If you really want an accurate and super-sensitive way for detecting life, just send a mother to Mars. If there is life, she will seek it out and nag the hell out of it.
All NASA would have to do is wait for the screams of microbes begging to be taken back to Earth and locked in a secure, solitary chamber for study.
Unfortunately, locking myself in a secure, solitary bedroom as a means of escaping the Vulcan Death Nag has been somewhat of a failure.
This reminds me of how Lawrence discovered how to use his newly built cyclotron to treat his mother's cancer, and thus created the field of radiation therapy.
Long story short.....
He sat her down in a chair in front of the cyclotron he had just finished building and placed her knee in front of the exit end.
I read this in a book somewhere a long, long time ago, and think I might have my facts mixed up, but I'm pretty sure that's how it went.
Kinda funny ho some of the most advanced medical procedures has such amazingly simple beginnings.
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Yeah...send a woman.....
Every time a New Moon comes around, she'll bith the living hell out of Mission Control. However, there is an upside: Mission Control has a 'mute' button. I can hear it already:
Lunar Lander: "Goddamn it! Who the hell tracked dirt in here?! I just finished cleaning this mess up! Am I the only one who picks up around here?!"
Mission Control: "Ma'am, just calm down, Everything is going to be fine."
Lunar Lander: "Fine?! How the hell is this 'fine'?!"
Mission Control: "Look, just calm down. It's nothing to get pissy about. Jeez... just frickin' relax!"
Lunar Lander: "REALX?! That's all you ever do is relax! Every time I come in it's nothin but you sitting down in front of the damn TV with---" (click) Mission Control: "So, Bob, you catch the race the other day?" Mission Control: "Yeah. Speaking of races, see if you can put NASCAR up on the big screen. Mission Control: "Hold on a sec. Lemme check just one thing first....." (click) Lunar Lander: "GODDAMNITWHATTHEHELLAREYOUFATASSESDOINGDOWNTHEREA LLYOUEVERDOIS-----" (click) Mission Control: "What you guys wanna watch? Fishing, Foxworthy, or Nascar? (sounds of beer cans opening, feet being put up on the table, and loud belching)
Man, these Neo-Christian groups (I'm not talking about sane Christians - I mean the ultra looney Pat Robertson/Jerry Falwell/Billy Graham bible banging nutjobs) have just about condemned everything. They even tell us thet we cannot even think in certain ways, about certain things.
They just keep giong farther and farther. But they never got into *my* mind. My adolescent fantasies were of nude lesbian supermodels carrying automatic weapons.
I remember reading, quite a while ago, about some incnadescent lights that were about the size of a golf ball, yet just as bright, if not brighter, than those big 'ol metal halide or mercury vapor lights they use at stadiums and convention centers. I don't remember what it was called, but it had a very efficient miniature magnetron in it.
I really wish I could remember what it was called. I saw them used a a convention hall somewhare and they were as bright and white as anything else I could remember seeing. They were *TINY* but oh-so-powerful!
Any engineers out there who could recall hearing about the same sort of thing?
Too bad the defective software that inaccurately aimed and launched Patriot missiles at incoming SCUDs during the first Gulf War didn't have that neat-o auto updater.
Either that, or it was just Clippy's way of saying "Pay more attention to me!"
Pfff! The moon is just big chunk of iron, titanium, oxygen, and magnesium. Nothing that could *EVER* be mined in the future at a huge profit or anything.....
Ya know, this is a giant mineral deposit that that is 3,474.206 km in diameter. Not only that, but you don't ene need to really 'dig' to get at the stuff - scoop it up, and load it into a furnace.
If they push hard at a serious colonization of the moon, there is a *lot* of money to be made.
But wait... there is probably gonna be some group of "Moon Huggers" who will want to declare the moon some kind of "preserve" or something..... definitely nothing useful for humanity.
I've never been to Australia, so don't think I'm ripping on them thinking I know "all about Aussies".
However, this is another example of a well-intentioned law simply crossing the line. Legislators have the right idea, but regulating things to the point where they are defacto illegal, is just not right.
California has the same thing: Regulating things to the point that they become illegal, without actually passing a law declaring something to be illegal, is just not right. I understand the need for regulations, but in cases where the defacto banning of something is clearly visible, is just not right. In spite of California and their out of control legislation, I have gone out of my way for the following:
Illegal gas cans Illegal toilets Illegal refrigerator and coming soon..... Illegal light bulbs.
Plus I read banned (hence illegal) books while in grade school)
Hmmmmm..... They don't care if I run my server 24 and two 22" CRT monitors hours a day, but they care if I turn on an illegal light bulb for a few mins while I get dressed in the morning.
I can understnd that the laws/regulations are well-intentioned, but Big Brother should stay out of my house. If I want to pay for the wasted energy used by incandescent bulbs, then so be it. Keep in mind that the laws, no matter how well-intentioned they may be, can backfire.
California forced oil refiners to pay to reconfigure their equipment to add MTBE to their gasoline. Later, when they realized it wasn't such a good idea, they forced refiners to reconfigure their equipment to remove the MTBE, and also pay for the cleanup of the MTBE that had gotten into reserviors and lakes after being used in motor vehicles.
Another one was the low-flush toilets that were required for all housholds in California. Low flush means less water used. However, they clog up a hell of a lot, and require more flushes, and a lot of trouble to unclog. More flushes means more water wasted trying to do the same amount of work.
Legislators need to think about what they are doing, and not listen to the lobbyists or special interest groups that they sleed with.
What California should ban are special interests and lobbyists. I don't care if they share my beliefs or not-they should be banned before anything else.
Aren't Sirius and XM the two only providers of satellite radio? I mean, how in the heck is this going to get past anti-trust regulations and the SEC monopoly look-outs?
To my knowledge, Sirius and XM are the only providers of satellite radio. Is DXM the same thing?
Also, if they are not the only providers of satellite radio, then wouldn't the combined market share of the two merged companies put them at risk for anti-trust any monopoly violations?
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If you really want an accurate and super-sensitive way for detecting life, just send a mother to Mars. If there is life, she will seek it out and nag the hell out of it.
All NASA would have to do is wait for the screams of microbes begging to be taken back to Earth and locked in a secure, solitary chamber for study.
Unfortunately, locking myself in a secure, solitary bedroom as a means of escaping the Vulcan Death Nag has been somewhat of a failure.
I wish the microbes better luck.
All dictionaries should carry the legal disclaimer of:
"The words and definitions contained in this dictionary are subject to change, depending on the mood of Congress."
Since when did Congress control DST?
This reminds me of how Lawrence discovered how to use his newly built cyclotron to treat his mother's cancer, and thus created the field of radiation therapy.
Long story short.....
He sat her down in a chair in front of the cyclotron he had just finished building and placed her knee in front of the exit end.
I read this in a book somewhere a long, long time ago, and think I might have my facts mixed up, but I'm pretty sure that's how it went.
Kinda funny ho some of the most advanced medical procedures has such amazingly simple beginnings.
Yeah...send a woman.....
A LLYOUEVERDOIS-----"
Every time a New Moon comes around, she'll bith the living hell out of Mission Control. However, there is an upside: Mission Control has a 'mute' button.
I can hear it already:
Lunar Lander: "Goddamn it! Who the hell tracked dirt in here?! I just finished cleaning this mess up! Am I the only one who picks up around here?!"
Mission Control: "Ma'am, just calm down, Everything is going to be fine."
Lunar Lander: "Fine?! How the hell is this 'fine'?!"
Mission Control: "Look, just calm down. It's nothing to get pissy about. Jeez... just frickin' relax!"
Lunar Lander: "REALX?! That's all you ever do is relax! Every time I come in it's nothin but you sitting down in front of the damn TV with---"
(click)
Mission Control: "So, Bob, you catch the race the other day?"
Mission Control: "Yeah. Speaking of races, see if you can put NASCAR up on the big screen.
Mission Control: "Hold on a sec. Lemme check just one thing first....."
(click)
Lunar Lander: "GODDAMNITWHATTHEHELLAREYOUFATASSESDOINGDOWNTHERE
(click)
Mission Control: "What you guys wanna watch? Fishing, Foxworthy, or Nascar?
(sounds of beer cans opening, feet being put up on the table, and loud belching)
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I usually throw them out.
Keep in mind that in order for something to balance itself, it has to shift it's weight, and stay upright, including against opposing forces.
Man, these Neo-Christian groups (I'm not talking about sane Christians - I mean the ultra looney Pat Robertson/Jerry Falwell/Billy Graham bible banging nutjobs) have just about condemned everything. They even tell us thet we cannot even think in certain ways, about certain things.
They just keep giong farther and farther. But they never got into *my* mind. My adolescent fantasies were of nude lesbian supermodels carrying automatic weapons.
Boy am I glad they never got through to me.
Nah..... They already have that taken care of.
Nothing says "Believe In Jesus!" like being dunked underwater when you are a baby.
If I was buying something premade by Hell Computer, then I probably would be thinking that Linux was a type of flooring, and not an OS.
So, when will they declare the T.V. as a 'Porn Portal'?
In Soviet Russia, the Governemnt is stupid.
The only problem I've ever heard about people having on their deathbeds is that they are dying.
I'll bet that the porn industry would absolutely *LOVE* to get their sticky little hands on this technology.....
I remember reading, quite a while ago, about some incnadescent lights that were about the size of a golf ball, yet just as bright, if not brighter, than those big 'ol metal halide or mercury vapor lights they use at stadiums and convention centers. I don't remember what it was called, but it had a very efficient miniature magnetron in it.
I really wish I could remember what it was called. I saw them used a a convention hall somewhare and they were as bright and white as anything else I could remember seeing. They were *TINY* but oh-so-powerful!
Any engineers out there who could recall hearing about the same sort of thing?
Windows.....on submarines. Wrong on sooo many levels.
Submarines were built without windows for a reason..... many reasons.
Using Windows in the battlefield is like using Beetle Bailey..... It does nothing, screws up constantly, and drives everybody nuts.
Too bad the defective software that inaccurately aimed and launched Patriot missiles at incoming SCUDs during the first Gulf War didn't have that neat-o auto updater.
Either that, or it was just Clippy's way of saying "Pay more attention to me!"
YES!
I'm getting sick and tired of waitng 2 minutes to download porn!
"The Internet King, eh? Maybe he can satisfy my need for faster nudity." - The Simpsons
Pfff! The moon is just big chunk of iron, titanium, oxygen, and magnesium. Nothing that could *EVER* be mined in the future at a huge profit or anything.....
Ya know, this is a giant mineral deposit that that is 3,474.206 km in diameter. Not only that, but you don't ene need to really 'dig' to get at the stuff - scoop it up, and load it into a furnace.
If they push hard at a serious colonization of the moon, there is a *lot* of money to be made.
But wait... there is probably gonna be some group of "Moon Huggers" who will want to declare the moon some kind of "preserve" or something..... definitely nothing useful for humanity.
Pilot: "Dave, set the autopilot for LAX so we'll be on time. We don't want to be late."
(click, click)
Autopilot: "I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that."
I've never been to Australia, so don't think I'm ripping on them thinking I know "all about Aussies".
However, this is another example of a well-intentioned law simply crossing the line. Legislators have the right idea, but regulating things to the point where they are defacto illegal, is just not right.
California has the same thing: Regulating things to the point that they become illegal, without actually passing a law declaring something to be illegal, is just not right. I understand the need for regulations, but in cases where the defacto banning of something is clearly visible, is just not right.
In spite of California and their out of control legislation, I have gone out of my way for the following:
Illegal gas cans
Illegal toilets
Illegal refrigerator
and coming soon..... Illegal light bulbs.
Plus I read banned (hence illegal) books while in grade school)
Hmmmmm..... They don't care if I run my server 24 and two 22" CRT monitors hours a day, but they care if I turn on an illegal light bulb for a few mins while I get dressed in the morning.
I can understnd that the laws/regulations are well-intentioned, but Big Brother should stay out of my house. If I want to pay for the wasted energy used by incandescent bulbs, then so be it. Keep in mind that the laws, no matter how well-intentioned they may be, can backfire.
California forced oil refiners to pay to reconfigure their equipment to add MTBE to their gasoline. Later, when they realized it wasn't such a good idea, they forced refiners to reconfigure their equipment to remove the MTBE, and also pay for the cleanup of the MTBE that had gotten into reserviors and lakes after being used in motor vehicles.
Another one was the low-flush toilets that were required for all housholds in California. Low flush means less water used. However, they clog up a hell of a lot, and require more flushes, and a lot of trouble to unclog. More flushes means more water wasted trying to do the same amount of work.
Legislators need to think about what they are doing, and not listen to the lobbyists or special interest groups that they sleed with.
What California should ban are special interests and lobbyists. I don't care if they share my beliefs or not-they should be banned before anything else.
Aren't Sirius and XM the two only providers of satellite radio? I mean, how in the heck is this going to get past anti-trust regulations and the SEC monopoly look-outs?
To my knowledge, Sirius and XM are the only providers of satellite radio. Is DXM the same thing?
Also, if they are not the only providers of satellite radio, then wouldn't the combined market share of the two merged companies put them at risk for anti-trust any monopoly violations?
They should call it the "Dick Clark" toad.
Someone could make a killing if they harnessed all the wasted heat produced by Congress.
Sanitaion might be a problem though, since they all talk out of their asses.