Pfffff..... how can the earth rotate if the earth is flat?!?!
Ever see a record player turn a flat record?;)
I was reading about this Flat Earth Society - it really had a sad ending. The guy running it lost his home to fire in '95 and ended up moving into a storage trailer, his wife died in '96, and he died from cancer in 2001.
And as I was explaining to a friend last week, the photo of her at my wedding attracts desperate surfers looking for a similarly named Malaysian porn star.
Back a few years ago, I posted a cute painting my sister drew on my site: a picture of a little girl hugging a big St. Bernard dog.
girlwithdog.jpg.
You wouldn't believe the direct traffic I got to that one picture. People are really screwed up.
Couldn't have been, either. The U.S. didn't exist in 1753. I think it's more remarkable that this article predated the battery... this guy was really thinking ahead of his time.
Microsoft Windows IS software that creates windows.
Then as long as Robertson's at it, he might as well sue them for Word, Publisher, Office, Flight Simulator, Media Player, Money, Commerce Server, and SQL Server. All registered trademarks, all describing either common English words or the general software functions...
The fact that the technospeak is fairly good makes it a better giant monster movie, but not science fiction.
You're right: I think most of Crichton's works would fall more under the 'monster' genre, and I would never think of James Bond as sci-fi, despite the definition I gave. Just hadn't thought about that when I fired off my original post.
He does? I've never seen any. He writes technological thrillers. From Andromeda Strain (a good one) to ER (a mediocre one).
Eh? Most of Crichton's works are based on science that either doesn't exist yet, or hasn't been used in the ways he's conjuring it up... that's what defines science fiction.
Jurassic Park (dinosaurs haven't been cloned), Andromeda Strain (more back then, before we saw ebola), Sphere (alien object that can manifest our subconscious thoughts) - all great sci-fi works, even though they aren't set in a futuristic outer-space setting.
I kinda wish ER were sci-fi - it'd make it more interesting. "Patient is a three-year-old android, with possible faulty bios. Somebody get me some nanoprobes!"
In Colorado, something like 1/2 of households have put their phone numbers on a state-run "No Call List". There's a new law here that carries a stiff penalty for calling someone on that list...
I do too. I got all excited when I saw that mini-hoover icon...
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Do you understand that the U.S. has FREEDOM OF SPEECH??? It is great that you have your beliefs on this matter, but don't go pushing your feelings and beliefs onto others!
The parent poster hasn't "pushing" his beliefs on you - he was simply stating them publicly. That's freedom of speech.
Going wireless takes on huge security issues. How is Dartmouth going to deal with tightening down security?
I'm sure they have some sort of authentication/encryption scheme worked out. You don't have a bunch of techies spend that kind of money without security entering into the equation.
But they've also got something else going for them: Dartmouth sits on a tiny town in New Hampshire (Hanover), where almost everyone is associated with the college. Not much incentive to put up walls that block 1 or 2% of your daily users...
Moissanite, however, look very close and can even fool less skilled jewelers.
Heck, Moissanite (silicon carbide) can fool even the most skilled jewelers. It shares almost every physical property with true diamond: hardness (9.7 on Moh's), color, transparency, and a high index of refraction - which is why diamonds always look so much better than CZ.
In fact, I think there are only three ways to really tell them apart: infrared absorption spectra, electrical conductivities, and relative densities (which isn't practical).
And of course, most jewelers now have little handheld tools to test for these properties, and so very few are ever fooled. But it's not really a function of skill...
Why should we believe this any more than the other alrmist BS the enviro-nazis spew?
Amen to that. Sure, there are plenty of real environmental threats that need to dealt with... but anything the WWF burps out is likely to be pure propaganda. An hour alone with this book convinced me of that...
A few weeks ago I ran into a site (forgot which one) that has a certificate belonging to another site. Mozilla detected that and displayed a warning dialog.
That's not the problem.
In order to trust a "secure" connection, you need to know two things: 1) who you're talking to, and 2) that who you're talking to is who they claim to be. The warning you enountered involves the first - Mozilla found itself using a certificate that didn't match its domain. No good.
This vulnerability has to do with the second. A site certificate normally has to be digitally signed by a trusted source (Verisign, Thawte, etc). With this bug, you can sign and vouch for your own spoofed certificate.
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Pfffff..... how can the earth rotate if the earth is flat?!?!
;)
Ever see a record player turn a flat record?
I was reading about this Flat Earth Society - it really had a sad ending. The guy running it lost his home to fire in '95 and ended up moving into a storage trailer, his wife died in '96, and he died from cancer in 2001.
Word.
So note the license plate numbers of all of your enemies, and mount them in your back window. Why evade payment when you could just redirect it?
And as I was explaining to a friend last week, the photo of her at my wedding attracts desperate surfers looking for a similarly named Malaysian porn star.
Back a few years ago, I posted a cute painting my sister drew on my site: a picture of a little girl hugging a big St. Bernard dog.
girlwithdog.jpg.
You wouldn't believe the direct traffic I got to that one picture. People are really screwed up.
It wasn't an American.
Couldn't have been, either. The U.S. didn't exist in 1753. I think it's more remarkable that this article predated the battery... this guy was really thinking ahead of his time.
"Soviet Russia" joke turns this into you!
Oh, you meant the parent post... my bad.
Coffee helps a little. But not enough.
And did he actually say "LOL"? If so, I would've shot him
I would have too. IMHO.
Microsoft Windows IS software that creates windows.
Then as long as Robertson's at it, he might as well sue them for Word, Publisher, Office, Flight Simulator, Media Player, Money, Commerce Server, and SQL Server. All registered trademarks, all describing either common English words or the general software functions...
Argh! That's black border, black screen! God Almighty, my brain is full of the same thing too, and I didn't even know it!
Now where's that Beagle Bros. poster when I really need it...
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/. our own families...
I suppose we all have the right to
You rock!
The fact that the technospeak is fairly good makes it a better giant monster movie, but not science fiction.
You're right: I think most of Crichton's works would fall more under the 'monster' genre, and I would never think of James Bond as sci-fi, despite the definition I gave. Just hadn't thought about that when I fired off my original post.
He does? I've never seen any. He writes technological thrillers. From Andromeda Strain (a good one) to ER (a mediocre one).
Eh? Most of Crichton's works are based on science that either doesn't exist yet, or hasn't been used in the ways he's conjuring it up... that's what defines science fiction.
Jurassic Park (dinosaurs haven't been cloned), Andromeda Strain (more back then, before we saw ebola), Sphere (alien object that can manifest our subconscious thoughts) - all great sci-fi works, even though they aren't set in a futuristic outer-space setting.
I kinda wish ER were sci-fi - it'd make it more interesting. "Patient is a three-year-old android, with possible faulty bios. Somebody get me some nanoprobes!"
In Colorado, something like 1/2 of households have put their phone numbers on a state-run "No Call List". There's a new law here that carries a stiff penalty for calling someone on that list...
I miss quickies!
I do too. I got all excited when I saw that mini-hoover icon...
Do you understand that the U.S. has FREEDOM OF SPEECH??? It is great that you have your beliefs on this matter, but don't go pushing your feelings and beliefs onto others!
The parent poster hasn't "pushing" his beliefs on you - he was simply stating them publicly. That's freedom of speech.
You also have the right to ignore him...
OK - 1 Watt = 4.19 calories
A watt is a measurement of power (joule/sec).
A calorie is a measurement of energy.
You can't equate them. Alien Being's on the right track...
Hmmm... Romer looks suspiciously like Roomba...
Going wireless takes on huge security issues. How is Dartmouth going to deal with tightening down security?
I'm sure they have some sort of authentication/encryption scheme worked out. You don't have a bunch of techies spend that kind of money without security entering into the equation.
But they've also got something else going for them: Dartmouth sits on a tiny town in New Hampshire (Hanover), where almost everyone is associated with the college. Not much incentive to put up walls that block 1 or 2% of your daily users...
Because I can't pronounce Exegesis. I can pronounce Perl.
I know they don't hold as much, but when I'm running hard or boxing, it won't ever skip.
They can if you use a 1GB compact flash microdrive...
Moissanite, however, look very close and can even fool less skilled jewelers.
Heck, Moissanite (silicon carbide) can fool even the most skilled jewelers. It shares almost every physical property with true diamond: hardness (9.7 on Moh's), color, transparency, and a high index of refraction - which is why diamonds always look so much better than CZ.
In fact, I think there are only three ways to really tell them apart: infrared absorption spectra, electrical conductivities, and relative densities (which isn't practical).
And of course, most jewelers now have little handheld tools to test for these properties, and so very few are ever fooled. But it's not really a function of skill...
Why should we believe this any more than the other alrmist BS the enviro-nazis spew?
Amen to that. Sure, there are plenty of real environmental threats that need to dealt with... but anything the WWF burps out is likely to be pure propaganda. An hour alone with this book convinced me of that...
A few weeks ago I ran into a site (forgot which one) that has a certificate belonging to another site. Mozilla detected that and displayed a warning dialog.
That's not the problem.
In order to trust a "secure" connection, you need to know two things: 1) who you're talking to, and 2) that who you're talking to is who they claim to be. The warning you enountered involves the first - Mozilla found itself using a certificate that didn't match its domain. No good.
This vulnerability has to do with the second. A site certificate normally has to be digitally signed by a trusted source (Verisign, Thawte, etc). With this bug, you can sign and vouch for your own spoofed certificate.