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The Idler (1984–1993)
Idler refers to someone or something idle: * An idle game * A slacker, a person who habitually avoids work * Idler-wheel, a system used to transmit the rotation of the main shaft of a motor to another rotating device * Idler circuit, a circuit in a parametric amplifier to generate an idle response Idler or The Idler may also refer to: Books and publications * ''The Idler'' (1758–1760), series of essays by Samuel Johnson and his contemporaries * ''The Idler'' (1892–1911), literary and humorous magazine started by Jerome K. Jerome * ''The Idler'' (1993), bi-monthly British magazine exploring alternative ways of working and living * ''The Idler'' (Canadian magazine), Canadian literary magazine published from 1985 to 1993 * ''The Idlers'', 1906 novel by Morley Roberts Music * Idlers (Canadian band), a Canadian reggae band * The Idlers, a United States Coast Guard Academy ensemble Other uses * Idler (yacht) American Yacht built in 1865 in Fairhaven, Connecticut * An Idle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Idle Game
An incremental game (also known as an idle game, clicker game, or tap game) is a video game genre centered on minimal gameplay, player interaction, where simple actions—such as clicking a button—generate in-game currency. Players use this currency to purchase upgrades that automate progress (i.e., Incremental game#Progress without interaction, or very limited interaction (Idling), idling), enabling exponential growth in resource accumulation. These games often feature rapidly escalating costs and rewards, with numbers frequently displayed in scientific notation or shorthand (e.g., "1T" for trillion). Core mechanics include prestige systems, where players reset progress for permanent bonuses, and monetization through microtransactions (e.g., instant currency boosts) or advertisements offering minor rewards. Titles like Cookie Clicker and AdVenture Capitalist popularized the genre, blending open-ended gameplay with occasional closed endings, as seen in Candy Box!. Originating i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slacker
A slacker is someone who habitually work aversion, avoids work or lacks work ethic. Origin According to different sources, the term "slacker" dates back to about 1790 or 1898. "Slacker" gained some recognition during the UK, British Gezira Scheme in the early to mid-20th century, when Sudanese labourers protested their relative powerlessness by working lethargically, a form of protest known as "slacking". World Wars In the United States during World War I, the word "slacker" was commonly used to describe someone who was not participating in the war effort, specifically someone who avoided military service, equivalent to the later term "draft dodger". Attempts to track down such evaders were called "slacker raids". During World War I, U.S. Senator Miles Poindexter discussed whether inquiries "to separate the cowards and the slackers from those who had not violated the draft" had been managed properly. A ''San Francisco Chronicle'' headline on 7 September 1918, read, "Slacker I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Idler-wheel
{{refimprove, date=June 2015 An idler-wheel is a wheel which serves only to transmit rotation from one shaft to another, in applications where it is undesirable to connect them directly. For example, connecting a motor to the platter of a phonograph, or the crankshaft-to-camshaft gear train of an automobile. Because it does no work itself, it is called an " idler". Friction drive An idler-wheel may be used as part of a friction drive mechanism. For example, to connect a metal motor shaft to a metal platter without gear noise, early phonographs used a rubber idler wheel. Likewise, the pinch roller in a magnetic tape transport is a type of idler wheel, which presses against the driven capstan to increase friction. Idler pulley In a belt drive system, idlers are often used to alter the path of the belt, where a direct path would be impractical. Idler pulleys are also often used to press against the ''back'' of a pulley in order to increase the wrap angle (and thus contact ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parametric Amplifier
A parametric oscillator is a driven harmonic oscillator in which the oscillations are driven by varying some parameters of the system at some frequencies, typically different from the natural frequency of the oscillator. A simple example of a parametric oscillator is a child pumping a playground swing by periodically standing and squatting to increase the size of the swing's oscillations. Note: In real-life playgrounds, swings are predominantly driven, not parametric, oscillators. The child's motions vary the moment of inertia of the swing as a pendulum. The "pump" motions of the child must be at twice the frequency of the swing's oscillations. Examples of parameters that may be varied are the oscillator's resonance frequency \omega and damping \beta. Parametric oscillators are used in several areas of physics. The classical varactor parametric oscillator consists of a semiconductor varactor diode connected to a resonant circuit or cavity resonator. It is driven by varying ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Idler (1758–1760)
''The Idler'' was a series of 103 essays, all but twelve of them by Samuel Johnson, published in the London weekly the ''Universal Chronicle'' between 1758 and 1760. It is likely that the Chronicle was published for the sole purpose of including ''The Idler'', since it had produced only one issue before the series began, and ceased publication when it finished. The authors besides Johnson were Thomas Warton, Bennet Langton, and Joshua Reynolds. Johnson's biographer, James Boswell, recalled that Johnson wrote some of the essays in ''The Idler'' "as hastily as an ordinary letter". He said that once while visiting Oxford, Johnson composed an essay due for publication the next day in the half-hour before the last post was collected. The essays were so popular that other publications began reprinting them without permission, prompting Johnson to insert a notice in the Chronicle threatening to do the same to his competitors' material and give the profits to London's prostitutes. Whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Idler (1892–1911)
''The Idler'' was an illustrated monthly magazine published in Great Britain from 1892 to 1911. It was founded by the author Robert Barr, who brought in the humorist Jerome K. Jerome as co-editor, and its contributors included many of the leading writers and illustrators of the time. Content ''The Idler'' generally catered to the popular taste, printing light pieces and sensational fiction. The magazine published short stories, serialised novels, humour pieces, poetry, memoirs, travel writing, book and theatre reviews, interviews and cartoons. It also included a monthly feature called 'The Idlers' Club', in which a number of writers would offer their views on a particular topic. Most of ''The Idler''s contributors were popular and prolific writers of the time. Some of them, such as Rudyard Kipling, Mark Twain and Ernest Bramah, are still read today. Editors * February 1892 – July 1895: Jerome K. Jerome and Robert Barr * August 1895 – November 1897: Jerome K. Jerome ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Idler (1993)
''The Idler'' is a bi-monthly magazine, devoted to its ethos of 'idling'. Founded in 1993 by Tom Hodgkinson and Gavin Pretor-Pinney, the publication's intention is to improve public perception of idling. The magazine combines the aesthetics of 1990s slacker culture and pre–Industrial Revolution idealism. The title comes from a series of essays by Samuel Johnson, published in 1758–59. Ethos On the practice of idling, Tom Hodgkinson writes: History ''The Idler'' was launched in 1993 when its editor, Tom Hodgkinson, was 25. The title came from a series of essays by Samuel Johnson. In it, Johnson wrote on such subjects as sleep and sloth and said: "Every man is, or hopes to be, an idler." The new ''Idler'' took this 18th-century sensibility and combined it with radical philosophies of the 1990s. Issue One featured a profile of Johnson and an interview with psychonaut Terence McKenna. The ''Idler'' has since enjoyed a number of incarnations. In the 1990s it was pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Idler (Canadian Magazine)
''The Idler'' was a Canadian literary magazine, published from 1985 to 1993."After 225 years, a Toronto freelancer resurrects The Idler: Picking up Dr. Johnson's torch". ''The Globe and Mail'', January 15, 1985. Named after Samuel Johnson's 18th-century historical essay series '' The Idler'', the magazine included poetry and fiction but was mainly dedicated to essays. ''The Idler'' described its ideal reader as "a sprightly, octogenarian spinster with a drinking problem, and an ability to conceal it." Initially a bimonthly,Nick Auf der Maur, "Little literary magazine packs loads of pleasure". ''Montreal Gazette'', June 19, 1987. ''The Idler'' became a monthly magazine in 1989.Bruce Blackadar, "The Idler revs up writing in drive to monthly format". ''Toronto Star'', June 15, 1989. However, its publication schedule was often disrupted by its chronic financial difficulties. History ''The Idler'' was launched by David Warren, a freelance journalist and editor, in January 1985, and w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morley Roberts
Morley Charles Roberts (29 December 1857 – 8 June 1942) was an English novelist and short story writer, best known for ''The Private Life of Henry Maitland''. Life and work Roberts was born in London, the son of William Henry Roberts (1831–1908), a superintending inspector of income tax, and Catherine, née Pullen. He was educated at Bedford Grammar School, and Owens College, Manchester, England. Near the end of 1876 Roberts took a steerage passage to Australia and landed at Melbourne in January 1877. The next three years were spent in obtaining colonial experience, mostly on sheep stations in New South Wales, and Roberts then returned to London. For a time he worked in the war office and other government departments, but again went on his travels and had varied occupations in the United States and Canada between 1884 and 1886. He later travelled in Oceania, Australia, South Africa, amongst other parts of the world. Roberts used his experiences freely in his books, the fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Idlers (Canadian Band)
Idlers is a Canadian reggae band from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, consisting of eleven members. History Idlers was founded in 2006 by Paul Schiralli-Earle, Tommy Duggan, and Mark Wilson, and released an EP that year. By the time that the band's first full album, ''Corner'', was released in 2008, there were ten members. The band toured in Canada as far as the prairie provinces. In March 2009, Idlers traveled to Dreamland Studio in West Hurley, New York, to record their second album, ''Keep Out''. Darryl Jenifer, Bad Brains bassist and Bedouin Soundclash producer, produced the album. The engineer was Phil Burnett. That year they also performed at the Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Festival, and later and toured in western Canada, including British Columbia. ''Keep Out'' won an East Coast Music Award for best world music album. In 2011 the band opened for NOFX's concert in St. John's. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Idlers
The Idlers of the United States Coast Guard Academy (USCGA) are an all-male collegiate a cappella ensemble specializing in the performance of sea shanties and patriotic music. Overview A relatively exclusive group with a history and traditions similar to many fraternal organizations, the Idlers are the only all-male a cappella vocal group at the U. S. Coast Guard Academy. Membership is attained through annual auditions overseen by the current members and the director. Group size varies based on current requirements, but generally includes between 12 and 20 men. The ideal group includes 3 or 4 members for each part: Tenor 1, Tenor 2, Baritone, and Bass. The group began in 1957 with 14 singers, two of which were freshman (4/c cadets). The Idlers have an elected president, who historically was the "pitch" and leads rehearsals in the absence of the director. The vice president was the "vice-pitch", also an elected position. History Founding The Idlers were formed in 1957 by eig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Idler (yacht)
The ''Idler'' was a schooner-yacht built in 1864 by Samuel Hartt Pook of Fair Haven, New Haven, Fairhaven, Connecticut. She was one of the fastest yachts in the New York yachting fleet. ''Idler'' came in second place in the America’s Cup in 1870. She was sold times before she capsized and sank in 1900. Construction The ''Idler'' was a centreboard schooner-rigged yacht designed by Naval architecture, naval architect Samuel Hartt Pook and constructed in the summer of 1864 either by F. Colgate or Joshua Brown in Fair Haven, New Haven, Fairhaven, Connecticut. According to the ''Record of American and Foreign Shipping'', her original dimensions were in length; breadth of beam; depth of hold; and 85 tons (Thames Measurement). Below deck, ''Idler'' had a large lounge, and four private staterooms. There were several storerooms and closets, and more than one toilet. Forward of the lounge was a Galley (kitchen), galley, pantry, and large icebox. The crew berths were beneath the for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
