| Good job, Andy! |
[Jul. 18th, 2009|07:26 pm] |
Here's a fun way to blow an hour: I'm working on a web page that consumes an RSS feed here at work and then displays that as HTML for some big screen's we're using as display systems. I have access to the consuming script and the RSS generating script. I have them both open in Komodo. I save the consumer script over the RSS generating script. That way, when the consumer loads, it starts eating its own tail because the consumer calls the feeder which is the consumer which calls the feeder and so on until there are so many calls Apache locks up.
I think I just discovered the Denial Of Self attack.
Ugh.
(P.S., I think my "I am an Engineer!" icon just my replace my "200,000 mega-byte capacity" icon for stupid tech tricks.) |
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[Jul. 17th, 2009|03:37 pm] |
Ganked from here:2.6 Inches by 6.1 Inches
Actually the Dollar Bill is 6.6294 cm wide by 15.5956 cm long. One Bill is 0.010922 cm Thick
Approximately 232 Will stack up in an inch if new. |
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| Cross-eyed |
[Jul. 17th, 2009|11:13 am] |
I'm trying to read through part of America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009, but I swear the legalese in this document may constitute the worst case of spaghetti code I've ever seen.
I'm trying to read through it to see if what this article, which I heard quoted from on the radio, is true. I don't think it is, though. I think...key word here is think...what they've misread as "a provision making individual private medical insurance illegal," is the document defining what constitutes a grandfathered plan.
It makes sense that you couldn't sign up for a grandfathered plan, but the terminology is so loopy, I'm having a hard time figuring it out. And that's after barely making it through 1% of the document. |
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| Iron Butt Hurt |
[Jul. 15th, 2009|05:56 pm] |
Tony Stark can't use Extremis because that would make him too powerful, so he has to shoot his brains out after being called a dinosaur by his writer.
"OMG! THAT'S SO HAWT!"
Meanwhile, Hank Pym gets to, in essence, become the hero of a Rudy Rucker novel: infinite TARDIS with doors to everywhere, making out with the robotic brain-clone of his dead wife, etc.
"Hank Pym is so dreamy!" "His cock tastes like chocolate."
With some reticence, I can accept that Pym is...*choke*...smarter than Stark. I can even accept that Rudy Rucker's concept-space is probably better suited for Pym's adventures than Stark. BUT COME ON! At this rate, Tony's going to be a spam-in-the-can caveman fighting against invisible robot bees because any upgrades he makes will upset fans because he's supposed to be human.
"Hey, Tony, look! I figured out the formula for never ending bliss while fucking your secretary." "That's nice, Hank. I hooked a light bulb to this battery so I could read after dark." "QUIT TRYING TO DESTROY HAPPINESS, YOU MONSTER!"
In a world of Rodney McKay's and Montgomery Scott's, I'd be content if Tony could at least be Angus Macgyver. Why does he have to be relegated Cousin Arthur status?
"Thanks to my understanding of M-theory and quantum states, my chocolate cock can now simultaneously fuck everyone at the same time. It's Pym Time!"
Tony gets blamed for Secret Invasion, but people forget that Annihilation Conquest, which ravaged all of Kree Space, was orchestrated by Ultron. Stark facilitated the potential invasion of planet by his ignorance. Pym's baby boy nearly destroyed a galactic empire, and he still gets a TARDIS.
"Ghawd! How long are they going to hold Ultron against me? You had the whole Armor Wars thing." "I went a bit overboard there. I just worry my inventions will end up hurting an innocent." "That's my point. Your technology is dangerous and kills people, yet I still get blamed for Ultron. My life is so unfair."
*sigh* |
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| Star of David Girl |
[Jul. 15th, 2009|12:50 pm] |
This is all ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) scavgraphics fault, for (both the title and) my having found this page with this quote:In one issue released last year, Nuklon had dinner with fellow Justice Leaguer Fire, who expressed a romantic interest in him. Nuklon told Fire he was "flattered" by her interest. But he said they couldn't get serious because "I'm going to marry a Jewish girl."
"You see, it isn't just my happiness that matters. I owe something to my family...to my heritage," Nuklon said. "I'm like a link in a chain. I can't be the one to break that chain." Nuklon, aka Atom Smasher, is the one setup to may possibly have married Stargirl in a future timeline.
Good to know professional comic writers aren't capable of drastically changing a character's desires for the sake of hooking them up with their own special snowflakes.
Bwahahaha! |
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| Note to self: One Way Out |
[Jul. 15th, 2009|12:31 pm] |
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All (?) the episodes of One Way Out are available for purchase at Amazon VOD. I'm posting this to myself as a reminder to pick them up next month. |
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| Psych |
[Jul. 15th, 2009|09:26 am] |
Thanks to that Psych commercial, I now have both the Simon & Simon theme song as well as The Fall Guy theme song, which I found while digging around, in my iTunes playlist. Combine those two songs with The A-Team theme song, which I have in my "tv" playlist, and I have the trifecta of cheesy 80's macho theme songs to get me through the day.
I suppose I could add Airwolf at some point. |
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| Tijuana Bible |
[Jul. 15th, 2009|12:37 am] |
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dvandom planted the seed, mangagirl has provided the soil, and soon I shall harvest my own, G-Rated LL&DD Tijuana Bible. I feel so retro-underground. Analogue 4chan in your hand. |
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| Best News Today |
[Jul. 14th, 2009|11:01 am] |
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It was just pointed out to me over on Scans Daily that Mr. Majestic, aka majestic, aka Lord Majestros, was created by H.K. Projer and Jim Lee. I mistakenly thought he was a creation of Alan Moore, but I WAS WRONG! I can now officially say that Alan Moore has never created a character of which I have a significant liking. That kind of thing is very important to me. |
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| Attn: dvandom |
[Jul. 13th, 2009|05:57 pm] |
There's a pretty good chance Thandra has already shows you this...because Thandras know everything, but just in case: http://toyboxdx.com/brog/?p=2268
This seems up your alley. |
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| Castle = Arsenal |
[Jul. 13th, 2009|03:03 pm] |
I just kind of realized why I like Castle as much as I do. It's a television series that's basically my favorite version of Roy Harper.
Castle is Roy, a high-spirited, kind of goofy, but surprisingly honorable character. His daughter, who never misses a beat of his and somehow manages to be slightly more responsible than him, is Lian. Castle's mother is a bit more of a flake than I like to think of Black Canary, but if you compare her to the Dinah as shown in Devin Grayson's Arsenal mini-series, it sort of fits. Castle's ex-wife is to a Hollywood actress version of Cheshire, the person Castle can't stay away from but the person he's afraid his daughter will become. Throw in the whole cop angle as the DEO trying to get Roy to work with them, and...bam.
Between, "Psych is Nightwing," "Monk is Batman," "Burn Notice is Birds of Prey," and now this...I feel confident standing next to be opinion than the garish costumes need to go. |
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| McCaveat emptor |
[Jul. 13th, 2009|02:18 pm] |
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I wish McDonald's would have some kind of signage that said, "We're going to suck ass today," so I'd know to got elsewhere. That or I just need to give up on them (done it before) and start getting all my coffee-like drinks from Sonic. |
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| Good Idea / Bad Idea |
[Jul. 12th, 2009|05:09 pm] |
It's time for another Good Idea / Bad Idea...
Good idea: making it so Wordpress can update itself.
Bad idea: leaving your custom template in the "classic" directory.
Nnng.
EDIT: Mostly fixed. It still looks a little off, but I don't have an older screenshot to compare it against. |
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