Well, FBI@home could hardly be more clueless than Comcast@home, and they probably have better funding as well. As long as I can get my high-speed pr0n, well...
It is close, but not exact. The www.msn.com page has "fuzzy" fonts, almost unreadable with IE 5.5 SP2 on Win2000. The msn.com.br page is quite legible.
It's not IE doing it, it's Slash. It does this to make sure the line will wrap after n characters, so that users don't get a 6-foot-wide comments page.
XO Communications will get you a 56 kilobit per second connection for $25/month or less. I generally get 3-5 kilobytes per second on downloads from them, quite a bit faster than 4 millibits per second down, which translates to 0.00005 kilobytes per second.
Perhaps it could be done in the way alcohol is served after $LAST_CALL is some places. The bar is a private party by invitation only, beer is free and there is a "donation" fund in the room.
Just don't give it the ability to tell the difference between good-looking and butt-ugly. It'd burst into tears each time it passed a reflective surface.
Makes a strong parallel to the Simpson's, doesn't it?
Burns: Well Senõr Spielbergó, I want you to make a film that does for me what Spielberg did for Oscar Schindler.
Spielbergó: But, Schindler és búeno, Senõr Burns és El Díablo!
Burns: Nonsense! Schindler and I are like peas in a pod! We're both factory owners, we both made shells for the Nazis, but mine worked, dammit!
True. I recently got a.50AE Desert Eagle. $1.20/round. My.308 is 50 years old or so, and I'm not sure I'd want to real fire-breathing rounds through it.
As to your comment about gunshot victims, it is irrelevant to the argument that Black Talons need to be kept out of law-abiding citizens hands so they don't shoot the police. Accidental firearms deaths have been declining for a long time as total numbers of guns owned have been on the rise. Domestic violence does not need Black Talons, a gun, or even anything classified as a "weapon" to happen.
It certainly does. My parents paper-carrier has a 55+ years-old tattoo of blue numbers on his wrist. Did I mention that he is Jewish, and hails from Germany?
When was the last time you heard of any US citizen being able to do much without presenting their social security number?
A couple weeks ago. The SSN, IIRC, cannot be required unless your taxes are involved. Any business that demands your SSN for service can get into trouble with the Federal Govt. for doing so.
Of course, that assumes that the people who are behind the guns pointed at the police are out there spending the money on these bullets. The one box I bought before they were yanked cost me over $1 a round (.45 ACP). How many muggers and convience-store crooks do you know of that will spend that kind of cash on ammo?
"Those look like comfortable VBS"
"Life is like a Microsoft EULA. You never know what your gonna get."
"I don't know much about metadata, but I think every file needs a proper extension."
Kind of like the "Visible Computer" from the Knowledgeum on the Simpson's?
Frink: The section now illuminated is the floating point unit. One of my personal favorite units. Bart: How do you get this thing to play Blackjack? Frink: Stop that, you're hurting it. Bart: So how is it supposed to work? Frink: Well... Bart: Boring. Am I on the Internet? Frink: No, you can only access the... Bart: Boring! What's that fire for? Nerd: The hard drive is crashing at an alarming speed! Frink: No more pictures!
"Our New, Improved Motherboards have Fibre Added!! This will loosen your pipes, and help Windows shit itself faster and easier! Be the first on your block to own one!"
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Well, FBI@home could hardly be more clueless than Comcast@home, and they probably have better funding as well. As long as I can get my high-speed pr0n, well...
Trust the computer. The computer knows all. The computer is right.
It is close, but not exact. The www.msn.com page has "fuzzy" fonts, almost unreadable with IE 5.5 SP2 on Win2000. The msn.com.br page is quite legible.
You must be thinking of the Audrey ][. The original just needs a smack across the mouth from time to time.
It's not IE doing it, it's Slash. It does this to make sure the line will wrap after n characters, so that users don't get a 6-foot-wide comments page.
XO Communications will get you a 56 kilobit per second connection for $25/month or less. I generally get 3-5 kilobytes per second on downloads from them, quite a bit faster than 4 millibits per second down, which translates to 0.00005 kilobytes per second.
Perhaps it could be done in the way alcohol is served after $LAST_CALL is some places. The bar is a private party by invitation only, beer is free and there is a "donation" fund in the room.
How about the "Brown Mousepads"?
Bill Gates, uncombed and speaking an octave below his normal voice: "Are you the keymaster?"
Just so long as he's not wearing that slinky dress. Brrr.
Great, let's get a roomful of people trying to control their PCs, and it'll sound something like this:
Ooo, Eee, Ooo, Ahh ahh,
Ting, Tang, Walla walla bing bang.
Just don't give it the ability to tell the difference between good-looking and butt-ugly. It'd burst into tears each time it passed a reflective surface.
Thanks for those links. I was mistaken. Just don't shop at a business that demands you reveal your SSN.
Makes a strong parallel to the Simpson's, doesn't it?
Burns: Well Senõr Spielbergó, I want you to make a film that does for me what Spielberg did for Oscar Schindler.
Spielbergó: But, Schindler és búeno, Senõr Burns és El Díablo!
Burns: Nonsense! Schindler and I are like peas in a pod! We're both factory owners, we both made shells for the Nazis, but mine worked, dammit!
True. I recently got a .50AE Desert Eagle. $1.20/round. My .308 is 50 years old or so, and I'm not sure I'd want to real fire-breathing rounds through it.
As to your comment about gunshot victims, it is irrelevant to the argument that Black Talons need to be kept out of law-abiding citizens hands so they don't shoot the police. Accidental firearms deaths have been declining for a long time as total numbers of guns owned have been on the rise. Domestic violence does not need Black Talons, a gun, or even anything classified as a "weapon" to happen.
It certainly does. My parents paper-carrier has a 55+ years-old tattoo of blue numbers on his wrist. Did I mention that he is Jewish, and hails from Germany?
When was the last time you heard of any US citizen being able to do much without presenting their social security number?
A couple weeks ago. The SSN, IIRC, cannot be required unless your taxes are involved. Any business that demands your SSN for service can get into trouble with the Federal Govt. for doing so.
I can't think of many people who have worse records when it comes to undermining the Bill of Rights than those two.
Charles Schumer? Bill Clinton?
Of course, that assumes that the people who are behind the guns pointed at the police are out there spending the money on these bullets. The one box I bought before they were yanked cost me over $1 a round (.45 ACP). How many muggers and convience-store crooks do you know of that will spend that kind of cash on ammo?
RTF word processing
Read The Freakin' word processing? What the heck does that mean?
"cryptochrome, kiss my grits!"
Just wait until they come out with the Furby Improved, with cool new watch.
Does that mean magic light instead of magic smoke will come out of the board when it gets fried?
So to speak. It will project an image of David Copperfield sitting in front of a picture of the Grand Canyon, claiming to fly.
God, can you imagine a self-aware Windows PC?
"Those look like comfortable VBS"
"Life is like a Microsoft EULA. You never know what your gonna get."
"I don't know much about metadata, but I think every file needs a proper extension."
Kind of like the "Visible Computer" from the Knowledgeum on the Simpson's?
Frink: The section now illuminated is the floating point unit. One of my personal favorite units.
Bart: How do you get this thing to play Blackjack?
Frink: Stop that, you're hurting it.
Bart: So how is it supposed to work?
Frink: Well...
Bart: Boring. Am I on the Internet?
Frink: No, you can only access the...
Bart: Boring! What's that fire for?
Nerd: The hard drive is crashing at an alarming speed!
Frink: No more pictures!
The TV-only Limited Offer of Tomorrow:
"Our New, Improved Motherboards have Fibre Added!! This will loosen your pipes, and help Windows shit itself faster and easier! Be the first on your block to own one!"