I thought only steel could be galvanized... say, you haven't been though any cosmic radiation storms or bitten by any robotic insects lately, have you?
Oh wait... people can be galvanized, just not the way that you said. "galvanize: to startle into sudden activity; stimulate."
Yeah, I think I was pretty galvanized last time I went to the strip club.
I would have let them use my fur handcuffs if they had only asked... is it just me, or would velcro handcuffs be ridiculously easy to slip out of? (As a child, I used to practice with my toy handcuffs slipping my hands from behind me to in front of me. As it turns out, when you do this as an adult, it really pisses off the cops.)
It is certainly possible that close relatives of the American plants once grew in Africa, and that now they have either become extinct or rare enough that they are uncatalogged. But after tens of thousands of years of independent existence, they would probably be classified as different species. As a bad analogy, North America had Equines and Camelids related to Asian horses and camels that went extinct (along with many other species) over 10,000 years ago. Human harvesting of these plants in the wild could even have been a contributing factor to their extinction. But I believe if the Egyptians were smart enough to use these plants for recreational use, then they should have been smart enough to cultivate them as well -- unless they were intentionally destroyed at some point by religious edict. Anything is possible in a culture going back over 5000 years.
I was just thinking how terrible it would be if these genetically engineering bacteria were to escape into the wild... suddenly, sewer systems everywhere would start smelling like mint and bananas! Can you imaging the uproar when that happens?
...getting bacteria to smell like mint and bananas... I think her real hidden agenda was to get the bacteria that favor warm, moist regions of the human anatomy to smell like anything other than sushi... a male scientist would never have thought of this approach.
Occam's Razor suggests the simplest explanation would be that somehow seeds for these plants reached north Africa and the Egyptians began cultivating them. Meaning it is much more likely that a South American vessel made it to Africa than an African vessel made a round trip to South America and back. Also doesn't mean that the owners of the seeds survived the journey; if I was a member of an agrarian society found an obviously man-made (or perhaps god-made) package containing seeds washed up on my beach, probably the first thing I would do would be to cultivate them. Over thousands of years there have probably been hundreds of "message-in-a-bottle" type contacts between the continents.
It is also possible that the residues detected came from other, now extinct, species of plants. The Egyptians are frequently depicted with a lotus-like flower that apparently had narcotic properties and now cannot be found. But that explanation assumes the analysis done on the mummies was faulty, so the seed explanation is still the simplest.
The next corn smut or citrus canker could not kill a single person and cost the economy billions. Shh! You're giving the terrorists ideas! You know how much they hate our oranges and corn!
Wait a minute... "corn smut"?!? I think I've seen old videos of that on the internet...
Apart from her crowning achievement of getting bacteria to smell like mint and bananas If we could just get the bacteria cultures that create yogurt to taste like mint and bananas, then we could produce yogurt with no added flavoring!
If satire and parody constitute harassment, shouldn't the entire cast and crew of Saturday Night Live be in jail now? Those guys even harass the President!
Note to self: If you're going to make fun of someone on MySpace, do it under an alias. Like "Bill Gates" for instance.
Now we have the technology to re-create the Baywatch "Running down the beach in slow motion" scenes in real time! I just can't wait until breast augmentation candidates can opt for active control of their fun bags instead of the passive systems we now have... "Look at me! I can make them dance!"
My knowledge of topology might be somewhat limited, but don't plants require sunlight, and wouldn't a traditional horizontal farm receive a lot more sunlight per unit surface area than a vertical farm?
Half?!? Last time I bought a book in Manhattan, there was an 18% sales tax on it! Face it -- NYC is in a downward spiral. The internet makes it easy to do business anywhere, so all those that reap a net benefit from the socialist policies remain, while all those that are subsidizing these policies are getting the hell out as fast as they can relocate. And yes, California has the same problem, which is why I moved to Oregon back in 1995. Oregon has it's own problems, but the state is run an order of magnitude better than California.
I can see 2 blatant problems with this right off the bat: 1) It is totally unenforceable (unless you monitor 100% of internet traffic in the state, and 2) It will force any internet retailers left in New York to relocate to another state. The cost of doing business in NY is already so high that it is driving companies out. Making up for the shortfall by taxing the remaining companies even more is a pretty short-sighted move.
I think you'd be better off with a solar backpack and the phone you already have. That being said, I suspect most of the Appalachian Trail has rather poor cellular coverage. In Washington state, I couldn't even connect while hiking Mt. St. Helens, which is pretty close to a major metropolitan area, despite having line-of-sight for about a 50 mile radius.
In my day, this was referred to as "that stack of skin mags on the coffee table". Now it's called "a municipal pornography archive"? Krikke said the bulk of the archive had been assembled by a "fanatic" curator at the historical center.
I don't know why, but for some reason the phrase "too much time on his hands" comes to mind...
...the "opportunity" to win the privilege of having breakfast with a Manager. Yeah, but at least you can understand why the manager signed off on this offer -- he gets a free breakfast regardless of what happens!
What is the best way to encourage workers to suggest new products to be made / researched by the company?
"Ever since the Phoenicians invented money, there has been only one answer to that question." -- Clarence Darrow
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Oh wait... people can be galvanized, just not the way that you said. "galvanize: to startle into sudden activity; stimulate." Yeah, I think I was pretty galvanized last time I went to the strip club.
I for one am very glad that there are no corrupt judges in Pennsylvania!
I would have let them use my fur handcuffs if they had only asked... is it just me, or would velcro handcuffs be ridiculously easy to slip out of? (As a child, I used to practice with my toy handcuffs slipping my hands from behind me to in front of me. As it turns out, when you do this as an adult, it really pisses off the cops.)
It is certainly possible that close relatives of the American plants once grew in Africa, and that now they have either become extinct or rare enough that they are uncatalogged. But after tens of thousands of years of independent existence, they would probably be classified as different species. As a bad analogy, North America had Equines and Camelids related to Asian horses and camels that went extinct (along with many other species) over 10,000 years ago. Human harvesting of these plants in the wild could even have been a contributing factor to their extinction. But I believe if the Egyptians were smart enough to use these plants for recreational use, then they should have been smart enough to cultivate them as well -- unless they were intentionally destroyed at some point by religious edict. Anything is possible in a culture going back over 5000 years.
I was just thinking how terrible it would be if these genetically engineering bacteria were to escape into the wild... suddenly, sewer systems everywhere would start smelling like mint and bananas! Can you imaging the uproar when that happens?
...getting bacteria to smell like mint and bananas... I think her real hidden agenda was to get the bacteria that favor warm, moist regions of the human anatomy to smell like anything other than sushi... a male scientist would never have thought of this approach.
Occam's Razor suggests the simplest explanation would be that somehow seeds for these plants reached north Africa and the Egyptians began cultivating them. Meaning it is much more likely that a South American vessel made it to Africa than an African vessel made a round trip to South America and back. Also doesn't mean that the owners of the seeds survived the journey; if I was a member of an agrarian society found an obviously man-made (or perhaps god-made) package containing seeds washed up on my beach, probably the first thing I would do would be to cultivate them. Over thousands of years there have probably been hundreds of "message-in-a-bottle" type contacts between the continents.
It is also possible that the residues detected came from other, now extinct, species of plants. The Egyptians are frequently depicted with a lotus-like flower that apparently had narcotic properties and now cannot be found. But that explanation assumes the analysis done on the mummies was faulty, so the seed explanation is still the simplest.
Wait a minute... "corn smut"?!? I think I've seen old videos of that on the internet...
Apart from her crowning achievement of getting bacteria to smell like mint and bananas If we could just get the bacteria cultures that create yogurt to taste like mint and bananas, then we could produce yogurt with no added flavoring!
Note to self: If you're going to make fun of someone on MySpace, do it under an alias. Like "Bill Gates" for instance.
Now we have the technology to re-create the Baywatch "Running down the beach in slow motion" scenes in real time! I just can't wait until breast augmentation candidates can opt for active control of their fun bags instead of the passive systems we now have... "Look at me! I can make them dance!"
This is going to make my open-casket funeral so much more interesting!
Now they'll have to come out with another sequel to Weekend at Bernie's
My knowledge of topology might be somewhat limited, but don't plants require sunlight, and wouldn't a traditional horizontal farm receive a lot more sunlight per unit surface area than a vertical farm?
So we should expect to see female babies being born with silicone breast implants any time now?
Half?!? Last time I bought a book in Manhattan, there was an 18% sales tax on it! Face it -- NYC is in a downward spiral. The internet makes it easy to do business anywhere, so all those that reap a net benefit from the socialist policies remain, while all those that are subsidizing these policies are getting the hell out as fast as they can relocate. And yes, California has the same problem, which is why I moved to Oregon back in 1995. Oregon has it's own problems, but the state is run an order of magnitude better than California.
I assure you, if New York could figure out a way to tax you per stroke, they certainly would!
Wait... we were talking about golf here, weren't we?
I can see 2 blatant problems with this right off the bat: 1) It is totally unenforceable (unless you monitor 100% of internet traffic in the state, and 2) It will force any internet retailers left in New York to relocate to another state. The cost of doing business in NY is already so high that it is driving companies out. Making up for the shortfall by taxing the remaining companies even more is a pretty short-sighted move.
I think you'd be better off with a solar backpack and the phone you already have. That being said, I suspect most of the Appalachian Trail has rather poor cellular coverage. In Washington state, I couldn't even connect while hiking Mt. St. Helens, which is pretty close to a major metropolitan area, despite having line-of-sight for about a 50 mile radius.
"What a bunch of wankers!"
The mayor's mom came in and cleaned under his bed!
In my day, this was referred to as "that stack of skin mags on the coffee table". Now it's called "a municipal pornography archive"?
Krikke said the bulk of the archive had been assembled by a "fanatic" curator at the historical center.
I don't know why, but for some reason the phrase "too much time on his hands" comes to mind...
...the "opportunity" to win the privilege of having breakfast with a Manager. Yeah, but at least you can understand why the manager signed off on this offer -- he gets a free breakfast regardless of what happens!
What is the best way to encourage workers to suggest new products to be made / researched by the company?
"Ever since the Phoenicians invented money, there has been only one answer to that question." -- Clarence Darrow
Is there really a lot of demand for a table-top device that measures the rotational velocity of earth? Wouldn't it be easier to just google it?