I’m told that this is indeed the ultimate shoelace knot.
Kindergarten teachers, if you adopt this method, I’m sure you’ll notice a 42% boost in productivity (as, let’s face it, they probably spend half their lives retying shoelaces…)
Let me know if you decide to adopt this new, pro knotting technique.
This seems like exactly the sort of organization we’d fundraise to support in highschool.
Some no-name off-brand pack of people with the best intentions but no idea what they’re actually doing.
The group that I’m referring to operated in Darfur, they were there to “rescue war orphans”. Of the 103 children they collected, 91 of them had family members that they considered to be a parent (so, maybe not their biological mother, but an aunt that they recognized as their mother).
Now the rest of the world gets caught with their mess - somehow they’ve got to get all of these mostly 3-5 year old children back where they came from - too bad they weren’t carrying ID…
Making everything look oh-so-much-worse, most of the kids were going to be living with people who’d made substantial (more than $3000) donations to the charity.
I also read in another article that it seemed like they pretty much put a bounty up for children - they offered cash incentives for bringing in orphans. What sort of a numskull doesn’t realize that a policy like that encourages people to find and take children - be they orphan or just playing on the street.
Big heats, small brains.
Like the new development minister in PEI.
He was flipping through some briefing notes, and “It was ‘By the way minister, you own a yacht and it’s down in Miami and it’s for sale for $495,000.’ And I just asked my officials, what happened here?”
No one ever tells me that I own a luxury yacht (or, at least, it’s never TRUE when someone tells me I own a luxury yacht…)
Aaah man… I could do with some time on a luxury boat… then again, I’d take 12 hours of sleep instead.
Full article, of course (including how they actually ended up owning the thing)
I just got an email from mrgangba@uwaterloo.ca
That’s right. Mr. Gangbang sent me an email.
Sorta puts complaints about email addresses into perspective…
So, yesterday afternoon I fell asleep for probably 5 hours. This was undoubtedly a bad move.
I didn’t get to sleep until 8:45 this morning - giving me about an hour and a half or so of sleep until I have to wake up for my morning class today, which is at 11:00.
Buzz Buzz
snooze
Buzz Buzz
SHIT, it’s 10:45 and I’ve got to be in class by 11:00!
After a furious race around my room, and to campus, I manage to burst through the classroom door just 1 minute late.
Fuck. My class starts at 11:30… Pretend I’m in this class, or sheepish retreat?
Baaaaah.
Let’s hope that’s it for the tricks today…
EDIT: When I went to class at 11:30, someone from the St. Jeromes student union gave out treat bags. Fucking win.
Here’s what you see when you check out Buffalo’s Wireless products page
Dear Customer
As you may be aware, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (“CSIRO”) sued Buffalo, Inc. and Buffalo Technology (USA), Inc. (“Buffalo”), for alleged infringement of United States Patent No. 5,487,069 (“the ‘069 patent”). Subsequently, CSIRO also asserted its patent against the entire wireless LAN industry, including, Microsoft, Intel, Accton, SMC and Netgear.
In it’s lawsuit against Buffalo, CSIRO claimed certain Buffalo wireless networking products compliant with IEEE standards 802.11a and 802.11g infringed upon the ‘069 patent. Buffalo believed at that time and continues to believe that there are no grounds for CSIRO’s allegations of infringement. The United States district court, however, found Buffalo to infringe the ‘069 patent and enjoined the importation and sale of Buffalo’s IEEE 802.11a and 802.11g compliant products.
CSIRO’s lawsuits are against the entire wireless LAN industry and could affect the supply of wireless LAN products by any manufacturer, not just Buffalo. The entire industry is resisting CSIRO’s attempts to enjoin the sale of wireless LAN products. Recently, Microsoft, 3COM Corporation, SMC Networks, Accton Technology Corporation, Intel, Atheros Communications, Belkin International, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Nortel Networks, Nvidia Corporation, Oracle Corporation, SAP AG, Yahoo, Nokia, and the Consumer Electronics Association filed briefs in support of Buffalo’s position that injunctive relief is inappropriate in this case.
During the period of time that the injunction is in effect (10/1/2007), Buffalo cannot offer for sale, sell, import, or use its IEEE 802.11a and 802.11g compliant products in the United States. A list of the products covered by the injunction is attached PDF icon here Link opens in a new window. The injunction does not prohibit sales of pre-existing inventories of products by Buffalo’s customers. In addition, Buffalo has secured CSIRO’s agreement to permit the replacement of defective products under warranty. None of Buffalo’s other products are currently affected by this injunction.
While Buffalo believes that it will be successful in reversing the district court’s decision and will obtain a stay of the injunction pending a decision on the merits, the Court of Appeals has not yet issued a decision. Should the Court of Appeals issue a decision staying the injunction, you will be promptly notified. After the stay is issued or a favorable decision on the merits is obtained, Buffalo will be able to resume the supply of IEEE 802.11a and 802.11g products
Please rest assured that Buffalo continues to stand behind their products and will continue to support all of our loyal customers as it relates to product warranties, technical support and the like without interruption.
So, Buffalo (and, indeed, most/all other wifi routers) aren’t able to be sold in the US. Wow. I would’ve thought that there would’ve been giant headlines about this all over the US Tech News Media - indeed, if this injunction keeps up there might not be consumer wifi routers available for sale from anyone but Linksys soon enough.