AB3A - I forgot to mention, great story!

AB3A - Me, too. I passed the 20 WPM test also. They offered it to me when I went for my General license, and I thought, well, it's paid for, I should at least try it. My copy was pathetic, but I did pass it because I was just able too suss out the multiple choice answers. I felt so guilty that I resolved myself to become proficient at 20 WPM and eventually did. I could pass a real 20 WPM test now, if I had to. But, not then...I had no business passing that test, at the time.

@11 - I did not know that. Good thing I never had to send it.

However, wiki seems to disagree with you - "Here is an example of an SOS signal the portions in brackets are an explanation only.

SOS SOS SOS de (this is) GBTT GBTT GBTT (call sign of the QE2 repeated 3 times)Queen Elizabeth 2 (Name of ship) psn (position)49.06.30 North, 04.30.20.west. Ship on fire, crew abandoning ship (Nature of distress) AR (end of transmission) K (invitation to reply)."

.... --- .-- .- -... --- ..- - - .... .- - ...- .. --- .-.. . - -... .-.. ..- . ... - ..- ..-. ..-. ..--..

CUBEY, you are correct, that's what I was going to say. (I actually am an amateur Morse Code, or 'CW' as we like to call it, op).

I finally watched this - it's really good. Thanks!

"glare rays"

heh.

Ahh - it is an HD tuner, and after a little research I see that by now ALL tuners SHOULD be HD...

Please don't merely say "TV tuner" anymore. Maybe in a year or two that will be OK, but for now, that is not enough information. HD or SD?

I like money, though.

"Renewable energy spending cut 27% next year!"

It reads kinda like Kerouac; perhaps this notebook should be called On the Road...

#1 - Heh.

I think I'll stick with my garlic press.

Can anyone find a reference to a videophone system earlier than 1927's Metropolis by Fritz Lang? (In retrospect, I imagine that the sci-fi fans here will bury me in citations...)

(Sorry, I've been playing Hammurabi and Santa Paravia again)

I hope they show a virtual Tom Tom with all the bevel...

:(

Rats ate 47%.

Holly crap! Were they able to save his leg??

Took about three seconds before my gaze went a little south and I started too feel bad about it...then I remembered it's a video.

Built in clock tells you what time is love.

Sweet!

Eli Sunday: Daniel, I'm asking if you'd like to have business with the Church of the Third Revelation in developing this lease on young Bandy's thousand acre tract. I'm offering you to drill on one of the great undeveloped fields of Little Boston!
Plainview: I'd be happy to work with you.
Eli Sunday: You would? Yes, yes, of course. Wonderful.
Plainview: But there is one condition for this work.
Eli Sunday: Alright.
Plainview: I'd like you to tell me that you are a false prophet... I'd like you to tell me that you are, and have been, a false prophet... and that God is a superstition.
Eli Sunday: ...but that's a lie... it's a lie, I cannot say it.
[long pause]
Eli Sunday: When can we begin to drill?
Plainview: Right away.
Eli Sunday: How long will it take to bring in the well?
Plainview: Should be very quick.
Eli Sunday: I would like a one hundred thousand dollar signing bonus plus the five that is owed with interest.
Plainview: That's only fair.
Eli Sunday: I am a false prophet and God is a superstition. If that's what you believe, then I will say it.
Plainview: Say it like you mean it.
Eli Sunday: Daniel...
Plainview: Say it like it's your sermon.
Eli Sunday: This is foolish.
[long pause]
Eli Sunday: I am a false prophet! God is a superstition! I am a false prophet! God is a superstition! I am a false prophet! God is a superstition!
[pause]
Eli Sunday: Is that fine?

I just threw up a LOT in my mouth...

Reminds me of Stubbs BBQ sauce. ( http://www.stubbsbbq.com/ ) But, they claim real authenticity, not a snarky food court reference.

It looks like a delicious home recipe from a kindly old African American Gentleman. But the first (or second) ingredient is high fructose corn syrup. Bleah! When did he start putting that in the stuff he feeds his kids!

Yes, the controllers give it away - definitely a 2600 variant.

I've been anticipating Spore for so long that I can't imagine not buying it, no matter what sh^t-eating DRM is attached, but I did go ahead and cancel my Amazon pre-order. Amazon actually required me to give a reason before I could cancel, so I did, and also included this link: http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=1699

Maybe enough canceled pre-orders will make a difference...yeah, right...

There are several microwave/toaster combos (I can't say if they're good or not): http://www.google.com/search?q=microwave+%2B+toaster+oven

The little ad for the television school (from 1932!) on the last page of the electronics industry article intrigued me. I did a little googling (sp?) and found an article on First National Television, and a memoir written by a graduate. Apparently, for a time, it was a good school and a very early broadcaster of television in the US.

http://www.qcwa.org/w9xby_station.htm

http://www.qcwa.org/w9xby-fnt.htm

No, Rob, Royaltrux just wanted to emphasize the barking....he hasn't slept in for weeks, wink wink.

"...to allow your pet an unrestricted view of interesting places it cannot go, but might like to BARK AT."

"USB 3, expected this year, should fix these problems by upping the power per device to 1.5A from 500mA."

Yay, I hate powered hubs and wall-warts for larger external drives.

(Oh, is it because it plugs in to TWO of the computer's USB ports?)

I think Dave G is spot on.
Also, for me, whether or not I want the whole context of the album depends on how much I like the artist. For my favorite artists, only the whole album(s) will do, for others, just a song or two is fine (or a 'best-of album).

What does the Y-cable form factor have to do with power? After someone answers, I assume that I will have an AHA! moment, but right now I don't understand how a USB hub without a transformer can be considered to be 'powered'.

#89 - No, not LITERALLY. He understands that much of it is allegories and morality tales. And, it also has inherent faults from being written and re-translated so long ago before we knew that the Earth was round and not the center of the solar system, and how the Sun works etc.

Even the Pope believes in evolution.

#3 made me lol just a little bit in my mouth.

I'm still not sure what I'm going to do when my XP boxes retire. OSX, with it's one version, one price (reasonable) and both 32 and 64 bits-compatible is looking really good. (Linux isn't a viable option for me).

Show small images of six furry animals. Click on the three that are cats. Done and done, and kinda fun.

http://achewood.com/index.php?date=02112008
I'm not actually snooty about tea - I drink cheap green tea by the case but this post reminded me of this particular Achewood cartoon...

Oh, that mini-dipole antenna on the 1930 hat is priceless.

Hot vacuum tubes in the rain? Yikes...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_Studio_Technology

Mac, Linux, commercial and free Windows-based VST software discussed at link above.

OK - yeah - he transfered from one of them. He's mentioned Joe several times.
http://jonsjailjournal.blogspot.com/search?q=arpaio

One of Arpaio's more eloquent inmates blogs about his experience in the often fascinating "Jon's Jail Journal". http://jonsjailjournal.blogspot.com/

If it's an espresso machine as the style and headline suggest, then it almost certainly uses the E.S.E. standard espresso pods, which are reasonably priced and produced by many manufacturers, unlike "coffee" pods, which tend to be expensive and proprietary.