Yes, he was looking at a vacuum tube in a radio receiver... and, guess what.... the particular vacuum tube he was looking at is known as a "Vacuum Tube Diode", a device which had been around since 1904.
Of course, everybody on this discussion seems to think that TFA is talking about a semiconductor diode, so I can understand the confusion.
What's really bad is that I got logged out of my gmail account, and when I logged back in it came on with a splash screen telling me all about this fancy new paper gmail service for chats and whatnot. Unfortunately, I hadn't logged on to slashdot yet, so I didn't realize it was an April fools joke.... alas, no massive shipment of paper logs are coming my way!
Based on Johnny's parent, which said 100K miles, I'm assuming that Johnny carried through with the parent post's abbreviation standard and also meant K miles.
Aesthetics are a huge quality of life issue. In two identical* houses, with one house having decor designed to be aesthetically pleasing, and the other house done up in an institutionally drab interior, the people living in the aesthetically pleasing house will be much happier and feel that they have a higher quality of life than the people living in the drab house.
* Identical size, shape, etc. Only difference is in interior decor.
The few that have not lost their interest cannot compete versus kids from the mainland Europe, Eastern Europe, Far East or even India.
With the average education level provided by British and US schools facing a class (or even worse competition for jobs) versus what is produced by education systems elsewhere is a very dawnting perspective.
Hmm, that's interesting. I wonder if anybody has told that to the 45 or 50 Indian students in the graduate level Algorithm Design course that I am taking. I would say out of the 70 people originally enrolled in the course, there were fewer than 15 who were American citizens. If the U.S. educational system is so horrible, then why do so many international students come here to study?
If you RTFA, you would see that this loophole actually lets you install the upgrade version with no previous version at all. Essentially, it's a mistake on Microsoft's part that allows the upgrade version to consider the "30 day trial" version of Vista as the previously installed version.
Is is painful, since you have to install vista twice (once for the trial, then once for the upgrade from the trial), but it does give you a steep discount from the "full" version, without requiring any old version at all.
How long it is until MS fixes this loophole is anybodies guess, but as of right now, it works.
There are 16 intelligence agencies which officially make up the "U.S. Intelligence Community". There are also a large number of other intelligence agencies for things such as law enforcement, etc.
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Yes, he was looking at a vacuum tube in a radio receiver... and, guess what.... the particular vacuum tube he was looking at is known as a "Vacuum Tube Diode", a device which had been around since 1904. Of course, everybody on this discussion seems to think that TFA is talking about a semiconductor diode, so I can understand the confusion.
I quickly cast Mage Armor, do a tumble check to get out of the room without being skewered, then unleash a lightning bolt on his armor wearing ass!
Your BOFH link is dead. Here is another that points to the BOFH Doom story: http://bofh.rivera.za.net/?/10/4/
I would go for "Other".
Ummm... this is slashdot, remember?
What's really bad is that I got logged out of my gmail account, and when I logged back in it came on with a splash screen telling me all about this fancy new paper gmail service for chats and whatnot. Unfortunately, I hadn't logged on to slashdot yet, so I didn't realize it was an April fools joke.... alas, no massive shipment of paper logs are coming my way!
I think most of us have pizza delivered.
According to m-w.com, frigging is a word, coming from the Middle English word fryggen (to wiggle).
Based on Johnny's parent, which said 100K miles, I'm assuming that Johnny carried through with the parent post's abbreviation standard and also meant K miles.
He isn't saying 75Km (kilometers), he's saying 75K (thousand) miles.
I had to read it twice, but I got it... well done!
Ummm.... 7.62 Millimeter.
Personally, I like the quote that is attributed to Joseph Stalin...
"Those who cast the votes decide nothing.
Those who count the votes decide everything."
Err... correction: I don't like the quote, I just think that it is sadly true.
For those who don't speak that modern fancy schmancy metric stuff, google converted 6527m to equal 21414 feet.
Wrong!
Aesthetics are a huge quality of life issue. In two identical* houses, with one house having decor designed to be aesthetically pleasing, and the other house done up in an institutionally drab interior, the people living in the aesthetically pleasing house will be much happier and feel that they have a higher quality of life than the people living in the drab house.
* Identical size, shape, etc. Only difference is in interior decor.
Hmm, that's interesting. I wonder if anybody has told that to the 45 or 50 Indian students in the graduate level Algorithm Design course that I am taking. I would say out of the 70 people originally enrolled in the course, there were fewer than 15 who were American citizens. If the U.S. educational system is so horrible, then why do so many international students come here to study?
If you RTFA, you would see that this loophole actually lets you install the upgrade version with no previous version at all. Essentially, it's a mistake on Microsoft's part that allows the upgrade version to consider the "30 day trial" version of Vista as the previously installed version.
Is is painful, since you have to install vista twice (once for the trial, then once for the upgrade from the trial), but it does give you a steep discount from the "full" version, without requiring any old version at all.
How long it is until MS fixes this loophole is anybodies guess, but as of right now, it works.
penultimate: next to last, not second best.
National Organization for Women?
DRM
There are 16 intelligence agencies which officially make up the "U.S. Intelligence Community". There are also a large number of other intelligence agencies for things such as law enforcement, etc.
http://www.fas.org/irp/official.html
http://www.intelligence.gov/1-members.shtml
"I attack the darkness!"
Or, better yet...
"I shoot a magic missile at the darkness!"
Awwww, shucks... that just redirects to a landscape company :(
Federal white-collar prison, where I hear they have conjugal visits, or federal pound-me-in-the-ass prison?