If you'd bothered to do a little more digging around, instead of relying on Wikipedia (the home of urban myths) you'd have seen that originally Model T fords came in red and green, as well as other colours. It wasn't until later that they were made exclusively in black, before switching back to multiple colour choices. But don't let me stop you taking Wikipedia as the gospel truth. In fact here, from your precious Wikipedia page (empahsis mostly mine):
The Ford Model T (colloquially known as the Tin Lizzie and Flivver) is an automobile that was produced by Henry Ford's Ford Motor Company from 1908 through 1927
Model Ts in different colors were produced from 1908 to 1914, and then again from 1926 to 1927.
Ford's quote from his book is poorly used and quoted out of context. When you apologise make sure to bring cake and whisky.
Interestingly that phrase (about the Model T Ford) was never accurate. They didn't make black ones at all, except for a specific factory, many years after the Model T came out. And I actually remember messing with some settings to change the colour of the Blue Screen of Death and making it red. That looked much more dramatic.
I bought almost every copy, so chances are good that I read your letter. Weirdly enough I was discussing programming on the Spectrum in Basic a few weeks back. Man did that conversation make me feel old.
This new method allows an appropriate tag to be generated by an AI algorithm interpreting the EEG scan of a person's brain while they view an image.
That's true, as long as "appropriate" means it was either X or Y, as the system really only works on discriminating between things like "a face" and "not a face". It's an interesting piece of research, sure, but it sure as hell won't replace good old fashioned tagging using a keyboard.
Not even back when they were a bit more honest (e.g. in the Spectrum days, it was very common to see sub-50% and even sub-10% scores of games, some of them were even immortalised in things like a "crap games collection").
You forgot possibly the most important piece of information. Were you a Sinclair User man or a Your Sinclair kind of guy? Answer carefully, for I have a strong preference in one direction and may be forced to declare a blood feud if you pick the wrong magazine.
Every conspircay theorist in the world just simultaneously orgasmed. All those messages to pick through; I'm sure they'll be able to prove it was the US Government/Al-Qaeda/Joseph Fritzel/The Cookie Monster/Scientologists all along.
Really? Well that's a blow! It seems the crappy waxworks have taken it over and turned it into some kind of Dome of Celebrities. I suppose it figures though, your average moron would much rather stare at a fake Paris Hilton waxwork than actually learn something about the cosmos.
Ah yeah, I remember that episode. Fairly recent one actually. Obama totally fragged the shit out of Bush, then teabagged his corpse. Shit was awesome. Then Sarah Palin came running in with a plasma rifle, owned Obama up and down. Dick Cheney appeared out of nowhere on a Ghost and flattened the whole Democrat team. Man that was great to watch...
Oh well this unsubstantiated story totally made up my mind. Down with Microsoft! They told some apparently real people to take a leap!
On a related note, whoever modded this Informative clearly has no idea what actual information is. Possibly they base their definition on stories that begin with "So this guy once told me...."
Red vs. Blue, the Machinima based on Halo, was up in 1993? Really? Quite a feat since Halo wasn't released for another 10 years or so. Or are you referring to some earlier Red vs. Blue that was overshadowed?
What's with the bullshit redirect disguised as a Google page? If you're going to push a badly written, badly designed and blatantly agenda-pushing website on us at least have the balls to link directly to it.
Someone's IP address is not individual user information if you're simply contacting the owner. An IP address is not a name, an age or someone's home address. If it's a school network IP address you're simply reporting the use of an IP address for something and passing the responsibility for taking action onto the school.
Wow. Pedantic much? Clearly I'm joking, but in the summary and the link to the blog it's clearly stated that to join you must have verifiable assets of at least $2M. The answer you posted from the site is in response to the question "Are there charges to join?", not "Do I need to have millions of dollars to join?".
It's because none of us have the right to become a member, unless browsing/. is the latest fad for industrial tycoons and Hollywood A-listers. I'm taking this as a deliberate assult on my rights to make fake bids on speedboats and supercars, and I'll be writing a strongly worded letter to my local governent representative expressing my concern and displeasure.
The whole "Microsoft is evil" argument aside, and also putting the moral and legal issues relating to borrowing, stealing or being influenced by someone elses design decisions aside, I think we can both agree that no big company is going to develop their software in a static bubble without looking at current trends and what their competitors are doing better than them.
A lot of people applaud OS X for it's great interface, and these same people then bash MS for admitting that they let it influence their design! If a piece of software has a good look and feel then competitors are obviously going to take this into consideration. If they don't then they get left behind. I mean come on, honestly Microsoft, you're telling us that you never once took a look at Apple's operating system and thought "Hmm that bit is pretty good. We could use something similar."
I do love the way vague ramblings about evil corporations and the FBI (CIA or NSA would also have been acceptable) automatically gets moderated Insightful. Way to use those mod points my friend...
Ok, I should have put "one of the ways of inputting Chinese characters is..." as obviously there are others. My point was it's not just as simple as changing from UK input to French so you can do all those little curly things under your c's!
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The Ford Model T (colloquially known as the Tin Lizzie and Flivver) is an automobile that was produced by Henry Ford's Ford Motor Company from 1908 through 1927
Model Ts in different colors were produced from 1908 to 1914, and then again from 1926 to 1927.
Ford's quote from his book is poorly used and quoted out of context. When you apologise make sure to bring cake and whisky.
Interestingly that phrase (about the Model T Ford) was never accurate. They didn't make black ones at all, except for a specific factory, many years after the Model T came out. And I actually remember messing with some settings to change the colour of the Blue Screen of Death and making it red. That looked much more dramatic.
I had a letter published in Your Sinclair once
I bought almost every copy, so chances are good that I read your letter. Weirdly enough I was discussing programming on the Spectrum in Basic a few weeks back. Man did that conversation make me feel old.
This new method allows an appropriate tag to be generated by an AI algorithm interpreting the EEG scan of a person's brain while they view an image.
That's true, as long as "appropriate" means it was either X or Y, as the system really only works on discriminating between things like "a face" and "not a face". It's an interesting piece of research, sure, but it sure as hell won't replace good old fashioned tagging using a keyboard.
Not even back when they were a bit more honest (e.g. in the Spectrum days, it was very common to see sub-50% and even sub-10% scores of games, some of them were even immortalised in things like a "crap games collection").
You forgot possibly the most important piece of information. Were you a Sinclair User man or a Your Sinclair kind of guy? Answer carefully, for I have a strong preference in one direction and may be forced to declare a blood feud if you pick the wrong magazine.
Fuck the Navy, you mean my vacuum cleaner might have sub-standard chips in it?! THIS IS AN OUTRAGE!
Every conspircay theorist in the world just simultaneously orgasmed. All those messages to pick through; I'm sure they'll be able to prove it was the US Government/Al-Qaeda/Joseph Fritzel/The Cookie Monster/Scientologists all along.
I think the real key will be putting MEMS-directed lasers in there which can draw on the retina, bypassing focussing entirely.
"Yes officer, I know I just ran over and killed seven children. I was blinded by the lasers in my contact lenses you see..."
Really? Well that's a blow! It seems the crappy waxworks have taken it over and turned it into some kind of Dome of Celebrities. I suppose it figures though, your average moron would much rather stare at a fake Paris Hilton waxwork than actually learn something about the cosmos.
I second the Science Museum recommendation - an amazing place to visit and it's free! The Planetarium is also worth a few hours.
Ah yeah, I remember that episode. Fairly recent one actually. Obama totally fragged the shit out of Bush, then teabagged his corpse. Shit was awesome. Then Sarah Palin came running in with a plasma rifle, owned Obama up and down. Dick Cheney appeared out of nowhere on a Ghost and flattened the whole Democrat team. Man that was great to watch...
Yeah, they totally forced people to chip their consoles. Evil, evil Microsoft.
Oh well this unsubstantiated story totally made up my mind. Down with Microsoft! They told some apparently real people to take a leap!
On a related note, whoever modded this Informative clearly has no idea what actual information is. Possibly they base their definition on stories that begin with "So this guy once told me...."
Remember, if you really want to blame someone, blame the person that decided to modify your 360 in the first place - most likey, that would be you.
Already Up in 1993.......... Check
Red vs. Blue, the Machinima based on Halo, was up in 1993? Really? Quite a feat since Halo wasn't released for another 10 years or so. Or are you referring to some earlier Red vs. Blue that was overshadowed?
Is it worthy of wider attention and discussion?
No. Next question?
Make you wonder who would spend their time in constructing such a piece ????
Someone with far too much time on their hands that might have been better spent doing an HTML or website design course...
What's with the bullshit redirect disguised as a Google page? If you're going to push a badly written, badly designed and blatantly agenda-pushing website on us at least have the balls to link directly to it.
Someone's IP address is not individual user information if you're simply contacting the owner. An IP address is not a name, an age or someone's home address. If it's a school network IP address you're simply reporting the use of an IP address for something and passing the responsibility for taking action onto the school.
Wow. Pedantic much? Clearly I'm joking, but in the summary and the link to the blog it's clearly stated that to join you must have verifiable assets of at least $2M. The answer you posted from the site is in response to the question "Are there charges to join?", not "Do I need to have millions of dollars to join?".
It's because none of us have the right to become a member, unless browsing /. is the latest fad for industrial tycoons and Hollywood A-listers. I'm taking this as a deliberate assult on my rights to make fake bids on speedboats and supercars, and I'll be writing a strongly worded letter to my local governent representative expressing my concern and displeasure.
The whole "Microsoft is evil" argument aside, and also putting the moral and legal issues relating to borrowing, stealing or being influenced by someone elses design decisions aside, I think we can both agree that no big company is going to develop their software in a static bubble without looking at current trends and what their competitors are doing better than them.
Yep, toally agree.
A lot of people applaud OS X for it's great interface, and these same people then bash MS for admitting that they let it influence their design! If a piece of software has a good look and feel then competitors are obviously going to take this into consideration. If they don't then they get left behind. I mean come on, honestly Microsoft, you're telling us that you never once took a look at Apple's operating system and thought "Hmm that bit is pretty good. We could use something similar."
I do love the way vague ramblings about evil corporations and the FBI (CIA or NSA would also have been acceptable) automatically gets moderated Insightful. Way to use those mod points my friend...
Ok, I should have put "one of the ways of inputting Chinese characters is..." as obviously there are others. My point was it's not just as simple as changing from UK input to French so you can do all those little curly things under your c's!