A friend's DSL service seemed to be interfering with his phone service, so after about an hour on the phone with tech support, the ISP agreed to send him a new DSL modem. He assured me that he would be able to hook it all up himself. "After all, I just need to switch boxes, right?" he said.
I got a call today, just a few days after my last visit. Not only did his DSL not work with the new modem, but his phone service had stopped working as well. It turns out he had plugged the telephone line through the router, had the DSL modem connected only to a phone, and the eithernet cable from his computer plugged into the old DSL modem. Apparently, connecting a phone line to a router will disable the phone lines throughout the house. Learn something new every day...
Before I left, his wife asked me to explain which part they had gotten wrong, so that they could fix it themselves next time. "Uh... basically all of it," I replied. I did try to explain it to them, but I'm sure I'll get a call if they ever touch it.
So true. I live in Philadelphia, and in my neighborhood the power lines are underground. Every time it rains heavily the power goes out. I recently saw the repair crew working on it and asked about it. One of the guys told me the conduit is drained by a sump pump, but if it rains too fast the pump is overworked and a safety switch cuts the power when the water level gets too high.
Afterwards I wondered why they didn't just install a bigger/better pump. Oh well. Who needs a clock on the microwave anyway?
While this is quite true, it ignores the fact that many Americans are dying from our drug policy as well as foreigners. From quality and substitution issues with the drug itself, turf wars by gangs, police injured by people attempting to evade arrest, et cetera. Not to mention the fact that thousands are locked away for life... they might as well be dead too.
Sure you can wear goggles. But if any water gets in the goggles, it can wash the contact right out of your eye. I wear contacts every day, but when I swim I just go semi-blind. If I was rich I guess I could get prescription goggles. Then again, if I was rich I would go ahead and get eye surgery.
The same reason animals with big teeth don't bite themselves to death. Or why fish don't drown. Evolution.
I'd guess that the toad has some method of localizing the toxin (like the bile you keep in your stomach). If some toxin should escape due to injury, it is probably broken down into harmless substances by special enzymes.
An updated design that is cheaper to maintain sounds like a good idea to me. However, who's to know the scope of the research? I would be shocked if they didn't design some new tactical nukes as well. And frankly, tactical nukes scare me the most because we will actually consider their use (bunker busting and such).
Cola? Yeah, I'd say you're old fashioned. I'd also say that's more of a "high-fructose corn syrup or bust", as the effects of the massive quantity of sugar will be more pronounced than the relatively meager amount of caffeine in most sodas.
For comparison, the average cup of coffee has 115-175 mgs of caffeine, vs 36-60 for a soda, making soda roughly 3 times as weak. Source: http://nootropics.com/caffeine/faq.html
The jolt of sugar your body receives if you drink a soda on an empty stomach is also believed to lead to insulin resistance and eventually diabetes as well. It's important to remember that everything we do has health consequences, not just drug use. Just where do you draw the line as to what is a drug anyway?
The appearance of crack in the '90s had more to do with the discovery of a simpler method of manufacturing freebase (smokable) cocaine, aka crack. Here's a basic description taken from http://cocaine.org/coke.html
"Initially, "free-base" cocaine was typically produced using volatile solvents, usually ether. Unfortunately, this technique is physically dangerous. The solvent tends to ignite. Hence a more convenient method of producing smokeable free-base became popular. Its product is crack. To obtain crack-cocaine, ordinary cocaine hydrochloride is concentrated by heating the drug in a solution of baking soda until the water evaporates. This type of base-cocaine makes a cracking sound when heated; hence the name "crack". Base-cocaine vaporises at a low temperature, so it can be easily inhaled via a heated pipe."
That said, I agree that the "Just say no" campaign was a total failure, and that addiction was completely ignored. It just wasn't the only factor in this case.
For the record, DXM is a pretty tame drug as well, as long as you aren't taking in serious quantities of antihistamines as well (an ingredient in many cough medicines, and the primary reason people get sick "Robotripping" Robotussin). Basically, with DXM alone you'll usually throw up before you can overdose. Of course, tripping in itself can be dangerous for some people.
Regarding point 1: My copy of windows checks time.nist.gov, not microsoft. In addition, however, I was asked before this function was enabled, and I can disable it at will.
Regarding point 2: Where is the safety switch for internet explorer? I'm sure IE causes way more "computer explosions" than genuine advantage.
Let's be honest here. A phone-home capability in genuine advantage is suspicious, given the function of the genuine advantage program. It makes people running pirated versions of windows especially nervous. The bottom line is, if it isn't a spy tool, there ought to be an option to disable it. If it is a spy tool, get it the fuck off my computer. Period.
The United States has gone to war over business before. Oil is the obvious example, but there are others as well. Or here's an example involving fruit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_fruit_company
Food for thought.
I know what you mean. However, satellite radio today is like the early days of cable TV. Eventually, the temptation of potential revenue of commercials will be too great to ignore. I have Sirius, and they already interrupt music to announce the name of the station and advertise other stations. Hello? The station name is on the damn receiver! Oh well. By the time commercials creep in I'll just install the entertainment system in my car I'm always planning.
That's a cute arguement, but you're missing the point. With file sharing, the record companies aren't deprived of anything when you download a song (discounting theoretical future sales). However, if someone deletes files off of your computer, you are deprived of your music. If someone broke into your computer and deleted your graduate thesis, I'd bet you'd consider that a crime. Probably vandalism rather than theft, but still a crime. The key point here is deprivation.
I know that scientific studies thus far have been unable to show a plausible link between brain tumors and cell phones. However, I wonder if everyone calling nonsense here isn't just engaging in a bit of wishful thinking. Kind of like how people were resistant to the idea that sun exposure could lead to skin cancer. I'm no luddite, I sure hope this proves to be a false alarm. However, while a bit of skepticism is healthy, how can we be sure? Cell phones have only recently reached the masses in the Unites States.
I just looked up some statistics on brain tumors. The incidence rate is 14.1 per 100,000 people, or roughly 1 in 7,000. Unless 50,000 people worked in this building, this is quite the statistical anamoly. Makes you go hmm...
Its true, this news has altered the slashdot paradigm. For instance, I saw the word patent in the title of the story, and I was ready to launch into a lengthy criticism of the patent office. However, when I realized that it was about patent reform, I didn't know what to do. So now I can only write that I am confused.
Next on slashdot: Microsoft announces it is releasing source code for independent security audits!
Porn may be free, but it is one of the number one dangers on the internet today. First off, think of the kids. Ok, maybe they have it good. But seriously, look at porn torrents, or stuff on P2P, a lot of it requires you to download shady codecs to watch, or is in a rar file next to password.exe. Remember the porn dialers? Porn is slowly becoming the preferred way to install crapware and even trojans. (No pun intended.)
And surely, goatse ought to be mentioned when speaking of internet dangers. I never had nightmares of being attacked by hyper-extended anuses before goatse.
I guess I stand corrected then. I just can't imagine it happening though - emergency is such a subjective label. Maybe it's because I live in a big city, but that would never fly here. Here in Philadelphia, we have trouble with people who are too scared to speak with police. Its becoming a real problem, here's one example: http://www.philly.com/mld/dailynews/news/local/137 90386.htm
Every time I see a "Stop Snitching" shirt it makes me sick.
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I don't think so, but viruses infect bacteria all the time: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacteriophage
Given that myspace has found itself infected, I think we must consider it to be more of a bacterial plague than a viral one.
A friend's DSL service seemed to be interfering with his phone service, so after about an hour on the phone with tech support, the ISP agreed to send him a new DSL modem. He assured me that he would be able to hook it all up himself. "After all, I just need to switch boxes, right?" he said.
I got a call today, just a few days after my last visit. Not only did his DSL not work with the new modem, but his phone service had stopped working as well. It turns out he had plugged the telephone line through the router, had the DSL modem connected only to a phone, and the eithernet cable from his computer plugged into the old DSL modem. Apparently, connecting a phone line to a router will disable the phone lines throughout the house. Learn something new every day...
Before I left, his wife asked me to explain which part they had gotten wrong, so that they could fix it themselves next time. "Uh... basically all of it," I replied. I did try to explain it to them, but I'm sure I'll get a call if they ever touch it.
So true. I live in Philadelphia, and in my neighborhood the power lines are underground. Every time it rains heavily the power goes out. I recently saw the repair crew working on it and asked about it. One of the guys told me the conduit is drained by a sump pump, but if it rains too fast the pump is overworked and a safety switch cuts the power when the water level gets too high.
Afterwards I wondered why they didn't just install a bigger/better pump. Oh well. Who needs a clock on the microwave anyway?
While this is quite true, it ignores the fact that many Americans are dying from our drug policy as well as foreigners. From quality and substitution issues with the drug itself, turf wars by gangs, police injured by people attempting to evade arrest, et cetera. Not to mention the fact that thousands are locked away for life... they might as well be dead too.
Sure you can wear goggles. But if any water gets in the goggles, it can wash the contact right out of your eye. I wear contacts every day, but when I swim I just go semi-blind. If I was rich I guess I could get prescription goggles. Then again, if I was rich I would go ahead and get eye surgery.
The same reason animals with big teeth don't bite themselves to death. Or why fish don't drown. Evolution.
I'd guess that the toad has some method of localizing the toxin (like the bile you keep in your stomach). If some toxin should escape due to injury, it is probably broken down into harmless substances by special enzymes.
An updated design that is cheaper to maintain sounds like a good idea to me. However, who's to know the scope of the research? I would be shocked if they didn't design some new tactical nukes as well. And frankly, tactical nukes scare me the most because we will actually consider their use (bunker busting and such).
Steam did that to me too. I couldn't find my original cd, so I just bought it again. :(
Cola? Yeah, I'd say you're old fashioned. I'd also say that's more of a "high-fructose corn syrup or bust", as the effects of the massive quantity of sugar will be more pronounced than the relatively meager amount of caffeine in most sodas.
For comparison, the average cup of coffee has 115-175 mgs of caffeine, vs 36-60 for a soda, making soda roughly 3 times as weak.
Source: http://nootropics.com/caffeine/faq.html
The jolt of sugar your body receives if you drink a soda on an empty stomach is also believed to lead to insulin resistance and eventually diabetes as well. It's important to remember that everything we do has health consequences, not just drug use. Just where do you draw the line as to what is a drug anyway?
The appearance of crack in the '90s had more to do with the discovery of a simpler method of manufacturing freebase (smokable) cocaine, aka crack. Here's a basic description taken from http://cocaine.org/coke.html
"Initially, "free-base" cocaine was typically produced using volatile solvents, usually ether. Unfortunately, this technique is physically dangerous. The solvent tends to ignite. Hence a more convenient method of producing smokeable free-base became popular. Its product is crack. To obtain crack-cocaine, ordinary cocaine hydrochloride is concentrated by heating the drug in a solution of baking soda until the water evaporates. This type of base-cocaine makes a cracking sound when heated; hence the name "crack". Base-cocaine vaporises at a low temperature, so it can be easily inhaled via a heated pipe."
That said, I agree that the "Just say no" campaign was a total failure, and that addiction was completely ignored. It just wasn't the only factor in this case.
Nope, it is not related to DXM, but indeed the restriction is for a base ingredient of meth manufacture. Here is a link for more info: http://www.erowid.org/archive/rhodium/chemistry/bi rch.pseudo.html
For the record, DXM is a pretty tame drug as well, as long as you aren't taking in serious quantities of antihistamines as well (an ingredient in many cough medicines, and the primary reason people get sick "Robotripping" Robotussin). Basically, with DXM alone you'll usually throw up before you can overdose. Of course, tripping in itself can be dangerous for some people.
That's the first thing I thought of... you have to wait for the nude pics before you demand the sidekick back. Talk about leverage...
Uh, if you're reading this, I'm willing to bet you have a 'net connection...
Regarding point 1: My copy of windows checks time.nist.gov, not microsoft. In addition, however, I was asked before this function was enabled, and I can disable it at will.
Regarding point 2: Where is the safety switch for internet explorer? I'm sure IE causes way more "computer explosions" than genuine advantage.
Let's be honest here. A phone-home capability in genuine advantage is suspicious, given the function of the genuine advantage program. It makes people running pirated versions of windows especially nervous. The bottom line is, if it isn't a spy tool, there ought to be an option to disable it. If it is a spy tool, get it the fuck off my computer. Period.
The United States has gone to war over business before. Oil is the obvious example, but there are others as well. Or here's an example involving fruit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_fruit_company Food for thought.
I know what you mean. However, satellite radio today is like the early days of cable TV. Eventually, the temptation of potential revenue of commercials will be too great to ignore. I have Sirius, and they already interrupt music to announce the name of the station and advertise other stations. Hello? The station name is on the damn receiver! Oh well. By the time commercials creep in I'll just install the entertainment system in my car I'm always planning.
Well, a bunch of motherboards have been failing and even producing smoke because of faulty 20 cent capacitors... (I've had 3 so far)
>How can this even be arguable?
People will always try to justify their bullshit to make themselves feel better. I'm with your philosophy though.
That's a cute arguement, but you're missing the point. With file sharing, the record companies aren't deprived of anything when you download a song (discounting theoretical future sales). However, if someone deletes files off of your computer, you are deprived of your music. If someone broke into your computer and deleted your graduate thesis, I'd bet you'd consider that a crime. Probably vandalism rather than theft, but still a crime. The key point here is deprivation.
Its sad but true. I bet the Bush Administration tested the reaction in focus groups first. God damn soccer moms and dads.
No, correlation doesn't prove causation. It does imply it, however.
I know that scientific studies thus far have been unable to show a plausible link between brain tumors and cell phones. However, I wonder if everyone calling nonsense here isn't just engaging in a bit of wishful thinking. Kind of like how people were resistant to the idea that sun exposure could lead to skin cancer. I'm no luddite, I sure hope this proves to be a false alarm. However, while a bit of skepticism is healthy, how can we be sure? Cell phones have only recently reached the masses in the Unites States.
I just looked up some statistics on brain tumors. The incidence rate is 14.1 per 100,000 people, or roughly 1 in 7,000. Unless 50,000 people worked in this building, this is quite the statistical anamoly. Makes you go hmm...
Now excuse me, my cell phone is ringing.
Its true, this news has altered the slashdot paradigm. For instance, I saw the word patent in the title of the story, and I was ready to launch into a lengthy criticism of the patent office. However, when I realized that it was about patent reform, I didn't know what to do. So now I can only write that I am confused.
Next on slashdot: Microsoft announces it is releasing source code for independent security audits!
Porn may be free, but it is one of the number one dangers on the internet today. First off, think of the kids. Ok, maybe they have it good. But seriously, look at porn torrents, or stuff on P2P, a lot of it requires you to download shady codecs to watch, or is in a rar file next to password.exe. Remember the porn dialers? Porn is slowly becoming the preferred way to install crapware and even trojans. (No pun intended.)
And surely, goatse ought to be mentioned when speaking of internet dangers. I never had nightmares of being attacked by hyper-extended anuses before goatse.
I guess I stand corrected then. I just can't imagine it happening though - emergency is such a subjective label. Maybe it's because I live in a big city, but that would never fly here. Here in Philadelphia, we have trouble with people who are too scared to speak with police. Its becoming a real problem, here's one example: http://www.philly.com/mld/dailynews/news/local/137 90386.htm
Every time I see a "Stop Snitching" shirt it makes me sick.