Meant to say (in the first para, but repeated the rest anyway...):
"That would NOT be a problem if Flybook were prevalent at an affordable unit cost and consumer price (instead of US$2900), AND if it could rotate 90 degrees...:"
GO! Start the new tide of change... (But, please, see this as an opportunity to rewrite (internally, or via the Open Source Community) the IBM-owned portions of the LOTUS SMARTSUITE software from scratch and deprecate Symphony, and let them work around the patented stuff with current tools and obvious features sets not envisioned nor blocked by the previous patents.)
Alternatively, Work HARDER with Sun, and merge the best of the two so end-users can still have WordPro for it's tabs and smart palettes, and Approach apps without being forced to become programmers.
To this date I have not received any NSLs (National Security Letters).
If -- from this this point -- once a month I don't update, then that means I got a letter. I will NOT be coerced into fudging or post-editing dates, either.
We'll all be connected up the ass with CONgresspeople. I imagine OurTubes will be immune from persecution (and PROsecution?) for testifying or implicating ourselves...
They gave the government extra money. Now, somebody can do a Google SketchUp Pro of an enlarged treasury vault.... with all the nifty little details...
I just a few weeks ago read in a copy of Asian Week how these smart AMERICAN Asians figured out a card counting method and raked in the coin from one or more casinos. Now, we've got hollyweird picking up on this and whitewashing the cast. Amazing the shit hollyweird does to calculate to obtain the best studio ticket intake.
From Wikipedia, from Asian Week and Ben Mezrich (author of the book):
"Casting of Caucasian/Asian
Although the four main characters in Bringing Down the House were Asian-Americans in real life, studio executives have cast mostly white actors to portray them in the film. Ben Mezrich, author of Bringing Down the House, has noted a "stereotypical" casting process on the part of Hollywood.[1] In the book, Mezrich explicitly states that a young Caucasian betting large amounts of money stands out, while a young Asian or other minority would be less conspicuous. Asian Week called the casting a "whitewash," pointing out that if it were African Americans replaced by Caucasians, there would be more vocal protest.""
the affected companies will feel "RAMMED AND BUSTED"... from behind in behind up behind
("UP BEHIND" IS a valid US Navy command to deck hands working lines or involved in Underway Replenishment operations.... I know, because it was used as late as 1984-86 when I was in the Deck force)
has secrets and contacts you FEAR to share? Not talking about HOARDING, but let's say you're an agent which finesse and cunning and you gather bombshells of information. You upload the shit, and suddenly 15 agencies that never heard of YOU want YOU dead. Or, each wants a PIECE of you to ENSURE you won't collect anymore information.
See, the problem is that some agencies STILL want to get credit for the takedown, or don't want to compromise a sensitively placed or acquired mole. It will only be a matter of time before the Google or Visual Analytics software compromises the health of dutiful agents who share or crosslink-search too much sensitive information that IS within the scope of their duties.
WHENNNNN!!!! are those people EVER going to bother cloning Lotus Approach? It is just mind-boggling that they are too chickenshit or NIH to bother challenging IBM to resurrect or share WHAT IT CAN from Lotus SmartSuite and particularly Approach.
Proof of Concept? Hell, Approach does that hands down. Granted, it's "ancient" since it is mostly from 1992, thru 1999 to 2002 as for the major work in it, but prototyping is definitely something Approach does. It doesn't have an ERD, and table linking is rudimentary, but the GUI, the forms, the charts, the reports and work sheets and sorts and such (except for the lackluster cross-tabs) are MORE than worth their weight (or, ahem, area) in gold...
Well, considering "stretch some muscles", they'll have to take some newly codified law books with them, redefining sexual misdemeanors.
"The more I miss it, de meaner i get" is what some might say. I guess it might separate the men from the mice, the asTROnaughts from assholenauts and the a*holenaughts...
Now, if necrosis or other tissue damage happens to the reproductive organs (why would they be different? Well, has anyone studied the effects of N2S on sperm count? Ovarian production?), colonization of distant worlds might just remain a twinkle in the human eye.
I suppose this question (probably asked by others) might lead to funding of N2S+SEX studies for astronauts.
BTW, the originally-first-slated Korean astronaut was dismissed for two security violations. I'd read in Shanghai Daily News (March 20 issue) about it.
"``The main reason for the cut is Ko made two consecutive security violations,'' said Lee Sang-mok, the head of the ministry's space technology bureau, adding that both events appeared unintentional."
i was going to ask "Are there any "StraTactical" uses/applications of this?"
But, then i think i probably have to answer my own question with:
1. deep-sea sleds-delivered divers or swimmers might get gas and the bends on delivery 2. what would be the weight tradeoff in sleds vs rebreathing units? 3. what kind of missions might need divers to be suspended? 4. would this enable submarine crews trapped at say 3,000 feet to hibernate until rescued? 5. could this be weaponized and used to attack ships even if they have air filter systems? For civilian uses:
1. could this put risky prison populations in a new form of "lockdown" or isolation? 2. what good might there be in combining this with flash-bang devices? 3. would this be useful for crowd control, where the public is conditioned to fear this gas 4. would this have any "Black Sunday" (think the movie) application in a sports dome?
Imagine the weaponization or equivalent use of this gas to bring ground wars to a state of...
suspension... and the characters probably WILL become... animated... But, I fear the doses required to suspend the animated warriors may be strong enough to ruin seals on masks, and possibly just burn up the lungs.
Slashdot Mirror
Meant to say (in the first para, but repeated the rest anyway...):
"That would NOT be a problem if Flybook were prevalent at an affordable unit cost and consumer price (instead of US$2900), AND if it could rotate 90 degrees...:"
http://www.flybookus.com/flybook_vm.php
http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/12/dialogues-flybook-vm-laptop/
http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/flybook-vm-laptop-with-airline-friendly-telescoping-screen/
Oh and check this one out:
http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/14/clio-nxt-unleashed-on-duke-university-kind-of/
Doesn't resolve the issue for developers, but...
That would NOT be a problem if Flybook were prevalent at an affordable unit cost and consumer price (instead of US$2900):
http://www.flybookus.com/flybook_vm.php
http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/12/dialogues-flybook-vm-laptop/
http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/flybook-vm-laptop-with-airline-friendly-telescoping-screen/
Oh and check this one out:
http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/14/clio-nxt-unleashed-on-duke-university-kind-of/
Doesn't resolve the issue for developers, but...
GO! Start the new tide of change... (But, please, see this as an opportunity to rewrite (internally, or via the Open Source Community) the IBM-owned portions of the LOTUS SMARTSUITE software from scratch and deprecate Symphony, and let them work around the patented stuff with current tools and obvious features sets not envisioned nor blocked by the previous patents.)
Alternatively, Work HARDER with Sun, and merge the best of the two so end-users can still have WordPro for it's tabs and smart palettes, and Approach apps without being forced to become programmers.
KAMCHA CHIMEH CHEK!
(Gowron... You swear WELL, Pee-kard)
Or, "Today is a GOOD day to die", said one Neanderthal.
Throw in a Tuvan throat singer, an Aussie with a digidiroo, and Hal, and we'll have oen halluv an ensemble going.
(Oh, throw in Shatner with some Esperanto, too... and some Kirk-being-stunned-on-heavy break dance...)
To this date I have not received any NSLs (National Security Letters).
If -- from this this point -- once a month I don't update, then that means I got a letter. I will NOT be coerced into fudging or post-editing dates, either.
Or, maybe a 55-year old monsignor? He could say his numbers came from divination (and would divide a nation, or more...).
the J.A.W.s of life....
and is probably jawing away with BEELIONS and BEELIONS of stars of the YOONEEwerse...
We'll all be connected up the ass with CONgresspeople. I imagine OurTubes will be immune from persecution (and PROsecution?) for testifying or implicating ourselves...
"internet exploder"...
eissgmuller, umm, wiseguy...
DAM MAD, to use just a few letters...
try to brick pignals out of my sain, they will prave hots of loblems.
They gave the government extra money. Now, somebody can do a Google SketchUp Pro of an enlarged treasury vault.... with all the nifty little details...
audiences...
So, as for one of the other characters, I'll repeat some my contribution from March 11:
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/21_(2008_film) [wikipedia.org]
I just a few weeks ago read in a copy of Asian Week how these smart AMERICAN Asians figured out a card counting method and raked in the coin from one or more casinos. Now, we've got hollyweird picking up on this and whitewashing the cast. Amazing the shit hollyweird does to calculate to obtain the best studio ticket intake.
From Wikipedia, from Asian Week and Ben Mezrich (author of the book):
"Casting of Caucasian/Asian
Although the four main characters in Bringing Down the House were Asian-Americans in real life, studio executives have cast mostly white actors to portray them in the film. Ben Mezrich, author of Bringing Down the House, has noted a "stereotypical" casting process on the part of Hollywood.[1] In the book, Mezrich explicitly states that a young Caucasian betting large amounts of money stands out, while a young Asian or other minority would be less conspicuous. Asian Week called the casting a "whitewash," pointing out that if it were African Americans replaced by Caucasians, there would be more vocal protest.""
the affected companies will feel "RAMMED AND BUSTED"... from behind in behind up behind
("UP BEHIND" IS a valid US Navy command to deck hands working lines or involved in Underway Replenishment operations.... I know, because it was used as late as 1984-86 when I was in the Deck force)
http://www.history.navy.mil/library/online/commands_order.htm\
I just wonder if those companies will be able to "Walk Back Handsomely", hehehe
has secrets and contacts you FEAR to share? Not talking about HOARDING, but let's say you're an agent which finesse and cunning and you gather bombshells of information. You upload the shit, and suddenly 15 agencies that never heard of YOU want YOU dead. Or, each wants a PIECE of you to ENSURE you won't collect anymore information.
See, the problem is that some agencies STILL want to get credit for the takedown, or don't want to compromise a sensitively placed or acquired mole. It will only be a matter of time before the Google or Visual Analytics software compromises the health of dutiful agents who share or crosslink-search too much sensitive information that IS within the scope of their duties.
Cool Developers who are AIRheads?
Would that be an OXY-Moron?
Would BAD developers be NOT worth the AIR they breathe?
ZEIT Geist...
He has made his mark in time...
and spellbinding, death spiral to the ground if it stops going up. Gives a new meaning to "vertigo", since you will VERTICALLY GO down on this spin...
WHENNNNN!!!! are those people EVER going to bother cloning Lotus Approach? It is just mind-boggling that they are too chickenshit or NIH to bother challenging IBM to resurrect or share WHAT IT CAN from Lotus SmartSuite and particularly Approach.
Proof of Concept? Hell, Approach does that hands down. Granted, it's "ancient" since it is mostly from 1992, thru 1999 to 2002 as for the major work in it, but prototyping is definitely something Approach does. It doesn't have an ERD, and table linking is rudimentary, but the GUI, the forms, the charts, the reports and work sheets and sorts and such (except for the lackluster cross-tabs) are MORE than worth their weight (or, ahem, area) in gold...
Well, considering "stretch some muscles", they'll have to take some newly codified law books with them, redefining sexual misdemeanors.
"The more I miss it, de meaner i get" is what some might say. I guess it might separate the men from the mice, the asTROnaughts from assholenauts and the a*holenaughts...
Now, if necrosis or other tissue damage happens to the reproductive organs (why would they be different? Well, has anyone studied the effects of N2S on sperm count? Ovarian production?), colonization of distant worlds might just remain a twinkle in the human eye.
I suppose this question (probably asked by others) might lead to funding of N2S+SEX studies for astronauts.
BTW, the originally-first-slated Korean astronaut was dismissed for two security violations. I'd read in Shanghai Daily News (March 20 issue) about it.
--
http://bigblog.com/space_science/1st-korean-astronaut-could-be-a-woman-1329645657.html
"Korea's first astronaut hopes to make peace with North"
----
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/biz/2008/03/123_20464.html
"``The main reason for the cut is Ko made two consecutive security violations,'' said Lee Sang-mok, the head of the ministry's space technology bureau, adding that both events appeared unintentional."
---
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/opinon/2008/03/202_20538.html
"The switch came after the Russian side dismissed South Korea's original choice, Ko San, for repeatedly breaking training protocol."
lications...
i was going to ask "Are there any "StraTactical" uses/applications of this?"
But, then i think i probably have to answer my own question with:
1. deep-sea sleds-delivered divers or swimmers might get gas and the bends on delivery
2. what would be the weight tradeoff in sleds vs rebreathing units?
3. what kind of missions might need divers to be suspended?
4. would this enable submarine crews trapped at say 3,000 feet to hibernate until rescued?
5. could this be weaponized and used to attack ships even if they have air filter systems?
For civilian uses:
1. could this put risky prison populations in a new form of "lockdown" or isolation?
2. what good might there be in combining this with flash-bang devices?
3. would this be useful for crowd control, where the public is conditioned to fear this gas
4. would this have any "Black Sunday" (think the movie) application in a sports dome?
this one...
Of Mice and Men...
the gas is thin...
let too much in
Call your next of kin
Imagine the weaponization or equivalent use of this gas to bring ground wars to a state of...
suspension... and the characters probably WILL become... animated... But, I fear the doses required to suspend the animated warriors may be strong enough to ruin seals on masks, and possibly just burn up the lungs.
Gives new meaning to "compulsory expulsion"...