I got my alarm clock at Target some years ago. It has a huge LCD, and uses red green and blue LEDs to get the LCD that retro LED look. Mix and match the LEDs for some interesting colors. Back up battery is a single AAA battery, and the clock still keeps time, during a power outage. Granted, there's no LED illumination, so you have to view the display at an angle.
The alarm is hideously irritating. Just the thing to get one awake and out of bed.
The alarm is hideously irritating. Just the thing to get one awake and out of bed.
Are there any other phones/MP3 players/tablets other than Apple that have charging/IO docks.
One thing that I have always liked about the iPod and iPhone is the dock. Just drop it in at bedtime, pull it out in the morning and you've got a fully charged gadget with no fiddling around with cables.
IMO, this just seems a simpler, hassle free way to do things.
As for the always on wall wart concern. There are currently power strips that sense the current draw of a device. It should be easily and economically viable to create a similar wall wart power strip. Each socket recognizes when that adapter is plugged into the gadget and goes to full power.
Or, could the wall wart have that sensing ability built in?
One thing that I have always liked about the iPod and iPhone is the dock. Just drop it in at bedtime, pull it out in the morning and you've got a fully charged gadget with no fiddling around with cables.
IMO, this just seems a simpler, hassle free way to do things.
As for the always on wall wart concern. There are currently power strips that sense the current draw of a device. It should be easily and economically viable to create a similar wall wart power strip. Each socket recognizes when that adapter is plugged into the gadget and goes to full power.
Or, could the wall wart have that sensing ability built in?
RE: Sixth Column. In one of his non-fiction books (Grumbles from the Grave?) RAH explains about Sixth Column.
The story was a rewrite of something John Campbell wrote during WWII. John asked RAH to "fix it up". RAH grumbled are the whole magic Japanese killing ray gimmick and tried his damnedest to make sense of it. It was not his best work and RAH admitted that freely.
The story was a rewrite of something John Campbell wrote during WWII. John asked RAH to "fix it up". RAH grumbled are the whole magic Japanese killing ray gimmick and tried his damnedest to make sense of it. It was not his best work and RAH admitted that freely.
A good story is a good story, whether it's told via iron gall ink on paper, actors on a stage, shadow puppets, or pastel-colored ponies animated in Flash.
We have a winner! That's exactly right.
For Great Justice!
When you're being mocked by 'I Can Has Cheezeburger', your 'scene' is dead. Dead and buried. The graveyard paved over and a 'Hot Topic' erected on the site.
That's how dead your 'scene' is.
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That's how dead your 'scene' is.
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YES! Force her to use her left hand! Make this little THREE YEAR OLD GIRL even more self conscious about her deformity.
Jeebus, people. Here's this little girl who can now fit in just a little more, thanks to some clever and creative young women.
Jeebus, people. Here's this little girl who can now fit in just a little more, thanks to some clever and creative young women.
Please, George is a runner. Although I'm pretty sure, at age 73, he's PROBABLY not still getting up at 6AM to go run 5 miles, as he used to do.
Yeah, what comes out of a cell phone and WiFi isn't ionizing radiation.
Unlike the Potassium in a banana.
Unlike the Potassium in a banana.
Borromeo typed all that out on his (whatever is the hipster approved cellphone) with his left hand, before chewing off his right hand and making his escape while pushing his fixy.
Don't cry, hipster boy!
You'll get your ironic mustache all soggy.
You'll get your ironic mustache all soggy.
Was his name 'Bitey', by any chance?
1600 is the new 1024.
Why the hell is there so much blank space on either side of the content?
Oh, and look what happens when I enlarge the font to make it readable:
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Epic Fail!
Epic goddamn monkeyfisting FAIL! #observationdeck
Why the hell is there so much blank space on either side of the content?
Oh, and look what happens when I enlarge the font to make it readable:
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Epic Fail!
Epic goddamn monkeyfisting FAIL! #observationdeck
@fa11enSpectre: It's not theft.
It's copyright infringement.
It's copyright infringement.
@ExBomb: Close up, the Loch Ness monster is much smaller than was commonly thought.
@dallascyclist: I did indeed "get the joke".
It's still a lie and it's still a lie that needs to be killed.
Because every time someone like you repeats it, even as "a joke", you're still spreading a lie.
It's still a lie and it's still a lie that needs to be killed.
Because every time someone like you repeats it, even as "a joke", you're still spreading a lie.
@dallascyclist: Once again, the lie of the toilet seat surfaces.
The actual item was an integrated hand made fiberglass chemical toilet enclosure with an attached toilet seat and lid.
They were made for the ORION intelligence gathering aircraft.
The chemical toilet had to be wedged into a space that was too small for the standard enclosure, requiring a custom enclosure.
The number of enclosures were, as I recall, less than 100. If they had been manufactured in a commercial fiberglass service, the cost would have been WAY more than the oft quoted US$500.
By having each enclosure essentially hand made over a form, the Air Force saved a considerable amount of money.
But DO carry on spreading the lie!
FOX News thanks you for spreading anti-government propaganda.
The actual item was an integrated hand made fiberglass chemical toilet enclosure with an attached toilet seat and lid.
They were made for the ORION intelligence gathering aircraft.
The chemical toilet had to be wedged into a space that was too small for the standard enclosure, requiring a custom enclosure.
The number of enclosures were, as I recall, less than 100. If they had been manufactured in a commercial fiberglass service, the cost would have been WAY more than the oft quoted US$500.
By having each enclosure essentially hand made over a form, the Air Force saved a considerable amount of money.
But DO carry on spreading the lie!
FOX News thanks you for spreading anti-government propaganda.
@leeit2me: Pray, just HOW is Steve Jobs making YOU buy an iPad against your will?
@tuckerch: Foo!
Here's the URL, look for yourselves.
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