Archive for March 28th, 2009


Y chromosome – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Y chromosome – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

“Today, the human Y chromosome itself contains only 78 working genes,[9] compared to close to 1500 working genes on the X chromosome. In some animals, Y degradation is even more severe. The dunnart, a marsupial carrying a 10-12 Mb Y chromosome, has only four characterised genes; among them the SRY gene, is the smallest known mammalian Y chromosome.”

Via [wikipidia while writing a dirty rap and forgetting which chromosome the mens have]


Duchebags cloud science and activism with wrongheaded green-backlash

Some duchebags are proposing that you should use as much electricity as possible during earth hour. It’s funny and I get it, but it won’t be funny in 100 years when people are fighting and dying because of the pollution and energy consumption.

I know that repeating this crap is the worst thing I can do for it, but you should be aware of who you share your world with when you are considering saving it:

 
60 minutes of Anti-Earth Hour

 

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To:  World Population

I am proposing a worldwide strategy to discredit the theories of man-made global warming, starting with the 60 minutes of ‘Anti-Earth Hour’. On the same date and time as Earth Hour, March 29th, 2008 at 8pm, your local time, join the fight against the lights off hour by turning your lights ON.

In fact, turn everything on! Below, I will provide you with a list of all potential items and objects that you can turn ON as a way to counter the effects of Earth Hour.

-all household lights
-air conditioner
-heater
-automobiles (your ride)
-automobile headlights
-washer
-dryer
-dishwasher
-stove/oven
-put on oven’s self-cleaning cycle
-microwave
-any/all kitchen appliances
-television
-dvd player
-game system
-stereo
-and any other electrical equipment you can think of

Please sign this petition to indicate your support and participation to 60 minutes of ‘Anti-Earth Hour’.

Disclaimer: I will not be held responsible for any actions that result in damages or harm, such as but not limited to, burning down your house due to faulty wiring, etc. Participation is at your own discretion.

Sincerely,

The Undersigned


Vampire Themed Fundraiser

Save the Date

Mark your calendars for Friday, MAY 29th!

threewalls is hosting its unforgettable spring fundraiser:

You Oughta be in Fangs
Written and directed by Death by Design

Decadent 1920s party-goers in search of hot-jazz and free-flowing booze, head to an underground speakeasy run by conjoined whisper sisters, but discover cold bodies and free-flowing blood. Assisted by a team of waxen virgins and undead goons, Vampires move incognito through the euphoric crowd, adding to their brood.

Come and enjoy an evening of cocktails, live entertainment, and delectable Vampire bites.

Food created by Bleeding Heart Bakery

Event will be held on May 29th, 2009, details following soon, so stay tuned and be reborn this spring as the eternally undead!

Threewalls info (not sure if this is the address):

    *  119 n. peoria #2d
    * Chicago, IL 60607
    * 312.432.3972
    * info@three-walls.org

via [threewalls pr email]



Vista Partition Resizing Mystery

Let’s say you’re playing tech support for your loved ones.

Let’s then say that they have a laptop by ACER (Aspire 5050) which has ~100 GB hard drive with two partitions of about 50GB apiece.

Let’s then say that said loved one has never put data on the second partition out of ignorance (the kind of ignorance divorced from shame).

You _could_ repartition the hard drive by first deleting the unused partition and expanding the primary partition using the Disk Manager.

But, if you get this error “cannot be converted to dynamic or the volume being extended is a boot or system volume” when you try to expand the primary partition, don’t fret.

Simply _shrink_ the drive. I did it by two bytes. When the disk manager returned from that dialog, it took up the whole 100 GB. It’s a bug, but when a bug does something useful it’s called a feature.

Btw, I’m sorry you’re working on a loved one’s computer.