Yeah surface would be awesome. I could totally see sliding plates of various dishes across in front of you and picking out your order and stuff. click on an item on the dish to find out about it and slide it off to swap out sides. Would be cool as hell. I'd send my tip to the programmer for that. - Not Not Geoff Schultz
there's a restaurant at the rio in vegas that uses the surface. when i was there for nme, it was impossible to get reservations. - Faboo Mama
"By pulling out of vote-rich Michigan, McCain conceded a large part of the electoral map in the heart of the industrial Midwest." - Joe Blair
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"This generation of political leaders is confronting a similar situation, and, so far, they have failed utterly and catastrophically to project any sense of authority, to give the world any reason to believe that this country is being governed. Instead, by rejecting the rescue package on Monday, they have made the psychological climate much worse." - Jennifer Dittrich
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"But once she began answering questions about economics and foreign policy, it became clear that she has simply never thought about these subjects before and is dangerously ignorant and unprepared for the job of vice president, let alone president." - Carla Thompson
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I recommend clicking through to Fareed's article too. He quotes Palin at length. Reading the full quotes is somehow even more painful than watching the soundbites. - Shellee
After watching that one clip, I too wondered if there are serious discussions going on in their camp. I imagine the debate this week will determine a lot. - Carla Thompson
From io9: "It may sound like something that would transport the Heart Of Gold in The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, but the "impossible drive" may soon be racing our explorers to Mars and powering our satellites. More formally known as the "electromagnetic drive," or "emdrive" for short, this steampunk-looking device converts electrical energy into thrust via microwaves, in a way that some physicists believe is impossible. But the Chinese claim they're building a prototype right now." - Mark Trapp
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“A pirate goes into a bar.
The bartender says to him, “Did you know you have a steering wheel down your pants?”
The pirate replies, “Arrrrr, It's driving me nutz!””
There are many typographic marks which are familiar to most, but understood by few. Most of these glyphs have interesting histories and evolutions as they survived the beatings given to them through rushed handwriting of scribes and misuses through history. They now mostly live on our keyboards and in our software, and a few are used often, so it seems only fitting to know where they come from and how to correctly use them. - Nice Fish Films
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"Wait, I can have sex AND become an engineer?! HOLY SHIT!!!" - Nathaniel Payne
Ummmm. Ok, Q2: who -thinks- of these things? - Jaemi Kehoe
You didn't listen to the opening statements in Engineering 101, did you? I remember it well. It went "None of you will every know a woman intimately." - Slippy Lane
Strip out the "sex can wait!" part and this can be used for lots of other fun scare campaigns like DON'T COPY THAT FLOPPY! - Daniel J. Pritchett
Yeah, you know what? I waited. My job is boring. I shoulda had the sex. - Nine (pedestrian wolf)
Terrible ad. Do they ever proof read? Bad on more than one level. - lelapin
Engineers don't have sex. A designer draws up a physically-impossible plan and expects the engineer to do it in a short span of time and under budget. - Cains
Morton FTW! Talk about perpetuating a sterotype... don't they know geeks are sexy these days? - Lindsay Donaghe
"An engineering student was walking across campus when another engineer rides up on a shiny new motorcycle. "Where did you get such a great bike?"asked the first. The second engineer replied, "Well, I was walking along yesterday minding my own business when a beautiful woman rode up on this bike. She threw the bike to the ground, took off all her clothes and said, 'Take what you want.'" The first engineer nodded approvingly, "Good choice; the clothes probably wouldn't have fit."" - JodyUnwired
i think its more trying to hit on that having sex can lead to pregnancy and disease, which would sidetrack said plans. - Tony Kanzia
True, especially when sex is almost a past time of the poor in 3rd world countries. So I think the ad works. - Ron
LOL...no wonder engineers are so uptight! - JA Castillo
...I was thinking more along the lines of civil engineers! :-D - JA Castillo
What is the actual message? Seriously - why would waiting for sex determine whether or not he can be an engineer? What is the purpose of the wait? Is it something about grades? Are they trying to prevent black people from breeding? - Tad - the Fresh Maker
I'd rather drive a train than screw, too. Woo-woo! - Jack Carlson
+1 Jody C One I haven't heard, and good, too. - Jack Carlson
Have sex = could have a child. Have a child = costs LOTS of money = no college. I think. Pretty big leap for a billboard ad, if it is. Doubtful the intended recipients get the message. - Mark VandenBerg
There's one I see on my way to work that says "Sex can wait. Your future can't." And I always think "What if my future is as a sex worker?" - Nine (pedestrian wolf)
i went to an engineering school. out of all those 1000s of guys, there were probably 2 who had this problem. the rest, while not being constantly stoned/drunk and/or playing risk/D&D were actively engineering ways to get a girl within 20 ft. of them outside the classroom. - Faboo Mama
"In short, the installation works like this: visitors can pick up little cards representing the exhibits. Putting them on the table will draw an associative, organic network of tags, media and related projects around them. If you put multiple cards on the table, the visualization will form “bridges”, looking for direct or indirect connections between the projects.
The installation has been designed and developed by the MACE project team of the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam and made possible by many others (credits).
You can find more info and media on the mæve project website.
Technically, the installation is built with Processing, using the Gestalt framework.
For the card tracking, the Reactivision 1.4 software was used. The interactive table was built by Werk5." - Jason Wehmhoener
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I really like the advancements being made with respect to computer interfaces. I look forward to the keyboard and mouse being replaced by more intuitive tools. - Kelly Fox
Hey, since the music industry has gone to shit, it's good to see more comedy-type stuff get the recognition it deserves, like Dick in a Box. - ::Kristen::
