Whoa, when I read that headline, I thought someone had discovered an earth-impacting asteroid... Now I find it's just some boring old WiFi setup which will become congested in short order.
At least an asteroid would melt the winter snows. Wait, perhaps all that RF energy will do the same.
He should'a installed a space elevator in his yard. Advantages: antenna can be positioned at any altitude, communications with access points, police, aliens, etc. rendered easy. Pays for itself from orbital launch fees. Can be covered with tasteful beanstalk for camouflage.
USB white cells are sooo outdated. The new USB red cells recently announced provide 1000x the capacity and a much faster access time. Plus, they don't transmit so many viruses, although I understand the W32/MALARIA worm can be problematic.
You mean we have to wait until 2007 for this paltry half-assed extension of DST?
Ugh! Government moves real slow, doesn't it? Come the bird flu we are doomed.
We should adopt Double DST - as done in Europe in WWII. I don't mind geting up in the dark - hey, in the winter it happens whatever the clock says - but having lived in more northern latitudes I have to say that it is a PITA when it gets dark at 3:30 p.m. or so.
Yes, I know you guys in Alaska get nearly 24h dark in the winter. Sorry! Can't buck nature..
My mother-in-law (lives in the UK) recently needed a second hip replacement operation, the first hip having been done in the UK... UK healthcare (NHS) could not do it for 18 months. She went to Belgium and admittedly had to pay for it but got first class treatment, a new hip within 3 months, and less post-operative problems, because she received proper physicotherapy. As far as the UK is concerned, I'm not surprised heathcare is getting "outsourced". Why should folks suffer unnecessarily?
This reminds me very much of the Bob Shaw story Other Days, Other Eyes where someone invents "Slow Glass". This substance slowed down the passage of light through it (a lot) and there evolved a market for panes of Slow Glass that had been sited near a spectacular view, for instance, and were subsequently installed as people's window panes. The lucky recipient thought s/he was looking out the window onto the original scene.
Given that we don't have Slow Glass readily available, the LCD idea rather appeals...
There's "sparkling wine" which may be white wine which has been carbonated, or fermented in a large vessel - large bubbles, generally is not very nice. Then there's "Methode Champenoise" where the wine gets a secondary fermentation in the bottle just like Champagne does. This stuff is much better, smaller bubbles and rivals the "Champagne" Champagne, at a lower price:-)
Let's hypothesize that I have one of these devices and use it to speed my journey. During that journey I pre-empt a light just before the ambulance that legitimately needs to cross the junction because it is en route to a heart attack victim. Since I got there first, presumably I win the toss (so to speak) and the light goes green for me. I get home 2 minutes early, joy! But, I delay the paramedics and the victim dies. Can the victim's relatives therefore sue me? They certainly should be able to. My device is (a) dangerous (may cause accidents) and (b) unethical. However, I need to be caught, so if these devices become at all popular, expect to see cameras on every intersection. Thank you, whoever is marketing this. You have done us a great favor and increased our personal liberties (not!).
Read the FAQ on mirt.com - it clearly states that regular headlight flashing is ineffectual because of the timing involved. Incandescent flashers can't make the frequency or waveforms necessary (see other reply in this thread).
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I may not speak for everyone, but I certainly would not entertain wearing something on my wrist that weighs nearly half a pound...
Still, one could always use it as an exercise aid, or as a substitute for 'brass knuckles'
Whoa, when I read that headline, I thought someone had discovered an earth-impacting asteroid... Now I find it's just some boring old WiFi setup which will become congested in short order.
At least an asteroid would melt the winter snows. Wait, perhaps all that RF energy will do the same.
50 foot tower?
Pah!
He should'a installed a space elevator in his yard. Advantages: antenna can be positioned at any altitude, communications with access points, police, aliens, etc. rendered easy. Pays for itself from orbital launch fees. Can be covered with tasteful beanstalk for camouflage.
Aliens? Where's that nanotube hat of mine?
Way to go! Kill off the basic research as usual. How far could we have advanced if priorities were got right?
On the bright side, it still seems to be OK to pay $billions to spray coal with pine resin, though, according to the previous article...
...a Beowulf cluster of these,!
/hungry for scrambled egg and sausages.
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I, for one, worship our egg-cooking cell phone overlords.
...a Beowulf cluster of these,/i>!
/hungry for scrambled egg and sausages.
I, for one, worship our egg-cooking cell phone overlords.
...Last time I looked, Marks and Spencer didn't sell Asterix books.
/a shame.
EWWWWW!!! I hope the package doesn't get squashed in the mail...
Neigh, lad. I cannae give yeh any better than warp 9, it'll fuse the dilithium crystals, the poor bairns.
USB white cells are sooo outdated. The new USB red cells recently announced provide 1000x the capacity and a much faster access time. Plus, they don't transmit so many viruses, although I understand the W32/MALARIA worm can be problematic.
...lined with tinfoil, of course.
Not any more... only 12 comments and it's slashdotted.
:-)
Maybe the server is a pretty show, instead
(/disclaimer: not a historian, failed history at school, no idea what time of year Archimedes was supposed to have done this...)
You mean we have to wait until 2007 for this paltry half-assed extension of DST?
Ugh! Government moves real slow, doesn't it? Come the bird flu we are doomed.
We should adopt Double DST - as done in Europe in WWII. I don't mind geting up in the dark - hey, in the winter it happens whatever the clock says - but having lived in more northern latitudes I have to say that it is a PITA when it gets dark at 3:30 p.m. or so.
Yes, I know you guys in Alaska get nearly 24h dark in the winter. Sorry! Can't buck nature..
How does one provide a "better email experience"? Is this some sort of submliminal orgasmatron?
Call me a curmudgeon, but what I want out of email is text messages - you know, words, information and such.
I don't need farking fluff.
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Earth will be...
This item would only be of any use if the Princess came with it :-)
... Unanium is some sort of transuranic element isn't it? :-)
My mother-in-law (lives in the UK) recently needed a second hip replacement operation, the first hip having been done in the UK... UK healthcare (NHS) could not do it for 18 months. She went to Belgium and admittedly had to pay for it but got first class treatment, a new hip within 3 months, and less post-operative problems, because she received proper physicotherapy.
As far as the UK is concerned, I'm not surprised heathcare is getting "outsourced". Why should folks suffer unnecessarily?
This reminds me very much of the Bob Shaw story Other Days, Other Eyes where someone invents "Slow Glass". This substance slowed down the passage of light through it (a lot) and there evolved a market for panes of Slow Glass that had been sited near a spectacular view, for instance, and were subsequently installed as people's window panes. The lucky recipient thought s/he was looking out the window onto the original scene.
Given that we don't have Slow Glass readily available, the LCD idea rather appeals...
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There's "sparkling wine" which may be white wine which has been carbonated, or fermented in a large vessel - large bubbles, generally is not very nice. Then there's "Methode Champenoise" where the wine gets a secondary fermentation in the bottle just like Champagne does. This stuff is much better, smaller bubbles and rivals the "Champagne" Champagne, at a lower price :-)
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There appear to be two giant hamburgers crammed in the compartment above the bong.
I guess that's for when they get the munchies...
Let's hypothesize that I have one of these devices and use it to speed my journey. During that journey I pre-empt a light just before the ambulance that legitimately needs to cross the junction because it is en route to a heart attack victim. Since I got there first, presumably I win the toss (so to speak) and the light goes green for me. I get home 2 minutes early, joy! But, I delay the paramedics and the victim dies. Can the victim's relatives therefore sue me? They certainly should be able to. My device is (a) dangerous (may cause accidents) and (b) unethical. However, I need to be caught, so if these devices become at all popular, expect to see cameras on every intersection. Thank you, whoever is marketing this. You have done us a great favor and increased our personal liberties (not!).
Read the FAQ on mirt.com - it clearly states that regular headlight flashing is ineffectual because of the timing involved. Incandescent flashers can't make the frequency or waveforms necessary (see other reply in this thread).