Scsi can be many things. Parallel is one, but not the only one. There is serial SCSI, fibre channel, 1394, USB, and even SATA all of which are [partially] serial scsi. I think I forgot one or two from the above list too.
Of course with fibre channel, 1394, USB, and SATA; scsi isn't the only protocol used, in case of the last it isn't even the most common disk protocol. All use SCSI for some storage transfers though.
As the proud owner of a SiI 3112 SATA controller, I'm inclined towards your first reading.
The old axiom holds true, if you want to find the worst example of a particular bit of hardware, you just have to find whatever is popular with motherboard manufacturers. It's true for modems (winmodems), true for NICs (Realtek), and it's still true with SATA controllers (SiI).
If you want to try something more addictive than anything else you've ever eaten, Fruity Pebble Treats. You make them just like you would Rice Krispie Treats, but, of course, using Fruity Pebbles instead.
The downside is that you will probably eat the whole damn batch shortly after making it and then become queesy.
It's not just colouring, but I have a hard time corresponding the flavors to any biological species. When you're raised in the US (or America Junior, aka Canada, as I was), you are exposed to all kinds of "fruity" artificial flavors in candy that you learn to associate with colors. There's the "orange" (which does taste a bit like an orange), "purple" (supposed to be grape), "red" (I think it's supposed to be cherry, but tastes thoroughly artificial), and various others. This is the kind of flavoring you find in fruit loops.
Some candy has a helpful picture of a fruit on the wrapper, so you can close your eyes and imagine the flavor being from an actual fruity source. Sort of like fantasizing during sex, I suppose.
I always liked rice milk better on cerial than soy. A little sweeter -- lessening the need for additional sugar (I normally eat rather bland cerials.....rice krispies, corn flakes....special k...).
I found soy better to cook with, although it's just not quite the same as umm, milk.
...so why wasn't it included? I of course speak of "Life" cereal. Not too sweet, doesn't get soggy too fast, makes a nice light snack at any time of the day or night. Definately it is a champion of the cereal industry.
On the other hand, since everyone in my household but me is on this new fad diet I feel the need to represent them... "I'm on the Atkins' diet you insensitive clod!"
I of course speak of "Life" cereal. Not too sweet, doesn't get soggy too fast...
I like Life cereal as much as the next guy but I can't believe you are saying it doesn't get soggy quickly. I don't think I've ever seen another cereal that loses its crunch as quickly as Life. You really have to gulp that stuff down fast if you want any sense of firmness.
On the other hand, since everyone in my household but me is on this new fad diet I feel the need to represent them... "I'm on the Atkins' diet you insensitive clod!"
There's a lot of negative things you can say about Atkins' but I think the idea of eliminating the processed grain products that we are bombarded with is a very good idea. Breakfast cereal is a real standout. In order to make breakfast cereal, companies heavily process the wheat and strip out most of the bran and germ -- the two most nutrious parts. Then they add sugar and salt (check out the sodium content on most breakfast cereals -- it will surprise you!) and other artifical flavors, colors, and preservatives. Then, because they want to give the appearance of being healthy, they'll shove fiber and vitamins back into the product and charge you extra for it. It's really a rip-off when you think about it. If they had processed the grain a little less and not stuffed so much extra crap in the cereal would have cost a lot less and been more nutrious.
I used to eat cereal every morning because I was too groggy to cook anything. But I've given that up now and I eat meat and vegies for breakfast instead. That sounds crazy but you really can get used to it. And it doesn't take too long to broil a steak, steam a fish, or reheat a piece of chicken while you're preparing your vegetables. The vegetables will give you far more vitamins, minerals, fiber and other goodies than the cereal and the meat will give your body some much-needed protein. Why not give it a try for a few days and see if you can break the cereal habit? Nowdays, the only time I eat breakfast cereal is when I feel like I need a large amount of carbs to get me through a morning workout (e.g., lifting weights, hiking, etc.).
Seriously, breakfast cereals are not a very good deal for the money and even the supposedly healthiest pale in comparison to some meat and vegies. And when I say "meat" I mean good quality meat. No bacon or other overprocessed traditional breakfast meat (e.g., ham, sausage). Eggs are okay in moderation but soft-boiling them is better for you than frying them.
For those interesting in more information about the nutritional value of
breakfast cerea there was a series of articles last week in the Globe and
Mail [globeandmail.ca] discussing the glycemic index values of different
carbohydrates. The G.I. is a measure of the speed at which food is digested and
converted into glucose. One of the articles was specifically on
breakfast cereals. [theglobeandmail.com] Briefly:
The North American breakfast, typically cereal or toast and jam,
consists principally of refined starch and concentrated sugars. These
are high-glycemic foods that cause blood glucose levels to soar, then
quickly crash, leaving children hungry and fuelling a vicious cycle of
overeating and weight gain.
For more G.I. Data, you can look at the G.I. Table at
WWW.GITESTING.COM [gitesting.com]. More information on
G.I. in general is at:
WWW.GISYMBOL.COM [gisymbol.com.au].
I learned my lesson about frosted mini-wheats in college. I used them as a late night snack one day, eating right out of the box, and finished off most of it before I got full. By the end, I was terribly thirsty. So, I tossed back about a liter of water very quickly.
Suffice it to say, the lesson here is that mini-wheats expand in the stomach with water as well as they do in the bowl with milk. OOOOOOWWWWWW.
"The label boasts that this cereal has absolutely no nutritional value."
I've often wondered why, if we can have Star Wars cereal (even recently, with those god-awful episode 1 characters on the box), Pac-Man cereal (80's, where have you gone?) and others, why has no-one licensed Calvin and Hobbes to make Chocolate Frosted Sugar Bombs? I realize the name sounds like something no decent parent would buy, but remember that 1. there are a lot of "parents" out there who aren't decent parents, and 2. people like me would buy it for ourselves, in a vain attempt to recapture our childhood.
In case you haven't noticed, Calvin & Hobbes hasn't been licensed for anything. Bill Watterson will not go for it. Any products bearing Calvin and/or Hobbes, such as t-shirts or those stickers with Calvin peeing on something, are completely unlicensed.
As others have pointed out, Watterson bitterly opposed cheapening his work with licensing. Furthermore, what made you think that Chocolate-Frosted Sugar Bombs was anything but a blatant stab at how bad breakfast cereals are for kids? Who would honestly let people use the name of their satire against something to promote it instead?
You'd never guess I work in an ISP support center.
So this is why you describe how to find an entry in a book about Watterson's opinion on the matter, instead of paraphrasing for everyone what he actually said. You're just too used to telling everyone to RTFM.:)
What days. Ceareals are identified by the corporate names rather than what they are. Ideally it should be Rice, Wheat, Maize....
Luckily here in India the invasion of Kellogs etc., has failed, and when you say cereal it means [reference.com] wheat, oats, or corn .
Maize? What is... maize? Don't you mean Cargill(R) Corn Seed with Monsanto(R) Yield-Guard(TM) trait for rootworm resistance? Or were you talking about the Dow(R) Hurculex(TM) from Pioneer(R)?
I think there's a key language translation issue here that is causing confusion. In American English, "cereal" has two different meanings. The one you are referring to, "a natural grain", is not used often, and many people probably aren't even familiar with it. The typical meaning of the word is "dry crunchy breakfast food eaten with milk". Breakfast cereals are made from "cereal" grains, but usually contain several different grain types as well as other ingredients like sugar and salt and nuts. They are basically baked goods and are much more complicated than plain grain products.
Apparently, most of Slashdot doesn't buy food unless they see commercials for it. Granola cereals don't advertise much. Too bad. One of the better tasting cereals out there if you get it from a half decent company.
Of course, if you get used to Chocolate Frosted Sugar Bombs, you don't eat cereal for the taste, but for the buzz.
Grits is a cereal (Malt O Meal, more or less), served hot. You probably knew that.
What does that have to do with Slashdot? Several years ago (98-99 seemed to be his prime) there was a guy who would post anonymously "I have poured hot grits down my pants. Thank you." to every story. He then started variations, explaining how each and every story on Slashdot could be used to pour hot grits down his pants. He was always modded down as a troll, but his legacy remains.
Remember this every time you see a Natalie p0rtman, GNAA, Goate.cx, FreeBSD is dying, Alan Thicke/Stephen King dead at xx, or any other recurring troll. It was all started by the hot grits guy, AFAIK the first recurring troller on/. In the context of this poll, the grandparent is correct.. this is indeed a missing poll option.
Hot grits came before Natalie Portman. Unfortunately, it's all rolled together now because hot grits and Natalie Portman naked and petrified collided sometime around the release of Episode 1. Prior to that, Natalie wasn't the geek icon she is now and hot grits existed only in the context of "I have poured hot grits down my pants. Thank you."
i enjoy breakfast cereals as much as the next guy, but damn these sound so unhealthy. where's the option for muesli? healthy, gives your jaw a good workout, and is just as tasty as any of these tooth-busting treats.
Bah, forget healthy. I discovered a really tasty dish at the dining hall here at school: A bowl of Cinnamon Toast Crunch, but instead of adding milk, add some mint chocolate chip ice cream.
It's especially good to sulk over after failing an exam.
Could've sworn that all the 1337 folks jumped at the Capn Crunch option because of the dude who got that name because he discovered that the whistle prize included in the box eons ago blew a perfect tone (2600Hz?) to defraud payphones. Thus a phreak was born.
Yeah, like Lucky Charms. It was just fine with the original set of pink hearts, yellow moons, orange stars, green clovers and blue diamonds. Then one day of of the blue, homeslice says "AND PURPLE HORSESHOES". Well it's a slippery damn slope, ain't it? Now I have no friggin' idea what's in Lucky Charms, because they crossed that line years ago. And they have NO sympathy from me... NONE!:)
Ahhh, cereal---my heart's delight. I'll be 29 in a week and day and I'd say it'd be no exaggeration to state that I've eaten cereal at least 350 out of 365/366 days for the past 26 years.
Cap'n Crunch is probably my favorite of the listed options. However, I have to comment on the blasphemy that they have attached to the Crunch Berries. It used to be Cap'n Crunch and these deliciously tart/sweet red berries and all was well and good. Then they decided they needed blue colored berries. Same taste, just different color. Hmmm ok sure. Now they have green berries. Which is fine except the green dye they use is... rather strong at coloring things. The people at the daycare swear my son is getting sick every time he has some because his poop just turns outrageous shades of green. And speaking of things doing strange things to bodily waste, why the hell does Sugar Smacks (Dig 'em!) make your pee smell? My wife confirmed that it'll give her urine a strange odor too.
The absolute best Cap'n Crunch they had was a promotional tie in one summer - Cap'n Crunch Home Run Crunch. I doubt a supersaturated solution of sugar and saline solution hooked up intraveneously could deliver more sugar than this cereal packed. Take all the nutrionless goodness of regular Cap'n Crunch and dump a few pounds of misfit Lucky Charms marshmallows.
I'm also dissapointed with Cookie Crisp. That SOB used to come in a 20lb box in this foil pouch. The chocolate chips were fakes, yes, I was ok with that. They were actually dried apples but they tasted so good. Now CC comes in a 1/2oz box with real chocolate chips but they're tasteless and cost damn near more than any other cereal out there. And whatever happened to Vanilla Crisp? It wasn't Cookie Crisp great, but it was far better than say Nerds [x-entertainment.com].
The final cereal I'll touch base on are the Oreo Cookie ones. So much potential there. I've eaten bowls of oreo's and milk. Not a bad thing. Not as good as a slice of dried out cake and milk (try it, it's quite good) but not bad. If you've had this cereal then you know dissapointment. It's bland, boring, I think I'd find more taste eating the cardbox box it comes in. They have improved it a bit by adding marshmallows (what cereal can't they improve by adding desicated marshmallows?) but it's still not stupendeous.
I've done quite a bit of expermenting with generics and thus far the only successes I've had are with Quaker's Cocoa Puffs knock off and Malt-O-Meal's Marshmallow Matey's kick the crap out of Lucky Charms. More mallows in there and the oat cereal tastes better. Oh and the fake Waffle Crisp, Maple Crisp, is better than the original.
For heatlhier cereals, Wheaties is probably my favorite although when it first came out Blueberry Morning rocked! It was just an explosion of blue berries. Now they're just way too stingy with them. My wife's turned me on to this Banana Nut granola cereal. It's some strange brand---Golden Belt, Golden Harvest. Big chunks of dried bananas, oats, a bit of coconut. I find the off-brand Wheaties are just as good and considerably less expensive. Cracklin' Oat Bran is also damn good but I think it's almost a junk cereal because of all the sugar they pack it with (not that I'm complaining but I'm attempting to focus on healthier cereals here)
Finally, I found this link [theimaginaryworld.com] while trying to find out the name of the banana nut cereal maker. Decent site with archived cereal box covers. Reminds me of childhood.
While reading your most interesting post, I got a vision of you mashing the keys at about 200 wpm, whilst simultaneously reliving the memories of every cereal you've ever eaten, whilst everyone in your office moves in super slo-mo all around you. Please, I beg of anyone who might be reading this post, do not sneak up on Talleyrand. He's likely to combust.
The people at the daycare swear my son is getting sick every time he has some because his poop just turns outrageous shades of green
Several dyes will do this. Grape Kool-Aid, grape jello (the actual Jell-o brand), and many grape popsicles. Cap'n Cruch berries are the only actually green-dyed food I know of that will have the same affect at the various purple dyes. Your kids' pediatrician ought to be able to provide you with the complete scoop on the green poop syndrome.
FRY: I'm never gonna get used to the thirty-first century. Caffinated bacon, baconated grapefruit, Admiral Crunch. LEELA: Well, if you don't like that, try some Arch Duke Chocula.
Why, the Ultimate Cereal Bowl [cyber-krunch.com] of course! Through the miracle of gravity, it keeps the flakes dry until you want em. Highly recommended by this cereal connoisseur.
Raisin Bran should be the OSS choice. Of the "cereal" choices, all are brands except Raisin Bran, which is a class of cereals. There is more than one implementation raisin bran. Some have with decidedly different characteristics like sugar coated raisins. As I recall, there is a Post Raisin Bran, a Kellogg Raisin bran, A Malt-o-Meal raisin bran and a wide variety of entry level generic raisin brans.
Now that I'm in my 30's I eat all this organic junk. But nothing beats a bowl of Grape Nuts with heaps of sugar (I guess Grape Nuts was the health cereal before the whole organic phase).
Man, all I want when I get up is a smoke and caffiene. Where's that option? OK, so it's not a cereal but I do it everyday so that would make it serial, that's close enough right? Right? Does anyone feel the same?
Taken from the page: " Dr. John Harvey Kellogg invented corn flakes (and the original version of granola) in the belief that wholesome, bland foods would eradicate at least one source of stimulation that led Americans to finger their clits and wank their weenies. Kellogg (like many Christian conservatives before and since) believed that masturbation, and in fact all sexual excess, was sinful. "Sexual excess" here being defined as "sex for anything but reproduction"."
There were a few flash-in-the-pan cereals that I also liked, Quisp & Quake cereals. Each had their own cartoon series, but never really caught on. I think you can still get a Quisp-like saucer-shaped cereal as a generic.
SCSI?? (Score:5, Funny)
Whos producing these? "Post"?
Re:SCSI?? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:SCSI?? (Score:3, Funny)
SCSI is *not* cereal! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:SCSI is *not* cereal! (Score:3, Funny)
Not true (Score:5, Informative)
Scsi can be many things. Parallel is one, but not the only one. There is serial SCSI, fibre channel, 1394, USB, and even SATA all of which are [partially] serial scsi. I think I forgot one or two from the above list too.
Of course with fibre channel, 1394, USB, and SATA; scsi isn't the only protocol used, in case of the last it isn't even the most common disk protocol. All use SCSI for some storage transfers though.
Re:Not true (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Is it just me? (Score:3, Interesting)
The old axiom holds true, if you want to find the worst example of a particular bit of hardware, you just have to find whatever is popular with motherboard manufacturers. It's true for modems (winmodems), true for NICs (Realtek), and it's still true with SATA controllers (SiI).
Seinfeld (Score:5, Funny)
Austin Powers (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Seinfeld (Score:5, Funny)
You and the Cap'n make it happen! (Score:5, Funny)
Error! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Error! (Score:5, Funny)
Obligatory "What about...?" (Score:5, Funny)
they're kinda bland until you scoop sugar on 'em...
don't forget Calvin and Hobbes (Score:5, Funny)
Re:don't forget Calvin and Hobbes (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:don't forget Calvin and Hobbes (Score:5, Funny)
oblig. Simpsons (Score:5, Funny)
"Bacon that sausage, boy"
and of course:
"That's it, I'm going on a diet. No more butter in my coffee."
Re:MODS ON CRACK! (Score:5, Insightful)
So many missing options! (Score:3, Informative)
Frank n' Berry
Froot Loops
Trix
Coooooookie Crisp
Honeycomb
Lucky Charms
Chex
And most important, RS-232, USB and SATA.
Re:So many missing options! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:So many missing options! (Score:5, Interesting)
The downside is that you will probably eat the whole damn batch shortly after making it and then become queesy.
*shakes an angry fist* Damn you delicious treats!
Sooooo good. Mmmmmmmmmmmm.
Re:So many missing (CowboyNeal) options! (Score:3, Funny)
What about Steve Jobs favourite? (Score:4, Funny)
Shreddies!! (Score:3)
Re:So many missing options! (Score:4, Insightful)
Golden Grahams
and also Stop&Shop's "Magic Stars"
Re:So many missing options! (Score:4, Funny)
Some candy has a helpful picture of a fruit on the wrapper, so you can close your eyes and imagine the flavor being from an actual fruity source. Sort of like fantasizing during sex, I suppose.
Re:So many missing options! (Score:3, Funny)
Tasty Wheat! (Score:5, Funny)
It might possibly taste like chicken...
Re:Tasty Wheat! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Tasty Wheat! (Score:5, Funny)
You sir, have been eating some VERY expired cereal
Cereal? (Score:3, Interesting)
Milk Sucks! [milksucks.com]
Now, if you are just eating it straight out of the box, that's another story...
Re:Cereal? (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:Cereal? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Cereal? (Score:5, Informative)
I found soy better to cook with, although it's just not quite the same as umm, milk.
Mikey Likes It... (Score:5, Interesting)
On the other hand, since everyone in my household but me is on this new fad diet I feel the need to represent them... "I'm on the Atkins' diet you insensitive clod!"
Life Cereal & Dropping Cereal Altogether (Score:4, Interesting)
I of course speak of "Life" cereal. Not too sweet, doesn't get soggy too fast...
I like Life cereal as much as the next guy but I can't believe you are saying it doesn't get soggy quickly. I don't think I've ever seen another cereal that loses its crunch as quickly as Life. You really have to gulp that stuff down fast if you want any sense of firmness.
On the other hand, since everyone in my household but me is on this new fad diet I feel the need to represent them... "I'm on the Atkins' diet you insensitive clod!"
There's a lot of negative things you can say about Atkins' but I think the idea of eliminating the processed grain products that we are bombarded with is a very good idea. Breakfast cereal is a real standout. In order to make breakfast cereal, companies heavily process the wheat and strip out most of the bran and germ -- the two most nutrious parts. Then they add sugar and salt (check out the sodium content on most breakfast cereals -- it will surprise you!) and other artifical flavors, colors, and preservatives. Then, because they want to give the appearance of being healthy, they'll shove fiber and vitamins back into the product and charge you extra for it. It's really a rip-off when you think about it. If they had processed the grain a little less and not stuffed so much extra crap in the cereal would have cost a lot less and been more nutrious.
I used to eat cereal every morning because I was too groggy to cook anything. But I've given that up now and I eat meat and vegies for breakfast instead. That sounds crazy but you really can get used to it. And it doesn't take too long to broil a steak, steam a fish, or reheat a piece of chicken while you're preparing your vegetables. The vegetables will give you far more vitamins, minerals, fiber and other goodies than the cereal and the meat will give your body some much-needed protein. Why not give it a try for a few days and see if you can break the cereal habit? Nowdays, the only time I eat breakfast cereal is when I feel like I need a large amount of carbs to get me through a morning workout (e.g., lifting weights, hiking, etc.).
Seriously, breakfast cereals are not a very good deal for the money and even the supposedly healthiest pale in comparison to some meat and vegies. And when I say "meat" I mean good quality meat. No bacon or other overprocessed traditional breakfast meat (e.g., ham, sausage). Eggs are okay in moderation but soft-boiling them is better for you than frying them.
GMD
Re:Life Cereal & Dropping Cereal Altogether (Score:5, Informative)
For those interesting in more information about the nutritional value of breakfast cerea there was a series of articles last week in the Globe and Mail [globeandmail.ca] discussing the glycemic index values of different carbohydrates. The G.I. is a measure of the speed at which food is digested and converted into glucose. One of the articles was specifically on breakfast cereals. [theglobeandmail.com] Briefly: The North American breakfast, typically cereal or toast and jam, consists principally of refined starch and concentrated sugars. These are high-glycemic foods that cause blood glucose levels to soar, then quickly crash, leaving children hungry and fuelling a vicious cycle of overeating and weight gain.
For more G.I. Data, you can look at the G.I. Table at WWW.GITESTING.COM [gitesting.com]. More information on G.I. in general is at: WWW.GISYMBOL.COM [gisymbol.com.au].
I've always been partial to... (Score:5, Funny)
Shredded Wheat (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Shredded Wheat (Score:5, Funny)
I learned my lesson about frosted mini-wheats in college. I used them as a late night snack one day, eating right out of the box, and finished off most of it before I got full. By the end, I was terribly thirsty. So, I tossed back about a liter of water very quickly.
Suffice it to say, the lesson here is that mini-wheats expand in the stomach with water as well as they do in the bowl with milk. OOOOOOWWWWWW.
Obligatory Calvin and Hobbes plug. (Score:3, Funny)
"C'mon, dig in!"
"No thanks, I'm trying to reach my middle age."
Re:Obligatory Calvin and Hobbes plug. (Score:4, Interesting)
I've often wondered why, if we can have Star Wars cereal (even recently, with those god-awful episode 1 characters on the box), Pac-Man cereal (80's, where have you gone?) and others, why has no-one licensed Calvin and Hobbes to make Chocolate Frosted Sugar Bombs? I realize the name sounds like something no decent parent would buy, but remember that 1. there are a lot of "parents" out there who aren't decent parents, and 2. people like me would buy it for ourselves, in a vain attempt to recapture our childhood.
-paul
Re:Obligatory Calvin and Hobbes plug. (Score:5, Informative)
Remember, buying bootleg products supports terrorism.
Re:Obligatory Calvin and Hobbes plug. (Score:5, Informative)
http://alloftheabove.net/cahr/articles/missing.
He's not dead, but he might as well be.
Re:Obligatory Calvin and Hobbes plug. (Score:4, Insightful)
Well, I mean other than William Gibson...
Re:believe it or not, because of principle (Score:3, Funny)
You'd never guess I work in an ISP support center.
So this is why you describe how to find an entry in a book about Watterson's opinion on the matter, instead of paraphrasing for everyone what he actually said. You're just too used to telling everyone to RTFM. :)
Would that make... (Score:3, Funny)
Missing Poll Option (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Missing Poll Option (Score:5, Funny)
*Peanut-Butter* Cap'n Crunch (Score:5, Informative)
Re:*Peanut-Butter* Cap'n Crunch (Score:5, Funny)
Sigh!! (Score:5, Interesting)
Luckily here in India the invasion of Kellogs etc., has failed, and when you say cereal it means [reference.com] wheat, oats, or corn .
Re:Sigh!! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Sigh!! (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Sigh!! (Score:3, Funny)
What days. Ceareals are identified by the corporate names rather than what they are.
Yeah, it took me forever to figure out that "Raisin Bran" was made of raisins and bran.
Obligatory Family Guy Quote (Score:5, Funny)
Brian: Peter, those are Cheerios.
This poll made me think of Family Guy (Score:5, Funny)
Mobster: "You come to me and ask me to kill a man I do not know. Now I ask you, why should I kill this... Count Chocula?"
Cap'n Crunch: "Because that son-of-a-bitch has been spreading lies! My cereal does NOT cut the roof of your mouth!
---
Frosted unlucky charms: (Score:5, Funny)
SCSI? (Score:5, Insightful)
--
I'm robSlimo [slashdot.org], the username is a product of frustration after losing the pwd to RatOmeter [slashdot.org].
Ah memories (Score:3, Funny)
Miniwheats, Wheaties, RaisinBran, Basic4, and one other I can't seem to remember.
Listen to your linux (Score:5, Funny)
Serial console detected. Cereal is part of a balanced breakfast.
What about granola? (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:What about granola? (Score:3, Insightful)
Of course, if you get used to Chocolate Frosted Sugar Bombs, you don't eat cereal for the taste, but for the buzz.
You forgot one... (Score:5, Funny)
Josh
Re:You forgot one... (Score:5, Informative)
Grits is a cereal (Malt O Meal, more or less), served hot. You probably knew that.
What does that have to do with Slashdot? Several years ago (98-99 seemed to be his prime) there was a guy who would post anonymously "I have poured hot grits down my pants. Thank you." to every story. He then started variations, explaining how each and every story on Slashdot could be used to pour hot grits down his pants. He was always modded down as a troll, but his legacy remains.
Remember this every time you see a Natalie p0rtman, GNAA, Goate.cx, FreeBSD is dying, Alan Thicke/Stephen King dead at xx, or any other recurring troll. It was all started by the hot grits guy, AFAIK the first recurring troller on
Long live the hot grits guy, wherever you are.
Re:You forgot one... (Score:3, Informative)
sugar-packed much? (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:sugar-packed much? (Score:4, Interesting)
A bowl of Cinnamon Toast Crunch, but instead of adding milk, add some mint chocolate chip ice cream.
It's especially good to sulk over after failing an exam.
SCSI is NOT Cereal (Score:4, Informative)
Masochists prefer 4:1 (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Masochists prefer 4:1 (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Masochists prefer 4:1 (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Masochists prefer 4:1 (Score:5, Funny)
RP
Re:Masochists prefer 4:1 (Score:3, Funny)
You kids today got it so easy...
Cap'n Crunch (Score:5, Interesting)
My Top Cereals (Score:5, Informative)
The absolute best Cap'n Crunch they had was a promotional tie in one summer - Cap'n Crunch Home Run Crunch. I doubt a supersaturated solution of sugar and saline solution hooked up intraveneously could deliver more sugar than this cereal packed. Take all the nutrionless goodness of regular Cap'n Crunch and dump a few pounds of misfit Lucky Charms marshmallows.
I'm also dissapointed with Cookie Crisp. That SOB used to come in a 20lb box in this foil pouch. The chocolate chips were fakes, yes, I was ok with that. They were actually dried apples but they tasted so good. Now CC comes in a 1/2oz box with real chocolate chips but they're tasteless and cost damn near more than any other cereal out there. And whatever happened to Vanilla Crisp? It wasn't Cookie Crisp great, but it was far better than say Nerds [x-entertainment.com]. The final cereal I'll touch base on are the Oreo Cookie ones. So much potential there. I've eaten bowls of oreo's and milk. Not a bad thing. Not as good as a slice of dried out cake and milk (try it, it's quite good) but not bad. If you've had this cereal then you know dissapointment. It's bland, boring, I think I'd find more taste eating the cardbox box it comes in. They have improved it a bit by adding marshmallows (what cereal can't they improve by adding desicated marshmallows?) but it's still not stupendeous.
I've done quite a bit of expermenting with generics and thus far the only successes I've had are with Quaker's Cocoa Puffs knock off and Malt-O-Meal's Marshmallow Matey's kick the crap out of Lucky Charms. More mallows in there and the oat cereal tastes better. Oh and the fake Waffle Crisp, Maple Crisp, is better than the original.
For heatlhier cereals, Wheaties is probably my favorite although when it first came out Blueberry Morning rocked! It was just an explosion of blue berries. Now they're just way too stingy with them. My wife's turned me on to this Banana Nut granola cereal. It's some strange brand---Golden Belt, Golden Harvest. Big chunks of dried bananas, oats, a bit of coconut. I find the off-brand Wheaties are just as good and considerably less expensive. Cracklin' Oat Bran is also damn good but I think it's almost a junk cereal because of all the sugar they pack it with (not that I'm complaining but I'm attempting to focus on healthier cereals here)
Finally, I found this link [theimaginaryworld.com] while trying to find out the name of the banana nut cereal maker. Decent site with archived cereal box covers. Reminds me of childhood.
Re:My Top Cereals (Score:5, Funny)
Nerds on Sugar (Score:5, Funny)
Please, I beg of anyone who might be reading this post, do not sneak up on Talleyrand. He's likely to combust.
Re:My Top Cereals (Score:3, Informative)
Several dyes will do this. Grape Kool-Aid, grape jello (the actual Jell-o brand), and many grape popsicles. Cap'n Cruch berries are the only actually green-dyed food I know of that will have the same affect at the various purple dyes. Your kids' pediatrician ought to be able to provide you with the complete scoop on the green poop syndrome.
And speaking of things doing st
Golden Grahams (Score:4, Funny)
Julie, you drank the rest of the milk! I need Golden Grahams!!!!
There's nothing more pathetic than a whining geek in the morning.
Serial Port (Score:4, Interesting)
Serial Port: Where ships come to dock and deliver their tasty breakfast morsels.
As for me, I'm a big fan oatmeal, if you call that cereal.
This is too narrow of selection, though. Tough poll to rate.
Special K... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Special K... (Score:5, Funny)
Frosted Mini-Wheats! (Score:5, Funny)
Dang, so close. I was almost able to vote for myself in a Slashdot poll!
Obligatory Futurama (Score:5, Funny)
LEELA: Well, if you don't like that, try some Arch Duke Chocula.
RS-232! (Score:3, Funny)
What all cereal geeks use... (Score:3, Informative)
SNL's healthy contributions (Score:5, Funny)
All-natural Quarry cereal is full of minerals because it's made of rocks!
The OSS Choice = Raisin Bran (Score:4, Insightful)
open("/dev/cereal"); (Score:5, Funny)
read(box, plate, rand());
close(box);
fork();
while(plate[0]) putc(plate++, stdin);
puts("burp", stdout);
exit(KITCHEN);
Grape Nuts.. (Score:3, Interesting)
RS-422, you insensitive clod! (Score:3, Funny)
Mandatory Megatokyo quote: (Score:4, Funny)
Junpei: 1337 master must not eat scuzzy things from trash. Will give stomach ache.
Where's the Cigarette and Coffee? (Score:3, Funny)
Kellogs + Masturbation (Score:3, Interesting)
Taken from the page: " Dr. John Harvey Kellogg invented corn flakes (and the original version of granola) in the belief that wholesome, bland foods would eradicate at least one source of stimulation that led Americans to finger their clits and wank their weenies. Kellogg (like many Christian conservatives before and since) believed that masturbation, and in fact all sexual excess, was sinful. "Sexual excess" here being defined as "sex for anything but reproduction"."
MMM Thats A Nice Doughnut (Score:3, Funny)
What about Krusty-O's?
Only suger has more sugar!
Look for the special metal O
And Jackie-O's?
Free lycra pants!
Missing Option! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Before your time (Score:3, Informative)
There were a few flash-in-the-pan cereals that I also liked, Quisp & Quake cereals. Each had their own cartoon series, but never really caught on. I think you can still get a Quisp-like saucer-shaped cereal as a generic.
You can still get real Quisp, too. See the Quisp homepage [quisp.com] for info on where to find it [quisp.com].
Flash in the pan! Once upon a time, Quisp and Quake bestrode the cereal world like a colossus of yore.