I wrapped up an FAT (Factory Acceptance Test) yesterday and learned something new during the inspection: the use of PTFE ‘Teflon’ tape on instrumentation joints is generally banned in oil refineries because the tape can tear off inside a pipe and accumulate at a valve, increasing the chances for equipment failure.
For those who haven’t done [...]
Is it OK to make a deal with God? What happens if either side doesn’t uphold their end of the bargain?
(10:38:13) Me: i have to learn harvard asm
(10:38:16) Me: *sigh*
(10:38:35) Friend: lol
(10:38:48) Friend: they gonna have like ivy league jokes in the asm
(10:38:58) Friend: woudl you like some tea and crumpets sir
(10:38:59) Friend: har har
(10:39:02) Friend: indeed i do
(10:39:11) Friend: have you seen the latest football game with yale
(10:39:22) Friend: i say… we did very [...]
The following is the log of an online conversation I had with one of my friends when I asked her about the advantages of various IRA accounts:
(22:44:47) Me: hey business major!
(22:44:58) Me: why would someone want a roth ira instead of a regular ira?
(22:46:23) Me: actually, why traditional instead of roth?
(03:13:00) Friend: oh
(03:13:11) Friend: cuz [...]
Microsoft’s Xbox 360 will also display games in wide-screen, high-definition format. It will be powered by three 3.2-gigabyte processors, compared with a single 733-megahertz processor in the current Xbox.
Eric A. Taub, The New York Times
Three 3.2-gigabyte processors? The new Xbox must incorporate some new computer methodology.
Why can’t a great newspaper like the New York [...]
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Labor and Tory, originally uploaded by zeroion.
This is the second in my series of UC Berkeley signs missing letters. Find the first here.
I think this picture is appropriately timed, considering the recent elections in Great [...]
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Penguin Meets A Huge Leech, originally uploaded by zeroion.
Perhaps the penguin represents Linux and the leech represents Microsoft, who has been “leeching” ideas from Apple and Linux. Unfortunately I didn’t have any apples in my [...]
I’m about as “fuck the status quo, change the dominant paradigm” as you can get. I think what the US did in Iraq was totally illegal, and that Bushie and his gang of international thugs should be treated just like we treated the Nazis after WWII: a perfunctory trial, then hangings all around. If I [...]
Stephen deleted the last thing I wrote. I said he was a _____ but apparently he doesn’t like that. He’s hiding something! *gasp*
Kidding. <3
~the blog-napper.
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pho shizzle, originally uploaded by Abu.
This is insane and funny. Vietnamese stores just have a knack for coming up with (intentionally and unintentionally) funny names and signs…
via: no_clue’s livejournal