I just checked it, she wasn't an actress, was diagnosed with ALS in 2008 and died may 24th, 2011
I just checked it, she wasn't an actress, was diagnosed with ALS in 2008 and died may 24th, 2011
That was mostly known as Lou Gerhig's disease. From the late 1930's.
Diagnosis
As Lou Gehrig's debilitation became steadily worse (he stumbled over curbs, fumbled with the baseball, and even slipped and fell while running bases), his wife Eleanor called the famed Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Her call was transferred to Charles William Mayo, who had been following Gehrig's career and his mysterious loss of strength. Mayo told Eleanor to bring Gehrig as soon as possible.[35]
Eleanor and Gehrig flew to Rochester from Chicago, where the Yankees were playing at the time, arriving at the Mayo Clinic on June 13, 1939. After six days of extensive testing at Mayo Clinic, the diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) was confirmed on June 19, Gehrig's 36th birthday.[9] The prognosis was grim: rapidly increasing paralysis, difficulty in swallowing and speaking, and a life expectancy of less than three years, although there would be no impairment of mental functions. Eleanor Gehrig was told that the cause of ALS was unknown but it was painless, non-contagious and cruel — the motor function of the central nervous system is destroyed but the mind remains fully aware to the end.[41][42]
At Eleanor's request, the Mayo doctors intentionally withheld his grim prognosis from Gehrig. He often wrote letters to Eleanor, and in one such note written shortly afterwards, said (in part):The bad news is lateral sclerosis, in our language chronic infantile paralysis. There isn't any cure... there are very few of these cases. It is probably caused by some germ...Never heard of transmitting it to mates... There is a 50–50 chance of keeping me as I am. I may need a cane in 10 or 15 years. Playing is out of the question...[43]Following Gehrig's visit to the Mayo Clinic, he briefly rejoined the Yankees in Washington, D.C. As his train pulled into Union Station, he was greeted by a group of Boy Scouts, happily waving and wishing him luck. Gehrig waved back, but he leaned forward to his companion, a reporter, and said, "They're wishing me luck — and I'm dying."[9]
http://www.reddit.com/r/mylittlepony...or_the_ponies/
Being an incredibly obtuse shitheel in a parenting role? That's a paddlin'
In the future, the Berlin wall will be a mile high, and made of steel. You too will be made to crawl, to lick children's blood from jackboots. There will be no creativity, only productivity. Instead of love there will be fear and distrust, instead of surrender there will be submission. Contact will be replaced with isolation, and joy with shame. Hope will cease to exist as a concept. The Earth will be covered with steel and concrete. There will be an electronic policeman in every head. Your children will be born in chains, live only to serve, and die in anguish and ignorance.
The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.
Some parents really need to be locked up and have the key thrown away.
Hope is the denial of reality
She should have taped the eviction and waited 7 or so years, would have gotten at least a few interviews, maybe even a book deal.
"In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
I'm WTFing over the idea of "clop"
But ya, some parents are bat shit insane. Makes me wonder why the nutjobs aren't born sterile. I'm kind of wondering if it wasn't one of those "this is the last straw" situations and crazy mom picked the smallest thing to kick the kid out instead of addressing some bigger issues that might be going on. Sigh.
"Clop"
Internet, sometimes I wish I didn't know you.
Honestly, people get off on the strangest things. Not to mention those who are wired wrong somehow - I don't mean gays. I mean Objectophiles.Originally Posted by Wraith
When the stars threw down their spears
And watered heaven with their tears:
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the lamb make thee?
A TOWNSVILLE toddler became trapped in a toy vending machine last night, after he climbed into the machine's prize slot opening. The curious 15-month-old boy climbed inside the machine at the Stuart Hotel just after 7pm and emergency crews were called shortly after when it was realised he couldn't get back out, the Townsville Bulletin reported.
More funny than anything else
$2 per game for a stuffed toy claw machine? WTF. Around here $2 meeans ipods and DSs.
"In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
Er....there's a key slot right there. How stuck was he that an employee couldn't unlock it and the parent get him out?!
Also, Townsville makes me think of Powerpuff Girls and now the theme song is stuck in my head!
Edit: I just read the article linked and saw that the manager did free him. Whoops!
Sometimes a third party operates machines such as those, and the business where its located just takes a cut of the profits, but all maintenance, ownership, access, etc. is controlled by that third party (if the manager did not have a key).Er....there's a key slot right there. How stuck was he that an employee couldn't unlock it and the parent get him out?!
Edit: I just read the article linked and saw that the manager did free him. Whoops!
. . .
That's a good point.
Not to make light of a clearly terrified child, but LMFAO at that picture..
Yep, Australia is a very expensive place. For example, $3.20 for a 600ml coke bottle! Newly released PC games are ~$99. One of the reasons why I rarely play computer games (well my desktop computer died a while ago too).
That's strange, how does Townsville make you think of a cartoon? I'm not familiar with the cartoon though.Er....there's a key slot right there. How stuck was he that an employee couldn't unlock it and the parent get him out?!
Also, Townsville makes me think of Powerpuff Girls and now the theme song is stuck in my head!
Edit: I just read the article linked and saw that the manager did free him. Whoops!
I found it to be very funny tooNot to make light of a clearly terrified child, but LMFAO at that picture..children usually make me laugh when they do something silly.
and yet your minimum wage is almost double ours
"In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
This photo is worth 4.3 million USD
Duh it's his favourite picture, he's never been so well rewarded for using the clone tool
"One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."
"a dramatic and profound reflection on human existence and our relationship to nature on the cusp of the 21st century"
If you were trying to sell it for 4.3 million dollars would you describe it as a droll, uninteresting photo of a landscape, that is likely similar to pictures deleted by the dozens every day off of digital cameras by people trying to keep only their best photos...or what Christie's described it as?"a dramatic and profound reflection on human existence and our relationship to nature on the cusp of the 21st century"
Another interesting "art" lesson: Your popularity/name can often have more of an effect on how much a piece sells for, or how well it is received, than the actual content and quality of that piece. For instance...this thing. If instead of Gursky trying to sell it, it was Minx, myself, or you...we would probably be laughed at, and no one would think it worth 4.3 million.
. . .
This is the fourth time in a row I've gotten mod points on Slashdot. And my karma there is "excellent".
Damn.
When the stars threw down their spears
And watered heaven with their tears:
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the lamb make thee?
http://newsinfo.nd.edu/news/27476-wa...esearch-shows/
We've all experienced it, didn't realized someone would be able to turn it into a research project.
"In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
Holy fuck google got awesome today
http://www.google.ie/
"In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
I remember years and years ago Nessus recommended Stanislaw Lem to me, and I picked up several of his books. Before Nessus' recommendation, I had never heard of him, (I was more familiar with the likes of Heinlein and Clarke), but I came to appreciate Lem as another one of that era's great science fiction authors.
That is cool
Keep on keepin' the beat alive!
Since my current mouse is a little bit old, I decided to get a new one. The Microsoft Touch Mouse caught my eye.
First impression: Nice design and some good ideas - for instance, the USB receiver is so small that you can plug it into a special socket on the bottom of the mouse. Very handy if you're travelling. They also included an USB extension cord where the end where the receiver would go also has a velcro patch, with two corresponding velcro patches included which you can stick anywhere to increase reception.
Mouse itself is very receptive, fast and accurate. Also interesting is the fact that two AA batteries are included - but since they're on a parallel circuit, only one battery is actually needed (two will double the battery life, obviously). Gestures are nicely done and work well.
There's just one snag due to which I'll return it to the store: You cannot have a simultaneous right and left click. Everyone who plays Skyrim should know how important that particular feature is
When the stars threw down their spears
And watered heaven with their tears:
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the lamb make thee?
I have a cheapass $4 Kensington mouse that I grabbed out of the bargain bin about 5 or 6 years ago and it still works perfectly. I must have changed mouse a dozen times in the year or so before I got the cheapass one and all the others (including the expensive Microsoft ones) were crap.
Such is Life...
I'm putting this here, but maybe I should make a thread?
If, in the course of your research, you discover how to create a flu strain that has the potential to kill half of the world's population...do you publish?
http://www.doctortipster.com/6952-du...-millions.html
"In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
So, I designed this website for my father's school. Used RubyOnRails. Everything is working fine, thus I commit the whole thing to the server while simultaneously updating Ruby to the newest version (one month old now).
Bam! Passenger (the application spawner for RoR) crashed. After searching for the cryptic error message: Ruby 1.9.3 not supported. Okay, downgrading again.
Does it run now? Nope. To make a (very) long story short, several features of RoR work differently (or not at all!) in production than in development. Whose fuckin' grand idea was that?
"Oh, let's enable this feature for the development environment! It doesn't work in production, but who needs that, right? And let's not mention that tidbit anywhere, okay?"
When the stars threw down their spears
And watered heaven with their tears:
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the lamb make thee?
Ruby's version incompatibility can be a bit of a headache.
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