In the midst of all the news about the TouchPad fire sale, some people might feel left out in the lurch with their pre-downfall tablets. You're covered; HP will reportedly refund you your money or pay back the difference on the sale prices. More »
Those seas of red outside Verizon stores will soon dissolve. Enough progress was made in the negotations to allow Verizon's 45,000 workers that took to picketing two weeks ago to return to work on Monday. More »
just out of curiosity ... hw long does long does marijuana take to clear out of the blood after being smoked ....
Not that one should go around shaming seeing-eye dogs. But the Tacit haptic glove, designed by Steve Hoefer, is a little DIY project that fires sonar from the wrist, keeping a visually impaired individual aware of their surroundings. More »
Best Buy won't be offering you that sweet $99 discount on the TouchPad this weekend. In fact, they're not selling them anymore at all. They're not authorized to. Instead, they'll be offering an extended, 60-day return/exchange period. Updated. More »
What a cute toy car. Highly-detailed, too. Except that it's actually a full-size car with a massive, 3D-printed Euro 50-cent coin on it's hood. Thanks, Skrekkøgle! Why must you deceive me so?? [Skrekkøgle via Geekosystem] More »
UPDATE: Solved by Roger at 12:15 CDT
Happy Riddle Day! Or, as the unenlightened like to say; Happy Saturday. I’m glad to see you back to challenge the riddle once again.
Today’s riddle will be fun (I know, I say that every Saturday) and quick. We’re still dealing with reality, so you’ll find your answer today in textbooks. With that in mind, let’s hop right on it:
Modern bronze copy of Young Centaur, Malmaison
We think of this as one thing, but it’s actually composed of many things.
This was known to our ancestors.
You don’t have to go outside the neighborhood to find this one.
NASA/HST Gliese 623b (large one) and 623a (smaller star at about 4:00)
While considered to be very old, parts of this are much younger…
…which is odd, when you think about it.
In fact, it may have started out as something altogether different, and then got — well — disrupted.
Some studies seem to show a hungry little monster hiding out and quietly eating everything in its path.
But later studies seem to show otherwise.
Whatever is going on, there’s a lot of it.
Portrait by Thomas Murray, ca 1687
Of it’s group, today’s answer is one of the most massive.
This was incorrectly described in Ptolemy’s catalog.
The person who “discovered” it got it wrong, too.
Uh-oh. Looks like somebody divided by zero.
There you have it; one fresh, new riddle. I know everybody will be right on top of this one, so get your guesses in early. You know where to find me; as always, lurking in the comment section. Hey! I’m getting pretty good at lurking, aren’t I?
The conventional type, air insulated outdoor switching stations are normally in use. But what about indoor switching stations? Is GIS the only type of indoor switching stations?
I have read that varieties of indoor switching stations exists in practice including 'monophase arrangement' - an arrange
Listening to music can be an intensely private experience. Nobody else hears a song the same way you do. But on the other hand, when was the last time you went to a party without music? More »
PC WATCH!! ABSOLUTE MUST SEE!!!
From Eric Dondero:
The London Police have just released amazing footage of one attack during the recent riots, on a white store owner trying to protect his property. Watch what happens to the man as he tries to reason with the gang of black youth.
In another instance, a hilarious but sad exchange between a reporter for the BBC and a local store-owner "Big Jim" who described his attackers in an interview as "Black." Here's the transcript from the video via IHatetheMedia.
Reporter: “You’re not being stereotypical there?”
Big Jim: “No, absolutely…”
Reporter: “Are you sure that they were black? I’m sure they weren’t all black, were they?”
Big Jim: ”OK, then. Let me just say they weren’t all black. I was the white guy there.”[emphasis added]
Reporter: “Well, there were probably other white guys there as well.”
Big Jim: “I didn’t see any.”
Editor's comment - Similar "selective reporting," of black flash mob incidents here in the United States recently? Philly, Wisconsin State Fair?
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The UK has an increasing problem with the sale of counterfeit plugs and power leads.
Counterfeit UK plugs are often distinguished by having partially sleeved earth pins in clear contravention of BS 1363, that means that they cannot be legally sold (The Plugs & Sockets etc. (Safety
dear all ,
pls suggest to me which process is easy,cost effective,reliable for removing of poly urthene conformal coating on electronic pcb's.
The lyrics are, for the most part, witty, sophisticated and scientifically accurate; and they lack the earnest defensiveness that sometimes haunts lectures on evolution. I spotted one or two small slips — a confusion of the praying mantis with the Australian redback spider (oh no!) — and there are a few moments of poetic license that a po-faced pedant might object to. Otherwise, it’s pretty rigorous.
SUPPORT JACK KIMBALL!!
From Eric Dondero:
As we've reported in previous days, New Hampshire Republican Party Chairman Jack Kimball, a Tea Partyer with heavy libertarian leanings, recently signed a petition to allow the Libertarian Party to obtain ballot access in the State. Now, an emergency meeting of the Republican Executive Committee will be held in two weeks in Concord, to discuss the matter of asking for Kimball's resignation.
Yet, a Libertarian Party member has released some rather interesting new information regarding the matter.
From Portsmouth-Nh-Patch.com "NH GOP Chairman Under Fire":
John Babiarz, a past Libertarian Party candidate for governor and other offices, tells Patch that former [Republican] Gov. Craig Benson did the same thing.
"I think Jack did the right thing,” Babiarz tells Concord Patch Editor Tony Schinella. "Ballot access is a fundamental right. Why should anybody try to stop that? Unfortunately, we have rules that make it too difficult. I think Jack should be admired. When I was running for governor the second time, Governor Benson even signed a petition for me. That's what honorable, proper people do."
From the Editor's - Our firm position here at Libertarian Republican is that Kimball did absolutely nothing wrong, and was only showing his support for free and open elections. We strongly urge the NH GOP to keep him as Chairman.
Show your support for the Chairman chairman@nhgop.org
Ironic considering, you know, their leaving the hardware game and everything. But back in 1968—before they were the biggest computer manufacturer in the world—Hewlett Packard released the HP 9100A, the first mass-market PC ever. More »
I had a particularly rough week - it was all I could do to Margarita it away last night. So, for those of you in similar (or worse) situations - what are the best websites for hunting engineering jobs? It's been 7 years since I last used one, I imagine the field has changed.
Thanks
From Eric Dondero:
Our Senior Editor Clifford F. Thies, who happens to be a distinguished professor of economics at Shenandoah Univ. in Virginia, has an article up at the Ludwig von Mises Institute website - Mises.org on "Keynes and Space Aliens." Here's a couple paragraph excerpt:
According to Keynesian economists, the only thing that got us out of the Great Depression was World War II. Mind you, this admits that, in spite of FDR and the New Deal, the country remained mired in depressed conditions for 12 years, from 1929 to 1941. But, then, kicking somebody under the bus is what Keynesians have to do because of the incessant failures of their policies.
Then came the blessed war, with all its make-work projects, like producing tanks and warships and warplanes, that thankfully destroyed and were destroyed by enemy tanks and warships and warplanes. And, there were plenty of jobs for everybody, from serving in the US armed forces to working in munitions factories.
Please read the entire article at Mises.org
Editor's comment - Yes, we know. That's a Lew Rockwell site. The ole' cliche' applies - Politics makes for strange bedfellows.
