The above post was modded down, but I think it makes a valid point. Consumer Debt, creates an artificial "abundance" which plays into a common weakness of human beings. "If I have excess let me use it" We all know that we are in debt, but because the repayment of debt is not immediate, extra funds are used to buy luxury items instead of being used to pay down debt faster. The guy below said it much better.
I was talking with a bunch of folks recently, and I pointed out that consumer debt is relatively new. Sure there were layaway plans and credit with an individual store - your tab, but this huge industry that throws money out left and right to basically make us slaves.
I think many of our societies problems can go back to consumer debt: these invasions of privacy, college costs going through the roof, this treadmill of consumerism: cars, electronics, luxury goods.
All in all, things were a bit better when credit wasn't so easily available.
Before Henry Ford started financing his cars, folks had to have the cash; which made cars a luxury item. And most people had to take public transportation - which was viable because few people had cars. And of course, we wouldn't need all this oil if we didn't have so many cars.
When you sit down and think about it, consumer credit has really distorted our economy. We all have lost the need and desire to save.
I enjoy telling the pharmacist that it's okay, I already have autism.
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It concerns me that there's a growing distrust of medicine. Every day it seems there are more and more people who insist, "Doctors don't know anything." It's a very disturbing phenomenon that's getting people killed.
The medical community needs to start doing something about this.
He said the interconnected nature [of the Internet and other computer networks] makes it very difficult to regulate and secure. "Most of the progress they can point to is in the government sector," whereas the majority of the critical infrastructure seen as vulnerable is in private hands.
This is great now they have control over the "majority of the critical infrastructure". I was getting worried they didn't have enough control, I mean I don't want planes dropping out of the sky or anything, so this is good for everyone!
The whole idea of cross contamination across the universe is what makes sense to me. Life in one of the "habitable" planets seeds life in another less "habitable" planet. As that newly arrived "life" thrives, it creates a hospitable environment for other types of organisms which might be arriving on some of the 100 tons of comet debris that enter into the planets atmosphere and/or evolving locally. Effectively the planet changes from a desolate wasteland into a place that can sustain life. Basically the life is what creates the hospitable planet, not the other way around. There was a program on a few days ago about this same idea a few days ago.
This discovery follows closely, in terms of the implications for life on other planets, with the work of Dino Leporini at the University of Pisa & the Indian Institute of Science. They have observed two new phases of liquid water which form at extremely low temperatures.
In high-density liquid (HDL) water, the molecules are close together and break some hydrogen bonds. That sounds like the conditions of meteorites. Extreme low temps, H20 under high pressure similar to the experiment of Mr. Leporini and you have a pretty good way of transporting life across space.
I don't mean to sound like a jerk, but how is it curing twice? Wouldn't that be like me saying that I quit smoking three times so far this last month. I tried to quit, but didn't really quit, I relapsed. So in reality I never really quit at all.
This is not the first book about IDA Pro. However, this is the first book I recommend to anyone using IDA Pro because of the following points:
* Comprehensive: it describes all major IDA features by starting at the beginning and going all the way to the end. Experienced users may be tempted to skip the first few chapters; resist this temptation and you will discover something new (I did:)
* Accurate: it is very difficult to be detailed and precise when describing such a complex product. Chris does it excellently well.
* Real: handles real world malware, packers, and obfuscated code
* No fillers: it is direct and concise
* Profound: this is not just a collection of recipes or tricks, but will give you a better understanding of the IDA architecture, thus saving you from unnecessary frustration. Knowing the limitations of your tool is just as important as knowing its capabilities.
It comes tons of code snippets, scripts, and sample modules. Programming for IDA Pro is covered too: from simple plugins to processor modules.
http://hexblog.com/2008/08/the_ida_pro_book_1.html ----This is not my blog.
Yea, thats all good, but does anyone actually know the premise of the game? You don't play as the bully in the game. Here's the press release from Rockstar
As a troublesome schoolboy, you'll laugh and cringe as you stand up to bullies, get picked on by teachers, play pranks on malicious kids, win or lose the girl, and ultimately learn to navigate the obstacles of the fictitious reform school, Bullworth Academy.
Everyones commenting and everything, but no one has even taken a look at what the game is about, what happened to the good old dont judge a book by its cover and all that.
Energy drinks create a response in your nervous system that mimics the natural stress response.
Say for example some guy runs at you with a knife and you get scared the effect on your nervous system is the same as drinking coffee. When people drink coffee who don't normally do so they might feel nervous or on edge because their body has not toned down its response.
Imagine running around in a war zone with danger all around, the effect on the body and mind would be similar (but not exactly the same, so please don't yell at me for comparing war to drinking coffee. I know war veterans are heroes and we shouldn't demean blah blah blah). So as I was saying, the effects on the body of constant stress found in war are similar to our drinking the 5-6 cups of coffee we're used to.
This used to happen to me also, there should be a red switch on the power supply used to switch from 220V to 120V, flip it back and forth and try the machine again. It should work.
ALLIANCE, Ohio (AP) -- Two former co-workers and friends who started Ohio Airships Inc. in 1999 are putting a lot of time, effort and money into a business concept they hope will fly.
Brian Martin and Robert Rist think they are close to testing a prototype of their patented Dynalifter hybrid. They announced last week that their airship -- part blimp and part airplane -- has been completed, and they hope to conduct a test flight this spring.
The vehicle is stored in a plastic-sheeted hut near a cornfield in Lexington Township, about 50 miles southeast of Cleveland.
"Edison tried his light bulb a thousand times. I don't want to do this (prototype) a thousand times," Martin said.
The 120-foot-long, two-seat aircraft has a nylon cover over the patented interior structure.
It will get lift from 16,500 cubic feet of helium and two small ultralight engines. Martin said he and his partner have raised and spent $500,000 to get this far on the Dynalifter.
Most of the money went to feasibility studies and engineering work.
"We've done everything on paper and everything on a computer and everything in a wind tunnel that you can do," Martin said.
Martin and Rist hope the Dynalifter will help bring in a new transportation era. They see it as a way to move materials at a lower cost than jets and at a higher speed than ships. They think it could be used in emergency situations, such as Hurricane Katrina, to transport supplies.
It might have military uses, such as delivering equipment and supplies to sites that might not be easily reachable. Martin said he and Rist have had meetings with Pentagon officials.
Their prototype is about one-eighth the size of their plan for a 990-foot-long Dynalifter Heavy Freighter. They also have plans for a smaller version at 761 feet.
The two met while working at Mount Union College's computer department. They don't have an aeronautical background. But what they do have, Martin said, is a willingness to experiment.
"The Wright Brothers did it, too," he said.
A test pilot, Forrest Barber, will be seated in an exposed cockpit under the belly of the Dynalifter when the test is conducted.
"It will be quite an experience," he said.
The Web site www.myairship.com keeps tabs on the airship industry and lists 25 active manufacturers and 12 companies, including Ohio Airships, in the design and construction phase.
simply serving a 'Government Access to Keys' request (under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000) would be sufficient. Failure to provide said key carries up to a 6 month sentence if it can be proved that the arrested should reasonable know the key.>
And also the game is not about being a bully, its about being a regular kid and you fight back against the bullies, the student and teacher variety. Sounds kinda cool
Another possibility is that with all the bad publicity they had been getting about not delivering on promises, they decided that they would grossly underestimate how long the rovers would last, so when they actually did last longer than they were supposed to the scientists would be hailed as heroes and the american public could latch on to the seeming "miracle".
You're assuming that the hurricanes are caused by the greenhouse effect. That's quite a leap of faith, in my opinion.>
While they may not be caused by it, it is blindingly obvious that they are made STRONGER by it. I mean, how could a phenomenon that is fundamentally caused by evaporating hot seawater (and can only occur where water temperatures are above a certain level) NOT be boosted by an increase in temperature?
Instead of trying to extract raw materials from the moon directly they could try re-engineering some bacteria to live off the stuff actually easily available on the moon and have them excrete some O2, H20 as waste products.
They could then create enclosed areas for harvesting the by-products, might be cheaper. Any Ideas?
Actually, What is really really funny is that I actually did hit the girl, she lost half her brain and now just posts on Slashdot all day as anonymous Coward......
actually that explains a lot. Hey computer girl is that you?
You can't. The system needs to keep track of the users, so accounts are permanent. Don't sweat leaving unused accounts hanging around. It doesn't hurt anything.
Slashdot Mirror
The above post was modded down, but I think it makes a valid point. Consumer Debt, creates an artificial "abundance" which plays into a common weakness of human beings. "If I have excess let me use it" We all know that we are in debt, but because the repayment of debt is not immediate, extra funds are used to buy luxury items instead of being used to pay down debt faster. The guy below said it much better.
I was talking with a bunch of folks recently, and I pointed out that consumer debt is relatively new. Sure there were layaway plans and credit with an individual store - your tab, but this huge industry that throws money out left and right to basically make us slaves.
I think many of our societies problems can go back to consumer debt: these invasions of privacy, college costs going through the roof, this treadmill of consumerism: cars, electronics, luxury goods.
All in all, things were a bit better when credit wasn't so easily available.
Before Henry Ford started financing his cars, folks had to have the cash; which made cars a luxury item. And most people had to take public transportation - which was viable because few people had cars. And of course, we wouldn't need all this oil if we didn't have so many cars.
When you sit down and think about it, consumer credit has really distorted our economy. We all have lost the need and desire to save.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/09/health/medical-mistakes
I enjoy telling the pharmacist that it's okay, I already have autism.
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It concerns me that there's a growing distrust of medicine. Every day it seems there are more and more people who insist, "Doctors don't know anything." It's a very disturbing phenomenon that's getting people killed.
The medical community needs to start doing something about this.
I just downloaded the app, and I can't call anyone! Guess this shouldn't have come out of Google Labs just yet.
This is great now they have control over the "majority of the critical infrastructure". I was getting worried they didn't have enough control, I mean I don't want planes dropping out of the sky or anything, so this is good for everyone!
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jul/14/obama-to-drop-in-at-cybersecurity-review/
The whole idea of cross contamination across the universe is what makes sense to me. Life in one of the "habitable" planets seeds life in another less "habitable" planet. As that newly arrived "life" thrives, it creates a hospitable environment for other types of organisms which might be arriving on some of the 100 tons of comet debris that enter into the planets atmosphere and/or evolving locally. Effectively the planet changes from a desolate wasteland into a place that can sustain life. Basically the life is what creates the hospitable planet, not the other way around. There was a program on a few days ago about this same idea a few days ago.
http://www.physorg.com/news165084657.html/
In high-density liquid (HDL) water, the molecules are close together and break some hydrogen bonds. That sounds like the conditions of meteorites. Extreme low temps, H20 under high pressure similar to the experiment of Mr. Leporini and you have a pretty good way of transporting life across space.
Haha, But not idiotic enough that you won't spend five minutes to post to the topic?
I don't mean to sound like a jerk, but how is it curing twice? Wouldn't that be like me saying that I quit smoking three times so far this last month. I tried to quit, but didn't really quit, I relapsed. So in reality I never really quit at all.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19626251.800-death-special-the-plan-for-eternal-life.html
This is not the first book about IDA Pro. However, this is the first book I recommend to anyone using IDA Pro because of the following points: * Comprehensive: it describes all major IDA features by starting at the beginning and going all the way to the end. Experienced users may be tempted to skip the first few chapters; resist this temptation and you will discover something new (I did :)
* Accurate: it is very difficult to be detailed and precise when describing such a complex product. Chris does it excellently well.
* Real: handles real world malware, packers, and obfuscated code
* No fillers: it is direct and concise
* Profound: this is not just a collection of recipes or tricks, but will give you a better understanding of the IDA architecture, thus saving you from unnecessary frustration. Knowing the limitations of your tool is just as important as knowing its capabilities.
It comes tons of code snippets, scripts, and sample modules. Programming for IDA Pro is covered too: from simple plugins to processor modules.
http://hexblog.com/2008/08/the_ida_pro_book_1.html ----This is not my blog.
Someone should mod this up.^^^^^ Not me the guy before me
As a troublesome schoolboy, you'll laugh and cringe as you stand up to bullies, get picked on by teachers, play pranks on malicious kids, win or lose the girl, and ultimately learn to navigate the obstacles of the fictitious reform school, Bullworth Academy.
Everyones commenting and everything, but no one has even taken a look at what the game is about, what happened to the good old dont judge a book by its cover and all that.
http://www.pe2000.com/caffeine.htm
Say for example some guy runs at you with a knife and you get scared the effect on your nervous system is the same as drinking coffee. When people drink coffee who don't normally do so they might feel nervous or on edge because their body has not toned down its response.
Imagine running around in a war zone with danger all around, the effect on the body and mind would be similar (but not exactly the same, so please don't yell at me for comparing war to drinking coffee. I know war veterans are heroes and we shouldn't demean blah blah blah). So as I was saying, the effects on the body of constant stress found in war are similar to our drinking the 5-6 cups of coffee we're used to.
This used to happen to me also, there should be a red switch on the power supply used to switch from 220V to 120V, flip it back and forth and try the machine again. It should work.
Tuesday, January 3, 2006
ALLIANCE, Ohio (AP) -- Two former co-workers and friends who started Ohio Airships Inc. in 1999 are putting a lot of time, effort and money into a business concept they hope will fly.
Brian Martin and Robert Rist think they are close to testing a prototype of their patented Dynalifter hybrid. They announced last week that their airship -- part blimp and part airplane -- has been completed, and they hope to conduct a test flight this spring.
The vehicle is stored in a plastic-sheeted hut near a cornfield in Lexington Township, about 50 miles southeast of Cleveland.
"Edison tried his light bulb a thousand times. I don't want to do this (prototype) a thousand times," Martin said.
The 120-foot-long, two-seat aircraft has a nylon cover over the patented interior structure.
It will get lift from 16,500 cubic feet of helium and two small ultralight engines. Martin said he and his partner have raised and spent $500,000 to get this far on the Dynalifter.
Most of the money went to feasibility studies and engineering work.
"We've done everything on paper and everything on a computer and everything in a wind tunnel that you can do," Martin said.
Martin and Rist hope the Dynalifter will help bring in a new transportation era. They see it as a way to move materials at a lower cost than jets and at a higher speed than ships. They think it could be used in emergency situations, such as Hurricane Katrina, to transport supplies.
It might have military uses, such as delivering equipment and supplies to sites that might not be easily reachable. Martin said he and Rist have had meetings with Pentagon officials.
Their prototype is about one-eighth the size of their plan for a 990-foot-long Dynalifter Heavy Freighter. They also have plans for a smaller version at 761 feet.
The two met while working at Mount Union College's computer department. They don't have an aeronautical background. But what they do have, Martin said, is a willingness to experiment.
"The Wright Brothers did it, too," he said.
A test pilot, Forrest Barber, will be seated in an exposed cockpit under the belly of the Dynalifter when the test is conducted.
"It will be quite an experience," he said.
The Web site www.myairship.com keeps tabs on the airship industry and lists 25 active manufacturers and 12 companies, including Ohio Airships, in the design and construction phase.
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Ohio Airships: http://www.dynalifter.com/
He's Right, too bad people think he's trolling.
simply serving a 'Government Access to Keys' request (under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000) would be sufficient. Failure to provide said key carries up to a 6 month sentence if it can be proved that the arrested should reasonable know the key.>
http://bloggingbaby.com/entry/1234000763056202/
And also the game is not about being a bully, its about being a regular kid and you fight back against the bullies, the student and teacher variety. Sounds kinda cool
People love unexpected results.
You're assuming that the hurricanes are caused by the greenhouse effect. That's quite a leap of faith, in my opinion.>
While they may not be caused by it, it is blindingly obvious that they are made STRONGER by it. I mean, how could a phenomenon that is fundamentally caused by evaporating hot seawater (and can only occur where water temperatures are above a certain level) NOT be boosted by an increase in temperature?
Cool!
They could then create enclosed areas for harvesting the by-products, might be cheaper. Any Ideas?
actually that explains a lot. Hey computer girl is that you?
How can I delete my account?
You can't. The system needs to keep track of the users, so accounts are permanent. Don't sweat leaving unused accounts hanging around. It doesn't hurt anything.
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