I wonder if anyone has tried bringing in a bottle of solid water (ice). Explain at the security personnel that it is not a liquid. No way they can argue with that, you are backed by the law.
Most people probably won't know what to do with it anyway and it will end up in the bin. The average person will need help installing and configuring linux.
Even if they try installing it they will end up being frustrated for not being able to get things to work. They will end up scarred by the experience and fall back to Windows.
Much better to spend their efforts educating students at universities or school. Even better to get universities and schools to convert to FOSS. This way children are forced to learn and work with FOSS. When they grow up they would be able to use the experience to promote FOSS at home/work.
Actually, they showed Commando on TV over the weekend.
It amazes me how the bad guy had to run to the public phone booth to call his boss when he saw Arnie in the mall.
Nowadays I hardly ever see anyone using public phone anymore. I know there are laws on phone companies to maintain public phones but I wander if it still makes sense economically.
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Apparently in about 30 minutes, Australians will find out who's going to run their country.
I'm sure you meant kangaroos with frickin' laser beams!
The article says it's only 62.5KW per charging station.
Wait until someone else in China sells pirated copies for half the price
If the device starts tweeting while the husband is at work.
I don't know how much a real bomb detector cost, but it'll probably be more expensive than these bogus wands.
The people who bought this probably knew it doesn't work but they use it anyway to give whoever they are protecting a (false) sense of security.
GOD: I am defrosting my dinner.
I wonder if anyone has tried bringing in a bottle of solid water (ice). Explain at the security personnel that it is not a liquid. No way they can argue with that, you are backed by the law.
The law of physics.
Imagine how many people will end up being impaled by these things in accdients.
This puts a lot of sense into the phrase "he is a bright person". Literally when you do a lot of thinking, your brain will shine.
This is IMHO powerful evidence for recent warm wet Mars
I stopped reading after the first line. I don't want to know your fetish on the god of war.
Hi it's Iran here, we need help re-constructing this piece of history.
Details of components can be found by following the link above.
You could get DVD-5 copies for about $5 and the DVD-9s were about $8
Dude, you got ripped off. They probably gave you the "foreigner price". Normally these are about $2 and if you buy 10, you get 1 for free.
The crater is a mormon, it does not consume earthshine.
Most people probably won't know what to do with it anyway and it will end up in the bin. The average person will need help installing and configuring linux.
Even if they try installing it they will end up being frustrated for not being able to get things to work. They will end up scarred by the experience and fall back to Windows.
Much better to spend their efforts educating students at universities or school. Even better to get universities and schools to convert to FOSS. This way children are forced to learn and work with FOSS. When they grow up they would be able to use the experience to promote FOSS at home/work.
What about craters in kuiper belt objects?
I would have thought these to be colder due to the distance from the sun.
What's wrong with calling it one Exabyte?
This is slashdot after all.
So, are you saying parliament is full of zombies who splatter each other's guts.
I never though parliament question time could be so interesting...
That Gene Roddenberry had transferred his consciousness to the Mac.
Considering the price of gold nowadays, that 2 bars would be about $800K. Gold Bar
I would bet that the first generation commercial incandescents and CFLs probably cost about the same if not more in real terms.
Like any other technology, LED bulb will go down in price as they mature and economy of scale effect kicks in.
What happens when we have flying cars?
You will need to adjust the funding slider on your empire to reduce military spending and increase technology spending.
Alternatively convert some of your citizen to scientists, that ought to get you the space flight tech quicker.
As someone who is doing it alone, patent costs can be quite significant. Not only for the filing fee but for the annual "maintenance fee".
Failing to maintain your patent means it will lapse and becomes public domain.
Actually, they showed Commando on TV over the weekend.
It amazes me how the bad guy had to run to the public phone booth to call his boss when he saw Arnie in the mall.
Nowadays I hardly ever see anyone using public phone anymore. I know there are laws on phone companies to maintain public phones but I wander if it still makes sense economically.