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Random Thought of the Day
| May 31st, 2017 at 6:17:11 PM permalink | |
| Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 | Great idea: https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/5/30/15713394/intel-compute-card-pocket-pc-computex-2017-lg-dell-lenovo Of course you also need a power supply and a display and keyboard and mouse and printer, but I see plenty of possibilities. Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
| May 31st, 2017 at 6:30:32 PM permalink | |
| DRich Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 51 Posts: 4967 |
I use lots of computers that have no mouse, keyboard, or monitor. As long as it is on a wireless network I can remote into it and do everything. At my age a Life In Prison sentence is not much of a detrrent. |
| June 1st, 2017 at 5:00:11 AM permalink | |
| Fleastiff Member since: Oct 27, 2012 Threads: 62 Posts: 7831 | I think Mummy blogger Constance Hall got it right: After surviving 13 years in a Bali prison, Corby doesn't care one whit about the comments of Internet Trolls. |
| June 1st, 2017 at 6:43:31 AM permalink | |
| Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 |
Here's more info: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/compute-card/intel-compute-card.html What could you do with this? Well: Build a monitor with a power supply, ports, and a graphics card, onto which you can dock your tiny computer. Instant desktop. When you upgrade, you replace the little card only. The same but with a laptop. The same with a tablet. As a bonus, you could have one computer and three "shells." So there'd be no need for copying files or even for storing them in the cloud. On a trip just switch the card from the desktop to the laptop and off you go. Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
| June 1st, 2017 at 2:39:58 PM permalink | |
| Ayecarumba Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 89 Posts: 1744 |
Hehe... I think about this with pungent cheeses or other fermented food stuff. How do you know it's rotten? |
| June 1st, 2017 at 6:24:24 PM permalink | |
| Fleastiff Member since: Oct 27, 2012 Threads: 62 Posts: 7831 | Can anyone tell me WHY TwitterSpace is so full of this same sentence all over the place: The mitochondria are the powerhouse of the cell. I know that, everyone knows that. Its nothing remotely new. Why is everyone tweeting it all over the place???? |
| June 3rd, 2017 at 7:56:52 AM permalink | |
| odiousgambit Member since: Oct 28, 2012 Threads: 154 Posts: 5105 |
Because your mitochondria can make you gay? That's not a joke [well, that was, but the claim is not]. I'll explain if requested. I'm Still Standing, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah [it's an old guy chant for me] |
| June 3rd, 2017 at 8:00:25 AM permalink | |
| odiousgambit Member since: Oct 28, 2012 Threads: 154 Posts: 5105 | Met with a guy who's into metal detecting. He finds a lot of buttons, and apparently archaeologists expect to find a lot of buttons if digging around 18th, 19th century. Random buttons that just popped off clothing, it seems. It occurs to me that they had trouble keeping their buttons on in those days. I really have to believe in the future, scouring around for missing buttons that we would leave today, would be disappointing. Why do they stay on better now? I'm Still Standing, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah [it's an old guy chant for me] |
| June 3rd, 2017 at 8:30:50 AM permalink | |
| DRich Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 51 Posts: 4967 | My new swim trunks have a Velcro fly. Does anyone else understand the problem with Velcro in this area? At my age a Life In Prison sentence is not much of a detrrent. |
| June 3rd, 2017 at 9:05:31 AM permalink | |
| kenarman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 14 Posts: 4515 |
Better than getting caught in a zipper. "but if you make yourselves sheep, the wolves will eat you." Benjamin Franklin |