So he does not get free money anymore? Does he at least get a camera?
posted to MetaFilter by bh at 4:30 AM on March 2, 2008

I do this with my Model M keyboards. But the keyboard should go on the top rack, and the keycaps do need to be covered so they can't escape.

Also, you don't need so much soap, and they keyboard should be dried upside-down.
posted to MetaFilter by bh at 3:59 AM on September 19, 2007

Who cares if you don't make it into the history books? You still get to go into space..

I, for one, am happy that rich people are subsidizing the initial costs. This is the very early stage of something very, very big.
posted to MetaFilter by bh at 6:51 PM on September 6, 2007

Thanks, flarbuse. Until now, I thought anthropomorphism was blasphemy. Now I know better.

Those poor dragons. If they had only given their lives to Jesus, they might still be with us today.
posted to MetaFilter by bh at 6:46 PM on September 6, 2007

stbalbach - It wasn't a big deal when clark.net oversold, but we aren't all using dial up connections these days. If I pay for an 8 mbit downstream connection, I do not expect it to be 8 mbit only when nobody else is using the capacity. My Internet connection is on all the time now.

If the ISPs want to limit bandwidth, why don't they tell us what the limit is? Put it in the contract, or on the web page, or somewhere. They should not be surprised when someone actually... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by bh at 7:57 PM on August 22, 2007

So my (soon-to-be) ex-wife will live forever?
posted to MetaFilter by bh at 1:25 PM on August 21, 2007

NOOOOOO! NO NO NOOOOOO!
posted to MetaFilter by bh at 12:54 PM on June 8, 2007

It will be fun to eventually see Cydcor and/or DS-Max go down in flames.
posted to MetaFilter by bh at 7:10 PM on May 30, 2007

I eat meat. I love meat. I eat fish, I eat chicken, I eat all sorts of animals.

I used to go vegetarian every year on January 1. It never, ever worked. I know vegetarians, I have read the books, I take my vitamins. I even cook most of my own food. But I was just so damned tired that I never made it past the third week.

I would always end up with a big, juicy steak. I would feel no guilt, only relief.

Some of us... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by bh at 11:22 PM on March 12, 2007

It seems pompomtom has found a way to make my argument much more succinctly than I ever could.
posted to MetaFilter by bh at 11:35 PM on February 23, 2007

loquacious - If for some reason you ever end up with some extra freefall time on your hands, one of the most unnatural feeling things you can do is to just track in one direction and look at the ground.

I did this on my first solo freefall - tracking in a slow circle and watching the airport spin around below. Still my most memorable jump.
posted to MetaFilter by bh at 7:38 PM on February 6, 2007

Odinsdream - Maybe the baby needed a lot of shaking?
posted to MetaFilter by bh at 9:16 AM on February 3, 2007

That is astonishing.

I cannot imagine any service in more developed countries having that sort of efficiency. It is hard to imagine anything, anywhere having that sort of efficiency.

Wow.
posted to MetaFilter by bh at 2:46 AM on February 2, 2007

kaseijin - I think the same thing when I see a really, really bad movie. At some point, somebody thought it was a good idea, and convinced other people it was worth investing in. Someone that was involved in it is probably proud of at least one part of it, and likely brags about it. That flash movie is probably no different.
posted to MetaFilter by bh at 6:43 AM on May 5, 2005

Anyone else having issues getting it to work? It worked for a few minutes, then locked up flash. Now when I reload (even after a reboot), it just sits there and crashes. Linux, Firefox and Mozilla.
posted to MetaFilter by bh at 12:11 PM on April 29, 2005

Daddio - that might have been it. I just saved the file and loaded it locally, everything worked again.
posted to MetaFilter by bh at 1:16 PM on April 29, 2005

Do you think people have been waiting for this law to find an excuse to shoot each other? Do you think I shouldn't shoot someone that is trying to kill me?

If you had not been around for so long, I would easily mistake you for a troll.
posted to MetaFilter by bh at 7:50 PM on April 27, 2005

nightchrome - Is that a bad thing? I get my news there, and I'm not ashamed to admit it.
posted to MetaFilter by bh at 7:55 PM on April 24, 2005

nightchrome - Point taken.

But furtive wins the thread.
posted to MetaFilter by bh at 8:13 PM on April 24, 2005

Welcome to my blog. I kiss you! You can stay my home. I like sex.
posted to MetaFilter by bh at 5:15 PM on April 6, 2005

I couldn't get it to work under Firefox 1.02 / Linux. It is so slow that the time runs out by the time I get to the bottom of the first hill. Anyone else running into this?
posted to MetaFilter by bh at 5:40 PM on April 5, 2005

gminks - Why are the people that happen to be born in this country our own? Are we all on geographic teams? Is this why people follow teams from their closest major cities? Should your place of birth dictate your opportunities in life?
posted to MetaFilter by bh at 8:54 AM on March 30, 2005

I like cats and dogs. I am also a gun owner. It now looks like everyone on Mefi has a reason to hate me.
posted to MetaFilter by bh at 6:25 AM on March 29, 2005

salmacis - blackdown java or sun's jre? I never did get blackdown to work properly. Getting java working correctly on my laptop was more difficult than acpi (which still doesn't quite work). Gentoo, Firefox 1.0.
posted to MetaFilter by bh at 10:28 AM on March 16, 2005

I find it odd that everybody here seems to care. Are you really going to rely on social security when you retire? No matter how you calculate things, it is essentially a large scale ponzi scheme.

I'm 32, I've been working for 18 years, and I don't count on getting one cent from the government when I retire.

One day, this system will fail. There is no guarantee, and there is no trust fund.
posted to MetaFilter by bh at 1:31 PM on February 17, 2005

kyrademon - I call it a ponzi scheme because it relies on an ever-increasing number of participants to keep it running. Barring that, it requires a reduction in payouts, or an increase in taxes.

With an insurance policy, a large group of people pay in a certain amount based on the odds of something bad happening. With social security, a large group of people pay a certain amount to another large group of people. The 'odds' in this case are how long retired people... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by bh at 1:56 PM on February 17, 2005

teece - So what am I missing? Do you object to my referring to SS as a ponzi scheme? Technically, it is not. But the systems are very similar. You need an ever-increasing tax base to pay out on SS. As more people retire and live longer, the system costs more. The math on this is basic.

Both systems rely on bringing in more people to pay to support those that are getting paid. SS will just take a little bit longer to collapse.
posted to MetaFilter by bh at 2:20 PM on February 17, 2005

TheOnlyCoolTim - Probably. For some reason growing lights are only used by marijuana farmers, at least in the eyes of the police. Never mind that lots of people use them for aquariums and growing regular plants.

I used to use a HPS lamp for my hot peppers (when I had no lawn). I now have it in storage, because I have kids, and the last thing I need is some idiot knocking down my door because the inside of my house is too bright.

Fortunately, I now have a lawn.
posted to MetaFilter by bh at 3:47 PM on February 8, 2005

It is also illegal for me to pave my driveway. I'm getting sick of only having rocks. They end up on the lawn, in the road, and pretty much everywhere BUT my driveway. I think the federal government should pay to have my driveway paved immediately.

Oh, wait. It's not illegal? But if it isn't illegal, why won't the federal government pay for it? It is in the best interest of my family, my neighbors, and everyone that drives on the road that might get hit by an... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by bh at 11:59 AM on January 24, 2005

Are you (obtusely) suggesting the government shouldn't fund scientific research, bh? I suppose you could make an idealistic minimal government case for this position, but in real terms it would mean a train wreck for the U.S. economy and university system.

Mr_Roboto: Yes, actually I am making a case for that. It is not the federal government's job to support the university system. It is not the federal government's job to support anything, actually.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by bh at 1:57 PM on January 24, 2005

thedevildancedlightly - No time here, either. But one thing worth mentioning - If the government could spend money on research that actually helped the public at large, and didn't benefit specific interests and certain drug companies, then I can see that argument holding water. Any research done with government money should be in the public domain. As long as taxpayers fund anything that benefits only large corporations, I'm against all funding.

If (not when) the... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by bh at 2:36 PM on January 24, 2005

So this link, it does something?

I wasn't able to get it to load properly in Firefox, but here is a direct link: http://us.i1.yimg.com/advision.webevents.yahoo.com/a/flash/jibjab/JibJab_SecondTerm_2.swf

It's hardly worth the time, though.
posted to MetaFilter by bh at 8:54 AM on January 20, 2005

If the government said that you could not live alone in an apartment, what would you think?

What if you had to finish your dinner, even if you weren't hungry?

How about reducing your time in the shower? Surely you could clean yourself faster.

These solutions all solve problems, but are obtrusive. The traffic problem is admittedly a large one, but why should we take ridiculous steps just for a temporary fix? Do people... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by bh at 12:36 PM on January 7, 2005

sic - As someone who worked in the financial sector during y2k remediation, I can tell you that it definitely was not a hoax. Banks were not allowed to talk about how serious the problem was because so as not to cause a panic.

I wasn't at a bank, but I was at a large financial institution that everyone has heard of, and they took the job very, very seriously. We were working on the problem long before the hype began, and we made sure we had the problem solved... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by bh at 7:23 AM on January 4, 2005

sic - People panic about just about anything these days. I didn't think that any planes were going to fall out of the sky, but I was one of the people that moved a little bit further away from civilization, just in case there were large problems in the financial markets.

My largest concern was the power grid. But like the financial sector, they weren't talking, and I only had second hand knowledge confirming that things would be fine. So when I was moving (mid 1998),... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by bh at 11:02 AM on January 4, 2005

Perhaps Davy Crockett said it better.
posted to MetaFilter by bh at 7:39 PM on December 31, 2004

Kevin Drum, like most others, seems to ignore the fact that there is no trust fund.
posted to MetaFilter by bh at 11:32 AM on December 30, 2004

teece: I do not think that the US government is an entity that can be trusted. However, I do expect them to pay back the bonds.

Of course, someone has to pay for the bonds. The money has to come from somewhere, and it isn't from some giant pool of money just waiting to be tapped. The money will come in the form of more taxes.

People seem to think that the 'trust fund' is some giant account that you pay into, and withdraw from later in life... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by bh at 11:57 AM on December 30, 2004

Civil_Disobedient: Thanks for the Tom Neale link. I was compelled to read the entire story. Long, but worth it.
posted to MetaFilter by bh at 10:34 PM on December 14, 2004

Wow. I lurk here for what seems like forever, pay my $5 at the first possible moment, and I never realized how petty so many of you could be.

I've typed and deleted dozens of paragraphs. It just isn't worth it.

I remember when the Constitution and the Bill of Rights were taught in schools. It wasn't that long ago. It saddens me that so few seem to know what the fourth amendment is, and are willing to ignore it when it suits their purpose.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by bh at 6:55 PM on December 10, 2004

Donovan: Thanks for phrasing it better than I did during my many attempts.

Civil_Disobedient: So what are your feelings on prior restraint?
posted to MetaFilter by bh at 7:24 PM on December 10, 2004

I'll believe reality shows when I see a real version of Survivor. A bunch of people, stuck somewhere, with nothing but knives.

Rules: No killing the others, and cross over this line if you think you are going to die. Last person to cross wins.

No games, no competitions, no teams, no food, no nothing. Just you and your knife.

I'd sign up for that show, actually.
posted to MetaFilter by bh at 7:21 PM on December 5, 2004

If they were really concerned about the safety of the gay students, they would establish a zero tolerance policy for harrassment...

Why should only gay students have this sort of protection? What about the nerds, the the fat kids, the ugly kids, etc?

While I agree this whole thing is nuts, why should any group get any more protection than any other?
posted to MetaFilter by bh at 9:43 AM on December 2, 2004

I can't take a bad movie site seriously if it doesn't list Time Chasers, Beneath the Bermuda Triangle, or, at the very least, Cannibal! The Musical.

This used to be a good list, but it is now filled with box office flops, instead of the so-bad-they-are-good B-movies. At least Manos is still in the top 10.

On preview, I have to agree with Simon!.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by bh at 9:36 AM on November 29, 2004

Okay, I get nothing but a gray box with a 'Go' square in the upper left. If I click that , I get a 'Stop' square in the bottom right. Nothing else on the screen. Would anyone care to explain?
posted to MetaFilter by bh at 2:55 PM on November 19, 2004