This reminds me of the time Harold Ballard had a large Hamilton Tigercats crest painted under the ice at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto. When asked to remove it he basically said it was his arena and he could do whatever the hell he wanted in it.
Love 'em or hate 'em, Microsoft can basically do whatever the hell it wants to with it's products...
In what has proven to be one of the most sensational discoveries in recent times, scientists have announced that they have discovered a probe originating from a far away alien race. This probe contains a plaque containing a mysterious cryptic message. We go live to an update from the scientific team studying the probe...
"After much careful studying of the plaque and it's contents we believe we have determined the approximate nature of the message it contains..."
The correct spelling was originally aluminium (following the convention of other elements' spelling (barium, cadmium, uranium...).
The adoption of the incorrect spelling dates back to a period when most of the world's aluminium was being sent to the U.S.for use in aircraft parts. The trouble was the Americans couldn't spell and consequently they kept leaving out the second "i"... Eventually the incorrect spelling stuck.
Wasn't somebody doing something similar at the recent RSA conference...Blasting through multiple rounds of DES and factoring RSA keys on smart cards with some magic boxes?
I want a VMS system! That's what I'd like to get MY hands on an Alpha system for. Either that or I'll have to wait for freeVMS to get off the ground...hooah!
Go smoke some pot and start a 'peaceful dialog' with Saddam Hussein.
What sort of "peaceful dialog" are you refering to? The sort conducted in the 80's by the Regan/Bush administration that led to his being able to purchase large quantities of american made weapons, including so-called "weapons of mass destruction", such as poison gas?
It might be better to deploy something that would diffuse the laser's energy before it reached it's intended target...smoke, thick clouds of dust, water vapour, mylar 'chaff', etc...
Not to mention that you could hold Jerry Springer auditions at almost any Walmart in the US...
One of the things that has kept me from "embracing the Wal-mart experience" are the bulk of it's customers: Crack ho's and trailer-park trash. That and the fact that most of their products are cheap junk (I guess to appeal to the trash). They want to build one a mile or so from where I live and already there's a sizable opposition to it. I hope they manage to convince city council to say NO. But if they're depending on my business, they won't see dollar one. If local business are forced under, I'll drive great distances before I'll give any business to Wal-Mart.
But it's an evil catch. The record industry practically owns the airwaves and store shelves so the musician who wants to make big money signs deals to get exposure and some spare change from record sales.
How about this: Get some artist to produce an album and then market it and distribute it entirely over the Internet. Since the artists don't make money off album sales anyway, they wouldn't lose anything in that regard. They might lose some exposure initally that they would enjoy from radio play, but maybe the 'net could fill the void. They would make make the bulk of their money from a tour...just like they do now anyway. And some of us might just be willing to pony up a buck or two for digital music delivered via the 'net if most of it went to the artists!
Maybe because we're speaking English? I mean where do you draw the line? What do the Germans call Germany? What do the French call Germany? What do the French call England? The Germans? My given name has several variations, depending on the language spoken. Do I insist that everyone spell and pronounce it the same way? No, I don't, that would be stupid. I don't have a problem at all with people using the local variant, especially when I am visiting their country.
Oh and BTW I still call the capital of China Peking, which is the anglicised spelling. No airy-fairy PC spelling for me...
A friend of mine described how a government tax agent and several company officers had to witness the destruction of a perfectly working, hand-crafted, grand piano. Warehouse workers raised and dropped the two ton monster fifteen times from a forklift before it was destroyed to the point where the tax agent would allow it to be written off.
This makes me sick. I kinda wish I never read your comment because now I'm damn angry! The people who would do such a thing deserve to be shot (preferably with frozen shit) and then pissed on!
...they "modified" living females, greatly increasing the size of their wombs and turning them into mindless organic "factories" capable of producing anything from living tissue to chemical compounds.
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This reminds me of the time Harold Ballard had a large Hamilton Tigercats crest painted under the ice at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto. When asked to remove it he basically said it was his arena and he could do whatever the hell he wanted in it.
Love 'em or hate 'em, Microsoft can basically do whatever the hell it wants to with it's products...
How's this for starters? Somebody should hook Apple up with Xybernaut's attourneys...
How about a Beowulf cluster of:
1) Hot grits
2) Goatse
3) Natalie Portmans
Bwaaaaahahahahahahahaha!
In what has proven to be one of the most sensational discoveries in recent times, scientists have announced that they have discovered a probe originating from a far away alien race. This probe contains a plaque containing a mysterious cryptic message. We go live to an update from the scientific team studying the probe...
"After much careful studying of the plaque and it's contents we believe we have determined the approximate nature of the message it contains..."
"It says: Get your free porn here!"
It was a one-armed man!
:-p
:-p
...what the hell...I got karma to burn!
The correct spelling was originally aluminium (following the convention of other elements' spelling (barium, cadmium, uranium...).
The adoption of the incorrect spelling dates back to a period when most of the world's aluminium was being sent to the U.S.for use in aircraft parts. The trouble was the Americans couldn't spell and consequently they kept leaving out the second "i"... Eventually the incorrect spelling stuck.
There's another name for hollywood's version of "broadband"...
I believe it's called pay-per-view cable.
Wasn't somebody doing something similar at the recent RSA conference...Blasting through multiple rounds of DES and factoring RSA keys on smart cards with some magic boxes?
...and I want 20 million bucks, A small Caribbean island, and a bunch of blonde bimbos to cater to my every whim!
Of the two, I think my want is the more likely of the two to be realised.
...and nuke 'em from orbit! It's the only way to be sure!
They mostly come out at night....mostly.
(Oops, sorry, wrong poll!)
I want a VMS system! That's what I'd like to get MY hands on an Alpha system for. Either that or I'll have to wait for freeVMS to get off the ground...hooah!
...that's the question that I'm sure you (and most other) americans are afraid of asking (or answering).
Go smoke some pot and start a 'peaceful dialog' with Saddam Hussein.
What sort of "peaceful dialog" are you refering to? The sort conducted in the 80's by the Regan/Bush administration that led to his being able to purchase large quantities of american made weapons, including so-called "weapons of mass destruction", such as poison gas?
Something similar is already in the works.
It might be better to deploy something that would diffuse the laser's energy before it reached it's intended target...smoke, thick clouds of dust, water vapour, mylar 'chaff', etc...
Ideas anyone?
Not to mention that you could hold Jerry Springer auditions at almost any Walmart in the US...
One of the things that has kept me from "embracing the Wal-mart experience" are the bulk of it's customers: Crack ho's and trailer-park trash. That and the fact that most of their products are cheap junk (I guess to appeal to the trash). They want to build one a mile or so from where I live and already there's a sizable opposition to it. I hope they manage to convince city council to say NO. But if they're depending on my business, they won't see dollar one. If local business are forced under, I'll drive great distances before I'll give any business to Wal-Mart.
...you do know you're going to karma hell for that, don't you?
What a sucky virus! They shoulda had it popping up porn sites in separate windows...just what the unsuspecting doofus needs when the boss walks in...
But it's an evil catch. The record industry practically owns the airwaves and store shelves so the musician who wants to make big money signs deals to get exposure and some spare change from record sales.
How about this: Get some artist to produce an album and then market it and distribute it entirely over the Internet. Since the artists don't make money off album sales anyway, they wouldn't lose anything in that regard. They might lose some exposure initally that they would enjoy from radio play, but maybe the 'net could fill the void. They would make make the bulk of their money from a tour...just like they do now anyway. And some of us might just be willing to pony up a buck or two for digital music delivered via the 'net if most of it went to the artists!
Maybe because we're speaking English? I mean where do you draw the line? What do the Germans call Germany? What do the French call Germany? What do the French call England? The Germans? My given name has several variations, depending on the language spoken. Do I insist that everyone spell and pronounce it the same way? No, I don't, that would be stupid. I don't have a problem at all with people using the local variant, especially when I am visiting their country.
Oh and BTW I still call the capital of China Peking, which is the anglicised spelling. No airy-fairy PC spelling for me...
A Jon Katz article that begins with these two words: Part One!!!
Oh...and who the hell is Leonardo da Vince??? da Vinci I know of, but da Vince?
A friend of mine described how a government tax agent and several company officers had to witness the destruction of a perfectly working, hand-crafted, grand piano. Warehouse workers raised and dropped the two ton monster fifteen times from a forklift before it was destroyed to the point where the tax agent would allow it to be written off.
This makes me sick. I kinda wish I never read your comment because now I'm damn angry! The people who would do such a thing deserve to be shot (preferably with frozen shit) and then pissed on!
...they "modified" living females, greatly increasing the size of their wombs and turning them into mindless organic "factories" capable of producing anything from living tissue to chemical compounds.
...and now I'm sure glad that "British" was tacked on...maybe it'll keep the yanks from bombing us...or am I asking too much?