Lose the carpet (preferably), and get a HEPA air cleaner (and/or electrostatic precipitator, if you don't mind minor ozone generation); they're not very expensive. If you have forced-air central heating, supplement with a 3M Filtrete furnace intake filter (top-rated in the June issue of Consumer Reports; HEPA/EP air cleaners also reviewed in that issue).
No more ghost farts. Your lungs and (sentient) machines will thank you.
Your interesting and amusing anecdote helped me remember William Demming, the statistician/consultant who helped to bring about Japan's reputation for quality in manufacturing.
I don't remember exactly when the buttons migrated from the back to the front. The red push button at the back though is a very clear memory for me.
The IBM PS/2 series desktops contained a steel rod which mechanically linked the front power switch to the switch on the PSU, which was still located at the rear of the chassis.
Not mentioned was the first test run of the flux capacitor.
Unfortunately, it was strapped to a DeLorean so it did not have a lot of credibility at the time.
If you're gonna build a time machine into a car, why not do it with some style? Besides, the stainless steel construction makes the flux dispersa NO CARRIER
If you're going to be a hard-ass about selling the girl an iPad, tell her why and explain to her to "Please have your Father come in with proof of your citizenship." Explain, "Its because we're trying to prevent another 9/11 and even though its a pain in the ass for everyone including the nice clerk who really wants to sell you an iPad, we all make small sacrifice during times of war for National Security." Polite, compassionate and with a solution that let's everyone know where they stand.
That's polite compassion? It sounds like the sort of patronizing, propagandist bullshit I'd expect from a DHS official.
I have given myself low level cyanide poisoning without being aware of it until the symptoms appeared hours later [...]
Will you please describe the effects you experienced? Did you panic when you realized what was occurring? Did you have access to an antidote, and if so, was it required for recovery at the dose you received?
What a boatload of shit. A "war zone" is a place where real combat takes place. Where bodies are cored through by high-velocity projectiles, where jugulars are severed by blades, where grotesque half-men scream in unspeakable pain while crawling on the stumps of their arms, trailing torn, bloody entrails.
You're right; Wikipedia is nothing like a Chuck E. Cheese's ball-pit.
[R]emember the performance art cake that was made in protest of female genital mutilation in Africa? You know, the one that screamed when you cut a piece?
Now, think back to September 12 through 18, 2001 -- the week after 9/11. Remember the people who just freaked out around you?
Not really. I live less than 100 miles from the WTC site, and I didn't see or hear anyone freak out the entire week. In my city on the afternoon of 2001-09-11, very little seemed out of the ordinary. Everyone seemed a bit dazed, as I myself was.
The only other incident of note that I remember from that day was that a NYSP roadblock was set-up on the two-lane highway I used to take to work. I did a three-point turn and took an alternate route in order to avoid it. I think that upon seeing that roadblock, there for no good reason, that was the moment I realized that one of the responses to the attack was going to long-term, arbitrary curtailment of liberty. Over the past eleven years, I have consistently underestimated the zeal with which that curtailment would be pursued.
I've heard that Bloomberg commutes via subway, and in the course of fact-checking a reply, I learned that the validity of that claim is somewhat fuzzy:
Depending on the size of the ordinance (we'll assume a city buster, one megaton), the initial blast (gamma waves) will vaporize anyone within a mile or so of the blast (my figures may not be correct, I may be thinking of a kiloton nuke), with most of the blast annihilating anything above ground. Assuming you survive the blast, fallout will be an issue for the next 48 hours. So, if you hide out in a drainage pipe, a few miles away, take some iodine tablets, and don't eat or drink anything before hiking about 15 miles away from ground zero, you should be fine. Of course, you run the possibility that the drainage pipe collapses on you during the shock-wave, and you'd want to put as much concrete or water between you and the opening as is possible. Scuba gear + a submersible vehicle (like what the marines have), and jumping into the ocean / river is your best bet.
Biden actually disclosed that there's a bunker in the vice presidents house in D.C. Which again, isn't a huge surprise.
No, that isn't a huge surprise but telling the world that that's where Waldo is at was unforgivable...
I forgave him. Not forgiving Biden's gaffes is a good way to guarantee rapid overflow of one's grudge buffer. Besides, I contend that the American public has little at stake in regard to the secrecy of the VP's shooper-sheekrit fort.
Can someone please explain to me in what way Hatta's comment constitutes trolling? Is expressing concern about the practices of the world's largest advertising conglomerate a new form of trolling I was previously unaware of, or is questioning our corporate betters now grounds for being silenced?
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Lose the carpet (preferably), and get a HEPA air cleaner (and/or electrostatic precipitator, if you don't mind minor ozone generation); they're not very expensive. If you have forced-air central heating, supplement with a 3M Filtrete furnace intake filter (top-rated in the June issue of Consumer Reports; HEPA/EP air cleaners also reviewed in that issue).
No more ghost farts. Your lungs and (sentient) machines will thank you.
We tried this tech when it came out a couple of years ago. Horrible for LED modules of any real power. (100+W)
Where or how did you acquire the hardware? Are there COTS implementations available, and if so, can you please post a link?
This, it's pure child abuse.
And I will bet you if we look closer, there will be a lot of physical coercion going on too, physical abuse.
These idiots actually teach each other how to hit kids and not show marks.
They've managed to prove monsters are real; just not the one they imagine.
(I prefer horseshoe crabs myself).
As long as they're not upside-down in shallow water at a public beach... A bad experience for all involved.
Your interesting and amusing anecdote helped me remember William Demming, the statistician/consultant who helped to bring about Japan's reputation for quality in manufacturing.
I don't remember exactly when the buttons migrated from the back to the front. The red push button at the back though is a very clear memory for me.
The IBM PS/2 series desktops contained a steel rod which mechanically linked the front power switch to the switch on the PSU, which was still located at the rear of the chassis.
Not mentioned was the first test run of the flux capacitor.
Unfortunately, it was strapped to a DeLorean so it did not have a lot of credibility at the time.
If you're gonna build a time machine into a car, why not do it with some style? Besides, the stainless steel construction makes the flux dispersa
NO CARRIER
If you're going to be a hard-ass about selling the girl an iPad, tell her why and explain to her to "Please have your Father come in with proof of your citizenship." Explain, "Its because we're trying to prevent another 9/11 and even though its a pain in the ass for everyone including the nice clerk who really wants to sell you an iPad, we all make small sacrifice during times of war for National Security." Polite, compassionate and with a solution that let's everyone know where they stand.
That's polite compassion? It sounds like the sort of patronizing, propagandist bullshit I'd expect from a DHS official.
[T]here cannot be anything racist about following the law regarding sanctions against Iran.
Was there anything racist about following Jim Crow laws against African-Americans?
The discrimination victim in this story is a citizen of the United States.
Why should foreign laws affect how US citizens are treated within US borders?
Why should his sexual or criminal proclivities, real or imagined, have bearing on people caring how he died?
I have given myself low level cyanide poisoning without being aware of it until the symptoms appeared hours later [...]
Will you please describe the effects you experienced? Did you panic when you realized what was occurring? Did you have access to an antidote, and if so, was it required for recovery at the dose you received?
What a boatload of shit. A "war zone" is a place where real combat takes place. Where bodies are cored through by high-velocity projectiles, where jugulars are severed by blades, where grotesque half-men scream in unspeakable pain while crawling on the stumps of their arms, trailing torn, bloody entrails.
You're right; Wikipedia is nothing like a Chuck E. Cheese's ball-pit.
Forensic "science"... isn't.
Danes have a real gift for filming, from Dogme 95 to that second video you posted. Thanks for sharing. :o)
[R]emember the performance art cake that was made in protest of female genital mutilation in Africa? You know, the one that screamed when you cut a piece?
The cake is alive?
Can't be the rear end, that's where the hand of the puppet player is supposed to be put.
Well, she could be a marionette; they don't have assholes. That could explain why she's so full of shit.
Now, think back to September 12 through 18, 2001 -- the week after 9/11. Remember the people who just freaked out around you?
Not really. I live less than 100 miles from the WTC site, and I didn't see or hear anyone freak out the entire week. In my city on the afternoon of 2001-09-11, very little seemed out of the ordinary. Everyone seemed a bit dazed, as I myself was.
The only other incident of note that I remember from that day was that a NYSP roadblock was set-up on the two-lane highway I used to take to work. I did a three-point turn and took an alternate route in order to avoid it. I think that upon seeing that roadblock, there for no good reason, that was the moment I realized that one of the responses to the attack was going to long-term, arbitrary curtailment of liberty. Over the past eleven years, I have consistently underestimated the zeal with which that curtailment would be pursued.
I've heard that Bloomberg commutes via subway, and in the course of fact-checking a reply, I learned that the validity of that claim is somewhat fuzzy:
http://gothamist.com/2007/08/01/mayor_bloomberg_29.php
https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/01/nyregion/01bloomberg.html
Depending on the size of the ordinance (we'll assume a city buster, one megaton), the initial blast (gamma waves) will vaporize anyone within a mile or so of the blast (my figures may not be correct, I may be thinking of a kiloton nuke), with most of the blast annihilating anything above ground. Assuming you survive the blast, fallout will be an issue for the next 48 hours. So, if you hide out in a drainage pipe, a few miles away, take some iodine tablets, and don't eat or drink anything before hiking about 15 miles away from ground zero, you should be fine. Of course, you run the possibility that the drainage pipe collapses on you during the shock-wave, and you'd want to put as much concrete or water between you and the opening as is possible. Scuba gear + a submersible vehicle (like what the marines have), and jumping into the ocean / river is your best bet.
Okay. Alright, important safety tip. Thanks Egon.
I LOLed... Thanks for that. =)
He said we're supposed to be. I agree with his sentiment, though in light of past and present, I would have said that we should be.
Biden actually disclosed that there's a bunker in the vice presidents house in D.C. Which again, isn't a huge surprise.
No, that isn't a huge surprise but telling the world that that's where Waldo is at was unforgivable...
I forgave him. Not forgiving Biden's gaffes is a good way to guarantee rapid overflow of one's grudge buffer. Besides, I contend that the American public has little at stake in regard to the secrecy of the VP's shooper-sheekrit fort.
[...] softer branch of the John Birch Society.
Nice one. =)
Can someone please explain to me in what way Hatta's comment constitutes trolling? Is expressing concern about the practices of the world's largest advertising conglomerate a new form of trolling I was previously unaware of, or is questioning our corporate betters now grounds for being silenced?