A. L. Seidel

Teach Your Dog to ''Leave It'' | Dogs at myPetSmart.com

2012-01-15T22:19:00.000-06:00

Teach Your Dog to ''Leave It'' | Dogs at myPetSmart.com

“Leave it” can be a lifesaving cue for your dog to know. It can stop him from chasing the cat, eating medication that fell on the floor or stealing your dinner off the TV tray. And it’s not difficult to teach.

You’ll need a large, boring treat or toy that will fit under your foot. From here on out, I will refer to the treat as "forbidden" because your dog will not be allowed to have it. You’ll also need a bunch of small, yummy treats or rewards and a clicker (or verbal marker – read more about markers. Let your dog see you place the large “forbidden” treat under your foot. He will probably begin to lick, nudge or paw at your foot. Be still and do not say anything. When he stops trying to get the forbidden treat and looks away, click and give him a yummy treat. Uncover the large forbidden treat and when he tries to get it, quickly cover it back up with your foot. Again, as soon as he looks away, click and treat. After five to six repetitions, you will only click and treat if he looks away from the forbidden treat AND looks at you. This is easy because he expects a treat for leaving the forbidden item alone. As soon as you can tell he’s got the idea, you will say, “Leave it” as he looks at the forbidden item. If he doesn’t leave it, cover it up. Try very hard not to let him get the forbidden treat, but if he does, safely take it back from him. If you allow him to steal and eat the cookie, he will just learn to be faster than you! Progress to working on this with forbidden items on the coffee table, couch, counter, etc., and cover them with your hand if necessary. Your goal is to be able to leave anything uncovered and your dog leaves it alone when told.

For items that are too large to place under your foot like plants, shoes, the cat or other dogs on a walk, place your dog on leash and keep him out of reach of the item. Tell him one time to “Leave it” and then wait until he looks back at you. When he does, click and treat him. This is easier if you have done the previous step first. To get the hang of it, you ought to practice this with food or toys before moving on to harder items. When he gets good at that, practice walking past it, always keeping the leash short enough that the dog cannot reach the item. If he lunges for it, stop walking, tell him to “leave it” and when he does, click/treat and keep walking. Your goal is to be able to walk by something with your dog on a loose leash. Try not to jerk your dog away from the item, but make sure you have the leash short enough that he cannot reach it.

Taught properly, using fabulous reward treats, your dog can become proficient at this exercise quickly. This is a hard, unnatural behavior for the dog so be prepared to reward your dog handsomely.

Halloween Training Tricks | Dogs at myPetSmart.com

2012-01-15T22:08:00.000-06:00

Halloween Training Tricks | Dogs at myPetSmart.com

Halloween is a great time for the whole family to spend together. If you plan to let Fido participate in the trick or treating, teaching him a few basic commands will make your Halloween fun much easier. These three basics: Sit (so he won’t jump on the kids), stay (so he won’t run out when you open the door), and leave it (so he won’t touch the candy) should be plenty to get you through the night. Here are some basic instructions on teaching those three behaviors:

Sit – grab a good treat and place it right at the dog’s nose to get his attention. Keeping the treat right on the end of the dog’s nose, slowly move it up and back over his head. As he follows the treat, his head should come up and his back end should go down, resulting in a sit. When he sits, tell him, “Good dog!” and give him the treat. When you have practiced enough that you are sure you can get him to sit, you can begin to say the word “sit” right before you put the treat at his nose and start to move it. He’ll catch on quickly and soon he’ll be sitting after you say the word!

Stay – ask your dog to sit and praise him when he does. While your dog is sitting, say, “stay” and place your hand flat with your palm facing the dog (like a “stop” hand signal). Wait 2-3 seconds, then give your dog a treat and tell him, “All done!” When it seems like he understands that he’s supposed to sit still until he gets his treat and you say, “all done”, you can start to have him stay longer. You can increase the time he stays by a couple of seconds every three repetitions. It’s tempting to try and walk away from him while he stays, but it’s best to remain right beside him until you’ve worked up to 30 seconds.

Leave it – you’ll need a large, boring biscuit and some small, yummy treats. Put your dog on leash and place the large, boring biscuit out of reach of the dog. Allow him to attempt to get it, but do not allow him to actually put it in his mouth. When he stops trying to get it and turns away, tell him, “Good dog!” and give him a small, yummy treat. As he gets better at this exercise, you can tell him, “leave it” when he starts to go toward the large, boring biscuit. You can repeat this exercise with lots of different items; just make sure to reward him with something better than you ask him to leave.

If you start now, your dog will be a pro at these by the time Halloween rolls around. Have fun and happy trick or treating!

St. Cloud dusted with inch of snow

2009-10-10T15:06:00.001-05:00

St. Cloud dusted with inch of snow: "Snow arrived last night - about a month ahead of schedule. The St. Cloud area received about an inch."

(Via St. Cloud Times | Central Minnesota's Home on the Web.)

STUDYING

2009-10-09T19:52:00.001-05:00

STUDYING: "

STUDYING The world’s leading cause of spontaneous napping.

mebbeh u shud tri studyin in a groop.

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And there, Your Holiness

2009-10-05T07:14:00.001-05:00

And there, Your Holiness: "

And there, Your Holiness, is where we keep the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch. Just in case.

(Pope Benedict XVI)

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10.6: Enable native NTFS read/write support

2009-10-01T16:35:00.001-05:00

10.6: Enable native NTFS read/write support: "Snow Leopard has the ability to mount NTFS volumes as read/write, but it's not enabled by default -- just read only is supported, as in 10.5. Here's how to get full read/write support for NTFS drives in Snow Leopard. First, uninstall NTFS-3G or Paragon if you're using either one.

Here's how to get read/write support for NTFS drives in Snow Leopard:

In Terminal, type diskutil info /Volumes/volume_name, where volume_name is the name of the NTFS volume. From the output, copy the Volume UUID value to the clipboard.

Back up /etc/fstab if you have it; it shouldn't be there in a default install.

Type sudo nano /etc/fstab.

In the editor, type UUID=, then paste the UUID number you copied from the clipboard. Type a Space, then type none ntfs rw. The final line should look like this: UUID...

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Mavis became a

2009-09-21T12:16:00.001-05:00

Mavis became a: "

Mavis became a little concerned when the fleas discovered tactical nuclear weapons…

just b glad dat dey dont haz satellite yet.

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LG Hologram Creation

2009-09-19T22:49:00.000-05:00


clear
N = 2500;
k = 346;      %   Wavenumber
mmax = 4;          %   Charge number
r=1.4;  %adjusts width of lines
x = linspace(-1,1,N);
y = linspace(-1,1,N);
[X,Y] = meshgrid(x,y);
for m=1:mmax
I_2 = zeros(N,N);
I_2 = 0+128*round(( r+cos(k*X + m*atan2(Y,X))));
image(x,y,I_2);
axis square;
%axis tight;
axis off;
colormap(gray);
filename=sprintf("k%d-m%d-N%d-r%d.eps",k,m,N,r*10)
print(filename,"-deps2")
endfor

if only everyday were like dis

2009-09-14T19:50:00.001-05:00

if only everyday were like dis: "

if only everyday were like dis oh wait. dey iz

kittehs definitely haz teh lief.

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with no interwebz Frank had

2009-09-13T06:31:00.001-05:00

with no interwebz Frank had: "

with no interwebz Frank had to poke his friends manually *poke*

u mite nawt wantz 2 poke dis kitteh tho.

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Nerd Love Solve for “i”

2009-09-11T15:38:00.001-05:00

Nerd Love Solve for “i”: "

Nerd Love Solve for ‘i’

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Introducing Curiosity - The Latest Caption Contest Winner (Offer Ends 9/12/09)

2009-09-08T15:50:00.001-05:00

Introducing Curiosity - The Latest Caption Contest Winner (Offer Ends 9/12/09): "

Introducing Curiosity… the winner of the 3rd Caption Contest!

Our latest Caption Contest voting is complete- and the winner, by a landslide, is here!

This time around, the 1st Prize winner of the contest is one Mr. Rich Bradley! He’ll soon be receiving a check for $500, along with an exciting collection of entirely pristine void-fill (perhaps with some Despair swag thrown in). All for contributing the winning submission, CURIOSITY!

But Rich isn’t the only one who just earned himself a handful of voidfill. As always, we’re celebrating the completion of another exciting Caption Contest by letting each of YOU have a chance to win something, too! From now until Monday night, you can pick up a FREE desktopper of CURIOSITY, simply by adding it to your cart and placing an order for $19.95 worth of other stuff at our website. What kinda stuff? Well, why not pick up a 16-Month 2010 Calendar? Remember- our 2010 Calendars not only include the 12 to 16 Demotivators of your choice, but they’re now jam-packed with bizarre, depressing and occasionally hilarious historical trivia! Like what? How about:

MAY 21, 1985

Protestors outraged about New Coke

gather in downtown Atlanta carrying

signs that read, ‘Our children will

never know refreshment.’

NOVEMBER 5, 2007(approx.)

Disgraced former NY Times plagiarist

& serial story fabricator Jayson Blair

announces he is now a ‘life coach’ and

‘motivational speaker’ for hire.

AUGUST 1, 2003

Reuters reports that supermarket

cashiers in Buenos Aires are being

forced to wear diapers during work

to keep them from taking toilet breaks.

JANUARY 30, 1969

Stephen King, the Chief Accountant

for the Royal Bank of Scotland,

calls police to complain about a

noisy concert on the roof of the

Apple Records building.

DECEMBER 15, 2006

An S&P analyst in Collateralized Debt

Obligations group emails a superior,

‘Let’s hope we’re all wealthy and retired

by the time this house of cards falters. ;o)’

AUGUST 12, 1958

Disney releases wildlife documentary

‘White Wilderness’. During the filming,

lemmings were pushed off of cliffs in order

to document their suicidal tendencies.

JULY 7, 1995

Alanis Morissette releases the venomous

single ‘You Oughta Know’- which was

inspired by her relationship with that

goofy Joey guy on ‘Full House’.

FEBRUARY 4, 1912

Austrian tailor Franz Reichelt performs the

first and only test of his ‘overcoat parachute’

by leaping from the Eiffel Tower.

AUGUST 14, 2009

Madden NFL 10 released. It features

radical innovations over Madden NFL 9,

including crowds booing their own mascot and

the ‘authentic third-quarter beer cutoff’.

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S-Matrix

2009-09-06T12:26:00.001-05:00

S-Matrix: "

link for this comic

Did you ever want to create a

custom RSS news feed for your

favorite webcomic?

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I didnt

2009-08-29T18:06:00.001-05:00

I didnt: "

I didnt meen 2…

will dis bunneh halp?

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Level of Dedication Vs Kind of Boyfriend

2009-08-04T14:30:00.001-05:00

Level of Dedication Vs Kind of Boyfriend: "

Level of Dedication Vs Kind of Boyfriend

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Foiled Again

2009-07-30T20:55:00.001-05:00

Foiled Again: "

(Via Brown Sharpie.)

Foiled Again

2009-07-30T20:54:00.001-05:00

Foiled Again: "

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07/24/09 PHD comic: 'Definition of Vacation'

2009-07-28T08:34:00.001-05:00

07/24/09 PHD comic: 'Definition of Vacation': "

Piled Higher & Deeper by Jorge Cham		www.phdcomics.com
align="top">
title: 'Definition of Vacation' - originally published 7/24/2009 For the latest news in PHD Comics, CLICK HERE!

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2009-07-27: Sinfest

2009-07-27T18:57:00.001-05:00

2009-07-27: Sinfest: "

Sinfest
Tatsuya Ishida

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Tracking Project

2009-07-21T15:01:00.007-05:00

I have been working on a program to track objects to be used in the introductory physics classes here at SCSU. It is being done in Visual C++ 2008 due largely to the SDK provided by The Imaging Source being in Visual Studio, though I could have used another C++ compiler I would have been starting even more from scratch.
The program set up allows the user to adjust the sensitivity levels for the three colors. This works as a multiplier requirement, such as by default for a pixel to be considered red it must have a red level that is 1.8 times both the green and the blue levels. The user can also select which colors they want to track choosing 1 to 3 of the colors. Finally the user calibrates the distance by adjusting the spacing between the white lines until the ends of a meter stick match two of them. Then they count the number of lines that the meter stick is long and adjust that value. I have been having issues with my install of Visual Studio so until I can get it to find and load the System.Windows.Forms.dll the output file is a static name, ideally I want the student to be able to choose the location and name of their output files.
As of right now I am able to get 16.4/13.5/12.8 data points per second when tracking one/two/three objects. This needs to be higher to be accurate enough for the students to be able to achieve the right results. In the last test I preformed before writing this post I was able to get a measurement of the acceleration due to gravity on earth of 9.71 meters per second squared (should be 9.81 m/s^2 a 1% relative error) . This is off a little possibly due to not exactly calibrating, the balls being stress balls encounter air resistance, and the software not being as fast as it should. Below is the imaging processing part of the code which also does the file output. If anyone looks at this and has ideas to increase the efficiency of the code please let me know.

**Update - Below is the current version of the code which has had some suggestions added. Preliminary test show 25+ data points per second tracking one object, so an improvement. Thank you to those of you who have offered suggestions so far.

***Update - Adjusted file output. With VLC playing a video and a bunch of other apps running I am getting 41/25 points per second when tracking 1/3 objects. Thanks for all the suggestions, anymore suggestions are still welcome. Thank you again.


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FILE *fp;

SYSTEMTIME systime, FileTime;

int StartTime = 0, CurrentTime = 0, ListItems=0;

char FileNameString[100];



struct RGB24Pixel

{

  BYTE b;

  BYTE g;

  BYTE r;

};





typedef struct _LIST_DATA

{

	SLIST_ENTRY ItemEntry;

	int msTime;	// time in miliseconds

	int rx;		// x position of the center of red

	int ry;		// y position of the center of red

	int bx;		// x position of the center of blue

	int by;		// y position of the center of blue

	int gx;		// x position of the center of green

	int gy;		// y position of the center of green

}LIST_DATA, *PLIST_DATA;



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//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

// The image processing is done here. 

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////



void

CListener::DoImageProcessing (smart_ptr pBuffer)

{

  // Get the bitmap info header from the membuffer. It contains the bits per pixel,

  // width and height.

  smart_ptr pInf = pBuffer->getBitmapInfoHeader ();



  // Now retrieve a pointer to the image. For organization of the image data, please

  // refer to:

  // http://www.imagingcontrol.com/ic/docs/html/class/Pixelformat.htm



  extern int RedThresholdLevel;

  extern int BlueThresholdLevel;

  extern int GreenThresholdLevel;

  extern int Lines;

  extern int LineSpacing;

  extern bool TrackRed;

  extern bool TrackBlue;

  extern bool TrackGreen;

  extern bool Tracking;



  int Calibration = Lines*LineSpacing;

  int RedCount = 0;

  int BlueCount = 0;

  int GreenCount = 0;



  int RedCenterSumX = 0;

  int RedCenterSumY = 0;

  int BlueCenterSumX = 0;

  int BlueCenterSumY = 0;

  int GreenCenterSumX = 0;

  int GreenCenterSumY = 0;



  int RedCenterX = 0;

  int RedCenterY = 0;

  int BlueCenterX = 0;

  int BlueCenterY = 0;

  int GreenCenterX = 0;

  int GreenCenterY = 0;



  float RedThresholdMultiplier = (((float) RedThresholdLevel) / (float) 100);

  float BlueThresholdMultiplier = (((float) BlueThresholdLevel) / (float) 100);

  float GreenThresholdMultiplier = (((float) GreenThresholdLevel) / (float) 100);







  RGB24Pixel* pbImgData = (RGB24Pixel*) pBuffer->getPtr ();

  SIZE dim = pBuffer->getFrameType ().dim;

  //int iOffsUpperLeft = (dim.cy-1) * dim.cx;



  //BYTE* pImageData = pBuffer->getPtr();



  // Calculate the size of the image.

  //int iImageSize = pInf->biWidth * pInf->biHeight * pInf->biBitCount / 24 ;



  // Now loop through the data and change every byte.

  //for( int i = 0; i < iImageSize; i++)

  //{

  int i = 0;

  //CTime cTime = CTime::GetCurrentTime();

  //printf("%s",cTime);

  for (int ix = 0; ix < dim.cx; ix++)

    {

      for (int iy = 0; iy < dim.cy; iy++)

        {

          i = ix + dim.cx*iy;



		  if ((TrackRed) && (pbImgData[i].r > RedThresholdMultiplier * pbImgData[i].b) && (pbImgData[i].r > RedThresholdMultiplier * pbImgData[i].g))

            {

              pbImgData[i].b = 0;    // BLUE

              pbImgData[i].g= 0;    // GREEN

              pbImgData[i].r = 255;    // RED



              RedCount++;

              RedCenterSumX += ix;

              RedCenterSumY += iy;



            }

          else if ((TrackBlue) && (pbImgData[i].b > BlueThresholdMultiplier * pbImgData[i].r) && (pbImgData[i].b > BlueThresholdMultiplier * pbImgData[i].g))

            {

              pbImgData[i].b = 255;    // BLUE

              pbImgData[i].g= 0;    // GREEN

              pbImgData[i].r = 0;    // RED



              BlueCount++;

              BlueCenterSumX += ix;

              BlueCenterSumY += iy;



            }

          else if ((TrackGreen) && (pbImgData[i].g > GreenThresholdMultiplier * pbImgData[i].r) && (pbImgData[i].g > GreenThresholdMultiplier * pbImgData[i].b))

            {

              pbImgData[i].b = 0;    // BLUE

              pbImgData[i].g= 255;    // GREEN

              pbImgData[i].r = 0;    // RED



              GreenCount++;

              GreenCenterSumX += ix;

              GreenCenterSumY += iy;



            }



			if ( !(ix % LineSpacing) || !(iy % LineSpacing))

            {

              pbImgData[i].b = 255; // BLUE

              pbImgData[i].g = 255; // GREEN

              pbImgData[i].r = 255; // RED

            }

        }

    }

  //}



  //Center of mass calculations

  RedCenterX = (int) ((float) RedCenterSumX / (float) RedCount);

  BlueCenterX = (int) ((float) BlueCenterSumX / (float) BlueCount);

  GreenCenterX = (int) ((float) GreenCenterSumX / (float) GreenCount);



  RedCenterY = (int) ((float) RedCenterSumY / (float) RedCount);

  BlueCenterY = (int) ((float) BlueCenterSumY / (float) BlueCount);

  GreenCenterY = (int) ((float) GreenCenterSumY / (float) GreenCount);



  //verify the positions are within valid range

  if (RedCenterX < 0)

    {

      RedCenterX = 0;

    }

  if (RedCenterY < 0)

    {

      RedCenterY = 0;

    }

  if (RedCenterX > dim.cx)

    {

      RedCenterX = dim.cx - 1;

    }

  if (RedCenterY > dim.cy)

    {

      RedCenterY = dim.cy - 1;

    }



  if (BlueCenterX < 0)

    {

      BlueCenterX = 0;

    }

  if (BlueCenterY < 0)

    {

      BlueCenterY = 0;

    }

  if (BlueCenterX > dim.cx)

    {

      BlueCenterX = dim.cx - 1;

    }

  if (BlueCenterY > dim.cy)

    {

      BlueCenterY = dim.cy - 1;

    }



  if (GreenCenterX < 0)

    {

      GreenCenterX = 0;

    }

  if (GreenCenterY < 0)

    {

      GreenCenterY = 0;

    }

  if (GreenCenterX > dim.cx)

    {

      GreenCenterX = dim.cx - 1;

    }

  if (GreenCenterY > dim.cy)

    {

      GreenCenterY = dim.cy - 1;

    }





  //Draw Center of mass location as a 10 by 10 Box of lighter color

  //Changed to Crosshair lines to prevent error

  if (TrackRed)

    {

      for (int ix = 0; ix < dim.cx; ix++)

        {

          i = ix + dim.cx*RedCenterY;

          pbImgData[i].b = 50; // BLUE

          pbImgData[i].g = 50; // GREEN

          pbImgData[i].r = 255; // RED

        }

      for (int iy = 0; iy < dim.cy; iy++)

        {

          i = RedCenterX + dim.cx*iy;

          pbImgData[i].b = 50; // BLUE

          pbImgData[i].g = 50; // GREEN

          pbImgData[i].r = 255; // RED

        }

    }



  if (TrackBlue)

    {

      for (int ix = 0; ix < dim.cx; ix++)

        {

          i = ix + dim.cx*BlueCenterY;

          pbImgData[i].b = 255; // BLUE

          pbImgData[i].g = 50; // GREEN

          pbImgData[i].r = 50; // RED

        }

      for (int iy = 0; iy < dim.cy; iy++)

        {

          i = BlueCenterX + dim.cx*iy;

          pbImgData[i].b = 255; // BLUE

          pbImgData[i].g = 50; // GREEN

          pbImgData[i].r = 50; // RED

        }

    }





  if (TrackGreen)

    {

      for (int ix = 0; ix < dim.cx; ix++)

        {

          i = ix + dim.cx*GreenCenterY;

          pbImgData[i].b = 50; // BLUE

          pbImgData[i].g = 255; // GREEN

          pbImgData[i].r = 50; // RED

        }

      for (int iy = 0; iy < dim.cy; iy++)

        {

          i = GreenCenterX + dim.cx*iy;

          pbImgData[i].b = 50; // BLUE

          pbImgData[i].g = 255; // GREEN

          pbImgData[i].r = 50; // RED

        }

    }









  if (Tracking)

    {

      GetSystemTime (&systime);

      if (StartTime == 0)

        {

			 // Initialize the list header.

			InitializeSListHead(&ListHead);

			 StartTime = ((60 * systime.wMinute + systime.wSecond)*1000 + systime.wMilliseconds);

			GetSystemTime (&FileTime);





			time_t rawtime;

			struct tm * timeinfo;

			time ( &rawtime );

			timeinfo = localtime ( &rawtime );



			// Create file name string, with date and time

			strftime(FileNameString, 100, "C:/Users/Administrator/Desktop/Output/SCSUPhysics %Y-%m-%d %H%M.csv", timeinfo);





			//Add Collumn titles and create file

			fp = fopen (FileNameString, "w");

			fprintf (fp, "Time(ms)");

			if (TrackRed)

			  {

				  fprintf (fp, ", ,Red x(m),Red y(m)");

				}

			  if (TrackBlue)

				{

				  fprintf (fp, ", ,Blue x(m),Blue y(m)");

				}

			  if (TrackGreen)

				{

				  fprintf (fp, ", ,Green x(m),Green y(m)");

				}

			  fprintf (fp, "\n");



			  fclose (fp);

        }



      CurrentTime = ((60 * systime.wMinute + systime.wSecond)*1000 + systime.wMilliseconds);



		pListData = new LIST_DATA;

		pListData->msTime = CurrentTime;

		pListData->rx = RedCenterX;

		pListData->ry = RedCenterY;

		pListData->bx = BlueCenterX;

		pListData->by = BlueCenterY;

		pListData->gx = GreenCenterX;

		pListData->gy = GreenCenterY;

		FirstEntry = InterlockedPushEntrySList(&ListHead,&pListData->ItemEntry);

		ListItems++;



	  if(ListItems>300)

	  {

		 fp = fopen (FileNameString, "a");



		 for( int Count = 0; Count < ListItems; ++Count )

		{

			ListEntry = InterlockedPopEntrySList(&ListHead);

			pListData = (PLIST_DATA)( ListEntry );

			fprintf (fp, "%d", pListData->msTime - StartTime);

			if (TrackRed)

			{

			  fprintf (fp, ", ,%g,%g", (float) pListData->rx / (float) Calibration, (float)  pListData->ry / (float) Calibration);

			}

			if (TrackBlue)

			{

			  fprintf (fp, ", ,%g,%g", (float) pListData->bx / (float) Calibration, (float)  pListData->by / (float) Calibration);

			}

			if (TrackGreen)

			{

			  fprintf (fp, ", ,%g,%g", (float) pListData->gx / (float) Calibration, (float)  pListData->gy / (float) Calibration);

			}

			fprintf (fp, "\n");

	      



			// free( pListData );

			delete pListData;

		}

		 fclose (fp);

		 ListItems=0;



	  }







    }



  if(!Tracking && (ListItems!=0))

  {

	 fp = fopen (FileNameString, "a");



	 for( int Count = 0; Count < ListItems; ++Count )

    {

        ListEntry = InterlockedPopEntrySList(&ListHead);

        pListData = (PLIST_DATA)( ListEntry );

		fprintf (fp, "%d", pListData->msTime - StartTime);

		if (TrackRed)

        {

          fprintf (fp, ", ,%g,%g", (float) pListData->rx / (float) Calibration, (float)  pListData->ry / (float) Calibration);

        }

		if (TrackBlue)

        {

          fprintf (fp, ", ,%g,%g", (float) pListData->bx / (float) Calibration, (float)  pListData->by / (float) Calibration);

        }

		if (TrackGreen)

        {

          fprintf (fp, ", ,%g,%g", (float) pListData->gx / (float) Calibration, (float)  pListData->gy / (float) Calibration);

        }

		fprintf (fp, "\n");

      



        // free( pListData );

        delete pListData;

    }

	 fclose (fp);

	 ListItems=0;



  }





}

Sheeple

2009-07-15T08:55:00.001-05:00

Sheeple: ""

(Via xkcd.com.)

confooshus say

2009-05-31T11:12:00.001-05:00

confooshus say: "

onfooshus say man who putz wice bool on cat dies mystrsly in slepz

can u putz sum ramen in mah bowl?

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05/18/09 PHD comic: 'Science News Cycle'

2009-05-19T15:57:00.001-05:00

05/18/09 PHD comic: 'Science News Cycle': "

Piled Higher & Deeper by Jorge Cham		www.phdcomics.com
align="top">
title: 'Science News Cycle' - originally published 5/18/2009 For the latest news in PHD Comics, CLICK HERE!

(Via PHD Comics.)

Outreach

2009-05-18T13:01:00.001-05:00

Outreach: ""

(Via xkcd.com.)

lifeguard kitteh is on duty and

2009-05-13T19:43:00.001-05:00

lifeguard kitteh is on duty and: "

lifeguard kitteh is on duty and ready to ignore your distress

iz ok. i will rescoo u.

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Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen…

2009-05-12T18:39:00.001-05:00

Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen…: "

Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen… or caused, or thought about…

kittehs r gud at gitting awai wif stuff.

picture: Dawn. lol caption: catzrme

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The Truth

2009-05-10T08:45:00.001-05:00

The Truth: "

The Truth

Graph by jonathan.tibbetts, via our GraphJam builder.

(Via GraphJam: Pop culture for people in cubicles..)

Error Program not installed .

2009-05-04T17:48:00.001-05:00

*Error* Program not installed .: "

*Error* Program not installed . Please insert cheezburger to continue. Dude, I’m telling you… they won’t fall for it.

dey mite just reset insted.

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Leibniz and Newton

2009-05-04T06:45:00.001-05:00

Leibniz and Newton: "

NEWS:

I got several requests for a T-shirt based on the last comic; so KA-POW!!!

If I keep selling my tees at this rate, I will soon be able to retire in

luxury on my own private island (on Second Life).

Also, someone has created an Abstruse Goose Facebook page

(with my blessing) so check it. Thanks, Chao.

(Via Abstruse Goose.)

Not so funny now that

2009-05-03T20:17:00.001-05:00

Not so funny now that: "

Not so funny now that you have scurvy, is it?

mebbeh teh mowsie can give u wun.

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Enter the Mathematician

2009-05-02T10:31:00.001-05:00

Enter the Mathematician: "

If you will allow me to shamelessly hawk my merchandise,

I recommend wearing this T-shirt to your thesis defense.

(Via Abstruse Goose.)

May 01, 2009

2009-05-02T09:27:00.001-05:00

May 01, 2009: "

It's May! That means just one month till I move in with Kelly. Then, finally, I can have a sane schedule. Imagine not having to travel 120 miles every other weekend. What a privilege!

"

(Via Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal (updated daily).)

So I can have an adventure….

2009-04-25T10:19:00.001-05:00

So I can have an adventure….: "

So I can have an adventure…. just by reading?

Take a look. It’s in a book, Data.

(Brent Spiner and Levar Burton)

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Can't Sleep

2009-04-20T07:05:00.001-05:00

Can't Sleep: ""

(Via xkcd.com.)

nobody.jpg (image)

2009-04-19T08:49:00.001-05:00

nobody.jpg (image): ""

(Via .)

ARMY OF DARKNESS

2009-04-17T20:39:00.001-05:00

ARMY OF DARKNESS: "

ARMY OF DARKNESS cuter than expected, actually

sumtiemz teh cyootest r teh most ebilest.

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Stewart of Calculus

2009-04-08T07:44:00.001-05:00

Stewart of Calculus: "

Did you ever wonder what Jim Stewart of Stewart’s Calculus did with his ill-gotten millions? Apparently, he built a really big house one with a concert hall in the middle. In addition to his textbook writing, Stewart is also a classical violinist, and he built the hall so that he and others could use it to perform.

(Via Ars Mathematica.)

Research Update

2009-04-06T17:40:00.001-05:00

Ok so as a form of content and also so I can remember timelines of events, I am going to try post regular updates on the progress of my research and some academic stuff as well.

So in the search of an inexpensive way to create a computer-gennerated hologram we have been working with 35 mm film and attempting to bleach it to increase efficiency. I have been trying a common holographic bleach and one that was found in the process of emptying out the dark room in the building under construction. The problem though is the common bleach is designed to be used in the developing process, and the other bleach we have no information on its components. The reason this is an issue is that the common bleach is not working, while the unknown one is. So if we are able to get a good slide from the film it would be difficult for someone else to try duplicate the result as the company that made it has been bought several times and has no recollection of ever making the bleach.

Did a few tests today comparing bleached and non-bleached film. With the unknown bleach it does reduce absorbance by about 17% (down to ~40%), and when I tried to check efficiency of converting to either the +1 or -1 order the slide I was using lost too much of its information after bleaching. This may have been do to the slide being under exposed, and thus not enough information was on the film to survive bleaching. The damage threshold of unbleached film (with 532 nm light) turned out to be decent, at f/5 rep rate (4 Hz) it can easily take 23 mJ and at f/2 (10 Hz) it did well with between 20 and 23 mJ only showing a small amount of deformation after a couple minutes.

My advisor took interest in a paper I sent him over a year ago about an inexpensive method to create Laguerre-Gaussian beams. This method involves cracking a piece of optical quality plexi-glass and adjusting the separation of the crack to create a spiral phase plate. The nice thing about this method is there is no diffraction orders to kill the power delivered, giving us a much higher efficiency conversion. The down side is we ideally want a low-order LG beam which means the split needs to be on the order of a wavelength. But for now we will be focusing on getting LG beams before worrying too much about the order of those beams.

Ok need to go check for additional papers on the adjustable spiral phase plate and also to see what I can find out about ferric EDTA bleach which two recipes for are below.

Recipe 1:
	De-ionized Water:	1/L
	EDTA di-sodium salt:	30g
	Ferric Sulphate:	30g
	Potassium Bromide:	30g
	30% Sulphuric Acid:	30ml
	(or 90% Sulphuric Acid):	(10ml)
	Bleach until emulsion clear of black silver.
Recipe 2:
	Ferric sulfate:	30g
	disodium EDTA:	30g
	potassium bromide:	30g
	sulfuric acid:	10ml
	Bleach until clear.

Party

2008-12-31T07:54:00.001-06:00

Party: "? Yo dawg? Place your bets now!" alt="I wonder what 2008 meme will go bizarrely mainstream in 2009 like Rickrolling did 2007-2008. I Accidentally ? Yo dawg? Place your bets now!" />"

(Via xkcd.com.)

Setting up a laptop to become a digital picture frame

2008-12-29T18:08:00.000-06:00

This will assume you have some experiance using a *nix command line interface (CLI).
When you boot from the CD, or floppies, type in expert. In expert mode install Debian with only the laptop and base system packages. I suggest not allowing root to login and using sudo, and if you do want to be able to log in as root I would still choose to use sudo at this time. Choosing to use sudo here will allow the user you create to sudo still, and to be able to login as root just run:

sudo passwd

To use feh, which will auto rotate and auto resize the pictures for you on a system that can handle X running:

apt-get install feh imagemagick rungetty autofs udev hal ivman unclutter xserver-xorg xorg
apt-get remove xserver-xorg-video-all doc-debian doc-linux-text info man-db manpages m4 exim4 exim4-base exim4-config mutt procmail ftp tcsh iamerican ibritish ispell dictionaries-common wamerican
apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-vesa xserver-xorg-video-fbdev

Otherwise to use fbi, which will also do a lot of automagic stuff for you and only requires a framebuffer running:

apt-get install autofs udev ivman rungetty hal pmount fbi imagemagick
apt-get remove doc-debian doc-linux-text info man-db manpages m4 exim4 exim4-base exim4-config mutt procmail ftp tcsh iamerican ibritish ispell dictionaries-common wamerican

To explain some of the packages used: *Note, some of the packages may be installed already.

autofs: This allows the automagic detection of what filesystem is being used on removable media.
udev: Device manager for the 2.6 kernel. We will be creating a rule to allow us to automagically mount a cd and copy the contents over.
ivman: Used because it "anounces" the change in a drives state to the system, making the udev rule take affect as soon as the CDROM in this case is inserted.
rungetty: Used to autologin when booted
pmount: To allow users to use the mount command
imagemagick: Always a good tool to have when manipulating images.
unclutter: Removes the mouse cursor from the screen.

To allow autologin, I suggest installing rungetty (see above) and then changing the inittab.
/etc/inittab

1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty1

change to

1:2345:respawn:/sbin/rungetty --autologin pictures tty1
#1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty1

Ok, since this is most likely going to be a gift, and when hacked into being a frame it may or may not have a keyboard it is nice to write a script that will just auto copy the pictures off a cd when inserted.

Script to copy cd files over
/home/pictures/cdcp.sh - Original version

#!/bin/sh
pmount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom
cp -r /media/cdrom/* /home/pictures/photos/
pumount /media/cdrom
eject /dev/cdrom

/home/pictures/cdcp.sh - Improved version

#!/bin/sh
pmount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom0
find /media/cdrom0 -iname '*.jpg' -exec sh -c 'exec cp -f "$@" /home/pictures/photos/' find-copy {} +
chmod 664 /home/pictures/photos
pumount /media/cdrom0
eject /dev/cdrom

Now that we have a script to copy for us, we need to get it to run when a cd is inserted. This is done by adding a UDEV rule.

/etc/udev/rules.d/udev.rules

SUBSYSTEM=="block", KERNEL=="hdc", RUN+="home/pictures/cdcp.sh"

Now for the actual slideshow script. Assuming this is a gift I am using a duration of 240 seconds, this is how long a picture will stay up before switching to a new one.
The first one is if your using feh.

slideshow.sh

#!/bin/bash

killall feh unclutter

unclutter &

feh -zZFr -D 240 /home/pictures/photos/

A script to restart the slideshow.
restartshow.sh

#!/bin/bash
killall feh unclutter;
/home/pictures/slideshow.sh &

Then to make sure the computer doesn't go to sleep, in case you can not edit the bios for some reason, in the chrontab add the lines to send a signal to the mouse. Also I have a line that restarts the slideshow every 6 hours. its not really needed but if it crashes from some reason it will restart at the six hour mark at least.

$ chrontab -e
0,10,20,30,40,50 * * * * echo "Hello there mousey" > /dev/mouse
1,11,21,31,41,51 * * * * echo "Hello there mousey" > /dev/mouse
* 0,6,12,18 * * * /home/pictures/restartshow.sh

Since feh requires X, we need it so start when pictures logs in, and if X quits it will restart itself as well.
/home/pictures/.bash_profile

if [ -z "$DISPLAY" ] && [ $(tty) == /dev/tty1 ]; then
while [ 1 == 1 ]
do
startx
sleep 10
done
fi

Since feh runs in X, you need to tell X that when it starts to start the slideshow. You may need to create this file in the users home directory.
/home/pictures/.xsession

/home/pictures/slideshow.sh

Using fbi you could use the script similar to this:
slideshow.sh

#!/bin/bash

killall fbi
fbi -a -u -t 240 /home/pictures/photos/*

Note, as of this posting I have not been able to test the fbi as the IBM Thinkpad 365xd I was trying to use was having issues getting the frame buffer working. Will edit this later to include pictures and the rest of the fbi information.

Sources used to create these scripts and set up the frame are :
http://www.risacher.org/pfl/
http://www.adamfranco.com/archives/3
http://robert.hoisington.googlepages.com/walk-throughandscripts
http://linuxbasement.com/content/digital-picture-frame-howto
https://www.agol.dk/elgaard/picframe.html
http://irisframe.odul.com/mediawiki/index.php/Main_Page

Happy Holidays!

2008-12-26T09:28:00.001-06:00

Happy Holidays!: ""

(Via QC RSS.)

Ur nobody till uv

2008-12-24T09:43:00.001-06:00

Ur nobody till uv: "

Ur nobody till uv been ignored by a cat

yep. i nawt rly care abowt u nd ur problemz.

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come to da dark side we has puppies.

2008-12-24T09:39:00.003-06:00

come to da dark side we has puppies.: "

come to da dark side we has puppies.

(Darth Vader)

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Snowballs chance in hell? Improving drastically

2008-12-24T09:39:00.001-06:00

Snowballs chance in hell? Improving drastically: "

Snowballs chance in hell? Improving drastically

(Tourists at the famous ‘Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas’ sign during a snowstorm)

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2008-12-22: Sinfest

2008-12-23T08:16:00.000-06:00

2008-12-22: Sinfest: "

Sinfest
Tatsuya Ishida

(Via Sinfest.)

LAW UV WATER

2008-12-21T17:22:00.001-06:00

LAW UV WATER: "

LAW UV WATER DISPLACEMENT A kitteh in a baff will displace ten times its own volume in water. (Mostly frum attemptz 2 escape)

unless u iz a trikky kitteh nd can git awt of baffs.

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Cuddlez

2008-12-19T11:46:00.001-06:00

Cuddlez: "

Cuddlez We haz it

can i join da cuddlez?

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Bunny Nomming a Flower

2008-12-19T07:59:00.001-06:00

Bunny Nomming a Flower: "

Grey Bunny, originally uploaded by HDR Cafe.

(Via Cuter by the Hour.)

lolscience @ 2008-12-19T02:01:00

2008-12-19T07:19:00.001-06:00

lolscience @ 2008-12-19T02:01:00: "From the webcomic Abstruse Goose:

"

(Via lolcats can has science.)

Photo

2008-12-18T16:13:00.001-06:00

Photo: "

"

(Via garfield minus garfield.)

O stop…

2008-12-18T16:09:00.001-06:00

O stop…: "

O stop… …uz makin me blush.

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Don’t you wish your girlfriend was hot like me?

2008-12-18T16:08:00.001-06:00

Don’t you wish your girlfriend was hot like me?: "

Don’t you wish your girlfriend was hot like me?

(Bettie Page)

Bettie Page was one-of-a-kind and will be missed. Thanks for all of the great pictures, Bettie.

R.I.P., Ms. Page (via Dlisted)

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ritalin kitteh is ready to give you

2008-12-18T07:47:00.001-06:00

ritalin kitteh is ready to give you: "

ritalin kitteh is ready to give you his not divided attenshuns

wifawt mah ritalin, i wud b liek dis.

picture: jus10brown. lol caption: ratedblue

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(Via Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures - I Can Has Cheezburger?.)

Are you Comfy, Bob?

2008-12-18T07:46:00.001-06:00

Are you Comfy, Bob?: "

Are you Comfy, Bob?, originally uploaded by Pete Zarria.

(Via Cuter by the Hour.)

Baby Sugar Glider

2008-12-18T07:42:00.001-06:00

Baby Sugar Glider: "

BABY SUGAR GLIDER, originally uploaded by Moments Captured In Time.

(Via Cuter by the Hour.)

Kitty Bulb Tester:

2008-12-18T07:40:00.001-06:00

Kitty Bulb Tester:: "

Kitty Bulb Tester: These Still Good!

kittehs awlwayz sew halpful wif da chrismas lites.

picture: dunno source, via our lolcat builder. lol caption:

Want to share the holiday spirit? Send a lol as a holiday eCard with Bunway Cards. You can send this lol or any lol that you make to your friends and family and it’s all free!

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Shy Baby Chipmunk

2008-12-16T19:03:00.001-06:00

Shy Baby Chipmunk: "

Baby Chipmunk ~Chipster Chippy Munk, originally uploaded by Crikit (Lori G).

(Via Cuter by the Hour.)

Rabbit in a Box

2008-12-16T19:01:00.001-06:00

Rabbit in a Box: "

Lilli - was on explore!, originally uploaded by zweiehrliche.

This little bunny is trying to figure out cats’ obsession with boxes. He seems to be thinking, ‘Meh. What’s the big deal?’

(Via Cuter by the Hour.)

Congratulations, New Cat Owner!

2008-12-15T08:43:00.001-06:00

Congratulations on your purchase of a brand-new cat! With proper care and maintenance, your new cat will provide you with years of trouble-free service.

The most important step in unpacking your new cat is: Save all packing materials! They will be required for returns or service requests, so always keep them handy.

In fact, just in case you need backup packing materials, go ahead and save your old shoe boxes, moving cartons, mailing tubes, cereal containers ...

... drink cartons, lunch pails, hat boxes, unused planters, that old PC with the parts removed ...

... suitcases, backpacks, Tupperware containers, violin cases, Russian nesting dolls ...

Photos of Mia from sender-inner Stacey T. More at Flickr.

Congratulations, New Cat Owner!
Not That Mike The Other Mike
Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:04:00 GMT

I iz on ur bear

2008-12-14T21:54:00.001-06:00

I iz on ur bear: "

I iz on ur bear stealin ur fuzzies

kittehs liek 2 cuddel wif bearz.

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Doin’ Time

2008-12-14T07:46:00.001-06:00

Doin’ Time: "

doin’ time, originally uploaded by ambermarie9187.

So how long have you been in for?

Cute shot, ambermarie!

(Via Cuter by the Hour.)

Bun Buns

2008-12-14T07:45:00.001-06:00

Bun Buns: "

let’s snuggle, originally uploaded by goolian - fixated with baby bunnies.

Three little bunny bottoms all in a row!

(Via Cuter by the Hour.)

What iz you doin

2008-12-10T07:10:00.001-06:00

What iz you doin: "

What iz you doin on da flor? iz you drunk agin?

no. i jus happeh. ok. mebbeh i iz a bit drunk.

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As he listened to the sounds of

2008-12-09T17:08:00.001-06:00

As he listened to the sounds of: "

As he listened to the sounds of the grandchildren arriving, Hobart prayed that the lock on the bathroom door would hold.

kittehs nawt liek da babehs sew much.

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Comics - Explosm.net

2008-12-09T06:56:00.001-06:00

Comics - Explosm.net: "
Cyanide & Happiness @ Explosm.net"

(Via .)

Simultaneous

2008-12-09T06:41:00.001-06:00

Simultaneous: ""

(Via xkcd.com.)

My get up and go,

2008-12-09T00:28:00.001-06:00

My get up and go,: "

My get up and go, got up and went.

bin a tuff murning?

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Please Welcome ... Your 2008 All-star Varsity Scampering Team!

2008-12-09T00:27:00.001-06:00

Please Welcome ... Your 2008 All-star Varsity Scampering Team!: "

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Black and Decker-Nokia-Johnson Wax Stadium for the start of the 64th Annual Intercollegiate Scampering Championships!' And I can see the Kansas team taking the field now; let's meet some of the key players:

On the starting line, we've got Mopsy and Flopsy Rabinowitz, going over last-minute strategy.' The brothers won ten out of their twelve starters during their freshman year, and so the crowd expects great scampering from them today ...

... and yes!' There he is, coming on to the field now, looking confident ... it's star scamperer Biff 'Zippy' McBlurrgh, who leads the league this season in total yards scampered ...

... and now the team is getting final instructions from Coach Zeke 'The Disapprover' Standhope ...

... and so, as Head Cheerleader Alyssa 'Sender-Inner' B. joins her team on the field, we're ready now for the coin toss, sponsored by Chevron and Microsoft.' But first, these messages ...

(Via Cute Overload.)

The Perfect Gift For Christmas

2008-12-09T00:26:00.001-06:00

The Perfect Gift For Christmas: "

(Via WorthaLaugh.com.)

Curse da metric system! It sounded so big w

2008-12-09T00:25:00.001-06:00

Curse da metric system! It sounded so big w: "

Curse da metric system! It sounded so big when I ordered it!

goggie wuz stumpd by metric sistem awlso (via I Has A Hotdog)

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Anyone Seen My Cat?

2008-12-07T22:49:00.001-06:00

Anyone Seen My Cat?: "

(Via WorthaLaugh.com.)

Diet: Fish

2008-12-06T18:29:00.001-06:00

Diet: Fish: "

Diet: Fish - Diet: Birds - Diet: Yorkshire Terriers - Diet: Cheezburgers

but plz 2 nawt rly giev a diet of cheezburgerz 2 ur kitteh. nawt sew gud 4 dem.

intervention kitteh can halp u wif ur diet.

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(Via Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures - I Can Has Cheezburger?.)

December 05, 2008

2008-12-06T07:59:00.001-06:00

December 05, 2008: "
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(Via Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal (updated daily).)

Adding Insult To Injury

2008-12-05T15:51:00.001-06:00

Adding Insult To Injury: "

(Via WorthaLaugh.com.)

Don’t look at me, he’s YOUR son.

2008-12-04T19:34:00.001-06:00

Don’t look at me, he’s YOUR son.: "

Don’t look at me, he’s YOUR son.

liek fadda liek son.

picture: dunno source, via our lolcat builder. lol caption: amidetoi

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Da College Essentials:

2008-12-04T06:40:00.001-06:00

Da College Essentials:: "

Da College Essentials: Pizza, Raman and LOLcatz

hao abowt grass?

picture: Katsurugi. lol caption: korsair

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They Sure Don’t Make Em Like They Used Too

2008-12-03T18:08:00.001-06:00

They Sure Don’t Make Em Like They Used Too: "

(Via WorthaLaugh.com.)

Comics - Explosm.net

2008-12-03T07:03:00.001-06:00

Comics - Explosm.net: "
Cyanide & Happiness @ Explosm.net"

(Via .)

Comics - Explosm.net

2008-11-30T06:26:00.001-06:00

Comics - Explosm.net: "
Cyanide & Happiness @ Explosm.net"

(Via .)

HELP CONTROL THE

2008-11-29T17:46:00.003-06:00

HELP CONTROL THE: "

HELP CONTROL THE HUMAN POPULATION. Have your human spayed or neutered.

if u needz sum halp, jus cut on da doted line.

picture: PhyscoticFeline. lol caption: Dengarde

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The Best Washroom Signs

2008-11-29T17:46:00.001-06:00

The Best Washroom Signs: "

(Via WorthaLaugh.com.)

Moving Average Perl Script

2008-11-28T17:10:00.000-06:00

#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use Text::CSV;

my $csvfile = 'Combined.csv';
my $newfile = 'averaged.csv';

my $csv = Text::CSV->new();

open (CSV, "<", $csvfile) or die "Couldn't open output file: $!";
open (OUT, ">",$newfile) or die "Couldn't open output file: $!";

my $i=0;
my $l=0;
my @time;
my $tave;
my @doppler;
my $dave;
my @hyperfine;
my $have;
my $window=2;

while () {
if ($csv->parse($_)) {
my @columns = $csv->fields();

$time[$i-int($i/$window)*$window]=$columns[0];
$doppler[$i-int($i/$window)*$window]=$columns[1];
$hyperfine[$i-int($i/$window)*$window]=$columns[2];

if($i>=$window){

for($l=0;$l<$window;$l++){

$tave+=$time[$l]/$window;
$dave+=$doppler[$l]/$window;
$have+=$hyperfine[$l]/$window;

}

print OUT "$tave \t\t $dave \t\t $have \n";
$tave=0;
$dave=0;
$have=0;

}
$i++;

} else {
my $err = $csv->error_input;
print "Failed to parse line: $err";
}
}
close CSV; close OUT;

print "\n Moving Average taken over $i lines.\n";

epic sneez

2008-11-28T07:16:00.001-06:00

epic sneez: "

epic sneez in 3,2,

maek sur 2 turn ur head tho wen u do sneez.

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vortex kitteh

2008-11-28T07:10:00.001-06:00

vortex kitteh: "

vortex kitteh claims another.

picture: dunno source, via our lolcat builder. lol caption: eternal.dragon

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The Night Baster

2008-11-28T06:57:00.001-06:00

The Night Baster: "

(Via truckbearingkibble.com.)

How To Serve Chicken Wings To Men

2008-11-25T22:58:00.001-06:00

How To Serve Chicken Wings To Men: "

(Via WorthaLaugh.com.)

The Friend Zone

2008-11-24T18:07:00.001-06:00

The Friend Zone: "

Graph by Sunil S

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(Via GraphJam: Pop culture for people in cubicles..)

Lead me not into

2008-11-24T06:42:00.001-06:00

Lead me not into: "

Lead me not into temptashun Is can find it myself

basement cat musta set dis trap.

picture: dunno source, via our lolcat builder. lol caption: clferretmom

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Reasons for Attending Graduate School

2008-11-21T15:00:00.001-06:00

Reasons for Attending Graduate School: "

Graph by Blip Blip

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(Via GraphJam: Pop culture for people in cubicles..)

The lesser-known “Schrodinger’s

2008-11-20T23:02:00.001-06:00

The lesser-known “Schrodinger’s: "

The lesser-known ‘Schrodinger’s Tube’ experiment.

can i b part of da experiment?

picture: TachyonCommando. lol caption: DOOMbudgies

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Encore Presentayshe: Real-life Bambi and Thumper

2008-11-18T19:24:00.001-06:00

Encore Presentayshe: Real-life Bambi and Thumper: "

People, if you haven't already checked out the photography of Tanja Askani, you SHUD!

Exhibit A; the Snorgle-a-thon of a prosh deer and hare. Check out the fest below, and see all Tanja's photos here.

Ruhmember to check out ALL Tanja's photos! You won't buh-leaf it! More Bambi trivials over at IMDB!

(Via Cute Overload.)

Knowledge vs Interest

2008-11-17T18:23:00.001-06:00

Knowledge vs Interest: "

Graph by Parker K

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(Via GraphJam: Pop culture for people in cubicles..)

A Bunch of Rocks

2008-11-16T23:31:00.001-06:00

A Bunch of Rocks: ""

(Via xkcd.com.)

table mannerz

2008-11-16T09:03:00.001-06:00

table mannerz: "

table mannerz i haz dem

i haz gud mannerz 2.

picture: dunno source, via our lolcat builder. lol caption: Fallenstrawberry

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Guy Fawkes Works Too

2008-11-14T06:39:00.003-06:00

Guy Fawkes Works Too: ""

(Via QC RSS.)

Legal Hacks

2008-11-14T06:39:00.001-06:00

Legal Hacks: ""

(Via xkcd.com.)

2008-11-12: Sinfest

2008-11-12T07:06:00.001-06:00

2008-11-12: Sinfest: "

Sinfest
Tatsuya Ishida

(Via Sinfest.)

TO ALL OUR

2008-11-12T06:57:00.001-06:00

TO ALL OUR: "

TO ALL OUR EVERYDAY HEROES. Thank you.

fank u 2 dis heero 2.

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God bless and thank you all who serve

2008-11-11T06:31:00.001-06:00

God bless and thank you all who serve: "

God bless and thank you all who serve

Who is that in the picture? Tell us in the Comments

picture: dunno source, via our lol builder. lol caption: jordybb

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11/10/08 PHD comic: 'I need your help'

2008-11-11T06:28:00.001-06:00

11/10/08 PHD comic: 'I need your help': "

Piled Higher & Deeper by Jorge Cham		www.phdcomics.com
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title: 'I need your help' - originally published 11/10/2008 For the latest news in PHD Comics, CLICK HERE!

(Via PHD Comics.)