That MG must have had a bit more ground clearance than the ones I've seen.
Not really, the ruts were on the outside of the road mostly. The wheel-to-wheel height from rut to between wheel base was at most 6 inches. It was the road itself that was in a rut, per se.
And how about those beautiful babes that shower you with champagne and pose with you for pictures in the winners circle? Have they figured out how to emulate them?
Emulate them? You want to be like those babes? Um, ok, kind of kinky, but just go buy a skimpy swimsuit and a banner and carry a large magnum of champagne.
I think you might have meant simulate. Simulations are way more fun than Emulations. Although hero worship is something one can aspire to...
..sprinklers hit burning oil and there goes his whole house
Just wait till he files the claim.
"I'd like to file an insurance claim for a fire in my house."
"Fine, what was the cause?"
"My computer got slashdotted and overheated the oil, which lit on fire, setting off the sprinklers, which spread the mineral oil it was immersed in, which then spread the blaze."
I don't see anything that he has done to cool the oil it would seem that he has decreased his surface area for air cooling, It just seems to work off the thermal mass of the oil.
Well, he did say that the fans still run, which causes the oil to circulate. Oil being denser than air, should allow it to contain more heat (like the oceans contain more heat than the atmosphere does), which will be circulated around the entire volume and then dissipate to the air and any surface it's mounted on.
Wouldn't want to get slashdotted on a Texas midsummer midday heat wave though, it might be very risky.... although I suppose you could drape it in wet shirts and towels like we used to when I was a kid to cope with the heat.
After all, it's immersed in mineral oil, which makes one wonder... at what temp will it catch on fire? A good slashdot effect and whoops, there go the sprinklers...
And what if his cat gets thirsty? Will it suffer any ill effects?
I predict the trolls will try to change the discussion to "I hate Java and it sucks compared to my favourite language X", or "Java vs Mono", with inflammatory posts.
But if we included Python... or was that Perl... or was that SmallTalk... or was that SlicedBread... or was that IAmATechG33K... it would work better.
And then the number of people coding for it would explode exponentially from 50 percent of the population to a massive and overwhelming 0.2 percent!... [grin]....
Java - it's here. It works in browsers. It works in MSFT Office (don't get me started about their incorrect implementation attempts). Just use it.
When I bought my first laptop, a GRiDCase III Plus, it was ten and a half pounds, and was a featherweight compared to the ~30lb. luggables then available (Compaq, Otrona, &c.)
I used to have to lug, in addition to my standard 70 pound pack, either a Pjunjar (portable drill for emplacing explosives in rock faces) or a GRiD mil computer, plus a 15 pound FN C2 with a 15 pound ammo chest pack for the 7.62 mm rounds.
Up mountains. In winter and in freezing rain. For weeks and months. Silently. Sometimes helping up others who slipped before they went over the cliff faces.
So that if you were to "redo" Star Wars and "add" things to it, the original work would become free.
Thus if it wasn't an improvement, most people wouldn't "redo" things to extend and expand their copyrights, because they would have a disincentive to do so.
However, adding extra footage would not invalidate the original, but wouldn't extend the copyright either. So you could do a director's cut.
Two bodies were found dead on the side of the road, apparently flung from a speeding vehicle. Satellite tracking followed the car as it drove itself, without driver, to a house in suburban San Diego. Police arrested 14 year old Neville Splink as he prepared to climb into the drivers seat with a modded Bluetooth enabled Playstation 2 running Linux and a copy of Gran Turismo 4.
Hackers don't kill people while playing GTA: Seattle, insecure OS on People Personality Pleasure Pods (aka Cars For Families) kill people.
Remember, speed up before your jump over the University Street Bridge when it's going up, or you'll splash into the Ship Canal and your car won't work too well... unless you have it fitted for Bluetooth Snorkel Option.
Slashdot Mirror
especially from Dell, home of the overhot laptop ...
is to provide heat in your cold dark apartment because you didn't fly to the Caribbean.
That MG must have had a bit more ground clearance than the ones I've seen.
Not really, the ruts were on the outside of the road mostly. The wheel-to-wheel height from rut to between wheel base was at most 6 inches. It was the road itself that was in a rut, per se.
That might work if the seats in "cattle class" actually reclined more than 2 inches.
They recline quite a bit on Air France and British Airlines.
Why? Don't you ever go anywhere interesting?
I betcha the oil is bubbling away at it's boiling point right about now....
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I think Roger Penrose needs some fanservice right about now too
of legal drinking age?
And how about those beautiful babes that shower you with champagne and pose with you for pictures in the winners circle? Have they figured out how to emulate them?
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Emulate them? You want to be like those babes? Um, ok, kind of kinky, but just go buy a skimpy swimsuit and a banner and carry a large magnum of champagne.
I think you might have meant simulate. Simulations are way more fun than Emulations. Although hero worship is something one can aspire to
So, why is a car the greatest ever controller for a a flight simulator? Sheesh.
C'mon, haven't you ever watch Flubber, Son of Flubber, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, or any of the tons of other movies (and cartoons) about flying cars?
Just wait till he files the claim.
"I'd like to file an insurance claim for a fire in my house."
"Fine, what was the cause?"
"My computer got slashdotted and overheated the oil, which lit on fire, setting off the sprinklers, which spread the mineral oil it was immersed in, which then spread the blaze."
"Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Back when I was seven, my dad used to let me drive mom's old MG around our 42 acre tree farm in PA.
... um, apartment/house ... this is probably a cool thing.
He never did teach me to shift out of first, though, and most of our roads had 6 inch to 18 inch high ruts, so it wasn't that risky.
But, for those stuck inside a box
Open Office beeing dependant on the Sun JVM is like a car that only runs on rails.
Good thing we don't depend on you for the speelczecher in Open Office. We might bee hurt.
I don't see anything that he has done to cool the oil it would seem that he has decreased his surface area for air cooling, It just seems to work off the thermal mass of the oil.
.... although I suppose you could drape it in wet shirts and towels like we used to when I was a kid to cope with the heat.
Well, he did say that the fans still run, which causes the oil to circulate. Oil being denser than air, should allow it to contain more heat (like the oceans contain more heat than the atmosphere does), which will be circulated around the entire volume and then dissipate to the air and any surface it's mounted on.
Wouldn't want to get slashdotted on a Texas midsummer midday heat wave though, it might be very risky
So if this thing overheats, does it deep fry itself?
Do you want fries with your websurfing?
Can we supersize it?
After all, it's immersed in mineral oil, which makes one wonder ... at what temp will it catch on fire? A good slashdot effect and whoops, there go the sprinklers ...
And what if his cat gets thirsty? Will it suffer any ill effects?
I predict the trolls will try to change the discussion to "I hate Java and it sucks compared to my favourite language X", or "Java vs Mono", with inflammatory posts.
... or was that Perl ... or was that SmallTalk ... or was that SlicedBread ... or was that IAmATechG33K ... it would work better.
... [grin] ....
But if we included Python
And then the number of people coding for it would explode exponentially from 50 percent of the population to a massive and overwhelming 0.2 percent!
Java - it's here. It works in browsers. It works in MSFT Office (don't get me started about their incorrect implementation attempts). Just use it.
Having Open Office not contain Java is like buying a car without tires.
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Sure, people could buy cars without tires and then hunt around for the tires, and then put them on and load balance them.
But not including tires - inflated and properly fitted ones - in the basic car package - is insane.
It's like cutting off one's nose to spite one's face. MJ tried that and now he's on trial down in SoCal
"Excuse me, mind if I take over some of your very limited personal space?"
"No, mind if my baby pukes on you keyboard?"
It's especially fun to recline your seat when someone has one of those open behind you and is going on about how important he is.
Crunch.
When I bought my first laptop, a GRiDCase III Plus, it was ten and a half pounds, and was a featherweight compared to the ~30lb. luggables then available (Compaq, Otrona, &c.)
I used to have to lug, in addition to my standard 70 pound pack, either a Pjunjar (portable drill for emplacing explosives in rock faces) or a GRiD mil computer, plus a 15 pound FN C2 with a 15 pound ammo chest pack for the 7.62 mm rounds.
Up mountains. In winter and in freezing rain. For weeks and months. Silently. Sometimes helping up others who slipped before they went over the cliff faces.
Don't get me started, this is sooooooo slack.
to power the laptop.
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Cool, now try to patent that
....but Oceania has always been at war with Eurasia...right?
Are you questioning things, comrade citizen?
Does that mean that corporations aren't considered people for copyright? And can't "buy" copyrights, only "lease" them?
OK.
So that if you were to "redo" Star Wars and "add" things to it, the original work would become free.
Thus if it wasn't an improvement, most people wouldn't "redo" things to extend and expand their copyrights, because they would have a disincentive to do so.
However, adding extra footage would not invalidate the original, but wouldn't extend the copyright either. So you could do a director's cut.
and patents after 17 years.
And educational and parody use.
Also, a danceable beat.
Two bodies were found dead on the side of the road, apparently flung from a speeding vehicle. Satellite tracking followed the car as it drove itself, without driver, to a house in suburban San Diego. Police arrested 14 year old Neville Splink as he prepared to climb into the drivers seat with a modded Bluetooth enabled Playstation 2 running Linux and a copy of Gran Turismo 4.
... unless you have it fitted for Bluetooth Snorkel Option.
Hackers don't kill people while playing GTA: Seattle, insecure OS on People Personality Pleasure Pods (aka Cars For Families) kill people.
Remember, speed up before your jump over the University Street Bridge when it's going up, or you'll splash into the Ship Canal and your car won't work too well
Does anyone else feel disturbed by that statement?
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Well, since MSFT wants to provide the OS for onboard electronics, soon you'll get a Red Screen of Death
No, they said it was a Prius, not a Matrix.
I'll ask Joey (aka Honda in Japan).
He'll know what to do.
Maybe they could just buy a bigger battery? Or just stop playing the MP3 stereo at 11? Or turn off the neon undercarriage lighting?