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There are plenty of games where you can look down to see your own body. Of the most recent games, Crysis is one. You can see your legs or shoulders if you down or to the sides. If seeing parts of your character's body is such a big deal, look around and you'll be able to find many more games. IIRC even DOOM3 works like that, although I don't have it installer right now to check.

There are plenty of games where you can look down to see your own body. Of the most recent games, Crysis is one. You can see your legs or shoulders if you down or to the sides. If seeing parts of your character's body is such a big deal, look around and you'll be able to find many more games. IIRC even DOOM3 works like that, although I don't have it installer right now to check.

"When I hit some Slashdot pages, it can literally take 5-8 or so seconds (count it out - that's slow for a page that's largely text) to show the content"

Slashdot, isn't the only culprit. As someone else here said, it's down to very badly designed sites. For instance why does the whole page need to reload just to view a 4x3 rectangular text box .. cause it's waiting .. waiting .. waiting for doubleclick.net and the script to do stuff in the background. By which time I've lost interest and moved on. I recall someone invented a method of producing static html pages from dynamic content, why are more people not using it?

http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/3364/unresponsivescriptky2.png

STOP FILTERING MY TUBES

It's icon is same as Microsoft Windows Media 9, look at what I have on my Windows Vista Uninstall dialog: http://img225.imageshack.us/my.php?image=chromevswindowsmediais8.jpg

This guy is the brother of Monica Bicking, one of the RNC 8

http://mugshot.org/visit?post=yBnDZHTk35dZWx

Violence?

Reports have come out about violent protest. First, I want to talk about the facts related to this:

Actual incidents are often exaggerated or fabricated. For instance, in the case of the home raids things like paint, bottles, and rags were labeled as "the ingredients for making Molotov cocktails". Iâ(TM)m sure every reader of this post has sufficient ingredients to make a Molotov cocktail. Also, many people have hatchets, bricks, and other materials. Buckets of urine were particularly attention-grabbing, but the only reason for these was that one of the houses had a broken toilet. The police interpretation of the confiscated material is not credible.

There have also been reports of violence at the protests themselves. First it should be noted that there are no reports of police or bystanders being injured. I personally find it is hard to classify property damage as "violence". If you don't include property damage then there doesn't seem to be much evidence of violence.

Protest is confrontational. Some will suggest that protesters should obey police in all situations. They suggest that protesters should obey all laws and only protest where permitted. They suggest protesters should not be disruptive of anyone else. The result would not be protest. In cases like the RNC, where extensive planning was in place to counter protest, non-confrontational protest means protesting according to someone elseâ(TM)s plans, someone who has no desire for the protest to succeed in any way. Once you confront the police, there will be violence â" usually by the police. And sure, you can stand with a flower in your hand and get a face full of pepper spray, and of course many people choose that course. Itâ(TM)s a noble choice, but I canâ(TM)t fault people for making other tactical decisions.

Another protesting tactic is the "black bloq", typically a group of people who try to attract the attention of the police, often through property damage. If the police have nothing better to do, then why not pin down the peaceful protesters and direct them where they can make the least impact? People in the black bloq will try to keep this from happening. Itâ(TM)s unlikely they were at all successful at the RNC as it was so thoroughly militarized. You could debate whether this is a good strategy (and there is lots of debate about this), but probably few people outside activists have any idea that there even is any underlying strategy.

Also, if you wonder why protesters, especially the anarchists, dress the way they do, it is primarily defensive. If you are going to get teargassed and peppersprayed does wearing a handkerchief seem so odd? And if they are tracking people to preemptively arrest, all the more reason to be as anonymous as possible.

So he says the police did find buckets of urine and Molotov cocktail components but they were there for legitimate reasons. And he admits "black bloq" anarchists damage property, which is true.

http://img70.imageshack.us/my.php?image=photo03ws9.jpg

He denies that police were attacked

http://img510.imageshack.us/my.php?image=photo07xh5.jpg
http://img372.imageshack.us/my.php?image=photo06tb3.jpg

or bystanders

http://img70.imageshack.us/my.php?image=photo05qi8.jpg

which is not. You can't make Molotovs out of paint either. But amongst all the spin and lies to get his sister off the hook he does admit the police found the stuff your affidavit says they were searching for.

This guy is the brother of Monica Bicking, one of the RNC 8

http://mugshot.org/visit?post=yBnDZHTk35dZWx

Violence?

Reports have come out about violent protest. First, I want to talk about the facts related to this:

Actual incidents are often exaggerated or fabricated. For instance, in the case of the home raids things like paint, bottles, and rags were labeled as "the ingredients for making Molotov cocktails". Iâ(TM)m sure every reader of this post has sufficient ingredients to make a Molotov cocktail. Also, many people have hatchets, bricks, and other materials. Buckets of urine were particularly attention-grabbing, but the only reason for these was that one of the houses had a broken toilet. The police interpretation of the confiscated material is not credible.

There have also been reports of violence at the protests themselves. First it should be noted that there are no reports of police or bystanders being injured. I personally find it is hard to classify property damage as "violence". If you don't include property damage then there doesn't seem to be much evidence of violence.

Protest is confrontational. Some will suggest that protesters should obey police in all situations. They suggest that protesters should obey all laws and only protest where permitted. They suggest protesters should not be disruptive of anyone else. The result would not be protest. In cases like the RNC, where extensive planning was in place to counter protest, non-confrontational protest means protesting according to someone elseâ(TM)s plans, someone who has no desire for the protest to succeed in any way. Once you confront the police, there will be violence â" usually by the police. And sure, you can stand with a flower in your hand and get a face full of pepper spray, and of course many people choose that course. Itâ(TM)s a noble choice, but I canâ(TM)t fault people for making other tactical decisions.

Another protesting tactic is the "black bloq", typically a group of people who try to attract the attention of the police, often through property damage. If the police have nothing better to do, then why not pin down the peaceful protesters and direct them where they can make the least impact? People in the black bloq will try to keep this from happening. Itâ(TM)s unlikely they were at all successful at the RNC as it was so thoroughly militarized. You could debate whether this is a good strategy (and there is lots of debate about this), but probably few people outside activists have any idea that there even is any underlying strategy.

Also, if you wonder why protesters, especially the anarchists, dress the way they do, it is primarily defensive. If you are going to get teargassed and peppersprayed does wearing a handkerchief seem so odd? And if they are tracking people to preemptively arrest, all the more reason to be as anonymous as possible.

So he says the police did find buckets of urine and Molotov cocktail components but they were there for legitimate reasons. And he admits "black bloq" anarchists damage property, which is true.

http://img70.imageshack.us/my.php?image=photo03ws9.jpg

He denies that police were attacked

http://img510.imageshack.us/my.php?image=photo07xh5.jpg
http://img372.imageshack.us/my.php?image=photo06tb3.jpg

or bystanders

http://img70.imageshack.us/my.php?image=photo05qi8.jpg

which is not. You can't make Molotovs out of paint either. But amongst all the spin and lies to get his sister off the hook he does admit the police found the stuff your affidavit says they were searching for.

This guy is the brother of Monica Bicking, one of the RNC 8

http://mugshot.org/visit?post=yBnDZHTk35dZWx

Violence?

Reports have come out about violent protest. First, I want to talk about the facts related to this:

Actual incidents are often exaggerated or fabricated. For instance, in the case of the home raids things like paint, bottles, and rags were labeled as "the ingredients for making Molotov cocktails". Iâ(TM)m sure every reader of this post has sufficient ingredients to make a Molotov cocktail. Also, many people have hatchets, bricks, and other materials. Buckets of urine were particularly attention-grabbing, but the only reason for these was that one of the houses had a broken toilet. The police interpretation of the confiscated material is not credible.

There have also been reports of violence at the protests themselves. First it should be noted that there are no reports of police or bystanders being injured. I personally find it is hard to classify property damage as "violence". If you don't include property damage then there doesn't seem to be much evidence of violence.

Protest is confrontational. Some will suggest that protesters should obey police in all situations. They suggest that protesters should obey all laws and only protest where permitted. They suggest protesters should not be disruptive of anyone else. The result would not be protest. In cases like the RNC, where extensive planning was in place to counter protest, non-confrontational protest means protesting according to someone elseâ(TM)s plans, someone who has no desire for the protest to succeed in any way. Once you confront the police, there will be violence â" usually by the police. And sure, you can stand with a flower in your hand and get a face full of pepper spray, and of course many people choose that course. Itâ(TM)s a noble choice, but I canâ(TM)t fault people for making other tactical decisions.

Another protesting tactic is the "black bloq", typically a group of people who try to attract the attention of the police, often through property damage. If the police have nothing better to do, then why not pin down the peaceful protesters and direct them where they can make the least impact? People in the black bloq will try to keep this from happening. Itâ(TM)s unlikely they were at all successful at the RNC as it was so thoroughly militarized. You could debate whether this is a good strategy (and there is lots of debate about this), but probably few people outside activists have any idea that there even is any underlying strategy.

Also, if you wonder why protesters, especially the anarchists, dress the way they do, it is primarily defensive. If you are going to get teargassed and peppersprayed does wearing a handkerchief seem so odd? And if they are tracking people to preemptively arrest, all the more reason to be as anonymous as possible.

So he says the police did find buckets of urine and Molotov cocktail components but they were there for legitimate reasons. And he admits "black bloq" anarchists damage property, which is true.

http://img70.imageshack.us/my.php?image=photo03ws9.jpg

He denies that police were attacked

http://img510.imageshack.us/my.php?image=photo07xh5.jpg
http://img372.imageshack.us/my.php?image=photo06tb3.jpg

or bystanders

http://img70.imageshack.us/my.php?image=photo05qi8.jpg

which is not. You can't make Molotovs out of paint either. But amongst all the spin and lies to get his sister off the hook he does admit the police found the stuff your affidavit says they were searching for.

This guy is the brother of Monica Bicking, one of the RNC 8

http://mugshot.org/visit?post=yBnDZHTk35dZWx

Violence?

Reports have come out about violent protest. First, I want to talk about the facts related to this:

Actual incidents are often exaggerated or fabricated. For instance, in the case of the home raids things like paint, bottles, and rags were labeled as "the ingredients for making Molotov cocktails". Iâ(TM)m sure every reader of this post has sufficient ingredients to make a Molotov cocktail. Also, many people have hatchets, bricks, and other materials. Buckets of urine were particularly attention-grabbing, but the only reason for these was that one of the houses had a broken toilet. The police interpretation of the confiscated material is not credible.

There have also been reports of violence at the protests themselves. First it should be noted that there are no reports of police or bystanders being injured. I personally find it is hard to classify property damage as "violence". If you don't include property damage then there doesn't seem to be much evidence of violence.

Protest is confrontational. Some will suggest that protesters should obey police in all situations. They suggest that protesters should obey all laws and only protest where permitted. They suggest protesters should not be disruptive of anyone else. The result would not be protest. In cases like the RNC, where extensive planning was in place to counter protest, non-confrontational protest means protesting according to someone elseâ(TM)s plans, someone who has no desire for the protest to succeed in any way. Once you confront the police, there will be violence â" usually by the police. And sure, you can stand with a flower in your hand and get a face full of pepper spray, and of course many people choose that course. Itâ(TM)s a noble choice, but I canâ(TM)t fault people for making other tactical decisions.

Another protesting tactic is the "black bloq", typically a group of people who try to attract the attention of the police, often through property damage. If the police have nothing better to do, then why not pin down the peaceful protesters and direct them where they can make the least impact? People in the black bloq will try to keep this from happening. Itâ(TM)s unlikely they were at all successful at the RNC as it was so thoroughly militarized. You could debate whether this is a good strategy (and there is lots of debate about this), but probably few people outside activists have any idea that there even is any underlying strategy.

Also, if you wonder why protesters, especially the anarchists, dress the way they do, it is primarily defensive. If you are going to get teargassed and peppersprayed does wearing a handkerchief seem so odd? And if they are tracking people to preemptively arrest, all the more reason to be as anonymous as possible.

So he says the police did find buckets of urine and Molotov cocktail components but they were there for legitimate reasons. And he admits "black bloq" anarchists damage property, which is true.

http://img70.imageshack.us/my.php?image=photo03ws9.jpg

He denies that police were attacked

http://img510.imageshack.us/my.php?image=photo07xh5.jpg
http://img372.imageshack.us/my.php?image=photo06tb3.jpg

or bystanders

http://img70.imageshack.us/my.php?image=photo05qi8.jpg

which is not. You can't make Molotovs out of paint either. But amongst all the spin and lies to get his sister off the hook he does admit the police found the stuff your affidavit says they were searching for.

Not all activists are the same though. If you look at the recent activists arrested before the RNC they were planning some serious shit -

http://www.ajc.com/news/content/news/stories/2008/09/02/anarchists_republican_convention.html

The affidavit paints a picture of a group that recruited participants from 67 cities and was intent on creating havoc.

According to the document:

* The RNC Welcoming Committee held two "pReNC" gatherings, one from Aug. 31 through Sept. 1, 2007, and another on May 3. At the first, 150 to 200 people - including one of the informants - talked about tactics to "shut down the RNC." At the second, St. Paul was divided into seven sectors for various anarchist groups to claim.

* The affidavit also talked about an "action camp" held July 31 to Aug. 3 at Lake Geneva, Minn.

* "An individual by the name of 'Henry' told the action camp group that he was throwing a liquid-filled balloon and that members of the group should stay away from the area ... because it would be very dangerous," the document said.

* Another person talked about using large puppets to conceal and transport Molotov cocktails, bricks, caltrops (devices used to stop buses and other vehicles), shields and lockboxes, the affidavit said. They also planned to throw marbles under the horses of the mounted patrol to trip the horses.

I like this bit

On Tuesday, District Judge Kathleen Gearin denied an emergency motion brought by eight plaintiffs - including at least one of those arrested - to have some of the items seized by police returned to them.

"Who should we return the urine to?" Gearin asked.

In addition to buckets of urine, investigators seized homemade devices used to disable buses and other vehicles, weapons, gas masks, flammable liquids and rags that could be used to make Molotov cocktails, computer storage devices, documents, pamphlets and banners. Some materials, such as banners and signs, were returned Monday for demonstrators to use during the protest marches. Albert Goins Sr., attorney for the plaintiffs, said they are likely to file an emergency appeal to get the rest of it back.

So the evil government did infiltrate the group and seized a bunch of stuff. But they gave back banners and signs. Then the group complained they needed the Molotov cocktails, balloons full of dangerous chemicals, bricks, caltrops, marbles and buckets of urine back!

Who should we return the urine to indeed.

Look at this pictures of 'anarchists' attacking an RNC delegates

http://img70.imageshack.us/my.php?image=photo05qi8.jpg

These people are more like the brownshirts breaking up their opponents meetings than hippies.

You mean this icon?

Now see here...

"shooting two pictures with a digital camera -- one with flash and one without. "

This difference has already been well-expressed across the internet for years.

Take off the rose colored glasses yourself; 20 levels of awesome gameplay doesn't make up for core stats simply doing *nothing* when the game launched.

Everyone who played the game that I've talked to stated that the first 20 levels were some of the most amazing 20 levels they've had in an MMO. Then they hit 21, and the game literally died. You had armor with stats that did nothing, you had broken abilities, absolutely no semblance of class balance, and the game was considered by many to be "an unfinished beta at best." Many still think of it the same way.

Strength did nothing. They said "screw it, we'll launch."

What? Really?

You may say that "AoC's character-centric quest line [was] done better" but quite frankly anything after level 20 was and is crap, and sorry, if I wanted to play a game that was 1/4th awesome (1-20) and 3/4ths crap (21-80) then I'd probably be playing AoC.

Nothing even remotely close to "class balance" (it makes WoW at launch look like it had flawless class balance... come on, a priest archtype in AoC being a better AoEer than... everyone? Without needing to heal? Uhhh k), base character stats not doing anything (really?), and every bit of what drew you in from 1-20 absolutely disappearing the second you hit 21.

Then you have their "lolpvp" stance - summarized in some awesome screenshots here (first post, #0, ignore the rest of the thread):

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=6762171037&sid=1&pageNo=1

And this screenshot here:
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/2425/gms1xv7.jpg

This is supposed to be FFA PvP. And uh... apparently anything more than "a few minutes" of participating in "FFA PvP" is good enough to get you the banhammer.

"So take off the rose colored glasses. WoW wasn't better when it launched."

I don't even... no words. Really?

That's one weak troll. Maybe it needs to eat more peasants?

(1) Did you check the URL on any of the links? It's HUGE. (2) The purpose of said image is in case the cached document mysteriously disappears. The complete URL wouldn't help in that situation.

Yes, images can be faked, but if 1000 or 2000 people have separate images of several different documents with variations in browser chrome, it lends much more credence to the evidence. In other words, one image is relatively worthless by itself, but if everyone takes a screenshot, the evidence will be undeniable. GP was simply doing his part. I too have images: chinadaily.com.cn, sina.com.cn, and chengdu.gov.cn.

(1) Did you check the URL on any of the links? It's HUGE. (2) The purpose of said image is in case the cached document mysteriously disappears. The complete URL wouldn't help in that situation.

Yes, images can be faked, but if 1000 or 2000 people have separate images of several different documents with variations in browser chrome, it lends much more credence to the evidence. In other words, one image is relatively worthless by itself, but if everyone takes a screenshot, the evidence will be undeniable. GP was simply doing his part. I too have images: chinadaily.com.cn, sina.com.cn, and chengdu.gov.cn.

(1) Did you check the URL on any of the links? It's HUGE. (2) The purpose of said image is in case the cached document mysteriously disappears. The complete URL wouldn't help in that situation.

Yes, images can be faked, but if 1000 or 2000 people have separate images of several different documents with variations in browser chrome, it lends much more credence to the evidence. In other words, one image is relatively worthless by itself, but if everyone takes a screenshot, the evidence will be undeniable. GP was simply doing his part. I too have images: chinadaily.com.cn, sina.com.cn, and chengdu.gov.cn.

You don't get the mainstream press interested in a new phone being released, but they were all out for the iPhone.

Live by the sword and all that.

I love you.

p.s. Worst CAPTCHA ever. Either that, or somehow Slash has developed awareness and comedic timing.

Unlike "Do no Evil" Google.

http://strydehax.blogspot.com/2008/08/hack-olympics.html
1. Google's cached copy of the spreadsheet does not contain Hexin's age record, and Baidu's does. This does not necessarily imply that Google allowed its data to be rewritten by Chinese censors, but the possibility does present itself.
2. From the minute I pressed the publish button on this blog, the clock is ticking until Hexin's true age is wiped out of the Baidu cache forever. It is up to you, the folks reading this blog, to take your own screenshots and notarize them by publishing them. If you put a link in the comments section, I'll post it.

Hmm, that reminds me of something

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_hole
In the walls of the cubicle there were three orifices. To the right of the speakwrite, a small pneumatic tube for written messages, to the left, a larger one for newspapers; and in the side wall, within easy reach of Winston's arm, a large oblong slit protected by a wire grating. This last was for the disposal of waste paper. Similar slits existed in thousands or tens of thousands throughout the building, not only in every room but at short intervals in every corridor. For some reason they were nicknamed memory holes. When one knew that any document was due for destruction, or even when one saw a scrap of waste paper lying about, it was an automatic action to lift the flap of the nearest memory hole and drop it in, whereupon it would be whirled away on a current of warm air to the enormous furnaces which were hidden somewhere in the recesses of the building.(pp. 34-35 1984 by George Orwell)

Totalitarian societies will always have memory holes to destroy documents with politically inconvenient facts in them, and armies of minions writing replacement documents without those facts. But it's very, very sad to see Google seemingly cooperating in this process.

I took a screenshot of the age in the Baidu cache -

http://img354.imageshack.us/img354/2111/199411bw0.png

Just take a look. I have the numbers to at least three more places in a 2 km radius. You know how you get them? By clicking "see more results"--which I can only access from the web interface.

Last night I searched for the same string at home (about 2 km away from that spot) and the second result was a place in Modena.

Don't get me wrong: GMaps on the iPhone is still great, but on the go, it's limited. Many businesses, which is what I'm often looking for on the iPhone, are still sorely missing.

Found it.

Well, nobody but you, of course.

I didn't say it either.

Admit it: you think artists should be paid, but just not by you.

That's not my opinion, that's reality. Apparently. Again, as I said before: if you're not making money, just stop. I won't miss you.

There is money to be made.

There you go.

You think I'm a hypocrite? Use 'em however you please, just don't say you took them, and if you share them then give me the credit for taking them. Compliments would be nice but aren't absolutely necessary.

Hm. Interesting. It's possible, though, to dither images to something as low as 256 colours (contrast that to 32 levels per channel, which give 32^3 = 32,768 colours) even without it being very noticeable. For example, compare the true-colour JPEG from here with the same image converted to a 256-colour GIF. The difference is very subtle.

The difference, in my mind, is simple. I have taken plenty of good pictures in the past (a few are here). If somebody wants to rip off one of my pictures for their background, I'm totally ok with it... in fact I'm flattered (please do check them out and tell me if you like 'em ... thanks :). If they submitted one to a photo contest claiming it as their own, I'd be rightfully upset. Translating this into the world of MP3s, if somebody wants to download a song and listen to it that should be ok too; it isn't like they're claiming any credit for the tune.

You have to login to read the FAQ. If anybody wants to avoid jumping through the hoops, here's the FAQ as a gif. Sorry about the resolution, you'll just have to pick a good zoom level...

Installed and executed fine. I did get an error message about /dev/dsp not being available. But I'm sure that wouldn't take much time to fix.

Once again someone's trying to write a bloated piece of software to overcharge for something our systems already do.

See the following example for how I was able to increase the attractiveness of an already attractive Hooters girl using only Microsoft Paint. (exported via Fireworks for filesize optimization)

http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/9474/hooters4si8.jpg

This says it all: http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/7628/helppack8hw1oh.jpg

...of the card that will be needed to run raytracing.

I guess you micro form factor guys are kinda screwed.

it should have no effect on our relations. WE should apologize for egging Georgia on./ Those cowards staged a missile attack on a city in the middle of the fucking night. After 10+ years of peace. fuck Georgia, they got what they deserved.

EXACTLY! I've been shocked by the abysmal coverage we've been getting from the major news outlets in the US! I felt sorry for the Georgians until I did some of my own research.

This is a simple story FULL of douchebaggery on all sides...

Background:
- Russia has bad bad bad history with Georgians

- The South Ossetians have wanted to split from Georgia for 10+ years now via several democratic votes, and identify themselves with the Russians (use the same currency, etc.).

- Russia is sympathetic to South Ossetia, and again, HATES GEORGIA.

- Russia has tactical incentive to stop Georgia from joining/bringing NATO into Russia's backyard. They are looking for an excuse to mess Georgia's shit up, and it's no secret.

- Russia has been flexing its war muscle for the past year or two after having run into some petro dollars.

- Georgia doesn't want to let South Ossetia break away, and there has been sporadic fighting in the region related to this fact.

- AGAIN, Russians hate hate hate the Georgians, and are kind of partial to the South Ossetians.

What happened:

- Georgia KNOWS that Russia is amassing troops on the border (big time), and is just looking for an excuse.

- Georgia KNOWS that Russian peacekeepers are in South Ossetia.

- Georgia is counting on the fact that its western ties will keep Russia out... maybe even hoping that we will intervene on their behalf if they start shit.

- Georgia sucker punches South Ossetia in the middle of the night with heavy weaponry (probably supplied by us or our allies). Kills 1500+ civilians, and about a dozen Russian Peacekeepers. (keep in mind that 1,500 civilians is a significant percentage of all South Ossetians, making this a borderline genocidal act)

- Georgia acts all surprised when Russia completely tank fucks them the next day. They act even more surprised when Russia doesn't stop at repelling their attack on South Ossetia and keeps messing their junk up.

- The USA airlifts Georgian troops from Iraq into the theater of combat to fight AGAINST the Russians (SERIOUSLY! WTF GUYS? Let's mind our own business. If you were a Russian, how would you feel about the USA right now?)

and the media reports "Russia invades Georgia"

Bullshit.

The worst part is that if Georgia had actually made it into NATO, we could have very well gotten ourselves tangled up in WWIII here.

p.S. if you need it in pictures :

here

And then there was the time I mashed a bunch of busted ping-pong balls into a tin can and set them on fire... in my bedroom...

At least, I think I found it.

Just see how China came up with the logo...

http://img102.imageshack.us/img102/7229/isnichwahrdepekingolympao6.jpg

Ok, so that's not how they came up with the logo, but it sure highlights their horrendous human rights record and killing of 1 Million Tibetans in the past ~50 years.

The hydraulic pistons were the actor's legs.

http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/5306/peoplebn2.gif

At the end of the act the tops were removed so the actors could wave to the crowd (or else robotics were really, really advanced).

Thank god for microcomputers.. how else would I run my dumb terminal emulator??

Yeah, and they've already taken Vienna (the real one). Looks like the Iron Curtain will cover most of Europe again.

Konqueror also renders it fine. (KDE 3.5.9)

Here's an excerpt from a message posted by a friend on EVERYONE's wall: (X's are mine, just to add some security) "HEY GUYS GET YOUR GAMING ON! ENTER AND WIN A PS3 Or Free PLASMA ITS EASY AND FREE SIGN UP AT THE URL BELOW http://xxxxx.imageshack.us/XXXXX/gameonit4.swf "

This is low-end wireless.

You might want to get your eyesight checked.

> I'd definitely pay more than 35 cents for a candy bar whose ingredients totalled 110% of its contents, just to find out how that was possible.

Actually, just today while shopping I noticed a sausage with the following label (paraphrasing as I'm too lazy to go downstairs to check): "100 kg of this product contains 160 kg of pork, 20 kg of beef, spices, ...".

In addition to some sort of reverse synergy magick of the ingredients, they also for some reason decided to show that for a 100 kg, instead of 100g or standard portion size as it is usually done with foods. Not that it matters due to the wonders of the metric system, but who the fuck eats 100 kg of sausage? The record consumption of various meats seem to be around 1.5 - 3kg.

NO U

Actually you can buy the same ones from Bestlink. They give bulk discounts too, but you don't have to buy in bulk from them.

The manufacturer of these notebooks keeps slapping on different labels, but they're all pretty much the same, except for some minor aesthetic and firmware differences.

I've compared one of them (from yet another reseller, with yet another unknown brand slapped on the back) to my EeePC 701 and here's what I found:

Pros:
  - Cheaper then the Eee
  - Smaller and lighter, even when compared with the 701
  - Screen is very bright, even with the Eee at its brightest, the el cheapo is still brighter, see picture)

Cons:
  - No onboard wlan although it comes with a usb wlan device
  - 400MHz mipsel as opposed to a 600 or 900MHz IA32 CPU in the Eee's
  - No frozen bubble (???)

http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/4479/huhkf9.jpg (Screen snap of Cuil results)

Yeah, there's something wrong with this picture (no pun intended).

Please Mac web designers, stop using Helvetica on the web. It looks absolutely dreadful on Windows, hundred times worse than Arial.

Who would have figured processors would be so different in price...

I redid your test on the US site using the SAME hardware:
Windows ($824): http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/1341/dellwindowsze8.png
Ubuntu ($749): http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/3127/dellubuntusp9.png

Who would have figured processors would be so different in price...

I redid your test on the US site using the SAME hardware:
Windows ($824): http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/1341/dellwindowsze8.png
Ubuntu ($749): http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/3127/dellubuntusp9.png

Canadian website

I just did a quick test, the Inspiron 1525(Windows) and 1525N(Linux)

same specs, the Linux system cost 350$ more than the windows one

http://img517.imageshack.us/my.php?image=windowsol0.jpg
http://img174.imageshack.us/my.php?image=linuxmq5.jpg

Canadian website

I just did a quick test, the Inspiron 1525(Windows) and 1525N(Linux)

same specs, the Linux system cost 350$ more than the windows one

http://img517.imageshack.us/my.php?image=windowsol0.jpg
http://img174.imageshack.us/my.php?image=linuxmq5.jpg