Odi's New Writeupshttp://everything2.com/?node=New%20Writeups%20Atom%20Feed&foruser=Odi2002-08-26T23:43:30Zstone burner (thing)http://m.everything2.com/user/Odi/writeups/stone+burnerOdihttp://m.everything2.com/user/Odi2002-08-26T23:43:30Z2002-08-26T23:43:30Z<p>This is one of the most dangerous <a href="/title/nuclear">nuclear</a> weapons ever conceived*. Rather than packing a very explosive punch, it bores through solid rock until its nuclear <a href="/title/fuel">fuel</a> is spent. Packed with enough fuel, and aimed at the planet's <a href="/title/core">core</a>, it can reach the center and cause the entire planet to rupture.</p>
<p>When it goes off, a Stone Burner releases a particular type of <a href="/title/radiation">radiation</a> that mostly affects eye tissue. The extremely high levels of heat and radiation actually eats away the flesh of the eyes, leaving nothing but empty eye sockets for anyone caught in the vicinity of the blast. It is effective for neutralizing forces in a wide radius**.</p>
<p><em>*By the humans of the future portrayed in <a href="/title/Frank+Herbert">Frank Herbert's</a> <a href="/title/Dune">Dune</a> saga. **The <a href="/title/Tleilaxu">Tleilaxu</a> will sell many eyes in that case. <a href="/title/Muad%2527dib">Paul Muad'dib</a> was blinded by a Stone Burner.</em></p>
ESP (thing)http://m.everything2.com/user/Odi/writeups/ESPOdihttp://m.everything2.com/user/Odi2002-07-26T14:45:00Z2002-07-26T14:45:00Z<p>Electronic Stability Program (ESP), also called Vehicle Dynamics Control, Dynamic Stability Control, etc., is a
<a href="/title/passive+safety">passive safety</a> feature for your car that constantly verifies whether your vehicle is headed in the direction the steering wheel is indicating. If the system detects that your car is veering off the desired course, it will
instantly react by individually applying the brakes on up to two specific wheels in order to cause the car to swing back on course.</p>
<p>The detection portion of the system works by comparing data from a sensor embeded in the <a href="/title/steering+wheel">steering wheel</a> and directional data obtained from a <a href="/title/yaw">yaw</a> sensor.</p>
<p>This type of course correction cannot be performed manually with today's cars because there is only one brake
pedal that applies the brakes on all four wheels. To manually achieve the same effect as ESP, you would need to have 4 brake pedals, one for each wheel. And you would need to instinctively know which brake pedal would have which effect under any given<!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…alternate Radio Shack names (thing)http://m.everything2.com/user/Odi/writeups/alternate+Radio+Shack+namesOdihttp://m.everything2.com/user/Odi2001-06-01T19:43:06Z2001-06-01T19:43:06ZWhere I live (<a href="/title/Quebec">Quebec</a>) there are three common nicknames for <a href="/title/Radio+Shack">Radio Shack</a> stores. <b>Radio Scrap</b> is the most popular because it works particularly well in both French and English. There's also <b>Radio Shaft</b> and <b>Radio Shite</b>. Other common Radio Shack brands have been nicknamed as well, like the Trash-80 instead of the <a href="/title/TRS-80">TRS-80</a>, a computer they sold under a <a href="/title/Tandy">Tandy</a> brand back in the '80s. Also, if you do a search on <a href="/title/Google">Google</a> for 'radio scrap' right now, the first listing that comes up is Radio Shack Canada. The Canadian Radio Shack company knows customers might search for this term and, although derogatory, why risk a customer going to a competitor?<br><br>Their motto: "You've got questions? We've got shrugs."
Duncan Idaho (person)http://m.everything2.com/user/Odi/writeups/Duncan+IdahoOdihttp://m.everything2.com/user/Odi2001-05-28T20:18:15Z2001-05-28T20:18:15Z<p>(Spoilers)</p>
<p>Actually, Duncan Idaho does not stay pretty much the same throughout the <a href="/title/Dune">Dune</a> saga. During the final known times in the Dune story (<a href="/title/Chapterhouse%253A+Dune">Chapterhouse: Dune</a>), when the <a href="/title/Bene+Gesserit">Bene Gesserit</a> and the <a href="/title/Honored+Matres">Honored Matres</a> became one <a href="/title/sisterhood">sisterhood</a>, Duncan Idaho was a wildly capable being.</p>
<p>This last known Duncan Idaho <a href="/title/ghola">ghola</a> was a <a href="/title/mentat">mentat</a>, a male sexual <a href="/title/imprinter">imprinter</a> and also had a limited form of <a href="/title/Other+Memory">Other Memory</a> just like the Bene Gesserit had. This Duncan Idaho was created using cells from all past incarnations of Duncan Idaho, and was trained by the dirty <a href="/title/Tleilaxu">Tleilaxu</a> to be a male master at sexual bonding. In fact, when <a href="/title/Murbella">Murbella</a>, a talented Honored Matre tried to <a href="/title/sexually+bond">sexually bond</a> Duncan Idaho, Duncan managed to sexually bond her too, creating a mutual <a href="/title/sexual+addiction">sexual addiction</a>.</p>
<p>In the end, this Duncan Idaho took a <a href="/title/no-ship">no-ship</a> and scattered to a random location in the universe.</p>How to avoid driving into your garage with your bike still on the car roof rack (idea)http://m.everything2.com/user/Odi/writeups/How+to+avoid+driving+into+your+garage+with+your+bike+still+on+the+car+roof+rackOdihttp://m.everything2.com/user/Odi2001-05-22T13:51:42Z2001-05-22T13:51:42ZHere are some <a href="/title/tips">tips</a> you can use to avoid driving into your garage while your bike is still on your car's roof <a href="/title/rack">rack</a>, based on experience and careful consideration:<br>
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- Hide your remote garage door opener so you will think twice before opening the garage door and driving in.<br>
- Try not to clutter your mind with thoughts of <a href="/title/having+sex+with+your+partner+while+you+drive+up+to+your+house">having sex with your partner while you drive up to your house</a>.<br>
- Don't try to hurry up and get home before <a href="/title/Law+and+Order">Law and Order</a> starts<br>
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If you do end up doing it, at least savor the horrible <a href="/title/crunching+sound">crunching sound</a> the bike makes as it gets smashed off the twisting and bending rack, bounces off the car, smashes your <a href="/title/rear+windshield">rear windshield</a> and slams onto the ground breaking your cute mirror accessory for good measure.<br>
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Note: This happened to me twice so far. I still prefer a roof rack to a rear rack.Vladimir Harkonnen (person)http://m.everything2.com/user/Odi/writeups/Vladimir+HarkonnenOdihttp://m.everything2.com/user/Odi2001-02-10T19:35:30Z2001-02-10T19:35:30Z<p>Vladimir Harkonnen, Baron of <a href="/title/House+Harkonnen">House Harkonnen</a> during the period when Paul Atreides became known as <a href="/title/Muad%2527dib">Muad'dib</a>, was a human that looked and acted remarkably similar to <a href="/title/Jabba+the+Hutt">Jabba the Hutt</a>, a creature from another galaxy, far far away.</p><p>In fact, the Baron and Jabba were both fat tubs of <a href="/title/lard">lard</a> that needed mechanical help to be reasonably mobile, both had wrinkled, <a href="/title/pus">pus</a>-encrusted skin, were sex-hungry (the baron preferred men, however) and ate delicacies that made even Klingon <a href="/title/Gah">Gah</a> look <a href="/title/appetizing">appetizing</a>. They also both were essentially crime lords and both had control of desert planets (<a href="/title/Dune">Dune</a> & <a href="/title/Tatooine">Tatooine</a>) and each one of those planets had deadly creatures that lived in the sand (<a href="/title/Sandworm">Sandworm</a> & <a href="/title/Sarlacc">Sarlacc</a>). Jabba and the Baron loved to watch people get eaten alive by creatures or die in gladiator-style games (<a href="/title/Rancor">Rancor</a> & <a href="/title/Feyd-Rautha+Harkonnen">Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen</a>) and were scheming creatures that thought they were incredibly intelligent. I am not sure the baron was able to resist <a href="/title/Jedi+Mind+Trick">Jedi Mind Trick</a>s however.</p><br><hr><p><b>Metaf<!-- close unclosed tag --></b><!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…