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Slashback: Towel, Linkage, Drafthouse
They're also good for drying off after bathing. Snitty writes "Douglas Adams passed away a little over a year ago now, and as tradition will soon dictate the first Thursday after May 11th every year is International Towel Day. This happens to be this Thursday, so make sure you all show up to the 12:01 am showing of Attack of the Clones with your favorite lightsaber and a towel. Always know where your towel is."
Update: 05/15 00:11 GMT by T : Hmmm -- this seems to clash with a link another reader submitted, which suggests "the last Friday of every May," which this year would be the 31st.
Update: 05/15 15:00 GMT by T : D Clyde Williamson writes: "Towel Day (since I'm the guy who started it) is on May 25th every year." So ... it's not a portable feast?
Three guesses where they each get that money from. mblase writes "CNet, among others, informed its readers that Macromedia successfully countersued Adobe for patent infringement to the tune of $4.9 million, almost double the $2.8 million Adobe recently won from Macromedia. The article notes Macromedia has another patent suit against Adobe going to court in June 2003."
Listening material when Prairie Home Companion is over. Ender, Duke_of_URL writes "The second portion of Rep. Boucher's interview is up (MP3). This has been discussed previously on Slashdot."
They're also opposed to front doors. dringess writes "Wired has yet another article about deep linking. This one has some fun lawyer rebuttals. I guess I am deep linking right now!"
I especially like this quote: "... but this would set a terrible precedent implying that links have to have a certain amount of ads."
Keeps popcorn out of your keyboard, at least. smashed writes: "After being slashdotted and geekaustin'd and touted for being the first theater with wireless access .... I went to see Spider-Man tonight at the Alamo Drafthouse North in Austin. Apparently you can't have 'electronic devices on' during the feature. I was warned if I didn't shut down my laptop I had to leave by some girl that worked for the theater. The world's first Cyber-Theater my ass. Nice try, but apparently wireless users are absolutely not welcomed there when a movie is playing. I'm very disappointed. I couldn't even have my PocketPC with wireless NIC on while the movie was on. Was I taking off down the runway on an airplane? What's the point?"
Wouldn't you like a mainframe in the closet? Writing in regards to this posting on Linux on mainframes, rudy writes: "Your reference was to the first one in the series, the second one has been up for about a week and the third, and last, one in the series will go on late this week or early next."
Don't forget to bring a towel!
...you wanna get high?
"Whenever you go someplace new...you should always bring a towel." - Towelie
Wanna get high?
is a bit of an odd concept, but even more strange is that they only have it allowed when a movie *isn't* playing... who hangs out in a theater when there's no movie on?
Back in college, my house threw a "come as you come out of the shower party." Had nothing to do with Douglas Adams., and eveything to do with getting girls to show up wrapped in a towel.
We didn't have a network, or hi-speed connection, but we had a full bar, a nice bong, and a house band which are far more attractive to girls.
Just the original version, in it's durable plastic case with the simple 'Don't Panic!' logo. I mean, sure, you -could- go for the prototype Guide seen in 'Mostly Harmless', but that thing's just plain scary, IMHO...
"It's all fun and games, 'til you realize it's only streams of 1's and 0's..."
Now THAT'S what I call "deep linking".
Miko O'Sullivan
It's really for your own good, nobody wants to be beaten to death with their own laptop.
You asked:
I mean, how many "Hitchhiker's Guides" did we really need?
42, actually.
No! No! No!
*EVERY* day should be Towel Day
MrCreosote Meow!Thump!Meow!Thump!Meow!Thump! "You're right! There isn't enough room to swing a cat in here!"
I say we should do it alternating Thursdays and Fridays every other year with alternate leap years on a Tuesday. Maybe there should be a planning panel together composed of hair dressers and lawyers. Also no day should feel left out or discriminated against, so there should be the capability for a "wild-card" day every third year to celebrate this day. This will be announced long after the event was supposed to happen, so that proper planning can be made for all week day inclusiveness under calenders that haven't been invented yet. You'll have to pick up the time off a tachyon stream on your sub-ether transmitter.
Oh hell, how about we put a Vogon planning committee in charge of deciding when the holiday is?
I used to wonder what was so holy about a silent night, now I have a child.
As far as class goes, it's true that laptops and PDAs are completely counterproductive. Of course, I'm one to talk. I once watched an entire Simpsons episode in 15-211 lecture. ;)
You are easily the l337357 man alive.....
Are you kidding me? Movie popcorn is the best! That's cause they make it with coconut oil, which unlike some other oils is a saturated fat and usually comes as a solid. Mmm mmm good. It could kill a small animal if you gave it enough!
The last time someone down the isle had to take not one, not two, not three, but four calls all of them answered with "Yo HO whass the happs?!". The last pound of popcorn from my supersized popcorn bucket, 4 ounces of butter, and the bucket also hit him in the back of the head from 6 chairs over. Not only did he shut up but he left in a real big hurry when his anger was squelched by the 60+ people clapping and laughing their collective asses off. Poor sap...I almost felt bad.
Neck_of_the_Woods
#/usr/local/surf/glassy/overhead
Stream the movie to all your friends at home with your built-in webcam.
How is someone browsing the web with their laptop in the front row more distracting than someone taking notes on their laptop in the front row?
I guess it would depend on what web sites they are browsing. Especially if the screen is full of lots of flesh-tone...
- Mike