Ads on/. are relatively unobtrusive, and as with other favored sites, I will occasionally click on ads just to let the "sponsors" know there is a warm body out there, & that the site is worth continued support. This seems like a no-brainer: Money has to come from somewhere.
"Believe me, your favorite artist is also available for download. No matter how obscure, it's there."
"Stuffy's Frozen Parachute Band". I think I will hang onto my no-label, white demo vinyl, it's probably the only one in existence. Maybe someday I'll get around to fixing my old turntable, & create a digital copy - hey you're right! It would be available for download!
"It also seems to have missed out on 'retro'(with the very limited exception of being a useful source for found-sound artists/musicians of various sorts);"
That just reminded me of this. It seems some indy film makers still enjoy "the look" this cassette camera generates.
"Victorian fears about mechanical horses taking over from real horses in the drawing of carriages."
And off-road transport has never been more fun...that's the internet. Anywhere you want to go, 24/7, & no 18 minute EAS right in the middle of my HBO program for which I paid extra & is one of the many reasons I am getting rid of cable all together. (Entity x) bless Archive.org. Kind of a weak car analogy, though.:(
I hope you weren't referring to a giant mummy ("The Fallen Ones", I think). Unless you were being sarcastic. Still, the idea of a giant multi-mandroid/exoskeleton walking around the desert at night for no particular reason is kinda cool, in a stupid sort of way.
My vehicle's OnStar already tracks me, I suspect they still listen in as I talk, possibly read metadata from any burned mp3 cd I might pop in, and then report back to the RIAA or the Club of Rome. Then again, I think everyone's out to get me.
"Yes, according to phonics, "bear" should be pronounced like "dear" or "ear". Which is why I never put much credence in phonic. I think you mean "beer", which IS pronounced like "deer")"
I got fed up (Chicago transplant to the west coast as a kid), & started pronouncing bear like Bayer, e.g. "Tomorrow, I will go Bayer hunting". Nobody ever questions my pronunciation.
"Uhm, how do you make any money off your vending machine if it's a horrendously over-engineered piece of expensive technology?"
Plus if the interest rates on your credit cards are through the roof? I actually enjoy Amazon one-click buy of cheap dvd's, mp3 downloads, etc., but the 17.99% rate just sucks the fun out of it. I suspect I would be equally turned off by a smart guessing machine that also causes me to incur an 18% liability.
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Sure it does - it's called paraphrasing! As for being serious ... well, where I am, it's well before midnight.;)
They did, back in '99. 1 April stories are created for ACs ;)
You do, it's called the comment field: An infinite drop-down for every single word! How much more power do you need?
(I suspect that IS the AFD joke.)
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Ah, I get it, it's Freudian! Or else I'm Freudian. Meh, I'm amused either way.
The metals would also (likely) become embrittled, due to particle bombardment from the sun (esp.neutrons).
Ads on /. are relatively unobtrusive, and as with other favored sites, I will occasionally click on ads just to let the "sponsors" know there is a warm body out there, & that the site is worth continued support. This seems like a no-brainer: Money has to come from somewhere.
Indeed, I just re-enabled ads a few weeks ago, & currently have the Nexus S ad in a tab. I'll continue looking at the gallery & specs in a minute.
It could be a cat!
"Maybe because the planet "travels forward through time" at the same "speed" and "direction" that we do?"
And if we travel backwards in time, does the planet "travel backward through time" at the same "speed" and "direction" that we do? :)
"Stuffy's Frozen Parachute Band". I think I will hang onto my no-label, white demo vinyl, it's probably the only one in existence. Maybe someday I'll get around to fixing my old turntable, & create a digital copy - hey you're right! It would be available for download!
That just reminded me of this. It seems some indy film makers still enjoy "the look" this cassette camera generates.
Yeah, they're actually more familiar with old-school vinyl than cassette. Life is strange.
And off-road transport has never been more fun...that's the internet. Anywhere you want to go, 24/7, & no 18 minute EAS right in the middle of my HBO program for which I paid extra & is one of the many reasons I am getting rid of cable all together. (Entity x) bless Archive.org. Kind of a weak car analogy, though.:(
An unauthorized Star Fleet academy graduation exercise! Or was that the nineties?
I hope you weren't referring to a giant mummy ("The Fallen Ones", I think). Unless you were being sarcastic. Still, the idea of a giant multi-mandroid/exoskeleton walking around the desert at night for no particular reason is kinda cool, in a stupid sort of way.
Since "Begs the question" or "Begging the question" are both colloquial, I don't think it matters (one way or the other).;'
I will consider that thought, as I watch a galaxy rotate from a million light-years away. From my Federation quarters' window.
My vehicle's OnStar already tracks me, I suspect they still listen in as I talk, possibly read metadata from any burned mp3 cd I might pop in, and then report back to the RIAA or the Club of Rome. Then again, I think everyone's out to get me.
Well gosh if I had thought of that before I racked up 8 grand on balance due... but I do have another card @ 0.:)
I got fed up (Chicago transplant to the west coast as a kid), & started pronouncing bear like Bayer, e.g. "Tomorrow, I will go Bayer hunting". Nobody ever questions my pronunciation.
Plus if the interest rates on your credit cards are through the roof? I actually enjoy Amazon one-click buy of cheap dvd's, mp3 downloads, etc., but the 17.99% rate just sucks the fun out of it. I suspect I would be equally turned off by a smart guessing machine that also causes me to incur an 18% liability.
"Superman eats man's toe, saves house".
Or you find a friend whose cat you like, & knock it up - kittens are free!
Dude, that's...duuude!