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The essential rubber ring used to hold a stem in a pre-fabricated bong.
Person 1: There's too much air getting in those cones man.
Person 2: Yeah the grommit split last week when i was cleaning it earlier.
Person 1: You cheapskate bum go down the smoke shop and get another.
Person 2: Yeah the grommit split last week when i was cleaning it earlier.
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Grommit _(noun) An offensive term used to describe a male person, ranging in age from adolescence to young adulthood. Usually an obnoxious miscreant of urban or suburban upbringing, a Grommit's life usually revolves around low-grade or under-weight grams of marijuana (see also Grom). A Grommit is usually a half-assed (as in "not very talented") skateboarder, or surfer, or (typically in more rural areas) skimboarder. Grommits can usually be found in the parking lots of liquor stores and gas stations throughout most of the U.S. and Canada, where they are known to hassle people to illegally buy them cigarettes and/or beer. Their dress style/music preference can range from "crunk-hiphop douche-bag," to "skinny-jeans-wearin' emo-twerp," to" neo-metal nincompoop." Whatever their style be, Grommits are ALWAYS considered posers, and if you find yourself making a purchase at "Hot Topic," chances are you are one of them. Outside of skate/surf/skim-boarding, Grommit activities usually include: jacking candy from 7/11 as a political statement of "sticking it to DA-MAN," huffing gold-flake spray paint for an all-time classy buzz, harassing semi-friends of theirs who work at Taco Bell to "hook 'em up with a Churro," and last but not least, competing with each other over the heart of the Grommit female counterpart, the Gromette.
Man.... I left my car unlocked in the 7/11 parking lot for two minutes and the damn grommits stole my pack of smokes off the dash. Worthless parking lot RATS!!!!!
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10 Ağustos 2010, Salı
Just a little skate(board) rat(kid), this could apply to other "extreme" sports as well such as surfing, BMXing, motocross, etc. It can't however apply to traditional team sports. The kid should be hardcore skater and isn't your next door neighbor with knee-pads and rollerblades but it could be referred to a novice skater as well.
Damn, this park is stuffed to the brim with grommits.
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grommits- your hommies; a small metal circle used to keep holes from ripping; anything you want it to be
ex. wats up my grommits; or: i need to use the grommit hole
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6 Ekim 2004, Çarşamba
a grommit is a person who is grungy looking such as not shaving and having a grotest beard or smelling like shit or even dressed like hobo to public events
dude ur such a grommit for wearing that
that is filthy totally gromtastic
that is filthy totally gromtastic
frosty27 tarafından
30 Ağustos 2010, Pazartesi
A rookie. A novice.
What does he know? He's just a grommit.
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The WINE project will turn 15 years old this June, and to celebrate there will be the version 1.0 release of WINE (WINE Is Not an Emulator). The 1.0 release plan puts two release candidates in May and then the final release on June 6, 2008...
i hope it's not all about a number.
Wine reaching a 1.0 stable version is very important for distributions - we may even see some "Wine by default" things spring up.
I'm pragmatic about it, personally, but I do see the bad things that could come with Win32 support (see: OS/2 - The windows compatibility meant that devs only released windows versions of software.) Likewise, if I can support Linux and windows (and OSX, and BSDs, and so on since Wine is everywhere) with one executable, why am I going to bother with any other versions of my software?
On the other hand, people clamor to be able to play their favorite games in non-windows OSes, the latest version of quickbooks, <insert proprietary software here>, and they can finally make the jump to Linux.
It seems to me that they are setting their sites a little low to mark it 1.0 The criteria for 1.0 status is:
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Photoshop CS2 tryout
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To me a 1.0 status would at least have the wineconf program not popping up messages like "Feature not supported yet".
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As promised last week on our junaio Blog, we decided to provide you with more information on the incredible application 'Find Brutus' created by Bradley A. Henry, Software Developer/Engineer at Ohio State University. The app helps students to explore the Ohio State Campus through their mobile Android devices. Named after the school's mascot, Brutus Buckeye, the augmented reality application cleverly uses voice recognition, geolocation, artificial intelligence as well as intelligent tutoring systems to provide the service to the campus community.
In an interview given exclusively for metaio, Bradley A. Henry is speaking about the idea behind, the technical facts and the ongoing working processes.
What actually is 'Find Brutus'?
In technical terms: Find Brutus is an Intelligent Mixed Reality (IMR) application using a Virtual Tour Agent (VTA – patent pending) framework. An Intelligent Mixed Reality (IMR) application is the inclusion of Augmented Reality (AR), voice-recognition (VR), geolocation, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and intelligent tutoring systems (ITS) into a mobile accessible user experience.
In broader terms: Find Brutus is a Mobile Virtual Tour Guide designed for incoming students and visitors to the Ohio State University designed specifically as a graduate research project. A user will explore campus through pre-defined target locations on campus. As the user approaches the location 3-D Brutus will appear in mobile view as the indicator that they are approaching the first target. When the user identifies the location, as seen through their mobile device, the user will prompted with a few questions, including hints, about the target to answer. As the user answers each question they will then move to the next target. Version 2 is where VTA gets really exciting, see below.
Is it already a working application and in which context did you create it?
Yes, the beta version is complete. We used the free version of the Metaio SDK for Android. We are going to begin working on the iOS application over the summer as well as for Google Glass. Because the most exciting news is that this project is also part of the Google Glass Explorer pilot. We will be using Google Glass with the application to study student interactions and cognitive processing. The design of this version is study the affect of an incoming student to the university. The goal is to increase the students knowledge of the university campus and resources while acclimating them to their surroundings. If successful this should increase the students experience their first year attending The Ohio State University.
How many people were involved in the development on the application?
Find Brutus is the framework for my PhD thesis. But nevertheless a lot of players are involved: It is truly a community of engineers working on this application. I have counted over 80 people that have touched this project to some degree, currently over 8 of the Colleges and 6 departments at the university. To me this is what it looks like when organizations and people work together.
Included was also the College of Engineering Capstone project, which just won the CETI best in class project. This was a pretty extraordinary surprise, considering the level of competition. I have been blessed to work with some of the most amazing individuals. I was overwhelmed that the project was selected.
Virtual Tour Guiding has been a dream of metaio for a long time now and we are sure to bring the concept of the "Augmented City" into real life. In which fields do you feel a real value for VTG?
Long-term objectives for it is to use the framework as a mechanism for navigation of locations, and buildings and as an educational device that will include simulations that work within real-world environments. Example, educate professionals or students, such as nurses or doctors in their work environment. How this would work, using an emergency room, fully equipped, a learner would wearing a pair of Google Glasses and would be required to resolve simulated problem-based scenarios that interact with the environment. A doctor would interact with a virtual nurse using to perform surgical procedures.
Could you think about other examples of using AR and Virtual-Tour-Guiding in educational environment?
Another example could be the Thompson Library Foundation Stones Tour (Submitted idea in the OSU AR Hackathon): A student would view the foundation stones through their mobile device. The stones would provide information, such as origin, ethnicity, world regions, and text and voice translation capability. The student could tour the stones, seek information on specific origins, request information such as publications, videos, research that is available through the OSU library or tour the library. An additional concept idea submitted by the University Archives includes a historical view of the campus through time. Using AR a user can explore the campus in any given decade using Glass. Example, you can be on the oval wearing Glass and prompt the VTA to view the campus in 1850. As your line of site moves images, and information, of the campus in 1850 would appear in the glasses.
What future projects are already in the line?
We are also putting on a one day display at the Columbus Museum of Art, fellow students, the Ohio Film Commission and Columbus Fashion Week will are also participating. We are currently discussing a fall project. In addition, we are also discussing a live DJ event with augmented reality later in the year. I work with a very creative group of people.
Thank you Bradley for the interview!
Jack Dashwood
Jack knew that he was interested in Augmented Reality ever since he learned how to read at age 25. Fast forward and Jack now works at the center of the universe when it comes to AR: the offices of Metaio. How did he wind up here? We don't know, but we have yet to find a legitimate excuse to get rid of him. In the meantime we let him work on the blog and run the Metaio US PR operations. When not talking and writing about AR technology, he can usually be found augmenting his reality by more traditional means down the local pub.


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EVERYTHING YOU'VE HEARD IS TRUE July 02, 2001 5:40:03 PM UTC "...it's time to usher in a new chapter to the music scene," states www.ROCKNROLLSTATION.com. Enter Anyone. Though words alone simply cannot express w
SPINESHANK PLAY OZZFEST IN LA AFTER ALL July 02, 2001 4:04:26 PM UTC Did you read the previous news story? The one about the latest tour news on Chimaira and Ill Nino? Well, yet another change! Let's trace the Spineshank debut date on this year's Ozzfest - * originally slated to start
CHANGE OF PLANS July 02, 2001 3:46:00 PM UTC The wacky ways of the road... Though another change in plans, this should come as no surprise - For those of you planning on seeing Chimaira and Ill Nino tonight (07/02) at The Pound in San Fran, or tomorrow at Pine Street Balcony i
GET SCHOOLED ON THE SWITCH June 29, 2001 5:18:35 PM UTC Though we are aware many of you have heard of them before, how much do you really know about Roadrunner's latest signing, Killswitch Engage? Huh? We thought so... Well, since we don't have much new in the way of news to say since their signing,
NEW GAME, AND THE NEXT CONTESTANT June 29, 2001 4:56:41 PM UTC So, what's new here on the site? Yesterday gave birth to three new contests on our Free Shit section: 1) Win a pair of Dry Kill Logic autographed computer speakers. 2) Get your hand on
RETURN OF THE MISFITS June 29, 2001 4:06:41 PM UTC The Misfits stormed New York City's Time Square yesterday (06/28) blasting a set of classic tunes at the Virgin Megastore in honor of the band's 25th Anniversary. Joining mainghoul Jerry Only were some old fiends: Robo, the 'fits "Earth A.D." er
DOWNER AND DISLO TAKE CENTER STAGE June 29, 2001 8:37:12 AM UTC This weekend (Sunday, 07/01), head your ass down to New Mexico, the city of Albuquerque in particular. Roadrunner acts Downer and Dislocated Styles will be playing in grand fashion for KTEG's EdgeFest 7 at the Journal Pavilion...come one, co
TODAY'S DAIILY BEAT June 28, 2001 5:27:41 PM UTC Do you live in NY? Connecticut? Perhaps even New J-E-R-S-E-Y? (though, if you did live in Jersey, would you admit it?) Well, if you do and you have cable, perhaps you are familiar with the Metro Channel (channel 70 in NYC). Regardless, if you
VENUE CHANGE FOR TONIGHT'S SHOW June 28, 2001 5:04:56 PM UTC PLEASE NOTE - Tonight's (06/28) Spineshank show, featuring Chimaira and Ill Nino has changed venues. This show in Fresno, CA will no longer be played at Chuy's Bar & Grill, but the at the WARNER STAR PALACE - 1400 Fulton St. You wa
THE FINAL FRONTIER - PART V June 28, 2001 1:33:30 PM UTC Today concludes The Final Frontier series on Slipknot's IOWA track listings as reviewed by KERRANG!. In this final installment, we will hit the last four tracks on the release, making a total of 13 reviewed. If you are astute enoug


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