Re:From the "Reminds me of this classic prose" guy
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Review: Harry Potter
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Whatever happened to Antigony
Never heard of it. Unless, of course, you're referring to "Antigone"...
and Wuthering Heights?
If there is any justice in the world, it's been thrown out, never to be read again. That, and Jane Eyre, have to be the most boring books ever written.
Even my twelve year old brother was bored by the books (and certainly not challenged by them) when he first started reading them a couple years ago.
The point isn't to be "challenged". They are KIDS' BOOKS. The point is to have something fun for kids to read. Most high school kids I know could read one of the Harry Potter books in less than a day. It is an amusing distraction. Not a serious read. Can you tell the difference?
So as the cost and logistics of producing those counterfeits which fool the naked eye goes down the prevalence of cash alternatives will grow. Eventually businesses will start refusing to accept cash. I.e. In Jamaica most shops accept US, UK and Canadian money. However many will not take a US $500 bill because they don't know what a good one looks like.
Of course, $500 bills haven't been issued since 1969, and haven't been printed since 1945, so that's not too surprising......
I installed the Google toolbar on IE on my Windows machine, and it's great.. one of the most convienent things I've ever installed. Google deserves every bit of praise it gets.
Finally, an MMORPG that might be worth getting. I was so looking forward to the Middle Earth one, then Sierra suffered a seg fault or something, canceled the game, and very quickly became a completely irrelevant company. Blizzard is probably the only game company I implicitly trust to come out with kickass games. They sure do take a long time about it, though. It's true that the whole fantasy theme has been a bit overdone, but I don't think that the Starcraft 'universe' really fits with the whole MMORPG concept (though it'd be cool to play a Zerg queen and shoot broodlings into other players...).
The Biathlon derives from military activities (as do any shooting activities. Is Archery in there?) The Marathon run might, too.
The marathon comes from ancient Greece, where a runner whose name I can't remember ran all the way from Marathon to Athens, 24.8 miles, to give the news that the battle of Marathon had been won.
Possibly that's just a legend, but that's where the race came from. So yes, it sort of derives from the military.
And I think archery is in the Olympics. If only NBC would show some of the more interesting events instead of track/gymnastics all the time.
Ok, I'm too used to that damn UBB thing used on some web based BBSs.... feel free to make fun of me for using square brackets in my italic tags. And in fact I'm sure by the time slashdot lets me post this, I will already have a reply or two pointing that out to me.
I'm surprised at the people pointing out that 'pinoy' refers to Filipino. Well, yes, but.. how can you be a slashdotter and not have read [i]Cryptonomicon[/i]?:)
I'm 19, and Planetfall was one of my favorite games when I was little. Wishbringer, too. Found Hitchhiker's Guide much later on, and that one was wicked tough, I think I had to cheat and look at hints several times, oh well.
But yeah, if barely 19 counts as a 'young gamer' to you, then some of us still remember.:)
The Daily Show is hilarious... even though they can be quite liberally biased sometimes (a studio full of people cheering when Hillary was elected... if that's not absurdity I don't know what is...) but that doesn't matter. It's consistantly funny anyway. Nice to see them recognized.
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and people who live on campus wonder why their internet connection sucks... it's because netops spends their time on christmas trees!
Would you be willing to filter out his articles so you don't have to read them? Or is it easier just to complain every time?
Whilst Antigone is the more prevalent spelling, as the original was in ancient Greek either spelling is acceptable.
Ah, good point. I retract my light flame to whoever it was for spelling it wrong.
("whilst"? doth mine ears deceive me? thou sayest "whilst"?)
Whatever happened to Antigony
Never heard of it. Unless, of course, you're referring to "Antigone"...
and Wuthering Heights?
If there is any justice in the world, it's been thrown out, never to be read again. That, and Jane Eyre, have to be the most boring books ever written.
Even my twelve year old brother was bored by the books (and certainly not challenged by them) when he first started reading them a couple years ago.
The point isn't to be "challenged". They are KIDS' BOOKS. The point is to have something fun for kids to read. Most high school kids I know could read one of the Harry Potter books in less than a day. It is an amusing distraction. Not a serious read. Can you tell the difference?
This is not to be confused with Dan Quail's new release of Debian, which is potatoe.
And of course, Dan Quail is not to be confused with our former vice president, who is Dan Quayle...
Possibly irrelevant, but not only are the toilets along the Ohio Turnpike free, but there are no HoJo's there either.
Of course, your tolls for driving on the Turnpike at all pay for the toilets. So maybe they are indirectly pay toilets.
ALL THESE WORLDS ARE BELONG TO YOU EXCEPT EUROPA.
I'm not sure it was in quite those words, but that sure made me laugh.
ATTEMPT NO LANDINGS THERE.
Sure it wasn't "TAKE OFF NO 'ZIGS' THERE"?
Two bay-leaves garland the image.
Those are olive branches, the sort of universal symbols of peace.
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The article makes an interesting point, though MS is not the only one guilty of abusing file extensions.
Of course, it also makes the absurd assumption that there is someone out there who actually LIKES realplayer.....
Who the hell is this species that we've never seen in the future, what do we exact some sort of xenocidal vengance upon them?
Think of it this way: 120 years ago, the Spanish were a major enemy of the US.
Today, no one here cares about them.
It's the same deal.
Don't give them any ideas!!!
Go to Pricewatch.com, I have bought many computer parts from places I've found by searching there.
Why can't a society be built on trust and goodwill?
...right. Sorry, we're humans. Won't work.
I am reminded of part of THHGTTG:
Arthur: "Why can't we live together in peace and harmony?"
Ford: "Forty-two! Oh, nevermind, doesn't work."
Of course, $500 bills haven't been issued since 1969, and haven't been printed since 1945, so that's not too surprising......
I installed the Google toolbar on IE on my Windows machine, and it's great.. one of the most convienent things I've ever installed. Google deserves every bit of praise it gets.
"First We Take Manhattan" is by Leonard Cohen.
Possibly Manfred Mann covered it though. *shrug* I know R.E.M. did a pretty good cover of it once.
Finally, an MMORPG that might be worth getting. I was so looking forward to the Middle Earth one, then Sierra suffered a seg fault or something, canceled the game, and very quickly became a completely irrelevant company. Blizzard is probably the only game company I implicitly trust to come out with kickass games. They sure do take a long time about it, though. It's true that the whole fantasy theme has been a bit overdone, but I don't think that the Starcraft 'universe' really fits with the whole MMORPG concept (though it'd be cool to play a Zerg queen and shoot broodlings into other players...).
The marathon comes from ancient Greece, where a runner whose name I can't remember ran all the way from Marathon to Athens, 24.8 miles, to give the news that the battle of Marathon had been won.
Possibly that's just a legend, but that's where the race came from. So yes, it sort of derives from the military.
And I think archery is in the Olympics. If only NBC would show some of the more interesting events instead of track/gymnastics all the time.
Ok, I'm too used to that damn UBB thing used on some web based BBSs.... feel free to make fun of me for using square brackets in my italic tags. And in fact I'm sure by the time slashdot lets me post this, I will already have a reply or two pointing that out to me.
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I'm surprised at the people pointing out that 'pinoy' refers to Filipino. Well, yes, but.. how can you be a slashdotter and not have read [i]Cryptonomicon[/i]? :)
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Around the office I was always having my pens stolen... until I embedded them in 50lb blocks of cement.
I definitely read that as "always having my penis stolen".
(The tip off was that it's not a plural noun, so the "them" didn't really work.)
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I'm 19, and Planetfall was one of my favorite games when I was little. Wishbringer, too. Found Hitchhiker's Guide much later on, and that one was wicked tough, I think I had to cheat and look at hints several times, oh well.
:)
But yeah, if barely 19 counts as a 'young gamer' to you, then some of us still remember.
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You have kids that are old enough to play (and presumably understand) Alpha Centauri, and you played Warcraft II in high school? Well I feel old.
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The yellow face! It hurts us, my precious!
The Daily Show is hilarious... even though they can be quite liberally biased sometimes (a studio full of people cheering when Hillary was elected... if that's not absurdity I don't know what is...) but that doesn't matter. It's consistantly funny anyway. Nice to see them recognized.