From th iSnot Warranty card:
If the iSnot you ordered arrives and its red, it got broken durring shipping. In that case call tech support or perhaps a doctor for assistance.
That could explain why their skin feels kinda rubbery.
I've always wanted to build something like this...
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Only I would have put it inside a more controlled environment (like in a building) and made it a FPS. I also would have made the walls of the maze all solid colors and with the use of chroma keying, had changable textures overlaid on them.
Damn I wish I had the capital to build my many many dreams.:-/
I certainly dont want to be heading towards the door with Oxy and have some hi-tech thief scan me and follow me home to rob me of the drugs I just purchased
Oxy? Why would anyone want to rob you of your zit cream? Oh wait, you mentioned it was a 'hi-tech' thief...;-)
Hydrogen isn't an "energy source," it's a (somewhat inefficient) way of storing energy. You can't just "get" hydrogen with no electrical expenditure to begin with. It must be produced by getting it from water at considerable energetic expense. So that electricity comes from power plants - in the US, that means mostly coal and oil. So congratulations to the "green" consumers choosing their hydrogen - I mean coal - powered cars!
Yeah! What they need to do is make nuclear power plants dedicated strictly to powering hydrogen fuel plants.
I guess there goes my karma I worked so hard for! I wasn't trying to be a troll or flamebait! WTF? Anyways, I was trying to say that going to space/Mars would be very hard on people psychologically. I wasn't trying to offend anyone, but I guess who cares! *sigh*
I mean, who would really but up to such a challenge of giving up everything they have here on Earth? Obviously living on Mars, you would lose so many of the conviences and luxuries you are used to here on Earth. Most likely no more TV, broadband internet, or junk food. You would have to spend your entire life inside a building or in a space suit when you wanted to get out and stretch your legs or explore (if you are authorized to do such things). It would definately take some serious courage to change your life so drastically.
Perhaps, the first colonists to another planet should be from places that don't have so many luxuries, if any at all so they won't go crazy from such a drastic lifestyle change. People from 3rd world countries would most likely be better at adjusting. They are already used to living in harsh environments and working hard to survive. Sending them to colonize Mars would probably be a step up for many of them.
If we got rid of the whole, "registered as a democrat, republican, independent, etc" Shady election workers couldn't harrass you based on what party you are affiliated with.
Plus I think having this info currently available like it is now is a privacy issue. Anyone could look it up (like employers), and use it against you if they wanted. In fact, I was almost hired through a temp agency to help get out the vote and when they realized that I wasn't registered republican (republican party was paying fot the job), they turned me down.
If you are not an "early adopter" then your are probably safe for a while. But the duel screen design with touch interface almost begs for new RPG games.
Not just RPG games, it also begs for some RTS games. Stylus control and wireless for multiplayer. *drool*
I remember an Outer Limits episode (newer series) where aliens (strangely looked like Raptors) gave humanity the ability to teleport between their world and ours. The engineer at the space station running the teleporter ran into quite a dilema when the machine malfunctioned, revealing to him that the source data was destroyed (killed) when the copy materialized in the other place. It further complicated things when he was ordered to murder the girl (whom he fell in love with) to balance things out.
What if this is combined with RFID tags under a persons skin so that only 'authorized' people may use guns? If the people wish to revolt, a government could just send out a signal to take away any non-military personell's authorization to use guns and stop them in their tracks.
A local news station giving away tickets to an early showing of The Incredibles tonight (12:01am) mentioned that the trailer for Episode III will be shown with the movie.
I can see it now. Kids cheating in school could use these to store test answers and then eat the disc to destroy the evidence.
I could also see this being good for the spy trade for the same reasons. The enemy is closing in on you, eat the top secret data and it will never fall into their hands. Well at least not in the form they would want it in.
it is not a claim, it was proven a long long time ago.
This proof is about infinite number of "prime twins" , primes that are next to each other (like 11-13)
My bad. I meant infinite twin primes, not infinite primes.
Before I go into my spiel, I will admit that I am no scientist or mathematician.
I always have had an obsession with the pattern of prime numbers. Now and then I get motivated and download a current list of those discovered. With that I try to find some magical pattern, in hopes of finding a secret message or formula explaining reality. When that announcement was made in the previous slashdot story, I did find the claim of infinite primes to be troubling. From my own observations, I believe the gaps between primes may fluctuate greatly but the maximum and minimums grow ever higher. To me these gaps look like some sort of waveform. If I had better coding skills in the manipulation of sound, I would write a program to generate a sound wave out of these numbers. Does anyone know if this has been tried and if so, what was discovered?
Think about it, they could port their products over to Linux and make their own distro and perhaps even build their own computers with it preloaded. It would give them complete control of their products and systems. They could then sell these workstations to graphics/special fx houses and make some good money doing it too. Just a thought.:-)
I only eat off the 99cent/dollar menu when I eat fast food. I don't drink soda/pop anymore when I eat out, I stick to water. Its rare for me to spend over $3 on a meal when I eat out.
When I shop for groceries, I only tend to buy stuff that is on sale that actually is a bargain. I never pay more than $2 for a box of cereal. Never more than $2.50 for a gallon of milk. Never more than a dollar for bread. Around a dollar for a dozen eggs. I rarely spend over $1.50 for a meal when I eat at home.
I have the same kind of standards for buying/using gasoline. I will walk instead of driving at every chance I get. Prices are too high right now to justify driving around for everything ($2.30 for a gallon of regular where I live).
When it comes to buying cds. I usually don't bother anymore. Why should I pay a fixed price of about $15 for 1 or 2 good songs? If I want to hear those songs, I'll just listen to the radio since they tend to play the same songs over and over again. Plus listening to the radio is free.
When it comes to software. I used to buy alot of it. Nowadays, I just look for freeware for the task as I don't believe in pirating.
Anyways, enough of that rant. What I want to say is companies need to look into making better products at better prices to get people to buy, not look into some sort of mind control.
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From th iSnot Warranty card:
If the iSnot you ordered arrives and its red, it got broken durring shipping.
In that case call tech support or perhaps a doctor for assistance.
One of my favorite places to shop for such goodies is Markertek. It doesn't cost you anything to have them send you a catalog.
That could explain why their skin feels kinda rubbery.
Only I would have put it inside a more controlled environment (like in a building) and made it a FPS. I also would have made the walls of the maze all solid colors and with the use of chroma keying, had changable textures overlaid on them.
:-/
Damn I wish I had the capital to build my many many dreams.
I certainly dont want to be heading towards the door with Oxy and have some hi-tech thief scan me and follow me home to rob me of the drugs I just purchased
;-)
Oxy? Why would anyone want to rob you of your zit cream? Oh wait, you mentioned it was a 'hi-tech' thief...
Hydrogen isn't an "energy source," it's a (somewhat inefficient) way of storing energy. You can't just "get" hydrogen with no electrical expenditure to begin with. It must be produced by getting it from water at considerable energetic expense. So that electricity comes from power plants - in the US, that means mostly coal and oil. So congratulations to the "green" consumers choosing their hydrogen - I mean coal - powered cars!
Yeah! What they need to do is make nuclear power plants dedicated strictly to powering hydrogen fuel plants.
I guess there goes my karma I worked so hard for! I wasn't trying to be a troll or flamebait! WTF? Anyways, I was trying to say that going to space/Mars would be very hard on people psychologically. I wasn't trying to offend anyone, but I guess who cares! *sigh*
I mean, who would really but up to such a challenge of giving up everything they have here on Earth? Obviously living on Mars, you would lose so many of the conviences and luxuries you are used to here on Earth. Most likely no more TV, broadband internet, or junk food. You would have to spend your entire life inside a building or in a space suit when you wanted to get out and stretch your legs or explore (if you are authorized to do such things). It would definately take some serious courage to change your life so drastically.
Perhaps, the first colonists to another planet should be from places that don't have so many luxuries, if any at all so they won't go crazy from such a drastic lifestyle change. People from 3rd world countries would most likely be better at adjusting. They are already used to living in harsh environments and working hard to survive. Sending them to colonize Mars would probably be a step up for many of them.
Irfanview can with the appropriate plug-in. :-)
It can view those old IFF files you might have laying around as well.
If we got rid of the whole, "registered as a democrat, republican, independent, etc" Shady election workers couldn't harrass you based on what party you are affiliated with.
Plus I think having this info currently available like it is now is a privacy issue. Anyone could look it up (like employers), and use it against you if they wanted. In fact, I was almost hired through a temp agency to help get out the vote and when they realized that I wasn't registered republican (republican party was paying fot the job), they turned me down.
If you are not an "early adopter" then your are probably safe for a while. But the duel screen design with touch interface almost begs for new RPG games.
Not just RPG games, it also begs for some RTS games. Stylus control and wireless for multiplayer. *drool*
I'm suddenly imagining their little yellow logo guy being drawn and quartered....not pretty.. :-P
Kim Peek sounds like he is probably the only person that will be able to take down Ken Jennings before he breaks the bank.
IF the Browser Wars are back, which episode would this one be?
"A New Hope?" or Perhaps, "Return of the Competition"
I remember an Outer Limits episode (newer series) where aliens (strangely looked like Raptors) gave humanity the ability to teleport between their world and ours. The engineer at the space station running the teleporter ran into quite a dilema when the machine malfunctioned, revealing to him that the source data was destroyed (killed) when the copy materialized in the other place. It further complicated things when he was ordered to murder the girl (whom he fell in love with) to balance things out.
What if this is combined with RFID tags under a persons skin so that only 'authorized' people may use guns? If the people wish to revolt, a government could just send out a signal to take away any non-military personell's authorization to use guns and stop them in their tracks.
A local news station giving away tickets to an early showing of The Incredibles tonight (12:01am) mentioned that the trailer for Episode III will be shown with the movie.
I can see it now. Kids cheating in school could use these to store test answers and then eat the disc to destroy the evidence.
I could also see this being good for the spy trade for the same reasons. The enemy is closing in on you, eat the top secret data and it will never fall into their hands. Well at least not in the form they would want it in.
it is not a claim, it was proven a long long time ago. This proof is about infinite number of "prime twins" , primes that are next to each other (like 11-13)
My bad. I meant infinite twin primes, not infinite primes.
Before I go into my spiel, I will admit that I am no scientist or mathematician.
I always have had an obsession with the pattern of prime numbers. Now and then I get motivated and download a current list of those discovered. With that I try to find some magical pattern, in hopes of finding a secret message or formula explaining reality. When that announcement was made in the previous slashdot story, I did find the claim of infinite primes to be troubling. From my own observations, I believe the gaps between primes may fluctuate greatly but the maximum and minimums grow ever higher. To me these gaps look like some sort of waveform. If I had better coding skills in the manipulation of sound, I would write a program to generate a sound wave out of these numbers. Does anyone know if this has been tried and if so, what was discovered?
is making Adobe CS workstations...
:-)
Think about it, they could port their products over to Linux and make their own distro and perhaps even build their own computers with it preloaded. It would give them complete control of their products and systems. They could then sell these workstations to graphics/special fx houses and make some good money doing it too.
Just a thought.
Dick Burns? Maybe Wil's spent too much time, uh, recovering health.
Yeah, he never did recover from leech he got on his peepee during the filming of Stand By Me.
Its usually in the form of a bad pickup line.. :P
but to watch it, one tends to get motion sickness....its like The Blair Witch Project all over again, vomit for everyone.. :P
is to make it a bargain...
I only eat off the 99cent/dollar menu when I eat fast food. I don't drink soda/pop anymore when I eat out, I stick to water. Its rare for me to spend over $3 on a meal when I eat out.
When I shop for groceries, I only tend to buy stuff that is on sale that actually is a bargain. I never pay more than $2 for a box of cereal. Never more than $2.50 for a gallon of milk. Never more than a dollar for bread. Around a dollar for a dozen eggs. I rarely spend over $1.50 for a meal when I eat at home.
I have the same kind of standards for buying/using gasoline. I will walk instead of driving at every chance I get. Prices are too high right now to justify driving around for everything ($2.30 for a gallon of regular where I live).
When it comes to buying cds. I usually don't bother anymore. Why should I pay a fixed price of about $15 for 1 or 2 good songs? If I want to hear those songs, I'll just listen to the radio since they tend to play the same songs over and over again. Plus listening to the radio is free.
When it comes to software. I used to buy alot of it. Nowadays, I just look for freeware for the task as I don't believe in pirating.
Anyways, enough of that rant. What I want to say is companies need to look into making better products at better prices to get people to buy, not look into some sort of mind control.
Live long and be frugal...