Ok, so over the years I've collected a LOT of old computer stuff. Everything from 286 up. I also recently acquired a HPPA system (PA-RISC, HP 9000-700, 715/50) and a Rebel Netwinder (StrongArm 110). My mother has been bugging me to get rid of the stuff as well for a long time ;-).
Since the HPPA box didn't come with a hard drive, and it needed a UW 68pin SCSI drive (not larger than 9gb), I had to head out to find one. Cal's computer warehouse had some in stock, I decided to dump my old stuff there at the same time. I phoned them on Friday evening and the guy said they had the drive I wanted, and they took old stuff.
So I loaded up the car, and headed down there this morning. Much to my annoyance, the guy by the name of 'Hany' (picture of the guy here: http://www.goseecal.com/staff.htm) there said they didn't take stuff that old anymore. They didn't even want to take it for free. So now I've got a full trunkload of computer stuff, and I really don't want to take it back.
I came home and was looking for a recycling place where I could dump it. I also asked in the #gentoo-dev channel, where somebody piped up they could take it! I drove over there (~30 minutes away) and unloaded it all, and the car was MUCH lighter on the drive home.
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Ok, I haven't really posted in a while. I'll be trying to get to it tommorow when I have a bit of time. For a partial brief outline of news to come:
>>> freshfruit = [' banana', ' loganberry ', 'passion fruit '] >>> [weapon.strip() for weapon in freshfruit] ['banana', 'loganberry', 'passion fruit']Somebody has as good sense of humor.
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robbat2:Those around the net a lot have undoubtedly seen this little flash animation http://www.flashmindreader.co.uk/, which purports to read your mind and show you the symbol that the number you came up with links to.
So many people have been sending it to me lately, that is has seriously pissed me off because it's just some stupid tricks involved.
The mathematics behind it are incredibly juvenille. Come on people, I learnt this in grade 3. Does nobody else know any of the tricks to check divisiblity in the basic multiplication tables ?
The animation has 5 columns numbered decreasing vertically, as:
| 99 | 79 | 59 | 39 | 19 |
| 98 | 78 | 58 | 38 | 18 |
| 97 | 77 | 57 | 37 | 17 |
| 96 | 76 | 56 | 36 | 16 |
| 95 | 75 | 55 | 35 | 15 |
| 94 | 74 | 54 | 34 | 14 |
| 93 | 73 | 53 | 33 | 13 |
| 92 | 72 | 52 | 32 | 12 |
| 91 | 71 | 51 | 31 | 11 |
| 90 | 70 | 50 | 30 | 10 |
| 89 | 69 | 49 | 29 | 9 |
| 88 | 68 | 48 | 28 | 8 |
| 87 | 67 | 47 | 27 | 7 |
| 86 | 66 | 46 | 26 | 6 |
| 85 | 65 | 45 | 25 | 5 |
| 84 | 64 | 44 | 24 | 4 |
| 83 | 63 | 43 | 23 | 3 |
| 82 | 62 | 42 | 22 | 2 |
| 81 | 61 | 41 | 21 | 1 |
| 80 | 60 | 40 | 20 | 0 |
| 81 | 63 | 45 | 27 | 9 |
| 81 | 63 | 45 | 27 | 9 |
| 81 | 63 | 45 | 27 | 9 |
| 81 | 63 | 45 | 27 | 9 |
| 81 | 63 | 45 | 27 | 9 |
| 81 | 63 | 45 | 27 | 9 |
| 81 | 63 | 45 | 27 | 9 |
| 81 | 63 | 45 | 27 | 9 |
| 81 | 63 | 45 | 27 | 9 |
| 81 | 63 | 45 | 27 | 9 |
| 72 | 54 | 36 | 18 | 0 |
| 72 | 54 | 36 | 18 | 0 |
| 72 | 54 | 36 | 18 | 0 |
| 72 | 54 | 36 | 18 | 0 |
| 72 | 54 | 36 | 18 | 0 |
| 72 | 54 | 36 | 18 | 0 |
| 72 | 54 | 36 | 18 | 0 |
| 72 | 54 | 36 | 18 | 0 |
| 72 | 54 | 36 | 18 | 0 |
| 72 | 54 | 36 | 18 | 0 |
It seems the majority of copies of the applet out there contain a bug. The digit 0 should have the same symbol next to it as the multiples of 9 up to 82, but it doesn't in many cases. I believe the programmer used a simple multiple check that fails on 0 and so doesn't put in the correct symbol there.
Would people PLEASE stop sending this stupid thing to me now???
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