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Comment Other non-transparent things blocking the sight? (Score 1) 191

I have a baby-seat fitted in the back seat on the right side. It gives me a huge blind spot when changing lanes or turning right.

I guess it can be made transparent too, but what about the baby sitting in the chair? Or other passengers in general?

Yes, making the pillars transparent (or removing the m completely) will make it better, but as long as other people are non-transparent (and as long as drivers never turn their heads!) there's always going to be blind spots.

Comment Re:Or, to put it another way... (Score 1) 217

Speed isn't all that it used to be. 30 years ago you wrote games in assembler, 20 years ago in C, and 10 years ago in C++. Today? You can write a game that looks as good as the best games did ten years (or less) ago in Java Script or other purely interpreted languages. With JIT languages (like Java and C#) you can even rival other modern games.

Speed was an issue with processors in the low MHz range, with todays multi-core, multi-GHz beasts with dedicated graphics hardware you don't need to code everything in assembly for speed, it's going to be fast enough anyway.

Comment Re:Telescopes and camping or night-tours (Score 0) 234

More importantly, for the OP, go camping with a telescope with your kids.

Even if they're not old enough to really go into the theoretical bits, spending some quality time with their dad, seeing some awesome images through the telescope (and letting the wife have some quality time alone for herself) will probably make you the best dad in the world. It might not help you do something useful for the betterment of astrophysics, but I'm sure it will help you unwind after a long work-week, and as you try to explain the things your kids see in the telescope will help you understand some of these things better yourself. A good teacher should always learn while teaching, and all that. :-)

Comment Re:Stonehenge (Score 1) 28

My life is so successfull
I've got everything a man could ever need.

Got a 1000 dollar haircut
And I even have a talkshow on TV.

And I know I should be happy, but instead
There's a question I can't get out of my head.

What's the meaning of Stonehenge?
It's killing me that no one knows
Why it was built 5000 years ago.

Why did they build the Stonehenge?
How could they raise the stones so high
Completely without the technology
We have today?

When I make my jalapeños
Calamari and prosciutto
I'm the king!

My wife applaud(s) me in the kitchen
When I tell her all I bought is from the local store

(And) When the kids have gone to bed, we're all alone
She gives me a smile
Then she plays with my balls

(But?) All I think of is Stonehenge
I think about it when I dream
The biggest henge that I have ever seen

What's the purpose of Stonehenge?
A giant granite brithdaycake
Or a prison far too easy to escape?

Stonehenge! Stonehenge! Lots of stones in a row!
They were 25 tons each stone, my friend
But amazingly they got them all down in the sand
And they moved it (Stonehenge!)
And they dragged it (Stonehenge!)
And they rolled it 46 miles from Waleeees! - Heeey (46 miles from Wales!)

What's the deal with Stonehenge? (Oh, what's the deal, what's the deal, what's the deal)
You should have left a tiny hint
When you made this fucking labyrinth, of stone! (Who the... )
Who the fuck builds a Stonehenge? (fuck builds a Stonehenge?)

Two Stone Age-guys wondering what to do
Who just said: "Dude, let's build a henge or two!"

I would give anything to know
About the Stonehenge
Yeah, I would give all I have to give
Would you give them your car?
(Mmm) Are you kidding me, of course I would have given the car
What car do you drive?
Drive a Civic, drive a Civic. Drive a Civic!
A car you can trust!
Never mind the car, let's talk about the henge
What henge is that again?
It's the Stonehenge, it's the Stonehenge!
God, it is the greatest henge of all!

What's the meaning of Stonehenge?

[Credits: Ylvis - Stonehenge]

Comment Good for just browsing (Score 2) 165

One thing that libraries are very good for, is to just walk around aimlessly along the shelves and see what's there. You still can't do that online.

For example, I was at a library just the other day, and didn't really know what book I wanted, so I just wandered around, picking up a book here, a book there, putting back a book when I found something more interesting. Left the library with The Complete Conan Saga, and Gaimans The Ocean at the End of the Lane.

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