drive? If you are driving far enough, then it would save you money.....so in that case you can't afford not to buy a 2nd vehicle. If you are not driving very far to work, then it doesn't really matter.
Better yet, he could buy his own car. Couldn't he sell the big vehicle, buy a smaller one, be money ahead instantly (not to mention insurance), and start saving even more every time he filled up?
BUT WAIT, I'm just clouding the issue with common sense and facts. It makes more sense to get 8mpg, pay $3 per gallon, and complain about gas prices every chance we get.
Git 'er done...Git 'er done...Git 'er done...Git 'er done...Git 'er done...Git 'er done...
Okay, now I see your point.
Errrr, did I say anything about Oil, or anything about it not being used up?
I think you are quite naive if you think that guppies cannot be used for world conquest!
Since you brought it up, yes, oil will continue to be used until it isn't the best option for the user. Very good. Have a sticker.
Silly peasant. Witches burn, and what also burns? Wood. Wood also floats (along with very small rocks). So, if she drowns, then she isn't made of wood, and wouldn't burn, thus isn't a witch.
While I do agree with some of your post........this really stands out.
"Maybe if the enviro leftist nuts shut the hell up and let real science speak we all would see that this is a part of the normal cycle in this tiny little planet and Solar system."
Maybe? Maybe? Don't you think that even if there is a slight chance that global warming is caused by humans, it should be confronted and fixed.
Ah what the hell, we have lots of other planets to live on.
"Yet global warming is a fact, no-one disputes that (anymore)."
That is what I thought too, then I took a little survey. Very few of my coworkers, none of our distributors, and few of my family members believe it is happening.
One distributor said something which everyone really agreed with. "I can't imagine our temperature measurements from 100 years ago were all that accurate. What did they do, stick a thermometer down in a hole, light a match to read it, and estimate the temperature?"
I have no idea what the hole was for, but everyone seemed to agree with him. Plus, anyone who sees global warming for what it really is, is chastized as some crazy person, an untrue American, and a probably a terrorist.
I have tried clouding the issues with facts and figures, but they seem meaningless. I would guess it is just denial, so they don't have to feel guilty for driving their SUV's and Minivans over an hour to work.
For the first time I got to see the great "Nothing for you to see here. Please move along." message. I wonder if everyone at /. is celebrating napping day. http://www.napping.com/napping-day.html I know I plan to.
Yeah, or maybe they can just use a microphone! Wait, that is what the last 6 people said, none of which actually read the article, or even the blurb.....
Did anyone here actually read the article? You must have the unlocking device in your hand to opperate the door. It isn't as simple as listening to someone else's knock, you still need the "key". Actually, it even says this in the summary.
Nobody on slashdot actually reads the blurbs, yet they all act like they are so much smarter than the person who wrote the blurb.
Yeah, this is probably troll, but I logged onto slashdot this morning at an ungodly hour hoping to find some insightful reading........
Okay, sorry about that.
Hmm, our news agency also just stated that the $10,000 was a cash prize, but it appears to be wrong. I don't suppose apple bucks are usable at allofmp3.com ? That would buy a LOT of music!!!
Do you think people were actually trying to be the 1 billionth? I mean, once it was a few thousand short were people buying a lot of songs to try and be the billionth? It seemed to pay off for one person if they were. Our local TV news agency said that the winner got "a 20 inch computer".
I agree, though the gameboy advance still outsold them both... Actually, I don't know a single person that has purchased a PSP or DS yet, yet I know several people who purchased Gameboy Advance games over Xmas. I thought that was rare, but I guess it is quite common. the NintendoPLayers.com link you mention claims that the DS won out strong in Japan. So, the PSP is the least popular worldwide then? Their are huge racks of PSP movies at the 2 local retailers in my area, yet I have never seen a single person looking at them. Has anyone here watched a movie on a PSP? Is it decent?
I agree totally. Everyone in my family has been warned about not clicking on links in IM, and openening Email attachments, and .......................
/., I do not think it is their fault just for using Windows, but they need to be somewhat responsible. The sad part is, even after 10 years of Windows problems, I still have family that insist they don't need security updates, firewall, and the like.
Yet they don't think it is their fault when they get a virus/worm/spyware.
Unlike the ignorant Linux fanboys on
Okay, they all seem logical except real networks. Can someone explain how real is getting that many users? I am not sure I have ever seen anyone actually use their site for anything.
For the record, I woke up missing only 1 kidney. And, it was a large rubber-maid style tub, not a bath-tub as often reported. Also, I just found out they took a piece of my liver as well. Oh yeah, and while I was at Taco-Bell last week, I must have accidentally eaten some cockroach eggs, because the eggs are hatching inside an open sore in my mouth. Oh and lets not forget the thumb in my chili at Wendys. Then there is all the cow-eyeballs and worms that McDonalds uses as filler in their meat. All of this just after I got rid of this Dermatobia hominis.
Okay sorry, but all of the food horror stories of the past just came flooding back. Does Wiki have problems with people posting advertisements and other stuff? I have always wondered how they keep their content so filtered.
I just recently ordered a new 72 pin adaptor for my old NES. It arrived not long ago, so I am now going to see if that fixed the old blinky/blow in the box/game problem. It looks quite easy to replace. It was only $3 on ebay...though I suppose I should clean any games before I stick them in the fixed machine.
Super Mario Brothers 3 never worked for me! And when I finally got it working, some of the images were all blocky and crap. I had a game genie though, and using that seemed to make it so I didn't have to use the adaptor. Upon reflection, maybe the genie bent the old adaptor or something.
Maybe I can actually beat Contra now that I am a little more aged.