Random question: Does anybody else, when printing by hand, make their zeros and letter Os starting at the bottom? Or am I the lone freak to do that?
I've tried to march in the Slayer Pride Parade ...
Joyce ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Natter 62: The 62nd Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
tommyrot - Nov 17, 2008 11:52:04 am PST #1832 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
flea - Nov 17, 2008 11:53:51 am PST #1833 of 10002
information libertarian
We've looked at patents. Boy are there a lot of patents about cereal. Honestly, I'm not sure why my guy is fixated on this one name - there is so much about this technology in general that he could be using (that I have found for him!). Yeah, I think MIT is a good next step. I tried their web site, but will contact them directly. Thanks.
amych - Nov 17, 2008 11:55:25 am PST #1834 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
my guy is looking for the professor mentioned here: [link] at the bottom.
I strongly suspect that your guy is looking for an urban legend: consider (a) the vagueness-yet-credentiallyness of "an MIT professor", (b) the fact that the process described is pretty much what they were already doing, and (c) 100 pounds an hour? Come the frak on. If I were General Mills, I wouldn't be paying for a machine that cranked less than 10K an hour.
Sparky1 - Nov 17, 2008 11:57:31 am PST #1835 of 10002
Librarian Warlord
I strongly suspect that your guy is looking for an urban legend
I do, too, since this story doesn't seem to come up any place else. I suspect that the original electrical engineering professor's story and some other one have been crossed and re-hatched as Internet wisdom.
Jesse - Nov 17, 2008 11:58:16 am PST #1836 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
aurelia, my guess is no, they don't, but you might try calling a main number and asking for one of these people, maybe Mr. de la Vega. (I mean, not that you'll get him on the phone, but someone in his office could probably answer your question, at least.)
aurelia - Nov 17, 2008 12:12:17 pm PST #1837 of 10002
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I'd better find someone who will talk to me because Plan B is having (former) Worldcom disappeared.
Dana - Nov 17, 2008 12:12:39 pm PST #1838 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
tommy's a penmanship freak.
tommyrot - Nov 17, 2008 12:19:41 pm PST #1839 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
tommy's a penmanship freak.
Pretty much. Which is why I type everything.
eta: I blame the fact that they got rid of corporal punishment before I started first grade. If they had been whacking my wrists with rulers, I bet I'd be making my zeros and Os correctly to this day....
Sheryl - Nov 17, 2008 12:23:10 pm PST #1840 of 10002
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
My deepest sympathies, Beverly and Matt.
tommyrot - Nov 17, 2008 12:37:40 pm PST #1841 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Oh my. Is it OK to say that the Pope sucks? (Or is "sucks" too gay?)
From the LA Times: Pope's new edict on the priesthood
The Vatican recently issued a statement re-emphasizing that even chaste gay men are to be barred from the priesthood. Never mind that large numbers of gay priests -- estimates range from 25% to 50% -- already serve the faithful, with most adhering to their vow of celibacy.
"Guidelines for the Use of Psychology in the Admission and Formation of Candidates for the Priesthood," released Oct. 30 by the Vatican's Congregation for Catholic Education, not only reiterates the teaching that men with "deep-seated" homosexual tendencies are unworthy of ordination, it also urges seminaries to enlist the aid of psychologists in screening candidates for homosexuality and other "psychic disturbances."
(Emphasis mine.)
Sullivan comments:
It seems to me that the Los Angeles Times is correct in noting that no APA credited psychologist should ethically cooperate with this kind of bigotry and psychological illiteracy. Apart from a tiny fringe, American pscyhologists have not viewed homosexuality as a "disturbance" or indeed in any way a problem. Neither, of course, did Freud.