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Hey look, buddy I'm an engineer And that means I solve problems Not problems like "What is beauty?" Because that would fall within the purview of your conundrums of philosophy [...or some big words like that] I solve practical problems For instance How am I going to find comfortable earphones For years I haven't liked earphones, all because the pair my mother had were awfully shaped. Whoever made them had no idea what they were doing - or thought that those little earplugs were comfortable. They were these devices. Terribly uncomfortable. Eventually I started using something similar to this, so that I didn't have to have whole-head-phones. They're pretty good, but after a while your earlobe starts to hurt, because it's being pinched ever-so-slightly. Mind you that these are not at all acceptable. There is a huge difference. This spring, however, I made a discovery. Thanks to listening to other people's iPods, I found out that Apple knows how to make earphones. Even when they're in the wrong ears they are comfortable (although, they fall out more easily then). You know what I'm talking about: Apple's Earphones. Knock-offs seem to think that you have to fill the whole section of the ear. This is, in fact, wrong, because then they are only comfortable for the person who they were molded for (and that's debatable). In my recent Wal-Mart search for a good pair (hopefully with a volume control, because the controls on my player have gone brakelatabasaasta ), I found a pair of non-apple earphones for $0.97 USD, though without volume control. They appeared to be pretty comfortable at first. Then my left ear started hurting somewhere. I couldn't say where. I examined a handily nearby pair of Applephones. I could so two main differences, shown here in red. The disk may also have been a little wider. My earphones were made entirely out of plastic (except for the wire). It was decided that, at 97 cents, I could afford to grind them down with a file, and risk the possibility of malfunction. At least the triangular protrusion in the back would have to go. After grinding it off on one ear, little improvement was noticed. I ground down the edges of the disk, which seemed to help. After making sure that the ground-down left earphone still worked, I made similar changes to the other earphone. The next day, I noticed that my sister had a pair of good earphones. I studied the differences there. The same thing, except now without the protrusion. I somehow doubt the other difference is making the problem, but I suppose it could be. Naturally it's the hardest place to grind down. I started grinding down other places, such as the region in a box here. No success as of yet. It could be that my ears a still sensitive/sore from before I made the changes, making everything seem uncomfortable. Or maybe good earphones only come with MP3 players. That way the players sell.
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The title lies. Just one rock. Strangely one of the "Current Opportunities" for 5-8 graders I found on a space agency website was right down my dream career path (geologist-astronomer / lunar astrocolonist). The Martian scientists (er...not quite) are looking for rocks from around the world. Edit: Links removed. Too many sites with forums these days.
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Today I ordered water at our "fast" food restaurant. The cup that came to me was labelled H2C! It was amazing. Strangely enough, it even tasted like water. And here I thought the bonding pattersn of the individual atoms forbid Hydragen Dicarbon. Also, the letter C is such a useless letter. It'd be hadier, and less confusing pronunciation-wise if we just had a Ch letter and used Ch, K, and S in place of C. Don't you agree?
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The BZP Experamental Laboratory would like to announce that their first test has been successful. At exactly about 3:40-ish on the day Saturday, December 2nd the test site exploded with Nuklear Activity. You can see a picture of the explosion below (it can also be used as a banner): My first poll ever! and my second poll.
