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LaurV 2012-05-01 17:32

[QUOTE=bcp19;298104]With items like this, you have need of that extra water so you can last the whole game.[/QUOTE]
Actually, I got dragged asside, the initial question wanted to be, (because they show different games there) if you can change the game, or you have to go to the one running your prefered game, and you have (eventually) to queue, because everyone likes the same game (blowing the skirt of the girl?) and in this time all the other 5-6 urinals stay empty :smile:

But well, if you put the problem like that, it makes no sens to ask if they can run Prime95...

Problem: How much water should I need to find M48th?

Uncwilly 2012-05-01 23:49

[QUOTE=LaurV;298103]So, if you could invent a kind of human interface which would be so reliable like a keyboard, or mouse, or touchscreen, but does not involve effectively the "touching", you would be millionaire. [/QUOTE]Foot pedals, like to control a Bobcat :cat: skid-steer loader.

Dubslow 2012-05-02 01:23

Compton kids learn to fly after school
 
[url]http://schoolsofthought.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/01/compton-kids-learn-to-fly-after-school/[/url]
[quote]Compton, California (CNN) – On a sunny afternoon at Compton Airport, 9-year-old Jose Pineda runs across the tarmac and makes a beeline for a single-engine Cessna.[/quote]

[quote]"The kids come here with all kinds of situations. They're 8-year-olds who have witnessed a murder," he says. "There are demographics and situations that can overwhelm a kid and put them in a position where they have no control, and they wind up part of the criminal justice system. This gives them an out."

To earn flight time, the students must finish their homework, help each other with their studies, and do chores around the airport such as wash airplanes and sweep the hangar.

It's a $500,000 per year program, which is funded by grants, donations and the goodwill of others. Like many nonprofits that were hit by the economic downturn, Petgrave's program is struggling.

"Because of the recent hardships that some of our funding sources have gone through, we've been waiting for four months of reimbursements. We just don't have the cash-flow," he says.

The reality is heartbreaking.

"We got an eviction notice from the landlord, if we don’t get caught up with the $12,000 worth of back rent. An eviction notice. We got a demand letter from one of the financing companies for the aircraft. We have some serious challenges," Petgrave says.

One Saturday in March, the electric company turned off the power after Petgrave couldn't pay the bill.

"The kids made do the best way they could. They did their lessons outside by the aircraft. We used natural lighting to provide the stuff they needed to do the lesson. It's disheartening to me that a program this effective has to struggle," he says.

Petgrave uses his personal money and his family's funds to supplement the program and keep it going. That same month, he lost his home.[/quote]
[quote]Petgrave is still looking for his dream champion. "It's the person who wants to come down and donate some time; it's the person who wants to upgrade our website to capture the money better. There's so many ways people can help. They just don't know. That's the problem."[/quote]
[quote]To contribute to Tomorrow’s Aeronautical Museum, visit their website at [url]http://www.tamuseum.org[/url][/quote]

I don't have enough money to pay for my own flying time/license, much less donate to such a worthy cause, hence the post here. (I liked to say I'd get my pilot's license before my driver's license, but of course my dad was only willing to pay for one and not the other.)

rogue 2012-05-02 17:57

[URL="http://www.rr.com/news/topic/article/rr/55255142/68347731/NJ_mom_denies_daughters_burns_from_tanning_booth?cmpid=RRWMHero"]5 year old in tanning salon[/URL]

That mom looks absolutely scary. The first thing I thought when I saw her face was that I was looking at a non-human primate.

retina 2012-05-03 01:00

Finally, sharks with frickin' laser beams
 
[url]http://m.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/05/wicked-lasers-shark/[/url]

rogue 2012-05-03 15:18

For those of you with English as your native language:

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

Puzzle-Peter 2012-05-03 15:26

[QUOTE=rogue;298293]For those of you with English as your native language:

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.[/QUOTE]

Works perfectly! It seems a mediocre command of the langue is enough as I am not a native english speaker.

cheesehead 2012-05-03 20:28

[url]http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/03/us-boeing-wings-idUSBRE8411NK20120503[/url]

cheesehead 2012-05-03 20:39

[QUOTE=rogue;298293]For those of you with English as your native language:

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.[/QUOTE]I presume this applies to some other languages. Does it apply to all languages that are written with letters and words?

Dubslow 2012-05-03 20:42

[QUOTE=cheesehead;298321]I presume this applies to some other languages. Does it apply to all languages that are written with letters and words?[/QUOTE]
Presumably. There's nothing special about English as a language.

bcp19 2012-05-03 22:16

[QUOTE=rogue;298293]For those of you with English as your native language:

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.[/QUOTE]

The double ch threw me off a bit though... normally you'd have either according to research or according to a researcher


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