I wanted an iPad but kept talking myself out of purchasing one... then B&N announced the NOOKcolor and I was tempted again. I ended up getting one for myself in December and I have been very pleased with it also. I primarily wanted it for eBooks (I had a wifi Nook and sold it after I got the Color) but the extra tablet functionality is nice- especially at half the price of an iPad. It's not as full-featured as an iPad and B&N are touting it a an e-reader, but it's certainly a device worth investigating.
I have not rooted mine (as someone who is familiar with Aussie slang, "rooting" a device makes me feel uncomfortable, hahaha, but I'll go along with the term) but It's good to hear from another person who's pleased with the NOOKcolor.
FedEx (and other carriers) handle materials like this all the time. Also, if you had bothered to do a little more research you would have found this article:
quoute: "The recovered cylinder, which was about 10 inches long and weighed 20 pounds, contained four rods of germanium-68, used in medical-imaging cameras. Their total radioactivity is 684 megaBecquerels, the equivalent of about 18 microcuries, said David McIntyre, a spokesman for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
The rods are among the least significant sources of radioactivity from health and security perspectives, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency.
If someone had opened the canister, “it would take like 1,000 hours of exposure to get a skin blister,” Munoz said."
These places are hardly remote and isolated. There will be plenty of people who will be willing to take the jobs offered in these places (and who will appreciate the low cost of living and the proximity to a larger city).
As bad as it was... it was not nearly as awful as the SyFy "reimagination" of "Flash Gordon" or that awful NBC remake of "The Bionic Woman". I could not get through the first episode of either one of those shows. haha!
I think the writers made a huge blunder by not revealing that Ellen Tigh was a Cylon earlier on... I think that they should have shown her being resurrected at the end of the episode where she died, instead of waiting until the final season. I think that would have made for a more interesting story line throughout the latter seasons.... or at least a decent cliffhanger.
oh, yeah.. I knew that.:) It's one of the other things that was annoying about the show (and the network). By the time the second half started airing, I'd pretty much forgotten what had happened in the first half.
"Another perspective here might be that a boring, ponderous show got yoinked because nobody watched it. Just sayin'"
I tend to agree. I gave "Caprica" a chance, but the story was not compelling enough to hold my interest. I gave up after the first part of the first season and never bothered with trying to watch any of the newer episodes. I keep thinking of the line from the 'reimagined' BSG "The Cylons Have a Plan"... but the writers don't.
I don't remember ever seeing anyone control the Enterprise with a PADD, but in "Nemesis", Data did control a shuttlecraft with one... in the scene where Picard jumps the "dune buggy" into the shuttle.:)
I bought a Nook from Barnes & Noble a few weeks ago... the $150 price of the wifi version convinced me to give it a try. I have been pleasantly surprised at how nice the reading experience has been. There were times when I caught myself reaching up to turn the page, as if I was reading an actual hardcopy book. The page transition did take a little getting used to and it is a little slow at times, but those are minor issues for me.
I will still buy some hard back & paperback books, but for traveling and general reading eBooks are a perfect solution for me. I've also got iBooks on my iPhone and was pleased with that experience as well.
For fuck's sake, there's HFCS in just about everything we eat these days. After the recent study, I went through my pantry. Wanted to see precisely how much of the stuff it was in.
- Hot dogs? CHECK. - Oscar Mayer "deli meats" for sandwiches? CHECK. - Breakfast cereals? Almost universal. If it has "modified corn starch", that's HFCS under a disguised name. - Salty-type snacks? Check. Even the supposedly all-natural pita chips. - Anything from Chef Boyardee. Check. - Frozen pizzas waiting to be heated up? Check. Turns out they add HFCS to the goddamn tomato sauce.
The list goes on but I think you get the picture. We're being fed HFCS EVERYWHERE and we just saw a major study done showing an effect on HFCS, either by brain chemistry or satiety reflex, causing obesity. If they were feeding rats the same stuff in their "fatty foods" (and cheesecake is OMG FUCKING FULL OF IT)...
That's a major reason why I limit the amount of processed foods I eat. I've been doing this for a long time and cook most of my food from scratch. It does not really take a lot of time and the quality of my meals has improved greatly.
A while back, I came across this article by Michael Pollan and I agree with it:
I agree. I am tired of a "journalist" telling me what I "need to know" and what is "important". I am fully capable of making up my own mind. I have basically stopped reading any of the local newspapers and watching any of the local news programs because of that. I occasionally skim the headlines from time to time to see if they are reporting anything interesting or useful, but that's it. I don't watch any of the cable news channels at all... I don't need to hear a "pundit's" opinion of today's hot topic.
I want facts and not opinions and, unfortunately, it is rare to find any sort of news article that has not been sensationalized by some journalist.
The disease affects each person differently. I got diagnosed with it about 5 years ago and did not have the usual symptoms. I developed some pain in my abdomen that I initially thought was a pulled muscle... it got progressively worse over a couple of days and I ended up going to the emergency room. As it turns, out my small intestine had ruptured and a large abscess had formed in my abdomen. The following day a surgeon removed about 30 cm of my ileum as well as about 15 cm of the lower part of my colon. I've been in remission ever since and have not experienced any other problems. However, a biopsy did confirm that I have Crohn's. I've been on 50 mg of azathioprine since then and also have to get monthly B-12 injections because my body can no longer absorb that vitamin properly (most of it is absorbed in the ileum).
A friend of mine has been suffering with it since he was a teenager (he's in his 40's now). He has had multiple surgeries and his colon is in horrible shape. Because of his condition he now has a permanent ileostomy and no longer has the use of his colon.
If you are interested in a really severs case, please read the story of "RandyNoGuts"... http://www.randynoguts.com/
I feel pretty lucky to have gotten off with a "mild" case, but there are many thousands of people who are not so lucky.
There is a big difference in the Solaris 10 certification/MCSE exams and the exams lawyers, professional engineers, CPAs and others sit for. There are many laws in place governing those professions. If you mess up as a professional engineer, people can die and you can end up in prison. If you mess up as a CPA you can also end up in prison. At the very least you will lose your license and be unable to work in that profession for the rest of your life.
The Solaris 10 cert/MCSE exams are sanctioned only by a corporation, there's no legal system in place to support those certifications. Many people may consider those certifications necessary, but they are not in the same league as the exams other professionals are required to pass. You do not necessarily need any certifications to work as a system administrator or programmer, but you absolutely have to pass the certification exams and have a license to practice as and call yourself a "Professional Engineer", CPA, or Lawyer.
I'm not saying those professions are any more important than CS related professions, however, the certification process is not at all the same as the process that's required for other professions.
As for homosexuality, I have no problem with homosexuality, but I still approve of the Boy Scouts' stance on it. Scouting is an institution that helps boys grow up to be men. It is not an institution to help boys grow up to be women
Homosexual men are not the same as nor do they aspire to be women.
And another question: How do video stores and now Netflix get their business cleared with the publishers? Do they just buy one disc at retail price and rent it to a hundred people? Or do they have to pay a royalty for each rental? Could a business do the same thing with music through the mail? Netunes?
Movie rental places have to buy DVDs that are "licensed" to be rented. They pay 3 or 4 times the consumer cost of the equivalent DVD. If I remember correctly, their cost is in the neighborhood of $90 or so per disk.
Algae consume CO2 during photosynthesis. Presumably, the amount of CO2 produced by combustion in the aircraft is offset by the amount of CO2 the algae consume during their growth cycle.
I don't know much about this company, but their phones and services are geared toward older people who just want a plain phone to make occasional calls.
The filing deadline is actually April 15 of each year, however, when that date falls on a weekend, the "real" filing deadline is midnight of the first Monday after the 15th. You can deduct reasonable tax preparation fees on your return if you are itemizing deductions.
It has a lot to do with the fact that the Republican Party is heavily supported by "Big Oil" and other industries. Being forced to reduce carbon emissions will cost these industries a lot of money- which they do not want to spend. Consequently, they, and the politicians they support, will do anything they can to prevent that from happening.
Actually, it usually takes several weeks for the Federal Prison System to figure out where to place inmates. When people are immediately placed behind bars after sentencing, they are usually placed in a temporary prison until the system identifies where they will be placed permanently. I guess with "non violent" criminals, they allow them to wait at home instead of in a temporary prison.
I've not really noticed the "tinny" sounding music, or at least it does not bother me. It can be annoying to loose the signal at times, but even with those minor annoyances, satellite radio is still superior to the local radio stations in this area. I will not be switching back any time soon. There is really nothing local radio stations have to offer for free that would bring me back as a listener.
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I wanted an iPad but kept talking myself out of purchasing one ... then B&N announced the NOOKcolor and I was tempted again. I ended up getting one for myself in December and I have been very pleased with it also. I primarily wanted it for eBooks (I had a wifi Nook and sold it after I got the Color) but the extra tablet functionality is nice- especially at half the price of an iPad. It's not as full-featured as an iPad and B&N are touting it a an e-reader, but it's certainly a device worth investigating.
I have not rooted mine (as someone who is familiar with Aussie slang, "rooting" a device makes me feel uncomfortable, hahaha, but I'll go along with the term) but It's good to hear from another person who's pleased with the NOOKcolor.
FedEx (and other carriers) handle materials like this all the time. Also, if you had bothered to do a little more research you would have found this article:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-11-26/fedex-seeks-missing-shipment-of-radioactive-rods-used-in-ct-scan.html
quoute:
"The recovered cylinder, which was about 10 inches long and weighed 20 pounds, contained four rods of germanium-68, used in medical-imaging cameras. Their total radioactivity is 684 megaBecquerels, the equivalent of about 18 microcuries, said David McIntyre, a spokesman for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
The rods are among the least significant sources of radioactivity from health and security perspectives, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency.
If someone had opened the canister, “it would take like 1,000 hours of exposure to get a skin blister,” Munoz said."
Rural life has a lot more to offer than "country music" and "small bars".
Besides, Forest City is a little over an hour from Charlotte-
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Charlotte,+NC&daddr=Forest+City,+NC&hl=en&geocode=Fc-FGQIdiW4u-ymBGjj8xB9UiDFk0UO_5lBGiA%3BFXsnGwIdcdYe-ymL-Li2eUBXiDEcD-cexdHc0Q&gl=us&mra=ls&sll=35.330812,-81.864624&sspn=3.136834,3.66394&ie=UTF8&z=9
Kings Mountain is a little over 30 minutes frmo Charlotte:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=kings+mountain,+NC&daddr=Charlotte,+NC&hl=en&geocode=FU7MGQId9tQm-yl3b2jZZN1WiDHoaxOciHBonA%3BFc-FGQIdiW4u-ymBGjj8xB9UiDFk0UO_5lBGiA&gl=us&mra=ls&sll=35.289595,-81.602645&sspn=0.784656,0.915985&ie=UTF8&ll=35.256834,-81.088715&spn=0.784971,0.915985&z=10
and Maiden is about an hour away
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Maiden,+NC&daddr=Charlotte,+NC&hl=en&geocode=FYnXHgIdnc4o-ymH5GR5yzRRiDFUcW6pZdAArw%3BFc-FGQIdiW4u-ymBGjj8xB9UiDFk0UO_5lBGiA&gl=us&mra=ls&sll=35.256834,-81.090088&sspn=0.784971,0.914612&ie=UTF8&z=11
These places are hardly remote and isolated. There will be plenty of people who will be willing to take the jobs offered in these places (and who will appreciate the low cost of living and the proximity to a larger city).
As bad as it was ... it was not nearly as awful as the SyFy "reimagination" of "Flash Gordon" or that awful NBC remake of "The Bionic Woman". I could not get through the first episode of either one of those shows. haha!
I think the writers made a huge blunder by not revealing that Ellen Tigh was a Cylon earlier on ... I think that they should have shown her being resurrected at the end of the episode where she died, instead of waiting until the final season. I think that would have made for a more interesting story line throughout the latter seasons.... or at least a decent cliffhanger.
haha, I made it through 1.5 episodes of SGU before giving up.... maybe I'm too old for these kinds of shows now. hmmm. hahaha!
oh, yeah.. I knew that. :) It's one of the other things that was annoying about the show (and the network). By the time the second half started airing, I'd pretty much forgotten what had happened in the first half.
"Another perspective here might be that a boring, ponderous show got yoinked because nobody watched it. Just sayin'"
I tend to agree. I gave "Caprica" a chance, but the story was not compelling enough to hold my interest. I gave up after the first part of the first season and never bothered with trying to watch any of the newer episodes. I keep thinking of the line from the 'reimagined' BSG "The Cylons Have a Plan" ... but the writers don't.
I don't remember ever seeing anyone control the Enterprise with a PADD, but in "Nemesis", Data did control a shuttlecraft with one... in the scene where Picard jumps the "dune buggy" into the shuttle. :)
I bought a Nook from Barnes & Noble a few weeks ago ... the $150 price of the wifi version convinced me to give it a try. I have been pleasantly surprised at how nice the reading experience has been. There were times when I caught myself reaching up to turn the page, as if I was reading an actual hardcopy book. The page transition did take a little getting used to and it is a little slow at times, but those are minor issues for me.
I will still buy some hard back & paperback books, but for traveling and general reading eBooks are a perfect solution for me. I've also got iBooks on my iPhone and was pleased with that experience as well.
How about the HFCS question?
For fuck's sake, there's HFCS in just about everything we eat these days. After the recent study, I went through my pantry. Wanted to see precisely how much of the stuff it was in.
- Hot dogs? CHECK.
- Oscar Mayer "deli meats" for sandwiches? CHECK.
- Breakfast cereals? Almost universal. If it has "modified corn starch", that's HFCS under a disguised name.
- Salty-type snacks? Check. Even the supposedly all-natural pita chips.
- Anything from Chef Boyardee. Check.
- Frozen pizzas waiting to be heated up? Check. Turns out they add HFCS to the goddamn tomato sauce.
The list goes on but I think you get the picture. We're being fed HFCS EVERYWHERE and we just saw a major study done showing an effect on HFCS, either by brain chemistry or satiety reflex, causing obesity. If they were feeding rats the same stuff in their "fatty foods" (and cheesecake is OMG FUCKING FULL OF IT)...
That's a major reason why I limit the amount of processed foods I eat. I've been doing this for a long time and cook most of my food from scratch. It does not really take a lot of time and the quality of my meals has improved greatly.
A while back, I came across this article by Michael Pollan and I agree with it:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/28/magazine/28nutritionism.t.html
"Eat Food. Not too much. Mostly Plants."
Avoid processed/prepackaged stuff as much as possible.
Here is a link to his personal web page:
http://seringhaus.net/bio.html
http://www.seringhaus.net/
I agree. I am tired of a "journalist" telling me what I "need to know" and what is "important". I am fully capable of making up my own mind. I have basically stopped reading any of the local newspapers and watching any of the local news programs because of that. I occasionally skim the headlines from time to time to see if they are reporting anything interesting or useful, but that's it. I don't watch any of the cable news channels at all ... I don't need to hear a "pundit's" opinion of today's hot topic.
I want facts and not opinions and, unfortunately, it is rare to find any sort of news article that has not been sensationalized by some journalist.
Apparently several "simulated rape" scenes in their film "Forced Entry" is what led them to be charged with committing a crime:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Zicari#Obscenity_prosecution
Zicari asked for help from the rest of the Adult Entertainment industry and they declined- even Larry Flynt declined to help fight the charges.
http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseContent.aspx?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/07-01-2009/0005053905&EDATE=
The disease affects each person differently. I got diagnosed with it about 5 years ago and did not have the usual symptoms. I developed some pain in my abdomen that I initially thought was a pulled muscle ... it got progressively worse over a couple of days and I ended up going to the emergency room. As it turns, out my small intestine had ruptured and a large abscess had formed in my abdomen. The following day a surgeon removed about 30 cm of my ileum as well as about 15 cm of the lower part of my colon. I've been in remission ever since and have not experienced any other problems. However, a biopsy did confirm that I have Crohn's. I've been on 50 mg of azathioprine since then and also have to get monthly B-12 injections because my body can no longer absorb that vitamin properly (most of it is absorbed in the ileum).
A friend of mine has been suffering with it since he was a teenager (he's in his 40's now). He has had multiple surgeries and his colon is in horrible shape. Because of his condition he now has a permanent ileostomy and no longer has the use of his colon.
If you are interested in a really severs case, please read the story of "RandyNoGuts" ... http://www.randynoguts.com/
I feel pretty lucky to have gotten off with a "mild" case, but there are many thousands of people who are not so lucky.
There is a big difference in the Solaris 10 certification/MCSE exams and the exams lawyers, professional engineers, CPAs and others sit for. There are many laws in place governing those professions. If you mess up as a professional engineer, people can die and you can end up in prison. If you mess up as a CPA you can also end up in prison. At the very least you will lose your license and be unable to work in that profession for the rest of your life.
The Solaris 10 cert/MCSE exams are sanctioned only by a corporation, there's no legal system in place to support those certifications. Many people may consider those certifications necessary, but they are not in the same league as the exams other professionals are required to pass. You do not necessarily need any certifications to work as a system administrator or programmer, but you absolutely have to pass the certification exams and have a license to practice as and call yourself a "Professional Engineer", CPA, or Lawyer.
I'm not saying those professions are any more important than CS related professions, however, the certification process is not at all the same as the process that's required for other professions.
I agree ... I think that for a moderation and reputation systems to work properly, a forum needs thousands of active members.
As for homosexuality, I have no problem with homosexuality, but I still approve of the Boy Scouts' stance on it. Scouting is an institution that helps boys grow up to be men. It is not an institution to help boys grow up to be women
Homosexual men are not the same as nor do they aspire to be women.
And another question: How do video stores and now Netflix get their business cleared with the publishers? Do they just buy one disc at retail price and rent it to a hundred people? Or do they have to pay a royalty for each rental? Could a business do the same thing with music through the mail? Netunes?
Movie rental places have to buy DVDs that are "licensed" to be rented. They pay 3 or 4 times the consumer cost of the equivalent DVD. If I remember correctly, their cost is in the neighborhood of $90 or so per disk.
Algae consume CO2 during photosynthesis. Presumably, the amount of CO2 produced by combustion in the aircraft is offset by the amount of CO2 the algae consume during their growth cycle.
I don't know much about this company, but their phones and services are geared toward older people who just want a plain phone to make occasional calls.
http://www.jitterbug.com/
The filing deadline is actually April 15 of each year, however, when that date falls on a weekend, the "real" filing deadline is midnight of the first Monday after the 15th. You can deduct reasonable tax preparation fees on your return if you are itemizing deductions.
It has a lot to do with the fact that the Republican Party is heavily supported by "Big Oil" and other industries. Being forced to reduce carbon emissions will cost these industries a lot of money- which they do not want to spend. Consequently, they, and the politicians they support, will do anything they can to prevent that from happening.
Actually, it usually takes several weeks for the Federal Prison System to figure out where to place inmates. When people are immediately placed behind bars after sentencing, they are usually placed in a temporary prison until the system identifies where they will be placed permanently. I guess with "non violent" criminals, they allow them to wait at home instead of in a temporary prison.
I've not really noticed the "tinny" sounding music, or at least it does not bother me. It can be annoying to loose the signal at times, but even with those minor annoyances, satellite radio is still superior to the local radio stations in this area. I will not be switching back any time soon. There is really nothing local radio stations have to offer for free that would bring me back as a listener.