Not mentioned in the article or summary is the much more interesting news that the Sporepedia is live. Go check out some of the creatures that the Maxis team has created. Some of them are quite different from those I've seen in previous media.
AFAIK, nothing Nostradamus wrote was ever used to successfully predict anything. It's only after something momentous has happened that people pore through his prophecies trying to sync one of them up with the event.
The most unusual character might have been the McGees' black maid, Beulah. Unlike the situation on The Jack Benny Program, where black actor Eddie Anderson played "Rochester," Beulah was voiced by a Caucasian male, Marlin Hurt. The character's usual opening line, "Somebody bawl fo' Beulah??", often provoked a stunned, screeching sort of laughter among the live studio audience; many of them, seeing the show performed for the first time in person, did not know that the actor voicing Beulah was neither black nor female, and expressed their surprise when Hurt delivered his line.
Not to defend the list (I agree with the GP that it is garbage), but "extinction" -- for the purpose of this particular timeline -- is defined as "existence insignificant beyond this date." I remember a time when everyone had Swiss Army knives. Now I can't remember the last time I saw one. E-mail insignificant in four years, though? I highly doubt it.
I doubt the point is for the robot to be impossible to knock over, just for it to have a similar sense of balance to a human. The next step, if I may hazard a guess, would probably be testing to see if it can maintain it's balance while walking along uneven surfaces, stairs, sharp inclines, etc. Also important would be its ability to return to a standing position if a random Slashdotter gives it a full-force, running, midair knee-extension kick.
Sure, most of the digitization was done in China... but the vast majority of the books on the site are Chinese, too. Of the 1.5 million books in the collection, almost 1 million of them are Chinese. English accounts for most of the rest at 362508 books.
You'd think that, but according to the 80-20 rule, 80% of a company's profits come from 20% of their customers. If they give superior service to their most loyal customers, I bet their profits will increase overall.
Part of me wonders if some special interest group will lash out and/or try to intervene. After all, there are many people who believe that ALL life -- even cockroaches and other insects -- is sacred. But the other part of me thinks this is BITCHIN'!
This is rather upsetting. I don't own a TV... I more or less jumped ship when the reality shows started popping up all over the place. But occasionally I do want to catch an episode of one of the few decent series' on the air, and TVlinks is always my first stop. Sure, there are other sites out there, but -- as far as I've seen -- this one is by far the best of the bunch. There's always torrents of the shows I want to catch, but I really like the convenience of streaming media.
I believe he made a typo. He seems to mean that Firefox advocates (plural noun, not verb) will sometimes be forced to use IE, not that Firefox users advocate, or advise, people to use IE.
The point of making suicide a crime is to punish accessories to the crime. Anybody who had reason to believe you were going to kill yourself and did nothing to prevent it is guilty of a crime. They can and often will be punished.
Slashdot Mirror
When bowing to the dildosaurus, it is recommended that you face toward the creature rather than away.
Not mentioned in the article or summary is the much more interesting news that the Sporepedia is live. Go check out some of the creatures that the Maxis team has created. Some of them are quite different from those I've seen in previous media.
- Bathed
- Went outside
- Eyes adjusted to natural light
- Talked about something not WoW-related
These achievements are also rumoured to be coming to the D&D 4th Edition.
Would an Xbox be the result of gender reassignment surgery?
Was she a Russian redhead with a penchant for skintight black outfits?
AFAIK, nothing Nostradamus wrote was ever used to successfully predict anything. It's only after something momentous has happened that people pore through his prophecies trying to sync one of them up with the event.
From Wikipedia:
The most unusual character might have been the McGees' black maid, Beulah. Unlike the situation on The Jack Benny Program, where black actor Eddie Anderson played "Rochester," Beulah was voiced by a Caucasian male, Marlin Hurt. The character's usual opening line, "Somebody bawl fo' Beulah??", often provoked a stunned, screeching sort of laughter among the live studio audience; many of them, seeing the show performed for the first time in person, did not know that the actor voicing Beulah was neither black nor female, and expressed their surprise when Hurt delivered his line.
Aaaauuugh!!!!
Not to defend the list (I agree with the GP that it is garbage), but "extinction" -- for the purpose of this particular timeline -- is defined as "existence insignificant beyond this date." I remember a time when everyone had Swiss Army knives. Now I can't remember the last time I saw one. E-mail insignificant in four years, though? I highly doubt it.
Of course, inspired by this.
"Give me my money, bitch!"
"F*#% you!"
"SUDO give my money, bitch!"
Hey man! If you're going to post a walkthrough, at least put SPOILER in your subject line.
The nerver of some people...
Damn, you beat me to it.
I doubt the point is for the robot to be impossible to knock over, just for it to have a similar sense of balance to a human. The next step, if I may hazard a guess, would probably be testing to see if it can maintain it's balance while walking along uneven surfaces, stairs, sharp inclines, etc. Also important would be its ability to return to a standing position if a random Slashdotter gives it a full-force, running, midair knee-extension kick.
Sure, most of the digitization was done in China... but the vast majority of the books on the site are Chinese, too. Of the 1.5 million books in the collection, almost 1 million of them are Chinese. English accounts for most of the rest at 362508 books.
You'd think that, but according to the 80-20 rule, 80% of a company's profits come from 20% of their customers. If they give superior service to their most loyal customers, I bet their profits will increase overall.
Clearly, that's what Homestar, while mimicking Strong Bad, would say. What are they teaching kids these days?!
Seriously.
Part of me wonders if some special interest group will lash out and/or try to intervene. After all, there are many people who believe that ALL life -- even cockroaches and other insects -- is sacred. But the other part of me thinks this is BITCHIN'!
This is rather upsetting. I don't own a TV... I more or less jumped ship when the reality shows started popping up all over the place. But occasionally I do want to catch an episode of one of the few decent series' on the air, and TVlinks is always my first stop. Sure, there are other sites out there, but -- as far as I've seen -- this one is by far the best of the bunch. There's always torrents of the shows I want to catch, but I really like the convenience of streaming media.
Then again, criminals are, by definition, lazy.
I thought they were defined as "a superstitious and cowardly lot."
I believe he made a typo. He seems to mean that Firefox advocates (plural noun, not verb) will sometimes be forced to use IE, not that Firefox users advocate, or advise, people to use IE.
No, Commodore did not create the Amiga. It was created by Amiga Corporation, but Commodore bought their company before they released a single machine.
Amiga
Narrator: There is one terrifying word in the world of nuclear physics...
Servo: "Oops."
Narrator: "Radiation."
Servo: Oh.
"King me if you want to live."
The point of making suicide a crime is to punish accessories to the crime. Anybody who had reason to believe you were going to kill yourself and did nothing to prevent it is guilty of a crime. They can and often will be punished.