pearlm - Slashdot User

Comment Dave Gingery machine shop tools. (Score 1) 308

by pearlm on Thursday August 26, 2010 @04:22PM (#33385404) Attached to: When I no longer use a hard drive, I typically keep it for..

I have stacks of old hard drives for the roughly half a pound of aluminum inside. I melt the aluminum down for my Gingery machine shop projects.

Comment Azimov would be proud. (Score 1) 71

by pearlm on Thursday June 17, 2010 @12:18PM (#32603416) Attached to: DePaul University To Offer Degree In Predictive Analysis

Perhaps this will lead to Hari Seldon's psychohistory.

Comment Or they could use hair. (Score 2, Informative) 327

by pearlm on Tuesday June 08, 2010 @02:43PM (#32500038) Attached to: Cloth Successfully Separates Oil From Gulf Water

Hair works too.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/people-giving-hair-off-their-heads-for-oil-cleanup-2010-05-11

Comment Re:Logo (Score 1) 1260

by pearlm on Monday September 18, 2006 @03:43PM (#16132861) Attached to: What was your first programming language?

I voted basic but then I remembered MIT's LOGO was actually first.

fond memories drawing with the little turtle.

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