Well, that's what they get for stroking their specialized spike with their hind legs. Every/.'er knows you use the 'hand appendage' of the arm for stroking....oh well, what do girls know anyhow.;-)
A can of wasp and hornet spray, and a fly swatter, and you're good to go! Or go high-tech, and get the laser anti-flying insect defense system that was an article here some years back. It shouldn't be too difficult to boost the laser output power.
One thing is for certain, soldiers will have plans formed in much less than the first hour after the drones are issued to them..."We need drone style, real-time visual recon of the nearest women's shower. ASAP!"
Troops will be troops, it has been so for thousands of years: Live to get laid, have the next drink, and collecting some coin.
Default fallback programming: "I Love Lucy". They have had plenty of time to develop cloaking technology against our mind destroying Weapons of Mass Broadcast. We have terrified the galaxy within a 60 light year radius, pedant.
You are correct that not everyone does, but a lot do!
Wait until you get my age, and then reread your comment....it will make you smile with wry amusement.
I'm a product of the 'hard rock' of the 1960's and 1970's, for background. I still explore newer music, and like a lot of it, but I still have some old favorites I just can't give up listening to occasionally. In that scenario, it is surprising how many hundreds of times you can listen to some songs/albums.
Now for the obligatory/. response:
Get off my lawn, and turn that crap down! *just kidding!
The amount of time for a performance is small compared to the amount of time invested in getting ready for, and setting up, getting everything back from the performance.
I imagine that for the type of thing you described, the setting up and getting back parts are fairly easy and short.(time) The getting ready/practice time is still way more than the performance time. (it sounded pretty informal, but way cool!):-)
While I agree with the spirit of your comment, the reality is this: In a popularity based[1] business/industry endeavor, the popularity of your works set the demand, which in turn, drive sales. If your efforts do not attract fans and admirers, there is no market for you.
My point is, there are many things I would like to do to earn a comfortable living, but sadly for me, they are not really marketable for that...but they do make nice hobbies that sometimes bring in tangible rewards, sometimes even cash.
I never heard of such a thing as avant cello until now, so her music never had a chance with me before....not to mention, I may not be the type to appreciate that type of music. I doubt I would be alone in that case.:-)
[1]specifically(but not limited to), art, music, literature, film/video, stage, etc.
Gah! It's hogsheads per fathom, or if yer a landlubber, hogsheads per hectare!
And on a serious note, no matter the thickness of a football field, the USA football field will out-mass the football field of anyone else due to the players!;-)
is only affected directly by the other object's mass, not by the object's own mass.
I am by no means any type of astrophysicist, but my understanding of gravity (in this context) was that a mutual attraction usually happens. Maybe that would account for the change in trajectory? Or am I misinterpreting something here?
I agree that will not change things significantly, but only on a measurable or calculable scale.:-)
BTW, I am not singling you out here, but what volume is a football field (or half of a football field in TFS), or even better, what mass?
I realise you were just going with the flow here, and we all understand that an asteroid the size of half a football field translates (I hope!) into an asteroid approx. 50 yards/meters in diameter.:-)
My rant is with the summary and article, so I apologize.
I was astounded that equating an area measurement with a volume measurement was used, then even more amazed that it passed unchallenged by this crowd.
Then again, it's not my native language so maybe that sentence sounds perfectly normal to native speakers.
Hmmm....let me say it this way: If waddgodd's sentence were a rubber band, I would not perform that level of stretching near my person. The impact when it snapped would be painful.
It is missing proper punctuation, in my opinion, and could be improved with a lot of editing. Word choice in that sentence was spectacularly terrible.
Trust me, that sentence would have any English teacher in the USA upset.
But, I find myself intrigued by that sentence. I find myself perplexed when trying to describe all that is wrong with it, yet I feel that I know it is not grammatically correct.
I found myself re-reading that same sentence several times before I could understand what the poster meant.:-)
You bring up some interesting points, IMHO. Some of what you espoused had me wondering how this 'social gene'( or cluster), may apply to racial/ethnic prejudices and bias that we seem to be unable to overcome as a species. Although, this seems to occur with other species than humans, at least at first glance. The "Beware of those that are not 'us', they may be dangerous!" behavior seems universal among all mammals.
My understanding is that this behavior is an evolutionary trait to help survival of the species....in other words, paranoia is an inherited and beneficial trait for survival.
How all of this may tie in with societies, cultures, etc., may prove to be interesting if there is basis for this data.
On a more personal note, racism and prejudice are a personal interest to me.
Maybe I should call it a hobby? I was one of those 'token white folk' who got 'bussed'[1] to an all black middle school (Malcolm X Middle School, no less!) in the 1960's de-segredation exchange. Interesting experience being on the 'wrong end of the shitty stick'.
I could have come out of that experience bitter, but actually it ended all possibility that that I succumb to racial prejudice. Weird, that...according to what I see around me.
As a side note: 1. the most attractive girl in high school (9 years after) was VERY dark skinned! Not only my opinion, she was voted 'Homecoming Queen' by the student body.[1976] 2. some of my in-laws are VERY dark skinned. 3. I view skin color the same way I notice hair color. 4.my biological father and I were separated by divorce when I was about 1 year old, and my step-father had MANY racial/ethnic prejudices.
So, just how many 'Libraries of Congress' are there in 300TB? Does this mean that as the archives swell, the metric does also? Where does this madness end?;-)
*start sarcastic derision* 'Starfleet Command'? No wonder the Borg kicked yer sorry tail around so easily.
What do you mean?
I mean this:
You have to Nuke the U.K. From orbit....YESTERDAY,if not sooner. Already too late. Bend over, Rover. [pro tip: lube your rectum liberally]
Expect British, Scottish, and Irish ninja-Jedi to have already infiltrated, and you should anticipate being buggered by a Fish-N-Chips-munching Jedi-Leprechaun who is juggling a kilt clad sheep...playing bagpipes, whilst dogging on a haggis-packed London Tower and 4-leaved-clover-stuffed London Bridge...at the SAME time.
...Vader so to that years ago.
'so'? So what? Sows his seeds? Sows plant seeds? Sews his socks? so what?
*Samuel Jackson in 'Pulp Fiction'* "English, do you speak it?" [...] "Say 'what' again, m***********!"
Perhaps 'saw' is the word you're seeking. *sigh... stupid git..*
*disclaimer: I am born, bred, and raised in the U.S.A., and mean no disrespect, nor aim any slight at/near the U.K.*
Wellllll.... I will try..... I have an Acer 23" ( S230HL model), driven by an ATI 5670, connected to the DVI port. The display settings are factory default. I use the current version of Firefox.
The monitor is approx. 30'' away, and centered on my mustache, instead of eye level.
Maybe that won't help you, but I will say choice of fonts, brightness, and contrast settings make a huge difference for me. I guess what I'm beating around the bush about, is don't accept the defaults and experiment. The fonts are changeable in the browser and the OS, and the graphics drivers can help with brightness and contrast.
For what it's worth, I dual boot Win 7-64, and Kubuntu 11.04, and the exact same settings are a little different between the two, but overall similar.
Sorry I can't help more, but that works for me. Try varied monitor heights and distances, different fonts, and brightness and contrast. That is what I did, until I found my ideal config.
If all else fails, mug yer daughter for the Nook, or treat her or yourself another Nook for xmas. (just kidding about the mugging)
Side note: I am an experienced, ex-US Army sniper and bench-rest shooting competitor, so maybe I have conditioned myself to being immobile 'seeing' at awkward neck angles...that may be a factor in this issue. We found that trying to remain alert for the target while looking through a scope tedious and counter-productive for more than 20-30 minutes, and would switch places with our spotter(also a sniper). Muscle-memory and habit can have a profound influence. This may be part of my lack of trouble with your issue.
If I recall anything else that my help you out, I will let you know, volmtech. I know what it's like to have something you enjoy turn into a hassle by old age/disability, and have much empathy. I REALLY value my eyesight, as do most people.:-)
I have used a good e-ink display. But they have their downside also. I frequently read in dark envoirments. If I am in good light settings, I would rather have a real, old fashioned book.
LCD tablet? Might be fine for most people, but a tablet has a touchscreen, and I hate touchscreens with a passion.
Eyestrain from an LCD tablet? Don't know anything about that. (see above) As far as eyestrain from a PC monitor, laptop, or my ebook reader, I have never experienced this.
I feel enlightened already, you pretentious asshat. Crawl back under your self-entitled rock.
I agree with you, except for the tablet. My problem with the tablets are not considered a problem for most people: I despise touchscreens...with a passion. For that reason only, I will not use a tablet.
I also used a laptop for my ebook reading until I got my LCD screen reader.
For the record, I have an Augen: The Book ereader. The model was being discontinued (I picked it up for $49.95-no shipping from Newegg), due to newer models replacing it. The reason I went with this one was that most of my ebooks were already in HTML format (supported), it had an LCD screen, and had expandable storage (SDHC to 32 GB).
I was not interested in one that had wireless, plays music, or vids, and no touchscreen. My reader has wireless disabled- the built in browser is slower than molasses flowing uphill in January. Music playback requires earbuds/headphones or powered external speakers. I can't hear it playing with it's own pitiful speaker mounted on the back of the device. The video playback works good, but I have no realistic use for that. And it has no touchscreen, FTW! The LCD sreen allows me to read in any lighting conditions I have encountered...full sunlight/bright lights, to 'likely to be eaten by a grue' darkness. I love it.
I deliberately chose an ebook reader with an LCD, gleefully. I've had it for a year now, and would not give it up willingly. Before I got the reader, I would download my ebooks in HTML format to read on my nice PC monitor.
And I'm not some young whippersnapper with good eyes....I'm 54, wearing tri-focals. I have never experienced the problems you allude to, and I am a voracious reader.
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Well, that's what they get for stroking their specialized spike with their hind legs. /.'er knows you use the 'hand appendage' of the arm for stroking....oh well, what do girls know anyhow. ;-)
Every
A can of wasp and hornet spray, and a fly swatter, and you're good to go!
Or go high-tech, and get the laser anti-flying insect defense system that was an article here some years back. It shouldn't be too difficult to boost the laser output power.
One thing is for certain, soldiers will have plans formed in much less than the first hour after the drones are issued to them..."We need drone style, real-time visual recon of the nearest women's shower. ASAP!"
Troops will be troops, it has been so for thousands of years: Live to get laid, have the next drink, and collecting some coin.
Default fallback programming: "I Love Lucy".
They have had plenty of time to develop cloaking technology against our mind destroying Weapons of Mass Broadcast. We have terrified the galaxy within a 60 light year radius, pedant.
HaHaHaHa!ROFL!
Well done Scarletdown!
I actually giggled...:-)
Spoken like a true youngster! :-)
Not everyone listens to their CDs 100s of times.
You are correct that not everyone does, but a lot do!
Wait until you get my age, and then reread your comment....it will make you smile with wry amusement.
I'm a product of the 'hard rock' of the 1960's and 1970's, for background.
I still explore newer music, and like a lot of it, but I still have some old favorites I just can't give up listening to occasionally.
In that scenario, it is surprising how many hundreds of times you can listen to some songs/albums.
Now for the obligatory /. response:
Get off my lawn, and turn that crap down! *just kidding!
The amount of time for a performance is small compared to the amount of time invested in getting ready for, and setting up, getting everything back from the performance.
I imagine that for the type of thing you described, the setting up and getting back parts are fairly easy and short.(time) The getting ready/practice time is still way more than the performance time. (it sounded pretty informal, but way cool!) :-)
While I agree with the spirit of your comment, the reality is this:
In a popularity based[1] business/industry endeavor, the popularity of your works set the demand, which in turn, drive sales.
If your efforts do not attract fans and admirers, there is no market for you.
My point is, there are many things I would like to do to earn a comfortable living, but sadly for me, they are not really marketable for that...but they do make nice hobbies that sometimes bring in tangible rewards, sometimes even cash.
I never heard of such a thing as avant cello until now, so her music never had a chance with me before....not to mention, I may not be the type to appreciate that type of music. I doubt I would be alone in that case. :-)
[1]specifically(but not limited to), art, music, literature, film/video, stage, etc.
TFA was an infomercial for that outfit that was talking about mining asteroids, but why not?
TFA claimed it would not likely hit any satellites, for what that is worth....
It could be worse. You could be a moose in a conoe going over/through the Bear Whizz Waterfall, after having bit my sister.
Gah!
It's hogsheads per fathom, or if yer a landlubber, hogsheads per hectare!
And on a serious note, no matter the thickness of a football field, the USA football field will out-mass the football field of anyone else due to the players! ;-)
is only affected directly by the other object's mass, not by the object's own mass.
I am by no means any type of astrophysicist, but my understanding of gravity (in this context) was that a mutual attraction usually happens.
Maybe that would account for the change in trajectory?
Or am I misinterpreting something here?
I agree that will not change things significantly, but only on a measurable or calculable scale. :-)
BTW, I am not singling you out here, but what volume is a football field (or half of a football field in TFS), or even better, what mass?
I realise you were just going with the flow here, and we all understand that an asteroid the size of half a football field translates (I hope!) into an asteroid approx. 50 yards/meters in diameter. :-)
My rant is with the summary and article, so I apologize.
I was astounded that equating an area measurement with a volume measurement was used, then even more amazed that it passed unchallenged by this crowd.
Then again, it's not my native language so maybe that sentence sounds perfectly normal to native speakers.
Hmmm....let me say it this way:
If waddgodd's sentence were a rubber band, I would not perform that level of stretching near my person. The impact when it snapped would be painful.
It is missing proper punctuation, in my opinion, and could be improved with a lot of editing.
Word choice in that sentence was spectacularly terrible.
Trust me, that sentence would have any English teacher in the USA upset.
But, I find myself intrigued by that sentence.
I find myself perplexed when trying to describe all that is wrong with it, yet I feel that I know it is not grammatically correct.
I found myself re-reading that same sentence several times before I could understand what the poster meant. :-)
You bring up some interesting points, IMHO.
Some of what you espoused had me wondering how this 'social gene'( or cluster), may apply to racial/ethnic prejudices and bias that we seem to be unable to overcome as a species.
Although, this seems to occur with other species than humans, at least at first glance. The "Beware of those that are not 'us', they may be dangerous!" behavior seems universal among all mammals.
My understanding is that this behavior is an evolutionary trait to help survival of the species....in other words, paranoia is an inherited and beneficial trait for survival.
How all of this may tie in with societies, cultures, etc., may prove to be interesting if there is basis for this data.
On a more personal note, racism and prejudice are a personal interest to me.
Maybe I should call it a hobby?
I was one of those 'token white folk' who got 'bussed'[1] to an all black middle school (Malcolm X Middle School, no less!) in the 1960's de-segredation exchange. Interesting experience being on the 'wrong end of the shitty stick'.
I could have come out of that experience bitter, but actually it ended all possibility that that I succumb to racial prejudice. Weird, that...according to what I see around me.
As a side note:
1. the most attractive girl in high school (9 years after) was VERY dark skinned! Not only my opinion, she was voted 'Homecoming Queen' by the student body.[1976]
2. some of my in-laws are VERY dark skinned.
3. I view skin color the same way I notice hair color.
4.my biological father and I were separated by divorce when I was about 1 year old, and my step-father had MANY racial/ethnic prejudices.
A lot of questions.....
This is the first time I personally, have heard this argument. :-)
I have to admit that my mind was definitely blown...it was an almost spiritually moving 'light bulb' moment.
Wow! The simplicity....the 'rightness'...the 'total awesome!
Really, no sarcasm meant or implied. That was one of the best arguments on the subject of software patents I have seen to date.
Thank you very much, kind Mr./Ms. AC for this gem.
So, just how many 'Libraries of Congress' are there in 300TB? ;-)
Does this mean that as the archives swell, the metric does also?
Where does this madness end?
How the hell do you say it properly?
Should be pronounced: 'sockee', short 'a' and long 'e'.
*whispers*: Platypus venom.
So, it's similar to Fox News in the USA.....
What is truly scary, is the number of people that are susceptible to this flavor of shit.
*start sarcastic derision*
'Starfleet Command'? No wonder the Borg kicked yer sorry tail around so easily.
What do you mean?
I mean this:
You have to Nuke the U.K. From orbit.... YESTERDAY,if not sooner.
Already too late. Bend over, Rover. [pro tip: lube your rectum liberally]
Expect British, Scottish, and Irish ninja-Jedi to have already infiltrated, and you should anticipate being buggered by a Fish-N-Chips-munching Jedi-Leprechaun who is juggling a kilt clad sheep...playing bagpipes, whilst dogging on a haggis-packed London Tower and 4-leaved-clover-stuffed London Bridge...at the SAME time.
'so'?
So what?
Sows his seeds?
Sows plant seeds?
Sews his socks?
so what?
*Samuel Jackson in 'Pulp Fiction'*
"English, do you speak it?"
[...]
"Say 'what' again, m***********!"
Perhaps 'saw' is the word you're seeking. *sigh... stupid git..*
*disclaimer: I am born, bred, and raised in the U.S.A., and mean no disrespect, nor aim any slight at/near the U.K.*
Wellllll....
I will try.....
I have an Acer 23" ( S230HL model), driven by an ATI 5670, connected to the DVI port. The display settings are factory default. I use the current version of Firefox.
The monitor is approx. 30'' away, and centered on my mustache, instead of eye level.
Maybe that won't help you, but I will say choice of fonts, brightness, and contrast settings make a huge difference for me.
I guess what I'm beating around the bush about, is don't accept the defaults and experiment.
The fonts are changeable in the browser and the OS, and the graphics drivers can help with brightness and contrast.
For what it's worth, I dual boot Win 7-64, and Kubuntu 11.04, and the exact same settings are a little different between the two, but overall similar.
Sorry I can't help more, but that works for me. Try varied monitor heights and distances, different fonts, and brightness and contrast. That is what I did, until I found my ideal config.
If all else fails, mug yer daughter for the Nook, or treat her or yourself another Nook for xmas. (just kidding about the mugging)
Side note: I am an experienced, ex-US Army sniper and bench-rest shooting competitor, so maybe I have conditioned myself to being immobile 'seeing' at awkward neck angles...that may be a factor in this issue. We found that trying to remain alert for the target while looking through a scope tedious and counter-productive for more than 20-30 minutes, and would switch places with our spotter(also a sniper). Muscle-memory and habit can have a profound influence. This may be part of my lack of trouble with your issue.
If I recall anything else that my help you out, I will let you know, volmtech. I know what it's like to have something you enjoy turn into a hassle by old age/disability, and have much empathy. I REALLY value my eyesight, as do most people. :-)
I dispute everything you mention.
I have used a good e-ink display. But they have their downside also. I frequently read in dark envoirments. If I am in good light settings, I would rather have a real, old fashioned book.
LCD tablet? Might be fine for most people, but a tablet has a touchscreen, and I hate touchscreens with a passion.
Eyestrain from an LCD tablet? Don't know anything about that. (see above)
As far as eyestrain from a PC monitor, laptop, or my ebook reader, I have never experienced this.
I feel enlightened already, you pretentious asshat. Crawl back under your self-entitled rock.
I agree with you, except for the tablet.
My problem with the tablets are not considered a problem for most people: I despise touchscreens...with a passion. For that reason only, I will not use a tablet.
I also used a laptop for my ebook reading until I got my LCD screen reader.
For the record, I have an Augen: The Book ereader. The model was being discontinued (I picked it up for $49.95-no shipping from Newegg), due to newer models replacing it.
The reason I went with this one was that most of my ebooks were already in HTML format (supported), it had an LCD screen, and had expandable storage (SDHC to 32 GB).
I was not interested in one that had wireless, plays music, or vids, and no touchscreen.
My reader has wireless disabled- the built in browser is slower than molasses flowing uphill in January. Music playback requires earbuds/headphones or powered external speakers. I can't hear it playing with it's own pitiful speaker mounted on the back of the device.
The video playback works good, but I have no realistic use for that.
And it has no touchscreen, FTW!
The LCD sreen allows me to read in any lighting conditions I have encountered...full sunlight/bright lights, to 'likely to be eaten by a grue' darkness.
I love it.
Oh, and it runs Linux. :-)
Speak for yourself.
I deliberately chose an ebook reader with an LCD, gleefully.
I've had it for a year now, and would not give it up willingly. Before I got the reader, I would download my ebooks in HTML format to read on my nice PC monitor.
And I'm not some young whippersnapper with good eyes....I'm 54, wearing tri-focals. I have never experienced the problems you allude to, and I am a voracious reader.