... I actually have a theory about big companies not being a good place for producing new, interesting and particularly disruptive technology. I'm not sure...
... I'd say Apple is one of those exceptions. I agree about the beauracy thing. I've seen it happen before, and the cause is that the people saying no, used...
Michael Phipps | Grav...
michael@...
Jun 1, 2007 11:23 pm
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... The oddest thing is that it's the big companies who are probably BEST served in funding and trying the wild, experimental out-there projects. They have the...
Wa-hey. Way back in 2005, we had a brief discussion on the vat-cloning of meat <http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/troff2k/message/264> as a dietary...
I just wanted to say that I loved this quote Troff used in a previous post! Isaac Newton wrote, "If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of...
Michael Phipps | Grav...
michael@...
Jun 4, 2007 4:18 am
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... erm... nanoglue... can do? Summary: scientist working on materials-science applications for silicon-chip manufacture discovers something interesting about...
Hi all'y'all, Back in <http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/troff2k/message/1683 <../../../../message/1683> >, I explained that the plans are in motion. The...
... ... amazing. Amazing. Almost unbelievable, except a part of me was almost expecting this. A-fucking-mazing. My "manager". After telling me that I could...
Dude - you any good a web development? I am looking for an employee....
Michael Phipps | Grav...
michael@...
Jun 5, 2007 12:24 am
1721
... Some other day - when I'm less utterly wiped by the events of the day - maybe I'll mention the whole story. In short, I will say that QUT has some amazing...
... the book Flatland is, in fact, on my list/stack of books waiting for me to consume. But to make this more accessible - how many people have played Mario...
Yes, I can has student card! ... I know. It's silly and doesn't affect the everyday lives of anybody reading this. Well, except me. [I can has student card?] ...
My parents have got a bunch of vhs tapes (of me as a kid) that they would like transferred to a digital medium for posperity. What kind of setup is necessary...
... - A video capture card (internal or an external device; like the Pinnacle Studio (that's what I have)). In a desperate pinch, a TV card, tune a channel to...
[With apologies to The Who] <http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/with_apologies_to_the_who.png> ... I might be on the receiving end of this attitude. I wouldn't be...
Another article - this time with more examples, and links to actual compilers/interpreters/translators. LOLCode. It is real. Why do I feel as if this is...
Yet again - the article says so much more than I could. Nothing I could say could highlight the ridiculousness more effectively than the story itself already...
... precisely WHY not only the media are covering so thoroughly the Paris Hilton matter; but also why people are so passionate about this? I mean... seriously....
I can't help but: 1. admire the concept (in very, very general terms) and want something (but not specifically) like this 2. observe how deeply disturbing this...
... I think it is because it is so ludicrous. You just know that she will pull stupid stunts - and you will watch with amusement, shaking your head when you...
Michael Phipps | Grav...
michael@...
Jun 12, 2007 3:10 am
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... with ... I thought it was sweet. :) What's wrong with bringing who you are and what you like to an occasion like that? It's not like they're cosplaying. :D...
Hey Gamers, post on Slashdot, reviewing the new edition of the "Star Wars" D20 game. <article source="http://books.slashdot.org/books/07/06/12/0154216.shtml"> ...
