Well I AM aware that it's not the pure metal.
Explain this to the lads that slept thru Chemistry class, but now somehow consider themselves experts in 'alternative' theories.
The guys that bandy around the terms lithium, sodium, mercury, and lead sometimes aren't aware that the pure metal is not the 'active' ingredient, be it an exploding Dell laptop, an anti-anxiety medicine, or a deadly poison causing Minamata disease.
From other high-school 'experiments' I recall we students rolling around balls of Mercury in the palms of our hands. marveling at its properties.
When I tell this to people now, they gasp and marvel that I am still alive, or that I haven't suffered some brain damage. (Well, OK- this last example is debatable).
Presumably, that's one of the reasons that Mercury in our teeth fillings doesn't poison us- it's not one of those nasty organic salts that cause all the problems (or benefits).
But I digress- I'll leave it to you chem experts to explain it them.;-)
Thanx.
I'm confused - don't computers now use more power then they used to?
About 25-plus years ago, I had a computer- it was called an IBM 3090, and it filled the entire basement of a commercial building. I was its system programmer.
It used a LOT of power- enough to light up a suburban block of houses.
And it cost close to a million dollars, and that's without the air-conditioning.
I am now typing this reply to you on my small desktop-
It has more than ONE HUNDRED times as much disk capacity as that old computer, about 20 times its RAM (heck just my video card has more RAM than that old computer), and clock speed... well, let's just say my desktop is... umm, somewhat faster.
But as of yet, I have no thick 440 volt power cables running into my den, and no water-cooled giant air-conditioners humming on my roof.
Actually, unlike the old mainframe, my PC doesn't need to be water cooled. What a relief!
(But I understand this relief may be short-lived)
So do you still think a new Windows (or Linux) system sucks more power than an old IBM deskt..., I mean Factory-top?
You bring up a very interesting notion. One of the things that is very similar between artists and children is that they can walk away from something; It is done, or 'finished',, whereas most of us keep refining, 'adding to', the older we get.....
Hmmnn... You bring up a very interesting notion. It's kinda like Computer software...
OK - I guess now understand the gist of the argument. Hey I wouldn't buy Vista (for full price) either, but it came bundled with my new laptop- first thing I did was make it look like my old W2K. And of course, install Ubuntu on it as well.
So now, I have a 'new' W2K that is fully supported by MS. Alas, the periodic updates are somewhat larger; and only Dial-up is available in my rural area. When the 400 meg SP1 or whatever comes out, I'll simply take the laptop over to a friend's where Hi-Speed is available.
But that's a whole other topic- as videos and other file sizes increase, it's becoming increasingly difficult for the (few?) remaining dial-up sufferers to use the internet. This should be a topic on/.... Perhaps it already was, and I couldn't be bothered waiting for the download.;-(
I read much of this thread, and somehow got an impression of Déjà Vu.
I read the same shit when MS started flogging XP. "Nyah nya.. it's crap!"
AND when MS was starting to push W2003, And W2K. "It sucks. Gimme a macintosh"
Geez.. what a bunch of losers.
I have been running Vista now for 5 months. It never - repeat NEVER - crashes. And it looks just like W2k-
Yes, that's right - of course, I reverted to Classic-coke mode.
It is basically W2K with support. And much, MUCH more stability.
Why can't you weenies give it a break? You are OH, so SO tiresome...
PS- I also have Ubuntu FesteringFox on my laptop, but hardly ever boot it.
Vista is just THAT stable!... Sorry guys! Go back to Mom's basement and punch the wall. Or your pillow, softie..
>>> Probably nothing. It doesn't contain lithium metal,which is quite explosive on contact with water.
> Not really. Lithium combines with water to form lithium hydroxide (a type of lye) and hydrogen
Oh, really?
A longgg time ago, back when they taught Chemistry in High School (do they still? Probably in China and India.)... I remember seeing potassium and sodium tossed into water... SMALL quantities only.
Rather nasty. Agreed it's the hydrogen that burns, but it is generated vigorously and is immediately set on fire by the reaction of the metal with water.
If you DO decide to toss some lithium metal into water, make sure you don't use your bare hand!
And stand well back!
I thought you already knew!
Actually those 'bears' refer to our distant listening posts, Ursa Major and Minor!
They have since relayed this info to the Enterprise:
"Sulu, plot me a- Course towards that- Potential threat- To Earth. We're going- To whack it."
"Certainly, Captain! If any asteroid is going to blow Earth away, I want it to be mine!"
Actually they are our distant listing posts, Ursa Major and Minor!
They have since relayed this info to the Enterprise:
"Sulu, plot me a. Course towards that. Potential threat. To Earth. We're going. To whack it."
"Certainly, Captain! If any asteroid blows Earth away, I want it to be mine!"
I am frequently known to wear a Faraday Hemisphere, made of tinfoil (only the NON-RADIOACTIVE isotopes, of course!), on my head.
I realize this is not a full Faraday cage; rest assured I am working on the complete sphere.
The sooner the better. I suspect *they* already have many mind-altering rays penetrating via my eyes, nose and mouth!
And from below also! Have you ever considered those damn neutrino rays the Chinese are now aiming directly at us?
We cannot be too careful!
As I said: the only part I could not have done easily myself was the glass, tungsten and vacuum crapola in the radio tubes
I remember the Barium and other getters.. As a brief Chemistry student, always wanted to develop that stuff.
And most current microprocessors contain many manymore than like..dozens of transistors.
Like, like I said: Gimme the schematic. Of the hardware.
The software is easy. Or at least it used to be.
But then, when I think about it, could I have drawn a 100' copper wire from ore? Or the cat's whisker? The crystal in the crystal radio was the easiest part! ;-)
Yes. I would like to see a picture.
Two resistors: A couple of zig-zigs with some 'Omega' symbols attached.
The ummm, third component: "And then a miracle happens"
Please elaborate with a simple schematic of the 3rd component.
Long ago I built a tube radio. The only part I could not have done easily myself was the glass, tungsten and vacuum crapola in the radio tubes. The rest was a snap.
Given a bit of time I could have built them too.
And this was long after the transistor made its appearance
Most... uhh, ALL universities in Canada have the.ca TLD, as opposed to those lucky USA "educational institutions" (snicker) such as "Brer-rabbit.edu" or "BoobyJones.edu"...
As well, I'd like to open up my own aqk.mil website. I have an axe to grind.
Wait! Perhaps Osama has first dibs:
www.alqaeda.mil
Howcum only USA dorky institutions are allowed.mil or.edu TLDs?
OK, OK.. I know the answer: 'cuz you invented the Internet, etc...
Well, the cat's outa the bag; it's too late now. WE WANT IT!
>>You shouldn't have to pay duty on computer hardware anyway. That's part of the FTA which became NAFTA.
(LOL) Oh. Really. The last time I brought a "USA" product thru Canadian Customs, they looked at the Seagate hard drive and said "Hmmm 'MADE IN CHINA' "
I had to cough up a lot of duty AND GST.
So much for this NAFTA bullshit.
HELLLOOOO! Haven't you heard? The USA does not MAKE anything anymore!
They just move stuff around and re-sell it.
How long you think this crappy biz model will last?
And Canada is not that much further behind.
I give us about seven years, maybe less...
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Well I AM aware that it's not the pure metal.
;-)
Explain this to the lads that slept thru Chemistry class, but now somehow consider themselves experts in 'alternative' theories.
The guys that bandy around the terms lithium, sodium, mercury, and lead sometimes aren't aware that the pure metal is not the 'active' ingredient, be it an exploding Dell laptop, an anti-anxiety medicine, or a deadly poison causing Minamata disease.
From other high-school 'experiments' I recall we students rolling around balls of Mercury in the palms of our hands. marveling at its properties.
When I tell this to people now, they gasp and marvel that I am still alive, or that I haven't suffered some brain damage. (Well, OK- this last example is debatable).
Presumably, that's one of the reasons that Mercury in our teeth fillings doesn't poison us- it's not one of those nasty organic salts that cause all the problems (or benefits).
But I digress- I'll leave it to you chem experts to explain it them.
Thanx.
I'm confused - don't computers now use more power then they used to?
About 25-plus years ago, I had a computer- it was called an IBM 3090, and it filled the entire basement of a commercial building. I was its system programmer.
It used a LOT of power- enough to light up a suburban block of houses. And it cost close to a million dollars, and that's without the air-conditioning.
I am now typing this reply to you on my small desktop-
It has more than ONE HUNDRED times as much disk capacity as that old computer, about 20 times its RAM (heck just my video card has more RAM than that old computer), and clock speed... well, let's just say my desktop is... umm, somewhat faster.
But as of yet, I have no thick 440 volt power cables running into my den, and no water-cooled giant air-conditioners humming on my roof.
Actually, unlike the old mainframe, my PC doesn't need to be water cooled. What a relief!
(But I understand this relief may be short-lived)
So do you still think a new Windows (or Linux) system sucks more power than an old IBM deskt..., I mean Factory-top?
(no jokes about "vista sucks", please)
You bring up a very interesting notion. One of the things that is very similar between artists and children is that they can walk away from something; It is done, or 'finished',, whereas most of us keep refining, 'adding to', the older we get. ....
Hmmnn... You bring up a very interesting notion. It's kinda like Computer software...
OK - I guess now understand the gist of the argument.
/. ... Perhaps it already was, and I couldn't be bothered waiting for the download. ;-(
Hey I wouldn't buy Vista (for full price) either, but it came bundled with my new laptop-
first thing I did was make it look like my old W2K. And of course, install Ubuntu on it as well.
So now, I have a 'new' W2K that is fully supported by MS. Alas, the periodic updates are somewhat larger; and only Dial-up is available in my rural area.
When the 400 meg SP1 or whatever comes out, I'll simply take the laptop over to a friend's where Hi-Speed is available.
But that's a whole other topic- as videos and other file sizes increase, it's becoming increasingly difficult for the (few?) remaining dial-up sufferers to use the internet.
This should be a topic on
I don't know about those other US puppets you mentioned, but Canada did NOT send troops to Iraq.
Take a look- NO Canadian soldiers in Iraq.
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I read much of this thread, and somehow got an impression of Déjà Vu.
... Sorry guys! Go back to Mom's basement and punch the wall. Or your pillow, softie..
I read the same shit when MS started flogging XP. "Nyah nya.. it's crap!"
AND when MS was starting to push W2003, And W2K. "It sucks. Gimme a macintosh"
Geez.. what a bunch of losers.
I have been running Vista now for 5 months. It never - repeat NEVER - crashes. And it looks just like W2k-
Yes, that's right - of course, I reverted to Classic-coke mode.
It is basically W2K with support. And much, MUCH more stability.
Why can't you weenies give it a break? You are OH, so SO tiresome...
PS- I also have Ubuntu FesteringFox on my laptop, but hardly ever boot it.
Vista is just THAT stable!
>>I wonder if they are planning on taking a closer look at the backside.
/. ?
Don't you read
This was extensively covered in last week's discussion on the mission to Uranus.
Check out Phobos and Deimos.
> Not really. Lithium combines with water to form lithium hydroxide (a type of lye) and hydrogen
Oh, really?
A longgg time ago, back when they taught Chemistry in High School (do they still? Probably in China and India.)... I remember seeing potassium and sodium tossed into water... SMALL quantities only.
Rather nasty. Agreed it's the hydrogen that burns, but it is generated vigorously and is immediately set on fire by the reaction of the metal with water.
If you DO decide to toss some lithium metal into water, make sure you don't use your bare hand!
And stand well back!
Apparently Lithium is not quite as active as potassium, but...
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium
I thought you might have figured it out by now-
The article only barely hints at it, but those cameras
were actually built by and attached to by the crows themselves!
They are reportedly now building tiny lethal lasers to attach to their legs
I for one, bow... well, you get the point.
I thought you already knew!
Actually those 'bears' refer to our distant listening posts, Ursa Major and Minor!
They have since relayed this info to the Enterprise:
"Sulu, plot me a- Course towards that- Potential threat- To Earth. We're going- To whack it."
"Certainly, Captain! If any asteroid is going to blow Earth away, I want it to be mine!"
Actually they are our distant listing posts, Ursa Major and Minor!
They have since relayed this info to the Enterprise:
"Sulu, plot me a. Course towards that. Potential threat. To Earth. We're going. To whack it."
"Certainly, Captain! If any asteroid blows Earth away, I want it to be mine!"
Thanx for the "partial" correction!
You seem very knowledgeable!
But you ignored the fact that Windows runs on computers with n386 processors using electricity, not on Diesels!
How could you have not spotted that obvious mistake? tsk-tsk!
>>> You're also gonna need a new johnson rod
..except yours truly, of course!
Silly!
This is one item that most REAL geeks normally do not have experience with.
>> # scp bkuser@backupserver:/etc/bind/zones/gov.ca.zonefile /etc/bind/zones
/. guidelines!
...my job here is done.
>> # service named reload
>> voila!
Hey!
Will you please stop with the serious comments ??
Show some WIT here, man, like the rest of us that are faithfully following the
Anyone would think that you're one of those humourless dot-ca Canadians!
And (gasp) a bilingual one at that!
Well, sir -
I am frequently known to wear a Faraday Hemisphere, made of tinfoil (only the NON-RADIOACTIVE isotopes, of course!), on my head.
I realize this is not a full Faraday cage; rest assured I am working on the complete sphere.
The sooner the better. I suspect *they* already have many mind-altering rays penetrating via my eyes, nose and mouth!
And from below also! Have you ever considered those damn neutrino rays the Chinese are now aiming directly at us?
We cannot be too careful!
Well, I managed to peruse this far. (yawn)
Then I saw the dreaded reference to "Chomsky" introduced. And gave up.
A pox on all your apostrocalyptic arguments.
I'm utterly certain that Linux and Boobs have been in the same sentence before. :-P
No, no, silly! You are udderly certain.
Immanuel!
/., you old rascal? When we gonna switch poles, huh?
Immanuel Velikovsky! Is that you? Heyyyy!
Watcha doin' on
You promised! Next ten years? OK,then!
LOL
I, for one, bow to our Soviet Russia innuendo posting overlords!
As I said:
;-)
the only part I could not have done easily myself was the glass, tungsten and vacuum crapola in the radio tubes
I remember the Barium and other getters.. As a brief Chemistry student, always wanted to develop that stuff.
And most current microprocessors contain many manymore than like..dozens of transistors.
Like, like I said: Gimme the schematic. Of the hardware.
The software is easy. Or at least it used to be.
But then, when I think about it, could I have drawn a 100' copper wire from ore? Or the cat's whisker? The crystal in the crystal radio was the easiest part!
Oh, no-
You don't get away THAT easily.
Yes. I would like to see a picture.
Two resistors: A couple of zig-zigs with some 'Omega' symbols attached.
The ummm, third component: "And then a miracle happens"
Please elaborate with a simple schematic of the 3rd component.
Long ago I built a tube radio. The only part I could not have done easily myself was the glass, tungsten and vacuum crapola in the radio tubes. The rest was a snap.
Given a bit of time I could have built them too.
And this was long after the transistor made its appearance
Try and make an IC. You have two weeks.
Most... uhh, ALL universities in Canada have the .ca TLD, as opposed to those lucky USA "educational institutions" (snicker) such as "Brer-rabbit.edu" or "BoobyJones.edu"...
.mil or .edu TLDs?
As well, I'd like to open up my own aqk.mil website. I have an axe to grind.
Wait! Perhaps Osama has first dibs: www.alqaeda.mil
Howcum only USA dorky institutions are allowed
OK, OK.. I know the answer: 'cuz you invented the Internet, etc...
Well, the cat's outa the bag; it's too late now. WE WANT IT!
>>You shouldn't have to pay duty on computer hardware anyway. That's part of the FTA which became NAFTA.
(LOL) Oh. Really.
The last time I brought a "USA" product thru Canadian Customs, they looked at the Seagate hard drive and said "Hmmm 'MADE IN CHINA' "
I had to cough up a lot of duty AND GST.
So much for this NAFTA bullshit.
HELLLOOOO! Haven't you heard? The USA does not MAKE anything anymore!
They just move stuff around and re-sell it.
How long you think this crappy biz model will last?
And Canada is not that much further behind.
I give us about seven years, maybe less...
Hmmnn.. You don't have much imagination eh?
The USB3 will be attached to a HD farm. Lots of arms and heads.
That is if the HD isn't obsolete by then.
You'll be booting from a built in Flash drive. etc etc...
C'mon guys! Ths is just the beginning! Please one-up me with your wild ideas.