I have a machine that makes Earl Grey already. I call it a "kettle".
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Jessica - Jan 25, 2010 9:31:33 am PST #12552 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
tommyrot - Jan 25, 2010 9:37:39 am PST #12553 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Did you know that the latest version of Microsoft's IIS server can detect an infinite loop and handle it gracefully?
On the downside, this makes detecting that you have an infinite loop more difficult.
Steph L. - Jan 25, 2010 9:44:59 am PST #12554 of 25501
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Some blog (I think it's Make Magazine) has had a series of posts about a 3-D printer that's available as a kit.
Yup, that's the current issue of Make.
Fred Pete - Jan 25, 2010 9:49:19 am PST #12555 of 25501
Ann, that's a ferret.
As long as you don't mind it being entirely made of plastic.
Yeah, that's what they're doing today....
§ ita § - Jan 25, 2010 9:52:05 am PST #12556 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I have a machine that makes Earl Grey already. I call it a "kettle".
My kettle only makes hot water.
Jessica - Jan 25, 2010 9:55:57 am PST #12557 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Fair point.
Zenkitty - Jan 25, 2010 10:18:02 am PST #12558 of 25501
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
No, it's fine that they're plastic. Not a flimsy hollow plastic, but sturdy solid plastic, at least it is if I understand correctly how the printer works. You can sculpt something, and then you can mass-market it yourself without having to send it somewhere for someone to make replicas.
Wonder how it handles things that aren't solid? Like, items with a hole in the middle? Topologically, a donut.
tommyrot - Jan 25, 2010 10:33:01 am PST #12559 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Wonder how it handles things that aren't solid? Like, items with a hole in the middle? Topologically, a donut.
It can do them just fine. In fact, it can make things that would be impossible to "assemble", like two interlocking rings. This is useful for creating various already-assembled mechanisms.
Polter-Cow - Jan 25, 2010 12:41:26 pm PST #12560 of 25501
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I have a question about upgrading Firefox.
I'm not really supposed to have Firefox on my work computer, but I do anyway. I'm not really supposed to have been able to install Flash in my Firefox, but I must have done it before the restrictions were tightened.
If I upgrade to Firefox 3, will Flash still work in Firefox? Because I don't want to take the chance that it won't and then be unable to install it without admin privileges.
le nubian - Jan 25, 2010 12:55:45 pm PST #12561 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
P-C - are you on a PC? If so, why don't you bring in an external hard drive/thumb drive and run firefox off that? The Portable apps firefox is the bomb (at least when I was on PCs).