mac os x boot up keys
since i always forget when they’re needed… here’s some of the os x boot keys that do stuff
goodbye diamond monopoly
The diamond industry is in fact even more concerned about gems made using chemical vapor deposition than it is about Gemesis stones, though Gemesis poses a more immediate threat. The promise of CVD is that it produces extremely pure crystal. Gemesis diamonds grow in a metal solvent, and tiny particles of those metals get caught in the diamond lattice as it grows. CVD diamond precipitates as nearly 100 percent pure diamond and therefore may not be discernible from naturals, no matter how advanced the detection equipment.
To grow single-crystal diamond using chemical vapor deposition, you must first divine the exact combination of temperature, gas composition, and pressure - a “sweet spot” that results in the formation of a single crystal. Otherwise, innumerable small diamond crystals will rain down. Hitting on the single-crystal sweet spot is like locating a single grain of sand on the beach. There’s only one combination among millions. In 1996, Linares found it. This June, he finally received a US patent for the process, which already is producing flawless stones. The price per carat: about $5. read the article (diamond wafers are set to replace silicon in breasts ooh i mean semiconductors)
Why I Won’t Use SPEWS
silly email blacklist nazis, don’t piss on our parade. Check the comparison of spews to scientology and this google cache
SPEWS.ORG is a shadowy internet organization, run by unknown people that provides IP blocklists for mail servers to use to filter out unwanted spam. SPEWS.ORG includes entire class c, b, and a subnets (ranging into the millions of IP addresses) in its blocklists if it means blocking only handfuls of spammers originating from within the subnet. Their blocklist includes entire states and entire service providers for countries ranging from Brazil to China. If you have DSL and are in Sao Paulo, Brazil you cannot send an e-mail to an administrator who is utilizing the SPEWS.ORG blocklist. To get off of the SPEWS.ORG blocklist you are told by the FAQ to post a request in either of two newsgroups frequented mainly by people not affiliated with SPEWS. When you post that you are not a spammer the people on these newsgroups will insist that it doesn’t matter because you are supporting a spammer by using their hosting/service. Essentially there is no way to get off the blocklist without either switching ISPs or forcing your provider into doing whatever SPEWS demands of it, which ultimately boils down to SPEWS blackmailing people into fighting whatever ISPs they don’t like.
J-Lo’s ass to secede
After months of inflationary pressure and exterior expansion, sources close to J-Lo’s ass are reporting the beefy rump intends to secede from the union. Man trapped between J-LO’s cheeks; Amputates arm to escape: The liberated rump, renamed JaLL-O, will be headlining the Assapalooza Festival in Minneapolis this summer.
inkjet ink war
“Pound for pound, forget gold, forget diamonds. There is nothing more valuable on Earth than an inkjet cartridge.” If the ink were gasoline, it would cost you $175,000 to fill your gas tank. check the suntimes website
krispy kreme calories
culled from cnn money: A single glazed Krispy Kreme contains 200 calories, 110 of which come from fat (12 grams). Before you finish chewing a second doughnut, you’ve exceeded the USDA’s recommended fat intake for the entire day. If you keep eating, you should know that a box of 12 contains 144 grams of fat, and would likely entail a trip to the hospital.