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5 Powerful Sci-Fi Technologies Wasted by Their Own Movies
How many times have we seen James Bond pick up some incredibly useful new technological gadget that ends up saving his life, only to completely forget it exists in his next movie? But it isn't just Bond -- action heroes do this all the time. Some cool new technology is introduced for the sake of one scene, then dumped in a basement and never mentioned again.
If you stop to think about it, it turns out that a lot of these gadgets and inventions wouldn't just make the lives of our heroes a lot easier -- some of them might even change the world.
#5. The Paralyzing Device in Iron Man Is a Bigger Deal Than the Suit
The Tech
When the bad guy of your film is Jeff Bridges with a Lex Luthor haircut and the good guy is a genius in a rocket-powered war costume, you know you're going to have to level the playing field a bit. One of the ways the first Iron Man movie does that is by giving the villain a little electronic device that emits a high-frequency sound that paralyzes whoever hears it for 15 minutes.
Obadiah Stane (Bridges) uses this twice in the film: once to defeat some terrorist guy, and the second time to freeze his business partner Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) in order to steal the heart battery that keeps him alive and powers his Iron Man suit. According to Obadiah's Bond-villain rant, the device was created by their company and rejected for use by the military, so presumably he just pocketed a prototype and has been using it as his own version of Rophynol since then.
"Did you honestly think this was just a beard war, Tony?"
The Bullshit
Holy shit, Obadiah is right, the Army should have totally jumped on that. It's a freaking nonlethal way to totally immobilize enemies, resulting in no apparent side effects. Sounds can be amplified, right? Load one of those into a tank and give your soldiers those nifty earplugs Obadiah uses, and war has just become 100 percent easier. In fact, you know what else that would look great on? A fucking crime-fighting robot suit.
"Look, I only had enough room for that or the porn. I made the right call."
Tony's entire objective in this movie is stopping his company from building things that kill people. As Iron Man, he deals constantly with situations where civilian casualties are an issue -- we see him dealing with hostage takers in this film by utilizing a sick multi-kill sharpshooting device from his shoulder. It's wicked boss, but probably not as boss at the whole "not killing people" thing.
But hell, that instant-immobilization device would actually be a hell of a lot more useful to an army than that super-expensive Iron Man suit. Even in the films, there's no conflict that couldn't benefit from this device. Every villain that Iron Man has fought so far was a person who had ears, and that means they were all susceptible to this.
"Mind waiting for me there for 15 minutes while I get something to drink?"
"... shit."
And how about the new Avengers film? Does this work on Norse gods? Even if it doesn't, it certainly could have taken down Hawkeye when he was all possessed, not to mention Loki's countless human henchmen, as well as the out-of-control Hulk. Tony could have solved the entire movie by himself without having to calling in the other guys if he hadn't completely forgotten that this revolutionary technology existed.
#4. Batman's Bat-Calling Signal in the Dark Knight Trilogy Is Used Exactly Once
The Tech
At one point in Batman Begins, the Caped Crusader finds himself cornered in the city asylum with a SWAT team moving in on him. He needs a nonlethal but still badass-looking escape -- the solution? Bats. Lots and lots of bats.
Every one of those cops died of rabies.
Batman triggers a small device hidden in his Bat-boot that almost immediately calls thousands of bats, all apparently attracted to the signal emitting from this handy little gadget. The swarm pretty much puts the cops on their asses as Batman disappears in a cloud of winged rodents.
The Bullshit
This one scene is the entire history of Batman's amazing Bat-swarm device. The thing never, ever shows up again in Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy, despite how effective it proved to be and how easy it was to carry. It fit inside the sole of Batman's boot, so it's not like it would have used up any room in his utility belt. Did we miss the scene where Batman swears off using this device for moral reasons?
You know, to respect the privacy of bats.
How is this not useful ever again? Like later in Batman Begins, when Batman is overrun by crazed citizens and nearly beaten to death -- why not disperse them painlessly by siccing hundreds of bats on them? Or in The Dark Knight, when he ambushes the mobsters and gets bitten by a dog in the process: He could just call on the bats and catch everyone while they're busy freaking out. And while we don't want to spoil anything for those of you who haven't seen The Dark Knight Rises, we can think of at least four different scenes where a big-ass flock of bats swirling around and confusing the bad guys would have made things a hell of a lot easier.
In fact, if we were Batman, we'd just keep that shit on all the time. He should be returning DVDs to Redbox in the form of a cluster of bats.
"... pick me up a copy of Jack & Jill, and don't shit on it this time."
Seriously, think about it: Batman is all about image. It's the entire reason why he has those pointy ears on top of his cowl and why he shapes all his boomerangs like bats and so on. He wants to be seen as more than a man, as a mythological creature that punches bad people. If his whole deal is to strike fear into the hearts of the wicked, he should use this even when he's stopping street muggings and convince everyone that he's literally made out of bats. You know, like some sort of ... Man-of-Bats or something.
So screw clean energy -- bat-calling devices were the real missed opportunity here.
#3. The Mission: Impossible Agents Should Use Face Masks All the Time
The Tech
One of the staples of the Mission: Impossible film series is the characters' tendency to use extremely realistic rubber masks to hide their identities -- M:I2 probably still has the world record for the movie with most scenes where one character takes off his face and turns out to be another character.
In this universe, all you have to do is take a few stills of your mark's face, stick it in some magic box and BAM: rubber mask! It can be done on the go, and you can even imitate the other guy's voice using a special chip. Obviously these are pretty useful for frame-ups, but they have also been used to fake peoples' deaths, as well as trick the bad guy out of a confession or two. On top of that, they also make fantastic sex toys.
"Yeah, just like that ... now, show me the money ..."
The Bullshit
Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol goes to great lengths to answer the question "Why aren't they using face masks for this particular mission?" by showing their face-making machine breaking down in the middle of the movie. We think a better question would be "Why aren't they using them for everything else?"
There's no reason why the Impossible Mission Force agents couldn't have masks on all the time. Almost every time things go all screwy in these films, it's because some terrorist they've confronted decides to make things personal -- a situation that could easily be averted if the IMF operatives didn't walk around with their real identities out.
"Uh ... sir, our security footage shows Doris Day rappelling from the ceiling."
For instance, in the third film, there's a scene where Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) grabs the movie's villain and hangs him out of the plane to interrogate him. This happens after the guy threatens to come after Hunt and everyone he loves, and the incident does nothing to change the guy's mind. So ... why couldn't Hunt have been wearing a mask during that? Not just to avoid retribution -- how awesome would it be to whip a bad guy while wearing his own face?
At the end of the fourth film (spoilers ahead), Ethan looks at his wife from afar, after going through the trouble of faking her death and not seeing her in months or maybe even years, knowing that he can't go near her without putting her life at risk. Well, um, why not just put on another dude's face and have lunch with her? Hell, give masks to both of them to be extra careful -- make it a meeting between an elderly Chinese man and Tom Cruise in a Martin Lawrence "Big Momma" fat suit.
Unless, of course, the next movie reveals that Ethan has actually been wearing a mask all along, and that he really looks like Jonah Hill.


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Chile Tofu Stir-fry
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This quick and easy dish takes advantage of tofu's ability to take on other flavors
Prep Time: prep 10 mins
Cooking Time: cook 15 mins
Serves: makes 4 servings
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 3 / 4 cup unsalted cashews
- 10oz ( 300g) firm tofu, cut into 1in ( 2.5cm) cubes
- 1 red onion, thinly sliced
- 2 carrots, thinly sliced
- 1 red bell pepper, seeded and chopped
- 1 celery stalk, chopped
- 4 cremini mushrooms, sliced
- 6oz ( 175g) bean sprouts
- 3 / 4 cup vegetable or chicken stock
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 tsp Asian chile-garlic sauce
- 1 tsp cornstarch
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- Heat the oil in a wok over high heat. Add the cashews and stir-fry for about 30 seconds or until lightly browned. Using a slotted spoon, transfer to paper towels.
- Add the tofu and stir-fry about 2 minutes, or until golden. Transfer to the paper towels. Add the onion and carrots and stir-fry for 2 minutes, until crisp-tender; add the red pepper, celery, and mushrooms and stir-fry for 3 minutes more. Finally add the bean sprouts and stir-fry for 2 minutes, until hot. Always keep the heat under the wok high so that the vegetables sear quickly without overcooking.
- Meanwhile, mix the stock, soy sauce, and chile sauce in a small bowl. Add the cornstarch, and stir to dissolve. Return the cashews and tofu to the wok and add the stock mixture. Stir until the sauce is bubbling and lightly thickened. Serve hot.
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I came across this post lying dormant on some online forum. I am putting it here verbatim, it seems to me worth a lot.
By Prof. S. D. Agashe, IIT Bombay
(Source: Vector Calculus, by Durgaprasanna Bhattacharyya, University Studies Series,Griffith Prize Thesis, 1918, published by the University of Calcutta, India, 1920, 90 pp)
Chapter IV: The Linear Vector Function, article 15, p.24:
"The most general vector expression linear in $r$ can contain terms only of three possible types, $r$, $(a.r)b$ and $c\times r$, $a$, $b$, $c$ being constant unit vectors. Since $r$, $(a.r)b$ and $c\times r$ are in general non-coplanar,it follows from the theorem of the parallelepiped of vectors that the most general linear vector expression can be written in the form $\lambda . r + \mu (a.r)b + \nu (c\times r)$, where $\lambda, \mu, \nu$ are scalar constants".
Bhattacharyya does not prove this. Has anyone seen a similar result and its proof?
Bhattacharyya uses this to show that the divergence of the linear function is ($3 \lambda + a.b$), that the curl is ($a \times b + 2c$). He goes on to define div and curl of a differentiable function as the div and curl of the (linear) derivative function. The div and curl of a linear function are defined in terms of certain surface integrals.
I am excited about this result because it seems to provide an excellent route to div and curl, as Bhattacharyya himself remarks.
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Hi all, I'm laBOMBA and I am a regular visitor and since last year also a contributor to the LLM-forums. I think LLM is the best way to play FM, and pretty much play every FM game in that manner. I'm running a thread over there "Trout fishing in Norway", but I wanted to expand a bit more about that savegame and go in a bit more detail so I am posting updates with pictures and videos about my progress as a manager who tries to work himself up the ladder to become a "world class manager". I find it a bit more fun if there is a bit more feedback from the community about your team/game/tactics/... something I find is lacking in the LLM-forums due to the "no naming" and "no tactics" discussion policy they have over there. So after seeing Moonshine's threads, I decided to do the same and I will be running 2 threads as well, one in here with loads of pics, and one in the LLM forum stripped down to the requirements of that forum.
I am not using real names, gave myself Sunday League experience, started unemployed and have loaded the following leagues: Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, England, Finland, Greece, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Spain and Wales.
I love adding graphics to my games so don't be surprised to see different looking regens, logos, kits, etc...
I'm already in my 6th season so I will briefly describe them first, before going into more detail about the current season.
Since I achieved World Class Reputation fairly quick (season 2023-2024), I decided to set a few new goals before I reach retirement age: (based on titles I have never conquered in an LLM-way in any FM version)
- Win the Seria A in Italy
- Win the Liga BBVA in Spain
- Win the World Cup
- Win the Champions League. I have won the Champions League before (FM11), but I'll put this on my list for this save as well
- Be a one club manager and bring a lower club to the top of the country. I'll do that with a new manager once I reached retirement age and hopefully achieved all of the above.


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Friday, September 2, 2011
Two Become Three
No one is more stunned or elated by this turn of events than I am.
Andrew and I conceived about thirty seconds after I tossed my pill pack.
My doctor had warned that when we were ready to try getting pregnant I would need to take my body temperature and figure out my ovulation and track my hormonal levels and have sex standing on my head while watching three R-rated films simultaneously, and then, maybe, possibly, if we were really good people in our former lives, we'd have a four and a half percent chance of reproducing, and that was assuming we did a rain dance for the fertility gods within fifteen minutes of doing the deed.
So I still have no idea how babies are actually made.
We weren't doing any of that, and believed our single encounter was purely practice sport so, in true form, I was walking around drinking Hummer size lattes, without a prenatal vitamin in sight, completely oblivious to my new status as incubator extraordinaire. I also ate soft cheese, undercooked meat, and all kinds of fish high in mercury. I should have just hit the blow or swallowed a tobacco farm while I was at it.
It wasn't until we were out shopping one afternoon that I noticed something different.
"I'm bloated," I told Andrew. "I can't even see my abs."
The next day we were getting ready to go out to dinner and I looked at myself in the mirror.
"I'm really bloated," I told Andrew. "I'm going to take a pregnancy test."
He rolled his eyes and I laughed. But. You never know.
I went in the other room. Did my business on the stick. Before I could read the directions, there it was.
I gasped.
Did I do it wrong?
Maybe coffee affects these things.
"Ohmygod," I whispered.
"Ohmygod... Ohmygod... OHMYGOD... OHMYGOD... OHMYGOD... OHMYGOD... OHMYGOD... OHMYGOD..."
I was yelling now.
Andrew was in the other room putting his pants on. He hollered, "You're such a horrible liar." And then, "Where should we go for dinner?"
I was about to change his entire life.
I came out of the bathroom, one hand over my mouth, one holding up the pregnancy test.
He looked.
He squinted.
He glanced at me.
He looked again.
For a second I thought he might ask me my name or if it was the year 1942. He seemed completely confused.
Then, he half grinned and said quietly, "You're pregnant." As if he was informing me of this status, and not the other way around.
I nodded. "I'm taking another test."
Two boxes later, we decided that it was true.
We are absolutely over the moon. And out of our minds.
55 comments:
- Amy Ryan said...
Wow congratulations. I hope you are doing well. Best wishes!
- September 2, 2011 at 11:19 PM
- Mellodee said...
What wonderful news! Congratulations! Having a baby is an exciting and interesting journey, but the destination is the best place you'll ever go!
- September 2, 2011 at 11:34 PM
- Jessika said...
- September 3, 2011 at 12:32 AM
- Jessika said...
I also think your dogs think that the more appropriate title to this post is "And six becomes seven," but that doesn't have as wonderful a ring to it.
- September 3, 2011 at 12:35 AM
- Cassie @ Primitive & Proper said...
what a fabulous story! congrats and best wishes for a healthy and happy pregnancy!
- September 3, 2011 at 3:00 AM
- Jocelyne said...
Yay! I am just 5 weeks pregnant, and also did 4 tests to make sure... (some people called that overkill, but I thought that was perfectly reasonable!) It's a crazy feeling, isn't it, finding out?
- September 3, 2011 at 4:41 AM
- Katie @ Domestiphobia.net said...
Yep, I'm a tool. :)
I love this post. Not only is it hilarious, but it gives me hope that maybe, in the next couple of years, I'll be ready for this madness.
Congrats to you both!!
- September 3, 2011 at 5:14 AM
- Elisa @ What the Vita said...
CONGRATULATIONS!!! (yes I'm yelling!)
Loved this story! Yes I did all kinds of bad stuff in my first month too because I didn't realize we would conceive SO FAST but Baby seems to be fine and yours will be too!
:) :) :) :) :)
- September 3, 2011 at 5:25 AM
- Monica @ CreativeGator said...
Congrats on your wonderful, exciting news!!! Time to load up on the Gator onesies!
- September 3, 2011 at 5:41 AM
- Melissa I. said...
Congratulations! This is very exciting news! :)
- September 3, 2011 at 5:45 AM
- Katy said...
well thank goodness you're not puking yet. I hope you don't experience that part! good luck and congratulations!
- September 3, 2011 at 5:58 AM
- Kerry said...
CONGRATS!!!! This makes me smile... it's pretty much exactly what happened to us last fall. I had no symptoms except the bloating and sure enough that pregnancy test told us right away our little girl was on the way... and I was also going around drinking coffee.... and alcohol not knowing I had a baby growing inside of me.... and she's absolutely perfect!
Congrats again... what an exciting journey you have ahead of you! :)
- September 3, 2011 at 6:43 AM
- Melissa said...
woo hoo congrats lady!
- September 3, 2011 at 7:06 AM
- And Kathleen said...
Eeeee! I'm so so excited for you guys! Congratulations!
- September 3, 2011 at 7:12 AM
- Brahm (alfred lives here) said...
Woo hoo, congrats, I don't know you in person and I am sooooo exited for you!
Now time to start planning the nursery....!
- September 3, 2011 at 7:44 AM
- Loren said...
So exciting! Congratulations!
- September 3, 2011 at 8:13 AM
- A little old house said...
Wheeee! How exciting! Congratulations!
- September 3, 2011 at 9:51 AM
- Lauren said...
So happy for you both! Congrats Kelly, I expect lots of hilarious posts on the joys of pregnancy!
- September 3, 2011 at 10:09 AM
- Tabulous said...
I KNEW IT!! :) Your not so subtle posts were kind of total giveaways.
Mazel tov, you two!
- September 3, 2011 at 10:37 AM
- Caroline @ The Feminist Housewife said...
AHHHHHH.....I am SOOO happy for you! I look forward to following you along this journey. It's amazing. = )
- September 3, 2011 at 11:47 AM
- Caroline said...
Congratulations Congratulations Congratulations!!!!
I read tjis sitting on a recumbant bike at the gym and am totally silent crying :) I'm such a sap for pregnancy and baby stories.
I wish all three of you the very best!!
- September 3, 2011 at 12:40 PM
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- aBroad said...
I'm weeping, I'm smiling, I'm weeping , I grinning ...
Congratulations to you both.
Life as you know it will never be the same and you will thank God for that every day ... I am so happy for you :)
- September 3, 2011 at 1:23 PM
- Laura said...
Yeah!!! So happy for you! More crazy, fun, blessed adventures to come!
- September 3, 2011 at 1:54 PM
- Nita {ModVintageLife} said...
Congrats!!!! Please don't turn this into a Mommy blog. So happy for you. Amazing that it was so easy...I have been out of touch for a week and a half. My little Newman died last week and I wanted to die too. But so happy for you that things are on the upswing.
- September 3, 2011 at 2:00 PM
- lollingabout said...
Whoohoo! Congrats!
- September 3, 2011 at 3:54 PM
- Tracy said...
Congratulations! Hey, what do doctors know? I got pregnant 3 times while trying my damnedest NOT to, so I don't think it's as hard as they make it out to be. You're going to be GREAT parents (No, I don't know you, but I can tell by the way you treat your dogs)!
- September 3, 2011 at 4:14 PM
- Lisa @ Trapped In North Jersey said...
Congratulations! That's fabulous news :-) Loved the story.
- September 3, 2011 at 8:08 PM
- Nick Klaus said...
Congrats! Here's hoping all goes well. This means cute baby photos to go along with the cute dog photos, right?
- September 4, 2011 at 1:22 AM
- Hillary @ The Sweet Maple Life said...
Congrats!! That is so awesome!!
- September 4, 2011 at 4:49 AM
- Deborah March said...
Aaawww, CONGRATULATIONS!!!
- September 4, 2011 at 11:07 AM
- Jen Jensen said...
Congratulations Kelly. I can't wait to hear some of your pregnancy stories :)
- September 4, 2011 at 11:35 AM
- Deb said...
YAY!!! Welcome to the roller coaster ride :)
- September 4, 2011 at 2:40 PM
- Cass said...
HUMUNGOUS Congratulations- wonderful news!!
- September 5, 2011 at 2:11 PM
- Melissa at HOUSEography said...
Congratulations!! That is so awesome!!!
- September 5, 2011 at 5:17 PM
- llaMc said...
loved this post! congratulations!
- September 5, 2011 at 7:31 PM
Long time reader, first time commenter: Big congrats to you!! Weirdly, this post came at exactly the right time to give me some happiness. I'm divorcing and am 29 years old. My saddest thought has been - there goes any chance of having a baby ever... and here you are 3 years ahead of me living the dream. Well, thanks for the boost :)
- September 5, 2011 at 7:48 PM
- Vonda said...
Congrats Kelly! It's great news. I look forward to your blog getting even funnier thru your pregnancy.
- September 6, 2011 at 8:13 AM
- Kim@NewlyWoodwards said...
Wow! Congratulations! It was meant to be and I'm so happy for you both!
- September 6, 2011 at 10:24 AM
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- September 6, 2011 at 10:31 AM
- Meg @ House Notes said...
Whoa, Nelly!! That is such awesome news!! Your baby is going to have the best taste AND sense of humor! The world had better be ready!
- September 6, 2011 at 11:01 AM
- Lynett said...
Wooohooo!!!!! Congrats to you both!
- September 6, 2011 at 11:48 AM
- Chelsea said...
Whoa! I knew after all those "are we REALLY ready for kids?" contemplative posts that it wouldn't be too long before you guys decided that you really were ready - funny enough, we followed the same pattern, and here we are very nearly new parents (just a couple more months!). Congratulations, and I hope you have a fantastic pregnancy! Enjoy it. ;)
- September 6, 2011 at 1:23 PM
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- Miss Chelsea said...
I love the way you write. You had me cracking up with your rain dance mumbojumbo -- but really, congrats!!
- September 7, 2011 at 11:14 AM
- Alexson said...
How awesome! Congratulations! Exclamations!
Also. I effing love that your first symptom was that you couldn't see your 6 pack. Bad ass.
- September 7, 2011 at 11:16 AM
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- Misaki Boutique said...
WOW congratz!! wish you all the best
- September 8, 2011 at 2:17 AM
- jessalyn said...
i am a little late to this party, but holy crap congratulations times a million!!
apparently i have been pregnant for 30 years because i have never seen my abs.
so so happy for you!
wedding is in 8 days (um.yikes.) and we are going to start trying- you make it all sound much less scary.
- September 8, 2011 at 7:50 PM
- Cindy @The Flipping Couple said...
So so so SO HAPPY for you!!!!! Unbelievably happy. Hope you're still feeling like your awesome self, but by recent blog post reports it looks like you are. Congrats Kelly!
- September 9, 2011 at 7:21 AM
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- September 9, 2011 at 12:12 PM
Congratulations! Children are such a blessing....I'm very happy for you. I loved the description and the planning advice your doctor gave you...but take it from a mans perspective with football analogies....all the medical BS aside of temperature, food intake, weahter patterns, blah, blah, blah.....Practice, Practice, Practice...always makes perfect. Then..insant replay.
- September 9, 2011 at 7:49 PM
- Jen @ RamblingRenovators said...
Um, apparently I have been living under a rock because I am only reading your wonderful news now. HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU!! Wow. So very happy for you & Andrew.
- September 18, 2011 at 7:55 PM
- Sara @ Russet Street Reno said...
How did I miss this? Congrats!!!
- September 25, 2011 at 4:17 PM
- Kate said...
Congratulations my dear! I have been totally away from blogland since the birth of my baby Mabel and am just catching up now! WOW, I am so happy for you guys, it's a pretty crazy, wonderful, scary journey that is worth every bit of getting fat, pain, bad fashion and lack of showering...
now to catch up on the rest of what I've missed. big hugs to you both
- October 22, 2011 at 6:45 PM


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Did you see Slim Jim's offer to send 1,000,000 beef sticks to our troops?
You might miss it because it got the free tag slapped on it.
Felt this is too good to get buried from the front page with a free tag so I made the question. Surely this won't get buried too.
Here is a link to the deal!
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Thanks for the heads up, would have missed it....
Seen it, signed it, and spread it around.
Yes, saw it. Up-voted. Am SO sad this was tagged 'Free'. One would think that something like this - for our military, would be excluded from the 'Free' tag. Somehow that could be done, couldn't it? Ahem, @wootfast.
Thanks for asking the question, CB!! :-D
I would have missed it to. Thanks for posting it here.
Saw it before the free tag was applied and participated. Kudos.
Thanks for posting here. I missed it earlier. Sent it and tweeted it :)
@cowboydann: thanks for posting this.
I've been sending them a bunch of small one-liners and jokes. I figure it'll be a good way to mix it up and keep them amused amid the thousands of normal encouraging messages.
thanks for the heads up- I would have missed it.
Upvoted anyway and done.
Dumb woot mods, don't they know freedom isn't free?
Very cool though. I'm a little worried that the subsequent heartburn from eating these might be dangerous.
@novastarj: I went that route too, Talking about how amazing it is i'm using technology to send a stick of "beef" thousands of miles overseas
I also saw it and did it! Great idea posting it here! Lets get to that million before Christmas!
Did not see this at all thanks to always forgetting it takes extra steps to see the free stuff now.
Thank you for posting!
Now to get the word out some more - under 7000 messages deployed.
Wow, yea, thanks for posting this way -- I wouldn't have seen it otherwise.
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TIPS: Free Up Your Internal Memory (For Low-End Android Phones)March 8, 2012 | Adam Parnala | 6 Comments
Today's low to mid-range android phone users were immensely suffering in putting all the apps and games they wanted into that tiny on-board memory they have so they wanted to increase their internal memory without root. The usual memory given was only around 150Mb to 200Mb. Ever wished your you have a bigger internal memory for your android phone? In this guide, I will mention some ways on how you could avoid that handicap on low memory problem. Read More


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I have installed Ubuntu 12.10 64bit and the default driver for my Nvidia GTX670 is an open source XorgX. I intend to play games on Wine.
What driver should I use?
You could try the proprietary Nvidia drivers:
also try:
Either of these should also install nvidia-settings which you can run to configure the display.
I have found the default Nouveau driver to work reasonably well however, and have not had much luck with the proprietary drivers on my GeForce 5160SE card so far.
In the case that the nvidia drivers do not work, you can remove them with
Just for good measure, re-install the nouveau driver and let it re-configure.
If there is some problem use the code below:
First remove nvidia driver :
To install nvidia gt 610m driver for Ubuntu 12.10 :
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This is probably a pretty dumb question, but I am confused by set theory again. The question is whether $$\bigcup_{n=1}^\infty \left[0,1-\frac{1}{n}\right]$$ equals $[0,1]$ or $[0,1)$. However, I am looking for some explanation and not only the result, since I'd like to understand why it's the one or the other.
Remember that $x\in\bigcup\limits_{i\in I} A_i$ if and only if for some $i\in I$, $x\in A_i$.
So $1$ is in the union if and only if it appears in at least on of those intervals, so is it? No. It is not.
To the comment, don't think of $\bigcup_{i=1}^\infty$ as a limit in the calculus-sense of the word. Think of it as a logical operation which tells you that the index set is $\mathbb N$ (or some other set which is clear from context) and then use the above formula.
If you wish to think about it as $f(n)=\bigcup\limits_{k=1}^n [0,1-\frac1k]$, and think about the infinite union as $\lim\limits_{n\to\infty} f(n)$, then there are several caveats:
1 is not in any of the sets, so it can't be in their union.
The whole point of a limit is that you go "up to but not including" the number. The limit of the upper bound of the union you gave is $1$, but that doesn't mean $1$ is in the union. Just like saying $\lim_{x\to 2}f(x)=3$ doesn't imply $f(2)=3$. To be an element of the union, it must be in at least one set. If you can't pick any single set (pre-union) that contains $1$, then it isn't in the union. It is a limit point, which is where the confusion lies, but that's a different thing entirely.
Note that, for this case, (with the "definition" of $\infty$ expanded)
$$\begin{aligned} \bigcup_{n=1}^\infty \left[0,1-\frac{1}{n}\right] & \stackrel{\operatorname{def}}{=} \lim_{k\to\infty} \bigcup_{n=1}^k \left[0,1-\frac{1}{n}\right] \\ & = \lim_{k\to\infty} \left[0,1-\frac{1}{k}\right] \\ & = \left[0,1\right) \end{aligned}$$


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February 12th is rather busy day if you're interested in increasing your knowledge of local history and/or African American genealogy. It's impossible to attend both the book review presentation and the genealogy workshop so you will have to pick the topic (and location) that best suits your needs! Both are free.
1) BDC@ Bluffton Branch History Book Club
Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Location: Bluffton Branch
BDC Manager, Grace Cordial, leads the discussion of Gullah Statesman: Robert Smalls from Slavery to Congress, 1839-1915 by Edward A. Miller. She will share some of the special collections materials from the BDC with participants during the presentation. No need to register; everyone over age 12 with an interest in our local history is welcome! Free. Call Bratton at (843) 255-6503 or firstname.lastname@example.com [1] for more information.
2) African-American Genealogy Workshop
Time: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Location: Beaufort Branch
Are you looking to accelerate your family history search? Get started with African American genealogist specialist, Fallon Green. Registration is required! Free! Everyone is welcome! Please call Stacey Edmonds (843) 255-6458, or email email@example.com [2].
Can't make the African-American Genealogy overview? Interested in learning more about how to start your family history research? Then perhaps you'd also be interested in participating in the final "Introduction to the 1940 Census" workshop being held the following week.
BDC@ Lobeco Branch -- Final "Introduction to the 1940 Census" workshop
Time: 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Location: Lobeco Branch
Sign up to find yourself - or your ancestors – for the final session of the 1940 US Census workshop. Basic computer skills are helpful. Limit of 10 people. Free; Anyone over age 12 interested in learning the ins-and-outs of using 1940 census data to compile a family history is welcomed to attend but registration is necessary. Instructor: Grace Cordial, BDC Manager. Register in person at Lobeco Branch Library, by calling 255-6475, or by e-mailing email@example.com [3].
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I love the song Pass It On by The Coral, but I can't understand the meaning of this sentence:
Just find the feeling, pass it on.
What does pass it on mean?
I don't know the song, but pass it on normally means to share something with another or others, whether keeping it for oneself also or not, especially something received from a third party. Thus, for example, if someone smiles at you or greets you, you could be said to be passing it on if you smile at or greet someone else. If someone gives you a platter of chicken, you can take one piece for your plate and pass the platter on to the next person.
I think in spanish you would say pásala. It means to give something you have received (usually something you have appreciated) to someone else. It's also used as a phrase in the game Chinese Whispers to mean relay what I said to the next person.
We are all put on this earth to help one another. The term "pass it on" means to share the blessings that you have been given to another person. It does not always mean giving money or property,a simple smile while opening the door for someone else while wishing them a good morning is the same


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During the two day celebration, the 293 acre park along the Brazos River is transported back to the time when Texas was a sovereign nation. Costumed re-enactors and members of the Texas Army, along with skilled craftsmen and talented musicians, fill the park as Texas commemorates its inception. Statesmen of the era, such as Sam Houston, Stephen F. Austin and Anson Jones, will be on hand to explain to visitors the importance of Texas Independence. At the Visitor's Center, guests will be able to log onto the Park Association's new web project, the Spirit of Independence. The interactive web site, just launched in January, will allow teachers and students access to the wealth of information and primary sources available at Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. The Spirit of Independence has been the focus of a major fundraising effort, designed to increase awareness of the unique place Washington-on-the-Brazos holds in Texas history.
The Star of the Republic Museum at Washington-on-the-Brazos will open a new exhibit Independence Day weekend entitled "The First Texans: Living Green". Included in the exhibit will be archaeological artifacts from the Texas Archeological Research Laboratory at The University of Texas at Austin and the Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History. Pottery and stone, bone and shell tools of the indigenous people who lived in Texas at the time of European contact will be on display. Also included in the exhibit will be woven netting, matting, basketry and sandals that were preserved in the dry rock shelters of West Texas.
The exhibit focuses on the subsistence strategies and use of natural resources by these early Texans. See the tools that they used to hunt, farm and fish. "The First Texans: Living Green" will be on exhibit from February 27 – August 31, 2010.
At 2:00, the Brazos Banditos Theatrical Troupe will perform at the Bullock Amphitheater. At 3:00, a Texas sized birthday cake will be served to audience members, with the help of the Washington County Historical Society Heritage Belles. The afternoon will end with a rousing performance by the No Foolin' String Band.
Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site features three attractions that are open year round – Independence Hall, the Star of the Republic Museum, and Barrington Living History Farm.
All admission fees will be waived during the celebration weekend! Food vendors selling variety of festival foods will be on site.
This event is made possible through funding from Washington-on-the-Brazos State Park Association, Exxon Mobil Corporation and Bluebonnet Electric Co-op..
Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site is located between Brenham and Navasota off State Hwy. 105 and FM 1155, approximately one hour northwest of Houston.
Directions and more information are available online at www.birthplaceofTexas.com
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Phil Harrison Responds to GTA IV Exclusivity Situation
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I don't need the premium 360 and even if i did it only costs £280, normal is £200.
A lot of difference really.........I think I'll leave it at that, too.
= xbox360
= playstation 3
Why did I get negrepped for this post? I wasn't being a fanboy or whatever, I was pointing out that the cost of the Xbox360 is significantly less than the PS3... And even when this "premium" edition comes out here, if it's $399 in US, here it will be (using a converter) it'll be £206.57 - which is less than what I originally put.
I would not require all the upgrades cyrix kept talking about - HD, wifi, online, in order to actually play Grand Theft Auto IV. Which is what I think I wrote in the first place
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Seriously. There is no way I can afford a £425 Playstation 3. I'll have to wait for a while for it to come down, but how much longer after the release of GTA IV will I be able to wait before having to get a 360 in order to play it? I'm gunna guess not that long.
ah yes, it appears that is what I said. AND EVEN if I did get Live, it would still cost less than me forking out for a PS3 and then getting the PS3's online service. You know, until it reduces it's price - like what I originally said
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If the PS3 doesn't drastically reduce it's price within a year, I will be buying the 360 and to hell with any future Sony games.
I was never ever being a "fanboy". I have never owned an Xbox, I have always owned a Sony console. My reason for saying "to hell with any future Sony games" was because all my current games would not work on the Xbox360 system so I would not buy any more.
I did not require a lecture informing me that in the long term, Xbox 360 is more expensive. And even if it is (which tbh, if all I'm gunna buy is, and just for the point of argument, the more expensive version - £280) this is all I would need to play GTA IV. This is all I was ever interested in. £425 for the PS3 is too much right now, which is why I wrote "If the PS3 doesn't drastically reduce it's price within a year, I will be buying the 360".
And I don't need to be told American prices. And I was never ever trying to persuade anyone into thinking that their own favorite console is better than their own system of choice. At the time of my original post, the only thing I was actually talking about was my own situation.
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Women's Health
Panel: Drop Co-Pay for Women's Birth Control
July 20, 2011 -- The Institute of Medicine (IOM) has released a report recommending that all FDA-approved forms of birth control be offered to insured women without the burden of additional co-payments.
The recommendation is one of eight made by an IOM panel in its report on clinical preventive services for women.
The report was commissioned by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to identify gaps in women's preventive care currently covered under the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The panel members expect a quick response to the report.
"HHS will identify which if any of these recommendations they plan to follow by Aug. 1," panel chair Linda Rosenstock, MD, MPH, dean of UCLA's School of Public Health, told reporters in a news briefing.
According to the report, 49% of all pregnancies in 2001 were unintended; 42% of those unintended pregnancies ended in abortion. Unintended pregnancies, the report states, have been linked to lower levels of prenatal care, an increased risk of depression for mothers, and an increased risk for premature births and babies with low birth weights.
Federal health policies and most private insurers already cover contraception and family planning, according to the report, but if the panel's recommendation is accepted, that coverage will be available without co-payments. "The elimination of cost sharing for contraception," the report states, "therefore could greatly increase its use, including use of the more effective and longer-acting methods, especially among poor and low-income women most at risk for unintended pregnancy."
RU-486, otherwise known as the abortion pill, is not covered by the panel's recommendation, panel member Alina Salganicoff, PhD, vice president and director of Women's Health Policy at the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, told reporters.
Planned Parenthood supports the IOM position on contraception. "The IOM recommendation confirms that prescription birth control, along with other key health care services, such as annual exams and HIV screening and counseling, are critical preventive services that improve the health of communities across the country," Vanessa Cullins, MD, vice president for medical affairs at Planned Parenthood Federation of America, says in a news release. "These services need to be accessible for women."
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Carrie Underwood At The World Gala In New York City
Fab or drab?
Preview Your Response
In The News Today
- Hillary Clinton's campaign was reportedly hacked as part of what appears to be a broad cyber attack on Democrats.
- A federal court struck down North Carolina's voting restrictions, ruling they intentionally made it harder for black people to vote.
- Four people in Florida are likely the first to contract the Zika virus from mosquitos in the US, the state's governor says.


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Gov wrote:........... It is looking like I will be getting a bottle of Jameson 12 in the near future!
Gov wrote:Should I skip the Jameson 12 and go right for Redbreast 12? I believe its about $12 more.
Gearóidmuar wrote:Jameson 18yr old is very expensive. Almost as expensive as Midleton Very Rare. I've had a bottle of Midleton but never yet tasted the 18yr old.
Redbreast is made by Jameson. it used to be made in Dublin.
About 40 odd years ago the remaining Irish Distillers amalgamated into "Irish Distillers". All the whiskey is made in the enormous distillery in Midleton Co.Cork. Includes Paddy, Power's, Jameson, Jameson 12yr old, Jameson 12yr old distillery reserve, 18yr old, Midleton very rare, Redbreast, Tullamore Dew, Dunphy's, Green Spot etc.etc. The ones which aren't made here are made by the Cooley Distillery in Co.Louth, a newish distillery which revived some old names.
They make Connemara, Tyrconnell, Michael Collins, Kilbeggan, Locke's, etc.
Finally, there's Bushmills in Northern Ireland. They make good Protestant whiskey to sear the throat of any Catholic who might dare drink it!!. Their whiskies include Bushmills, 10yr old Malt, Black Bush, Choke the Pope, Hang the Papish etc.
Gearóidmuar wrote:I drink lots of Scotches as well. At the moment I have JW Black, Green. Laphroaig, Caol Ila, Lagavullin, Talisker (yum) Aberlour (not great), Arran (Fab), Cragganmore, Glenkinchie, Glenfiddich and maybe more. I never drink the same one twice in a row. Were I to, it would be Jameson 12.


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Here is how to play a
C scale on a harmonica. But I found a song which is in the
A scale. So, is this possible: to play the
A scale song on the same harmonica? If so, What would the table look like? or how can I change the
C scale to
A scale? Is there any algorithm to do so? For example, when I change it to
E scale, is there any equation to do so? Thanks.
Here is how to play a
You can play the A scale on a C harmonica. But you'll have to
For Blues, don't raise the G. Use the A mixolydian scale instead: A B C♯ D E F♯ G A.
Or, for harder Blues, use the A minor pentatonic: A C D E G A.
For really hard Blues, play the blue notes. But you have to find them in the middle of the bend because they exist partway between the notes of the diatonic scales. In A, there's one between C and C♯ and between E and F♯ and between F♯ and G.
To learn the "algorithm" for finding the sharps and flats in a scale, read about The Circle of Fifths/Fourths, Key Signatures, Key Modulation, and maybe even The Pythagorean Comma.
Using the Circle of Fifths, you'll see that E is one step farther from C (no sharps/flats) than A (3 sharps). So it has 4 sharps. The same three from the A scale plus the new leading tone (Major Seventh) D♯ instead of D.
I've heard it's common for a player to have several harmonicas in different keys. Usually they're not too-many steps (fourths or fifths) away from C. So a small set would be C, F (or B♭), and G (or D). It's also common for a player to choose the harmonica that's keyed to the fifth to make the mixolydian (♭7) <-> ionian (Major 7) transition simpler. So for a song in A, you'd grab the D harmonica. This can help put the melody in the sweet spot. [This paragraph assembled from heresay, use at own risk.]
You're probably better off getting a harp in the appropriate key - much less bother - or - get a chromatic harmonica (with a button at the side ) to give all the # and b neccessary, so you can play in any key you like. They're often based in C maj. anyway, so can still work like your existing one.


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21 Jan 2013 2:52 AM #1
Sencha Architect 2.1 bld 678. Unexpected token ILLEGAL
Guys, trying to 'helloWorld', but... Getting this error in Chrome (or "SyntaxError: illegal character" in Firefox).
What can be wrong? I've just created the new project (for ext js 4.1), then just put the initial view panel. That's all. Saving the project and opening it via any browser - white page with console error mentioned.
21 Jan 2013 3:43 PM #2
Could you please provide an example or an archive of a sample project that illustrates the problem?Aaron Conran
21 Jan 2013 10:06 PM #3
Thanks for the reply, Aaron.
In case someone else will face this problem, here's the solution (though the cause is not so evident):
Briefly, the problem happens when using shared folders in virtualbox (vboxsf). In my case i use Ubuntu via virtualbox on Windows host. So the whole document root is shared between host and guest. Turning off sendfile directive in webservers solves the problem.
23 Jan 2013 12:57 PM #4
Interesting thanks; it sounds like it stopped sending the file half way through or something.Aaron Conran


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CRITSER, Herbert R. "Herb," 94, of Naples, FL, and a long-time resident of Steubenville, died Tuesday, February 19, 2013, in his home.
Born March 12, 1918, in Steubenville, he was a son of the late Herbert and Frances Bluck Critser.
Herb attended Oak Grove School in Jefferson County, and later attended Wintersville High School - often riding a pony to school.
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He married the former Betty Davis on June 15, 1939, in Steubenville's St. Paul's Episcopal Church; the couple celebrated 73 years of marriage this past June.
Herb served honorably with the U.S. Army Air Force during the Second World War. Prior to, and following his service time, he was employed by the Weirton Steel Co., from which he retired after 35 years as an electrician and motor inspector.
In addition to his career with Weirton, and for much of his life, Herb worked the family farm in Jefferson County, growing wheat, oats, corn and rye, and there are many happy memories of family parties there. Foremost, he was a loving husband, father and "most amazing grandfather ever."
Herb was a member of Pilgrim Lodge No. 691 F. &A.M., and the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, Valley of Steubenville.
He loved jogging, and participated in numerous runs throughout Ohio, as well as the Senior Olympics. From time to time Herb was also known to play a tune on the harmonica.
Survivors include his loving and beloved wife, Betty; his daughter and son-in-law, Bonny and Ray Altier of Dover; and his granddaughter, Debora Jo Tripodi of New York, NY.
Besides his parents, Herb was preceded in death by a sister and two brothers.
A private committal service will be held in Steubenville's Union Cemetery. Arrangements are in the care of the Toland-Herzig Funeral Home & Crematory, Dover. To sign an online guestbook and share a fond memory of Herb, please visit the Obituaries and Flowers link on the funeral home's website.
The family suggests that contributions in Herb's memory be made to a charity of the donor's choice.


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I am unable to upload SVG image files to Stack Overflow. So I would like to know why it is blocked while other image formats are allowed. SVG images are useful for diagrams such as tree diagrams for algorithm discussions.
What is meta?
- Any Stack Exchange user can ask a question
- The community provides support, votes on ideas, and reports bugs
- Your voice helps shape the way Stack Exchange operates
Stack Exchange supports image uploading by using an external service (imgur) which does not support vector images.
You'll need to convert your SVG into a raster format (PNG is probably the best choice for most vector images, but JPG, GIF, and even BMP are supported) before uploading them to the provided service.
Stack Exchange is not interested in building an image hosting service (which is why they use imgur) so it's unlikely that they will either create one, or encourage imgur to support vector image formats.
However, if you find a free vector image hosting service that can handle the load Stack Overflow puts on such a service, and provides an API that is as simple and easy to include as imgur's, then you might be able to convince Stack Exchange, Inc, to include support for your request.
Alternately you should consider going to imgur and requesting that they support vector image formats. It would be ideal if they did the hard work, because, using browser detection methods, they could also support browsers that don't have SVG support by rendering the image prior to display, or they could even render it on upload and only store the rendered image (thus not affecting their normal workflow since it's simply a raster image after upload and conversion).
Unless you make it trivial for Stack Exchange to include in their code, you are unlikely to get much support for your feature request.
While you can't directly upload an SVG image, if you can host it somewhere else, you can still display it in your post using HTML like
For example, take this US map here from Wikimedia Commons
See this post for other examples of what you can do.
Images uploaded to Stack Overflow are hosted by imgur, and right now imgur doesn't support SVGs.
That said, it might be possible to just use them for binary storage and render the SVGs correctly here?
These days you can paste the SVG markup into the HTML area in a Stack Snippet and it will render in the question or answer in most browsers.
If you upload the SVG as a file and reference it as an image (via the html
Neither can you trigger animation via clicking e.g via begin="click" as I've done above as that SVG capability is also disabled when it's used as an image.
So despite the need to click Run to display the SVG you may need to do it this way instead.
I'd imagine part of the reason is that Microsoft only support SVG since IE9, and most people use IE as their browser but have not upgraded to 9.
Examples of browser usage statitistics: http://www.w3counter.com/globalstats.php, http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser_version-ww-monthly-201004-201104-bar
Getting SVG support into IE8 would require a JS/flash plugin like SVG Web, which would cause significant bandwidth usage for an infrequent feature.
Either that or take the SVG markup and return a PNG. But that sounds like a lot of work for a Q&A website to undertake.


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Workers Furloughed in Shutdown Stay in Loop
From NASA to Health and Safety Agencies, Employees Bend Rules to Do Their Jobs
It takes more than a shutdown to ground the Mars rover.
When he is working, Dave Lavery is NASA's program executive for solar-systems exploration, examining what the Mars rover Curiosity sees through its robotic eyes. But when the government shut down, he wasn't allowed to do anything, Mr. Lavery said. No government emails, phone calls or work using the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's research websites, which all went dark.
When the shutdown took effect, officialdom made it clear: If you work while you are furloughed, you face suspension, dismissal, fines and/or jail time. Yet as soon as government agencies went dark, underground workarounds sprouted like mushrooms. The longer the shutdown has lasted, the more it seems that the government didn't really shut at all.
Take Mr. Lavery's situation. He left Washington, D.C., a week ago to embark on a 600-mile group bike ride across Florida to raise money for cancer research. But in his absence, the California Institute of Technology engineers who run the rover—who are contractors, and thus not furloughed—kept Curiosity moving and, as usual, posted photos on the Cal Tech website for the public to view.
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Mr. Lavery, who took his laptop with him and stored it in the support van, still checks Cal Tech's photos every evening. "If we saw something bright and shiny and green and unusual, I'll put it this way: I'm sure we would find some way to tell the engineers, 'Stop, and wait until we come back' " to study the finding, said Mr. Lavery. He was speaking on his $19 stopgap personal cellphone from the Florida Keys.
Congress and the White House are now talking about reopening the federal government, but the government, like the rover, has forged ahead without them.
Told about Mr. Lavery's effort, NASA spokesman Guy Webster said: "It'd be hard for them to go cold turkey from seeing views of Mars every day to not being able to peek."
Personal emails and cell numbers serve as the new superhighway for work on the sly. Federal workers on shutdown day circulated their Google mail addresses and home phones to colleagues and contacts. More brazen types put that information right into the "out of office" message they posted on their government email accounts.
Some workers circumvent furlough rules as "a kind of defense mechanism," said David Costanza, an organizational psychologist in Washington. The most idealistic, he said, "don't really care about not getting paid—they care about not being important."
At the Justice Department, lawyers got 15 officially sanctioned minutes a day on their government-issued Blackberrys to track cases in progress: "I'm certainly not watching a clock," said one attorney.
When the Food and Drug Administration was faced with an enforcement case last week, it made one of its lawyers an "essential" employee—for four hours. The agency has procedures "to recall employees to conduct emergency work involving the safety of human life," said an FDA spokesman.
The National Institutes of Health officially furloughed 75% of its staff, but one official said there are "dozens, probably hundreds" of workers still working. Some are grantees who have been allowed to continue research or clinical trials; some care for patients. But others are planning scientific meetings, the kind canceled during the shutdown, but that might take place after the government reopens.
"I think it's a rolling decision-making process," said NIH spokesman John Burklow.
Scott Wolfson, director of communications for the Consumer Product Safety Commission, received a reporter's email Tuesday, and promptly replied—despite his furloughed status. He explained: "I am monitoring my email for any issues that come in regarding emergencies related to imminent hazards and the protection of human life."
If media inquiries don't fit those criteria, "I am not able to facilitate or address" them, said Mr. Wolfson, whose agency regulates the safety of thousands of toys and other products. It retained 22 of 540 employees.
Before he left for Florida, Mr. Lavery was summoned to a work event: a "Samuel J. Heyman Service to America" award gala Oct. 3, sponsored by the Partnership for Public Service, a government service advocacy group in Washington, D.C.
Mr. Lavery was one of the awardees, for his work on the Curiosity mission. Four of the nine honorees had been furloughed. Mr. Lavery worried that because he was furloughed he shouldn't attend. He recalled a supervisor saying, "You're furloughed. You're not being paid. It's free food. Go."
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November 7, 2012
Sangre en el Ojo, a novel by Lina Meruane, who teaches Latin American Cultures in NYU's Liberal Studies Program, was recently awarded the prestigious Guadalajara International Book Fair's Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize.
The award, which includes a $10,000 cash prize, recognizes female novelists who write in Spanish and honors the memory of 17th century Mexican writer and nun, Sor Juana.
Sangre en el Ojo (Blood in the Eye) recounts the tumultuous journey of a writer who goes blind at her arrival in New York City. Originating from an autobiographical event, the text slowly moves into an ominous fiction that questions love´s unconditional nature.
Meruane, a Chilean scholar, writer, and cultural journalist, has authored three other novels —Póstuma, Cercada, and Fruta Podrida— among other works. She has been awarded grants from the Fondo de Desarrollo de las Artes, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Her work has been translated into English, French, Portuguese, German, and Hungarian.
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Another ACORN fraud in Ohio?
posted at 9:40 am on August 28, 2008 by Ed Morrissey
Cuyahoga County officials have accused ACORN, the GOTV organization employed by Barack Obama's campaign, of voter registration fraud — again. The Board of Elections has begun a criminal investigation into the submission of fraudulent registration cards, with an eye to prosecuting ACORN officials (via Bizzyblog):
A national organization that conducts voter registration drives for low-income people has curtailed its push in Cuyahoga County after the Board of Elections accused its workers of submitting fraudulent registration cards.
The board is investigating the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now[.] Results of the inquiry could be turned over to the county prosecutor.
Board employees said ACORN workers often handed in the same name on a number of voter registration cards, but showing that person living at different addresses. Other times, cards had the same name listed, but a different date of birth. Still another sign of possible fraud showed a number of people living at an address that turned out to be a restaurant.
ACORN has a long history of alleged fraud in their registration drives. All of their improprieties have gone to the benefit of Democrats, and Democrats have not stinted on their appreciation. Here in Minnesota, failed gubernatorial candidate Mike Hatch diverted thousands of dollars to ACORN from a lawsuit settlement as Attorney General. Democrats in Congress sent millions to ACORN as part of the economic stimulus plan in February and in the housing bailout bill in April.
What did Democrats subsidize with these gifts to ACORN? A rap sheet years long, including in Ohio:
2007: A man in Reynoldsburg was indicted on two felony counts of illegal voting and false registration, after being registered by ACORN to vote in two separate counties.
2004: A grand jury indicted a Columbus ACORN worker for submitting a false signature and false voter registration form. In Franklin County, two ACORN workers submitted what the director of the board of election supervisors called "blatantly false" forms. In Cuyahoga County, ACORN and its affiliate Project Vote submitted registration cards that had the highest rate of errors for any voter registration group.
In examining the record, one has to wonder why Congress hasn't demanded a RICO investigation of ACORN instead of trying to find ways to fund its pattern of fraud. The Democratic majority apparently feels that they need ACORN to conduct fraud on a massive scale in order to cement their grip on power. And, since their presidential candidate just had to amend his campaign finance records to show an $800,000 contract with ACORN, it seems Barack Obama's supposed "reform" rests on the same kind of fraud.
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Started using the Ext.io.Controller---pretty cool stuff!
I did notice what I think are a few typos in the docs, though. Both of them are on http://docs.sencha.io/0.3.2/index.ht....io.Controller
First, in the "Authentication" section, it says that the "authenticated" event is fired. I believe it should be "authorized".
Second, am I incorrect in assuming that manualLogin should be "true" to not automatically trigger the login panel? When I use manualLogin: false, the auto-login form is pushed into view, but when manualLogin: true, it works as expected. Are the values flipped?
3 Jun 2012 7:59 PM #2
thank you for checking out the new Controller.
1) Good catch, I'll update the docs to reflect the correct name.
2) You are also correct with manualLogin. If you pass manualLogin false then it will automatically display the login screen. If you omit manualLogin then it will be set to false and show the dialog if auth fails. If you set manualLogin to true then the application has to manually trigger the login by calling login() on the controller instance. I'll update the docs.
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Inflation seems to solve many of the problems of cosmology like horizon problem, flatness problem etc. Now suppose, I am a devil's advocate and tries to find holes in this beautiful theory. I argue that the early universe were having a fractal geometry. For any generic initial conditions suppose it was indeed a fractal. Then obviously no amount of stretching can make it smooth and flat locally. How would one reconcile this picture with inflation?
This question is quite speculative. What I will write below is speculative as well, and doubtless there will be down voters on this. However, here goes.
I think there may be a role for fractal or fractal-like geometry in spacetime physics with respect to discrete groups. This might lie with the use of discrete groups with hyperbolic spaces, such as the anti de Sitter spacetime. The AdS in 2-dimensions has a structure similar to the Poincare disk. The Escher print below illustrates a particular discrete group, eg $PSL(2,Z)~\subset~PSL(2,R)$, which tessellates the space. This is a Euclideanized version of the AdS, and the boundary of this disk corresponds to a conformal structure that is equivalent to the isometries of the AdS. $AdS_n~=~SO(n-1,2)/SO(n-1,1)$ with the isometry group $SO(n-1,2)$ for $n~=~2$ this is the $SO(2,1)~\simeq~SL(2,R)$, which is the elementary group of conformal quantum mechanics. For an $AdS_4$ that contains a black hole, where $AdS_4$ is the perfect box to hold a black hole due to its negative Gaussian curvature, the structure of the spacetime becomes $AdS_2\times S^2$ near the horizon.
This is mentioned because it is possible that the tessellation of the $AdS_2$, which may extend to $AdS_3$ or even higher dimensions, has a quasi-periodic structure if there is a fibration over the AdS of a particular nature. This tessellation is a case of quasi-crystals which are five-fold tilings in $2$ and $3$ dimension have pentagonal or isosahedral symmetry. The $AdS_2$ may then exist in as the result of compactification and the near horizon condition on larger $AdS_n$, so that the resulting fibration over the $AdS_2$ gives a quasi-periodic tiling of the hyperbolic space.
There are similarities in behavior between quasi-crystals and the zeros of the Riemann zeta function. It is possible that quasi-crystal structure might play a role in some future proof of the Riemann zeta function conjecture. Where this might play a role in physics is if the quantum states of the universe turn out to have some correspondence to the zeros of the Riemann zeta function. So there is a prospect that quasi-crystals and tessellations are an important part of the understanding the quantum states of the universe.
The one dimensional 'fractal" or quasi-periodic structure has already played a role in number theory. The integer partition and Ramanujan's congruencies have been found to be due to a one dimensional fractal or quasi-periodic structure
It is then not unreasonable to think there are even deeper relationships between these types of structures and the quantum states of gravitation and the universe.
The $AdS$ spacetime is of course not the spacetime of the universe. It really is more of a mathematical gadget. So this may be somewhat indirect with respect to this question. Further, there are elements to what I wrote here that are not known.
The universe is a fractal according to inflation, or very nearly. The product of inflation is very close to a scale-invariant spectrum, which is a fractal spectrum, in that rescaling the fluctuations gives almost the same result. This fractal-ness is amplified to the current filamentous fractal structure of galaxies and dark-matter distribution.
When people say "the universe is a fractal" they don't mean nearly scale-invariant mass distribution, which is a consensus view. What they mean is that the distribution is zero density over large distances, to resolve Olber's paradox as suggested by Mandelbrot in "The fractal geometry of nature". This type of idea is not correct, because the universe is homogenous at large scale.
Stretching by inflation will smooth out anything to the special type of inflation initial condition fractal, no matter how differently fractal, because all the structure falls out of the very small cosmological horizon. During inflation, the universe is like an inside-out black hole, we are surrounded by a horizon, and everything falls away from the center into the horizon, leaving a smooth middle together with a fractal (scale invariant) fluctuations.
Roger Penrose discusses this in chapter 27 of his book The Road to Reality. His conclusion is that you can't just assume inflation will smooth out any initial conditions, and that the pre-inflation universe must already have had a very low entropy.
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I'd like to use vim for writing SQL queries, but I haven't figured out yet how to get two key features that I use all the time in programs like SQL Yog.
I usually just start up an instance of Yog in the background, cut-and-paste my SQL into it, hit F12 which auto-formats the whole thing. All the SQL keywords are automatically capitalized as soon as the text is pasted. I then copy it back into whatever other tool I'm using (often SQL Query Browser at work) and go from there.
The benefits of these two features are worth the extra effort. Anyone know how I can set up vim to do this? I still may need to cut and paste back into Query Browser, which is acceptable to me, but I'd like to stick with vim for all my editing.


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Problem. Let $d=(a,b)$, $b=\beta d$ and $n>1$. If $\beta$ is odd number, prove that $(n^a+1,n^b-1)\le 2$.
Solution (from the book). Each common divisor of numbers $n^a+1$ and $n^b-1$ has to be divisor of their sum $n^a+n^b=n^b(n^{a-b}+1)$, that is, it has to be a common divisor of $n^b-1$ and $n^{a-b}+1$ (we assume $a>b$). Keeping up, we conclude that the common divisor of numbers $n^a+1$ and $n^b-1$ has to be a divisor of number $n^d+1$. Let $x=n^d$, such that $n^b-1=x^\beta-1$ and $\beta$ is odd. To divide $n^b-1$ with $n^d-1$ means to divide $x%\beta-1$ with $x+1$. Remainder of this division is $-2$, and this means that numbers $n^a+1$ and $n^b-1$ cannot have common divisor greater than 2. $\square$
I'm horrible at number theory, because it always seems to abstract for me, and solutions always seem kind of forced, as if first the solution was written, and then the problem.
So I've decided to start from the beginning of my Introduction to number theory book, and this problem was supposed to be an easy example of previously learned.
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Do you want to hear something stupid? Teenagers that have never smoked before, are starting everyday. I personally feel that Smoking is a stupid mistake and will destroy your life forever.
Scientists have concluded that, usually, when you have parents that smoke, the kids are more likely to smoke. Maybe the D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) officers could put together a program for the adults, that tells them how what they are doing affects the children and the other people in the household.
Cigarette prices have gone up in the past years, but have not been so expensive that people can't afford them. I think that tobacco prices should be outrageous, so that the kids and teenagers, especially, might keep their hands off of them.
As for me, I have already made up my mind. I know that I will never smoke, even if I am pressured to. I will just say "NO". Now, It's up to you. So what are you going to decide to do?
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The 6 Most Mind-Blowing (and Pointless) Gaming Achievements
We've told you before about the guy who managed to get a perfect score at Pac-Man by playing the same level over 200 times for six hours. You didn't think that was the most extreme example of video game dedication we could find, did you? For you see, real dedication means going past hard mode and thinking way, way outside the box, like ...
#6. Building Mind-Bogglingly Huge Objects Inside Games
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Most of you know Minecraft as the last game your friend started playing before he disappeared for a few months. If you're not familiar with it, this incredibly addictive game is basically LEGOs on meth as interpreted by a Nintendo 64: You go out and mine for elements, and then you use those elements to build things. The whole point of the game is to build anything you can think of, so it's not that surprising that people have done exactly that -- like this huge scale model of the Earth:
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We're sure that at least one court is using this as evidence in an insanity plea.
But you had to know that a game built specifically for obsessive people with lots of spare time would quickly top even that -- in complexity, if not size. For instance, there are those who take things into Inception-esque territory and create entire games within the game. We're not talking about building the settings for famous video games using Minecraft blocks (although those also exist, and they are awesome); we're talking about recreating the games themselves. For example, a team of players made a giant old school Game Boy with 18 million blocks and used it to make stop-motion videos of classic games, including The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening and Super Mario Land, brick by goddamned brick, pixel by pixel:
Which is to say, EACH FUCKING PIXEL IS A BRICK.
Since they're stop-motion films, that means each individual frame of gameplay was painstakingly recreated. It's so nuts that even Minecraft's creator, Markus "Notch" Persson, thought it was bullshit until the team released a "making of" video, which shows that they didn't just recreate every pixel of Mario Land; since it's a side-scrolling game, they then had to shift every single block to the right, one by one, to make the screen move.
What's even trippier is that other people have created little versions of Minecraft that you can play inside Minecraft. They look like crude versions of the real thing, of course, just like Minecraft itself looks crude to us, and how we probably look crude to the aliens controlling us.
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Our entire solar system lives within the tip of that torch.
It's not just Minecraft, of course -- any game with a building mechanic attracts this kind of craziness. For instance, the kid-friendly side-scrolling game LittleBigPlanet lets you build your own levels, but players quickly took the idea to crazytown, doing things like building other games and creating extremely complex mechanisms like this giant working calculator. That's right; they took the cartoon blocks and pulleys and levers provided by the game with the intention of letting you build a wacky obstacle course for your character, and instead (with a mere 1,600 parts) built a crude, working computer. You put in a number on each side, add your operation, hit the big red button ... and boom! You get your result.
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It can add and subtract, as well as do decimal and binary conversions.
Looks pretty simple, until you see this video of it in action and notice that behind it there are hundreds and hundreds of small parts forming an intricate series of cogs, pulleys and belts, and that if a single one of them were out of place, none of it would work.
Via Technabob.com
The only question it cannot answer is "WHY?"
#5. Killing 30,000 Soldiers With a Knife ... and Beating Skyrim With Your Bare Hands
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In a multiplayer game where the arsenal ranges from assault weapons to aerial drones that obliterate a city block, there is one Call of Duty player appropriately named "only use knife" who has, according to the game's creators themselves, 30,000 knife kills in the fourth game alone. He got them by sneaking up to opponents and stabbing them from behind ...
... throwing knives into the sky to hit enemies all the way across the map ...
The knife is that white streak going up into the sky in the middle of the screenshot.
The knife is the thing that just came out of fucking nowhere and dropped that dude in one shot.
... or a combination of both approaches.
Again, keep an eye on the white streak in the middle. Aaaannnd ...
Right in the cock!
But then there is the Skyrim player who decided that he would play through the entire game without touching a weapon at all. Not because he's a pacifist, but simply because he enjoys murdering things with his bare hands. This self-proclaimed "fucking psychopath" Viking not only managed to (literally) beat the game just by punching everything, but he teaches you how to do the same thing in this educative (and extremely NSFW) video.
If you can't watch the video, we'll just sum it up for you: It's basically eight minutes of him punching armed soldiers in the face to get their armor ...
Here he's just playing "got your nose," though.
... punching animals to increase his heavy armor and smithing skills ...
You know what? Do try this at home. And send us the video.
... knocking down giants with his bare fists, then punching them some more on the ground ...
We can't tell if the swordsman is frozen with fear or just silently shitting his pants.
... and so on, until there are no more things left to punch. Apparently there are certain perks that increase by playing Skyrim unarmed, for some reason, so it's just a matter of getting the right type of armor and punching the shit out of anything that crosses your path until your fists turn into invincible killing machines.
Their tears only make you stronger.
We can actually only think of one thing harder than that ...
#4. Reaching the Highest Level in WoW ... Without Killing Anyone
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We've talked before about the biggest dick moves in online multiplayer games, but we have to admit that being a dick was always a part of those games. It's impossible to make any progress in World of Warcraft, for example, unless you're willing to go around murdering things ... or so we thought. It turns out there's a special breed of "pacifist" players who spit in the face of the gaming gods by playing these games in a way they were never intended to be played: as decent, nonsociopathic people.
Take Noor the Pacifist, a WoW player who refused to take any quests that involved killing other players or characters and still managed to reach level 80, the highest possible level at the time. Granted, it took him two years, but getting that far in WoW without using murder is like winning at Monopoly without using money.
Via Joystiq.com
And with a person roughly the size of three chickens.
And Noor isn't the only one: Another WoW player named Everbloom managed to reach level 85 just by walking and collecting crafting materials. She just strolled through the game's map for days upon days, gathering the pitiful experience points you get for exploring and picking flowers until she spontaneously became all-powerful. If you did that in real life, all you'd get is fantastic calves.
Others take the obsession with nonviolence even further, like Nondrick, a player in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion who decided to turn himself into a non-player character -- you know, those completely unremarkable villagers who stand in the exact same spot every day and only know how to say one phrase. This guy saw them at some point and said "That's what I wanna be when I grow up."
Via Screencuisine.net
Yep, that looks like a Nondrick.
Following his self-enforced rules, Nondrick had to eat and sleep regularly and do everything possible to stay away from anything resembling an adventure, settling for a quiet, mundane video game life. He's essentially playing The Sims: Dragon Edition. The experience was so rewarding that the same guy later repeated it for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim with Nondrick's descendant, Nordrick. The craziest part here, of course, is the implication that Nondrick actually reproduced.
Via PCgamer.com
Although those sideburns ensure that the bloodline ends here.


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QUOTE (Starskream @ Jun 29 2011, 06:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Got any tips for night time action shots? or just in general? I went out last night and took some skate pics just as it was getting darker but they were coming out wayyy blurry. It's my first slr so all the different settings are a bit overwhelming at the moment.
Before you try to get into any sort of specific type of shooting style, learn the basics. Research the following: ISO, F-stop (aperture), shutter speed, and white balance. Learn what they do & how they affect the image. If you master those, you can basically shoot anything that doesn't require lights. Then you build your composition skills, ect ect. It all comes in time. Learn the basics first.